Manhattan Reborn 1978

On the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii.

398 Corudilla Avenue, Honolulu Island.

First floor, in the living room.

Marat Poyezhnev, Yuri Orlov, Mr. Gardener, Nobunari Kihara and the little secretary Maggie were all quietly tasting the food specially made by the housekeeper Akelaide and the maid Chasida. Afternoon tea + various desserts.

in the restaurant.

David looked at Chasida, Madonna, Ava Fangtian and Mirella in front of him and smiled.

"Chasida and the others have been to the Byodo-in Temple in the valley before."

"You will accompany her there this time. You need to discuss the tattoo design with the tattoo master there."

"It would be best if he could come up with a relatively complete drawing as soon as possible and start work immediately."

"Okay!" The women nodded in understanding.

"are you ready?"

"Yeah!" Chasida responded with firm eyes and clenched her small fists in both hands.

"ok~"

David turned to look at the housekeeper Aclade and said with a smile: "Go find Giovanni and ask him to drive them there."

"Ok."

. . .

After arranging for several people to leave.

David walked to the living room, sat next to Maggie, the little secretary, and signaled her to get ready to take notes.

At this time, Kihara Nobunari opened a document bag at hand, took out several documents that had been prepared, and placed them in front of Marat, Mr. Gardener, and Yuri Orlov respectively.

Mr. Gardener glanced at David, put down the teacup in his hand, picked up the phone next to him and broadcast a number.

The phone was quickly connected, and Otis Parker's voice came from the other side of the phone.

The gardener spoke a few general words to Mr. Parker at a very fast speed, then turned on the speakerphone button and said after seeing David nodding.

"The just-left Hoichiro Yasuda was born in 1950 in Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture, in the north-central part of the island country. He graduated from the University of Tokyo with a master's degree in economics."

"After he graduated, his family directly arranged to join Sony Corporation, and he has studied with Akio Morita to this day."

"Judging from the information we can find, this trip to New York with the island nation's business group is the first time he has appeared in public abroad as a descendant of the Yasuda family."

"So, we still need some time to investigate and sort out more personal information about him."

"Hmm~"

David tilted his head and glanced at the record written by his little secretary Maggie, thought for a while, and asked Otis Parker on the phone.

"Where are you?"

"How much information have you found about the Yasuda family?"

"Tell them all once, so they can listen together~"

Mr. Parker on the phone paused for a few seconds and said.

"ok!~"

"The founder of the Yasuda family, Zenjiro Yasuda, was born in 1838 in Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture."

"In 1863, Zenjiro Yasuda opened the first Yasudaya money exchange shop and began to engage in the business of silver and money exchange."

"In 1866, Yasudaya was renamed Yasuda Shoten, and its business scope expanded a lot."

"In 1880, Yasuda Zenjiro's bank application was approved, and the Yasuda store was renamed the Hop Yasuda Bank."

"In addition to continuing to operate silver and money exchange businesses, Hoppinta Bank has also added deposits and lending businesses~"

"In 1900, it was officially renamed Yasuda Bank."

"After the establishment of Yasuda Bank, the Yasuda family gradually expanded into the textile industry, construction industry, railway transportation and other industries, and initially formed a business alliance operating group composed of a group of companies."

"In 1912, the Yasuda family established a holding company for the Yasuda Maintenance Company, thus allowing the alliance of this group of companies to initially form the Yasuda Consortium, which has a certain regional influence in the island nation's economy."

"In 1921, Zenjiro Yasuda was accidentally assassinated and died."

"Subsequently, the Yasuda family began to introduce some more systematic family management, using a multi-person family elders' council + patriarch + think tank to form a classic model of collaborative management with relatively concentrated internal power + relatively independent division of labor."

"It actually imitates the family office (fo) management model that was quietly emerging in Europe and the United States at that time."

"In 1923, Yasuda Bank merged more than 10 banks within the Yasuda Group."

"The newly established Yasuda Bank became the largest and most powerful bank in the island country at that time."

Mr. Parker on the microphone paused slightly here.

David asked for a piece of paper and pen from Maggie beside him, preparing to make some minor adjustments to his plan.

"Around 1930, the Yasuda Consortium had completely controlled and owned 14 banks + 12 large enterprises + six large and medium-sized insurance companies, and successfully joined the ranks of large consortiums in the island country."

“1943年－44年，安田银行接连合并了岛国银行界排名第34名、第18名和第11名的三家银行，”

“In 1945, when World War II ended and the island nation declared its defeat, the total account deposits of Yasuda Bank ranked first in the banking industry of the island nation.”

"The total value of financial companies such as banks and insurance companies it controls is far ahead of large consortiums such as Mitsubishi, Mitsui and Sumitomo."

"That is to say, before World War II, the Yasuda Group, one of the four major financial groups in the island country, was a consortium with strong dominance in the banking and financial industries of the island country."

"In September 1946, Yasuda Hozensha, the top leadership management organization of the Yasuda Foundation, was disbanded, and Yasuda Bank was ordered to close down by the U.S. military."

"In April 1948, Yasuda Bank regained its business license, officially changed its name to Fuji Bank in October, and resumed operations."

"In 1952, after the U.S. island nation signed a series of treaties, Mitsui, Mitsubishi and the Sumitomo Foundation all began to actively reorganize bit by bit in the restorative reconstruction of the industrial field."

“As for the Yasuda Foundation, it was not until around 1960 that it obtained a certain scope of permission to regroup the companies that belonged to the pre-war Yasuda Foundation and form the Fuji Foundation (also known as the Furong Foundation).”

"However, after the reorganization of the Fuji Foundation, the Yasuda family is no longer able to fully control Fuji Bank."

"Led by Nissan Motor Company + the remaining power of some consortiums from the island country before World War II + the banking assets of the Yasuda Consortium, the Fuji Consortium is formed through cross-shareholding."

"The Yasuda family only holds about 18% of Fuji Bank's shares..."

“In Fuji Bank’s public list of major shareholders, the proportion of shares held by foreign shareholders is as high as 39%!”

“其中～摩根持股占比约为3．7％，洛克菲勒持股占比2．1％，梅隆持股占比2％。。”

"..Wait!"

When David heard this, he stood up and walked to Mr. Gardener, changed seats with him, and asked into the phone.

"These equity... Who is managing them now?"

Otis Parker on the other end of the phone answered with a slight "smile" in his voice.

"Before, old Mr. Morgan was in charge..."

"In recent years, he has had some minor health problems, so he has left all these matters to Julie to manage~"

"Uncle Julie?!"

"Yes!"

"Then this time the island business group came to New York... wouldn't it just be for the series of policies promulgated by the US government last year to control the total import and export trade deficit?"

"Of course it's not that simple!"

"What you said is just an excuse to make it public~"

"Almost every year, they use various reasons or excuses to organize a group trip to New York in the eastern United States at the beginning or end of the year."

"As for what goals they come here to achieve every time..."

"It's better that we meet and talk to you in detail!"

"Hmm~"

David supported his chin with his right hand, and while habitually stroking the stubble on his chin with his hand, he frowned and looked at Marat and Yuri Orlov, and said.

"World War II!"

"In fact, the tragic war that ended more than 30 years ago brought a series of major changes to the world today~"

"The historical process of consortium reorganization in island countries after the war is only one side that we can see."

“The interpenetration and integration of various financial groups in the United States after World War II caused some financial groups to change from single family control before the war to multi-family control.”

“Although many of the consortiums we are familiar with today retain their original family names, they are actually dominated by several or even more families, which further complicates and conceals the capital structure of the consortium.”

"Coupled with the current popularity of family offices...the multi-family office (mfo) has gradually replaced the original single family office (sfo) composed of the patriarch of a single family + the main family members..."

"So, Parker!"

"Only you would say...Morgan holds 3% of the shares, not the Morgan family which holds 7%!"

"Is it right?"

"..Yes!"

"Ok!"

"Let's get back to the point and talk about the current Yasuda family."

Mr. Parker on the other side of the phone was silent for a while and said leisurely.