Chapter 53 Landing and repaying the money
Eiichi Iwasaki invited not only Kotaro Hashimoto, but also Sakura Ogata.
Because Nagisa stayed outside honestly, Rina Tanaka did not follow Liu Wei into the study.
When he arrived, Liu Wei noticed that in this manor, which covers an area of thousands of acres, there are three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, and there are no less than 1,000 guards, which is very strict.
Obviously, the events in Hiroshima have affected the Iwasaki family.
The Iwasaki family is not short of money or power, and equips the guards with advanced weaponry, such as MP7 submachine guns and HK416 assault rifles, as well as some very expensive PSG-1 sniper rifles.
Are they guards?
Along the way, Liu Wei saw at least dozens of Western faces.
These guys are nominally employees of private security companies, but they are actually mercenaries. Most of them have service experience, some are retired special forces, and they have been on the battlefield. Compared to those community gangsters who can't even turn their guns, they are not only much more powerful, but also more dedicated.
The Iwasaki family was not a society in the first place, and did not run a gray industry.
It's just that compared to any family with a surname in the community, the Iwasaki family is not a little bit powerful.
Not to mention hiring mercenaries as guards, the Iwasaki family can even form a private army in the name of a security company if necessary.
This kind of family, which is stronger than the middle country, is the master of the book.
Liu Wei came neither early nor late, and Iwasaki Eiichi talked with Yasutaro Hashimoto and Sakuraka Ogata about the Kurishima family and was discussing cooperation.
Although the police made a preliminary inference based on the situation at the scene, believing that the Laidao family had offended a certain foreign force and had nothing to do with other associations, a large family with a history of hundreds of years died out, and hundreds of people were not spared, which still had a huge shock to those associations that were about to move.
What kind of foreign power has such tremendous power?
Don't forget, this is the book. Without the assistance and support of domestic forces, it would have been impossible for any foreign force to wipe out the Kurishima family overnight, destroy the nest that the Kurishima family had painstakingly operated for hundreds of years, and it would be impossible to withdraw cleanly before the police arrived, leaving no trace.
Because the arms industry is not open to the public, and there are few societies that have the same channels as the Kurishima family, it is the Brotherhood that has already collapsed the Shipclub that is most likely involved in this matter, and the Iwasaki family who secretly cooperates with the Brotherhood in a vain attempt to control the Hanshin region.
There is no doubt that no one believes that the Brotherhood can destroy the Kurushima family on their own.
To be able to bring down the ship society, the brotherhood mainly relied on the contradictions between the Taketen family, the Kondo family and the Ogata family, and made a fuss about the death of Taketeng Yugishi. If Wu Teng Yugishi was still alive and there was no civil strife in the Funasho, even if the Brotherhood dominated the Kanto region, it would not be possible to march into the Hanshin region.
Hiroshima is far enough away from Tokyo that the tentacles of the Brotherhood can't reach anywhere.
In the eyes of many associations, the real culprit behind the scenes is not the brotherhood, but the ambitious Iwasaki family.
Only the most powerful family has the ability to make the Kurishima family a thing of the past overnight.
After a few words, Liu Wei knew that his guess was not wrong. Less than a day after the incident, Eiichi Iwasaki was under great pressure, and other families and societies must have put pressure on the Iwasaki family on the affairs of the Oshima family, making it difficult for him to deal with it, otherwise he would not be in a hurry to find Yasutaro Hashimoto and Sakura Ogata to discuss countermeasures.
What else can be countered?
Ending the chaos as soon as possible is the only choice for Iwasaki Eiichi, as long as the trouble continues, the Mitsubishi Foundation will not only not want to enter the Hanshin area, but will even become the target of public criticism.
If you want to end the chaos as soon as possible, Eiichi Iwasaki will have to rely on Yasutaro Hashimoto and Sakura Ogata.
It's not that the Iwasaki family doesn't have this ability. With the strength of the Iwasaki family, not to mention a Hanshin region, it is not a problem to sweep the underground world of the whole world.
The problem is that there is more than one big family that has influence in this book.
There are several big families with a history comparable to the Iwasaki family, such as the Mitsui family and the Sumitomo family, as well as rising stars such as the Toyota family and the Honda family. In the decades after the war, especially since the late fifties of the last century, these big families have been fighting openly and secretly in order to control the overall situation.
With the current situation, if the Iwasaki family interferes in the affairs of the society, other big families will inevitably attack it.
In this way, not only will the problem not be solved, but it will also expand the problem.
Iwasaki Eiichi is not stupid, and he will not take this step.
It is best for the community to take the lead in the affairs of the association.
"I have considered the request you mentioned last time, and I have informed the other members of the board of directors." When Iwasaki Eiichi said this, he kept looking at Liu Wei, and it seemed that it was Liu Wei who was in charge, not Kotaro Hashimoto and Sakura Ogata. "We will discuss this issue in detail at the next meeting of the board of directors of the consortium."
"So when will the meeting of the board of directors of the consortium be held?" Liu Wei asked very directly.
"It's going to take time." Iwasaki Eiichi coughed dryly, and Masasei said, "The consortium has a huge industry, and the schedule for the board of directors was set a year ago, and now it's ......."
"Mr. Iwasaki, if you weren't sincere, you wouldn't have invited us over, would you?"
was interrupted by Liu Wei, Iwasaki Eiichi was very unhappy, but when Liu Wei said this, he was even more unhappy.
"With such advanced technology, it is not easy to hold a board meeting. If Mr. Iwasaki is reluctant to spend this money, it can be counted in our account. Liu Wei smiled faintly, didn't give Iwasaki Eichi a chance to speak, and continued, "Besides, there is no need to hold a board meeting to discuss the issue of the Hashimoto family and the Ogata family jointly acquiring one percent of the Mitsubishi consortium. ”
knew that Liu Wei would not give Iwasaki Eiichi a good face, and Kotaro Hashimoto was not surprised.
Mobei Wolf was very familiar with Liu Wei's temper, and not only was he not the slightest surprised, but he also continued to consume the high-end wine that Eiichi Iwasaki brought to entertain the guests.
Only Ogata Sakuraka was slightly surprised, because Liu Wei's statement was equivalent to letting Iwasaki Eiichi sell the equivalent of 1% of the Mitsubishi consortium's equity.
This is also the minimum standard for admission to the board of directors of the consortium.
Since it was a private transfer, there was no need to convene a board meeting.
Unlike the stocks circulating in the market, the equity of the consortium is not circulating, or there is no measurement standard, and it is not linked to the income of the consortium, and only determines the right to speak in the consortium.
So far, the Iwasaki family still holds nearly 40% of the shares of the Mitsubishi consortium and is the largest shareholder of the consortium.
These shares are scattered among the main members of the family, and the shares that belong to Iwasaki Eiichi will not exceed 20%, and the rest will be in the hands of several of his brothers and several cousins.
Liu Wei's words were very heavy, but Iwasaki Eiichi did not refuse on the spot.
One percent of the equity is not much, but it has the significance of determining the surname.
Entering the board of directors of the Mitsubishi Foundation is equivalent to entering the upper class society and mastering the business trends of the foundation. Because the Mitsubishi consortium owns the largest banks and determines the financial policy of the foundation, entering the board of directors of the consortium is equivalent to grasping the direction of the financial policy of the foundation, and thus the direction of the economic development of the capital.
Although the benefits of this equity are very limited, the benefits from this are simply not measurable in monetary terms.
When the bubble economy burst, Goldman Sachs Group spent $15 billion to acquire a 1 percent stake, but the Iwasaki family rejected it. Subsequently, the Iwasaki family took control of the Mitsubishi Foundation's board of directors, requiring any consortium director to obtain board permission before selling his shares.
The sole purpose of this is to ensure that the Mitsubishi Foundation remains in charge of the Mitsubishi Consortium himself.
Unfortunately, the Mitsubishi Foundation suffered from a two-decade economic downturn, and in the end it was unable to hold the front. At the beginning of this century, Goldman Sachs, Citibank, and JPMorgan Chase Investment Bank successively acquired more than 1 percent of the shares of the consortium and became members of the board of directors of the consortium.
Iwasaki Eiichi thought for a long time before he said, "It's not that I'm reluctant to sell my equity, I'm just worried about the two ......."
"Are you afraid we won't be able to pay for it?" Liu Wei smiled and helped Iwasaki Eichi finish his words. "Mr. Iwasaki, whether we can afford to buy one percent of the equity is our business. The so-called sky-high asking price and paying back the money at the bottom, Mr. Iwasaki doesn't make a price, how can we bargain? ”
Iwasaki's facial muscles twitched a few times, and Liu Wei was too aggressive to give him a chance at all.
Liu Wei didn't press step by step, but asked Iwasaki Eiichi to think about it.
"I am honored to work with the Ogata family in good faith. The Mitsubishi Foundation is inseparable from the support and assistance of other families. Iwasaki Eichi paused and raised his right index finger.
"100 million?" Liu Wei asked.
Iwasaki Sakae stared at him and almost turned his back on it.
The Mitsubishi consortium is so powerful that it is involved in almost all walks of life, is it only worth 10 billion?
In the book, of course, it is said that it is said that it is Yuan.
"Mr. Liu is really joking, it's ten trillion yuan."
"Oh......" Liu Wei nodded thoughtfully and said with a smile, "Mr. Iwasaki is also very good at joking, I'm afraid the Mitsubishi Consortium as a whole is not worth 10 trillion yuan." Besides, it's just one percent of equity without dividends, why is it worth so much? ”
"You ......" Iwasaki Eiichi was about to be blown up.
If you want those stocks with dividends, you just go to the market and buy them, why talk about this?
To make a lot of money in business, you must rely on two things, one is dominance, and the other is information. Entering the board of directors of the Mitsubishi Foundation is equivalent to obtaining both things.
It is undeniable that Eiichi Iwasaki deliberately bluffed and exaggerated the value of the equity.
The problem is that without a net worth of trillions of yuan, not only is he not qualified to enter the upper class, but it is also impossible to fall into the big tree of the Mitsubishi Foundation.
There are more than 20 members of the board of directors of the Mitsubishi Foundation, which one is not worth a huge amount of billions.
Iwasaki Eiichi controlled his emotions and said, "Since Mr. Liu doesn't think it's worth it, why not pay it back?" ”
Liu Wei smiled and stretched out a finger.
"It's ......"
"Mr. Iwasaki is refreshing, I might as well make decisions for Hashimoto-kun and Miss Ogata, a trillion yuan." Liu Wei was very cheerful and did not ask for the opinions of Kotaro Hashimoto and Sakura Ogata at all. "At most, 1.5 trillion yuan, if Mr. Iwasaki doesn't object, the deal will be done. Of course, business is not sincere. Mr. Iwasaki doesn't agree, and we won't take it to heart, so let's make friends. ”
Liu Wei said it easily, but Iwasaki Eiichi didn't listen to it easily, especially the last sentence.
Although I don't know what medicine Liu Wei sells in the gourd, Iwasaki Eiichi knows very well that this guy didn't ask for the opinions of Yasutaro Hashimoto and Sakura Ogata and made a direct bid, which must be very promising and courageous. If the negotiations fail, the Hashimoto family and the Ogata family will defect to the Kawasaki Foundation, not to mention that the Iwasaki family will continue to be in trouble, and even the Mitsubishi Foundation's strategic deployment in the Hanshin area will suffer a heavy blow.
Is 1,500 billion yuan a lot?
More than 20 years ago, the Goldman Sachs consortium offered the same price, and the Mitsubishi consortium was like Zhongtian at that time.
Can the Hashimoto family and the Ogata family come up with so much money?
Sakae Iwasaki had an idea in his head.
It's a pity that Liu Wei had already guessed what he was thinking.
(To be continued)