Chapter 45: A New Clue

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However, Hatoyama Yukio's brows quickly twisted again, as time passed, seeing that it was about to enter January, Fang Mingyuan did not send back any new and useful clues, which made those of them who were full of expectations a little uneasy. Although they are also secretly deployed, when necessary, they can only find an excuse to forcibly shut down all these nuclear power plants in the country temporarily. However, this is a last resort, and none of them want to take this road until they are really cornered - this is also extremely staggering for the Japanese economy!

"However, the withdrawal of Fang family capital from Japan has basically stopped, and as for whether Fang Jun has any means in private, it is not known to us." Naoki Ozawa Road.

Yukio Hatoyama nodded, no matter what, this was at least a statement by Fang Mingyuan, he sighed and said: "Ozawa-kun, continue to conduct safety inspections of these nuclear power plants in China, and do emergency handling plans and drills, just in case!" ”

"Hey!" Naoki Ozawa answered, and stopped talking slightly.

"Any questions?" Yukio Hatoyama noticed Naoki Ozawa's expression and asked, "Is there any difficulty?" ”

"The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's Nuclear Safety and Security Agency has already conducted two rounds of safety inspections, and many problems have been found, but it is very difficult to solve them." Naoki Ozawa was embarrassed, "Take Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company as an example, we have investigated that since the 70s of the last century, it has tampered with data and concealed potential safety hazards in more than 200 regular inspections of its three nuclear power plants, but we must punish and hold them accountable...... Not easy. ”

Yukio Hatoyama frowned, Tokyo Electric Power Company, which has been established for 60 years, and its predecessor was Tokyo Electric Company, which is a large-scale power enterprise integrating power generation, transmission and distribution in Japan. Its power grid mainly covers the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the surrounding eight prefectures, the most important area of Japan's economy. With more than 50,000 employees and almost one-sixth of Japan's electricity supply, TEPCO is the country's highest-grossing power company and the largest private nuclear e-commerce company, operating 17 reactors at three nuclear power plants – and half of the country's nuclear power generation in Japan, where nuclear energy accounts for one-third of the country's electricity supply.

"If I'm not mistaken, the Kashiwazaki Kariba Nuclear Power Plant belongs to TEPCO, right?" Yukio Hatoyama asked, the Kashiwazaki Kariba Nuclear Power Plant has seven units, one of the largest nuclear power plants in the world, but in 2007, a powerful earthquake measuring 7 on the Richter scale struck Niigata Prefecture in central Japan, where the Kashiwazaki Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant is located, killing 19 people, injuring thousands, and collapsing hundreds of houses, and since then a series of aftershocks have struck the area. The Kashiwazaki Kariba Nuclear Power Plant was damaged by the earthquake, and there were accidents such as a transformer fire and a water leak containing trace amounts of radioactive material, but power generation has now been restarted.

"Hey, the Kashiwazaki Kariba Nuclear Power Plant belongs to TEPCO." "In addition, some of TEPCO's nuclear power plants have been in operation for more than 30 to 40 years, and the aging of equipment is a big problem. ”

Yukio Hatoyama's brows are even more twisted, Tokyo Electric Power Company, as the largest nuclear e-commerce company in China, still has so many loopholes in safety inspections, and there are also tampering with data and concealing potential safety hazards, so what will other nuclear power companies look like? Yukio Hatoyama is deeply aware that man-made disasters are sometimes more difficult to prevent than natural disasters, and the damage caused is more terrible.

Naoki Ozawa is also helpless, although Tokyo Electric Power Company is a large power company integrating power generation, transmission and distribution, but like many large Japanese companies, it has established a huge consortium of companies, and its subsidiaries related to the power industry such as TEPCO Logistics, TEPCO Industry, TEPCO Design, etc., and it has even been involved in the real estate industry. Its number of employees, capital, total fixed assets, electricity sales, electricity revenue, power supply users and many other data far exceed its peers in Japan!

Among its shareholders, there are large companies such as Japan Daiichi Life Insurance and Japan Life Insurance, as well as strong Japanese local governments such as the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and the operation of Tokyo Electric Power Company is related to the electricity consumption of enterprises and nearly 30 million households in the Tokyo metropolitan area. In 2007, the Kashiwazaki Kariba nuclear power plant accident caused a lot of electricity shortage in the Tokyo metropolitan area. In addition, TEPCO's management includes many former high-ranking Japanese government officials, and their influence is enough to make it difficult for the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's Nuclear Safety and Security Agency to supervise and punish TEPCO.

"I won't talk about the past for the time being, but I ask TEPCO to be careful and careful in future safety inspections, and there will be no more concealment and omission!" Yukio Hatoyama thought about it, "As for the aging of the equipment...... Let the relevant departments seriously study it, and if they should be retired, they will be decommissioned. ”

TEPCO ...... Fang Mingyuan looked at the information in his hand, and had a toothache. After the Pacific tsunami in Japan, this power company, which was originally not well-known outside of Japan, became a global power company, and it was the star of the stars, but unfortunately it was all negative reports. As the leakage at the Fukushima nuclear power plant progresses, so does TEPCO, a giant company that dominates Japan's power industry and has multiple conglomerates behind it. And judging from the data, it has not lost money since its establishment!

But underneath the glossy exterior, this seemingly tall company has also become a rotten fruit, and if he remembers correctly, according to later media reports, the reason why the Fukushima nuclear power plant fell to that point was the result of a combination of natural and man-made disasters. Among them, man-made disasters account for a very important part. If it were not for the serious aging of the equipment at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, or for the lack of emergency response measures of the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), it would not have been so uncontrollable in the end. Fang Mingyuan felt that if the Fukushima nuclear power plant was not completely changed, then even if it escaped this time, it would still have problems in the future! The Japanese don't have much to do, but they pollute the sea, and China is also unlucky!

But so far, it is still a glamorous and lucrative company, and it is sought after by many investors in the stock market. Fang Mingyuan even saw the name of Huaxia Huatou Company, which indirectly holds many of its shares, worth nearly 40 billion yuan. It is conceivable that by the time the Fukushima nuclear accident occurs, the value of these shares will be greatly reduced.

Of course, Fang Mingyuan is not interested in the equity of such a company, but this does not mean that it has no merits. Qinxi Thermal Power Group Co., Ltd., after years of development, has owned 15 large-scale thermal power plants, and the operation of thermal power plants, the cost of coal consumption, is a very key indicator. And in this regard, Japan is among the top in the world. In addition, the environmental protection technology of thermal power plants in Japan is also at the world's advanced level. It would be a good thing for Japan to be able to pull out some advanced technology from TEPCO.

At this time, Wu Xingguo walked in with Naoki Ozawa with an excited face, nodded at Fang Mingyuan, and then retreated again, leaving the two indoors.

"Fang Jun, do you really have a new clue?" Naoki Ozawa hasn't sat down yet, and he can't help but ask. Just when almost a month had passed since they had a headache, and there was still no progress at all, Fang Mingyuan called and told them that there were new clues, Naoki Ozawa almost answered the phone and immediately left for Sendai.

Fang Mingyuan poured him a cup of coffee and said, "Well, it's indeed a bit of a new harvest." "It's been a month, and he has to give Yukio Hatoyama and them a boost of confidence, of course, it is also for Yukio Hatoyama and them to make some preparations in advance, after all, to prepare for things like earthquakes and tsunamis, you still need to have enough time to prepare in advance, and Fang Mingyuan is also worried that he will be stirred up by his butterfly, and the time of the earthquake will be delayed, but once it is greatly advanced, it will be a big trouble.

Naoki Ozawa was ecstatic in his heart, now that he had gained new clues, he could further narrow down the scope of the review, which would be much less work. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's Nuclear Safety and Security Agency has conducted two rounds of safety inspections, and now they feel that there are mistakes everywhere, and any nuclear power plant may have an accident! Moreover, in this way, it also proved that their decision to keep Fang Mingyuan at any cost was correct.

Fang Mingyuan poured himself another cup of coffee, took a sip and put it on the table, and said, "Xiao Zejun, you have to be mentally prepared." ”

"Huh?" Naoki Ozawa was a little blindsided, and a sense of foreboding came over me.

After a while, Naoki Ozawa, who came with an excited face, had turned into a frosted eggplant, without the slightest bit of excitement, he never expected that Fang Mingyuan would actually tell him a bigger bad news, the occurrence of the nuclear accident was largely due to a tsunami with waves as high as fifteen meters, and the reason for the tsunami was because of a major earthquake!

Earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear accident, these three consecutive blows were like three heavy hammers that made Naoki Ozawa dizzy, and he couldn't speak for a while. Although Japan is said to be a country with a high incidence of earthquakes, the magnitude of an earthquake that can cause a tsunami with a wave head of 15 meters is definitely not low.

"If my feeling is not wrong, it means that the nuclear power plant should be a coastal nuclear power plant, not an inland nuclear power plant." Fang Ming said from afar. The corners of Ozawa's mouth twitched, Japan's nuclear power plants are basically built near the sea, so this result does not have a decisive effect on narrowing the scope of nuclear power plants that may have accidents.

"Fang Jun, do you mean that the nuclear accident happened because of the earthquake and tsunami?" Naoki Ozawa asked.

"All I can say is a big possibility! Since I'm not an expert in nuclear power, I can only say that I think there will be an earthquake in your country at some point in the future, and the earthquake will trigger a massive tsunami, and then there will be a nuclear accident. Considering the destructive power of earthquakes and tsunamis on buildings, I think it is very likely that the nuclear accident will be related to it, right? Fang Mingyuan shrugged his shoulders and spread out his hand.

Naoki Ozawa had a bitter look on his face, and only said after a while: "The problem is that my country is an island country, surrounded by the sea, and I can't even judge which way the tsunami will appear...... "I don't know the time, I don't know the direction, how can I be wary of this?" In addition, the coastal areas are also prosperous areas of Japan, and most of the population lives here, so it is impossible for all the people from the coastal areas to move to the highlands of the interior, right? All of a sudden, the government's disaster prevention work has intensified a lot, and he can already imagine the scene of eight people wailing after he passed the news back. Nuclear accidents can still be prevented, and if the cause can be found, it may be possible to solve it "peacefully", but there is no better way for mankind to avoid natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis! After a hybrid earthquake and tsunami, all that is left is ruins!

"Let's do more anti-tsunami propaganda, after all, there is a difference between being prepared and not being prepared." Fang Mingyuan sighed and said, "Xiao Zejun, this is not entirely a bad thing, at least you can start the disaster relief preparations semi-openly after the news is released, right?" ”

Naoki Ozawa breathed a sigh of relief, and now he can only comfort himself like this, knowing and not knowing, being prepared and unprepared, in many cases, the result is still very bad. Heavy casualties and ineffective rescue can become an important opportunity for the fall of Yukio Hatoyama's cabinet.

"I still want to thank Fang Jun a lot!" Naoki Ozawa bowed his head and thanked him, saying that as a country with many disasters, the Japanese know better than any other country the lethality of natural disasters such as tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanoes.

Fang Mingyuan held his chin in his hand and sighed: "Is the next sentence not, I hope I will make persistent efforts, whether it is time or place, how about drawing a general range?" ”

Although Naoki Ozawa was full of sorrow, he was still almost amused by his words, and said, "If Fang Jun can think like this, it will naturally be the best. If there is anything that can help Fang Jun, Fang Jun will put it forward as much as possible, and we will definitely do our best to meet Fang Jun's requirements! ”

"I think if I feel better, maybe there will be something new." Fang Mingyuan replied seemingly casually.

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