National Tide 1980.

Chapter 1258: Third Class Rich Man

You should know that NTT, the world's largest company by market value, currently has annual revenue of over US$100 billion, but its actual profit per year is only US$10.5 billion.

The richest man in Malaysia, Sugar King Guo, who once missed out on his daughter-in-law because he looked down on Teresa Teng, had a family wealth that had not yet accumulated to 10 billion US dollars.

Even the richest Chinese American and a leader in the computer industry, Wang An, was worth only 3 billion U.S. dollars at that time.

Well then, in that case, why does Ning Weimin believe that he can quietly cash out his wealth, which might be as huge as trillions of yen, from the Japanese market, and then transfer it out quietly and without anyone knowing.

Why did he think that even after the collapse of the Japanese economy, he would be able to remain safe and sound and enjoy the wealth that he had created with the blood and tears of the Japanese people?

After all, the Japanese government is not a fool. It is impossible for it to be unaware and indifferent to the fact that someone has made such huge financial gains from the economic bubble and transferred the funds outside of Japan.

Especially for a foreigner like him from a third world country, it is even less likely that the Japanese would have such a broad mind. Of course, after the whole of Japan fell into the hell of economic collapse, they would still allow him to enjoy the fruits of victory, even if he obtained them completely legally.

  So how could he not be afraid?

If the Japanese government really wants to deal with him, it will have many tricks to use.

Especially after the economic collapse, it is natural for the Japanese government to kill pigs and eat meat.

Do you need any other reason to punish him?

He can't avoid this kind of disaster by paying taxes legally and abiding by the law.

To put it bluntly, it is impossible that if you don’t commit crimes, others will not bother you!

Who made you make money from this economic bubble?

This is your sin.

If he really believes that Japan is a civilized society that adheres to the rule of law and is happy not to make any arrangements, then he is out of his mind and he deserves to die.

Not to mention that Japanese society itself is very complex.

You have to know that Japan allows profiteering organizations to exist legally. Just based on this fact, Japan as a country has never been safe.

Especially in the current social environment, due to the stimulation of economic factors, the bubble has reached a certain level, causing the gangsters who dominate the underground economy to begin to appear.

In order to expand their power, these Yakuza have colluded with the white government and the financial world, and will stop at nothing to make money, with no bottom line.

This situation also made Japan in 1987 seem more like a crazy world.

Even though thirty years later, most people who experienced Japan's economic bubble still talk about it in terms of using 10,000 yen bills to take taxis, singing and dancing every day, eating out during the day and going to nightclubs at night, buying luxury goods at will, lining up to make purchases when traveling overseas, and ordinary people being able to play golf... and so on, there are many wonderful memories.

But it must be said that this is only a partial, incomplete personal subjective impression.

You know, everything has its positive and negative sides. At that time, Japan, which was in the bubble economy, actually had an ugly and cruel side.

Television stations, newspapers and other media, in addition to promoting the carnival of wealth every day in order to promote consumption, are also exposing the chaos caused by money.

Nowadays, anyone who is interested in watching the social news on TV or reading newspapers can strongly feel that vicious cases and crimes motivated by money are happening almost all the time in every corner of Tokyo.

The first to be affected is of course the real estate industry related to land and houses.

At that time in Tokyo, even the corners and just a few square meters of land had expensive economic value.

All kinds of monsters and demons came for this piece of fat meat.

What’s worse is that many Japanese landlords or land owners rely far more on their existing living environment than on money.

Therefore, in order to obtain more land in the city center or around the city as quickly as possible, many real estate companies will use the power of the Yakuza and adopt improper means to seize land, causing serious social problems.

Looting, smashing, burning, and harassment by phone are common occurrences in Tokyo every day.

The Akasaka apartment sold by Ning Weimin is one example.

Even actress Haruko Maru, one of the "NHK Three Girls", lives in this luxury apartment.

Despite the threats to her home, she threw herself into the protest movement against the architectural firm's forced takeover, and used her influence to make the lawsuit a social sensation.

But it still cannot stop the continued harassment and increasing pressure from real estate agents.

If even such a person is like this, we can understand the hardship and helplessness of the common people.

This is not all. In order to seize land, even fatal shootings occur frequently.

A few years ago, two real estate agencies, Ozaki Kogyo and Mogami Tsunesan, both of which were engaged in land speculation and had ties to the underworld, clashed over a piece of land in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.

As a result, Ozaki Kiyomitsu, the boss of Ozaki Kogyo, who was known as the "300 million yen that can walk", was shot to death by three assassins disguised as visitors while he was hospitalized.

Both the mass media and the police suspected that it was Hayasaka Taikichi, the boss of another real estate agency, Mogami Tsunesan, who worked through Tokyo's long-established violent organization Sumiyoshi-kai, but unfortunately no evidence was found and the murderer disappeared afterwards.

However, no one could have imagined that even without his rival Ozaki Kiyomitsu, Hayasaka Taikichi, who had become the emerging king of the real estate agency market, would become a thorn in the eyes of other violent gangs in Tokyo.

Not long ago, he was also violently attacked at his home in Setagaya Ward.

The assailant threw three melon grenades into his living room.

Fortunately, his French bodyguard turned the sofa upside down to cover it, otherwise he would have probably died.

This shows the dangers faced by real estate speculators in Japan.

This is just playing with your life!

It's about making money by tying your head to your belt!

Therefore, it was absolutely wise for Ning Weimin to choose to sell the Akasaka Apartment in time.

His life is so precious. It is not worth it to take the risk of not knowing when he will be killed just for a few bucks.

But even so, he couldn't be sure that he was absolutely safe.

  Because he has too many properties under his name!

Now that land and housing prices have risen to this level, who can guarantee that the land and houses under his name will not be coveted by others as fat meat?

Yes, he now has a partner in Axia who has a background in underworld, who can help him avoid a lot of related troubles.

But the problem is that even Axia herself came to Japan to escape disaster.

  With her abilities and the manpower she has, she has to be obedient and sell the store to a tycoon like Kawamoto Genshiro. How big a disaster can she help deal with?

Small fish and shrimps might be fine, but what if they encounter a giant creature heavy enough?

It is even possible that the Inagawa-kai, who protected her, would not be able to resist taking a bite of them once they became fat?

I have never heard of a violent organization that truly values ​​friendship over interests.

It's easy to imagine that the so-called "righteousness" of the Japanese Yakuza is just a superficial matter.

The word "morality" must be placed on both sides, and the word "profit" must be placed in the middle.

There is a saying that goes, there is no such thing as loyalty in this world. There is no betrayal, it’s just that the chips for betrayal are not enough.

If Ning Weimin didn't consider hidden dangers like these, he would just keep his head down and count money every day.

It would be unwise to wait until something really goes wrong and perhaps your personal safety is really threatened.

I'm afraid by then I'll just be regretting it and waiting to die.

In addition, there is another point that Ning Weimin needs to seriously consider, which is the butterfly effect. Ning Weimin does not know to what extent his coming to this world will affect the original history, and whether it will cause changes in some major historical events.

Although he hoped that this would not be the case, and even though he knew that his greatest reliance was his understanding and mastery of the original history, he could not be too naive to think that everything in this world would be the same as he knew in his previous life.

At least what he has done has some meaning, and he has changed a lot.

At least they got the patent for the trolley suitcase in their own hands and made a mature product ahead of time.

In addition, the money he invested in the Japanese stock market was not a small and insignificant amount. Some of the suggestions he and Hanwa Kogyo President Kitashige may have helped Hanwa Kogyo achieve better financial management results than in its original history.

  So what if his butterfly wings really bring a hurricane?

What if Black Monday comes early?

Maybe it will become "Black Friday"?

  What if Japan’s stock market accelerates to its peak?

Perhaps it would not even last until the emperor's death or the ringing of the New Year's bell in 1990, as the Tokyo stock market began to collapse ahead of time.

Is it even possible that additional wars will break out?

  For example, if the Gulf War breaks out ahead of schedule, will the United States fight Iran first?

These are all unknowns, and Ning Weimin cannot be sure that they will not happen.

When it comes to opportunities, timing is very important. It can’t be too early or too late, otherwise big problems will arise.

If you don't grasp it correctly, not only will you not be able to gain any advantage, you may even suffer a great loss.

Ning Weimin didn't want to think that he had the upper hand to make a fortune and run forward with all his strength, only to be tripped up and fall flat on his face by some unexpected changes.

Yes, his personal wealth has now swelled into a towering mountain.

Not to mention ordinary people, even the wealthy in the usual sense have to look up to him.

But the problem is that although this mountain is huge, it is essentially made of snow and is very unstable.

But he knew very well that once this snow mountain collapsed, the world would be turned upside down and there would be no recovery.

how to say?

It's just like how Alexandre Dumas classified the rich into categories in his novel The Count of Monte Cristo.

The first-class rich people have wealth in the form of fields, mines, real estate, gold, silver and jewelry. This is what Westerners call "old money."

Their wealth is highly resistant to risks and is the kind that can guarantee a stable income regardless of drought or flood. They only need to lie in bed and collect rent.

The second tier are those who work in industry and start their own companies. Their wealth has average risk resistance and is affected by economic laws, industry development, and consumer demand.

People like Tengral who play with finance belong to the third category. They make money by their own will or chance, and cannot withstand the collapse of banks or sudden changes in the situation. The increase or decrease of their wealth depends solely on speculation and is governed by the law of nature that the big fish eat the small fish.

If Ning Weimin uses this ruler to measure himself carefully, he will be able to clearly see his own quality.

There is no doubt that he is now eighty percent a third-rate rich man, and the kind that can least afford risks.

Who made him overwork and try to make money despite being heavily in debt?

Whether it is the current situation, the government's attitude, or the social environment around him, any unexpected event is enough to get him into trouble.

Fortunately, the trolley suitcase made him a second-class millionaire of 18%, and the related patent made him a first-class millionaire of 2%.

This is the truest version of him.

To be honest, his wealth, if viewed from the perspective of quality, is not even as good as the two production companies under Keiko Matsumoto's name.

Because it owns the adaptation rights of Matsumoto Seicho's works and the copyright of some of Kurosawa Akira's personal works, and it is still shooting new films.

You know, once cultural copyright enters the information age, it will become a mine where you can make money without doing anything with the help of streaming media.

What’s more, film and television companies have an additional function – facilitating money laundering and tax evasion.

How much do you think it’s worth to burn a set?

  I said the investment would be 1 billion, but only 500 million was spent, and the government couldn't say anything!

From this perspective, Matsumoto Keiko actually has more potential to become a first-class billionaire than him.

In short, as the old saying goes, if you don't plan for the future, you will have immediate worries.

Now that he has clearly seen the hidden dangers in himself, Ning Weimin will naturally plan his future life and career well.

Now that he is married, he is no longer the free-spirited bachelor he used to be.

He didn't want his wife and children to live in fear with him and go through a life that was as exciting as a roller coaster.

So after much deliberation, based on the principle of stability and safety first, Ning Weimin made the following decisions.

First of all, speculative business requires a certain amount of advance planning. You can’t be heartless and just wait for everything to happen according to the script.

In order to avoid the stock market crash on "Black Monday" and make good use of this opportunity, you have to sell what you should sell.

At least you have to reduce your stock holdings by 70% and wait for the stock market crash before buying at the bottom.

In addition, Ning Weimin also believes that there is no need to focus on the Japanese market anymore.

He could have put his eggs in more baskets, followed the Japanese approach of investing overseas, and transferred profits in a safer way.

Learn from Accountant Jia and Pan Paopao's approach, and use the ant moving method to gradually cash out and transfer the money from Japan to overseas.

Then look for other value gaps to increase your personal wealth.

To put it bluntly, it means fighting and retreating, bluffing, and running away early.

Think about it, if the Japanese economic bubble is burst, and at least half of the money Ning Weimin earned from Japan and the loans he borrowed are transferred overseas, what can the Japanese government do to him then?

He must be afraid of hurting the rat, fearing that he would fail miserably and thus hesitate to take action.

This principle is just as he said to Director Taniguchi, as long as you take the capital out of the speculative market in advance, you will be invincible, and no matter what happens, you will not be anxious or angry.

Finally, there is one more point, out of inner guilt and compensation mentality, and out of affection and gratitude towards Qingzi.

Ning Weimin, feeling happy in his marriage, sincerely intended to give his wife an inheritance that she could rely on.

Just consider it as a betrothal gift.

He hopes that even if he encounters an accident or something bad happens one day, he will leave this world early.

Even if his finances become a mess by then.

But as long as Qingzi still has the wedding gift he chose for her, Qingzi and his children can still live a financially free and affluent life without worrying about money.

Although it is unlikely that he can completely avoid risks, at least he must first transplant his family foundation and the future of his wife and children onto a reliable source of wealth.

This is what he must do as a husband.