Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 162: Investing in Expectations

In the small izakaya, Haneda Ichiro drank beer and asked enviously: "I heard that you went to Karuizawa. How was it? Did you have a good time?"

The scenes of traveling a few days ago flashed through Masato Takeshita's mind and he nodded in the affirmative.

"Not bad, we'll have a chance to play together."

"Forget it. I heard there are only people there now, and it's so crowded that smoke is coming out."

After saying that, Ichiro Haneda took another big gulp of beer.

“Ordinary projects do have a lot of people, but if you spend more money, there won’t be that many people.”

Masato Takeshita is not short of money, so he naturally takes the high-end tourist route. There are still crowds of people, but not as many as ordinary people, so everyone can enjoy what they need quickly.

It is a bit similar to the Shanghai Disneyland in the future. As long as you are willing to spend money, you don’t have to wait in line for too long.

If that doesn't work, you can pay to buy the first few spots.

It can be said that the travel experience of rich people is far superior to that of ordinary people.

"Burp." Haneda Ichiro burped, then picked up a string of grilled chicken skin, "I forgot that you are now the president of a large company."

"By the way, how is your game company developing now?"

"We are already on the right track, and there should be no problem in making a profit."

Ichiro Haneda raised his eyebrows and asked, "Oh, so confident?"

"I have a trump card."

"Amazing, you are indeed a business genius, you can make money with anything."

After chatting for a while, Takeshita Masato sat up straight and asked seriously: "Tell me, what happened today that made you call me out so seriously?"

Generally speaking, phone conversations between two people are very casual.

As a result, during the day today, Ichiro Haneda not only had a very serious expression, but his words were also very formal, which meant that something important must have happened.

"Our company wants to promote Matsumoto Manufacturing to go public. Let me test your attitude."

"Going public?"

"Yes."

Masato Takeshita fully understands Industrial Bank's desire to promote Matsumoto Manufacturing.

With the Japanese stock market booming like crazy now, Industrial Bank could easily promote Matsumoto Manufacturing as the number one stock in the suitcase market, thereby making a fortune in the stock market.

"I told you last time that it would be best if the company went public next year. Is it that urgent?"

In another five months, the Japanese stock market will enter another period of adjustment. Even if Matsumoto Manufacturing is promoted to go public now, it will probably take until next year.

It would be better to wait until the factory in Shanghai starts operating and Matsumoto Manufacturing has achieved both production capacity and profits, and then push the company to go public to earn more profits.

"Well, the company's top management is quite dissatisfied now."

"So, what does Toyoshima-senpai say?"

"What Toyoshima-senpai means is, it depends on what you think."

"That's it, I understand."

Masato Takeshita knew that Akio Toyoshima also supported the listing.

The shares manufactured by Matsumoto do smell good, but not as good as the ink-smelling banknotes.

Shares are not very reliable, so it’s better to switch to Fukuzawa Yukichi insurance.

However, his idea was not so firm, and everything depended on the young man's own decision.

If Masato Takeshita is determined to go public next year, he will also give his full support.

"I'd better wait until next year. It would be too much of a loss to go public this year. The company has huge room for growth."

Matsumoto Manufacturing is still too weak now, and its market value will not be too high even if it goes public.

The best time to go public will be after the Shanghai factory is completed.

Tesla is a typical case.

Before the Shanghai factory started construction, Tesla's market value was only a few billion US dollars. After the Shanghai factory started construction, its market value soared year by year, reaching more than 1 trillion US dollars at its peak.

If Matsumoto Manufacturing goes public this year, its market value will not deviate as much from Tesla's, but conservatively estimated, the difference will be several times.

Because stocks are all about speculation on expectations, after the Shanghai factory goes into production, Matsumoto Manufacturing's revenue and profits will surge.

With a good growth rate, the stock price will naturally rise sharply.

Of course, we can't delay until 1989 when the stock price was the most expensive.

On the one hand, there was not necessarily a greater growth rate in 1989.

In this way, expectations will be gone and the stock price may even drop, which will be useless even if you make more money.

Facebook had this problem for a period of time in its previous life.

The company is making more money, but its market value is declining.

Because of Apple’s advertising ban at the time, Facebook’s expectations were gone and its market value dropped significantly.

Later, Facebook developed an artificial intelligence advertising system, expectations reappeared, and its market value soared.

On the other hand, after the company went public in 1989, Masato Takeshita would not have the opportunity to sell his shares.

Basically, all companies will set a stock lock-up period when they first go public.

Within a certain period of time, the company's founding team cannot sell their shares.

This is to prevent the founding team from not running the company well and running away after the listing.

Of course, there is an effect, but not as big as imagined.

Among China's A-share listed companies, quite a number of founders still choose to abandon their companies and run away.

If the restriction period is 1 year, then wait for 1 year; if the restriction period is 3 years, then wait for 3 years.

For many Chinese companies, victory is achieved as soon as they go public.

It is impossible to run a business. The only way to have a good life is to sell stocks and cash out.

"Okay, I'll report to the senior tomorrow."

Although Ichiro Haneda also wanted to secure the prize as soon as possible, he believed more in the talent of his junior.

Since Masato Takeshita said that going public next year will be more profitable, there will definitely be more gains.

When he was about to go back, I helped to persuade them a little.

"Apart from this, is there anything else?"

"That's all. This is the only serious matter." Haneda Ichiro shook his head, his frown relaxed, and said, "But if we're talking about gossip, there's another more important one."

"Oh, tell me."

Masato Takeshita was curious and wanted to know more internal information of Industrial Bank.

"Our senior Uno is going to be promoted soon."

"Promotion, where to go?"

"I don't know. It depends on where there is a vacancy. I guess he will be promoted to the head of the department, responsible for the management of an area."

Although the Shinjuku branch is important, it is still only responsible for the business of one bank.

If you are promoted to cost manager, you will be responsible for all bank-related business in a region.

For example, the person in charge of the Tokyo area will manage the business of all Industrial Bank branches in the Tokyo area, including the Shinjuku Branch, Ginza Branch, and Ikebukuro Branch.

"Congratulations, I hope you can stay in Tokyo."

Senior Uno's promotion means that the Waseda Group of Industrial Bank continues to strengthen, so Masato Takeshita is naturally happy.

Because for quite some time, Masato Takeshita needed to rely on the strength of Industrial Bank to grow.

Ichiro Haneda ate the edamame in his mouth and sighed in a low voice, "This should be difficult. The main positions in the Tokyo area are basically in the hands of the University of Tokyo. We, the Waseda family, can only compete for the Kansai Osaka area at most."

(End of this chapter)