Chapter 63: Think Differently
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"Because the domestic construction market is shrinking year by year, in order to better maintain the leading position in the industry, the five major construction contractors have been secretly manipulating the winning price of large-scale public projects in the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. In addition, in order to prevent the situation of one dominant company, the five major construction companies have been secretly allocating projects to ensure that each company can fairly share the cake from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism......"
Hearing this introduction by Kenji Hashiwa, Hosokawa Kiyofumi couldn't help but sit in his seat and was speechless for a long time. The impact of this incident is so great that if it is poked out by the media or some well-intentioned people, Japan's construction contracting industry will definitely cause an earthquake.
"This thing...... When the hell did it start?"
Hosokawa Kiyofumi forced his composure, lowered his voice and whispered to Kenji Hashiwa.
"No one can say exactly when it started, but this matter was secretly in charge of this matter by Managing Director Kogi Zeng, and he would report the results of each negotiation to President Mikami. But now, Managing Director Kogiso is no longer there, and seeing that the Chuo Shinkansen bidding is just around the corner, I thought, I must ask you for instructions and see how we will participate in the distribution of the Chuo Shinkansen project this time......"
Kenji Hashiwa reported to Hosokawa Kiyofumi with some embarrassment, his eyes full of worry. Seeing the other party's expression, Hosokawa knew that he had actually been carrying the most hidden secret of the construction of Toshima all along, so he couldn't help but understand a little in his tone.
"Hakurin-kun, I've worked hard for you these days, but now is the most difficult time for the construction of Toshima. If you can, I'd like to ask you to contact the other four companies for the time being, at the very least, we need to know what others think this time!"
"President's ......"
"One more point, Lianlun-kun, from now on, only you and I know about this matter, don't tell the third person, otherwise, it will bring disaster to the construction of Toshima. ”
"Hey, I'll keep it a secret!"
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When Hosokawa Kiyofumi sent Kenji Hashiwa away, his secretary Joto also prepared the materials he needed, and Joto used a small cart to carry boxes of thick documents into Hosokawa Kiyofumi's office.
When all the documents were sent into the room, Hosokawa looked at the pile of papers that filled half the wall. I can't help but feel a little embarrassed.
"How can there be so many?"
"Sorry, that's all the information about the Najd high-speed rail project, not only ours, but also other companies that were bidding with us at the time of the original bidding. At the same time, there are also geological conditions, project costs, technical indicators and other contents along the project, in short, everything you need is here!"
"Ah...... It seems that everyone really put a lot of effort into this project at the beginning! Okay, then let's work harder and try to go through these materials as soon as possible!"
"Huh...... You're really tireless, you just flew back from Hokkaido in the morning, and you haven't rested, doesn't it really matter if you go on like this?"
"It doesn't matter, when I was the project leader on the construction site, I tried to go three days and three nights without sleeping. It was a power plant project deep in the mountains, and we could still hear the bears in the middle of the night when we went......"
As he spoke, Kiyofumi Hosokawa rolled up his sleeves and began to flip through the materials.
Although the Najd high-speed rail project has brought a heavy burden to the construction of Toshima, so that the construction of Toshima is on the verge of bankruptcy, a few years ago, when the government of the Kingdom of Najd announced that Toshima Construction had won the contract for the Najd high-speed rail project, the construction of Toshima at that time caused a heated discussion in Japan. Defeated strong competitors in neighboring countries and Europe, and bravely went overseas to open up new markets when the domestic market was facing shrinking. At that time, Toshima Construction became one of the most respected companies in Japan.
However, it is a pity that the Kingdom of Najd is a peculiarity of the political system. Crown Prince Waleed, who had been trying to get a bigger market, was arrested by the police overnight. became the losing side of the power struggle in Najd, and even the construction of Toshima, which had placed a heavy bet on Prince Waleed, was also implicated. As a result, all the efforts made before the construction of Toshima were in vain.
"It's a shame that if this project is successfully completed, Toshima Construction will inevitably jump out of the shrinking domestic market and take the lead in the Middle East. Think about how much hard work we had to put in to get this project in the first place! Now think about it, if we hadn't won the bid, maybe we wouldn't be in the situation we are in today!"
"Yes, the conditions offered by the engineering contracting companies in neighboring countries were even more lucrative. However, at that time, President Mikami gambled all the luck of the company and personally asked the Central Bank of Tokyo for more lenient financing terms, which allowed us to finally win the contract for the project. I still remember that the Central Bank of Tokyo promised us that no matter how big the crisis was, the Central Bank of Tokyo would be our backing...... Now, that sounds ironic!"
"Wait a minute? What did you just say?"
"Eh, I said that the Bank of Tokyo promised us that it would be our back......"
"Not this, the last sentence?"
"President Mikami gambled on all the luck of the company......"
"One more sentence!"
"The conditions offered by the engineering contractors of neighboring countries are more generous?"
"That's it!"
"Eh, President, is there any problem?"
"Joto-kun, help me contact the company that competed with us to the last as soon as possible, ask them if they are interested in taking over the contracting rights of the Najd high-speed rail project from us, and ask the people from the engineering project department to re-check the location of the station designated by Crown Prince Waleed, and make sure to find a technical reason why the station had to be built there......"
"What do you mean, President?"
"That's right, I want to transfer the contract rights of the Najd high-speed rail project to our former competitors, and I want to completely clear the Najd government's accusations against us. At the beginning, that company was fighting with us for that high project. Now that we're interested in selling, they'll be willing to take over. It's just that the attitude of King Najd himself is the key this time. As long as we can technically point out the reasons why we have to build a station there, then the accusations against us are completely untenable!"
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