Chapter 4 CHAPTER 4 HOPE shattered

On the morning of May 16, the headquarters of Nippei Construction Company, an apartment management company located in Kashiwagi 1-chome, Shinjuku, was in chaos due to a search by the Metropolitan Police Department. Nippei Construction Co., Ltd. was established in the middle of 1960s, when the construction market was booming unprecedentedly, with a capital of 50 million yen.In September of the same year, they obtained a business license from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to construct and manage large condominiums. As the company's working capital, they began to consider how to use the idle funds in the hands of the public to invest, and established a group with three key members led by the president Sumiya Hirohisa, and proposed a new method of apartment investment.

There are two types of this method: one is "participating in operation"; the other is "special ownership".The former is "a share of 500,000 yuan, which will be returned in three years. After the expiration, in addition to returning the principal, interest will be paid at a rate of 1 cent and 2 percent per month."The latter is "1 million yuan per share, with a term of one year. After the expiration of the term, 20% of the principal will be paid in addition to the principal."That is to use "the most favorable investment value-added method" to extensively collect private idle funds.

So under the lure of this high interest rate return, they collected 430 million yuan of funds from more than 300 investors.Among the investors, some invested in retirement funds and pension funds. During the start-up process of this investment business law, it did operate normally at the initial stage, and the original interest return can be honored to investors. Later, the high-minded president Sumiya invested these funds in the construction of bowling alleys and motels. Moreover, he also built a luxurious private house and redeemed geisha from Akasaka for his own enjoyment. Sumiya is in her 30s and still single.After graduating from university, he entered a first-class trading company and lived as a staff member for several years.He was unknown in those years, but he was waiting in his heart for the day when he would become famous.Just when the real estate was booming, he spotted the market and tried his best to persuade a few friends to jointly invest in the establishment of "Riping Construction Company".Most of the funds were money he inherited from his father's sale of land.

They took advantage of the new tricks of investment business law, and their careers became bigger and bigger.In fact, this is not Sumiya's personal ability, but he Bi Jing became the president of a company when he was in his 30s, and he has a successful career. In the beginning, he was able to conspire with his friends from the same business company, but then he gradually became a "one-talker" and acted arbitrarily.For this reason, all his friends left him. This period is in the midst of a bubble economy, so some of his wrong decisions have not seen much loss for the time being.However, after entering the period of economic stagnation in Japan, coupled with his physical decline, physical illness and other factors, the business decline caused by his chaotic management became more and more obvious.

Because of his multi-pronged attack and involving a lot of funds, the main business that requires a huge amount of money - apartment construction seems to be stretched. But at this time, Sumiya not only did not shrink the battle line quickly, but instead concealed the truth, exaggerated the results arbitrarily, deceived more investors, and raised a large amount of funds.But he also ignored commercial taboos and continued to operate with multiple parties. As a result, the various operations that had originally declined had foreshadowed fatal failures, and once they were revealed, they could no longer be recovered.Facing the predicament, he had to sell stocks and engage in speculation, but he failed again, which made his business worse.But he is still extravagant and dissipated, squandering two to three million yen in Ginza and Osaka in one month.And at this time no counselor appeared again.

So he entered a vicious circle.No matter how attractive the return terms he issued, he had no investors, and he had only a dead end leading to bankruptcy. Next, he sold the address of the apartment building to a third party in an attempt to obtain funds, but no matter how favorable the conditions were, no one cared. Since the investor could not get the profit stipulated in the contract, he reported the case to the police, so the Police Department filed a case for investigation, and soon discovered signs of his bankruptcy.As a result, on the morning of May 16, the police entered the headquarters of Nippei Construction and the private residence of President Hirohisa Sumiya in Aizumachi, Shinjuku Ward.

However, it was too late. At that time, there was no one in the company, and Sumiya also fled to other places early. In the subsequent investigation, it was found that the company had already terminated the commercial contract with the bank, and their deposit in the bank was only 96 million yen. The intervention of the police was completely an afterthought.So helpless, the police issued a warrant for Hirohisa Sumiya to the whole country on charges of "fraud, violation of the Investment Law, and violation of the Housing Construction Law." On the morning of May 21, Takao Saneda went to visit his parents who lived in Banqiao.Sanzhi is a crew member of a company that sails international routes.This time I had just returned from a two-month voyage to South America.

He likes the sea, so he became a sailor.But recently, due to the advanced age of his parents, he very much hopes that he will end his wandering at sea and return to work on land.When he returned to the voyage this time, he planned to resign and find another job. As a sailor, I can’t see anything bad about this profession, but his parents have always thought that “just sailing on the sea with such a plank, maybe one day you will go to hell” and said that this is a dangerous business. And they have only one son, who is almost 30 years old and still single.Perhaps because they are engaged in such a dangerous profession, they are always worried about their son.

Because of the late marriage that year, the father will be in his 70s this year, and the mother will be 70 soon.Every time they saw their son who had returned from the voyage, they would say "I really want to see my grandson sooner, so I can feel at ease", which is not unreasonable. My father worked in a large electrical appliance company until he retired, and then went to a small company to fill in the gaps. He just resigned and returned home a few years ago.Now I live in a small house in an apartment in Banqiao, and I can live comfortably on my pension.But they really want to use their savings and retirement funds over the years to make some money and plan for Sanzhi's future marriage.For example, if you have money, you can buy a bigger apartment and live with your children and grandchildren.

Therefore, Sanzhi finally made up his mind to return to land to work, and fulfill the wish of his elderly parents as soon as possible. After he told his parents what he thought, they were of course very happy.A suitable occupation was immediately sought for him.Although he had been a sailor for many years, it was not difficult to find a job on his terms.When Sanzhi came back this time, he imagined his parents smiling from ear to ear, and at the same time brought many special products from abroad. He got out of the car in front of the apartment, and when he came to the door of the room, he suddenly had an ominous premonition.The door was locked, and it was just after 8 o'clock in the morning.He rang the doorbell again, but no one answered.Usually at this time they should get up.

"Aren't you at home?" Sanzhi tilted his head and thought about it, but immediately dismissed the idea.Parents know that they are coming back today, so they should wait for them at home. There is a mailbox in the middle of the door, and there is still today's morning newspaper in it.Although more than 10 families lived in this small apartment, the doors of the surrounding neighbors were all locked. "Dad, Mom, I'm a filial husband! I'm back." Sanzhi knocked on the door vigorously.If you're at home, you shouldn't get up so late when you know your son is coming back today!Suddenly, Sanzhi smelled an unpleasant smell coming from inside. His heart constricted suddenly, and his face became very pale. From the crack of the door came the smell of gas!And no one in the room answered.Sanzhi slammed his body against the door in shock.If I went to the caretaker, I might find a spare key, but it was too late.Sanzhi was so anxious that he was going crazy, he knocked open the door a few times in his desperation.The smell of gas in the room rushed out all of a sudden. Three branches were almost smoked down.He quickly took out a towel to cover his mouth and nose, and quickly rushed into the house.This is a three-mat-sized kitchen and a six-mat-sized Japanese-style room. When Sanzhi broke into the room, he saw the figures of his parents lying down in the Japanese-style room.Before rescuing them, Sanzhi immediately opened the window to let the gas drift out. Otherwise, you will be fumigated too.At this time, he rushed to the kitchen again and saw that the switch of the gas stove was turned on, and the stove eye was "hissing" and spraying gas.He hurriedly opened the window and turned off the gas stove switch.He wanted to move faster, but he also inhaled some gas, so his head was a little dizzy. He stuck his head out the window and took a few deep breaths.At this time, the gas in the house also drifted a lot. "Dad! Mom!" He immediately came to his parents and hugged them alternately.But it was too late, and Sanzhi knew that his parents were dead. "What the hell is going on?!" He knew that his parents could no longer answer him, but he still asked loudly.He saw a rubber hose leading from the gas stove and realized that this was no accident. They waited for their son's return, but committed suicide before he returned?Sanzhi stared blankly at the dead bodies of his parents. "Why? Why is this?!" "What are you shouting about in the morning?" "Mr. Sanzhi's house has a gas leak!" "It's terrible, call an ambulance!" Immediately before the broken door was filled with people, they all looked into the house.People who didn't communicate with each other realized that something big happened, and they all rushed over. I don't know who made the call, and people from the police station came after a while.Then another patrol car came, and soon the forensic doctor and a group of people came from the General Administration. The forensic doctor conducted an examination on the spot and proved that the death was caused by carbon monoxide poisoning caused by inhaling a large amount of gas.The time of death generally passed 6-8 hours.That is to say, between 0:00 and 2:00 this morning, the couple turned on the gas stove switch and used a catheter to lead into the room to commit suicide. There was no sign of homicide.There are very few cases of suicide by gas, and a suicide note was found. According to the suicide note, the couple used their retirement funds and years of savings to buy an apartment building fund, intending to raise money for their son's wedding.Unexpectedly, the other party went bankrupt and was unable to repay.The two had no face to see their son, and worried that they would cause trouble for him out of thin air, so they simply died. And the instigator of the apartment construction fund that devoured their parents' funds like a wolf and caused them to commit suicide in despair was Hihei Construction Company.Their so-called "Apartment Construction Investment Business Law" not only plundered Takao Saneda's parents' life savings, but also took their lives! Sanzhi repeatedly looked at the suicide note left by his parents before his death, and aroused hatred for Hirohisa Sumiya, a construction company in Japan, in his heart. Since the company's improper fundraising has already led to a fatal case, the police immediately and severely track down Sumiya's whereabouts.At the same time, the company also embezzled huge sums of money, which involved many victims. It was later discovered that they not only defrauded investors, but also resold the land to two or three companies for profit. To arrest Sumiya and bring him to justice is related to the credibility of the police.But despite a nationwide manhunt issued by the police, Sumiya's whereabouts have still not been found.