cabinet?
Xing Baohua was still a little surprised to hear that someone from the cabinet wanted to see him.
In any case, I still need to meet them to find out what they want from me.
Xing Baohua arrived at the agreed-upon location at the appointed time. The meeting place was about the same size as his villa and quite impressive.
Someone was specially sent to greet Xing Baohua, but his guards who wanted to come in were stopped at the door and none of them were allowed to follow.
Xing Baohua reassured them to wait patiently and then followed the welcoming staff into the park.
Upon arriving at a spacious room, the greeter asked him to sit down and wait.
Xing Baohua looked around, but there wasn't even a small stool. He really disliked sitting cross-legged or kneeling.
Finally, I sat down, propped myself up with my hands behind me, and waited, glancing around at my surroundings every now and then.
At that moment, a guy walked into the room. He looked familiar, but you couldn't quite place him.
This man was around forty or fifty years old, with a very thin face, as if he were malnourished.
"Hello Mr. Xing, I am Taro Koizumi, Minister of Health and Welfare." After introducing himself, the other party sat cross-legged opposite Xing Baohua.
Xing Baohua stared at this person, which was a bit impolite, but this person, who would later become a bigwig in the R government cabinet, was the kind of person who had been scolded quite a bit.
Before they could even start talking, someone came in and whispered a few words in Koizumi's ear. Koizumi stood up and asked Xing Baohua to wait a while while he went to pick someone up.
This left Xing Baohua completely bewildered. Koizumi's position was already high enough that there were few people he would get up to greet, but the difficulty lay in the fact that the head of the cabinet had come.
Thinking of this, Xing Baohua sat up straight, holding her ankles with both hands to make her body appear more upright.
A few minutes later, led by Koizumi, another person came in. He looked to be in his fifties, with some gray hair.
When the man arrived, Xing Baohua stood up and nodded respectfully. Koizumi introduced him, "This is His Excellency Miyamoto Matsu, the Minister of Finance. He just finished a meeting and learned that I wanted to talk to you, so he has some things to say to you."
Everyone sat down again, and Koizumi was now relegated to a supporting role.
After listening to Miyamoto Matsu's rambling explanation, Xing Baohua finally began to understand what was going on. Wasn't Xing Baohua involved in a project with numerous banks as shareholders?
Although the company has not been established, everyone who needs to know already knows, and there are many people who want to join. The R government feels that this huge financial company should be located in R.
Therefore, they sent the least powerful member of the cabinet to test the waters and, incidentally, propose some preferential policies.
What does the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare do? He's in charge of labor, including workers' jobs and welfare. I was going to talk about it while discussing the Nikon controversy, and also bring up the idea of keeping Xing Baohua's new financial company in Japan.
Who knew the finance minister would also get involved?
With the finance minister ranked higher, Koizumi became merely a supporting character.
Although the person on the other end spoke tactfully, Xing Baohua could only smile and say she would consider it.
After the finance minister finished speaking, he glanced at Koizumi, who understood and then began to ramble on and on.
You can ignore the first half, but you'll understand the second half. I don't know where they get all that nonsense from.
After listening to everything, Xing Baohua found it amusing; this was a charade, a good cop and a bad cop act! Koizumi's point was that workers' benefits needed to be strengthened, and that companies should take better action.
We cannot arbitrarily dismiss people, causing them to lose their jobs.
Moreover, Xing Baohua's control over Nikon's shares has deviated somewhat, and the government feels it is necessary to reduce its holdings in Xing Baohua's shares.
To sum up Koizumi's words in one sentence, it was: "Listen up, kid, if you don't do what we say, we'll rob you."
Does the government really allow you to reduce your shareholdings? That doesn't make any sense! Of course, if they issue a document allowing you to reduce your shareholdings, then that's a legal reduction.
You can't win no matter where you sue.
Xing Baohua maintained a smiling expression, nodding in response, repeatedly saying that she would give it serious consideration.
After getting the contact information of the two assistants, he sent a message to Miyamoto Matsu's assistant shortly after leaving the house, saying that he would like to invite Mr. Miyamoto Matsu to dinner that evening.
A short while later, the other party agreed and even gave us a choice of location and time.
Upon receiving the news, Xing Baohua immediately asked Mitsui Tousaburo to prepare 1 billion yen for him.
That's roughly equivalent to ten million US dollars. What would you do with that money? Of course, you'd give it as gifts.
Having finally established a foothold in Japan, and with such a great opportunity to connect with this network, why not drag these people down with you?
Although the Japanese have frequent leadership changes, spending an extra one or two hundred million as insurance is well worth the money.
Gifts are given to individuals, but since the company is based in Japan, many benefits don't reach them. Don't assume that everyone in the Japanese government is thinking about serving the people.
Xing Baohua had only heard a few rumors, but the Japanese devils were really ruthless.
As long as the other party dares to take it, Xing Baohua dares to give it away.
With audio and video recordings, and evidence in hand, how dare they still show their teeth? Once exposed, the Japanese public would be more than lenient if they weren't beaten to a pulp.
After meeting with the Finance Minister, Xing Baohua met with Ono, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the next day.
The routine was the same as when meeting the Finance Minister: first, eat, drink, and have fun, then present him with a Mitsui bank card, and say something like, "It's just a small token of my appreciation, please accept it, and please take good care of me"—words that make your teeth ache.
Once Xing Baohua received the card, he could only think to himself, "It's a pleasure working with you."
After receiving the gift, Xing Baohua invited Chairman Mitsui to accompany Miyamoto Matsu and chat with him. Of course, since there had never been a digital financial license before, if they wanted to set a precedent, in Miyamoto Matsu's words, they would have to discuss it further. If the cabinet leaders disagreed, there was nothing he could do.
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