MTL - Reborn In the Tokyo Bubble Era-Chapter 549 The Last Offering at the Gates of Heaven

   Chapter 549 The Last Offering of Heaven's Gate

  The big festival of neon is New Year's Day, not Christmas.

   This day is most loved by young men and women, because there is one more reason to get tired and go to the love hotel late at night.

   As the witch of the shrine, the Ogiri and the New Year must stay at the shrine.

   So on Christmas Eve, it was natural for her to "vacation" for a few days and quietly come to Tokyo.

   She came to greet Tao Zhiming who returned to Neon.

  The Taoran is anchored at the dedicated berth of the Tokyo Bay yacht home port, and Yosuke Ueno is waiting on the shore.

  Tao Zhiming walked out of the hatch and looked at Tokyo in the distance.

When the    time came, he traveled around the world and came back, standing on his big ship and came to Tokyo, and officially started the harvest.

  Tonight, first offer the last offering to the gate of heaven.

   Seeing his figure appear on the deck, Ueno Yosuke breathed a sigh of relief, but became even more nervous and excited.

   "When will Nobuhiko Horikawa arrive?" Tao Zhiming asked directly without being polite.

"It's already here, but as soon as the special plane landed, it was invited by the special search department." Yosuke Ueno was shocked, "You have been away from Neon for more than a month, so many things happened, it turned out to be to avoid the public's attention. ?"

   "Go for tea." Tao Zhiming smiled meaningfully, "What about your father-in-law?"

   "How to do it?" Ueno Yosuke asked nervously, "I heard that Nobuhiko Horikawa was taken away by the Special Investigation Department. He is so anxious now that he can't wait to come directly from Kansai. Why don't you tell him what to do?"

   "I have to come back first to check the situation."

  Tao Zhiming's innocent expression, Ueno Yosuke didn't believe it at all.

   "It's nonsense. The main reason is..." Tao Zhiming patted him on the shoulder, "From now on, you have to follow me. You have to be like me when it comes to giving orders to your father-in-law."

   Yosuke Ueno seems to be taken aback, just for this?

   got into the car bound for the gate of heaven, Tao Zhiming said in a deep voice: "Tell Takagi-san, it's time for a showdown with Itochu-san!"

  …

   As Ueno Yosuke said, Takagi Renhachi is very nervous now and can't be anxious.

  Nobuhiko Horikawa went to Tokyo to confirm the return date of Tao Zhiming, greeted him in the past, and met with Abe Junju, the supervisory director of the Neon Bank for International Cooperation dispatched by the Ministry of Tibet.

  Who knew that as soon as the special plane of the Daiichi Kanye Bank landed in the neon, people from the special investigation department of the Tokyo District Prosecutors were already waiting there.

   When Yosuke Ueno told him the news, Renhachi Takagi was also shocked.

   Everyone hasn't returned to Tokyo yet. Has the most crucial part of the plan just started?

   As soon as the phone rang, he quickly connected: "Hello?"

   "Father." Yosuke Ueno's etiquette was still there, but his words were succinct and cool, "It's time for a showdown with Itochu-san!"

   "Now?" Takagi Renhachi couldn't help shouting, and then he lowered his voice a little guilty, "What am I going to use... a showdown?"

   "News." Yosuke Ueno instructed lightly.

"...I'm not talking about how to meet." The news that Horikawa Nobuhiko was taken away by the Special Investigation Department has already been broadcast on the news. Takagi Renhachi knows that it is easy to meet Itochu Kobei now, but the main thing is how to show off, "What oppression do I use? he?"

   "Another piece of news that hasn't happened yet." Yosuke Ueno took a deep breath, "After meeting with Itochu-san at night, pay attention to Toshi."

"…Eh?"

   "It's tonight." Yosuke Ueno sighed, "Why do you think Miss Haruno came to Tokyo?"

  Takagi Renhachi was stunned, his lips trembling: "It's tonight? How could it be... It's too sudden..."

   "Not suddenly. Although the chairman is not in Tokyo, did you forget the news that happened yesterday?"

   "Yesterday..." Takagi Renhachi thought for a while and asked, "You mean, that "Amatu Declaration"?"

   "That's right! So, it's not sudden at all. Now, Miyazawa-san and the others have finally made up their minds!"

  …

   Far away Oyalt, local time is now 10 a.m. on the 22nd.

  Walid, who was busy yesterday, has been partying with the guests since the afternoon, and has just woken up now.

   Wearing a nightgown, he walked to the living room with the delicate floor stall. The maid, who knew very well that the master was used to it, had already put the newspaper away and was bringing hot coffee.

  Waleed has a headache, and he drank too much alcohol last night.

   After returning from Neon, Walid and Hassar have been busy with one thing, relying on the large oil orders that Neon will purchase from Oyalt. Through the docking of this matter with Ami Oil, the Royal Vision was persuaded to take more money from the Royal Trust and put it into the investment fund established by Waleed in Baharin.

  Neon's new cabinet, as Tao Zhiming said, is in full accordance with his plan.

   In the past month or so, Neon Dajang Province has made unprecedented efforts to rectify the Changxin Bank and Industrial Bank. The scale of risky debt that broke out has once again hit the neon stock market.

  Under the turmoil, financial institutions broke away from the shackles of window guidance, and were even more reluctant to raise funds from the real estate market. Although the investment in the new Hachiman Film and Television City in Neon Kansai was confirmed, the procedure was long. In the past month or so, the Neon real estate market has fallen at an alarming rate.

   When Tao Zhiming was visiting Oylt on his superyacht, Jamie Dimon came, as did Koichi Hirao, who is in charge of international capital markets at Changshin Bank.

   That Hirao Koichi is already paying tribute to Tao Zhiming. And Jamie Dimon also brought evidence of attacking ELE, a major loan customer of Changxin Bank. At the scene, Tao Zhiming even contacted by phone very readily, and took over two private yachts and two private jets owned by Takahashi Ye, the luxury chairman of ELE, at a low price in the name of BravoSport and BravoAir.

   has confirmed the reality of all plans, then the opportunity to become a new consortium shareholder of Neon through investment funds must be seized in the economic consolidation of Neon.

   In addition to his own commercial bank, Waleed has been raising more funds through various channels.

   He and Hassal introduced the clients who bought the Gate of Heaven project in the past, and after selling the assets there to Tao Zhiming, they once again attended the dinner party on Tao Zhiming's yacht in Baharin.

At the banquet, those rich people who lost a sum of money, although they have been encouraged by Tao Zhiming, but if they really want to invest the funds realized by the gate of heaven assets into Waleed's investment fund, they still spend a lot of money. gave him a lot of thought.

  Fortunately, this new oil order from Neon and Oyert made the bond of interests thicker and wider.

  Walid rubbed his head, glanced at the newspaper, and was stunned after seeing the headlines on the front page.

   The cup in his hand was hurriedly placed on the coffee table, and the delicious coffee was spilled, but he couldn't care less.

  In the newspaper, it was written: Hongsu will cease to exist? The heads of 11 countries including Ross signed the "Aratu Declaration".

  Walid's eyes widened, and he quickly read word by word.

   This is a landmark event!

  Although it is only "will", but after this step, will there be a way back?

   Only the countdown is left!

   That guy's judgment is so accurate!

What    said three years ago has really come true!

  …

   Everyone knows that as soon as this declaration is signed, the existence of Hongsu is just a countdown.

   But the boots did not finally land, and no one knows if there will be any changes, and when the countdown will end.

   After all, the authority that symbolizes the strongest power of that Big Mac has not yet been handed over.

   The steel torrent power that once made her opponent tremble, the tens of thousands of mushroom buttons, are still in the hands of those who seem to be "betrayed" now.

   This is the moment that excites her adversaries, but also scares them the most.

The   string has collapsed to the tightest!

  Although Tao Zhiming is still not sure whether the Christmas gift will arrive as scheduled, Miyazawa Kiji and the others have no doubts.

   So at this moment, Nobuhiko Horikawa, who was sitting in the inquiry room of the Special Investigation Department, was a little confused.

  Tokyo time is 5 hours ahead of Oylt.

   Now, it's past 3pm.

   At this time, he should have seen Tao Zhiming. Tao Zhiming, who just came back at this time, should have just instructed him what to do next, and discussed how to start the final plan with those who had heard his accurate predictions.

   But he was invited here.

  Yes, I was invited, and the other party was very polite.

   The same is true now, even though he is being questioned, the investigator is still respectful.

   "Horikawa-sang, I'm very sorry." The other party even bowed deeply, "Because of the disturbance caused by Tanaka-san, I have to ask you some questions now."

   Horikawa Nobuhiko nodded: "This is the duty of a citizen, please ask."

   "Thank you very much for your understanding." The opposite side sat down, the procedure was very formal, "Excuse me, when did Horikawa-san and Kijima Motoichi meet?"

   One question shocked Nobuhiko Horikawa.

   This question is not simple.

   said that he was invited over because of Tanaka Sakae's problem, and this case happened 25 years ago. Kodama Shifu is an important intermediary, and his important subordinate Motoichi Kishima is the executor.

   directly asked him when he met Motoichi Kijima. Since Motoichi Kijima has been investigated, could it be said that the other 2.5 billion yen that Tanaka Sakae said, the special search department has really been serious about it?

   Horikawa Nobuhiko didn't know how Kijima Motoichi justified it, but the process of getting to know him and Kijima Motoichi... A little earlier than that.

   Could it be that this is the signal that Tao Zhiming's plan has begun? Time to start splashing dirty water?

So he said slowly: "It was still in Showa 39. At that time, during the merger of Kobe Steel and Amagasaki Steel, as the main bank of Kobe Steel, I was in charge of the merger. Kobe Branch Deputy Chief. Kazushima-san was introduced by Nao-san, the head of the office at that time."

   He didn't say much.

   asked when he met, and he has already said one more understanding process.

   was recorded on the opposite side, and then asked: "Then, do you have direct contact with Shifu Kodama?"

   Horikawa Nobuhiko immediately shook his head: "No."

   "Afterwards, you served as Nao Itochu's secretary, and you didn't have direct contact with Shifu Kodama?"

   Hearing the suspicious tone of the other party, Horikawa Nobuhiko was shocked again.

   What does that mean? Could it be that not only Motoichi Kijima's role in it has been suspected, but even Nao Itochu, the father of Kobei Itochu, has been given evidence that he had a direct meeting with Shifu Kodama to discuss many matters?

   seems to be leading this line to Itochu's house!

Horikawa Nobuhiko said, "Although I was Itochu-san's secretary at the time, I didn't follow Itochu-san for a long time. Most of the time, I was doing secretarial work in the bank, and I didn't serve as Itochu-san's personal secretary. He met with important guests."

   The person who recorded kept his head down and his pen was writing fast.

   Another question came up again: "At that time Akira Watanabe, who was the head of the first section of the acquisition section of Marubeni Corporation, knew Itochu-san?"

"I know!" Nobuhiko Horikawa felt that the current question was very instructive, and it was a very clear sign. "Akisang Watanabe was a very active person at that time. At that time, in order to win an important customer of Marubeni Corporation, the main bank I would like to ask Transition Ben Ming-sang to introduce to the Finance Minister of Fuji Bank Osaka Branch for discussion.”

   The other party nodded and asked again: "So, have you met Motoichi Kijima and Akira Watanabe at the same time?"

   Horikawa Nobuhiko immediately shook his head: "No."

   Then he looked a little puzzled: "Do Kijima-san and Watanabe-san also know each other? ... Yes, Watanabe Akira-san is very active."

The investigator seemed to be because of Nobuhiko Horikawa's expression, and also because of what he said, he smiled and asked, "During the investigation of the case, an interesting clue was discovered, so I invited Horikawa-san here. Now, Motoichi Kijima has completed some of the tasks given by Shifu Kodama at that time by introducing the art business. During further investigation, he was connected with the Yueguang Village at that time. Horikawa-san, Haruno Takizo, whose original name was Yukimura Is it called Horikawa Takizo?"

   "...That's right." Horikawa Nobuhiko was a little confused, why did he suddenly ask Takizo?

   "So Haruno Takizo's identity was originally your righteous brother, right?"

"…right."

"Horikawa-san." The other party pushed his glasses, "In the Haruno Takizo suicide case, Akira Watanabe was an important suspect in that case. At that time, he was not prosecuted due to insufficient evidence. After that incident, you and Watanabe Have you met?"

"...Yes." Nobuhiko Horikawa hesitated for a moment, then said slowly, "After that, I started to serve as the chairman of Daiichi Kanye Bank. Watanabe-san is a professional manager of Fuji Bank, and our meeting was formal. business occasions.”

   "Horikawa-san." The inspector smiled, "All in a formal business setting?"

   "...that's right."

"Understood." He flipped through the materials in front of him, but nodded with a smile, "Then let's go back to Showa 48. At that time, Takizo Haruno had already become the head of the Haruno family. You know that he and Shifu Kodama Have you met?"

   "What?" Horikawa Nobuhiko's heart sank, but he pretended to be very surprised, "I really don't know about this..."

The other party was always smiling, and continued to nod his head noncommittally: "Kidama Motoichi confessed that Shifu Kodama and Akira Watanabe once visited the Hachiman Shrine in Azuchi Castle, Omi Hachiman, Shiga Prefecture, but Horikawa-san did not hear Haruno Takizo mention it. Pass?"

   "...Not at all." Nobuhiko Horikawa tried his best to restrain his emotions and added, "Since he and Haruno Yuki got married, he has been living at Hachiman Shrine, and we have very little contact."

   "Then can you elaborate on how Haruno Takizo signed a will before committing suicide, entrusting the guardianship of his daughter and the ownership of Azuchi Castle Hachiman Shrine to you to exercise the decision on your behalf?"

   Several questions before and after are connected, and Horikawa Nobuhiko's eyes can no longer be calm.

  Since as he said, he and Haruno Takizo had very little contact, why did Haruno Takizo do this?

And the time span is so long, one is the relationship between Haruno Takizo and Kodama Shifu at that time in Showa 48, this incident is related to that Lockheed; the other is more than 10 years later, before Haruno Takizo committed suicide, this incident And what does it have to do with Tanaka Sakae?

   The Investigator was still smiling. Nobuhiko Horikawa replied slowly while thinking hard: "It was in Showa 59... Because of Takisan's daughter going to middle school, Takisan found me who was the general manager at that time..."

   In the next time, the problem was a hammer in the east and a stick in the west, and Horikawa Nobuhiko could only try his best to deal with it.

No matter what the real situation is, at least in the matter with Kijima Motoichi, Watanabe Akira, Fukumoto O, Watanabe Nori, and Ogami, answer according to the original plan, and point all the dirty water and clues to the Itochu family. , pointing to the Furong Consortium and the Sanhe Consortium.

   But among these questions, those about Haruno Takizo always make Nobuhiko Horikawa feel like they are sitting on pins and needles.

  Tanaka Sakae changed his statement in the Supreme Court, saying, "I will admit it if you say I took 500 million yen in bribes." But the U.S. side said that Lockheed spent 3 billion yen for public relations in Neon, so where did Shifu Kodama, the middleman, spend the remaining 2.5 billion yen?

   This was seen as his desperate counter-attack, his anger at the fact that he was still unable to enjoy his old age after the cabinet change.

   But in November and December when this major event happened frequently, Tao Zhiming went abroad to travel around the world after being summoned by the House of Representatives for questioning because of the statement about repurchasing the Gate of Heaven and the many words he said in the interview.

   Isn't that statement and interview just to accelerate the collapse of the real estate market?

  The House of Representatives asked him, and Tao Zhiming just told Horikawa Nobuhiko that Miyazawa Kiji and Hashimoto Taro had just taken office and had to make some gestures. Tao Zhiming is indeed exerting influence, ostensibly causing trouble for them to come to power to save the economy.

  But then shouldn't the Tokyo District Prosecutor just investigate the 2.5 billion yen matter under pressure? Shifu Kodama has been dead for more than ten years. How can we investigate the matter at that time?

   During this period of time, Nobuhiko Horikawa had already been urged by Abe Zhuanjiu because of the cooperation between Neon International Cooperation Bank, Levin Investment Bureau and the Vision of the Royal Family of Oylt.

  Abe Taro really passed away at the end of November. Abe is eager to make achievements and prepare for the election for the Yamaguchi prefectural seat next year. Nobuhiko Horikawa knows this very well.

Hasal, Jeffrey and their investment in Hachiman Film and Television New City, together with Sekimoto and several other directors, promoted the transfer of the shares they held in No. 1 Quanye Bank. The financing of many projects such as Shimao and Osaki New Town, as well as Pantao Movie’s acquisition of Toho, Chimei Trust’s stake in Hankyu Electric Railway, and Daiichi Kanyo Bank’s increase in Hankyu Electric Railway, etc., so many things have made Horikawa Nobuhiko very busy. Open the deal.

  Takagi Jinhachi went to take charge of the Hachiman Research Association, and Horikawa Nobuhiko was short of a right-hand man for a while.

   In addition, the Ministry of Finance has begun to rectify Industrial Bank and Changshin Bank, and Nobuhiko Horikawa has not heard the further progress of the 2.5 billion yen investigation by the Tokyo Metropolitan Prosecutor's Office. He really thought they were just perfunctory.

  As a result, now, I was suddenly invited over.

  The clock on the wall of the inquiry room slowly turned from 3 o'clock to 7 o'clock.

   More than 4 hours of inquiries made Horikawa Nobuhiko more and more tired.

   At this time, the investigator stood up and bowed with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work! Please forgive me for delaying Horikawa-sang for so long!"

   "...Where, it should be." Horikawa Nobuhiko stood up in surprise and returned the salute, and then asked, "Then I can leave first?"

"certainly!"

   Horikawa Nobuhiko suppressed his inner anxiety and left the inquiry room.

   Now we have to hurry back to the car and contact Tao Zhiming. What is the situation?

   But when he walked to the door, he saw the Miyazaki police officer nominated by him, Nobuhiko Horikawa, who was in charge of the Fukumoto case, hurried here.

  Nobuhiko Horikawa was inconvenient to chat with him here, but he still stopped and bent over to say hello: "Miyazaki-san."

   "Horikawa-san." Miyazaki's police officer just bowed politely and hurried in.

   Horikawa Nobuhiko clearly heard him whispering to his subordinates: "Sakamoto Toya really spoke? Don't let me down..."

   He was not surprised that he appeared here, and asked why.

  Although he had figured it out at the time, he had no choice in the face of the combined power of so many people. But now, isn't he also Tao Zhiming's person? Why can't he have the slightest hint?

   And... what did Toya Sakamoto say?

  Since he could listen to Tao Zhiming's words and come forward to disturb the situation in the Yamaguchi-gumi, shouldn't he have said it long ago? Otherwise, Yamaguchi-gumi would not have been swept by a storm in the past two months, and it is close to the brink of being banned.

   No one left Horikawa Nobuhiko here, he was sent out politely.

   This makes Horikawa Nobuhiko still have a glimmer of hope, everything... should be just part of the plan.

   He reviewed his answers when he received the questioning. There was no problem. They were all the statements that he had discussed with Tao Zhiming at the beginning.

   Just the parts about Haruno Takizo are a little surprising.

   Back in the car, he did not tell the driver where to go, but sat quietly for a while.

   After thinking for a few minutes, Nobuhiko Horikawa opened his eyes.

   Ever since Fukumoto was arrested, and since he took down his seat to Tao Zhiming, in fact, there is no way out, worrying is useless.

   But now the huge No. 1 Quanye Consortium, from the infighting on the board of directors to the implementation of multi-party cooperation, all play a vital role.

   Now the countdown to the demise of Hongsu has begun, and the big plan that Miyazawa Kiji, Hashimoto Taro and Tao Zhiming, Mitsui, Sumitomo, and Mitsubishi have negotiated has already started according to the pace.

What    can bet on is only the value of his own existence, which is more valuable to Tao Zhiming than the value of non-existence.

   So Horikawa Nobuhiko made a phone call first: "Xiuzi."

  Today's contact was given to the past first.

   "Is everything okay?" The woman opposite was very concerned, "I saw the news, you were taken away by the special search department, I have been worried..."

   "Don't act rashly." Nobuhiko Horikawa took a deep breath, "But... be prepared first. Check the time, from now on, if I don't contact you again within 2 hours, then..."

   "2 hours?" The voice was eager, "What happened? Just 2 hours..."

   "Get ready first!" Nobuhiko Horikawa calmed down, "It should be fine, that's it."

   He didn't want to say too many complicated situations.

   hung up the call, and he quickly dialed Tao Zhiming's number: "Master President... I just came out of the special search department, where are you?"

   Tao Zhiming's voice on the phone was very relaxed: "I've been waiting for you, come to the gate of heaven, I'm at home."

   "Yes!" Horikawa Nobuhiko breathed a sigh of relief.

   When he came to his house at this time, it was his own treatment.

   told the driver, and he continued to close his eyes and ponder.

   At the same time, the woman named Xiuzi had already made a lot of phone calls.

   After less than twenty minutes, she was a little dumbfounded and quickly called Nobuhiko Horikawa.

   didn't work.

   Dial his driver again and someone answered.

   The other party replied: "Sir Horikawa just entered the gate of heaven, so take your mobile phone with you."

Xiuzi's expression changed: "Toothless! Hurry up and find a way to go in and tell Lord Horikawa, just about the preparations I made, those important targets, which were just picked up by the car. Now people are following those cars, please tell me what to do. How to do?"

   The driver didn't quite understand what she was talking about, so he said embarrassingly: "The gate of heaven has upgraded the security, and just now Lord Horikawa asked me to stay in the car..."

   "Go!" Xiuzi shouted, "Break in too! Understand?!"

  The driver stared blankly at the security personnel guarding the gate of heaven, and broke in?

  Lord Horikawa has a lot of respect for that sire Tao, is that appropriate?

   The 2 hours he just said to contact him again made him grit his teeth.

   "I see! I'll try!"

"Don't try! You must see Lord Horikawa, understand? No...don't break in!" Xiuzi calmed down a bit, "Find an excuse, if you don't want to contact Lord Horikawa, come back and tell me immediately, understand? ?"

   "...Understood." The driver opened the door nervously, took a document bag and got out of the car, walked to the door and bent over, "Sorry, Horikawa-sama forgot a document, I need to hand it to him..."

   The security staff nodded, and actually moved away.

   Does the driver think Horikawa-sama is too suspicious? The other party clearly knew that he was his driver, and did not check himself at all.

   At the same time, Sakai Izumi and Nakamori Akina were sitting in a car together, still confused: "Mr. President... Will you go home at this time?"

   Xiaohara Sazuki was driving, she just nodded, then pulled up the intercom and said, "There are two black Toyota AE86s behind me, pay attention!"

   Sakai Izumi couldn't help clenching Nakamori Akina's hand and looked at her nervously.

  Why is the atmosphere not right?

   In another car, Sawaguchi Yasuko felt very excited.

   In the bulletproof car driven by Ogata Toshio, Hoshino Ling just held Tao Xingye's hand calmly.

   In the Kyoto Dojo, Ueda Masahiro was sitting in the room with a real sword beside his legs.

   The dojo was calm as usual, but Zhao Chunshu was sitting in the kendo room with more than a dozen Erlang.

   Horikawa Nobuhiko's driver finally came to the gate of Tao Zhiming's Zhenying Residence, where Irie Xiongtai and others stretched out his hand: "Just leave it to me..."

   "Yes..." The driver was not at ease. "And my wife called just now, and I need to tell Mr. Horikawa in person if she has something."

  Irijiang Xiongtai smiled: "Are you in a hurry?"

"…Yes."

   "Then please come in."

   There was no accident at all, and the driver of Nobuhiko Horikawa walked through the door.

   But he could only wait at the entrance.

  Irie Yuta took the document bag and opened it as he walked. After taking a look, he put it back, walked to the door of the tea room and knocked on the door: "I'm sorry."

After entering the door, he said: "The driver of Horikawa-sang said that he forgot an important document. Then Mrs. Horikawa called, and his driver rushed to tell Horikawa-sang something."

  Irie Yuta added: "Tell me personally."

   Horikawa Nobuhiko sat opposite Tao Zhiming, his body trembled slightly.

   "Horikawa-san, why don't you call the lady and ask what's the matter."

   Horikawa Nobuhiko raised his head, his face extremely pale: "Why? Why!"

   (end of this chapter)