Manhattan Reborn 1978

Island country, Tokyo.

Setagaya Ward is a high-end residential area lined up along the Odakyu Line.

It's approaching evening~

After sending Galid and Marat away, David and Karnes went back to their rooms to rest for a while.

At dinner~

Iwasaki, the head of the Mitsubishi Iwasaki family, came back with his sister Ayase Iwasaki and several chefs to prepare an exquisite farewell dinner for David and Kanes.

Bill Guseland, who went to the southern part of the island to see the cherry blossoms a few days ago, also rushed back before David and Kanes left Tokyo.

In addition to the first wave of Sister Manqi and Mecia who went shopping today, and the second wave of Toby Olga and little secretary Maggie who were deliberately sent away by David to go shopping, they just happened to take all the seats at the dining table. full.

. . .

In the restaurant.

As the new owner of this villa, David, after giving everyone a moment to greet each other, tapped the cup with a small spoon, raised his voice, and laughed.

"If it hadn't been for Little Peter's invitation to me, it might have been some time before I came here to explain Iwasaki on paper and Miss Iwasaki Ayase..."

“Coming to the island country this time is of great significance to me and full of rewards!”

"Thank you for the gift, my friend." David raised his glass, looked at Iwasaki Naokami and smiled.

"No, it's me who should thank you!" Iwasaki raised his glass with a frank smile, and there was no hint of politeness in his voice.

"Oh? You thanked him, right...?" Bill sat across from Iwasaki, watching the two of them answer questions knowingly.

David glanced at Bill, then at Carnes who was engrossed in eating, smiled and said nothing, and drank the wine in his glass.

When Iwasaki saw David drink all the wine, he didn't answer Bill immediately. After raising his neck and draining the wine in the glass, he wiped the corners of his mouth in embarrassment and explained.

"After the last oil crisis broke out, the raw material-based petrochemical industry that was most affected by the island countries was the raw material-based petrochemical industry."

"Representative companies such as Mitsubishi Chemical, Sumitomo Chemical, Ube Industries, Mitsui Tokyo Chemicals, Showa Denko, Mitsubishi Petrochemicals, Mitsui Petrochemicals, etc. were operating at a loss from 74 to 76, and it was not until last year that they slowly turned losses into profits. ”

"Our two large enterprises, Mitsubishi Chemical and Mitsubishi Petroleum & Chemical, have invested a lot of money in the research and development of fine chemical industrial products in recent years because they need to improve energy-saving process control equipment, but their losses are still relatively serious."

"So, David is ready to sign a crude oil import intention agreement with us."

"Wait a minute~" David suddenly interrupted Iwasaki, looked at Bill who was frowning and thinking, and smiled.

"He just said it wrong!"

"It's not me who wants to sign a cooperation agreement with him, but you, Bill!"

"You have to sign an agreement on our behalf with Mitsubishi Chemical and Mitsubishi Petrochemical."

"Me?" Bill asked, pointing to his nose and looking at Karnes.

"Have you changed the plan again?"

"Well, I only changed it a little bit."

"I'm just...a little bit?"

"Yeah~" Kanes stopped using his chopsticks, tilted his head and looked at Bill and shrugged.

"If you don't sign and he doesn't sign, do you want me to sign?"

"Uh..." Bill felt speechless and rolled his eyes, grinned at David and said with a wry smile.

"In what capacity do you want me to sign?"

"Of course CEO!"

"Me? CEO?"

"What about the company? We don't even have a company, how can I be the CEO?"

"Why not!" David smiled, picked up the chopsticks, pointed at Brotney Mecia, and said with a smile.

"I have long asked her to find someone to register several international trading companies in the island country, and you will be their first CEO."

"..." Bill glanced at Mecia, who was smiling and nodding, raised his hand to scratch his head, and then looked at Kanes and asked.

"What about you? Are you leaving all this to me?"

"Um... aren't you willing to be the CEO?" Kanes stopped chewing the food in his mouth, paused for a few seconds, and asked.

"I..." Bill was speechless again.

He put down his arms, lowered his head, looked at the wine glass in front of him, and thought quickly.

David and the other people sitting at the table were silent at this moment, waiting for Bill's answer.

One minute later.

Bill raised his head, looked at David and asked, "Did you go to Xiangjiang to meet Uncle Schrott?"

"See you."

"What did he say?"

"He..." David glanced at Kanes and saw that he had no intention of answering, so he shook his head slightly and replied.

"Uncle Schroeder asked me how many times I would increase the leverage at most."

"My answer is at most twice as much. Any more will make it difficult to control the risk."

"Twice..." Bill was a little surprised by David's "conservative" decision.

He thought for a moment and continued to ask.

"Then, do you still want to add to our own funds before obtaining financing leverage?"

"Of course!"

David put down the chopsticks in his hand, glanced at the Iwasaki siblings, and nodded.

"This time when I return to New York, I will first raise additional funds of my own, then apply for a loan from Chase Manhattan Bank with principal and interest repaid when due, and then apply for a loan with the same conditions from Mitsubishi Bank, all of which will be left to you. manage."

"What's the number?"

"You already have a mental number?"

"Yes, two billion meters." David answered directly without any concealment.

"..." Bill nodded silently, couldn't help but look at Iwasaki Naoshang, and asked after pondering for a few seconds.

"With that crude oil import intention agreement signed with us, you can help us get a secondary financing loan from Mitsubishi Bank...right?"

"Yes!" Iwasaki nodded with a serious expression.

“However, of this secondary financing loan, only half will be transferred to the company account you manage in the form of a dollar loan, and the other half will be entered into the name of Mitsubishi Corporation as a reserve fund to meet the commodity trade needs of Nakhodka Commercial Port. ”

"So, as long as the trade channels at Nakhodka Commercial Port can be kept open, Mitsubishi Corporation is willing to transfer half of all profits to Mitsubishi Bank to use it as part of the interest on this secondary financing loan."

"Oh...?" Bill glanced at David even more surprised. I don't know how he persuaded Iwasaki Naokami to agree to such cooperation conditions.

David seemed to have guessed what he was thinking at this time. He picked up the wine bottle with a relaxed expression, poured himself half a glass of wine, and smiled.

"These are just the first steps of our new plan."

"Because Kanes and I both trust you and feel that only if you are here to preside over the follow-up plans will we be able to study further with confidence."

"As for Marat, I made it very clear to him this afternoon..."

"From now until the end of this year, we will eat as much crude oil as we want to sell at Nakhodka Commercial Port!"