Chapter 11 Chapter 10 The Strong Eat the Jungle

After the murder of Dokiya Sadahiko, the successor of the general manager, the Dokiya Industry Company has undergone tremendous changes.That's when Dokiya Industrial Co., Ltd. was absorbed by Shinwa Shoji Co., Ltd.The news came out of the blue. The earthenware house industry is known as the "new star in the steel industry".It took advantage of its unusual connections with the political circles, and in a very short period of time it rapidly developed into a first-class commercial company dealing in steel.However, after the revival of the old chaebol companies, with the revival and growing strength of the big companies, the earthenware industry company can no longer act alone.

In order to restore the decline, Dokiya Sadahiko, who is about to take over as the general manager, actively launched a campaign to enter the National Defense Agency and through Natori Ryutaro, linking up with Xinhe and the steel company.This is a stopgap measure to keep the company going.Just when the campaign was about to work, he was suddenly killed. Zheng Sheng, who handed over the real power to his son, seems to have completely lost his confidence in continuing to operate. At this time, Xinhe Iron and Steel Company seemed to take advantage of the danger and came to persuade Dokiya Industry Company to merge with Xinhe Commercial Company.On the surface, this move seemed to be persuasion with good intentions, but in fact it was a kind of coercion, which put an unbearable pressure on the earthenware house.

In the iron and steel industry, professional companies that distribute steel are often eaten up by large comprehensive commercial companies in the course of their operations.Once a comprehensive commercial company with strong capital gets in between the steel company and its designated wholesalers, the professional company that specializes in steel distribution will often be gradually squeezed out or annexed. Companies that distribute specialized products cannot survive if they are shut out by related product manufacturing companies.Dokiya Industrial Co., Ltd. is a wholesaler designated by the extreme right in the steel manufacturing industry.Not long ago, there was a storm of merger and concentration among private enterprises, and the precarious earthenware industry was about to be wiped out. Merger of commercial companies.This can be said to be a fatal blow.This advice is essentially a blunt threat of "if you don't listen to the advice, all your commercial rights will be cancelled".

Xinhe Steel has a great influence among its peers.Although the Earthen House Industry Company has not yet had a direct commercial relationship with it, it has business dealings. If those companies adopt a policy of ignoring it, the Earthen House Industry Company will not be able to survive.Masakatsu's physical strength has been significantly weakened recently, and at this time his son was killed suddenly. Therefore, under the double blow, he completely lost his enthusiasm for business.So in the face of the intimidation of Xinhe Steel Company, he succumbed at once.The work done by Dokiya Sadahiko to Shinwa Iron and Steel Company before his death became the incentive for Shinwa Shoji to merge.Banks with credit relationships were also in favor of this merger and played a big role in facilitating it.

The capital ratio of Japanese commercial companies is very small, and they often rely on borrowing to operate.Banks provide loans based on the company's sales to support the company's operations.The company also relies on this power to expand its business scope.Therefore, the closer a company is to a bank, the greater its financial resources and the wider its operations. From the bank's point of view, commercial companies are like a community with themselves, because they have concentrated their own funds there, and they will naturally feel that they live and die together.The banks that have a loan relationship with the earthenware house industry have long since given up hope in it, so Shinwa Shoji immediately agreed to the merger issue when it was brought up.

From the perspective of Tuqiwu Zhengsheng, even if he is as motivated as before, if he uses his limited capital to compete with the monopoly capital of a large consortium, it will be tantamount to competing for food in front of the mouth of a whale, and he is doomed to even himself. They will all be swallowed.This new star in the steel world fell instantly. "Mr. Natori, I didn't expect it to go so fast!" Honda Yoshikazu said gently shaking the brandy glass in his hand.He has a bit of a diabetic reaction recently, and people say that drinking foreign wine is good, so he has been drinking brandy these days.

"Yes, the timing is good too," said Ryutaro Natori, puffing his cigar. "You said timing?" Honda stared at Natori with wide-eyed eyes. "I'm talking about Dokiya's death at just the right time!" Natori said indifferently. "But isn't the earthenware house your son-in-law?" "Yeah, my daughter is very pitiful. However, she is still young, and she can find anyone she wants. If Dokiya Sadahiko is still alive, the matter will not be resolved smoothly like this!" "Well, that's true..." Honda was slightly surprised.Speaking of his cruelty, he was no less than anyone else, but even when he heard Natori say that his son-in-law's death was a well-deserved one, he couldn't help but sweat a little.

"Tokkiya Sadahiko's death is pitiful, but it may be the right time for him. He is alive, no matter how hard he struggles, he will inevitably be merged with Xin and Shangji. It is only a matter of time before he is swallowed up." "Even I was surprised when you said that Dokiya wanted to approach Shinwa Steel Company!" "Yeah, I was dumbfounded when I was asked to do that as a reward for interceding with Yucun on my behalf. Xinhe Iron and Steel Company has already designated Xinhe Shangshi with strong financial resources as a distributor. He clearly knows this and still If he wants to find a crack, he will find a hole, and if he says something like that, it shows that he is thick-skinned."

"You came faster than him. From the moment he asked for a link with the letter and steel, you thought of the merger. It's amazing! It must be said that Mr. Natori's wrist is brilliant!" "Thank you, thank you. For Dokiya Industry Company, instead of always struggling to chase the lost dream, it would be better to get under the big tree of Shinwa. But, like his father, Dokiya Sadahiko is a A stubborn person. No matter how much he persuades, he will not nod. Although the earthenware industry has lost its strength, it is still a difficult opponent. When he was secretly thinking about how to merge, Zhen Yan was killed. This pair For me, it’s a godsend.”

"However, if the police hear this, they may suspect that we are murderers, haha!" "That's right, I also have to be cautious in my words and deeds, and express my deep condolences for the accidental death of my son-in-law, so that nothing will happen! Hehe!" The two smiled at each other.Their smiling faces are the same as the specially trained smiley faces shown by TV actors to the audience. From the expressions, they are indeed full of smiles, but from the cold eyes, it makes people feel that there is a knife hidden in the smile. Natori Ryutaro and Honda Yoshikazu met secretly at a tavern in Akasaka on the night after the merger of Shinwa Trading Co., Ltd. and Dokiya Sangyo Co., Ltd. was signed.The two of them are the protagonists behind the merger of the two companies.

Natori entrusts Dokiya to convince Amamura to build the nuclear power plant in Niigata, his constituency.Dokiya agreed to Natori's request. As a reward, Dokiya asked Natori Tongshin and Steel Company to mediate and list Dokiya Sangyo as the designated dealer of Shinwa Steel Company. On the surface, Natori agreed to Dokiya to intercede for him.In fact, he was manipulating him, and at the same time, he was collaborating with Yoshikazu Honda, the president of the Heping Political and Economic News Agency, the secret intelligence agency of the Tongxinhe Group, and secretly carried out the activity of swallowing the earthenware house. The construction of a nuclear power plant will bring great benefits, and the Tuqiwu Industry Company is also unambiguous, and also wants to take the opportunity to make some money.Although its strength has been weakened, it still has the ability to move as a rising star in the steel industry. However, with the heavy industrialization and chemical industrialization of the industrial structure, large commercial companies are being reorganized. If left unchecked, the earthenware house industry will one day become the prey swallowed by some big capital.Natori thought, rather than being swallowed by others, it would be better to swallow it first.The weak eat the strong, and whoever eats it will increase their physical strength and become stronger in the competition for survival. Dokiya Sadahiko seemed to be a victim of jumping into the tiger's mouth.Even a sleeping beast will be awakened by approaching prey and regain its appetite. The earthenware house was kept in the dark, unaware that it was plotted against by his father-in-law and Shinwa Trading Company.He seems to have been quite enthusiastic about doing Amamura's work for Natori in order to get the Tokiya Industrial Company to be associated with Shinwa. . In terms of results, what Natori asked Dokiya to do was tantamount to fulfilling his wish.This is not the result of the active activities of the earthenware house, but accidents have played a role. However, after Umura disappeared, Dokiya once told Ryutaro Natori that Umura had already promised not to object to the construction of a power station in Niigata.Dokiya also forced Natori to fulfill the contract and persuade Shinwa Iron and Steel Company to include Dokiya Industry Co., Ltd. among the company's designated distributors. There is no proof whether Yucun was really persuaded by the earthenware house, but judging from the current results, it means that he persuaded Yucun. If Dokiya had known at that time that Natori had not only failed to do anything for him, but had secretly dismantled him and planned to swallow up the Dokiya Industry Company, he would definitely not have let it go.Even the arrogant Naruto might be afraid of him three points.Although Tuqiwu is his son-in-law, he feels that there is still something he doesn't know.Dokiya's marriage to Fuyuko is not just based on pure love. He wants to establish a relationship with the political circle through Natori Ryutaro, which must imply this purpose.And Natori Ryutaro also had his wishful thinking in forcing his daughter to marry the earthenware house. He tried to use the earthenware house industry company to ensure the source of funds for his political activities.Therefore, it can be said that they are the same breed, each other. Although Dokiya Sadahiko is the young general manager of the second generation Dokiya Industrial Company who is about to succeed, he is not an unsophisticated wealthy young man who only cares about eating, drinking and having fun.He tenaciously supported the roof truss of Dokiya Industry Company, which was about to collapse.Had he been alive, he probably wouldn't have surrendered unconditionally.Possibly his misfortune was brought about by his desperate and desperate resistance. When the sad news of the earthenware house's murder came, Ryutaro Natori was not so much sad for his daughter as he was secretly thankful for himself.At that time, he couldn't help smiling when he thought that the obstacles to annexing the earthenware company had been cleared.Not long after, Shinwa Trading Company opened its greedy mouth and swallowed up the pottery house industry in one gulp. Tonight, in order to celebrate the success of the transaction, the two behind-the-scenes protagonists secretly came here to toast each other.While toasting leisurely and frequently, they each tasted the delicacy of the prey and weighed it. Natori Ryutaro used this prey as a meeting gift, completely hooking up with the Shinwa Foundation.With the backing of Shinwa, one of Japan's four major chaebols, the Natori faction will become a force that influences the political world in the future. Natori is proud of his leadership and seniority in politics.He believes that so far, the reason why he has been taking the so-called "cooperation" with the mainstream party in the party, but actually relying on others, is mainly because he has to do so because he does not have enough funds for political activities. Natori thought: "It's time for me to do it this time!" His mood now is exactly the same as that of Dezhou Ieyasu when he waited for Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi to die. Yoshikazu Honda admired Natori's ability as a politician.From this secret annexation activity, he fully saw the capable skills of this "behind-the-scenes strategist". Honda knew in his heart that Natori Ryutaro was secretly watching the next generation of political leaders and the prime minister's first boss.He thinks Natori has that kind of strength too.Even if funds are sent to him to cultivate him from now on, after he takes power, he will pay off his principal and interest at once and bring greater benefits.At present, the success of bringing the nuclear power plant to Niigata for construction depends largely on Natori's activities.At present, the top priority of Sino Group is to establish and develop the atomic energy department and build nuclear fuel plants, and Natori will show his talents in these aspects in the future. Natori was calculating the benefits he had gained now, while Honda was weighing how much Natori would benefit him in the future. "But..." After they each had their own calculations for a while, they spoke again almost at the same time. "Hey, you say, you say." "No, please, sir, please, sir." After the two made some concessions to each other, Natori said, "Who killed the earthenware house?" "Oh, this--" Honda tilted his head and said, "Sir, haven't you guessed the general idea yet? Hehe." He sneered, staring straight at Natori. "I have so much in my heart, Mr. Honda..." Natori threw the ball back. "I don't know at all. Who, what motive, and how? Yes, and it is said that the murderer disappeared from the scene like a puff of smoke. Damn it!" "I think there is still a loophole somewhere. I also hope that the criminal who killed my son-in-law will be arrested and brought to justice as soon as possible." "Didn't you say it was a god-given opportunity?" "That's from a work point of view, but from a personal point of view, I still hate the murderer!" "Hey, I really shouldn't have said this outrageous remark, please forgive me!" Although Honda was apologizing, he didn't show any expression of hatred for the murderer on Natori's face.Natori's gaze gave the impression that he was repurposing the widow's daughter as a tool of his political strategy and looking for a new buyer for her. At this time, there was a delicate voice like the sound of a luan and a swallow, and then the geisha accompanying the wine came in with heavy makeup and gorgeous dresses.

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