Chapter 1747

The negotiation and discussion between Jaime, Sophie, and Yahiko ended in a very abrupt and unhappy manner.

After the pair of siblings left Ito Holdings, Yahiko could only start cursing angrily on the spot.

On the way back to the hotel, Jaime asked Sophie, “Sophie, I was planning to sway Yahiko so that I could convince him to agree to my proposal of agreeing to only a twenty percent stake in the shared profit-margin. Why were you so hostile to him?”

The tip of Sophie’s lips curled into a sneer as she replied, “A twenty percent stake in the profit margin is lower than what he was willing to accept. So, no matter how much you try to talk to him and convince him today, he would certainly not be able to agree to this ratio. If you really want to force him, then you will have to put enough pressure on him.”

Jaime asked, “Any good ideas?”

Sophie replied, “Maybe you can call Machi and tell him that you plan to sign the collaboration and partnership contract with him tomorrow. You would have to discuss the details with him before officially signing the contract. It can be arranged for tomorrow morning.”

Jaime asked, “What do you mean? Has it already been decided then? Are we really going to sign the contract with them?”

“No.” Sophie replied indifferently, “We can plan to sign the contract, but we will still have to finalize the terms of the contract before doing so. And when that time comes, we could just look for a reason to say that there are certain details in the contract that we will need to discuss further. That way, we will easily be able to push the signing of the contract to a later date, right?”

Sophie continued, “If we release the news now, then Yahiko would certainly feel very anxious. In fact, he might even humble himself and take the initiative to ask us for another chance to discuss things again before this night is over.”

Jaime nodded slowly in agreement.

“Okay, then! We’ll do as you say. I will call Machi now.”

When Machi received the phone call from Jaime and heard that the Schulz family was already prepared to finalize and sign the contract with him, he was extremely excited!

Immediately after, as he arranged for his employees to prepare for the signing ceremony the next day, he also sent some people to spread the news around Tokyo. The Schulz family was prepared to finalize and sign the contract with him.

This news immediately spread amongst the Tokyo business elites.

Countless people started calling and sending messages to congratulate Machi—they believed that as soon as the Takahashi family started collaborating with the Schulz family, the Takahashi’s would indeed surpass the Ito family to become Japan’s top and most influential family!

Yahiko also quickly caught wind of this news. His initial anger still had not died down, but he was so furious and enraged that he was about to explode in a fury as soon as he heard this news.

He did not expect the Takahashi family to suddenly become such a high and mighty family as soon as this news was released.

Everyone in Tokyo was trying to flatter and get into Machi’s good books at this point. They were all treating Machi as the future richest man in Japan. Yahiko immediately realized the significance of Sophie’s words.

If the Schulz family collaborated with the Takahashi family, he would certainly not have a bright future.

If that were the case, even though the Ito family would appear unscathed on the surface, they would be actually suffering from severe losses at that time.

In the past, he could compete with the Takahashi family on equal footing. Still, if he lost this opportunity to work with the Schulz family, the Takahashi family would move forward quickly and leave him behind.

By then, Machi would certainly rob him of all the attention and fame.

The indiscernible losses that he would suffer were merely immeasurable.

Yahiko, who was too gloomy at this point, shut himself in his room as he thought about this matter the entire afternoon.

Finally, after nightfall, Yahiko reluctantly decided and called the Schulz family to ask them for an opportunity to discuss this matter with them again.

If this would not work, he would just agree to the Schulz family’s twenty percent collaboration term then.

At that moment, Sophie and Jaime had just finished eating their dinner at the revolving restaurant on the hotel’s highest floor. Sophie was preparing to take a bath after both of them returned to their respective rooms.

Suddenly, her doorbell rang.

She could see that it was her brother knocking on her room door from the LCD screen. She quickly opened the door.

Jaime was standing at the door with his cell phone in one hand. He smiled as he said, “Sophie, you are really incredible! I just received a call from Ito Yahiko!”

Sophie leaned against the door frame as she smiled and asked, “So, what did he say?”