Chapter 361: Bait
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Lin Youde opened his mouth wide, surprised by what Liang Yu said, he didn't expect that there would be such a complicated reason for going to Japan this time.
"Hmm." Liang Yu nodded and said, "Although the United States can influence most of Japan's policies through the stationing of troops, the relationship between modern countries actually attaches more importance to economic exchanges. Capital is greedy, and if we can win the support of most of the consortia that manipulate Japan's domestic political forces and have common interests with them, then we don't have to worry that Japan will jump out at the first time when we take over Taiwan. ”
It's just that Lin Youde knows what he knows, but he still can't understand it.
"But why did we ask you to go to Japan in person?"
He was well aware of the importance of Liang Yu, and it could be said that most of the credit for the Pioneer Company's ability to develop to its current scale in such a short period of time was due to him, even if he wanted to risk his life, he could send someone else.
"Because we have the robotics technology that Japan needs the most right now. The main reason why their economy has stagnated and fallen into recession for 20 years is that there is a shortage of domestic labor, and the overall production efficiency of the society cannot balance the manpower and cost advantages of transferring the manufacturing industry abroad, so Japan has always attached great importance to the research and development of robot technology, which is to make up for the lack of production capacity caused by the aging population and the fertility rate. Liang Yu explained.
This is not only a serious economic and social problem for Japan, but also a process that cannot be bypassed by any country that has embarked on large-scale urbanization. As the cost of living such as education, medical care, housing and pension rises, it is inevitable that the desire of the people to have children will decrease. In fact, almost all developed countries are facing this dilemma, the lack of fertility will inevitably lead to the shortage of labor and corresponding social jobs, the gradual slowdown of economic development, and the beginning of a large-scale increase in labor costs, which will not only make their quality of life decline rapidly, but also force capital to move production enterprises to countries with lower production costs.
For example, the reason why China can become the world's factory is because of this.
It's not that these developed countries kindly want to help China develop, but they simply have no choice, and between slow death and wanting to live, rebirth is their only option.
Because these people's affluent lives do not come out of nowhere, and in the context of global integration, their high incomes are based on the human exploitation of a large number of developing countries. Until large-scale automated production and robots replace workers in manufacturing, which can greatly improve production efficiency, a high-quality demographic, affluent young workforce, and sufficient education are the only driving forces that can maintain social vitality and promote economic development.
However, even with China, the world's largest factory, producing all kinds of cheap necessities for these developed countries to maintain their decent lives, the socio-economic problems in the country have not been properly addressed.
It is the so-called easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift.
The most obvious manifestation is that a large number of low-income low-income service jobs are not in demand, so that many Western countries, which have been in the ranks of developed countries for a long time, have to bring in overseas immigrants on a large scale in order to alleviate the pressure of this declining quality of life, such as old Mexican immigrants to the United States and refugees to the European Union, to work in low-level jobs that their own nationals are unwilling to do. Even if this method is undoubtedly a thirst-quenching thirst in the eyes of many people, it has caused a lot of social security problems, but it is better to let others serve them than to let them abandon their original comfortable life and do it themselves.
Although Japan's huge number of overseas industries (totaling more than 1.8 Japanese output value) is enough to maintain its status as a developed country, the lives of most ordinary people living in Japan have not been significantly improved because of these overseas assets controlled by conglomerates.
With an income of less than two-thirds of the average wage, but working several jobs at the same time, and running around every day, there is no hope of changing this busy and poor life.
The huge pressure to survive has not only made Japan the country with the highest suicide rate in the world, but also caused a large number of young Japanese people to become without desire, dream, and motivation, and after losing the necessary sense of social responsibility, they have become otaku who are unwilling to contact society and work, and even lose their feelings of support for this country.
Therefore, going to Tokyo this time can be said to be a decoy that they have to accept in front of the whole Japanese class.
Neither a consortium with a large amount of overseas assets nor a large number of ordinary people living in Japan could refuse technical cooperation in this area. The reason why SoftBank Group is willing to buy shares in Pioneer Company at an excess premium is because they see that they have the hope that they can really solve Japan's current predicament and save that lost two decades.
By comparison, the United States, which relies solely on its garrison troops to exert additional influence, is nothing.
Compared to Japan's long-standing suffering due to this economic problem, the United States, which is still below China in terms of trade, is not as high as it seems.
As for why it is necessary to let him go over, the reason is very simple: if such an important technical cooperation matter that can affect a country's foreign policy is not involved in such an important technical cooperation matter that can affect its foreign policy, and if there is no key person who is important enough to affect the process of the country's foreign affairs, and given the prudence shown by the Japanese side in international affairs, I am afraid that it will not be so easy to believe the promises they have made.
What's more, there will inevitably be obstruction from the United States.
Hearing this, Lin Youde already understood that it was impossible for him to make Liang Yu change his mind, it was related to the overall situation of subduing Taiwan and breaking through the blockade of the first island chain, and his personal safety was indeed nothing. Don't say that Liang Yu dared to risk his life, after knowing that the trip to Tokyo had such an important historical significance, Lin Youde had already made a decision in his heart, no matter how difficult and dangerous the process was, he would be desperate to complete the task, even if he didn't want to fight for his life, he would ensure Liang Yu's safety.
Seeing the resolute look suddenly revealed on Lin Youde's face, although Liang Yu was not a roundworm in his stomach, he also knew what the other party was thinking, and couldn't help but shake his head and laugh: "Okay, don't be so nervous, in fact, this time I went to Tokyo, in addition to finding cooperation conditions that they can't refuse in China, behind the scenes, we still have extra confidence to ensure the safety of our group." ”