Chapter 516: Unkind Visitors
On June 1, 1990, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun published a special report titled "Japanese and Companies" on an entire page in its morning edition.
“The bank was thrown into a panic by the appearance of a strange major shareholder.
When the bank staff was carefully checking the list of shareholders' meetings to be held in June, they suddenly discovered the name of a major shareholder.
She is the female owner of a Japanese food store in a bustling area of Osaka, Oue Satsuma.
According to information obtained by the reporter, she purchased more than 7 million shares of Industrial Bank and more than 3 million shares of Dai-ichi Kangyo Bank.
Relevant sources speculate that the bank stocks purchased by Onoue Hajime involved five large urban banks and two special banks.
The funds he has invested in the financial securities sector amount to hundreds of billions of yen. If nothing unexpected happens, Onoue will become the largest individual shareholder of Industrial Bank."
Putting down the newspaper in his hand, Shirakawa Feng looked at him strangely. So did this Onoue-san really use those certificates of deposit to borrow money from other banks?
Shirakawa Kaede didn't know whether to say that Onoue Feng was lucky or that this era was too crazy.
Does the bank's audit system really exist? Hundreds of billions of yen, many companies can't make that much profit in ten years, right?
"Do you know which bank lent the money to this major shareholder?" Bai Chuanfeng turned his head and asked curiously.
"As far as we know, there should be Industrial Bank, Fuji Bank, and Dai-ichi Kangyo Bank." To be honest, even Arai Hiroshi himself found it a little unbelievable.
According to his understanding of his peers, even if such an audit was passed, so much money would not be loaned out.
Don’t they do background checks on applicants before lending money?
"Forget it, this is none of our business. But in the future, Beidu Bank must be extremely cautious with such large personal loans."
Baichuan Feng always felt that there was something weird about the entire financial industry in Japan.
It's hard to describe this feeling, but it's like a sixth sense. His intuition tells him that something big is about to happen.
“From the second half of the year, Kitato Bank will stop all lending to the real estate industry.
If there are customer complaints, we will say we are making adjustments to our business.”
Baichuan Feng didn't know where things would go wrong, but it was always better to be careful.
The real estate bubble will soon meet its fateful moment next year, and at this time, Kitato Bank can just sit back and do nothing.
Hearing Baichuan Feng's order, Arai Yuya nodded seriously, "Understood!"
He also sensed the anomalies in Japan's financial markets, especially banks and securities firms.
Their accounts and funding quotas seem unreasonable no matter how you look at them.
In the bank's 3A-level asset assessment, real estate accounts for nearly half, which is very abnormal.
If we follow this algorithm, the so-called assets are basically contributed by the land.
In other words, even banks are betting that land prices in Neon will continue to rise. As long as the land continues to rise at the current momentum, their assets will continue to expand.
But on the contrary... Yu Arai always felt a little stuffy in his heart.
"Shirakawa-san! Shirakawa-san!"
When Shirakawa Kaede and Arai Yu were discussing countermeasures for Kitato Bank, Hasegawa suddenly walked in hurriedly from outside.
"Hasegawa-san, what's the hurry?"
"It's from Shirakawa Electric..." Before he could finish his words, Hasegawa handed a letter to Shirakawa Kaede.
As the group grew bigger, Shirakawa Feng basically no longer personally took care of the work of Shirakawa Electric.
All daily affairs are handled by Hasegawa, who has officially served as the president of Shirakawa Electric in the past two years.
Seeing his ugly expression, Baichuan Feng knew something must have happened.
After opening the letter, he glanced at it and slammed it on the table.
"Ha~" Baichuan Feng sneered twice, "Is Baichuan Holdings too gentle to the outside world? Even the Yakuza want to come up and take advantage of us?"
"President, these guys are just hyenas! They want to take a bite of everything they see." Hasegawa himself was very angry.
Having been the president for such a long time, this was the first time he encountered such a thing.
Seeing that both of them looked unhappy, Arai Yu picked up the letter on the table, looked at it, and sighed.
"Nemonics is really getting more and more chaotic. These guys who have been hiding in the dark are no longer willing to be lonely and want to step into the spotlight ."
The content of the letter was very simple. Its general meaning was to tell Shirakawa Electric that our headquarters would be attending your shareholders' meeting.
This seemingly simple sentence actually has a profound meaning behind it.
Everyone knows something about the name of the Soujyouya, including Shirakawa Kaede.
As the most troublesome entity in a listed company, there is no business person who does not know his name.
Now the General Association has sent a notice letter to Shirakawa Electric, which is actually telling Shirakawa Kaede and others, "You have been targeted by the General Association."
If you are smart, you can take the initiative to contact them and find ways to spend money to avoid disaster.
Look, a violent organization dares to come to our door so openly, which shows its arrogance.
“I originally thought that they had been less and less active in recent years and that the club house would slowly disappear.
I didn't expect him to show up again at this time, and now it seems obvious that he has bad intentions."
Arai Yu experienced the most glorious era of the Sokaiya, which was ten years ago, in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
The Club House was in its heyday at that time, with more than 6,000 people inside it alone.
Including the peripheral personnel clinging to it, the total number of people once exceeded ten thousand.
This scale is even larger than the largest Yamaguchi-gumi in the yakuza, and the root cause of this is the special nature of the operation of the general association.
Although it can be considered a type of violent gang, most of the time it is just a "verbal fight".
Singing a different tune at the shareholders' meeting and engaging in a few verbal battles with the management is much safer than fighting outside.
Therefore, many people, especially those rogues who have some knowledge and understanding of company operations, all choose to join the general association.
However, everything that goes up must come down. In the early 1980s, the Association House angered business operators because it attempted to control several companies.
Amid a wave of opposition, the government also began to crack down on the association houses.
Shirakawa Kaede does not know the specific process, but the level of activity in the general association has obviously decreased significantly in recent years.
Therefore, Baichuan Holdings did not pay too much attention to this organization that was hated by everyone.
However, it was unexpected that the Soukaiya, which had been gradually declining, has now reappeared and has chosen Shirakawa Electric as its opponent.
This seems a bit unreasonable, right? Shirakawa Electric is already a top-notch company in Japan, and it is no exaggeration to say that it is a household name.
Faced with such a behemoth, how dare the General Association directly confront it?
“Go check the current detailed information of the General Association House and see if there are other forces involved behind them.
As for this notice..." Bai Chuanfeng looked at the letter on the table again, "First ask them what their intention is?"
It’s not that Baichuan Feng is ready to compromise with the General Association, but he wants to see what the other party is going to do.
Even if the lion opens his mouth widely, you can still guess the other party's general intention from it.
"Hai!" Arai Yu nodded to express his understanding.
To investigate the details of the General Association, we can only use the power of Shirakawa Holdings.
As for Shirakawa Electric, it is a pure physical manufacturing industry, and Shirakawa Feng does not want it to be distracted by other things.
“Everyone, now is the time when the Japanese economy is the most active, but also the time when the risks are the highest.
Along with the abnormal expansion of the stock market and real estate industry, some illegal financial operations are even taking place everywhere.
To avoid future troubles, remember to handle every business carefully. "
"Yes." Arai Yu and the others agreed solemnly again. Baichuan Feng had emphasized these things to them many times.
“Of course, as the profits from the financial industry and land became more and more lucrative, and as wealth accumulated rapidly, certain groups gradually extended their tentacles deeper into the neon economy.
Please be vigilant about this, because their methods cannot be inferred by common sense."
"President, have you heard any news?" Hearing him say this, Hasegawa also became nervous.
Baichuan Feng waved his hand to indicate that he didn't need to worry too much, "It's just in case, but I did hear some rumors recently.
Those Yakuza are no longer content to hide in the dark."
Yakuza? Yakuza?
When mentioning them, both Arai Yu and Hasegawa frowned deeply.
Especially Yu Arai, he thought of the scene on the streets in the 1940s and 1950s when the yakuza exercised power instead of the police.
That was a chaotic and crazy era.
Seeing a look of worry on their faces, Baichuan Feng smiled and comforted them.
"Well, Shirakawa Holdings is not a soft persimmon that can be easily manipulated by anyone, you just need to focus on the company's affairs.
If it comes to the point where you need to worry about these things, then Baichuan Holdings will really be in decline."
Although Baichuan Feng was joking, the strong confidence in his words still made Arai Yu and the others feel inexplicably reassured.
Yes, what they are good at is business operations, not intrigue with the Yakuza.
They also knew that Baichuan Feng not only had powerful interpersonal relationships in the official circles, but also a hidden and powerful force in secret.
Although Shirakawa Feng had never shown these powers to outsiders, his confidants, Arai Yu and others could vaguely sense the hint of chilliness hidden behind it.
Come to think of it, as one of the largest conglomerates in Japan, and having prospered in the late 1970s, how could it not have its own hidden power?
Do you think those large conglomerates or chaebols are all so clean?
No, they only show you the part they are willing to show you.
Under the water, it is never calm.
Of course, Arai Yu and the others don’t have to worry about these things.
Since Shirakawa Kaede said so, it would be right for them to take charge of the operation of the company.
After giving them a few more instructions and sending them away, Baichuan Feng calmed down and his eyes turned cold.
A series of recent news has made him realize the arrogance of the underworld in the turbulent times.
It seems like it's time to go talk to Ota about things in Tokyo.
