Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 286: Year-end Events
The reform of Xinghai Group did not affect the development of its major subsidiaries, but instead enhanced the subjective initiative within the company.

The subsidiary's development speed has increased significantly as if it were wound up.

However, while the major subsidiaries were busy, the top management of the headquarters were fighting openly and secretly.

Masato Takeshita, the head of the group who has gained more rest time due to the reform, has refocused his attention on recruiting college students this year.

“Is this the total number of positions our company has issued?”

"Yes, due to the sluggish market environment, the company's internal targets this year are roughly the same as last year."

Although the employment ice age for Japanese college students began in 1993, bad signs had already appeared as early as 1992.

Statistics show that in 1992, more than 7 university graduates in Japan were unable to obtain internal employment qualifications at companies during the campus recruitment period.

Japan is a country where you cannot get a good job without getting an internal job offer.

This resulted in more than 1992% of Japanese university graduates facing the dilemma of being unemployed upon graduation in 10.

"Too conservative, can't keep up with the company's development speed. Don't worry about that salary. This year, the number of qualified employees will be increased by 50%."

Xinghai Group is still very young and is at the time when its desire for expansion is the strongest.

How can it be possible to be so conservative in recruiting now?

Secretary-General Sakai Keiko looked at Takeshita Masato with some embarrassment, "President, this year's university campus recruitment has ended."

In the era of rapid economic development, Japan faces a serious talent shortage, and every year university graduates are snatched up by companies.

In order to protect corporate interests, the Japanese government has introduced a campus recruitment bill.

The bill stipulates that companies can only contact students during the Japanese university campus recruitment period from August to October each year. Contacting students at other times will violate the law.

Xinghai Group is a large company and would not dare to take the lead in violating national laws.

"I know. What I mean is to recruit a group of fresh graduates from the social recruitment market."

There is also social recruitment in Japan, but the scale is usually smaller, mainly in small and medium-sized enterprises.

Those who have experienced these companies should understand the situation.

Not only is the recruitment process very harsh, but the work pressure is also extremely cruel.

As for the treatment, I'm sorry, I just want to know the minimum wage level.

"Hi, got it!"

"Well, go down and make arrangements."

"Hi!"

After Keiko Sakai left, the young man walked to the window and looked at the prosperity below his feet.

"Alas, this is all I can do now. I hope the company can develop better next year so that I can recruit more college graduates."

Xinghai Group originally planned to recruit 1.5 college graduates this year, but after a young man's effort, the number of vacancies was increased by 8000.

But these increases are far less than the cuts made by other companies.

All we can say is that the employment ice age for Japanese college students in this life will not be as cruel as in the previous life, but there will still be countless college students struggling on the brink of unemployment.

There was no way around it. In the 90s, Japan faced a shortage of high-end jobs and a serious talent surplus, so university graduates were destined to have a hard time.

Compared with college students, it is easier to go directly into work after graduating from high school.

Because they already know their own situation, students who go directly to employment after high school do not pick and choose jobs at all.

At the same time, since they are all doing screw-driving work, there is not much difference between high school students and college students.

Therefore, companies are more willing to recruit high school graduates with lower salary requirements.

Therefore, in terms of employment rate, high school students today have an advantage over college students.

However, Japanese society is still full of the idea that academic qualifications are supreme. Even though people know that high school students have easier employment opportunities, they still want a university degree.

It is important to improve the employment rate of domestic college students, but the international situation is more important.

After the failure of August 19, the Soviet Union completely lost hope for political reform.

Except for the five Central Asian member states, the other member states are clamoring for separation.

Finally, on December 1991, 12, the three core member states of the Soviet Union, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, signed a new treaty and announced the establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

The three most core member states have decided to go it alone, and even if other member states do not want to separate, they have no choice but to agree.

A dozen days later, except for the three Baltic countries and Georgia, the remaining 11 member states jointly signed the Almaty Declaration, and the Soviet Union had in fact disintegrated.

"Alas, an era has ended."

On December 12, Masato Takeshita did nothing that day but just stared at the programs on TV.

The Soviet Union held its last supreme meeting, officially announcing the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the disappearance of the bipolar structure.

"I never thought that a superpower as strong as the Soviet Union would actually disintegrate."

Izumi Sakai doesn't pay much attention to politics in her daily life, but even a political novice like her understands that the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union will cause a series of turmoil.

"Don't go to Europe recently. Be careful."

"I know, don't worry."

At such a dangerous moment, even if the young man had three courage, he would not dare to join in the fun.

At most, he was just playing a supporting role, trying to recruit some high-end talents needed by Xinghai Group and set up a laboratory in Moscow.

Although there were many signs that the Soviet Union could not hold on, the whole world was still shocked when this day really came.

Needless to say, governments around the world are discussing how to survive and develop in a unipolar world.

Masato Takeshita, who doesn't like attending meetings, was dragged to meetings everywhere and even had to spend the New Year outside.

There is no way, the collapse of the Soviet Union had too much impact.

Masato Takeshita, an ambitious young man who is already a member of the upper class, naturally wants to offer suggestions for national development.

Of course, he was too young, so most of the time he was just a listener.

The young man was happy with this, as he really wasn't used to a life that was too glamorous.

"I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it..."

Obuchi Keizo muttered to himself, still not recovering from the shock of the collapse of the Soviet Union.

"Yes, we can be said to have witnessed history with our own eyes."

The collapse of the Soviet Union may be the second most important event in the 20th century after World War I and World War II, and it is destined to leave a significant page in history books.

"Have you figured out how to deal with the new regime?"

"We are still discussing it. It may be the same old method."

What should the embassy staff do if the country where they are located has changed its owner?
If the country recognizes it, then we will change the name and signboard, but the rest will remain the same. If the country does not recognize it, of course we will evacuate immediately.

Japan recognized the new country of Russia, so the embassy naturally did not need to make any major changes.

"That's it, that's good."

Masato Takeshita thought about introducing Russian talents and planned to find an opportunity to talk with the Japanese ambassador to Russia after the meeting.

Don't pass everything and then get stuck at the embassy.

"Alas, I don't know how long the chaos over there will last, and whether it will affect our safety."

"Don't worry, the worst will not happen. We are all watching."

The United States longs for the disintegration of the Soviet Union, but does not want to kill it with one blow.

On the one hand, with the giant Russia around, the United States can naturally continue to develop its layout in Western European countries.

On the other hand, they are also afraid of the uncontrolled proliferation of nuclear weapons. If they are bought by anti-human lunatics, it will be a big deal.

It would be better to maintain a certain scale as it is now, but with limited strength.

After being busy with meetings of all sizes for more than half a month, the young man finally had some free time again.

He lay lazily on the sofa, his mind full of random thoughts.

One is about China's more determined reform and opening-up strategy after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the other is about the continued suppression of Japan by the United States. One is about what to eat tonight, and the other is about which team will win the World Cup this year.

After a while, he thought of Ichiro Haneda again.

"It seems like I haven't had a private chat with my senior for a long time. Now that I have time, I'll call and ask about the situation."

Just do it, Masato Takeshita picked up his cell phone and quickly dialed his friend's number.

"Hello, Haneda-senpai, it's me, Masato Takeshita."

"Well, it's just that we haven't seen each other for a long time, and I want to get together with you."

"Time, I'm available anytime, what about you?"

"OK, then let's meet at our usual place in Ginza at 8 o'clock tonight."

"Okay, bye."

After hanging up the phone with his senior, the young man did not forget the couple at home.

"I'm having a small gathering with Senior Brother Haneda tonight, so you don't have to wait for me in the evening."

"Well, come back soon."

"Don't worry, I will definitely be back before 12 o'clock."

"My son wants to chat with me on the phone, too?"

Masato Takeshita was secretly delighted, and felt a little sweet.

"Okay, then you give him the phone first."

"Yeah, good boy, that's great."

After finishing the call with his family, the young man looked at the time and found that more than half an hour had passed.

"I never thought I would become one of those people who loves to chat on the phone for a long time."

He rarely made phone calls for more than three minutes on weekdays. He didn't expect that this time, the record would be raised so much.

If the child didn't want to sleep, he would chat until his phone ran out of battery.

Time soon came to 8 o'clock in the evening, and the young man, as the inviter, was already waiting in the private room.

"Sorry, I'm a few minutes late."

"No, it's just right, it's still 8 o'clock. You are worthy of being the king of timing."

"Really? Hehe."

Ichiro Haneda ignored the young man's teasing and put his suit on the hook with a smile, "What did you order? I haven't had dinner yet."

"Don't worry, I'll definitely make sure you're full."

"That's good. It's more comfortable to have a midnight snack with my junior brother. The whole family can eat their fill without running back and forth."

In the early days of Japan, izakayas all had time limits, and extra charges were imposed after the time limit. Therefore, many people who like to drink choose to pay the bill when the time is almost up, and then go to the next one to continue drinking.

Over time, it has become a cultural habit.

If you go to izakaya to drink at night, be sure to visit a few.

Masato Takeshita does not have this habit. He still maintains Chinese characteristics and basically eats supper at the same restaurant.

"Why, what happened?"

"Nothing, I was just drinking with clients, it was exhausting."

The economic situation in Japan is not good, so naturally the banks are also in recession.

Although he has the support of Masato Takeshita, everyone is ambitious and naturally wants to expand more business and connections.

"Forget it, let's not talk about work. Let's just have a good meal today."

"Yeah, no problem."

As we chatted, the topic unknowingly turned to employment for college students.

"It will probably be difficult for our junior students to find jobs in the next two years."

"Oh, what do you say?"

Masato Takeshita raised his eyebrows in surprise. He didn't expect that his senior brother could also discover this.

"It will be difficult for the economic situation to turn around this year, and a large number of companies, including ours, are showing signs of scaling back hiring."

"Indeed, a few years ago, our company would hire anyone who was a college student. Now it's different, our company has started to recruit based on merit."

"Also, according to statistics, about 6 people failed to get the internal appointment qualification this year."

This time it was Ichiro Haneda who was surprised. He had thought about the poor employment situation of college students, but he didn't expect it to be so serious.

"There are so many this year, won't it be even worse next year?"

"Well, I estimate that the number will soon exceed the 10 mark."

"This, hopefully the economy can turn around quickly."

Ichiro Haneda is full of confidence in Japan's future and believes that everything is temporary.

“I hope so, but it’s hard.”

Due to the double crash in the stock and property markets, Japanese companies became frightened and began an era of desperately saving money.

Not to mention expanding outward, only a few can retain their original market share.

Especially those companies that own large amounts of land, are burdened by the land and live in fear every day.

Fearing that land prices would fall again, the company would become insolvent.

However, these companies are destined to be disappointed as Japan will introduce property tax this year.

This is a decisive move that will once and for all put an end to the Japanese real estate bubble.

"Come to think of it, your Industrial Bank has been making headlines quite a bit lately."

"Good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels a thousand miles. Our company has been badly damaged by Osaka."

Ichiro Haneda felt angry whenever he thought about the Onoue incident.

I worked hard to earn tens of billions of yen, but over there, tens of billions of assets disappeared casually.

Although there is an excuse for the seam on the tail, any discerning person can see what is going on.

Just a glove.

"It seems like this is a serious matter. How does it compare to the Ito Man incident?"

"It's not on the same level. Ito Wan is just a scapegoat thrown out to the public for explanation."

The Ito Man incident involved only 3000 billion yen in total, which is not at the same level as financial accidents such as the Onoue incident.

Sumitomo also wanted to regain control of Ito Man Co., Ltd., so it did this trick.

"So this is ah."

The young man suddenly realized that he was a scapegoat.

He then asked: "Can this suppress it?"

"It's difficult, but as long as you're not the one who's hit the hardest, there won't be any big problems."

The tail seam is a huge bomb, and even if Industrial Bank wants to conceal it, it cannot do so.

"That's good. I hope it can be stabilized soon."

Although he said this, Masato Takeshita secretly hoped that Industrial Bank would encounter even bigger troubles.

Industrial Bank has many high-quality assets that young people are very eager to obtain.

For example, Nissan Motor, and Fuji Heavy Industries Subaru.

No matter which one joins Xinghai Group, they can fill the gap in Xinghai Life's travel.

(End of this chapter)