How can I not think about it?

Nagano Nao's eyes were filled with blazing fire.

However, Ikeda Sakurako said seriously: "I won't tell you."

I knew this would be the answer.

By now, Nagano Nao had figured out a little bit of Ikeda Sakurako's character, but he couldn't help feeling a little disappointed! With a sense of regret, he changed the subject and said, "Toho is also an asset of the Ikeda family?!"

"no."

"That Xiaolin just now..."

"Idiot, didn't you notice what Xiaolin called you?"

“.”

"Just a reminder for you, Xiaoye is a samurai of the Mito family, and she is my study partner who grew up with me."

Ikeda Sakurako looked at Ikeda Koba not far away and gestured.

Mito, the warrior? This beautiful woman with a sterile face?

Nagano Nao was completely stunned.

No matter how stupid he was, he could guess who it was since Mito came from a samurai family.

The Three Great Houses - Mito Tokugawa! One of the great noble families before the war, and together with Matsudaira Tokugawa, they are known as the last samurai.

Seeing Nagano Nao's dull face, Ikeda Sakurako smiled and said with disappointment: "My mother is the head of Mito's generation, and I can inherit some things she left behind in the future. These things are about 15% of the control of the 44 companies of the Sanhe Group."

It was already shocking enough, and these words made Nagano Nao feel like he was punched again.

He had always thought that Ikeda Sakurako was relying on the support of former Prime Minister Ikeda Hayato, but he never expected that she was actually related to Sanwa and the Chinese.

Sanhe!

prime minister!

Mito Tokugawa!

Chinese!

The amount of information was so huge that Nagano Nao couldn't react for a long time.

"Didn't they say that the Wu family had long since fallen?"

“This question failed.”

All right!

Indeed, it failed.

It was like he became a hero by escaping from the black men who had been killed one by one.

It is often a common phenomenon that the lower levels try hard to prove themselves to be elites, the middle levels always keep a low profile and pretend to be stupid, but the higher levels never find any such people.

Nao Nao tried hard to convince himself to accept these things, but this also caused more doubts: "Is this all true?"

"Have you ever seen someone claiming the wrong ancestors?" Ikeda Sakurako said with a roll of her eyes.

"I've seen it. Koreans do it all the time."

"idiot!"

Ikeda Sakurako cursed but couldn't help laughing.

This smile was as bright as cherry blossoms in full bloom, and the huge aura on her body was also removed.

Nagano Nao felt the pressure eased, and asked doubtfully: "It is rumored that the head of the Mito family is only working part-time in an insurance company now. Is this all false?"

"real."

"So you just said"

"Didn't Iida Yoko tell you that Nihon Seibo is a sister company of the Sanwa Group? Otherwise, why do you think this old fox arranged for you to come to Osaka?"

“.”

Another critical hit! Nagano Naoko knows how strong the Japanese Ikuo is.

According to the July 1989 ranking of Fortune magazine, Nippon Life Insurance ranked third among the world's top 500 companies, first in the world in the insurance industry, and is recognized as a global super-large financial institution.

It is the largest insurance company in Japan and one of the largest insurance groups in the world, with a credit rating of A+ from Standard & Poor's and AA from Fitch Ratings. The company has total assets of 30.54 trillion yen and premium income of 3.84 trillion yen.

In terms of asset size, Japanese life insurance is not very strong.

However, Japanese investors own 2% of Japan's domestic listed stocks and are the largest institutional investor in Japan.

What does it mean? Simply put, Japan holds 2% of the shares of all financial groups and all listed companies in the country!

Nao Nagano never knew that Japan Biosafe was actually a subsidiary of the Sanwa Group.

I was stunned for a long time, not knowing how to react.

If Ikeda Sakurako has 35% of the control, isn't that just working for her? ! "Are you shocked?"

Ikeda Sakurako said with interest.

And this is obviously nonsense.

All right.

In fact, I have to say that it’s because I want to suppress this woman when I become stronger in the future.

But the gap between them is too big.

Chaebol! If you just think that you are rich and powerful, you are totally wrong.

Speaking of which, Iida Yoko is very powerful. He can be appointed as the Vice Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare, become a member of parliament, and join the cabinet.

The power is so great that ordinary people can no longer imagine it.

But they are all chaebol people, and it is not difficult to imagine what chaebol means.

"Yeah! It's a heavy blow." Nagano Nao said helplessly, finally understanding why Kobayashi Tomosuke was so stupid and said he couldn't breathe.

Ikeda Sakurako's eyes were full of smiles, and she said jokingly, "Is it because you wanted to fuck me, but found out that there was such a big gap between us that you lost confidence?"

“.”

"Haha, actually Sakurako isn't that powerful. As a girl, do you think I'll encounter any obstacles in inheriting those things smoothly? Besides, Sanhe is different from Mitsui, Mitsubishi, Sumitomo, and Yasuda. To be honest, it can only be considered a club alliance."

“.”

The aroma of tea is in the air, and the dust and smoke are lingering.

Sakurako Ikeda recounted the past and present of each of the major financial groups.

After the war, Mitsui, Mitsubishi, and Sumitomo Yasuda were forced to split up at the request of the Allies and had to sell their family holdings to the public.

But for a long time, a considerable portion of corporate cross-holdings themselves are directly the "legacy" of the chaebols.

As chaebols rely mainly on self-financing, are relatively short of capital and have to maintain control, there is already a large amount of cross-holding among the companies under the chaebols.

Take the equity structure of Sumitomo's main enterprises at the time of dissolution as an example: in addition to the Sumitomo family and Sumitomo Headquarters holding 11.3% and 24.1% of the shares respectively, other Sumitomo companies held 16.7%, thus maintaining a total of 52.1% of the controlling stake.

Sumitomo Trust Bank's main shareholder is Sumitomo Bank, while the Sumitomo family, Sumitomo Headquarters and other Sumitomo companies are its minority shareholders, holding a total of 45%. Sumitomo Metal Mining, Sumitomo's original industry and core enterprise, has a relatively tight control over its equity, with the family directly holding 53.4%, followed by Sumitomo Headquarters holding 26.6%, and Sumitomo Bank and other Sumitomo companies holding a total of 100%, which is completely owned by the chaebol itself.

The result of dissolving the chaebols was simply to turn the two concentrated shareholders, the Sumitomo family and Sumitomo Corporation, into dispersed public shareholders, but it did not involve the shares held by the subordinate companies.

The public can hold a large number of shares in a short period of time, but due to their limited background, it is difficult for them to learn to become shareholders of a company in a short period of time.

Moreover, ordinary people were extremely poor after the war, so after the Tokyo Stock Exchange reopened in 1949, people flocked to sell their stocks, providing a sufficient supply of stocks for companies to increase corporate cross-holdings.

In this context, the social and cultural heritage of "brothers and sisters should help each other when their parents pass away" and the emotional elements of corporate managers have formed a new type of conglomerate structure with mutual shareholdings among corporate entities and a stable shareholder system.

But this is just the consortium structure of Mitsui, Mitsubishi, and Sumitomo.

The predecessor of Sanwa was just a few small banks in Osaka. Because the relationship between the Ministry of Finance and the Governor of the Central Bank, Ichimanda Naoto, was very delicate at that time, and the pro-American forces were suppressing the local national revival, the representative of the samurai Mito Tokugawa seized the opportunity.

Relying on its long-standing foundation and reputation, it used part of its funds to merge three small banks in Osaka to form Sanwa Bank.

But Sanwa was still very weak at that time. Mito Tokugawa formed a strong alliance with the Ikeda family and supported the development of Osaka enterprises with Sanwa Bank as the core, which led to the current Sanwa Group.

However, Mitsubishi, Mitsui and Sumitomo inherited the legacy of the zaibatsu and are truly "a group".

The fact that their main core enterprises share the same "business name" that has been passed down for hundreds of years from the former chaebol is a major source of advantage that the new bank-centered group cannot match.

New chaebols such as Sanwa and Dai-ichi Kangyo were mainly united by the huge bank financing at their center. Rather than being a "group", they were more like a "mutual aid society" or "club".

Just like Hitachi, Ltd. has joined the Furong, Sanwa and Dai-ichi Kangyo Bank groups at the same time and is not restricted by any consortium, while Toshiba is completely under the Mitsui Group. This is a fundamental difference.

Seriously speaking, the old consortium is a group company controlled by three major families, while the new consortium is just a friendly relationship with the purpose of utilizing more resources.

Therefore, Mito Tokugawa had no organizational ability and was unable to control the consortium's affiliated companies. And because Ikeda Sakurako had too little time to grow, she was directly sidelined and only controlled one company.

After hearing these secrets that ordinary people cannot access, Nagano Nao digested them for a long time and said with excitement: "So, you can only control Hankyu now?"

"Hypocritical guy, now that you're excited, just laugh if you want to!" Sakurako Ikeda said unhappily. She was exhausted but this guy was happy, it was really hateful.

Nagano Nao laughed dryly and said, "I'm just glad that I'm not working for you."

"If you work for me, I will whip you every day."

"Haha, does that mean you have no right to interfere?"

"The reason why Japan's Ikuho belongs to Sanwa is because Sanwa has no chance to control it. It was Ida Yoko that old fox who asked you to come to Osaka because he wanted to control Sanwa through me."

"No wonder you said the other day that I would go to Osaka Asset Management. It's just that he thinks too highly of me. You are so smart and it's great that I am not controlled by you."

Ikeda Sakurako couldn't help laughing, and said with a strange look in her bright eyes: "Straight man, do you know why you are the cutest boy?"

"fool?"

"Of course not. I learned Chinese characters at the age of three, and started learning Chinese history at the age of five. If I couldn't memorize it, I would be beaten. At the age of seven, I started learning to read people's expressions. If I couldn't guess their intentions, I would kneel for four hours. I started learning martial arts at the age of ten. I had to practice judo, kendo, and control techniques for four hours every day. If I didn't reach a certain level, I would be punished."

“.”

"I started learning political tactics at the age of eleven. If I couldn't answer the questions, I wasn't allowed to eat."

"Thirteen Years Old"

“.”

(End of this chapter)