After rebirth, I became Tokyo Sentimental

Chapter 37 37. Tokyo Metropolitan Councillor

"Congressman Yuanye is really young and promising!"

"You're welcome, Councillor Nakamura."

"That's not polite at all. When I was your age, I was still squeezing on the train in Adachi. It makes me feel a little sad when I think about it. It was better when I was young."

"You are not old now, you are still in your prime. I should learn more from you at my age."

Outside the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly, Harano Tsukasa was smiling and talking with several newly elected members of the Legislative Assembly who were dressed in suits and ties. Everyone present had a happy look on their face as they congratulated each other on the election of people they knew and just met.

There were reporters from various TV stations not far away holding up cameras and taking pictures, but there were only a few of them, and there were no flashes like when the announcement was made in the meeting hall just now.

After finally completing all the procedures, Yuanye Si finally breathed a sigh of relief and was able to go home and have a good rest.

Just three days ago, right after I finalized and implemented the plan of "temporarily borrowing the bones of a good woman", I suddenly received a call at nine o'clock in the evening from Sato Takaharu, the person who had called me earlier to take charge of his election affairs.

Inform Harano Tsukasa that the election is over and that he needs to attend some events in the next few days, and finally appear with other elected candidates at the twin buildings used jointly by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly to completely complete this matter and go through the final process of electing members of parliament.

The process went smoothly without any accidents.

This surprised Yuanye Si a little.

After all, so much time had passed, and the identity of a congressman was too far away from him, so Yuan Ye Si was almost forgetting that he had such an experience.

This is for a reason.

Because he is a civil servant.

The Japanese government operates under a "dual track system" where politicians are elected and serve fixed terms, while civil servants are hired through examinations and have lifetime employment.

There are many political restrictions on civil servants, including but not limited to being prohibited from participating in elections, joining political parties, making political donations, and having to remain neutral at work, etc. The most iron rule is the first one, which is that they cannot participate in the election of officials.

So as a civil servant, Harano Tsukasa has no right to participate in the election of members of parliament in principle.

Yet he was chosen.

And he is the youngest among all.

No one raised any objection.

Even if he was elected as an independent candidate in the Tokyo Residents' Association alliance, his resume would be outrageous enough.

What is outrageous is not the age. After all, the current prime minister was elected as a member of parliament at the age of 29. Although there is only one step from a prefectural member of parliament to the House of Representatives of parliament, without sufficient resources and connections, being elected for one term is already the limit.

The main reason is that he has no political experience. Perhaps being a civil servant counts. Although he has submitted his resignation report, it should not be approved by Suzumiya Saka.

Yuanye Si thought about it over and over again but couldn't figure out what was going on, and could only attribute it to the "Wish List".

After all, plug-ins are not such inconvenient things!

I can even see through people's hearts.

What's wrong with getting yourself a member of parliament?
Moreover, after learning that Harano Tsukasa was only in his twenties and had no previous political experience, many of the other elected city council members clearly expressed goodwill towards him, which he could understand.

Young, mysterious, and successfully elected.

Putting these words together, even a pig would know that Yuanye Si definitely has the resources and background.

But in reality he had nothing.

Speaking of resources...

I guess only [Wish List] counts.

But this does not affect other people who want to show goodwill to him and are very secretive about his elusive background. Even if they have never seen him before, these old hands who have been in politics and the workplace for many years can open up the situation with just a few words, and they speak better than they sing.

After chatting for a long time, Harano Sidu was about to say goodbye and go home to rest, but suddenly he remembered something, turned his head and looked at a middle-aged man with a slicked-back hair and a big smile on his face and said:

"By the way, Councillor Asada, I seemed to hear you say earlier that you have more contact with people from the Financial Services Agency?"

Asada Tsunekazu, who was suddenly called by his name, smiled even more when he saw that it was Harano Tsukasa who spoke up, "Yes, my brother is currently the deputy director of the General Affairs and Planning Bureau of the Financial Services Agency, so he moves around more often."

To have made it this far, everyone must be a smart person. When he suddenly mentioned this, Asada Tsunekazu's wrinkled face showed a hint of confusion:

"Councilor Harano asked this question..."

"It's like this. One of my friend recently offended an official working at the Financial Services Agency, and he's been in a lot of trouble. So I've been fretting over how to find someone who is familiar with both sides to act as a go-between to clear up the misunderstanding. Unfortunately, I just heard Congressman Asada say that you have more contact with people over there." Harano Tsukasa didn't keep the topic in suspense, but instead used more polite words to describe the situation when he and Shimizu Yuko met Taira Masamori a few days ago.

And he said that Yuko Shimizu was his friend.

After all, if you are an elder, the other party will know that Aunt Qingshui is an ordinary person if they know her a little bit.

This was the only way for Yuanye Si, who had never had any friendship with the other party before and was just using the other party's identity as a banner to solve the problem, to deal with it.

"Offense? Well... if you don't mind, could Congressman Harano tell me the details in detail?" Asada Tsunekazu did not agree rashly, but asked about the specific situation. After all, this was not a simple dinner invitation. If the matter was more difficult, agreeing would undoubtedly cause trouble for himself and his brother.

Especially after listening to Haraye Tsukasa's general account of what happened and how the unknown Financial Services Agency official used various means to harass Haraye Tsukasa's friends.

In fact, this kind of thing is very common.

Not to mention others, he also likes to slack off when he has nothing to do during work hours. After all, he has nothing to do anyway.

If you can't slack off.

Then this class is not interesting at all.

Although the acquaintance they had just made was not enough for Asada Tsunekazu to solve the problem of someone whose identity and status he was not yet clear about, after all, in his opinion, it would probably be quite troublesome if he couldn't even deal with someone with the identity and background of Harano Tsukasa. But he couldn't just refuse directly, so he planned to ask a few more questions and pretend that it was difficult, pretending that he would try his best to help, and then just deal with it coldly, because there would be no response anyway.

"So that's how it is." Asada Tsunekazu pondered for a moment and asked, "Does Councillor Harano know the name of that person?"

"His name is Ping Zhengsheng."

Harano Tsukasa replied.

Upon hearing this, Asada Tsunekazu frowned slightly and thought for a while, confirming that he did not know him. Finally, he shook his head and said, "Taira Masamori? I don't think I have heard of this name."

Then he asked:
"What is the position of this Pingzheng-san?"

"He's the assistant to the section chief of the Supervisory Bureau. I'm not sure which section he is in specifically." Yuan Ye Si said.

"Section Chief...Assistant?"

Upon hearing this, Asada Tsunekazu was stunned.

It’s not that he’s too high-ranking.

But...

too small.

As a department directly under the Cabinet, the Financial Services Agency is generally headed by the Minister of Finance and the Deputy Minister. It has four departments and two offices. The highest head of each department is the director, followed by the minister and the deputy minister. As for the assistant section chief mentioned by Harano Tsukasa just now, it is a position below the section chief and is the second-to-last level.

The lowest rank is the department head.

Further down are the directors and managers who are general administrative staff, and they are no different from ordinary office workers.

Although it was unclear why Harano Tsukasa would owe him a favor by solving the problem of a small section chief's assistant, regardless of other things, his status as a councilor was enough for Asada Tsunekazu to agree.

He did not think much about it, but said in an unusually firm tone: "Congressman Yuanye, regarding this section chief... I will handle the matter of his assistance, and you do not need to step in."

"Is this appropriate?" Yuan Ye Si was a little surprised.

"Mr. Yuanye, please don't be polite to me. We hit it off right away. There's nothing inappropriate about this."

Asada Tsunekazu shook his head and did not respond to Harano Tsukasa's refusal. Instead, he straightened his face and said, "What's more, this black sheep is eating away at the interests of the country. He is just a small assistant to the section chief and he is so reckless. If he becomes a section chief in the future, won't he even look down on the director?"

"Besides, how can we explain to the people that people like Taira Masamori have always existed?"

"There's no need to be polite to me about this little thing, Yuanye-san. Even if you don't tell me, as long as I know about this kind of thing, I will contact my younger brother to deal with it. The Financial Services Department will not allow such a powerful person to exist!"

As members of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly, they have the obligation to supervise local administrative management and financial expenditure. Moreover, the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly is the highest authority in Tokyo. Compared with some county councilors who have little power and energy, their position determines some things.

If we have to change it to an official position, taking the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department as an example, the power and connections they hold are probably not much different from those of a superintendent or a senior superintendent.

What's more, he is just an assistant to a small section chief.

Even though this assistant section chief was not under the management of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, he did not take him seriously at all.

What level? Dare to touch porcelain with the councillor!
Asada Tsunekazu's attitude was firm.

He is so determined that he looks righteous and is determined to fulfill the power he has just gained after being elected and to serve the people loyally, even if it costs his life, even if the other party's system is not under his supervision.

As for Ping Zhengsheng's trouble, the two of them resolved it in just a few minutes of conversation.

Although it sounds easy, this is often the case with bargaining exchanges among the upper class. Things that can almost affect the lives of the lower class are so simply decided by the upper class in just a few words.

Harano Tsukasa, who had agreed to treat Asada Tsunekazu to dinner next time he had time, said goodbye to the others and drove home. He had not been back home to stay as he had been traveling for the past few days, so he just opened a hotel in Chuo Ward. However, this also reminded him that maybe he should move, after all, the apartment in Ikebukuro was a bit small.

However, just as Yuanye Si was about to drive onto the expressway, the screen on the mobile phone holder lit up and an unexpected call came in.

A few seconds later, he answered the call.

A female voice came from the phone microphone, taking a deep breath and then speaking again:

"Yuan Ye-kun, do you have time?"

(End of this chapter)