Chapter 202: The Shipbuilding Scandal
On the way to Indonesia, Matsuda Yoshiko told the truth to Nanahoko, who was sitting on the side and nervous: "Nanahoko, there are some things that I can't say to you when I'm in Tokyo, do you know who the man the boss wants you to accompany this time?" ”
Nanahoko replied suspiciously: "Didn't you tell me the day before yesterday that you were an old man and a rich man in Indonesia?" ”
Yoshiko Matsuda shook her head: "It's not wrong to say that he is a rich man, his assets are also worthy of the identity of a rich man." But why don't you want to think about it, if it's just an Indonesian rich man, can the boss be in a hurry? Don't you know the identity of our boss? To tell you the truth, this man who has taken a fancy to you is actually the president of Indonesia. ”
Qibaozi was immediately shocked: "What? The President of Indonesia? A few days ago, the newspaper said that the founding president of Indonesia, Su and Su, who came to Japan for a visit, did they promise something? ”
Matsuda Yoshiko couldn't help but look at Nanahoko with admiration: "Okay, I didn't want to read the newspaper as well, and I know that the founding president of Indonesia came to Japan for a visit, it's not easy, no wonder it can fascinate the president of a country." ”
Nemoto Nanako said in a low voice, "I also look at current affairs occasionally. She said this very weakly, because she had been using this newspaper on the table for the past few days, but it just happened to reveal the content of Sukarno's visit to Japan, so she accidentally saw it twice and had some impressions. If she had read the entire report, she would have recognized Sukarno, because the text was next to a large photograph of Sukarno.
At this time, Matsuda Yoshiko said: "It is precisely because Mr. Sukarno is the president of a country that he was afraid that the news would leak out and cause some unnecessary trouble, so he didn't tell you in detail." Now that you think about it, you also know the importance of your trip, and after you arrive in Indonesia, show your housekeeping skills and hook the heart of Mr. President. Then even if you fly on the branches and become a phoenix in your life, at the same time, don't forget who gave you this opportunity, and you should pay more attention to the affairs of the boss and Mr. President in the future. ”
Fundamental Qibaozi nodded hurriedly: "Team Leader Matsuda, don't worry, Qibaozi will definitely repay the favor and do his best for you and Boss Tangning in the future." Nanahoko said this from her heart, because she knew how important this opportunity was to her. After grasping it, it will no longer be a bar maid that everyone can tease, but the high-ranking wife of the president, but once you don't cherish it well, there will be no way out, and the Imperial Bar will definitely not be able to go back, because Matsuda Yoshiko and Tony Downing will definitely not let go of themselves.
Sukarno was quite excited about the arrival of Shichihoko Nemoto, and let her live in the presidential palace that night, and within a few days, Shichihoko Nemoto became an Indonesian citizen. Changed her name to Latona Sally Devi, that is, Mrs. Devi, who became famous in Indonesia in the later period.
It is said that shortly after Mrs. Devi's change of life, Soekarno and her had a secret wedding ceremony at the mosque inside the presidential palace. After her marriage, Sukarno built her a palatial mansion on the outskirts of Jakarta and named it after Dai Wei's favorite deceased brother Hachizeno, calling it "Hachizen's Palace".
Tang Ning is still very proud of the fundamental Qibaozi's move, after all, it is just a matter of favor. It can be regarded as leaving a way out for himself.
Just as Downing was planning for Indonesia, he heard another thing that gave him some headaches. It was known through his informants. The current Japanese prime minister, Downing's "close comrade-in-arms" Shigeru Yoshida's confidant, the secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, Eisaku Sato (he is Kishi's younger brother, but I have never understood how these two brothers not only have different surnames, but also participate in completely different political parties, but what makes people have to be convinced is that both brothers have been Japanese prime ministers) accepted a huge bribe of up to 20 million yen from the Japan Shipbuilding Association. Now Hatoyama Ichiro and others plan to attack Yoshida Shigeru with this, following the example of Yoshida Shigeru who overthrew Ashida Jun back then.
After the outbreak of the Korean War, the United States adjusted its strategy toward Japan and loosened restrictions on government subsidies for shipbuilding and shipping. The shipbuilding and shipping industry was able to return to the "arms of government".
The Japanese government has used public funds 47 times to launch the "shipbuilding plan", and the number of government orders has become a key indicator of the competitiveness of enterprises. In order to avoid the unfavorable situation of public relations and competition among enterprises, the shipbuilding industry association took a fixed amount of money from each new ship built by each enterprise to raise a huge amount of bribes, and "donated" it to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party through Secretary General Eisaku Sato. In return, the Liberal Democratic Party pushed the Diet to pass the "Act on Interest Subsidies for the Construction of Ocean-going Vessels," and the government's subsidies for shipbuilding and shipping returned to pre-World War II levels.
After learning of this, Tang Ning was anxious, although he and Yoshida Shigeru only used each other's relationship, but it was a happy cooperation, but once Hatoyama Ichiro took the position, it would be troublesome, this Hatoyama Ichiro is not an ordinary person, the Hatoyama family behind him is an authentic Japanese gate valve family, known as the "Japanese Kennedy family". There is even a saying that "since Japan had a parliament, there has been a Hatoyama family in the parliament." ”
Hatoyama Ichiro's father, Kazuo Hatoyama, was the speaker of the House of Representatives in Japan's Meiji era, and Hatoyama Ichiro himself served as prime minister for three consecutive terms, his son Hatoyama Weiichiro and grandson Kunio Hatoyama both served as ministers of internal affairs and communications, and another grandson, Yukio Hatoyama, later became prime minister.
Not only politically talented, but also financially wealthy, his son-in-law, Shojiro Ishibashi, is the founder of Bridgestone, the world's largest manufacturer of tire and rubber products, with a 19.1% share of the world's tire market.
That is, when MacArthur occupied Japan, in order to crack down on Japan's chaebol and gate valve families, the Hatoyama family could not raise their heads, and now that the US military is gone, the Hatoyama family naturally wants to return to the political arena, so they are trying their best to find fault with the Yoshida Shigeru cabinet, so after learning of this scandal, it is natural to make a big fuss.
But to Tangning's surprise, when he came to Yoshida Shigeru's official residence, talked to Yoshida Shigeru about the stakes, asked him to lose his car to protect the handsome, and took the initiative to punish Sato Esaku, in order to protect Yoshida's cabinet, he didn't expect Yoshida Shigeru himself to be very cold about this, just waved lightly and said, "Well, I know about this, thank you for your trouble, Tony." ”
Tang Ning was stunned for a while, this, is this still the decisive killing, power-hungry, and control-minded Yoshida Shigeru he knows? (To be continued......)