Chapter 631 Incheon International Airport
Five days later, Masayoshi Kishimoto and the rest of his group were preparing to leave Seoul, South Korea on the private jet they came on from Incheon International Airport and return to Tokyo, Japan.
The large and small media reporters in Korea who received the news had been waiting at Incheon International Airport for a long time. They could not miss this newsworthy event.
Masayoshi Kishimoto and the others were divided into two ways, one way was as the secretary of the Hard Gold Group, Mirai Yamada went to face the Korean media, to make a necessary explanation.
As for the other way, is Kishimoto Masayoshi himself through the VIP special secret passage first on his own private plane.
Immediately, Mirai Yamada was surrounded by Korean media reporters. They all put their microphones towards her.
“I am a reporter from KBS TV in Korea. The chairman of the Hard Gold Group has come to Korea with a clear purpose this time. It is said that he did not come with good intentions.” A female reporter was mid-sentence.
“I really don’t know where you heard this rumor from. Our chairman’s personal trip to Korea this time is a normal business expedition.
When our chairman goes to mainland China on business trips, he always receives a reception full of goodwill and friendship from the Chinese people. They want us to invest more.
They want us to invest more, to teach them advanced management experience and technology, to solve their domestic employment problems, and to increase local tax revenues.
Whether it is from the mainland of China’s official, or the mainland of China’s civil society, they expressed a kind of welcome and open attitude towards us.
When we arrived in South Korea, we felt a very different situation. Organized, premeditated protests against our hard gold group, as well as the president himself, there must be behind the scenes black hand in all kinds of manipulation.
As for the purpose, it is just to prevent our Hard Gold Group from investing in a new round of investment, thus putting great pressure on them. Korea is a free market economy.
Anyone or company can legally come here to make relevant investments, and our Hard Gold Group also has such qualifications.” Yamada Mirai said in a serious manner.
“During the Hard Gold Group president’s stay in Seoul, South Korea, he also personally and secretly paid a visit to Samsung Group’s President Lee Kin Hee, can there be such a thing?” This female reporter from KBS TV hastily asked.
“When our chairman arrived in Seoul, South Korea, according to the rules of business etiquette, there is nothing improper about paying a visit to the country’s business seniors.
As the helmsman of the Samsung Group, Chairman Lee Kin Hee studied in Japan in his early years and graduated from Japan’s Waseda University with a bachelor’s degree in economics.
South Korea’s Samsung Group also had quite a few investments and industries in Japan. There was just a frank and friendly normal business exchange between the two sides.” Yamada Mirai did not hold back and answered seriously.
“Samsung Group Chairman Lee Jianxi’s youngest daughter, Lee Yoon Shin, and Hard Gold Group Chairman Masayoshi Kishimoto have an extraordinary relationship. Some people saw them having intimate gestures of kissing.
Chairman Kishimoto specially came to Korea in person this time just to propose. Chairman Lee Jianxi is also interested in marrying his youngest daughter to him.” A male reporter from a gossip weekly exclaimed.
Yamada Mirai immediately retorted with a displeased look on her face, “This is complete nonsense. Our chairman has officially and publicly married his long-time childhood fianc茅e from his hometown of Kochi Prefecture, Shikoku last year, on October 10, 2001.”
“I’m a reporter from MBC (Korean Cultural Broadcasting Broadcasting Co., Ltd.) in Korea. May I ask if Chairman Kishimoto has any thoughts on the form of economic development in Korea?” A male reporter who appeared to be fat asked the question.
“Personally, Korea’s economic development is going well. Seoul gives me the feeling that it is as prosperous as Tokyo. The women on the streets of Seoul are also very fashionably dressed, no less than the dress of the women in Tokyo, Japan.
It is also very convenient to eat, wear, live and travel here. Although I came to Seoul for a short period of time, the intuitive feeling I got was quite good.”
Yamada Mirai intentionally made the necessary evasions and answered from her own personal experience. In terms of the future Korean economic situation and development, the president was bearish.
She knew that when facing the Korean media, or one of the big media, she would not be able to tell the truth. Bragging about their economic achievements would not cost itself anything.
“So, is your Hard Gold Group planning to increase its investment in Korea, especially this side of Seoul?” MBC’s male reporter was in hot pursuit, saying.
“This involves our company’s business secrets, and it’s not convenient to give a positive answer.” Yamada Mirai knew how to be clear when she should state her attitude and stance.
That when one shouldn’t state an attitude and position, one couldn’t talk it to death. She naturally had a set of replies that should be given to the outside world as the head of the secretary’s office.
“I’m a reporter from SBS (Seoul Broadcasting Corporation). I likewise have two questions for you? Half of the Korean game development industry is in the hands of the Hard Gold Group.
There is a lot of discontent among Koreans. How do you feel about this? In the coming period of time, does Hard Gold Group have any plans to reduce its stake in the game industry?” A tall female reporter said seriously.
Yamada Mirai smiled without a care in the world and said, “Business is business. Although we, the Hard Gold Group, have shares in some Korean game development companies, we have made a series of venture capital investments mainly around 1997 and 1998. From the current point of view, it has already proved that our chairman’s vision is unique and far-sighted.
If we go back a few years, to 1997 and 1998, how many people would have been willing to invest real money in this industry at that time?
If you Koreans thought it would work at that time, why didn’t any Korean venture capital firms take the initiative to enter the industry?
Nowadays, when some people see that we, the Hard Gold Group, have reaped a lot of profits, they are so greedy that they even go so far as to distort the facts to attack us, the Hard Gold Group.
As to whether our Hard Gold Group will increase or decrease its holdings in the stocks of Korean companies related to the game industry in the future, it also involves commercial secrets. For that reason, I have no comment.”
She paused here and intentionally raised her right wrist to look at her watch, then added, “It’s almost time. We need to take a plane back to Tokyo, Japan as well.”
Mirai Yamada, with the help of other male colleagues beside her and security personnel escorting her left and right, made a back turn and walked towards the front.
Instead of dispersing, the journalists following her were in hot pursuit. Some of them were still asking her various questions.
Yamada Mirai did not answer any of them at this time. Inside her head, she was only thinking about getting on the airplane and meeting up with Masayoshi Kishimoto, and then doing the relevant work report at the same time.