Chapter 481 Collusion
At 5 pm on October 2, 1991, a luxury villa in Minato District, Tokyo.
Gathered in the huge conference hall were several big men from all walks of life who could shock the whole of Japan with just one stamp of their feet.
Sitting at the head of the table was Ichiro Katita, President of Sumitomo Bank.
On the left are Noboru Takeshita, the head of the Takeshita family, Nobu Takeshita, executive director of the Tokyo Industrial Bank, Hiroyuki Nonaka, the general manager of Nisshinaga Nobu, and Masanori Tanabe, the general manager of Fuji Bank.
On the right are Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, Mitsui Sakura Bank President Tsubasa Hijikata, Daiichi Kanye Bank President Itochu, and Sanwa Bank President Toru Kawakatsu.
"Today we urgently summoned everyone here for an important matter." Ichiro Kita cleared his throat, with a solemn look on his face, "I don't think I need to say more, and everyone knows it. Kitahara Sosuke will transfer the money in the name of Tokyo Mutual Bank." Convene financial cooperation with Russia. The specific cooperation content is threefold: first, high-interest bank loans and mutual financial penetration. Tokyo Kyodo will open a branch in Moscow this month; second, the purchase of high-tech equipment worth 100 billion rubles in the name of Kitahara Heavy Industries. and military technology; third, purchase a large amount of abandoned national debt from Russian giants at a ratio of 1:100."
"Many of you here are joint stock holders in Tokyo, and are also the current leaders of Japan's financial industry. Kitahara Sosuke's approach is undoubtedly a final struggle for the bet at the end of the year." Ichiro sneered.
Everyone present knew the life-and-death bet between Kitahara Sosuke and the Takeshita family.
With 28 trillion yen as capital, whoever makes more by the end of the year will get everything the other party has.
And they all obviously chose this domestic dispute in Mao Xiong as an entry point for business. However, Kitahara Sosuke's actions have always been mysterious, and they have only now surfaced. As for the Takeshita family, although the bet failed, they have already earned 20 trillion through operations. Yen.
It is now early October, and there are still three months left. It is simply unrealistic to earn as much wealth as the entire Kitahara clan club.
Therefore, the outcome of this bet is decided!
"President Kita means that Kitahara Sosuke is fighting to the death?" Hiroyuki Nonaka frowned, "Using Tokyo Mutual as a carrier?"
"That's right. You may wish to recall that during the initial establishment of Tokyo Kyoto, Kitahara Sosuke said that he did not want any shares. Each of us would hold 15%, and the government would take 10%. So what did he want?" Ichiro Kitahara The skin smiles but the flesh does not smile.
"First, Tokyo Mutual employees will be hired by Kitahara Shinro, and we will provide the wages and benefits; second, those with outstanding abilities will be absorbed by the Financial Services Agency and the Ministry of Finance; third, the negotiations for mergers and acquisitions of those financial institutions will be conducted with Kitahara Shinro as the leader. Lord, there’s a fourth point.”
Hijikata Tsubasa added,
"While Tokyo Kyodo still exists, Kitarasa Shenlang is allowed to invest and conduct international business in its name."
The first three points are nothing more than paving the way for your employees and strengthening your connections, but only the last point.
At first, they didn't care. After all, they had just suffered huge losses from the Gulf War. Who would have the heart to do financial business overseas.
Even if I have the chance, I won’t do it.
Now I agree with this one!
Kitahara Sosuke nominally went to Russia to conduct business as a Tokyo Kyodo Bank, but in fact he took advantage of this convenience to open international business for his own Kitahara Shenlang Credit Bank.
"When the mission of Tokyo Mutual Bank is completed and it is officially disbanded, the people and institutions left in Moscow will be Kitara Shenlang. They are very good at calculating." Ichiro Katsuda sneered again and again, "If something goes wrong, it will be up to us. Do you want to take the blame together?"
Several people who also held shares in Tokyo Kyodo fell silent.
Tanabe Masanori said calmly: "Isn't that simple? Just give up the shares of Tokyo Mutual. According to the current situation, Kitahara Sosuke will undoubtedly lose, and Takeshita Noboru is sure of victory. Are we still in the loser's camp? Are you waiting to die? Besides, who doesn’t know the situation in Moscow? It’s stupid to buy national debt. Buying technology from far away will not save the fire nearby. As for the loan, if it is all converted into Japanese yen, it will not be worth 20 trillion yen.”
"If I remember correctly, Kitahara Sosuke wants a loan of 280 billion rubles, and the Takeshita family has already exchanged 396 billion rubles with me. No matter how you calculate it, Kitahara Sosuke can't win." Ichiro Kitahara nodded, and then sneered, "Indeed , if we give up Tokyo together and leave all the mess to Kitahara Sosuke, and when the time comes, report it to the Tokyo prefectural prosecutor, he will undoubtedly die, but "
Having said this, he paused, glanced at everyone, and said leisurely: "Tokyo Kyoto's original goal was to integrate domestic financial institutions that were frustrated. Taking this opportunity, our six major urban banks can go one step further and swallow up more small institutions, truly Monopolize the financial banking industry. Giving up shares in Tokyo Kyoto means those small institutions will be given to the government."
This is a big fat piece of meat.
He looked at Murayama Tomiichi, who didn't speak.
The government also wants it, but after several setbacks in the past, the Bank of Japan, the Ministry of Finance, and the Financial Services Agency no longer have the energy to compete with the six major consortiums.
Several people were silent.
Yes, they are unwilling to give up these financial institutions unless they have to.
Tosan, Mitsui Sakura, Fuji, Sanwa, Daiichi Bank, and Sumitomo, these six behemoths are independent and entangled with each other. In terms of influence in the banking industry, their strength is about the same, and it is difficult to distinguish the winner.
Whoever wants to go further, this is the best place to go.
The Great Depression was both a crisis and the best opportunity.
Because of this, Fuji, Mitsuwa, Mitsui, and Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, who have good relations with Kitahara Sosuke, also came here to discuss the crusade against Kitahara Sosuke.
Allies at that time would also turn against each other because of their own interests.
Tomiichi Murayama is the person supported by the Fuji Foundation and Sosuke Kitahara. Now, he has also stood up to oppose it. This is the horror of interests!
"If we don't give up on these things, we will have to bear the blame when the Tokyo District Prosecutor's Office examines Tokyo Mutual Bank." Toru Kawakatsu sighed. He was also in a dilemma. After all, another pillar of the Sanwa Foundation, the Uchida family of Nissho Iwai, a general trading company But the die-hard Kitahara faction, like Takashi Shirakawa, the Tosan general manager who is not here today, is one of the few people who still supports Kitahara Sosuke.
"Haha, if we don't give up on this, it doesn't mean that we will take the blame for Kitahara Sosuke." Ichiro Kitahara sneered, "Our biggest problem is that after Kitahara Sosuke falls, we may have to take the blame for what he did to Tokyo Mutual Bank. Well? In that case, wouldn’t it be better to separate his project from Tokyo?”
"Separate it?" Kawakatsu Toru's eyes lit up, "What does Mr. Ji Tian mean?"
"It will be signed by our Prime Minister's Office to submit an application to Congress to approve the overseas investment business of Kitahara Shinro Credit Bank, so that there is no need to use Tokyo Mutual as a carrier." Murayama Tomiichi suddenly interrupted.