Outside the lobby passage of the hotel, there are several long square tables with various snacks and snacks placed on them, including small pieces of sushi, exquisite cakes and pastries. The waiter next to him was holding a

The wine bottle fills guests' glasses with light golden champagne at any time.

The clock has pointed to 5:36. At this time, it is already the small cocktail party before the Kawamoto Expressway Strategic Investor Summit Dinner. The people who came to the banquet stood in front of the table in groups of twos and threes, holding snacks and snacks.

They kept talking, showing that unique social smile on their faces, exchanging business cards and contact information. The entire corridor was filled with chatter, and bursts of chatter and laughter broke out from time to time.

A middle-aged man wearing a dark blue suit and gold-rimmed glasses, with two deep decree lines on his face, stood at the square table in the corner. His eyes were like sharp eagles, constantly moving back and forth.

Scanning the situation inside the field, he exuded a faint sense of coercion that was daunting.

He is Kotaro, the chairman of Kawamoto Expressway.

There were some people holding wine glasses and wanted to go up with them to toast, but when they saw the pressure, they couldn't help but feel a little timid and hesitated, not daring to approach at will.

Kotaro is not keen on the current cocktail party because there are not many people with social value there. The people from securities and investment banks have not come over yet. Those people are really arrogant. This so-called strategic investment was also lobbied for by himself.

, after planning for a long time, it finally won the favor of the capital market.

In the eyes of those in securities and investment banks - highway companies are a sunset industry.

After the project is completed and put into production, the future cash flow and income can basically be predicted almost exactly.

Therefore, there will be basically no fluctuations in the stock price of expressway companies. This kind of company stock price, which is like a pool of stagnant water, is often an area that securities companies and investment banks are unwilling to involve.

Therefore, Kotaro spent a lot of energy and time to finally secure this strategic investment for Kawamoto Expressway. Tonight's dinner is not only a celebration banquet for the strategic investment, but also a pinnacle of Kotaro's own corporate career! He

A proof of ability!

But, there are always flies buzzing around successful people. Recently, some reporters seem to be eyeing the Kawamoto Expressway and are beginning to question their own business policies. These annoying reporters actually put themselves

The company’s operating policies were described as “brutal expansion”, “high debt ratio”, and “highly leveraged expansion”. It was also said that Kawamoto Expressway may run the risk of cash flow rupture due to aggressive expansion.

These reporters just sit in their offices all day long and write these negative words.

A bunch of guys who don't know anything about the actual business operation dare to criticize me.

Tonight's dinner will also include communication with media reporters. I have already given instructions to my subordinates to be more careful and select reporters who are "friendly" and "obedient", while those who are "problematic" reporters will be obedient.

spectators

Journalists need their own ideas.

Just be your own mouthpiece.

"Ka, ka, ka" footsteps came, and two people walked into the corridor outside the hall. One of them was also a middle-aged man. He was wearing a black suit with vertical stripes. His face looked old-fashioned and serious, and he exuded a strong sense of pressure.

Yu Kotaro. On this middle-aged man's left chest, there is also a scale and sunflower medallion.

The person who came was none other than Jin Xi.

When Kotaro saw Imanishi, the corners of his mouth suddenly turned up slightly. Imanishi had helped Kawamoto Expressway a lot in legal matters. This time of share expansion and additional issuance, many legal documents included the financing agreement for the share expansion and additional issuance, and the approval documents for the Securities and Exchange Commission.

, are all sponsored by Imanishi’s legal team. Without Imanishi, I am afraid that this financing plan will be difficult to implement.

Koutarou took a step forward, walked up to Imanishi, held his hand, and said with a smile, "Director Imanishi."

Imanishi also smiled when he saw it, and then looked around. When he saw that there was only assistant Onoda and no one else, he stepped forward slightly and lowered his voice and said: "The financing agreement for the expansion of shares and additional issuance has been signed. Now it has been submitted to the Securities Exchange

The committee has approved it. The person who will chair the review meeting this time is an old classmate of mine from Kyoto University, so there will definitely be no problem after the meeting."

When Kotaro heard Imanishi's words, he couldn't help but reveal a rare rich smile on his face.

Sure enough, my vision was correct. I had always felt at ease when Imanishi was doing business. I had known him since he was still a lawyer in Imanishi. At that time, Kotaro was in the opposite house, and he left this law firm called "Imanishi" to me.

Deep impression. His research on law has reached an extremely detailed and rigorous level.

Later I heard that Imanishi went out to work alone and opened a law firm.

And he was also at the helm of Kawamoto Expressway, so he came to ask Imanishi to help take charge of the legal practice of Kawamoto Expressway.

Later it was proved that the person he hired was indeed right.

Thinking of this, Kotaro couldn't help but feel even more proud.

"Hello-", a clear female voice suddenly interrupted the greetings between Kotaro and Imanishi.

But they saw a woman wearing a black jacket, suit and black trousers standing next to them. She looked about 20 years old, with delicate features, which could be regarded as a beauty. However, her eyes were very clear, like

It is as spotless as the lake surface in the clean snow-capped mountains, and his eyes are full of a persistent pursuit of some ideal career.

She was holding a notebook and a pen in her hand, and a bag on her shoulder. The jacket of her suit still had some wrinkles and mud stains caused by running around for a long time. Some of the messy marks on this kind of clothes only made it more prominent.

The clean temperament of those eyes.

"Sorry to bother you, I'm reporter Niwa Marina," the woman in front of her said.

reporter?

When Koutarou heard these two words, he immediately became alert. Niwa Marina, this name seemed to have never been heard before. Suddenly, Koutarou remembered it. Niwa is a famous investigative reporter recently. He is young and has graduated from university.

After graduating from the Department of Journalism, he later joined Radio Tokyo. Later, because he reported on a Tokyo Bay factory pollution incident, he received pressure from the station to suppress the report.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But Niwa still insisted on his opinion and let the incident be reported in the newspaper. After he was punished by the radio station, he resigned and left the radio station.

After joining a private weekly, he began to work hard in the financial field. He tracked and unearthed many scandals in listed companies and wrote many investigative reports, which at one time caused the stock prices of several listed companies to halve.

"You are Kawamoto Kotaro, the chairman of Kawamoto Expressway. I would like to interview you briefly." Niwa said to himself, looking at the information in his notebook and flipping the pages inside, "The general asset-liability ratio in the expressway industry

It is around 40% but the Kawamoto Expressway has gradually approached 70%. The rapid growth of the company's total assets in recent years has been mainly driven by the growth of liabilities. What do you think of this?"

Kotaro frowned when he heard Niwa's question. As expected, these nerd-like thoughts are just childish thoughts.

All day long I just say that my business is not stable.

Not stable?

Ah!

How can a company expand without relying on debt for growth?!

How can the company have the money to expand without borrowing money from the bank?!

A bunch of kids who don't know much about the world can only say some innocuous words all day long.

Koutarou thought about the negative reports about the Kawamoto Expressway and couldn't help but feel a little angry. It was time for him to teach these nerds a lesson. Koutarou said loudly: "Do you know that you are so rude!!"

Kotaro's voice was loud, and he immediately recalled it in the aisle.

In an instant, many people in the venue turned their attention here and stopped talking.

Some good-hearted people still had cakes in their hands, but they didn't care that they hadn't finished eating yet, so they gathered around and watched the scene.

"What's going on?" Several security guards from a distance seemed to have noticed something was going on here and ran over.

Niwa's body was a little thin, and she looked weak in front of Koutarou. She still raised her head and looked at Koutarou, but the expression on her face did not change in any way.

"Where's your invitation?" Koutarou raised his head with his chin slightly upward. Koutarou didn't like this girl from the moment he saw her, especially her eyes.

Kotaro dislikes this feeling of being scrutinized.

When Niwa heard this, his face remained expressionless, but he rummaged through his bag, took out a blue card, and handed it to Koutarou.

Kotaro carefully examined the invitation letter, memorized the code on it, and then took out his mobile phone and sent a text message to the administrative department of Kawamoto Expressway. Really, he shook his head inwardly. Why are the people under his command not responsible for their work?

In such a situation, even this kind of reporter is invited here.

Wait, let the director of the administrative department cancel her invitation, and then kick her out.

"I still have something to do, so I won't accept the interview." Koutarou restrained his anger and smiled. Then, Koutarou turned to Imanishi beside him and said: "Director Imanishi, I'm going to prepare first. I will wait for you at the dinner 6

Speech at half past o'clock."

When Niwa heard this, his face remained expressionless, as if he was used to being perfunctory, prevaricated and rejected so many times. He just looked at Koutarou's leaving figure and immediately took another step forward.

Upon seeing this, several security guards immediately stretched out their hands in front of Niyu, blocking Niyu's route.

Kotaro walked toward the lounge, his steps becoming a little brisk. At the corner of the corridor, he looked back at the figure of the female reporter who was stopped by the security guard, and couldn't help but smile again.

These are just futile, fussy bugs.
Chapter completed!