At this time, he called Masayoshi Kobayashi directly, and as soon as he came up he said: “Mr. Kobayashi, congratulations on your seat as the acting president!”
Kobayashi Masayoshi respectfully said: “Mr. Ito, thank you for your kind wishes. My acting chairmanship is only a temporary act. When my nephew Jiro returns, I will still give him this position.”
Ito Yuihiko sneered and said, “I guess Jiro will not be back. You, the acting president, will soon become the official president!”
Masayoshi Kobayashi was secretly happy in his heart, but still said very honestly: “Mr. Ito, to tell you, I still think about it day and night, I hope Jiro can return safely.”
Ito Yuihiko smiled and said, “Mr. Kobayashi, I am calling, not to be polite to you, but to have a business to cooperate with you.”
Masayoshi Kobayashi hurriedly said, “Mr. Ito, please speak!”
Ito said in a serious tone: “I have always been very optimistic about Kobayashi Pharmaceutical’s prospects. You should know this.”
“Yes!” Kobayashi Masayoshi respectfully said: “I’ve heard about this a long time ago! Thank you for your interest in Kobayashi Pharmaceutical!”
Ito Yuhiko said again: “I, I have always wanted to buy a stake in Kobayashi Pharmaceuticals. I have had a deep conversation with Jiro before, but it is a pity that he suddenly evaporated, so I can only come and continue this matter with you now.”
Masayoshi Kobayashi hurriedly said, “This is okay, but don’t know how you want to advance, Mr. Ito?”
Ito Yuihiko said: “I want to make a deal with your company and make two deals with you personally.”
Kobayashi Masayoshi said: “Please speak.”
Ito Takehiko said: “The transaction with Kobayashi Pharmaceutical is an agreement that I intend to take a 30% stake at a valuation of 15 billion USD.”
Kobayashi Masayoshi said embarrassingly: “Mr. Ito, the current value of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical is probably more than 20 billion USD, and your price is 15 billion USD, which is really a bit less…”
Ito Yuihiko said lightly: “Don’t worry, I will discuss two deals with you next.”
As he said, Ito Yuihiko said again: “The first one, as long as you can make me buy Kobayashi Pharmaceutical at a valuation of 15 billion USD, then I will privately give you 200 million USD in cash.”
“The second pen, as long as you help me make this happen, I will not only give you 200 million USD in cash, but also consolidate your position in Kobayashi Pharmaceutical. I can assure you at that time whether Jiro will come back or not. You can sit firmly as the chairman of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.!”
Although the Ito family is the top family in Japan, it does not mean that Ito is a generous person.
He has always wanted to buy shares in Kobayashi’s, to make a fortune with its medicine line, and he has always wanted to keep the price of shares as low as possible.
If it is a valuation of more than 20 billion USD, if he wants to invest 30% of the shares, he has to pay at least six to seven billion USD in cash.
However, if the valuation can be reduced to 15 billion USD, which is also a 30% shareholding, it will only need to pay 4.5 billion USD, which can save more than one or two billion USD
When Kobayashi Masayoshi heard this, the first thought in his mind was that he didn’t want to make such a big hole for Ito. After all, this was a price difference of more than two billion USD, and the amount was huge.
However, when he thought that he could return cash to him privately and ensure that he would sit firmly as the president without any interference, he was vaguely moved.
After thinking about it, he opened his mouth and said: “Mr. Ito, since you have said so well, then I will not hide it with you. If you can privately return me five hundred million USD, then you can ensure that I sit firmly in the chairmanship. , Then when I have a meeting, I will try my best to promote the Ito family’s stake in Kobayashi Pharmaceutical!”
