Traveling through the Tokyo bubble era

Chapter 789 Finally here!

If a person knows that he is going to die, it will certainly be a very painful thing.

What is even more painful than this is that you know it is going to happen, but you have no ability to stop it.

Of course, what is even worse than the second one is that you don’t even know that you are going to die, but you still actively push yourself into the fire pit.

At this moment, Hideki Hanyu, who was in the living room of his apartment in the minato area, felt this emotion as he looked at the newspaper in front of him.

Yesterday, Neon Bank announced that Yasushi Mieno would take over as president.

He happily took Fukuda Ayano to the cruise ship on the Oda River and happily set off fireworks.

Fukuda Ayano, who was next to her at the time, thought the fireworks were a surprise from Hanyu Hideki. She was so moved that she almost gave her innocence to the scumbag on the cruise ship.

Fortunately, Hanyu Hideki knew that the important thing was to do the right thing, and he reluctantly sent the young lady from the Fukuda family back.

In order to coax Fukuda Ayano to go back, he even had to sacrifice his chastity a little and let Fukuda Ayano kiss him to her heart's content when he sent her to the doorstep of her home.

As a result, Fukuda Ayano went back, but he had to find someone to put out the fire temporarily.

Putting aside the details of how to put out the fire, Hanyu Hideki once again focused his attention on the contents of the newspaper in front of him.

A report about Yasushi Mieno taking over as president of Neon Bank wasn't even the headline of the financial section.

Because the headline was that on the last trading day of November, the Nikkei index set a new record, breaking through the 39,000 points that Hideki Hanyu had never reached in his memory.

The news of Yasushi Mieno's appointment, which was ranked below this report, was even commented by the media as a boost to Japan's economy reaching new heights.

The media are looking forward to Yasushi Mieno's appointment.

The ongoing Recruit bribery case has greatly affected the public's trust in Japanese officials and caused unspeakable chaos in Japan's economy.

Everyone thought that Neon Bank chose Yasushi Mieno as its successor at this time.

It is because of Mieno Kon's vigorous, decisive and tough style of action that he was able to sweep away the chaos in Japan's financial circle, turn the tide and help Japan's economy reach new heights.

Under the beautiful filter of a prosperous economy, Mieno Yasushi's extreme character of hating speculation and disregarding consequences to achieve his goals has naturally been ignored.

No one cared at all about what Yasushi Mieno said during the media interview.

Such praise for Mieno Yasushi made Hanyu Hideki almost burst out laughing.

But when he picked up another newspaper, he saw the so-called experts shouting that Japan's economy was booming and asking the public to invest with confidence.

He couldn't help it after all.

"Ha ha……"

Hearty laughter echoed throughout the apartment.

"What's wrong, Hanyu-san?"

"It has nothing to do with you, Asaka. I just thought of something happy."

The girl was none other than Asaka Yui, the girl he had called last night to put out the fire.

(Photo by Asaka Yui)
I don’t know how long it was, but the phone suddenly rang.

He picked up the phone and heard the voice of Takeshi Honda, president of Hanyu Investment.

"Boss, something is wrong with the market today."

"What happened."

Honda Yizhi said in a serious tone, "It seems that someone has noticed something. The flow of some funds is very abnormal."

Hanyu Hideki chuckled and said, "Haha, this is normal. After all, we can't expect that we are the only smart ones and others are fools who can't see the situation clearly."

At this point, among the entire upper echelons of Japan and people in the financial world, Mieno Yasushi is not the only one who has seen through the truth about Japan's false prosperity.

But because of the emperor's new clothes, no one is willing to speak out. Perhaps they are unwilling to admit it and are unwilling to be the first to speak out.

After the compromise struggle between the left and the right, Yasushi Mieno, a "hot-blooded" person who acted tough, extreme and reckless, was brought to the forefront by everyone.

These people believe that Mieno Yasushi will not turn a deaf ear to the problem like them, and will definitely find a way to solve the problem.

Of course, they certainly didn't expect that Yasushi Mieno would end up doing things so thoroughly and completely detonate a nuclear bomb on Japan's economy.

"So what should we do now?" asked Honda Takeshi.

"Keep going according to plan," Hanyu said.

Honda Yizhi asked again, "Those..."

Hanyu Hideki seemed to have guessed what Honda Takeshi wanted to say and interrupted him in advance, "Don't worry, some people are very smart, but they become smart too late.

Destruction, no one can stop it anymore."

After the call was hung up, the living room of the apartment returned to peace again.

Hanyu Hideki pushed Asaka Yui against the huge glass curtain wall in the living room facing Tokyo Bay.

"You are not behaving well."

After saying this, Hanyu Hideki looked towards the Tokyo Bay in the distance.

……

Time passed quickly and it was December 1989.

The first Monday of the month was also December 4th.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange just opened this year, and the Nikkei index reached a new high of over 39,000 points.

Everyone was celebrating wildly and predicted that the Nikkei index would break the 40,000 mark.

It was under such circumstances that the new president of Neon Bank, who had been interviewed after taking office and had kept a low profile since then, finally made his first move as a new official.

"In order to prevent inflation and curb property prices, we must take the initiative to tighten finance and achieve a 'soft landing' for our economy before worse consequences occur.

Therefore, I decided to immediately raise the benchmark interest rate of the Central Bank of Neon..."

Hideki Hanyu returned to the Yorozuya and watched Mieno Yasushi's speech on the TV screen, and he could no longer suppress the smile in the corner of his eyes.

"It's finally here! It's finally here!

Ha ha ha ha……!"

In the empty room, Hanyu Hideki's laughter, which he didn't need to suppress, unknowingly took on a madness that he himself didn't realize.

This big event that he had been waiting for and preparing for for many years has finally arrived.

Although the time is a little earlier than that of the other time and space, there are also some differences in the details.

But it doesn’t matter, as long as the result is right, nothing else matters.

After a while, the laughter gradually stopped.

Hideki Hanyu picked up the phone and made several calls in succession.

The last call was to Haruko Naito, who had been waiting for his instructions.

Hideki Hanyu only said one sentence to Haruko Naito.

The same words as in all the previous calls.

"It's time to start."

……

The unprecedented increase in the benchmark interest rate by the Neon Central Bank over the years has surprised everyone, but because the increase is not large, it is simply regarded as a normal manipulation behavior of the central bank.

Even when the time came the next day.

Tuesday, December 5th.

When the Tokyo stock market opened, it experienced an unprecedented across-the-board plunge. However, driven by the inertia of many years of brilliant economy, everyone actually thought that this was just a temporary technical adjustment.

After the initial confusion, many operators immediately act as if nothing had happened.

There were even a large number of stock brokers who called their clients immediately, saying that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to buy at the bottom.

These people swore that this was just a short-term price correction due to changes in the central bank's benchmark interest rate, and that the stock market would definitely rebound.

Over the years, the market has only been rising and never falling, and people can easily make money by investing any amount of money. This has caused a large number of financial practitioners in Japan to lose their keen perception of financial risks.

Or perhaps, the booming momentum of Japan's economy over the past few decades has made the Japanese, who are born into a life of success, forget how to write the word "failure."

Yes, the glorious time lasted too long.

Not to mention ordinary Japanese people, even Hideki Hanyu had never seen any crisis that could shake the foundation of Japan's economy since he traveled through time.

The semiconductor agreement, and even last year's global stock market crash, did not change Japan's economic momentum.

One cannot imagine what one does not know.

This generation of Japanese people have been born into a world where Japan's GDP has been growing at an annual rate of 10%.

When I grew up, I was immersed in the splendor of the bubble economy.

They cannot imagine, or perhaps even comprehend, what an economic collapse in Japan would look like.

But it's okay.

Reality is the best teacher in life.

It will tell you what cruelty is in a way that you cannot ignore.

December 6th.

Wednesday.

When the Tokyo stock market opened, the expected technical correction and stock price rebound did not occur at all.

The overall plunge continues.

The Nikkei index, which had just broken through 39,000 points a few days ago, rushed towards 38,000 points at an unprecedented speed and never returned.

Perhaps the memory of the stock market crash a year ago came flooding back to my mind.

Some people vaguely felt that something was wrong.

But even so, everyone is still looking forward to it.

I hope this is just a technical adjustment and the stock price will rebound soon.

After all, in everyone's opinion, there was nothing wrong with the Japanese economy.

The female hostess in Kabukicho, Shinjuku, is still as beautiful as ever.

The neon-lit nightclubs in Roppongi are still bustling with singing and dancing.

Overseas news is still reporting that Panasonic and Cloud Entertainment are bidding frantically and spending billions of dollars to compete for MCA Global.

The passion brought by "Neon Can Say No" has not yet subsided. The national pride of Mitsubishi's acquisition of Rockefeller Center still lingers in the hearts of every Neon.

The Heisei era, which has just begun, is still as brilliant and glorious as the Showa era.

And so, the time came to December 7th.

Thursday.

Reality once again cruelly slapped everyone in the face.

The stock market plummeted across the board, and everything was dark green.

Even those Japanese companies with stable revenues and ranked among the top 500 in the world have seen their stock prices plummet.

For example, Panasonic, which is competing with Yunshang Entertainment for MCA Global, saw its market value evaporate by more than 4% in just one morning.

In the face of this tide of collapse, the old practices of large companies that took advantage of accounting loopholes and stepped on one foot to gain advantage over another no longer have the slightest effect.

And at this critical moment, Neon Bank stood up again.

Yasushi Mieno personally spoke to stabilize the market, saying that this was a technical adjustment for a "soft landing" of the economy and there was no need to panic.

The statement made by the Neon Central Bank seems to have really stabilized the market and eased everyone's tension.

When the time came to December 8th.

The first Friday in December.

The Tokyo stock market actually paused its plunge when it was closed over the weekend.

This situation made everyone feel less nervous.

The panic that had gradually begun to spread has also been brought under control to a certain extent.

As the saying goes, once the wound has healed, the pain is forgotten.

At this time, the argument for technical adjustment is once again popular.

Everyone began to think that next Monday would definitely be a strong rebound after technical adjustments!
……

"Hideki-kun, will the stock market really rebound on Monday?"

In the hot spring pool in the backyard of Yorozuya, Yasuko Sawaguchi looked at Hideki Hanyu with innocent eyes and asked.

Hideki Hanyu played with the girl who looked like a doll and said something that the girl could not understand at all.

"The giant crocodiles are already sitting on the table, how could they let the prey escape?"

Although Sawaguchi Yasuko didn't understand, she still said in a confused manner, "I also told my father to be careful and not listen to those stock brokers anymore."

Hanyu Hideki asked, "Did Yasuko's father invest a lot of money in the stock market?"

Yasuko Sawaguchi replied, "I'm not sure, but it should be quite a lot. I heard him say when he went home before that if he made money this time, he would move to a new home in Osaka."

"Is this so..."

Hanyu Hideki did not continue speaking.

No one suggested that Yasuko Sawaguchi inform her father to withdraw from the stock market immediately.

Besides feeling that it was troublesome, he also felt that he was wasting his time saying such things, which would make Yasuko Sawaguchi's family feel awkward, and that it might not succeed in the end.

Also, for the plan he had been preparing for many years, he didn't want any mistakes, no matter how small the details were.

Haven’t you seen that in the past few days, he basically did not leave the house, for fear that something unexpected would happen and cause his plan to fail.

Even when relaxing, he would just go directly to the beauties’ homes.

……

The time came to December 11th.

The second Monday in December.

After experiencing the temporary reprieve from the plunge last Friday and the two-day suspension of trading over the weekend, practitioners in the Japanese financial market felt inexplicably more relaxed.

While waiting for the market to open, many people are still nervous.

But most people are optimistic that the technical adjustments affected by the changes in the benchmark interest rate of the Central Bank of Japan will be completely over today.

In the future, the Neon stock market will surely develop in accordance with the market trends of recent years, rebound strongly and continue to rise.

Among those who held these ideas was the Honma group in the office bearing the name of Tama Financial Co., Ltd.

"Honma-san, are you sure the market will open better today?"

After being asked by an accomplice for who knows how many times, Honma answered loudly in annoyance.

"How many times do you have to ask this nonsense? I've already told you it will get better! It will definitely get better! It has to get better!"

“I’m sorry, I was just too scared. In order to raise funds to absorb the stocks released by Hanyu Hideki, I mortgaged most of my family’s local assets.

If the stock market continues to fall like this, I..."

The accomplice who was questioning him did not finish his words, but it was not difficult to judge from his trembling voice that if the stock market continued to fall, the outcome would definitely be very tragic.

Even though these people are doing well in the financial market, they are also a powerful force in the upper echelons of Japan when they unite.

But the foundation that allows them to have all of this is the local industries and lands owned by them and their families, as well as the local influence brought by these industries and lands.

If all these things were lost, no matter how much money they had, they would have lost their foothold in the upper class society.

What's more, if the stock price continues to fall, they may not even have any money left.

The person who asked the question is not the only one who understands this principle.

The situations of the others were basically the same as that of the person asking the questions.

And Honma, as the leader, also knew all of this.

But at this moment, facing the completely unexpected and rapidly deteriorating Neon stock market and overall economic situation, he could do nothing.

He can only hope that the stock market will improve as he said after it opens this morning.

As things have developed to this point, in order to compete with Hanyu Hideki, he regrets it now as much as he was reckless in buying the shares.

He mortgaged his assets, entered the market with high leverage, and risked everything. Now he doesn't even have a chance to cut his losses and escape.

Either the stock market rebounds and returns to its glory days ago, or he continues to implement his plan to gradually expel Hanyu Hideki from several listed companies.

Either the situation worsens, or he... is doomed.

Faced with the hidden panic in his accomplice's eyes, Honma tried his best to maintain his composure on the surface.

He knew very well that he and these people were only together for the sake of profit.

Many people originally did not have much ill will towards Hideki Hanyu.

The reason why he was instigated by Tokura Shunichi and was willing to follow him to plot against Hanyu Hideki was simply because he thought he could profit from it.

But once everyone finds out that they can't make money by working with him, and may even lose everything, he is bound to suffer backlash from these people.

Therefore, today's opening is crucial!
Just as Honma and his group were waiting anxiously, before the sound of the Tokyo stock market opening came, they heard a knock on the office door.

When one of the accomplices went forward to open the door and found that the person standing at the door was an employee of the company, he immediately ignored the employee's panicked expression and started cursing in an angry manner.

"Assholes! Didn't I tell you not to disturb us before the market opens?
if……"

But his curse had just begun when it suddenly stopped.

Because the subordinate employee who originally knocked on the door was pushed aside by a man in a black suit.

The newly appeared man in a black suit took out an ID with an expressionless face, showed it to the man who was cursing, and introduced himself in a cold tone.

"Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, Special Investigation Division, Araki Kyusuke."

"East...Tokyo...District Public Prosecutors Office Special Investigation Division..."

The person who was cursing suddenly began to stutter with fear on his face.

At this time, the people in the room didn't know what was happening.

Tokura Shunichi, who was closer to the door, stood up first and walked forward to see what was going on.

But as soon as Tokura Shunichi approached, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Special Investigation Division agent named Araki Kyusuke's eyes lit up immediately.
With just a wave of his hand, he led several men in black suits, pushed aside the cursing man, broke into the room, and stood in front of Tokura Shunichi.

While Tokura Shunichi was still confused, Araki Kyusuke took out a document and showed it to Tokura Shunichi.

Then he said, "Mr. Tokura Shunichi, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's Special Investigation Division has a case that requires your cooperation in the investigation. Here is the investigation order."

After saying this, Kyusuke Araki glanced at the other members of Honma's group in the room and continued speaking in a raised voice.

"The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's Special Investigation Division is investigating a case. Please cooperate. In addition to Mr. Tokura Shunichi, there are several other gentlemen who need to come with us."

At this time, Araki Kyusuke's voice had been clearly heard by everyone.

After learning that these people were from the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's Special Investigation Department, everyone in the room showed expressions of uncontrollable fear on their faces.

However, the agents of the Special Investigation Department of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors' Office, who were accustomed to such situations, did not care about the reaction of Honma and his gang. They just followed the procedures and the list and took people away one by one.

After a short time, when all the people from the Special Investigation Department of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office had left, the number of people in the room was reduced by one third.

Although Honma was not taken away, he seemed to have lost all his strength at this moment. His short and fat body slumped on the sofa, motionless.

After all, he had already guessed why the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's Special Investigation Division raided them.

Just at this moment, the phone next to Honma rang.

He picked up the phone with difficulty and put it to his ear.

But after listening to a few words, he could no longer hold the phone and let it fall to the ground with a bang.

"It's over! It's over! It's all over!"

……

On December 11, the Tokyo stock market opened.

The expected end of technical adjustments did not occur.

The bleak green color further proves that the rebound only exists in fantasy.

Unspeakable panic began to spread uncontrollably.

With the entire market plummeting, a battle royale is inevitable.

And in this desperate situation, someone discovered a new news released by Northeast Energy.

"Due to the uncontrollable situation in the Middle East, Northeast Energy's large-scale refinery project in the Middle East will be suspended indefinitely, and the funds previously invested may be difficult to recover."

As soon as the news came out, Northeast Energy, which had been falling along with the broader market, broke through the siege and became the greenest stock of the day.

(End of this chapter)