Chapter 736: Fellow Travelers Are Foes

Takahashi Kazuya slightly looked at the photo of the young girl on the desktop. To be fair, from the photo, the other party still looked okay.

Takahashi Kazuya understood that he could not let himself move on and cancel his engagement with Mizuhara Yuki just because she was good-looking and had a background. He casually asked, “And this is that family’s famous young lady?”

“Toyota Motors, the daughter of the Toyota family.” Takahashi’s mom said bluntly.

Takahashi Kazuya instantly had a flash of insight inside his head, “As they say, peers are enemies. Toyota and Suzuki are peers. The two families, whether in the past, present, or even in the future, will have quite a few grudges arising.”

Takahashi’s mother knew that he was intentionally finding a grand excuse in front of herself, so she saw it and said, “It is precisely because of the desire to resolve or soften the conflicts between the two families, Suzuki and Toyota, that they have proposed to carry out a marriage with each other.”

“Mom, you’re really smart but confused! If I remember correctly, Toyota is a multinational company under the Mitsui Zaibatsu.

Our Hard Gold Group is close to the Mitsubishi Zaibatsu. If this is the daughter of the Mitsubishi Iwasaki family, it will strengthen our relationship.

If I really marry the daughter of the Toyota family, then I will be the son-in-law of the Toyota family, and I will be on the side of the Mitsui Zaibatsu, won’t I?

It’s an open secret in high society that the Mitsui and Mitsubishi Zaibatsu don’t get along. As one of the executives of the Hard Gold Group, how can I face Masayoshi, Takayuki, and the others in the future?

In the future, it would be reasonable for others to suspect me of having second thoughts. This thing of being caught between two difficult sides, I’m not doing it.” Takahashi Kazuya said as he found a strong counter argument.

Takahashi’s mother was instantly persuaded, “I really did overlook such a problem as you mentioned.”

She paused for a moment and then added, “Even if this matter is put to rest, it doesn’t mean that I will agree to the marriage between you and Mizuhara Yuki.

If the Toyota family’s daughter doesn’t work out, then I’ll go and find you daughters from other families. I don’t believe that all of the hundreds of prestigious families in Tokyo are related to the Mitsui family.”

“It’s not guaranteed to be a possibility. The Mitsui family founded the Mitsui Zaibatsu in 1876. That’s more than 100 years ago.” Kazuya Takahashi blurted out.

“Then, your mother, I’ll personally find you a famous young lady from a family that has no connection to the Mitsui family to be your wife.” Takahashi’s mother said firmly.

Takahashi Kazuya knew his mom’s character, so he adopted a roundabout tactic, only being able to be wise and not hard, “Even if you guys want to cancel my engagement with Mizuhara Yuki no matter what, you shouldn’t be in a hurry for a while.

The Mizuhara family has only just gone bankrupt, and our Takahashi family is busy trying to repudiate the marriage, it can negatively affect our family’s reputation from a certain degree up.”

“Even if you make any more excuses and stall for time, your father and I have already made up our minds and will definitely not agree to your marriage to Mizuhara Yuki.” Takahashi’s mom said in a serious manner.

Takahashi Kazuya looked at the current situation and knew that it was impossible to talk about it. If he insisted on talking about it, it would only result in endless arguments within the family, as well as a disagreeable breakup.

He immediately changed his strategy and said, ”Tonight, the reason why I agreed to come home is because of one more thing. You should all know that the Prime Minister of South Korea is visiting Tokyo, Japan in an unofficial capacity.

We, the Hard Gold Group, have already had a meeting with the Korean side. It is very likely that a partnership between us will be reached.

This will involve relations between nations and will require international law as a backstop. What Justice means is that he wants my father to provide some assistance from the sidelines. I’m aggrieved, and I don’t know if my dad is willing to do that?”

Takahashi’s dad was energized at that. If it was someone else, he naturally wouldn’t do it. To be a green leaf for someone else, and not someone else using his name as one of the top ten lawyers in Japan to make a good name for himself?

Hard Gold Group’s legal department head is his own son, his only son. To hold him up to the top himself, that was something that was unshirkable as a father.

“I’m willing.” Takahashi’s father said on the spot.

“It won’t make your old man work for nothing, charge what you need to charge. This is also a great opportunity to make your old man internationally famous.” Kazuya Takahashi said seriously.

“We’ll talk about this father and son thing later. Let’s just talk about fixing Kazuya’s marriage first.” Takahashi’s mom interjected.

“Kazuya isn’t too old to be in a hurry about his marriage. With our Takahashi family’s social status, prestige, wealth, and the fact that our son is so outstanding, are we still afraid that we won’t be able to find a good marriage?

There is nothing more important to a man than his career. As for other things compared to it, they are all small matters.” Takahashi’s father took his son’s side and said.

Takahashi’s mother knew that her husband was a career-oriented man. This once it came to work related things, the whole person would undergo a big change. She was not at all surprised to see such a big change in him.

Takahashi Kazuya rushed at his dad was pitching in, “I’ll briefly mention the ins and outs of this matter to you first, so that you can also let your old man have an idea in his mind first.

Korea’s stock market plummeted, triggering a credit card bankruptcy crisis. This all stems from our hard gold group in the shorting of the entire South Korean stock market, aimed at the South Korean stock market in the banking sector.

At the moment, South Korea is naturally suffering, the economy is under great pressure, fearing that there will be a repeat of the huge destruction brought about by the Asian financial turmoil in 1997.

Our hard gold group chairman Masayoshi Kishimoto offered the condition that can stop shorting the Korean stock market. However, it is necessary for the Korean side to borrow money from the Hard Gold Bank, a subsidiary of the Hard Gold Group, for a period of five years ……”

Takahashi’s father listened very carefully. As a professional lawyer himself, or one of the top ten lawyers in Japan, he naturally had to be professional enough.

Takahashi’s mom, however, was not interested in the slightest, listening to her with a yawn. She saw that there was nothing for her to do here, and only the two of them were having a good conversation. She stood up and left, then went straight upstairs.

Takahashi Kazuya saw that his mother had left, and in his heart, he breathed a huge sigh of relief. Tonight, it would not be a good thing if she forced him to make a statement.

His own situation at the moment was really difficult. If he wanted to continue with Mizuhara Yuki, then he would make his mom unhappy. If he made his mom happy, it would also mean that his fate with Mizuhara Yuki was over.

So far, he hadn’t even thought about giving up this relationship with Mizuhara Yuki. At times, he even felt that he was quite great, after all, he was making a strong fight for love.