Tokyo Reborn: Dark Superstar

Chapter 122 Sony’s Poison Pill Plan

The next day, the media published many reports about Metaverse Planning Company’s promotion ceremony in Osaka.

Japanese public opinion is slowly beginning to recognize the dolls produced by Metaverse Project. After all, this product has replaced the positive energy products in the mulberry niche.

This is the official certification of the United Nations' world anti-drug and anti-drug epidemic charity organization and the foundation affiliated with UNODC.

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Of course, Sony's related media, radio stations, and newspapers also played a role in fueling the flames.

Sony has become a staunch ally of Takakura Bunta Studio in the Japanese domestic market.

In particular, Totland Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. began to purchase Sony shares in the U.S. stock market in April 1997. After holding 4% of the shares, it increased its holdings all the way to 5%, becoming one of Sony's major shareholders.

At the beginning, after the Japanese stock market and real estate market both crashed, Japanese concept stocks in the U.S. stock market also plummeted.

Among them, Sony, which had indigestion due to its acquisition of Columbia, was a key target of attacks by Wall Street tycoons.

If Sony wants to avoid the side effects of the poison pill plan, it needs a "white knight."

U.S. capital accounts for 29.39%.

The so-called search for a "white knight" means that when a target company is attacked by a hostile takeover, it actively looks for a third party, the so-called "white knight", to compete with the attacker.

It just so happens that Takakura Buntaigen Space Planning Company, with an annual income of 600 billion yen from the other world, needs to take a bath...

Lehman Brothers, BlackRock, and Vanguard have successively stated that they will withdraw from the fight for control of Sony...

The two sides had a great conversation, and finally Suzuki Kunimasa, the head of Sony's investment department and one of Sony's Four Musketeers along with Hirai Kazuo, was responsible for this "Poison Pill Plan."

The two parties hit it off immediately, and Totland Investment Company purchased 5% of Sony's shares through the secondary market in just two weeks, causing Sony's stock price to quickly increase by 34.3%.

The poison pill plan is actually also called private placement. This is actually a double-edged sword. If you issue more shares through private placement, the actual value of each share will decrease.

That is to find one or more large investors to purchase the additional shares, and by hedging with the forces of Wall Street in the United States, the stock price will be raised, so that the other party will lose the ability to acquire due to the high acquisition cost.

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This is the last resort for listed companies, and both the good and the stone will be destroyed.

However, Totland Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. continued to purchase Sony's shares in the secondary market. Sony's stock price increased by 4% from April to June.

Among Sony's top ten shareholders are Bank of America Clearing, Lehman Brothers, BlackRock, Vanguard, GIC, and Goldman Sachs.

At this time, Keiko Kanda was introduced to Akio Morita, the founder of Sony and one of the Four Saints of Business in the Golden Age of Japan, through her relationship with Kazuo Hirai, Vice President of Sony Records.

Sony's difficulties in acquisitions by Wall Street consortium have been greatly alleviated.

Too many scattered stocks will increase the number of retail investors and further increase the instability of stock prices.

This creates a situation where a third party bids with the attacker to acquire shares of the target company.

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Sony's control is already in jeopardy.

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At this time, Takakura Bunta already controlled 11% of Sony's shares...

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After the Metaverse promotion event in Osaka ended.

Sony founders Akio Morita and Bunta Takakura at Ainoya Okonomiyaki in Osaka City.

This is a famous Okonomiyaki restaurant that locals love to patronize. It was established in 1965. The scallion grill here is the most famous, especially the style grilled with beef tendons, konjac and green onions.

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Akio Morita, who was born in 1921, is 76 years old this year. This old man in his seventies shows no sign of the decline of time.

The figure is still tall and straight, like an ageless green pine, standing on the peak of life.

His hair was already gray, but its silvery color made him even more energetic and energetic.

Akio Morita is wearing a simple shirt, but he can't conceal the energy and character of Japan's Showa era.

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At the age of 62, Akio Morita began to give up drinking after undergoing surgery. It has been 14 years now.

However, facing the film and television star in front of him who was known to like heavy drinking, he took the initiative to order a dozen Asahi beers.

Bunta Takakura once participated in the "Big Drinker Contest Special Edition" of TV Tokyo's "Big Eater Contest" variety show and won the championship.

He once made a bold statement: "Even Hawking has to stand up and toast when he comes."

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Under the introduction of Kazuo Hirai, vice president of Sony Records, Akio Morita and Bunta Takakura once dined together at a kaiseki restaurant in Ginza, Tokyo. At that time, Akio Morita said that he had given up drinking for more than ten years, and his arteriosclerosis was very serious, so the doctor told him not to drink.

Although it was recommended by "Sony Four Musketeers" Hirai Kazuo, he still had doubts about the dark star's hard power...

However, large conglomerates such as Mitsubishi, Sumitomo, Mitsui, and Yasuda all refused to serve as Sony's "white knights."

After the Plaza Accord was signed, Japan's economic bubble collapsed, and even the four major financial groups were not immune.

The top ten shareholders in the core industries of the consortium all have a certain proportion of Wall Street capital.

In this context, American capital has won a great victory and fully harvested Japan's wealth.

Helping Sony is like setting yourself on fire...

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In April, Totland gave the Sony founder a little shock.

The dolls mainly replace the ice market in the other world.

Profits are flowing in like a tide every day. The only thing that restricts the efficiency of the entire production chain is the rice washing speed...

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During this meeting, Akio Morita, known as the "Sage of Management," discovered a "medical miracle."

This old man from Showa boldly held a bottle of Asahi beer, took the initiative to toast, and drank happily with Takakura Bunta.

The refreshing taste immediately fills the mouth, along with the light malt aroma and slight bitterness, making people feel like they are in the summer evening breeze of Osaka.

Okonomiyaki paired with Minoya Okonomiyaki, fresh seafood, plump meat, refreshing vegetables, and special batter.

Wine and ingredients are skillfully blended together to form a colorful and fragrant gourmet picture.

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After drinking four bottles of Asahi beer, Akio Morita spoke first, his voice full of gratitude: "Mr. Bunta Takakura, at this critical moment, you acted decisively and successfully prevented the hostile takeover by the American consortium."

"Your actions not only preserved Sony's independence, but also gave us hope for Japanese companies. On behalf of the entire Sony Group, I would like to express my most sincere thanks to you."

Takakura Bunta picked up a large piece of Okonomiyaki with chopsticks and blew on the hot air. ,

Ajinoya Okonomiyaki pays attention to the control of heat and the layering of ingredients. On the baking pan, the special batter is spread evenly, and then the various ingredients gradually heat up as the heat heats up, and the aroma of the ingredients begins to intertwine and spread.

Bunta Takakura especially likes to eat it when it is turned over and grilled until golden and crispy. The crispy outside and soft inside, with well-defined texture is the essence of Okonomiyaki.

After finishing a large piece of Okonomiyaki, Bunta Takakura drank half a bottle of Asahi beer, took out a Peace cigarette, and said, "You're flattering me. I can't see how Americans bully others."

"Sony is a technology company with brilliant achievements, and I believe its future will be even brighter."

"As a Japanese company, buying large amounts of companies in the United States is of course a way to promote the country's prestige, but the local market is the foundation for its foothold."

Akio Morita respectfully took out his lighter, helped Takakura Bunta light his cigarette, and agreed: "Of course, Mr. Takakura Bunta. We will carry out investment in the Sapporo area of ​​Hokkaido in accordance with our previous agreement."

"We have made detailed plans to set up Sony's TV, audio equipment and optical research centers in Sapporo, and have signed a long-term strategic cooperation agreement with the Sapporo foundry of Mizuno Electronics Co., Ltd."

Takakura Bunta blew out a smoke ring and said: "The white knight mission of Totland Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. has been completed. I have asked the rat girl Mayu Watanabe to stop acquiring stocks in the secondary market..."

Akio Morita's goal was achieved. He raised the bottle and said happily: "Happy cooperation."

"Happy cooperation!"

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The rat girl Mayu Watanabe is not only a top intelligence warfare expert and a first-tier intelligence general not only in Masashika Girls' Academy, but also in Toariu City.

Her father is also a big businessman.

The Watanabe family business is one of the top ten bulk trading companies in Japan.

The Delivery Quality Supervision Committee of the Tokyo Industrial Commodity Exchange is a senior member of the Tokyo Industrial Products Exchange.

This kind of financial work is easy for the rat girl Mayu Watanabe to get started and handle with ease.

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While Takakura Bunta was planning for Hokkaido, the Japanese entertainment media unanimously focused on the upcoming summer war.

Although this summer vacation is known as the rise of new forces, there are strong players on the Red Earth Continent, Yizhou Island, Xiangjiang, South Korea, Europe and the United States.

Competition in the Japanese music market is unprecedentedly fierce.

But the Japanese media focused more on [Wang Wen VS Beasts Rock Band].

Because this is already the second confrontation between the two sides.

Although Takakura Bunta doesn't remember it at all...

(End of this chapter)