Chapter 414: A Pleasant Cooperation

Maki Iwasaki’s approach to Masayoshi Kishimoto was inevitably after much deliberation. On the one hand, she needs the other party’s nod to allow TV Tokyo to carry out a necessary publicity, and on the other hand, it is from the entire Japanese pachinko industry behind him.

The pachinko industry is a gray area of Japanese society. It is difficult for those outside the circle to be trusted and accepted by those inside the circle.

At the top, they can hook up with the police and so on, while at the bottom, they are in secret with all kinds of gangsters. Not only does this industry exist, but it is also an important one that cannot be ignored.

The Iwasaki family has been rich for three generations, and has the right to speak in Japan’s financial world. Within the economic realm, the Mitsubishi Group is the second largest zaibatsu in Japan.

On the surface, it was impossible to get your hands dirty. However, in the dark, it is another matter.

(The recent trade dispute between Korea and Japan was over post-war labor compensation against the Mitsubishi Group. There is a famous Korean movie, “Battleship Island,” which epitomizes the evils committed by the Mitsubishi Group at that time.

In order to extract the maximum and fastest profit, the laborers were not treated as human beings. This also shows how powerful the Japanese semiconductor industry is. Korea’s semiconductors are not weak in the world either.

Japan just limit the three important semiconductor materials in South Korea, let South Korea has become a hot pot above the ants anxious round and round, directly let the export dropped dramatically, unemployment increased.

Samsung Group Chairman Lee Jae-yong also bypassed the South Korean government personally went to Japan to find the relevant enterprises of the Japanese zaibatsu to talk about this one thing. Zaibatsu’s energy is how big? (This can not only sway the government’s decisions, but also disregard the government.)

Iwasaki Maki is, after all, a member of the Iwasaki family, and there are things that are really not too convenient to come out directly, so then you have to let other people do it for you.

Japanese pachinko, which is a kind of pinball gambling machine, also belongs to the category of the gaming industry. The world thinks that the biggest gambling industry in the world is either Las Vegas in the United States or Macau in China.

In fact, both are very wrong. The pachinko market in Japan alone is 23.3 trillion yen. Macau, China’s gambling industry is only 3.5 trillion yen in size, which means that Japan is more than six times the size of Macau, China in terms of this not-so-glamorous industry.

As for Las Vegas in the United States, it’s only 1.3 trillion yen. The fourth place right behind it is Singapore. The market size of Singapore’s gambling industry is 580 billion yen.

In Japan, not only pinball, but also horse racing, bicycle racing, boat racing and car racing are allowed to engage in gambling. In Japan, horse races, bicycle races, boat races and car races are all operated by the local governments, and their revenues are incorporated into the local finances. This shows their importance. This is an important source of finance that even local governments in Japan cannot afford to ignore.

There are more than 10,000 pachinko parlors throughout Japan. This is another aspect that is valued by Maki Iwasaki is the large number of stores. Not only that, but the foot traffic is high.

Anyone who can walk into a pachinko parlor and gamble is definitely an adult, which means they all have the right to vote.

By posting the picture of a certain politician inside and outside the pachinko parlor, there would definitely be a considerable amount of appeal. No more than that, they will be able to mix it up.

It’s as if Shi Yuzhu had most successfully marketed the online game ZT Online. In addition to the large and small Internet cafes being posted with the game’s promotional posters, large and small public toilets are also posted inside the publicity “pimples” about “ZT Online”.

This is even the pissing and squatting pits are not spared, so as to achieve an unprecedented amazing publicity effect. Without the existence of the majority of free players, there would be no way for him to bring in RMB players who have recharged millions of soft pesos and over ten million soft pesos.

The world-renowned Japanese animation industry accounts for a mere 0.3% of Japan’s GDP. The pachinko industry alone accounts for 4.7% of Japan’s GDP.

60% of the world’s gambling machines are concentrated in Japan. There is 1 machine for every 28 people, compared to 1 machine for 46 people in Macau, China.

According to a survey conducted by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Japan’s gambling dependency population is 4.8% (8.8% male, 1.8% female), or about 5.36 million people, much higher than the 1% in other countries.

This is discussed several times in Sagatsuki, which is part of the perennially high-rated popular Japanese drama. The small steel ball store is under the Police Department’s control, and with a total of 194 retired police officers going on to take up positions in related businesses according to a survey conducted in the early 21st century, it is only natural that there would be no policies that are unfavorable to the industry.

“Is that your idea, or your father’s?” Justice Kishimoto said as he tried to figure out who was behind it.

“Does this make a difference?” Maki Iwasaki asked with a slight smile.

“If it’s your father’s intention, I’m sort of taking orders, or you could say it’s a return favor. When the Hard Gold Group was able to successfully take over Roppongi’s old city remodeling plan, it was without your Iwasaki family’s help.

If you mean it, not only do we have a friendship in this, but it’s also a cooperative relationship.” Masayoshi Kishimoto spoke bluntly.

“It is not my father’s intention, it is all mine. The Iwasaki family is full of children, I am not the only one. I’m also a daughter, so naturally I won’t be able to inherit the head of the Iwasaki family.

I don’t care if I’m the head of the family or not. The only thing I value is how much can be held in my hands.” Iwasaki Maki held out her right palm and said in a serious manner.

Seeing that she was pushing her luck, Masashi Kishimoto did not equivocate and said, “Everything under my Hard Gold Group is willing to help you.”

“I can not only want your Hard Gold Group’s great help, but also want the entire pachinko industry behind you to support this one thing.” Maki Iwasaki said bluntly.

“The pachinko industry as a whole doesn’t take orders from me. Even the president of the Pachinko All-Japan Association can’t completely command it.

There are all sorts of intertwined relationships that involve political groups, violent groups, and interest groups.

From a certain point of view, the pachinko industry is a loose alliance with many internal factions. They are responding to the famous Chinese saying that they come together for profit.

They won’t do it if there’s no benefit on the general premise that can move them.” Justice Kishimoto hit the nail on the head.

“That’s why I said I needed your help from the start.” Maki Iwasaki said as she believed that he was bound to have the certain positive effect she wanted if he just showed up in person.

Masayoshi Kishimoto stretched out his right hand to pick up the wine glass with Wuliangye Liquid on the desktop, and raised his glass towards Maki Iwasaki, who was sitting across from him, saying, “Happy cooperation.”