Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 257 I Don’t Want to Be Sucker
In the spacious and bright office, Masato Takeshita was talking on the phone in a gentle tone.

"Well, I'm listening, go on."

"Oh, it took you so long to discuss this?"

"I see. So that's how it is."

"Okay, no problem. I'll notify all the universities right away."

"Everyone will be able to enroll normally in April next year."

"okay bye."

After hearing a beep from the other end, the young man put down the phone and muttered to himself.

"A simple matter of studying abroad has been delayed for so long."

“It’s probably the number of places allocated that has caused a lot of controversy.”

"Everyone wants their own university to have more places for studying abroad!"

2000 places for studying abroad may not seem like a lot, but that was in the future.

In today's China, the number of students going abroad to study each year is limited.

There are only a few thousand people who choose to study abroad with all-inclusive expenses.

This sponsorship by Masato Takeshita has increased the number of free admission quotas by about two-thirds on the original basis.

Many universities want more free places for their students, so naturally there is a lot of noise.

As for why, the quota is 2000 instead of more than 1700.

This is the result after the revision in October.

With more than 1700 places available, young people always feel a little awkward.

Why not just take advantage of the opportunity when Xinghai Investment makes tens of billions of dollars and increase the number of sponsorships?

In this way, 4000 families in China and Japan can enjoy the good treatment of free university education every year.

Among them, Waseda University was of great help.

One school accepts 350 international students from China.

It seems that Waseda has made up its mind to expand its influence in China as much as possible.

As for public universities such as the University of Tokyo, the number of students ranges from thirty to forty to seventy to eighty.

The number of places is far less than that of private universities such as Waseda and Keio.

After finalizing the list, Masato Takeshita simply held a principals exchange meeting in the name of Xinghai Group.

This way everyone has the opportunity to communicate directly and avoid serious misunderstandings.

Many disputes among humans are caused by a lack of understanding of each other.

The level of the exchange meeting was relatively high, so the young man brought a group of senior executives from Xinghai Group to the airport to pick them up in person.

Accommodation was also arranged at the most luxurious Prince Hotel in Tokyo.

At the same time, translators who can communicate in both Chinese and Japanese were arranged to help Chinese representatives familiarize themselves with life in Japan.

Of course, translators are specially trained.

Those traitorous people who hate their country were directly excluded.

After arranging accommodation and meals for the delegation, Masato Takeshita couldn't wait to come to Lin Qingqian's room.

Long time no see, I miss you very much.

"Sure, he's the deputy leader?"

The young man held the girl's fair little hand and sighed with relief.

I never expected that the girl's position would rise so quickly.

You know, although the China-Japan University Education Exchange Conference is sponsored by Xinghai Group and it is the first one, it is not a fake one at all.

The participating members are all well-known figures in the education industry of China and Japan.

Taking the Chinese side as an example, most of the leaders are at the vice-ministerial level, and there are very few at the department level.

The team leader is equally important, the deputy minister of the national education department.

The fact that the girl could get the position of deputy leader was far beyond his expectations.

"Yeah, I didn't expect that either."

"But the leader said that I am familiar with Japan and Xinghai Group, so he made the decision directly."

When Lin Qingqian thinks back to what happened back then, she feels extremely shocked.

I am a young man who just graduated from college, but I can take on such an important responsibility.

And there is no chance to refuse.

"Now that you are here, make the best of it. I believe you can complete this task perfectly."

"Well, definitely."

Everyone’s time is precious, so the exchange meeting between university presidents from China and Japan officially began the next morning.

Masato Takeshita is not a person related to the education field, so as the organizer, he simply said a few polite words and then quietly left the venue.

It is better for the education industry to handle this kind of thing themselves.

The exchange was so successful that several universities even decided to become sister schools.

For example, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Donghua Industry have successfully joined hands.

Both are engineering-oriented universities and are second-tier universities in the country. There are many areas for cooperation between the two sides.

"Phew, great, the meeting ended perfectly."

After watching the Chinese delegation leave at the airport, Masato Takeshita couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

This is the first time that Xinghai Group has held an important meeting. If anything goes wrong, it will seriously affect the company's reputation in this area.

Of course, if it is successfully held now, the benefits will be huge.

Last night, China's news broadcast showed related footage for more than ten seconds.

Xinghai Group's popularity suddenly increased in China.

The risk is small and the reward is huge.

No wonder many companies and organizations like to hold similar events.

After the exchange meeting, the young people still had no time to relax.

An important gathering of the Daomen clan will be held on the third day after the exchange meeting.

After taking a walk, Masato Takeshita returned to his old acquaintance Keizo Obuchi.

"Senior Xiao Yuan, I heard that our country has decided to only donate money and not send troops?"

"Well, this is the mainstream view. The specific situation needs further discussion."

Masato Takeshita is familiar with the life trajectory of Keizo Obuchi and knows his important significance to Japan's transformation.

Therefore, as early as 1986, they began to deliberately interact with each other.

After more than three years of contact, the two sides have become stable allies.

So now the two of them can also talk about some sensitive topics.

"Is that so? Then I guess Japan will be the victim."

"Take advantage of yourself?"

"Yes, I am the one who got taken advantage of."

Then the young man began to analyze why this happened.

Although Kuwait is small in size, it is a country sitting on an oil bank.

The group in power leads a life of luxury every day and has no idea of the pain of being penniless.

No matter how much money Japan donates, it is meaningless in the eyes of the ruling group in Kuwait.

The status of the country that contributes money is far lower than that of the country that contributes troops.

In addition, Kuwait is also a country that seriously looks down on others and does not know how to be grateful.

Japan donated $130 billion, second only to the United States' $150 billion.

Just because they didn't send troops, they were treated differently.

After the restoration of the country, Japan was not included in the list of thanks.

"Oh, really?"

"Oh, you still don't understand what those princes are like?"

The young man looked disdainful.

In other words, they are lucky, as the world's oil depot is right under their feet.

If they were in Africa, these princes would probably still be living a nomadic life.

Of course, the times are also an important factor.

After World War I, human society became more civilized.

Incidents such as massacres cause huge public outcry.

If it were before World War I, after the discovery of oil, people like Wang would at most have eaten some leftovers.

Many people like to say that Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires.

This is also a term that only came into being after World War I.

If it was before World War I, I would just play Candy Crush.

Not to mention Afghanistan, even more powerful countries can't stand it.

"This?" Keisuke Obuchi looked a little conflicted, not knowing what to do.

Seeing that he was somewhat moved, the young man continued to encourage him.

"Don't hesitate. I think you can just show your hand in the meeting."

"Or choose to send troops."

"If you don't send troops, donate less money."

"As far as I know, Germany is only prepared to give 50 billion dollars. We can increase the donation to 60 billion."

Masato Takeshita would rather not spend a penny, but he thought of the power of the United States and the might of Middle East oil.

In the end, they had no choice but to accept it in order to avoid being targeted by the Middle Eastern oil-producing countries.

"It's difficult. Germany can make excuses, saying they need to face the threat from the Soviet front."

Keizo Obuchi was very tempted, but being a steady person, he was not prepared to take any risks.

"We also have an excuse. Isn't the stock market crash the best excuse?"

Japan's stock market has fallen by more than 1% since its massive crash in January.

If Japan uses this incident as an excuse, it can also shut up many countries.

"Besides, everyone knows the situation in the Soviet Union now. The Cold War is over."

The Soviet Union is now in a state of decline.

The US government no longer viewed the Soviet Union as its number one threat.

Today's bald eagles are more targeted at Japan and the European Community.

"Okay, let me try."

Although Obuchi Keizo does not have such a strong desire for the prime minister's throne, who wouldn't want to sit on the top if he could?

He decided to discuss it with Senior Takeshita in the evening and try to get more support.

"Well, that's how it should be."

Masato Takeshita smiled happily and continued his analysis.

"It worked. Thanks to Senior Xiao Yuan's wise decision, we reduced our foreign exchange losses."

"This thing failed. When Japan is looked down upon afterwards, people will remember your foresight."

Regardless of whether he wins or loses, Keisuke Obuchi can gain more capital.

There is no way, who is to blame for Japan’s poor political status?
Qatar is destined to treat Japan differently.

"okay."

After the cocktail party that evening, Keizo Obuchi couldn't wait to visit Noboru Takeshita.

"Is that right?"

After listening to Keisuke Obuchi's analysis, Noboru Takeshita also felt that it made sense.

For the wealthy people in the Middle East who do not regard money as money, giving money is indeed not that important.

But he wanted to use this to strike against hostile forces.

So, he would speak out against it, but he would not be too forceful.

The final performance in Congress was,
He voiced his opposition, but his influence was insignificant and in the end the large donation was forcefully approved.

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Only when the incident breaks out can he take the opportunity to gain more capital.

Takeshita Noboru is now ambitious and wants to ascend to power again.

"Okay, I've written it down."

"No, this is what I should do."

Obuchi Keisuke naturally knew exactly what Takeshita Noboru was thinking.

He also thought that his prestige was not enough, so he came up with this trick of using someone else's talent to pay tribute to the Buddha.

No matter what the outcome is, he will be the one who benefits.

The young man was unaware of the undercurrents within the Liberal Democratic Party and he was very busy now.

Because the employees of Xinghai Investment have finished their vacation, they need to start a new round of investment.

"The first phase of the Rabbit, Dragon, and Snake funds will end soon. Remember to trade your stocks to Galaxy Investment."

Masato Takeshita established a large-scale asset management company, Galaxy Investment, also with the consideration of facilitating the handling of hedge fund business.

For example, the three funds mentioned above that are about to be liquidated bought stocks of popular companies such as Microsoft, Cisco, and Oracle.

If you sell it, it will be very difficult to buy it back.

It’s better to use your left hand to do the right hand.

Although two handling fees need to be paid, both parties can make a lot of money.

Among them, Galaxy Investment mainly makes money from premium.

The young man would certainly not allow the second phase fund to be bought back at the original price, causing losses to Galaxy Investment and damaging his own reputation.

Several funds need at least a 10% premium to successfully complete the repurchase.

As for funds that buy stocks at a premium, they will not lose money either, as the appreciation of the stocks can quickly offset this part of the cost.

"Yes!"

Kamoto Takashi nodded seriously and asked seriously.

“I don’t know what to do with the money we made from oil futures?”

“Put it back into the fund according to the investment ratio, and then buy all the U.S. stocks.”

At this point, the young man thought of the three funds that were about to be liquidated.

"Wait, the funds of the Rabbit, Dragon, and Snake funds will remain."

"It's going to be liquidated soon, there's no need to go back and forth."

"Hi!"

After breaking down the whole into smaller parts, handling funds becomes much simpler.

After more than ten days, the more than 150 billion US dollars in his hands were finally converted into stocks of popular companies.

However, there is more funding this time, so the investors are all giant companies.

For example, General Electric, Coca-Cola, McDonald's, and Intel.

These companies have high market capitalizations, and a stock trading volume of billions is nothing.

With Shinji Kikuno in charge of U.S. stocks, Masato Takeshita soon turned his attention back to Japanese stocks.

Xinghai Investment still has a lot of Japanese yen, and he wants to spend some of it.

"Well, never mind. Let's wait a little longer."

After the Japanese real estate collapse, the stock market will usher in another wave of big declines.

That would be the best time for Matsumoto to repurchase shares.

"This, well, is barely half successful."

In mid-November, young people looked at the front-page headlines of the Asahi Shimbun and didn't know what to say.

Japan continued along the same path as before, but reduced its donation to US$100 billion.

This number is considered to be Takeshita Noboru's ultimate calculation.

Donations of less than 100 billion do not seem that shocking.

He felt a little reluctant to donate more than 100 billion.

This money will be wasted.

Being able to save billions is a good thing.

The only regret is that all supplies have to be purchased in the United States.

It would be even more perfect if I could buy some of it in Japan.

"Senior, congratulations!"

The native residents of every country hate to provide aid to foreign countries, let alone large-scale aid.

This appearance of Keisuke Obuchi successfully increased his fame.

"No, Senior Takeshita is just giving me a chance."

At first, Noboru Takeshita wanted to go up by himself.

But first of all, the Takeshita faction is the largest faction in the Liberal Democratic Party.

What if a lot of people suddenly change sides and the proposal is eventually passed?
Secondly, if he personally takes charge of the operation.

It is very likely that the failure of the proposal will shake his political position within the Liberal Democratic Party.

It’s different with Keizo Obuchi, he’s still a young and vigorous person.

Even if the proposal is rejected, it will be of little consequence.

"Oh, so that's the case. Congratulations then."

Those who were pushed to the stage by Takeshita Noboru were his absolute confidants.

The future Takeshita Sect will also be handed over to them.

"No, it's far from good."

Xiao Yuan Huisan waved his hands, appearing to be unperturbed by fame or disgrace, and leisurely watched the flowers bloom and fall in the courtyard.

(End of this chapter)