Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 99 Novel Ideas

Good times are always very short, and Masato Takeshita quickly put last night's events behind him.

His layout in the financial field has not been completed yet and he needs to continue working hard.

This time, he chose Citibank.

He has not been to Citibank many times, and this is only his third time.

The first was to mortgage blue-chip bank stocks to raise funds for investing in Nichia Chemical.

The second time is to repay the loan and then sell it for cash in today's transaction at Yamaichi Securities.

This time, he planned to mortgage 20% of Matsumoto Manufacturing's shares, borrow as much money as possible, and then go to Japan's other two major stock exchanges to buy stocks.

"Takeshita-san, we at Citibank can only lend you 250 billion."

"Is that so? Forget it for now."

Masato Takeshita had never expected that there would be so much less.

This amount of money is not as much as the loan agreement signed with Industrial Bank last year.

"Sorry, that's the extent of my authority."

Citibank is an American bank, but it won't be as crazy as Japanese banks.

Of course, this also has to do with not being in the country.

Generally speaking, banks are more cautious when they are out of town.

If it were in the United States, Citibank would definitely play even more wildly.

In the financial crisis of 08, Citibank almost got itself killed.

Of course, there are also those fools who have a lot of fun abroad.

For example, the Bank of Bahrain was bankrupt due to the outrageous operations of its Singaporean traders.

"Then let's work together next time."

"Okay, sorry."

After leaving Citibank Japan Branch, Takeshita Masato shook his head and muttered to himself: "It seems that I can only get a loan from a bank in Japan."

In the end, he chose to complete the 20% loan from Changxin Bank and Industrial Bank.

Part of it was to thank Senior Changyin for his help, and the other part was to fulfill the 10 billion agreement with Senior Uno Kiyuki.

Then, he first bought 100 billion Japanese blue-chip stocks at Yamaichi Securities, and then arranged the rest at Daiwa Securities and Nikko Securities.

"That's about it. Let's leave it like this for now."

After simply completing a new round of stock purchases, Masato Takeshita returned to Matsumoto Manufacturing in a happy mood.

He hasn't been here for more than ten days and misses it a lot.

"Suzuki-san, have you ordered the equipment?"

“A verbal agreement has been reached. Once we complete the construction of the factory in China, we will start shipping.”

Although he knew it would not happen, he still couldn't help asking.

"Well, there was no penalty agreement signed, right?"

"No, if we fail to build a factory in China, the contract will just be cancelled."

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

Masato Takeshita smiled and nodded, very satisfied with his butler.

After he was ready to complete his layout in China, he handed over the position of president to Zensuke Suzuki and took over the position of chairman himself.

The president of a Japanese association is actually equivalent to the chairman of the board.

However, Japan is different from other places, the chairman's position is usually a sinecure.

As long as the president does not make major operational mistakes, he will rarely come back.

The president is more responsible for foreign relations work rather than actual management work.

This is the case with Sony and Panasonic at this time.
Sony's Akio Morita served more as an intermediary for exchanges between Japan and the United States, and Panasonic's Konosuke Matsushita also did more social networking work.

For example, the electronics factory invested by Panasonic in China was invited by the second generation of Chinese people.

Thinking of this, Takeshita Masato said directly: "Suzuki-san, I plan to step down as president in September this year and take the position of chairman. I hope you can be mentally prepared." "I, you, I, this..."

Suzuki Zensuke felt a little dizzy and couldn't speak for a long time.

"Don't be nervous. Isn't there any difference between me now and retiring?"

Masato Takeshita is now basically focusing his attention on Xinghai Semiconductor, and Matsumoto Manufacturing is too lazy to come over.

"But, President."

"Don't worry, I haven't retired yet. I believe you will get used to it after a while."

Masato Takeshita decided to shorten his stay at Matsumoto Manufacturing to once a month, so that after a few months, everyone would get used to the days without him.

"Oh well."

Although he knew that he would soon become the president, Suzuki Zensuke was not too happy.

On the one hand, he is old and can only do it for one or two years at most.

The other part was that he didn't know what to do.

He only knew about production before, but after Masato Takeshita came, he had to do more and more.

He found that he was obviously unable to keep up.

Suzuki Zensuke said again with some embarrassment: "President, my thinking has been a little slow, I hope to focus on training Vice President Kobayashi."

Kobayashi Hiroaki is younger and is in charge of marketing, so he is actually more suitable to be the president.

But it is precisely because he is more suitable that Suzuki Zensuke should be promoted.

Masato Takeshita also wanted to remotely control Matsumoto Manufacturing for a few years to prevent the company from getting out of his control.

"Well, I know, it won't be too late to promote President Kobayashi after you retire."

"Yes, President."

After talking about everything, Masato Takeshita came to the suitcase production workshop.

"This is?"

"This is a suitcase designed specifically for women. It sells very well."

"Indeed, I want to buy one for my girlfriend."

What Masato Takeshita saw was a Hello Kitty co-branded model, and the style was very close to the standards of later generations.

In this era, the sales of such suitcases will definitely explode.

"In addition to Hello Kitty, Gundam, Dragon Ball and other things are also worthwhile. I think these co-branded IP suitcases are more suitable for hype."

"Gundam, Dragon Ball, what is this?"

Zensuke Suzuki didn't pay much attention to anime and didn't know about these 2D animated characters that were popular in Japan and even around the world.

“They are all very popular animations, and they are well-known abroad.”

“Oh, I’ll keep an eye on that.”

Zensuke Suzuki doesn't quite understand these, but he has an advantage, which is that he can listen carefully to other people's correct opinions.

He also didn't understand Hello Kitty, but since many of his subordinates liked it, he tried to make it.

The result was an unexpected success, recreating the prosperity of the trolley suitcases when they first appeared. Almost every one produced in the factory was snapped up.

"Contact more companies like Shueisha and Shogakukan. Japan's animation industry is becoming more and more developed, and co-branded IP is a business that can be operated for a long time."

Anything with anime elements attached to it will cause some people to rush to buy it.

Especially for products with restrictive suffixes, even if the price is several times more expensive, the two-dimensional friends don’t care at all.

Of course, the quantity cannot be too large.

If too much is produced, there will definitely be a backlog of products.

Because although 2D users like to spend money, their number is relatively small.

Pay attention to it, but don’t take it too seriously.

Matsumoto Manufacturing’s focus should still be on people’s livelihood.

(End of this chapter)