By utilizing that one and a half square meters of land, is Iwahashi Shinichi lucky enough to have made the right choice at the right time?
Imai recalled that Shinichi Iwahashi contacted him and wanted to buy a "smaller piece of land, the better", and he couldn't help but think so in his heart. However, the success of Shinichi Iwahashi in the future was definitely not because of that small plot of land.
Because of the land.
Shinichi Iwahashi wanted to use a small piece of land to get a loan, and so did others.
But that small piece of land was actually not a "choice" for Iwahashi Shinichi, but an "opportunity." Iwahashi Shinichi seized the opportunity and used it as a springboard to jump out. He did not regard opportunism as an opportunity.
Life choices.
In the midst of a rapidly declining situation, with an atmosphere of depression hanging over our heads, we watched the bubble burst from a close distance. The life principle that we once believed in, "hard work will be rewarded", disappeared as the bubble burst. Like this
Imai, when he thinks about Shinichi Iwahashi in his heart, it is a comfort to himself.
...Even in such a changing era, there is still the possibility of preserving ourselves.
Imai thought about this, and his heart was full of respect for Shinichi Iwahashi. Being able to look at such a person, his heart seemed to be a lot more settled. Although, he can gain his own inner peace by looking at other people's lives.
The approach seems ridiculous. However, at certain moments, people need to stare at other people's lives like they are now.
The reason why I think of the "successful biography" about Shinichi Iwahashi is not because Imai is looking forward to being the subject of an interview and leaving his name in the pages of the book, but because this kind of imagination gives Imai a feeling that even he himself may not have.
However, what Shinichi Iwahashi mentioned was the same thing as what Imai was thinking about just now. However, the reason why he thought of that small piece of land was completely different.
Compared to Imai's turbulent thoughts, Iwahashi Shinichi was much simpler.
"Looking at the current situation, it may have to be kept there for a long time," Shinichi Iwahashi said.
Imai came back to his senses and forced a smile, "It seems so... I didn't expect that so many things would happen around that neighborhood."
The block where the one and a half square meters of land is located has been reported to be demolished and rebuilt two years ago. After that, real estate companies moved in and tried their best to mobilize the residents of that block to sell their land.
The land ownership rights in that neighborhood are very messy, and there are many small plots of land of only a dozen square meters. The problem that residents must face when houses built on such small plots of land are demolished is that even if they have never owned the real estate
They received a large amount of compensation from the company, but that amount of compensation was far from enough if they wanted to relocate.
It is precisely because of the special characteristics of that block that it has not been included in the Shinjuku renovation plan even though it is located in a good location.
In order to persuade the residents to agree to transfer the land, not only do they have to pay money, but they also have to use some shady and dark methods. Only the front companies backed by the Yakuza organization dare to bite this hard nut.
Speaking of that neighborhood, Iwahashi Shinichi was not surprised or regretful that the original demolition plan suddenly came to nothing, but he was inevitably a little curious, "Now that things have happened, Imai-san can still reveal more. It was only recently passed on to you."
Information from the news network?"
Although it had been a long time, when thinking about that small piece of land, Iwahashi Shinichi could not help but remember that when the demolition plan in that block was at its most intense, the two men called his home and wanted to buy it at a high price.
The two little guys who bought the small piece of land he had.
The two little guys, one quoted an exaggerated price than the other, and they didn't look like they were traveling in the same place.
At that time, Shinichi Iwahashi, who was busy with the record company, didn't pay much attention to the two calls. Of course, this indifference was also combined with the fact that the two calls seemed to come from two different little guys, which made him feel that there was something going on in this matter.
There is something strange about it.
There is only one and a half square meters of land. No matter how much the price is offered, Iwahashi Shinichi will not get rich from it. On the contrary, two different groups have found him here. There is an unknown mystery hidden in this matter.
When he felt uncertain, Iwahashi Shinichi didn't really want to provoke people related to the Yakuza, so he made up his mind to wait and see what would happen, and planned to directly tell him when Tachikawa Kosan, who was responsible for the demolition, contacted him.
That land is for sale.
Since in the two phone calls, they discussed buying the land in a polite manner and did not show any toughness like "cannot sell it to others", Iwahashi Shinichi was not worried about the trouble that waiting to see what would happen would bring to him.
However, the development of things was far from unexpected.
One day, a murder occurred in that neighborhood. After that, suddenly, the demolition matter also stopped.
The demolition operation that was carried out vigorously and with the momentum of determined to bite off this hot piece of bone was unexpectedly carried out in such a nondescript manner. I don't know whether it was suspended or terminated, and was just left there.
For Shinichi Iwahashi, the demolition will not make him rich, nor will it affect his life plan if he does not demolish. Because of this, he couldn't help but ask Imai with a mentality that it has nothing to do with him and just watch the excitement.
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"Tachikawa Kosan, which took over the development of that neighborhood, is backed by the Inagawa Kai." Shinichi Iwahashi asked, and Imai told him all the information he heard later.
The Inagawa Society is an old-school Yakuza organization. Its seniority and influence are on par with the Yamaguchi-gumi's headquarters in Kansai. The evidence is that when the Yamaguchi-gumi's "Yamaichi Rebellion" broke out, the relationship between the Yamaguchi-gumi and the Ichiwakai
Peace was briefly negotiated. At that time, the person acting as mediator was the president of the Daochuan Society.
According to the rules of the Yakuza, only influential peers or elders can be qualified to mediate such conflicts.
The Yamaguchi-gumi has a good relationship with the Inakawa-kai. When the Yamaguchi-gumi came to Beijing from Kansai to open up territory in Kanto, the first hill they wanted to visit was the Inagawa-kai.
In the "Violent Gang Countermeasures Act" that was officially implemented this year, the Inagawa Kai is listed as a member of the "Designated Violent Organization". That is, among the members of this organization, there is a considerable proportion of dangerous elements with criminal records, and they will be targeted.
It has an unsafe impact on citizens’ lives.
Yakuza organizations that are included in the list of organized violent groups are the subject of close attention by the police, and the police have the power to issue a "cessation of struggle" to the organization's office when there is a confrontation between organizations.
...Of course, whether you will listen or not is another matter.
Inakawa Kai's president, Inakawa Sejo, claims to be a moral Yakuza, which is completely different from the violent gangs today that don't know what benevolence and righteousness are. However, on the list of designated violent organizations, Yamaguchi-gumi and Inagawa Kai are listed.
.In addition, there are the notorious Sumiyoshi Federation and Kudo Club. You can imagine what kind of behavior Inagawa will have.
The "Violent Gang Countermeasures Act" has been discussed and prepared a few years ago, and it is expected to be officially promulgated. However, such a long discussion period is enough for each group to find ways to clear themselves and open a large number of
The front-end enterprises. The major Yakuza organizations in Japan are all closely related to the political circles. In this case, there is a necessity for its existence.
Every time a real estate boom occurs, it is an opportunity for the Yakuza organizations to make a fortune.
When land prices are booming, the Yakuza organization makes a lot of money by developing real estate. Once the violent gangs take action, they can find ways to win over any hard-to-grab land. When land prices collapse, they can still deal with bad debts through "help"
, taking this opportunity to make a lot of money.
To be honest, the timing of the promulgation of the "Law on Countermeasures against Violent Groups" coincided with the bursting of the bubble era, which happened to stimulate violent organizations to whitewash themselves.
Next, violent organizations may completely lose the "military struggle" style they insisted on in the past. In the past, many organizations fought and split over whether to insist on "military struggle" or to adapt to the times and carry out "reform". Now,
, the situation of the times gave them the answer.
Tachikawa Kosan was a company that was born under the background of setting up a front company in the Yakuza to clear its name and participate in real estate development. The person behind it was the top cadre of the Inagawa Society, who was the most promising at that time to inherit the rice industry.
Jiro Tsunoda, the next president of the Kawaikai Association.
However, Jiro Tsunoda was not completely without rivals. His biggest rival was Yuhiro Inagawa, the biological son of the then president of the Inagawa Society.
The Inagawa Society has targeted the piece of land in Shinjuku. If it can win that piece of land and successfully develop it, it will be a huge contribution to the group. Jiro Tsunoda went all out for this, and Tachikawa Kosan has just opened its doors.
In that neighborhood, we immediately mobilized vigorously and used all possible means.
However, the development of that neighborhood was not as smooth as Jiro Tsunoda imagined. On the contrary, obstacles were encountered one after another from the beginning of the development.
The more dispersed the ownership of the land, the more united the local residents will be. This is because they have to face a common problem: once they sell their land, they will no longer be able to own their own land.
This also forced Tachikawa Kosan to use various means to defeat them one by one. First infiltrate that block, wait until some residents are willing to sell their land, and after Tachikawa Kosan has obtained the land, they will then influence the people who have already obtained it.
The neighbors living around the land were forced to agree to sell the land and leave.
However, when implementing this plan, Tachikawa Kosan used people who were "non-employees of Tachikawa Kosan". They did not acquire the land in the name of Tachikawa Kosan, but packaged it as a normal transaction between individuals.
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In this way, it is no longer Tachikawa Kosan forcing residents to move, but "moving out quickly if they can't bear the harassment from neighbors."
"In that case, the little Ah Fei who called me in the first place was because he saw that small piece of land that would be easy to start with?" Iwahashi Shinichi thought thoughtfully.
A small piece of land of one and a half square meters is lying idle and no one is using it. If the price is slightly higher, the owner of the land should quickly sell the land and get some money...
However, it happened that Shinichi Iwahashi was busy and had no time to deal with matters concerning that small piece of land. He also felt baffled by such a strange phone call and did not reply immediately.
What was even more unexpected was that next, another wave of people called, asking for a higher price to buy the land. As a result, Iwahashi Shinichi was so confused by these two strange phone calls that he simply threw the matter away.
Go to the side.
"In the beginning?" Imai knew information that he didn't know for the first time.
Iwahashi Shinichi looked at Imai, but he didn't feel that he had made any mistake. At this point, it didn't matter if he said it all. With this in mind, he explained to Imai, "After the first little Ah Fei contacted me, another one like
Xiao Afei’s people called me and offered a higher price for the one and a half square feet of land.”
"...I see." Imai nodded.
Iwahashi Shinichi asked him, "Does Imai-san have any clues about this matter?"
Imai did not answer, but instead asked, "People like Iwahashi-san never care about the high-level replacement of the Yakuza organization, right?"
Iwahashi Shinichi smiled and said, "To be precise, most people wouldn't pay attention to such things."
"That's right." Imai showed an apologetic expression for his slightly unreasonable words, "Because I am engaged in this industry... The real estate market was in such a situation before. From the beginning, I heard from hearsay that which piece of land had the best reputation.
After getting involved, I gradually started to pay attention to these things."
"Maybe it's like collecting model trains or something like that?"
Imai thought of an analogy for himself and laughed again, "I hope it won't offend model train enthusiasts."
Iwahashi Shinichi comforted him, "Fortunately, I'm not a model train enthusiast."
Imai, who heard such a cold joke from Shinichi Iwahashi for the first time, was subconsciously surprised by this special side of him.
But he quickly put away such emotions and returned to the topic, "Iwahashi-san, last year, the chairmanship of the Inagawa Society was inherited by the son of the previous president, Inagawa Yuhiro."
Iwahashi Shinichi thought for a while, "Did anything happen after the murder in that neighborhood?"
Imai nodded, "A murder occurred, and the murderer has yet to return, so the land development in that area has come to a halt. But there is obviously a way to start over... I don't know why it stopped completely like that.
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This is something even Imai can't figure out.
A murder occurred in the neighborhood that Jiro Tsunoda was responsible for developing, causing the development plan to be suspended indefinitely. After that, Inagawa Yuhi defeated his opponent who failed in this matter and successfully inherited the position of chairman.
Looking at it this way, it seems that the murder is inseparable from Inagawa Yuhiro.
However, if such a straightforward method is used to compete, I am afraid that not only will Inagawa Yuhi not be able to achieve his goal, but he will also lose the support of the organization.
Although power struggles in reality often involve methods so outrageous (and retarded) that they dare not be written in novels, the Yakuza organization is, after all, different from ordinary companies.
