Chapter 1267: The general election situation

The convenience store's fresh food is delivered three times a day, which can be said to be delivered every eight hours.

This time is ultimately too tight.

Even though the Marco Polo Hotel and the Mandarin Hotel are both five-star hotels, each hotel has nearly 100 chefs, and their cooking skills are not bad.

However, it still takes some time to produce the same taste of fresh food.

Although 7-Eleven has urgently adopted special discounts, the suddenly scarce categories have still disappointed many consumers.

Suzuki Toshifumi is also a master at the big picture, and he has poked the media about the out-of-stock situation at 7-Eleven, with the intention of damaging the 7-Eleven brand.

Just how much he had previously loved and protected the 7-Eleven convenience store brand, so much hatred did he now feel, and he wanted to destroy the brand that he had personally built up in the island country.

Just as the convenience store market in the island country was in turmoil, Xia Yu turned his attention to the island country's political scene.

As Yasuhiro Nakasone's term of office drew to a close, the island country's political scene became increasingly turbulent, with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the opposition parties already fighting with bayonets.

The one that is losing out is the incumbent ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

The one leading the charge is none other than Tanaka Kakuei.

However, Tanaka Kakuei is a veteran politician and is using this as a ploy to advance his position. In October, he resigned from his position as a member of parliament and from his related positions, provoking conflict between the ruling party and the opposition party, thus causing serious division within the Diet and making it impossible to unify their attitudes.

How serious is it?

The Diet has almost come to a standstill and has been unable to deliberate and pass bills for more than a month!

This was extremely detrimental to Yasuhiro Nakasone, who had only taken over from Suzuki Zenko on 27 November 1982.

He had been in power for less than a year, and his achievements had yet to be seen. The Liberal Democratic Party's reputation had also been declining in recent years. In order to prepare for the next election, he and the Liberal Democratic Party think tank behind him devised 19 bills on administrative reform.

These bills were very important, and whether they could all be passed would affect the foundation of his regime.

But now the island nation's parliament is split, to the point where confrontation is the order of the day. The opposition parties have joined forces to topple the Liberal Democratic Party.

As a result, the parliament is unable to deliberate and pass the bills.

Continuing to drag their feet will only make things worse for the Liberal Democratic Party!

So there is only one way forward for the Liberal Democratic Party, and that is compromise!

The goal of the compromise, Xia Yu has learned, is to force the Liberal Democratic Party to take the initiative to dissolve the parliament and hold a general election as soon as possible.

According to the electoral regulations of the island country, after the dissolution of the House of Representatives, the House of Councillors will also be dissolved, the parliamentary session will end, and the general election for the House of Representatives must be held within 40 days of the date of dissolution.

The sudden attack by the opposition party has achieved great results, so the opposition party hopes to dissolve the parliament as soon as possible and hold a general election for the House of Representatives, so that the Liberal Democratic Party will have less time to respond.

Either the parliament continues to resist and drag its feet, so that the Liberal Democratic Party cannot pass the 19 bills on administrative reform, and in the end a general election will be held in a hurry.

Or the Liberal Democratic Party will agree to the opposition's request and call an early election.

No matter how the election is held, the Liberal Democratic Party will be the party that loses out. The key is for Yasuhiro Nakasone and the others to decide what will be the least damaging outcome!

In order to clearly understand the situation surrounding the general election for Noboru Takeshima and the others, Xia Yu summoned Junpei Hyuga, who was in charge of liaising with the single line, to his home.

...

'Boss, this is the current situation of Nomura Securities.'

After clearly reporting on the company's situation, Junpei Hyuga waited quietly for Xia Yu's comments and instructions.

'The overall situation of the company is not bad, keep up the good work.'

'Please be assured, I will continue to work hard,'

Junpei Hyuga said modestly.

'Hmm!'

'Tell me, what is the current election situation of Noboru Takekami's Chuangzheng Party?'

'Boss, Noboru Takeue just talked to me the day before yesterday and applied for a new batch of resources. He is now in the penultimate step of campaigning.'

'It hasn't been announced publicly, but Noboru Takeue told me that the Innovation Party has already recruited 12 incumbent members, both openly and secretly, and has cultivated another 69 candidate members.'

'Media resources and funding have been spent on these 81 members in total, and the overall situation is quite good...'

As Junpei continued to tell his story, Xia Yu got a clear picture in his mind.

Takeshi Takeue really was ambitious, and he didn't hold back when it came to resources. He pushed 81 people to run in the election at once, which was on par with the best opposition parties!

If they did it right, just getting 20 of these 81 candidates elected would be enough to greatly increase the influence of the Founding Council.

If more of them became members of parliament, then there would be even more to look forward to.

Although this would be a serious drain on resources, it had to be done, and Xia Yu was more than happy to do it.

If Noboru Takeshita had no ambition, Xia Yu would not have chosen to support him in the political arena of the island country.

'The competition between the ruling party and the opposition party is particularly fierce now. You must always keep abreast of Noboru Takeshita's movements. Supply him with as many resources as he needs. If he dares to ask for it, we will give it to him!'

'If there are no unforeseen circumstances, it is very likely that the Liberal Democratic Party will lose the election this term, and the Liberal Democratic Party will be forced to form a coalition government. You must remind Noboru Takeshita to prepare in advance. Once the Liberal Democratic Party loses the election, he must make peace with Yasuhiro Nakasone as soon as possible and take in all the benefits that the Liberal Democratic Party has released.'

Based on the current situation and combined with his memories from the previous life, Xia Yu gave Junpei Hinata his instructions.

He remembered that in the previous life, the Liberal Democratic Party had lost the general election, failed to gain a majority in the House of Representatives, and was not given the right to form a government independently. Yasuhiro Nakasone was forced to choose to cooperate with other parties to form a coalition government.

In the previous life, the coalition partner was the weak New Liberal Club. After the two parties joined forces, they barely gained a majority in the House of Representatives, and Yasuhiro Nakasone was elected as the new Prime Minister.

However, in the previous life, although the Liberal Democratic Party did not have a majority, it was close to half, while the New Liberal Club had very few seats, so Yohei Kono was unable to gain too much power of speech, and in the end, he only gained a small amount of power in the new cabinet.

In this life, in order to see results as soon as possible and expand his influence in the island's political arena, in Xia Yu's plan, Noboru Takeshita's Chusei Association must replace the New Liberal Club.

And it must obtain as much power as possible in the new cabinet.

To achieve this vision, the Liberal Democratic Party must suffer even more losses and obtain even fewer seats in the House of Representatives, while the Founding Party obtains more seats!

Now the opposition parties are jointly attacking the Liberal Democratic Party, with the aim of just grabbing more seats in the House of Representatives. They never imagined that the Liberal Democratic Party would lose the general election and fail to even get half of the seats.

You have to understand that the Liberal Democratic Party was formed in 1955 by the merger of the two major conservative forces, the Liberal Party and the Democratic Party. In terms of the number of party members, no other opposition party combined has as many as the Liberal Democratic Party!

For 28 years, the Liberal Democratic Party has been dominating the world, and it has never failed in a general election and formed a coalition government.

Once the Liberal Democratic Party fails in the general election and cannot form a government independently, the Founding Political Council, which has made preparations in advance, will definitely gain the upper hand. This is an invaluable time difference!

"Failed in the general election?'

This was the first time Junichi had heard such a remark, and it came from the lips of his brilliant and valiant boss, causing a huge impact on his mind.

'Yes, there is a very high probability that the Liberal Democratic Party will lose the election!'

'The Liberal Democratic Party must also lose!'

Xia Yu said slowly, but his tone was very resolute.

His trap was not set up for nothing, and he had not done a bad job of gathering intelligence on the island's political scene, learning a lot about the fatal weaknesses of Liberal Democratic Party members.

In order to deal the Liberal Democratic Party as heavy a blow as possible, Xia Yu planned to deal a fatal blow to some Liberal Democratic Party members at a critical moment, so that they would lose their elections.

However, there was no need to tell Jun Hei-Muka about this, as long as he knew that the Liberal Democratic Party would definitely lose.

Jun Hei-Muka's eyes flickered, suppressing the shock within him, and he bowed his head and replied, 'Boss, I will contact Takeue Noboru and tell him to get ready.'

'Hm.'

'The last month or so will be critical. You must keep a close eye on Noboru Takeue and report to me immediately if anything unexpected happens.'

'Yes!'