Rebirth: Japanese investor

   Chapter 432 Cantonese-style morning tea

   The next morning, Masayoshi Kishimoto did not go directly to the company, but arrived at a Cantonese-style morning tea shop in Tokyo a quarter of an hour earlier to wait for the president of Pachinko.

   The two had made an appointment on the phone beforehand for such a place. He walked into a reserved private room and ordered some of the store's signature delicacies.

As soon as the    things were brought up by the waiter, the president of Pachinko walked in. The old man is still physically strong and spirited, and he looks like he will have no problem working for another twenty years.

   He pulled away the chair next to Kishimoto Masayoshi and sat down with one buttocks. He knew very well that the two of them met here, definitely not for the sake of having breakfast together.

   Kishimoto took the initiative to pick up the Chinese teapot and poured a cup of tea for the president of Pachinko as a gift from the younger generation. After he put the teapot back, he sat down again.

"Among the various styles of breakfast in China, Cantonese-style morning tea is the most abundant, and there are hundreds of varieties. The classics are these crystal shrimp dumplings, traditional siu mai, barbecued pork buns, steamed chicken feet..." Masayoshi Kishimoto introduced each other one by one. He picked up what was on the table.

   Pachinko General President has long known that Cantonese-style morning tea can be eaten slowly while chatting slowly. After eating, chatting is the key to the meeting between the two this morning.

   President Pachinko took a chopstick in his right hand and took a char siew bun into his bowl and said, "Let's get down to business!"

   "I want to use the more than 10,000 pachinko shops in Japan to post a promotional advertisement. For this, I will pay a fee." Kishimoto Masayoshi did not cut corners.

   "What advertising?" President Pachinko wanted to understand the content of his advertisement.

   "Mizushima is a real campaign advertisement." Masayoshi Kishimoto said bluntly.

   "It's not a big thing about you. But, in addition to the Tokyo area, especially the Osaka area in Western Japan, it's not necessarily the case.

  You know, the last time about your proposed reconstruction of Roppongi Old Town. Although some of us have invested money, it is mainly limited to the Tokyo area.

  Osaka, the Kansai region centered on Kyoto does not get a piece of the pie. There is no guarantee that these people have no complaints in their hearts. Furthermore, there have always been many contradictions in the distribution of interests between the Kanto region and the Kansai region.

   The remaining Shikoku, Kyushu, Hokkaido and other areas are relatively poor, as long as you give them money, everything will be easy to say. "The president of Pachinko said eloquently.

   "I'm more or less aware of what you've been saying. Even if it can't be fully rolled out, there must be one family.

   Places with high population density are the focus. "Kishimoto Masayoshi invested the money, and naturally he wanted to hear a sound. Even if the money is not much, don't lose.

   President Pachinko said with interest: "When did you become interested in politics?"

"I am not a person who is not interested in politics. However, once people reach a high rank, some things can't be liked or not. So many people follow you, then you have to treat them and their families. People are in charge.

   It seems that although the feudal kingdoms in Japan no longer exist today, why aren’t the companies under the modern system not new feudal kingdoms?

   Formal members are samurai, and informal members are also subjects of each domain. They're working for you, and you have to shelter them. He and his family were able to live and breathe. " Kishimoto said frankly.

   President Pachinko suddenly smiled amiably: "You are becoming more and more mature."

   "You are so ridiculous to praise me." Masayoshi Kishimoto upholds the traditional Chinese attitude of gentleness, respect and thrift.

"Speaking of which, we can be considered as friends. Since we are friends, then this is a favor. Even if there are certain difficulties in the Kansai region, I will personally come forward to fight and solve it for you. Only by taking care of each other can we coexist and co-prosper." President Pachinko expressed his personal attitude.

   "Then thank you so much." Kishimoto Masayoshi knew, of course, that it was all based on each other's interests.

   Today, you help me, then tomorrow, I will help you. Of course, this major premise is to measure the worthiness and value geometry based on each other.

   "What I can ensure is the votes of the pachinko industry in the Tokyo area. When you need it, then we will vote all this on the person you said.

   Other than that, it's not something I can guarantee. "President Pachinko is no stranger to this kind of proxy politics.

  Kishimoto Masayoshi knows that the suspense of Mizushima's true election is not big. In addition to his own help, Iwasaki Maki naturally won't stand by.

   She was the driving force behind all this. If you work together with the other party, there is nothing to lose, and each gets what he needs.

  Iwasaki Maki needs to gain more actual control and resources within the family, and then pave the way for the big things she wants to do in the future.

   In other words, the struggle for power within the Iwasaki family has never stopped. There are close to 600 descendants within the Iwasaki family. Even if they are a family, it does not mean that they are all one heart.

   If we go back to the source, there are two main forces in the Iwasaki family. Yataro Iwasaki, the founder of the Mitsubishi Group, is the head of the family.

  Iwasaki Yataro's younger brother, Iwasaki Yanosuke, is a branch. However, Iwasaki Yanosuke made great contributions to the development and growth of the Mitsubishi Group.

He can be said to be the most modern operator among the economic circles in the mid-Meiji period. He broke away from his brother Iwasaki Yataro's "official business" status, abandoned overly arbitrary practices, and rebuilt Mitsubishi as an organizer, making it a "sea kingdom". The Mitsubishi turned into a "kingdom on land", making the new Mitsubishi a massive conglomerate of companies.

   Later, Yanosuke Iwasaki resigned as the president of Mitsubishi and handed over the company to Hisaya Iwasaki, the son of Yataro Iwasaki, and made him the president.

   At the same time, in accordance with his brother Iwasaki Yataro's last wish, he carried out a "liquidation" of the family property, not only the Iwasaki family's rights and interests in Mitsubishi were all assigned to Iwasaki Hisaya.

   As a branch of the family, his share of public property is less than a quarter of that of the main family. For this reason, his descendants have been dissatisfied.

  According to the descendants of Iwasaki Yanosuke, Iwasaki Yanosuke was the one who turned the tide. Otherwise, the Mitsubishi Group would have gone bankrupt long ago because of the death of Yataro Iwasaki. After all, it fought a price war with the Inoue family over the shipping issue.

   Later, in 1916, Iwasaki Yanosuke's eldest son, Iwasaki Koyata, took over the responsibility of the president of Mitsubishi from his cousin Iwasaki Hisaya and became the fourth-generation leader of the company.

   After the defeat of World War II, the Japanese chaebols were required to dissolve, and the Mitsubishi Corporation was divided into 139 companies, and the "Mitsubishi" logo was not allowed. But even so, the Iwasaki family still retains 47.8% of the shares of Mitsubishi companies.

  After the outbreak of the Korean War, the United States relaxed its economic control over Japan, and the chaebol group took the opportunity to re-emerge. "Mitsubishi Corporation" was also reborn in 1954.

With the rapid development of the business of the Mitsubishi Group, 28 companies including Nippon Yusen (one of the top ten shipping companies in the world), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, and Mitsubishi Estate are under the reunited "Mitsubishi" banner. .

  In 1969, the sales of 10 Mitsubishi companies were almost equal to the Japanese national budget for a year. By 1970, the total assets of the 44 Mitsubishi Group companies accounted for 1/10 of the total assets of all Japanese companies.

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