Osaka is 13 hours ahead of New York, and he had already guessed that Chu Huan was going to attack Shibaura, which was listed in North America. When Mitsui Takacho received a call from Shibaura headquarters in Tokyo, he first looked at the clock on the wall. It says it's half past five in the evening.

  Mitsui Takacho let out a sigh of relief. It should not be news from the North American stock market. There are still three hours before the opening of the North American market!

"what happened?"

   Mitsui Takacho asked the other party.

   "We just received a call from the Japanese branch of Merrill Lynch. Just before the close of get off work yesterday afternoon in North America, Wall Street KKR borrowed all of Shibaura's shares in Merrill Lynch!"

   shouted excitedly on the other side, and even forgot to say honorifics.

  Merrill Lynch, as one of the largest securities companies in North America, has already expanded its business to Japan.

Just now, Mitsui Gaochang, who was still thinking that it was not about the North American side, heard this sentence, his heart immediately raised his throat, and hurriedly said: "What is going on, such an important matter, why did you tell us now? "

  The opposite person said helplessly: "We don't know, the other party just said that it is the best of humanity to inform us at this time."

   Mitsui Takahachi didn't have time to think about it, and directly ordered: "Notify the company's North American branch immediately, and let them mobilize all the cash in their hands immediately!"

"yes!"

  The other side of the phone didn't dare to say anything, but replied immediately.

   "What happened to North America?"

  After Mitsui Takachang hung up the phone, Toshio Tuguang asked Mitsui Takachang immediately.

  Mitsui Gaochang said in a cold voice: "A North American company called KKR has lent all of Shibaura's shares in Merrill Lynch!"

   "KKR?" Tu Guangminfu was taken aback for a moment, and then he said, "The company that helped Chu Huan acquire shares in Ford Motor in North America?"

   Mitsui Takachang nodded and said, "That's right, it's this company!"

  KKR is not as famous as later generations, but he is still quite famous in Asia. After all, when Chu Huan bought the shares of Ford Motor, KKR was there to help.

   "We must find a way to raise a sum of cash immediately, otherwise Shibaura will be seriously injured!"

  Tuguang Senfu immediately understood what Chu Huan was going to do. This was to unite with North American companies to short Shibaura in North America.

   Mitsui Takacho obviously also thought of this, so he asked the company to transfer a sum of cash immediately, but now

   "This matter is developing too fast. The overseas branch companies of our consortium all have their own projects. It is impossible to raise 1 billion US dollars in a short period of time!"

The market value of Shibaura is still not comparable to that of Sony. Although Sony lost its Walkman product at this time, its market value in North America is still close to 3 billion US dollars. It is the company with the highest market value among Japanese listed companies in North America. The market value is only 1.5 billion US dollars!

Merrill Lynch owns at least one-third of Shibaura's stock. Now if Chu Huan really unites with KKR to short Shibaura, then Shibaura must prepare at least 1 billion US dollars. Only in this way can it stabilize Share price of Shibaura in North America.

After all, as the shares borrowed by KKR from Merrill Lynch are sold to the market, it will inevitably cause panic among shareholders. Then when the time comes, followers will gather. If Shibaura wants to stabilize this stock price, then he can only do so in the stock market. Recovered at the original price.

  But the problem facing Takacho Mitsui now is, let alone Shibaura, even the Mitsui consortium is unlikely to come up with a billion dollars in cash during this time period.

Especially now that it is still night, the companies and banks in Japan are already off work, so it is even more impossible to mobilize funds from Japan, not to mention that if you want to exchange yen for dollars, such a large sum of cash needs to be available. A lot of processes.

   "This Chu Huan is so ruthless, isn't he worried that we will be able to raise this amount of funds, and then raise Shibaura's stock price, and then let him lose everything?"

   Mitsui Gaochang finally didn't dare to underestimate Chu Huan at this time.

  Chu Huan really has no way to cause any loss to their business in Japan, but Chu Huan can severely hit the business of their Mitsui consortium in markets other than Japan.

"In fact, Chu Huan doesn't need to sell all his shares in Merrill Lynch at all. As long as one tenth of his shares are suddenly sold to the market, Shibaura's stock price will fall like an avalanche. Shareholders who hold Shibaura stock will sell like crazy, when the time comes."

Mitsutoshi Toshio thought of the last possibility, Shibaura's stock price will fall to the bottom, and as one of the important members of the Mitsui consortium overseas, without the dollars provided by Shibaura, then the entire Mitsui consortium's overseas industries will be destroyed. Affected, the loss at that time will be calculated in billions of dollars, and this is bound to bring a devastating blow to the Mitsui consortium!

   "Gao Chang-jun, I think we should contact Chu Huan immediately. This war cannot continue, otherwise we will all lose and the rest will reap the benefits!"

  After analyzing the possible consequences, Toshio Tuguang immediately reminded Mitsui Gao Changdao.

   Mitsui Takacho's face was so gloomy that it could rain at this time, and he didn't answer the question of Toshio Tuguang at the first time, but directly picked up the phone, dialed a number, and after the other party answered the phone.

  Mitsui Takacho didn't talk nonsense, and he spoke directly in English: "I am Mitsui Takacho, and now our company's business in North America has encountered some troubles. I need to borrow a sum of dollars from your bank!"

  The other party also spoke in English: "Yes, I wonder how much Mr. Mitsui wants to borrow?"

   "The more the better, I need Citibank to give us the maximum borrowing authority of the Mitsui consortium!" Mitsui Gaochang said quickly.

  Taoguang Senfu heard Mitsui Takachang say this, and his eyes showed a helpless expression. It was obvious that Mitsui Takachang did not follow his own advice and did not want to negotiate with Chu Huan now!

  After the person in charge of Citibank on the opposite side listened, he didn't answer Mitsui's question immediately, but asked: "I don't know what problem Mr. Mitsui encountered?"

   Mitsui Takacho said directly: "Someone wants to short Shibaura's stock, we must prepare a large amount of cash!"

  Since KKR has already borrowed the stock from Merrill Lynch, there is nothing to hide about this matter. Mitsui Gaochang believes that Citibank will know about it without waiting for the North American stock market to open.

   Rather than being secretive now, it is better to explain directly.

   "Our bank can provide a loan of up to 200 million U.S. dollars to Mr. Mitsui, and the interest rate should be higher than other times!"

  The head of Citibank preached on the phone.

   Mitsui Takachang nodded and said: "Okay, I will let Shibaura's person in charge in North America contact you directly!"

"Can!"

After hanging up the phone, Mitsui Takacho called again without any hesitation. The purpose of the call was the same as that of Citibank, which was to call some banks and investment institutions in North America. borrow money!

   As one of the largest consortiums in Japan, the Mitsui Foundation has a good reputation in the world's business circles. It took an hour for Mitsui Takacho to successfully borrow one billion US dollars!

  Afterwards, Takacho Mitsui immediately called the person in charge of the Shibaura branch in North America and asked him to immediately contact the banks he had just contacted.

   "If there is a sell-off of Shibaura's shares in the market today, immediately arrange someone to stand up for me, and I will definitely not let the price of Shibaura drop for me!"

   Mitsui Takachang directly ordered that Sugiichiro should have told these people about this matter, but now that Sugiichiro has not arrived here, it can only be Mitsui Takachana's order.

  The other party didn't ask anything about this, and directly stated that he would do it!

"Hmph!" Mitsui Takamichi dared to snort when Mitsui Takamichi hung up the phone: "As long as we stabilize Shibaura's stock price this time, then Chu Huan will buy back Shibaura's shares at a high price in the stock market. This time, he will eventually steal the chicken and lose everything!"

   Mitsui Takamichi was too lazy to talk to Mitsui Takamichi at this time, and directly said to Tuguang Minfu: "Mr. Minfu, please come and see Chu Huan with me!

  At this time, it's time for the two of us to meet again! "

  Just now, Mitsui Takazhang was still worried that Mitsui Takazhang had been completely enraged by Chu Huan's behavior and lost his job. At this time, he heard Mitsui Takazhang say this, and immediately said: "No problem!"

"Brother, why are you still going to see Chu Huan? We should wait for Chu Huan to sell Shibaura's stock at this time, and then we will buy it back at a high price. At that time, Chu Huan will only be able to repay the stock if he buys the stock at a high price in our hands." To Merrill Lynch!"

   Mitsui Takamichi hurriedly preached.

"Gao Daojun, do you think this is a child's play? This is a super situation involving billions of dollars. Even though we have a lot of cash in our hands, we still can't take it lightly. Can such a war not start?" , Try not to start a fight, otherwise there will be no winner in the end!"

  Tuguang Senfu couldn't help preaching loudly.

   Mitsui Gaochang said even more indifferently: "You three stay here, if there is anything to call Chu Huan as soon as possible, this time I want to see what Chu Huan wants to do!"

   After finishing speaking, Mitsui Takacho and Toshio Domitsu left here straight away.

on the car!

   "Mr. Min, what do you think of my mobilization of funds?"

   Mitsui Takacho asked aloud.

Tu Guangshen said in a deep voice: "I didn't understand it at the beginning, but now I understand it. We can no longer admit defeat when this matter develops. If we admit defeat, then other companies will also use Chu Huan's methods have dealt such a blow to our companies in North America.

  So this time we must win. Only when we win, people with these ideas will back down and dare not use such methods against us again! "

Mitsui Takachang raised his forehead slightly, and said: "Yes, that's what I thought, but what happened this time also gave me a hint, that is, although our company's listing in North America can bring us greater benefits. Market value, and better exchanged for dollars, but that is North America after all, there are many things that are not up to us.

  I was thinking, maybe taking advantage of this opportunity, we can find a suitable opportunity in the future to bring Shibaura back to Japan! "

  Tu Guangshenfu pondered: "Then the overseas operation of other companies in the consortium will lack a fulcrum!"

Mitsui Takachang was a little silent, he understood what Toshio Toshifu meant, but now his thoughts on this matter are only temporary, and it has not been confirmed yet, and even if it is confirmed, he needs to discuss it with Shibaura's senior management before he can really go down. Decide.

   "Do you think Chu Huan will admit defeat after knowing that we have raised enough funds to deal with his short selling?"

   Mitsui Takahata brought the topic to Chu Huan again.

  Tu Guangmin thought for a while, and said: "Analyzing from the information I have now, Chu Huan should admit defeat, but Chu Huan really is."

Mitsui Gaochang leaned on the back seat and said calmly: "Chu Huan is too mysterious, no one can know what he is thinking in his heart, so I decided to Let's tell him about this first, and hope that he has no other cards in his hand, so that we can decide the outcome without having to start a fight!"

  Tuguang Senfu slightly nodded his forehead.

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   "What?" Yoshio Sumitomo also looked at Ichiro Isoda with a look of surprise at this time, and asked loudly, "Is this news accurate?"

Ichiro Isoda looked shocked, but still nodded firmly and said: "It's confirmed, I have already called the general manager of Merrill Lynch North America, and the other party confirmed that KKR borrowed all Shibaura's mortgage in Merrill Lynch. At the same time, it also told us that KKR did agree with them to release this news!"

  Just now, Ichiro Isoda also received a call from Merrill Lynch Securities in Japan.

  Sumitomo Yoshio looked at Horita Shozo in shock, and said, "Is Chu Huan crazy? Does he think that if he releases the news, Mitsui will be arrested without a fight and make peace with him?"

Shozo Horita sighed and said, "If that's the case, Chu Huan would have underestimated the Mitsui Consortium too much. Although a billion dollars is already an astronomical figure, for the Mitsui Consortium, as long as they are willing to pay some If you don’t pay the price, you will definitely be able to raise this amount of money, and I’m afraid Chu Huan will lose this time!”

Sumitomo Yoshio immediately said: "No, we must notify Chu Huan in advance of this matter. If he loses, then the Mitsui consortium will definitely take a stake in Nippon Koku, and then we will lose the initiative to cooperate with Chu Huan The right to speak!"

  Hotita Sosan said: "Let's go, I'll go with you to meet Chu Huan!"

  Yoshio Sumitomo stood up without any hesitation and said, "Let's go!"

  Same as Takacho Mitsui, Sumitomo Yoshio left Ichiro Isoda here to let him keep an eye on the situation in North America at any time, and notify them in Chuhuan Manor as soon as possible!

   Afterwards, Yoshio Sumitomo and Sho Horita drove to Chu Huan's manor in Osaka.

  At the same time, people from several other Japanese families also received the news, and immediately the entire Japanese business community began to stare at the North American stock market!

   Japan tonight is destined to be a sleepless night for these absolute leaders in the business world.

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  Osaka, in Chu Huan's manor!

  At this moment, Chu Huan was sitting in the reception room, and in front of him was Anhui Tanaka who was making tea, and not far away, Wu Shuhan was sitting at the desk looking at some materials.

   "Boss, are they really coming?"

  Wu Shuhan, who was looking at the information, raised his head and couldn't help asking Chu Huan.

  Chu Huan nodded slightly, and said: "As long as they don't really want to start a war, they will definitely come!"

  Wu Shuhan thought for a while, then nodded.

   After a while, Qin Peng walked in and said: "Chairman, Mitsui Takacho, Toshio Domitsu from the Mitsui Foundation, Yoshio Sumitomo from the Sumitomo Foundation, and Shozo Horita are here!"

   Mitsui Takacho and Sumitomo Yoshio left at their respective residences to go to Chu Huan's side, but they both arrived at Chu Huan's side at the same time.

   "Please come in!"

  Chu Huan said with a smile.

  Qin Peng left, and after a while, the four of them walked in under Qin Peng's guidance.

  Chu Huan got up to greet him, and said with a smile: "I'm sorry to be far away from welcoming you, please sit down and enjoy the freshly brewed tea, everyone!"

  The four of them were seated, and Mitsui Takahata took the lead in saying, "Chu Sang, you are admirable for what you have done!"

  By this time, the two of them don't need to hide anything anymore, they are talking straight to the point.

Chu Huan took a cup of tea from Tanaka Anhui's hands and said with a smile: "There is no way, Mr. Mitsui took a piece of the iron bucket of the Mitsui consortium's business in Japan, just like a hedgehog, I have no way to do it, It can only be another battlefield in other places!"

Mitsui said in a cold voice: "Chu Sang, don't you think that this will really make us submit? I came here this time in person to tell Chu Sang that Mitsui has raised a billion dollars. Just wait for Chu Sang to sell it in North America, and it's not certain who will win by then!"

  Sumitomo Yoshio stared at Chu Huan intently, wanting to see a hint of surprise on Chu Huan's face, but the result disappointed Sumitomo Yoshio. Chu Huan's expression didn't change at all, and he still had a faint smile.

"For this point, I have never doubted the power of the Mitsui Consortium. For most people in this world, a billion dollars is an astronomical figure, but I think it can still be done for the Mitsui Consortium. I think, in order to raise one billion dollars, Mr. Mitsui should have paid an unimaginable price for ordinary people!"

   Mitsui Takahata was also a little surprised by Chu Huan's attitude, but he still explained the purpose of his visit this time.

"Chu Sang, I admit that this time, our Mitsui consortium underestimated Chu Sang's power, but if this matter continues like this, both of you and I will suffer a lot of losses, but I'm sure, Chu Sang, your loss Definitely surpass us.

   At this point, I think we can have a good talk! "

Sumitomo Yoshio also suddenly said at this time: "Chu Sang, our two families are already in a cooperative relationship, if you need anything, please feel free to ask, our Sumitomo family has always treated our friends generously! "

   At this time, Sumitomo Yoshio no longer talked to Chu Huan about buying a stake in Nippon Koku.

For Yoshio Sumitomo, the strength shown by Chu Huan at this time is enough. Whether it is the Mitsui family or the Sumitomo family, they all have their own listed companies in North America. Sony, supported by the consortium, and Panasonic, a member company of the Futakikai Sumitomo Foundation, are also listed in North America. The market value is second only to Sony, and it has exceeded 2 billion US dollars!

In Yoshio Sumitomo's view, the battle between Chu Huan and the Mitsui consortium this time is actually a battle between Chu Huan and Mitsui Takamichi. Chu Huan once proved his influence in Japan.

   And now that the Mitsui Foundation is involved, Yoshio Sumitomo naturally gave up his previous plan.

   This is also something he discussed with Horita Shozo on the way here.

   Mitsui Takamaga looked at Sumitomo Yoshio with some dissatisfaction. Sumitomo Yoshio's statement at this time made their chips less.

  Because of the appearance of Sumitomo Yoshio's family, Mitsui Takamichi's method against Japan's Koko has actually been breached.

   Facing Yoshio Sumitomo's statement, Chu Huan said with a smile: "Thank you very much Mr. Sumitomo for your support, but I still want to solve this matter on my own strength!"

Yoshio Sumitomo was taken aback for a moment, and looked at Sozo Horita worriedly. At this time, Yoshio Sumitomo suddenly felt a little regretful. Why did he choose to wait after this happened? If they didn’t have more greedy thoughts at that time, then they The cooperation between the two parties must be closer.

  But now Chu Huan's remarks seem to deliberately keep a distance from their Sumitomo Foundation.

However, Sozo Horita gave Sumitomo Yoshio a steady look. No matter what, Chu Huan would definitely not give up on cooperating with the Sumitomo family. If that was the case, the only choice left for Chu Huan was the Mitsui Foundation. Then at that time, the Mitsui Consortium can take advantage of this opportunity to open their mouths!

  Thinking about the current situation, it is actually very complicated.

  First of all, there is cooperation between Chu Huan and the Sumitomo family, but at the same time, the Sumitomo family wants to take advantage of the problems between Mitsui Takamichi and Chu Huan to increase their penetration into Chu Huan's Japan Jiaku.

  Secondly, although Chu Huan and the Mitsui family are currently in a rivalry situation, neither of them actually wants to really tear each other apart, so both sides have restrained.

   Otherwise, Chu Huan would not have allowed KKR to agree to let Merrill Lynch tell Mitsui about their borrowing of Shibaura shares.

However, the Mitsui family and the Sumitomo family both cooperated and competed in this matter. At the beginning, they thought that the pressure on Chu Huan's business in Japan through Mitsui Takamichi would lead to Chu Huan can accept them to invest in Chu Huan's Japanese Jiaku.

  However, in the course of the development of the situation, the strength Chu Huan showed and the changes in the matter made the competition relationship between them exceed the cooperation relationship.

  Now both parties want to hold more shares of Japan Koku.

  So there it is, the Sumitomo family has been watching what Mitsui Takamichi did before, and now they have completely turned to Chu Huan, expressing their willingness to help Chu Huan!

  It's just that now, following Chu Huan's statement in front of the two of them, Sumitomo Yoshio, Mitsui Takacho and others showed puzzled expressions.

   Could it be that Chu Huan still has a hole card in his hand?

  Mitsui Gaochang said seriously: "Chu Sang, if you take action on Shibaura's shares, then I can guarantee that your plan will not succeed at that time, I really don't understand what you are still insisting on?

  In fact, what we are looking for is not much, we only need to hold 5% of the shares of Japan Jiaku, and we are willing to pay cash or exchange shares of other companies for equivalent exchange! "

Although in Mitsui Gaochang's opinion, Chu Huan was doomed to lose in this matter, but their victory was only a miserable victory, and the gain outweighed the loss. That's why he wanted to discuss everything with Chu Huan before the war started. In this case, there is no need to fight this battle!

  Both sides naturally have no loss!

  Chu Huan smiled and looked at Mitsui Gaochang and said: "If it is 5% of Mitsui's shares?"

  Mitsui & Co., Ltd. is the core industry of the Mitsui consortium. If the other party is really willing to give up 5% of the shares, Chu Huan doesn't mind giving up 5% of the shares in Japan Koku.

   "Chu Sang was joking!"

Obviously, Mitsui Gaochang did not agree with Chu Huan's proposal. Mitsui & Co., Ltd. is not only the core industry of the Mitsui consortium, but also controls most of the iron ore in the world. In the future plan of the Mitsui consortium, they will control the world. Steel industry prices.

  This is not just a simple benefit, but a question of social influence, and it is also a global social influence.

  So in the eyes of Mitsui Gaochang, he cannot agree to Chu Huan's request.

  Sumitomo Yoshio on the side was also taken aback. He didn't expect Chu Huan's appetite to be so big.

  Chu Huan was not surprised by Mitsui Takachang's answer, and said with a smile: "Mr. Mitsui has already said it just now, and the matter has reached this point, there is nothing to hide.

It is very simple to stop this war ahead of schedule. First, Mitsui Takamichi has to publicly apologize to us, Nippon Koko. Secondly, Tsutsumi Seiji gave us the shares of Xiangjiang Seibu Department Store for free. Finally, Nozaki Kosuke, I don’t want to I saw him in the shareholder list of Nikon! "

Mitsui Gaochang's face darkened again, and he said in a cold voice: "Chu Sang, this is not like a condition proposed by a defeated party, but more like a condition proposed by a winning party. Don't forget, our Mitsui consortium has already With enough money raised, there's no way your plans in North America will succeed!"

  Sumitomo Yoshio also shook his head slightly, thinking that Chu Huan had opened his mouth a little too loudly, and it would be impossible for Mitsui Takazhang to agree to such a request.

Especially the first one, let Mitsui Takamichi make a public apology, which shows that the Mitsui family lost the fight against Chu Huan this time, so if other companies want to deal with the Mitsui consortium in the future, they only need to use the same The method can be easily done, the premise is that the Mitsui family has not learned a lesson in this incident!

Chu Huan said with a smile: "As I said just now, I don't think I lost this time. If Mr. Mitsui has any questions, why not call Mr. Masami Ishii from Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and ask him to ask?" Tell me something about Brazil and Australia, maybe you can get some new tips!"