Chapter 805: Profit is Eternal
At seven in the evening, Masayoshi Kishimoto had dinner with Iwasaki’s father and daughter as promised. He was neither as formal as a suit and tie, nor was he dressed casually.
He had reached such a high position, even if he hadn’t practiced “invulnerability to all poisons”, he wouldn’t let his heart fluctuate because of some things.
Prior to this, even if Iwasaki Maki explicitly said that to himself, not completely unreasonable, not to mention her wishful thinking.
When Masayoshi Kishimoto saw Eisuke Iwasaki, naturally, he had to take the initiative to bow forty-five degrees toward the other party, an elder, with the courtesy of a junior.
Afterward, he and Iwasaki Maki bowed forty-five degrees to each other. According to the Chinese, it was like a husband and wife bowing to each other.
Iwasaki Hidetsugu was sitting south to north. Kishimoto was formally facing him, that is, sitting north to south. Iwasaki Maki chose to sit west to east.
Everyone knew in their hearts that it didn’t matter at all what they ate. What mattered was that it was the first time the three had sat down to eat like this.
“When I was younger, I too used to believe in a kind of brotherhood between men and men. Or a true friendship between friends. The Chinese have a saying that for a friend, you give up both sides of the fence.
As I got older, when I was around thirty, which is your age, the idea changed completely. Friendship is temporary, profit is eternal and unchanging.
Before, one used to believe beyond belief in the existence of things that one later realized were not even in existence in the world. There is also something called love in this.” Iwasaki Eisuke said slowly.
Kishimoto Masayoshi had since heard the true meaning of his words and said, “Isn’t my sincerity to engage in a partnership with you to deal with the Mitsui family enough?”
Iwasaki Eisuke smiled slightly and said, “Not enough. I am a person who acts in a very old-fashioned manner. To be precise, things that have been passed down from the past may not always be outdated.
This strengthening of trust between people still cannot be separated from sex. When men and women have done it, it creates a deeper bond and strengthens the trust between them.
Cooperation between two families, or even two families, is still inseparable from the marriage. Even Europe and the United States are the most developed countries so pursuing individuality, freedom is likewise not exempt.”
“For me, I don’t have any dreams, your dreams are my dreams. I will assist you to the greatest extent possible to finally realize your dream.”
Iwasaki Maki looked sideways at Kishimoto Masayoshi is suddenly opened his mouth to interject into the actual interest conversation between the two men said.
Masayoshi Kishimoto looked at her sideways for a moment, then turned to her father and said, “Aren’t you afraid that if you push me hard enough, I’ll make a reversal towards the Mitsui family?”
Iwasaki Eisuke laughed and said, “Even if you make a reversal towards the Mitsui family, it’s not just a matter of moving your mouth. As usual, you have to show the sincerity you deserve.
The Mitsui family is more conservative than my Iwasaki family. At that time, the Mitsui family will also take the initiative to propose a marriage, so what will you do?
It would be better for you to go around in circles to marry a woman you don’t know at all, than to join with a woman who loves you and understands each other.”
Masayoshi Kishimoto understood that his words were not false. Some of those prestigious Japanese families with an ancient history were not easy to enter into their circles on the one hand, and on the other hand, they still followed the Oriental method that could best express sincerity, the marriage of a man and a woman.
As for the cooperation between men and men nabbing a pitch or something, it didn’t seem to work too well. After all, Iwasaki Eisuke had made his core viewpoints clear to himself from the start, that friendship was temporary, and that benefits were the constant.
Some of his views represented some of the consensus of those famous families in Japan. These people are all characters who are able to override the law.
To them, the law is just a tool and a means that can be utilized. Furthermore, people in high positions, especially men, that have so many personal emotions in them?
It’s not like some ancient imperial romance novels where the emperors were all sentimental. In fact, the ancient emperors among a few will put the woman really as a thing of the people.
Women for them, just a kind of life, to meet the physiological needs, the spice of succession. Often they would only be intoxicated with power and intrigue. Otherwise, the seat will not be stable, at any time to face the situation of replacement.
Women to such a high position above, China’s Wu Zetian, Russia’s Ekaterina, Britain’s Elizabeth …… each has a remarkable iron fist. A man becomes a stallion in their crotch.
The choice before Masayoshi Kishimoto is not that there is no choice, but once the wrong choice is made, things will become troublesome. In the past, the six Japanese plutocrats didn’t treat themselves as a matter of course, that was because they were too weak for others to look at them.
Nowadays, he has already entered into their vision. The cake is so big, one more person to share, then it means either someone will eat less, or everyone will eat less.
How easy is it to make a bigger cake? Not only Japan, but also South Korea, also facing why the whole country will be ruled by the plutocrats, that is because the economic development has reached the limit, which means that the cake wants to make it bigger, can not make it bigger.
As for the capitalist developed countries in Europe and America, they don’t call them plutocrats, they call them conglomerates. Called what a big company is fine. The name is changed, the meaning is still the same.
They all have vested interests, and no one will willingly give their hands. They will only show a gesture to come and grab it if they can.
If one really wanted to single-handedly grab the cake of the six major Japanese plutocrats, it would be tantamount to looking for death. Even just aiming at one of them is not an option.
Who among the other five had agreed? Therefore, if he and the Hard Gold Group wanted to have more room for advancement and development, they would only be able to directly kick a certain party out of the game, so that they could take their place.
Or have to sit down and talk to them to share the cake. Before that, naturally, there will be more bloodshed.
Only when both sides realize that no one can eat who, has been so consumed, but there will not be a result, and will be cheaper for others, there will be talk. Otherwise, everything is off the table and only one side is forced to accept it.
Iwasaki Eisuke’s meaning is more than clear, is to reclaim belongs to the Iwasaki family’s honor and splendor, Japan’s first zaibatsu throne.
His target was only the Mitsui Zaibatsu, not the other four major Zaibatsu. His own strategy was to keep them in a neutral attitude.
If the eldest and the second were to go down in flames, that might not necessarily be a bad thing for the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth, and it was quite possible that they could profit from it. There was absolutely nothing wrong with the latter choosing to make a stand first.