Tokyo, 1991: Starting as a bank clerk

Chapter 192 Kansai International Airport [Logically Closed Loop Chapter]

Kiryu Yaya went through the three plots of land in his mind.

First, there's the core area of ​​the airport city.

The 50,000-square-meter commercial land is located in Rinku-cho, Izumisano City.

Nanki Shirahama Hot Spring Resort Complex.

Shirahama Town, Wakayama Prefecture, includes hot spring hotels, banquet and conference centers, and natural hot spring water extraction rights, but its area is not particularly large.

Logistics warehousing land along the Hanwa Line.

With a total area of ​​approximately 30,000 square meters, it is located at logistics nodes along the Hanwa Line, making it strategically important.

Kiryu Yaya closed his eyes and marked the locations of the three plots of land in his mind.

Rinku Castle is located in the north, near Osaka Bay.

Nanki Shirahama is located in the south, facing the Pacific Ocean.

The logistics land along the Hanwa Line is like a line, connecting the north and south lands together.

Kiryu Yaya suddenly recalled a detail from the story about Yayoi Masaki that Yayoi Kazuko had told him at noon that day.

Nobumoto Takaji wanted him to participate in the future planning of the Tokyo Bay Cross Road, but Masaki Yayoi refused.

Will the Miyazawa Group face a similar situation this time?

Rink City, Nanki Shirahama —

Kiryu Yaya's brain was working at lightning speed.

Nanki Shirahama is a rather remote location, so we'll rule it out for now.

That leaves only Lingkong City.

Lingkong City, Lingkong City —

In that instant, a bolt of lightning cleaved through Kiryu Yaya's thoughts.

Kansai International Airport.

This name might have been somewhat unfamiliar to the average person in Japan in 1991.

But for the financial and real estate sectors, it is a gamble on the nation's destiny worth trillions of dollars, and also the largest and most succulent "top-grade Kansai Wagyu beef" about to be served on the dinner table.

The 50,000-square-meter commercial land owned by Miyazawa Tourism Development in Izumisano City's Rinku Castle is located right at the very center of this huge opportunity.

Kiryu Yaya suddenly understood.

The Eastern Reorganization Association's web, Kouyuki Hiko's calculations, Kuroda Shuichi's ambitions —

It turns out that everything points to the same place.

Regarding the Kansai International Airport case, Kiryu Yaya had learned about it in his previous life during internal bank training.

In order to resolve the predicament of Osaka Itami Airport being sued by surrounding residents for a long time due to noise problems and unable to operate late at night, and also to regain the limelight stolen by Tokyo's Haneda and Narita airports.

The Japanese government began conceiving a crazy plan as early as 1968:

They reclaimed land from the sea to build a 24/7 "super international airport" on the vast ocean.

But just like the traps Miyazawa mentioned in his suicide note, the project's progress was fraught with obstacles.

Because of the intense social conflicts and even bloodshed caused by the forced land acquisition for Narita Airport, the Japanese government is treading carefully when selecting a site for Kansai Airport.

Local fishermen, some local governments, and environmental groups launched a massive opposition movement, causing the project to be delayed for more than a decade during the feasibility study phase.

The construction plan was finally approved by the Cabinet in 1984, and the following year the Japanese government took the lead in establishing "Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd." to be responsible for its operation.

In January 1987, this unprecedented project officially began.

By the early summer of 1991, the Kansai Airport project was in a very awkward and expensive phase.

When you go to Rinku Castle in Izumisano City now, all you can see is a newly completed artificial island, suspended 5 kilometers off the coast of Osaka Bay.

The rectangular foundation was recently completed.

However, this is not the harbinger of victory.

Kiryu Yaya remembers very clearly that the most famous thing about Kansai Airport is not its grandeur, but its astonishing speed of descent.

Because the seabed of Osaka Bay is covered with a thick layer of silt, this trillion-yen artificial island is like a boulder pressed on tofu, and it has been sinking continuously since the day it was built.

Before 1991, when the terminal building was still on paper, engineers were alarmed to discover that the speed and extent of the foundation subsidence far exceeded expectations.

According to relevant records, the project, originally scheduled to be completed and put into use in March 1993, was forced to be delayed for a year and a half due to geological reasons.

After numerous setbacks, Kansai Airport finally opened to traffic, becoming the world's first true sea-based airport.

However, shortly after its opening, it was hit by the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995, and the bridges connecting the airport to the mainland and some facilities were damaged in the strong earthquake.

Even into the 21st century, although the airport remained operational, passenger traffic growth at Kansai Airport fell far short of expectations due to Japan's long-term economic stagnation and the rise of hub airports in other Asian countries.

Before Kiryu Yaya's time travel, it was plagued by problems such as huge debts and insufficient profitability.

But that's a story for later.

In the current understanding of the financial world.

Lin Kong City.

It is the vital artery connecting the future Kansai International Airport to the heart of Osaka, the only land supply line for the reclaimed airport, and the pacemaker for the entire Kansai economy to turn around in the 21st century.

Against this backdrop, the Miyazawa Tourism Development project, which holds 5 square meters of land near the airport, has become a highly sought-after project in the eyes of the top leaders of the East District Development Association.

Kiryu Yaya frowned.

This is clearly yet another case of a young child holding gold.

Although land prices in Osaka have been declining, land in Rinko City remains exceptionally expensive due to the backing of Kansai International Airport.

In prime locations, land prices can reach as high as 230 million yen per square meter.

No wonder Dongzheng has been planning for this piece of land for so long, from Liujia to now.

But Kiryu also knows this.

Even with the backing of Kansai International Airport, the land value of Izumisano City could not escape a sharp decline.

A drop of more than half is the minimum.

Kiryu Yaya snapped out of his reverie, and as the light fell upon the stainless steel table covered with a white cloth, he couldn't help but sigh.

If Miyazawa knew that this was the future he had traded his life for, I wonder what he would think.

Kiryu Yaya recalled the contents of Miyazawa Hara's suicide note: "Rokko is a typical case. I thought it was an opportunity, but I never expected it to be a trap that could drag the Miyazawa Group down."

"I'm already too deeply involved; I can't get out."

On the surface, these two sentences appear to be Miyazawa Hara admitting his defeat.

But Kiryu Yaya reads it now and gleanes a different meaning.

The Rokko project, and even the Nanki Shirahama project, are very likely part of the Toseikai's scheme.

The Nanki Shirahama project was launched by Miyazawa Tourism Development in the mid-1980s, right in the middle of the bubble economy's most frenzied years.

Mitsubishi Bank's 8 billion yen credit line was largely invested here.

On the surface, this is a very normal tourism development project.

But what if the Nanki Shirahama is also a "bait"?

Kiryu Yaya closed his eyes and mentally replayed every move of the game.

The first step was that the East Group learned in advance through internal information channels that the Kansai International Airport would be located in the Rinku City area of ​​Izumisano City.

This is a mega-project that will take more than a decade to complete, and the value of the land along the route will increase several times or even dozens of times after the airport opens.

The second step is for them to acquire these lands.

However, a direct acquisition would attract the attention of the government and the media, and the risks are too great.

So they devised a "boiling frog" strategy.

The third step is to use projects like Rokko Golf to entice Miyazawa Hara.

They made him invest a lot of money, credit, and energy, binding him to the East Asian Association's war chariot.

The fourth step is to use projects like Nanki Shirahama to control the Miyazawa Group's discourse power with 8 billion yen in debt.

Fifth step: ruin the six guilds and bleed the palace for sightseeing.

Ultimately, Gongze Group was forced to transfer the land in Lingkong City.

Step six: Once Kansai Airport opens, land prices will skyrocket, and the Higashi Group will cash out and leave.

The Miyazawa Group got a few scraps, while the real profits all flowed into the pockets of the core members of the Dongzheng Association.

Ignoring future factors, this appears to be a perfect, interconnected plan from the past few years and even now.

Previously, Miyazawa Hara was just a pawn from beginning to end.

If he refuses to cooperate, Rokko will immediately collapse, the Miyazawa Group's credibility will crumble, and he, as the executive director, will be the first to suffer.

If he cooperates, the land in Lingkong City will be swallowed up by the Dongzheng Association, and the Gongze Group will lose its growth engine for the next twenty years, becoming an empty shell.

No matter what he chooses, he's a loser.

The only difference is whether you lose sooner or later.

But then, Kiryu Yaya appeared.

He discovered two ledgers belonging to Rokko, bringing to light Miyazawa Koukan's act of donating blood to Rokko.

The unanimous opposition within the Miyazawa Group forced the Higashi Seisei Association's plans to be suspended.

Kouyuhiko chose to stand on Miyazawa Keiko's side, first bringing down Miyazawa Hara and supporting Keiko to take over.

In reality, this was Dongzhenghui changing their tactics.

Let's temporarily remove Miyazawa Hara, who has already been exposed, and let Keiko, a clean and spotless new president, take the stage.

Once things have calmed down, we'll find another opportunity to get rid of Huizi.

At that time, Miyazawa Hara, as the only remaining male member of the Miyazawa family, would inevitably succeed as president, even with the failure of Rokkaku.

Because of the Rokuga, he would need the strength of the Eastern Assembly even more.

By then, he won't be able to protect the land of Lingkong City even if he wanted to.

This is the real reason why Kouyuki rushed to the Osaka branch to take charge after the Rokko Golf incident.

But Miyazawa saw through it all.

He saw through the true intentions of the Dongzheng Association, and he also saw through his own fate.

Then he chose a more resolute path.

He knew that there was nothing he could change now that he was alive.

As long as he lives, the Dongzheng Association can control the Miyazawa Group through him.

So he chose to die.

Use death to sever the Higashi Seiki Association's control over the Miyazawa family.

He risked his life to open up a new world for Huizi.

With Miyazawa Hara dead, only Miyazawa Keiko remained in the Miyazawa family.

Even if Dong Zheng kills her, it won't do any good; instead, it will only plunge the Miyazawa Group into chaos.

Unlike Miyazawa Hara, Miyazawa Keiko did not have much contact with the Higashi Seikai.

If the Dongzheng Association wants to regain control of the Miyazawa Group, it must start planning from the very beginning.

However, starting from the beginning takes time.

Kiryu Yaya stood in the morgue, staring at the white sheet covering the handsome man, and remained silent for a long time.

time.

This is what Miyazawa Hara earned with his life.