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* DoubleMeaning: Matsushita is jubilant if Guangdong economically surpasses Manchuria. When praised by the media and asked what he envisions for the future, Matsushita answers "Prosperity", alluding to the economic prosperity for Guangdong [[ItsAllAboutMe aggrandizement of himself]], the latter of which is cemented when he is praised by his father-in-law.
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* ItsProbablyNothing: When Matsushita loosens the Kenpeitai's leash to handle the riots, an old man tries walking back home in the middle of the night before hearing something behind him. Seeing nothing when he turns around, the old man writes it off as something in his mind, but when he pulls out his lighter, he sees a face next to him before Kenpeitai agents kidnap and arrest him.
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* ItsProbablyNothing: ItsProbablyNothing:
** As Yamauchi thinks about starting a taxi service and orders a fleet of yellow cabs, he notices a protest outside. Unaware of the greater context, he initially dismisses it as a distraction and ignores its sign of worse things to come in the Guangdong Riots.
** When Matsushita loosens the Kenpeitai's leash to handle the riots, an old man tries walking back home in the middle of the night before hearing something behind him. Seeing nothing when he turns around, the old man writes it off as something in his mind, but when he pulls out his lighter, he sees a face next to him before Kenpeitai agents kidnap and arrest him.
** As Yamauchi thinks about starting a taxi service and orders a fleet of yellow cabs, he notices a protest outside. Unaware of the greater context, he initially dismisses it as a distraction and ignores its sign of worse things to come in the Guangdong Riots.
** When Matsushita loosens the Kenpeitai's leash to handle the riots, an old man tries walking back home in the middle of the night before hearing something behind him. Seeing nothing when he turns around, the old man writes it off as something in his mind, but when he pulls out his lighter, he sees a face next to him before Kenpeitai agents kidnap and arrest him.
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* BrutalHonesty: Yamauchi tries to get an investment from Matsushita by presenting his electronics to him, but the executives are unenthusiastic and, after a moment of awkward silence, do not hide the fact that his ideas are not exciting. When the executives coldly agree to invest in one product, Yamauchi contemplates if it was a good idea to move into electronics.
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* MeetTheNewBoss: {{Discussed}} in Yamauchi's reaction to Matsushita's appointment, where he thinks that the new Chief Executive is just a continuation of the existing political structure.
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* SmashTheSymbol: When Yamauchi's vacuum cleaner flops and production is halted, Yamauchi crushes the piece of paper that started this venture and literally tosses it into the bin.
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* AintTooProudToBeg:
** Still recovering from the Yasuda Crisis, Matsushita will appeal to Japan for a bailout, even if he has to beg for it.
** During the Oil Crisis, Matsushita may plead for additional funding from Tokyo. Despite knowing that he'll receive minimal aid, he figures that he might as well take what he can get.
** Still recovering from the Yasuda Crisis, Matsushita will appeal to Japan for a bailout, even if he has to beg for it.
** During the Oil Crisis, Matsushita may plead for additional funding from Tokyo. Despite knowing that he'll receive minimal aid, he figures that he might as well take what he can get.
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** After handling the Guangdong riots and retaining his autonomy, Matsushita reflects on how far he's come from Kōnosuke's disgraced heir and ponders on what he should do with his newfound power. More concerning, rumors of war between Japan and China are brewing, which may very well be Matsushita's undoing if he isn't careful.
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** After handling the Guangdong riots and retaining his autonomy, Matsushita reflects on how far he's come from Kōnosuke's disgraced heir and ponders on what he should do with his newfound power. More concerning, rumors of war between Japan and China are brewing, which may very well be Matsushita's undoing if he isn't careful. It's also mentioned that Chinese resistance is on the rise again, which may require Matsushita to bring out the dreaded Kenpeitai once more to preserve his high, but not invincible, throne.
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* {{Auction}}: Snatching the abandoned properties and businesses left in the Yasuda Crisis' wake, Matsushita auctions off everything that he decides not to keep.
* AudienceMurmurs: Matsushita's opening speech as Chief Executive is only met with murmurs and lukewarm applause in response to the mundane corporate speech he gives. Nevertheless, Matsushita considers this to be a decent start.
* AudienceMurmurs: Matsushita's opening speech as Chief Executive is only met with murmurs and lukewarm applause in response to the mundane corporate speech he gives. Nevertheless, Matsushita considers this to be a decent start.
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* {{Auction}}: Snatching the abandoned properties and businesses left in the Yasuda Crisis' wake, Matsushita auctions off everything that he decides not to keep.
keep, either favoring the Guangdong companies to control the country's reconstruction or the Japanese companies to curry their favor.
* AudienceMurmurs: Matsushita's opening speech as Chief Executive is only met with murmurs and lukewarm applause in response to the mundane corporate speech he gives. Nevertheless, Matsushita considers this to be a decentstart.start and a demonstration of his new authority.
* AudienceMurmurs: Matsushita's opening speech as Chief Executive is only met with murmurs and lukewarm applause in response to the mundane corporate speech he gives. Nevertheless, Matsushita considers this to be a decent
** If he maintains direct control over the newly established anti-corruption body, Matsushita will claim that it is for efficiency's sake and that the selected officials were painstakingly chosen, even though everyone knows that this is a ploy for him to wield greater influence in the Legislative Council.
* BoringButPractical:
** Matsushita will improve Guangdong's insolvency laws to better handle future bankruptcies, a common-sense policy that doesn' stir much opposition from the Legislative Council, furthered by the amendments getting feedback from the business community at large.
** When tackling corruption, Matsushita may choose not to directly target the most powerful corrupt players, but focus on minor officials in a ground-up approach, mitigating any damage to his legitimacy. Namely, he will focus on discouraging corruption, improving investigations for long-term improvement, setting up anti-vice supervisors in the police force, and monitoring low-level bureaucrats. It might not be a fast approach, but it is more practical than trying to monitor everyone.
* BreadAndCircuses: If the gangs are hired to manage the Oil Crisis, they will be allowed to run casinos and bars to distract the populace, while the government works to address the calamity.
** Matsushita will improve Guangdong's insolvency laws to better handle future bankruptcies, a common-sense policy that doesn' stir much opposition from the Legislative Council, furthered by the amendments getting feedback from the business community at large.
** When tackling corruption, Matsushita may choose not to directly target the most powerful corrupt players, but focus on minor officials in a ground-up approach, mitigating any damage to his legitimacy. Namely, he will focus on discouraging corruption, improving investigations for long-term improvement, setting up anti-vice supervisors in the police force, and monitoring low-level bureaucrats. It might not be a fast approach, but it is more practical than trying to monitor everyone.
* BreadAndCircuses: If the gangs are hired to manage the Oil Crisis, they will be allowed to run casinos and bars to distract the populace, while the government works to address the calamity.
* CooperationGambit: Much as he would like to exercise complete dominance over the Legislative Council, Matsushita recognizes that direct confrontation with the opposition will only strengthen their resistance, so he placates them with limited powers. When doing so, Matsushita may grant greater consideration towards the moderate faction surrounding [[EnemyMine Morita]] or empower the establishment that would sufficiently benefit his own position.
* CounterAttack: Once the Riots break out, Matsushita tries to swiftly take them out and restore the status quo. Despite consolidating the police's strength and luring the protestors out from their defensive positions, the government's attack is met with an even stronger counterattack from the radicalized workers, forcing Matsushita to reconsider his strategy.
* CounterAttack: Once the Riots break out, Matsushita tries to swiftly take them out and restore the status quo. Despite consolidating the police's strength and luring the protestors out from their defensive positions, the government's attack is met with an even stronger counterattack from the radicalized workers, forcing Matsushita to reconsider his strategy.
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** To save more money during the Oil Crisis, Matsushita can streamline the assembly process and continue pumping out more products, regardless of their lower quality.
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** To save more money during the Oil Crisis, Matsushita can streamline the assembly process and continue pumping pump out more products, regardless of their lower quality.quality.
** Factory workers are allowed to loosen their labor standards and worker rights during the Oil Crisis, a move approved by Matsushita so he can win more political support and encourage Japanese investors to keep their money in Guangdong.
** Factory workers are allowed to loosen their labor standards and worker rights during the Oil Crisis, a move approved by Matsushita so he can win more political support and encourage Japanese investors to keep their money in Guangdong.
** Matsushita may double down on his heavy intervention into the economy by allocating additional funds from the banks and enticing investors, which will risk more blowback.
** The major corporations may be pressured into paying greater taxes so that Guangdong's budget can be stabilized, though this risks greater political repercussions for Matsushita in the Legislative Council.
** The major corporations may be pressured into paying greater taxes so that Guangdong's budget can be stabilized, though this risks greater political repercussions for Matsushita in the Legislative Council.
* DifficultButAwesome: Top-down anti-corruption measures will directly confront Ho and Yokoi, bending Guangdong's most powerful gangsters to the whims of Matsushita. However, it's also more risky than the bottom-up approach, as the gangsters will quickly cover their tracks if they catch onto Matsushita's game and thus render his efforts for nothing.
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* EmptyPromise: After Chun breaks the news of Hei's arrest during the riots, his distraught father makes Chun promise that he does not leave the house again, unable to even think that another one of his children could be taken away. Chun superficially agrees to the promise, but internally knows that he can't just stand idly in the face of a tyrannical regime that took his brother away.
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* EmptyPromise: EmptyPromise:
** ** Matsushita can offer token support to the people who are forcibly relocated to the cities. Despite the high promises, the support is negligible and mostly for propagandistic purposes for the populace.
** After Chun breaks the news of Hei's arrest during the riots, his distraught father makes Chun promise that he does not leave the house again, unable to even think that another one of his children could be taken away. Chun superficially agrees to the promise, but internally knows that he can't just stand idly in the face of a tyrannical regime that took his brother away.
** ** Matsushita can offer token support to the people who are forcibly relocated to the cities. Despite the high promises, the support is negligible and mostly for propagandistic purposes for the populace.
** After Chun breaks the news of Hei's arrest during the riots, his distraught father makes Chun promise that he does not leave the house again, unable to even think that another one of his children could be taken away. Chun superficially agrees to the promise, but internally knows that he can't just stand idly in the face of a tyrannical regime that took his brother away.
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** Since the Guangdong police lack the manpower alone to take on the Yakuza or Triads, Tsuchida recommends that Matsushita ally with one of the gangs to eliminate the other, despite having no affection for either.
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** Since the Guangdong police lack the manpower alone to take on the Yakuza or Triads, Tsuchida recommends that Matsushita ally with one of the gangs to eliminate the other, despite having no affection for either. Matsushita gives greater consideration to this when Ho and Yokoi approach him with a truce, even if this will tie the Chief Executive to one of them and risk empowering one over the other.
** In the Oil Crisis, Matsushita will form a truce with either Morita or Ibuka, appeasing their interests in exchange for support and offering grants to either so they can weather the storm.
** Towards the end of the Oil Crisis, Matsushita can lean into the hostile Legislative Council or the criminal underworld for support in stabilizing the situation, with the latter being affected by whether Matsushita [[ChekhovsGun allied with the Triads or Yakuza prior]].
** In the Oil Crisis, Matsushita will form a truce with either Morita or Ibuka, appeasing their interests in exchange for support and offering grants to either so they can weather the storm.
** Towards the end of the Oil Crisis, Matsushita can lean into the hostile Legislative Council or the criminal underworld for support in stabilizing the situation, with the latter being affected by whether Matsushita [[ChekhovsGun allied with the Triads or Yakuza prior]].
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** It's relatively easy for Matsushita to infiltrate the circles of corrupt officials by bribing their associates into ratting them out and Matsushita {{lampshades}} this option when tackling corruption. As Matsushita reasons, it's all a matter of how much they'll be paid to squeal.
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** It's relatively easy for Matsushita to infiltrate the circles of corrupt officials by bribing their associates into ratting them out and Matsushita {{lampshades}} this option when tackling corruption. As Matsushita reasons, reasons that it's all a matter of how much they'll be paid to squeal.
** In his aggressive response to the Guangdong Riots, the desperate and opportunistic of the rioters are targeted with bribes and coercions so they can become [[TheInformant informants]] for the government.
* FiringDay: If Matsushita scales back production to save money during the Oil Crisis, many workers will be laid off in the process.
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* ForcedFromTheirHome: To resolve the housing shortage, Matsushita authorizes the destruction of various apartments so that businesses can build homes for their own laborers, vacating the former residents who lived there. In one event, a demolition team is ordered to destroy a skyscraper and arrive before all the residents even get the news, forcing them to pack up and leave on the spot.
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* ForcedFromTheirHome: ForcedFromTheirHome:
** To resolve the housing shortage, Matsushita authorizes the destruction of various apartments so that businesses can build homes for their own laborers, vacating the former residents who lived there. In one event, a demolition team is ordered to destroy a skyscraper and arrive before all the residents even get the news, forcing them to pack up and leave on thespot. spot.
** Matsushita also engages in mandatory urbanization, which forcibly relocates the rural communities to urban areas so they can serve as factory laborers. Matsushita knows that this will be an [[ZeroApprovalGambit unpopular policy]], but deems the opinion of rural people to be irrelevant.
** To resolve the housing shortage, Matsushita authorizes the destruction of various apartments so that businesses can build homes for their own laborers, vacating the former residents who lived there. In one event, a demolition team is ordered to destroy a skyscraper and arrive before all the residents even get the news, forcing them to pack up and leave on the
** Matsushita also engages in mandatory urbanization, which forcibly relocates the rural communities to urban areas so they can serve as factory laborers. Matsushita knows that this will be an [[ZeroApprovalGambit unpopular policy]], but deems the opinion of rural people to be irrelevant.
** Freezing the budget is an extremely risky move that could easily backfire, but Matsushita may go through with it and handle the consequences later, if it means addressing the Oil Crisis.
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* GoldenMeanFallacy: At some point, Matsushita will need to slash welfare spending, with the Legislative Council obviously favoring the most severe cuts and the Chinese wanting the smallest cuts. There is a compromise option of doing a moderate cut, but this risks angering both sides of the argument.
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* GoldenMeanFallacy: GoldenMeanFallacy:
** At some point, Matsushita will need to slash welfare spending, with the Legislative Council obviously favoring the most severe cuts and the Chinese wanting the smallest cuts. There is a compromise option of doing a moderate cut, but this risks angering both sides of theargument.argument.
** Matsushita can try calming the Guangdong Riots by balancing the interests of both protestors and corporations, but this risks angering both sides with his moderate approach.
** At some point, Matsushita will need to slash welfare spending, with the Legislative Council obviously favoring the most severe cuts and the Chinese wanting the smallest cuts. There is a compromise option of doing a moderate cut, but this risks angering both sides of the
** Matsushita can try calming the Guangdong Riots by balancing the interests of both protestors and corporations, but this risks angering both sides with his moderate approach.
* HorribleHousing: With a massive influx of people moved into the cities, Matsushita resolves the homeless crisis by [[CuttingCorners cutting back]] on housing regulations and constructing more subpar homes. He reasons that unsafe housing is better than no housing.
** Despite the threat posed by the Oil Crisis, Matsushita may pridefully refuse to beg for aid from Tokyo, facing the problem alone and declaring an emergency tax increase to support the budget.
* InsistentTerminology: To save money during the Oil Crisis, Matsushita can streamline the manufacturing process by getting rid of superfluous components and reducing the materials used to save on manufacturing costs and reduce potential quality defects. Despite this, Matsushita insists that it's not "cutting corners", but "making sure our customers can afford our products".
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* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Seeing the chaos of the riots, Yamauchi believes he'll get his big break by offering taxi services. Everyone needs a safe transportation service and, if he can hire armed taxi drivers, Nintendo could carve a niche for itself.
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* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: LetNoCrisisGoToWaste:
** After the Yasuda Crisis, the Matsushita regime quickly seizes the assets of their dead firms for themselves.
** Seeing the chaos of the riots, Yamauchi believes he'll get his big break by offering taxi services. Everyone needs a safe transportation service and, if he can hire armed taxi drivers, Nintendo could carve a niche foritself.itself.
** Morita and Ibuka use the chaos of the Oil Crisis and the Guangdong Riots to try puppeting Matsushita, as he is busy managing the situation and bearing the brunt of his unpopular decisions.
** After the Yasuda Crisis, the Matsushita regime quickly seizes the assets of their dead firms for themselves.
** Seeing the chaos of the riots, Yamauchi believes he'll get his big break by offering taxi services. Everyone needs a safe transportation service and, if he can hire armed taxi drivers, Nintendo could carve a niche for
** Morita and Ibuka use the chaos of the Oil Crisis and the Guangdong Riots to try puppeting Matsushita, as he is busy managing the situation and bearing the brunt of his unpopular decisions.
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* LongGame: Matsushita wants to have the government subsumed by his men and leave Guangdong to be run by his company, but he may refrain from his sudden integration and bide his time because the other companies will react negatively to this extreme power move and a slower measure would be more effective.
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* LongGame: LoanShark: {{Inverted}}. Matsushita specifically makes investment deals from banks who are more equitable than Guangdong's previous partners in the Japanese government. They are still beholden to their loans, but at least they won't feel as much pressure.
* LongGame:
** Matsushita wants to have the government subsumed by his men and leave Guangdong to be run by his company, but he may refrain from his sudden integration and bide his time because the other companies will react negatively to this extreme power move and a slower measure would be moreeffective.effective.
** To rebuild confidence in Guangdong's economy, Matsushita will directly intervene to secure investments and stabilize the budget, which will draw some negative PR in the short-term, but stabilize the budget in the long-term.
** Despite the reduced demand during the Oil Crisis, Matsushita may maintain production levels and operate on a loss so that there won't be any long-term damage on the company's productivity and protect their innovative momentum.
** Matsushita pours more investments into his regime during the Oil Crisis in the hopes that his returns will be sevenfold and facilitate an economic revitalization.
* LongGame:
** Matsushita wants to have the government subsumed by his men and leave Guangdong to be run by his company, but he may refrain from his sudden integration and bide his time because the other companies will react negatively to this extreme power move and a slower measure would be more
** To rebuild confidence in Guangdong's economy, Matsushita will directly intervene to secure investments and stabilize the budget, which will draw some negative PR in the short-term, but stabilize the budget in the long-term.
** Despite the reduced demand during the Oil Crisis, Matsushita may maintain production levels and operate on a loss so that there won't be any long-term damage on the company's productivity and protect their innovative momentum.
** Matsushita pours more investments into his regime during the Oil Crisis in the hopes that his returns will be sevenfold and facilitate an economic revitalization.
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** Matsushita is well-aware of the corporations exploiting legal loopholes to avoid worker protections, in which he may clamp down on these abuses through fines and embargoes.
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** Matsushita is well-aware of the corporations exploiting legal loopholes to avoid worker protections, in which he may clamp down on these abuses through fines and embargoes.embargoes to protect worker productivity and his own authority.
** There are no laws separating the corporations and the state, which Matsushita can exploit to appoint members of his company into bureaucratic positions and effectively merging the government into Matsushita Electric.
** There are no laws separating the corporations and the state, which Matsushita can exploit to appoint members of his company into bureaucratic positions and effectively merging the government into Matsushita Electric.
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** If Matsushita goes after the most corrupt elites, he will make a public demonstration of their punishment and replace them with his own men to show what happens to those who ignore his laws.
** Rather than directly attacking the ringleaders of Guangdong's corrupt circles, Matsushita can opt to punish those who commit their crimes in the open, which will implicitly send a message to the others that their days are numbered.
** Rather than directly attacking the ringleaders of Guangdong's corrupt circles, Matsushita can opt to punish those who commit their crimes in the open, which will implicitly send a message to the others that their days are numbered.
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** If Matsushita goes after the most corrupt elites, he will make a public demonstration of their punishment punishing the worst offenders and replace replacing them with his own men to show what happens to those who ignore his laws.
** Rather than directly attacking the ringleaders of Guangdong's corrupt circles, Matsushita can opt to authorize Kenpeitai raids and punish those who commit their crimes in the open, which will implicitly send a message to the others that their days are numbered.
** Rather than directly attacking the ringleaders of Guangdong's corrupt circles, Matsushita can opt to authorize Kenpeitai raids and punish those who commit their crimes in the open, which will implicitly send a message to the others that their days are numbered.
* TheMole: Moles within the Yakuza can be employed by Matsushita to bring the gang down, even if this is a risky move, since the Yakuza are also members in his regime.
* NeutralNoLonger: Much as he hates their cause, Matsushita can try appeasing the rioters while keeping the corporations happy. He will feign listening to the protestors' concerns and give them some minor concessions, before changing his tune and increasing suppressive measures to satisfy the Legislative Council and Japan, especially so that the latter doesn't directly intervene. Matsushita can try sticking to this middle ground, but he'll eventually have to find a settlement that leans in favor of either the rioters or corporations, the former endorsed by Morita and the latter supported by Ibuka and the corporate faction of the Council.
* OnlySaneMan: {{Invoked}} by Matsushita during the Oil Crisis, who presents himself as the most reasonable executive compared to Morita's bleeding heart, Ibuka's naive idolization of meritocracy and technology, and Komai's pride. Matsushita goes on a massive campaign to present his company and products as the best hope the people have.
* ThePhoenix: Matsushita compares Guangdong to a phoenix, which was shot down during the Yasuda Crisis, but will revive to new heights under his guidance.
** Since mandatory urbanization reduces the number of farmers, Matsushita allows the remaining farmers to take up the land of those relocated and sponsors some modernization and mechanization programs for them. The generosity is all a play to keep Guangdong's rural sector alive, while he's more focused on modernizing the factories.
** Though it's mostly intended to carry out his urbanization plans, Matsushita can help the people living in the city outskirts by giving more living space and mitigating the overpopulation.
** Though it's mostly intended to carry out his urbanization plans, Matsushita can help the people living in the city outskirts by giving more living space and mitigating the overpopulation.
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** While he would normally hire Japanese subcontractors out of blatant ethnic favoritism, Matsushita can opt to hire Zhujin instead because they would be more appealing to the local Chinese and buy more popular support for himself.
** Despite his favoritism for the Japanese, he may slightly open up the civil service to the Chinese due to a lack of manpower, but still restrict them to junior positions.
** Knowing that the Legislative Council has their eyes on him, Matsushita may give up Yasuda's assets to be fairly sold on the auction than take them for himself.
** Despite his favoritism for the Japanese, he may slightly open up the civil service to the Chinese due to a lack of manpower, but still restrict them to junior positions.
** Knowing that the Legislative Council has their eyes on him, Matsushita may give up Yasuda's assets to be fairly sold on the auction than take them for himself.
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** While he would normally hire Japanese subcontractors out of blatant ethnic favoritism, Matsushita can opt to hire Zhujin instead because they would be more appealing to the local Chinese and buy more popular support for himself.
himself, as well as improve the equality of his research equipment and facilities.
** Despite his favoritism for the Japanese, he may slightly open up the civil service to the Chinese due to a lack ofmanpower, manpower and to placate social tensions, but still restrict them to junior positions.
positions. In his focus description, Matsushita calls this the "greed of the lowly", demonstrating that this kindness isn't genuine at all.
** Knowing that the Legislative Council has their eyes onhim, him and that it would set a bad precedent for Fujitsu and Sony to follow, Matsushita may give up Yasuda's assets to be fairly sold on the auction than take them for himself.himself.
** While Matsushita may not have any problems with Japanese dominance in Guangdong, he does seek financial independence from them, given how catastrophic that proved during the Yasuda Crisis.
** Matsushita will expand education opportunities so that he can foster future entrepreneurs and technology and manufacturing businesses, along with improving productivity.
** Despite the benefits that could come from appointing Matsushita businessmen into the bureaucracy and merging the government into the company, he may decide against this to avoid any outrage from the Legislative Council.
** Though several government programs will be cut under his watch, Matsushita doesn't go too far in this direction because he doesn't want to upset the working class and undermine his position, especially when he's going to be raising taxes to balance the budget.
** The loopholes exploited by the corporations may be ignored by Matsushita so that he doesn't become too unpopular in the Legislative Council, even doubling down by legislating corporate self-regulation without government interference.
** Despite his favoritism for the Japanese, he may slightly open up the civil service to the Chinese due to a lack of
** Knowing that the Legislative Council has their eyes on
** While Matsushita may not have any problems with Japanese dominance in Guangdong, he does seek financial independence from them, given how catastrophic that proved during the Yasuda Crisis.
** Matsushita will expand education opportunities so that he can foster future entrepreneurs and technology and manufacturing businesses, along with improving productivity.
** Despite the benefits that could come from appointing Matsushita businessmen into the bureaucracy and merging the government into the company, he may decide against this to avoid any outrage from the Legislative Council.
** Though several government programs will be cut under his watch, Matsushita doesn't go too far in this direction because he doesn't want to upset the working class and undermine his position, especially when he's going to be raising taxes to balance the budget.
** The loopholes exploited by the corporations may be ignored by Matsushita so that he doesn't become too unpopular in the Legislative Council, even doubling down by legislating corporate self-regulation without government interference.
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** The idea of work reform is entertained by Matsushita in the Limited Labor Standards Ordinance, either offering the bare minimum amount of privileges or giving the opportunity for more pay through more work hours. In both cases, Matsushita hopes that these will be enough to placate the workers without directly confronting the gross exploitation they face. In many ways, it's a stronger version of Suzuki's RLSO, complete with the similarly pragmatic reasons.
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** The idea of [[ThrowTheDogABone work reform reform]] is entertained by Matsushita in the Limited Labor Standards Ordinance, either offering the bare minimum amount of privileges or giving the opportunity for more pay through more work hours. In both cases, Matsushita hopes that these will be enough to placate the workers without directly confronting the gross exploitation they face. In many ways, it's a stronger version of Suzuki's RLSO, complete with the similarly pragmatic reasons.
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** Overwhelmed by the Oil Crisis, Matsushita can turn to Morita for his help and humor his suggestions for more rights to the Chinese and the Zhujin, so long as he can get his support in the Legislative Council and survive the ordeal.
** One of Matsushita's responses to the Guangdong riots is to reconcile with them and offer minor concessions to placate their anger, albeit only because brutal suppression didn't work the first time and more precise attacks might only radicalize them further.
** One of Matsushita's responses to the Guangdong riots is to reconcile with them and offer minor concessions to placate their anger, albeit only because brutal suppression didn't work the first time and more precise attacks might only radicalize them further.
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** Matsushita can reassure workers during the Oil Crisis by protecting their welfare payments, buying some time away from an open revolt.
** Overwhelmed by the Oil Crisis, Matsushita can turn to Morita for his help and humor his suggestions for more rights to the Chinese and the Zhujin, so long as he can get his support in the Legislative Council and survive theordeal.
ordeal. This culminates in the passage of the New Employment Standards Ordinance, which will grant marginally better labor standards.
** One of Matsushita's responses to the Guangdong riots is to reconcile with them and offer minor concessions to placate their anger, albeit only because brutal suppression didn't work the first time and more precise attacks might only radicalize them further. In exchange for them turning down the violence, Matsushita will grant them concessions and even publicly criticize (if not denounce) the police's actions, to the chagrin of the Legislative Council and major businesses. With enough effort, negotiations with the GFT and/or CCL can begin, with the government following through on its promises.
** Overwhelmed by the Oil Crisis, Matsushita can turn to Morita for his help and humor his suggestions for more rights to the Chinese and the Zhujin, so long as he can get his support in the Legislative Council and survive the
** One of Matsushita's responses to the Guangdong riots is to reconcile with them and offer minor concessions to placate their anger, albeit only because brutal suppression didn't work the first time and more precise attacks might only radicalize them further. In exchange for them turning down the violence, Matsushita will grant them concessions and even publicly criticize (if not denounce) the police's actions, to the chagrin of the Legislative Council and major businesses. With enough effort, negotiations with the GFT and/or CCL can begin, with the government following through on its promises.
* PrecedentExcuse: If Matsushita doesn't expand the civil service to the Chinese and Zhujin, he will justify it by claiming that the status quo has worked well enough to not be worth unsettling.
* PrivateMilitaryContractors: Under Matsushita's discretion, private security firms are brought by the Big Five to protect their assets.
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** To cement his company's dominance, Matsushita starts a massive advertising campaign across the nation, encouraging the people to buy more products from Matsushita Electric and, optionally, the rest of the Big Five.
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** To cement his company's dominance, dominance and stimulate spending within the economy, Matsushita starts a massive advertising campaign across the nation, encouraging the people to buy more products from Matsushita Electric and, optionally, the rest of the Big Five.
** Matsushita can lean into existing sales networks to promote his company's existing products during the Oil Crisis, attempting to drive demand up.
* PropagandaPiece: Matsushita coerces the media into promoting stories of government legislation that betters working conditions and expresses his supposed benevolence.
* PropagandaPiece: Matsushita coerces the media into promoting stories of government legislation that betters working conditions and expresses his supposed benevolence.
* ThePurge:
** When Matsushita balances Guangdong's budget, citing the failures of Suzuki's deficit spending, he will make cuts to government programs deemed "wasteful", with a particular focus on programs meant to assist the working class.
** Reforming the Guangdong Police Force will mean firing those deemed ineffectual, while everyone else will receive extensive retraining. This can go further if Matsushita raises personnel standards and punishments for failure.
** When Matsushita balances Guangdong's budget, citing the failures of Suzuki's deficit spending, he will make cuts to government programs deemed "wasteful", with a particular focus on programs meant to assist the working class.
** Reforming the Guangdong Police Force will mean firing those deemed ineffectual, while everyone else will receive extensive retraining. This can go further if Matsushita raises personnel standards and punishments for failure.
* ScienceIsGood: In-universe, Matsushita talks about how important innovation is, promising to spare nothing in the assessment of inefficient equipment and funding of research facilities.
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* SelectiveEnforcement: When Ibuka and Komai discuss the terms of the Limited Labor Standards Ordinance, Matsushita has the option of granting exemptions for Hitachi and Fujitsu, as per their requests.
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* SelectiveEnforcement: SelectiveEnforcement:
** Cracking down on corruption across all Legislative Council companies, Matsushita may turn a blind eye to the corruption from his own members to save costs and keep their loyalty. His decisions here will affect his ability to pass the Corruption Investigation Ordinance.
** Matsushita may not prosecute the corrupt Japanese officers of the GPF out of his own prejudices and to [[PrecedentExcuse uphold Japanese dominance in the police]].
** When Ibuka and Komai discuss the terms of the Limited Labor Standards Ordinance, Matsushita has the option of granting exemptions for Hitachi and Fujitsu, as per their requests.
** Cracking down on corruption across all Legislative Council companies, Matsushita may turn a blind eye to the corruption from his own members to save costs and keep their loyalty. His decisions here will affect his ability to pass the Corruption Investigation Ordinance.
** Matsushita may not prosecute the corrupt Japanese officers of the GPF out of his own prejudices and to [[PrecedentExcuse uphold Japanese dominance in the police]].
** When Ibuka and Komai discuss the terms of the Limited Labor Standards Ordinance, Matsushita has the option of granting exemptions for Hitachi and Fujitsu, as per their requests.
* SuperficialSolution: To tackle the suicide epidemic, Matsushita constructs more safety nets, authorizes renovations to remove openings from tall buildings, and bans pharmaceutical drugs that supposedly give people suicidal tendencies, all without addressing the deep social inequity that drives this problem in the first place.
* TacticalWithdrawal: Outgunned in the open, many of the rioters retreat to narrow urban areas, using the architecture to their defense. If they are to be cracked down, they must be lured out.
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* TelegraphGagStop: Once the riots have subsided, a telegram is given by Guangdong reporting its successes, and that businesses and factories are reopening. However, said message has random "STOP" words peppeted throughout.
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* TelegraphGagStop: Once the riots have subsided, a telegram is given by Guangdong reporting its successes, and that businesses and factories are reopening. However, said message has random "STOP" words peppeted peppered throughout.
** Finishing the economic tree will have Matsushita celebrate Guangdong's economic growth, a sentiment that will be cut short by the Oil Crisis.
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* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: If the local police's help is rejected, against the wishes of Lam, the Specials will raid an apartment and arrest anyone who has even the slightest suspicion of being against Matsushita, regardless of actual proof. Lam sympathizes with those who have been unjustly prosecuted, knowing that it will be difficult for them to prove their innocence in the byzantine justice system.
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* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: VictoryThroughIntimidation: In the negotiation path to the Guangdong Riots, Matsushita ensures that the police's presence is still felt on the streets to assert his control, even if they aren't directly fighting any rioters.
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential:
** During Matsushita's mandatory urbanization campaign, he may refuse to offer any support to the rural communities who have just been relocated to their new environment.
** If the local police's help is rejected, against the wishes of Lam, the Specials will raid an apartment and arrest anyone who has even the slightest suspicion of being against Matsushita, regardless of actual proof. Lam sympathizes with those who have been unjustly prosecuted, knowing that it will be difficult for them to prove their innocence in the byzantine justicesystem.system.
** While fixing the cities, Matsushita can ignore the plights of the suburbs, deeming them unimportant and dedicating his funds to the city centers instead.
** Even though they're the ones most likely to be affected by them, Matsushita may deny any consideration for the smaller businesses in his insolvency laws, giving a greater voice to the major corporations for the sake of "efficiency".
** Despite having the option to do so, Matsushita may not grant relief to either the small businesses or the major corporations during the Oil Crisis so that he can conserve government funds.
** To mitigate the Oil Crisis, Matsushita can slash welfare to preserve the confidence of his Japanese investors, even if countless more people will suffer as a result.
** To the approval of the Legislative Council and Japanese government, Matsushita can recover from his initial failed attack by launching more devastating, precise strikes against the Guangdong rioters. Once negotiations are completely tossed out the window, Matsushita makes a final push to crush the rioters, where their leaders are captured or executed to break their followers' morale, and the remaining disarrayed movements are violently dismantled.
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential:
** During Matsushita's mandatory urbanization campaign, he may refuse to offer any support to the rural communities who have just been relocated to their new environment.
** If the local police's help is rejected, against the wishes of Lam, the Specials will raid an apartment and arrest anyone who has even the slightest suspicion of being against Matsushita, regardless of actual proof. Lam sympathizes with those who have been unjustly prosecuted, knowing that it will be difficult for them to prove their innocence in the byzantine justice
** While fixing the cities, Matsushita can ignore the plights of the suburbs, deeming them unimportant and dedicating his funds to the city centers instead.
** Even though they're the ones most likely to be affected by them, Matsushita may deny any consideration for the smaller businesses in his insolvency laws, giving a greater voice to the major corporations for the sake of "efficiency".
** Despite having the option to do so, Matsushita may not grant relief to either the small businesses or the major corporations during the Oil Crisis so that he can conserve government funds.
** To mitigate the Oil Crisis, Matsushita can slash welfare to preserve the confidence of his Japanese investors, even if countless more people will suffer as a result.
** To the approval of the Legislative Council and Japanese government, Matsushita can recover from his initial failed attack by launching more devastating, precise strikes against the Guangdong rioters. Once negotiations are completely tossed out the window, Matsushita makes a final push to crush the rioters, where their leaders are captured or executed to break their followers' morale, and the remaining disarrayed movements are violently dismantled.
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* VisualPun: The focus "Polish Each Pearl" talks about Matsushita's plan to specialize Kōshu into an industrial center, Honkon into bureaucracy and finances, and Makao into a business resort with luxury casinos and hotels. The accompanying icon features a glove and can literally polishing the "pearls" representing each city.
