America: My Time

Chapter 542 Warning
Chapter 542 Warning

"Damn Hurricane Investment, that damn John the fox! He's been buying up stocks at rock-bottom prices. Now Dreamworld, Gameworld, and Nvidia are no longer on the stock market. They've bought back most of their shares and are simultaneously buying up other companies' stocks. It looks like this fox's revenge has begun!"

In the eyes of those old guys, this was revenge—John's retaliation for their previous suppression of Hughes Aerospace. But at this moment, they dared not stop it, because Hurricane Investment's bottom-fishing was also driving the stock market recovery. If their obstruction caused the stock market to suffer another heavy blow, the consequences would be even more severe, and they themselves would have to pay a heavy price.

"What's the use of saying all this now? Everything has already happened. That fox has a lot of money in his hands, so naturally he wants to buy at the bottom. Now this little fox has taken back the shares of Game World, Dream World, and Nvidia at minimal cost, stabilizing the market value of the three companies. If it weren't for this little guy's intervention, I'm afraid we would be facing even greater pressure."

"Yes, this little fox has indeed helped us a lot, but he has also acquired more stocks. After this stock market crash ends, this little fox will become a shareholder in even more companies, which is not a good thing, especially since he already holds a lot of shares in military enterprises. That's the most troublesome thing. We can suppress Hughes Aerospace and kick it out of the Star Wars program, but this little fox can also use his stocks to retaliate against us."

"After the stock market crash is over, we should find a time to sit down and have a good talk with this little fox. Let the White House and Morgan speak on our behalf. When it comes to the greater good, this little fox still needs to protect his reputation!"

"I'm afraid it's unlikely. That little fox is currently on vacation on Lanai Island. What do you think the chances of success are?"

"Taking a vacation is just avoiding trouble. With such a huge stock market crash, even the White House had to take action, while this little fox made a fortune from the crash. Now, who on Wall Street dares to underestimate him?"

"Alright, let's talk about this after the stock market crash ends. Now is not the time to discuss it. Now is the time to figure out how to make up for our own losses. We can deal with that little fox John after the crash. Right now, let's think about our own problems."

The stock market crash dealt a significant blow to those old guys. However, John wasn't so relaxed either, because problems arose in Japan. Although he had warned Nakamori Akina and her greedy family long ago, they still fell into the trap this time. They knew nothing about the market but dared to participate under the influence of others. Now that things had gone wrong, they were seeking help from Nakamori Akina. In their minds, Nakamori Akina wasn't their cash cow, someone who would make money just by shaking her.

After making a little money with Mitsui Fudosan, these guys became even more reckless, completely ignoring John's warnings. Now they've invested most of their real estate profits into the stock market, only to find themselves in huge losses as the market crashes.

"Sigh! I don't know what they're thinking. They keep pressuring Akina. This time they owe over 100 million yen, and now they're targeting Akina again. Even Akina's mother has come forward. It seems like this is a big deal. Otherwise, Ken-On Agency wouldn't be in such a hurry to send someone to see Akina!"

Naoko was speechless when she learned from Ken-on that Akina Nakamori's family had caused trouble again. They were practically driving Akina to her doom. What kind of family would do that? They didn't care about Akina's feelings at all, hurting her heart time and time again. They would come to Akina with anything that was wrong, and it was never a small matter.

"If this continues, Akina herself will go crazy. Those people somehow found out about Akina's shares in TV Tokyo, and they're all acting recklessly. If this continues, they'll only drift further and further away from Akina!" Kuroki Hitomi was also shocked by the situation. That greedy family was truly despicable. Didn't they realize that they had no right to covet TV Tokyo's shares? And didn't they consider that such shares couldn't possibly be without restrictions? But this family just wouldn't think that way; they insisted that their ideas were right. Now, not only did they want Akina to pay off their debts, but they also wanted to take over TV Tokyo's shares. This family was truly despicable.

Anyone with a modicum of sense would understand the immense danger of doing this, and would realize that such a secret is not something outsiders could possibly know. Those who instigated them to come over are definitely suspicious. But this greedy family doesn't think that way at all; all they see is profit. Perhaps they even wish for Akina Nakamori to die so they could inherit the assets she holds.

“Mr. Morita, this is the third time’s the charm. How far do those people want to go? Do they really think I’m easy to bully? They’re resorting to such underhanded tactics. I think someone needs to give me an explanation. Their repeated provocative actions have crossed my bottom line. I don’t care who’s behind this, I want an explanation from you. Otherwise, I will take back everything I want myself. If that happens, you will have to bear the consequences!” Upon learning that Akina Nakamori’s family was causing trouble again, John immediately called Akio Morita, demanding an explanation. Making things so obvious was far too arrogant. These guys were too self-righteous, thinking they had no temper and were easy to bully! They had tested his bottom line time and time again.

“John, I will give you a satisfactory explanation for this matter. To be honest, I didn’t expect anyone to be so crazy as to do something like this, daring to target TV Tokyo!” At this moment, Akio Morita was also very angry. These guys should just keep quiet. Why did they have to cause trouble at this time? Do they think they can take over TV Tokyo?
While the Tokyo TV incident might seem like nothing more than the ignorance of a greedy family, Akio Morita knew this was just an excuse. Inciting such a family to cause trouble would only make the situation more dangerous and provoke the wrath of the cunning John. Whatever their schemes, this shouldn't have happened.

Of course, TV Tokyo was just a way for the other side to test the waters. But whatever their schemes or ideas were, they had gone too far and crossed John's bottom line. Akio Morita could hear the anger in John's voice. The reason he mentioned TV Tokyo was just to cover for those guys, because what those guys wanted was not the TV station.

Once or twice is tolerable, but any more than that is blatant provocation, a slap in the face, a slap in John's face. At this point, Akio Morita couldn't help but sigh, picked up the phone, and called Sumitomo's Panasonic, asking them to handle it. Who was behind this, whose scheme, Morita didn't want to concern himself with. On the surface, Akina Nakamori was Sumitomo's doing, so naturally, such a serious matter should be handled by them.

"We knew that old bastard Akio Morita was treacherous and cunning. Even though Mitsui was involved in the dirty work, this scoundrel is now pushing all the pressure onto us. It's simply outrageous!"

"There's nothing we can do. We were the ones who chose Nakamori Akina back then. Those guys from Vanguard made the wrong choice. Now that something's happened, we have to clean up the mess ourselves. Who would have thought that this family would be so greedy and ignorant, daring to do anything? They have no skills at all, yet they still dare to jump into the stock market. Now that old man Morita Akira has spoken, all the pressure is on us."

"Have someone contact that greedy family and tell them to behave themselves and stop causing trouble for us. Otherwise, we should teach them a lesson and let them know our determination. If we had known there would be such trouble, we shouldn't have taken on all this in the first place. Now we're in a dilemma, caught in the middle and suffering from both sides. But I don't understand what the benefit of doing this is. It only angers the other side and will ruin our cooperation."

"Who knows what those guys are thinking? Now that Akio Morita has spoken up, we can't just do whatever we want. We still have to do what needs to be done. Direct provocation is never a good thing. We should have someone bring out the agreement we signed back then and teach that greedy family a lesson, so they'll understand what the rules are!"

Although they knew there were many shady dealings behind this, Panasonic had no choice but to take action. After all, they had a cooperative relationship with John, and they didn't want this incident to affect the progress of their cooperation, nor did they want that greedy family to ruin their plans.

Back then, Vanguard had an agreement with Nakamori Akina regarding the matter. Now that agreement is in Panasonic's hands, the best way to deal with this situation is to teach this greedy family a profound lesson and let them know what the consequences of breaking the rules are. It's not as simple as just paying money.

When Matsushita took action, Akio Morita breathed a sigh of relief. That was good. As long as Matsushita intervened, everything could be resolved. That greedy family would learn a lesson. Greed is not wrong, but you have to know when to stop. But this family did not have such thoughts. They only knew how to exploit Akina Nakamori to the death.

Not everyone is fit to be a parent. Some people are simply not fit to be parents. Akina Nakamori's father was one such example. All he cared about was money; he had no sense of family. He was an extremely selfish and irresponsible man. When Matsushita came knocking on his door and he saw the original agreement and the consequences of breaching it, he finally realized what fear was.

(End of this chapter)