Chapter 472: Gamblers Don’t Get Houses
“Mr. Tajima, since you know so much about the internal affairs of Fuji Heavy Industries, you must be able to persuade Nissan.
So why did you choose Shirakawa Holdings, or why are you so sure that I would be interested in Fuji Heavy Industries?"
This is exactly what Shirakawa Kaede is confused about. Logically speaking, when Fuji Heavy Industries encounters a business crisis, it should seek help from the bank.
There are so many big banks in Japan. Could it be that they all rejected Fuji Heavy Industries, so they want to target Kitato Bank?
Shirakawa Kaede felt that as a member of the Fuji Group, Fuji Heavy Industries should not have ended up in such a situation.
Hearing Shirakawa Kaede's question, Toshihiro Tajima smiled self-deprecatingly.
"After decades, or even a century, of development, a chaebol will inevitably become corrupt and conservative.
Nissan and Hitachi are the core of the Fuji Group, while Fuji Heavy Industries is more like a foil.
Plus, because of the overlap in automotive business with Nissan, it is normal that Fuji Heavy Industries is not well received.”
This is the personal experience of Toshihiro Tajima, even though he is the top decision-maker at Fuji Heavy Industries.
But whenever he attended the "Furong Club", his colleagues at the same level as him didn't pay much attention to him.
Especially since Fuji Heavy Industries encountered a business crisis, even the president of Sapporo Beer can make jokes about himself at will.
Although Toshihiro Tajima was extremely dissatisfied, he had to endure it because a huge fiscal deficit occurred during his tenure.
To put it bluntly, Fuji Heavy Industries is now unloved by its grandma and uncle.
"But Shirakawa Holdings is different," Toshihiro Tajima changed the subject and shifted his target to Shirakawa Holdings.
"As an emerging chaebol, Shirakawa Holdings is just like you, with no complicated relationships within and still forging ahead.
Based on the previous cooperation between Shirakawa Electric and Fuji Motor, we have great admiration for your company's rigorous work style.
This is a necessary quality for physical manufacturing, and it is exactly consistent with Fuji Heavy Industries' attitude.
Therefore, in my opinion, it is a blessing for Fuji Heavy Industries to be able to cooperate with a consortium like Shirakawa Holdings.
Of course, I would also like to ask Mr. Baichuan for help in some small personal matters."
Baichuan Feng was listening with great interest at the beginning, until the last sentence he reacted.
Perhaps this is the real reason why Toshihiro Tajima came to me?
Interesting, Baichuan Feng showed a smile.
"Mr. Tajima, as Shirakawa Holdings started out as an industrial company, we do have a preference for manufacturing.
Especially heavy industries such as automobiles, which can be called the perfect combination of mechanical heavy industry and civilian consumer goods.
A product assembled from tens of thousands of parts has such high reliability, such good maintainability, and such low cost.
In my opinion, the automobile is an industrial miracle. Of course, if Mr. Tajima needs any help, please feel free to do so."
To be honest, although Japan's manufacturing industry is on the decline now, the automotive industry and other electronic product manufacturing industries are still a bit different.
The automobile industry is a highly integrated industry that will drive the development of almost the entire industrial chain.
The development of metallurgy, machinery, electronics, chemical industry, etc. are closely related to it, complementing and promoting each other.
At the same time, the automotive industry also has extremely high requirements for production and management. To a certain extent, the automotive industry is a dual benchmark for a country's manufacturing software and hardware strengths.
If Shirakawa Holdings can enter the automotive industry, its weight among the chaebol groups will be even greater.
Not to mention that it will have more say within Keidanren, even the Japanese government will have to re-examine the existence of Shirakawa Holdings.
To put it bluntly, it means that Shirakawa Holdings and Neon will be more closely tied together and their interests will be more closely aligned.
It wasn’t that Baichuan Feng wasn’t interested before, but he couldn’t find the opportunity.
The past few years were the golden age of neon manufacturing, almost every company was making money and there was no need for financing at all.
In addition, the investment in the automobile and heavy industry cannot be solved by tens of billions or hundreds of billions of yen. It may be more reasonable to convert the unit into US dollars.
Since Baichuan Holdings now has sufficient financial reserves, why not give it a try?
Baichuan Feng is also very envious of the automobile industry.
So Shirakawa Kaede agreed to Toshihiro Tajima's so-called personal request without much thought.
It's nothing more than some benefits. Although the presidents of these large companies have power, they may not have much money.
In other words, they are just professional managers, and the large groups behind them are all assets of the chaebols and have nothing to do with them personally.
When Toshihiro Tajima heard Shirakawa Kaede's praise for the automotive industry, he felt relieved.
Although he has his own selfish desires, he also hopes that Fuji Heavy Industries will have a good future.
If Shirakawa Kaede's acquisition of Fuji Heavy Industries was purely a speculative act, then Tajima Toshihiro might not feel at ease.
Speculators have a common mentality, that is, when the assets in their hands continue to depreciate, they will choose to sell them without hesitation.
Fuji Heavy Industries' current situation can only be improved with a huge investment. If Shirakawa Kaede gets the shares, he will sell them again within two years because he cannot cover the investment.
This would definitely be a huge blow to Fuji Heavy Industries, and it might even cause it to never recover.
After all, market expectations are based on confidence, and the fact that large companies have been abandoning Fuji Heavy Industries one after another is not a good sign no matter how you look at it.
This is why Toshihiro Tajima wanted to save Fuji Heavy Industries, but he did not go to those investment banks, but instead went to Shirakawa Kaede, who started his career in industry.
Of course, when it comes to some personal matters, perhaps only this "world's richest man" can help me.
Thinking of this, Toshihiro Tajima coughed very reservedly.
"It is a blessing for Japan and Fuji Heavy Industries that Mr. Shirakawa is concerned about the physical manufacturing industry.
If you can think this way, I can go and lobby the Nakajima family and Fuji Bank with confidence.
But... ahem~ I just have a small personal request, please take care of it, Mr. Shirakawa."
After saying that, Toshihiro Tajima took out a folded list from his arms and handed it to Shirakawa Kaede.
This matter has made Toshihiro Tajima a little anxious recently, but unfortunately there are not many people he can ask for help.
After taking the list handed over by the other party, Baichuan Feng opened it, glanced at it and raised his eyebrows.
Mr. Tajima is a person you cannot judge by appearance. What he just said about his tricks was a conservative estimate.
This can no longer be described as a playful act, it is simply outrageous and reckless.
“Tajima-san, you…what is this…?”
"Well, I was a little itchy for a while. But don't worry, Mr. Shirakawa, I only touched it once and never again."
Looking at Toshihiro Tajima's confident look, Shirakawa Kaede's face was uncertain, but he had already started to make plans in his mind.
What Toshihiro Tajima just handed over was a bill, or to be more precise, a debt collection bill.
As for the debt collectors, there are many, but most of them are from US banks, such as JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, HSBC, etc.
According to the detailed flow of funds on credit cards, it can be seen that most of these bills were generated in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas, the first thing that comes to mind is the gambling city.
Combined with what Toshihiro Tajima just said, it goes without saying how this bill came about.
But this president Sang is really bold and presumptuous. Does he know how much the accumulated amount of these bills is?
More than 30 million US dollars, nearly 3.6 billion yen!
If Shirakawa Kaede's guess is correct, given Toshihiro Tajima's status, his annual salary at Fuji Heavy Industries plus various dividends would be at most between 100 million and 200 million yen.
This is already the highest salary a top CEO can get. Of course, if it is a company like Toyota, its president's annual salary should be higher.
But for Fuji Heavy Industries, this data is not much different.
As a result, Mr. Tajima easily lost his annual salary of nearly 20 years just because of an itchy trick.
Moreover, the money was paid with a personal credit card, and the company's funds were not used to fill the hole.
Should Baichuan Feng admire him for having principles, or should he scold him and call him a gambler who never gets a house?
With a slight sigh, Baichuan Feng folded the bill and put it in his pocket.
“I can guarantee Mr. Tajima and extend the repayment period, but I’ll have to leave Fuji Heavy Industries to Mr. Tajima during this period.
After the matter is settled, these bills will no longer appear in front of you. "
"Of course! Of course!" Toshihiro Tajima was overjoyed.
Sure enough, this kind of thing is easy for the world's richest man. That's why Toshihiro Tajima didn't go to the stronger Toyota or Honda.
Because of these personal issues, they are unlikely to be resolved on their own.
Because whether it is Toyota or Honda, their wealth is not in the hands of one person, and large capital movements must be approved by the board of directors.
But Shirakawa Holdings is different. As the first head, Shirakawa Feng is definitely a strong man in finance.
Coupled with the 4.2 billion US dollars that caused a sensation a few years ago, Toshihiro Tajima knew that all this was just a drop in the bucket for Shirakawa Kaede.
As it turned out, he made the right bet.
"Tajima-san advises you to avoid touching these things."
People like Toshihiro Tajima have information about them in world-renowned international banks.
Therefore, his loan limit and credit card limit are much larger than those of ordinary people.
Although this matter had nothing to do with Baichuan Feng, he still couldn't help but remind him.
"Of course, last time I was just itching to do something, hehe." Toshihiro Tajima smiled embarrassedly.
"By the way, Mr. Shirakawa, your Nanami..." Toshihiro Tajima looked up again and stared eagerly at the giant ship in the port.
The smile on Shirakawa Kaede's face became more and more obvious. "I will be back to Neon in two days. If you don't mind, Mr. Tajima, please feel free to use it."
"Haha, that's so embarrassing." The wrinkles on Toshihiro Tajima's face were almost turning into a chrysanthemum from smiling.
What a luxurious yacht! I have never enjoyed one in my life.
When the time comes, I can invite a few foreign girls to board the Seven Seas and go for a cruise on the Mediterranean. Then, I can do whatever I want, right?
Although he is quite old, Toshihiro Tajima still feels a surge of passion in his heart at this moment.
No, I have to contact the foreign girl in advance and prepare a few blue pills.
Thinking of this, Tajima Toshihiro has already stood up, “Shirakawa-san, it’s an honor to meet you here.
Don't worry about Fuji Heavy Industries, I will definitely take care of it. But I have some personal matters to attend to, please..."
Baichuan Feng nodded casually, "Tajima-san, please go ahead. I'll go back to Neon and wait for your good news."
"Okay, okay~" After saying that, Toshihiro Tajima hurriedly got up and said goodbye.
Looking at the other person's leaving figure, the smile on Baichuan Feng's mouth became inexplicable.
The words of gamblers are the most untrustworthy.
It seems that after this is done, the president of Fuji Heavy Industries should be replaced.
