Chapter 584

Abel was really convinced.

He knew that the Neon people would play this trick, after all, the Han people had already set a good example before.

But he didn't expect that the quality of these "gifts" prepared by Mitsui Fuyuko for him would be so high, and that they would be so in line with his taste.

Aragaki Yui and Nagasawa Masami also secretly looked at Abel at this time. He looked more elegant and handsome in person than in the pictures on the Internet.

And she is really tall, taller than many neon models.

Because it was already late at night when I was near Nara. Although it was early summer, Abel still felt cool and comfortable standing by the hot spring. There were so many goddesses of his past beside him, and they all allowed him to do whatever he wanted.

This made him feel more comfortable.

The two most popular countries in the world for bathing are Finland, the country of saunas, and Neon, the country of hot springs.

People in these two countries love bathing and saunas more than many people imagine. Anyone who has been to Neon or watched some Japanese dramas will know that unless the house is really too poor and too small, there will be a special bathtub.

Moreover, Neon people have a very unique habit of bathing, that is, the water in the bathtub is shared by the whole family. To put it simply, the water is put away and stored very early, and is changed every day. The whole family uses this tank of water for bathing.

However, here in Neon, bathing and bathing are two different concepts. If you have often watched Neon love action dramas, you will know that the bathtub is for bathing, and when taking a bath, shower gel is applied outside. Shampoo, rinse thoroughly before continuing to take a bath.

I met some families with large and traditional bathtubs, and even two members of the family would bathe together.

There are even more bizarre combinations of mother and son and father and daughter, and in some cases similar phenomena will occur even after adulthood.

Although it has become less common now, it still exists. Some female artists even revealed on TV shows later that they were either romantic action film actresses or serious actors and idol stars.

So Neon is also one of the weirdest countries in the world with the highest probability, including many love action movies, which are also acted in this way. With their weird tradition, it would be called abnormal if nothing happens.

This is not the first time Abel has soaked in the hot springs, but it is really the first time to soak in such a Japanese-style hot spring in the summer.

Mitsui Fuyuko took the initiative to come over and take off his clothes. The front was fine, but her face was a little red under the light, and her eyes were a little shy.

Later, when she saw clearly, she looked cute and shocked.

Nagasawa Masami and the others were not much better, each and every one of them had expressions of astonishment.

Although the night was deep, the Mitsui family's villa on the side of Nara Mountain in Osaka obviously couldn't calm down for a long time.

At this time, in the center of Osaka, far away from this villa, in a typical Japanese-style large flat.

The patriarch of the Mitsui family and several leading figures had not rested yet after 12 o'clock in the night.

After learning from his younger brother Suki Mitsui that the Americans enjoyed the gifts prepared for him by the Mitsui family.

Mitsui Takaki, the patriarch of the Mitsui family, nodded with satisfaction, and then looked at the important members of the Mitsui family in the room.

"...I believe you have all read the plan the Americans gave us. Do you have any ideas or suggestions? We are all here now. If you have any, please share them."

Everyone looked at each other for a few seconds, and finally an old man with some gray hair spoke first: "Master Patriarch, what do you think?"

The old man is actually the uncle of the Mitsui brothers.

The Mitsui family has been multiplying for hundreds of years and has many heirs. The main line controls the greatest power, but branches and partial lines can also share part of the family's glory.

Since you have shared the glory, you have to work accordingly. The small organization composed of these people is the power-exercising body of the Mitsui family, and is also the main manpower leading the "Futaki-kai", the general manager association within the Mitsui Consortium.

Hearing his uncle's words, Mitsui Gao Xi smiled pretending to be profound: "I still need to know everyone's opinions before I can make the right decision. Gaoli Gong's favorite sentence is Confucius, a sage from China. "When three people are together, one of them must be my teacher," I think it makes perfect sense."

It is not that easy to run a wealthy family like the Mitsui family, which has lasted for hundreds of years and has been prosperous for more than 200 years.

Not only must they have noble blood, but they must also be good at internal struggles and intrigues, and their business abilities must not be very bad.

Mitsui Takahi, who has been the clan leader for more than ten years, is no longer the rookie he once was.

He will never be the first to express his opinion, but wants others to speak first. Then judge the intentions of these people through observation, and finally make the final decision.

He more often plays the role of arbiter and decision-maker.

Mitsui Suki spoke at this time: "The joint consortium is a very ambitious goal. If the Americans can really achieve it, it will be very good for us."

"The question is, can this American achieve it? He is now a person who has been greatly missed by the public in the United States. Are other bullies willing to see him continue to be so powerful? No matter what, in reality we cannot offend. He is responsible for these rice beasts. If he can't bear it, he may be fine. We will incur the wrath and even punishment of other rice beasts."

Another uncle of the Mitsui brothers, a white-haired old man, spoke angrily.

Mitsui Suki was silent for a moment and looked at his elder brother.

"Not necessarily." The uncle who spoke first just now said: "The risk is proportional to the reward, if it is truly achieved. Our gains are also huge. Becoming an important part of a world-class consortium is very beneficial to the Mitsui family. Benefits. The idea that our ancestors have always wanted to go out may be realized in our hands."

"That's true, but the risk is indeed too high." The white-haired old man just continued: "We must think carefully before..."

Listening to the discussion between the elders and core members of the family, Mitsui Takaki remained silent and even flipped through the plan that Miku had given him not long ago that was placed in front of him.

In the plan, Abel Smith, an American who was considered a bastard in the eyes of neon people, made a very bold proposal to the Mitsui family, a proposal for cooperation.

The plan stated that the American Smith Alliance intends to invite the Mitsui Zaibatsu of the Mitsui family to join it. Together, they will form a huge world-class joint consortium that is divided by region, conducts internal communication and alliances in the industry, and helps each other financially.

Its model is similar to the structure of Neon's consortium, Han's chaebol, and Concern organizations in Europe and the United States, but it is more macro-scale and not so close in terms of cooperation.

The proposals in this plan are so bold that Takayoshi Mitsui was filled with emotion after reading the entire article. According to Mitsui Takaki's understanding, if this can really be achieved, it will be a consortium version of the Super G8 Group!

I don't know whether it was to increase persuasiveness, or whether it was because so many invitations had been issued. It said that it had received invitations from more than just Neon's major chaebols.

Large consortiums and groups from Hanguo, Neon, the United Kingdom, France, and even Italy, Mao Xiong, Canada and other countries will also receive invitations.

Together with the Texas United Consortium in the United States, it is exactly the same as the eight major industrial countries in reality, and it is the consortium version of the G8.

At this moment, Mitsui Takaki asked the core members of the family to discuss and debate whether he should accept Abel Smith's invitation.

What to do if you accept it, and how to reject it if you don't accept it, to prevent Americans from resenting the Mitsui Zaibatsu.

Looking through the plan, Mitsui Takaki even felt a little excited because the future prospects described in it were so grand.

If it is really achieved in the future, perhaps it will be like what it says - [Become the master behind the scenes of the world, the will of the consortium is the will of mankind].

Listening to the louder and louder debate in his ears, Mitsui Takaki knew that as the clan leader, it was time for him to appear.

He directly raised his hand to stop everyone's debate, and said as an arbiter: "This kind of decision, whether it is acceptance or rejection, cannot be discussed in one night. That ends tonight, but for this decision We will make the following points in the plan."

"First of all, we need to find out which other family in Neon has received the same proposal as ours. Is it really just Yanqi, Sumitomo and us? This is very important."

"Secondly, we need to disclose this plan to other rice beasts to see their reactions. Maybe they will give us some benefits to prevent us from joining in. Of course, it may also be a threat, threatening us not to stand with Abel Smith. Together."

"Also, we need to simulate the feasibility of this to see if such a huge world-class joint consortium is really possible."

"First do these three things, and then let's discuss whether we should join them."

Mitsui Takaki's summary of the arbitration speech was meaningful, and his identity was there.

The core figures of the Mitsui family were all excited, and they had temporarily reached a unified opinion on this matter.

It was late at night and everyone gradually dispersed.

In the end, only the Mitsui brothers were left in the room.

"Shou Xi, how feasible do you think Abel Smith's bold idea is?"

"It's very difficult. It's feasible, but it's not that easy to make it happen. But I think we can join it, because even if we don't join it. The Japanese have never let us go. Sony Entertainment has been bleeding for so long. We really need a backer in the United States."

Mitsui Suki said directly after considering the reality.

Mitsui Takahi nodded slightly, just as his brother said, Americans have always suppressed the Mitsui family.

Among the big fortunes ranked first in neon, Mitsubishi, Sumitomo, Furong, etc. are also similar.

Although it is not like the Han people, who were directly taken away by the Americans during the financial crisis and turned into a ruthless money-making machine on Wall Street, and they can only get a small amount of hard work.

But over the years, Wall Street has come to do it almost every once in a while. Several major chaebols and trading companies were particularly targeted, and they couldn't escape even if they wanted to.

Since the bursting of the bubble era, the combined losses of the major chaebols may have amounted to hundreds of billions of dollars.

The Mitsui Zaibatsu's Sony Entertainment alone has an average annual loss of one billion U.S. dollars.

If, as the plan says, we can get protection from the organization after joining the joint consortium, we may be able to avoid the oppression of Americans in this regard in the future.

But is it really as wonderful as the plan says?

Both Mitsui Suki and Mitsui Takaki find this very questionable.

"That's it, let's go and rest first. We will discuss this matter after we find out the attitude of the Americans and the situation of other families."

Mitsui Takaki said softly, Mitsui Suki left happily, and the Mitsui family's gathering was not over until now.

On the other side, Abel was comfortably under the service of Mitsui Fuyuko, which was the obedience and tenderness of a neon woman who had enjoyed it all.

The docility of neon women is unmatched by women from other places, even eldest ladies like Mitsui Fuyuko. When doing that, it was the first time, and she didn't have the airs of a young lady at all. She even took the initiative to be Abel's assistant, causing great harm to Kitagawa Keiko and Aragaki Yui.

The next day, Osaka, Mitsui Villa.

In the courtyard, there was the gentle sound of deer croaking. Under the eaves, a delicate ceramic bell drags five small round beads, making a tinkling sound. The sound of leaves, wind, and bells interweave a gentle prelude to poetry.

The beautiful little flowers bloom one after another, and the delicate green leaves are rendered, like white watercolor dyed on colorful drawing paper, with exquisite patterns.

Early summer, cherry blossoms fall. In the morning of summer, the sunlight is very dazzling, soft as fine golden powder, immersed in the vast sky and earth. The hot spring courtyard located on the hillside is obscured by the intertwined lush green leaves. The green leaves are dense and disorderly, and the light The golden silk threads are transmitted through and scattered on the tatami.

The bright sunshine gives people a sense of lazy decadence. It is the most suitable time to sing "Summer Wind" by Jay Chou.

"call--"

Suddenly, Abel opened his eyes and exhaled. He looked down and saw the fair and rosy face of Mitsui Fuyuko curled up in his arms.

The neon noble girl like Yamato Nadeshiko was dedicated to the future and future of the family, and was enjoyed by the big shots of the neon kingdom in a marriage-like manner.

Hundreds of thousands of years ago, those who could enjoy this kind of neon lady were the Chinese people.

Now, hundreds of thousands of years later, it is he, an American, who enjoys these neon ladies.

The object of enjoyment has changed, but the identity being enjoyed has never changed. Looking at it from another angle, it seems that this is also the tragedy of this kind of island country.

In other words, the British caught the craze of the times and maintained their prestige as an island country for more than 200 years.

As for the Neon Man, it only lasted a few years, and then it was endless repayment of debts and eternal uneasiness.

In the silence, footsteps could be heard vaguely in the wooden floor corridor, from far to near. After a while, the wooden door opened with a "swish" sound, revealing the figures of Amanda Hurst and several maids.

Glancing around the Japanese-style house, I saw that even after falling asleep, there was still a distinction between superior and inferior. Only Mitsui Fuyuko was qualified to be held by Abel to sleep.

Feeling very sour and unhappy, Amanda still tried her best to keep a business-like expression, "Boss, it's already 8:30. As you requested last night, we came to call you."

"Trouble." Abel chuckled and let go of Mitsui Fuyuko's arms. The latter snorted and seemed to feel something, but in the end he was too tired to get up, so he continued to sleep.

The other neon women in the room were sleeping sweetly without any intention of waking up.

Under the service of Amanda and the maids, Abel quickly finished washing. He pretended not to notice Amanda's bad expression. This Hester was far less submissive than Lydia and needed to be subtly adjusted for a while.

"Haha, it's interesting." After washing up and having breakfast, he sat on a chair in the Mitsui Villa study room that had been taken over by rock security. After taking a sip of the coffee that had been prepared on the table, he looked satisfied. Abel said with a chuckle.

The objects of his "really interesting" evaluation are the Mitsui family, the owners of the mansion here, and several other neon conglomerate families.

The reason is that Abel easily obtained the feedback from these people after receiving the plan he sent out, as well as their small tricks of secretly contacting other American consortiums and even foreign consortiums.

Abel understood but was not happy about the caution of these neon people.

Having been in a high position for a long time, his mentality in this regard is becoming more and more similar to the attitude of the special envoys in the ancient Chinese dynasty when they faced small foreign countries - impatient, disdainful, and contemptuous.

But he didn't think about taking action against the Neon Man right now because of these reasons.

First, it was unnecessary, and second, after all, she had just received a gift, and Miss Mitsui Fuyuko was still sleeping soundly in the backyard.

To fall out so quickly, even the Angsa people would not be able to do it if they were not driven into a desperate situation.

"You know it if you know it. You can't hide this kind of thing." Abel looked at the document in his hand, frowned slightly, shook his head, and said to himself: "You always have to make trial steps. How can you know if something will work if you don't do it?"

Abel gave the Mitsui family their plan, as well as the grand World United Consortium plan, which was finally known to Morgan and the others in the United States.

Abel could imagine their surprise, especially since he had just snatched half a dupont from Morgon's bloody mouth not long ago. In addition to this incident, the two things were stacked together, and it was estimated that there might be more than just Surprised but angry.

Even Abel himself felt at this moment that he was really capable of causing trouble.

But isn't that what this kind of thing is? In order to challenge the old hegemon, how can the new forces succeed if they don't cause trouble?

At that time, Britain relied on causing trouble all over the world, and finally became the first world hegemon.

When it became a world hegemon, Britain at that time looked at everyone who wanted to cause trouble and suppressed rising new countries everywhere.

The United States also relied on the accumulation of World War I and World War II, as well as the continuous troublemaking after World War II, to achieve its current international status.

The same is true in business between consortiums. Abel did not feel that he had done anything wrong.