Chapter 202: Ambition
The economic turmoil in Japan has caused great social unrest, and almost all of the people's eyes have turned their attention to such things as the stock market crash, the wave of bankruptcies, and the wave of unemployment, and the media, experts, and people in society have devoted themselves with great enthusiasm to analyzing "what strategy should be used to save Japan" and "whoever comes to power can save Japan" -- these people have devoted themselves wholeheartedly to the debate and quarrels, and the excitement is so lively that it feels like whoever wins the debate will immediately save the country!
Empty cannons are flying all over the sky, no one cares how to execute, the key is to say that you have won the other party!
Civil political groups and religious groups are also dancing wildly, preaching all kinds of ideas, and the Supreme Society is not conspicuous at all. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
Demonstrations were held almost day after day, and the number of people was getting bigger and bigger, and everyone was shouting for the prime minister to get out of here, but the prime minister, with the support of most of the chaebols, was still gritting his teeth and insisting that the Senate had already voted on a "Prime Minister Accountability Resolution" But because the current ruling party still has an advantage in the seats, a large number of votes were cast, and the accountability resolution was not passed, but this gave hope to many opposition parties, and the accountability bill was narrowly vetoed by the two parties in the coalition government, which shows that many dependents have been shaken.
Quite a number of opposition parties are immediately ready to move, and who does not want to come to power? Although Japan is obviously a mess at present, as long as it goes up and puts this mess in order, it may be possible to gain an unimaginable level of popular support and in one fell swoop to determine its election advantage for the next 10 years and decades.
These opposition parties began to contact the major consortia in the hope of having a chance to stand out, and although the conglomerates shouted slogans to stand with the government, resist the invasion of international bloody funds, and avoid the collapse of the Japanese economy -- the conglomerates did not want the Japanese economy to suffer huge losses, and they still wanted to go abroad!
For example, the Aso Foundation has recently been very active, colluding with local parties in Tokyo, and taking the lead in withdrawing from the foundation's family gatherings, clearly expressing its disappointment and dissatisfaction with the current ruling party.
The opposition parties are also linked to each other, hoping to get enough seats in the two houses of parliament to pass the accountability bill, oust the prime minister and hold a new general election.
Under these circumstances, the executive party did not stand still, and they continued to propose various new measures to consolidate the alliance relationship, but with little success, bad news still came one after another, and even gradually the ruling party could not even guide public opinion -- in Japan, because of historical reasons, the government is not allowed to control the media, and the media has always been controlled by major corporations, and once a traitor appears in the consortium, the opposition will increase exponentially Recently, the Aso Foundation has instructed its cable television station to report on the incompetence of the ruling party and the current critical situation, and has called for a new general election.
The Aso consortium was in the limelight for a while.
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Eiji Fukuyama was hit by the first wave of unemployment, when the management of his factory worked hard to bring back a batch of spare parts from elsewhere, but it was still not enough to fulfill the orders, and the factory's debt pressure reached a dangerous level, and it was in danger of going out of business.
In this case, the management of the factory filed a petition with the government for bankruptcy protection - bankruptcy protection is not the same as going out of business, bankruptcy protection will reduce part of the factory's debts and contracts, and depending on the circumstances, the factory will continue to operate to pay off the debts or pay off the debts through direct auction.
But bankruptcy protection is only a little stronger than direct bankruptcy, and in order to shrink expenses, Eiji Fukuyama was directly laid off, and he didn't even get a few severance pay.
Eiji Fukuyama, the family's main breadwinner, was unemployed, and his entire family was in crisis. His expenses are still very large, monthly rent, water and electricity bills, food expenses, living miscellaneous expenses are a lot of money, and his daughter is about to go to kindergarten.
Of course, it is also possible to let her daughter not go and let Koori watch her at home, but Eiji Fukuyama doesn't want her daughter to lose at the starting line.
He is looking for a job like crazy, but countless people are looking for a job like crazy, and it doesn't matter if he is crazy or not.
I can't find a job, the unemployment insurance money is thinner than paper, the savings are not much, there are some small installment loans to repay, and watching his wife worry day by day, Fukuyama Eiji's heart is like a knife.
He didn't know when this situation would end at the moment, and wanted to hear the opinion of experts, but turned on the TV......
A guest on this station said that the difficulties are only temporary, and although Japan has various problems such as the imbalance in the industrial structure, the serious aging of the population, the failure of globalization, and the high unemployment rate, the background is still there, and it is a good thing that this situation will appear, and it will break down and then stand up, and the situation will begin to improve in a month at most.
On the other hand, there were three or five experts who were scolding the government for its incompetence, that Japan was entering the abyss of destruction, that it was necessary to select capable people to lead the country, and that if it dragged on for another month, the whole of Japan would be over.
After watching it for a while, Eiji Fukuyama was even more overwhelmed, and he turned off the television helplessly, and remained silent for a long timeβhe felt very powerless in the face of such a social problem.
He wanted to go to the High Council a little, but at least he felt grounded there.
Zhiori hugged Kasumi and asked with a sad face while holding the passbook, "The child is his father, what should I do?"
Eiji Fukuyama barely pulled himself together and said, "Don't worry, I'll think of a way." "He is the head of the family, no matter how difficult it is, he can't languish and give his family confidence!
Zhiori didn't say anything for a while, but after a while said, "The boy is his father, no...... Let's go to our parents' house, they have a pension. β
Fukuyama Eiji suddenly felt embarrassed, and his heart was uncomfortable and aggrieved, and he couldn't get angry, and reluctantly said: "We have already formed our own family, even if we can't repay their nurturing kindness, do we still have to trouble them? Besides, they are not in good health, and they still have to see a doctor, plus our family of three lives together......
Zhiori lowered her head and wept silently: "But the pressure of life is too great, and the kindergarten enrollment season is coming to an end...... Just let Xiangcheng stay at home all the time?"
Eiji Fukuyama gritted his teeth and said, "If you can't find a job, let's start a small business, we can always survive!" β
"But...... Kid Dad, we can't come up with the capital, not to mention that we haven't done business either, can this work?"
Eiji Fukuyama was going to give it a go, and said loudly: "It's okay, I'll borrow some capital first, and then we'll do a small business, survive this difficulty first, and pay it back slowly!"
Edori felt that this idea was too risky, she looked at the "Supreme Society" badge that her daughter was playing with, and couldn't help but suggest: "Kid Dad, why don't you go to the clan to have a look, I heard that you can introduce jobs there!"
Eiji Fukuyama shook his head: "I've been there, and it's similar to the Public Employment Security Center (a state-run employment center), but it doesn't provide stable jobs, it's all odd jobs and the like." β
Although Eiji Fukuyama did not get a stable job offer from the Supreme Society, he was still very grateful to the group, not only exempting him and his wife from membership dues, but also encouraging members to help each other, and he was also given the opportunity to do odd jobs two or three times, otherwise the family's plight would have been worse.
They are a newly formed family, and their ability to resist risks is very poor, and they can't alleviate their current predicament by doing odd jobs.
Eiji Fukuyama thought for a moment and said, "The Imperial God Zun also said that people can only redeem themselves, and everything must be acted...... We can't all count on the sect, they've done their best, let's try it ourselves first!"
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Aso Katsuya sent off the guests with a smile on his face, feeling that this conversation was very rewarding, and he was about to go to the cigar room to smoke a cigar and think about the next steps, only to see his daughter Aso Yuu quietly walked to his side.
Aso Yuu held back his anger and asked, "Father, I heard that you voluntarily withdrew from the joint meeting of the consortium, why did you do this?"
As he walked towards the cigar room, Katsuya Aso smiled at his daughter and said, "Hachiyo, don't you think it's a good opportunity now?
Aso Yuu said angrily: "Father, I don't think this is a good opportunity, your actions will make our Aso family a public enemy, please stop!"
Katsuya Aso entered the cigar room, sat directly on the rocking chair, shook his body and looked at his daughter with a dumb smile: "The public enemy can't talk about it...... The Yasuda family, the Heijo family, and many others are willing to support us, or in other words, we will support the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's new local school to enter the Diet and preside over national politics. β
"Then why don't Yasuda and they make this up-and-coming bird, and ask us to do it in the Aso family?"
Katsuya Aso motioned for his daughter to roast a cigar for him, and said leisurely, "It's only fair that we have to take the biggest risk because we want the most from the Aso family...... Hachiyo, do you think Japan is a modern country?"
Aso Yuu was very puzzled, but still replied, "Of course." β
"No, no, no!" Katsuie Aso said repeatedly: "You are wrong to think so, Hachiyo -- have you seen a country that implements a cabinet system, where the election of the prime minister is not directly related to the voters? Therefore, Japan is not a modern country!"
Katsuya Aso slowly taught his daughter: "There is no country in the world that has done a better job than Japan in protecting each other, just like Rockefeller said, those who are good at taking the upper line will become strong! And our strong people in Japan are good at colluding with political parties!"
"The prime minister is decided by the party, and the leader of the party with the most seats automatically becomes the prime minister, and the party is supported by the consortium, and when the prime minister comes to power to form a cabinet, he will definitely leave the position of special adviser to the consortium leader who supports the party - we need this position! We need this position to make the Aso family a top consortium!"
Katsuya Aso lit a cigar and asked, "Hachiyo, how do you think Japan's top consortia are formed?"
Aso Yuu thought for a while and replied, "The ...... formed because of historical reasons and long-term accumulation"
Aso Katsuya shook his head again and said: "There is a certain relationship, but the most important reason is monopoly!" His spirit gradually rose, "Monopoly is the key to the formation of those top consortia, and our Aso consortium must monopolize a certain industry if it wants to become a top consortia, and to achieve this goal, we need policy support, that is, the support of the ruling party...... In the past, I have repeatedly approached the current coalition ruling Kuomintang and the Konshiro Party, but we are still not strong enough, and we have no right to speak if we join, so in this case, simply defeat them - we support the new society, once they succeed and they succeed in forming a cabinet, we will have the right to speak on national affairs, and we can guide the national policy to help our Aso family monopolize a certain industry, then our Aso Foundation will become a top consortium just around the corner!"
Aso Yuu knew that her father had always wanted to make the Aso Consortium bigger and stronger, and even won the position of the top consortium, but she still felt that this situation was too risky, but what her father said also made sense......
Aso Katsu Le swallowed the clouds and concluded: "Hachiyo, although there is a very big risk, but once it succeeds, the harvest is also very considerable-this is a rare opportunity, we have accumulated so many years, and we also have a lot of politicians in our hands, this is our biggest advantage that distinguishes us from other family consortia, I will let them join the new society, maybe we can make the new society a part of our Aso family......"
Aso Yuu looked at his father's confident face, and only felt that the smoke he spit out was full of ambition, and he didn't know whether to object for a while.