The Kyoto Bubble Era: It started with selling off hundreds of millions of property

Headquarters of Itoman Corporation, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture.

This large family business, which started with fiber products and was founded in 1883, is now listed on the Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges. It is controlled by the Ito Man family. The current president is Ito Manheizo, his brother Ito Manzaburo. As the head of the family, he is also the managing director of the Tosan Head Office, responsible for the review of various business operations of bank affiliates.

In order not to include the Ito Man family into the Mitsubishi Consortium, Ito Manzaburo gave up the olive branch offered by Jin Yaohui and voluntarily joined the club faction of Hiraiwa Keiichi. Now Ito Man Co., Ltd. is flourishing in Osaka and has close relations with many consortiums.

In the president's office.

Wearing a floral shirt and looking like a prodigal even in his middle age, Ito Manheizo looked at his brother with a frown and a bad expression, took out a cigar, lit it, and then asked leisurely: "Third brother, last month the second brother and The eldest brother transferred another 1 billion from the club's accounts, saying it was to invest in the Hawaii project, but in fact he went to Las Vegas to gamble. It's not okay to continue like this."

Up to their generation, the Ito Man family has four sons in total, Dalang, Erlang, Saburo and him. Unfortunately, the eldest brother and the second brother are typical playboys. They have only been living and drinking since they were young, which hinders them.

The most promising one is Ito Manzaburo, and now the family is also in his hands. The youngest Ito Manpei has a poor academic background and an average business acumen, but he has been hanging around in gray areas such as the Yakuza. Now he is quite famous in the Osaka Yakuza circle. He is so famous that the presidents of several well-known Yakuza societies are his sworn brothers.

He was also the one who introduced the Yamada-gumi's business at the beginning, and he and Yamada Masamune were sworn brothers.

"Starting from next month, each of them will have a monthly payment limit of five million yen. If you want to get more, you have to do things for the family. In addition, how much has our club lost due to the stock market and the real estate market?" Manzaburo Ito became upset when he mentioned this. When the bubble economy blew up, the Ito Man family took advantage of the situation.

He also has two major resources, banks and enterprises. The last time a consortium rescued the stock market and real estate market, he invested a lot of money.

When hot money was at its peak, Ito Man Co., Ltd., under his instruction, borrowed 500 billion yen from the Industrial Bank of Japan to invest in the real estate market!

This is a secret that no one knows except the core members of the Ito Man family and the executives of Industrial Bank!

In Kitahara Sosuke's transaction, Manzaburo Ito was on the one hand to conceal the addresses of the seven properties, and on the other hand, he was also helping Japan's Industrial Bank conceal a financial scandal.

After all, the employees of the Industrial Bank of Japan who were tricked by Kitahara Sosuke were all involved in the issue of internal financing for investment in real estate. If this matter was exposed, it would have a huge impact on the credibility of the banking industry. President Hiroshi Kurosawa of the Industrial Bank of Japan is preparing Using bank performance as a springboard to enter politics will definitely not allow this kind of scandal to break out under his term!

Therefore, he entrusted Ito Manzaburo to retrieve those properties, and he had to deal with Kitahara Sosuke.

That kid seemed to have seen through the cause and effect behind this. If he was caught to death, he would definitely buy real estate. He was confident and finally tricked him!

It's scary to think about it.

Manzaburo Ito thought over and over again, and after confirming that the matter had not been leaked, he determined that Sosuke Kitahara was just lucky and happened to get those employees.

His current relationship with Industrial Bank of Japan is so deep that he cannot leave. All the 500 billion will be lost in the real estate market. If the real estate market does not pick up in the future, the company will definitely go bankrupt!

"More than 300 billion. This does not include our losses in the stock market. Our family assets and profits over the years are gone. Third brother, if the housing market problem cannot be solved, the old people in the family are clamoring to separate the family." Ito Manpei Zangnao Scratched his head.

"Who wants to separate the family?" Manzaburo Ito looked coldly.

"Fourth uncle and the others, third brother, do you mean to get rid of them?" Ito Banpeizo suddenly became interested, "Also, I heard that the brat named Kitahara lost face to you last time at the head office? How about getting rid of them too? Right? You also know that I have a good relationship with Dado Construction now. Their president Xu Yongzhong has many desperadoes from the peninsula. Who was that last time? Master Taro Hamaka asked him to kill the president of a small club. , the police headquarters can’t just watch, hehe.”

"Idiot! Now everyone in the head office knows about my bet with Kitahara Sosuke. At this time, he is being killed. Do you think it's okay? And the Kitahara family is also powerful in Tokyo. By the way, I heard that Kitahara Masao's adopted daughter Kitahara Neiko Is he also from your circle?" In fact, Ito Manzaburo was moved, and it was not impossible to bring down the damn Sosuke Kitahara with a black gun from behind.

But as soon as the thought passed by, I gave up.

The risk of this kind of thing is too great and is not proportional to the benefits.

Kitahara Sosuke was just a small person, and his death would cause quite a riot, especially since he was obviously being protected by Gennai Ken. If you attack him, Gennai Ken will always find out something if he pursues it to the end.

In the true upper-class inner circle, no secrets exist. The "truth" of things that should be disclosed to the public just depends on the mood of that group of people.

"Kitahara Ningzi? You mean the 'Arms Queen' who is involved with those extremist terrorists in the Middle East? She is the adopted daughter of the Kitahara family?" Ito Manheizo took a breath of air.

Who dares to mess with that crazy woman?

Do you think you live too long?

"It should be her. I heard that she is Kitahara Sosuke's second sister, Kitahara Masao's adopted daughter. She is basically out of the country. In short, you should not touch Kitahara Sosuke, and it is best to send someone to protect him. If someone wants to trick us, we will It makes sense but I can’t explain it.”

Manzaburo Ito felt so aggrieved.

This person cannot die before Kitahara Sosuke's 100 billion bet fails.

Absolutely not!

Otherwise, the blame will definitely fall on the Itoman family.

"You can ask the elderly people at home again. If they still have opinions, take them to Tokyo Bay to see the sea. Also, I have contacted Xu Yongzhong at Dadyo Construction. How is the matter arranged by him? Next time the gallery will The meeting is about to take place, have you found all the people?"

Manzaburo Ito took a deep breath, this is the most important thing at the moment.

This time the organizer of the gallery is Sonoko Katida, one of the important members of Moonlight Village. Her father is Ichiro Katida, the current president of Sumitomo Bank!

With a loss of nearly 500 billion, now we can only turn to Sumitomo Bank for help.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of it!" Ito Wanpingzou patted his chest, but he still felt frightened when he thought of the names on the list.

The business that the third brother is doing now is really a treasure trove.

Those seven properties are fixtures in Osaka where Gekkoso hosts the gallery.

The so-called Moonlight Village is a literary and artistic organization established a hundred years ago. With the increase in the level of members, only prominent figures from all walks of life can apply. It also requires the recommendation of more than ten official members to gain admission and become an associate member. member.

To upgrade to a formal member, you have to spend more than 10 billion within a year!

Nowadays, the Moonlight Village General Assembly holds art exhibitions every once in a while by a VIP member. The VIP members are fixed and basically do not recruit new people. They are all the real top people from all walks of life.

He knows giants such as former prime ministers, cabinet ministers, bank presidents, heads of conglomerates and families, etc.!

These people hold art exhibitions, then conduct auctions, and then formal members and associate members bid for the art, and finally complete the transaction.

In fact, these members are big figures from all walks of life who have been recruited by the Ito Man family and have "needs". For example, the presidents of some super clubs specially join Moonlight Village in order to predict policies in advance or apply for the development rights of a certain project. .

Make a "donation" in the form of purchasing art!

According to Ito Manheizo, this is pimping in the form of money!

This time, the "donation" was made to the president of Sumitomo Bank, and the organizer was his daughter. The participants were all clubs that have requests from Sumitomo Bank.

It is self-evident that Itoman Co., Ltd., as an intermediary, has received massive benefits and connections. As long as Ichiro Kita is satisfied this time, he can go to Sumitomo Bank to approve a large loan.

The art transactions involved include transportation, exhibitions, auctions, and donations. The steps are numerous and strict, involving all walks of life and many social sectors. Xu Yongzhong of Dadoyo Construction is a Japanese-Korean and served as the president of the largest Yakuza society in Japan after World War II. A bodyguard and driver, he later became the president of Dado Construction and had many contacts with violent gangs such as the Yamaguchi-gumi.

He is here to transport art and money, maintain order, take both black and white, and be very safe.

This is the biggest secret of the Itoman family!

In comparison, Kitahara Sosuke is just a little ant who can be easily crushed to death.

It's just that Xu Yongzhong went too far last time and seemed to have attracted the attention of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. However, with so many big bosses backing him, there shouldn't be any problems and there won't be any clues left.

It seems that the president who was killed by his men was the former president of Kitahara Logistics?

Ito Manzaburo frowned: "Fourth brother, go check on Inoue Logistics."

"Okay." Ito Wanpingzang smiled and nodded. He liked this kind of thing the most, but he had to send someone to protect the kid, which was very unpleasant.

He stood up and was about to leave when there was a knock on the door.

The door opened, and a sweet-looking girl in a Lolita dress walked in.

"Fourth uncle~Dad~Rihua didn't disturb you, did he?"

A girl named Ito Marika is the only daughter of Ito Manzaburo. She is currently studying at the Conservatory of Music in Vienna and learning piano.

"It's okay, it's okay. We just finished talking. Is Rika-chan sixteen years old? She's a lot more beautiful, tsk tsk tsk." Ito Wanheizang laughed and touched her head, "As expected of a mixed race, her looks are so impressive I’m envious, much prettier than your cousins!”

"Hehe~ My cousins ​​are also very beautiful~ By the way, fourth uncle, you have to come to my piano performance next month. Don't break the appointment. Huh, daddy will come too, right?" Marihua Ito pouted. The little mouth is a little puffy.

"I will definitely be there." Manzaburo Ito pinched his daughter's cheek lovingly, "Do you still have enough money?"

Kithara Sosuke got off the train and took a deep breath of air. The smell in Osaka was slightly different from that in Tokyo, with a fresh earthy fragrance.

Electronic screens in nearby shopping malls were broadcasting various incidents. The death of Inoue Hiko, the former president of Inoue Logistics, and his family were revealed again. The unscrupulous entrepreneur used loans and workers' hard-earned money to speculate in stocks and buy houses. Finally, he could not bear the pressure and committed suicide.

The people in the news media who reported the news were filled with indignation and wished that such unscrupulous entrepreneurs would die. The leaders of the consortium bowed and apologized, saying that they would never tolerate the breeding of such corrupt elements within the group.

In short, all the shit basins are placed on the dead man's head, and his image of being great, upright, and tall is established.

"It's really disgusting, bah!" Fujiwara Norika, who came to pick him up, complained, and then smiled at him, "Section Chief, oh no, branch chief, you can't be like them and become a useless person who sucks people's hard-earned money. Good capitalist!"

"Haha, I thought, but there is no chance, I can only bully you little girls." Kitahara Sosuke patted her forehead affectionately, "Let's go, I will take you to eat delicious food."

"Sooner or later, I will be photographed as a fool by you, and then you will be responsible for raising me until I grow old!" Fujiwara Norika's cheeks were as bulging as steamed buns, and then her expression dimmed slightly, "President Inoue is also very pitiful. His whole family has been destroyed. If you kill him, you will have to take the blame for the consortium."

"Okay, don't think too much. Here, you carry the suitcase." Kitahara Sosuke handed the black suitcase in his hand to her, "Before dinner, come with me to visit the female staff."

"Yeah." Fujiwara Norika nodded and took the box. It felt quite heavy. "Hey, what is in this? Is it a condolence gift?"

They planned to visit the female employees who were assaulted by Naoto Asano but could not complain, and considered protecting their private information. They did not publicly accuse Naoto Asano, or even testify in court, so he was sentenced to 5 years.

In this day and age, if this kind of thing is exposed, they will not get any benefits, and they will be poked in the back for the rest of their lives.

"No, it's cash, 100 million." Kitahara Sosuke smiled.

"Take 100 million to express condolences!" Fujiwara Norika was shocked.

How on earth did he do it? How can you get such a sum of money in just one trip?

The same thing happened last time when I went to visit families who were persecuted by the Yakuza.

Kitahara Sosuke spread his hands. It was not his money anyway, and the 100 million that Hashimoto Shota joined could be put to good use.

The list of victims is only kept by the Metropolitan Police Department and other relevant departments. Even the Tosan Head Office cannot get it, and it is not known how Hashimoto Shota obtained it.

He took one look at the list and made this decision. It was probably the first thing he did as acting branch president.

Thinking of Sakurai Saeko's helplessness at that time, her determination to commit suicide, and what might have happened to Kobayashi Kyoko without her that day, Kitahara Sosuke couldn't sit idly by.

At least give them some comfort.

"Several of them have been exiled to the countryside. This time I went to the countryside for a walk. I heard that many clubs there are on the verge of bankruptcy." Kitahara Sosuke said with a smile, "The non-performing assets that are about to surge are also good acquisitions. Target."

"Acquisition of non-performing assets? President Kitahara, what non-performing assets do you plan to acquire?" Norika Fujiwara tilted her head and looked at him.

"Manufacturing, service, and entertainment industries." Kitahara Sosuke raised three fingers and smiled mysteriously.