Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 44 A Shortcut to Progress

It may be out of a compensatory mentality, or it may be that he wants to appease Masato Takeshita.

The 600 billion yen that he mortgaged with Matsumoto Manufacturing's equity was deposited into the account of his newly established shell company early the next morning.

"It's a lot of money. If it were exchanged for real things, it would be very impactful."

There is a big difference between a string of numbers and a box of real money.

The former is not eye-catching enough to make people excited, but the latter is different. Even if the number is far less than the former, it will still arouse people's infinite greed.

After thinking about it for a while, Masato Takeshita finally told Yuriko Kagawa, "Assistant Kagawa, go to Yamaichi Securities."

"Okay, President."

Riding in a special car provided by Matsumoto Manufacturing, Takeshita Masato arrived at the bustling Yamaichi Securities, where Japan's wealth is concentrated and new billionaires are created every day.

“Buy 10 lots of Toyota Motors.”

"Sell 25 lots of Nomura securities."

"Buy me 100 lots of Nintendo."

……

"Good, this is the smell of money."

Looking at the noisy crowd in the hall, Masato Takeshita couldn't help but feel that everyone else was drunk, but he was the only one sober.

Most of them have fallen into the financial trap. They may make a lot of money now, but sooner or later they will lose everything.

Just as he was immersed in this unspeakable emotion, the sharp-eyed account manager Masayoshi Tamura discovered him.

"President Takeshita, do you need to go to the VIP room on the third floor?"

Masato Takeshita was upgraded to the VIP lounge by his account manager when the stock price appreciated to a small target. As for the exposure of the president's identity, it was due to the search and update of the internal information of the securities company.

When he first learned that the client he was in charge of was the president of a star company, Masayoshi Tamura almost jumped up with excitement. This might be the biggest opportunity in his life, and he might invest a huge amount of money in the stock market someday.

His former colleague, now his boss, encountered a similar situation.

The president of that company also played around a little at first, but soon invested heavily in the stock market. As a result, a colleague who had to run around the lobby like him three months ago was quickly promoted to a senior manager position.

This is also a typical phenomenon in the bubble era.

Many company presidents no longer run their companies seriously and instead begin to speculate in stocks on a large scale.

There are two main factors here.

First, the rapid appreciation of the Japanese yen has increased business operating costs, caused a massive reduction in profits, and even resulted in losses.

Second, it was very easy to make money in finance during the bubble era. Without using high leverage, you could easily earn more than 50% excess profits, and with leverage, the income would increase several times.

"Okay, I just happen to have a new investment business to handle."

The environment in the VIP room is countless times better than that in the lobby. Not only are there fewer people, the equipment is also more advanced, and it even provides fruits, snacks, meals and other daily necessities.

"Mr. Takeshita, your tea."

"Thank you. I'll take a look first. If there is any investment need, I'll call you."

"Okay, you're busy."

Masayoshi Tamura tactfully returned to his seat, but his eyes were always on Masato Takeshita. As long as Masato Takeshita needed him, he would appear immediately.

"Nomura Securities, this stock is pretty good. It has a high market value and a large trading volume. A stock worth a few billion yen is nothing."

Securities companies in Eastern countries are actually similar to investment banks in the U.S. Nomura Securities’ status in Japan is roughly equivalent to that of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley in the U.S.

The market value of such leading companies will inevitably experience explosive growth with the development of the Japanese stock market.

"There are also these bank stocks, which are equally good, and their market value increases significantly every year."

After selecting about 10 banks and bond companies, Takeshita set his sights on semiconductor companies. "Sony, this one is a must. Toshiba, this one is also good. Hitachi and Fujitsu, also can't be missed..."

The 80s was the heyday of Japan's semiconductor industry, and buying stocks was like transferring money. Even if the bubble burst, the stocks of these companies would quickly rise again.

In a short while, Masato Takeshita had selected more than 20 top companies.

He plans to distribute 600 billion yen evenly among more than 20 companies, which will make it easier to acquire stocks.

"Manager Tamura, this way."

After selecting the target, Masato Takeshita simply waved at Masayoshi Tamura, signaling him to come over.

"Mr. Takeshita, you called me."

"Yes, I plan to buy 30 billion shares of Nomura Securities. I hope you can help me complete the transaction at a price not exceeding 500 yen above the current share price."

The main force of short selling has completed the clean-up, and the Tokyo stock market is about to take off again. He does not want to miss the best opportunity to buy at the bottom.

Of course, he couldn't be too impatient, so he didn't give all the 600 billion yen to Masayoshi Tamura.

He would wait until Masayoshi Tamura completed the transaction for one company before continuing to provide funds to acquire the next company's shares.

You can never go too far wrong.

"No problem, I'll go and complete the deal."

Masayoshi Tamura smiled and nodded, not knowing that everything in front of him was just an appetizer. His goal of getting a promotion and a pay raise would soon be achieved.

"Well, quickly."

"Please rest assured, Nomura Securities has a large daily trading volume, and the acquisition will be completed in no time."

Nomura Securities' current market value has reached trillions, and its daily trading volume is at least tens of billions. 30 billion can only be regarded as a relatively large grasshopper, not at all noticeable.

"Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission and completed the transaction." In less than 20 minutes, Masayoshi Tamura helped Masato Takeshita acquire enough stocks.

"Well, thank you. Then help me buy 30 billion shares of Industrial Bank."

"30 billion Industrial Bank?"

"Yes."

"Ok."

Masayoshi Tamura instinctively felt that something was wrong, and a thought suddenly arose in his mind.

"Could it be that today is my chance?"

"Forget it, let's not think too much and finish the current work first."

Industrial Bank is larger than Nomura Securities, so Tamura's acquisition was smoother and the acquisition was completed in less than 10 minutes.

"Next is Dai-ichi Quanye, help me acquire 25 billion."

"no problem."

Masayoshi Tamura became completely excited. He was finally sure that his previous guess was correct.

President Takeshita of Matsumoto Manufacturing is really preparing to enter the financial market in a big way, but I don't know how much money he will put out this time.

100 billion? 150 billion? It can't be 200 billion, right?

As contracts were issued one after another, Masato Takeshita's 600 billion yen loan was soon converted into stocks.

At this moment, Masayoshi Tamura felt a little numb all over.

He didn't expect that Masato Takeshita would play such a big game.

(End of this chapter)