Chapter 1710

Kitano knew what had happened as soon as he heard it, and said with a smile, "Mr. Marco, if you have any needs, you can tell me; I will definitely make you satisfied."

"Don't talk about these." Marco waved his hand in annoyance. "Did you bring the things I need?"

Kitano became serious. "Can you really help my whole family get a British green card?"

Marco took out a photo and a key from his bag. "This is a villa in London worth 3.8 million pounds. Look at the photo; isn't it very beautiful?"

Saying this, Marco put the key and photo in front of Kitano. "You can take this key now and go to the UK at any time to live in this villa. You only need half a year to become a true citizen of the British Empire."

Kitano looked at the photo of the villa and the key in front of him, but there was no expression on his face.

Promises are all empty, including this villa that looked very tempting.

Even if he took the villa key to the UK, if the other party didn't fulfill the promise, he wouldn't have any way at all.

Marco seemed to see what Kitano was thinking, and took out a check from his pocket.

"This is a 5 million USD Swiss bank check. As long as I get the things I need, you can take this check now and cash it at any time."

This time, there was finally an expression on Kitano's face. What promises? Nothing is as trustworthy as money, and only the money in his hand could make him feel at ease.

"What about the other 5 million?"

Marco smiled. "Of course, I have to pay you the other half after verifying the authenticity of the things I bought at such a high price. You can rest assured that we do business very credibly. If there is no credibility, who would cooperate with us?"

Kitano didn't hesitate anymore, put away the check and the villa key, and then took out a thick file bag from his briefcase.

"This is what you want."

Marco didn't look at it, but put it away directly, put it into his bag, and then poured a glass of wine for Kitano.

"Mr. Kitano, let's celebrate our pleasant cooperation."

A smile appeared on Kitano's face. He picked up the wine glass, clinked it with Marco, and then raised his head and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

"Mr. Marco, how long do you need to complete the inspection?"

"Three days." Marco raised three fingers. "Three days later at this time, we will still meet here."

Kitano frowned. "Does it need such a long time?"

"Of course!" Marco said very seriously. "This is very important; we must be careful and cautious."

"Okay!" Kitano nodded. "Then see you in three days."

Marco didn't mean to leave. Kitano turned and left. He walked out of the bar and took a deep breath on the street.

In the concept of many Chinese people, a house is a lifelong obsession. Only with a house can there be a foundation for settling down, and only with a house can life have a sense of security, and can one obtain a happy marriage and old age.

In fact, such a concept is not a Chinese specialty; the Japanese are the same. Especially from the moment the Plaza Accord was signed in 1985.

The Japanese government issued the *Maekawa Report*, believing that to solve the crisis brought about by the containment of export trade, it was necessary to transform the industrial structure and fully tap into the domestic market.

Consequently, they lowered loan interest rates and issued a series of policies to stimulate land investment. The people who had just walked out of the golden age were also full of confidence in the renewed growth of the economy.

They took their savings to invest and buy houses one after another. For a time, the domestic real estate market in Japan reached an unprecedented hot climax, and in just a few years, it developed to the peak in human history.

Enterprises that originally operated real industries threw away machines, factory buildings, and technical personnel, and turned to land investment and real estate development, because the profit margin of this industry was too high, and no one could refuse such temptation.

People buying houses with loans also made Japan's bank credit industry develop at high speed. Seeing that there was profit to be made, banks crazily issued loans to enterprises and the public, seemingly never considering whether these funds could be repaid.

Japan's housing prices rose year after year, also pushing the rapid development of Japan's GDP. By 1987, Japan's per capita GDP officially surpassed that of the United States.

The pride of the Japanese was even greater than before. In 1991, the Gulf War broke out, and Japan sponsored more than 10 billion USD for the US military action.

The following year, US President George H. W. Bush went to Japan to express his gratitude. At the banquet, due to physical discomfort, he suddenly fainted, and the Japanese Prime Minister supported him with quick eyes and hands.

Thus, there was that classic interpretation by the Japanese: "The United States fell, and Japan supported him."

But behind this prosperity, the domestic housing prices in Japan, especially the housing prices in Tokyo, had risen to an exaggerated level.

Some Japanese even shouted the slogan of selling Tokyo to buy the entire United States.

And at that time, Kitano was also proud of Japan's economy, and also crazily took out loans to purchase real estate.

No one realized that the Japanese economy, which looked beautiful at this time, was in fact a huge powder keg.

Because no one thought that Japan's economy would have problems, and the Japanese government wouldn't let Japan's economy have problems.

But at the end of 1991, seemingly overnight, the economic bubble of Japan's real estate collapsed rapidly, and the financial market erupted with an unprecedented earthquake, severely crushing Japan's economy.

A large number of civilians were swept up in this catastrophe. Naturally, Kitano couldn't escape, and in this catastrophe, Japan's suicide rate soared for a time.

Kitano was Sony's financial director, and he had also climbed to the rooftop, but in the end, he didn't have the courage to jump down.

But for so many years, he had been crushed by bank loans until he couldn't breathe, and that sense of suffocation made him desperate.

Just when he couldn't hold on anymore, a British person appeared in front of him.

And this British person wanted to buy something from his hands, which was the data of Sony's tax evasion and financial fraud.

At that time, he refused flatly. Are you kidding? If he dared to betray the company, if it were exposed, their whole family would have to lie dead on the street.

However, when the other party offered a price of 10 million USD, he hesitated.

This 10 million USD could not only let him pay off all loans, but also let him enjoy the second half of his life without doing anything.

Over the next ten days or so, they had contact three times, and he put forward two more requirements.

That was for their family to immigrate to the UK, not only to provide them with real estate, but also to help them get green cards.

Because he didn't want to have the life to take the money but not the life to spend it.

And today was their fourth contact, and the transaction was formally implemented.