The Highest Level Son of a Chaebol Family - Chapter 345
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345. You won’t miss it!
Warren Buffer tilted his head.
“JH Investment Company?”
“I heard it’s an investment firm headquartered in the United States.”
“Headquarters in the US, branch in Japan… … .”
“Oh, right. There’s a Korean branch too. Added.”
“To the Korean branch?”
The more he listened, the more Warren Buffer’s head tilted to the side.
“That’s strange. If it’s a large American investment firm with two overseas branches, there’s no way I haven’t heard of it… … .”
Warren Buffer turned his head and looked at his secretary, Tom.
“Am I the only one who hasn’t heard of it? You haven’t heard of it either?”
“Why are you asking me that?”
“It’s your job to research and report on your competitors, Tom.”
Secretary Tom glanced at the Japanese branch office of JH Investment Company and sighed deeply.
“There are no permanent staff and no sign, so who can I contact and what can I ask?”
“That’s why I paid you my salary.”
Warren Buffer said it shamelessly.
“A job that I’m paid to do? Something I don’t want to do, something I can’t do.”
“… … .”
Secretary Tom grumbled and kicked the suitcase away.
Today, too, the words, ‘I’m going to quit my job because I’m dirty, for real!’ came out.
“That’s why I ask.”
Warren Buffer turned around and smiled slyly.
“Are you an employee at the neighboring office? So what exactly do you do there?”
“Since it’s an investment company, they’ll invest, right?”
“… … .”
Warren Buffer took his wallet out of his suit pocket.
I took out a five thousand yen bill and stuffed it into the man’s suit pocket.
The man chuckled.
“It’s not a paper company?”
“Maybe so.”
“… … .”
“However, since it is a company run by the master, it will not be of ordinary size.”
Then it gets even stranger?
“How much is the investment scale… … .”
“I heard that you are managing at least 5 billion dollars in American companies alone.”
“At least $5 billion for American companies alone?”
Warren Buffer’s mouth fell open.
Hey, whose dog’s name is 5 billion dollars?
“Originally, illness was given to the doctor, medicine to the pharmacist, and investment to a professional investment company! But… … .”
Warren Buffer had a confused look on his face.
“I didn’t know about an investment firm of this size until now? No way.”
He muttered softly.
“Who on earth is the president of JH Investment Company… … .”
“Hmm.”
Suddenly, the man looked at Warren Buffer with a cold expression.
The eyes were full of suspicion and caution.
“A white man came here and bribed you and nagged at you… … .”
“I think you’re misunderstanding something. I’m not a suspicious person, nor a bad person.”
Warren Buffer waved his hand.
“As someone in the same industry, I was surprised to get unexpected information about competitors. I am an expert in this field.”
“Hmm.”
The attitude was still suspicious.
Warren Buffer was in a difficult situation when he suddenly noticed the office the man had come from.
“Oh, do you happen to work for Nakamura Real Estate?”
“then?”
“Can I ask what your rank is?”
“What are you going to do with that?”
“The reason I flew all the way to Japan was to meet the chairman of Nakamura Real Estate.”
“Hmm.”
The more he talks, the more the man’s eyes narrow.
What’s the problem?
Warren Buffer added urgently.
“I got the office mixed up. This is supposed to be the headquarters of Nakamura Real Estate, but the office is so small and empty… … .”
“Hmm.”
Warren Buffer quickly took a business card out of his wallet and handed it over to me.
“My name is Warren Buffer and I am the Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, a global investment firm located in Omaha, Nebraska.”
The man accepted the business card with a cold face.
After taking a quick look, he stuffs it into his back pocket.
It’s been a long time. I’ve never seen my business card treated like this before.
But Warren Buffer smiled his salesman’s smile.
“Our Berkshire Hathaway Company has shown remarkable growth by investing in a variety of industries, including insurance and reinsurance.”
“Hmm.”
“It is a specialized investment holding company that has recently attracted attention in the stock market by focusing on building a diversified portfolio including financial services, insurance, railroads, and energy.”
“Hmm.”
“For your information, our Berkshire Hathaway company has grown by over 20% every year since I took over.”
“Hmm.”
Why is it that I am becoming more and more suspicious of the ‘hmm’ sound?
Warren Buffer gets to the point.
“I am willing to invest in Nakamura Real Estate! Please tell the chairman!”
“Hmm.”
“In that sense, let’s have a cup of tea together and talk about specific things… … .”
“Guys, the peddler is here!”
widely!
The man quickly closed the office door.
“Sprinkle some salt. Use coarse salt!”
“Now, just a moment!”
Chomp!
It was a baptism of salt.
“That’s fun.”
Warren Buffer laughed.
Secretary Tom asked in bewilderment, sitting on his travel carrier.
“I got baptized with salt, what’s so funny about that?”
“Tom, I like finding out what I don’t know better than knowing what I know.”
“So?”
“Until now, I knew nothing about JH Investment Company.”
Warren Buffer dusted off the salt with his hand.
“I found out today that a secret company was making investments worth at least $5 billion, so secretly that I didn’t even notice.”
Warren Buffer also brushed his hair.
“That guy from earlier. He had an indifferent expression when I asked him other things, but as soon as I mentioned the owner of JH Investment Company, he immediately went into alert mode. What does that mean?”
Warren Buffer sniffed.
“I told you it smells like money?”
Warren Buffer’s eyes sparkled beyond recognition.
“I’m going to meet the person who is the Japanese branch manager of JH Investment Company somehow!”
“You said you were going to meet the chairman of Nakamura Real Estate?”
“So, I met with Chairman Nakamura of Real Estate and the branch manager of JH Investment Company!”
Warren Buffer slumped to the ground and folded his arms.
The will to never get up from that spot was tremendous.
“Will I be able to meet you if I just sit here and wait like this?”
“I handed out business cards.”
Warren Buffer didn’t budge.
“Even if Nakamura Real Estate employees don’t know its value, the Nakamura Real Estate Chairman won’t.”
“Do you know who the chairman of Nakamura Real Estate is?”
“… … .”
Secretary Tom clicked his tongue and hit the nail on the head.
“You were turned away even after opening your business card, Chairman. You should work harder.”
“… … Cheeseburger set from McDonald’s Japan for dinner tonight.”
“Are you kidding?”
“I’m serious now. It’s cursive.”
“I’m a Big Mac fan!”
“If you want a Big Mac, go find out right now.”
Warren Buffer pointed with his fingers.
“Regarding JH Investment Company and Chairman Nakamura Real Estate, everything, down to the smallest detail, as quickly as possible.”
“Eww!”
Secretary Tom grumbled as he quickly grabbed his notebook and pen and got up.
Warren Buffer shouted ambitiously.
“Leave it to me! I will somehow meet with Chairman Nakamura of Real Estate and the Japanese branch manager of JH Investment Company and secure their investment!”
“Ugh.”
Secretary Tom shook his head and held out his hand.
“Please give me the deposit.”
“Why are you suddenly asking for money?”
“We need to call a troubleshooter.”
“… … .”
“You’re telling me to do something while giving me money? You’re saying it’s something I don’t want to do, something I can’t do.”
* * *
Weekend afternoon.
Warren Buffer, who was crouching in front of the office hallway as usual, muttered with a serious expression.
“Why don’t you go to work?”
The president of JH Investment Company and the president of Nakamura Real Estate are both like that.
“Can the company really run properly like this?”
Is it really okay like this?
“It definitely smells like money, a lot of it, but there’s no way to meet these people?”
“Mr. Chairman!”
Tom, the secretary, came running out of the office hallway, panting.
“Nakamura Real Estate Company is putting a lot of properties up for sale again and maxing out their mortgage loans!”
There’s no way that’s possible?
Nakamura Real Estate employees are busy managing the pachinko parlor.
Only the yakuza kept coming in and out of the office without resting.
“Nakamura Real Estate has put up for sale an additional 30,000 pyeong of land in the Tokyo area and 1,500 more buildings in commercial districts.”
That’s ridiculous!
“With just the 50,000 pyeong of land and 1,000 buildings in the Tokyo area that were put up for sale some time ago, they would have secured a huge loan amount.”
“Don’t be surprised. Nakamura Real Estate owns much more real estate than this.”
Warren Buffer’s eyes widened.
“Is this true? This isn’t just an unconfirmed rumor?”
“That’s solid information. Japanese banks are running out of money, so they’ve asked Berkshire Hathaway to invest in them too.”
“… … .”
“I heard they’ll give you twice the interest rate of commercial banks! Hehe, sounds tasty, right?”
Japanese banks are sweeping the world’s top market capitalization rankings.
If you are asking for investment from our investment company, which is barely on the list of the best, then you have said everything.
“By the way, I heard that Japanese bank presidents are desperately waiting for the chairman. They’ve been visiting the U.S. headquarters and pestering them for days, asking when the chairman will be coming.”
That looks somehow familiar.
Warren Buffer laughed bitterly at the unusual news.
“Shouldn’t we meet at least once?”
“Let’s meet up later.”
“It would be difficult to come up with a condition to offer twice the interest rate of commercial banks again, wouldn’t it?”
“Hey, Tom. You’re the one who needs my money right now. If you don’t want it, just tell me not to.”
Warren Buffer seemed to have no regrets at all.
“Investment is about selection and concentration.”
That’s what Warren Buffer always shouted.
“My goals are clear. Nakamura Real Estate and JH Investment Company!”
“I guess so. By the way, I got some big news from the US.”
“What is it?”
Secretary Tom leaned close and whispered softly.
“I heard that a large portion of the shares in the American company that the Chairman has been coveting are up for sale.”
“Where, how much?”
“Micronsoft, Exxon, Royal Dutch, Chevren, Berkshire Hathaway, JPP Morgan, Johnson & Johnson, etc.”
“what?”
Warren Buffer’s eyes widened.
“Why is our company involved in that?”
“… … .”
“I’m joking, hahaha.”
But our company was really included here.
You have a pretty good eye for stock picking, don’t you? Hahaha.
“These are companies that have skyrocketed by at least 400% and up to 3,900% over the past seven years.”
“It was because of the oil shock.”
A few years ago, a global catastrophe struck.
The oil shock that broke out in the Middle East!
At that time, there were countless places where companies around the world collapsed like dominoes, and stocks became worthless or worthless.
“In addition, a whopping 2% of each company’s shares were released at once. And that includes dividend stocks.”
“Huh! Judging from the fact that they came out all at once, it’s clear that they were released with intent.”
How much is all this?
“This is something that is hard to obtain even if you pay for it.”
“It seems that they are not directly releasing the stock into the stock market, but are secretly going around to banks, securities firms, and investment companies to sound out for a stake acquisition.”
“I’m not trying to manipulate the stock price, is what I’m saying.”
It was interesting.
Originally, we would do things that make money quietly among ourselves.
“What kind of crazy person would put out such a large quantity of stuff without even knowing how precious it is?”
That too in these times.
After a dark period of recession caused by the oil shock, the world market entered a boom period.
The stock market is also showing an upward trend every day.
“Has there been any investment requests from Berkshire Hathaway?”
“I came in.”
“Oh! Where is that?”
Secretary Tom said, glancing at the JH Investment Company office.
“JH Investment Company.”
“what?”
Warren Buffer’s mouth fell open.
“Are you sure?”
“They say that all the money received after transferring the shares to Bank of America, JPP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, and Bank of Citi went to JH Investment Company.”
Money doesn’t lie.
Warren Buffer couldn’t stand it anymore and jumped up.
“Pack your bags now, Tom.”
“Yes, huh? So suddenly?”
“I’ll probably get a plane ticket somehow. If possible, I’ll buy it on the black market.”
“Mr. Chairman!”
“Hurry up. If you keep doing this, you’ll miss out on all the good stuff.”
“I haven’t even met Chairman Nakamura of Real Estate or the Japanese branch manager of JH Investment Company yet!”
“Where did JH Investment Company make the proposal? It was in the United States, right at our company.”
Warren Buffer quickly adjusted his clothes.
“It’s my fault. When the opportunity comes, I have to grab it!”
Just then, from the end of the hallway, a handsome little boy walked towards me, accompanied by a smiling man.
“Huh?”
The boy tilted his head to the side, mumbling something in Korean that was hard to understand.
“Why is this guy here?”