Chapter 10: How I Was Able to Rise Again as an Engineer After Bankruptcy

Headquartered in Aizu,
He envisioned creating a "village" on a 500,000 square meter plot of land.

The name is
Elemental Life Community.

A new form of society, living in harmony with nature.
As a first step, a plan for 50,000 tsubo (approximately 165,000 square meters) had begun to take shape.

And then,
I received an informal offer to build a mineral water factory worth approximately 5 billion yen.

Everything seemed to be going smoothly.

But suddenly, everything stops.

The client, the owner, was arrested.

The plan has been frozen.

Having already invested,
The three companies are headquartered in Japan, Singapore, and Malaysia.
At the same time, I had no choice but to organize things.

Fortunately, the only loan I could get was from a bank.
The process of reorganization is progressing with the help of our legal counsel.
All debts have disappeared.

But at the same time,
I lost my home and my car.

50 years old.
Although she was still of working age,
I have zero savings.

"Shall I do the dishes?"

That's when I thought...

The president of our partner company in South Korea said,
They immediately hired me as a technical advisor.

Immediately after the bankruptcy proceedings were completed,
400,000 yen was transferred on January 3rd.

That support continued for several years.

The company was still small at the time.
There were times when the CEO was completely exhausted by the semiconductor recession.

Nevertheless, he
They never stopped paying me their consulting fees.

Eventually, the company grew and went public.
It will become a reputable company that also has joint ventures with major Japanese companies.

Even now, 20 years later,
I am good friends with that company president.

I have no debt.
Fixed costs are also zero.

I don't have any trouble making ends meet.

But then I realize.

"I'm bored."

I go to a hot spring resort with my wife every week.
Peaceful days.

But I'm not working.
I just couldn't calm down.

So, it moves again.

I searched for a job through Recruit.
I was hired as the head of the new business development department.

Monthly salary of 500,000 yen.

Three months after bankruptcy,
His monthly income had reached 900,000 yen.

I will stand as an engineer once again.

That company,
Semiconductor silicon wafer recycling and
The company was experiencing rapid growth through precious metal recycling.

Annual sales of approximately 10 billion yen.

I then took up environmental equipment business again.

Eventually, the projects moved overseas.

Near Manila, Philippines.
A government-run waste treatment plant.

An encounter with a Japanese businessman who has strong connections with the mayor.

He is also close to former professional baseball players.
He was a man known as the "Hotel King of Guam."

The mayor said:

"I'm leaving it to you."

Philippine politics is different from that of Japan.
A world where power and money intertwine.

But the project continues.

A plan worth 10 billion yen,
We created a system that could be implemented for 2 billion yen.

But then another turning point arrived.

The company president,
He removed me and took control of the case himself.

I quit immediately.

Subsequently, the plant was awarded the contract.

On the other hand, the president said
Amidst rapid growth, we are being swallowed up by another world.

Politics, money, power.

And finally—
Bankruptcy and the end result of taking one's own life.

I still think that.

He was a good guy.

And then, another setback.

But it doesn't end there.

I became independent again and established my own company.

And from here on—

It leads to the greatest encounter of your life.

And why were we able to stand up again?
The reason is simple.

I was blessed with good people around me.
• They had the technology
And so, it continued to move.

Life can fall apart again and again.

But,
You can stand up again and again.

There is only one condition.

Don't stop.