Chapter 526: The Family’s Capital
When they arrived at the place, Sakai Rie was the one who parked the car. She and Mizuhara Yuki got out of the car one after the other. The two of them were holding hands and appeared to be very close.
When Rie Sakai saw Mrs. Chiba and the others, she apologized with an inner calm, “I’m sorry for being late, I was stuck in traffic when I arrived.”
Mrs. Chiba’s face showed a smile and hurriedly helped, “When I came, I was also stuck in traffic. If I hadn’t come out early, I would have been late as well.”
“This one beside me is my best friend, Mizuhara Yuki. She also lives in Nishimabu.” Sakai Rie took the initiative to introduce her.
Mizuhara Yuki loosened her hold on Sakai Rie’s hand and bowed very politely at forty-five degrees towards the crowd. She wasn’t stupid, some of these women of different ages in front of her were also people with some family background.
For her, it is very simple to judge, just look at their respective side of the handbag brand, as well as fingers, wrists, ears on the jewelry accessories will know.
In addition, the temperament emanating from women who have long been well-dressed and pampered is different from that of ordinary women. They have the confidence that comes from their own financial strength and open-mindedness.
Not only that, she also knew that the main character of this party was no other than Rie Sakai. To be precise, it was specially organized for her.
On the way here, there was no traffic jam at all. The reason why Sakai Rie would appear to be in no hurry also said it all. Otherwise, she definitely wouldn’t have been late.
Being late would only result in being treated with contemptuous eyes while she would keep bowing and apologizing, not at all the same light words of apology, and even more so, no one would take the initiative to excuse her.
Sakai Rie and Mizuhara Yuki were seated next to each other before both ordering a cup of cat shit coffee. On the tabletop in the center where the women were sitting around, there were naturally pastries and fruit platters of various colors.
“Mrs. Chiba, your daughter is really something. Not only did she hold a solo exhibition of her paintings here, but she was also featured in a character interview on Tokyo TV.
I even made a point to watch it all. She’s beautiful in person and speaks even better.” A middle-aged woman is said with obvious compliments.
“There, there. My daughter was able to be featured on TV Tokyo’s People’s Interview entirely thanks to Mrs. Kishimoto’s help. Mrs. Kishimoto and I are very close friends.
If it wasn’t for her husband specially greeting the director of TV Tokyo in advance for my daughter’s matter, it wouldn’t have gone so smoothly.
Today, I purposely invited her here, not for any other reason, just so I could meet and get to know everyone.” Mrs. Chiba said with a smile on her face.
Sakai Rie held her coffee cup in both hands, a polite smile just spreading across her face. Although she was the main character, she was also there to hold up the scene for Mrs. Chiba.
She had anticipated that Mrs. Chiba was introducing some friends to herself on the one hand, and on the other hand, she was herself so that she could prove in front of her friends that the Kishimoto family and the Chiba family were as good as if they were on good terms.
“Mrs. Kishimoto, I take the liberty of asking, your husband is that one, Masayoshi Kishimoto, the chairman of the Hard Gold Group.” A rich looking lady wanted to get clarification, after all, there was more than one person with the last name Kishimoto.
“That’s right, that’s him.” Rie Sakai replied with a firm voice.
“I’ve heard from my husband for a long time that he’s a financial wizard that’s rare in Japan for a thousand years. It’s only been a few short years, and he’s already made a name for himself in the Japanese financial world.
Seeing you again today is what really made me realize what it means to have a talented man and a beautiful woman.” The rich looking lady said with feeling.
Sakai Rie just smiled at the other party, but did not say much. Inside such a social setting, even the intelligent her, it was difficult for her to discern whether the other party’s words were sincere or not in a single moment.
Moreover, she knew that the old women sitting in front of her were no dumber than anyone else. The eighteen martial arts they had practiced for so many years in the social scene were not practiced for nothing.
On the surface, each one of them is smiling and very amiable, but in reality, in the dark, it is hard to guarantee that each other will not fight. In this social class above the women than what, directly than the money, that how vulgar.
This is to compare than whose family’s children are smart, beautiful, whose family’s network is more broad …… The reason why they are treated with courtesy, that is all relying on the strength of the Kishimoto family. The circle of rich people is so big.
Even if there are people who don’t know each other, they are able to find out from other people’s mouths. This is a basic skill for Tokyo women who are involved in high society.
Not to mention the fact that the Hard Gold Group’s advertisement with popular actress Kyoko Fukada as its corporate spokesperson and ambassador had long been a household name.
Mrs. Chiba picked up the words and continued on down the line, ”Inside the weekdays, I also read news about the financial and business world.
Not too long ago, the Hard Gold Group acquired a Nakano-based Mitsuba Bank as a whole. This has started rumors again that the Hard Gold Group is about to fully acquire the Literary Spring Publishing House.”
“Mrs. Kishimoto, is this true?” After the wealthy-looking woman heard such a news, the attention of both eyes was once again converged on Sakai Rie’s body, and she couldn’t wait to ask.
As soon as these words came out, the vast majority of the women here all focused their attention on Sakai Rie. They more or less still had some financial knowledge.
If this news was accurate, they could now start to “eat” a large number of shares of Literary Spring and Autumn Publishing House on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
By the time the Hard Gold Group officially announced this news to the public, the stock of Literature, Arts, Spring and Autumn Publishing House would surely rise dramatically.
At that time, they would then sell the shares of Literary Arts Spring & Autumn Publishing House that they had bought in large quantities, and they would be able to make a lot of profit from it.
What they knew, Rie Sakai also knew. Even if she knew such a secret, she wouldn’t tell the truth.
Not to mention that she didn’t know much about it. All along, she herself had held the attitude of never paying attention to the affairs of the Kishimoto Justice Company.
In fact, the reasoning was simple. If she were to make a confirmation, this would increase the cost of Hard Gold Group’s acquisition of Literary Spring and Autumn Publishing.
She wouldn’t do anything that would cause her family to suffer losses. The most she would get in return would be a few words of praise from others, while behind her back, she would be called a big fool.
On the contrary, in the event that this matter was not so and so, they were afraid that they would suffer a certain amount of financial loss. After all, when they scramble to “eat” a large number of Literary Spring and Autumn Publishing House shares, they will inevitably cause the stock price to fluctuate and rise to a certain extent.
In this way, they are buying at a high price, and then want to easily get rid of it will be difficult. If they lose money, then they will only blame themselves for their sins. Something as laborious and unappealing as this was something one resolutely could not do.