Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 19: Safe and sound
The Matsumoto Manufacturing Factory is not large, but it has a lot of accounts. It took several people three days to review them before they finally confirmed that the factory had no debt disputes and its finances were very healthy.

"No problem, we can sign the contract."

"OK!" After receiving the affirmative message, Takeshita Masato asked in a roundabout way: "Should we sign the contract directly here, or go to the Shinjuku branch?"

Uno Jixing said with a hint of pride and gratitude in his tone: "Don't worry, I have been authorized by the company. I have the final say on this matter."

"Okay, then we'll sign here, and then have a celebration banquet after we're done."

After eating in the factory cafeteria for three consecutive days, Masato Takeshita felt a little sorry for the help of Asuka Ryo and others, so he decided to spend a lot of money in the evening.

"Don't worry, we have already arranged this kind of thing."

Industrial Bank has private rooms in all the famous stores across the country. You can bring your guests to dine there at any time, just by giving a phone call.

This is the influence of giant companies, which directly penetrates every aspect of society.

"That's good, and it saves a little."

Takeshita Masato has learned what it means to spend money like water these days. The legal fees for the contract alone will cost him millions of yen.

He hadn't even officially taken over the factory yet, but Masato Takeshita's bank stock, which had finally risen to more than 8500 million, instantly dropped back to just over 8000 million.

The contract was made in triplicate, with Masato Takeshita and Industrial Bank each holding one copy, and the rest being handed over to the Ministry of Justice to complete the changes in corporate shares and persons in charge.

As for the name of the factory, due to the strong insistence of Matsumoto Yusaku, Masato Takeshita finally gave up changing the name.

But he didn't lose out, as he saved 2000 million yen.

After Masato Takeshita received the contract, he first made two copies of the contract and then locked the original contract in the safe of Mitsubishi Bank.

Another expense of several million.

Speaking of which, Masato Takeshita actually has a more favorable impression of Dai-ichi Kangyo Bank.

Unfortunately, the company was too wild during the bubble era. He was worried that if the city caught fire, his small fish would be affected.

Mitsubishi Bank is different.

Although Mitsubishi Bank is relatively common in the Japanese banking field, the Mitsubishi Group behind Mitsubishi Bank is the largest financial group in Japan. Customer information is kept strictly confidential here, and there will be no mistakes.

"Asuka-san, I was wondering if you would be interested in serving as our company's legal advisor."

"Thank you, it's our pleasure."

The reason why Asuka Ryo was so diligent in helping this time and did not offer too high a price was because he was thinking of cooperating with Takeshita Masato in legal matters.

If it was just a signing contract, even with the help of Professor Kunihiko Inoue, she could at most send her assistants to help.

A small order worth tens of thousands of dollars was not worth the personal involvement of a top economic lawyer like her.

Masato Takeshita was also aware of this, so he directly invited Asuka Ryo to be the company's legal advisor. It doesn't matter who you ask for, it's better to do business with someone you are familiar with.

"By the way, I have a business that requires Asuka Consultant's help."

"Well, you said."

"It is the global patent for the trolley suitcase. I hope your law firm can help me register it."

“The world’s major economies, or all countries registered?”

"All the countries."

Having spent so much money, we naturally cannot save money on the final patent. Anyway, the money will be reimbursed by the factory in the end, so naturally the more we register, the better. "Okay."

Asuka Ryo was very satisfied. He earned tens of thousands of dollars in just a few minutes, which was much easier than checking contracts painstakingly. The benefits of becoming a company's legal advisor were immediately apparent.

Everyone enjoyed the dinner happily, and it was a happy scene. But because there were ladies, Uno Jiyuki and Haneda Ichiro behaved more decently this time.

Asuka Ryo was aware of this, so at around nine o'clock in the evening, she found an excuse and left the restaurant with the employees of the law firm.

"Would you like to go to the izakaya for a drink?"

"No, I plan to go to bed early today."

Masato Takeshita just wanted to have a good rest, enjoy himself at home, and become the happiness of a businessman.

Only finance is always a castle in the air. Only industry is the kingly way to social status.

Because industry involves employment, and employment can guarantee stability. More importantly, in capitalist countries like Japan, employment often also represents votes.

A company with more than 10,000 employees will play a pivotal role in the local political ecology. If a company has more than 100,000 employees, you will be the treasure of the entire country.

If you have over a million employees, you can even decide certain national policies and easily obtain large government subsidies.

The most typical case is the three major American automakers.

This is the livelihood of millions of American workers. So even though the three major American automakers are suffering losses due to the impact of Japanese cars, the Americans dare not let the automakers go bankrupt and continue to inject capital into them every year.

"Well, that's good. We've been busy for a few days, and we really need to take a good rest." Uno Jixing nodded in agreement, and then said to Haneda Ichiro: "Haneda, drive me back."

"Understood. I will ensure that the task is completed."

Ichiro Haneda's face was filled with smiles, and his steps became lighter.

Uno Noriyuki gained the most benefits from this contract. As the first contributor, Haneda Ichiro also gained a lot. He was promoted to department head after just one year of work.

This is unique among graduates of the same age group.

"Congratulations, junior, you have realized your dream of becoming the president."

Ichiro Haneda glanced at Masato Takeshita from the driver's seat, his face full of envy. He became the president at such a young age, and reached the pinnacle of his life.

"No, it's just a small company, not as good as Industrial Bank."

"It's already pretty good. I believe that with the patent for the trolley suitcase, the company will definitely grow quickly."

"Well, I'll borrow your good words, brother."

Masato Takeshita thought the same thing. With the patent for the trolley suitcase, it would not be a problem to expand the factory tenfold.

As for breaking through the 10,000-person mark, it will require testing Masato Takeshita's management level.

However, as an inventor, it should not be too difficult. The annual output is less than 1000 million, which is only a few tenths of the world's suitcase market.

“How are you going to run this company?”

"It's still the same. I'm only going to adjust the accounting and personnel."

"Wise choice."

Grasping a company's finance and personnel is like strangling the company's throat. More importantly, the impact of adjusting these two positions is not too great, and there is no need to worry about causing adverse reactions from workers.

(End of this chapter)