Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 77 People Are Not As Good As Old
Just as the chefs from both sides were showing off their skills to the best of their ability, assistant Yuriko Kagawa came up to Masato Takeshita and whispered a reminder.

"President, it's time to give a speech."

"Well, okay, I see."

Masato Takeshita nodded and strode towards the podium in the middle of the factory.

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen."

As soon as the young man finished speaking, there was an unbroken applause from the audience, which lasted for a long time before dying down.

However, Masato Takeshita guessed that most of them were just going through the motions and secretly wished that the guy on the stage would disappear immediately.

Who is interested in listening to the leader’s nagging?

Masato Takeshita was once a corporate slave and understands everyone's feelings very well.

Unfortunately, many things are beyond human control. Even though he knew that no one was interested, he still had to keep talking.

"I am Masato Takeshita, the president of Matsumoto Manufacturing, and I would like to wish everyone a happy new year. I hope that everyone will have smooth sailing, peace, and a happy life in the new year."

Applause broke out again from the audience, and everyone still pretended to be very serious.

"I know that many people don't like leaders to boast on stage, and I am the same."

"So let's make it short."

"Everyone, eat and drink well tonight, and drink and eat well."

"complete!"

Masato Takeshita simply ended his speech at the post-New Year dinner and left more time for the workers themselves.

He doesn't want to live the life he hates.

"Hahaha……"

Masato Takeshita's funny speaking style immediately caused the employees to laugh in a good-natured way.

At the same time, thunderous applause broke out in the arena.

This time, everyone was obviously much more sincere.

Because everyone really likes a president who doesn’t talk too much nonsense.

"Wow, it's so short."

"That's great. I hope all future meetings will be like this."

"Isn't it always like this? I remember that at every general meeting, the president's speech was very short, basically only two or three minutes."

"Hey, it's true."

The employees of Matsumoto Manufacturing were talking about it, and they realized that their president had always been the type who rarely spoke in meetings.

This can be considered a kind of compromise by Masato Takeshita. Although I cannot refuse the meeting, I can control the time of speaking.

Of course, he only did this during all-staff meetings.

Since there is not much to talk about at the staff meeting, it is better to end the meeting quickly and let everyone rest early.

If it is a small meeting, he will talk much more.

Of course, even at a small-scale meeting of senior leaders, Masato Takeshita strives to be concise in his speeches.

The purpose of his meetings is to solve problems, not to just go on and on about the same things and argue with each other.

In addition to keeping his speeches brief in meetings, he also strives to follow his own wishes when it comes to eating.

Masato Takeshita hates formalism, so this party did not have any toasting activities that could only move himself, nor any so-called talent shows.

Masato Takeshita would rather everyone enjoy the food rather than drink a lot of alcohol just to curry favor.

"President Takeshita, what do you think of tonight's dishes?"

As soon as the dinner was over, Tappei Yokotani, the president of the Gyoichi Hotel, walked up to Masato Takeshita with a flattering look on his face and asked.

“It’s delicious. Very tasty.”

Masato Takeshita is not very sensitive to food. Basically, as long as the food is at the average level of roadside stalls, he will think everything is OK.

"That's good, I don't know..."

"President Yokotani, don't think too much. Your hotel has always been our best partner. It is like this now and will remain so in the future." When Matsumoto Manufacturing was still a small company, Gyoichi Hotel was the company's regular partner.

At that time, Gyoichi Hotel was the leading hotel in Ota Ward, and it did not look down on anyone because of the trivialization created by Matsumoto.

Even because Matsumoto Manufacturing is a small company, Hotel Ichi will give special care to it in many aspects.

For example, when it comes to accommodation discounts, we often offer more than big companies.

Although Matsumoto Manufacturing has become stronger now, Masato Takeshita is not a heartless man, so everything remains the same.

In addition, Masato Takeshita also really likes this hotel.

Because of the name of the hotel, it is easy for him to think of the great philosopher of China's Ming Dynasty - Wang Yangming.

The unity of knowledge and action advocated by this Confucian sage is one of the young people’s life mottos.

……

Yoshiaki Tsutsumi was very efficient. On the second day after Matsumoto Manufacturing started construction, Hiroaki Miyamoto, the business manager of its construction company, came respectfully to Masato Takeshita's office.

"Well, okay, can we go to the First Real Estate Company first?"

Housing is a matter between two people, and Masato Takeshita hopes to fully consider his girlfriend's opinion.

"Okay, got it!"

Business manager Hiroaki Miyamoto bowed 90 degrees to show that he would obey his leader's instructions in everything.

"Forehead."

Masato Takeshita was a little speechless, but when he thought that this was the leader of the Seibu Group, he felt that everything was normal.

Yoshiaki Tsutsumi's philosophy of employing people as slaves directly destroyed the autonomy of the Seibu Group's senior management.

These people now only know how to do things according to the instructions of their leaders and have little independent thinking ability at all.

Masato Takeshita looked at his girlfriend who had taken a leave of absence and tried to persuade her again.

"Honestly, Sachiko, you should come work in our company. It's really inconvenient to go back and forth like this."

"Well, I'll think about it."

The girl was a little hesitant and didn't know how to choose.

Masato Takeshita thought of his girlfriend's best friend and asked, "Well, you can't bear to part with that girl named Tanaka Eri, right?"

"A little."

The girl's voice was very low and she seemed a little embarrassed.

"That's easy. Call her over, and then both of you can go to the finance department to work together. Compared to the front desk, finance is obviously more meaningful."

"Well, let me think about it and give you an answer within three days, okay?"

Izumi Sakai still hadn't made up her mind and was ready to ask her parents for their opinion.

Since his girlfriend had already said this, Masato Takeshita did not continue to persuade her.

He chuckled and changed the subject: "Sachiko, what kind of villa do you think we should buy? Is it better to have a bigger one or a smaller one?"

"Well, let's go with something smaller. I don't really like overly empty environments."

"Okay, then we'll buy a villa with an area of about 500 square meters."

"can."

A villa of several hundred square meters is definitely considered a small or medium-sized villa. If it is smaller, it becomes a single-family house.

But to be honest, there is really no difference between most villas and single-family houses in Japan.

Because most of the villas used for daily living in Japan are located in residential areas, there is not much greenery around them, nor are there sufficiently large outdoor gardens, outdoor swimming pools, outdoor courts and other facilities.

It can be said that the only difference between a villa and an ordinary single-family house is the interior.

There are various activity centers inside the villa, such as a game room, swimming pool, gym, tennis court...

There is no such thing for a single-family house.

(End of this chapter)