Chapter 769: The game begins
– At the round table meeting –
After Oldman Rothschild appeased the other lords, he took out some photos, all of which were of important members of the Wei Nation consortiums.
They were not as prestigious and famous as Okami, but any one of them was a tycoon level figure.
“Now the key is to stabilize the problems caused by the absence of the Lord of Asia; Okami was managing several on-going projects before he died, and they can not be terminated. Those projects involve tens of billions of dollars, so we need to find a new Lord of Asia to quickly take over and stop the loss. Most importantly, without the Lord of Asia, some members in the Asian division wouldn’t know who to follow. Everyone take a look here. This is a list of qualified candidates selected by the council, and we’ll make a final decision after some discussion.”
The six Lords looked at the three candidates.
Mitsui Okami’s eldest son, who was quite young as he was only in his forties, had earned over tens of billions of dollars for the consortium since his start-up.
The current leader of the Sumitomo Corporation was also a strong candidate; he was from the same era as Okami and was a legend himself. He was just not as outstanding as Okami, but he was advantageous in his background.
Another one was from the Malaysian royal family who also had a high reputation.
“These three are all suitable, which should we choose?”
“The royal family wasn’t strong enough in their history. Although it is true that it’s not right to always let the Wei Nation take control, their economic system is complete and we need to give them a seat. Or else it would be a loss to the Capital Society if we don’t manage to hold a position in one of the developed countries. The level of the Wei Nation’s technology has always been something the continents want to take advantage of, so I think that we should just consider the two candidates from the Wei Nation.”
Oldman Rothschild nodded. “Indeed, the resources that the royal family can offer for other members in the Capital Society is too little. That needs to be strengthened.”
“Then, to avoid close relatives, I choose the leader from the Sumitomo Corporation.”
“I agree.”
“No objections here. The Sumitomo family head is highly respected and indeed has a strong background. With him as the Lord, he can well convince the public.”
Oldman Rothschild: “Then it is him, and if there isn’t an objection, we can give him the appointment. Tell the council members to draft up the letter.”
After the appointment ceremony, the Sumitomo family celebrated the joy.
Everyone congratulated the head of the family as if he had won the lottery.
With this title, more would be willing to cooperate with them and as long as it brings profit for the Capital Society, they didn’t care who they worked with.
The other companies and tycoons all congratulated the Sumitomo Family when they heard the news.
The Sumitomo side then decided to hold a dinner party to accept all the congratulations.
Meanwhile, within Matsushima Raiko’s mansion when she returned home after work, she said to Xu Cheng, “I heard that the next Lord Asia has been appointed, and it’s the head of the Sumitomo Corporation.”
Xu Cheng smoked a cigarette as he nodded, and he put out the cigarette as he said to her, “I need his information.”
Matsushima Raiko hesitated for a moment.
“You wouldn’t…”
Xu Cheng looked up at her. “Wouldn’t what? Do you want to get off the train at this point?”
Matsushima Raiko shook her head. “No.”
Xu Cheng: “Then do your thing, you did well with Hiroshi Shitsuno’s body so keep it up. I’ll show you that even the most remarkable people in this world are actually just ants.”
After saying that, he stood up and walked to his room.
Matsushima Raiko followed him into the room.
Xu Cheng’s brows furrowed. “What are you doing?”
“Don’t you need me to serve you? I can do everything.” Matsushima Raiko’s whole face blushed red, and she subconsciously started to unbutton her shirt.
Xu Cheng said indifferently, “Get out.”
He then closed the door directly behind him, leaving Matsushima Raiko in the doorway gritting her teeth.
A few days later.
The dinner party held in one of Sumitomo’s resort hotels went on as scheduled in downtown Tokyo. The people who came to congratulate them were all big names in the Wei Nation business world.
In the middle of the banquet, the head of Sumitomo went up to the stage to give a speech to thank the guests.
His headset suddenly failed to work, and then a pre-recorded video started to play on the big screen behind him, showing a man dressed in all black.
“Hello, everyone.”
The guests in the room who were socializing froze for a moment, because they didn’t see the head of the Sumitomo family speak. It was instead the person on the big screen behind him.
The head of Sumitomo noticed a voice coming from behind him. He turned to look at the big screen and froze for a moment before he looked at the resort manager.
The manager quickly ran backstage to see what was going on.
That was when the person in the said, “First of all, I would like to congratulate the Sumitomo Corporation for accepting his position as the Lord of Asia. Why should I congratulate him? Because I want to announce that your time of death has come. I am a member of the Deviant Corp, the same Deviant Corp that killed Okami. I’m here to send a message, that whoever becomes a Lord will also become our target. In addition, we will kill all the other core members as well. Don’t you guys think it is glorious to join this organization? Then let’s play a game where whoever joins will die by my hands!”
The Sumitomo family head was furious that someone stole his spotlight.
He turned around and shouted at the screen, “How dare you talk like that? You want to fight with us? Save your breath.”
He had just taken the position, so obviously he had to defend himself.
Some of the other core members also took this opportunity to show their loyalty and came forward, “Yes, what is this Deviant thing? I’ve never even heard of it.”
Behind the scenes, Xu Cheng made a note of these guys who spoke up, and if he guessed correctly, they were probably also members of the Capital Society.
That certainly saved him some time when they came forward, because he still didn’t know a list of members yet.
Those who came to the banquet also involved few political figures because after all, since politics and capitalism went together in this country.
The police department chief, who had just been fired, shouted, “You’re so sneaky. Do you dare to come out and face us? There are guards everywhere, let’s see if you manage to kill someone!”
Just after he finished, a lightning bolt struck down on the stage, killing the head of Sumitomo on the spot.
Some of the ladies in the crowd screamed shrilly as they all immediately scattered to escape.
Those who were cursing before were stunned by the sudden death of the Sumitomo head.
That was when the video screen changed again, and a symbol of the Deviant Corp appeared!
The police department chief ran up to the stage to check on the head of Sumitomo’s family, and cold sweat dripped down his back when he saw the burnt corpse.