Reborn Tokyo Golden Age

In November at the end of 1987, Bai Chuanfeng was running around for SIC's future financing.

On a certain day at the end of the month, he also took time to attend the listing ceremony of Keyence.

KEYENCE has been cooperating with Shirakawa Electric for the Lead motor of the laser head of the CD player.

It was renamed Keyence last year and was officially listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange this year.

And Shirakawa Electric, which has in-depth cooperation experience at the beginning of its development, has also become one of Keyence's financing shareholders.

However, the real investor is the investment company under Shirakawa Holdings, after negotiating with Mitsubishi and others.

In the end, Shirakawa Holdings took 10.7% of Keyence's shares for 12 billion yen, but after the listing, this figure has been diluted to about 8%.

However, thanks to the neon-inflated stock market, Keyence's stock soared 34.7% on the first day of listing.

Tsk, casually made billions of yen on the first day, the money comes from finance really quickly.

Not to mention that Beidu Bank is also one of Keyence's underwriters, and it also earns a lot.

It's even cash, not the share data held by Baichuan Holdings.

Just like the statement that Neon people agree with at this time, the stock market of Neon will never fall.

Even the "Black Monday" of the global stock market in July could not affect the neon stock market in the slightest.

Doesn't this confirm the saying that "the neon stock market will never fall"?

So no matter what kind of company you are, as long as you go public, the stock will go up.

Those fanatical stockholders guard the two major trading sections of the Eastern Stock Exchange every day.

As long as there are new shares, everyone will rush to them. In less than half a day, it is guaranteed to raise the stock price to the point where Sang, the president of the newly listed company, is speechless.

Although such a market is sick and abnormal, it does make people feel uplifted.

And it doesn't matter even if the stock price is inflated, as long as there are people who take orders and transactions are going on in the stock market, there must be someone who can make money.

So although Neon's stock market has been soaring all the way, it is also extremely active.

A large part of the reason for this phenomenon is that the stock market is backed by the property market.

Everyone firmly believes that the land price of neon will never fall.

Due to the narrow territory of Neon, the land available for development is scarce. As the population grows, less and less land is available.

Under this cognitive psychology, the land price in Tokyo has increased by 94.7% compared with last year, almost doubled.

Just near Ginza in Chuo-ku, the most expensive land in the history of neon has been born, more than 100 million yen per ping.

A little more than three square meters, sold for more than 100 million yen, Bai Chuanfeng couldn't help but click his tongue.

Housing prices, land prices and the entire country's economy are closely related. It is obvious that the neon land prices are out of touch with people's consumption and income at this time.

However, because there are too many people copying land and too many people speculating in stocks, there is no problem with collective participation.

Also because both the property market and the stock market have risen, although the export trade of Shirakawa Electric has been affected, the market value has gone straight to 7 trillion yen.

However, the market value has risen a lot, but the ranking has dropped. Now Baichuan Electric's market value ranking has almost regressed to the tenth place.

Magically, the market capitalization has risen significantly, but the ranking is declining. Instead, the market capitalization of financial institutions is rapidly expanding.

For example, Nomura Securities, a leader in the financial field, ranks No. 1 in terms of operating profit this year.

In November, journalists from major media outlets made related reports. Stimulated by this news, the market value of Nomura Securities exceeded 15 trillion yen in one fell swoop.

With its super high market capitalization, Nomura Securities now ranks second in the top 100 neon companies after Toyota Motor.

It can be seen from this that the financial industry is stimulated by the stock market, and the addition to the market value is outrageous.

But when it comes to market value, Bai Chuanfeng has really shown his face in front of people all over the world this year.

That's right, the whole world, not just neon.

How did you show your face? Then take a look at this year's "Forbes" magazine, the newly launched list of the world's richest people.

The Forbes Global Rich List was launched for the first time in 1987, and the cover character of this magazine is Shirakawa Kaede.

To be honest, when someone told him with a magazine that he had become the richest person on earth, Bai Chuanfeng was stunned.

Because before that, Forbes didn't get along with him, but it can't be said that he didn't.

The editors of Forbes contacted me a long time ago, and they expressed their interest to Bai Chuanfeng.

"Forbes" plans to use personal wealth as the criterion for the first time this year to rank a global rich list.

The editor of Forbes explained that while the rich people on the list show their social status, they can also bring various invisible benefits to future business activities.

To put it bluntly, Forbes promoted Bai Chuanfeng, and the latter also needed to cooperate with Forbes to produce various asset certificates of his own.

Bai Chuanfeng refused Forbes who came to his door without even thinking about it.

He doesn't want to be famous, and he doesn't want to show off his wealth. Isn't it good to make a fortune in silence?

And according to the tradition of the Neon people, low-key is the mainstream, and there is no chaebol who advertises his wealth everywhere like an upstart.

However, although Forbes was rejected, it does not mean that Forbes gave up such an idea.

Forbes' team of journalists began tracking the movements of the world's wealthiest people a year ago.

For example, Bai Chuanfeng attended some public welfare evening parties, and the things he photographed were worth hundreds of millions of yen. People in Forbes saw these scenes.

There is also the Dassault private jet he bought before, and a custom-made luxury yacht.

Although he himself didn't publicize it, he couldn't hide it from the eyes of these reporters.

After confirming who is eligible to be on the Forbes rich list, they will send out interview invitations to relevant people, and by the way, they will also hand over the approximate data of their investigation.

Because Bai Chuanfeng was not interested in the so-called rich list, he glanced at the data and laughed it off.

But obviously Forbes did not give up his plan. Although Bai Chuanfeng refused, they still based on their own investigation and previous media reports.

Started to make a rough estimate of the enterprises, land, houses and luxury goods under Bai Chuanfeng's name.

However, because the land price of Neon is too outrageous at this time, for the time being, this part of Forbes is based on the land price of the United States as a reference for compromise calculations.

Bai Chuanfeng's most famous assets are the title of "4.2 Billion Couples" and the listed company Bai Chuan Electric.

However, after several rounds of new shares issued by Baichuan Electric, the shareholding of Baichuan Holdings has been reduced to about 30%, and the rest of the shares are under the trumpet.

Although the absolute controller of Baichuan Holdings is Baichuanfeng, it is unknown whether it has other investors or not.

How much of this is attributed to Bai Chuanfeng's personal name is another cloud of fog.

In the end, according to his own rough calculation, Forbes believed that the value of the shares of Baichuan Electric, which Baichuan Feng personally held, was about 14 billion US dollars.

SIC's market value has been converted to about $2 billion, which is based on one-third of Intel's market value as a result of calculation.

There is no doubt that this underestimates the value of SIC, because Intel's market value has plummeted for a round because of the US stock market crash in 1987.

But anyway, Forbes does not need to be responsible for the data, so all calculations can be done roughly.

As for well-known companies such as Beidu Bank and HAL, plus other lesser-known subsidiaries, the overall valuation is about 5 billion US dollars.

Including the previously world-famous US$4.2 billion, Bai Chuanfeng's personal wealth is roughly US$25.2 billion.

Although Bai Chuanfeng scoffed at these figures, none of Forbes' calculations were accurate.

But there is no doubt that in 1987, this number still crushed most of the richest people in the world.

In the eyes of Forbes, US$25.2 billion can already be ranked first in the world without any suspense.

So as soon as this issue of the magazine was released, it caused an uproar around the world.

The richest person in the world is actually under 30 years old, and still from Neon.

What is even more unconvincing is that Yoshiaki Tsutsumi from the Neon Seibu Group ranks second on the rich list.

His personal assets mainly come from land, and Forbes estimates him to be 20 billion US dollars.

The No. 1 and No. 2 billionaires are all Neon people, which really makes people doubt the accuracy of Forbes data.

In addition, the rich list is held for the first time, and its authority needs to be verified.

So for this set of numbers, most people are skeptical.

Especially the Neon domestic media, they think that if the land price of Neon is really calculated, there is no doubt that Tsutsumi Yoshiaki should be number one on the rich list.

Because the Seibu Group now owns nearly one-sixth of the total area of ​​Nihong’s developable land, according to the current price, Yoshiaki Tsutsumi’s worth should be around 150 billion US dollars.

In theory, these lands are indeed worth that much money.

After all, it is not that there is no price but no market for the land of neon. On the contrary, there are more people involved in the transaction.

If Yoshiaki Tsutsumi finds enough takers, he may indeed be worth hundreds of billions of dollars.

More than 100 billion US dollars in 1987, this figure is a bit beyond Forbes' imagination.

So in the end, when calculating the land price of neon, Forbes did not calculate it according to the crazy land price of neon at the moment.

Because this is so absurd, even Forbes, who likes to blindly calculate Keel, finds it absurd.

150 billion US dollars, no one will believe it.

This figure is higher than the net assets of many countries, and it is a veritable rich country.

So in order not to let his first rich list become a joke, Forbes can only lower the land price of Neon to the same level as that of the United States.

That's why the current data was obtained, and Bai Chuanfeng, who was mainly engaged in industry, was naturally a latecomer, and won the first place with 25 billion US dollars.

However, although there are many people who question the Forbes rich list, the outside world also believes that even if Bai Chuanfeng's assets are not 25 billion US dollars.

But 18 billion is still there. After all, the real estate market and stock market of Neon are too wet, and the market value of Shirakawa Electric has also been overestimated invisibly.

Therefore, 18 billion US dollars is a figure that everyone can accept, at least Bai Chuanfeng's assets are not supported by land.

In addition, although his social status has been greatly underestimated, many people are more and more admiring of Bai Chuanfeng's five-body cast.

The 18 billion US dollars recognized by everyone is much more convincing than the 25 billion US dollars boasted by Forbes.

This kind of wealth, many people have no idea at all, and their impression of it is only in numbers.

After all, I can't earn 100 million US dollars in a few lifetimes, and 18 billion is indeed beyond the scope of understanding.

Because of the publication of Forbes magazine, Bai Chuanfeng also attracted the siege of many reporters in Neon.

No way, Bai Chuanfeng even quietly hid in Akita's hometown during this time.

Bai Chuanfeng really wanted to say don't listen to Forbes, those chaebols have much more wealth than him, and they are the real super rich.

However, the wealth of the chaebol is not concentrated on one person. As the founder of Baichuan Holdings, Bai Chuanfeng is still too prominent.

But soon at the end of the year, the attention of the outside world shifted to another matter, and Bai Chuanfeng also had to return to Tokyo and went to the Imperial Palace.