On June 18, 1985, a horrifying scene appeared on the TV station in Osaka, a famous commercial city in Japan, because this was a set of live killing shots. The TV screen showed:
It looks like a middle-aged man with a lot of status. He was caught by two drunk men. One of them strangled the middle-aged man’s neck, and the other stabs the middle-aged man’s head with a knife frantically. Vital parts such as the breast, chest, and abdomen. In the end, the middle-aged man with no ability to resist fell in a pool of blood in a scream and died on the spot.
Kazuo Nagano
This quickly caused an uproar in Japan, because not only the scene of the murder was shocking, but even more shocking was that there were more than 30 at the scene of the murder. Reporters.
In other words, in this murder case, the two murderers were completed under more than 30 reporters and live TV footage. Such cruel, rampant and bizarre murders naturally caused huge waves in Japan.
However, what is surprising is that Japanese public opinion is not one-sided in this thorough and intentional homicide. Some people indeed accuse the murderer of being too cruel and hope that the law will severely punish them. However, there are quite a few people who believe that the murdered middle-aged man deserved the crime. Of course, some people accused the more than 30 reporters of being cold-blooded and ruthless, not providing any help to the victim, and watched him be killed.
What is going on?
In the 1980s, Japan had not yet experienced the square agreement . Therefore, the Japanese economy was at its peak at this time. With the increasing development of technology and economy, Japan has reached unprecedented prosperity.
Japan's economy has reached its peak in history. At that time, Japan not only became the world's second largest economic power and power, but also Japan's wealth, including private wealth, reached an astonishing level.
How rich were the Japanese at the time? In the world, you can see Japanese buying, buying and buying almost everywhere, and all countries in the world are full of Japanese tourists. Especially in the world's No. 1 power-the United States, Japanese figures are everywhere. At that time, the extremely prosperous and wealthy Japanese,They even shouted the slogan "Buy America" frantically.
However, like all societies, in such a prosperous era of blooming flowers and burning oil, the Japanese who used to be the main force of the Japanese invading army during World War II and the Japanese who created the miracle of Japan's economy are gradually aging.
Japan
Therefore, a common problem faced by this group of elderly people is how to maintain and increase the value of the money they have struggled for all their lives, so that they can provide for and support the elderly.
Faced with such a huge market, people from all walks of life have their own abilities. Banks have launched a dazzling variety of wealth management and storage services, and insurance companies have also launched various types of insurance that seem to be extremely profitable.
However, in addition to all kinds of formal channels, many people with ill-conceived and profit-seeking have also appeared on the stage, focusing their greedy eyes on the elderly, and staged one after another tragicomedy in Japanese society.
This middle-aged man who was assassinated by live broadcast was just such a person. This hapless man was killed in front of more than 30 reporters. His name was Kazuo Nagano. He was only 32 years old when he was killed. He also has a good status in Japan, and is the chairman of Toyota Corporation.
This Toyota Corporation, which has the same name as the famous Japanese automobile company Toyota Motor, has nothing to do with Toyota Motor. However, this still does not affect Kazuo Nagano's success in Japan.
Kazuo Nagano
How good is this 32-year-old man who established the Toyota Chamber of Commerce? His Toyota Corporation covers almost all of Japan, with 65 branches and 7,000 employees. He has his own head office in Tokyo's most prosperous Ginza district, as well as luxurious office space in Osaka.
Therefore, no matter how you look at it, Kazuo Nagano is a veritable successful person and business elite. And Kazuo Nagano has never treated him badly. Although he is not married, he has always been surrounded by beautiful women, and his travels have directly bought a helicopter.
So, the Toyota Corporation with a huge network and staff under Kazuo Nagano,What kind of business are you operating?
If you have been to Kazuo Nagano's store and other sites, you will find that they have a common feature. In the most conspicuous place, there will be a gold nugget covered with large glass and composed of gold nuggets. And this scene seems to tell everyone who visits that Toyota Corporation's business is gold.
gold
However, the facts are far from simple.
Today, in many TV stations and newspapers in China, we still often see news that the elderly have been defrauded and bankrupted their families. Without exception, these deceived elderly people were deceived by the so-called various health care products and financial products.
Moreover, the methods used by scam companies to deceive people are also surprisingly consistent. The so-called salespersons often take care of the elderly and even treat the elderly with great care. Many elderly people who are far away from their children feel that they are cared for and demanded, and therefore they are concerned about the salespersons. Extremely trusting.
And after gaining the trust of the elderly, the salespersons started to introduce all kinds of products with amazing benefits or exaggerated health care effects, thus deceiving the elderly to buy them.
However, when the old people spend their pension money and find that they are wrong and want to refund them, these salesmen or companies immediately turn their faces and deny them. Not to mention refunds, it is very difficult to see these people again. Many old people who had saved their entire lives just went bankrupt and lost their money.
However, many people may not know that these tried-and-tested methods are actually not the first of Chinese swindlers. As early as the 1980s, the Japanese had already played. And Kazuo Nagano and his subordinate Toyota Corporation are just such a fraud company targeting the elderly.
Scam
As we all know, Japan, which has a population of over 100 million, has already been aging. There are tens of millions of people over 60 years old in Japan, but in fact, as early as the 1980s, the number of people over 65 years old in Japan It has reached as high as 11 million.
These old people benefited from Japan’s previous economic rush, and they often have a lot of savings in their hands. At the same time, because most of the old people are separated from their children, some have lost their spouses living alone.As a result, their access to information is very scarce, and coupled with their old age and physical frailty, their reaction speed and judgment have become sluggish.
As they grow older, they are worried about their future. Therefore, these people often have more urgent needs for value preservation and appreciation.
is precisely in response to this common mentality of the elderly. Kazuo Nagano took advantage of the vacancy and regarded the Japanese elderly as the most ideal target for fraud. So, how should we "take" the old man's money into his own hands?
Going alone is naturally impossible, and the benefits are too small. Therefore, the mindful Kazuo Nagano founded Toyota Corporation in April 1984.
Once you have a company, you naturally need people to do things. In this respect, Kazuo Nagano is also well versed in the wisdom of the ancients that “there must be a brave man under the reward”. He hired a large number of young people, not only to give them a high salary, but also to promise 15%~20% commission can be taken from the turnover.
At that time, Kazuo Nagano paid employees 300,000 yen a month. Coupled with a high commission, some employees could earn more than 100 million a year. Such income is a huge sum of money even in Japan, which has a highly developed economy, which naturally greatly stimulates the motivation of salespersons.
Introduction to Toyota Shoji
Everything is ready, of course, you can't empty the white wolf, and at this time the rapid economic development of Japan, the country has a gold fever. As we all know, gold is naturally currency, and gold is also the most recognized equivalent of all human beings, and it has always been the hardest hard currency.
Kazuo Nagano made full use of people’s recognition of gold. Under the guise of operating gold, he sent salespersons to lobby the elderly, telling the elderly that bank interest rates are very low, and even inflation can’t win, and buy more profit. The high risks of stocks and bonds are too great, and it is very likely that they will lose their money. Therefore, buying gold is the most valuable.
The salesmen persuaded the elderly to buy gold from their money. But after buying gold, keeping the gold at home will not only pose a safety hazard, but it will also not add value by itself. Therefore, they further persuaded the elderly to store the gold in their Toyota Corporation.
Because on the one hand, they can take care of them, which is the safest, on the other hand, they can also promise the elderly 10% interest per year.There is no risk, and there is a high interest rate of 10%, which naturally makes the elderly very excited.
However, the money on hand is hard-earned money after all, and it is the foundation of old-age care. It is actually not easy for the elderly to spend it. At this time, the high-paying salesmen hired by Kazuo Nagano turned into intimate juniors.
They do everything they can to please the elderly. Some elderly people are sick, so they spend their own money to buy medicines for them, and remind them to take medicines on time every day, and ask for warmth. Some people’s clothes are dirty and inconvenient. To wash, they buy a washing machine and send it there; some elderly people feel unwell, they go to the elderly’s home for massage every day, and do housework for the elderly; some elderly people are lonely at home, they will drive the elderly around by themselves; some elderly people Love to nag, they spoke with the old man with great patience, listened to the old man, and never showed the slightest impatience.
Old Japanese
Not only that, but at the company level, Kazuo Nagano is also full of tricks. He used to rent ultra-luxury cruise ships, invite his target customers to travel on cruise ships, and pile up a huge gold nugget mountain in the middle of the cruise ship, promising to sell them at a special price.
He also established the so-called Toyota Comprehensive Club to issue membership cards to target groups, and claimed that his club owns a large number of yachts, golf courses, tennis courts, ski resorts, hot springs and other places in Japan and overseas to attract customers.
In this way, with the joint efforts of the company and salesmen, they quickly gained the trust and favor of the elderly, and at this time, these salesmen began to persuade the elderly to buy their company's golden coupons.
These young people are so "sensible" and "good-hearted", plus the golden coupons they advertise have kept their value, and the interest is still high. Therefore, based on their trust in them, many elderly people are excited, and some even put out their life savings to buy gold coupons.
For example, on May 10, 1984, a Japanese old man who lived in a rural area sold all the land he owned and bought gold coupons for all the 120 million yen from the land sale.
However, when these old people took out money to buy gold coupons, they wanted to refund the money or terminate the contract, but it became a fantasy. The clerk who used to be more intimate than their children,They turned their faces to deny people one after another.
Golden Voucher
Some elderly people regretted buying it and wanted a refund. However, according to the contract they signed with Toyota, they would be deducted up to 50% of the handling fee if they wanted to terminate the contract.
And if the contract expires and wants to cancel the contract and get back the principal and profits, the employees of Toyota Shoji shirk their refusal for various reasons. For this reason, there have even been multiple incidents of assaulting the elderly, and the Japanese National Police Agency has also received multiple reports from Toyota Corporation for intimidating and hurting customers.
However, even so, there are still very few elderly people who can get their money back. The old Japanese man, who sold all his land and bought 120 million yen in gold coupons, committed suicide because he could not get his principal back.
was established in 1981 to assassinated in 1985. In just over 4 years, more than 20,000 people were deceived, and Kazuo Nagano defrauded as much as 200 billion days. Yuan Zhiju.
Obtaining such a huge amount of money easily, Kazuo Nagano, who always adheres to the supremacy of money, naturally began his own life of spending time and money. Kazuo Nagano never felt the slightest guilt for the result of the deceived old man going bankrupt and even committing suicide.
The scene of the case
Why did Kazuo Nagano develop such a behavior? Kazuo Nagano, who was born in a small remote town in Japan, had a terrible family background. His father was a disabled person and couldn't make much money. In order to survive, his mother had to borrow money to survive.
However, in such a difficult environment, Kazuo Nagano not only did not feel the warmth of the society, but suffered repeated eyes and frustrations. Therefore, his own experience told Kazuo Nagano that Japanese society is cruel, and money is omnipotent in society. Yes, you can own everything if you have money. As for where the money comes from, it doesn't matter at all.
However, no matter how sophisticated Nagano Kazuo’s method of defrauding money is, as time goes by, especially when more and more people are deceived, after everyone has reported it to the court, Nagano’s method of swindling money is still carried out. Can't go on anymore.
Since there are many people involved,It also aroused huge public opinion. Therefore, Japanese courts began to detain Kazuo Nagano’s branches across the country. However, during the seizure process, the court never seized gold. Therefore, Toyota's so-called safekeeping of gold for the elderly is actually a scam from beginning to end, a scam of the empty glove white wolf.
However, although it has caused public outrage, the Japanese National Police Agency, Ministry of Justice and many other departments have no basis for dealing with Toyota Corporation. Because Japanese law has no regulations in this regard at all.
Japan
In the end, it was the Japanese police who took a different approach and officially opened the investigation of Kazuo Nagano on the charge of smuggling 50 million yen by Toyota Corporation.
is also in this context. On the afternoon of June 18, 1985, more than 30 reporters arrived at the home of Kazuo Nagano and began interviewing him. It was also during the interview that Kazuo Nagano, who was originally very calm and without the slightest guilt, was killed on the spot by two people who broke in suddenly.
The two murderers claimed that they were "agents of the victims" and asked reporters to report to the police. After Kazuo Nagano was killed, the Japanese court also formally sealed Toyota Shoji.
However, the results of the seizure were shocking, because the 200 billion yen that the company had defrauded had disappeared, and only the poor 2.5 million yen in cash was seized by the court. To make matters worse, all information about Kazuo Nagano and Toyota Corporation was destroyed.
In this way, a scam that has caused a sensation in Japan for five years and suffered more than 20,000 victims. As for the more than 200 billion funds defrauded, very few were recovered.
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