Tokyo: Starting with taking on his wife's debts

Perhaps Ayako would persist, saying, "It's okay, I don't mind that you have a girlfriend." After all, Ayako knew that he was Hideaki's girlfriend when she answered the phone, and she used that flippant tone, so she would definitely say that.

Xiuming would sternly rebuke her, "This is an insult to my faithful love. If you continue to pester me like this, we can't even be business partners anymore."

Perhaps they had this argument this morning, and then Hideaki slammed the door and left. Ayako had nowhere to vent her anger, so I bumped into it...

"That must be it!" Tachibana clenched her little fist, picked up the phone for "Miyamoto 100 Yen Supermarket," and dialed the number.

"Hello, this is Miyamoto 100 Yen Department Store. May I ask who you are?"

The waitress speaks so gently, it's so pleasant to listen to. With such a gentle waitress in charge, this supermarket must be doing very well. No wonder Xiuming-kun came to this supermarket.

"Hello, I'm looking for Hideaki Yamanaka. I'm his girlfriend. Is he at the store?"

"Huh? You're looking for me... You mean, you're his girlfriend, right?"

The young lady seemed very surprised, and her voice even sounded like she was about to cry. She must have a crush on Xiuming-jun. With such a gentle voice, she must be an introverted and shy girl who probably doesn't dare to confess!

Sorry, I beat them to it. Xiuming is already my boyfriend. I'm so happy... I'm grateful for my courage last night.

“We just became a couple last night,” Tachibana thought with a surge of pride. “It was a bit too sudden… Um, sorry… Are you alright?”

"I'm...I'm alright..." The gentle young lady's voice was tinged with grievance. "Please wait a moment, I'll call...that, him, to answer the phone."

The young lady must have been frightened... Although bullying others is wrong, I really want to link arms with Hideaki and walk around in front of her and Ayako, enjoying their envious glances.

I'm such a vain and shallow woman... I'm so conflicted...

Tachibana's fantasies hadn't faded yet.

Hideaki answered the phone and asked Tachibana to check the bank account to see if 800 million yen had been deposited.

She was slightly dazed, as if Ayako's bewitching, flirtatious laughter was still echoing in her ears.

Suddenly, I really want Hideaki to answer for himself what his relationship with Ayako is.

But considering that it's working hours now, and Xiuming is speaking in a very serious tone, a man as career-minded as him must really hate talking about other things during work hours. Let's wait until we meet on a date to talk about it!

The 800 million yen has been received.

Hideaki said, "Transfer 100 million yen into the futures trading account. Following the steps taken yesterday noon, continue purchasing 150 Nikkei 225 futures contracts..."

I still locked in the Nikkei 225 futures last night.

[The Nikkei 225 futures index is expected to rise to its intraday high of 27050 points sometime between noon and 12 noon.]

[The Nikkei 225 futures index is expected to fall to its intraday low of 25860 points sometime between noon and 12 noon.]

[Sometime between noon and 12 noon, U.S. Treasury Secretary Brady spoke in Washington, criticizing without naming Japan's financial system for its lack of transparency and the "aftereffects of the bubble economy."]

If the third piece of intelligence comes to fruition, the Nikkei 225 futures index is expected to fall rapidly when the stock market opens in the afternoon after Brady finishes speaking.

Japan will then be forced to expedite the handling of bad debts from housing finance companies: these bad debts are mostly from people who can't repay their mortgages, and a large number of homes will be auctioned off at low prices. The buyers are mostly yakuza groups, who are not afraid of any trouble.

The first two pieces of information will yield a profit of over a thousand points.

1个点是1000日元，450份合约，本次交易至少有4亿5000万日元收进口袋。

A brokerage firm can only buy about 150 contracts at most; any more than that would affect the Nikkei 225 futures market. Moreover, this morning's transaction is very likely to attract the attention of regulators, given that it involves a huge sum of 450 million.

After Hideaki finished explaining, he had Tachibana repeat it to confirm that it was correct.

"There will be no trading this afternoon. I'll come to your company at noon."

There are still 500 million yen in the account. I'll finish these three deals this morning and then withdraw quickly.

In the afternoon, I'll go to the financial street on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's first division to see which international institutions can handle transactions for international exchanges like SIMEX.

For example, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Salomon Brothers, Credit Suisse, and UBS... still trade Nikkei 225 futures. International Nikkei 225 futures are easier to trade than domestic ones, so there's no worry about not having counterparties.

Considering Sanyo Securities' situation and the obvious hints from Team Leader Tachibana, we can allocate some funds to see what kind of "backroom deal" he offers. If the commission is lower than that of international brokerages, we might consider a small collaboration.

"Huh? Is Hideaki-kun coming to see me at noon?" Tachibana thought Hideaki wanted to see her specifically. Her work clothes had gotten wet last night, and although they dried overnight, they were a bit dirty. Noon was such a rush; she didn't have time to run home to change. "I, I..."

*Beep beep*—the phone went dead. Hideaki had already hung up. Tachibana said to the dead line, "Okay..."

"Tachibana-chan, what's wrong?" The bald team leader was already standing next to her desk.

"Hideaki-kun said he'll come to the company at noon." Tachibana looked up and asked, "Team Leader Xiangche, can I go home and change my clothes?"

"Coming to the company?!" Hiroji's spirits lifted, and he immediately ran out of the president's office. "I'll go tell President Himeno... Oh, right!"

Hiroji stopped at the door, turned around and shouted, "Why are you changing clothes? Aren't you his girlfriend? Let him buy you some!"

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On the other side, after hanging up with Tachibana, Hideaki immediately made instruction calls to Okamoto and Hashimoto, and adjusted the buy and sell points for each of them.

After all, three identical singles have a close-range feel to them. In a regulatory system that values ​​face so much, even if they wanted to turn a blind eye, they couldn't, which makes it seem a bit unfair.

As they were hanging up, Okamoto and Hashimoto continued to tentatively extend invitations. One said that the company headquarters wanted to hold a "golf forum" to express gratitude to important clients, while the other said that the company headquarters wanted to host a "hot spring trip" at Ichigen-sou in Izu to give back to important clients.

Xiuming then inquired about the industries of the clients they had invited, which were mostly lawyers, doctors, and retired officials.

As they were chatting, the five programming geniuses at the supermarket entrance finished writing down their lists of preferred candidates, which were then handed over by their representative, Keizo Mizuhara.

Xiuming's heart skipped a beat. He took the five sheets of A4 paper and said into the phone, "I recently started a game development company. If you have any important clients in the game industry, please let me know. That's all for now, bye."

From this perspective, it's not possible to completely sever ties with local securities firms, as they have very strong networks of connections.

Riko was looking down, pouting, wiping the cash register with a white cloth, her eyelashes fluttering, glancing at Hideaki's face every now and then.

The word "girlfriend" that Tachibana used put pressure on her. Although they were married, Hideaki was ultimately a substitute husband, and she was ultimately a substitute wife. They had never had a wedding, never been proposed to, never gone on a honeymoon, and there was no sign of pregnancy yet.

"You little fool, what are you worried about?" Xiuming gently tapped five sheets of white paper on her head. "It's just a game! If she shows the slightest sign of disrespect towards you, I'll dump her immediately. That's how protective I am of you."

"I...I'm not worried...it's just...has my husband thought about her future?"

Riko was conflicted by Hideaki's earnest yet "scummy" words. Tachibana's voice on the phone sounded cute, as if she was unaware of the woman beside Hideaki. Was it okay to treat her like this?

"It's just dating! How many relationships end in marriage after just one date? Think about a few years ago, a girl was dating at least three guys at the same time: one was her purse carrier, one was her money carrier, and one was her taxi driver. Look at me, I never string people along like those girls do. If it works out, great; if not, fine, right?"

"Does she know us?" Riko asked softly. If Tachibana knew, she definitely wouldn't have spoken like that.

“She didn’t ask,” Xiuming said casually. “If she had asked, I would have told her the truth.”

“Okay…” Riko wanted to suggest to Hideaki, “Why don’t you just say it yourself?” But if she said that, it would feel like she was pressuring Hideaki, and she was worried that he would dump her in a fit of anger…

"Perfect timing. I'll go to her company at noon and let her know everything! I don't want her to accumulate too much sunk cost and then commit suicide because she can't handle the blow. I think she'll break up with me anyway; after all, at most we just held hands..."

As for saying she was his girlfriend last night, it was because she was making a phone call late at night in the rain from a public phone booth on the side of the road.

Being on the street late at night is very dangerous. If, because of my actions, she loses her guard and encounters some bad person, it would be a huge emotional blow to me. After all, I have a good impression of her; even if we can't be special friends, being ordinary friends would be fine.

"My husband is such a jerk..." Riko blurted out her inner thoughts, her throat tightening as she tilted her head back and stammered, "Husband, I'm sorry, I... I didn't mean to, I... I..."

"Riko-chan, let me interview you," Hideaki said with a smile, taking a step forward and getting closer to her, looking down at her nervous little face. "You're going to spend the rest of your life with this scumbag of a man. What are your thoughts on that?"

Hideaki was very clear about his position, so Riko's words surprised and delighted him, indicating that Riko was already well-prepared.

"I...I, I'm so happy, I...I'm so blessed..." Riko remembered the words "to spend a lifetime together," and it was indeed a feeling from the bottom of her heart, but something still seemed off.

"That's wonderful!" Xiuming cupped her face, kissed her forehead, and turned to walk towards the bedroom.

In the bedroom, Eri was lying on the bed, drawing comics with her butt sticking out. Her original angry look was gone, replaced by excitement, her face flushed red.

Chieko squatted down next to her, staring intently. Her oval face was flushed red, her cherry lips were slightly open, and she was panting and swallowing.

Their bodies blocked the canvas, so Xiuming couldn't see it, but he wasn't interested.

“Hey! Great manga artist,” Hideaki threw a bank card and five A4 sheets of paper onto Eri’s bed, “go buy me this equipment.”

"Ah!!!" they screamed in unison.

Chieko covered her face and stumbled out.

Eri lay face down on the drawing board, gritting her teeth and yelling, "Why didn't you knock? Don't you know you need to knock before entering a girl's room?! That's so rude of you! You beast!"

Hideaki waved his hand dismissively, "Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and go to Akihabara, buy what's on the list."

It's working hours now, and they're not only taking a salary but also not doing any work, completely treating this place like their own home.

"What kind of relationship do we have? Why should I listen to you? I'm not going!" Eri blushed and stuffed the drawing board into the bed sheet.

"Didn't you say you were going to lend me money? 100,000 or 200,000 yen, I think?" Hideaki rubbed his chin. "Being a company purchasing agent is a lucrative job. You might even earn 100,000 yen on this trip!"

Xiuming added some more items to the equipment procurement list: the current mainstream communication equipment is still the pager, email has not yet been developed, so the only option is to use a fax machine.

"Are you crazy? The boss lets his employees embezzle his money? Is he trying to keep me as a sugar daddy? That scumbag, he thinks he's all that just because he's rich! When my comic becomes a huge hit, I'll take care of you!"

"This is your service fee, 100,000 yen."

We don't have suitable staff, so we should advertise for employees in the newspaper.

Eri was stunned and blurted out, "So many?"

“After all, the service this morning was excellent.” Xiuming said, turning to leave. “I really enjoyed it, so this is a voluntary tip for you.”

"You bastard!" Eri jumped up from her crib. "I'm going to make you pay dearly!"

Chapter 110 Tachibana: Isn't my boyfriend amazing?

Since Eri knew nothing about game development machines, Hideaki decided to have five software talents go with her to prevent her from buying defective products.

Although the five of them disliked socializing, they didn't dislike shopping at Akihabara's electronics mall, after all, it was a paradise for tech geeks.

Not long after the six left, Shota finished his phone call and ran over.

"President, they all agreed," Shota said excitedly, his words tumbling out in a mix of excitement and pride. "When I told them our company has a registered capital of 450 million yen, their voices changed... They're so eager to come and see. I haven't set a time yet; I still need to call them back. When would be a good time for you?"

The phone number list contains six people.

The three are artists: a character designer, responsible for main characters and animation; a game background designer, mainly for game scenes and levels; and a UI designer, mainly for designing menus, icons, and health bars, etc.

The other three are a sound designer and two members of the testing team who repeatedly play the game to find bugs.

If any of the six people have real skills, they're sure to stay.

So this small company has already established a preliminary departmental structure.

Game Development Department: Shota + five software talents, three art team members, one sound effects engineer, and two testers.

Management Department: Xiuming serves as both CEO and game producer, responsible for external relations, including negotiating with publishers, securing partnerships, attracting investment, promotion, strategy development, and financial management. He is also responsible for controlling the budget and schedule, and coordinating the relationship between the development department and publishers.

Finally, an office manager is needed: responsible for all miscellaneous matters, such as finance, human resources, payroll, purchasing, and ordering lunch boxes.

Although they are now financially powerful, they lack inspiration for game development projects and a visionary perspective on the future.