The reason why Shirakawa Kaede held this traditional first birthday ceremony for Xiao Qingkong and them naturally has a different meaning in addition to celebrating.

The guests at the banquet were informing all levels of local society that he, Shirakawa Kaede, admitted that the children were descendants of the Shirakawa family.

Especially as the eldest son, Shirakawa Clear Sky, his identity is more symbolic.

After this birthday party, at least Akita locals will recognize the legitimacy of Shirakawa Haruka in a certain identity in the future.

And the glass of wine that many of the management of Shirakawa Holdings drank was not just symbolic.

Although the neon "family" culture was also formed under the influence of Confucianism and Buddhism, it is somewhat different from the Chinese "family" culture.

Since the Meiji Restoration, Neon has absorbed a large amount of Western civilization and formed a new modern system of governance.

This system has not changed for a long time, so that Neon has maintained a very stable social structure until now.

It has both the conservative side of tradition and the open side of modern civilization.

The system of licking the emperor of "one line for all generations" is still passed down from generation to generation, and people's minds have changed more openly to varying degrees.

However, this change has not shaken the perception of "family" culture, and the strong will to continue the family business has become a social consensus.

In the culture of "home", the survival and inheritance of "home" is very important.

As a family business that expands and extends the "family", its survival and business inheritance are also placed in a very important position.

At the same time, the class solidification created by the neon closed environment also provides an important survival soil for the survival of family businesses.

In later generations, we often see some sushi restaurants that have been open for tens or hundreds of years, and the owners have inherited them from their grandparents to their grandchildren.

If you talk to them about these topics, you will even be surprised to find that as modern young people, they are not averse to inheriting the career of their ancestors.

In the eyes of neon people, it is a matter of course for a son to inherit his father's business and pass it on from generation to generation.

Spiritual conservatism, ordinary people's character and self-preservation, will even make them regard their ancestral industry as the only noble cause.

It is also because of these reasons that Neon's family business will be passed down for dozens or hundreds of years.

Similarly, Shirakawa Holdings is a family business.

It is not for nothing that the media call it the "Shirakawa zaibatsu".

Whether it is the public, or other chaebols, and even Shirakawa Kaede himself admits this statement.

As I said before, this is the social consensus in Neon.

And if Shirakawa Kaede wants his family business to be passed on for a long time, then he also needs to abide by some ancient traditions.

But Shirakawa Holdings is different from sushi restaurants, it can't simply hand over to its son, and everything will be fine.

Family business, especially the inheritance of a large family business, is actually a cold thing.

Just look at the inheritance system of those traditional chaebols, there are countless means such as adopted sons and sons-in-law.

All goals are set for the sake of family inheritance, blood relations, the happiness of children, these are things that can be sacrificed.

Of course, this is because this method will be adopted when the eldest son is not successful.

Otherwise, it is also the general consensus of neon people that the eldest man inherits the family business.

Just like Yamori Hiroshi sang in the song "I'm Crying", the protagonist wants to go to Tokyo with his girlfriend to work hard, which has become a luxury.

Because as the eldest son in the family, he needs to stay in the countryside to inherit his parents' land, and then become a farmer for the rest of his life.

After listening to such a story, everyone may sympathize, but they feel that it is a natural thing.

This is the case with the eldest man, who has the right to inherit and also has his own obligations.

Although Xiao Qingkong is still young, legally speaking, he is the eldest man of the Shirakawa family.

As long as he grows up step by step in the future, then he will be the first heir under Shirakawa Kaede.

This is the consensus of the society and the consensus of everyone under Shirakawa Holdings, and Shirakawa Kaede also needs to respect everyone's ideas.

Of course, things are not absolute, if the future eldest man is not up to the task, then he can also re-appoint an heir.

For example, Yoshiaki Tsutsumi of the Seibu Group, he is a concubine and a child. In the end, because of his outstanding ability, he was designated by his father as the heir to the family.

However, this did not prevent Shirakawa Kaede from holding an official first birthday ceremony for Xiao Qingtian.

Because with the blessing of modern elite education, the growth of the next generation is congenitally much superior to most ordinary people.

And the offspring cultivated in this environment can be said to have outperformed ordinary people too much in terms of knowledge, ability, and knowledge.

So to some extent, the next generation of the Shirakawa family has been relatively clear.

In addition, the reason why we say that neon "home" culture has a cold connotation.

It is also very ruthless and ruthless in the inheritance system between biological children.

Unlike Huaxia's brother equalization system, Neon adopts a "single inheritance system".

The so-called monnial inheritance system means that the family business will only be passed on to one member of the descendants, and the other members will be "swept away".

This approach seems ruthless, but the purpose of this is to prevent infighting and to prevent the family from being weakened by separation.

Equalization of property often leads to the inability to expand the scale of business activities, and small businesses are excluded and swallowed up by competition.

The news of the children of the later gambling kings fighting for family property is still vivid, and the Samsung family has also staged a property battle.

It is no less exciting than some court dramas, but the final result basically ends with scars on all sides.

There is no doubt that this will not help the continuation and expansion of the family business, and to some extent weaken each other's strength.

But this rarely happens in neon, and the root of it lies in the "monad inheritance system".

Under normal circumstances, the eldest son bears this responsibility, while the second son, etc., is not taken into account.

When primogeniture is likely to jeopardize the interests of the family, the father may sever the paternity and expel him from the family in favour of the second son or other sons.

Although Neon has clearly abolished the primogeniture system in law.

However, many families are still doing this in order to ensure the long-term competitiveness of their businesses.

Especially those traditional chaebols, there is a tacit understanding at this point.

So what will Shirakawa Kaede do? Will the "single succession system" still be implemented?

To some extent, it is, but not quite.

After all, although the monad inheritance system is ruthless, its advantages are also very obvious.

First, the property rights are clear. After the property rights of the family business are clarified, there will be no disputes, and there will be less harm!

Second, it is individual, and the property rights of family enterprises are individualized. Concentrating power in the hands of one person is more conducive to the implementation of decisions and avoids meaningless disagreements.

Third, wealth growth is incremental. Compared with the equal division of most family enterprises in China, the single inheritance system avoids the division of property rights, which is conducive to the expansion of the scope of property rights and lays the foundation for the development of enterprise property rights.

Of course, risks and benefits coexist, and once the family heir has a problem, the blow to the family business is also very obvious.

Therefore, the heirs are chosen carefully, and they are not soft when they encounter problems.

I have to say that it is this cold and ruthless inheritance system that has created a large number of Neon family businesses that can continue for hundreds of years.

But Shirakawa Feng is from Huaxia after all, and he always has the warmth of being a father when it comes to treating his children.

I want the Shirakawa family to continue to grow and grow in the future, and I want my children to show their strengths in their respective worlds, instead of annihilating their talents like vassals or victims.

So what to do? Kaede Shirakawa decided to "divide the business" to a certain extent.

The existing Shirakawa Holdings will still be inherited by Clear Sky in the future, but Shirakawa Kaede will also vigorously support the career development of other children without harming Shirakawa Holdings.

For example, Yokohisa, born to Keiko Matsusaka, if he has ideas in the future, Shirakawa Kaede doesn't mind letting him out and setting up his own club.

He will also give some help in terms of resources, and as for how far it can develop in the end, it depends on their own creation.

However, within the family, there is no competition in the same industry. Separate development is the long-term solution.

Of course, it's all early, and Shirakawa Kaede is still young. In the future, he will also have enough energy to educate his children.

But due to the neon tradition, there are some things that he has to clarify in advance.

Kaede Shirakawa didn't stay long here in Akita, and after the child's first birthday, he probably toured his property and returned to Tokyo.

After all, it's the center of neon, and the stage here is better than most cities in the world.

Back in Tokyo, Kaede Shirakawa put other things aside, and discussed one thing with Shirakawa Electric, HAL, and the person in charge of SIC himself.

That is the possibility of establishing, communication operators.

In the current era, the neon communication field is still a government monopoly industry, and the neon telephone and telecommunications commune is a product of the monopoly.

It belongs to the peripheral groups of the Ministry of Postal Affairs and is funded entirely by government agencies, and it is regarded as a well-established state institution.

But just recently, Kaede Shirakawa heard some inside information that the possibility of liberalization and privatization of communications was being discussed within the Ministry of Postal Affairs.

The source of the news came from a certain high-ranking person of the Telephone and Telecommunications Corporation, who had a personal relationship with Shirakawa Kaede, and had communicated with each other in the Kasumi Guild Hall and the Imperial Court before.

After probing the wind a little, Shirakawa Kaede's mind immediately became active.

According to the internal statement, the preliminary examination has been passed, and it is not surprising that the liberalization and privatization of communications are almost certain.

In this case, there is nothing to hesitate about, of course, it is better to strike first.

It just so happens that Shirakawa Electric is developing its own pager, don't you think this opportunity will come?

Just being a pager, that only makes money from selling products.

But if you add the telecom operator, this profit will be magnified many times in the future.

After internal discussions, they all feel that communication belongs to the blue ocean and has a lot to do in the future.

Immediately after that, the Ministry of Posts and Posts issued the "Draft Telecommunications Business Law" in November, which gave Shirakawa Kaede a shot in the arm.

In principle, private companies are allowed to enter the telecommunications industry, but the premise needs to be reviewed, and in the future, it will only be a trial operation to see social feedback.

However, this was difficult for Shirakawa Kaede, and soon a company called Japan Unicom Communications Co., Ltd., which was under Shirakawa Holdings, was established, referred to as NUCT.

It's not that Shirakawa Kaede doesn't think of telecommunications or mobile communications, such a more recognizable name.

It's because when he submitted his name to Nippon Telecom, it was rejected.

The reason for this is that the name does not coincide with Nippon Telecom's telephone communications, so it is not used.

Later, Shirakawa Kaede retreated and submitted the name of Japan Mobile.

However, it was still rejected, and the reason this time was that the name had been preemptively registered.

Kaede Shirakawa checked that TWJ, Toyota Motor, Tokyo Electric Power Company, and Chubu Electric Power jointly funded the establishment of Japan Mobile Communications, referred to as KDDI.

Damn, everyone is an uncle's party, and they have been waiting here in advance.

Sure enough, the communication is a piece of sweetness, and those with a little strength want to intervene.

There is no way, Shirakawa Holdings, which is a step late, can only take the name "Japan Unicom".

(End of chapter)