Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 106 Good fortune and misfortune depend on each other
"By the way, Junior Brother, have you ever thought about investing in stocks for someone else?"

"Why, do you want me to help you trade stocks?"

Masato Takeshita was a little confused as he didn't earn much.

"It's not me. I just think you are very suitable to set up a fund and help people trade stocks."

Ichiro Haneda felt that it would be a shame if he didn't make use of his junior's current fame.

"Establishing a fund? You know what, it's indeed a good idea."

Masato Takeshita had originally planned to set up a fund after the bubble era ended, but this incident suddenly happened.

If I don’t take advantage of this explosion of fame to set up a fund, I would be doing a disservice to my current popularity.

"So, Junior Brother, are you planning to set up a public fund or a private fund?"

“For now, I’m only playing with private equity funds. Public equity funds are too troublesome.”

Publicly offered funds have too many mandatory clauses, which are not conducive to their performance.

Private equity funds are different. Basically, there are no taboos.

"Okay, I'll definitely show up then."

Ichiro Haneda is ready to return the favor by investing a few hundred million.

Not to be missed.

Masato Takeshita took action immediately, and his first stop was Yamaichi Securities.

He planned to poach people from Yamaichi Securities, and his target was the 12 runner-ups from his previous life.

"Mr. Nagano, could you please invite Mr. Kamoto Takamasa, Mr. Kikuno Shinji, and Mr. Nagasawa Masao for me?"

"Oh, what do you want with them?"

Nagano Hideaki was deeply impressed by these three people, all of whom were well-known "troublemakers" in the company.

Yoshimoto Takamasa doesn't drink, play golf, play mahjong, or sing, and is therefore ostracized by management.

Shinji Kikuno is an upright person who does not care about his own gains and losses and always puts customers first.

Therefore, he cannot participate in the company's activities that harm the interests of customers for personal gain.

In the end, he was also ridiculed and rejected by everyone.

Masao Nagasawa is a man of upright character, who advocates chivalry and takes justice as his own responsibility.

Such people are naturally not welcomed by the financial industry.

What is the financial industry?
It's a cannibalistic industry.

Most financial companies want to make money, so they have no sense of propriety or morality.

The more shameless you are, the further you can go in the financial field.

"I am planning to set up a private equity fund and I am thinking of recruiting the three of them."

"Junior brother, um, listen to my advice, the three of them are not suitable for the financial industry at all."

Nagano Hideaki is absolutely speaking from the heart this time. There is no need for justice in the financial field.

Even a righteous person cannot survive in the financial industry.

"It's okay. I just want to recruit them to do supervision work."

"I see. That's indeed appropriate."

These three people are definitely innate supervisory saints. When they encounter situations that harm the interests of the company, they will never show favoritism.

"Then wait a moment, junior. I'll call him over for you."

"Brother, call them one by one."

"Well, don't worry."

After a phone call, Takamasa Kamoto soon came to the office.

"Director Nagano, you're looking for me."

"It's not me, it's one of my junior students."

Nagano Hideaki pointed at Takeshita Masato and said, "There is a small meeting room inside. You can go there to talk."

"Yes, Senior Managing Director Nagano."

At this time, Yoshimoto Takashi was only in his forties, at the prime of his life.

But it is obvious that Yamaichi Securities is not a good destination.

After arriving at the small meeting room, Masato Takeshita took the initiative to say hello.

"Hello, Director Kamoto. I'm Masato Takeshita from Matsumoto Manufacturing. Thank you for your guidance." "Hello, I'm Takamasa Kamoto from Yamaichi Securities. Thank you for your guidance."

He didn't know Masato Takeshita, nor did he know about the recently popular Matsumoto Manufacturing. He was a little confused about this meeting.

Masato Takeshita also noticed this and briefly introduced the situation on his side.

Then he got straight to the point and said, "To be honest with you, Minister Jiaben, I am also quite talented in stock trading."

"When I first speculated on Nintendo, 600 million turned into 1 million. It increased more than ten times in less than half a year."

"Later, I was busy with work and didn't have much time. I started not to use leverage and only bought blue-chip stocks."

"This time the profit was relatively small, only about 25%, or about 180 billion yuan."

"These two things were almost exposed after being publicized by the media."

"I thought I might as well take advantage of this opportunity to set up a private equity fund."

Masato Takeshita said everything he wanted to say in one breath, leaving the rest for Takashi Kamoto to ponder.

"President Takeshita means that you want to recruit me?"

"That's right. I want you to be the vice president of our private equity fund and help me manage the stocks."

For other financial institutions, Takamasa Yoshimoto would indeed be a bad choice.

But for Masato Takeshita, the more upright people there are, the better.

He was the chosen one, so he didn't need to do any tricks. He could make countless profits just by buying stocks of companies that were destined to be great.

So for Masato Takeshita, integrity is the first priority in fund management.

As for stock analysis and the like, it is completely unnecessary.

What he wants is execution ability, not top smart people.

"Can I think about it?"

"Of course, within a week."

"Then, please help, President Takeshita."

Starting in 1986, some changes took place in Yamaichi Securities, and the company began to focus solely on performance.

Jia Benlong was clearly feeling this change and knew that he was being excluded.

But he didn't know Masato Takeshita, so he planned to look up some information before making a final decision.

After bidding farewell to Yoshimoto Takamasa, Kikuno Shinji was the second to appear.

After the two of them greeted each other politely, Masato Takeshita repeated the story again.

"President Takeshita is planning to set up a private equity fund. Can you tell me what kind of fund it is?"

“Hedge funds.”

Hedge funds, the king of the fund industry.

He may not earn the most, but in terms of influence, he is definitely the financial king.

Soros has made great contributions in this regard.

He attacked stock and foreign exchange markets of various countries repeatedly, making hedge funds famous.

However, the biggest feature of hedge funds is their hidden identity.

Especially in the 80s, when the legal provisions were still imperfect, hedge funds had greater advantages.

"Hedge funds are a good project, but I have no talent for it."

Shinji Kikuno is very clear about himself and he knows that he is not cut out for hedge funds.

There are many things involved in setting up a hedge fund, from raising funds to industry research, risk control, investment management...

There's a lot to do.

He was a little confused about this banking matter.

Never mind hedge funds.

"You're too polite, Vice Minister Kikuno. You're so smart, there will definitely be no problem."

Shinji Kikuno is known as the "Fox" within Yamaichi Securities.

He may be able to set up a hedge fund faster than many professionals.

"Besides, I'm also a novice, we can definitely grow and improve together."

(End of this chapter)