Chapter 116: One Trick Eats All Over the World
The Gen family wants to be the prime minister's family?
Duanmu Ci was a little surprised in his heart, you must know that the Yuan family is a famous family in Japan for thousands of years, and its position is noble. It's just that during World War II, because of his always anti-war stance and the opposition to the emperor and the military, it has been liquidated after the war until today. Surnames such as Hatoyama and Abe have risen one after another, while Genji has been dormant and has done little in the political arena.
And now that the royal family is ready to marry the princess Yu Genji, there must be such a sense of reconciliation in this, which means that the royal family is no longer ready to continue to remember this old story, and wants to work hand in hand with Genji to create a better future. With such an obvious hint, the fire in Yuan Yizong's heart naturally rose up, and he also wanted to go to the position above the ten thousand people under that person.
Duanmu Ci pondered for a long time, and then asked softly, "Does Mr. Yizong want to be the prime minister?" β
"No, no, no!" Gen Yizong shook his head and waved his hand, "I'm just an idle person, and I don't have enough power to govern Genji, let alone govern a country?" And I have never held any office in the government, so how can I be eligible to run? What I want to support is just a side branch of Genji, not me. β
Duanmu Ci said, "Genji's status is respected, and fighting for the position of prime minister is the meaning of the question, and it should be so. β
Gen Yoshizong said, "It seems that the Duanmu family has promised to help us Genji?" β
Duanmu Ci said with a smile, "Where love is, it is naturally incumbent." It's just that...... How can I help? β
This is a question to the point, you must know that the Duanmu family has no other forces in Japan except for the Gongyi Mo Construction Office and a few pieces of land. I want to help Genji politically. That's impossible, military, needless to say. It's not a coup d'Γ©tat......
In this way, only financial help remains.
Yuan Yizong ordered someone to remove the tea set. Then he said, "I have been dormant for many years, and there are not many people who are optimistic about the position of prime minister this time." Therefore, the political donations that can be raised will not be too much, which will be detrimental to the campaign! β
The so-called political donation refers to the financial assistance to people or groups engaged in election activities, thereby influencing the election of public office. This is a common phenomenon in politics, after all, regular elections require a lot of money, and it is difficult to rely on the assets owned by the party or the candidate alone. Therefore, it is necessary to solicit money from society in various ways.
All in all, political donations play an extremely important role in electoral activities, even very important! After all, most of the voters are followers, and few of them have their own political positions. Generally speaking, whoever does a good job in publicity, who stands up straight, and who deceives loudly in slogans, will succeed!
So take advantage of the loophole of "political donations". This gave rise to the so-called "golden power politics". If the people you support win the election, how much benefit will you get?
Duanmu Ci naturally also thought about this layer, in terms of friendship, he and Genji are close friends for two generations; On interests. Once Genji wins the election, the Duanmu family's business in Japan will naturally be able to expand, and it will be mutually beneficial. Duanmu Ci naturally would not refuse.
Duanmu Ci said, "Someone in Japan once said. "Before the election, you have to throw money until the money stands up," and the United States spent a full $5.3 billion in the 2008 election. It's really a money-burning thing. However, since Duanmu and the Genji family have been friends for generations, and the Gen family has something to do, my Duanmu family will naturally not sit idly by, Mr. Yoshimune, please rest assured. β
Yuan Yizong smiled, "Hearing you say this, I feel much more relieved in my heart. According to the latest "Political Funds Regulation Act", donations of more than 50,000 yen must be announced, so there is too much planning, and I am afraid that it will cause the public to resent and have the opposite effect. β
"So Mr. Yoshimune means ......?"
"Suppress the opponent's financial resources!" Gen Yoshimune said categorically, "Due to the recent public opinion situation, the candidates for prime minister do not dare to have too much contact with the chaebols, only one or two, and dare not do more." So as long as we take a salary from the bottom of the kettle and poke a hole in the opponent's money bag, we may win without a fight! β
"Poke a hole in your opponent's money bag?" Duanmu Ci smiled, "What does Mr. Yizong think?" β
Yuan Yizong said with a smile, "I know all the Duanmu family's handwriting in Chicago, it's really amazing!" A hero is a teenager, and he can make Morgan such a big heel, and my Yuan Yizong is incomparable. I mean, can the Duanmu family recreate what happened in Chicago in Tokyo? β
"Redo it in Tokyo?" Duanmu Ci frowned, "I'm afraid this is a little difficult, although I have a little real estate in Tokyo, but I don't have control over the things on the ground, it's not as good as when I was in Chicago." What's more, no one has come to buy my land recently, how can I reproduce it? β
"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding!" Gen Yoshizong waved his hand and said, "I don't mean to copy the Chicago thing exactly, just to take inspiration from it, Duanmu's family is in Ginza...... There must be a lot of land, right? There are a lot of places in them, but we Genji helped you take them back then! β
Duanmu Ci said, "Mr. Yizong, please also make it clear that if there is a place to help, the Duanmu family will definitely promise." β
"I've observed that Genji's biggest opponent in the prime minister's bid this time is Aokawaki, and the main source of his political donations is the Mitsukoshi family." "Mitsukoshi is Japan's largest department store chain, and it is Japan's oldest and most upscale department store. And the top priority of Mitsukoshi's business is in Ginza! β
"Mr. Yoshimune means asking me to force them to close their four department stores in Ginza?" Duanmu Ci somewhat understood what he meant, "And then make it impossible to take care of the whole thing, and the interests of the family will be hit hard, so there will be no money and no mood to support that Qingchuan Mu anymore, and Genji's chances of winning will be greater, yes or no?" β
"Exactly!" Gen Yoshizong said with a smile, "When your father Duanmu Qu purchased an industry in Tokyo, it was at the lowest point of Japan's economy in the 90s, and people were panicking. I, Genji, helped him acquire a few plots of land in Ginza, and now there are four Mitsukoshi department stores on top of those plots, if I can close them......"
"Then the Mitsukoshi family must not be in the mood to help Qingchuan Mu campaign again." Duanmu Ci smiled and finished the next words, "After all, Ginza is the focus of their profits!" You know, it's Ginza......"
Ginza, along with the Champs-ΓlysΓ©es in Paris and Fifth Avenue in New York, is one of the three most prosperous centers in the world. Together with Mt. Fuji and Kyoto, it symbolizes nature, history, and modernity, and has an extraordinary status. This is why it is also called the "heart of Tokyo." β
And the Mitsukoshi family has four department stores set up here, and these four department stores are all standing on the land of Duanmuci. Once Duanmu Ci forces him to close his doors, then the Mitsukoshi family will inevitably be shocked, where is the extra spare money to support other people's campaigns? Joke!
And once Aokawaki, Genji's biggest rival, loses the support of political donations, then the consequences are basically predictable.
Duanmu Ci figured out the cause and effect, and couldn't help laughing, "It's also a coincidence, the contract signed between my Duanmu family and the Mitsukoshi family is changed every ten years, and now the ten-year period is just around the corner, and my Duanmu family has even saved the effort to breach the contract, it's really Mr. God Helping Mr. Yizong!" β
Yuan Yizong was overjoyed, "Then please!" β
Duanmu Ci thought for a moment and said with a smile, "This is not busy, the candidates are about to start publicity, we might as well wait first, and when Qingchuan Mu's propaganda reaches a critical moment, we will suddenly make a move, and we will definitely be able to surprise them at that time!" Big surprise ......"
This is really "vicious", Duanmu Ci refused to directly cut off the opponent's financial resources, but had to wait until he reached a critical moment before making a move, which not only made the opponent want to die, but also made the opponent have no room to turn his head. Otherwise, if you do it before the publicity, then Aokawaki is likely to abandon the Mitsukoshi family and change to a financier, which will lose the meaning of "poking a hole in the opponent's money bag".
Once the propaganda starts, and Aokawaki suddenly lacks money, then he can only be forced to stop the propaganda and find another financier, so what threat is there for a prime minister candidate who has disappeared from the eyes of voters?
Genji's candidacy for the prime minister's position is basically a foregone conclusion.
Gen Yizong laughed and said, "Thoughtful! It's really thoughtful! Duanmu-kun rest assured, if my Genji wins this election, then the interests of the Duanmu family in Japan will be safeguarded to the greatest extent, and the Duanmu family's business in Japan, I, Genji, will definitely help! Everyone...... Win-win! β
Duanmu Ci thanked with a smile, he still trusted the character of this guy in Yuan Yizong.
As the saying goes, "one trick is fresh, eat all over the world" is really true! The ancients did not deceive me!
Oh, I almost forgot, I'm the "ancients"...... (To be continued......)