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Chapter 1007: Chapter 884: Maruyama Clan (Please Subscribe!)
This was a significant matter.
Ling was certainly not doing it sneakily.
Before the delegation left for Mozambique, Ling had informed Lang Cai of the details of the negotiation, citing the reason as increasing the strategic reserves of industrial raw materials, and procuring some of the foreign mineral reserves first.
The mining would be done slowly in the future.
Regarding this,
Lang Cai felt somewhat dissatisfied.
Because Ling had not notified him in advance, but had unilaterally sent a ’cooperation request’ to the government of Mozambique, and by the time things were nearly settled, he was only informed, which was essentially just a ’notification’.
However, he didn’t say anything.
He knew it would be of no use to say anything.
And Ling’s reasoning left him unable to retort.
Even though Mozambique’s minerals were cheaper, they were not as cheap as mining domestically, but considering these materials were non-renewable resources, spending money to buy other countries’ non-renewable resources was never a bad thing in any light.
This was also commonplace among the great powers.
On one hand, they limited mining their own non-renewable resources, while on the other, they massively imported similar resources from other countries.
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May 28th.
Evening.
Japan - Aichi Prefecture - Nagoya City.
In Japan,
the prefectures, and metropolitan and administrative divisions are all of the same level. Just like how in Huaxia, provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions are all at the same administrative level, the nomenclature can seem a bit strange to those accustomed to Huaxia’s geographical names.
Inside a factory,
two groups were in a standoff.
Or rather, five people surrounded by a dozen or so people.
All five were injured, with four holding knives and one holding a gun, which had no bullets left. He clutched the gun simply seeking a sense of security.
Feeling the pain of the knife wound on his back, the man kept inhaling sharply.
Seeing the crowd drawing nearer, he shouted loudly, "Maruyama Takeshi, I agree to give up my rights to contend with you for control of the company, isn’t that enough? I know you’re here, come out."
Three seconds later,
"Shota, I gave you one last chance, unfortunately, you have gravely disappointed me,"
Maruyama Takeshi’s voice came from behind the crowd.
They parted to make way.
Stepping forward,
looking at Maruyama Shota in front of him, a hint of coldness flickered in Maruyama Takeshi’s eyes. Since returning to Japan days ago, leveraging the power and hidden pieces he had accumulated before, he had quickly regained control of the company.
He also found out what the people before him had been up to.
Using his funeral.
To take over his influence.
Unfortunately, you can’t make a rotten stick stand up; most of his friends didn’t care for Maruyama Shota’s account at all. This moron really thought that a funeral was all it took to take over the years of relations he had painstakingly built.
Wishful thinking.
If it had been earlier,
he really wouldn’t have had any good way to deal with Maruyama Shota unless there was direct evidence proving Maruyama Shota had hired someone to kill him. Otherwise, he could only continue to watch this guy flounder before him.
It disgusted him.
Because Maruyama Shota’s distant uncle by marriage was the mayor of Hiroshima City, Maruyama Takeshi couldn’t easily make a move against Shota.
However, on the plane back to Japan, that distant uncle by marriage happened to be taken away by the special search headquarters. After inquiring, the chances of his coming out were slim, so there was no longer anything to worry about.
Such a madman was better off sent to where he belonged.
"What chance?" Maruyama Shota asked, puzzled.
Maruyama Takeshi sneered coldly, "My private jet crashed because of sabotage you orchestrated, and later you even sent people to kill me and Nanami. Considering we share the same surname, I originally didn’t plan to kill you.
"Killing my brother, although he’s not my blood brother, still isn’t a good look. I don’t want to carry that reputation. My plan was to let you all live out the rest of your lives in peace, but last night, you actually tried to make a move against me again."
Hearing Maruyama Takeshi’s words,
Panic showed on Maruyama Shota’s face. Last night, he had indeed prepared to execute a backup plan, activating an important chess piece close to Maruyama Takeshi. He had arranged everything for the wrap-up.
Now it seemed,
Somewhere, something had gone wrong, and Maruyama Takeshi found out ahead of time.
"What are you talking about? I don’t understand," Maruyama Shota’s face twitched.
"If you don’t understand, never mind. By the way, Nanami has always been my man," Maruyama Takeshi could not be bothered to talk to this fool who had always been feeding on dividends and was always obsessed with fighting over inheritance.
"What? That’s impossible!" Disbelief covered Maruyama Shota’s face.
With so many people around,
Maruyama Takeshi had no interest in explaining anything.
He turned and left.
Behind him, a series of knocking and fighting sounds could be heard.
Three minutes later,
Calm returned to the Factory.
Maruyama Takeshi had already left in a car, and the remaining matters would be dealt with by his subordinates.
The Maruyama Clan was never any ordinary, decent family; they’ve always existed in the grayscale, their main sphere of influence being in Nagoya—occupying such a prime location, wealth was a given.
It was also because of their crooked ways,
that the family was not flourishing.
Two elder brothers had died young without leaving any children behind. In the end, Maruyama Takeshi’s grandfather felt this couldn’t continue. Plus, with the persuasion of his grandmother, he started expanding the business and gradually withdrew from some wholly illicit industries.
Like illegal drugs.
But he still operated casinos and flesh trades,
because these were not illegal here. He also retained traditional ’businesses’ like Usury. Then, Maruyama Takeshi’s grandfather invested the money in other industries and, leveraging his identity, quickly achieved great success.
Especially in the nineties.
Before Japan’s economic bubble burst, his grandfather pulled out early, and the reasoning was simple. As a casino operator, he understood the gambler’s mindset very well. At that time, Japan had basically turned into a massive casino.
Having exited at the peak before the Market Crash, Maruyama Takeshi’s grandfather swiftly converted his money into U.S. dollars and other foreign currencies. In the aftermath of the burst bubble, he began bottom-fishing for Property, buying up Japanese companies in large quantities.
These Japanese enterprises controlled a vast amount of overseas Property at the time, were very wealthy, and went on buying sprees. Maruyama Takeshi’s grandfather picked up many bargains, with Meijo Shipping being one of them.
Eventually, most of these companies were integrated into Maruyama Co., Ltd., while a few were presented as gifts, attached to his wife and children. After the death of his two elder sons, these assets transferred to Maruyama Takeshi and his mother.
And just like that, the Maruyama Family became prominent entrepreneurs.
Until now,
Leveraging Maruyama Takeshi’s business acumen, and catching the wave of the internet and emerging industries, multiple successes had led Maruyama Co., Ltd.’s total controlled assets to nearly thirty billion U.S. dollars.
The Maruyama Family owned sixty percent of the Stocks.
Doing the math, 𝓃𝓸𝓋𝓅𝓾𝒷.𝒸ℴ𝓂
The Maruyama Family owned one hundred eighty billion dollars of those assets.
And let’s not forget, this is the company’s assets, not including personal wealth. Maruyama Takeshi’s personal Property is also significant, roughly around three billion U.S. dollars when everything is added up.
It can be said he had achieved significant success in business.
However,
Their ’dark identity’ was never discarded, because Maruyama Takeshi’s grandfather was a firm believer in might. He felt that without this layer of ’bad guy’ identity, they might be bullied and be unable to protect such a large inheritance.
Before dying, he specially instructed Maruyama Takeshi,
Never to lose their deterrence, nor to trust Politicians.
Maruyama Takeshi had always complied and felt it made perfect sense. The Maruyama Family could never lose its fangs, as a wolf without fangs would eventually become a harmless ’feast’ for other wild creatures to consume.
Therefore,
In Nagoya City,
Maruyama Takeshi wasn’t afraid that Maruyama Shota’s death would have any impact on him. If the Japanese police couldn’t determine a death without finding a body, at most there’d be one more missing person.
None of his business.
