Chapter 235: The President of the General Council

In the Central District, inside a one-family building, Masayoshi Kishimoto stood alone with a cantaloupe bought from Roppongi Premium Fruit Shop and took off his shoes at the entrance.

The person he purposely visited today was no one else but the current General Chairman of Pachinko’s line of work. The other man was a marvelous big shot.

Ever since its sitting up, it had not moved from its seat above that position for decades. Although he was very rich, he had long maintained a lifestyle that was unassuming and shaped like that of an ordinary person.

Masayoshi Kishimoto handed over the gift in his hand to the president’s old wife before she personally took herself up to the second floor and stepped into the corner of the study to meet him.

His first impression of Mr. Pachinko was that he was a dry old man with an unimpressive appearance and a slight hunch in his back.

Masayoshi Kishimoto, with the courtesy of a junior, stopped and bowed forty-five degrees toward the old-timer, and took the initiative to introduce himself, “Chief General Manager, it’s been a long time.”

“Come and sit.” The Chief General Manager looked at him slightly and said.

Masayoshi Kishimoto walked over to the chair next to him and was able to sit down. His visit this time was something he had arranged with the other party in advance.

“Still reading?” The Chief Minister asked gently.

“Reading. Even if I’m busy every day, I still squeeze out half an hour to read.” Although Masayoshi Kishimoto was quoting an original saying that Li Ka Shing had said, he really did so himself.

As soon as he entered the room, he saw this room full of books, and it wasn’t hard to tell that the other party was a person who liked to read. There was nothing wrong with catering to the other party from the top of the little tricks.

However, it was best to respond with the truth. Like pachinko chief such as read countless people, see a lot of knowledge, experienced in the big storm inside the man, on the surface does not move, seems to be uncontested, and even look a little timid, but in fact, exceptionally powerful and skillful.

The great wisdom is like a fool is said to be such a person. Pachinko this line is in the gray area of society above the formation of the industry. The other party can sit in this highest position in the industry, not only has a strong financial strength, but also a wide range of contacts.

Regardless of whether it is the white road, the underworld, or other ways, those big men more or less still have to give it a few thin face. The other party can be more powerful than Ginza’s first mom-san.

He is enough to influence the general election in Japan, after all, the value created by the pachinko industry is accounted for 4% of Japan’s GDP.

Furthermore, a lot of the government’s tax revenue has to come from this. There were not only politicians at the top of society, but people of all colors wanted to meet him.

“What are you reading these days?” The General President was not in a hurry even if he knew that the other party had come prepared to talk to him about business. In his opinion, the best way to get to know a person was to scrutinize them from among the side issues.

“I’ve just finished reading the most distinguished contemporary American political scientist, who was president of the American Political Science Association, Robert? Our Children,” by Patnam.

At the heart of the whole book’s talk is the question of why it is no longer possible for a humble family to produce a child in a class-consolidated society. Although he was talking about the United States, it is also very relevant to Japan.

Over the past half century, the class divide has been widening. The all-encompassing gap between what poor kids and rich kids experience growing up.

Upper-middle class parents have more time to spend with their children, give guidance, and provide resources, while children from poorer backgrounds are not only economically poor, but are also more likely to live in crippled, broken homes, grow up without the love and care of both parents, or grow up in intergenerational parenting environments.

An image that recurs throughout the book, the scissor gap between the rich and poor classes. It is distinctly reflected in the family structure, parenting style, schooling, and neighborhood community.

In this era of birth inequality, it is unjust to simply talk about equal opportunity! The American dream has been shattered when the children of the humble family realize that their further efforts are in vain.” Justice Kishimoto said seriously.

“After you have read this book, do you have any ways to lift the poor out of poverty and make them rich?” The General President asked nonchalantly.

“Theoretically there are, while practically there are almost none. This is the least maneuverable and the best method if you come from a poor family, and that is a God-given natural endowment.

As for actionable methods, it’s not that there aren’t any, but they can’t do the following three things. First, good contraception. Poor children, especially girls, tend to have their first pregnancies in middle and high school.

The U.S. is a Puritan country, and abortion is banned inside quite a few states. As a result, many girls simply give birth to their children.

From the moment she makes this decision, it also cuts off one of her future, after all, it will be firmly bound by the child and financial embarrassment.

Secondly, stay away from the self-indulgence of drugs and alcohol. Life is hard, but not as a way to escape reality.

As soon as it starts, it will only get deeper and deeper into the future. Not only can they not pull themselves out, but they will eventually go to ruin and end their lives early. People live long, will earn more.

Third, try to master a skill, and strive to find a full-time job. Love life, love work, love family.

Even so, they ordinary can’t do it. I can’t help but think that when you were children, you were still able to sit in the same classroom with poor children and rich children to read and study.

Nowadays, there is no possibility of that at all. From kindergarten onward, people are intentionally divided into classes.

Upper-middle class children go to private schools, while lower-middle class children can only go to public schools. In Japan, the prerequisite for a good job and good income is a diploma from a prestigious university.

The problem is that the deviation scores for admission to prestigious universities are not only high, but tuition is also expensive. The poor children in the poor quality of education and poor environment conditions, and can not enter the remedial classes to study, want to enter a famous university is almost an impossible task.

Even if they do get in, they will have to worry about the expensive tuition fees. Even if one can take out a loan, it will negatively affect one’s future for quite some time, after all, one needs to make certain monthly repayments.

Furthermore, a prestigious university does not mean that one hundred percent of the time one will be able to make the class leap. If the investment fails, the complete collapse of the entire person is becoming a great possibility.” Masayoshi Kishimoto spoke eloquently.

“Not bad. When people outside the circle look at us who are in Pachinko’s line of work, we are either uneducated or profit-oriented. Only we within the circle understand that there are actually those among us who still have a heart of concern for society.

Nowadays, although you are no longer in this line of work, but you used to be a person in our line of work, it means that you will be for the rest of your life. Since you are a member of our circle, it is only right that you should help each other and love each other.” The Chief General Manager gave his approval.