Keizo Torii jerked his head around, following the sound of his voice, and watched as a person walked out of the cubicle behind him.
His pupils constricted, and then he let out another miserable laugh, muttering to himself, 'I didn't lose unfairly, I should have expected this...'
'Haha, you really didn't lose unfairly, the gap in strength between us was too great.'
'If you had not struggled and simply obeyed, it would have been the best outcome, but unfortunately...'
Matsumoto Yu spoke with a steady pace and a light tone.
Hearing this, Torii Keizo's body trembled, and his face became more and more bitter and ugly.
This is also the reason why he has been mentally and physically exhausted and tormented for the past two weeks. Every day, he spends it in anxiety and self-blame, otherwise why has he aged so quickly.
If he had not rebelled, at most he would have lost control of the company, but the shares would still be there. It is not like now, where his life and death are in the hands of others.
He lowered his posture and begged Matsumoto Yu, 'Matsumoto-kun, opposing you is the biggest mistake I have made in my life. I beg you to spare me!'
After saying this, Torii Keizo bowed to the ground.
Matsumoto Yu was unmoved.
He sat down on the sofa with a light heart and said, 'Torii-san, you'd better get up. You're only making me feel like you're pressuring me.'
'No, don't get me wrong!'
Hearing this, Torii Keizo hurriedly got up, and then sat down at the sign of Matsumoto Yu.
'Matsumoto-kun, Torii-san, you guys talk, I still have some things to take care of first.'
At this point, Maruyama Shun found an excuse to go out and temporarily left his office to Matsumoto Yu and Torii Keizo.
After Maruyama Shun left, Matsumoto Yu leaned back on the sofa, calmly watching the fidgety Torii Keizo, and said in a gentle voice, 'Torii-san, our side signed the bond transfer agreement with Fukoku Bank early this morning. As long as we transfer 172.9 billion yen to the account designated by Fukoku Bank, the agreement will take effect.'
'However, this is a matter between our company and Wells Fargo. You have already breached the contract, so there is no room for choice or interference, and you are not in a position to ask.
'Now we are your family's creditors. The two options that Maruyama just mentioned are the two options we are giving you. Choose one!'
Keizo Torii bowed his head and pleaded, 'Matsumoto-kun, I'm sorry, but these two options are beyond our capabilities. I am willing to hand over our family's equity and help you take control of the company and lead all the clan members to leave Suntory. I just beg you to let us go.'
Yū Matsumoto's mouth curled up slightly, looking at Keizo Torii playfully and saying, 'Add the 67.4 million shares pledged, how many shares do you hold in total?'
Keizo Torii did not dare to hide anything and answered truthfully: 'There are a total of 140.28 million shares, accounting for 33.4% of the company's total share capital.'
'140.28 million shares, at the current share price, are only worth 134 billion yen.'
'And our debt relationship is 172.9 billion yen.'
'There is still a gap of nearly 40 billion yen...'
'You don't have enough leverage!'
Matsumoto Yu looked at Torii Keizo and said.
Torii Keizo did not dare to argue about how much money he had spent. After all, this was the truth. As long as Matsumoto Yu let the court intervene, the consequences would be even more serious. The assets of the entire Torii family, including fixed assets, would be frozen. At that time, even if they did not go to prison, the whole family would end up living on the streets.
It was precisely because he knew this that Torii Keizo was so obedient today.
'Matsumoto-kun, we still have 1.2 billion yen in cash, which we will also compensate your company.'
'Other than that, we really don't have anything else.'
After saying this, Torii Keizo's gaze fixed on Matsumoto Yu, his eyes full of pleading and hope.
After staring at Torii Keizo for a long time, Matsumoto Yu slowly nodded: 'Okay.'
...
After the deal was settled, Matsumoto Yu asked Maruyama Shun for help and directly drew up the contract inside the Wells Fargo Bank.
Keizo Torii borrowed the phone and called Shinichiro Torii, who had been waiting at home in agony, asking him to bring the family foundation seal and relevant equity certificates to Wells Fargo Bank.
An hour later, under the joint witness of the lawyer and Toshi Maruyama, the two parties exchanged contracts and signed them.
At this point, the Torii family had no interest in Suntory for one yen.
The 33.4% stake and 1.2 billion yen in cash were obtained by Jiuding Securities, and the debt relationship between the two parties was also dissolved.
Looking at the dispirited Torii Keizo and the others, Matsumoto Yu did not have the slightest pity. He said indifferently, 'Torii-kun, don't forget to take care of the rest.'
'We will cooperate well,'
Torii Keizo said with a weak mouth.
'Maruyama-kun, we will transfer the money to your company's account this afternoon,'
Matsumoto Yu looked at Maruyama again and said with a smile.
'Yes, Matsumoto-kun, you can arrange it.'
Maruyama Toshi also said with a smile.
'Well, I still have things to do, so I'll take my leave!'
After saying this, Matsumoto Yu, accompanied by Maruyama Toshi, left the Wells Fargo Bank.
Five minutes later, Matsumoto Yu returned to Jiuding Securities Company and came to Xia Yu's office, knocking gently on the door.
'Come in!'
'Boss, the task is complete. This is all the shares held by the Torii family, as well as the share transfer agreement.'
After receiving Xia Yu's approval, Matsumoto Yu entered the office, walked quickly to Xia Yu, and placed all the materials on Xia Yu's desk.
'Sit down first!'
After telling Matsumoto Yu to sit down, Xia Yu picked up the materials and browsed through them, gradually revealing a smile on his face.
'Not bad!'
'Plus the shares we currently hold, it's more than 66.7%, right?'
Xia Yu exclaimed, put down his things, looked at Matsumoto Yu, and said with a smile.
'Yes, we previously owned 33.56% of the equity, and then borrowed 4.7% of the equity through a VAM, but sold 1.56 million shares. Together with the 33.4% of the equity we have now acquired, our current shareholding ratio is 71.29%.'
'However, we still have a large number of shares on sale, and I will have someone withdraw them later,'
Matsumoto Yu replied as if he knew the answer.
Afterwards, he asked out of his own accord.
'Boss, should we negotiate with the company that is betting against us and buy back the shares?'
Xia Yu nodded slightly after thinking for a moment and said:
"Yes, let's try tomorrow. If we can't reach an agreement, there's no need to rush. We have the initiative.'
'However, we should also be aware that 1.56 million shares of the shares we put up for sale were bought, so it seems that a major institution is preparing to enter the market. It's still in the testing stage.'
'Mitsui Securities Co. hasn't made a move since they approached us more than half a month ago. This is unusual, so they're probably still interested.
'We have no more burdens. If the negotiations on the bet don't go well for the time being, we can test the stock market to see if it's them. If it is, we can teach them a lesson.'
'Yes!'
...
Towards the end of the morning session, Matsumoto Yu had someone withdraw the huge sell order that had been placed.
This situation was immediately discovered by the employees of Mitsui Securities, who were closely monitoring the stock, and they immediately reported it upwards.
Yohei Hada was shocked and immediately gathered his subordinates to make plans, while also having a phone call with Yosuke Yamaguchi.
After the afternoon session opened, Mitsui Securities' big move struck.
Suntory's stock price had just dropped by 2 yen per share at the opening of the afternoon session, and immediately afterwards, the sell orders that were posted were fully eaten up by Mitsui Securities, and buy orders were posted in batches.
Some institutions saw someone taking over and immediately posted sell orders, which were all taken in by Mitsui Securities.
This situation quickly reached Matsumoto Yu's ears. He dropped what he was doing and went directly to the operations room. After seeing the trading situation, he snorted in disgust and knew that Mitsui Securities was indeed insatiable.
He waved his hand and immediately ordered:
'Raise the price for me and don't let the other party get a bargain!'
'Yes!'
A group of subordinates responded in unison, and then a series of buy orders were placed at prices arranged in a stepped manner.
On the other side, Mitsui Securities' Yohei Haneda was infuriated, but could only order to follow up and grab the shares.
The war resumed, and the price of Suntory's stock began to rise again...