Chapter 709: Firm Refusal
If this person is a young man who is passionate about Japan, if this person can see the current situation in Japan as clearly as Zhou Xiao, maybe this person will work very hard to reverse all this.
If this is an old man, just like the old man in front of him, and the old men in the previous political parties, they will repeatedly drink to quench their thirst and do all kinds of things that Zhou Xiao feels can only see in front of them and have no foresight at all.
Koizumi is still talking about his purpose this time.
"Now that we have won the position of party leader, and Noda's approval rating is already very low, our next goal is to become prime minister, and in the future, our goal is to ......" Koizumi gushed about the various ambitions of the party, and to sum it up, it is actually very simple to remove the part that cannot be named.
Once Abe gets the position of prime minister, various revitalization plans will start immediately in the future, that is, Abenomics and the like, and other things like amending the constitution Koizumi did not disclose, Zhou Xiao estimates that this kind of thing is still in a state of confidential discussion within the party.
"And the key to this is Japan's relationship with China and the United States." Koizumi finally got to the most important point.
"We are an island nation, and we are inherently lacking the ability to compete with China and the United States, but we are not weak enough to be manipulated by others like an ordinary small country, so our position is very crucial......," Koizumi said.
Most of the things he said, in fact, Zhou Xiao also had a general idea in his heart, especially in connection with Abe's various behaviors in the next two years, he could deduce most of the thoughts of Koizumi Abe's party at this time.
"Zhou Xiao, your existence is really crucial between China and Japan, I know that you must be more inclined to Sino-Japanese relations, but who makes us Japan, the United States may tolerate South Korea turning to China, but will never allow us to do so, since we have already sided with us. I can't change it......
Zhou Xiao, please, we have to do this in order to develop better, your opinion, your influence, if you don't let go, it's really difficult for us to make a fuss about the image of the Chinese......" Xiaoquan said a little sadly.
Zhou Xiao's image is too good, his existence with the baseball boy is like a mirror, and what is reflected in the mirror is the talent and charm of the Chinese. With the two of them, no matter how messy the Japanese media is, the Japanese people's views on the Chinese will have this bottom line of the two.
"Senior, you can't let me smash my image in the past ten years, right?" Zhou Xiao said embarrassedly.
"Of course, we don't want you to smash your own image, we know that this is too harsh on you, and our idea is simply that you can express some love for Japan in public, or what you think about the island to the south, the shrine on our side......," Koizumi said.
"Senior. If this is the case, there is no need for our company to continue its work in the future. Zhou Xiao said worriedly.
"Really? No way? Koizumi asked in surprise.
"In addition to my image, AKB's future goals and so on, there are two other projects in our company. It's also very important in China, and once I do that kind of thing, it's not going to be easy to do in the future. Zhou Xiao said.
"Can't those two projects be done in China?" Koizumi asked.
"It's not just those two projects, it's the networking stuff that our company makes. From the website to the game, it is not really suitable for Japan, and these things are to be promoted to the world. Therefore, our company has always been very concerned about this aspect...... "Zhou Xiao explained.
LOL Needless to mention, the future League of Legends legend is also more popular in China and Europe and the United States, as for Japan, these two games are not unplayed, and there are even teams of these two games on the Japanese side, but the influence is basically zero, and these two games will not make money at all on the Japanese side, and they will lose a lot if they calculate the operating costs every day.
"Zhou Xiao, you are really different from ordinary Japanese." Koizumi said with a smile.
"Why do you say that?"
"Ordinary Japanese entrepreneurs, usually only focus on the domestic market, and really go out of the foreign market, usually only a small number of super large companies, I didn't expect your company to be so powerful......" Koizumi said with some embarrassment, he couldn't let Zhou Xiao give up his company's strategic goals in person.
"In fact, it's not that we are powerful, but Japan is too powerful, and it is precisely because we can't find any business in Japan that we can intervene in, so we turn to ......foreign markets," Zhou Xiao said modestly.
"In that case...... It's troublesome. Koizumi said.
"Trouble?"
"I'm not afraid to tell you, in the next few years, when we will be in power, we will be more sure of what kind of policy we will have, this road, in the future there will definitely be a lot of friction with China, if it is those industrial companies that do business at the door, but like you, a company that needs to be imaged...... I think you need to prepare early. ”
Zhou Xiao was startled, staring at Xiao Quan's surprised face.
"What's wrong? Not convinced? Koizumi asked.
"No, it's not that I don't believe it, I just think...... Why are you telling me this? Zhou Xiao asked.
In this society, information is money in many cases, and an information asymmetry is likely to cause the wrong choice of corporate strategy, not to mention a company like AZX, or a super company with a market value of tens of billions of dollars.
It is impossible for any successful person to underestimate the value of information, and it is precisely because of this that Zhou Xiao is surprised why Xiaoquan so casually releases valuable information such as their future party tendencies.
"Zhou Xiao, you...... It's not as politically ignorant as we think. Koizumi suddenly laughed.
"I really don't understand." Zhou Xiaodao.
"Even if you don't understand it, even if you don't know much about politics, you still have enough IQ as a smart person, so you can realize these things.
The information I told you can't be said to be too secret for anyone to say, as for my purpose......" Koizumi smiled and continued: "We have such a plan in the future, let alone you, even I am difficult to change, and you, since your future direction is China, it is difficult to change." So I think...... Perhaps in the future communication with Chinese, you can be one of our eyes, your existence...... Maybe it will be a bridge for us to understand the Chinese government's policy ideas......"
Zhou Xiao shook his head helplessly.
Koizumi finally made a request that he would never agree to.
"Senior, I know that I am a soft-spoken person, and in my identity, neither Japan nor China will easily believe me, so for many sensitive things, my news will be slower, and it is really a bit difficult for you to let me do this."
"To what extent you are capable, we actually know it internally. I won't let you do something that you can't absolutely do, after all, you are the leader of such a big company, of course we can't force you to do anything, but ...... Don't forget who you are, there are many things you can't choose for yourself, and if you don't do it, the future will be very dangerous for you and for AZX. ”
Zhou Xiao and Koizumi chatted for about half an hour in Keio's remote office, and the originally kind dialogue between the two sides finally reached the most critical moment.
Koizumi unveiled the toughness of his purpose. And Zhou Xiao must also face the status quo of facing the previous party and a party that is about to govern.
Ten years back, ten years of endurance. has been hiding for ten years, but there are some things that can't be avoided after all.
Neutrality is not necessarily a foolproof solution. Neutrality comes at a cost, perhaps even greater.
By this time. Zhou Xiao and Xiaoquan's speed of speech became very slow, and both sides considered their respective speeches, and they were very cautious in revealing each other's thoughts while not losing their strength.
"I think I've made it very clear that my choice doesn't show who I'm inclined towards, and I can guarantee that I've never done anything harmful to Japan in the past ten years, but correspondingly, please don't let me do anything harmful to other countries, not because I don't want to do things for Japan, if it's something else, like earthquake donations and the like, I've been doing a lot, but people are different, and that's my insistence." Zhou Xiao said.
"You do this...... It's unwise......" Koizumi's face had gradually begun to lose his smile.
"I know, but it's my choice." Zhou Xiaodao.
"Well, I respect your choice and admire your bravery." Koizumi said.
His faint smile at the moment that people couldn't see anything was already a little difficult to tell whether it was polite or ridiculous, but Zhou Xiao didn't care about this, he said: "I'm sorry, I admit that I am very spineless." ”
"Then I'll ask you one last thing." Koizumi Road.
"You speak."
"You are a smart person, since you have made a decision in your heart, at this time, the most appropriate reaction should be to be false and wronged, right? Why did you reject me so directly? ”
"Isn't that a lie? When the time comes, if you really believe in me, give me some tasks, and maybe even entrust me with important tasks, and I am duplicitous, I am afraid that you will be affected and cause huge losses, so in this kind of matter, I think it is better to be honest. Zhou Xiao looked directly into Xiao Quan's eyes and said with great sincerity.
Xiaoquan and Zhou Xiao looked at each other for a full minute, and then finally smiled: "I'm glad you think so, that's right, I don't believe in bloodline or anything, you have received Japanese education since you were a child, and you have lived in Japan for thirty years, and it is absolutely impossible to favor a country that has not done anything for your growth." ”
"It's best if you understand." Zhou Xiao also relaxed and said.
"But you'd better go back and think more about what I said, if you are willing to agree, come and contact us, I can guarantee that our side will never treat you badly, if you are willing to join our party, your future, we will do our best to guarantee." Koizumi is already putting the finishing touches.
"I'll definitely think about it when I get back, then...... Senior, I'll take my leave if there's nothing to do. Zhou Xiao stood up and said.
"Okay, I won't send you away, let Kotaro send you out." Koizumi also stood up and said.
After coming out of Koizumi's side and shaking hands with Kotaro Koizumi to say goodbye, Zhou Xiao turned around and got into the company's car.
"Go home! No, go to the theater! He put his suit and tie in the car as soon as he got into the car, and said with a tired face.
After the car started, he went straight to the AKB theater in Akihabara, and Zhou Xiao sat in the car and thought about the attack and defense with Koizumi just now.
At the end of the chat. Xiao Quan asked Zhou Xiao why he refused him directly, and Zhou Xiao answered him with a sincere face, to be honest, at that moment, it was the most nervous and critical time for Zhou Xiao to chat with Xiao Quan.
It's all nonsense to say that you are afraid that Xiaoquan and them will be affected, but what Zhou Xiao is afraid of is not this.
Koizumi, Abe, and even Noda, these people are all politicians, and before they became prime ministers, they may not have had enough influence. may even be directly broken into the party headquarters by Zhou Xiao, once they control the country, then it is natural that there will be the country's intelligence and violent organs among the things they control.
What should Zhou Xiao do if he is false to these people? To what extent is it good? At first, people may send some very small and small demands, can you do these things? For these state organs, Zhou Xiao's impression is that no matter how much you do, even if you only do a small thing, you will definitely be caught by the other party and threaten you to do more!
So. He had already made up his mind that he would not help them do anything at all, not only for Japan, but also regrettably. The same is true for China, because even if he does a little bit, he can't be sure that he will be taken advantage of.
It is basically impossible for a state organ to put a person's ideas in a very important position. When necessary, it is easy for a country to give up a person, no matter how much that person has done for the country. As a choice for the country itself, it must also be very rational and unsentimental.
As for the good relationship he has always maintained with Pan Jiale, he has done a lot of things with Pan Jiale, that is because Pan Jiale has always maintained his position very clearly, and the relationship between the two is more of a working relationship than a personal relationship, and he will not let Zhou Xiao do anything to spy on Japanese policy, or something that is inclined to the dispute between the two countries.
Pan Jiale's work has always been only to let Zhou Xiao develop better and strive for a better Chinese image abroad as a Chinese.
He is not an intelligence agency, and he will not let Zhou Xiao do anything related to intelligence, or even anything like a spy.
This conversation is definitely not good news for Zhou Xiao, it stands to reason that he is a small artist and entrepreneur, compared with the general trend of China and Japan, it is definitely a dusty existence, and the leaders of the two countries will not pinch him to death It will be much more difficult than pinching an ordinary person to death.
For an existence like Abe Noda, there is no need to come to see him specifically for the sake of a Zhou Xiao anyway.
But who made Zhou Xiao's position so delicate, for the work of Abe and Koizumi, Zhou Xiao is an inescapable person, his identity and his image have caused too much hindrance to Abe and them.
If he could, Zhou Xiao would never want to stand in this position and have such an impact on the national policy of the two countries, and become the existence that everyone is afraid of and no one will treat each other sincerely, but who let him have such an identity, who made him like those things in Japan and chose to do these things in this country.
Perhaps, from the day he debuted, these things have been decided today, this is a hurdle for him, a Chinese, a hurdle that must be crossed to achieve this level in the entertainment industry.
If he didn't cross this hurdle, either he chose one side to join, or he was hated by the Japanese government, and he couldn't do anything as he wanted, and eventually gradually declined, quit the popular circle, and couldn't even keep his own industry.
And if he crosses over, maybe he may become an artist who transcends the nation and the country, and may become a bridge between China and Japan.
Zhou Xiao didn't dare to think about this, all he had to do now was to prepare for the next thing with all his might.
Abe and Koizumi, the matter will never end like this, Koizumi They have already done a very polite thing, if they salute first and then the soldiers, they have already done the salute, and the next part may be the soldiers.
And Zhou Xiao knows that he has not been completely in contact with the forces on Abe's side before, and the two sides have even had a small confrontation, but compared with the previous one, Zhou Xiao is sure that once Abe's side makes a move in the future, the scale is definitely not comparable to the small slander and suspicion in the front.
What's even more frustrating for Zhou Xiao is that by the time the other party makes a move, it is likely that Abe will have already come to power and become prime minister, and by that time...... No matter what method Abe's side uses to deal with him, it may be difficult for his side to fight back.
This is one of the things that makes him very painful, he knows very well who the opponent is and what kind of means the opponent will use, but it is difficult for his side to respond.
"Bastard...... Can we only passively accept all this? On the way to Akihabara, Zhou Xiao thought anxiously.
"No, you can't just look at it, you have to do something!" He has worked so hard for more than ten years, even if he is facing an organization that is almost impossible for him to fight against, he has to try to fight it, the experience of being a star is very cultivated, and now his heart is definitely tougher than in his previous life, which is the only thing he can rely on.
As for the purpose of going to Akihabara, it's just that I'm too tired to go to the show and take a break. (To be continued......)