Chapter 454: Ambition

“What about Natsume Ryosuke?” Takayuki Nanno asked directly.

“Although he has personal ambitions and is likewise thinking of ascending a bit further, he doesn’t have as much ambition as you and Kobayashi Kiyoshi. Natsume Ryousuke’s ambition is a small one, while yours is a big one.

However, your ambitions seem to be nothing compared to Justice’s ambitions. I reckon that Justice’s ambition is to make the Hard Gold Group the seventh largest consortium after the six largest consortiums in Japan, the Mitsui Consortium, the Mitsubishi Consortium, the Sumitomo Consortium, the Fuji Consortium, the Mitsuwa Consortium, and the Persuasion Bank Consortium.” Kazuya Takahashi said seriously.

“I’m afraid it’s more than that, Justice wants to make the Hard Gold Group the number one consortium in Japan.” Nanno Takayuki said as he shared his somewhat different opinion from the other party.

“Whether it’s number one, or number seven, it’s not an ordinary person’s ambition.” Kazuya Takahashi added.

“I only realized tonight that you’re quite good at reading people as well. It would be most appropriate for you to take over this one Personnel Minister of mine in the future.” Takayuki Nanno didn’t kid around and said.

“Thanks, I won’t accept. Although the Legal Affairs Department is also busy, there is just as much free time. In my opinion, your Human Resources Department is rarely not busy 365 days a day.

Recruitment, assessment, performance and so on are all the things of your HR department. The entire Hard Gold Group is 30,000 people! In the future, the Hard Gold Group is getting bigger and bigger, so there will be more and more people.

This will be accompanied by more and more things. If we become the number one company in Japan someday, even if we’re the seventh largest, we’ll have to have at least several hundred thousand people.

I don’t want my future life to be completely kidnapped by work. I just like the way it is now where I can balance both work and life.” Kazuya Takahashi refused.

“The Personnel Department is a lot of things, but it also has a lot of power. It’s not only about the biannual half-yearly awards for ordinary members of the club and general cadres, but it’s also about their promotion or dismissal.

This once the company layoffs within the time, you will feel in their own hands hold the future of how many people, life and death and fate, that a wonderful good feeling is difficult to describe in words.

Some people are terrified and can’t sleep at night for fear that they will be laid off and subsequently lose their jobs. As for you, naturally you don’t have to worry about this kind of thing happening to you.

Holding power in your hands is a way to make the people concerned feel a sense of awe towards you.” A grin of power emerged on Takayuki Nanno’s face as he said.

“You take your time to enjoy that thrill you spoke of. My heart has never been very good, I can’t take too much excitement, and I can’t see others crying or kneeling in front of me even more.” Takahashi Kazuya drank up the whiskey in his glass and said.

“The mall is like a battlefield. Inside this capital world we are in, it’s even more like the law of the jungle. No one will pity you.

Those who have weak thoughts in their hearts will only be doomed to be eaten. A soft heart is only seen as weakness.” Nanno Takayuki said firmly.

“That’s why I said that I can’t do the job of the Personnel Department by myself. Our job in the Legal Affairs Department is to argue reasonably within the framework of the current national laws and regulations, and to take things personally.” Kazuya Takahashi said calmly.

“And what do you think about it, Oda Feijo?” Nanno Takayuki naturally understood his character and persona. In his own opinion, a man without much ambition was not a good thing.

“She is the only woman among the current executives of our Hard Gold Group. That alone is enough to prove that Oda Fidget is marvelous a woman.”

Takahashi Kazuya first unscrewed the cap of the Hakushu whiskey bottle, and then started pouring into his own glass with the mouth of the bottle aligned with the mouth of the glass, saying.

“There’s also a Miyazaki Ryui, what do you think about that?” Takayuki Nanno said, getting to the bottom of the matter.

Kazuya Takahashi poured in a third of a glass of whiskey before re-screwing the cap on the bottle. Afterward, the bottle was then returned to its original place.

He picked up the glass again, but did not drink, ”In fact, you should know the character of these people, as well as their individual abilities, better than I do. Why bother asking me one by one?”

“Listening to both is wise, while partiality is dark. I just want to hear a different viewpoint. I wouldn’t get much truth out of asking others what I’m asking you.

To be precise, would anyone other than you be honest with me? If I ask Justice, he will never take a stand.

Once he takes a stand on something, that means that’s the way it has to be. Once he takes a stand on someone, it means that person is not that way in everyone’s mind.

I wouldn’t go so far as to ask Miyazaki Ryui himself, would I? Or, I’ll go ask Oda Feijoi, what do you think of a person like Miyazaki Ryui?

Nine times out of ten, she would only say good things about the other person. Otherwise, she’d just keep quiet and not express any bit of true personal opinion.

Besides, you and I both know that the two of them were originally two of the earliest members of the Justice Company. In public and in private, they would also have an alliance.” Takayuki Nanno said in a serious manner.

“You could still ask Ryosuke Natsume, huh?” Kazuya Takahashi couldn’t help but laugh as he took a sip of the whiskey in his glass and said.

“Asking him would be better than not asking. Natsume Ryousuke wouldn’t say anything bad about Miyazaki Ryui either. Even if he really wanted to say it, he would go in front of Justice and say it alone.” Nanno Takayuki said directly.

“I don’t think that’s necessarily true. Natsume Ryousuke has ambitions and ideas, and he’s already openly gone to war with Oda Feijo this morning. It’s not necessarily true to say that being at his place will get you somewhere.

Since you don’t trust Shingo Oda, you can pull Natsume Ryosuke along to mess with Shingo Oda. If Shingo Oda falls, Ryosuke Natsume can go and take over the presidency of Hard Gold Media.

Such a big platform is something that should be even more attractive to Natsume Ryousuke.” Kazuya Takahashi half-joked, half-seriously said.

“I’m doing a favor for someone else, so what benefit can I get? It’s not exactly cheapening Natsume Ryousuke. Unless you go and fuck the president of Hard Gold Media.

Besides, Justice might not necessarily agree to let Natsume Ryousuke take the position of Hard Gold Media’s president. If he was truly interested, he would have already let Natsume Ryosuke go out into the world, and would he still promote Shingo Oda?” Takayuki Nanno said in disbelief.

“You might as well find someone else! Masayoshi has not only known Miyazaki Ryui, but also saved his life. Miyazaki Ryui, as the first vassal, that would only be dead to Justice.

I’m afraid it would be difficult for him to gang up with anyone other than Oda Ashitaka, with whom he shares a common interest. After all, it would be better than nothing for him to remain one heart with Justice.” Kazuya Takahashi said not at all impressed.