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Sancun Yongping witnessed it and had a bad premonition in his heart, but he still remained calm, his eyes fixed on Lin Haoran, waiting for the other party's reaction.

After hearing what the waiter said, Lin Haoran looked a little surprised, but soon regained his composure.

He turned to look at Sanmura Yongping and said with a smile: "President Sanmura, I'm sorry, there is something small that I need to take care of. Please wait a moment."

Although Sancun Yongping was curious in his heart, he remained calm and nodded with a smile: "Mr. Lin, please go ahead."

Lin Haoran said to Ma Shimin and Huo Jianning, "You two should greet President Sancun first."

"Don't worry, boss." Ma Shimin said with a smile.

Huo Jianning also nodded. As the president of the Japanese branch of the Jardine Matheson Group, he would definitely deal with people like Mimura Yohei in the future, so this was indeed an opportunity.

Seeing this, Lin Haoran left the restaurant with a satisfied smile.

Just now, the waiter told him again that another important person came to see him. This time, the waiter directly revealed the other party's identity: Taro Ando, ​​the president of Sumitomo Group.

Although Lin Haoran had never had any contact with the Sumitomo Group, he was also very clear that the power of the Sumitomo Group was not much weaker than that of the Mitsubishi Group.

If the economic bubble game a few years later is the product of the madness of the entire Japanese people, then conglomerate giants such as Mitsui Fudosan, Mitsubishi Estate, and Sumitomo Real Estate will undoubtedly be the super players among them.

The Sumitomo Group definitely plays a very important role in this.

Therefore, when Lin Haoran learned that Ando Taro came to see him, ripples appeared in his heart.

Now Lin Haoran no longer had to guess the other party's purpose in coming to see him.

It must be the same as what Mimura Yohei came to him for, which was to get Toyota Motor shares.

It was also because of this that Lin Haoran had no intention of letting the other party enter the private room.

Once Mimura Yongping meets Ando Taro, there will definitely be an embarrassing scene, which may even lead to unnecessary conflicts and misunderstandings, which is what Lin Haoran does not want to see.

Therefore, he had planned to ask the president from the Sumitomo Group to go to the private room next door.

In the corridor outside the box, Lin Haoran met Taro Ando, ​​the president of Sumitomo Group, who was about 60 years old.

"Hello, President Ando, ​​it's an honor to meet you!" Lin Haoran took the initiative to smile and shake hands with the other party.

"Mr. Lin, I'm sorry to disturb your meal." Taro Ando said apologetically.

"It's okay, Mr. Ando, ​​please follow me into the box. We can talk about anything inside." After Lin Haoran said this, he opened another box.

The box was filled with Lin Haoran's bodyguards. They were eating at the moment, and when they saw Lin Haoran come in, they all stood up immediately.

"It's okay, just sit down and continue eating!" Lin Haoran waved his hand and spoke to them in Chinese.

But at this moment, Taro Ando frowned.

He clearly saw Lin Haoran coming out of the box next door, but now he was taking him into another box.

Could it be that there was someone in that box just now?

Wasn’t he the first one to come find Lin Haoran?
Before coming, Taro Ando felt that he should be the first person to visit Lin Haoran in person.

He naturally knew that the first come first served would have the advantage.

Because of this, after learning the news, he quickly mobilized intelligence agencies to search for Lin Haoran, just like the Mitsubishi Group.

"President Ando, ​​what do you want to talk to me about?" Lin Haoran asked with a smile after the two sat down.

"Mr. Lin, may I ask if any of my old friends have come next door, such as those from Mitsubishi, Mitsui or Yasuda?" At this moment, Taro Ando did not directly answer Lin Haoran's question, but could not help but ask about his concerns.

If someone else really gets there first, then his situation would be quite bad.

Lin Haoran witnessed it, with a wry smile on his face, and said directly and frankly: "Sure enough, I can't hide it from Mr. Ando. Yes, Mitsubishi's President Mimura is next door. We were just chatting about something, and we didn't expect President Ando to come over again.

I think your purpose is similar, but I don't know what will happen when you meet, so in order to avoid unpleasantness between the two sides, I can only arrange for Mr. Ando to come here."

After hearing what Lin Haoran said, Ando Taro thought to himself, "It is indeed so."

I originally thought that I had found Lin Haoran before others, but I didn't expect that Sancun guy would get there first.

"In that case, let's go over there. Mr. Mimura and I are old friends, so there won't be any unpleasant things happening!" Taro Ando stood up and said.

Japanese business tycoons like Taro Ando and Yohei Mimura would be like Shen Bi and Niu Bijian in Hong Kong. Therefore, Lin Haoran was unwilling to offend either Taro Ando or Yohei Mimura.

Lin Haoran was a little surprised that his 20% stake in Toyota Motor was so popular in the eyes of these top Japanese conglomerates.

Before this, he had always thought that only the Mitsui Group was eyeing Toyota Motor, and the shares held by the Mitsui Group were slightly more than 10%, so under normal circumstances, these groups should not compete with each other.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, these shares of his should not attract the attention of other consortiums.

But now it seems that reality is completely different from what he thought?
However, this is also good, at least it is getting easier and easier to sell his 20% stake. At this moment, he was glad that he did not immediately agree to Sancun Yongping's request.

Since Toyota Motor's shares are so attractive, they will naturally be sold at a high price. They will be sold to whoever offers the highest price.

After all, the purpose of his coming to Japan was to make money from the Japanese!
Thinking of this, Lin Haoran smiled and said, "In that case, President Ando, ​​please follow me to the box next door!"

So the two of them got up again and left the box and returned to the box next door.

When the door of the box opened, Taro Ando and Yohei Mimura looked at each other, and Lin Haoran could feel the awkwardness of the atmosphere.

However, Mimura Yohei and Ando Taro were both old foxes in the Japanese business world after all. They quickly adjusted their expressions and put on appropriate smiles.

"Hey, isn't this Ando-kun? What a coincidence, I didn't expect to meet you here." Mimura Yongping broke the silence first. His tone was a bit polite, but also concealed an imperceptible vigilance.

Ando Taro smiled and responded: "Mimura-kun, long time no see. I heard that you are also discussing cooperation with Mr. Lin. It seems that our goals coincide."

The dining table in the box was big enough, so even with Taro Ando joining in, the place didn't seem crowded.

However, just as Lin Haoran was thinking about how to deal with this situation, a waiter came in again and whispered a few words to Lin Haoran again.

Lin Haoran had a very rich expression, and he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Then, he said directly to Ando Taro and Mimura Yongping: "Two presidents, you have another old friend here."

After saying that, he went directly to the door himself. Standing outside was the current president of the Mitsui Group, Yahiro Toshiro.

Just as Yahiro Toshiro was about to greet Lin Haoran, Lin Haoran smiled and said directly: "President Yahiro, President Mimura and President Ando are already waiting for you in the box."

When Yahiro Toshiro heard this, a hint of surprise flashed across his face, but he quickly regained his composure. He smiled and nodded, then followed Lin Haoran into the box.

Inside the box, Mimura Yohei and Ando Taro sat upright, their eyes revealing surprise and vigilance.

When they saw Yahiro Toshiro walk in, their expressions became more subtle.

"Hey, isn't this Yahiro-kun? It's really rare that the three of us meet here today." Sanmura Yongping greeted him in a casual manner, trying to ease the tense atmosphere in the box.

Yahiro Toshiro smiled and responded, "President Mimura, President Ando, ​​long time no see. I heard that everyone is discussing cooperation with Mr. Lin. I wonder what kind of cooperation you are discussing with Mr. Lin?"

Among the four major conglomerates in Japan, it is basically assumed that Toyota Motor will be controlled by the Mitsui Group in the future.

Therefore, in the past, neither the Mitsubishi Group, the Sumitomo Group, nor the Yasuda Group had ever taken action against Toyota Motor Corporation.

After all, Japan does not have only one automobile company. Honda, Nissan, and even Mitsubishi Motors of the Mitsubishi Group are only slightly inferior to Toyota in strength.

In response to Yahiro Toshiro's question, Mimura Yonghei and Ando Taro looked at each other, with a complicated look in their eyes.

They all knew that today's situation was a little delicate. Everyone's goal was to get Toyota's shares, but no one expected to meet representatives from the other two major conglomerates here at the same time.

"Haha, President Yahiro, we are discussing some business cooperation possibilities with Mr. Lin." Sanmura Yongping said with a smile, with a bit of ambiguity in his words.

Ando Taro also echoed: "Yes, President Yahiro, we were just chatting casually, I didn't expect you to come too. It seems that everyone is very interested in cooperating with Mr. Lin."

Everyone actually knows each other's purpose, but they just don't want to say it directly.

Lin Haoran couldn't help but feel a little amused when he saw these three Japanese business leaders testing each other.

He understood that although the situation was embarrassing, it was also caused by the Toyota shares he held.

It looked like there would be no way to reach an agreement today. However, it was better this way. If he sold it in too much of a hurry, his profit would definitely not be the greatest.

Now that so many forces are eyeing the 20% stake in his hands, he will naturally seize the opportunity and make as much as he can.

In this situation, he had no intention of continuing to consider any friendship from the Mitsubishi Group.

No matter how willing we are to cooperate with him now, it is impossible to do business at a loss.

At most, you can make use of the other party's connections.

Now, the power of the other two forces at the scene is not much weaker than that of the Mitsubishi Group.

What Lin Haoran didn't expect was that several forces came one after another, including the Yasuda Group, the president of Toyota Corporation, and the Fuji Group.

Who would have thought that Japan's top business forces would gather in an ordinary box that evening.

Even the restaurant owner was trembling at this moment.

None of the big shots here are people he can mess with.

The hotel even stopped receiving other guests and asked hotel managers and above to do the work of waiters.

He was afraid that an ordinary waiter might accidentally offend someone and thus bring trouble to his restaurant. (End of this chapter)