Chapter 866: Truly satisfying

"This..."

Facing Ito Yuhiko's question, Tanaka Koichi fell into a dilemma.

How should he answer?

Answer that it can be recovered?

Then if it can't be recovered, wouldn't he have to take the blame to some extent?

Answer that it can't be recovered?

Then Ito Yuhiko would probably explode immediately!

Viewed this way, this question was truly very difficult to answer.

Seeing him stammering and unable to speak, Ito Yuhiko's heart skipped a beat, and he blurted out: "You don't think that there's an 80% chance this money won't be recovered, do you?"

Tanaka Koichi hurriedly explained: "That's not it, Master. I don't think we should be so pessimistic. As far as I can see now, whether it can be recovered is probably a toss-up!"

"A toss-up?" Ito Yuhiko said angrily: "How is that any different from saying nothing at all?"

Tanaka Koichi hurriedly said: "Master, there are indeed many uncertain factors in this matter, and I can't draw a conclusion yet. But don't forget, at the very worst, we can still solve the problem through litigation."

"Litigation?" Ito Yuhiko pointed at Tanaka Koichi and scolded: "Has your brain been eaten by a dog? Takahashi Eikichi was crippled by Ye Chen on the street and has become the laughingstock of all Japan. If I were to sue him for occupying my 4.5 billion US dollars and not returning it, wouldn't I be even more mocked by all of Japan?!"

Tanaka Koichi said awkwardly: "Master, this is 4.5 billion US dollars. We can't just admit defeat because we are afraid of being mocked, right? The entire family's annual net profit doesn't even reach this amount..."

"Yes..." Ito Yuhiko said with extreme pain: "The economic situation has been poor recently. Our total net profit last year was only a little over 300 million US dollars. If there is no major improvement this year, we might even face a loss."

For large families or large enterprises, losses are also common.

For example, Zotye Auto in China showed in their published financial reports that they lost more than 10 billion RMB in the year 2019 alone.

Similarly, General Motors in the United States, because of poor management for years, has made losses a common occurrence. In General Motors' century-long history, their worst year saw a loss of 38.7 billion US dollars!

With the international economic situation cooling down in the last two years, Ito Yuhiko's pressure was even greater.

In this market environment, pharmaceutical and health-related enterprises actually have the broadest development prospects, because people can choose not to buy cars or houses, but they cannot choose not to buy medicine.

Precisely because of this, he decided to try every possible means to invest in Kobayashi Pharmaceutical.

He didn't expect that he would step into a deep pit.

Now that 4.5 billion US dollars had fallen into the pit and couldn't be retrieved, it made him feel like his heart was being clawed at.

Seeing Ito Yuhiko so depressed, Tanaka Koichi hurriedly advised: "Master, actually, you don't need to worry at all right now. We are different from the Takahashi family. The Takahashi family doesn't even know who Ye Chen is, but at least we know Ye Chen's background. We know he is now the boss of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical and is in Jin Ling, China. To take a step back, even if we have to resort to force in the end, we can still find him. The Takahashi family is different; they might not even be able to find him."

"Right!" Ito Yuhiko suddenly felt a lightbulb go off, and he blurted out: "That's exactly it—we must make sure they can't find him! As long as they can't find Ye Chen, they will forever be the laughingstock of all Japan! Hahaha, truly satisfying!"

Having said that, Ito Yuhiko stood up, excitedly lit another cigar, took a beautiful puff, and then smiled and ordered: "Tanaka, in my name, send a bouquet of flowers and a fruit basket to the Takahashi family. Just say it's to express my condolences, and disgust them to death! Hahaha!"

"Yes, Master!"

At this very moment, far away in Kyoto, Ito Nanako was still sitting in the courtyard waiting for that snow that she didn't know would come or not.

Her phone in her pocket suddenly vibrated. After opening it, she found a push notification from an app with the headline: "Takahashi Eikichi beaten up on the streets of Tokyo, arms crippled!"

Ito Nanako couldn't help but be surprised, thinking to herself: "Takahashi Eikichi is extremely famous in Tokyo; how could someone lay a hand on him on the street?"

However, she had no interest in Takahashi Eikichi as a person, nor did she want to care about such gossip, so she didn't click on it.

But, just as the phone screen locked, it lit up again. It was another push notification from a different app, with a headline similar to the previous one, only this one added: "Mysterious person has superb strength, worthy of being called a War God!"

Ito Nanako, who had a full passion for fighting and martial arts, immediately perked up.

She really wanted to see just how strong this mysterious person, whom the Japanese media called a War God, really was!

Subsequently, she opened her phone and played the video.

When Ye Chen was surrounded by the crowd and couldn't be seen, Ito Nanako's mood was very calm.

When several people were quickly sent flying, her expression revealed undisguised shock, and she muttered to herself: "Takahashi Eikichi's bodyguards cannot be ordinary people. From this, it can be seen that this person's strength is truly very strong!"

Next, she suddenly let out an "ah" sound, lost her grip on the phone, and it fell to the ground with a *thud*.

She hurriedly bent down to pick it up. Fortunately, the ground in the courtyard was not hard, and the phone was not damaged.

So she picked up the phone and couldn't wait to continue watching, her expression becoming increasingly shocked and excited!

She blurted out excitedly: "Ye Chen-kun... it really is Ye Chen-kun!"

At this moment, Ito Nanako had clearly turned into a star-struck girl.

And Ye Chen was her ultimate idol!

Therefore, as long as she saw Ye Chen, she couldn't hide the excitement deep in her heart!

What's more, the Ye Chen in the video was so elegant, so dashing, and so domineering!

Ito Nanako, who had always been as still as water, couldn't control her infatuation now, and she muttered to herself in surprise and joy: "Ye Chen-kun is really so handsome and so amazing! This kind of strength is truly at the master level of martial arts! No wonder he could defeat Master Yamamoto Kazuki with one palm. With his strength, even if five Master Yamamoto Kazukis attacked him at the same time, it would probably be very difficult to win!"

Harboring the extreme excitement of a young woman, Ito Nanako watched the video over and over again. At this moment, she wished she could return to Tokyo immediately and try every possible way to see Ye Chen!

However, a moment later, she gave up this idea.

She knew that after Ye Chen crippled Takahashi Eikichi, he would inevitably face the Takahashi family's targeting, and her father also had a conflict with him. If she went to find him at this time, not to mention whether he had the energy to see her, just the act of her going to see him could very likely bring him disaster!

Ito Nanako looked at the sky and muttered: "I only hope that Ye Chen-kun can leave Tokyo and Japan safely. As for whether I can see him again, it is far less important than his safety. May the gods bless him, and may Ye Chen-kun never encounter danger..." ===== CHAPTER 867 =====