National Tide 1980.

Chapter 1263 Not thinking about progress

5pm on May 2nd.

In a small discotheque in Roppongi, hundreds of employees from Nomura Securities' Central District Sales Department were partying to celebrate the department's victory in taking second place in the mid-year performance growth evaluation.

Of course, this also indicates that the upcoming half-year bonus will be exaggerated to the point of making people shout "Long live".

Therefore, almost everyone in the venue was intoxicated without reservation, enjoying the pleasure of feasting and reveling in the light of the rising and falling light balls and the powerful European beat and electronic medley music!

A middle-aged gentleman who looked very gentle off the court was obviously drunk.

Even when he was not on the dance floor, he suddenly wrapped his tie around his head, then stood on a chair and shouted to his colleagues in the field, "Go! Go! What's the big deal about the Port District Sales Department? In the second half of the year, we in the Central District will definitely win first place!"

Then he tilted his head back and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

The others, whether they were on the dance floor, not only did not stop it, but instead responded in unison.

"Another one! Quick! Another one!"

"Give him a bottle! Give him a full bottle!"

"Director Sasaki, you are such a man! Long live the Central District Sales Department!"

Countless people shouted with deliberate incitement, and a waiter immediately filled his glass.

The female dancers and transvestites in the store clapped in unison to create a lively atmosphere.

This man named Sasaki drank cup after cup of French red wine as if it were water. It was a bottle of French red wine worth 30,000 yen!

That’s not all. A drunk guest on the dance floor suddenly grabbed a Thai ladyboy next to him.

In order to see the "secrets" of the shemale's body, he screamed like crazy and tore the shemale's skirt hard, not stopping until the skirt was torn.

Although the demon woman's face turned pale with fear, it still attracted many waiters to intervene.

But because it was a special private booking, the reputation of Nomura Securities could not be underestimated, and the man was a key business figure, so he took out several "Da Fukuzawa" as compensation and stuffed them into the shemale's pockets.

Not only did the incident quickly come to an end, but it also sparked even more enthusiastic laughter on the dance floor, adding to the carnival atmosphere.

This little setback even became a joke for Kanji Goto, the general manager of the Chuo Ward Sales Department, who was sitting in the audience and surrounded by many grassroots cadres.

He didn't take it seriously. Instead, he laughed out loud and happily drank and celebrated with his capable subordinates.

It has to be said that practitioners in the securities industry in any country are of the same moral character.

The work is stressful, but the profits can also be high.

Therefore, it is common to develop serious symptoms of dependence on alcohol, drugs, food, sex, gambling, and shopping.

What's more, in this day and age, even ordinary people are bound to become like this.

In Goto's view, as long as his subordinates do not misbehave at work and do not get into trouble with the law, they will be fine.

Then no matter what these people are willing to do, everything is understandable and acceptable.

To be honest, it's quite the opposite. He actually looks down on those employees who follow the rules and have no ambitions or desires.

Because without these, there will be a lack of motivation to work.

For example, Kenichi Sagawa, the newly promoted head of the Sales Department’s Second Operations Section.

This guy has no other hobbies except smoking and drinking.

His business performance has always been average, and he is not outstanding compared to other employees of the same period.

But at least he tried hard in the past.

Kanji Goto still remembers that when he was the head of the sales department of the Central Sales Department, Kenichi Sagawa had just graduated and came to work in the sales department. It seemed to be in 1972.

At that time, Sagawa was a senior at university, full of energy and enthusiasm. He easily believed the "dream" advocated by the company and threw himself into the sales department with great enthusiasm.

You know, Nomura Securities recruits hundreds of new employees every year in Tokyo alone, and most of them leave sadly after experiencing the taste of disillusionment.

And Sagawa is one of the few people who can persevere by constantly working hard to increase sales performance.

But as he gets older, disappointingly, this guy's enthusiasm for work becomes less and less.

Until now, he has even become a subordinate who is just occupying a position but doing nothing.

During daily business hours, he had neither the enthusiasm to develop customers nor the concern for the bond sales work assigned to him.

Every day, I just go to the company as a routine, punch in, attend meetings, read newspapers, and complete my work.

Others have to go to the company at seven in the morning and cannot go home until eleven or twelve at night.

But he didn't know since when, he actually started to leave with a laugh before five o'clock every afternoon, leaving get off work more punctually than him, the general manager.

Because he left too early, he naturally lacked time for private communication with his colleagues. He didn't even participate in things like drinking together. He was completely an outlier who ignored the overall situation, had a weak sense of collective consciousness, and tried to break away from the entire Central District Sales Department.

Logically speaking, a guy like Sagawa who just eats and waits for death and slacks off at work would not have an easy life in today's environment where work performance indicators and data are completely controlled by computers.

Because according to the unwritten rules of the company, the older the employee, the heavier the burden on his shoulders will naturally be.

If his performance is really declining day by day and is surpassed by his juniors, he will not have a good time even if he is a senior employee.

Or they will be exiled after having their dignity destroyed and forced to resign.

Either they are scolded by their boss every day, which is like whipping an ox or a horse, and they have to work hard for performance.

But the problem is, I don’t know how Sagawa got lucky, but he actually got a big client who is a master investor.

He is obviously a Chinese from the third world, and his start-up capital is only a few hundred million yen, and even with the follow-up funds it is only a few billion yen.

However, relying on full leverage of financing and an investment strategy that had almost no major mistakes, he developed a capital of over 100 billion in just two years and became the most financially wealthy individual client of the Central District Sales Department.

Even the third generation heir of the Toyota family, the heir to the Nishiura Group, and the real estate investment celebrity Takahashi Oshinori were all outshined by this guy.

  Who dares to believe this?

It can definitely be called a legend in the investment world.

The key is that this person has a quirk. He doesn't like anyone other than Sagawa to serve him.

So Kenichi Sagawa got a lot of benefits and found a loophole to exploit. To put it bluntly, he had such a client, which was equivalent to 10,000 ordinary clients.

Not only does he have the guarantee to easily complete basic monthly performance.

From now on, I can be lazy openly and enjoy the leisure of completing my targets easily.

Moreover, the sales department must promote Sagawa based on his merits according to the quality of his customers and the principle of promotion, and give him the treatment of a section chief based on his merits.

Although this is all as it should be, the problem is that Sagawa is too unambitious.

Obviously, there is a lot of economic potential to be tapped with such high-quality customers.

As long as he persuades clients to do more trading or buy some bonds and trust products, he can create more profits for the sales department.

But he did nothing and just lived day by day.

Sometimes, customers’ accounts are left dormant for a month or two without any transactions.

As a result, the only fixed income the business department can obtain each month is the interest on the funds loaned to customers.

He even pretended to obey his boss's reminders and hints, and played dumb.

Isn't this a waste of high-quality resources, watching large amounts of gold and silver slip away from your hands?

Especially recently, coinciding with the semi-annual performance evaluation, the Chuo Ward Sales Department led by Kanji Goto was once again surpassed by the Minato Ward Sales Department with a slight advantage.

So for Goto Kanji, who had long been dreaming of being promoted to deputy director of the headquarters based on his merits, this really made him angry. He was really disappointed in Sagawa and wanted to beat him up.

It is obvious that Sagawa has become a fool who has forgotten his duties and responsibilities, wasted opportunities for advancement, and cannot distinguish between the big and small kings.

He was so focused on satisfying his customers that he forgot about the interests of Nomura Securities and the sales department.

Otherwise, if he was willing to work hard, such performance gap could actually be easily made up.

It can be said that the entire sales department was defeated this time because of Sagawa's incompetence.

So at this time, Goto Kanji, who had been dissatisfied with this for a long time, finally couldn't help but take advantage of the situation under the influence of alcohol.

"Everyone, I have analyzed the current situation facing our sales department at the meeting yesterday. This time, the performance gap between us and the Minato Sales Department is only 700 to 800 million yen, which is just over 100 million yen per month on average. It can be said that we lost regretfully. If we work harder, perhaps in the first half of this year, our Tokyo Chuo Sales Department will be able to secure the position of the best sales department! Instead of just the runner-up. In the second half of this year, everyone must work harder! Strive to realize our common dream!"

Goto Kanji glanced at everyone and spoke in a sincere tone, just like a serious and responsible leader.

And his words really received a universal response. During this period in Japan, workers were as enthusiastic as if they were filled with chicken blood, and they would often shout out shocking slogans such as "The company is number one in the world, and the goal is to make a profit of 100 billion."

Especially in sectors like the securities industry where performance has skyrocketed, the overall industry-wide surge in bonuses has turned these employees into non-human economic animals.

"What the general manager said is true. We were only just a little bit behind the port area. It's such a pity to lose. In the second half of the year, we must redouble our efforts. We have decided that even if we have to work overtime until our brains turn into mush, we must find a way to increase our monthly performance by 80 million yuan."

"Asshole, with our first division here, there's no place for your second division. 80 million yen is nothing. Our goal for this month's sales is to increase by 100 million..."

"General Manager, our investment department might as well exaggerate a little. We will double the scale of our self-operated investment in the second half of the year! Profits will increase by at least 20%..."

"General Manager, rest assured. We will definitely follow your command and your arrangements. This is a battle we cannot lose. Whether we can gain the attention of our superiors, as well as everyone's bonuses and future, all depend on this..."

However, despite the unity and the statements made by grassroots cadres, Goto Kanji still felt dissatisfied and unhappy.

It was not for any other reason, but because the head of the third section of the sales department, Kenichi Sagawa, was still so incompetent.

He just leaned forward and echoed a few words. He seemed to lack enthusiasm and had no intention of devoting himself to the work.

  In his opinion, this guy Kenichi Sagawa has reached the point where he needs to be given drastic measures in order to make him full of fighting spirit and work hard for him!

"Okay, okay! You must remember that there is a stage here for you to display your talents. As long as you have the ability, becoming the youngest managing director of the company is not a dream! Young people like you who are willing to work hard and eager to fully display their talents are exactly the talents we at Nomura Securities are looking for!"

So even though Goto Kanji was saying words of encouragement to his subordinates around him, he was actually criticizing someone else indirectly.

And then he nodded slightly and turned his gaze to Kenichi Sagawa.

"Sagawa-kun, what about you? What's the attitude of your Section 3? I didn't seem to see your enthusiasm for work just now! You are a veteran employee, and Hiroo from Section 2 is still your junior. You won't be outdone by your juniors in courage, right?"

Kenichi Sagawa answered truthfully.

"I will try my best to complete the tasks assigned by the general manager, but to be honest, it will be difficult for our third class to achieve performance growth in the second half of the year." I didn't expect that under such circumstances, I still didn't get the response I wanted.

Now Goto Kanji was really angry with Sagawa Kenichi for his poor performance.

"Why? Section Chief Sagawa, are you kidding me?"

In his opinion, this was simply Kenichi Sagawa blatantly defying his superior's authority and deliberately singing a different tune, so he questioned loudly in anger.

However, Sagawa's answer was reasonable and not only greatly surprised General Manager Goto, but also scared him.

"I'm sorry, General Manager, but my client, President Ning, has already given me an order to reduce my holdings. Not only has he decided to repay all the 27.3 billion in financing that he borrowed from our sales department to invest in stocks, but he is also going to transfer 38 billion yen from his account!"

"What? Thirty-eight billion? Are you sure?"

"How could I have heard it wrong?" Sagawa Kenichi said, "I had a face-to-face meeting with President Ning, and his order was very clear. He told me to get it done as soon as possible!"

What happened now was that not only did the general manager Goto Kanji stand up, but everyone else also became nervous.

Everyone understands the impact of the sales department's largest client reducing its holdings by more than 60 billion yen on the company's second half performance.

Even with the interest, it would amount to several hundred million yen. This is bad news that makes people completely despair.

"Section Chief Sagawa, how do you maintain your customers? We are all working so hard, but instead of helping us achieve our common goal, you are holding us back? Over 60 billion yen, how much impact will it have on the sales department's performance if we lose so much money? Do you think that even if we work overtime, we can make up for such a huge performance loss and beat the Minato Sales Department?"

Without even waiting for Goto Kanji to express his opinion, Hiroo, the head of the Second Section, slammed the table to express his dissatisfaction.

"Is there anyone who doesn't know how good the stock market is right now? As long as you put money in, you can easily get rich. By the way, President Ning is not that stupid, right? With such a good market and such easy money, he doesn't want to make money? Sagawa, what are you doing! How did you offend this number one customer?"

The head of the First Section framed Sagawa based entirely on speculation.

"Why don't we freeze his funds? We can just fabricate some procedural problems and keep his funds in his account. It's not like we haven't done this before. We've frozen some stocks of those Hong Kong investors..."

A section chief in the investment department is giving bad advice.

"But the amount of money is too huge. So huge that it will cause a sensation in the industry! What about the reputation of our Nomura Securities? Moreover, President Ning is not an ordinary person. No one really knows how complicated his background is. But from what I know, he not only has extensive cooperation with Credit Agricole CIB, but is also getting closer and closer to the people at the headquarters of Sumitomo Bank. Even Yamaichi Securities has been trying to win him over. You don't think that with such connections in the Japanese financial industry, he would swallow his anger and be powerless like those people far away in Hong Kong City. If he really does that, we will definitely become enemies with President Ning."

Kenichi Sagawa was quite calm, and his arguments finally won the approval of Kanji Goto.

"Don't talk nonsense. This cannot be done. If a customer wants to withdraw funds, as long as there is money in his account and it does not involve trading operations... there is no good reason to refuse."