Chapter 214 Grades (Revised)
On Saturday morning, Masayoshi Kishimoto drove his old Porsche 911 and searched for the address left on the text message on his cell phone to find Eisuke Iwasaki’s horse farm in Musashino City, just outside the 23rd ward of Tokyo.
Musashino City is best known for its Kichijoji Temple. It is a center of life in the northwestern suburbs of Tokyo, in a location roughly equivalent to the fifth ring road of China’s imperial capital.
Like Shinjuku and Shibuya, it is home to chain malls and specialty stores, and is large enough to provide convenience for the middle-class residents of the neighborhood.
As a result, Kichijoji was voted the most popular place to live in Tokyo, ranking first in terms of both “most wanted” and “feeling after living there”.
The reason why middle-class people like Kichijoji is because they are shy. However, in comparison, the convenience of living and working in this area, with its convenient transportation, amenities, and close proximity to the 23rd Ward, and the fact that housing prices in the Kichijoji area are much more affordable than the exorbitant prices in the Tokyo metropolitan area, are still affordable to them.
When Masayoshi Kishimoto met Eisuke Iwasaki, he only saw that the other party was dressed in head-to-toe horseback riding attire. Himself, on the other hand, was in casual attire.
“I’m happy that you were able to come. I’ll show you around.” Iwasaki Eisuke asked bluntly.
“I want to ask you something, was my dad here back then?” Masayoshi Kishimoto said trying to confirm some of his thoughts.
Iwasaki Eisuke walked forward unhurriedly while calmly saying, “No. Your dad’s rank back then wasn’t good enough to be invited here.”
“How much distance was my dad short of back then?” Justice Kishimoto followed his pace down the aisle.
“It’s probably the distance between Kichijoji and Minato.” Iwasaki Eisuke said, not joking at all.
Masayoshi Kishimoto understood completely as soon as he heard it. Kichijoji, that represented a middle-class symbol. Minato Ward, that represented a symbol of the affluent class.
In the eyes of the truly wealthy, Kichijoji, which was regarded as a “holy place” by the middle class, was just an extremely ordinary place to live.
Moving from Kichijoji to the harbor area is not just a simple move, but also a sign of elevation of social class and status.
It was just like the concept of moving from the fifth ring road to the second ring road in the Chinese Empire. Even if it was only one ring, it represented a different meaning.
“In that case, I am honored.” Masayoshi Kishimoto said with a knowing smile.
“I told you a long time ago that I am most fond of young talents. The vast majority of people in this world love money, but I love talent.
People who are obsessed with money generally don’t have much. Only if people have talent and are not buried, then sooner or later they will have money.” Iwasaki Eisuke calmly said.
“I do have one thing in common with you, I also like talent.” Masayoshi Kishimoto said bluntly.
“If a man wants to do great things, then he’s bound to gather a group of talented people of all different talents around him. You don’t have to be smarter than all of them, but you have to be able to control people’s hearts and minds, and most importantly, you have to know how to harness them.
This can be used for me is the best. If not, it will not be able to be utilized by my opponents, and then become a threat to me in the future.” Iwasaki Eisuke slowly said.
Masayoshi Kishimoto completely understood the deeper meaning of his words. He himself had learned long ago that dealing with people of high rank was not like dealing with ordinary people.
The former’s speech was often very interesting, and always required a certain level of perception to understand and guess. As for the latter, speaking straight to the point would bring each other closer, making them feel that you were not hypocritical and not “playing official”.
“Don’t be nervous. In fact, you should have guessed my true identity. That’s right, I am a member of the Iwasaki family of the Mitsubishi Group.
My ancestry is from Kochi Prefecture in Shikoku, and you also have origins in the same place as my ancestry. We are also from the same hometown. My ancestor, Yataro Iwasaki, moved his family to Tokyo after he made his fortune.
That was over a hundred years ago. The Iwasaki family has never left Tokyo. The Mitsubishi Group used to be Japan’s number one plutocracy.
Now, it is ranked behind the Mitsui Zaibatsu. Whenever I see that face of Mitsui Takashi, it makes my heart quite upset.” Iwasaki Eisuke couldn’t help but clench his right fist and said.
Masayoshi Kishimoto immediately screamed in his heart. Although he had personally felt that Iwasaki Eisuke was intentionally drawing himself in, he really did not want to stand in the other party’s camp.
To be precise, not only did he not want to get involved in the struggle between the bigwigs of the financial sector, but he didn’t even want to choose a side.
Japan’s former boss wants to get the current boss down, that is the financial world is the war. The Hard Gold Group that he had built up with his own hands was completely incomparable to them.
Masayoshi Kishimoto didn’t want to make himself a gun for others. Nor did his own company want to become a victim of a tug-of-war between others.
He seemed to understand that the reason why Iwasaki Eisuke was optimistic about him was definitely not that he was going to be used now, but that he would be used at some point above in the future.
The other party was definitely playing a very, very big game of chess. Just the time spent on the layout of the chessboard alone would probably take a long time and effort.
Masayoshi Kishimoto’s back began to break out in a cold sweat, but he managed to remain calm. He currently had a headache when he thought that the other party still had nearly eight billion yen in cash in his possession.
If Iwasaki Hidetsugu wanted to use this as the capitalization for his shares, it would really be a problem. Although the other party is not able to absolute control, but with the strength of the Mitsubishi Group, at any time can make capital additions.
At that time, not to mention their own hand-founded hard gold group removed owner, even if the other party completely annexed and acquired, also not the slightest bit strange.
“Why am I talking to you about things I shouldn’t be talking about. Today, I invited you here just to see and talk about horses.” Iwasaki Eisuke laughed out loud.
Kishimoto Masayoshi wasn’t a fool, a big shot like the other party must be extremely meticulous in his thinking, what words should be said and what words shouldn’t be said were completely clear in his mind. How could it be possible to speak out of turn for no reason at all?
At the same time, he also twelve understand, he is already in front of the eyes of a not only large, and extremely tempting delicious cake.
If he has the Mitsubishi Group’s secret support and help, then the hard gold group will be in the future development of the road above the faster and better progress.
Kishimoto justice in the face of such an opportunity, the heart is inevitable. He did not lose his mind, but clearly saw the huge risks involved.
Refuse? Do you have the strength to do so? Earlier, the other party had already made it clear that he would not be used by him, nor would he allow his opponent to take advantage of it. If Iwasaki Eisuke turned his guns against himself, it would be a complete game over.