Xiao Qi arrived in Tokyo early, one purpose was to accompany Yuxiang and her daughter, and the other purpose was to make some acquisitions.
After sending Sayuri to school, Xiao Qibian came to a very ordinary cafe on the streets of Tokyo.
When it comes to their ability to accept Western affairs, the Japanese are more adaptable than the Chinese. Cafes, steaks, Western food, Western etiquette, etc. If you hadn't looked at the yellow-skinned faces, you would have thought they were on the European and American continents.
Speaking of the Japanese, they are really bad. They took over the best coffee plantations in Jamaica and moved all the good Blue Mountain coffee back to the country so that their own people can drink authentic Blue Mountain coffee. Even Europeans and Americans can’t.
You can only drink less than 20% of it, let alone a coffee shop in China.
There are countless coffee shops across the land of China, and they have the nerve to boast that they are Blue Mountain Coffee. If you encounter a shop like this, if you walk up to them and give them a slap, nine times out of ten they will be right.
Xiao Qi doesn't like drinking coffee. It's bitter and bitter, unlike green tea, oolong tea, Pu'er tea, black tea, etc. Drinking it is bitter but also has a sweet aftertaste, which is completely a kind of enjoyment.
So he ordered lemon black tea with a slice of green lemon added, which tasted very refreshing.
Sitting next to a tall white man in his forties, Xiao Qi smiled and said, "Old Bao, you have successfully lost weight recently!"
The white man is Bao Lijie, the head of the asset division of Citibank Japan, an old friend of Xiao Qi.
He was drinking coffee. Hearing this, he smiled bitterly and said, "Qi Shao, please stop teasing me! I'm so worried that my hair is almost falling out. Why should I lose weight?"
"Citibank suffered huge losses in Japan?" Xiao Qi asked casually.
"It's much bigger than you think." Bao Lijie sighed and said: "I see, after this financial crisis is over, I can go home and eat on my own... By the way, Qishao, leave me a job in your company
Location. I dare not say anything else, but when you go to steal someone’s little wife, I can still stand guard.”
"Not bad, not bad. You can also joke. It proves that you are living a good life." Xiao Qi nodded, "Originally, I wanted to introduce you to a business, but it seems I can forget it."
"Don't! Don't!" Bao Lijie was startled, and immediately his face wrinkled with laughter, "Qi Shao, we are friends! How can you not take care of me when you are doing some business in Japan? How about it, right?
You want to ask me for a loan again? Tell me! 10 billion or 20 billion? As long as you use DreamPad shares as collateral, I can get the panties of our chairman’s wife out for you!”
"Go, go, go, your chairman's wife is over forty years old, why am I still surprised?" Xiao Qi said speechlessly, "And I'm not getting a loan, I'm asking you to help me buy something."
"Ah? Acquiring something?"
Bao Lijie rolled his eyes. "The Japanese have suffered a disaster here. Qi Shao, you came here to buy the bottom? You are so cunning!"
"Don't make sarcastic remarks, as if you Citigroup doesn't take advantage of others' danger." Xiao Qi said calmly: "If you can make this money, just tell me!"
"Okay! You have the final say!" Bao Lijie clapped his hands and said, "Which company are you going to beat?"
"SoftBank."
"Sun Zhenyi?"
"Well, that's him!"
Following Xiao Qi's affirmative answer, Bao Lijie fell into deep thought.
In the craziest era of the Internet, Sun Zhenyi's SoftBank, also known as SoftBank Group, had a market value of US$243 billion.
But after the dot-com bubble burst, SoftBank Group's current market value is only a dozen percent of its previous value, and its average market value in two months has only hovered around US$40 billion.
The recent subprime mortgage crisis has affected Japan. As several major Japanese banks have been involved in subprime debt, Japan's financial shock has quickly spread to the stock market, causing Japan's Nikkei 225 stock index to suffer an unprecedented plunge in recent years. So SoftBank
Its market value has now dropped to US$38 billion.
Bao Lijie recalled Xiao Qi's main business and found that Fairy Company and SoftBank Group had no necessary connection at all. So why did he buy SoftBank Group's shares?
After pondering for a while, Bao Lijie asked Xiao Qidao: "Qishao, how many shares of SoftBank Group are you going to buy? At what level is appropriate?"
"I still have a balance of 32 billion US dollars in my Citibank account." Xiao Qi said easily. "Let's use this as the standard."
"What!?"
Bao Lijie was shocked, "Do you want to completely acquire SoftBank Group? How is this possible?"
Of course it's impossible.
Just like China will not allow any company to acquire Dentsu, China Mobile and Lianxing, Japan will not allow SoftBank Group, which accounts for more than 30% of Japan's telecom and mobile business, to be acquired by companies from other countries.
Europe and the United States do the same thing.
The so-called free market trading is completely nonsense when it comes to national communications security!
As long as Xiao Qi's shares involve more than 30% of the red line, Japan's securities market regulatory agencies will immediately use various means to make things difficult for Xiao Qi until he gives up his shares.
Bao Lijie didn't believe that Xiao Qi was such an innocent person, but there was no trace of joking in Xiao Qi's eyes.
"I know you have a way!" Xiao Qi looked at him and said: "I want as many shares of Japan's SoftBank Group as possible. The time can be relaxed within one year, but I hope to get the results I want."
Citibank certainly has many ways to help Xiao Qi escape supervision.
The problem is that escaping supervision does not mean that Xiao Qi can use the power of absolute control. As long as he reveals the share structure, the Japanese government can target Xiao Qi without any evidence.
Thinking of this, Bao Lijie understood something: "Qi Shao, are you only going to use it once and solve the problem in one go?"
"That's right!" Xiao Qi said calmly, "I want to do business with others with shares! If I don't have enough shares, I can't deal with him."
"The person you are talking about...is referring to Sun Zhenyi, right?"
"yes!"
Bao Lijie nodded, understanding now.
All foreign banks and investment banks in Japan are actually connected.
When everyone discusses Japanese business figures, they usually say that the most difficult person to deal with in the Japanese business community is not the elite team of the six major consortiums, but Sun Zhenyi, who moved from China to South Korea, and then from South Korea to Japan!
This guy has an extremely tough attitude, a very cunning mind, a spirit of perseverance, and a bold and reckless style.
Just imagine, in just over 20 years, a Japanese of Korean descent could become the richest man in Japan. In Japan, a country that is more conservative than China, without the above characteristics, so what?
Can it be done?
No wonder Xiao Qi has to act so carefully. If you want to deal with him, the more bargaining chips you have, the better!
PS: The description of the situation in Japan in today’s chapter is based on special research and reflections. It is also a rather unpleasant fact. In short, if you want to catch up with the enemy, it cannot be solved with just a few words.
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