Chapter 1250: With the momentum of a great victory, war is once again set off

If it is a blessing, it is not a misfortune; if it is a misfortune, it cannot be avoided!

What must be faced will ultimately have to be faced, and it cannot be avoided...

Haneda Yohei took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down. He picked up the receiver and greeted with a forced smile, 'Yamaguchi-kun...'

'I understand. I will contact Matsumoto Yu right away and do my best to limit the losses...'

After hanging up the phone, Haneda Yohei's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. Thinking about what he had to do next, he felt great resistance rising in his heart.

Yosuke Yamaguchi's meaning was very clear: Mitsui & Co. had completely given up on the acquisition, and he was told to take the initiative to go to Jiuding Securities and sell the shares.

The reason was simple. Under the current circumstances, selling more than 100 million shares on the stock market would not only take a long time, but the stock price would also continue to fall as more and more shares were traded, unless there was good news from Jiuding Securities and Suntory.

But that was unlikely to happen, and not in the short term. With Suntory's management undergoing a complete overhaul, the company was bound to be in turmoil. They didn't have the time to wait, and didn't want to pin their hopes on Jiuding Securities, thereby delaying the development of their own industry.

Therefore, Mitsui & Co. only wants to get the money back as soon as possible, enter the liquor market with full force, and seize part of the market while Suntory is in turmoil.

Jiuding Securities and Suntory are direct enemies.

Furthermore, if these shares are really transferred to Jiuding Securities, it can think of consuming a large sum of their funds, which will result in Suntory getting even less financial support.

From a broader perspective, it is more beneficial for Mitsui & Co.

Although he didn't want to visit Matsumoto Yu as a loser, two consecutive failures had already caused Mitsui & Co. to suffer heavy losses. His reputation would definitely not be good, and if he didn't salvage the situation, it would have a huge impact on his career. So Haneda Yohei could only try his best to calm his mind and go to Jiuding Securities...

Jiuding Securities Reception Room.

Hada Yohei felt that Matsumoto Yu's smile was extremely piercing, but he could only bear it and greeted him with a smile, saying, 'Good morning, Matsumoto-kun!'

'Hello, Hada-kun!'

'I'm not sure what brings you here this time.'

Matsumoto Yu responded with a smile, and then asked with a puzzled expression.

Hada Yohei's face twitched, and he continued to smile, 'First of all, congratulations on your company completing another excellent investment.'

'Thank you!'

Matsumoto Yu thanked him with a smile and continued to watch Haneda Yohei's performance.

'The future of Suntory is very bright, and our company has always been very optimistic about it, but we are still not as good as you, so after careful consideration, we think that instead of holding on to our shares, we might as well make friends with you and transfer our shares to your company, to help you complete your full control of Suntory.'

After Haneda Yohei finished speaking, his face still wore a smile, but his gaze was fixed firmly on Matsumoto Yu, his heart in his throat.

Matsumoto Yu's smile became inexplicable. After pretending to ponder for a long time, he said to Haneda Yohei, 'Haneda-kun, we have no intention of privatising. After all, we already have an absolute controlling stake, and Suntory can fully implement our will and strategy. Privatisation is no longer necessary.'

Haneda Yohei's smile froze, and he said with a smile, 'Is that so? It seems that I have the wrong information. I thought your company planned to privatise Suntory!'

Matsumoto Yu smiled and said, 'There are so many rumours in the capital market, I understand.'

Haneda Yohei felt uncomfortable, and he couldn't vent the fire in his heart. What do you mean you understand? Isn't this mocking them for not being able to distinguish between true and false information?

Haneda Yohei's forced smile disappeared.

Just then, Matsumoto Yu suddenly said: 'But your proposal has also inspired me. Although the shares your company holds are already dispensable to us, if the price is right, it is not something we cannot consider.'

Haneda Yohei suppressed the urge to leave and forced a smile again, asking: 'Matsumoto-kun, why don't you make an offer? If we can reach a cooperation, that would of course be best, but if the price is not suitable, there is nothing we can do.'

Matsumoto Yu thought for a moment and made an offer: '800 yen per share, I can take it all over.'

When this price was announced, Hada Yohei turned pale.

His assistant, who had accompanied him, said directly, 'Matsumoto-kun, your price is too insincere.'

'It can even be said to be an insulting price!'

'Although Suntory's stock price is falling, it is still around 1,400 yen, and at the beginning, Suntory's stock price was also 940 yen per share.'

'Your company must have seen the potential of Suntory to spend such a large sum to acquire it. No matter how much the stock price of Suntory falls, it will not fall below 940 yen per share. We will slowly clear our positions ourselves, and we will not sell for 800 yen per share.'

'If our 100 million-odd shares are massively circulated on the market, we will certainly suffer some losses, but the company will be the one most affected, won't it?'

Hada Yohei let his subordinate speak freely, keeping his gaze fixed on Matsumoto Yu's face, as if trying to read his mind.

However, Matsumoto Yu completely ignored this threat, directly ignoring Haneda Yohei's subordinate, and expressionlessly staring back at Haneda Yohei: 'Haneda-kun, we don't care whether or not Suntory's stock price goes up or down. Anyway, we have enough funds. As for the future of Suntory, we can't say for sure. It's possible that the stock price will immediately rise sharply, or it may remain at a low for a year or two.'

'The competition in the alcohol market is so fierce right now that I personally feel that Suntory may even lose money in the future. And in order to strengthen its competitiveness, it's hard to say whether it will reinvest its profits instead of paying out dividends in the next few years. It's hard to say.'

'We don't care at all about the good or bad comments out there. After all, we are the absolute controlling shareholder. As long as we don't break the law, no one can interfere, can they?'

At the end of his speech, Matsumoto Yu gave Haneda Yohei a deep look.

Feeling the meaning contained in that gaze, Haneda Yohei could not help but clench his fists.

This was a blatant threat!

He really wanted to get angry, but he could only hold back and dare not turn his face away.

Jiuding Securities is the absolute controlling shareholder of Suntory, with absolute power. Matsumoto Yu can do what he says and if he wants to trap him, he can.

Haneda Yohei himself can think of many legal tricks.

Although he guessed that Matsumoto Yu was mostly bluffing, he didn't dare to really personally verify whether Matsumoto Yu really dared to do it.

He couldn't afford to waste time!

And he couldn't afford to gamble!

Mitsui & Co. would definitely not be willing to give up its strategy in the alcohol market and support Suntory as the mainstay in the capital market.

He had no choice...

But it was absolutely impossible for him to sell for 800 yen per share. He couldn't afford to lose face, and Mitsui & Co. would definitely not agree!

He took a deep breath and said in a low voice, 'Matsumoto-kun, the winner is king and the loser is a loser. We are willing to admit defeat.'

'But 800 yen per share is absolutely impossible.'

'Our company holds 108.4 million shares, and we bought this stock at an average price of 2091 yen per share.'

'If you really want it, then we are willing to transfer it all for 1200 yen.'

Matsumoto Yu did not mock or humiliate him anymore, and immediately retorted, 'There is no negotiation on this price.'

'When we needed the shares before, I only asked 1,000 yen per share. Now it can only go lower, not higher. There's no need to negotiate 1,200 yen.'

'Before, Suntory's share price was around 940 yen per share. If more than 100 million shares were released to the market at once, the share price would definitely fall below 850 yen.'

'850 yen is a good price, and it will save you time and effort, as well as capital costs, of course.'

'850 yen is too low...'

Haneda Yohei argued with all his might.

...

The two men, one interested in buying and the other unwilling to sell, engaged in a fierce but ongoing negotiation.

In the end, Matsumoto Yu insisted on 920 yen per share and refused to budge no matter what Haneda Yohei said.

Haneda Yohei could only suspend the negotiations on the pretext of going back to report.

After returning, he reported the situation to Yosuke Yamaguchi of Mitsui & Co., and Mitsui & Co. finally gave its approval.

The next day, Yohei Haneda once again went to Kyodo Securities, and with feelings of humiliation, signed the equity transfer agreement.

The 108.4 million shares held by Mitsui Securities, which together accounted for 25.81% of the company's total share capital, were transferred to Kyodo Securities at a total price of 99.73 billion yen.

In order to acquire so many shares, Mitsui Securities had invested 226.72 billion yen.

Without taking into account the costs of manpower, capital usage, hidden losses and other costs, the direct loss alone was as high as 126.99 billion yen.

This loss was enough to pin Haneda Yohei to the shame column of Mitsui Securities!

Although Haneda Yohei tried his best to hide this shameful news, the news of the complete failure of Mitsui Securities Company spread after Suntory announced its privatisation and delisting the next day.

Matsumoto Yu, who intended to help his friends who had invested a large amount of money to short Mitsui Securities Company and Mitsui & Co., took the initiative to have the key details and the combined losses of over 100 billion yen of Mitsui Securities Company and Mitsui & Co. revealed, causing a violent shock in the capital market.

The stock prices of Mitsui Securities and Mitsui & Co. fell in response, and many investors scrambled to sell the two stocks.

While Mitsui Securities' reputation suffered a huge blow, Jiuding Securities stepped on Mitsui Securities and gained a huge halo, which in turn boosted its reputation.

Matsumoto Yu took advantage of the situation to announce in a high-profile manner that he would open multiple private funds in a week's time, and investors were welcome to subscribe.

Public opinion was boiling over, and many investors were eager to take action. Many went directly to the headquarters of the island branch of Jiuding Securities to inquire about the funds. The branch was packed with people, making the financial institutions in the same area green with envy.

Just when many people thought that Jiuding Securities would be busy raising funds,

Jiuding Securities, riding a wave of success, once again sounded the war drums and sounded the war cry to the giant Nippon Steel...