When you get out of the subway at Shinjuku-nishi Station, you can see at first glance that there is a commercial building with a unique shape diagonally across the street from the intersection in front of you.

Just looking at the appearance, it is very similar to the "L" of "Square Game" in Shirakawa Electric's handheld, but this building is slightly turned "L" at an angle.

As a result, tens of thousands of passengers coming out of the Shinjuku subway station every day will jokingly say "The square building has arrived" whenever they see the building in front of them. ”

But don't get me wrong, it has nothing to do with Shirakawa. The words "Fuji Heavy Industries" on the top of the building are trying to show the world that their name is "Fuji" and not "Square Building".

At this moment, on the top floor of the building in this prosperous area, in one of its conference rooms, the atmosphere is not relaxed at all.

"So Nissan is ready to sell our stock?" A middle-aged man in his fifties with balding hair and black-rimmed glasses frowns.

"To be precise, it is a transfer of shares, not a sell-off of shares." Toshihiro Tajima had no choice but to correct his statement again.

Although Toshihiro Tajima despises this Gentaro-san Nakajima in his heart, who made his family one of the founding shareholders of Fuji Heavy Industries.

"20% of the equity is transferred, what is the difference between this and a sell-off? Is it true that the stock market will not plummet? ”

Pushing the black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, Gentaro Nakajima spoke out what was called a generous statement.

I don't know if I thought he was really concerned about Fuji Heavy Industries' business problems.

However, everyone in the conference room knew what his purpose was, so everyone's expressions were very calm.

His speech was not taken seriously, and Gentaro Nakajima couldn't help but be a little annoyed.

"Yaga! We had to convince Nissan to cancel the deal. Otherwise, the market will lose confidence in Fuji Heavy Industries, and the consequences will be catastrophic! ”

Catastrophic consequences? Toshihiro Tajima pouted disdainfully, are you worried about the disastrous consequences of your political career?

The reason why Gentaro Nakajima is so excited is not because he really cares about Fuji Heavy Industries' management problems.

What he really cares about is the retention of the aircraft division under Fuji Heavy Industries.

Fuji Heavy Industries is not only in the automotive business, but also has the Aircraft Division and the Environmental Technology Division.

In the past, the Aircraft Division was building aircraft, and it was not a civil aircraft.

Later, after the split and reorganization, gradually the special-purpose aircraft were no longer manufactured, but the civil aviation multi-purpose small aircraft was transformed.

However, due to the resurrection of the chaebol, Fuji Heavy Industries is still cooperating with the Ministry of Defense, and the main models produced are trainer aircraft and helicopters.

These businesses are the legacy of the former Nakajima Flying Machinery Institute, and its founder, Chihehisa Nakajima, was the father of this Nakajima Gentaro.

Nakajima Chiheihisa had an official position before founding Nakajima Flying Machinery Institute, but because he retired halfway through and switched to manufacturing, he became the current Fuji Heavy Industries.

But after all, he has been an official, and his title is not low. Therefore, in the 50s, Nakajima Chihehisa re-entered the political arena and served as Minister of Railways and Minister of Commerce and Industry.

As one of his sons, Gentaro Nakajima inherited his father's political legacy and now serves as Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, and Culture in Takeshita's cabinet.

Listening to the name, I also know that this is a civilian official in charge of education, academics, sports, and culture, and he is more than a step worse than his father in terms of real power.

This is the case with political families, and if the descendants do not fight for it, then the political inheritance will be less and less.

However, despite this, Gentaro Nakajima is still very nervous about Fuji Heavy Industries' aircraft division.

Because of its partnership with the Ministry of Defense, the Aircraft Division is a political asset that Gentaro Nakajima uses to gain profits.

He didn't really care if Fuji Heavy Industries was losing money or not, and he wouldn't let him pay for it himself anyway.

However, the Aircraft Division must remain safe and secure a sufficient annual budget to maintain a cooperative relationship with the Ministry of Defense.

However, he had heard that this nouveau riche Shirakawa-san was only interested in cars.

If you look at the private runway built on the coast of Shonan, you will know that you will never be able to do this if you are not an enthusiast.

Gentaro Nakajima was very worried that after Shirakawa Kaede took over Fuji Heavy Industries, he would only invest in automobile research and development in the budget, but in the end he would lose his aircraft division.

He always felt that Shirakawa Kaede was too young, and young people were unreliable.

Facing Gentaro Nakajima's excited expression, Toshihiro Tajima sat slightly upright.

"Nakajima-san, it was Shirakawa Holdings that took over Nissan's shares. It's not an unknown small club, it's the famous Shirakawa zaibatsu.

Do you know what the Forbes rich list evaluates Shirakawa Kaede-san's assets? $25 billion! This number has risen by another 13% this year!

This is only his personal wealth, and the financial power of the chaebol represented by Shirakawa Holdings is even more amazing. ”

"So what? Fuji Heavy Works is the oldest machine building in Neon, and its glory cannot be tarnished! ”

Gentaro Nakajima was not intimidated by $25 billion, it was not his own money, he couldn't see it or touch it.

In the final analysis, it is more practical to keep its own aircraft division.

His term of office is approaching, and whether he can get a good pension position depends on the political contribution of the aircraft division.

After all, everyone knows that Fuji Heavy Industries' achievements in the aircraft industry are inherited from the legacy of the Nakajima family.

The cabinet will not treat itself badly for the sake of its previous achievements.

But at this juncture, if there are any twists and turns in the aircraft division, won't the prospects for his political career be unpredictable?

So Gentaro Nakajima's attitude was very tough, and he didn't even give Toshihiro Tajima a chance to explain.

Finally, when he calmed down, Toshihiro Tajima sat up straight slowly.

"Nakajima-san, please don't get excited, the contemptible words haven't been finished yet.

We have previously communicated with Nissan and Shirakawa-san, and Shirakawa-san has promised to continue to retain the aircraft division.

And within the scope of implementation, a part of the R&D budget will be appropriately increased, which can be written into the contract. ”

As soon as Toshihiro Tajima's words fell, Gentaro Nakajima's originally angry expression instantly became subtle.

Hey, this Shirakawa-san's approach seems to be a little different from the information he obtained?

However, these are not important, the important thing is that their aircraft division can be kept.

Thinking of this, Gentaro Nakajima coughed lightly, "As long as all the business of Fuji Heavy Industries can be guaranteed, it can be properly settled."

So about Nissan's transfer of equity, I think it can be discussed. ”

It can be said that Gentaro Nakajima, who has completed the change of face in Sichuan Opera, has now returned to the serious appearance of a politician.

"Since Tajima-san has already communicated with Shirakawa Holdings and Nissan, let's talk about the details.

Oh yes, do you have any comments on the change of equity? ”

After that, Gentaro Nakajima looked at a middle-aged man on the other side of the conference table, who was the head of Fuji Bank, Tanta Taizo.

Today, Fuji Bank, which he represents, is also one of the shareholders of Fuji Heavy Industries.

Tanta Taizo, who was already a little impatient, heard Gentaro Nakajima point to him, and he subconsciously frowned.

"Fuji Bank will not be directly involved in the management of Fuji Heavy Industries.

However, the urgent issue to be solved at present is not whether the shares are changed or not, but the loss of Fuji Heavy Industries.

The huge loss of nearly 100 billion yen is something that cannot be explained in any way.

Nearly half of this large deficit is borne by Fuji Bank.

However, in the current real estate market, you can also see that Fuji Bank no longer has the capacity to provide financial support for Fuji Heavy Industries. ”

Tanta Taizo's meaning is obvious, that is, Fuji Bank does not care about the change of equity of Fuji Heavy Industries.

But what if Fuji Heavy Industries wants to borrow money from Fuji Bank again? Sorry, no!

There is already Nissan within the Fuji Foundation, and Fuji Heavy Industries, which is relatively niche, has long become unloved by grandmothers and uncles within the consortium.

Coupled with the continuous losses, even Fuji Bank, which has deep pockets, is becoming more and more unwelcome to see it.

These traditional conglomerates are not harmonious within themselves, their internal interests are intricate, and their factions are also intertwined.

Fuji Heavy Industries, which already has a weak presence, has now been almost marginalized.

So today's so-called shareholders' meeting, in fact, Tanta Taizo didn't want to come at all.

Hearing that they were going to make a series of equity changes to Fuji Heavy Industries, Tanda Taizo's first reaction was not to borrow money from himself.

It's not that Fuji Bank really can't squeeze out the money, but at this time, Fuji Bank is fighting with Sumitomo Bank in the outside world.

Since the bubble era, Sumitomo Bank has been actively expanding its business while also absorbing and merging with other smaller banks.

They are taking the Tokyo metropolitan area as an offensive and are slowly eating into the market share of other commercial banks.

Among them, the most anxious is Fuji Bank, the loss of the market is one of the factors, and the position of the second largest city bank is about to be lost.

Yes, Fuji Bank ranked second in neon at this time, and the first was the first bank.

Before the establishment of Daiichi Bank in the 70s, Fuji Bank had the largest number of branches in the neon banking industry, with a total of nearly 200 branches in the country.

Later, this position was given to the first bank, and Fuji Bank was the second.

However, now Sumitomo Bank has challenged it and is starting to attack the second place.

Therefore, Fuji Bank, which is in a hurry, has now begun to start a white-knuckle battle with Sumitomo Bank.

The sales teams of the two banks often appear in the president's office of the same company.

In order to compete for the loan business, the fierce competition between the two companies can be called a competition in the ring.

Fuji Bank has now started a "living loan" model in order to win more loans.

It is secured by a residential residence and allows users the freedom to use credit card loans for any purpose.

This has virtually relaxed the review and expanded the loan amount.

In addition, Fuji Bank is even preparing to further develop a new business of "painting mortgages".

The so-called painting mortgage is a type of art mortgage.

However, it is very difficult to monetize such a thing as painting.

If it is not approved by the buyer, it is no different from a piece of waste paper.

But Fuji Bank dared to do this, all in order to lend more money and handle more loan business.

Think about the scene that Kaede Shirakawa and Sachiko Kabaike saw in the Minato Ward gallery before.

A worthless painting dares to sell for millions of yen.

So is there an unknown painter who took the invoice for the opening of the gallery and went to Fuji Bank to get a mortgage on his painting?

Hehe, there's a big hole in here.

And all these magical operations are all kinds of crooked tricks that Fuji Bank came up with in order to compete with Sumitomo Bank for the market.

Outside newspapers are still reporting about the FS War (Fuji and Sumitomo).

Therefore, in order to save enough ammunition, we will go all out to deal with Sumitomo Bank.

The first speech of Taizo Tanada at the shareholders' meeting was, with two hands, no money!

(End of chapter)