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Chapter 1516: Chapter 1359: Japanese Consortium (Please Subscribe!)
At this moment. 𝓷ℴ𝓿𝓹𝓾𝒷.𝓬𝓸𝓂
Lakeside Villa.
Second floor.
Ge Feng was chatting with an acquaintance. The visitor was his matchmaker, Maruyama Takeshi. Davos, he didn’t attend every year, but even if he couldn’t, he would at least send a high executive. This year, he came in person.
Purpose.
Was to expand and maintain connections.
Furthermore.
It was to see Tang Qing.
The now soaring Tang Qing, countless people wanted to know him. Given the age difference, it made it hard for him to visit casually. Hence, it seemed much more natural to catch up at such a grand gathering.
"Uncle Maruyama, how’s your health?"
"The doctor says I’m very healthy,"
Laughed Maruyama Takeshi.
"That’s good to hear, but have you had any troubles lately?" Ge Feng noticed that Maruyama Takeshi was in good spirits, but there was an imperceptible weariness and anxiety in his eyes.
Obviously.
He had encountered some issue.
Maruyama Takeshi thought to himself that it was no wonder he was from a prominent family; his eyes were sharp.
"Sort of, but it’s nothing major, let’s not talk about that. Let’s talk about you instead, and also Xiaoya. You should have children sooner, and the more, the merrier. It makes the house lively," Maruyama Takeshi changed the subject.
Seeing this.
Ge Feng didn’t ask further.
"I think so too. Having siblings means support, and you’re never alone," Ge Feng smiled and agreed, saying how a large family grows: by having more people. And as for disputes over inheritance?
That’s what you see too much in TV series.
Those who fight.
Are usually from smaller families.
The assets of a large family are all in family trusts. What’s there to fight over? The larger the family, the more stable it seems to outsiders because there are rules to follow.
Any individual.
Wouldn’t dare to challenge the distribution rules recognized by hundreds of other family members.
Therefore.
It’s the families with fewer members that fight the fiercest.
Especially those who are on their second or even third marriages, are like a soap opera of inspiration.
Those kinds of families.
No.
Should say households.
Even if they have a family trust fund, there isn’t enough consensus to ensure its execution because, aside from the head of the family, the other members all want to break this rule, and in that case, there’s no game left to play.
They should just be material for the news!
The world.
Always needs some entertainment.
"Indeed."
Maruyama Takeshi sighed. They only had one daughter, and to put it in comforting terms, it makes no difference having a son or a daughter. However, inevitably, the Maruyama Family’s property will fall into the hands of his daughter’s husband’s family.
Fortunately.
He has come to terms with it.
A grandson is still a grandson.
The Maruyama Family has its basis.
But too few people.
In this generation, he had completely crushed the hope of developing the Maruyama Family to the level of the Ge Family or Yu Family. It’s not like he could marry again to have more children; his daughter is about to get married.
They chatted a bit more.
"Tang Qing is back," Ge Feng saw Tang Qing and Ma Yun through the glass.
"Oh?"
Maruyama Takeshi quickly stood up.
Though a guest.
He didn’t dare to overstep. This was a real tough man, capable of missile-like mischief against enemies; to date, his most vivid memory of Tang Qing was the towering fire that night.
Walking downstairs.
"Boss Tang, I apologize for the intrusion," Maruyama Takeshi bowed slightly.
"Welcome," Tang Qing smiled and said.
A few people went upstairs.
Ma Yun didn’t come up. He wasn’t familiar with Maruyama Takeshi, and he had just received a phone call.
"How have you been recently?" Tang Qing asked casually after sitting down.
"Not bad, but I reckon that business might not be so easy after this year. As you know, I’m mainly focused on traditional sectors, and the success varies with the economic situation," Maruyama Takeshi said.
Global Economy.
Almost a cycle every ten years or so.
Crisis—Depression—Recovery—Change the approach, and do it all over again.
It’s all about getting used to it.
He knows it too.
The hidden dangers accumulated in prosperity need to be burst by crises, to avoid bubbles growing too large and causing nuclear-level impacts. Only by draining the poison blood time and time again can the world economy continue to advance.
There has never been an ’unexpected’ economic crisis.
It’s all about the premeditated ’injections and pills and digging into the wallet,’ and the patient is the global economy, and the doctor is one who claims to treat the illness, collecting exorbitant ’medical fees.’
Therefore.
Even though he is aware.
He is not qualified to stir trouble within it.
No ticket to the game.
This piece of meat.
He dares not touch it. With lions, tigers, jackals, and wolves guarding the hunting ground, he, a mere hyena, can only watch from afar. Daring to meddle too much, both on the spot and afterwards, they have many ways to make him regret his actions.
Just like Ge Feng.
Tang Qing also sees that Maruyama Takeshi is troubled.
The difference is.
Ge Feng doesn’t know why, but he does. It’s not because of difficulties in business, but because someone is preparing to ’pull him into their circle,’ and the one pulling him is a consortium that has just been established in Japan.
That’s right.
The first phase of the "New Japanese Consortium Plan" has been completed.
As a consortium.
Naturally, it must have a great number of members, especially a new consortium like ERV, which relies on the unity of numerous businesses and small families to make the old American consortiums consider including them as a member.
Otherwise.
Just a handful of people.
No matter how rich.
Nobody cares.
Unlike ERV.
Japan’s consortium doesn’t need the recognition of the older consortiums. They don’t have the various privileges that American consortiums do; they are merely a political-business alliance that seeks to infiltrate every social stratum, which takes time.
And it’s tough.
Because Japan’s social hierarchy is excessively rigid.
It’s practically as if it has solidified. For newcomers seeking to achieve something, everywhere they look there are only walls of bronze and iron. Japan’s younger generation has almost lost the possibility of a turnaround; it’s hard not to despair.
Without cheats.
No one could play the consortium game in Japan.
Luckily.
Tang Qing has cheats.
Even so, to reach the current status of ERV in the United States, he probably needs to diligently work for a decade or two to slowly build up his foundation. But for Tang Qing, of course, this timeline is unsatisfactory.
Therefore.
He plans to use his cheats to the fullest.
If you’re going to play.
You might as well play big.
Every system.
Has its upper and lower classes.
And it is impossible for the major consortium families of Japan to control all power, so what he needs to do is to rally those ’overlooked’ people. To sum it up in one sentence, ’Unite all the forces that can be unified.’
Promising interests.
Pulling more people in.
Directed by a common goal.
Turn the tide.
Japan’s biggest difficulty is also the best direction for a breakthrough.
For those families, businesses, scholars, and government workers not ’covered’ by a Japanese chaebol, no matter how big or small, as long as their thinking is not rigid and they have dissatisfaction, they are targets for persuasion.
To tell the truth.
Such a diverse group of people.
Tang Qing doesn’t know what the end result will be. The Command Room analysis suggests a high probability that it will collapse due to internal contradictions, unable to maintain stability like the ERV consortium, with much lower survival chances than the South Korean chaebol.
Because.
Japan has the biggest ’uncertainty factor’—the Imperial Family. Those who don’t understand cannot grasp its importance in the hearts of the Japanese people. In Japan, it can almost turn the situation around with just a word.
All that can be said is.
The future.
Depends on who has the better strategy.
