740. Openness and honesty
Ishikawa never expected that Kato Ryuichi was so bold that he could get together with government officials and consortiums.
Although he also knew that few people in Japan had no conflicts with the police, they were not allowed to collude with officials of such a level, especially those in the Ministry of Transportation, which was quite extraordinary.
With his influence, only those chaebols can collude with officials of this level, but he did not expect that Kato could actually get on the chaebol line.
On the surface, Japan seems to be an elected country. Especially after World War II, with the support of the American godfather, the emperor was no longer the supreme head of the country, but just a symbol. What is truly governing this country is the government agency.
But anyone who understands it knows that the government is just a toy in the hands of the big chaebols, and the politicians are just puppets who obey the batons of the chaebols.
What really dominates this country has always been the few big chaebols in Japan!
For those chaebols, they are just chamber pots. When they can be used, they will take them over and urinate in them. When they are not used, they will want to kick you aside.
Although everyone understands this truth, whenever those chaebols need it, countless gangs still surround them like moths to the flames.
Why? Because everyone knows one thing, no matter how they are kicked away in the end, as long as they can be favored by them, then during the cooperation period, everyone will be able to gain enough benefits.
Moreover, if you make good connections with such a chaebol, it will be of great benefit to the future development of any gang.
Therefore, Japan's Black Club has an inexplicable sense of awe and favor towards the chaebols. As long as they need it, they will remain unswerving, although they clearly know that they are just being used.
Even so, it is not so easy to get in touch with such a chaebol. If you want others to choose you to cooperate, you must show excellent skills.
So Ishikawa was shocked. What shocked him was that Kato Ryuichi really had such ability that those big chaebols could take a fancy to him and choose him to cooperate.
Like the black monopoly projects in China, as long as you can get in touch with these big chaebols and then get some basic engineering projects, even if the main body is handed over to regular companies, you are just responsible for some scraps of work, such as providing sand, soil, leveling the land, and laying the foundation, which is the least technically inexplicable job, will be enough for you to eat at that time.
You should know that this is doing business with the Japanese government. Engineering business in such a country is different from the risk of doing business in China and the government. At least here, the government departments will not ask you developers to advance funds and start work first, and you will get as much money as you do. Everyone is not fooled by the local governments in China, like the local governments in China, to deceive developers to advance funds and start work first. After the project is over, it will be even more difficult to make a project payment.
"So this guy made his fortune by making a fortune, that's understandable. No wonder the Three Emperors have developed so quickly in his hands in the past two years."
Akira Ishikawa said a little confused. It is indeed compared to Kato Ryuichi's skills, he is just a simple-minded fool.
"Haha, what's the use of developing fast? All the benefits were eaten by him alone. None of the other cadres got any benefits. Instead, they had to pay a lot of membership fees every year. The Three Emperors' Association looked glorious on the surface, but there were cracks inside. And as long as there was a little disturbance, Kato would have to step down."
Li Yifan continued Ishikawa's words and said, to be honest, he admired the ability of this kid Kato Ryuichi. He was indeed very capable of colluding with chaebols and senior officials.
"Mr. James, then what can you get from the overthrow of Kato Ryuichi?"
Ishikawa finally couldn't help asking, the guy on the other side had already made such a briefing, so what could he get from this incident?
Li Yifan glanced at Ishikawa and continued.
"Kato is very cautious. He also knows that those chaebols and high-ranking government officials are evil spirits who eat people and don't spit bones. When dealing with them, they must be more vigilant, because if one is not done well, the other party will swallow him and the bones. And if the other party is unhappy, they can directly destroy him and replace him with another partner, but he wants to continue such a business for a long time. So when he meets those chaebol officials and chaebols, he uses a lot of hands.
Duan, for example, the Minister of the Ministry of Transportation, Housing and Urban-Rural Development, seems to like to play SM. Not only did he give the minister a beautiful woman, he also secretly took a lot of videos. He also used such methods when dealing with those chaebol people. However, he thought he was doing very secretly, but someone still knew about such things. Moreover, he had a lot of other evidence of collusion between officials and businessmen, and these are very important to me. The reason why I wanted to help you get Kato was that I needed these things!"
When Ishikawa heard this, he understood Li Yifan's intention. Looking at the mysterious Mr. James opposite, Akira Ishikawa felt a little scared. It seemed that this guy had a big idea!
Needless to say, all the evidence that Kato has kept is taken out. Just take out one or two pieces of evidence, which will probably cause an earthquake to hit the Japanese political and business community, and even the entire Japanese society.
Over the years, Japan's economy has been sluggish, but the heads of government departments have been replaced frequently, even like a revolving lantern. This prime minister has only been in power for three months and will be demoted due to certain factors, and the person who has been replaced will not stay for long. Koizumi is currently the longest-standing prime minister in the past decade.
Such frequent changes of leaders did not bring any benefits to ordinary Japanese people. Currency depreciation and sluggish exports all brought a feeling of worsening to the Japanese economy, and ordinary people had not raised their wages for many years.
The glory of the past soaring was no longer there, but it quickly slid into the abyss of decline, which made people from all walks of life in Japan full of resentment towards the government. They blamed all this for the poor leadership of the government, so civil servants are now the most tragic profession.
Many people know that there is something wrong with the Japanese government, but where can ordinary people get such evidence? If these evidences explode, it may cause a huge social change in Japan.
But the guy on the other side wanted such evidence. Who is he and what is he going to do?
Ishikawa felt very conflicted. As a middle-aged man who went to four Zhang in the grade, he had experienced the most glorious moment in Japan and still had a certain sense of pride in this country. He could not have been full of hatred and doubtful attitude towards everything in this country like the young people now.
Although he is a villain and hates the government, like other Japanese, he hates foreigners to point fingers at Japan even more.
So at this time, he felt very conflicted. After all, he didn't know what he would do if the young man on the other side got the information?
"Don't worry, Mr. Ishikawa, I am just a representative of some people. You should know that in this world, especially in countries like the United States and Japan, many things are not decided by the government. In fact, the real thing is the chaebol behind government officials. My employer and the chaebol of Japan have some disputes on some overseas cooperation projects, so we need these, just want to be able to proceed smoothly with the chaebol of Japan and overseas cooperation projects. As for disrupting Japan's social order or threatening the Japanese government, we are not interested."
Ishikawa felt much more relieved when he heard this. If James only needed these materials to trouble the Japanese chaebol, he would not be disgusted.
In the early years, he was trained in a police school and had some insight. He loved and hated these big chaebols in Japan. Japan's economy has been taking off for decades. It can be said that the most benefit is not ordinary Japanese like them, but those chaebols who are full of hearts.
Moreover, he was also very dissatisfied with the arrogance and use of those chaebols when dealing with the black man, so if Li Yifan took these information to trick the Japanese chaebols, he really did not object at all.
"That's it! Then I have nothing to worry about. Thank you Mr. James for your open and honest communication with me. Please forgive me for your previous misconduct."
Ishikawa got up and bowed, apologizing to Li Yifan, but Li Yifan waved his hand.
"It's nothing, I don't care, and I think it's really good to communicate with us like this open and honest. I think you should understand better than me what you should do. Of course, in the early days, you probably won't have many helpers. Don't worry, I will send a few people to help you."
Ishikawa was surprised. Isn’t this obviously sending someone to monitor him? But when he thought about it, it was nothing. He generously gave you one billion yen. What if he sent a few people to monitor him?
Chapter completed!