Chapter 219: Marunouchi
Early Monday morning, Masayoshi Kishimoto, Mirei Sakai, and Rie Sakai sat around the small dining room on the first floor of their home and had breakfast. After the meal, Masayoshi Kishimoto and Misuzu Sakai left the house together.
He personally drove Sakai Misuzu to the office. The first time she rode in a sports car, she felt as if she was sitting on her butt on the ground.
Masayoshi Kishimoto responded to her request and opened the convertible top, making Mirei Sakai, who was sitting on top of the co-pilot’s seat, feel very relaxed.
Sakai Mirei, who came back to the company a few months later, had obviously seen more people, which meant that his company was getting bigger and bigger.
This time, Masayoshi Kishimoto didn’t let him do the simple work of the front desk again, and personally took Sakai Misuzu to the administration department and handed her over to Oda Feiqiao. His purpose was to let her start learning things under Oda Feitsugu.
After the two of them sent Masayoshi Kishimoto away, Sakai Mirei bowed forty-five degrees towards Ota Fei Tori and smiled, “Fei Tori-san, we meet again.”
“This is a company, you have to call me Minister Odaoto.” Ota Fei Tori said with her usual style of doing things in a dignified manner.
“Okay, Minister Ota Hon.” Sakai Mirei said with an unchanging smile.
“Over there is your position. As for specific tasks, our Administrative Department’s Section Chief Yamamoto will make an arrangement for you.”
Ota Feijiao led her to the outside of her own separate office, and her right index finger was giving the other party a pointer to carry out, saying.
After she finished speaking, instead of going back inside her original independent office, she walked out of the administration department and headed straight for the small conference room, after all, every Monday morning there was a regular meeting of the company’s senior management.
After they had all arrived, Masayoshi Kishimoto was the one who was told off by his secretary, Mirai Yamada. He entered the small conference room, and rightfully sat on top of the boss seat. Behind him on the right was the secretary, Mirai Yamada.
Masayoshi Kishimoto personally presided over this meeting, “Our first topic today is about the relocation and location of the Hard Gold Group’s headquarters.
I have several options here, so let’s discuss which one is better and more suitable for our future development needs. First, continue to stay here in the office. If it is possible, the whole building will be completely acquired by us. Second, buy land to construct a new building. Third, relocate to Marunouchi in Chiyoda-ku.”
“My personal preference is to go with number three. Marunouchi is not only the home base of the Mitsubishi Group, but it is also the heart of the entire Tokyo, and even all of Japan’s economy.
There are a lot of Fortune 500 companies there, as well as many other powerful companies. I am responsible for capital investment, so naturally I need to deal with them.
The biggest benefit is not only for the hard gold capital company, but also for the entire group in terms of saving time and cost, improving the efficiency of external communication, and greatly facilitating the exchange of information and other matters between each other.” After pondering for a moment, Kobayashi Kiyoshi first expressed his personal opinion.
“I would be most inclined towards the second one. We can completely buy our own land, engage in design, and build up our own headquarters.
In the future, our Hard Gold Group’s main headquarters is going to be one of Tokyo’s landmarks. Not to mention that we already have a wholly owned subsidiary, Hard Gold Construction.
Nowadays, although it is busy embarking on the construction and development project of the Gangnam District 3 in Seoul, Korea, it can also be relocated back to its home country.
As the saying goes, the fat doesn’t flow to the people outside the company. Why do we need to let other construction companies contract this one project to earn profits?” Takayuki Nanno spoke eloquently.
“I’m in agreement with Takayuki on this one. Why do we have to go to Marunouchi? The reason why Marunouchi became famous is traced back to the rise of the Mitsubishi Group.
If one day we, the Hard Gold Group, are able to be like the Mitsubishi Group, our location will be the center of Tokyo, the center of all of Japan, and even the center of Asia.” Kazuya Takahashi said seriously.
Masayoshi Kishimoto was not a whim. His own company was growing too fast, and it was only a matter of time before he built the group’s headquarters.
If he really adopted Takayuki Nanno and Kazuya Takahashi’s suggestion, then it would take at least two or three years to select a site, buy land, design the headquarters building, construct the building, renovate the interior and exterior, and move in the personnel, and so on.
According to this initial concept, some of the office floors will be for self-use, while others will be leased to other companies on a rental basis. Surrounding can also get up some related facilities, and gradually form a CBD business circle.
In the future, the business is expanded, then it is due to gradually recover part of the self-use. Not to mention that at the current low price to get into the land and big construction is also a good investment.
“Ota, tell us your opinion.” Kishimoto Masayoshi’s two-eyed gaze was falling on Ota Asuka’s body and said.
“From a short-term perspective, I agree with President Kobayashi’s opinion and favor the third rule. In the long term, I agree with Minister Takahashi and Minister Nanno.
For the time being, I don’t consider the construction costs.
In terms of time alone, it will not be possible to build the headquarters of the Hard Gold Group in a short period of time. Since we want to build the headquarters of the Hard Gold Group, we must choose a good location.
Even if it’s not in the center, it should be located above the sub-center. It’s not like we’re going to build it somewhere else, right? I am not saying that other places are not good.
The starting point and purpose of everything is to work. Since we are a company that was born and raised in Tokyo, it is important for us to be born and raised here.
The good things about Marunouchi are not only what President Kobayashi said, but also the psychological satisfaction. People who work at Marunouchi, even as lowly white-collar workers, feel that one day they will become the backbone of the company and the elite of society.
This will mobilize, motivate, and inspire the middle and lower level employees within the company to work with enthusiasm and drive. Furthermore, the publicity is good.
It creates the feeling to people outside that the people who work in Marunouchi are all great, and that Marunouchi’s companies are all marvelous companies.” Oda Feitsugu said in a serious manner.
“Listening to you guys talk about all this, the inclination is either number two or number three. How about no one picking number one?” Masayoshi Kishimoto wasn’t bent on being the top decision maker. He knew the importance of listening, after all, it was both.
“If it becomes known that we’re going to make a wholesale acquisition of this one building, it will inevitably cause the other side to raise their prices significantly.
Instead of wasting our money on buying a place of origin, it would be better for us to give the wind out first. On the other hand, if we let the other side know that we have the intention of building a headquarters building or relocating, then in order to retain us to make a necessary rent reduction.
If we leave, the district government will get less tax money. It’s not guaranteed that the Taito City district government will even send someone to be a lobbyist for retention.” Takayuki Nanno said on the matter.