Chapter 337： ：Welcome Hardy's Special Envoy to Japan

MacArthur telegraphed the White House office. The secretary of the office sent the telegram to President Johnson. In the telegram, MacArthur expressed opposition to the sale of seized Japanese assets at a low price. He felt that this would create hostility among the Japanese people and should be handled flexibly.

Johnson said lightly after reading it: "Don't say that MacArthur can't stop this thing, even I don't have the ability."

He knew it.

This time, Hardy assembled the seven consortiums, and this price list is the result of the discussions of the seven consortiums.

He knew how influential the seven consortia were.

He believes that this proposal will be passed easily in Congress and will not encounter any resistance.

As for Johnson,

He would not object, because he used this matter to raise the matter with Hardy about limited medical insurance.

Johnson mentioned the medical insurance plan during the campaign, but then Hardy objected and proposed a limited medical insurance plan, which was considered an excessive plan. After being re-elected, Johnson proposed a limited medical insurance plan to Congress.

Funded by the federal government, local governments and the people, a limited medical insurance benefit is provided to the people.

Even so.

The last vote still failed.

This makes Johnson feel very helpless.

Now that the Republican Party has a majority in Congress, he has long foreseen that when he governs in the future, many policies will encounter great resistance in Congress.

do not doubt,

When it comes to political party competition, sometimes some MPs oppose it just for the sake of opposition.

In Chinese words, it's just to give you a look.

Let you know that even though you have become president, you will not be able to play.

So this time after Hardy proposed the Japanese asset price list, Johnson seemed to see an opportunity. He proposed to Hardy that he hoped to persuade the Congress to pass the limited medical insurance plan through the seven consortiums.

to be honest,

It is to use Japanese assets to benefit the seven major consortia and let the seven major consortia contribute their efforts to persuade their own congressmen.

Hardy went back and talked about the matter with the seven major consortia, and other consortia decided to use their own relationships to talk to the congressmen because of their interests.

To put it bluntly, this is an exchange of benefits for Chi Guoguo.

The price Johnson paid was the Japanese assets, and what he got was that his ruling strategy could be carried out.

MacArthur jumped out to stop.

You stop a hammer.

Can you stop it.

In the entanglement of interests between the president, the Congress, and the seven major consortia, MacArthur, the Japanese imperial emperor, is simply not enough.

Don't look at him in Japan, he is just a general in the United States, there are several generals of his level.

Hardy naturally wanted to pass the limited medical insurance plan because he also had deep interests in it. For this reason, he also formed a new insurance company with Bank of America and Pacific Insurance Company of the California consortium.

Once the "Limited Medical Insurance Plan" is passed, this insurance company can get 30% of the business, and the company will immediately become a major insurance company.

Time passed quickly.

Voting day is here.

The joint meeting of the two houses of Capitol Hill. Today's meeting was chaired by Vice President Alben William Buckley as the Speaker of the Senate.

President Johnson attended the meeting.

The first topic is the proposal to price and allow sales of Japan's military enterprises to be sealed off. This motion is a general motion, which means that it only takes a majority of the votes to pass. After calculation, the vast majority of parliamentarians voted in favor.

To Japan.

These people here either have no idea or have no liking, and they have no interest in handling Japanese assets. Besides, many people receive calls from the backers in advance, so naturally they will not disobey the benefactor's father for such trivial matters.

The second topic is about President Johnson’s "Universal Limited Medical Insurance Benefits Plan". Because of this policy, it will involve 150 million people in the United States. Only when two-thirds or more of the members of the House vote in favor of it can pass.

Johnson had already raised this bill last time. He worked so hard to persuade Democratic congressmen to support him. He also gave a speech in Congress, emphasizing the advantages and significance of this medical insurance policy, and he had to accept questions from congressmen. But in the end It ended in failure.

And this time.

There were no waves in the joint meeting. After President Johnson gave his speech, only a few members asked a few not so sharp questions.

Hold a poll.

In the end, the proposal was passed by more than two-thirds of the votes.

President Johnson was very excited.

Since he was re-elected as President, he has finally promoted the first reform proposal. The implementation of this limited medical insurance plan will give the American people considerable benefits and lay a good foundation for future medical insurance policies.

Can be at the same time.

He also sighed in his heart.

Before Hardy's support, he made so much effort himself, but he couldn't carry it out, and Republican lawmakers kept constraining.

And now Hardy helps.

The bill passed smoothly.

Even if he is the president, he still can't compete with the power of capital.

He remembered a sentence that Hardy once said when he chatted with Hardy, "Seek survival in the cracks and seek development in competition. Politics is an art of competition and compromise."

After the U.S. Congress passed the proposal for the sale of Japanese assets, the news quickly spread back to Japan, and both Prime Minister Yoshida and cabinet members felt very frustrated.

No matter how hard you struggle, you can't avoid the fate of being eaten away gradually.

They worked hard.

Various methods are used.

But to no avail.

Shigeru Yoshida was silent for a while, and said solemnly to the cabinet members: "This is only the first step. Those military factories are completely irreparable. Next, the special economic guidance envoy will also provide guidance to other Japanese companies. We must be prepared. ."

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance said in a low voice: "Nowadays, our company has no orders, no production, no profit. All of them are gritting their teeth. Many have been unable to hold on and are undergoing large-scale layoffs. Some factories only retain dozens of the most important staff. All technicians and ordinary workers are fired in order to save the last breath of anger."

"Even so, they won't be able to hold on for long. Under this circumstance, if Americans come to invest, do you think those entrepreneurs can stick to it? The list of investable investments given to Americans last time contains more than one hundred. Enterprises, this is the result of our efforts to block."

Assets were plundered.

Very humiliating and distressed.

But they can't do anything about it.

Shigeru Yoshida was silent.

Other cabinet members have also been silent one after another.

Because they have discussed it many times before, in this case, some problems are unsolvable.

Can only be silent.

The Japanese political arena used the habit of facing problems in silence until later generations.

Meetings are often suddenly cold.

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The parliament passed a proposal to seize the sale of assets in Japan, which is good news for Hardy and other consortia.

Hardy is Japan's economic envoy and has the right to dispose of these assets, and once again convened several consortia to meet.

Formally divide the cake.

Prior to this, everyone still reached a consensus on cooperation, each registering hundreds of companies in the Cayman Islands, and then using these companies to purchase Japanese companies that were seized.

The economic team conducts detailed share differentiation and cross-holding, and finally these companies are all held by these companies.

Obviously, each enterprise is held by three to five companies, but the division of shares inside is extremely complicated. It is equivalent to the seven consortiums controlling the three hundred companies in Japan, forming a huge, relatively fixed interest group.

The Cayman Islands has not yet been established, it has officially started operations.

at the same time.

These companies have registered more companies in the Cayman Islands, and have attached their overseas companies to the Cayman companies. In the future, operating funds can be removed from the Mann account, which can leave a large amount of operating tax for the company.

Some companies in the Hardy Group have also carried out such operations. As long as it is legal, the Federal Taxation Office can't do anything about it.

Now there is still a problem involved.

That is, the funds for purchasing these Japanese companies totaled 570 million U.S. dollars. This is a huge sum of money. Strictly speaking, this money does not belong to Japan because those companies were seized and confiscated by the US military.

But this money,

Hardy and other consortia did not want to hand it over to the government.

The greed of capitalists will never have a bottom line.

Hardy led the delegation and negotiated with the U.S. government, hoping that the money would be used for aid and economic reinvestment in Japan, so as to facilitate the settlement of Japan’s current difficulties.

Hardy was originally the special envoy for Japan's economic guidance, and it is reasonable to make such a request. In the past few years, Japan has funded more than US$2 billion in materials and food.

Although I plan to get rid of this burden and implement the Dodge plan, it now appears that the Japanese economy is getting worse and worse, the unemployment rate is alarming, ordinary people are unsustainable, food is scarce, and only rations are available. Many people are hungry every day. .

Relying only on the current strength of the Japanese government, the existing problems cannot be solved in a short period of time.

In the end, President Johnson agreed to the US$570 million in funding for another aid to Japan and economic recovery.

As an economic envoy, Hardy has the right to use the funds.

Hardy was happy.

With this money, he believes that the Japanese government will worship himself like MacArthur.

For ease of use, Hardy asked the US$570 million in funds to be placed in Wells Fargo, and the government finally agreed to it.

August 15.

Today is the day when the economic guidance team arrived in Japan.

Originally, Hardy returned to the United States from Hong Kong only in mid-May. He went through a trip to the United Kingdom, a trip to the Cayman Islands, and a consortium to acquire companies. Time has been delayed until now.

Hardy is finally determined to arrive in Japan on August 15.

As for why it is August 15th.

It has no special meaning.

Hardy just found a random date, and then looked at the almanac, it was appropriate to travel, and it was set for that day.

Early in the morning.

There are many people at Haneda Airport who are busy preparing for matters. As a special envoy for economic guidance, they have the right to guide and plan Japan’s economic development. It can be said that Japan’s economy is too emperor. Any order can make Japanese companies tremble.

The Japanese Prime Minister and cabinet members all came to greet him.

They inquired that the US government agreed that the funds for selling Japanese assets would be controlled by Mr. Hardy and would use that money to aid Japan and manage its economy.

If you have milk, you are a mother, and if you have money, you are a father.

With such a large amount of disposable funds, Hardy did what he said, and gave it to whomever he said to use.

They don't think it is too much to kneel and cry daddy.

In addition, there are many Japanese business owners who have also heard the news that they are from the seven largest consortiums in the United States. They are now the richest consortium in the world. These Japanese business owners want to get investment from each other.

In addition, many reporters came, including those from the Global Times.

The United States also notified MacArthur of Hardy's itinerary to Japan, but after reading the notice, MacArthur threw the telegram aside.

He is the commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces, and he will never go to the airport to meet that Jon Hardy, and he has no affection for Hardy.

Before people come to Japan and have no discussions with them, they will sell all the assets seized in Japan. This is disrespect and contempt for oneself. He is as arrogant as MacArthur. Nong, how could it be possible to have a good impression of Hardy.

Buzzing~~~!

Far away.

Two large planes flew from the sky.

The Japanese prime minister, cabinet members, and greeters standing on the airport all looked up to the sky. As the plane got closer, they could already see the shape of the plane.

Many people trembled in their hearts.

It was a B-29 bomber.

And there are two In the latter part of World War II, the United States carried out repeated bombings on the main island of Japan. The B-29 bombers were dispatched. Later, the plane that dropped two atomic bombs was also B-29. The Japanese attacked this bomber. Full of fear.

The plane landed at the airport.

After taxiing out for a certain distance, stop steadily.

The hatch opened.

Hardy walked off the plane with the people from the consortium.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida hurried forward with members of his cabinet, bowed and said: "Welcome to Japan, Special Envoy Hadi."

Click, click, click.

The reporters took shots of the Japanese Prime Minister and cabinet members bowing to Hardy.

Tomorrow's newspaper, they have thought about the headline.

"Japan’s economic emperor Jon Hardy arrives in Japan, how will Japan’s economy and finance be reformed?"

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