Chapter 889: Ascending to the Rooftop
Goryeo has always been a magical country. Perhaps because its geographical location is too embarrassing, it has been dependent on the great powers since ancient times.
In the previous hundreds of years of history, it was almost a subject country of the flower planter, until modern times, because Eagle Sauce had global hegemony, it broke away from the control of the flower planter and threw itself into the arms of Eagle Sauce.
However, due to various problems left over from history, in the new century, although it has become more and more economically developed and has entered the ranks of developed countries at an early date, it has never had complete sovereignty, just like the island countries.
Until now, it was the chaebol, or the hawk-chan behind the chaebol, that controlled the entire country.
Coupled with Eagle Sauce's garrison, there's nothing wrong with saying it's an alternative colony of the new era.
The island country, which is also a "colony" of Eagle Sauce, suffered this catastrophe not long ago, which had to make the chaebol of Goryeo feel concerned and afraid that they would also suffer this catastrophe.
In particular, Su Yang publicly stated on his domestic Weibo that this action was regarded as revenge for the country, although the chaebols of Goryeo thought that this was just a "high-sounding excuse" and just a self-whitewash of the victors, but there were also a lot of dirty things between Goryeo and the flower planters in modern times, and they were also afraid that Su Yang would replicate such a thing in Goryeo. That's why I made this trip to the island country.
When they came to the island nation, the representatives of the consortium saw a devastated metropolis that had become extremely depressed. The streets that used to be crowded with people are now only sparsely populated.
Originally, although the social animals of the island country worked hard, at least there was light in their eyes, but now they are all emaciated.
The group was originally scheduled to visit the president of Honda, who was familiar with him, to learn about the situation. As a result, I found that I had a certain understanding of the whole of Japan.
They couldn't help but think of the information they got before: Su Yang washed the island country in blood, causing an all-round blow to the island country's economy, industry, import and export, exchange rate, and stock market.
In particular, the three key industries of information, finance, and automobiles, almost all of them have regressed by ten years.
Even if it is Toyota and Honda, although they still have little loss, they still have strong assets and are extremely strong. But because he was tricked by Su Yang and didn't get a new energy battery, his strength was greatly reduced.
Experts and chaebols from many other countries have analyzed that once Suyang's new energy vehicles are really introduced to the world, the decline of these large associations will be very fast.
Therefore, even though the valuations of these companies have been very low due to the impact of the economic crisis, no company or bank has come to the rescue or take over.
Companies are operated with debt, and the collateral is generally stocks, and the result of the low stock price is that the collateral is insufficient, and the company needs to pledge more shares or increase other collateral.
This is actually a very dangerous behavior for the company.
And these large companies are already in the best position in this economic crisis. After Su Yang's bloodbath in the island countries, international capital was like a shark that smelled fishy, and all of them were concentrated in the island countries and carried out a new round of destruction of the island countries, which directly led to a new round of economic crisis in the island countries.
The money in the hands of ordinary people was plundered, factories went bankrupt, and many rich people and consortia suffered heavy losses and had to go to the rooftops.
In fact, in addition to learning from the experience of the island countries, another purpose of the Goryeo delegation is to pull these companies along.
They weren't kind, and they wanted to help their neighbors. You must know that the two sides are also considered feuds. And it's a "dad" again, it's too late to compete for favor, how can you support each other.
They mainly feel that the value of these enterprises is still very high. At a time when the whole island country is in ruins, if they lend a hand, they can not only get some partners, but also get a lot of benefits at a low price.
With the group's purpose in mind, the vehicle continued to drive, and soon the group arrived at the annex of President Toyota's house.
Because it is close to early autumn, the courtyard is full of fallen leaves, and it looks a little depressed.
knocked on the door, and led by the servant, the group came to the courtyard. The president of Toyota was arguing fiercely with a person about something, and judging by a voice from afar, it seemed that the matter was related to some Southeast Asian tourist capital.
Seeing everyone coming, the president of Toyota stopped talking, waved his hand to signal the person to go down first, and then greeted him with a smile, and took the initiative to greet him, "Li Gongzi is here." ”
The surname Lee is very common in Goryeo, but when it comes to this status, there is obviously only one company that can be welcomed by the president of Toyota: the Samsung Lee family.
As a well-known chaebol in the whole world, the Samsung Li family is one of the legendary and most well-known chaebols.
The chairman is the richest man, and his son is the third richest, from screws and plastic particles to skyscrapers, military industry, hospitals, securities, and clothing, only you can't think of it, and there is nothing that Samsung can't do. There are so many business divisions that there are too many employees to count, and half of the cars are stopped because the state is worried that the scale is too large.
An enterprise, accounting for more than 20% of the gross domestic product, and the president of an enterprise, let the president of the country bow his head when he sees it.
This is Samsung!
There is only one consortium in the world, and it has such power in its own country.
Therefore, the people of Korea always use "one enterprise supports a country", "the birth, old age, sickness and death of Korean people, except for the sun and air, everything else is handled by Samsung" to describe Samsung.
And today, the only son of the Li family, Li Zairong and Li Gongzi, came here.
Greeted Lee Jae-yong warmly, the president of Toyota invited them to sit down in the courtyard, and called someone to make tea.
Sitting on the futon, Lee Jae-yong looked at the courtyard. Although the courtyard is cleaner than the outside, in general, there are still a lot of fallen leaves, which look a little broken.
He retracted his gaze and said, "Toyoda-kun, you haven't been doing very well lately. I don't think even the courtyard has been cleaned. ”
President Toyota is the fourth-generation eldest grandson of the Toyota family, named Akira Toyoda, and Lee Jae-yong are about ten years apart in age, but they are the same generation.
He glanced at the courtyard, an embarrassed look on his face, and defended, "It's autumn." That's how things should be. So we go with nature and enjoy autumn in autumn. ”
Lee Jae-yong smiled and said unceremoniously, "Our three stars are different, we can turn every season into spring." ”
The courtyard was a bit quiet for a while.
President Toyota opened his mouth, but finally did not refute, but changed the topic, "What does Li Gongzi want to do when he comes this time?" ”
Li Zairong took a sip of tea from his teacup, his still handsome face was full of determination and enterprising ambition, "We came this time to see that the Yamato nation has encountered a disaster, so we want to lend a helping hand." ”
"We at Samsung expect to reach cooperation with some high-quality companies, and then create brilliance together."
Hearing Lee Jae-yong's statement, President Toyota was not surprised, apparently he had already guessed.
His fingers tapped lightly on the table, half ringing, the finger tapping stopped, and he asked, "Then what companies are Li Gongzi interested in now?" ”
Lee Jae-yong said, "We are interested in leading companies in electronics, technology, finance, and various industries. Even, some valuable brands such as... There is a wardrobe and we are also interested. ”
Hearing Li Zairong mention Youyiku, President Toyota's eyes moved slightly, and then said with a smile, "If Li Gongzi is interested in Youyiku, then it's best to come forward and talk about it now, otherwise you may not be able to catch up." ”
Lee Jae-yong: "Oh? "Is there anyone else looking to cooperate with Mr. Yanagawa?" ”
Hearing Yanagawa Hiko's name, President Toyota took a sip of water, and then said with a smile, "That's not it." Now that there is a wardrobe, it's not up to Yanagawa Jun to say, and it's not even certain that he can hold on to it..."
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At the same time, the island nation, the eastern capital.
As one of the most prosperous metropolises in the world, the prosperity of the Eastern Capital is undoubted.
Even in the small land of the island nation, there are dozens of towering buildings here.
Among these high-rise buildings, the most famous may be Zhongcheng Tower.
The tower was built by the island's top designers and architects, and it took nearly 400 billion yen to build and five years to build.
Covering an area of 6.9 hectares, the complex consists of 5 buildings and is home to hundreds of high-quality shops, restaurants, luxury hotels, exhibition halls, hospitals and parks, making it look like a small commercial city.
At this time, in this building, Yanagawa Hiko was taking the elevator to the top of the tallest building of Zhongcheng Tower.
Coming to the top floor, following the impression of coming here before, Yanagawa went around and came to the rooftop.
Unlike in the past, the rooftop was open for tours in the past, but now the rooftop is guarded by a sick old man.
The old man's standard island country appearance is not high, a little more than one meter six. Crumpled and looks to be in his seventies.
He saw Yanagawa coming, glanced up, and held out his shriveled hand, "500 yen." ”
Yanagawa paused, stunned for a moment, and opened his mouth just to say something.
The old man waved his hand and said impatiently, "I called the police, and it costs money to clean up the ground, which is not much, right?" ”
Yanagawa thought about it and felt that what the old man said made sense, so he took it out of his pocket.
As the richest man in the island country, he usually doesn't carry cash, but now that he is in decline, his secretaries and assistants have been dismissed, and he relies on himself for everything, so he will still bring some change when he goes out.
He carefully dug into his pockets, pulled out five 100 yen coins, and handed them to the old man.
The old man took the coins, waved his hand, and motioned for him to pass, and then he continued to sit there.
Yanagawa glanced at the old man again, then sighed, pushed open the door, and stepped onto the rooftop.
When he came to the rooftop, Yanagawa found that there were already several people here, all of them with sad faces, they were either looking into the distance in a daze, or muttering to themselves, or bursting into tears, obviously not in a very good mood.
Seeing Yanagawa coming, those people looked over, but soon looked away and continued to immerse themselves in their own world.
Yanagawa looked around the rooftop, trying to find a place of his own.
Before he could find it, he just listened to "Ah! With a loud shout, a person stepped out and jumped directly from the rooftop.
Zhongcheng Tower is 268 meters high, jumping from it, there can be no hope of survival, obviously this person is not here to play some extreme sports, but to kill himself.
Or, in other words, most of the people who walked on this rooftop came to seek death...
Hearing this person's shout, the people on the side who had been wooden seemed to be activated, and they ran to the place where the man jumped and looked down.
From afar, I heard the loud "ah" sound turn into a scream.
Immediately afterwards, a muffled sound sounded below, and in a moment, the screams of the crowd were heard again!
The people on the rooftop witnessed this scene the whole time, and they were all dumbfounded, as if they saw their own future...
These people who went to the rooftop are all bosses or radicals who went bankrupt in the economic crisis of the island country.
Ordinary people use their savings to speculate in stocks, and when they encounter an economic crisis, they only lose all their savings at most, but these bosses and aggressive investors will use high leverage, and the stock market will be destroyed, and they will not only lose all their money, but even owe huge debts.
If they don't die, then their families will be affected.
If he dies, at least his family can be saved.
Therefore, they have no choice but to choose to use their own death to make the last contribution to their families.
It's just that people are greedy for life and afraid of death, even if they may have done psychological construction for several days, but when they really want to die, they are still hesitating.
And now seeing the tragic situation of this person jumping, the person who was already hesitant now can't help beating the drum in his heart.
Among them, the most indifferent may be Yanagawa Hiko.
As the richest man in the island nation. He had foreseen the possibility of an economic crisis, so he had prepared in advance. But he never expected that Su Yang would trap him before leaving, and directly put him on the cusp. implied that he was Su Yang's "accomplice".
In this economic crisis, the island country needs a scapegoat, who is more suitable as a scapegoat than Yanagikawa Yanagi, the richest man in the island country and Su Yang's "accomplice"?
Therefore, even though the country's chaebols, bigwigs, and tycoons knew that Yanagawa was wronged, he was still pushed out and encircled and suppressed.
After all, if one richest man falls, the crisis of many can be lifted.
Soon, Yanagawa Yanagi's companies were all dismembered and eaten, and he struggled to maintain it, but to little avail, and after a few months, the entire Xunwen Group was left with only an empty shelf.
Luckily, he had transferred hundreds of millions of dollars before the economic crisis, which could be used as the last resource for their family's comeback. But it was the last thing he could leave behind.
In order not to be worried about this last property, and in order for his family to no longer be implicated, he could only go to the rooftop in the end...
Thinking of this, he glanced at the great rivers and mountains in the distance, and then walked to the eaves of the rooftop.
The other people on the rooftop were still shocked by the person who jumped off the building just now, and a few timid ones had already retreated and were quietly slipping out of the rooftop.
In the distance, Yanagawa also heard the old man who had just entered the door to charge was "admonishing" those cowards,
"I'll tell you a few. If you don't jump, you won't get your money back. ”
"But..."
"I can give you a slip, and if you want to dance another day, you don't have to pay..."