Around three o'clock in the afternoon, the doorbell of Kishimoto's house rang. So, Rie Sakai reflexively went to open the door. Mr. and Mrs. Oda came to visit in person with a watermelon. Today's afternoon tea was made at the Hashimoto family party last night.

Rie Sakai took the watermelon that Mrs. Oda had delivered to her while letting them into the house.

After the door closed automatically, she quickened her steps a little, walked in front of her in three steps and two steps, and said to Masayoshi Kishimoto, who was still sitting on the sofa in the living room, "Professor Oda and his wife are here. ”

Masayoshi Kishimoto was still teasing Little A and Little B for a while, and then stopped. He stood up and looked at Mr. and Mrs. Oda, and said politely, "Welcome, welcome." ”

"Sorry. Professor Oda stopped and bowed slightly.

"You're so polite. Come and sit down. Kishimoto said calmly.

Mr. and Mrs. Oda walked to the sofa in the large living room and sat down on their feet. Subsequently, Kishimoto also sat down again.

Rie Sakai picked up the watermelon and went straight to the kitchen. She took out the black tea that had been prepared a long time ago, as well as the pastries and fruits she bought from outside, and placed them on the crystal coffee table to entertain the guests.

"Professor Oda, President, if you are not used to drinking English black tea, I will give you freshly ground Brazilian coffee. Rie Sakai smiled.

"No hassle. You're going to make us embarrassed and we'll never dare to come to you again. "Mrs. Oda has completely lost the arrogance of the medical family in the past.

As soon as Rie Sakai sat down, Masayoshi Kishimoto said bluntly: "If there is something, it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

"I heard that Hard Gold Capital in Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Hard Gold Group. It is also quite famous in the industry. Professor Oda suddenly sat up.

"The current president of Hard Capital is Kiyoshi Kobayashi. If you have any business or project, you can talk to him. Kishimoto was not shirking, but gave a positive reply.

"Oda Hospital was too big for expansion in the early stage, which has led to financial difficulties in its operation. Professor Oda felt that it was more useful to find the president than to find the president, so he made a rough mention of it.

"Professor Oda, I don't think you've figured out what hard money is a company? It's an investment company that invests in investments, not loans.

If you need funds for a turnaround, you should go to a bank for a loan, not an investment company. "Kishimoto said lukewarmly.

"I've already visited all the major banks in person. They felt that the risk of Oda Hospital was too high, and they no longer provided us with loans. ”

Professor Oda knew that he couldn't hide this kind of thing from the other party at all. Rather than die to save face and suffer the sin, it is better to tell the truth.

"It stands to reason that the building, land and other fixed assets of Oda Hospital can be mortgaged to the bank in exchange for loans. Unless, Oda Hospital has already been mortgaged. Kishimoto said seriously.

"Exactly as you say. We put the loan into the expansion of the hospital. It was expected that the number of patients would increase, but it was unexpectedly reduced.

The monthly loan interest, the salary of the medical staff, the maintenance of the medical equipment, etc., are not a small expense.

The root cause of all this is the negative impact of the Asian financial crisis. Even though it has been completely over for half a year, it has not allowed Japan's economy to fully recover.

Even if there is a disease, it makes many people resist and do not come to the hospital. I believe that in another six months or a year, when Japan's economy picks up and improves significantly, the number of people coming to hospitals will increase. Professor Oda said slowly.

Kishimoto didn't believe his words. He knows better than anyone that the Asian financial turmoil that Japan has experienced has not been hit as hard as South Korea, but it has also hurt its vitality to a certain extent.

Since then, Japan's economy as a whole has been in a state of sluggish growth for a long time. It wasn't until 2006 that he finally recovered.

However, just two years later, the global financial tsunami of 2008 had a negative impact on Japan.

If the economy is not good and there is no good growth, then the actual example reflected in social life will be the difficulty of employment, wages will fall instead of rising, and prices will continue to rise.

The reason why Japan's economy is still experiencing slow economic growth and employment difficulties is that the driving force for growth is large companies, rather than small and medium-sized companies, where the majority of the labor force is concentrated.

Large companies will inevitably consider the issue of profit margin in employing people. As a result, they adopted a direct reduction in the number of regular employees and a large number of non-regular and temporary employees.

Otherwise, it is to outsource non-core business layer by layer, so as to achieve the purpose of reducing costs. As a result, ordinary people do not feel the actual feelings brought about by economic growth, but feel that life is becoming more and more difficult.

Even if they knew they were sick, they didn't dare to go to the hospital. Even if Japan's medical system is 30% out-of-pocket and 70% reimbursed, it will make these people with health insurance afraid to go to the hospital for medical treatment, after all, just because you have a job today does not mean that you will not be fired tomorrow.

But man is to eat every day. Not only that, but you also need to pay rent, water and electricity fees. Living in Tokyo is a difficult time for low- and middle-income earners.

On this point, Masayoshi Kishimoto has full say, after all, Natsui Makoto's past life is his best first-hand source.

After a moment of silence, Masayoshi Kishimoto smiled and said, "Professor Oda, do you mean that you want to sell part of the hospital's equity in exchange for a financial investment?"

Professor Oda didn't deny it, "That's what I meant. ”

"Don't think I'm straight. Now that Oda Hospital is not doing well, it may be difficult to get much cash from the sale of some of its shares.

As any investment company or individual, I would not fail to consider that if Oda Hospital goes bankrupt, not only will the money invested be wasted, but also some joint and several liabilities and debts.

Even if you sell all the shares of Oda Hospital as a whole, I am afraid that it will be difficult to find a receiver for a while. Even if it is found, it is extremely likely that the price will be greatly reduced.

How much is the specific liabilities of your hospital?

If you really want to keep the right to operate Oda Hospital, the best way is not to raise money from outside, but to reinvest real estate in your private name.

As for the risks, I don't need to say it, you are also very clear. This is also the most feasible approach. Other than that, in my opinion, it's all very difficult.

What's more, none of the investment projects of hard capital so far have involved a single investment in medical care.

In addition, the investment in medical projects is not as good as that in other projects. It's a matter of human life. "Kishimoto has one thing to say.