In the summer of 1980, the 15th meeting of the Fifth Session of the Longguo State decided: "Set up special economic zones in Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Shantou and Xiamen. ”

Nobunaga Hatoya saw a small tofu block report on the RB Economic News.

The great change in the economic landscape of the entire Maison began this summer......

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However, Nobunaga's current strength is not enough to intervene in this frenzy of gold rush, and he is going to attend a wedding.

The city of Sapporo, Hokkaido, held an engagement ceremony of the century.

This is the engagement ceremony of the Nakata family of Yubari City, Yukiho Nakata, director of the Yubari City Promotion and Development Bureau, and retired captain of the Self-Defense Force, and Takahiro Yokoji, a member of the Hokkaido Province.

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The urban development trajectory of Yubari City: established because of coal, prospered because of coal, and declined because of coal.

High-quality coal mining began in the Meiji period, and it is an important base for RB coal mines, coal mining machinery, and related industries, accounting for one-fifth of RB's coal production.

Known as the "coal capital", the city has 24 large-scale high-quality open-pit coal mines, which was once the largest open-pit coal mine in Asia, and the Yubari Coal Power Plant is the largest thermal power plant in Asia.

Since the energy revolution in the 60s of the 20th century, the economy of Yubari City has begun to decline, and coal mining enterprises have gone bankrupt one after another, and the mountain has been closed.

Industrial chain disruption, population decline, economic recession......

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In 1980, the Yubari City Census reported that the average age of Yubari residents was 29 years old in 1970, but it had soared to 47 years old in ten years, and the fertility rate had dropped significantly.

The debts left by the former mayor of Yubari City, Yoshida Hisashi, have made the condition of Yubari City, a seriously ill patient, even worse......

At the same time, the industrial transformation and the great development of the tourism industry formulated by the mayor of Yubari Nakata Tetsuji have always been only inputs, but not outputs.

According to Nakata's policy, Yubari City will spend 7.5 billion yen over the next three years to build ski resorts, resorts, museums, hotels, and other ......

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Yukiho Nakata, director of the Yubari City Revitalization and Development Bureau, faced with such a large amount of financial expenditure, began to reduce expenditure with an iron fist.

Civil servants in Yubari are required to prohibit air conditioning from going to work in summer and winter. In the cold winter of Hokkaido, the temperature in the office is below zero, and civil servants rely on stomping their feet to keep warm;

The number of civil servants has been reduced and the year-end bonus for the next three years has been abolished;

A large number of public facilities have been closed, including 152 public toilets, 2 art galleries, 6 middle schools, 15 primary schools, and 12 community clinics throughout the city;

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On the one hand, the Nakata family promoted various revitalization policies to save or delay the "death" of Yubari City.

On the other hand, it is preparing to break away from Yubari City and march towards the Hokkaido Provincial Assembly.

Hokkaido Provincial Councilor Takahiro Yokoji can get strong support from the powerful family in this place in terms of financial resources and political and metallurgical resources.

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Nobunaga had a close relationship with the Hokkaido Coal Mine Authority, and had a bad relationship with Yukiho Nakata, director of the Yubari City Promotion and Development Bureau.

Under normal circumstances, it is not possible to receive an invitation.

However, the rise of Ishikari House made Nakata Yukiho have no choice but to issue this invitation letter as the director of the Yubari City Revitalization and Development Bureau.

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The Ishikariya chain continued to expand in Hokkaido, and with the "Machimura Expansion Strategy", the Ishikariya chain began to move south, and quickly occupied the vast Ishikariya village towns in the Tohoku region.

【Town and Village Expansion Strategy】: Increases the expansion rate of towns, villages, and towns by 30%.

The Tohoku region is a large regional concept in the RB region, so it is also called the "Ou region".

It is located in the northern part of RB Honshu Island and includes six prefectures: Aomori, Iwate, Akita, Yamagata, Miyagi Prefecture, and Fukushima Prefecture. It is bordered by the Kanto region to the south, the central part of the southwest, and Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait to the north.

This area accounts for 18% of the country's total area. With a population of 10.38 million, this is twice the size of Hokkaido's large market.

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[Creditor's Loyalty]: The annual franchise fee is 500,000 yen, and the collective loyalty is increased by 10%.

Under the model of "creditor's loyalty", the employees of the Ishikariya chain store are full of enthusiasm and cohesion to crush the local pastry shop.

This business model has been highly praised by investors and venture banks, and the valuation of Ishikari House has exceeded 1.5 billion yen.

Under the festering situation of the overall recession of Yubari City, the only performance highlight of the Yubari City Revitalization and Development Bureau.

This is the reason why Director Yukiho Nakata had to invite Nobunaga Hato.

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In addition, the head of the Hokkaido Coal Mine Municipality United, Goro Kamado, was also invited by Mayor Tetsuji Nakata.

Due to the closure of a large area of the coal industry, Ishikariya has solved some of the employment problems, and the number of members is still falling off a cliff.

The power of the Hokkaido Coal Mine Municipality Coalition is not as strong as it used to be.

However, until the next round of city council elections, the Hokkaido Coal Mine Municipalities Union still holds 15% of the seats in the city council, and there are two village councils and one village mayor.

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Four Seasons Hotel Sapporo, engagement banquet.

Nobunaga and Goro Kamado sat at a table......

"Nobunaga-kun, are you interested in the new round of government projects in Yubari City?" Goro Kamado said as he ate the grilled salmon sushi on the table.

"There's a project that I'm planning to bid on."

Nobunaga Hato, who got a glass of red wine, looked at the photographic spotlight of the engagement ceremony, and said casually in a white knotted rope epaulette style Maritime Self-Defense Force dress Yukiho Nakata.