Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 208 Charge Forward
If there was any big event in early 1989, then the death of a certain old man was definitely a happy event worthy of celebration for all mankind.

"You're so happy, do you want to have something nice tonight?"

Izumi Sakai was not surprised by this, as he was well aware of his boyfriend's political inclinations.

"Of course, we'll have a barbecue tonight. There will be plenty of seafood, beef, and vegetables."

Masato Takeshita thought of something and a happier expression appeared on his face.

"Okay, I'll ask the servant to buy it."

"Well, let's make arrangements."

Due to the influence of feudal remnants, television media broadcast a special feature on his life for 48 hours.

But many people did not buy it and called to complain.

At the same time, Japan's videotape rental business suddenly became popular, with some sales reaching dozens of times the usual amount.

In addition, there were also heroes who went to the scene to hold various protests.

If the Japanese police hadn't stopped him, he would have been wiped out.

However, most people are indifferent.

Instead of taking this time, you might as well calculate which stocks to buy.

The opportunity to make a fortune is right in front of you, and you don’t have that much free time.

When someone gains, someone loses.

Video rental stores made a fortune, but record companies suffered heavy losses.

Many singers who were preparing to release songs had to delay their release time.

Many singers who were planning to appear on the show for promotion also had to avoid it.

"Is Being okay?"

Although I am only the second largest shareholder of Being, I still need to show some concern at such an important moment.

"The company has no plans to release records after the new year, so everything is fine."

"Ah That's good."

As for TV promotion, Being had almost nothing.

Taking Izumi Sakai in her previous life as an example, it seems that she only appeared on TV three times for promotional activities, which is not even a fraction of the singers of other companies.

Of course, Being also has its own unique promotional secret - animation promotion.

Many well-known national animations have promotional songs provided by Being.

"Chibi Maruko-chan" theme song "Let's Dance".

"Until the End of the World", the theme song of "Slam Dunk".

It can be said that Being is the first record company to use animation on a large scale to promote its own singers.

The biggest advantage of doing this is that it can save a lot of advertising funds.

You have to know that Japanese variety shows only have a very small appearance fee.

Most of the time, it is not enough to cover the singer’s round-trip fare and meals.

After asking Being, Masato Takeshita called Avex again.

This is our own company and we need to pay more attention to it.

"President Matsuura, is there anything wrong with the company?"

"The company currently has no artists debuting, so the impact is very small."

Although the company has started recruiting new people, it is still in the training stage.

As for the debut time, it will be in October this year at the earliest.

Knowing that everything was fine at home, Masato Takeshita finally let it go.

The next morning, he walked briskly to his office.

Keiko Sakai also knew the political inclinations of her president, but due to work requirements, she had no choice but to ask.

"President, does our company need to arrange an event?"

Masato Takeshita waved his hand and responded in a light tone.

"Don't worry about it, just continue working as usual."

"If anyone has different opinions, they will be transferred directly to the general affairs department."

Japan implements a lifetime employment system, and companies cannot fire employees even if they make serious mistakes.

But not firing someone does not mean that punishment cannot be carried out.

The General Affairs Department is the department of Xinghai Group that specializes in punishing employees.

Employees in this department just do repetitive work mechanically every day and have no prospects for growth.

If the economy changes in the future, these people will be the best targets for layoffs.

Of course, the ultimate goal of establishing this department is to address gender equality issues that will inevitably arise in the future.

As economic levels improve, countries will pay more and more attention to gender equality.

If we simply pursue gender equality without considering the actual situation, disastrous consequences can easily occur.

It would be better to set up a separate department.

If the number of male and female employees in the company does not meet the legal requirements, then we will recruit more of the vacancies and report to the General Affairs Department.

As for wages, we will follow the minimum standard.

Although it cost a little more money, it was well worth it considering the peace of mind of the company.

If you pursue equality too much, you will end up causing a lot of trouble.

Affects the company's development, affects the company's market value, and affects the company's evaluation.

"Hi!"

Keiko Sakai understood that the president was serious this time.

Obviously, anyone who is shortsighted at this point in time will be excluded by the company.

"Well, go ahead and do it."

"Hi!"

Sakai Keiko responded loudly again.

No matter who is gone in this world, the sun will still rise as usual.

With the announcement of the new era name [Heisei], the whole of Japan immediately returned to its former prosperity.

People were shouting at the top of their lungs about the stock and property markets.

On the one hand, they were living a life of debauchery in restaurants and hotels.

Soon, with the emergence of a book, ordinary Japanese people began to become more fanatical.

The name of this book is the famous one - "Japan Can Say No".

It was co-written by nationalist Shintaro Ishihara and Sony Chairman Akio Morita.

As soon as it was launched on the market, it immediately caused a huge sensation across the country and won the applause of most Japanese citizens.

Even Izumi Sakai, who doesn't usually like politics, bought a copy.

"Does it look good?"

"Yeah, it looks pretty passionate."

The girl liked the book very much because it contained praise for Matsumoto Manufacturing and Masato Takeshita.

It says that Masato Takeshita became the head of a Fortune 500 company at a young age, which is a perfect reflection of the excellence of Japan's education system.

Even for private universities in Japan, tuition fees are not very high.

Unlike in the United States, studying at a private university is equivalent to draining your first half of your life.

It's ridiculously expensive.

In a word, our great Japan is invincible.

"This kind of book is best read critically. Many of the contents are full of loopholes and are simply venting dissatisfaction."

There is no essential difference between "Japan Can Say No" and "China Can Say No", which will be popular in China in the future.

They are all just stirring up national sentiment, which is useless.

Just take a look, if you take it seriously you will lose.

"Oh, yes, I know."

Izumi Sakai nodded, looking confused and not quite understanding.

But this is normal. When Masato Takeshita was young in his previous life, he was also brainwashed by similar things.

All I can say is that these books capture the common ground of some people just right.

The book "Japan Can Say No" was not only a big hit in Japan, but also caused a sensation in the United States.

However, Sony's Akio Morita was more cunning and hid himself.

There is no content written by him in the English book, so naturally he is not the author.

People still need to eat.

Sony still has a lot of business in Bald Eagle, but it only dares to enjoy itself in the country.

Obviously, even Akio Morita himself did not really believe in what he wrote.

If they really dare to resist, why would they delete the foreign language versions of the books in a way that is designed to cover up their mistakes?
But when it comes to exaggerating emotions, the most important thing is not yourself, but whether you can incite others. Obviously, Akio Morita and madman Ishihara succeeded.

At least Japanese investors are confident, and stock prices are rising as well.

A few days after the new book was released, the stock price rose by several hundred points again.

It can be said that this book is a shot in the arm for the stock market, prompting the stock market to rise again.

At the same time, the surge in the stock market further verified the foresight of this book, and the book sold even better.

"Have you read that book?"

"The book you're talking about is..."

“It’s ‘Japan Can Say No’!”

"Of course I know this one. It's really well written."

"Yes, it's very well written, and that's how it should be. Our economy is so good, why should we still listen to the Americans?"

……

For the next few days, Masato Takeshita could hear discussions about the book.

There are passers-by as well as passionate young people from our own company.

"Suzuki-san, have you read Sheng Tian-san's new book?"

Xinghai Group Vice President Suzuki Zensuke smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"When people get old, they can no longer resonate with those messed-up things."

"How can a country without military power be independent?"

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this book is absolutely a collection of nonsense.

How could Japan have the power to say no to the United States? Are you kidding me?
There is only a slight possibility unless there is a major change in the situation in East Asia.

He felt that for the time being, he couldn't see this possibility.

Suzuki Zensuke was like this, and the other managers were equally calm and indifferent.

The noisy exaggeration of the media society only makes everyone feel noisy.

Perhaps this is also related to the fact that most managers have experienced various movements in the 1960s.

The blood has cooled and I am just watching from the sidelines.

Just when the Japanese people were in a frenzy over a book, a bucket of cold water soon poured down on them.

"Is this going to be a big one?"

In February 1989, Masato Takeshita watched the arrest of Rikurout CEO Hiromasa Ezoe and grumbled to himself.

As early as April last year, the Likulut case had sparked a stir.

In June, with the revelations from unknown persons, more truths began to surface.

In July, big fish appear.

Former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, Shintaro Abe who has a great chance of becoming the prime minister in the future, and Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa were involved in this scandal.

This ultimately led to Kiichi Miyazawa having to resign in December last year.

But these things don’t matter. Although the Japanese people are angry, they will only be angry for a short time.

After lying low for a period of time, senior officials including Kiichi Miyazawa can still come to the fore.

"Senior, is everything alright?"

Masato Takeshita did not rashly contact Takeshita Noboru directly, but instead took the classic roundabout way of saving people and called Obuchi Keizo first.

"Everything is fine and will remain stable for the time being."

“But in the future, there will be more to consider.”

With the large political donations from the Xinghai Group, Masato Takeshita's relationship with politicians from the Waseda, Kanagawa, and Ibaraki Prefecture factions has become increasingly close.

Obuchi Keisuke didn't just say the superficial things, but still revealed a little bit of the secret.

"I see. Prime Minister Takeshita, do you have time recently?"

"The Prime Minister has been very busy lately and it may be difficult for him to spare the time."

Takeshita Noboru has been in a lot of trouble recently, and if the Xinghai Group is involved, things will become even more troublesome.

"Well, okay, I'll trouble Senior Xiao Yuan then."

"It's just a small matter. I'll keep in touch later."

Obuchi Keisuke was still very polite to his financial sponsor.

In the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election, funding is also a very important factor.

If you don’t give others benefits, why would they choose you?

No matter how loud the slogans are, they are no match for a bag of paper.

As for honest people, there are of course some, but their number is too small to make up the whole situation.

But soon, Masato Takeshita was no longer happy.

Because some people wanted to muddy the waters and deliberately involved Xinghai Group.

In today's edition of the Yomiuri Shimbun, right next to the Reklut case, the Xinghai Group was mentioned without directly naming it.

"Immediately notify the department head and above management at the headquarters, and the vice presidents and above management at all major companies."

"The meeting will be held in the headquarters conference room at 10 a.m."

The moment Masato Takeshita saw the news, he quickly realized that there was a force trying to target the Xinghai Group.

Matsumoto Manufacturing seems to be the only company in Japan that has risen rapidly in the past two years and quickly grown into a world-class company.

Besides, the article also mentions the semiconductor field.

It would be strange if it wasn’t Xinghai Group.

"Hi!"

Hearing the serious tone of her president, Keiko Sakai did not dare to delay and immediately arranged for her subordinates to make the notification.

"You, inform President Suzuki."

"Hi!"

"You, contact Xinghai Semiconductor."

"Hi!"

……

As instructions were issued one after another, many senior executives of the group soon gathered in the headquarters conference room.

Masato Takeshita turned his head to look at Keiko Sakai and asked, "Is everyone here?"

"Yes, everyone is here."

"Ah, very good."

The young man nodded, and then said seriously again: "Distribute the cut newspapers to everyone."

"Yes!"

In order to highlight the key points, before the meeting, Masato Takeshita had instructed his secretary to do a simple summary of the information.

This is more eye-catching and clearer.

"This is today's Yomiuri Shimbun. Everyone, take a look."

"It doesn't matter if you've seen it before, you can watch it again."

At first glance, the content of the news is nothing special, just praising the achievements of Xinghai Group.

But combined with the subtle changes inside, it is easy for people to feel something is wrong and think that there must be something wrong inside.

First of all, how can a young man like you directly get such a big factory like Matsumoto Manufacturing?

There must be some behind-the-scenes related transactions.

Secondly, semiconductors are so popular now, why would Hitachi sell you a wafer factory?

It must involve high-level transactions, and Hitachi had no choice.

The final blow was a decisive blow.

By introducing the interactions between the Xinghai Group and the upper echelons of Waseda University, he openly praised the friendship of Waseda students.

However, he always hinted that Xinghai Group was the super enterprise created by Masato Takeshita through illegal transactions behind the scenes.

15 minutes later, the young man asked with a cold face.

"Everyone, tell me how to solve this problem."

Masato Takeshita doesn't have time to investigate who is targeting the Xinghai Group.

There are too many candidates.

The luggage manufacturer whose interests were damaged, the students of Keio University, the politicians who were hostile to Takeshita Noboru's faction...

The most important thing now is to solve the problem, and the rest will not be too late until autumn.

"You can find an entertainment star and expose the scandal."

Masato Takeshita looked at Shiro Tamazono, the public relations manager of the headquarters, with admiration.

"That's a good suggestion, a smart idea."

(End of this chapter)