Chapter 38
The reason why Minister Takeshita was able to accept this foreign bank in Colombia so quickly was that apart from Mikhail’s personal charm, there was another deeper reason, that is, Minister Takeshita urgently needed support from the business community to help him in his political career. further on the road.
Although Minister Takeshita did not come from a poor background, looking at the Japanese political arena, he is indeed a recognized politician who lacks family background. In Japanese politics, the status and influence of politicians can be passed on to their designated heirs like inheritance. Such examples are too numerous to enumerate. For example, Kishi Nobusuke and his younger brother have successively served as prime ministers, and Kishi Nobusuke's son-in-law Abe Shintaro is now serving as foreign minister in Nakasone Yasuhiro's cabinet. The background of this kind of political power is not comparable to the son of a brewer in Shimane Prefecture.
As the son of a commoner, it has been quite difficult for Minister Takeshita to achieve his current status, and the Minister of Finance is also a very important position in the cabinet. However, Minister Takeshita knows very well that if he wants to get to the next level, it is not enough to rely on his own efforts. You must have a group of reliable and politically influential disciples around you to support yourself. The current Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone's "Nakasone faction" is a good example. However, Prime Minister Nakasone was a major officer in the Japanese Navy as early as the wartime, and he had a political aura. At that time, Takeshita was forced to leave the private school. He was sent to the Junior Flying Squad because he was not in school, and almost became cannon fodder like the kamikaze.
If Minister Takeshita wants to establish his own "Takeshita faction", there is only one way, and that is the path Kakuei Tanaka took many years ago, using campaign funds to lure those members of Congress who also lack support into worshiping him under the door. But where did the money come from? Naturally, it was in the hands of merchants who lacked connections.
Before Mikhail joined him, the Financial Services Agency had already reported to Minister Takeshita the news that the Colombian Bank continued to have huge foreign exchange flows into Japan. Minister Takeshita knew of Mikhail's strength, but because it was foreign capital, Minister Takeshita, although coveted, was still unable to recruit, because obtaining foreign political donations was an absolute taboo in Japanese politics. However, when his long-time business confidant, Vice-Hiroshi Changjiang, president of Rikurute Real Estate Co., Ltd., introduced Mikhail to him, Minister Takeshita was immediately delighted, because with Vice-Hiroshi Jiang as the middleman, Vice-Hiroshi from the Columbia Bank It is not difficult for foreign capital to become domestic capital. Minister Takeshita can rely on Jiang Fuhaozheng as an intermediary to attract foreign capital from the Columbia Bank for his own use. The "Takeshita faction" is finally not just thinking about it.
Mikhail did his homework before meeting Minister Takeshita. Minister Takeshita, nicknamed "Oshin" in politics, is an extremely tough guy. Mikhail didn't know that he would be accepted by Minister Takeshita so quickly. But with Jiang Fuhao, who asked for something from himself, as an intermediary, the communication between Mikhail and the minister went much smoother.
Mikhail donated about five million U.S. dollars to Minister Takeshita's Economic Research Association through several subsidiaries of Ebu Komasa and Tsutsumi Yoshiaki. In exchange for this money, Seryozha can conveniently exchange yen from the Bank of Tokyo. The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Finance turned a blind eye to the behavior of the Colombian bank. However, judging from the current situation, Japan is the beneficiary of this matter. Only after the "Plaza Accord" is signed can Mikhail get the expected benefits.
With the support of Mikhail, Rikulut Real Estate Co., Ltd. has been involved in the renovation project of the old urban area in Tokyo. The land of the Meiji Sugar Factory in the Inner Harbor District of Tokyo was acquired from Mitsui Fudosan at a super high price. This land will be transformed into a low-density residential project by Rikulute Real Estate Co., Ltd.
Why is it a low-density residence, because the construction period of this kind of house is short, which is convenient for quick return of funds. At the same time, Minato District is also a traditional wealthy area in Tokyo, and people who buy houses here are generally not short of money. Although the land was acquired at a high price, almost all the real estate companies participating in the auction felt that Riklut had picked up a huge bargain.
Participating in the Seibu Group's high-end apartment project is to stay in this circle, but Rikulut's project is really for making money. In fact, there is a deeper reason for this, that is, quite a few of Rikulut's shareholders are important figures in the cabinet. Last year, Vice-Hao Jiang donated shares of Rikulut to many important figures in the cabinet including Minister Bao Kuo Takeshita.
However, in order to prevent someone from taking the opportunity to make trouble, all the ministers paid for the shares after accepting them. Judging from the current Japanese law, the actions of the ministers are not illegal. Because Japan's stock market is not very sound now, insider trading has not yet risen to the level of crime, and it is even considered normal in political circles. Politicians have a metaphor called "grasping rice with wet hands" and keeping it in their hands Of course it is a benefit. Only after Rikulut listed the subsidiary represented by the stock on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the ministers who held the stock would make a lot of money.
After Rikulut took the land king of the Meiji Sugar Factory in the Minato District, not long after, with the support of Columbia Bank, Rikulut extended his hand into a brand new field, that is, the telephone with Nippon Telecom Co., Ltd. cooperates to invest in Japan's mobile communication network system, and the partner is Yota Communications, the world's largest mobile communication technology company. As soon as this news came out, the market was in an uproar, and Rikulut Company transformed itself and stepped into the field of mobile communication, which is a cutting-edge technology.
Speaking of which, the president of Nippon Telecom and Telephone Co., Ltd., Hisashi Shinoto, is actually the leader of Jiang Fuhao's entry into the political arena. The two are in the same business circle and have known each other for a long time. Since Japan Telecom and Telephone Co., Ltd. is a large-scale Japanese technology system that is half-official and half-civilian, it monopolizes Japan's domestic telephone line system and large-scale computer system exclusively. As the president, Hisashi Mado seems to have a lot of glory, but in fact he is still just a senior wage earner with an official status. Before Jiang Fuhaozheng made his fortune, Mato Tsune has always been his introducer in the political arena, and Minister Takeshita met Jiang Fuhaozheng only through Matoto's introduction. The success of Viceroy Jiang completely stimulated Tsuneka Shino, so at the secret request of Mikhail, the Nippon Telecom and Telephone Co., Ltd., led by Tsune Shino, exchanged the technical standards of Yota Communications for a wholly-owned investment, and secretly took it in the name of the secretary. The unlisted 10,000 original shares of Rikulut were taken away.
With the help of Jiang Fuhaozheng, Mikhail actually experienced the feeling of ease in Uzbekistan in Japan.