Reborn Tokyo Golden Age.

Chapter 519 The tip of the iceberg

Just now Ichiro Watanabe and I were chatting about the club house, and Yu Arai handed over the information about the club house that he had learned through special channels in the past few days.

As a member of a violent gang, there is very little information about the club house.

Most of the information that Yu Arai could find was all kinds of information about the club house collected from financial channels, listed company information, business rumors and other fields.

As for the dark side information, Arai Yu didn't have much contact, but it didn't matter, Ohta would complete this part of the information.

However, just the information from the public surface made Yu Arai look serious.

"President Shirakawa, the relationship between the General Chamber of Commerce and Industry is more complicated than imagined, especially in the financial industry where they have penetrated too much."

After receiving the information collected by Yu Arai, Shirakawa Kaede turned over the information and looked quite serious.

"The guys in the Guild House claim to be 'walking on the boundary between light and darkness', but in fact they are no different from the Yakuza in nature.

They take advantage of loopholes or weaknesses in corporate operations and often use these issues to raise the stakes at shareholder meetings, magnifying small problems into intolerable flaws.

Many family-run presidents may be professionally knowledgeable, but they lack overall coordination and operational capabilities for conflicts at the operational level.

In addition to the good reputation of Neon people, in order to end the conference as soon as possible and reduce trouble, the company gradually compromised with the general office and paid a fee to settle the matter.

To put it bluntly, these guys from the General House started out as extortionists and then grew rapidly in the 70s. "

It can be said that the reason why the General House can develop and grow has something to do with the connivance of major companies. They are born based on the weakness of neon national character.

“Because Neon people are sensitive and easy to get into trouble, the so-called shareholders’ meeting is more of a formality.

For many companies or the outside world, if the shareholders' meeting can be concluded within half an hour, it will be considered a success.

In order to deal with trouble from the General Assembly and to have the shareholders' meeting end as soon as possible.

Many companies even have an internal department called "Industrial General Countermeasures". Their main responsibility is to study how to bring this year's shareholders' meeting to a quick conclusion.

Even in order to prevent shareholders from getting angry at meetings, the club allocates a large amount of human resources and budget every year to conduct repeated rehearsals for annual events. "

This... Bai Chuanfeng was also stunned when he heard this.

Shirakawa Electric also holds shareholders' meetings every year, but they don't exaggerate to this extent.

In the past, Bai Chuanfeng also tried his best to answer those shareholders who had questions.

Isn’t it normal for outsiders to have questions about business operations?
Are there still many places where big companies in later generations will encounter questions and difficulties from the outside world at media conferences and press conferences?
As a business leader, is it a basic requirement to have necessary public relations capabilities?
"Shirakawa-san, not every entrepreneur has your courage."

Seeing his incredulous look, Arai Yuya flattered him without leaving any trace.

But he was telling the truth. Bai Chuanfeng had unique and distinctive characteristics that neon entrepreneurs did not possess.

The most impressive thing is his resolute and resolute attitude, as an out-and-out activist.

When Bai Chuanfeng decides to do something, he can basically make a decision in a very short time.

But if it were replaced by other Neon companies, it is estimated that the meeting and discussion alone would take a month.

In the end, you may not have decided whether to do this. After all, breaking away from tradition and carrying out so-called innovation is something that most Neon people are not willing to try easily.

Of course, opponents can also say that Shirakawa Kaede is dictatorial, but in the face of repeated successes, all opponents' doubts seem insignificant.

Even the quality of "dictatorship" is an indispensable quality for strong men of all ages, that is, chaebols or the first generation of the family.

Will those who are indecisive let everyone unconditionally believe in them?
Leaders must have decisive courage, which is another characteristic of Shirakawa Kaede that is different from Neon Man.

For the sake of so-called dignity, most corporate presidents would rather no one else speak at a press conference.

But Bai Chuanfeng is different. He can always smile when faced with reporters' difficult questions.

Questions and objections will not make him choose to give in in front of reporters. Responsibility, responsibility, and courage make the light around him more dazzling than other business operators.

This is why Bai Chuanfeng was so surprised when he heard that Neon Enterprise was conducting previews of various shareholder meetings.

In his previous life, he grew up in a different environment and had different cognitions, which resulted in his attitude toward shareholders' meetings being completely different from other Neon people.

"Also, President Shirakawa, do you know why the shareholders' meetings of most Neon companies are held in June every year?"

"Huh?" Bai Chuanfeng had a thoughtful look in his eyes.

"In addition to the middle of the year, the intensive shareholders' meeting in June will also make the general office busy."

Bai Chuanfeng raised his eyebrows. He really didn't expect this explanation.

"Some related or cooperating companies will also communicate in advance and carry out "surprise attacks" on the date arrangement.

Even in the past, hundreds of listed companies held general meetings on the same day.

The purpose is to allow shareholders who hold stocks of multiple companies to attend only one of them, so that the human resources and participation resources of the General Assembly can be dispersed.

After the meeting is held, in order to end it as quickly as possible to avoid crowds in the general meeting room, the general process is to go on stage and give a speech - thank the shareholders - are there any questions (no problem) - adjourn the meeting, this process. "

Okay, my little days are almost full of fun for the shareholders meeting.

It was a rehearsal and a surprise attack, making it look like a war.

And all this is to avoid the club house?
"Arai-san, since companies hate the headquarters so much, doesn't anyone do something?"

Since the conference room is all about "literary fighting", isn't this what big companies are good at?

Besides, the existence of the general house has undoubtedly hindered the development of neon enterprises. It is impossible for the government not to know this.

“Due to the opposition from many clubs, the association’s reputation among the public is also very bad.

For this reason, the Commercial Law of 81 specifically strengthened the control of accepting bribes, providing benefits and improper transactions.

This is to hope that the conflict of interests between the "General House" and the enterprise will be cut off through the law.

In 82, the Commercial Code once again strengthened the penalties for profit transfer. Since then, the police and prosecutors have been cleaning up the association house in full swing.

Of course, the resistance from violent gangs such as the Association House is becoming increasingly fierce,..."

"Wait!" Shirakawa Kaede suddenly interrupted Arai Yu's explanation.

"In other words, legally speaking, the actions of the association have been classified as illegal, and the prosecutors have been compressing their living space?"

"Hai, it's true. Since 81, the number of organizational personnel within the General Assembly has been decreasing year by year.

In 78, the size of the General House reached 8000 people, but by 83, there were only 1700 people left.

Later, as the number of stocks held by the association became less and less, there may be less than 800 members left in the association by this year. "

Is the Neon Government stupid? Parasites like the General House have obviously had a harmful effect on economic development.

Therefore, restricting its development and allowing it to gradually die out has always been the endeavor of the procuratorial organs.

However, due to the complicated interests, Neon can only impose various legal restrictions on it, just like it does with the Yakuza.

Forcibly banning an organization through administrative power is an unconventional method in Neon, and only the "Red Army" has been treated like this.

The root cause is that during a special historical period, some leaders within the Yakuza had military experience and later belonged to the intelligence organization of the United States.

Because of its strong political background, it is somewhat constrained in dealing with the Yakuza Neon Government.

Therefore, the only way to slowly stifle the living space of violent gangs is through the continuous promulgation of laws.

The same is true for the General House. The leader named Kodama has a similar background and resume.

But as these people slowly died, so did those political connections.

Moreover, the prosecutor's office is also the vanguard of strangulating the association house, which is good news for Shirakawa Kaede.

Why?Don’t even look at which school he graduated from?

Meiji's legal knowledge was outstanding, and most of the staff in the prosecutor's office here in Tokyo were his seniors.

With such network resources and political leanings, wouldn’t it be a big loss not to take advantage of them?
Seeing the smile on his face, Arai Yu had to pour a basin of cold water on him.

"Precisely because the living space has shrunk, the activities in the general house have become more frequent and secretive.

Regarding their involvement in the past few years, President Shirakawa might as well look at the appendix at the end of these materials. "

As Arai Yu said this, he pointed to the information in Shirakawa Kaede's hand. It was a thick pile, and they were all the great achievements of the Association House in the past few years.

Skipping the previous introductions, Bai Chuanfeng directly turned to the form at the end of the information.

At first glance, Bai Chuanfeng saw a familiar name.

"First Financial Bank has been cooperating with the General House since 85 through financing and additional stock issuance.

So far, the benefit transfer between the two has reached 460 billion yen.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries issued directional shares worth 120 billion yen through Yamaichi Securities, using the General House as a transit point.

Nomura Securities roughly estimates that it will transfer 60 billion yen of benefits to the Association.

Daiwa Securities, 70 billion...

Nikko Securities, 30 billion..."

"Huh~" Bai Chuanfeng sighed deeply. He really didn't know what he was looking at, and was shocked when he saw it.

Every transaction is shocking, and few in the financial industry are clean.

"Arai-san, legally speaking, do these transactions belong to off-market transfers of interests?"

“Hay, legally speaking these are illegal acts.

Of course, these materials are just compiled hearsay and cannot be used as evidence and have no legal effect. "

Arai Yusheng was afraid that Shirakawa Kaede would get hot-headed and try something hard, so he gave a special note of concern.

Bai Chuanfeng nodded to express his understanding.

He is not that stupid. If he does this, the first person to die will definitely be Beidu Bank or even Baichuan Holdings.

As a chess player, everyone must follow the rules of the game.

An unwise move like flipping the table will only make you the target of public criticism.

"So the reason why the First Bank kept silent about the actions of the General House is also because of this deal?"

It is convenient to conduct transactions with the General House through various secret operations, but this also leaves each other with leverage.

Perhaps this is the reason why the current conference room is becoming more and more secretive.

With these financial industry giants providing cover, the prosecutorial agencies will most likely be unable to do anything.

Hearing Shirakawa Kaede's question, Arai Yu's expression was dark and unclear.

As the sponsoring company of Shirakawa Electric Co., Ltd., Daiichi Bank has operated Shirakawa Electric Co., Ltd. since the day it was launched on the market.

In the eyes of the outside world, Shirakawa Electric has been affiliated with the Daiichi Bank Consortium from now on.

Because of this consensus, Shirakawa Electric avoided a lot of external troubles at the beginning of its development.

For example, after its listing, Shirakawa Electric has never been patronized by the General House. This is because the First Bank is secretly protecting it.

Except for the General House, malicious mergers and acquisitions by other Yakuza organizations or large companies have basically not happened.Therefore, as Shirakawa Electric has grown to this day, the care given by First Bank also played a certain role in the early stage.

This is also the reason why Bai Chuanfeng chose to accept financing from First Bank and Nomura Securities.

Youdao relies on a big tree to enjoy the shade. If you fight alone in Neon, you will either die or be acquired by a big company.

Of course, in this relationship, Shirakawa Electric also brought huge profits to Daiichi Bank and Nomura Securities.

Even if the stock market plummets this year, they have no intention of reducing their holdings of Shirakawa Electric shares.

Because Baichuan Electric is an electronic technology entity, the dividend profits given to them every year are not a small amount.

The more volatile the financial market is, the more valuable shares such as Shirakawa Electric Co., Ltd. have with stable returns.

Of course, speculative companies are another matter. When the Nikkei Index plummeted, they had already sold all their Shirakawa Electric shares.

But no matter how it starts to end, First Quanyin is a special existence for Shirakawa Electric.

Based on this, the cooperation between the two parties has always been very pleasant. However, now because of the matter at the head office of the First Financial Bank, the senior management has remained silent on this matter.

As his old club, Yu Arai also had mixed feelings about Daiichi Bank's approach.

Perhaps in the eyes of those senior executives, it was just a trivial protection fee, which should be quite easy for Shirakawa Electric.

But for Shirakawa Electric, this is not a matter of cost.

The facade of Shirakawa Holdings represented by Shirakawa Electric, and the controller of Shirakawa Holdings is Shirakawa Kaede.

A conglomerate with the size of a conglomerate actually compromised with a violent gang. Rumors spread that Shirakawa Kaede really couldn't afford to lose that person.

This is no longer a matter of face, but a matter of the brand image of Baichuan Electric and the family style of the Baichuan family.

Within a more traditional family, it would be equivalent to declaring war.

Therefore, from beginning to end, Bai Chuanfeng had no intention of bowing to the general house, and the first persuasion was out of the question.

Looking at the transaction numbers in his hand again, Bai Chuanfeng looked calm.

"The Federation House has interests related to so many financial companies. Presumably they also have their own connections in the political world?"

If the four major securities firms and several major banks can be considered to have strong connections in the financial sector, then the benefits they transfer must be transferred to the political sector.

The general method is nothing more than that banks and securities firms first transfer some unissued financial products to people under the federation to hold them.

The federation then sold these bonds and stocks to political officials at very low prices.

When the additional stocks and bonds are officially listed, their prices will surely rise.

Especially during the bubble period, it is not a problem for the prices of these new stocks to triple in a short period of time.

In that case, the original value of stocks worth 1000 billion yen will double to 2000 billion yen.

The difference in price is the net profit.

The financial sector, the corporate sector, and the political sector are the direct beneficiaries.

The three are integrated together to form a pocket-sized secondary market.

So will this kind of association house be wiped out?Some people in the financial and political circles may least want them to be wiped out.

It’s all about profit~
As for whether this is considered insider trading?It depends on who is behind these transactions.

In the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries CB incident in 86, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries entrusted Yamaichi Securities to transfer unissued preference shares to many people in the political circles through the General Office.

Narita, vice president of Yamaichi Securities, who was about to expose the incident, committed suicide in the warehouse.

Prosecutor Morita, who intervened in the investigation, eventually resigned and left the prosecutor's office.

As for the court's verdict?Mitsubishi Heavy Industries was not guilty, Yamaichi Securities was not guilty, and no one from the corporate body or the political circles was arrested.

This is the final outcome of this insider trading case.

In the same case of insider trading, in 88 Likut's deputy Jiang Duhao was accused of bribery, and some cabinet officials were even forced to resign.

Why are the results different for the same insider trading?Because the political forces behind the two are different.

Therefore, guilt or innocence has nothing to do with the law. The key lies in whether the backer behind the crime is strong enough.

This is neon, where deformity and fanaticism coexist.

It is precisely because of the needs of interests that violent groups such as the General House have the soil to survive.

"President Shirakawa, the reply from the General Assembly Room has been delivered."

While Shirakawa Kaede was thinking about the intricate relationship behind it, Hasegawa also handed over the latest reply from the headquarters.

Without time to think about it, Bai Chuanfeng opened the folded letter and wanted to take a closer look.

However, on the empty letter paper, there was only the word "100 billion yen".

"Ha~" Bai Chuanfeng almost laughed out loud. There was no hope of talking in the Qingqing Association room.

At such a price, how can this be protection fee?It's obviously a robbery, okay?

But as it happened, Bai Chuanfeng didn't expect to compromise with them.

In this case, let's see who has the stronger fist.

"Tell them that Baichuan Electric is waiting for you!"

"Hai!" Hasegawa was already unhappy with these shameless guys.

After receiving Bai Chuanfeng's order, his chest immediately puffed up a little more.

Arai Yu saw the numbers on the paper and shook his head. It seemed that the person who came was indeed evil.

Normally, the price offered by the General House to other companies is only a few million or tens of millions of yen at most, which is already a huge number.

100 billion?Are you kidding me? Not even half of the listed companies can reach this figure in profit.

"I will personally participate in the shareholder meeting of Shirakawa Electric this year. I want to see what the headquarters has the confidence to offer such a price?"

After working in the mall for more than ten years, Bai Chuanfeng has never been treated like this by others.

Violent gangs are really eye-opening.

"Chairman Shirakawa, the general meeting of shareholders is crowded and confusing, you are right?"

Baichuan Feng waved his hand, "The shareholder meeting of Baichuan Electric is not a dragon's den or a tiger's den. This is our own meeting. There is nothing to worry about."

Shirakawa Kaede also presided over the shareholders' meeting for several times, but later as he gradually retreated behind the scenes, these matters were handed over to Hasegawa.

Now that the general house was clearly prepared, Bai Chuanfeng was worried and decided to go and see for himself.

After all, the 90s were a special period, and the ups and downs of the stock market could easily become an excuse for others to make trouble.

Seeing that Shirakawa Kaede had made up his mind, Arai Yu stopped trying to persuade him. He knew that Shirakawa Kaede was an activist.

“Of course, in order to be fully prepared, it is necessary to sort out Shirakawa Electric’s operating conditions in the past one or two years.

Hasegawa-san has to worry about this part of the work. "Bai Chuanfeng firmly believes that only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you survive a hundred battles.

"President Shirakawa, please rest assured that we have already been working on this part of the work." As the president, Hasegawa will of course arrange these tasks.

Seeing that everyone was roughly mentally prepared for this incident, Bai Chuanfeng was slightly relieved.

Facing this group of strong spirits, you really need to pay more attention.

After exchanging a few words with them, Bai Chuanfeng signaled the two of them to go about their own business. This year was destined to be a turbulent year.

The stock market, which has just stabilized, seems to be showing signs of instability again.

If there is another crash, it is estimated that many financial and securities companies that are struggling to support will go bankrupt.

According to the information Bai Chuanfeng learned, many banks and securities companies actually already have a lot of bad debts, and they are now waiting for them to explode.

But when it comes to banks, Shirakawa Kaede actually wants to make a call to Miyazaki Kunji, the president of the First Bank.

However, after thinking about it, he gave up such a plan and decided to wait until after the shareholders meeting.

So he picked up the phone and dialed another person.

"Is this the connection between the General House and other Yakuza organizations?"

"Hai" Ohta nodded, "Now there are 670 people in the general meeting room, including 160 core people.

According to the division of labor, they each perform their own duties, and most of them are non-combatants engaged in 'civilian' duties. "

Well, Ohta’s introduction is pretty hardcore too.

In his eyes, the Yakuza can probably only be divided into two types, combatants and non-combatants.

Seeing what Ota had collected about the functional division of labor in the headquarters, Shirakawa Kaede almost thought he was being blinded.

Split House: A group specifically responsible for making written requests to companies to "subdivide the purchased stocks and transfer them to more people."

To put it bluntly, it is deliberately increasing the workload of the enterprise. For example, in reality, it is like requiring game companies to issue invoices for every recharge. It is purely disruptive.

Event room: Those who dig up dirt and dung. These things will be used as ammunition during the shareholders' meeting in order to pour water on them.

Publishing House: To destroy a company, the media and public opinion are naturally indispensable. As the name suggests, "Publishing House" is a person who is engaged in spreading scandals and negative comments.

Hualong Huangwu: This person is responsible for reporting his family name and telling the other person who he is.The letters from the General House that Shirakawa Electric received came from them.

Attack House: As the name suggests, they are the main attackers of businesses.

In addition to being masters of flying mothers on site, they are also good at using various methods such as alienation and honey traps within the company.

Arbitration House: This is the partner of the "Attack House". It usually cooperates to make a good show.

When the attack room is launched, they play the fair side.Make peace with the company and provide the company with a promise of "guaranteing the smooth progress of the shareholders' meeting", and then receive a thank you gift.

Progressive House: They are the real power holders of the General House. When reaching an agreement with a company, their appearance means that the company is protected within the industry.

Long live house: These are the people who shout "I have no opinion, agree, long live" at the general meeting to interrupt the speeches of shareholders who really have ideas and opinions to ensure that the general meeting of shareholders ends as soon as possible.

Look, the division of responsibilities among the eight departments is quite detailed, which is more complete than the departments in many companies.

Tsk, if we run a regular business with this momentum, we may not be that bad in the future.

“Because the General House is not responsible for fighting, other Yakuza provide them with protection.

These include the Yamaguchi-gumi, Sumiyoshi-kai, Matsuba-kai, Ichijo-kai, etc., Yakuza and local organizations.

Ryuichi Koike and Kaoru Ogawa, the core figures of the General House, often attend gatherings and group activities attended by government officials. "

Hearing this, Bai Chuanfeng couldn't help but become serious, and the general power of the conference room became clearer in his mind.

"So they are behind all the financial events in the past year or two?"

Shirakawa Kaede thought of the series of economic crimes in the past two years, including Sumitomo, Daiichi Bank, and Yamaichi Securities.
It seems that no one is spared~
(End of this chapter)