Chapter 838

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. conference room.

A large group of collateral members of the Kobayashi family and corporate executives were sitting upright.

Recently, incidents had occurred one after another in the group, making everyone present a bit nervous.

First, the old president was poisoned to death, then the eldest young master was suspected of poisoning his father and was hunted globally by the second young master, and it was said he was already dead. Then, the second young master also disappeared. It seemed as if the three father and sons of the Kobayashi family had suffered some kind of divine retribution.

However, nervousness aside, everyone was still full of expectations for the future.

Because they hadn't been able to deeply participate in the operations of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical before, let alone deeply intervene in and enjoy the profit distribution of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical, they had only been able to get some small profits.

Now it was different.

Now, Kobayashi Masayoshi had become the acting president, and he had already promised everyone that he would release at least 40% of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's profits to everyone. If this could really be fulfilled, everyone present could see their annual income increase by more than ten times.

At this time, Kobayashi Masayoshi walked into the conference room with full momentum.

Everyone cast their eyes on him. In everyone's view, Kobayashi Masayoshi was now the God of Wealth for everyone.

After Kobayashi Masayoshi entered, he headed straight for the chairman's seat in the conference room, and others stood up respectfully to pay tribute.

At this time, someone, not knowing who, said flatteringly: "Welcome, President!"

Everyone came to their senses and hurriedly said in unison: "Welcome, President!"

After finishing, enthusiastic applause followed.

Kobayashi Masayoshi felt very comfortable in his heart and said with a smile: "Everyone, don't call me by that title randomly. I am still just the acting president of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical. If it gets out, outsiders will gossip!"

The person who flattered first said hurriedly: "President, in our hearts, you are the official president of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical!"

Kobayashi Masayoshi smiled proudly, and immediately changed into a righteous look, saying seriously: "I personally still sincerely hope that Mr. Jiro Kobayashi can return to Kobayashi Pharmaceutical as soon as possible and take charge of the overall situation of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical. Before he returns, I am just sitting in this position temporarily on his behalf to manage the enterprise!"

After finishing, he raised both hands to signal everyone to sit down.

After everyone sat down, he said seriously: "Everyone also knows that Kobayashi Pharmaceutical can be said to be beset by troubles both internally and externally. I heard some time ago that there is a company in China called Nine Mysteries Pharmaceuticals that launched a Nine Mysteries Stomach Powder. This medicine is said to have much stronger efficacy than our Kobayashi Stomach Powder, but because this company's production capacity is relatively limited, it hasn't been exported to our Japanese market yet."

One of them said hurriedly: "President, I was just about to report this matter to you. My son-in-law went to China last week, heard about this medicine, and bought a box at a premium. I tried it yesterday, and I have to say, this medicine is more than just a little bit stronger than our Kobayashi Stomach Powder!"

Kobayashi Masayoshi said: "If this is really the case, then Nine Mysteries Pharmaceuticals will likely become our deadly enemy next!"

After a pause, Kobayashi Masayoshi continued: "Moreover, our efficacy can't compare to it. If this continues and their production keeps increasing, our sales will keep sliding. If Kobayashi Stomach Powder's market worldwide is eaten away by Nine Mysteries Stomach Powder, our revenue will lose more than half!"

Everyone's expression tightened.

Kobayashi Stomach Powder is Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's flagship product, and more than half of the revenue and profit depend on this one medicine to support it.

If it is really beaten down by Nine Mysteries Stomach Powder, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical will inevitably suffer a serious injury.

Thus, someone asked Kobayashi Masayoshi: "President, we can't just sit and wait for death! Do you have any good countermeasures?"

Kobayashi Masayoshi said: "There are countermeasures, which is that we must increase investment in drug research and development and immediately carry out a thorough major upgrade of our current products. If our Kobayashi Stomach Powder can surpass Nine Mysteries Stomach Powder in efficacy, the market will definitely still be ours!"

The person in charge of R&D said: "President, if we want to increase R&D investment, we need a huge budget. The company was cheated out of a lot of money some time ago. Can we still afford it now?"

Kobayashi Masayoshi pushed the boat with the current and said: "This is also what I was about to tell everyone. Our current cash flow is not very good. The production base invested in Osaka is huge, and coupled with the previous accidental losses, the funds we have now that can be invested in R&D are less than 50 million USD. So my idea is to raise a sum of funds as soon as possible, at least 10 billion USD, to upgrade our drug R&D laboratory!"

As soon as everyone heard about raising funds, they sat up straight. Someone asked: "President, do you have a suitable financing target now?"

Kobayashi Masayoshi nodded and said: "Before, President Jiro Kobayashi had been negotiating with the head of the Ito family, Mr. Ito Yuhiko, regarding financing. Everyone must know about this, right?"

Everyone nodded one after another.

Jiro Kobayashi had always wanted to get Ito Yuhiko's investment, and even wanted to become Ito Yuhiko's son-in-law. Otherwise, he wouldn't have spent money to sponsor the martial arts competition that Ito Nanako participated in. This was already known to everyone at Kobayashi Pharmaceutical.

Even everyone was prepared for the marriage between Kobayashi Pharmaceutical and the Ito family. It's just a pity that before the marriage was officially pushed forward, Jiro Kobayashi went missing.

Everyone thought that the cooperation with the Ito family would end because of this, but they didn't expect Kobayashi Masayoshi to restart the cooperation with the Ito family now.

Thus, everyone immediately became interested and asked excitedly: "President, I don't know what kind of valuation the Ito family can give us?"

Kobayashi Masayoshi cleared his throat and said: "Mr. Ito Yuhiko of the Ito family is willing to invest in Kobayashi Pharmaceutical at a valuation of 15 billion USD, investing 4.5 billion USD, and holding 30% of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's total shares after the investment!"

"A valuation of 15 billion USD?!"

Everyone couldn't help but discuss it.

At the beginning, the price Jiro Kobayashi talked about with Ito Yuhiko wasn't this price.

At that time, Jiro Kobayashi told everyone that the valuation would be at least over 20 billion USD.

How did it suddenly drop so much now?!

Someone questioned: "President, the Ito family's previous offer wasn't this low. How did it shrink so much all of a sudden?"

Someone else said: "Yeah! At least it should be around 22 billion USD, right? A valuation of 15 billion USD is simply robbery..."

Kobayashi Masayoshi's expression was a bit ugly, and he said: "You have to be clear, we are now beset by troubles both internally and externally. Not only is the president missing for no reason, but a Nine Mysteries Stomach Powder has popped up in China. If we don't hurry up and raise a round of funds now, in case Nine Mysteries Stomach Powder catches us off guard, by then our performance will slide significantly. Let alone a valuation of 15 billion USD, even 10 billion USD will be impossible to get!"