Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 228 Escape Faster
Xinghai Investment has few employees, only more than 200.

Within the morning, Masato Takeshita distributed all the bonuses.

Then, he said simply, "It's the same as before. Come over from Industrial Bank at 12 o'clock."

"If you want to save money, go to President Kamoto now and tell him a number."

With so much bonus, it is impossible to let the employees deposit it in the bank alone.

So after the first time, we would contact Industrial Bank in advance every time we distributed bonuses.

Industrial Bank will then send someone to do the counting, and then the escort security personnel will be responsible for delivering the banknotes to the nearest branch or headquarters for storage.

This is safer and less likely to cause accidents.

"Ozawa-san, how much are you going to save?"

"Leave 50 for pocket money and put the rest in the bank."

Seiji Ozawa plans to put most of the bonus into the company's employee fund.

He found that the company's fund made money much faster than his own real estate management.

Even if various commissions and management fees need to be deducted, you can still earn more.

In this case, he naturally has no interest in working alone and doing the hard work.

Although he thought so in his heart, Seiji Ozawa did not say it out loud.

He casually asked back, "What about you, Kiryu-san?"

"Same, I'll put it in the bank first."

Naruto Kiryu had similar thoughts.

He has an almost blind admiration for Masato Takeshita.

He always believed that it was much safer to give the money to the president than to use it himself.

Xinghai Group has many employees with similar ideas, so the group always distributes project bonuses or year-end bonuses.

The assets of several major employee public funds of Xinghai Investment will usher in a wave of sharp increases.

Of course, this is also what Masato Takeshita would like to see.

On the one hand, it can deepen the connection between employees and the company, and on the other hand, it can help employees make a little money and move towards prosperity together.

After the Industrial Bank counted the money, packed it up and took it away, Masato Takeshita walked back to the front desk.

"It's past 1 o'clock now. Everyone should be hungry."

"The company has prepared a more formal celebration banquet at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel."

"let's go."

After saying that, the young man took the lead and walked out of the company without stopping for a moment.

He was very hungry now and didn't want to waste time.

This time it was a more formal celebration banquet, and everyone still enjoyed the meal very much.

When the show was about to end, Masato Takeshita walked to the center of the venue with a microphone.

"Thank you for your hard work during this period."

The employees naturally said that it was not hard and that they could still hold on for a longer time.

Takeshita Masato was noncommittal.

He continued methodically, "There is nothing important happening in the company next, so I am making this announcement."

"Except for the president and two vice presidents, everyone else will have 20 days of paid vacation."

"During these 20 days, everyone can do whatever they want. The company will reimburse everyone's holiday expenses of 100 million yuan."

After working non-stop for two months, employees have accumulated a lot of negative emotions.

Give them a long vacation to release the stress so they can work better when they come back.

"Wow, yay!"

"It's great to have a 20-day holiday."

"Great, we can go to Hawaii this time."

"Really? Thank you, President."

Hawaii is a place that Japanese people dream of.

Rich or poor, everyone longs to travel to Hawaii.

"You're welcome, this is what everyone deserves."

"If there weren't a lot of things to do, I would like to give everyone a vacation of more than a month."

These 20-day holidays are essentially a double-day holiday accumulated from the previous lockdown period.

Employees of Xinghai Investment deserve to enjoy this benefit.

After the celebration banquet, Masato Takeshita took the three presidents back to Xinghai Investment.

"I want to sell some of my shares in Matsumoto Manufacturing, and I hope you can contact the big traders in various countries."

The matter of Xinghai Investment can be temporarily suspended for a while, but the matter caused by Matsumoto can no longer be delayed.

He plans to contact Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley in the United States, Yamaichi Securities and Nomura Securities in Japan, and UBS and Deutsche Bank in Europe to help sell 20% of the shares.

Although you need to pay a large fee to the investment bank, it is faster and more convenient.

If you trade slowly on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, you can only sell 1% at most before the bubble bursts.

It is also troublesome and can easily arouse the vigilance of financial institutions.

This is a restriction imposed by stock exchanges in various countries on major shareholders and original shareholders in order to protect the interests of shareholders.

It’s different if you choose to let investment banks and funds help you with the transaction.

Even if a major shareholder sells all his shares, he only needs to disclose the transaction shares on the stock exchange.

"Yes, understand."

Kamoto Takamasa and the other two looked at each other and realized that their chairman was firmly bearish on the Tokyo stock market.

Not only were all of Xinghai Investment's Japanese stocks almost cleared out, but even nearly half of Matsumoto Manufacturing's stocks had to be sold.

After a brief discussion, the four decided to spread the word in the financial circle to attract investment banks to contact them.

20% of Matsumoto Manufacturing shares, involving funds of up to US$50 billion.

If the investment bank can complete this deal, the commission for Masato Takeshita alone will be over 100 million US dollars.

If we can also get some money from the buyer, we might be able to make $2 million.

Every investment bank would be very eager to get such a big deal.

Anyway, no matter how the transaction is carried out, the investment bank will not lose money.

Because investment banks act as middlemen in this process.

Soon, major investment banks, smelling the scent of money, frequently visited Xinghai Investment.

Among them, Goldman Sachs' trading plan is the most complete.

Goldman Sachs plans to set up several more funds and sell these stocks to major financial companies in the form of funds.

As for how financial companies trade, that is none of Goldman Sachs' business.

Morgan Stanley's methods are equally impressive.

However, Morgan Stanley's methods are simpler and more brutal.

It can help Masato Takeshita contact big clients and conduct transactions directly.

"Which investment bank should we choose?"

"Both Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley's proposals are very good. I think it's best to share the risk equally."

Takashi Yoshimoto is more inclined to choose foreign investment banks.

On the one hand, these two major investment banks have stronger financial capabilities, and on the other hand, they do not want to cheat domestic investors.

After more than two months of closed management, he gradually realized that the Japanese stock market was very dangerous.

The frenzied speculation in the stock market has caused many companies to lose interest in operating.

Statistics from professional organizations show.

In the first half of 1989, Japan's investment in industry fell again.

Countless companies put their money in the stock market instead of expanding reproduction.

This model cannot last forever and will collapse sooner or later.

The Bank of Japan's continuous interest rate hikes is the most obvious signal.

“Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are good choices, but local securities companies cannot be left behind.”

"This is Japan, not America."

Shinji Kikuno also had a similar transformation as Yoshimoto Takamasa, and also wanted to sell all his shares to foreign investors. However, he considered things more comprehensively and knew that doing so would easily cause a public opinion storm.

Yamaichi Securities is okay, as it has a close relationship with Xinghai Group.

The situation is different for securities companies such as Nomura.

If Masato Takeshita had entrusted all the transactions to foreign investment banks, he would definitely be criticized to death by newspapers after the news was disclosed.

They simply don't believe that the Japanese stock market will collapse. They just think that Masato Takeshita is selling out his country for personal gain.

“I also think that local securities firms should not be left behind.”

Thinking of the unprecedented patriotic enthusiasm in Japan, Masao Nagasawa also felt that there was no need to risk the wrath of the world.

When Sony chose to go public in the United States, it was accused of being a traitor. Masato Takeshita's choice also did not end well.

"Okay, then 5% each. It will be easier to sell this way."

5% is 13 billion US dollars, which is still not a small number for current investment banks.

Having made the decision, Masato Takeshita began to frequently contact the four major investment banks.

"Mr. John, welcome to Tokyo."

Masato Takeshita did not expect that John Weinberg would personally handle this business.

You know, he is not only a senior partner of Goldman Sachs, but also the CEO of Goldman Sachs.

More importantly.

His former close partner is now the government's deputy secretary of state.

The young man was a little confused by the personal visit of such a big figure who could influence the United States.

For a $13 billion project, there is no need to alarm the top leadership of Goldman Sachs during the negotiation stage, right?

"It's nice to meet you, Mr. Takeshita. Sorry to bother you next."

John Weinberg behaved very modestly, without any of the arrogance of a world-class investment banker.

But this is normal, because Masato Takeshita is the client's boss.

After a brief greeting, the two began to introduce the people around them.

In addition to the three presidents, Masato Takeshita also has Secretary-General Sakai and Legal Minister Asuka.

John had similar staff around him, except for one more senior assistant: Henry Paulson.

Masato Takeshita couldn't help but take a few glances at this middle-aged man who was already showing signs of baldness.

Paulson is not an ordinary person. He will become the new president of Goldman Sachs and the US Treasury Secretary in the future.

It was at his request that the US government turned a blind eye to Lehman Brothers.

In fact, Lehman Brothers has a close relationship with Goldman Sachs.

Lehman Brothers was originally a partner of Goldman Sachs, but later separated and was acquired by American Express.

Later, Lehman Brothers used various means to become independent again.

After becoming independent, Lehman Brothers began to compete with Goldman Sachs for business in various ways, and the relationship became extremely bad.

Of course, Paulson dared to let Lehman Brothers go bankrupt in the future not only because it offended Goldman Sachs.

The main reason was that Lehman Brothers was too aggressive and basically offended all the financial companies on Wall Street.

In the end, the company was forced to declare bankruptcy and its market was divided up.

After Masato Takeshita sent the Goldman Sachs team to Wangpinchuanzi Hotel, he turned around and gave instructions to the three presidents.

"Be sure to pay attention to the assistant named Paulson."

"He is Mr. John's confidant and will achieve great things in the future."

John Weinberg is a great hero in the development and growth of Goldman Sachs and has a very strong influence within Goldman Sachs.

Whoever he nominates will have a better chance of becoming the top boss of Goldman Sachs.

"Yes, President."

At the same time, at Goldman Sachs, John also talked to Paulson about the senior leaders of Xinghai Group.

"I look younger in person than in the photo, which is incredible."

John was a little envious; he also wanted to be young.

In contrast, Paulson is more concerned about Masato Takeshita's achievements rather than his young faces.

"Indeed. Not only did he create such a large industry in a short period of time, but he also thrived in the financial field."

Goldman Sachs has very strong intelligence gathering capabilities and discovered the large-scale withdrawal of Xinghai Investment early on.

Such decisiveness made Paulson want to put part of the funds he could control into the Xinghai Investment Private Equity Fund.

The stock market frenzy created by the bull market is difficult to detect and will soon fade.

Even if they can find out, many people, due to greed, always feel that they will not be the final buyer.

Investors who can sense that the market trend is not right and withdraw decisively are rare geniuses.

Once discovered, hold on to it.

"Why, are you thinking about it?"

John guessed what his subordinate was thinking and turned around to ask casually.

"Well, I want to have a deeper cooperation with Xinghai Investment."

“There should be more surprises.”

Paulson firmly believed that Xinghai Investment needed Goldman Sachs.

Because anyone with a discerning eye can see that Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union are undergoing constant changes.

The United States will no longer tolerate Japan riding on its head.

Japan's stock market and housing market must collapse.

In this way, the Japanese government will not have the energy to continue to support the semiconductor sector on a large scale.

Because compared with people's livelihood that affects the stability of the regime, no matter how important semiconductors are, they are a matter of the future.

It can be said that Japanese stocks will decline for at least several years.

As for the 30-year decline, no one could have imagined that.

The Americans had no idea that they could achieve their goal in one fell swoop.

In Paulson's view, during the period of decline of the Japanese stock market, Xinghai Investment must look for new investment markets.

Because the funds controlled by private equity hedge funds need to flow at all times.

European stock markets are currently unstable and Japanese stock markets are about to collapse.

Then the only option available to Xinghai Investment is US stocks.

Paulson is convinced of this.

Later, he became more and more certain by checking the company's internal information.

Xinghai Investment’s next target can only be US stocks.

"It seems that you are planning to bet on Xinghai Investment."

"That's right. I think the next investment destination for Xinghai Investment can only be the U.S. stock market."

"We at Goldman Sachs are the local boss and can provide a lot of convenience."

"I believe in Xinghai Investment and am willing to cooperate with us."

Although Goldman Sachs is not as powerful as Morgan Stanley, it is also the second-in-command among American investment banks.

More importantly, Goldman Sachs' reputation is much better now.

Compared with Morgan Stanley's greed, it likes to carry out hostile mergers and acquisitions.

Goldman Sachs is known as the white knight in the financial market and takes the upright path.

If Xinghai Investment wants to develop smoothly in the United States, then Goldman Sachs must be the best partner.

"Well, now that you have made up your mind, let's do it."

John is also optimistic about Xinghai Investment, but he is already very old and is willing to give the opportunity to his confidants.

This is the only way to ensure that I will still have a certain influence in Goldman Sachs in the future.

"Please rest assured, I will consider it carefully."

Paulson has a tough personality and once he makes up his mind, he will carry it out resolutely.

It was the same when we were all in on China in the past, and it is also the same when we are bullish on Xinghai Group in this life.

He firmly believed that he could win more for Goldman Sachs.

(End of this chapter)