Nomura Securities, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
The first floor is white, the upper five floors are brown, and the top floor is white again. Chu Huan is not very satisfied with the headquarters of Japan First Securities Company.
Teacher Aoiji standing next to Chu Huan, er, Tanaka Mie, was a little curious at this time. She called Chu Huan this morning to tell her about the villa, but Chu Huan actually wanted to invite her to be his tour guide and translator.
Originally, Tanaka Mie thought that Chu Huan was like other people who frequented nightclubs and wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to further develop with her. However, she thought that if Chu Huan really bought the villa, the commission she would earn would be enough to make her rise to the top in one step.
, and agreed to Chu Huan.
What Tanaka Mie didn't expect was that Chu Huan actually wanted her to take him to Nomura Securities.
As a successful courtesan, Tanaka Mie naturally knows what status Nomura Securities represents in Japan. This securities company, founded in 1925, not only has stock trading qualifications in Japan, but also owns stocks in North America and London.
With trading qualifications, it was first listed on the New York Stock Exchange and then on the London Stock Exchange five years later.
But what Tanaka Mie didn't know was that when Lehman Brothers went bankrupt in the future, Nomura Securities acquired Lehman Brothers' business in the Asia-Pacific region (including Japan, Hong Kong and Australia), as well as Lehman Brothers' businesses in Europe and the Middle East.
Investment banking and equities business.
Today, Nomura Securities is a large Japanese multinational financial capital group that integrates securities brokerage, finance, trust, offshore finance and other businesses.
After the two got off the car, a man in a black suit was already waiting here. After seeing Chu Huan, he immediately walked over and bowed slightly.
"Hello Mr. Chu Huan, I am Tetsuo Okumura who is responsible for receiving you this time. I am now the director of the stock trading department of Nomura Securities. After receiving the call from Xiangjiang Fengwu Securities, I was already waiting for Mr. Chu at the door. Now
On behalf of Nomura Securities, I would like to welcome Mr. Chu!"
Of course, it was impossible for Chu Huan to come over without saying hello. Chu Huan was not in the mood to do that kind of slap in the face where he came over without saying hello, was despised, and then showed his identity and killed him.
So when he came to Nomura Securities, Chu Huan had already called Fengwu Securities in advance. Although Fengwu Securities had no business in Japan, it still had contact with Nomura Securities.
Listening to the other party's poor Cantonese, Chu Huan smiled and said, "Mr. Okumura, you should speak Japanese, I have a translator with me!"
"I'm very sorry. If I could cooperate with Mr. Chu, I would definitely learn Cantonese well!" Tetsuo Okumura apologized to Chu Huan seriously.
Chu Huan nodded slightly and said, "Take us in!"
Tetsuo Okumura led the way, taking Chu Huan and Anhui Tanaka into Nomura Securities and arrived at the Nomura stock trading hall.
At this time, Tetsuo Okumura was still a little excited. He had just received a call from Fengwu Securities, saying that Chu Huan, one of the most influential tycoons in Hong Kong, was actually in Tokyo and wanted to open an account to invest in Nomura Securities. This made him
Tetsuo Okumura immediately cheered up.
He even called his uncle's phone number.
No one at Nomura Securities knows that Tetsuo Okumura is the nephew of Tsuminami Okumura, now a senior executive at Nomura Securities.
Okumura was born in 1936 in a remote fishing village called Otaru in Hokkaido, the northernmost tip of Japan. Opposite the Sea of Japan is Vladivostok. Every year, the cold current from Siberia is always the first to arrive in this small fishing village, and then all the way south to Sapporo.
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Tetsuo Okumura's neighbors are all poor fishermen, but he is relatively lucky. His family runs a soy sauce shop, the business is quite prosperous, and his life is barely comfortable.
The difficult life in a fishing village created Tetsuo Okumura's strong character.
As soon as he could walk, his parents put him on skis. By the age of 7, he had become an expert skier. In the evenings, he learned to play mahjong with his friends. This skill was of great use in his future career as a broker.
It is beneficial.
Mahjong has become an effective tool for people to enhance friendship and exchange priceless market information.
In fact, every securities company in Japan has its own mahjong room.
He worked very hard in middle school in order to enter university and find a good and profitable job in Tokyo.
Finally, he was admitted to St. Paul University in Tokyo, which paved the way for his future success, because going to university in Japan is the most difficult step.
Once admitted to college, finding a good job is not very difficult.
During the three years of college, Okumura either participated in various sports or drank and chased girls. After graduating from college, his uncle would help him find a job. He always thought so.
However, a good job was not easy to come by in post-war Japan, so he endured hardships in the early days of his career.
Looking back many years later, he found that his estimate was indeed good and that his carefree college career was the happiest time in his life.
There is no doubt that Okumura can find a job at Nomura Securities after graduation.
In April 1958, he officially joined Nomura and became a salesman in Tokyo. The elder Okumura cared deeply about his nephew and specially invited him to live in his home in Hiroo, Tokyo. Two years passed like this. There were celebrities at home almost every day.
Dignitaries come to visit in an endless stream. As the president of Nomura, many dignitaries and wealthy businessmen are guests of their home.
For example, the then Tibetan Prime Minister Ikeda was also a frequent visitor to the house, and Ikeda was elected Prime Minister of Japan in 1960.
However, for young Okumura, there is no shortcut.
In the next six years, he had almost no time to think about anything except work. Like other salesmen, he was placed in a crowded and extremely noisy trading room. In addition to a telephone and a desk, there was not even a customer.
No, he had to go to the streets of Tokyo to find customers.
Okumura had neither help from others nor formal training. He had to explore alone. After coming out of his uncle's house every morning, he went straight to the company headquarters.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! He is still an unknown salesman, a Nomura man with an extremely low position.
His only tasks are to promote stocks and persuade customers to buy investment trust funds (Japanese mutual funds), where Nomura will reinvest large sums of money collected from customers into the stock market.
In order to close a deal, Okumura had to knock on doors day after day.
For this reason, he is often scolded by passers-by. Even if he finally gets into a client's home, it is common for the owner to scold him and kick him out.
It is hard to look back on the past, and these six years have become the most difficult days in Okumura's life. After working as a salesperson in the company for two years, he moved from his uncle's house to the company's dormitory. He wanted to meet a few salesmen like him, maybe
They would teach him some useful techniques, even though he had no taste for this kind of work.
However, after returning to the dormitory every day, he was already exhausted and had already fallen asleep before he could say a few words.
The six years of life as a salesman have long become a blur of memories.
There is only one thing that remains clear in his memory, and that is that when he was walking around the streets of Tokyo, his shoes always broke down very quickly.
Things took a turn for the better in 1964, when Okumura was 28 years old.
It was also this year that the Olympic Games were held in Tokyo, Japan, which marked Japan's recognition by the world.
Okumura was transferred to Osaka, and after 18 months of easy work, he was adjusted to the corporate finance department.
Four years later, he transferred to the investment department. Four and a half years later, in 1973, he entered the company's stock trading department.
Now he has been in this position for two years and has his own customers. If they are ordinary customers, they will naturally not make his mood fluctuate anymore, but today's Chu Huan is different.
He didn't know why Chu Huan came to Japan to invest, but he understood that if he could capture Chu Huan as a customer, it would definitely be a very good performance in his career!
"Do I need to prepare anything?" Chu Huan stood in the trading hall and asked Tetsuo Okumura beside him.
Although Tetsuo Okumura can speak some Cantonese, he is not that proficient, not even as good as Anhui Tanaka next to Chu Huan, so after hearing Chu Huan ask him, Tetsuo Okumura immediately looked at Anhui Tanaka next to Chu Huan
benefit.
Tanaka Anhui faithfully relayed to Tetsuo Okumura what Chu Huan had just asked.
Tetsuo Okumura hurriedly said, "Chu Sang only needs to tell us your needs. The specific legal documents can be formally signed after Chu Sang's professional team comes over."
Tanaka Yashui translated Okumura Tetsuo's words to Chu Huan, and at the same time she felt a little disappointed in her heart. Although Chu Huan asked herself to be his translator, now listening to Okumura Tetsuo's words, both parties do not trust themselves very much.
Chu Huan smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. Let's go to your office now and listen to your needs first. I'll also get my team ready!"
The three of them came to Tetsuo Okumura's office. Tetsuo Okumura first asked his secretary to bring drinks to Chu Huan and Anhui Tanaka, and then seriously introduced the situation of Nomura Securities to Chu Huan.
In fact, he wanted to know more specifically what Chu Huan wanted to do here.
However, Chu Huan did not tell Tetsuo Okumura what he was thinking, but after learning some things about investing in securities in Japan during this period, he said that he understood and would bring a professional team over tomorrow.
Tetsuo Okumura also understood that for someone like Chu Huan, if he wanted to invest in Japan, it would definitely not be a one-time deal, so he had no objection to Chu Huan's decision.
"Chu Sang, it's getting late now, why don't you let me be the host and invite Chu Sang and Miss Tanaka to have lunch together?"
Tetsuo Okumura extended an invitation to Chu Huan.
Chu Huan smiled and waved his hands and said, "Forget it, there will be many opportunities in the future. I have other things to do this afternoon."
Seeing that although Chu Huan rejected his invitation, he also explained that there would be opportunities for cooperation in the future, Tetsuo Okumura said nothing and nodded, "If that's the case, then I won't bother Chu Sang!"
Subsequently, Tetsuo Okumura personally sent Chu Huan out of Nomura Securities.
After Chu Huan and Anhui Tanaka left in the car, Tetsuo Okumura went directly to his uncle's office and told his uncle Tsunao Okumura about Chu Huan's conversation with him.
"Is this Eastern Lion just coming to Japan to invest? Or does it have other ideas?"
Tsunao Okumura leaned on his comfortable seat and muttered silently to himself.
Tetsuo Okumura had no answer for him.
Okumurazu Nanxiong finally said, "Contact Chu Huan first. No matter what the other party's plan is, you must report the situation to me tomorrow!"
Tetsuo Okumura nodded and said, "Okay!"
After Chu Huan and Tanaka Anhui left Nomura Securities, they came to Tokyo's Shibuya District, where they found a century-old tavern that Tanaka Anhui said!
"Chu Sang, are you planning to move your business to Tokyo?"
Tanaka Anhui sat opposite Chu Huan and chatted with Chu Huan in a soft voice. First she bought a villa in Tokyo, then she wanted to invest in a film company with Nozaki Kosuke, and now she wants to enter Japan's securities industry. Tanaka
No matter how An Hui looked at it, she felt that Chu Huan wanted to move his business to Tokyo.
"Of course not, but as Tokyo is now the financial center of Asia, I am very optimistic about the development of Tokyo in the next period of time, so I will make some investments in Tokyo!"
Chu Huan preached to Tanaka Anhui truthfully.
Tanaka Anhui nodded and said with a smile, "That's just me overthinking it. I hope Chu Sang won't be offended!"
Chu Huan waved his hand and smiled and said, "There are many girls like you in Kabukicho, Tokyo. Do they know so much about business matters?"
Before it was time to visit the manor, Chu Huan started chatting with Tanaka Anhui.
Tanaka Anhui smiled and said, "How can we really understand it? It's just that my mother usually finds someone to teach us some knowledge in this area, so we know more!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Chu Huan understood the meaning. When he reached the level of Anhui Tanaka, the guests he accompanied were basically either rich or noble. Naturally, he had to cultivate more in this area.
Professional knowledge.
"I wonder what Miss Tanaka will do after she retires?" Chu Huan changed the topic.
In Japan, there is an age limit for oirans. When they reach the age of 28, they will retire. This is much better than those oirans in ancient times.
Sure enough, when hearing this topic, Tanaka Yasumi's eyes shone slightly and she said with a smile, "I want to study fashion design and become a fashion designer in the future!"
Chu Huan nodded and said with a smile, "It's a good idea, but this road is not easy. Miss Tanaka may have to be prepared to endure hardship!"
Tanaka Anhui smiled a little lonely and said, "I think it won't be worse than it is now!"
Japan's culture of accompanying wine has always been implemented. Even in the era when Chu Huan was reborn, it was still the first choice for many wealthy people, and girls like them were naturally able to get a lot of useful information.
Chu Huanxiao asked, "How much money does it take to open a nightclub similar to a gentlemen's club in Tokyo? Does Miss Tanaka know?"
Hearing Chu Huan's question, Tanaka Anhui didn't think much about it and just thought that Chu Huan asked casually.
"If it is the size of a gentleman's club, it will cost about 400 million yen. However, the most difficult thing about doing this business is not the funds, but the need to settle the affairs in the world."
"Understood!" Chu Huan smiled.
This is the same as a nightclub in Xiangjiang. Without the protection of the association, people would probably go in and cause trouble every day.
"Why is Chu Sang interested in this matter?" Tanaka Anhui asked slightly curiously.
Because I discovered that if you can have a luxurious nightclub in Tokyo, you can get more business intelligence here.
Take the matter of buying a house by yourself this time. As one of the richest people in Tokyo, Nozaki Kosuke was not as quick as Tanaka Yasuke to help him solve the matter faster.
"I'm just a little curious!" It is naturally impossible for Chu Huan to tell Tanaka Yashui about this matter now, but this does not prevent Chu Huan from continuing to ask Tanaka Yashui "Which society is responsible for protecting the Kabukicho area?"
of?"
Tanaka Yasumi said calmly, "There are many. The relationships there are complicated. The Yamaguchi-gumi, Sumiyoshi-kai, and Inagawa-kai are all powerful in Shinjuku. Our gentlemen's club cooperates with the Yamaguchi-gumi."
Chu Huan nodded, but Chu Huan also knew that in more than ten years, this place would be even more chaotic because Chinese and South Korean groups have joined here!
It seems that this matter still needs to be discussed slowly and long-term.
"Ms. Tanaka has a very sensitive sense of business. In fact, you can also try to do business. I believe that with your ability, even doing business will be very promising."
Chu Huan preached.
However, Tanaka Yashui showed some sadness at this time and said, "In business, there are always profits and losses. If you make a profit, you will be good. If you lose, you may lose your life savings."
"Listening to what Miss Tanaka said, it seems that Miss Tanaka still has some stories to tell!" Chu Huan continued.
Tanaka Anhui lowered his head and stirred the drink in front of him. Upon seeing this, Chu Huan knew that the other party did not want to mention this matter, so he smiled and did not talk about it again.
Soon the time was almost up. Under the leadership of Tanaka Anhui, Chu Huan came to the Daikanyama area in Shibuya District. Soon Chu Huan saw a manor with a traditional Japanese garden style appearing in front of him. .
Tanaka Anhui smiled and said, "Chu Sang, this is the place I told you about. The original owner of this place is"
"Anhui!"
Hanaoka Nanakura, who said nothing, dressed innocently, and was about the same age as Tanaka Yasue, got out of the car, happily greeted Tanaka Yasue, and at the same time, a man of about forty years old walked out of the car.
The man has a tall and straight figure and a domineering look between his eyebrows.
When Chu Huan saw this man, he already knew his identity.
Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, chairman of the top Japanese conglomerate Seibu Group, was selected as the first richest man in the world in the 1990s, with a net worth of tens of billions of dollars at the time!
At the same time, he is also called the person most hated by young people in Japan by countless Japanese media!
Because many people attribute the high housing prices in Japan to Yoshiaki Tsutsumi. It is said that the Seibu Group owned one-sixth of the land in Japan at its peak!
This man's life is quite legendary. His father, Tsutsumi Yasujiro, not only founded the Seibu Group, but also had political experience. Tsutsumi Yasujiro was not only proficient in economics and politics, but also a romantic man. He had three wives and countless affairs. At that time Many women claimed to have children with him but were denied by him. Only five men and two women were actually admitted.
Tsutsumi Yoshiaki was born by Tsutsumi Yasujiro's wife, so he was often despised as a "concubine".
Japan's big families have always upheld the eldest son inheritance system, but Tsutsumi Yasujiro is not a stickler for rules. The controlling and suspicious personality he has developed in the political and business circles has made him a domineering person at home. He has a habit, and the children at home can only be treated differently if they obey him.
Yoshiaki Tsutsumi ranked third, with two older brothers above him. The eldest ran away from home early because he could not accept his father's dictatorial rule.
The second child is Seiji Tsutsumi, the founder of the brand Muji we are very familiar with. Although he has not completely severed ties with his father, there is still a very big gap between him and his father.
When Tsutsumi Seiji was a student, he joined a party that was opposed to the Democratic Party of which his father Tsutsumi Kojiro belonged, which made Tsutsumi Kojiro very dissatisfied.
After Tsutsumi Yasujiro was disappointed with his two eldest sons, he focused all his energy on Tsutsumi Yoshiaki.
"First Evolution"
Being a concubine made Yoshiaki Tsutsumi restrained since he was a child. His docile mother also taught him that he must please his father in order to gain favor, so Yoshiaki Tsutsumi was extremely obedient.
It is rumored that one time, Tsutsumi Yoshiaki was punished by his father for making a mistake. However, an accident occurred in the branch shortly after. Yasujiro Tsutsumi went to deal with it in a hurry and forgot to let him get up. Unexpectedly, after three days and two nights, Tsutsumi Yoshiaki Ming was still kneeling on the spot.
This incident moved Tsutsumi Kojiro very much, and he became more and more attracted to him from then on.
Of course, someone later confirmed that this incident was false, but in any case, Tsutsumi Yasujiro had already begun to train Tsutsumi Yoshiaki.
In 1952, Tsutsumi Yoshiaki was admitted to Waseda University majoring in economics. In order to enable him to apply theory to company management, Tsutsumi Yoshiaki arranged for him to intern in the first company he founded, the Land Planning Company, and gave him
It presents a difficult problem to attract tourists to Karuizawa in winter.
At that time, the company bought a large area of cheap land in Karuizawa and wanted to build tourist facilities. It is surrounded by mountain peaks and has a pleasant climate. Many tourists go there to escape the heat in summer.
However, the altitude is more than 1,000 meters, and few people go there in the cold winter months, so the tourism industry is very deserted in winter.
After receiving the task, Yoshiaki Tsutsumi personally visited Karuizawa and made a detailed investigation of the local terrain, climate and landscape. After a long period of thinking, he proposed to the company to build ski resorts and ice rinks according to local conditions, as a basis for
The theme then adds corresponding restaurants, hotels and other facilities to create a winter tourist destination.
Tsutsumi Yasujiro was very pleased after seeing his plan, thinking that he was very far-sighted in business, and strengthened his plan to train him to inherit the family.
Since then, Yoshiaki Tsutsumi has been studying with Yasujiro Tsutsumi and accumulated rich business experience, but at the same time, he also inherited Yasujiro Tsutsumi's suspicious and authoritarian style of conduct.
In 1964, Tsutsumi Yasujiro passed away. Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, who was less than 30 years old at the time, took on the responsibility of the family and officially became the head of the Seibu Group.
When Tsutsumi Yasujiro died, he warned Tsutsumi Yoshiaki not to invest in real estate for ten years!
Tsutsumi Yoshiaki resolutely implemented this warning.
In the 1990s, Japan was experiencing its first economic boom after World War II. Industry and commerce were booming, and the real estate industry was also highly anticipated. Many people in the Seibu Group, which made its fortune in real estate, advised him to seize the opportunity and expand its business territory, but he did not
Dare to make decisions easily.
At that time, the company's elders and the second brother who was in charge of Seibu Department Store were watching his every move. Once he made a wrong decision, he would be used as a leverage, causing a power struggle.
Because of Seiji Tsutsumi's constant pressure, Yoshiaki Tsutsumi finally made the painful decision in 1971 and interviewed his second brother. In the end, the two brothers agreed to split the Seibu Group into two.
At that time, Yoshiaki Tsutsumi proposed merging Seibu Department Store and Seibu Chemical Company into Seibu Distribution Company and handing it over to his second brother to run. The remaining companies would remain unchanged and be renamed Seibu Railway Group.
In Yasujiro Tsutsumi's will, Seiji Tsutsumi only inherited a Seibu department store. Now Yoshiaki Tsutsumi made concessions and gave an additional Seibu Chemical company. Seiji Tsutsumi naturally agreed to Yoshiaki Tsutsumi's suggestion.
So the two officially separated!
In 1973, Japan was also hit hard by the oil crisis. Many companies went bankrupt and closed down. Seiji Tsutsumi's Seibu Department Store also suffered a backlash because it expanded too fast.
It was Yoshiaki Tsutsumi who took money from the group to help Seiji Tsutsumi overcome this difficulty.
It is precisely because of this incident that Tsutsumi Yoshiaki's prestige in the Seibu Group has completely risen to another level.
It's now 1975, exactly ten years have passed since Tsutsumi Yasujiro's warning.
Tsutsumi Yoshiaki will also start his own glorious road. At the beginning of this year, Seibu Group began to purchase large tracts of land across the country, build hotels, resorts, railways and other infrastructure on a large scale, and plans to build a series of leisure, entertainment and
A service area integrating tourism and vacation.
In order to ensure that his idea would work, Yoshiaki Tsutsumi first conducted experiments in Shinagawa District, Tokyo.
Shinagawa District faces Mount Fuji to the west and Tokyo Bay to the east. It has a pleasant environment and convenient transportation. If planned well, urban white-collar workers from Tokyo and surrounding cities will definitely flock here.
By the mid-1980s, the Seibu Group's business territory had covered the entire Japan. It controlled one-sixth of Japan's real estate, owned more than 20 tourist areas, hundreds of golf courses, and 20,000 people across the country.
With many hotel rooms, it has become Japan's well-deserved No. 1 chain brand.
However, Yoshiaki Tsutsumi is most remembered for his famous saying that he would rather use minions than talents!
Under the words and deeds of Tsutsumi Yasujiro, Tsutsumi Yoshiaki completely inherited his suspicious and authoritarian character. He did not believe in anyone's opinions and only required his subordinates to implement his own requirements.
Tsutsumi Yoshiaki also said that the Seibu Group does not need smart people, because smart people always have their own ideas, they will be lazy and ambitious, and will only bring trouble to the company. The group only needs loyal people, they may
You are not a genius, but as long as you fulfill your job responsibilities conscientiously, you will make your greatest contribution to the group.
This kind of character naturally led to the destruction of Yoshiaki Tsutsumi's myth later, and Yoshiaki Tsutsumi was eventually sentenced to two years in prison in Japan because of a series of business incidents.
The most ironic thing is that Tsutsumi Yoshiaki had a female secretary whom he trusted very much at that time, and Tsutsumi Yoshiaki transferred a lot of property to the female secretary's name.
However, when Yoshiaki Tsutsumi was serving his sentence in prison, the female secretary took a large amount of assets and disappeared. In the end, Yoshiaki Tsutsumi was left with only two properties and a generation of business legend came to an end.