Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 203 The final farewell
After the dinner to thank the guests was over, Lin Qingqian looked at Takeshita Masato with a frown on his face and asked in a puzzled voice.

"President, what's wrong with you?"

"Nothing, I just feel a little regretful."

"Pity?"

The girl looked at her president in confusion, not understanding why he was feeling sad on such a happy day.

"Yes, it's a pity. Although the company's stock price has skyrocketed today, it has almost reached its limit. Even if it rises again in the short term, it will probably fall back to a nearby level soon."

The profits from Matsumoto's trolley suitcases can only support the company's market value to just over 3 trillion yen.

Any higher would require a surge in the company’s other businesses.

"Well, I don't think so. If shareholders think the company is great, it wouldn't be surprising even if the stock price rises to 5 trillion."

Didn't NTT's market value soar to over 1000 billion US dollars, or more than 10 trillion yen, thanks to the enthusiastic buying by investors?

Matsumoto Manufacturing is certainly not as good as NTT, but as long as the publicity is in place, it is not a dream to raise its market value again.

"It's unlikely. After the NTT incident, Japanese stock investors are no longer so enthusiastic. It would be possible if it were the Taiwan stock market."

Although he knew that the Taiwanese stock market bubble was serious, Masato Takeshita did not expect that Taiwan would play it so big.

A listed company called Yihang has only one broken ship.

The stock price actually rose from over 1 yuan to over 200 yuan.

What is even more outrageous is that the market value of a bank stock exceeds the combined market value of the five largest banks in the United States, including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo, but its profit is only 5% of that of the five largest banks.

Taiwan uses facts to tell the Japanese what a real bubble is.

The market capitalization of your financial companies such as Nomura Securities is indeed inflated, but compared with our Taiwan, it is nothing.

"Yes, the share prices of listed companies in Taiwan have risen terribly. Should we choose to withdraw our fund?"

Lin Qingqian was very scared, afraid that the funds invested by Xinghai would be wasted in Taiwan.

"Don't worry. The number of stockholders in Taiwan now does not exceed one million. When the number of stockholders exceeds 400 million, we will need to evacuate."

Taiwan’s total population is over 2000 million.

The current stock market is still a game for a few people.

When everyone in Taiwan starts to invest in stocks, it will be the best time to withdraw after making a profit.

Because when the cleaning ladies and taxi drivers all know that they can make money in the stock market, that’s when the stock market collapses.

It turned out that Masato Takeshita's guess was correct.

Subsequently, the company's stock price did not surge again.

The company's market value remains at just over 3 trillion yen, and its stock price remains at around 1600 yen.

The price-to-earnings ratio is 23 times.

It's a neither-good-nor-bad result.

The company raised nearly 8000 billion yen through its IPO, so naturally it had to invest the money.

The instant noodle and beverage subsidiaries, which were originally only in the planning stage, began to be established in China and Japan respectively.

The clothing chain, which originally had only more than 30 stores, has rapidly expanded to hundreds.

Especially the energy drink project that Masato Takeshita repeatedly warned about.

On the basis of directly acquiring local medium-sized beverage companies, it directly benchmarked against companies such as Suntory and established a very luxurious food research and development center.

If you have money, you can invest, and that will make investors happy.

Who knows, if investors get impulsive, the stock price may surge up again.

Matsumoto Manufacturing was successfully listed, and Masato Takeshita's status was further improved.

Before, everyone only knew that Matsumoto Manufacturing was very profitable, but they didn’t have much of a real sense of profitability.

It’s different now.

After the listing, Masato Takeshita owned 45.5% of Matsumoto Manufacturing's shares.

The market value of this stake exceeds $100 billion.

Masato Takeshita instantly became one of the top ten richest people in Japan and the top 20 richest people in the world.

No one can remain calm in the face of such a wealthy man.

At least Izumi Sakai, the person next to her, can't do it.

"What happened recently? Why do you seem a little absent-minded?"

Before going to bed at night, Masato Takeshita, who had just finished exercising, gently stroked the girl's smooth back.

"It just doesn't feel real. I didn't expect Matsumoto Manufacturing's market value to be so high."

"Don't think too much. Don't you already know the company's development situation?"

The young man put his arm around the girl's waist and whispered comforting words.

"Yes, but I didn't expect it to be like this."

"That's normal. Your husband is a genius."

Then, he kissed the girl on the cheek.

Then he said with a sultry look on his face: "Come on, let's continue with healthy exercise."

"okay!"

One action can relieve a thousand worries.

During exercise, I lose my rationality and don’t think as much.

The next morning, Masato Takeshita saw that the girl had returned to normal on the surface, but was still light and airy inside.

So he said straightforwardly: "Do you want to debut now and realize your dream of becoming a singer?"

When she heard her boyfriend talk about his lifelong dream, Izumi Sakai suddenly calmed down.

She shook her head slightly.

"Not yet. My vocal knowledge is still very limited."

"Oh, then what do you think is the right time to debut?"

"Next year or the year after. According to the teacher's estimate, it will be around this."

"No problem. Sachiko, whenever you debut, you will become a national treasure singer in Japan."

Debuting after 1989 is indeed better than debuting in 1988.

Because after 89, Japan will enter the Being era.

Legendary bands such as B`Z and ZARD under Being only achieved success after 1989.

"Well, I hope so."

There was a glimmer of longing in the girl's eyes, as if she saw herself shining brightly on the stage.

After dealing with matters related to Matsumoto Manufacturing, Masato Takeshita came to Xinghai Investment.

"What changes have occurred in Taiwan recently?"

The Taiwanese stock market experienced a huge downward trend in 88, similar to Japan's in 87.

If Masato Takeshita wants to avoid this wave perfectly, he needs to keep abreast of the domestic situation in Taiwan.

"No. But many Taiwanese government officials feel that the stock market is too hot."

"That's it."

The young man pondered for a moment, then solemnly instructed: "Keep paying attention. If Taiwan takes any action to promote financial legislation, report to me immediately."

The first wave of sharp decline in the Taiwan stock market was mainly due to the introduction of stock transaction tax.

"Hi!"

Just as Kamoto Takashi was about to leave as usual, Takeshita Masato suddenly called him.

"Wait, let's do this. When the Taiwan stock index reaches 7000 points, we will immediately liquidate our positions."

Masato Takeshita felt that waiting for news from Taiwan was not very reliable.

After all, the big dealers in Taiwan are definitely more informed than himself.

It’s better to evacuate early and lock in the profits.

"Yes, President!"

Yoshimoto Takamasa also wanted to withdraw early because the Taiwan stock market was too difficult.

A company with nothing can also soar to success.

Apart from the early stock markets of various countries, perhaps only the future Nasdaq will have such a crazy move.

Of course, the end result is always a mess.

But a good investor is one who can evacuate safely before everything becomes a mess.

In the previous life, the youth was a leek.
There is a time travel cheat in this life.

It is natural to become the one who cuts leeks.

After reading relevant information about the Taiwan stock market, Masato Takeshita once again opened the economic news of the United States and Japan.

"It seems that the United States is giving up on defeating Japan through a trade war."

The US trade war level is very low.

In 1987, the United States launched the Toshiba incident against Toshiba.

As a result, in the first half of this year, Toshiba's sales and profits in the United States both hit new highs.

Therefore, the United States began to increase its efforts to implement its backup policy and provided large-scale support to countries and regions surrounding Japan.

South Korea's Samsung has acquired a huge amount of memory-related DRAM technology, and Taiwan's TSMC has received all-round technical guidance from Intel.

The United States doesn't know which company will succeed, so it will try all of them as long as they can reduce Japan's competitiveness.

“Do you want to invest now?”

When Masato Takeshita thought about the growth rate of Samsung and TSMC, he couldn't help but feel eager to make some moves.

"Well, let's wait a little longer. Japanese semiconductors are booming right now."

"The rise of Samsung Semiconductor had to wait until the 90s."

Samsung is not in a hurry, and TSMC needs to be more stable.

Because TSMC is still in its infancy and has not yet been listed.

Since Xinghai Investment had nothing to do for a while, Masato Takeshita went to Xinghai Semiconductor.

"How is the research going?"

Fujio Masuoka responded confidently: "The progress is very stable, and we expect to produce commercially available memory chips next year."

"Great, what about the external hard drive and digital camera memory card?"

"It's difficult to get a finished product from a portable hard drive in a short period of time, but it's easier with a digital camera memory card."

"It is estimated that soon after commercial memory chips are available on the market, experimental-grade memory data cards will be developed."

The difficulty of research and development of the two is incomparable, and it is difficult to obtain commercial mobile hard disk technology in a short period of time.

"Is that so? Then we'll take our time. Even if we can't develop something, we can still make a lot of money by stockpiling more patents."

Whether it is a memory card adapted for digital cameras and mobile phones, or a mobile hard drive adapted for laptops, these are technologies that can make a lot of money.

If Xinghai Semiconductor develops more technologies, it can collect more patent fees.

"understand!"

Now that I have come to Xinghai Semiconductor's flash memory R&D laboratory, I naturally have to go home.

Both are located in Hiratsuka City, not too far away.

"Mom, I'm back."

"Everyone, come in quickly. Are you going to the laboratory again?"

Mother Takeshita was very familiar with her son's habits and knew that every time he brought someone home, it was definitely to inspect the semiconductor laboratory.

"Yeah, it's still the same."

In fact, if you just want to understand the progress of research and development, there is no need for young people to come often.

He mainly demonstrated his emphasis on technological research, thereby enhancing the entire company's pursuit of technology.

If the leader likes something, the subordinates will naturally follow.

Mother Takeshita nodded subconsciously, then greeted the assistant, bodyguard and driver enthusiastically.

"Come on, everyone, sit down. It's so hot, come and eat some watermelon."

Masato Takeshita knew that they would not move without his orders.

Then he smiled and said, "Go ahead, the watermelon is delicious and super sweet."

Japanese watermelons don’t taste very good and contain a lot of pesticides.

So the watermelons at home are all imported from China.

This is also a custom of the Takeshita family.

If your company has the products, just buy them directly.

If our company does not have it, we will mainly buy foreign products.

Generally speaking, the quality of foreign products is higher than that of domestic products.

That’s not the case. Foreign companies have higher ethical standards.

Rather, every country has regional protectionism.

For the same product, foreign standards are definitely much stricter than domestic standards.

This is especially true for Japan's agricultural products.

There are a lot of problems in our country, but we don't care about them at all.

Many food companies have experienced food safety issues.

Here comes the nonsense.

For many food companies that have problems, executives only need to apologize and the matter is over.

At most, I would bow and resign.

As for going to jail, that's out of the question.

I am submissive at home, but I strike hard against external parties.

The requirements for foreign goods, especially those related to agricultural products, are very strict.

It can be said that every agricultural product that can be brought to Japan is either scarce or non-existent in the country, or of extremely high quality.

"Have lunch at home."

Masato Takeshita noticed his mother's expectant look and put the word "no" back into his mouth.

Then he smiled and said, "Great! I haven't eaten mom's cooking for a long time. I miss it."

"Two tables?"

"Well, that's more convenient."

The bodyguard and the driver were eating at the main table and felt awkward with each other.

It’s better to separate early.

In fact, in some areas, the original reason why women were not allowed to sit at the table was similar.

Men like to drink and eat at the same time, and they can eat for several hours.

At this time, if a woman is at the main table.

I can't leave, but it's uncomfortable to stay.

It’s better to have a separate table to complete the meal better.

Later, the opera was gradually sung in a distorted way and turned into a bad habit.

Bad habits must naturally be eliminated.

Thirty years later, similar situations rarely occur.

"Come here, Xiao Qingqian, you come too."

Masato Takeshita's mother liked Lin Qingqian very much and always invited her to sit at the main table, and this time was no exception.

"Ok."

The girl had become accustomed to the scene before her and sat down like a well-behaved lady.

The girl had a certain desire in her heart.

This desire prompted her to make some irrational choices.

After lunch, the group came to Xinghai Games in the afternoon.

This is also the company's cash cow.

Although it is not as good as Matsumoto's production at the moment, its potential is far beyond.

Of course, it's just potential.

After all, Nintendo, the leader in the gaming industry, currently has a lower market value than Matsumoto Manufacturing.

“How many games do you plan to release in the second half of this year?”

“Seven games, all developed by us.”

When the Famicom was first launched, Nintendo didn't think that much about it.

Therefore, the agreements signed with game companies such as Namco have many loopholes.

In order to evade the royalty system, many small and medium-sized game developers have handed over their games to large third-party game companies such as Namco.

In the end, only a dozen game companies in Japan chose to become Nintendo's third parties.

Of course, the main reason is that the royalties are too expensive, and small and medium-sized game companies simply cannot afford it.

Since StarCraft is a latecomer, Nintendo naturally has to plug this bug.

Star Ocean Games can only release its own games on the Famicom and cannot use the strategy of getting something for nothing.

Masato Takeshita had never thought of learning Namco's strategy, so he naturally had no objection.

"That's right, if you have a good idea, just act on it and don't worry about the cost."

Games have not yet entered the 3D era, and development costs are very low.

Even for blockbuster games, it is difficult for research and development costs to exceed 1 million yen.

Of course, this refers to the Famicom games.

If it is an arcade game, it is normal to exceed 1 million.

Of course, the return rate of arcade machines is also very high.

It is precisely because of the arcade industry that Sega has enough confidence to enter the console industry.

However, this year will be the year when the pattern of consoles and arcades will be reversed.

Despite this, the market share of arcade machines is still expanding, but not as well as consoles.

The decline of arcades was largely due to the impact of PC games.

Japanese PC games are not very good, but arcade games can still achieve good results in the 21st century.

As PC games are well developed in the United States, China, South Korea and other countries, arcade games are being quickly replaced.

"Please rest assured, President. The company supports young people's ideas."

"There is a dedicated project fund to support company employees to freely demonstrate their creative abilities."

A newcomer’s first game will always have many shortcomings and will require more time to polish.

Therefore, there are not many new games launched this year, and next year will be the boom time for Star Ocean games.

Is that too many? 20 is an acceptable number.

"That's right. If you want to keep the company vibrant, you need to give young people enough opportunities."

Pig farms in later generations are better in this respect.

"Identity V", which became popular but quickly fell into obscurity but has risen again, is the work of a young planner.

This game, which fulfills the pig farm's dream of competitive gaming, prevents the pig farm from completely withdrawing from the e-sports industry.

This may be related to the tradition of the pig farm.

After all, the biggest contributor to "A Chinese Odyssey" was just an inconspicuous young man back then.

"Yes, understand."

When Rogers thought of Shigeru Miyamoto, his sense of identification suddenly became stronger.

The gaming industry is the world of young people, and the most important job of the elderly is to act as a ballast.

"Is the development of the arcade motherboard going smoothly?"

Famicom games are important, but for now, Masato Takeshita is more focused on the arcade field.

"Street Fighter 2" is a masterpiece that opened a new era of arcade games.

Young people don’t want their own motherboard to lag behind.

"Progress is slow and it is unlikely to succeed this year."

Rogers was really worried about the development progress of the arcade motherboard.

The game development progress was very fast, but the motherboard failed, which slowed down the company's profitability.

"It doesn't matter. It can enhance the balance of the characters."

In competitive games, the characters can never be balanced.

Masato Takeshita only hopes for relative balance and a certain degree of fairness.

After traveling around the country, it is natural to show up abroad.

He first went to North America and met with Chambers, the head of Matsumoto Manufacturing North America.

This person's ability is truly genius.

Matsumoto Manufacturing has been able to maintain its position as the leading high-end brand in North America thanks to Chambers' advice.

In addition to Matsumoto Manufacturing's American branch, Star Ocean Semiconductor's North American laboratory, and Star Ocean Games' North American distribution subsidiary are all the focus of Masato Takeshita's attention.

Especially the North American laboratories, which are related to the survival of the wafer foundry business and the lithography machine business.

The young man stayed for almost a week before leaving reluctantly.

Xinghai Group does not have much business in Europe, but out of consideration for the future, Masato Takeshita still took a trip.

We cannot favor some over others and disappoint the employees of our European branch.

The last stop is Shanghai, the city most loved by young people.

It may be because Matsumoto Manufacturing went public.

This time, Shencheng's leaders were more enthusiastic.

This is a self-made global billionaire who has become worth over 10 billion US dollars in just over two years.

Even though he did not come to Shanghai specifically, the leaders hoped to learn from him on economic issues.

Although the young man knew the correct direction of Shanghai, he understood that Shanghai was different from the Special Administrative Region.

Shanghai is the lifeline of China's economy, and we must move forward steadily.

So Masato Takeshita only talked about some old topics, such as attracting foreign investment and Sino-foreign joint ventures.

As for the development of Pudong and the like, it can only be left to China itself.

The right path for the future doesn’t mean it’s feasible now.

If a mistake was made accidentally, Masato Takeshita would really become a sinner for all eternity.

Time flies and it is already mid-August.

Masato Takeshita looked at his assistant and asked with a slightly sad tone.

"How many days are left?"

"Three days." The girl slowly spit out a time, lowered her head and whispered: "I plan to complete the company's donation task first, and then start work and hand it in."

"Is that so? Do you want me to throw a farewell party?"

Before Hiroki Tsunoda of Matsumoto Manufacturing went to Shanghai to take up the position of deputy factory manager, Masato Takeshita held a farewell dinner for the management.

Although the girl's rank was somewhat inconsistent, she was equally qualified to hold a similar banquet considering the importance of her trip to China.

"No, I'm going to leave and only invite a few friends to have a private dinner."

"Is that so? Does that include me?"

Masato Takeshita looked at the girl expectantly, hoping for a positive answer.

Lin Qingqian pretended to smile and responded: "Of course, you are my senior."

"Oh, all right."

The girl said so and did so.

She only invited three people to her farewell dinner three days later.

Her teacher and best friend, and Masato Takeshita.

After the dinner, the two found excuses to leave, leaving the two alone in the box staring at each other.

After a moment, the young man was the first to break the silence.

"Go for a walk?"

"Okay!"

The girl agreed happily.

The streets of Tokyo are brightly lit, presenting a prosperous scene.

The girl murmured in a hazy voice: "I don't know when Shencheng will be able to develop to this extent."

"It'll be quick."

"It took Japan just over 30 years to develop from a poor country to a prosperous city today."

"Shanghai's current infrastructure is much better than Japan's in the past. It is estimated that it will be able to develop to be comparable to Tokyo in more than 20 years."

"In another 10 years, urban construction may even surpass Tokyo."

The construction of late-developing cities is always better than that of early-developing cities.

In the 21st century, the level of construction in Shanghai and Beijing far surpasses that of Japan, while Japan is much better than the United States and Western Europe.

"Well, I hope so."

The girl didn't quite believe it and thought the young man was just saying nice things because she was there.

Masato Takeshita understood the girl's mentality very well, but he still said seriously: "Be confident. China's future is limitless."

"okay."

Lin Qingqian still didn't quite believe it, but when she saw the young man's determined eyes, her heart was unconsciously infected.

She does not expect China to catch up with Japan in 20 years, but only hopes that China can catch up with Japan in the field of urban construction during her lifetime.

The bright lights and wine can easily make people intoxicated.

The same is true for Masato Takeshita and Lin Qingqian.

Thinking that she would be saying goodbye tomorrow, she accepted the young man's advances.

After enjoying the summer breeze for more than two hours, the young man said with ulterior motives: "Well, let me take you home."

The girl was silent for a moment, lowered her head and responded in a low voice: "Okay!"

Masato Takeshita immediately revealed a happy smile, and then said to the bodyguard not far away: "Call the driver over and take us to Daejeon."

The girl lives in Ota Ward.

This place is relatively close to the headquarters of Xinghai Group, and the rental price is relatively cheap.

“The room is a bit small, sorry.”

After the two people entered the rental house, Lin Qingqian turned on the light and introduced themselves shyly and uncomfortably.

The rent in Tokyo is very high, so it is impossible for a girl to rent a room that is too big.

However, a one-bedroom apartment is enough for most single women.

"It's a nice little room. Much better than when I was in college."

Lin Qingqian is consistent in his words and deeds and keeps the room spotless.

The living room is tidy and there is no clutter even on the desk.

It should be a mild mysophobia or obsessive-compulsive disorder.

However, these are not the focus of young people.

He hopes to have a good memory tonight.

(End of this chapter)