Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 289 There Will Be Sunshine

After December, Japanese university graduates gradually learned of their job offers.

Those students who got the internal job offer from large companies were naturally very proud, and those who got the internal job offer from small and medium-sized enterprises were also in a good mood. Only the students who got nothing looked at the classroom with confused eyes.

"Student Liangze is amazing. He even got the internal qualification of Xinghai Fund."

"No, no, Tenji-san's is the best. He is qualified to be employed by Mitsui Corporation."

"I really envy you two. I only got the internal offer from Chiba Bank."

……

Norifumi Yokoyama listened to his classmates' voices, which were regarded as showing off in the name of communication, and his mind was filled with annoyance.

He wanted to yell, "Shut up, everyone."

But he didn't dare, because he had never spoken loudly before.

“What should I do? I have been studying in college for so long and still can’t find a job.”

"what should I do?"

The boy left the noisy classroom like a zombie and staggered to an empty corner.

At this moment, a dead leaf was blown down beside him by the wind.

For some reason, after seeing this, he wanted to cry bitterly.

"I am just a loser, a loser who can't even find a job."

"Should I go back to my hometown?"

However, as soon as this thought came into his mind, the young man immediately suppressed it.

"No, doing so will make my parents unable to hold their heads up in front of their relatives and neighbors."

He would rather die alone and work odd jobs in Tokyo than run back to his hometown to lick his wounds.

University graduates like Norifumi Yokoyama are not isolated cases across Japan.

They are like clouds floating in the sky, with no home to return to and it is difficult for them to take root in the city. They just want to live one day at a time.

Of course, there are also those who want to escape and are determined to give up from now on.

There are a large number of ordinary universities, and there are also many well-known universities.

Soon, the New Year arrives.

My mother pretended not to care and said, "If you don't find a job you like, then go and take the postgraduate entrance exam. I heard on TV that the number of postgraduate students will increase next year, so it should be easier to pass the exam."

"Ok, I know."

Yokoyama Norifumi responded dully, saying that he didn't know whether taking the postgraduate entrance examination would help him in the future.

In fact, the father is also very worried about his child’s psychological problems.

He wanted to force a smile to comfort her, but he was used to looking serious in front of children on weekdays.

But in the end, he still said dryly,

"Don't worry, you are a top student at Waseda University."

Yes, Norifumi Yokoyama is a graduate of Waseda University.

But even so, I still can't find a job.

At this time, not only the students and parents are worried, but even the principal is very anxious.

Why are there suddenly so many graduates who can’t find jobs during the campus recruitment period this year?
Haruo Nishihara, the president of Waseda University, who should have stepped down but served another term, was like an ant on hot pot, constantly calling all the powerful alumni.

"Principal Nishihara, Happy New Year! I wanted to call you to wish you a happy new year, why did you call me first?"

"Happy New Year, Takeshita-san. It doesn't matter who hits whom. Today is New Year's Day, and we don't care about these things."

Haruo Nishihara had a big smile on his face and spoke in a cheerful tone.

However, the young man knew that those who show kindness to others without any reason are either treacherous or thieves.

He immediately became nervous and began to carefully choose his words.

However, after the two of them talked for a long time, it was finally Masato Takeshita who gave in first.

It’s New Year’s Day, there’s no need to go too far.

"Principal, what do you want to talk to me about? Please tell me, I will definitely help if I can."

Since he had a pole, Nishihara Haruo said naturally: "It's like this. You know the employment situation this year. Many of your juniors can't find jobs."

"I just wonder, um, whether Xinghai Group can..."

When Masato Takeshita heard that they were going to recruit people, his first reaction was that it was not possible.

"Principal Nishihara, our company has already tried its best to expand enrollment, but now it's really not possible."

The voice sounded helpless, he really was a little helpless.

"Really? If you can't get 100, 50 will do."

Haruo Nishihara reduced the target and cut the expected number of people by more than half.

At this moment, Masato Takeshita suddenly realized.

The information that the company plans to recruit 8000+ college graduates from the society this year seems to be still in its own folder, and it will be issued to all subsidiaries next year.

But since you can earn favors, why not do it?

He responded with pretended reluctance: "Well, okay. Then I will recruit 400 more Waseda graduates during the social recruitment. Just consider it as the last contribution I can make as a senior."

Nishihara Haruo was overjoyed and immediately said with a happy smile: "Thank you so much, thank you Takeshita-san for your help."

The issue of graduate employment has a very strong impact on a university.

If a university has students who graduate every year and go to big companies, then they are offered very good jobs, not those screw-in jobs.

Even if you are a junior college student, your score can be raised to 600+.

If a university has difficulty finding jobs for its graduates every year, even if you are from a 211 university, the scores will be extremely low.

"It's okay. This is what I, as a senior brother, should do."

Anyway, the plan was to expand enrollment, and 400 early college students are just a drop in the bucket.

After hanging up the phone, Haruo Nishihara wiped the sweat from his head.

"Alas, I don't know what the situation will be like next year. No, I'll just take advantage of Takeshita-san again."

In the whole of Japan, only the Xinghai Group has the most rapid expansion.

If we don’t turn to Xinghai Group, no other company would need so many people.

Of course, other large companies don't need so many people. There is an important reason for this, which Haruo Nishihara did not mention.

That is, the existence of the Tuanqiu clan.

The period from the 20s to the early 90st century was not only the employment period for the post-war baby boomers, but also the period when the post-war elderly retired in large numbers.

There is a saying that goes, good work is like HIV, it only spreads...

The situation is even more serious in a semi-feudal country like Japan.

According to statistics, during Japan's employment ice age, about half of the good jobs in large companies were taken up by these people.

The issue of "Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street" conveyed the anger of ordinary people about this incident.

Therefore, this episode received rave reviews in Japan and was called a masterpiece.

Of course, Xinghai Group does not have this problem. The only people who need to retire in recent years are the old employees of Matsumoto Manufacturing.

There are less than 100 of these people, so even if there is a problem of redundant posts, it is not a big deal.

Not long after the president of Waseda University hung up the phone, it was as if they had a tacit understanding.

Those famous universities that accept Chinese students began to call Masato Takeshita.

Since the company already had relevant plans, the young man naturally accepted them all.

After final statistics, there were more than 7000 people in total.

"That's about it. The company also wants to recruit outstanding students from ordinary schools."

Shortly after the young man agreed, the schools that called him immediately told the good news to the students who did not get the internal offer. "Excuse me, is this Yokoyama Norihito, a senior student in the Faculty of Literature at Waseda University?"

"Yes, I am Yokoyama Norifumi's mother. May I ask who you are?"

"Oh, sorry, I'm Saito Koichi from the Employment Department of Waseda University."

The staff member in charge of employment affairs at Waseda University first said sorry and then began to explain the purpose of his call.

"It's like this, ma'am. On March 3 of this year, Xinghai Group is planning to hold a special recruitment event specifically for college graduates."

“If your child hasn’t found a suitable job yet, you can give it a try.”

Yokoyama's mother immediately held the phone tightly in surprise and asked loudly: "Really? Is Xinghai Group really going to recruit graduates on a large scale?"

"Yes, it's true. The exact number of people to be recruited is not clear yet, but it will not be less than 5000. For detailed information, you can check the Waseda University newspaper or the Xinghai Group's special newspaper."

"That's great, that's great. Thank you, thank you Waseda University, thank you Xinghai Group..."

Yokoyama's mother was so excited that she was incoherent. Recently her child was worried about his job and she had accumulated a lot of pressure.

It's just that she kept everything to herself, afraid of adding to the pressure on her child.

Now, I finally have a chance to try again.

"Ma'am, please don't cry. This is what we should do."

"Don't bother me anymore, I still have to go inform other students."

Saito Hirokazu couldn't stand other people crying, so he immediately prepared to run away.

"I'm sorry for being rude just now. Go ahead and do your work. Bye!"

"Okay, bye!"

After the person on the other end hung up the phone, Yokoyama's mother was about to jog to tell her son.

But I quickly realized that this was not a good idea as it would only increase the psychological burden on the children and make it easier for them to make mistakes during the interview.

It is better to act calmly. Then, even if the child fails the interview, he will feel less pressure.

She first calmed herself down in her room, then went to the bathroom to wash her face. After making sure everything was fine, she knocked on her son's door.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Enter!"

A dull sound came from the room.

"Dianshi, come, would you like some snacks?"

"Mom, I don't want to eat, what's wrong?"

Norifumi Yokoyama lay on the bed with a blank look in his eyes.

A trace of sadness flashed across the mother's eyes, but she pretended not to see anything.

"It's like this. The school called home today. They said Xinghai Group is planning to hold a social recruitment event specifically for college graduates on March 3th."

"If you are interested, you can also sign up."

When Norifumi Yokoyama heard the words Xinghai Group and recruitment, he immediately sat up from the bed.

"Xinghai Group, is it the Xinghai Group founded by Senior Takeshita Masato?"

Yokoyama's mother was a little confused and didn't understand why her child was so happy.

But he instinctively smiled happily and said, "I don't know about this either, but we are going to recruit more than 5000 graduates this time."

Yokoyama's mother didn't know anything about the Xinghai Group, but when she heard the word "group", she instinctively thought it was a big company.

Especially recruiting 5000 people at one go shows their strength.

As for the rest, sorry to say, she knew nothing.

"It should be Takeshita-senpai's company. The phone my dad bought was produced by Xinghai Group."

"Oh, your dad's mobile phone company, it should be very powerful."

When she heard the phone call, Yokoyama's mother understood and felt more relieved.

A company that can produce such an amazing product must be very powerful.

"Yes, indeed. I heard that Xinghai Group has a profit of over 1 trillion yen per year from just one of its subsidiaries."

"so much!"

Yokoyama's mother was shocked.

"Yes, that's all."

Norifumi Yokoyama was very sure because everyone said so.

I can only say that many things become more and more outrageous as they are spread.

Except for Xinghai Capital, the Xinghai Group has not made a profit of more than one trillion since its establishment. Even if Xinghai Capital is included, there are only a few years when the group's annual profit exceeds one trillion.

"That's great."

"Yeah, indeed."

These days, Norifumi Yokoyama dreams of working for a big company like Xinghai Group.

Now he had hope of success again, so he quickly asked his mother, "Mom, where is the interview location?"

"Well, they haven't told us yet. They told us to pay attention to the school newspaper and the newspaper of Xinghai Group."

"That's it."

After thinking for a moment, Yokoyama Norifumi raised his head and said with a smile: "It seems that Xinghai Group has not yet fully confirmed it. I need to go to the school to check."

"Well, it should be."

Yokoyama's mother nodded, then asked in confusion: "By the way, I heard that new employees are hired around April 4st. Isn't it a bit too late for Xinghai Group to recruit on the 1th?"

"It's a bit late, but I guess there's nothing we can do about it. The government doesn't allow companies to recruit before students graduate, and Xinghai Group is probably holding back."

Norifumi Yokoyama guessed correctly, the Xinghai Group was blocking the point.

The Japanese university graduation season is in mid-March, and young people have no choice but to sacrifice the rest time of company employees.

"How can there be such a law? What a rotten government. No, I'm going to file a complaint. How can this be allowed?"

Yokoyama’s mother is very angry. Won’t this affect my child’s employment?
"Uh, forget it for now."

"Hmph, no, I will definitely file a complaint against them later, these tax thieves."

Seeing that he couldn't stop his mother, Norifumi Yokoyama just let her go. It was good to have something to do.

However, Yokoyama's mother did not act immediately. She was very interested in the senior Takeshita mentioned by her son.

"Norihito, can you tell me more about the Takeshita-senpai you mentioned?"

"Of course no problem, I admire Takeshita-senpai the most."

Then he began to talk endlessly about Takeshita Masato's entrepreneurial story, from the initial trolley suitcase business to the later wafers and chips, as well as the most brilliant finance and mobile phones in the eyes of the outside world...

He talked non-stop for more than twenty minutes before he paused for a moment.

"It's amazing. He was born in an ordinary family and created such a big business. He is simply a god descended to earth."

"Yes, he is indeed a god descending to earth. Senior, you are only 30 years old."

"What? Only 30 years old!"

Now Yokoyama's mother was completely confused. How could a 30-year-old man start such a big business?

Unbelievable!

"Yes, that's 30 years old. I started my own business after graduating from university in 86, and it has been less than 8 years this year."

"This, the world of genius, I really don't understand."

"Yes, the world of genius is full of wonders."

Then the mother and son looked at each other and smiled, and tilted their heads at the same time.

(End of this chapter)