Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 265 Year-end Review
Do your best and obey destiny!
Masato Takeshita has repeatedly reminded that if Waseda remains unprepared like in his previous life, there is nothing that can be done.

He is not the president of Waseda University, but just a fairly successful alumnus.

After the dinner, Takeshita Masato told the driver: "Go straight home."

"Hi!"

The driver responded, then drove the bulletproof car to follow the security personnel and slowly drove towards Setagaya District.

Young people are very concerned about their personal safety, so after becoming one of the top ten richest people in the world, they increased their security efforts.

Every time he goes home now, there are top security guards from the United States, China and Vietnam in front and behind his car.

The kind of security guard who has been to the battlefield but has no psychological problems.

"I am back."

"Well, welcome home."

Izumi Sakai had a simple ponytail and opened the door with a smile, looking very much like a Yamato Nadeshiko.

The girl naturally took off Masato Takeshita's coat and then asked casually.

"Would you like some more dinner?"

Although there are butlers and servants, Izumi Sakai still prefers to open the door himself.

For her, it is a very happy thing to be able to personally greet her husband every night after a busy day.

Young people also enjoy this because they can feel the warmth of home.

"No, where's the child?"

The young man took off his shoes casually and asked anxiously.

"I just fell asleep with the help of my aunt. Do you want to go and have a look?"

"Well, I'll keep my voice down then."

My daughter Hui Takeshita is already 10 months old, which is the age that makes parents most anxious.

Fortunately, there is someone to help take care of it. If there were only two of us, we would probably be too busy.

There is no way around it, because babies are not very conscious and very active. Basically, they will seriously affect the sleep of their parents.

"It's so cute."

The more Masato Takeshita looked at her, the more he liked her. If he hadn't been afraid of waking up his daughter, he would have picked her up from the crib and kissed her.

This is his bloodline, proof of his existence in this world.

After looking at his daughter reluctantly for a while, the young man returned to the living room with his girlfriend.

“Is the recording studio at home ready?”

"It's almost done. It will be completed in three to five days."

"Yeah, that's fast."

Masato Takeshita was very naive before and had a very superficial understanding of the privileges of rich people.

By chance, he heard a few wealthy people discussing home decoration, and then he realized that he could build a recording studio at home.

Izumi Sakai has been able to get the company to accommodate her, rather than the other way around.

After returning, he explained his idea to his girlfriend, and then asked his secretary to help him complete this small task.

In the future, unless there is a special need, the girl will not go to the port area, but record at home.

In this way, my daughter's safety can be further improved.

"Yeah, it was pretty fast, thank you."

Izumi Sakai also looked expectant, and thanked her boyfriend for supporting her dream.

If it were a wealthy family, not to mention supporting their significant other to enter the entertainment industry, they wouldn’t even be able to go out and work.

"Thank you, we are lovers."

The young man waved his hands as if he didn't care, but he was very happy in his heart.

After having a simple meal of fruit in the evening, Masato Takeshita began his normal evening life.

The next morning, Masato Takeshita, looking refreshed, came to the room where the mother and daughter were.

"Hey, dear girl, wake up."

Seeing his daughter sitting there with her big eyes rolling around cutely, the young man became excited.

"Papa, Papa!"

Hui Takeshita is still young and his speech is not so clear.

Every time I call Takeshita Masato, it's a distorted version of the voice.

Masato Takeshita didn't care. He happily picked up his daughter and enjoyed the warmth of his family.

"You've worked hard at night. Let someone help you next time and get more sleep during the day."

"Ok, I know."

Although it was very tiring, the girl still chose to take care of the child herself.

She wanted to take more care of her daughter instead of leaving her entirely to the care of a nanny.

Izumi Sakai feels that this is not good for the child's growth.

"Okay, be careful."

The young man understood his girlfriend's stubbornness and stopped trying to persuade her.

"I know, don't worry."

After breakfast, Masato Takeshita took a car to the headquarters of Xinghai Group.

He will stay here for the next ten days until the Japanese New Year to review the financial statements submitted by the subsidiaries of Xinghai Group.

It includes the business development, company size, sales volume, net profit of each company...

Usually, Xinghai Investment is the fastest to submit.

Because Xinghai Investment’s business is relatively simple, the statistics can be completed quickly.

This year marks the beginning of a fruitful year for Xinghai Investment.

Three years of hard work have brought us today's fruitful results.

This does not include the fund that Masato Takeshita enjoys exclusively himself, nor the employee funds of major subsidiaries.

The six major private equity funds open to the outside world alone have earned Xinghai Investment a huge fortune of over US$6 billion.

What's even better is that if Masato Takeshita wants, he doesn't have to pay a single cent of tax on this money.

Because the funds and company registration locations are overseas and are investment income, legal tax avoidance can be accomplished very easily.

But after thinking about it, the young man finally decided not to do anything too drastic.

After a simple calculation, the tax amount was set at US$5 million.

In this way, everything up and down can be explained well.

As for Xinghai Investment’s employee fund and his exclusive fund, the funds are still in the stock market, so naturally no taxes are required.

"Very good. Next year, we will hand over this money to the Xinghai Group headquarters, and then we can calmly start a new layout."

All countries have similar corporate tax laws, which means that companies only pay taxes when they make money.

So as long as he spends all the money he hands over, he doesn't have to pay taxes.

Many Internet giants in later generations have become adept at using this tactic.

For example, Bezos, the founder of Amazon, did not pay taxes for decades.

Of course, Internet giants all learned from financial giants.

Both Buffett and Soros are among the best.

Paying taxes is something that ordinary companies and ordinary people do.

We, the international capital giants, have our own set of rules for survival.

"Well, let's start with the UK and Finland."

Masato Takeshita targeted the privatization reform in the UK and wanted to obtain more shares of BP, Shell Oil and British Telecom.

These were the hot stocks in the 90s. Not only could they enhance the influence of the Xinghai Group, but they could also earn some pounds.

In addition, HSBC Group, which is preparing to relist in the UK, is also a very good target.

This company made a lot of money by taking advantage of the rapid rise of Hong Kong. Although the investment income of large companies is not as high as that of the Internet, it can absorb more funds.

However, compared with the UK, young people pay more attention to Finland.

Masato Takeshita is ready to invest in a country and grow with it.

And right now, there is no better choice than Finland.

On the one hand, Finland has a solid foundation and some top industries.

At the same time, the next government will be more online and will develop the country in a colorful way.

On the other hand, Finland is still in a difficult phase.

As the situation in the Soviet Union worsened, Finland, as a window, also encountered serious economic problems.

Xinghai Group can acquire more high-quality wealth at a very small cost.

For example, Nokia is still in a mess now, and the company’s CEO has committed suicide in despair, but it will dominate the 2G era in the future.

For example, UPM, the world's third largest paper group, and KONE, one of the world's top five elevator giants, are also very high-quality companies.

In addition, Finland has also made many extraordinary contributions to the computer industry.

Especially in the gaming field, the developers of Angry Birds and Clash of Clans both originated from Finland.

If Xinghai Group can complete its layout in Finland, it will have a bridgehead when it expands into the European market in the future.

More importantly, Finland is a country that is very self-aware.

There will be no special targeting for investment from Japan.

Unlike big countries like Britain, France and Germany, which are prone to making unexpected mistakes.

In addition to Europe, Youth will also make a simple layout in Japan.

For example, taking advantage of the real estate crash and the tightening of Japanese banks, some Star Ocean Semiconductor shares were bought back.

Of course, Matsumoto Manufacturing cannot be forgotten.

It is a good opportunity to take advantage of the further decline in the stock market next year to complete the repurchase of some stocks.

Both he and the company can take this opportunity to increase their stock shares.

Although the business report of Xinghai Investment was very simple, the young man still reviewed it meticulously for two days.

This is the company's most profitable business, and you can never be too careful.

After finding no problems, he then began to review the various reports produced by Matsumoto.

The most important of these is the financial report.

This year, Matsumoto Manufacturing has not had a good time. Not only has the company's profits failed to grow, but they have also declined significantly.

The profit level has dropped from the previous $10 billion to just over $5 million.

On the one hand, after more than three years of development, there are more and more competitors, and the trolley suitcase market has gradually become saturated.

The market has shifted from incremental to stock.

In developed countries such as Europe and the United States, this thing is not everywhere, but almost every household has it.

On the other hand, it is also related to a series of large investments made by Matsumoto Manufacturing this year.

Matsumoto Manufacturing has invested more than 1 million US dollars in the Chinese market alone.

The investment amounts are naturally larger in the more developed markets of Japan and the United States.

The construction of factories in Japan and the United States alone, as well as logistics groups, will cost nearly $1 billion.

If it weren't for the sharp increase in patent fees for trolley suitcases, Matsumoto Manufacturing's profits this year would probably have been completely wiped out.

There was no other way. In order to seize the energy drink market, Matsumoto Manufacturing could only rely on its financial advantage to surround Red Bull from all sides.

Masato Takeshita's bottom line is that Red Bull can occupy a certain market share in Europe and Southeast Asia.

But it cannot exceed Pulse, at most both sides are evenly matched.

As for the larger American and Chinese markets, young people just want to monopolize them.

In the energy drink industry, there can only be one king.

“I don’t know if the company’s stock price will fall further after this report is issued.”

Such little profit will definitely make some investors unhappy.

When investors are unhappy, they will choose to sell their stocks, and the stock price will start to fall.

"Well, probably not. Everyone thought the economic crisis would soon be over."

"But it doesn't matter. Only a small number of investors can wait patiently. Most investors will just follow the trend blindly. Especially when land prices fall quickly."

The impact of the collapse in land prices is huge and will further devastate the stock market.

After all, many people and institutions use loans to speculate in real estate, and when house prices fall, they can only use other assets to fill the hole.

The stock market is the easiest asset to trade.

There will definitely be a large number of sellers selling next year, and even companies with normal development will see a new round of stock price declines.

Matsumoto Manufacturing, a company that has seen a severe decline in profits, is naturally even more difficult to avoid.

After all, in a panic, who cares about your future?

Now it's all over.

Matsumoto Manufacturing's profits have shrunk significantly, but compared to Xinghai Semiconductor, they are still countless times better.

This year, Xinghai Semiconductor has once again fallen into losses, and the losses are even more serious.

"I didn't expect that Xinghai Semiconductor would spend so much money this year."

"My goodness, I'm afraid it's tens of billions of dollars."

Yes, Xinghai Semiconductor spent a lot this year, almost several billion dollars.

As a result, the company suffered heavy losses this year, with a full-year net profit of negative US$12.35 billion.

That’s right, while the second-generation Xinghai mobile phones were selling well, Xinghai Semiconductor suffered even more exaggerated losses.

the reason is simple,
First, sales of disaster emergency radios have decreased.

Because of the increase in competitors and local protection.

Sales of disaster emergency radios declined in both the United States and Japan.

But this is normal. It is difficult for disaster emergency radios to maintain a monopoly position, and it is also difficult to develop a high-end brand.

It is not possible to sell it on a global scale like rolling suitcases.

In addition, the most important customer governments prefer to purchase products produced in their own country.

Second, the huge investment made by Xinghai in OEM.

This year, Xinghai Foundry not only needs to pay the full balance of three 6-inch wafer fabs, but also needs to pay the first construction cost of the 8-inch wafer fab.

All this money adds up to about $2 million.

There is no way. Everything is expensive in Japan now. Even the lithography machines that no one was interested in in the past few years have increased in price.

Third, Xinghai Mobile’s continued large-scale construction.

Because the Xinghai generation of mobile phones had to fulfill its promise of not making money, it did not make a single cent and even lost tens of millions of dollars in advertising fees.

This money can only be recovered slowly through telephone bills.

As for the second generation of Xinghai, it has just started selling and it will take some time to recover the money.

It is estimated that the first return of funds will be seen in late January or early February next year.

In addition, Xinghai Mobile's infrastructure is no less than that of Matsumoto's Pulse beverage.

Factories have already been built in Japan and Malaysia.

Of course, Xinghai Semiconductor’s biggest expense is still the investment in intelligence.

The national laboratories in various countries have funding ranging from tens of millions of dollars to hundreds of millions.

Billions of dollars are spent in a frugal manner.

If it weren't for Lou Gerstner's persuasion, Masato Takeshita was even prepared to invest another 10 billion.

There is no other purpose but to gain an advantage in next year's reorganization and reconstruction.

(End of this chapter)