In the Kobayashi Pharma’s conference room.Many distant family members of the Kobayashi family and several top-level business executives were all seated solemnly.There had been just too many incidents happening in Kobayashi Pharma, one after another, and the tense situation made everyone who was present feel a little nervous.First, the old chairman died tragically because he was poisoned to death. Next, the eldest young master was suspected of using poison to kill his biological father. The second young master then began persecuting and hunting his elder brother down, and he was said to have already died. After that, the second young master also suddenly disappeared. It certainly seemed as though this family of three had incurred the wrath of heaven and was being punished and condemned.However, even though they were nervous, each of them was still full of anticipation and high hopes for the future.This was because they had not been able to have any deep participation in the pl
Kobayashi Stomach Pill was the key product of Kobayashi Pharma, which generated most of the company’s revenues and profit. Kobayashi Pharma would definitely suffer a devastating loss if they rivaled Apothecary Stomach Pill heads-on after it was launched.Therefore, someone asked Kobayashi Masayoshi, “Mr. Chairman, we can’t just sit and await our dooms! Do you have any idea on how to deal with it?”Masayoshi replied, “Indeed, there is a way to deal with it. We must increase our investment in drug research and development, and we must also quickly upgrade our current products. If our Kobayashi Stomach Pill can surpass Apothecary Stomach Pill in terms of potency, I’m sure we can dominate and monopolize the market!”The person in charge of research and development continued, “Mr. Chairman, if we want to increase the funding for our department, we need a huge budget. Can we still afford it since the company was scammed not long ago?”Masayoshi cleared his throat and answered, “This is w
Actually, Masayoshi’s remarks were not unreasonable.There was certainly an information gap between Ito Yahiko and him because of the different understanding of the market.At this moment, Ito Yahiko must have thought that Kobayashi Stomach Pill was invincible, and he would love to get on the money-making bandwagon, which was Kobayashi Pharma.However, Masayoshi and other Kobayashi family members were now aware of the existence of the Apothecary Pharmaceutical. They also knew that at this moment, a type of drug called Apothecary Stomach Pill became very popular in Oskia and Aurous Hill and that the efficacy of the pill was much better than the Kobayashi Stomach Pill.Therefore, upon hearing Masayoshi’s concerns, the others changed their mind almost immediately.A moment ago, they firmly believed that Kobayashi Pharma must have a valuation of at least 20 billion and anything less than that was absolutely unacceptable, let alone 15 billion.But now they realized that it was a rare
Now, Nanako was recovering in Kyoto. Hiroshi went to Oskia the other day to look for medicine for her but was unsuccessful. So, he returned to Tokyo to report back to Yahiko and then stayed in Tokyo.In addition to the Lexus sedan that Yahiko was riding, there were ten bodyguards in two Lexus SUVs sandwiching Yahiko’s car in the middle in the form of a convoy as they drove to Kobayashi Pharma.Inside the car, Yahiko was delighted. He analyzed Kobayashi Pharma’s financial reports and market sales in the past two years and found that the company’s future was very promising. He was certain that it was definitely the best time to take a stake in the company now.Therefore, in his opinion, the 4.5 billion dollar investment in Kobayashi Pharma was like Jake planting magical beans in his backyard. The future harvest was at least 15 billion dollars or more. 15 billion dollars was equivalent to 1.5 trillion yen!No one could sit still and hold back their excitement when the thought of such
At this moment, Hiroshi felt that his worldview had been turned upside down.It was such a shocking revelation to him that the famous sixth leader of the yakuza had died at the hands of a Ninjutsu master.However, he dared not doubt Yahiko’s words because he knew Yahiko’s character very well. The man would never say anything he wasn’t sure of. If he said something, it must be that he had some special sources to make sure that it was indeed the truth.In fact, Hiroshi even suspected that there might be Ninjutsu masters in the Ito family.However, he tactfully stopped questioning because he knew that there were some questions that he should not ask, and there were things that he should not know either.As the assistant of the Ito family and one of Yahiko’s henchmen, his main duty was to serve Ito Yahiko well and be sensible and smart with the do’s and don’ts.Therefore, he said to Yahiko respectfully, “I’m sorry for being ignorant. I did not expect that the legendary Ninjutsu maste
At this moment, Yahiko said, “I’ve always been very optimistic about Kobayashi Pharma, and I am very willing to support your company to take a step further up the ladder. So, I am here today to sign an investment agreement with you. Before we proceed, I wanted to make sure that none of you have any doubts about the intention of my investment, right?”Masayoshi hurriedly replied in a respectful tone, “Of course not. Ito-san, please rest assured that we had already reached an agreement before you came. We are delighted to have you as our company’s investor.”To avoid any hiccups, Yahiko nodded and immediately continued, “Let’s cut to the chase. I have a lot of things to tend to lately, and I’m leaving Tokyo tomorrow, so let’s just sign the contract now and be done with it. If everything’s okay, I’ll immediately inform my finance department to make the payment.”Masayoshi blurted, “Of course! We can sign the contract right away!”Yahiko gestured at Hiroshi beside him and said, “Tanaka
Yahiko did not know Charlie’s reason for being here, and neither did Hiroshi.In Hiroshi’s opinion, Charlie was Aurora’s coach and a martial artist in Aurous Hill who had nothing to do with Japan. So why did he suddenly appear in Tokyo and barge into Kobayashi Pharma’s conference room?What was even more confusing was that Charlie announced himself as the majority shareholder of Kobayashi Pharma!At this moment, Yahiko’s face was twisted in a disdainful grimace.On his way here, he had heard from Hiroshi about Charlie. He was very scornful of this so-called expert, so he did not take him seriously.He sized Charlie up and shouted in a cold voice, “Kid, think about the consequences before you speak. You can’t afford to pay the price of talking recklessly!”Charlie did not know Ito Yahiko. His first impression of the man was that he was in his 50’s with an old-fashioned hairdo and donned an arrogant expression. The man also had a pompous tone of voice.Charlie stared at Yahiko and
Their powerful attacks came to an abrupt halt in an instant!Both of them were astounded by the sudden and tremendous force on their wrists and found that they could neither advance nor pull back their punch. They immediately realized that they had met a powerful master today!They immediately exchanged glances and could see the fear in each other’s eyes. Then, they gestured with their gazes, and at the same time, they exerted their strength, trying to free their right hands from Charlie’s grip.Unfortunately, no matter how hard they tried, they could not pull their right hands back even a fraction!Charlie, on the other hand, donned a smile on his face while looking at them and saying with an intriguing tone, “Guys, your attacks are quite scheming… how can you aim to attack my ribs on your first move!? Aren’t you afraid of killing me?”Anxiously, they shuddered, and one of them said, “We… We just wanted to test your strength, sir. Nothing more!”Charlie laughed out loud. “You ca