Hardy Empire 1945

The speech is over.

Hadi led a group of more than 40 people from the economic guidance group to leave the airport and stay at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo.

The Tokyo Imperial Hotel was built in 1923. It is the highest-level hotel in Japan. MacArthur also lived here when he first arrived. Later, the Allied Army headquarters was located in the First Building, and he got a Japanese-style manor for MacArthur. MacArthur moved out of here. .

For safety,

Hardy also specially dispatched HD security personnel to Japan to be responsible for security. They did not come with Hardy, but were sent to Japan two months in advance. There are more than 200 people in total, and they have purchased a place in Japan to establish a HD security branch. .

HD Security is responsible for the safety of the members of the Economic Guidance Group. As for the expenses, it is naturally paid by the government. After all, Hadi and the others are government-owned.

After flying for more than ten hours in a row, the members of the delegation are also tired. Today everyone has a rest. The welcome reception organized by the Japanese government will be held in 2 days.

And at this time.

The reporters returned to their respective newspaper offices to get busy.

The economic guidance group came over today, and Hadi's speech at the airport can be said to have revealed a lot of important information.

Early the next morning.

The front-page headlines of various newspapers are all about the economic guidance group's arrival in Tokyo and Hadi's speech.

Yomiuri Shimbun:

Yesterday, the U.S. economic guidance group arrived in Tokyo and began to guide the development of the Japanese economy. At the airport, the economic guidance special envoy delivered a speech,...

The text of Hardy's speech follows.

But it was bolded in some places. For example, Hardy said: 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.

After the original article, a comment analysis article was added,

Special Envoy Hardy's words show that Japan still has the possibility to return to the international community. The resistance is those who started the war. Their imperialism and communist ideology brought Japan into the abyss, and it is still Japan's recovery. stumbling block.

Nihon Keizai Shimbun:

Special Envoy Hardy brought the latest assistance and is preparing to completely abandon the military industry and vigorously develop the livelihood industry. If Japan can become an industrial base, it will solve the employment problem of millions of people and quickly restore the Japanese economy.

Hardy's Global Times,

It is doing well in Japan now.

Has become a national newspaper.

The main reason is that other newspapers still have the pressure to make profits, but the Global Times does not. During the development period, they will even receive a lot of subsidies from the group, which enables them to develop so quickly.

The views of the Global Times are quite different from those of the Japanese newspapers. In other words, the Japanese newspapers are unwilling to mention it, and the Global Times helped him to mention it:

Special Envoy Hardy once again criticized Japan for launching the war, and demanded that Japan must recognize its mistakes and sincerely apologize, so that it can fundamentally break with the imperialists and the old sects of communism that launched the war and complete the mission set by the United Nations. transformation goals.

Then Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida stated that the Japanese side sincerely admitted that it was wrong to start that war. On behalf of Japan, the Japanese Prime Minister expressed remorse for that war.

On the back of the newspaper is a photo of Shigeru Yoshida bowing.

As soon as the report came out, it aroused great repercussions in Japanese society. In fact, the Japanese economy is now in a state of collapse, and the people can't even meet the minimum living security.

They want someone to come and help them out.

The Japanese people welcome Hadi’s arrival, especially from reports, Hadi’s special envoy has made great efforts to change the current situation in Japan, selling useless military enterprises in advance and turning them into urgently needed cash belts return.

In the eyes of many Japanese.

Hardy's behavior is like a rescue angel.

People's impression of Hardy is very good.

What is the sale of Japanese assets? This is for our sake, turning waste into treasure. There are not many people who are so sincere in helping Japan. They misunderstood him before, which made many people feel ashamed and respect Hadi more from the bottom of their hearts. .

As for the reform strategy that Hadi plans to implement in Japan, he will turn the military into civilians in an all-round way, vigorously develop the people's livelihood economy, completely abandon the military industry and resource-based industries, slow down the manufacturing industry, and first solve the people's survival problems, and then consider the industry when the economy improves.

Countless Japanese people feel that this should be the case.

I can't get enough to eat, and I'm still thinking about what to do with the heavy industry that is costly and labor-intensive. Getting the Japanese economy back on track is the top priority now.

What do the common people think.

Naturally, I want to live, and live well.

What those politicians think has nothing to do with me. I just want to ensure that my family and I can live and live better.

Seeing the direction of Hadi's reform, Americans and Europeans alike feel that Hadi's direction is correct.

Let's not talk about anything else.

If Japan loses heavy industry and all military industries, it will naturally become non-aggressive, which is very in line with the requirements of the United Nations.

No matter how.

Now Hardy is well-known in Japan. Many people privately call him Japan's new economic tsar, and he has the power to kill or kill the Japanese economy.

Many people agree with this statement.

But it also angered another person, that is MacArthur. MacArthur was originally in charge of all affairs in Japan, including military, economic and cultural life. He is the real emperor of Japan and can control everything.

But now a Hardy came and took away his control of the Japanese economy, which invisibly weakened MacArthur's power, and no matter who it was, he would not be happy if the benefits were taken away.

After Hardy came to Japan, the first speech he gave mentioned that 'Japan may return to the international community', which gave the Japanese hope. MacArthur did not give them before, but Hardy brought hope and believed in Japan. People will definitely obey Hadi's words in an attempt to open a gap from Hadi and help Japan regain independence.

And who controlled Japanese politics before?

He is MacArthur.

So this time MacArthur became the big devil in people's minds, and Hardy became the savior.

Thinking of this,

MacArthur was even more angry.

MacArthur didn't cock Hardy before, but after a day and a night, Hardy hasn't called MacArthur so far. Obviously, Hardy didn't cock him either.

He is the Allied Commander in Chief.

He is the supreme authority of the Allied Forces or the United States in Japan, but Hardy did not show the respect he should have for this authority.

You are indeed a member of the consortium, but without my support, I believe that your economic reform may not be able to go smoothly.

With his pipe in his mouth, MacArthur tilted his mouth and told the adjutant: Go, tell the people below that without my warrant, no one is allowed to dispose of the seized military enterprises without permission.

The adjutant was slightly taken aback, Commander, haven't those seized factories been sold by the Special Envoy for Economic Guidance, us?

MacArthur snorted: I am the commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces. I am in charge of everything in Japan. Anything must be approved by me. Even if it is passed by Congress, it must be approved by me. When Hardy comes to visit, tell me that I want to Go check out the troops.

The adjutant understood that Hardy sold the seized factory before and did not ask MacArthur for instructions. This is because the commander-in-chief deliberately made things difficult for him.

Good Commander.

The adjutant went down to inform the troops in charge of guarding the factory.

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After a day's rest, everyone was jet-lagged and refreshed. The conference room of the Imperial Hotel was booked by them. Hardy and the people from the seven major consortiums had a meeting to discuss what to do next.

First receive the purchased military enterprises, and then send a management team over to check the situation of these enterprises. If they can resume work, they are ready to accept the resumption of work.

The companies covered by the seven consortiums are almost all-encompassing. It is not difficult for these companies to resume work, and the specific work can be carried out by the corresponding companies.

The second is to continue to acquire Japanese private companies, either comprehensive acquisitions or capital injections, including banking, finance, agriculture, infrastructure, such as water, electricity, roads and railways, and manufacturing industries including petroleum, automobiles, real estate, restaurants, hotels, tobacco and alcohol, Textile, wood processing, and pharmaceutical industry and so on.

The appetite of the seven conglomerates is huge. The strategy that was formulated in private before was to completely control the Japanese economy. It is not necessary to take all of them, but only need to control the leader to get the maximum benefit.

And according to Hardy's idea, it is to focus on the livelihood of the people, continue to compress the military and heavy industry, and let Japan's industrial capacity continue to shrink.

This strategy is also in line with the current policy of the United States to control Japan.

This time, Hardy brought a legal team, financial team, and management team, all drawn from Wells Fargo and Hardy Group.

At the meeting, Hardy ordered them to take over American materials and contracts in a short while and take over those enterprise factories from the military.

Things are ordered.

When Hardy returned to his room, it was the assistant who brought a telegram, Boss, it's a telegram from Hong Kong.

Hongkong?

Hardy took the telegram and looked at it, with a smile on his face. The telegram was sent by Han Yizhen. Han Yizhen read the newspaper and knew that Hardy was in Japan. Come to Japan to visit.

Hardy smiled, You call back and say that after the initial period of work, I will go to Hong Kong to see her. Japan is so close to Hong Kong, and it takes more than an hour to arrive by plane.

The assistant went out to send a telegram.

There is a dedicated dispatch room in the hotel.

The people who live in the Imperial Hotel are either rich or expensive, and many of them are ambassadors or big entrepreneurs. For the convenience of customers, they have specially set up a telegraph room.

After the telegram came back, the assistant brought in a person who was the foreign minister of the Japanese cabinet. Mr. Hardy, this is an invitation card. I invite you and your team members to attend the welcome dinner at the prime minister's residence tomorrow.

Hardy took it with a smile.

Okay, tomorrow night I will take the guidance team to participate. Hardy said.

Mr. Special Envoy, I won't bother you anymore. We still have a long time to discuss in detail tomorrow night, said the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Okay, see you tomorrow night.

The Foreign Secretary bowed his farewell.

Not long after, the people Hardy sent to receive the seized factory came back, and the vice president of the Hardy Group who led the team said angrily: Those soldiers are very unreasonable. I showed the documents of the US government, but they said that there must be MacArthur's order file will do.

Hardy thought about it.

What they said is also correct. You contact MacArthur and say that I plan to visit Commander-in-Chief MacArthur.

Hardy planned to meet MacArthur. After all, he was the commander of the garrison here, and he would definitely be involved in many things. He said hello and got his signature back by the way.

But not long after the vice president came back, Boss, the military said that MacArthur was out to inspect the troops, but he was not in Tokyo. They have notified MacArthur, and MacArthur said that he will meet you when he comes back.

Hardy frowned slightly.

He remembered that when he was chatting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida yesterday, the two talked about MacArthur. Yoshida Mao also said that MacArthur was in Tokyo, how could he go out for inspection today.

Moreover, the army has a tough attitude, preventing them from accepting those seized factories, with a firm attitude, and seems to have been prepared in the heart, is there something wrong with it.

Think of the rumored character of MacArthur.

MacArthur has an arrogant personality and good performance. After arriving in Japan, he became even more arrogant and arrogant, and offended his colleagues and the president all over the place.

During World War II, MacArthur did not take Marshall and other members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff seriously. He also publicly criticized his commander-in-chief. Senior officials in Washington were tired of MacArthur.

Henry Stimson, Secretary of the Army at the time, publicly said, MacArthur's character is annoying, and he has offended all the people who work with him in the Army and Navy. He doesn't even trust his own subordinates.

Hardy suspects,

MacArthur was targeting himself.

He asked people to go out and called Duncan, the intelligence company sent to Japan before. After the call was connected, Hardy asked Duncan to investigate MacArthur's current location.

Not long after, Duncan called back, Boss, MacArthur's car drove out of his house and headed for the Yokosuka base. Our people saw MacArthur sitting in the car.

have to,

It is already 100% sure.

MacArthur was targeting himself.

Hardy's mouth slowly curled into a smile.

He doesn't care about being targeted by MacArthur. Although MacArthur is the current emperor of Japan, he still can't control Hardy, because Hardy is only in charge of the economy.

When MacArthur did this, he could only disgust Hardy and had no other effect.

In this case.

Hardy decided not to accept it. He convened a meeting of the seven consortiums again, informed the current situation, and even told the news that MacArthur did not see him and claimed to go out to inspect the base before leaving.

The people from the seven consortiums were a little angry after hearing this.

Our acquisition was approved by the President and Congress, why should MacArthur block it?! Someone said angrily.

MacArthur's character has always been rebellious, perhaps because he was angry that we operated these factories before and did not ask for his opinion.

But this is an economic issue, and there is no need to ask for his opinion.

Because of this, he may feel that we have challenged his authority in Japan.

The guesses were all indistinguishable, and then MacArthur made things that made things difficult. Everyone in the room felt a little ridiculous. This is definitely not an action that a mature politician should make. This will invisibly offend the seven major consortiums. .

But think about MacArthur's character, he can do it completely.

Then what should we do next? He may go out for a period of time, maybe a month or two or even two or three months? Morgan Stanley vice president asked.

Hardy said indifferently: We can only wait for him to come back. We will never have any conflicts with those soldiers. It would be a joke.

The Prime Minister of Japan sent the Minister of Foreign Affairs to send an invitation card. We will hold a welcome reception at the Prime Minister's residence tomorrow. After the reception, we will directly start the second step and carry out other corporate acquisition plans. I don't believe that MacArthur will never come back.

That's the only way. Someone said helplessly.

That MacArthur once threatened to participate in the presidential election. A person like him is impulsive and self-willed. He is definitely not a good president. Someone said.

Hehe, I won't support him anyway.

Hardy was amused. Now that MacArthur offended all the seven consortiums again, he is really a strange character.

After the meeting.

Hardy was afraid that the phone would be monitored, so he asked Duncan to come to the hotel to meet him, Duncan, I have a difficult task for you, and you must be careful when doing this!

Duncan's face didn't change at all, he was still very calm.

Boss, tell me.

Investigate MacArthur's situation. After all these years in Japan, he must have taken a lot of bribes. Investigate who has bribed him, what he has done for others, how much national interests he has betrayed, and where his money is placed.

Duncan nodded.

I understand the boss, I will investigate this matter carefully.

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