Chapter 518: The Tip of the Iceberg
Just chatting with Ichiro Watanabe about the head office, Yu Arai handed over the information about the head office that he had learned through special channels in the past few days.
As a member of the gang, there is very little information about the clubhouse on the surface.
Most of the information that Hiroshi Arai was able to find was a variety of information about the clubhouse from financial sources, information on listed companies, and rumors from the business community.
As for the intelligence on the dark side, Yu Arai doesn't have much contact, but it doesn't matter, this part of the information will be completed by Ota.
However, just the information from the bright side has already made Arai Yu's face serious.
"Chairman Shirakawa, the relationship between the head office is more complicated than expected, especially in the financial industry, they have infiltrated too much."
After receiving the information collected by Arai Yu, Shirakawa Kaede turned his face and became a lot more serious.
"These guys at the head house claim to be 'walking on the border between light and darkness,' but they are no different in nature from the extreme.
They take advantage of loopholes or weaknesses in business operations, often using these issues at shareholders' meetings to put on the line, magnifying small problems into intolerable defects.
Many family-run presidents may be professionally proficient, but they lack overall coordination and operational ability for conflicts at the management level.
In addition, in order to end the conference as soon as possible and reduce the trouble, the company slowly compromised with the general meeting house and handed over a fee.
To put it bluntly, the guys at the head house started out with extortion, and then grew rapidly in the 70s. ”
It can be said that the reason why the head office has been able to grow and grow is not unrelated to the connivance of major enterprises, and they are born by clinging to the weakness of neon national character.
"Because of the sensitive and easy-to-drill character of neon people, the so-called shareholders' meeting is more of a formality.
For many companies or the outside world, if the shareholders' meeting can be concluded within half an hour, it is considered a success.
In order to deal with the trouble of the general meeting and to make the general meeting of shareholders end in as long as possible.
Many companies even have an internal department called "General Meeting Countermeasures", and their main responsibility is to study how to make this year's shareholders' meeting conclude quickly.
In order to prevent shareholders from becoming upset at the meeting, the company arranges a large amount of human resources and budgets every year to rehearse the events of the year. ”
This... Hearing this, Shirakawa Kaede was also stunned.
Shirakawa Electric also holds a shareholders' meeting every year, but it is not exaggerated to this extent.
In the past, for those shareholders who had questions, Shirakawa Kaede also tried his best to answer.
Isn't it normal for the outside world to have questions about business operations?
In the future, will those large companies still suffer from questions and difficulties from the outside world at media conferences and press conferences?
As a business leader, the necessary PR skills are the basic requirements, okay?
"Shirakawa-san, not every entrepreneur has the courage of you."
Seeing his incredulous eyes, Arai Yu patted his ass without a trace.
But he was also telling the truth, the unique and distinctive characteristics of Shirakawa Kaede are not possessed by neon entrepreneurs.
The most impressive thing is the vigorous and resolute style, as an out-and-out actioner.
Shirakawa Kaede decides what to do, and can basically make a decision in a very short time.
However, if it is replaced by other companies of Neon, it is estimated that it will take a month to discuss it in a meeting alone.
In the end, they may not have decided whether to do this or not, after all, breaking away from tradition and carrying out so-called innovation is something that most neon people are not willing to try easily.
Of course, those who oppose it can also say that Shirakawa Kaede is dictatorial, but in the face of success after success, all the doubts of opponents seem insignificant.
Even the quality of "dictatorship" is an indispensable quality for generations of strongmen, that is, chaebols or the first generation of family leaders.
Will those indecisive people convince everyone unconditionally?
Leaders must have the courage to be assertive, which is another characteristic of Shirakawa Kaede that is different from the neon people.
For the sake of so-called decency, most corporate presidents would rather not speak at the press conference.
But Shirakawa Kaede is different, he can smile when faced with some difficult questions from reporters.
Questioning and opposition will not make him choose to back down in front of reporters, and responsibility, responsibility, and courage will make the light around him shine more brightly than other business operators.
That's why Shirakawa Kaede was so surprised when he heard that Neon Enterprises was holding various shareholder meeting rehearsals.
The environment in which he grew up in his previous life was different and his cognition was different, which led to his attitude towards the shareholders' meeting being completely different from that of other neon people.
"Also, Chairman Shirakawa, do you know why most of Neon's shareholders' meetings are held in June every year?"
"Huh?" Shirakawa Kaede had a thoughtful look in his eyes.
"In addition to the fact that in the middle of the year, the intensive shareholders' meeting in June will also make the general meeting house busy."
Bai Chuanfeng raised his eyebrows, he really didn't expect this explanation.
"Some related or cooperative enterprises will also ventilate in advance and carry out "surprise attacks" on the date.
In the past, there were even hundreds of listed companies holding meetings on the same day.
The purpose is to allow shareholders who hold shares of multiple companies to attend only one of them, so that the manpower and resources of the general house can be dispersed.
After the meeting, in order to end the meeting as soon as possible so as not to have a general meeting, the general process is to give a speech on the stage, thank the shareholders, whether there is a problem (no problem), and dismiss the meeting. ”
Okay, the little days are all about to play for the shareholders' meeting.
It's a rehearsal again, it's a raid, and it's like a war.
And all this is actually to avoid the general house?
"Arai-san, since the companies hate the head office so much, isn't there anyone doing something?"
Since the headquarters are all "Wendou", isn't this what those big companies are good at?
Besides, the existence of the head house is undoubtedly an obstacle to the development of neon enterprises, and it is impossible for the government not to know this.
"Because of the opposition of many clubs, the reputation of the head office among the people is also very poor.
To this end, the Commercial Law of '81 specifically strengthened the control of bribery, offering of advantages and improper transactions.
This is in the hope that the law will cut off the entanglement of interests between the "head office" and the company.
The Commercial Code of '82 once again strengthened the punishment for the transfer of benefits, and since then the police and prosecutors have been in full swing to clean the head office.
Of course, the resistance of violent gangs such as the head office is also becoming more and more fierce,..."
"Wait!" Shirakawa Kaede suddenly interrupted Arai Yu's explanation.
"In other words, legally, the actions of the clubhouse have been characterized as illegal, and the prosecution has been compressing their living space?"
"Hay, that's true. Since '81, the number of members of the organization within the House has been decreasing year by year.
In '78, the size of the headquarters reached 8,000 people, and by '83, only 1,700 people remained.
Later, as the holdings of the headquarters became less and less, there may be less than 800 people left in the headquarters by this year. ”
The neon government is not stupid, the parasite of the general house has obviously played a harmful role in economic development.
Therefore, restricting its development and letting it gradually disappear has always been a matter of the procuratorial organs' efforts to do so.
But because of the intricate relationship of interests, Neon can only impose various constraints on it from the law, just like dealing with the poles.
The forcible banning of a certain organization through administrative force is an unconventional means in neon, and it is only the "Red Army" that has experienced such treatment.
The root cause is because of the special period of history, some leaders within the extreme road have military experience, and later belong to the intelligence organization of the United States.
Because of the strong political background, it is also a bit constrained to deal with the neon government of the extreme.
Therefore, the only way to do this is to chronically stifle the living space of violent gangs through the continuous promulgation of laws.
It's the same thing with the head of the clubhouse.,The head of the right hand named Kodama has a similar background resume.。
But as these people die, so do those political connections.
Moreover, the procuratorate is also the vanguard of the strangulation of the general house, which is good news for Shirakawa Kaede.
Why? Don't look at what school he graduated from?
Meiji's jurisprudence is a must, and most of the people in the prosecutor's office here in Tokyo are his seniors.
Wouldn't it be too much of a loss not to take advantage of such network resources and political leanings?
Seeing the smile on his face, Arai Yu had to pour him a basin of cold water.
"Because of the shrinking living space, the activities in the headquarters house have become more frequent and private.
For more information about their involvement in the past few years, Chairman Shirakawa may wish to take a look at the attached table at the back of these materials. ”
Saying that, Arai Yu pointed to the information in Shirakawa Kaede's hand, it was a thick pile, and it was all the great achievements of the head office in the past few years.
Omitting the previous introductions, Shirakawa Kaede went directly to the form at the end of the information.
At first glance, Shirakawa Kaede saw a familiar name.
"Daiichi Quanyin has been cooperating with the head office since '85 through financing and stock issuance.
To date, the benefits of the two companies have been transferred to a total of 46 billion yen.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, through Yamaichi Securities, issued 12 billion yen worth of directional shares using the headquarters as a transit point.
Nomura Securities, as a rough estimate, has a profit transfer of 6 billion yen with the head office.
Daiwa Securities, 7 billion...
Nikko Securities, 3 billion..."
"Whew~" Shirakawa Kaede sighed deeply, I really don't know if I don't see it, and I'm startled when I see it.
Every transaction is shocking, and few in the financial industry are clean.
"Arai-san: Legally, are these transactions an off-market transfer of benefits?"
"Hay, legally, these are all illegal.
Of course, these materials are only hearsay, cannot be used as evidence, and have no legal effect. ”
Arai Yusheng was afraid that Shirakawa Kaede would have a hot head and come to a stud, so he specially took care of it.
Shirakawa Kaede nodded, indicating that he understood.
He is not so stupid, if he really does this, the first to die must be Beidu Bank or even Shirakawa Holdings.
As one of the chess players, you have to follow the rules of the game.
The unwise act of flipping the table will only make you the target of public criticism.
"So the reason why the First Persuasion Bank is silent about the actions of the head office is also because of this transaction?"
Dealing with the head office, it is convenient to operate all kinds of black boxes, but this also leaves each other's handles.
Perhaps this is the reason why the current head office is becoming more and more secretive.
With these financial giants as cover, there is a high probability that the procuratorate will not be able to do anything.
Hearing Shirakawa Kaede's question, Arai Yu's expression was dark.
Daiichi Quanyin, as the leading company of Shirakawa Electric, has operated Shirakawa Electric since the day it went public.
In the eyes of the outside world, Shirakawa Electric has since belonged to the affiliated companies of the First Quanyin Foundation.
Because of this consensus, Shirakawa avoided a lot of troubles from the outside at the beginning of its development.
For example, after the listing, Shirakawa Electric has never been patronized by the head office, and this is because the first persuasion silver is secretly sheltered.
In addition to the general house, the hostile mergers and acquisitions of other extreme organizations or large enterprises have basically not occurred.
Therefore, Shirakawa Electric has grown to this day, and the care given by the first persuasion silver has also played a certain role in the early stage.
This is also the reason why Shirakawa Kaede chose to accept it at the beginning, and the first persuasion bank and Nomura Securities financing.
There is a way to enjoy the shade with your back against a big tree, and if you fight alone in neon, you will either die or be acquired by large enterprises.
Of course, in such a relationship, Shirakawa Electric also brought huge profits to Daiichi Quanyin and Nomura Securities.
Even if the stock market plummets this year, they have no intention of reducing their holdings of Shirakawa Electric stock.
Because Shirakawa Electric is an electronic technology entity, the dividend profit given to them every year is not a small amount.
The more volatile the financial market, the more precious it is for shares like Shirakawa Electric to have stable income.
Of course, speculative companies talked about it separately, and when the Nikkei index was plummeting, they had already sold away the shares of Shirakawa Electric in their hands.
But no matter how it is from beginning to end, the first persuasion silver is a special existence for Shirakawa Electric.
Based on this, the cooperation between the two sides has always been very pleasant, but now the first persuasion bank is silent about it because of the affairs of the general house.
As his old club, Arai Yu also has mixed feelings about the first persuasion of silver.
Perhaps in the eyes of those high-level executives, it is just a trivial protection fee, which should be quite easy for Shirakawa Electric.
However, for Shirakawa Electric, this is not a matter of cost.
The face of Shirakawa Holdings, which is represented by Shirakawa Electric, and the controller of Shirakawa Holdings is Shirakawa Kaede again.
A group with the scale of a chaebol actually compromised with a violent gang, and Shirakawa Kaede really couldn't afford to lose that person.
This is no longer a matter of face, but a matter of the brand image of Shirakawa Electric and the family character of the Shirakawa family.
Placed within a more traditional family, it is simply equivalent to a declaration of war.
So from beginning to end, Shirakawa Kaede didn't plan to bow to the head office, and the persuasion of the first persuasion silver was impossible to talk about.
Looking at the transaction numbers in his hand again, Shirakawa Kaede's expression was faint.
"The head office has interests in so many financial companies, so they must have their own network of contacts in politics, right?"
If the relationship between the four major securities firms and the major banks can be regarded as the general meeting in the financial circles, then the interests transferred out of them must be transmitted to the political circles.
The general method is nothing more than that banks and brokerages first transfer some of the unissued financial products to the people under the head office.
The head office then sold the bonds to political officials at a very low price.
By the time the additional shares and bonds are officially listed, their prices are bound to rise.
Especially during bubble periods, it is not a problem for the price of these new shares to triple in a short period of time.
In that case, the stock that was originally worth 100 billion yen will be doubled to 200 billion yen.
The difference in price is the net profit.
The financial circles, the general house, and the political circles are the direct beneficiaries.
The three are maintained as a whole, forming a pocket-sized secondary market alone.
So will such a general house be exterminated? Some people in the financial and political circles probably want them to be wiped out.
It's all interests~
As for whether this counts as insider trading? It will depend on who is behind the scenes.
In the 86 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries CB incident, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries entrusted Yamaichi Securities to convey the unissued preferred shares to many people in the political circles through the head office.
Narita, vice president of Yamaichi Securities, who was about to expose the matter, was killed by suicide in the warehouse.
Morita, the prosecutor who intervened in the investigation, finally ended in resignation and leaving the prosecutor's office.
As for the verdict handed down by the court? Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is not guilty, Yamaichi Securities is not guilty, and no one from the head office or the political circles has been arrested.
This is the end of this insider deal.
And the same insider trading, in 88 Li Kurut's Jiang Deputy Du Hao was accused of bribery, and even some cabinet officials were forced to resign.
Why is the result different for the same insider trading? Because the political forces behind the two are different.
Therefore, guilt or innocence has nothing to do with the law, the key is whether the backers behind it are strong enough.
This is neon, deformity and fanaticism coexist.
It is precisely because of the need for profit that violent groups such as the General House have the soil to survive.
"President Shirakawa, the reply from the head office has been delivered."
While Shirakawa Kaede was thinking about the intricate relationship behind it, Hasegawa also handed over the latest reply from the head office.
Before he had time to think about it, Shirakawa Kaede opened the folded letter and wanted to take a closer look.
However, on the empty letterhead, there was only the words "10 billion yen".
"Ha~" Shirakawa Kaede almost laughed, and he didn't expect to talk about it at all.
At such a price, what is this protection fee? It's clearly a robbery, okay?
But it just so happened that Shirakawa Kaede didn't expect to compromise with them.
In that case, let's see who has a hard fist.
"Tell them, Shirakawa Electric is waiting!"
"Hay!" Hasegawa has long seen that these unsightly guys are unhappy.
After receiving Shirakawa Kaede's order, his chest immediately straightened up a little.
Arai Yu also shook his head when he saw the numbers on the paper, it seems that it is indeed not good.
In the past, the price that the head office offered to other companies was only a few million or tens of millions of yen, which was quite a large number.
10 billion? What are you kidding, less than half of the profits of listed companies can reach this figure.
"I will personally participate in the shareholders' meeting of Shirakawa Electric this year, and I want to see what confidence the general meeting has to offer such a price?"
has been galloping in the mall for more than ten years, and Shirakawa Kaede has really never been treated like this by others.
Violent gangs are really eye-opening.
"Chairman Shirakawa, there are a lot of people at the shareholders' meeting, aren't you?"
Bai Chuan Feng waved his hand, "Bai Chuan Electric's shareholders' meeting is not a Longtan tiger's den, this is its own meeting, there is nothing to worry about." ”
Kaede Shirakawa also presided over several shareholders' meetings, but then as he gradually retreated into the background, these matters were handed over to Hasegawa.
Now that the head house is obviously prepared, Shirakawa Kaede is not at ease and decides to go and see it for himself.
After all, 90 years is a special period, and the ups and downs of the stock market can easily become an excuse for others to make trouble.
Seeing that Shirakawa Kaede had made up his mind, Arai Yu did not persuade him again, he knew that Shirakawa Kaede was a man of action.
Of course, in order to be fully prepared, it is also necessary to sort out the business situation of Shirakawa Electric in the past one or two years.
This part of the work will also be tiring Hasegawa-san. "Shirakawa Kaede firmly believes that knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is the only way to survive a hundred battles.
"Chairman Shirakawa, please rest assured, we have been working on this part of the work for a long time." As the president, Hasegawa will of course arrange these tasks.
Seeing that everyone was roughly mentally prepared for this incident, Shirakawa Kaede also relaxed slightly.
In the face of this group of rigid elites, it is indeed necessary to spend more time.
After a few more words of explanation with them, Shirakawa Kaede motioned to the two of them to go about their own business, this year is destined to be a turbulent year.
The stock market, which has just stabilized, seems to be showing signs of vacillation again.
If there is another plunge, then it is estimated that many financial and securities companies that have struggled to support will go bankrupt directly.
According to the information that Shirakawa Kaede has learned, many banks and securities companies actually have a bunch of bad debts, and now they are waiting for when they will explode.
But when it comes to the bank, Shirakawa Kaede actually wants to make a phone call to Kuniji Miyazaki, the chairman of the First Bank.
However, after thinking about it, he still gave up such a plan, and waited until after the shareholders' meeting.
So I picked up the phone and dialed it to another person.
"This is the connection between the Guildhouse and other Yakuza organizations?"
"Hai" Ota nodded, "Now there are 670 people on the surface of the general house, and 160 of them are core figures.
According to the division of labor, they have their own duties, and most of them are 'civilian' non-combatants. ”
Well, Ota's presentation is also very hardcore.
In his eyes, the Extreme Way can only be divided into two types, combatants and non-combatants.
And seeing the division of functions collected by Ota about the head office, Shirakawa Kaede almost thought that he was dazzled.
Split House: A group that is responsible for making written requests to enterprises to "subdivide and transfer the purchased shares to more people".
To put it bluntly, it is deliberately increasing the workload of enterprises, such as asking game providers to issue invoices for each recharge in reality, which is purely trouble-making.
Incident house: Scraping black material and digging dung, these things will be used as reserve ammunition during the shareholders' meeting, in order to splash the water.
Publishers: In order to destroy a business, the media and public opinion are naturally indispensable, and the "publishers", as the name suggests, are people who are engaged in spreading scandals and bad comments.
The general deserted house: This is responsible for reporting to the door of the house and telling the other party who his surname is. The letter from the head office received by Shirakawa Electric came from them.
Attack House: As the name suggests, they are the main attackers against businesses.
In addition to being a master of flying mothers on the scene, they are also good at using various means such as discord and beauty tricks within the enterprise.
Arbitration House: This is the partner of the "Attack House", which is usually used to sing red and white faces.
When the assault house is launched, they play the fair side. Speak peace, and provide the company with a successful promise of "ensuring the smooth progress of the shareholders' meeting", and then receive a thank you gift.
Conduct House: They are the real power holders of the General House, and when an agreement is reached with the company, their appearance means that the company is protected in the industry.
Banzai House: These are the people who shout "I have no opinion, yes, hooray" at the general meeting to interrupt the speeches of shareholders who really have ideas and opinions to ensure that the shareholders' meeting ends as soon as possible.
See, the division of responsibilities of the eight departments is quite detailed, and it is more complete than the parts of many enterprises.
Tsk, if you run a business with this momentum, you may not be bad there in the future.
"Since the head office is not responsible for martial arts, other yakuza provide protection for them.
These include the Yamaguchi-gumi, Sumiyoshikai, Matsubakai, and Ichijokai, as well as Gokudo and local organizations.
Koike Ryuichi and Ogawa Fumi, the core figures of the head office, also often go out to gatherings and group activities attended by government officials. ”
Hearing this, Shirakawa Kaede couldn't help but become serious, and the general forces of the head office became clearer and clearer in his mind.
"So they are behind the financial events in the last year or two?"
Shirakawa Kaede thought of a series of economic crimes in the past two years, Sumitomo, Daiichi Bank, and Yamaichi Securities
It seems that no one is spared~
(End of chapter)