Tokyo: Starting with taking on his wife's debts

"Hideaki Yamanaka, don't you think what you're saying is very rude?"

Sugita Naoto gritted his teeth, his fists clenched and pressed against his knees, his face flushed red. "We agreed to meet at 3:40 sharp, and you're an hour late!"

"Traffic jams are common in Japan, you can understand that."

As Xiuming spoke, he tucked the blue plastic folder under his buttocks and beckoned to the waitress kneeling in the corner, "Bring the menu, bring the wine, bring the dishes. We haven't had lunch yet, so bring ten glasses of orange juice first."

"Don't order anything for me, they don't need it. It's impossible to sign the contract today anyway. We can have a get-together after the contract is signed." Naoto Sugita waved his hand, panting, and had someone next to him bring out the contract, which was then pushed in front of Hideaki. "Bring out your contract."

After all, a formal business cooperation contract needs to be signed. This meeting was just to exchange the cooperation terms and profit distribution that both parties had formulated. If the differences are too great or one party is not satisfied, the contract will need to be drafted again and discussed further.

Until a mutually satisfactory collaborative project is reached.

"Okay! I'll have a drink then."

Signing business contracts, especially those involving negotiations.

Whoever is shameless and has a strong mentality will gain a big advantage. What's the use of having many people on the other side? They'll all be gritting their teeth in anger.

The waiter bowed and hunched over as he left the room, slowly closing the door behind him.

"Don't be so serious!" Hideaki drank half a glass of orange juice, took the newly printed contract out from under his butt, pushed it over, and then touched the contract that Sugita pushed over. "I have a very good relationship with your wife, how could I cheat you?"

Naoto Sugita was distributing the contracts that Hideaki had pushed to his subordinates on both sides for review when he heard Hideaki's words, and his fingers visibly trembled.

He stared at Xiuming with an unfriendly expression and said, "I'm cooperating with you with great sincerity. Don't go too far. Please don't mention her."

Although Sugita and Ayako have secretly divorced, no one outside the family knows it.

Especially for both sets of parents and relatives and friends, once the truth is revealed, they will be accused of being cuckolded.

Although Sugita didn't care, after all, he wasn't interested in women.

But he couldn't stand the scorn and ridicule from others.

Xiuming shrugged and said, "It's unavoidable. With the development of her embroidery business, she can also make dolls and anime merchandise..."

"What do you mean? You don't want to cooperate with me anymore?"

Naoto Sugita felt uneasy whenever he thought about Hideaki's actions, especially since he had gotten involved with Ayako Miyamoto.

He knew that Ayako viewed him as an enemy, someone she wished could kill his entire family.

Regarding the marriage with Ayako Miyamoto, it's impossible to say who was right and who was wrong, since it was a marriage forced upon them by their parents.

He yelled at Ayako Miyamoto countless times: "I like Yuuto, not women. You, the woman who defiled me, don't put yourself in the position of a victim. I was hurt more than you."

He wished he never had to see Ayako Miyamoto again, the woman who had defiled him; he was in great pain at the time.

Will Xiuming conspire with her to frame him?

"Please calm down. Cooperation is definitely necessary. I'm just putting a little pressure on you to get you to concede a little more profit. It's that simple. Don't you understand? In a society governed by law, everyone strives to be good. I can't possibly drive people to their deaths. I've told you the truth."

Hideaki took a flower branch from the vase in front of him, tapped the hand of a middle-aged woman holding a contract to Sugita's right, who was frowning, and continued, "This page is written quite clearly. If your factory goes public in the future, Ayako will get 40% of the shares. Before the IPO, we will cooperate on an equal and mutually beneficial basis."

"She's trying to steal my factory?" Sugita blurted out, almost screaming.

Sugita also has his own plan for the future of the factory. The factory's size is what it is, and it almost went public last year. However, the blow came too quickly. If it had gone public, the factory might have changed hands directly, so it was put on hold.

If we can seize this opportunity, going public is a sure thing.

As soon as he finished speaking, his subordinates on both sides turned to look at him.

Sugita's expression changed, and he sneered, "What are you looking at me for? Look at the contract!"

He then got up, walked to the door, opened it, and turned back with a gloomy face, saying, "Mr. Xiuming, please come out for a moment. I need to talk to you alone for a while."

The waiter then arranged for me to stay in a private room on the third floor, which seemed to be a karaoke room and had excellent soundproofing.

"Hideaki Yamanaka, why did you include her in the contract? Are you trying to humiliate me?"

Naoto Sugita slammed his fist on the wall. "I'm facing a major reputation crisis, while you're married! You already have a wife at home. You're having an affair, and you won't be looked down upon. In fact, a bunch of stinky men will envy you for sleeping with someone else's wife! They'll despise me for being a cuckold."

Naoto Sugita hoped that Hideaki, that pervert, would feel a little guilty for cheating on him and then voluntarily give up some benefits.

“Aren’t you gay? You don’t even like women,” Xiuming said, his eyes wide with indifference. “Besides, you’ve been divorced for a long time. Why are you still insisting on wearing that hat? You’re just making yourself uncomfortable.”

"It's a secret divorce, a secret divorce! Don't you know what a secret divorce is?"

"Then let's change it! Change it to be for my wife, Riko."

“5%.” Sugita gasped for breath, staring at Hideaki with a hostile expression. “You’ll probably be secretly buying up shares too, won’t you? Once it goes public, it’ll belong to your family. Am I supposed to work for you?”

“15%, and then transfer the right to use the port that your family rented in Chiba Prefecture to me.”

The contract with Sugita clearly states that the next bidding lease period is seven years from now.

"Hmm? It doesn't seem to be written in your contract!"

Naoto Sugita suddenly realized that Hideaki didn't seem to have investigated the details of his family's factory, and that because he had exposed the bank's withdrawal of loans while at Ayako's house, and considering his relationship with Ayako, he had already revealed all his cards in order to cooperate in good faith.

"Yes, but it's in your contract."

"I need to go back for a meeting and discussion."

Naoto Sugita thought for a moment.

The port is currently being used by other foreign trade freight companies, who only pay a certain fee. The operating costs are quite high, and the company has not developed overseas business for its own products. It is estimated that it will not be able to break even in seven years.

“It’s getting late,” Xiuming glanced at his watch; it was 5:01. “I also need to go back and ask Ayako about the details of your factory. I didn’t expect you to include so many good things in the contract.”

"You!" Sugita Naoto gritted his teeth, slammed the door, and stepped out the door. "I'll keep an eye out for the game development studio. I can also help them arrange accommodation, but I can only hold on for another two months and don't have much money. You'd better raise the funds as soon as possible!"

After Hayato spoke with Hideaki on the phone at noon, he immediately relayed Hideaki's request to Naoto Sugita about finding a game development studio and arranging five game development talents.

He guessed that Hideaki might be asking him for help because he couldn't free up funds. Since the cooperation was already confirmed, mutual assistance was inevitable, since everything depended on the success of the Pokémon game.

Hideaki wanted to seize his factory's shares, and he also coveted Hideaki's game development company's shares.

However, he was in a very bad mood today. As for the follow-up negotiations, let's schedule a time after we have compared the contracts that meet the wishes of both parties.

When Hideaki and Sugita Naoto returned to the private room, the long, low table was already filled with dishes and drinks.

Grilled meat over a small stove, plates of sashimi, plates of beef slices, abalone, sake, and a bottle of red liquor.

The eight business negotiation subordinates sat upright.

"How can there be so much?!" Naoto Sugita's eyes widened. "Don't you know we're going through a difficult time? What a waste!"

"I ordered it." Xiuming sat down directly. "Let's eat together!"

"You ordered this? Then you pay for it yourself, we're not eating! Let's go!"

Nine people came and went in a hurry, leaving only Xiuming and a female waitress kneeling and serving in the private room.

Hideaki beckoned to her and said, "Go to the first floor and have a lady named Tachibana Mitsuko come here. She is twenty-three years old and says that I am Yamanaka Hideaki."

Hideaki didn't know what Tachibana Mitsukko looked like, but when he entered the room, he saw a pretty girl who was obsessed with girls.

I don't know if she's not quite right in the head, all she does is blink, she doesn't know how to ask for contact information, and I even deliberately walked past her and glanced at the book in her hand.

How to have a good chat with high-quality men? Is it about gold diggers? I love gold diggers... I get money from them, then give it to Riko so she can buy jewelry, bags, and new clothes...

First floor.

"One minute late... 10 seconds, 11 seconds, 12 seconds..."

Tachibana stared at the secondhand watch she had bought for 5000 yen on her slender right wrist, silently counting down the seconds.

I'm having such a hard time... I waited for him two hours early... and he didn't care about me...

Okay! I forgive him. What can I do? He's rich!

After all, he's a client I need to maintain; my future bonuses, commissions, and promotions... this is so difficult for me...

Thump! Thump! Step!

A series of footsteps echoed behind me as I stepped onto the wooden stairs.

Nine people rushed downstairs. The man at the front, whose words sent chills down your spine, looked extremely unwell.

They seemed to be waiting for Xiuming too, right? Have they stopped waiting?

That's true, waiting this long... anyone would be annoyed!

Is he not coming? Are he going to stand me up too?

Should we give Xiuming a call?

Let's not fight anymore... I want to go upstairs to find that rich, handsome guy. I wonder if he has a girlfriend. I want to bump into him by chance, and then pretend to accidentally fall on him...

Will he catch me? He probably will.

After all, a gentleman like him would never bear to see such a lovely girl like me fall to the ground.

I can take the opportunity to thank him and have a long chat with him... How should I ask him if he has a girlfriend?

If I ask directly, it will seem like I like him, so I definitely can't be that direct.

I could ask him indirectly, "A gentleman like you, so handsome, and so rich, must have many girls pursuing you, right?"

He might say coldly, "They're too superficial, I'm not interested. What I need is a soulmate."

It sounds so romantic... I definitely can't reveal this book when the time comes, or we won't even be able to be friends anymore. I need to hide it quickly.

"Excuse me... are you Ms. Tachibana Mitsuko?"

Tachibana had just stuffed the book into her bag when she jumped in surprise. "Oh, yes, is there anything I can help you with?"

"A Mr. Hideaki Yamanaka has invited you to the second floor. Do you know him?"

After Sugita Naoto entered the private room, the waitress stayed in the room to listen to the guest's instructions.

They waited for more than an hour, during which Naoto Sugita slammed his fist on the table several times.

The waitress had witnessed Xiuming's behavior after he entered the private room and felt that his character was extremely poor.

Seeing Tachibana's pure and innocent appearance, I couldn't help but worry about her safety, so I had to ask her again.

"Has he arrived yet? I've been waiting for him."

"Okay, please follow me."

Chapter 95 Have you never been in a relationship?

The short wooden staircase of less than fifteen steps felt like an eternity to Tachibana; she was filled with unease.