Japan was thriving in the 1970s and 1980s.
It can be said that this was Japan’s most glorious moment after the war. Relying on the United States economically, it achieved an unprecedented level of prosperity.
This economic rise has given rise to many new Japanese families.
This caused old aristocrats like the Tokugawa family to feel great disdain, resentment and jealousy towards the uncontrollable rise of new families below them.
However, the way of survival for these old families is often to rely solely on traditional industries such as land rent and real estate.
Although the income is stable, it is difficult to achieve a leapfrog development. Most of the family members are good at maintaining the status quo and lack the initiative. They can only watch many Japanese steel, automobile, home appliance, semiconductor, material and other companies take off.
This cocktail party was actually held by several old families such as Tokugawa, Fujiwara, and Genji in order to resolve disputes and conflicts with new families and industries.
Tokugawa Iehashi was already in a bad mood as he watched the status and wealth of the Tokugawa family decline visibly throughout Japan.
Now, because of Keiko Kobayashi's investment matters, she has been made a joke by several major old families.
This last phone call was made to show off his power and force his sister to bring the children back to the Tokugawa family, but he was frustrated by his junior, Keiko Kobayashi.
It can be said that...
The moment Tokugawa Iehatsu hung up the phone, he felt terrible.
However, he could only feel indignant in his heart, cursing the Lin family for bad luck. In the end, he had to cry and beg, relying on Tokugawa Shizuko to return to the Tokugawa family for help.
However……
Just as Tokugawa Iehashi was fantasizing proudly and preparing to go back to his room to sleep.
The phone rang again, and he thought it might be Lin Tongchun calling to apologize or beg for mercy.
However, when I picked up the phone, I heard "noble" English from the other end, and I immediately nodded respectfully and replied:
"Hi! Mr. Hunter, it's my honor to receive your call. What can I do for you?"
"Mr. Tokugawa, I'm sorry. At this time, it should be late at night in Japan, right? I'm sorry to bother you so late."
The person on the other end of the line was Nelson Hunt. Although he spoke politely and apologetically, his tone was condescending, like a master treating a servant.
Tokugawa Iehata stood upright, smiling and flatteringly speaking into the phone:
"I usually fall asleep at this time. No wonder I couldn't fall asleep today. It turns out that I was able to receive a call from Mr. Hunter.
Besides, even if I wake up from my sleep and receive a call from Mr. Hunter, it is my honor to serve you..."
It is hard for the common people of Japan to imagine that Tokugawa Iehata, as the leader of the Tokugawa family, would be so humble to others.
However, if they knew that the people on the other side were Americans, and from the top chaebol families in the United States, they would not find it strange at all.
Americans are the emperors of the Japanese. This was established by five-star General Mark Arthur in Japan.
The Tokugawa family and the Hunt family had some industrial cooperation in Tokyo in the 1960s.
In addition, the Tokugawa family also entrusted the Hunt family to deposit part of the family property in American banks and funds for safekeeping and management.
It can be said that the Tokugawa family and the Hunter family have both a cooperative relationship and a "master-servant" relationship.
The Tokugawa family was naturally inferior to the Hunter family and dared not offend the Americans from the Hunter family at all.
And Nelson Hunt also quite enjoyed the Japanese's servile attitude.
Trampling on the dignity and personality of others is undoubtedly filled with a sense of vanity.
Not to mention, it trampled upon the dignity of the top nobles in Japan.
Nelson Hunt then scolded Tokugawa Iehata without any hesitation:
"It's an honor? Yes! Mr. Tokugawa, I have an important matter that I need you to investigate for me.
It's you damned Japanese who appear to be respectful and reverent to us Americans.
In secret, they used such a despicable method to steal the wealth of us Americans..."
He talked a lot.
Nelson Hunt told Tokugawa Iehata in detail how many Japanese accounts, which were divided into small units, secretly made a large sum of money during this soybean futures battle.
When Tokugawa Iehata heard this financial inside story, he was shocked.
"What...what? Mr. Hunter, did you get the amount wrong?
Are you saying... that in our country of Japan, someone took advantage of the rise and fall of soybean futures and made a huge profit of 700 to 800 million U.S. dollars from your Hunter family?
This is impossible! If this really happened, it would definitely cause a huge uproar in Japan.
I have never heard of any family or company suddenly receiving a large amount of foreign exchange income in US dollars...
Could it be that something went wrong?"
Tokugawa Iehata was thinking frantically, going through the situations and performances of almost all the famous Japanese families and companies in recent months, but he did not find anything abnormal.
He really couldn't imagine what kind of Japanese family would have the courage to "steal money" from his American father.
"It's absolutely correct! You Japanese are really too cunning.
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