Hardy Empire 1945

Mr. Hardy, all the cabinet members and I welcome you to Japan. Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida said respectfully with a smile on his face.

They got the news that Hadi came here this time not only to guide economic issues, but the money from the sale of military industrial enterprises last time totaled 570 million U.S. dollars. It is said that Hadi persuaded the US government to bring back the money and prepare to use it against Japan's aid and recovery of the economy.

Japan is now desperate for aid.

Hope to restore the economy.

$570 million.

This is a huge amount of money that makes everyone's heart beat.

Now the money is completely in the hands of Hadi, and Hadi has the final say on where to spend it. How could the Japanese government be disrespectful.

Originally, the Japanese seized company was sold. These people still have a lot of resentment towards Hardy in their hearts, because he dealt with Japanese assets cheaply, but now they are full of respect for Hardy in their hearts, because those assets will only slowly rot in their hearts. However, now it can be exchanged for the urgently needed funds. The American consortium bought those assets, and it will definitely develop. At that time, Japanese workers will be hired. No matter from which point of view, it is a good thing for Japan.

I used to think that Hardy was plundering Japanese assets, but now I know that Mr. Hardy has worked hard to convert assets into money, which is indeed more helpful to Japan now.

Hello, Prime Minister, let me introduce you. This is Mr. John Jay, vice president of the Rockefeller Foundation Manhattan Bank. Hardy introduced.

Hi, Mr. John Jay, welcome to Japan. Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida quickly bowed and shook hands.

The Rockefeller Foundation, one of the largest consortiums in the United States, has great influence on American politics and economy, and he dare not neglect it.

This is Charles Lee, the vice president of the Morgan Stanley Investment Bank of the Morgan consortium. Hardy introduced the Morgan leader.

Yoshida Shigeru bowed again to salute.

Hardy introduced the people from the seven major consortiums, which one of them is famous. Originally, these people came to Japan at random, and they dared not neglect. Now they come together in a group, led by Hardy. The Japanese cabinet is more and more aware of Hardy’s influence. How big is it.

Mr. Hardy said before,

In view of the extremely sluggish Japanese economy, some simple policies cannot save it, and it will bring an investment team. This is the person brought by Mr. Hardy.

This made the Japanese cabinet feel more and more that Mr. Hardy really wanted to help Japan solve its current economic difficulties.

Mr Hardy, there's a podium set up over there,

The reporters are waiting, I hope you can say a few words for an interview, do you see? Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida asked.

Okay. Hardy nodded in agreement.

He is not afraid to speak.

Hardy stood on the podium, and the reporters held up their cameras and took wild shots. Hardy was dressed in a neat Italian handmade suit, calm and handsome with domineering.

Hardy specially asked Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida to stand next to him, which made Shigeru Yoshida a little flattered. He stood beside him with his hands in front of him, and stepped back half a body, not daring to be level with Hardy.

It can be seen that these Japanese officials were trained by MacArthur to be very obedient, at least on the surface.

Hardy glanced at the reporter and said loudly into the microphone:

Before I came, I asked the Japanese government to provide the living conditions of the domestic people and the economic development. According to the information given to me by the Japanese government, the Japanese economy is in chaos and on the verge of collapse. A large number of enterprises have closed down. Laid-off workers, soaring prices and serious inflation, food shortages, and even the most basic life of residents cannot be guaranteed.”

Having said that, Hadi looked at Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida,

Is that so, Your Excellency the Prime Minister?

Ah, yes, that is indeed the case now.

Shigeru Yoshida quickly replied, although this question is a bit embarrassing, it is true.

Hardy continued.

With a heavy face, he said:

The reason why today's situation is caused is because of the war. The Japanese people were bewitched by the imperialists and communists, and started the war. The war is cruel, and this is also the reason for Japan's current situation today.

Those terrorists were sentenced last year. Some were hanged, some were sentenced to life imprisonment, and they received due punishment. Although they died, they left the consequences to the Japanese people. Talking about Japan, President Johnson said that Japan must completely get rid of the influence of imperialism and communist ideology before it can return to the international community.

Whether it was Shigeru Yoshida on the stage, the Japanese cabinet members in the audience, or the Japanese journalists and welcoming entrepreneurs, they all became excited when they heard the word that Japan might return to the international community.

why,

Because Japan is now an occupied territory, it is not an independent country in legal terms. Later, Japan spent a lot of money in order to seek independence and become a sovereign country, and then joined the United Nations again in 1956.

But now, the United States is still implementing the strictest economic and political control over Japan, and Japan cannot see the dawn of regaining independence at all.

Hardy's words today seemed to cast a ray of light.

Let them see the hope of regaining sovereignty, how could the Japanese not be excited, this is more eager for them than economic recovery.

The eyes of many people looking at Hardy became extremely eager.

After Hardy finished speaking, he turned his head and looked at Shigeru Yoshida, Your Excellency, whether Japan has realized its mistake in launching a war is very important. This is a matter of attitude. Only by recognizing its mistake can it completely fight with the empire Break with doctrine and communism, and regain the recognition of the international community.

Shigeru Yoshida's mind was spinning.

They discussed before whether Japan should admit its mistakes. The United States controls them in terms of public opinion and ideology, and also requires Japan to recognize its mistakes in launching a war of aggression.

But on this point, Japan has always been ambiguous.

Why?

The reason is to study the national character of Japan.

Respecting the emperor as a god, influenced by the spirit of bushido, and believing in the principle of pragmatism that the jungle preys on the weak, there is no such thing as racial superiority.

Now the emperor has almost been trained by MacArthur, admitting that he is just an ordinary person, not a god.

If you admit the mistakes of the war again.

After losing the spirit of Bushido, they are afraid that the Japanese nation will be stripped of its backbone and never stand up again.

So twisted though.

Still have to maintain that little bit of dignity.

The issue of Hadi now makes Shigeru Yoshida very uncomfortable. Hadi just said that imperialism and corruption must be thrown away before he can return to the international community. It is said that Japan does not forget imperialism and corruption.

Then their hope of regaining their independence is completely gone.

And it will also offend the United States, the US government, and MacArthur. What they have done in the past few years is to deeply transform Japan. The goal proposed by the United States is to ensure that Japan will no longer become a threat to world security and peace.

If it is found that they still have the idea of ​​​​restoring imperialist communism hidden in their bones, I believe that the US government and MacArthur will carry out another round of purges.

Kayi, yes, we must sincerely admit that it was wrong to start that war. On behalf of Japan, I express my remorse for that war. Shigeru Yoshida bowed to Hardy and said with an extremely sincere attitude.

Click click click.

The reporters took photos desperately to record this moment.

The text reporter even wrote down Shigeru Yoshida's words in his notebook. Tomorrow's newspaper, I believe that Hardy's speech and Shigeru Yoshida's confession of admitting the mistakes of the war will definitely make headlines.

Hardy smiled inwardly.

Do you think this is the end? Knowing that you are stubborn, I will slowly destroy you from the public opinion.

This is just the beginning.

Hardy continued speaking.

The Japanese government's social survey shows that Japan's unemployed population has reached 13 million, and this 13 million does not include women and children. This is a very scary figure, accounting for more than 30% of the entire Japanese labor force.

Inflation is serious and prices are soaring. Today's prices in Japan are 20 times those before the war. What a terrible figure. Some economic experts have analyzed that if this situation cannot be effectively changed, it may take 100 years for Japan to recover.

Whether it was Shigeru Yoshida on the stage, or the cabinet members and Japanese entrepreneurs off the stage, all of them had serious expressions on their faces.

Hardy is right, they are pessimistic about Japan's future now too.

Hardy paused.

Intentionally make people calm down.

I am here this time, and I will make a general plan for the Japanese economy, including several aspects. One is to abolish some backward feudal economic rules, and the other is to carry out comprehensive demilitarization reforms. Direction, Japan is an island country with scarce resources and cannot provide raw materials locally, so after our analysis, Japan is more suitable for an export-oriented economic strategy.”

For example, open a TV factory to provide cheaper TV sets for the United States and Europe. For example, develop the light textile industry, import raw materials such as cotton and wool from the United States and Australia, and make them into fabrics or garments for export.

It can also make clothing, shoes and hats, furniture, home appliances, toys, musical instruments, auto parts, rubber products, gemstone processing, ceramics, audio equipment, etc.

I have won the president's permission to open up the advanced technology of the United States to Japan and allow the introduction of advanced production equipment and processes.

In May of this year, I was appointed as the Special Envoy for Economic Guidance in Japan. The reason why I didn't come was because I knew about the problems in Japan, but coming here was of no avail. Since it was not easy to solve it internally, I was going to use external forces.

After speaking, Hardy raised his finger to the team of the seven major consortiums, and said with a smile: I invite the California consortium, the Rockefeller consortium, the Morgan consortium, the Cleveland consortium, the Texas consortium, the DuPont consortium, and the Mellon consortium to come with me. Japan, invest in Japan, I believe that with their presence, construction funds and sales channels will become smooth.”

Hush huh~~!

Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida, cabinet members and dozens of entrepreneurs present applauded together. They knew that these big conglomerates could pull their companies out of the quagmire with their hands.

In addition, in order to operate, there must be a start-up capital. I thought of the military industrial enterprises that have been seized. Those enterprises have been completely seized according to the orders of the United Nations and the Allied Command. How to use them and turn waste into treasure , I thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to sell them to raise start-up capital.”

This time I came here and brought back all the 570 million US dollars from the sale of the company. I will use this money completely for aid and economic construction to Japan.

Hush!

Hurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr~!

More enthusiastic applause broke out from the audience.

Everything else is imaginary, but money is a real thing. What Japan has now is money. If Hardy can bring it, they will be willing to call him Dad.

The reason is as simple as that.