Chapter 1654

At this time, he called Masayoshi Kobayashi directly, and as soon as he came up he said: “Mr. Kobayashi, congratulations on your seat as the acting president!” Masayoshi Kobayashi respectfully said: “Mr. Ito, thank you for your congratulations. My acting chairman is only a temporary agent. When my nephew Jiro Kobayashi returns, I will still give him this position.” Yuhiko Ito sneered and said, “I guess Jiro Kobayashi will not be back. You, the acting president, will soon become the official president!” Masayoshi Kobayashi was secretly happy in his heart, but still said very honestly: “Mr. Ito, to tell you, I still think about it day and night, I hope Jiro can return safely.” Yuhiko Ito smiled and said, “Mr. Kobayashi, I am calling, not to be polite to you, but to have a business to cooperate with you.” Masayoshi Kobayashi hurriedly said, “Mr. Ito, please speak!” Ito said in a serious tone: “I have always been very optimistic about Kobayashi Pharmaceutical’s prospects. You should know this.” “Yes!” Masayoshi Kobayashi respectfully said: “I’ve heard about this a long time ago! Thank you for your importance to Kobayashi Pharmaceutical!” Yuhiko Ito said again: “I have always wanted to buy a stake in Kobayashi Pharmaceuticals. I have had a deep conversation with Jiro Kobayashi before, but it is a pity that he suddenly evaporated, so I can only come and continue this matter with you now.” Masayoshi Kobayashi hurriedly said, “This is okay, but I don’t know how you want to advance, Mr. Ito?” Yuhiko Ito said: “I want to make a deal with Kobayashi Pharmaceutical and make two deals with you personally.” Masayoshi Kobayashi said: “Please speak.” Yuhiko Ito said: “The transaction with Kobayashi Pharmaceutical is an agreement that I intend to take a 30% stake in Kobayashi Pharmaceutical at a valuation of 15 billion US dollars.” Masayoshi Kobayashi said embarrassingly: “Mr. Ito, the current value of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical is probably more than 20 billion U.S. dollars, and your price is 15 billion U.S. dollars, which is really a bit less…”

Yuhiko Ito said lightly: “Don’t worry, I will discuss two deals with you next.” As he said, Yuhiko Ito said again: “The first one, as long as you can make me buy Kobayashi Pharmaceutical at a valuation of 15 billion U.S. dollars, then I will privately give you 200 million U.S. dollars in cash.” “The second pen, as long as you help me make this happen, I will not only give you 200 million US dollars in cash, but also consolidate your position in Kobayashi Pharmaceutical. I can assure you at that time whether Jiro Kobayashi will come back or not. You can sit firmly as the chairman of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.!” Although the Ito family is the top family in Japan, it does not mean that Ito is a generous person. He has always wanted to buy shares in Kobayashi Pharmaceuticals, to make a fortune with them, and he has always wanted to keep the price of shares as low as possible. If it is a valuation of more than 20 billion U.S. dollars, if he wants to invest 30% of the shares, he has to pay at least six to seven billion U.S. dollars in cash. However, if the valuation can be reduced to 15 billion U.S. dollars, which is also a 30% shareholding, it will only need to pay 4.5 billion U.S. dollars, which can save more than one or two billion U.S. dollars. When Masayoshi Kobayashi heard this, the first thought in his mind was that he didn’t want to make such a big hole for Ito. After all, this was a price difference of more than two billion US dollars, and the amount was huge. However, when he thought that he could return cash to himself privately and ensure that he would sit firmly as the president without any interference, he was vaguely moved. After thinking about it, he opened his mouth and said: “Mr. Ito, since you have said so well, then I will not hide it with you. If you can privately return me five hundred million US dollars, and you can ensure that I sit firmly in the chairmanship. Then when I have a meeting, I will try my best to promote the Ito family’s stake in Kobayashi Pharmaceutical!”