Chapter 837

At this time, the Tokyo headquarters of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical was preparing to hold an emergency shareholders' meeting.

During this period, the president of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., which is Jiro Kobayashi, suddenly disappeared after heading to China, and the entire Kobayashi Pharmaceutical was left without a leader.

At first, the shareholders of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical were trying every possible way to find Jiro Kobayashi's whereabouts.

But they made a lot of efforts and attempts and still didn't find Jiro Kobayashi.

Afterward, they immediately contacted the head of the Ito family, Ito Yuhiko.

The reason for contacting Ito Yuhiko was because the shareholders of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical knew that Ito Yuhiko thought highly of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical and Jiro Kobayashi, and very much hoped to recruit Jiro Kobayashi as his son-in-law and then invest in Kobayashi Pharmaceutical.

And the reason Jiro Kobayashi went to China was, in the end, to pursue Ito Yuhiko's daughter, Ito Nanako.

As a result, Ito Nanako returned, but her follower Jiro Kobayashi evaporated into thin air, which the people of the Kobayashi family couldn't figure out no matter what.

Ito Yuhiko also took this matter very seriously. After all, he thought highly of Jiro Kobayashi and also thought highly of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical. If Jiro Kobayashi went missing, he naturally wouldn't be able to be his son-in-law.

Moreover, Nine Mysteries Stomach Powder now had insufficient production capacity and hadn't been exported to overseas markets yet, so Japanese consumers knew nothing about this divine medicine. They still regarded Kobayashi Stomach Powder as the finest among stomach medicines, and the sales of Kobayashi Stomach Powder in the Japanese market hadn't been affected at all.

Therefore, in Ito Yuhiko's view, the future prospects of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical were still bright.

In order not to miss the opportunity to invest in Kobayashi Pharmaceutical, Ito Yuhiko also sent many people to search for Jiro Kobayashi's whereabouts everywhere.

But unfortunately, they didn't have a powerful intelligence network in China at all and couldn't find any information about Jiro Kobayashi.

Thus, in the eyes of the Kobayashi family and Ito Yuhiko, Jiro Kobayashi seemed to have completely disappeared.

As time went on, Ito Yuhiko was the first to give up on continuing to search for Jiro Kobayashi.

He felt that instead of searching for Jiro Kobayashi like this, it would be better to hurry up and let the Kobayashi family choose a new president, and then he could cooperate with the new president.

Afterward, under Ito Yuhiko's operation, the Kobayashi family also gave up.

After the Kobayashi family gave up searching for Jiro Kobayashi, they began to enter the next stage, preparing to restructure Kobayashi Pharmaceutical and re-divide the cake that was Kobayashi Pharmaceutical.

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical was developed by Ichiro Kobayashi's father, Kobayashi Masao, over several decades. Although many people in the Kobayashi family participated in it, they didn't directly own shares in Kobayashi Pharmaceutical.

After Kobayashi Masao died, Ichiro Kobayashi was labeled as a patricide, and Jiro Kobayashi naturally became the sole heir to Kobayashi Pharmaceutical.

However, now Jiro Kobayashi was also missing.

According to Japanese law, if Jiro Kobayashi remained missing for a certain period, it could be legally determined that he was dead, and his relatives would have the right to inherit all his property.

In that case, all the shares of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical would become the meal on the plates of the collateral relatives of the Kobayashi family.

Ichiro Kobayashi's uncle, Kobayashi Masayoshi, had now temporarily succeeded as the acting president of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., exercising management rights on behalf of Jiro Kobayashi.

Ito Yuhiko, who had been coveting the shares of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical, immediately focused his attention on Kobayashi Masayoshi.

At this time, he called Kobayashi Masayoshi directly and said as soon as he picked up: "Mr. Kobayashi, congratulations on sitting in the position of acting president!"

Kobayashi Masayoshi said respectfully: "Mr. Ito, thank you for your congratulations. My position as acting president is only temporary. When my nephew Jiro Kobayashi returns, I will still give this position to him."

Ito Yuhiko gave a cold laugh and said: "I speculate that Jiro Kobayashi won't be coming back. You, this acting president, will soon become the official president!"

Kobayashi Masayoshi was secretly happy, but he still said very righteously: "Mr. Ito, to tell you the truth, I am still thinking day and night, hoping that Jiro can return safely."

Ito Yuhiko smiled and said: "Mr. Kobayashi, I didn't call to exchange superficial pleasantries with you, but because I have a business deal to cooperate with you on."

Kobayashi Masayoshi said hurriedly: "Mr. Ito, please speak!"

Ito Yuhiko said with a serious tone: "I have always thought highly of the prospects of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical. You should know this."

"Yes!" Kobayashi Masayoshi said respectfully: "I have heard of this for a long time! Thank you for your high regard for Kobayashi Pharmaceutical!"

Ito Yuhiko added: "I have always wanted to invest in Kobayashi Pharmaceutical. I had already talked very deeply with Jiro Kobayashi before, but it's a pity that he suddenly evaporated into thin air, so I can only come to you now to continue pushing this matter forward."

Kobayashi Masayoshi said hurriedly: "That's no problem, but I don't know how you want to push it forward, Mr. Ito?"

Ito Yuhiko said: "I intend to make one deal with Kobayashi Pharmaceutical and two deals with you personally."

Kobayashi Masayoshi said: "Please speak."

Ito Yuhiko said: "The deal with Kobayashi Pharmaceutical is an agreement that I intend to invest in 30% of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's shares at a valuation of 15 billion USD."

Kobayashi Masayoshi said awkwardly: "Mr. Ito, the current valuation of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical is probably over 20 billion USD. Your offer of 15 billion USD is really a bit low..."

Ito Yuhiko said indifferently: "Don't be in a hurry. Next, I still want to talk to you about two deals."

Saying this, Ito Yuhiko added: "The first deal: as long as you can facilitate my investment in 30% of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's shares at a valuation of 15 billion USD, I will privately give you 200 million USD in cash."

"The second deal: as long as you help me facilitate this matter, not only will I give you 200 million USD in cash, but I will also consolidate your position in Kobayashi Pharmaceutical. By then, I can guarantee you that regardless of whether Jiro Kobayashi returns or not, you will be able to sit firmly in the position of president of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.!"

Although the Ito family is a top family in Japan, this doesn't mean Ito Yuhiko is a generous person.

He had always wanted to invest in Kobayashi Pharmaceutical to make a profit by riding the tailwind of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical, and he had also always wanted to keep the investment price as low as possible.

If it were a valuation of over 20 billion USD, he would have to pay at least 6-7 billion USD in cash to invest in 30%.

However, if the valuation could be lowered to 15 billion USD, investing in 30% would only require paying 4.5 billion USD, which could save him 1-2 billion USD.

Hearing this, Kobayashi Masayoshi's first thought was that he didn't want to open such a big gap for Ito Yuhiko. After all, this was a price difference of 1-2 billion USD, a huge amount.

However, thinking that he could privately return cash to himself and guarantee that he would sit firmly in the president's seat without any interference, he felt a bit moved.

After thinking it over, he said: "Mr. Ito, since you've made it so clear, I won't hide anything from you either. If you can privately return 500 million USD to me and guarantee that I will sit firmly in the president's seat, then when I hold the meeting later, I will fully facilitate the Ito family's investment in Kobayashi Pharmaceutical!"

Ito Yuhiko hesitated for a moment and said: "Good! 500 million it is!"