Rebirth of Hong Kong 1981

   Chapter 878 Mitsubishi Chaebol

   When Sumitomo Ichiro left the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, the three founder families of Mitsui Consortium, Mitsubishi Consortium and Fuji Consortium all received news immediately.

  Although on the surface, several major families have lost control of the shares of the consortium since the end of World War II, but in fact, according to the hereditary tradition of the island country, it can be divided where it is said.

   You must know that the hereditary inheritance system of the island country is the same as that of the previous Huaxia family. Basically, those who can serve as the heads of the subsidiaries of the consortium belong to the confidants of the main family.

  Those people have gone up several generations, and some even several generations have been serving the founder families of several major consortiums. The education they have received since childhood is how to serve the master's family well and obey the master's family's orders.

  In the unique cultural background of the island country, let alone the Americans, even if their gods and emperors speak, it may not be the master family.

  Although the founder families of several major consortiums have lost control of the consortium in terms of shares, under the father-son inheritance system of the island country, several major families still firmly control the leadership of the consortium through the appointment of personnel.

  After the end of World War II, according to the policy of the United Nations, all the chaebols of the island countries were forced to dissolve.

   Among them, the Mitsubishi Consortium, the head of the chaebol, was split into numerous subsidiaries at that time, but after the 1950s, with the outbreak of the Korean War, the United States gradually relaxed control of the island country.

   Among them, take economic relaxation as an example.

  In order to enable the island countries to provide sufficient military supplies for the US military, the US turned a blind eye and acquiesced to the restoration of the old chaebol forces such as Mitsubishi.

   This kind of acquiescence has made the subsidiaries that were once separated from the chaebols gather together one after another, and unite with each other again.

   Taking Mitsubishi as an example, the heads of several major subsidiaries of the Mitsubishi chaebol established informal organizations such as the Mitsubishi Friday Club in the name of exchanging information and connecting feelings with each other.

Although on the surface, the Mitsubishi Friday Meeting was different from the Mitsubishi Headquarters before the war. It promoted the equality of all enterprises and there was no distinction between superiors and subordinates. However, the mastermind of the Mitsubishi Friday Meeting was not selected from the heads of major subsidiaries, but by The founding family of the Mitsubishi chaebol is behind the scenes.

   The Mitsubishi chaebol originated from the Mitsubishi Chamber of Commerce founded by Iwasaki Yataro. Since Iwasaki Yataro, the Mitsubishi chaebol has been controlled by the Iwasaki family.

   The current owner of the Iwasaki family, Iwasaki Kojiro, like the Mitsui family of the Mitsui Foundation and the Yasuda family of the Fuji Foundation, lives behind the scenes.

   Compared with the other three families, the Iwasaki family is much more high-profile.

  In the original four chaebols, the Mitsui chaebol was the head of the four chaebols, and Mitsubishi was behind it and before Sumitomo and Yasuda (Fuji).

   But because Mitsui's strength was too strong and conspicuous before World War II, one family accounted for one-tenth of the island country's overall economy.

   Therefore, after the end of World War II, Mitsui was suppressed by three parties from the United States and the island governments and the chaebols such as Mitsubishi.

  The Mitsui family, the leader of the four chaebols, was suppressed, and the Iwasaki family, the second oldest chaebol, naturally ascended to the position of the first chaebol, and it was normal to be high-profile.

   However, the position of the boss is not so good. The main business of the Mitsubishi Consortium is in the five major fields of banking, shipbuilding, mining, railway transportation and trading.

Among them, the shipping industry is one of the cores of Mitsubishi, second only to the financial giant Mitsubishi Bank. However, since the oil crisis in the 1970s, the global economy has slowed down, and the shipping and trading industries have been severely hit, and the Mitsubishi Group has also been greatly affected. Impact.

   Of course, these are not enough to make Iwasaki Kojiro worry too much. The Mitsubishi Consortium can still bear the impact of the largest commercial bank in the island country, the world's top five Mitsubishi Bank, the shipping industry and the trading industry.

   The only thing that makes him uneasy is that the relationship between the Mitsui family and the Sumitomo family is getting closer.

   It is said that a thin dead camel is bigger than a horse. Although the thin camel of Mitsui is no longer as big as Mitsubishi, the Mitsui Bank under the Mitsubishi family is still the second largest private bank after Mitsubishi Bank.

Due to the experience of World War II, the people of the Mitsui family clearly realized that no matter how strong a person or a family is, sometimes they can't fight with their fists. The tight-knit Sumitomo family became in-laws.

   The second child and the third child got together. As the eldest, Kojiro Iwasaki was naturally uneasy. Adding one to this was not simply equal to two.

   "President, there is news."

"Say"

   "We received news that Mr. Sumitomo is back."

   "Press?" Iwasaki Kojiro frowned slightly, "What is the old guy doing when he has nothing to do?"

   "This, my subordinates haven't found any news yet."

   "Is there any news from the Mitsui family?"

   "Not yet"

   "Okay, keep watching, if anything happens, report it in time."

   After waiting for the people to go down, Iwasaki Kojiro looked at Tiano Shanzawa, who was kneeling in the next seat, and said, "That old guy, it's impossible to come back if he has nothing to do. I think they have already been in contact with someone."

   "President, then we need to go"

   Before Tanoyamazawa could finish speaking, Iwasaki Kojiro interrupted: "Not for now, we have different goals from them."

   "In contrast, I am more concerned about which person's actions in Australia, and I don't know how the Australian government thought of giving almost the entire northern Australia to that person..."

   Hearing this, Tano Yamazawa subconsciously closed his mouth.

   He still vaguely remembers that after Yang Chen bought a large piece of land in Northern Australia from the Australian government, the owner of his family who received the news, his eyes were red with jealousy.

   For a long time, the Mitsubishi Consortium has invested a lot in Australia, but even though it has repeatedly invested heavily in mining, the Australian government still has many restrictions on the Mitsubishi Consortium.

   Of course, this is not just for the Mitsubishi consortium, the Australian government is targeting all island companies.

   This reason is mainly caused by the island country's air raid on Darwin during World War II.

  As an Australia that has occupied the entire continent, it has hardly suffered any aggression by any country in the past few hundred years, and even in World War I, no one has the idea to fight it.

  Unfortunately, the island country became the first and only country to attack the mainland of Australia militarily.

   Therefore, Australia, regardless of the government or the people at the bottom, is very unfriendly to the islanders.

  In this era when the inland economy has not yet risen, Australia's favorite country to find trouble is not the inland, but the island country.

  Like the outback, Australia's unpleasant impression is deeply ingrained in the minds of islanders.

   This kind of thing is okay, jumping out of your own strength, jumping in front of you twice, can't kill you, but it just disgusts you, it's really very annoying.

   However, I have to say that God really favors Australia.

  A country sits on a continent, which is not only large in size, but also very rich in resources.

   For island countries with limited resources, they dream of owning a land like Australia, but unfortunately, this wish cannot be realized.

  Australia is close enough to the island country and is rich in resources. It is a natural partner of the island country and supplies the country with resources.

   Therefore, even though Australia is very annoying, the island nation still has to endure it.

   Because I can't get it, others can get it easily. It's strange that Iwasaki Kojiro can balance his heart.

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   (end of this chapter)