“Are you from the Sakura Kingdom?”
The woman asked calmly, her face devoid of any expression.
“Yes.”
Yukiya nodded.
“Yukiya… that’s your name, right? If you’re trying to recruit me, what’s the name of the company you’re with?”
The woman’s eyes flickered slightly.
She was trying to recall if any prominent financial tycoons or families in the Sakura Kingdom had the surname Yukiya.
After finding nothing, she began to focus on the person in front of her.
“It’s a bit embarrassing to say, but it hasn’t been established yet. But if you come over, you’ll be a founding member.”
Yukiya maintained his smile.
The woman sighed.
It seemed like a sigh of regret for her unnecessary overthinking.
“Little brother, I’m not at an age where I can afford to waste time.”
“I have a daughter about your age at home. I have to work hard to support her.”
“You say you want to recruit me. How much can you offer me in terms of salary? And what’s the registered capital of your company?”
Yukiya blinked.
“I can give you company shares, how about five percent?”
Hearing this, the woman gave a wry smile, her fingers tracing her cheek.
“Sigh, I’m not young anymore. People aren’t even serious about their promises anymore.”
After sighing, she waved her hand.
“Little brother, the offer is tempting, but I won’t accept any recruitment from a company with registered capital less than one million.”
“But my company’s registered capital won’t be less than one million.”
“I’m talking about one million US dollars.”
“I’m talking about ten times that amount.”
Hearing this, the woman began to scrutinize Yukiya again.
She was certain that there was no noble family with the surname ‘Yukiya’ in the Sakura Kingdom, based on her internal information.
“Sister, my arm is getting a bit tired, can you help me?”
Yukiya’s smile remained unchanged.
After a moment of silence, the woman reached out and grasped Yukiya’s hand, which had been raised for a long time.
“My name is Hayasaka Nao, I’m afraid a job change might not be possible, but we can still discuss the shares.”
Yukiya held the well-maintained, delicate hand that looked like a girl’s.
“Alright, Nao-san.”
So, the two of them moved to a nearby coffee shop.
Paul took Yukiya’s payment and went to enjoy a grand meal.
And Ms. Hayasaka Nao’s assistant was sent away by her.
The two sat down in a corner of the coffee shop.
Yukiya ordered two donuts and a mocha.
Hayasaka Nao ordered an iced Americano and a cream cake.
The first thing they did after sitting down was to reintroduce themselves.
Then
“So, Nao-san, you’re a cadre of the Shigaku family? How could you be short of money?”
Yukiya asked casually, biting into a donut.
“That’s something I can’t disclose.”
“Could it be that you were betrayed?”
“…”
Ms. Hayasaka Nao was silenced by Yukiya’s words.
In fact.
After a detailed self-introduction from both sides, Yukiya finally found a record of this woman in his past life’s memories.
The previous generation’s head of the Hayasaka family, the eldest daughter, had half Irish blood.
After the fall of the Hayasaka conglomerate, she became a key figure in the Shigaku family.
She was originally a trusted master and servant relationship with someone from the next generation of the Shigaku family.
But now it seems that due to a betrayal by the head family, both sides have broken down.
This nominal Shigaku family cadre, Ms. Nao, has been sent out.
Her daughter is now serving as a maid for the Shigaku family’s eldest daughter.
This was all the information that Yukiya knew.
It wasn’t comprehensive.
But it was absolutely enough to give him an advantage at the negotiating table.
“Mr. Yukiya, what kind of company do you want to build?”
Hayasaka Nao changed the subject.
“A venture capital firm.”
Yukiya gave the answer he had in mind.
He had the cheating future vision, it would be too bad not to do venture capital.
“Just to ask, what is Mr. Yukiya’s venture capital target area?”
“Anything.”
“That’s a bit… ”
“My most recent investment… is something I share the same vision with Nao-san, it’s the Titanic.”
“I won’t ask the reason, how much do you plan to invest, Mr. Yukiya.”
“All in!”
“Are you investing in import quotas or… ”
“Of course, I’m investing in production, otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to get a share of the box office, would I?”
The rapid exchange of dialogue ended there.
Then they started enjoying their coffee and dessert.
Almost simultaneously finishing the last sip of coffee.
Yukiya took out a contract he had prepared from his backpack.
In the conditions section, he filled in the previously agreed upon ‘five percent original shares’.
Then, he pushed the pen and contract towards Hayasaka Nao.
“Sign it, Hayasaka-san, you won’t regret this decision today.”
“Where did you learn to be so confident?”
Hayasaka Nao sighed, took the contract, and signed her name on it.
There was no way around it, she had been ‘exiled’ and had to seize every opportunity she could.
Otherwise, she would be like the current Hayasaka family, with no future and at the mercy of others for life.
From then on, Ms. Hayasaka Nao became Yukiya’s subordinate.
Hayasaka Nao made this decision more on instinct.
This young man who wasn’t from a noble family or conglomerate.
This young man who appeared out of thin air, with extraordinary ambition and vision.
Even she had never seen anyone like him before.
Among his peers, even the ones cultivated by the Shigaku conglomerate, their abilities were probably not as good as his.
Those older, however, were cautious and conservative, good at defending, but lacked the boldness to pioneer.
If there was anyone similar.
It would be the current head of the Shigaku family, Shigaku Gan’an, who destroyed the Hayasaka conglomerate and built a towering empire from scratch.
In Hayasaka Nao’s eyes, the young man was like a younger version of the Shigaku head.
So, she had no reason to miss out on such an opportunity.
All she could hope for was that the future would be as the young man said, and she wouldn’t regret it.