Karuizawa, Oda family. The three generations of Oda's grandparents and grandchildren are gathered together. They came to the living room and sat together, ready for a family meeting.

As the grandson of Oda's family, Oda Yuto was the first to speak: "You called me back from Tokyo, what important things do you have to talk about face-to-face?" ”

Ryuyusuke Oda said expressionlessly, "Is it a long trip home from Tokyo?" It's just over an hour away from the Shinkansen. That's what a nap is all it takes.

You're too much trouble. When you ask your family for money, why don't you bother? I even made a special trip home to ask for it. ”

Grandfather interjected and said, "Don't quarrel as soon as you meet. Ryunosuke, get down to business. ”

Ryunosuke Oda looked at his eldest son and said, "Next year, you will graduate from Keio University." There's always a plan for work, right? ”

Oda said bluntly, "What work plans can I have?" Wasn't my path already arranged by you, Dad?

Will I be able to work there after graduating from university? It's not just like your grandfather and dad who joined the Karuizawa Group to work for the Ishihara family. ”

Ryunosuke Oda was immediately displeased: "Are you so reluctant? To find out how many new college graduates want to join the Karuizawa Group every year, it is not yet possible. ”

The grandfather immediately answered, looking quite excited: "What's so bad about working for the Ishihara family?" Your grandfather and I were able to have a stable and dignified retirement life today, all thanks to the Ishihara family.

Have you ever seen a private company in Japan that will take the initiative to give an additional monthly living allowance to its retired employees, that is, a retirement salary increase?

We are the only privately owned company in the Karuizawa Group. Something like this is unique not only in Japan as a whole, but also in the world.

Unless the government takes the initiative to raise retirement salaries, and uses the treasury to pay for it. Otherwise, all this is out of the question.

Not to mention those who retired in the early years, the old people who retired in the same year as me, even if some of them used to work in large companies and had a good pension, they did not have a good life.

Not to mention the elderly who are retired from small and medium-sized enterprises, especially those who can only receive about 60,000 yen a year from the national pension, how to live...... What can you do with that money today?

Could it be that as soon as you get that little pension, you will immediately go to the supermarket or convenience store to buy more cheap and discounted rice cakes and stock them up at home? Or is it calculated every day, and it can't be more than how much?

If the flowers are excessive, then the rest of the life is really impossible. Three meals a day, either white rice with natto or white rice with bean sprouts.

Otherwise, it's a street to pick up cans and garbage that can be sold for money. Or do you want to get another job? Even if the whole body hurts, I have to grit my teeth and insist on doing it. ”

Ryunosuke Oda comforted, "Dad, don't get too excited. ”

Only then did my grandfather realize that the more he talked, the more excited he became. He calmed down his emotions a little and said: "In recent years, especially this year, how fast prices have risen, don't you know?

As for personal pensions, have they risen? Even if some local governments with good finances have raised a little in the form of living subsidies, they have not outpaced the rate of price increases.

Don't the people in their government know about the rise in prices caused by inflation? They are pretending not to know.

Every year, during the New Year's holidays, the Karuizawa Group also organizes a party for us retirees to eat and drink. All these expenses do not have to be paid by themselves, and are all reimbursed by the Karuizawa Group.

According to Chairman Masao, although those of us did not catch up with the great development of the company, the Ishihara family will not forget the efforts and contributions we made to the Ishihara family.

When I retired from Karuizawa Whisky Distillery, it was a small business and the smallest whisky distillery in Japan.

If you look at the current Karuizawa Whisky Distillery, it is already the largest whisky distillery in Japan. As for our Karuizawa Sake Group, it is the largest liquor group in the world. ”

Oda Yuto blurted out: "Grandfather, here is our own family, there is no one from the Ishihara family, you don't need to be like this." ”

Without hesitation, his grandfather gave him an angry look and said, "Although I haven't read any books, I know the most simple truth, don't forget to dig wells."

If it weren't for the Ishihara family, we wouldn't have the good life and social status that our Oda family has now. To be precise, without Chairman Masao, there would be no Karuizawa Group.

The old president, that is, Chairman Masao's father, even if he is a workaholic, is talented because of his limited ability...... In short, the personal ability of the old president is indeed far inferior to that of Chairman Masao.

Besides, your dad was also cultivated by Chairman Masao. You know, your dad graduated from a third-rate university. Back then, I asked him to go back to his hometown to work at the Karuizawa Whisky Distillery, and he was just as reluctant as you are today.

Fortunately, he listened to me, and he has the high status he has today. Otherwise, when your father reaches the age of middle age, he is unemployed again in the current economic environment. ”

Oda Yuto didn't understand, "Grandfather, why again?" ”

Grandfather said bluntly: "Even if you graduate from a third-rate university like your father, even if you find a formal job, it is nothing more than a small and medium-sized enterprise." What is the future ahead?

Even if your father joins the company as a regular employee, he will still encounter layoffs, and the company will go bankrupt. The global financial crisis of 2008 caused many small and medium-sized enterprises to go bankrupt.

Even well-known big-boughty companies have more or less laid off employees. Your dad will be out of work for a long time, and not only will he be able to earn money by doing odd jobs, but he will also spend my pension.

At that time, our family still doesn't know what kind of old and dilapidated place to rent? There will simply be no such a large villa of several hundred square meters to live in.

We still have the money for you to go all the way to a private school, what else do you want to go to Keio University? Your brother can't go to a private school either. You two dropped out of school early to work outside.

If you can't keep it, your parents have already divorced. Our family has long since fallen apart. So, I'm right to say that! Without the Ishihara family, without Chairman Masao, our Oda family would not be where it is today.

I respect the Ishihara family from the bottom of my heart, especially Chairman Masao. Your dad was also lucky to follow the right person. What if he's with the wrong person? Do you really think that everyone is a business genius like Chairman Masao, who is rare in a thousand years? ”

(End of chapter)