Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 70 Halfway Achieved

The banquet started at 8 o'clock in the evening, and the main performer, Noboru Takeshita, leisurely entered the restaurant on time.

Soon, he was surrounded by three layers of people.

Noboru Takeshita is currently Japan's Minister of Finance, responsible for Japan's economic development planning.

Whoever can gain his friendship can quickly rise in Japan.

"Hey, it looks like he won't be coming."

Masato Takeshita looked at the door of Restaurant No. 1 and felt a little disappointed.

Japanese people have a strong sense of punctuality. Since he didn't show up after the banquet started, it means that senior Yasuo Tarui will not come this time.

If he wanted to meet Yasuo Tarui next time, he could only use favors from teachers in the school to help him.

In this world, the debt of favor is the hardest to repay.

Just to repay the favors from three senior brothers in Industrial Bank, he spent 3% of Matsumoto Manufacturing's shares.

I don't know how much benefits I have to give to the middleman in order to meet with Yasuo Tarui.

Toyoshima Akio was always paying attention to Takeshita Masato. He noticed that his junior was not in a good mood, so he walked over and asked with concern: "What's wrong? Why are you so depressed?"

"I wanted to ask Senior Tarui Yasuo for help with something, but unfortunately he didn't come today."

"Oh, can you tell me what's going on?"

Akio Toyoshima was a little curious and wanted to know what his junior wanted to do with the helmsman of Japan's semiconductor industry.

"I am optimistic about the development of the semiconductor industry and want to start with the most basic computer motherboards. However, I don't have any acquaintances in this field, so I want to use the reputation of Senior Tarui to recruit some scientific research talents."

"I see. Well, after the New Year, I'll ask someone to help you ask. See if Senior Tarui Yasuo can spare some time to meet with you."

Akio Toyoshima didn't quite know what a computer motherboard was, but since his junior wanted to work in this industry, he was still willing to help make the connection.

Because he knew that the semiconductor industry was asset-intensive and required a lot of money, and his junior would sooner or later come to him for a loan.

"Then I'll trouble you, senior."

"It's just a small matter, don't worry about it."

At this time, Toyoshima Akio saw that there were not many people around Takeshita Noboru, and said quickly: "Junior, let's go and visit Senior Takeshita Noboru."

"OK, all right."

Masato Takeshita responded obediently, and then followed him closely.

"Good evening, Takeshita-senpai! I am Toyoshima Akio, the vice president of Industrial Bank, and this is Takeshita Masato."

"Hello, Takeshita-senpai. I am Masato Takeshita, the president of Matsumoto Manufacturing."

"Hello, you too. Don't be so polite."

Takeshita Noboru had a baby face, always smiling when he met anyone, and had a kind and not so aggressive personality. Therefore, he was very popular in the Inamon clan.

Of course, this is without provoking him.

If you accidentally provoke him, you can easily be killed with one knife.

Those who are involved in politics have evil hearts.

"Brother Fengdao, is everything going well at Industrial Bank?"

Banks play a very important role in a country. As the largest bank in Japan, Finance Minister Takeshita Noboru also needs to be informed of the situation.

"Everything is normal, except that lending to businesses is becoming increasingly difficult."

Financing from banks is very troublesome and also faces the risk of withdrawal of investment. Therefore, major companies now basically raise funds from the society, and only give a small amount to banks.

If they weren't worried about offending the bank, they wouldn't have even a small amount.

As the Minister of Finance, Takeshita Noboru has noticed that something is not right with the domestic economy. However, for him, the general election next year is the most important, and the problem of the bank can only be put off for later.

Although he reached a gentleman's agreement with Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, who knows whether the prime minister will go back on his word.

The taste of power is so wonderful that few people can truly let it go.

In addition to Yasuhiro Nakasone, Shintaro Abe is also a character that needs attention.

As the successor of the Fukuda faction, Shintaro Abe controls the second largest faction in the LDP after the Takeshita faction. If Takeshita Toshiichi is not careful, he may lose the election.

At the beginning, Fukuda Keiji had the support of the previous Prime Minister Sato Eisaku and his influence within the party was extremely strong, but in the end he was successfully counterattacked by Tanaka Kakuei.

As long as things don't come to a conclusion, there is always a possibility of change.

"I don't know if I can also come to a gentleman's agreement."

Thinking about the current situation of the Liberal Democratic Party, Noboru Takeshita also wanted to try to reach a secret agreement with Shintaro Abe.

He will do it for a few years first, and then hand over the position of prime minister to Shintaro Abe, allowing him to achieve his goal of having three prime ministers in one family.

I believe that there is a temptation of three phases, plus the possibility that he would win is not very high. The possibility of the two people signing a secret agreement has a great probability of success.

Noboru Takeshita was thinking about the election, but there was no sign of it on his face.

He smiled and comforted Toyoshima Akio, saying, "Don't worry, the government is already studying relevant policies and will not make it difficult for banks to operate."

Takeshita did not lie, the government is indeed studying countermeasures. Everyone knows that all the money pouring into finance and real estate is not a healthy development model at all.

"That's great, thank you, Takeshita-senpai."

"It's okay, it's all for the development of the country."

After Noboru Takeshita finished chatting with Toyoshima Akio, he looked at Masato Takeshita with a smile and said, "You are indeed an elite of Waseda University. You have founded a large company at such a young age."

Matsumoto Manufacturing cannot be compared with Industrial Bank, but thanks to the popularity of its trolley suitcases, it has already become one of the large companies.

Especially in Ota Ward, it can subtly influence the election results.

Takeshita Noboru hopes that his junior fellow students can support the target he recommends, so that his faction can become stronger.

"Thank you for the compliment, Mr. Takeshita. The relevant patents have been licensed to many companies, but we don't know what the future will be like."

"Really? But I still have high hopes for Takeshita-san, and I hope his company will grow better and better."

After saying that, Takeshita Noboru took the initiative to walk towards Mitsuka Hiroshi. He wanted to perfect his plan for the prime ministerial campaign.

“Hey, am I witnessing history?”

Masato Takeshita looked at the two people who were talking happily and felt a sense of being out of time and space.

Next year, Shintaro Abe will lose to Noboru Takeshita, and there is a factor of Hiroshi Mitsuka backstabbing. However, it is also possible that the two have reached an agreement and let Hiroshi Mitsuka perform.

This kind of thing is very common in the political field. No one can see the truth until the person involved tells it.

Of course, if it really is a deal.

Then Shintaro Abe can be said to have suffered a huge loss.

1987 was the year when he had the best chance of becoming prime minister, and the further he waited, the smaller his chances became.

Because this guy is not only unlucky, but also short-lived, and is destined to have no chance of becoming prime minister.

However, his family's goal of a three-phase door was finally achieved.

Not only did he accomplish it, he did it extremely well, becoming Japan's longest-serving prime minister.

(End of this chapter)