Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

Hua Yingmei sat down gracefully, told the waiter to keep it the same as usual, and then teased Li Xinghe about his womanizing ways.

Li Xinghe avoided talking about his wife, first giving a detailed and concise analysis of what he had been doing over the past two weeks, and then mentioning the changes in the Cabinet Office:

"We need to prepare for Koizumi's resignation as soon as possible."

Hua Yingmei didn't understand at first and was puzzled:

"Isn't the political return he gave you enough to make a huge profit? The hundreds of millions of yen you invested in him are now returning to you in trillions."

"This isn't about returns. It's about..."

Li Xinghe emphasized that Hua Yingmei immediately understood.

"Has Koizumi lost his fighting spirit?"

However, for their small team, there were still many alternative plans. Although Koizumi had fallen, there were many other options that were just as effective.

For example, Ayako Aso next to her.

The two looked at Ayako Aso, who quickly shook her head:

"I...I'm not ready yet."

She wasn't quite ready yet; the old guard of the Aso faction were rather disobedient, with many resigning, leaving, or causing trouble. But Hua Yingmei was already helping her teach her how to manage the party's operations. The real problems, however, were far more troubling. She glanced at Li Xinghe.

Kaori Shikami popped the bubble that floated on Ayako Aso's head:

"Yes, if you want to be prime minister, you should at least have a child and be a mother."

Ayako Aso lowered her head in annoyance.

However, the old tradition that one must have a family before becoming a leader remains a universally applicable rule in the political arena worldwide. Those who cannot even manage their own families find it difficult to gain widespread public approval.

Li Xinghe looked at this great witch. She also had the idea of ​​becoming prime minister, but she did not tell Ayako Aso openly, obviously hiding her true abilities.

Is she planning to groom Ayako Aso as the next Koizumi?

Although his term in office was short, he was able to shoulder a lot of blame, withstand various attacks, step down, and then return to fight a second round. Abe during his first term remains the standard template.

Hua Yingmei poked Li Xinghe's chest with a small X:

"What are you looking at? This is all your task and trouble. Figure out how we can both get pregnant and still reasonably become prime minister. You can't expect me to be your first husband in your place, can you?"

The most outrageous example of the concept of "first spouse" or "first husband" in Japan is Kakuei Tanaka, who had his daughter Makiko represent the First Lady, but that was because his wife wasn't good at appearing in public. If Ayako Aso were to be the first wife, and her first husband were Li Xinghe, would Li Xinghe be able to remain in office when Hua Yingmei takes the helm?

"I think it's more reliable to amend the law and start allowing polygamy."

Li Xinghe spread his hands and complained.

One person can't be split into two. You can try harder if you get pregnant, but you can't be the first husband to both of them at the same time.

While discussing the plans for the post-Koizumi era, Li Xinghe, Hua Yingmei, and Aso Ayako did not separate but went together to the Tokyo office headquarters of the Niigata Prefecture oil project to meet with Kokubun Makabe.

Kokubun Makabe, a pretty little girl with a chestnut-brown shoulder-length bob that was styled into an Athena wreath at the back of her head, greeted everyone with a mysterious smile and asked them to sit down.

When it comes to offshore oil projects, Makabe actually has a lot to say:

"For offshore oil projects, the biggest expense right now is paying the workers' wages, which doesn't actually cost much. The funds from the Ministry of Finance's central treasury and Niigata Prefecture's treasury have been used for investment, and we've actually made a lot of money from it. But if we were to actually invest in an offshore drilling rig... it wouldn't be enough."

Kokubun Makabe lifted her short, ear-length hair and carefully drew up an expense list.

The initial funding for the entire project was extremely difficult to secure; even a simple offshore drilling rig requires tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions, of dollars to build. Japan does not yet have the capacity for such construction and needs to seek assistance from neighboring China. However, even hiring Chinese contractors would require waiting for the project schedule to be finalized.

Li Xinghe looked at the price list in surprise:

"100 million US dollars... Doesn't that directly exceed our total start-up capital of only 10 billion yen?"

"That's right. Otherwise, why do you think they're not pushing us at all?"

Makabe asked back.

Since everyone felt that this project was doomed to fail, the money was simply considered as payment for the political and business relations between China, Britain, and the United States, as well as for the Japanese government's efforts to revitalize local areas.

Do we really have to take out our own money to subsidize this 1 million?

Li Xinghe certainly wouldn't do that.

Russia only pays him $20 per barrel of oil, and the annual import quota has not yet been agreed upon, but it's not enough to compete with mainstream oil importers for market share. The initial scale is only a few million barrels per year.

He thought for a moment, then started coming up with terrible ideas:

"Then let's not make it real. Let's just build an offshore platform first, and we can talk about drilling and drilling rigs later. It's just a matter of building a drilling rig shell a few dozen meters deep on the seabed, which is very cheap. Let's bring over the Russian natural gas and oil first, put our mark on it, and then we can deal with that later."

These words left Kokubun Makabe and Hua Yingmei speechless.

It has to be young people with broad ideas and unconventional approaches. They make no attempt to hide their forgery.

"Is that not allowed?"

"Of course. Please contact your Russian sourcing channels."

Kokubun Makabe, feeling a headache coming on, threw all the various quotations into the shredder and started contacting offshore platform builders again.

Li Xinghe was unable to contact Natasha.

The reason is quite simple, Valery

Aya was already at her due date, and Natasha, as a bonus, was admitted again to the community hospital where Sasaki Toya gave birth to Aoi.

……

night.

Fuji Television sent a professional team to Sally's new press conference in Minato Ward.

As a rare unicorn tech company in Japan, Sally is about to release its half-year financial report and announce its new half-year strategic plan.

As a CEO who resides in China for an extended period, Guofen Wen also frequently travels to Shanghai and Beijing under the name "Guowen" to experience firsthand the changes in China's emerging forces and continuously recruit more relevant industry talents from China.

He spoke eloquently on stage:

“Sally’s revenue in the first half of the year has exceeded 100 billion yen. We have successfully merged with several taxi companies and currently have 11,000 full-time ride-hailing drivers, of whom more than 7,000 hold driver technician visas. We believe that by the second half of the year, the Tokyo ride-hailing market will reach 500 billion yen.”

Why not mention profit?

Because there was no profit, most of the funds were used to burn money to gain market share.

For a fledgling company, Sally's growth has been remarkable. As a large internet company with a market capitalization of hundreds of billions, its stock valuation has naturally increased by tens or even hundreds of times.

Therefore, Kokubun also announced at the same time:

"At the same time, Sally has decided to launch three new strategic sectors: Sally Freight, Sally Delivery, and Sally Online Supermarket..."

The three sections mentioned above correspond to Lalamove, Meituan, and various online mini-supermarkets, respectively. Under Fumiya Kokubun's explanation, they suddenly became a promising new "Internet+" section.

With the release of Sally's half-year report, the company's next round of strategic investment is poised to take off. Consortiums such as Toyota, Mizuho, ​​Mitsubishi, and Mitsui have all injected capital, and various government and private trust funds in Japan are eagerly anticipating the company's IPO, hoping it will serve as a new starting point for the Japanese stock market.

As the major shareholder of the company, Li Xinghe was dragged backstage and then inexplicably received a barrage of congratulations.

Old Wu was also mingling in the crowd, secretly telling Li Xinghe that "the leaders are very satisfied with the handling of the Dokdo crisis."

After a barrage of meaningless congratulations, discussions began to take shape regarding taking Sally public and cashing out the stock. Everyone believed that the company had trillions in assets and it was time for multiple rounds of financing.

Guowen is responsible for the above operations.

And what about Li Xinghe?

Li Xinghe was pulled back by Guofen Yueya at the back door.

"Come on, Mom is looking for you."

"what?"

Li Xinghe followed Kokubun Tsukiya to the back door of the hotel, only to find that Chiyo Hinaki, Mami Kaoru, and even Mami Misato were all there.

Mami coughed twice:

"You brat, come back to your hometown with your mother tonight. I have something to do."

Only then did Li Xinghe understand the meaning behind Kokubun Makabe's strange expression during the day.

This is another round of closed-door childbirth operations.

Is it with Ms. Tamae? Or Rie Fuji?

Li Xinghe hurriedly shook his head:

"That's not right."

No, that would be bad for your health.

But Kaoru didn't care about any of that; she and Chiyo Hina grabbed their son on either side.

"That's right, come with me!"

Li Xinghe was dragged into a van heading to the small dark room by a group of women, under the shocked gazes of Guo Bunfumi and others.

Recalling the terrifying memories of the day of the coup, Ayako Aso stared in disbelief as Li Xinghe was taken away. Holding Kaguya Yuike, Eimi hurriedly asked:

"Is it a kidnapping?"

"It must be a kidnapping, right?"

Shika Yuchi chuckled softly and squeezed Ayako's wrist:

"No, this is just how our family lives."

During the day, Chiyo Hinaki had already told her via private message to keep Li Xinghe from wandering around. Seeing today's situation, Hua Yingmei had already guessed that today's protagonist was no longer the few girls from the Jian family who had difficulty conceiving.

The author says:

Author's Note: Thank you all for your support. This is a message from me. I apologize for not being able to achieve my goal of saying "thank you more" as I mentioned at noon, because my mother caught a cold yesterday, and I also started having a headache this afternoon. It doesn't feel good. What medicine can I take to prevent this? Would amoxicillin work?

Chapter 537: The Queen's First Experience, Is White Silk for Yueya Okay? (6000 words)

"You're in danger."

On the way back to his hometown, Li Xinghe was scolded by his mothers.

Wearing a prosecutor's uniform that couldn't conceal her ample breasts and hips, Mikasa Ma used her aura as a criminal queen to persuade her son:

"Our family is currently facing a major double crisis."

She held up one finger:

"The first crisis is Sally, which everyone sees as a future unicorn. You may not know this, but we commissioned Yan Bingxianzi to conduct a market survey. Several Japanese conglomerates, including automakers such as Toyota, Nissan, and Honda, are very interested in acquiring Sally. The conglomerates hope to transform this company into a comprehensive integrated platform that can compete with American software, encompassing travel, food, tourism, entertainment, and online banking, and to implement a Japanese-style strategy. The automakers, on the other hand, see the potential of taxi companies to absorb automobile production capacity."

In the current economic crisis, although the market has shrunk, Sally shows signs of creating jobs and becoming a Japanese tech unicorn. Regardless of whether it uses Chinese technology or whether its underlying functionalities are developed in China, let's just talk about its strength.

Li Xinghe was both amused and exasperated.

“Sally is my company.”

But Chiyo, dressed in a pristine white suit, pinched Li Xinghe's nose:

"It can be yours, or it can not be yours."

Discussing corporate control in a place teeming with powerful conglomerates is, in a sense, foolish. The Japanese government holds 37 trillion yen worth of shares in listed companies, a number almost approaching that of the conglomerates that control the entire society. One could even say that socialist countries don't have such a high degree of public ownership as Japan. But everyone knows that this massive shareholding is essentially using taxpayers' money to cover the conglomerates' deficits, playing a performance art with national funds. Although the shares are held by the Japanese government, the day-to-day operations are still handled by the conglomerates themselves.

Li Xinghe couldn't reveal the full extent of his power and background, so he had to explain himself:

“Intense business competition should encompass multiple dimensions. For example, it might involve tanks rubbing backs, iron rods setting bones, steel brushes scrubbing skin, or even raiding company offices to seize their company seals and clog their sewers…”

The purest form of business competition is still competition in the physical sense. For example, Russia has already destroyed Ukraine's Malyshev tank factory, effectively eliminating a competitor in the international arms trade. Li Xinghe could also resort to underhanded tactics, burying any rivals who dared to challenge him in advance.

This was also taken into consideration by the mothers. Misato, dressed in a fiery red evening gown, was stunningly beautiful yet deeply devoted to her child, and she persuaded him:

"Can you keep relying on your American connections to help you? What if the Democrats come to power in the 28 election and replace that old lady you've been trying to curry favor with through their lobbying groups in Washington?"

Although the mothers were unaware of Li Xinghe's true abilities, their considerations were indeed extensive and appropriate.

Li Xinghe was speechless. He couldn't very well say that he was the one who truly had a say in the US-Japan Joint Command, could he? If that happened again in Tokyo, Li Xinghe would be the first person the mothers suspected.

He could only change his question to:

"What about the second crisis?"

At this moment, the mothers all said in unison:

"There is no legitimate heir."

“Your investment in Koizumi and Sally was indeed the right decision, but after receiving so many returns, our family’s wealth is starting to seem too meager.”

This is indeed a very apt and realistic question. Everyone sees that Li Xinghe's investments are small.

Quan's profits multiplied ten thousandfold, but he didn't even have a son, so naturally more and more people would covet his wealth.