Chapter 495: Why Is Mom Acting Like She Ate Gunpowder?

"A company in Yokohama provoked you? How did they provoke you?"

Fu Fu Guiru held the phone receiver, and a faint, amused smile couldn't help but appear on her slightly tired face.

Fu Fu Guiru was very tired these days, but she was also very gratified. Her son had built such a large foundation at such a young age, and he unconditionally trusted her, his old mother. Reaching middle age, what could be more meaningful than this harvest?

Although Li Ye was telling her angrily on the other end of the phone that he wanted to pull a special group from the investment team to "deal with" the Nakamura Co., Ltd. located in Yokohama because the other party had provoked him.

But she didn't know if it was Li Ye's tone, but Fu Fu Guiru misunderstood.

Because Li Ye's first impression to her was like a young son fighting with a neighbor's child, then suffering a loss, and angrily demanding that she, his old mother, find a way to get back at them for him.

So Fu Fu Guiru mistakenly thought that Li Ye had some conflict with them in terms of speech.

After all, Li Ye often published economic papers and had long let Pei Pei Wencong help him subscribe to world-leading economic journals.

And Japanese journals often contained articles despising the mainland's backward system; academic disagreements were very common.

But Li Ye's subsequent description made Fu Fu Guiru frown.

"You said that Nakamura Hiroo suspects you are related to his son's disappearance case? Then what did your grandfather say?"

"Grandfather said there's a high probability it's nothing, because it can't be determined yet where he actually went missing..."

"You must not take it lightly," Fu Fu Guiru said in a deep voice: "There is no logic to speak of in this kind of thing, otherwise back then... Forget it, I'll have someone investigate that Nakamura Co., Ltd. first. If possible..."

"It's not if possible, it's a must. Have the investment team find a way to acquire it for me."

"..."

Fu Fu Guiru was stunned for a moment, then said patiently: "But I have to find an opportunity! This isn't a hard-fought battle where the cannons fire and your mother charges up for you. If they don't sell... how much money will we waste?"

Hearing that his mother didn't immediately agree to him, Li Ye immediately understood that his mother was calculating the gains and losses, measuring how much money might be lost.

This was also the habit of a standard self-made entrepreneur; every penny should be spent, and one should weigh it with a few brain cells.

Li Ye on this end of the phone was also a bit helpless. Recently, every time he talked to Fu Fu Guiru on the phone, he would encounter this situation. His mother was very good at saving money.

And Fu Fu Guiru also muttered many times, "This is your money. If it's lost, won't your wife blame me?" and other such things.

And if the investment hunting plan was presided over by Pei Pei Wencong or Luo Luo Runbo, they wouldn't care how much was lost in the initial phase. As long as Li Ye dared to open his mouth, they would dare to go all-in.

Therefore, before Fu Fu Guiru personally experienced Li Ye's "divine predictions," the mother and son would definitely continue this state, just like a mother caring about where her son's pocket money went.

It wasn't that she wouldn't let you spend it, and she could add some more for you after you spent it, but if you dared to squander it recklessly with fox friends and dog companions, mother's rolling pin would always have the "must-hit" attribute.

If you have the guts, try dodging it?

Li Ye thought for a moment and persuaded from the flank: "Mom, if a problem cannot be solved, then solve the person who raised the problem."

"So if that Nakamura Co., Ltd. is solved, do they still have the energy to come and find an unwelcome grandson? Wouldn't I be absolutely safe here?"

"You don't know, Mom, that missing Nakamura Naoto did indeed have a conflict with me. I argued with him many times at school, and he even pursued Xiao Yu, so his father determined that I..."

"What did you say?"

Fu Fu Guiru suddenly raised her volume to question Li Ye.

Li Ye said: "I said that Nakamura Naoto did indeed have a conflict with me, and his father determined that his disappearance was related to me..."

"Not that sentence," Fu Fu Guiru asked coldly: "You said that bird-man, he dared to compete with you for Xiao Yu before?"

"Ah, yes..."

Li Ye was caught off guard and subconsciously said: "That guy even sent Xiao Yu a love letter. Xiao Yu didn't even look at it and threw it away. Later, I wanted to teach him a lesson, but he chickened out..."

"Alright, I know. Don't worry about this matter."

Fu Fu Guiru's attitude suddenly took a sharp turn, as if the person who was distressed about losing money just now wasn't her.

Li Ye exhaled and said: "Mom, actually, Japan's economic situation is changing very quickly. If you hand it over to the investment team, they will find an opportunity."

"You don't need to teach me that. If there are conditions, we go; if there are no conditions, we create conditions and go. Don't worry, your mother understands better than you."

"..."

Until he hung up the phone, Li Ye was still a bit strange.

【A biological son persuaded for a long time, and you were calculating, but as soon as I mentioned the daughter-in-law, you, the prospective mother-in-law, ate gunpowder?】

It wasn't just Fu Fu Guiru who ate gunpowder, but also Nakamura Naoto's grandfather, Nakamura Kenshu.

"Hiroo, I trusted you so much. Is this how you treat me? You made a guarantee in front of the entire family, but how do you explain the losses of the Zhongai Company? How do you explain the whereabouts of that batch of antiques?"

"I'm sorry, Father. I am trying my best to find them. Naoto is missing, and I am also very worried..."

Nakamura Hiroo held the phone and couldn't help but bend over, as if the father on the other side would slap him in the face along the phone line the next moment.

Initially, the family chose Nakamura Naoto to be sent to the mainland to cultivate his relationship with the mainland's elite, so that the family's business could smoothly enter the mainland for development.

Now, in Japan's machinery industry, internal competition is also very fierce. The Nakamura family is not an industry giant and has been squeezed very hard by those big companies; they must find suitable overseas markets to expand and suck blood.

Initially, everything went very smoothly. Nakamura Naoto reported to the family that in two years, he had met many young elites in the mainland at school, and several classmates' families had great influence in the mainland.

But when Nakamura Naoto graduated, the friends he had boasted about all kept their distance from him. If it hadn't been for the appearance of Nakamura Kenshu's old friend Ai Qiming, Nakamura Naoto would have had to return to Japan to apologize to everyone in the family.

But after investing several million US dollars to set up the Zhongai Machinery Company, the first step of the market promotion plan was hindered and suffered a setback by the unknown Changbei Machinery Company.

During the Spring Festival, the family immediately summoned Nakamura Naoto back, preparing to replace him in taking over the Zhongai Machinery Company, but Nakamura Naoto said he had found the whereabouts of that large batch of antiques, so Nakamura Kenshu suppressed his anger and gave the Nakamura Hiroo father and son one last chance.

And what happened? In just two months, even that grandson Nakamura Naoto went missing?

Is the mainland a demon cave that eats people? Back then, it swallowed so many jade-shattered warriors, and now it still wants to drag people into the demon cave to be chewed up?

"Are you still worried about Naoto now? You should be worried about whether the family's investment can get the return it deserves. You should be worried about whether those hyenas around us will see through us and pounce on us fiercely..."

Nakamura Kenshu suddenly became angry and gave Nakamura Hiroo a fierce scolding.

"I'm sorry, Father. I'm sorry, Father. I will find that batch of antiques. Please give me some time, please give me one more chance..."

Facing his father's rage, Nakamura Hiroo could only beg bitterly, because he knew that if he dared to talk back at this time, the shares in his hands would be divided among his other two younger brothers and brother-in-law in an instant.

If Nakamura Hiroo didn't comply, heh heh, Nakamura Kenshu still kept bayonets from decades ago at home!

By that time, Nakamura Hiroo wouldn't even be able to keep the title of Vice President.

Nakamura Hiroo, who was used to being the "second-in-command," absolutely would not allow his incompetent younger brothers and brother-in-law to press on top of his head, because he had done many "very cool" things while pressing on top of their heads all these years.

The two younger brothers' wives were very charming.

"I can give you one last chance, but this opportunity may not be entirely in your hands."

Nakamura Kenshu's words made Nakamura Hiroo's heart, which had just been put down, lift up again.

"I have already sent Hirohito to the lighthouse. This time Naoto's disappearance may be related to that old ghost Ai Qiming. If it really was that old ghost who did it, then it is Heaven choosing Hirohito between you and Hirohito..."

"..."

The phone hung up, but Nakamura Hiroo didn't put down the receiver for a long time.

He remembered twenty years ago, when that Ai Qiming still brought his family and was under the surveillance of the Nakamura family.

The door of Ai Qiming's house was not guarded against Nakamura Hiroo; all the doors were not guarded, and Nakamura Hiroo could act as crazy as he wanted.

But overnight, that crafty old thing ran away with his family, causing Nakamura Hiroo to lose a lot of fun.

【Could it be that we were played by that old thing again this time? With that guy Hirohito, can he deal with that old thing Ai Qiming?】

"President, President, I found news about that Guan Guan Ciying..."

Nakamura Hiroo's secretary ran over in a hurry, shouting anxiously, pulling Nakamura Hiroo back from his memories.

Nakamura Hiroo said pleasantly surprised: "Found that old thing's follower? Then what are you panicking about?"

Back when Nakamura Naoto was in the mainland, he had searched for clues about Prince Ai Qiming. It was speculated that Guan Guan Ciying was a former follower of Prince Ai Qiming.

This time, after Nakamura Naoto and Ai Ai Zhixin went missing, Nakamura Hiroo was not only looking for clues about Nakamura Naoto's disappearance, but also looking for the specific whereabouts of the Guan brothers.

And then he knew that both sides had gone missing, so there must be a connection between them.

It was just that there had been no progress in either direction; the relevant departments in the mainland were simply too incompetent.

So now that there was news about Guan Guan Ciying, wouldn't there be a clue about the whereabouts of the antiques?

"President, you... see for yourself!"

Nakamura Hiroo's secretary handed over a newspaper, his face full of thick bitterness and resentment.

Nakamura Hiroo frowned and took the newspaper, looking at the report on it with some difficulty.

When he was young, he was ordered by his father to learn Chinese, so he could barely understand it.

"The largest cultural relic smuggling case since the founding of the country, criminals Guan Guan Cihui, Guan Guan Ciying..."

"Buzz~"

Nakamura Hiroo suddenly felt golden stars dancing before his eyes and almost couldn't stand still.

With so many cultural relics and antiques confiscated, could he still get them back?

Should he go and tell them, "This was a personal collection looted by my father, Colonel Nakamura, from you before 1945?"

At this time, Nakamura Hiroo's secretary suddenly said with a crying voice: "President, did Young Master Naoto abscond with the money with that Ai Ai Zhixin?"

"..."

The secretary was Nakamura Hiroo's direct subordinate. If Nakamura Hiroo fell, he wouldn't have a good time either.

Nakamura Hiroo thought about the family's severe punishment and the situation where the family was preparing to take Nakamura Naoto to the knife during the Spring Festival, and he dared not conclude whether his son had run away.

And then, the secretary said again: "President, should we abscond?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 496 =====