The environment of Okamoto, a disco and bar-in-one entertainment venue, is much worse.

Even the etiquette lady who led the way was scantily clad, and large patches of white fat could be seen. Although she spoke very politely, she could not hide her worldly air, which wasted her good figure and appearance.

However, Kenichi Sato didn't show any disgust at all. He turned into an aisle, went up to the etiquette lady, hugged her and started touching her randomly.

Naoo Nagano greeted Kazuko Kurihara and followed them to the top bathing center.

The lights gradually brightened and the noisy heavy metal rock music became inaudible.

I took off my clothes with the help of several plump women, and when I opened the door, I saw a large bathtub with a layer of steam.

Step into the pool.

Feeling the hot water surrounding my skin little by little, the scorching temperature quickly makes my blood flow faster.

Just then, a beautiful woman came over barefoot, holding a fruit plate and taking small steps.

Nagano Nao naturally lay down, picked up a piece of watermelon with a toothpick, and let the woman do it repeatedly on his back.

After a while.

Kenichi Sato came over and jumped into the pool.

Nagano Nao waved his hand and the woman who was rubbing his back left.

Sato Takeru forked a piece of fruit, put it in his mouth and chewed it, and asked curiously: "How did you train that bastard Okamoto? Now his mouth is more strict than that of a dead soldier."

"Are you talking about what happened last time?"

"Yes! He was interrogated by Section 3 and Section 4 for 48 hours straight without sleep, but he didn't say a single word. Even I was a little surprised!"

Speaking of this matter.

Nagano Nao was actually very satisfied.

The fourth lesson is a class specifically for dealing with violent gangs. As the Yakuza are at the bottom of society, the strategy team will not use the conventional methods seen on TV.

Especially when it comes to a case of this level, all kinds of insidious tactics to force the emperor to abdicate will be used, and unique means will be used.

However, Okamoto Kozhi did not utter any useful information from beginning to end.

Bravery and loyalty, and indeed a bit of the determination of a soldier to die.

"Nothing much. I used some connections to send his child to Keio Middle School."

If you can get into a school like Keio University, as long as you follow the procedures, you can go to college without taking an exam after high school.

For the Yakuza who are struggling at the bottom of society, this is no less than a complete turnaround and a sudden rise to fame.

Sato Takeru groaned, with a strange look in his eyes, "No wonder this guy is so loyal to you now, that's why! But now the promotion of the anti-gang law is imperative, especially in the case of Ito Man, even Sumitomo will be suppressed. You'd better be careful if you get too close to these Yakuza trash."

"The business dealings between the company and Inagawa Consumer Finance are for the sake of this country, even if there are some doubts, if I don't go to hell, who will?"

Nagano Naoio said this with a righteous look on his face, looking like a gentleman all the time.

Sato Kenichi secretly watched his eyes, unable to confirm the guess in his heart, and could only say: "He is indeed a peerless fierce dragon as excellent and upright as me. Only guys like us who are so shameless can say such high-sounding words!"

"Same here, same here!" Nagano Nao said, lighting a cigarette, blowing out a smoke ring and asking, "Nothing has been found out about this matter, right?"

"You are right. Although everyone knows that someone at Sumitomo Bank must know where the funds went, there is no evidence to prove anything."

"Even if this is enough, money is the blood of a company. Sumitomo Real Estate, Sumitomo Construction and Osaka Sumitomo Cement have all encountered considerable trouble. Under such circumstances, at least Sumitomo Bank will find it difficult to help Sumitomo Chemical."

Money is the blood of a company - this statement seems plausible and understandable.

In fact, it is difficult for ordinary people to imagine how the blood flows because it is difficult to visualize.

For example, one of the common reasons given by a company with a market value of tens of billions when applying for financing from a bank is "insufficient tax funds, so I am applying for a loan."

The so-called "tax funds" are funds used to pay corporate income tax.

This is a very interesting and common phenomenon.

It is obvious that income tax must be paid only when there is income from business, and the tax cannot be higher than the income, but why do companies still have to borrow money from banks to pay taxes?

baffling.

In fact, it is usually because companies invest all the money they earn into the next production operation, and once they need to pay taxes, the cash on hand is almost exhausted.

This will result in a situation where you cannot pay taxes without a loan.

Through such a mechanism, can we explain how the blood of "money" circulates?

However, in reality, the circulation process of money in an enterprise is not so simple to explain, not only to laymen, but even to professionals such as bank employees.

Sometimes I have to stare at the numbers in the accounts for several hours before I can figure them out - that's when inspiration strikes and I'm lucky - and sometimes I just can't figure it out for who knows how long.

But one thing is certain: when a company suffers a sudden loss on its current account and its cash flow is interrupted, it can pose a fatal threat.

Therefore, in commercial mergers and acquisitions, phenomena often occur that ordinary people cannot understand.

A company with assets worth hundreds of millions, billions, or even tens of billions was acquired for one dollar or far less than the asset price.

The reason for this phenomenon is actually the last straw that broke the camel's back - shortage of cash flow.

There are countless cases like this in the history of Japanese business. The most typical one is that Maruzen Oil, a subsidiary of the Sanwa Group, almost bankrupted the group twice.

It seemed that the loss was only 100 billion yen, but in the end Sanhe was so overwhelmed that it had to send presidents of other companies to deal with it. It took several years to solve the problem.

When liabilities exceed net assets and the choice is between survival and bankruptcy, if there is no injection of new blood, the company can only choose to be merged or acquired.

Now, affected by the central bank's interest rate policy and the suspension of real estate loans, many companies under the Sumitomo Group have encountered problems.

The core of the bank acted as a firefighter, putting out the fire everywhere, but since their own yard was also on fire, they probably could not take care of Sumitomo Chemical.

However, Sumitomo Chemical has to handle $12 billion worth of oil every month.

It is impossible to digest this batch of resources in a short period of time. Even if they are sold in the forward market to hedge market risks, there will still be a considerable loss every month.

No matter how wealthy or powerful one is, no one can withstand such long-term losses.

Sato Kenichi thought about it for a while, and when he got a glimpse of what Nagano Nao meant, he immediately became excited: "In this case, isn't it very likely that Sumitomo Chemical will violate the long-term purchase agreement?"

"Mr. Sato, you don't think my target is Sumitomo Chemical, do you?" Nagano Nao lit a cigarette and said with interest.

"Isn't it?"

"Sato, you need to take a long-term view. With Sumitomo's strength, it will be difficult to cause any harm to them even if they encounter so many troubles.

Therefore, our target has never been Sumitomo Chemical.

Besides, do you think Sumitomo didn’t know how to launch a counterattack at this time? "

“.”

The road to economic rise has never been smooth. It is often accompanied by fierce competition and struggle, which is no less brutal than fighting in war.

Therefore, even though Japan's major conglomerates appear to be very united in the eyes of outsiders, the struggles between conglomerates still run through Japan's modern business history.

The national policy of building a country based on trade and manufacturing is also reflected in the competition for "commercial rights" in the actual implementation process.

The specific manifestation of this struggle for "commercial rights" is to not miss any link in the entire industrial chain from upstream resources to downstream markets.

In the ongoing struggle for talent and market competition, the definition of power has even been determined by factors other than the amount of assets.

Social attributes, responsibilities and value creation determine the ultimate commercial status.

Like Sumitomo and Sanwa, their core banks were all born in Osaka, and they all formed a consortium structure with the banking industry as the bond.

However, even though Sanwa Bank is stronger than Sumitomo Bank, there is a huge gap in status between Sanwa and Sumitomo.

The main reason is that Sumitomo Trading Co., Ltd. is firmly one of the top five trading companies in Japan, while Sanwa's Nippon Cotton and Nissho cannot be integrated for various reasons.

Because the core enterprises of the consortium - the general trading companies - play the most important role in this battle for "commercial rights".

General trading companies play a special role in terms of comprehensive functions in trade, investment, finance, human resources, intelligence and logistics, and in essence become the economic general staff within the consortium and even in society.

There are often many former cabinet members who take up public relations, strategy, and other positions, and their influence in society can be imagined.

In the process of overseas expansion of enterprises, general trading companies must be the first to enter a certain market. One of its most important functions is to open up local "trade routes" and then control "trade rights" to pave the way for the entry of manufacturing enterprises.

Take the Mitsui Group as an example.

The reason why Mitsui has always been the most powerful conglomerate in Japan is mainly because of the existence of the comprehensive trading company Mitsui & Co.

It sounds like it's just a trading group.

But in fact, in addition to trade, major general trading companies often have more influence on strategic investors.

Just like Mitsui & Co. basically has no products of its own brand, but there are many large global companies within the group. Japanese multinational corporations such as Toyota and Toshiba are members of the Mitsui Group.

Even within the consortium, large companies such as General Motors of the United States and Baosteel of China are often regarded as members of Mitsui.

As guides for manufacturing enterprises and organizers of industries, general trading companies do almost all imaginable businesses.

In this way.

By providing more jobs and ensuring the development of social order and social welfare, the foundation has an irreplaceable and important position.

If we have to be serious, the major conglomerates are a combination of the feudal economic model and are also the major factions in the country of Japan.

There is competition among the groups, and power is determined by social values. Therefore, controlling "commercial power" has become an important factor for major financial groups to control the Japanese economy and the country.

As the oldest financial group in Osaka and even in Japan.

Sumitomo’s roots are in Osaka, Kansai, so when Sanhe was born here, they inevitably became rivals.

In Sanhe's eyes, the samurai were the real rulers of this country. If the Sumitomo family had not joined forces with other families to force the shogunate to return power to the emperor, how could the shogunate have returned power to the emperor.

Two hundred years of grievances.

After fighting for so long, it is no longer clear what the fight is for.

But the one who knows the opponent best is often the enemy, and even the secrets that you don’t know may be known to the other party better . Heavy rain poured down from the sky.

Umbrellas of different colors, one after another, held up the rain curtain, forming a sad and charming landscape.

Some people were running fast in the rain without an umbrella.

Someone was driving a car and splashing rain water, causing passers-by to curse.

And at this moment.

A rapid telephone ring rang in the Kyoto Daily. Editor-in-chief Saburo Kuroishi picked up the phone and listened to the voice from the other end. His breathing began to become rapid and his pupils suddenly opened to the limit.

Drive to Qianri.

A restaurant called Daikokuya is not far away.

Saburo Kuroishi looked at the restaurant, walked into a cafe next door, sat down, and looked around.

A man with an umbrella appeared at the door. He closed the umbrella and walked over. After meeting, he exchanged some simple courtesies and then sat down.

This is an ordinary-looking young man, with no special features, wearing a cheap Uniqlo suit.

He looked at the other person for a while.

Heishi asked uncertainly, "Were you the one who called and leaked the information?"

"Yes."

"How could this happen? A two trillion dollar loan for just a restaurant?"

"No, there is also a fabric shop called Huichuan."

"Even so, the two restaurants aren't even worth two trillion a minute in interest!"

“.”

In the young man's chatter.

An incredible story unfolds before Black Stone's eyes.

According to him, the proprietress of a restaurant not far away is named Onoue Hiashi. Onoue was born in 1930 and graduated from junior high school.

With the educational level equivalent to that of a 5th or 6th grader, in Japan, all a woman can do is drink with others in a bar and be a hostess.

But what makes Onoue different from other hostesses is that she is possessed by a "spirit", and the stocks she recommends to customers usually rise sharply in value very quickly.

Coming to her place to drink is more like coming to attend classes, listen to the guidance of the "gods", quickly become a "stock god", and make a fortune in the stock market.

The god at the tail is a toad.

Everyone who knows her knows that whether to buy stocks and which stocks to buy can be "telled" by Onoue through the toad in the house.

Every time she paid homage to the toad, Onoue would get some kind of "inspiration". When she came out of the house, the managers of various securities companies, bank executives and other super-rich people who had been waiting outside the door would come over reverently to listen to the results told by the toad, and they would invest in a certain stock together.

Huge amounts of money began to run rampant in the stock market, and the direction Onoue pointed out went even further when the stock market was booming, allowing those who followed her to make a fortune.

There were also those who looked down upon Onoue's actions.

A senior bank executive was transferred from another place to Osaka to take charge and decided to go to Onoue's bar to find out what was going on.

According to custom, the yard should be cleaned early in the morning before the guests arrive, and some water should be gently sprinkled at the door to rinse the door stone clean.

The executive who came from Tokyo arrived at the door of Onoue Bar early in the morning and saw an executive from a securities company whom he had just met two days ago, cleaning the yard for Onoue in a neat suit.

The executive had a chance to talk to Onoue and when talking about the NTT company stocks that went public last year, the old lady smiled and said that she had bought some a long time ago and placed them in an unlocked drawer.

She casually opened the drawer, and the executive took a look inside. There were three or four hundred NTT stock certificates.

Bundles of 10,000 yen bills were piled up in the room like waste paper. People came to discuss deposits and financing in an endless stream.

When you are with the boss Onoue, you can never say no. If he asks you to drink, you have to drink the whole glass, and if he asks you to drink water, you can't leave even a drop.

Anyone who goes to Onoue Bar to drink is definitely going there to ask for the "God of Wealth" and to get business.

It is for this reason that several banks in Osaka lent Mrs. Onoue a sum of at least one trillion yen in one year.

"How is there such a thing as a pure spirit!" Heishi was stunned, his face full of disbelief.

The young man gave him a strange look and said, "But the fact is, Mrs. Onoue may have received more than 1 trillion yen in loans this year alone."

“But now the stock market has fallen to this point.”

"So, isn't it clear now?"

“.”

That day.

An exclusive news report was published in the Asahi Shimbun with permission.

"Shocked, in the banking world, how can a 61-year-old lady borrow trillions of dollars from a bank?"

After visiting many places at Blackstone, the story of how Onoue borrowed money from banks in the name of gods and stock gods was exposed from an objective perspective.

It's another loan in the trillions.

But if Itoman Trading Company still has hundreds of billions of assets to mortgage, it is simply hard to understand how old lady Onoue, who only has two restaurants, can borrow funds calculated in trillions.

People were talking about it.

The Ministry of Finance was also in a state of panic. The Financial Services Bureau said it would conduct a thorough investigation, and the District Prosecutors' Office also intervened in the investigation of the incident.

An old lady in her sixties, wearing heavy makeup, sat in the interrogation room of the District Prosecutor's Office.

Osaka District Public Prosecutor Kimura Yasushi, who was ordered to interrogate the woman, was shocked. He really couldn't understand why this ordinary old lady in front of him was called the Fairy of Kitahama.

"I have no concept of money. I never keep accounts and I don't know how much I have borrowed and how much I should pay back. Those who come are all guests. They ask me to borrow money and give me the money. I can't refuse to lend it. I can't not pay back the money I borrowed from others. Even if the money is not due, I will pay it back in advance according to the due interest, including the principal and interest."

Old lady Onoue kept mumbling to herself, causing wrinkles on her face.

No concept of money? Do you think I am an idiot, or those smarter guys in the bank are idiots who would lend so much money to an old lady like you who has no concept of money? This is nonsense.

Kimura didn't believe it at all.

But in the subsequent interrogation, he found that the old lady was very tight-lipped and was not prepared to confess at all.

"Damn it! Don't think you can evade the truth with this excuse, Mrs. Onoue. This is the District Prosecutor's Office. I believe you know the consequences of being here. Please don't use this ridiculous excuse to try to get away with it."

"Young man, I really don't have any concept of money. I always respond to other people's requests. I don't like money, and I don't have a lot of food and drink. I just want to be a good person. Is that wrong?"

"Baga! Do you think I'm an idiot?"

"Kimura-kun, please calm down."

"How can you ask me to stay calm about this? You said you have no interest in money and no idea about it. Then where did all the money you lent go?"

"This old lady was born in 1935. At that time, it was very difficult for women to study. Is it possible?"

No way! With a sense of surprise.

Kimura used a new interrogation method and asked: "You have 180,000 yen. After buying things worth 75,000 yen in the market, how much money do you have left?"

"There's probably about 100,000 yen left."

"If you buy six of those 25 yen items, how much should you give them?"

"300 yen."

“.”

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(End of this chapter)