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 is Ichiro Katita, President of Sumitomo Bank.
On the left are Noboru Takeshita, the head of the Takeshita family, Nobu Takeshita, the executive director of Tokyo Industrial Bank, Hiroyuki Nonaka, the general manager of Nikaga 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.
"I summoned you all urgently today because of an important matter." Ichiro Kita cleared his throat, with a solemn look on his face, "I don't think I need to say more, 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 financial mutual penetration. Tokyo Kyoto 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 you are also at the helm of Japan's current financial world. Kitahara Sosuke's actions are undoubtedly his 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 earns 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 the 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 total amount of the Kitahara clan.
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 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 by Kitahara Shinro.
Lord, there is a fourth point..."
Hijikata Tsubasa added,
"While Tokyo Kyoto 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, so who had the heart to do financial business overseas.
I wouldn’t do it even if I had the chance.
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 Shinro Credit Bank.
"When the mission of Tokyo Mutual Bank is completed and it is officially disbanded, the people and institutions that remain in Moscow will be Kitahara Shenlang. They are very good at calculating." Ichiro Kitada 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.
Masanori Tanabe 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 here? 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 Tokyo is abandoned together and all the mess is left to Kitahara Sosuke, and when the time comes, if he reports it to the Tokyo prefectural prosecutor, he will undoubtedly die, but..."
Having said this, he paused, glanced at everyone, and said leisurely: "The original goal of Tokyo Kyoto was to integrate domestic financial institutions that had been frustrated. Taking this opportunity, our six major urban banks can go 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 piece of fat.
He looked at Murayama Tomiichi, who didn't speak.
The government also wants it, but after the Bank of Japan, the Ministry of Finance, and the Financial Services Agency suffered several setbacks in the past, they no longer have the energy to compete with the six major consortiums.
Several people fell 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, Miwa, Mitsui, and Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, who had 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 terrifying interest!
"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 president of Tosan General Manager who is not here today, are one of the few people who still support 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?”
"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.