When Gao Yuan walked into the headquarters building of Siling Bank in front of him, he had just entered the gate and saw the reception desk at the door. The lady at the front desk in professional attire came forward politely and asked what Gao Yuan was here for:
"Hello, sir. What can I do for you?"
"Hello, I was called here by consultant Hayama. He said he asked me to come here to meet."
Facing the greeting from the front desk lady, Gao Yuan responded equally politely, then took out Hayama Hayato's business card from his pocket and handed it to the front desk lady——
In response, the receptionist politely took the business card with both hands, looked at the name on it, bowed politely to Gao Yuan, and said:
"Okay sir, please wait here for a moment while I go ask."
"good."
Looking at this inexplicably familiar process, Gao Yuan nodded naturally. He couldn't help but recall that he had gone through this process when he met the Shimada lawyer during his first promotion challenge, and then he added
:
"By the way, I forgot to mention, my surname is Mingzhi."
"good."
Facing Gao Yuan's supplement, the front desk lady responded politely, then picked up the front desk's internal phone, dialed a number, and asked about Gao Yuan's meeting with consultant Hayama.
Later, after the front desk lady received a positive reply, the front desk lady politely stepped forward, guided Gao Yuan to the elevator, opened the elevator door with his employee card, and after inviting Gao Yuan to enter the elevator, she personally helped Gao Yuan press the button.
Click the floor button leading to the top floor——
"Really?"
Therefore, this amount of entrustment fee may be a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence.
"I have some things to deal with these days, so I came a little late."
Hearing this, Gao Yuan was not surprised, but if it was just an equity issue, then this entrustment might be simpler than he expected...
"Mr. Akechi, Consultant Hayama said you can go up by yourself, so I won't send you off. He is waiting for you in the easternmost office on the top floor. There is a nameplate at the door."
But Gao Yuan felt a little curious about Hayama Hayato's response——
The Mitsubishi Group started in the banking industry, and then began to get involved in finance, insurance, real estate, manufacturing, foreign trade and other industries before gradually growing into a chaebol giant.
"Yes. Before coming here, I probably investigated some news about the Siling Consortium..."
In this regard, after briefly looking through the contents of the confidentiality agreement, Gao Yuan didn't think there was anything wrong, so he signed his name on it——
——In other words, Mitarashi Haruka is also a riddler who doesn't understand his words clearly, just like what he encountered when he was promoted to challenge the mission for the first time. At that time, Mr. Nishikawa left a riddle in the magazine, which led to
The same thing happened next.
"First, it is nothing more than someone tampering with the inheritance distribution process, resulting in the final inheritance distribution not being fully implemented in accordance with the will left by President Mitarai. And this kind of manipulation is usually shady and unfair.
The impact of the method is extremely bad. Once it is discovered and cannot be handled properly, it will have a very big impact on the Mitsubishi Consortium. Therefore, I chose to keep the news secret. At the same time, I did not want to invite a detective with a too great reputation to investigate -
—After all, this can easily lead to speculation from the outside world.
Therefore, the commission fee of 100 million yen is obviously not easy to earn.
But no matter what, this is still 100 million yen!
He passed away not long ago!
It is natural that the death of such an absolute leader of a chaebol giant will have a huge impact on the entire consortium.
And naturally, Hayama Hayato also sat on the other sofa——
Saying that, Hayama Hayato looked at Gao Yuan calmly, as if he was interested in seeing Gao Yuan's preparations.
"Equity?"
Faced with such a high commission fee, I have to give it a try. After all, this is not a commission that can be encountered anytime and anywhere.
Here, after walking out of the elevator, Gao Yuan only felt that the floor was very quiet. There seemed to be no people. There were not even a few offices. The remaining space was basically occupied by an extremely huge conference room.
occupy.
"Yes, it has something to do with the commission. But before I explain the specific commission, I think that with Mr. Akechi's talent, he should have learned about the Mitsubishi Foundation before coming here, right?"
Hearing this, Gao Yuan was slightly surprised and couldn't help but be curious:
"How is this going?"
In this regard, Gao Yuan paused for a moment, calmed down his emotions, and then spoke out his analysis:
Gao Yuan is not surprised by this. Since he is preparing to take over the entrustment of the Siling Consortium, facing this kind of enterprise that controls a huge amount of wealth, so the internal situation will inevitably produce many very complicated situations due to the interests, so he must do something in advance.
Preparation is also a matter of course.
Could it be that, even if I came a few days earlier, I still couldn't accept the commission?
Seeing the agreement signed by Gao Yuan happily, Hayama Hayato stopped beating around the bush and went straight to the point——
Naturally, facing Hayama Hayato's inquiry, Gao Yuan combined the previously investigated situation and asked:
From this, Takato couldn't help but judge whether there were still some problems unknown to outsiders in the division of Mitarai Haruka's inheritance.
So, in order to find a detective to investigate, he specifically gave an advance payment of 10 million as a hush fee for this matter?
"Okay, Mr. Mingzhi. Now that you have signed the agreement, let me explain the specific content of this commission."
As soon as he entered the office, Hayama Hayato, who had been waiting there for a long time, stood up from the office chair and motioned Gao Yuan to sit on the sofa next to the coffee table in the office used to receive guests.
What's more, I have already learned in advance that the entrustment is related to the will, so when a consortium of this size distributes the will, the troubles caused by this will be more complicated. If you don't have some basic understanding of the Siling Consortium,
If so, I am also very worried that I will accidentally touch some secrets...
So, seeing Gao Yuan's attitude, Hayama Hayato took out the agreement he had already prepared, handed it to Gao Yuan and said:
"Then, as the basis for the entrustment, please ask Mr. Mingzhi to sign this confidentiality agreement first - no matter what the final investigation result is, you cannot tell others the specific content of the entrustment that you hear next."
Hayama Hayato explained.
After hearing this, Hayama Hayato's face began to show a look of appreciation, and he nodded seriously, but did not say much, as if waiting for Gao Yuan's continued response.
In response to Hayama Hayato's words, Gao Yuan gave a brief explanation and then sat on the sofa at Hayama Hayato's invitation.
Obviously, this is the case for the Mitarai family in the Mitsubishi Consortium.
Looking at Hayama Hayato who did not deny this and nodded silently, Gao Yuan asked a question with some confusion:
"Although Chairman Mitarai's death was a bit sudden, I read in the news that regarding the distribution of the inheritance, Chairman Mitarai had already made a will, so although the Mitsubishi Foundation appeared in the stock market for a period of time due to the sudden death of the previous president,
It’s turbulent, but with the new president taking office, hasn’t everything been settled? Why is there still a commission about the will?”
In this regard, after listening to Gao Yuan's inquiry, Hayama Hayato nodded silently, affirming Gao Yuan's question and said:
and……
after all……
For this reason, after making some doubtful sounds, Hayama Hayato seemed very calm and said tentatively:
After all, according to the provisions of the Company Law, decisions on major matters of the company, including modification of the company's articles of association, capital increase, capital reduction, merger, and division, require the consent of more than two-thirds of the shareholders with voting rights before the decision can be passed.
"Is it related to the commission? Is there a strict time limit?"
After all, when it comes to the entrustment of the Mitsubishi Foundation's will, Hayama Hayato, the chief legal advisor of the Mitsubishi Foundation, is personally responsible for the entrustment. It is logical that Takato would think that the will dispute caused by the death of Mitarai Haruka.
only……
After all, even in the original work, it is not uncommon for a rich man who dies suddenly to leave an inheritance that requires many layers of interpretation to be obtained.
According to the information investigated by Gao Yuan, in the Mitarai family, Mitarai Haruka, the former chairman of the Mitsubishi Consortium and the head of the Mitarai family, basically and completely controls the part of the equity held by the Mitarai family, so he can
It is said that the absolute leader before the Mitsubishi Consortium was Haruka Mitarai——
Listening to Gao Yuan's explanation, Hayama Hayato, who looked serious and dignified, did not show any too solemn expression. Instead, he replied very kindly:
"That's just right. If Mr. Mingzhi came a few days earlier, you might have to wait here for a few more days."
Even when I rescued Sonoko before, I couldn't earn so much. In addition, my relationship with Sonoko is still friends. I think that even if I face the Suzuki Foundation's entrustment in the future, I will not be embarrassed to accept such a high salary from the Suzuki Foundation.
Commission fee.
Now that we are here, Gao Yuan has no reason to back down, so he nods seriously and replies.
"Mr. Akechi, since you have investigated matters related to the Mitsubishi Foundation, you should know that the former president, Mr. Mitarai Haruka, has three children. And the inheritance left by Chairman Mitarai will naturally be divided among them.
Of course, it is difficult to explain the specific assets immediately, but the entrustment issue this time is mainly about the 'equity issue of the Siling Consortium'."
"oh?"
"Of course it has something to do with the commission, we can talk about it slowly."
Since he had such an experience, although it cannot be said that it can be completely compared to Mr. Nishikawa's incident, Gao Yuan actually naturally thought of similar possibilities. However, facing Hayama Hayato, Gao Yuan did not say it clearly, but roughly explained his own situation.
idea--
Why does the commission have something to do with the time of arrival?
In response to this, Gao Yuan took a breath and knocked on the door very solemnly. Then he heard someone's voice saying "Please come in" from behind the door, and that voice was naturally the one he had heard before.
Hayama Hayato's voice.
"Although he came a little late, Mr. Mingzhi is still here. I guess he is planning to take over the commission, right?"
So, after politely saying "Excuse me", Gao Yuan pushed the door open and walked into this very spacious and elegant office——
Faced with Hayama Hayato's words that seemed to further inquire about Gao Yuan's attitude, Gao Yuan answered calmly.
"Um."
After pressing the button, the front desk lady politely explained.
"Well, you're ready."
Saying that, Hayama Hayato looked at Gao Yuan seriously and said:
"Mr. Mingzhi, are you ready to accept this commission?"
Haruka Mitarai.
"Indeed, judging from the outside world, the power handover process of the Sisubing Consortium should have ended long ago, so it is precisely because of this, Mr. Akechi, you can probably think of the possible situation of this entrustment, right?"
Among them, in the share composition of the Mitsubishi Foundation, the Mitarai family, represented by Haruka Mitarai, occupies more than 67% of the shares of the entire Mitsubishi Foundation. Therefore, the actual controller of the Mitsubishi Foundation is actually the Mitarai family.
——
Gao Yuan had no objection to this. He just nodded politely in return. As the elevator door closed, Gao Yuan took the elevator alone and arrived at the top floor of the Mitsubishi Bank headquarters building.
"Secondly, there may be problems with the will itself or the distributed inheritance. For example, President Mitarai may have left something that others cannot understand as inheritance or something..."
"Did the so-called entrustment related to the 'will' result from the death of the previous president?"
Such as Dusk Villa, Blue Castle, Angel's Pavilion... etc. Gao Yuan can think of many similar plots just by thinking about them.
Therefore, after some conversion, that is to say, once someone can control more than 67% of the company's shares, he has absolute control over the company.
"If there is a problem with the will itself, then this is a legal matter, and this should be something that you, the chief legal counsel, should worry about, and should not come to a detective. But since there are situations that require the involvement of a detective, it is only
It can explain...there are probably two situations..."
After listening to Gao Yuan's explanation, Hayama Hayato couldn't help but nodded seriously, as if confirming Gao Yuan's words, and said:
However, the problem lies here, Mitarashi Haruka is just the former president...
"It's a good idea, and it's very close to the actual situation. In this case, Mr. Mingzhi must have a general understanding of the situation of this commission, so now, let me ask one more question..."
The above is the strangeness that Gao Yuan noticed after sorting out the information he could find on the Internet and combining it with the content of Hayama Hayato's request he encountered.
Following the instructions of the front desk lady, Gao Yuan walked straight to the east, and soon saw an office with the words "Chief Legal Counsel" written on the door plate at the entrance of the corridor, which had only a few offices.
On the nameplate under the house number is the name "Hayama Hayato".
Thinking this way, facing Hayama Hayato's inquiry, Gao Yuan nodded slightly and responded:
"Chairman Mitarai is in charge of 67% of the shares of the Mitsubishi Foundation, and these shares, according to the will left by the president, are naturally divided among the three children - the eldest son Mitarai Sho alone controls 3%
With ten shares, he is the person who currently holds the most shares in the consortium, so he naturally became the new president of the consortium.
"As for the remaining shares, the second son Mitarai Yun will receive 20%, and the younger daughter Mitarai Rui will receive 17%."
"Um?"
Hearing this, Gao Yuan was puzzled:
"Thirty, twenty, seventeen...don't they add up to exactly sixty-seven? What's the problem with this?"