Chapter 881: Principles and Integrity

Aman Tokyo Hotel.

After showering, Su Zhiyu opened her laptop in her room and once again held a video conference with her brother and Su Shoudao, who was far away in Yanjing.

The siblings reported Takahashi Machi's massive concessions truthfully to Su Shoudao, which greatly surprised him.

In Su Shoudao's view, Takahashi Machi was truly sensible; he not only had the determination to take down the Ito family but also the awareness to yield profits to the Su family and willingly act as a junior partner.

Such a person could be described as a teachable child.

Su Zhiyu said, "Dad, we will meet with Ito Takehiko of the Ito family tomorrow according to our prior agreement. However, I feel that Ito Takehiko has already lost his competitiveness in this cooperation; it is impossible for him to offer better terms than Takahashi Machi."

Su Shoudao gave a hum and laughed, "Then just go through the motions. Once the surface work is done, you can sign the contract with the Takahashi family. However, before signing, you still need to run to those major ports in Japan and inspect the actual operations of the Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, and Osaka ports."

Su Zhiyu nodded and said, "Don't worry about that, my brother and I have already planned the schedule."

"That's good." Su Shoudao smiled with satisfaction: "I didn't expect Takahashi Machi to be willing to lower the profit-sharing ratio to 25%. You must know that your grandfather's psychological price point at the time was 30%, with a maximum tolerance of 35%. You directly cut ten percentage points off his upper limit. Once the contract is signed, your grandfather will definitely be very happy and will certainly record a great merit for you!"

Su Zhifei laughed, "Dad, if Grandfather really records a great merit for us, can we ask him to let our family operate the entire ocean shipping business by then?"

Su Shoudao said with a smile, "I will definitely fight for this business from the Old Master, and I think the probability of the Old Master agreeing is very high. You two should do a good job with the preparations before the cooperation in Japan. When the time comes, I will talk to the Old Master and try my best to have him hand this business over to you siblings to be responsible for."

Su Zhiyu hurriedly waved her hand, "Dad, I don't want to do it. Just let Brother take over."

Su Shoudao asked in surprise, "Why? Such a good opportunity, why don't you want to do it?"

Su Zhiyu said seriously, "After I finish with this matter, I'm going to the United States to study for an MBA."

Su Zhifei hurriedly said, "Oh, my dear sister, you are so gifted, why study for an MBA? It's a complete waste of time. It would be better to return to the family to work earlier, so you can lock in some resources in advance!"

Su Zhiyu shook her head, "Learning has no limits. I don't want to come back to work so early, and I'm not that interested in the family's resources."

Su Shoudao hurriedly said, "Zhiyu, you aren't young anymore; it's about time to consider marriage. Studying for an MBA is too much of a waste of time; it would be better to take advantage of these two years to get married."

Su Zhiyu retorted, "Marriage? To whom?"

Su Shoudao said, "Your grandfather will naturally help you choose the best one."

"I don't want that." Su Zhiyu shook her head, "If I let my grandfather choose for me, then I might as well just find someone on the streets of Tokyo who is easy on the eyes and marry them randomly."

"Stop saying such bastard words!" Su Shoudao said angrily, "Don't think that just because your grandfather let you go to Japan to discuss cooperation, he would ever allow you to marry a Japanese person!"

Su Zhiyu curled her lips and deliberately tried to annoy Su Shoudao, saying, "Who said I wanted to marry a Japanese person? There are plenty of Chinese people on the streets of Tokyo, aren't there? I ran into one on the way here; he was tall, handsome, and quite stylish. I thought he was quite easy on the eyes. Why don't I just marry him? That would be much better than going back and letting my grandfather choose for me."

Su Zhifei said awkwardly, "Do you even know what his name is?"

Su Zhiyu hummed, "I'm just making an analogy. It doesn't matter if I don't know his name; I can ask him next time we meet."

Su Zhifei laughed, "I reckon there won't be a chance to see him again. With Takahashi Machi's personality, he definitely won't let him leave Japan alive."

Su Zhiyu raised her eyebrows and said, "How do you know Takahashi Machi can kill him? I think that man has great ability; Takahashi Machi might not necessarily be able to do anything to him."

Su Zhifei shook his head and said with a smile, "A strong dragon cannot suppress a local snake. Even if two fists can fight four hands, they might not be able to fight forty hands or four hundred hands."

Hearing this, Su Zhiyu's expression became somewhat solemn.

What she said just now was only to annoy her father, but when she really thought of that man's figure, Su Zhiyu felt quite worried for him in her heart.

Thinking that Takahashi Machi might not let him off easily, Su Zhiyu blurted out, "Next time I meet with Takahashi Machi, I will warn him. If he dares to secretly make a move on that man after the cooperation is reached, then I will terminate the cooperation at any time!"

"Nonsense!" Su Shoudao scolded sternly, "As a representative of the Su family, everything must be based on the interests of the Su family. How can you let a strange man affect the interests of the Su family?! As long as we can get Takahashi Machi's maximum concession terms, what does the life or death of this strange man have to do with us?!"

Su Zhiyu also became somewhat angry and argued, "That man offended the Takahashi family in order to save a fellow Chinese little girl. How can I just stand by and watch the Takahashi family kill him?"

Su Shoudao said disdainfully, "Then when the Takahashi family kills him, just don't look, okay?"

Su Zhiyu said angrily, "Dad! How can you be like this?! Do you have any principles or integrity left at all?"

"Principles and integrity?" Su Shoudao said coldly, "My principles and integrity serve the interests of the Su family! For the sake of the Su family's interests, I can discard any principles or integrity!"

"You..."

Su Zhiyu was so angry she couldn't speak.

At this time, Su Zhifei hurriedly tried to smooth things over, "Dad, Zhiyu, we haven't finished discussing our business yet. Why are you two arguing?"

Su Shoudao said with a gloomy expression, "Alright, alright, let's not talk about these meaningless things. Zhiyu, we can discuss your MBA studies after you return."

"No need to discuss it." Su Zhiyu said with a very cold expression, "The admission notice from Harvard Business School has already been sent to my email. School starts in August, and I'm leaving in May."

"You child..."

Just as Su Shoudao was about to say something, Su Zhifei's phone happened to receive a call. The person calling was an assistant who had accompanied them to Tokyo.

The other party said on WeChat, "Young Master, the head of the Matsumoto family in Tokyo, Matsumoto Ryoto, is at the hotel front desk asking to see you and the Young Lady!"

"The Matsumoto family?" Su Zhifei frowned, "Is that the Matsumoto family that ranks third in strength in Tokyo?"

"That's right!"

Su Zhifei looked at the video conference interface on the computer and asked, "Dad, Zhiyu, Matsumoto Ryoto of the Matsumoto family is asking to see us. Should we see him?"

Su Shoudao said disdainfully, "As far as I know, the strength of the Matsumoto family is quite a bit worse than the Takahashi family and the Ito family. We only need to make a choice between the Takahashi family and the Ito family. There is no need to waste energy on such trash."

Su Zhifei then said to the assistant on the phone, "Reject that Matsumoto Ryoto. Just say I have already rested and am not seeing guests."

Su Zhiyu spoke up at this time, "Brother, why don't we see him? This Matsumoto Ryoto still has some ability. Being able to bring up the Matsumoto family on his own is indeed not simple. Besides, as the saying goes, one does not hit a smiling face. A family head has personally come to the hotel to ask for a meeting; this has already lowered his status significantly. If we don't even see him, it's somewhat unjustifiable."

Su Shoudao said at this time, "Zhiyu, you like to consider things carefully, which is very good, but you also cannot consider everything so much; this will be counterproductive! If you see this Matsumoto Ryoto tonight, perhaps tomorrow the fourth, fifth, or even the fortieth or fiftieth ranked families in Tokyo will all swarm to the hotel asking to see you. Can you handle that?"

"This..." Su Zhiyu suddenly didn't know how to answer.

Su Shoudao continued, "Alright, let's listen to your brother on this matter. Reject him."

Su Zhiyu had no choice but to nod, "Alright..."