Traveling Through the Tokyo Bubble Era

Chapter 426: Snake Swallows Elephant

The charm of Hanyu Hideki made Naito Haruko lose consciousness for just a moment before she regained her posture as a young lady from a big family.

She smiled softly with her snow-white teeth and explained, "The mediation I am talking about cannot be a compromise for Yunshang Entertainment."

Hanyu Hideki, who was thinking about how to continue expressing his strength, heard this and asked pretending to be confused, "Oh? What does Miss Naito mean?"

"If Mr. Hanyu and Ito-Yokado are both members of the Chamber of Commerce, then Ito-Yokado has no reason to help outsiders. At that time, Yunshang Entertainment will only need to pay Ito-Yokado's expenses, and Ito-Yokado will withdraw from Tsutaya Competition among bookstores.”

Naito Haruko's words surprised Hanyu Hideki.

He asked with a skeptical tone, "Can the Chamber of Commerce make Ito Yokado agree?"

Naito Haruko did not answer, but continued to smile and said, "I hope Mr. Hanyu can become a formal member."

"I see."

Hanyu Hideki finally understood that if he wanted help from the Chamber of Commerce, he had to become a formal member first.

To become a formal member, you must make a contribution at tomorrow's public meeting.

It can also be judged from Naito Haruko's words that the power of this seemingly loose chamber of commerce far exceeds his imagination.

The initial indifference in my heart gradually dissipated.

It seems that he might really bleed at tomorrow's public meeting.

At this moment, Haruko Naito stood up slowly and bowed slightly towards Hideki Hanyu, "President Hanyu, I have said what I should say. Next, you'd better communicate with other members in person."

Glancing at the depth that became more conspicuous due to bending down, Hanyu Hideki thought of another thing, "I want to know if Sega and Nintendo are members of the Mental Image Chamber of Commerce?"

Naito Haruko replied, "No, Sega was not a Neon company before. As for Nintendo, if it were a member, we would not invite President Hanyu."

"Thank you, Miss Naito, for clarifying my doubts." Hanyu Hideki thanked him.

"Then I'll take my leave first." Naito Haruko said and left.

Hideki Hanyu quickly asked, "If I have anything to do with Miss Naito, how should I contact her?"

Naito Haruko covered her mouth and chuckled, "Does President Hanyu want to date me?"

When Hideki Hanyu heard this, he thought that if you were not the eldest lady of Itochu Corporation, I would have coaxed you to bed.

But after gaining an identity, Hideki Hanyu lost interest.

Therefore, he denied it without hesitation, "Ms. Naito misunderstood. What I meant was that there was something I didn't understand, and I hope I can get your explanation. And this time I came to Hakone with a female companion."

Disappointment flashed across Naito Haruko's eyes, but she still took out a business card and handed it to Hanyu Hideki.

"This is my contact information, and I live in the resort. If Mr. Hanyu wants to see me, you can ask the waiter."

When Naito Haruko said this, she did not forget to remind her, "I will also attend the public meeting. President Hanyu, see you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow." Hanyu Hideki stood up and said goodbye to Naito Haruko.

After Naito Haruko left, Hanyu Hideki had no intention of leaving early.

And now that you have come, you should find other people to communicate with.

Next, Hanyu Hideki walked around and talked with other members.

He is also a famous person, and many people know him, so many people take the initiative to communicate with him.

He was also introduced to participate in some small circle discussions.

Gradually, Hanyu Hideki discovered that the gatherings of the Xinxiang Chamber of Commerce were different from ordinary social activities.

Here, everyone doesn’t mind chatting about some valuable news.

It's not like attending an ordinary event where everyone just says some polite words.

After wandering around all morning, he heard a lot of things.

For example, several terminals in Kansai are being leased, and several members decided to organize each other to conduct joint bidding.

Or talk about some insider information that won’t be shared outside.

As well as overseas investment, which has been relatively hot recently, etc.

There was a Hokkaido businessman named Higuchi Tsutomu, and we got along quite well with him.

Higuchi Tsutomu himself is engaged in energy business and has invested in several power plants in Hokkaido alone.

Unfortunately, the other party has been obsessed with overseas real estate investment recently and keeps recommending him to invest in ranches in Brazil.

Although Hanyu Hideki knew that Brazil's livestock industry was very developed and would be the pillar industry of Brazil in later generations, he was really a layman on this, so he politely declined.

However, Higuchi Tsutomu seemed to want to make him a friend, and kept taking him around in various small circles, allowing him to meet many people and hear a lot of inside information.

It can be said that it has been very fruitful. Many of the news can make a lot of money if you just invest a little money.

This also made him feel that joining such a chamber of commerce would be a good thing.

At noon, the resort arranged an exquisite lunch.

Hanyu Hideki, led by Higuchi Tsutomu, sat down to eat with several members.

Everyone chatted while eating, but nothing serious was said. They were either chatting about interesting things about the upper class, or talking about the troubles of certain members.

About halfway through lunch, someone suddenly asked another member from the Neon Tohoku region, "Why don't I see Ikemoto-san today?"

Hanyu Hideki didn't know who the "Ikemoto-san" mentioned by the speaker was, but the subsequent conversation between the two aroused his interest.

"It's normal not to see that guy Ikemoto. He is a shareholder of Tohoku Kasei Co., Ltd."

"That's right. Who would have thought that a layoff would cause such a big trouble."

"Yes, I heard him say that several investors behind Northeast Chemical want to ask the Trustee Committee for help at this autumn gathering. I guess there will be news at tomorrow's public meeting."

"Is that so? It seems that I want to leave the trouble to others."

When this person spoke to this point, his eyes glanced at Hanyu Hideki unconsciously.

But the other person said quickly.

"The Northeast has become such a big mess that it cannot be solved by ordinary people. Now that everyone's money is not enough to invest, who would be stupid enough to help them."

"You can't say that. Northeast Chemical's profits are good and stable. I almost invested in it at the beginning, but who could have imagined that the real estate and financial markets would suddenly become so good."

……

The conversation between several people continued.

Hanyu Hideki became thoughtful.

If I remember correctly, the company where the arrested father of Suzuki Kyoka, who was sent to Hawaii by Honma, worked, was the 'Neon Tohoku Kasei Co., Ltd.' that the two mentioned.

But where did he learn from Suzuki Kyoka's words that this company had suppressed workers' protests?

Why, listening to the meaning of these two people's words now, it seems that the trouble is not over yet.

While Hanyu Hideki was thinking secretly, Higuchi Tsutomu next to him suddenly asked a question.

"President Hanyu is from Sendai, so he should be familiar with Tohoku Kasei."

Hideki Hanyu nodded, "I know a little bit."

Higuchi Tsutomu said, "Then President Hanyu must also know about their troubles."

Hanyu Hideki said, "I heard that there were conflicts among employees due to layoffs some time ago. I thought that the problems were solved, but now it seems that is not the case."

"Chairman Hanyu is overseas recently, so it is normal for him not to know the latest situation of Tohoku Kasei Co., Ltd."

Higuchi Tsutomu said, and began to tell some things about Tohoku Kasei that Hanyu Hideki didn't know.

"There is actually nothing wrong with what Tohoku Kasei did, but the method was too hasty and rough, and it only temporarily suppressed the problem..."

With Higuchi Tsutomu's explanation, Hanyu Hideki gradually understood the whole story.

Suzuki Kyoka's father led workers to storm the factory and was arrested, which was just the beginning of trouble for Tohoku Kasei Co., Ltd.

Forced suppression did not make workers give up, but intensified their resistance.

But this can only be regarded as an internal worry.

It happened that at this time, bribery issues in some military orders between the company and the masturbation team were exposed, attracting siege from the media and prosecutors.

This is a foreign invasion.

With the outbreak of internal and external troubles, investors in Tohoku Kasei Co., Ltd., who originally wanted to reduce costs and increase efficiency, not only failed to achieve their original goals, but instead found themselves in trouble, with costs increasing instead of decreasing.

Seeing others making a lot of money through foreign exchange, securities, and real estate.

But they were stuck in the mire.

A group of investors wanted to take advantage of the autumn gathering of the Xinxiang Chamber of Commerce to get rid of this trouble.

At the end of the day, Higuchi Tsutomu, who knew that Hanyu Hideki was a temporary member, also reminded him emphatically.

"Hanyu-san, the committee will definitely give you some troubles to solve tomorrow. However, as long as you don't take the initiative, no one will force a big trouble like Tohoku Kasei Co., Ltd. on to a newcomer. After all, the Chamber of Commerce just wants to test, not Scare people away.”

"Thank you Higuchi-san for reminding me, I'll remember it."

After coming down in the morning, this was not the first time that the enthusiastic Higuchi Tsutomu said similar things.

From Higuchi Tsutomu, Hanyu Hideki probably also knew.

The amount of money involved in the test for temporary members is usually a few billion yen at most.

And although it is troublesome, it will basically not make the temporary members who are tested lose money.

And what about Tohoku Kasei Co., Ltd.?

This is an asset-heavy energy company with a market value of about 1.5 trillion yen.

Converted into U.S. dollars at the current exchange rate, that would be more than nine billion U.S. dollars.

You must know that Sony only spent 670 billion yen to acquire Columbia Pictures, which was only 4.8 billion US dollars at the time.

Don’t say that Hideki Hanyu doesn’t have so much money.

Even if there is...

Uh--

Why did Hideki Hanyu feel that he was a little moved inexplicably?

Consider the size of Tohoku Kasei Co., Ltd. Although the name is Northeast, it is an energy company with business covering all of Neon.

In the main business area of ​​Neon Northeast, the main industries it operates account for more than one-third of the market share.

It also involves people's livelihood, energy, electric power, chemical products and other fields.

There are more than 35,000 employees, and there will only be more dependents.

The impact on local areas is even more difficult to measure using data.

A proper regional monopoly giant.

If he could control such a company, to put it bluntly, if he was not the local bully in the Neon Northeast region, he would at least be one of the local bullies.

His status will also completely transform from an upstart who has just made his fortune to a powerful figure who controls local forces.

babble...

The more I think about it, the more excited I am.

It feels a bit like a hundred claws scratching my heart.

It would be fine if he didn't know, but now that he knew, he really didn't want to miss it.

After all, we have to leave it to other periods. This kind of asset-heavy super enterprise can make steady profits without losing money and can be regarded as a family heirloom.

No matter how rich ordinary people are, they can't even think of getting involved. It is simply forbidden by traditional forces.

That is to say, the bubble economy, real estate, and financial industries are making money at a speed that is comparable to money grabbing, which makes everyone red-eyed and makes those investors willing to sell such assets as trouble.

So if you miss this opportunity, when the bubble bursts and everyone invests conservatively, there will be no chance again.

After knowing this news, Hanyu Hideki heard other news in the afternoon, but felt it was boring.

All he could think about was how he should operate to be able to accomplish this feat of snake swallowing an elephant.

Use the existing liquidity, let alone he is unwilling, even if it is used, it will not be enough.

Think about it again, are there any cases in your memory that you can learn from?

Hideki Hanyu thought hard.

Higuchi Tsutomu next to him was still leading him around.

Finally, I saw that Hanyu Hideki was a little distracted, so he simply took Hanyu Hideki to a hot spring for a bath.

"Why do I feel that President Hanyu has something on his mind?" Higuchi Nu asked curiously.

"No, I just got some inspiration and was thinking about creative things."

As a writer, Hideki Hanyu can always use inspiration as an excuse.

Sure enough, Higuchi Tsutomu immediately said after hearing this, "I almost forgot that President Hanyu is also a great writer. Speaking of which, my daughter is a fan of Hanyu-san."

Hearing this, Hanyu Hideki glanced at Higuchi Tsutomu and asked, "Really? I wonder which of my works Higuchi-san's daughter likes?"

Although Higuchi Tsutomu was in his forties, he really couldn't tell how old the other party's daughter was and whether she liked his novels or picture books.

After all, as a rich man, there are women willing to have children for him no matter how old he is.

"She likes President Hanyu's novels, and her favorites are The Sparrow Turns into a Phoenix and Love Letters."

When Higuchi Tsutomu said this, he suddenly said, "If she knew that I would see you when I came to Hakone this time, she would definitely not go to the school in Tokyo first, but come with me."

For a moment, Hanyu Hideki felt that Higuchi Tsutomu's tone was somewhat familiar.

But before he could react, he asked casually, "Is Higuchi-san's daughter studying in Tokyo?"

"That's right, she just entered the Art Department of Keio University in April. President Hanyu is so good at painting. If you have time, you can talk to her. You young people will definitely have something to talk about."

As soon as Higuchi Tsutomu said this, Hanyu-san had only one feeling.

Something is wrong!

Something is quite wrong!

This tone and attitude sounded exactly the same as when old man Murayama promoted his granddaughter.

Hanyu Hideki originally thought that this Higuchi Tsutomu would hit it off with him.

No one would think that she would be greedy for his body.

No, she should be coveting his body for her daughter.

Of course, he couldn't agree to this situation casually.

After all, falling in love with a rich girl is different from falling in love with an ordinary woman.

He has no plans to give up the entire forest for a single tree just yet.

Moreover.

Even if he really wanted to marry a rich girl, he had plenty of choices. In terms of background and appearance, Yumiko Murayama and Haruko Naito were the top choices.

In front of me, Higuchi Tsutomu is just an ordinary powerful person in Hokkaido, and Hanyu Hideki will never find him no matter how hard he chooses.

The most important thing is that as a Yangou, he will never agree to anything before he has met the other party's daughter in person.

What if the appearance is like a flower?

Although there are many neon beauties, there are also many whose looks are off.

After all, not every woman named Higuchi is named Higuchi Kananko.

Considering this, Hanyu Hideki immediately said politely, "There is no problem in communicating, but I don't have time recently. After this party, I have to go to America."

Hearing Hideki Hanyu mention America, Tsutomu Higuchi seemed to remember something and praised Hideki Hanyu.

"I read the news some time ago that President Hanyu's Elf Entertainment acquired America's largest comics company. It really boosted our morale!"

"Haha, Higuchi-san is over-reputed. Marvel is not the number one comic now. DC Comics is better than Marvel in terms of comic sales and revenue from comic-adapted movies.

Moreover, the American comics market is severely depressed. I didn’t spend much money buying Marvel. It was just to make games and expand the copyright scope. "

Hideki Hanyu said modestly.

At the same time, he was thinking that if I buy a comic company, it has something to do with your morale. I am very low-key, okay? You cheating teammates should forget about me quickly.

"President Hanyu is young and promising. I am really lucky to meet you at this autumn gathering. If you have the opportunity to visit Hokkaido in the future, please be sure to inform me and let me do my best to be a landlord."

"No problem. If you go to Hokkaido, be sure to contact Higuchi-san."

The two chatted for a while.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Hanyu Hideki decisively said goodbye to Higuchi Tsutomu, even though this guy wanted to introduce his daughter to him.

After leaving the hot spring resort and returning to the small courtyard in Hakone.

Faced with the temptation of the goblin who has woken up and regained his energy.

Hideki Hanyu simply chose to ignore it.

It's not that he suddenly became a gentleman, but that he had more important things to deal with.

After leaving everyone, he dialed the phone to Tokyo alone in the living room and contacted Yada Yoshihiro, who was still working overtime.

When the call was connected, Hideki Hanyu immediately asked, "I need to raise one trillion yen in a short time. Is there any way?"

The reason why I say one trillion is because Hideki Hanyu knows that even if someone takes action in such a large enterprise, it will definitely not be all shares.

Some institutions and trade unions hold shares, and 80% of them will not sell them.

So there is no need to raise more money at all.

But he didn't wait for Yada Ryohiro to answer, and then spoke again.

“I don’t want to sell the property, after all, there’s still a lot of room for growth, and it’s impossible to sell it all even if it’s a short period of time.

Elf Entertainment and Yunshang Entertainment are basically burdened with loans. It is impossible to refinance the loans in the short term.

The money from Jinbo Eiichi cannot be touched. I don’t want anyone to associate the offshore investment company with me. "

On the other end of the phone, Yada Yoshihiro was not prepared for anything. He was caught off guard when he heard that Hanyu Hideki needed a huge number of one trillion.

Before his head could react, Hanyu Hideki blocked the three easiest ways to make money.

After a moment, Yada Yoshihiro asked directly, "Hanyu-sensei, if it's convenient, can I know what you want to do with such a huge sum of money?"

Thinking about the matter about Tohoku Kasei Co., Ltd., the dust will be settled tomorrow. Those who received the news earlier than him may have already been prepared.

Hideki Hanyu has nothing to hide.

He asked Yada Yoshihiro, "Do you know about Neon Tohoku Kasei Co., Ltd.?"

Yada Ryohiro replied, "I saw some news some time ago, and it seems that there was a lot of trouble, and there was even a conflict with the union."

"I want to acquire it."

As soon as Hideki Hanyu said this, Yada Yoshihiro felt his hands shaking.

He didn't expect that Hideki Hanyu wanted to buy this company.

This kind of company seems to have a low reputation on weekdays.

However, due to the nature of the enterprise, there are tens of thousands of formal employees, and it has great influence on the local area. Generally speaking, ordinary people do not even know who the holder is, let alone buying it.

Regardless of where Hideki Hanyu found the opportunity to buy this company.

If Hideki Hanyu could really buy this kind of company, it would be unimaginable to improve his status in Neon.

"Hanyu-sensei, please wait a moment."

After calming down, Yata Ryohiro began to think quickly.

Various methods were running through my mind for about five or six minutes.

Yada Ryohiro suddenly said, "Mr. Hanyu, I have an idea here, but I need the cooperation of the bank."

Hanyu Hideki immediately said, "Yada-san, please tell me."

"Is such that……"

Yada Ryohiro explained the method he came up with.

　Thanks to Oaks 2021*** and Wandering Books for the reward.

　　I'm not feeling well today, that's all. I'm sorry.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)