During that time, the position of the Osaka branch manager of Bank of Japan gave him the power to control the Kansai region financial world and his tenure at the Bank of Japan era contributed in building his aspirations of becoming a businessman.
当時の日銀大阪支店長といえば関西財界を支配する力があり、3月に日本銀行支配役を免ぜられるまでの日銀時代に、後の実業家としての地盤が築かれることとなる。