Chapter 46: Kind Father and Filial Son
Watanabe Issei stared at the wreckage on the ground with a gloomy expression.
Regardless of whether what happened today was a coincidence or a premeditated action, at least after this incident, the reputation of Watanabe Electric has been cast a shadow.
He turned and walked towards the company, and the moment he looked up, he saw the dead face behind the window upstairs. Watanabe Issei paused, lowered his head slightly, and continued walking.
In the meeting room upstairs, old Watanabe stared at the door. As soon as Watanabe Issei opened the door, he saw his father's terrifying eyes. Once upon a time, such eyes almost permeated his entire childhood.
Whenever his father showed such a look, the whole family would be terrified. As a child, he would either lower his head in fear or quietly hide behind his mother.
Surprisingly, he was very calm at the moment. He was not afraid, nor did he retreat, but was calm in facing the storm.
"Yasuda, you go out first." Old Watanabe turned around and signaled the person behind him, without any emotion in his voice.
Upon hearing this, Yasuda bowed slightly, paused slightly when passing by Issei, hesitated for a moment, and still said nothing, and passed by.
Outside the door, Hasegawa Hiroshi was also waiting with a dejected look on his face. The two looked at each other in silence, and smiled bitterly at each other.
Inside the house, Watanabe Issei silently walked up to Watanabe Takashi, broke the solemn atmosphere, and called in a low voice, "Father."
"Tell me something." Old Watanabe held up both sides of the wheelchair with his hands, trying to keep his body straight.
Seeing this, Watanabe Issei wanted to step forward to help.
"Back off!" Old Watanabe roared, like an old lion king. His voice was hoarse but full of majesty.
"Tell me every decision you've made since you took over Watanabe Electric in detail. I don't want Yasuda and the others to fill in the blanks for you. Do you understand?"
Watanabe Issei took a deep breath, knowing that he couldn't fool around today. But when he threw his fist outside, he had already realized something.
Watanabe Issei, who was determined to do it, explained clearly the matter of changing his parts supplier.
Of course, he also embellished his words, which were nothing more than reducing the cost of production and increasing the profit margin.
There was a hint of disdain in old Watanabe's eyes. Having worked in industry for a lifetime, did he need anyone to teach him these things?
"Did the crowd downstairs just now protest against the quality of the Blackstone record player?"
Watanabe Issei stammered and said nothing.
"Baga! Don't you know that the quality and reputation of the products are the life of the company?! The reputation that Watanabe Electric has worked so hard to build for decades will be destroyed in an instant!
You are the sinner of the Watanabe family! Bastard! "
Old Watanabe could no longer maintain his previous composure, and he slapped the armrests of the wheelchair with his dry hands.
The "bang bang bang" sounds hit Watanabe Issei's ears, causing his face to turn from white to red, and then from red to white.
The words that had been suppressed in my heart for a long time rolled back and forth in my throat, ready to burst out, along with the slapping of the wheelchair and my father's roar.
"Father!" Watanabe Issei raised his head and looked directly at the man he had admired for decades. "I don't like record players at all, nor do I like business! I want to do my own thing!"
"Doing your own business means misappropriating the company's account funds, and is that a reason to secretly obtain a mortgage loan from Chang Hwa Bank?!" Old Watanabe angrily interrupted Watanabe Issei who was about to continue speaking.
Watanabe Issei looked at his father in shock. It turned out that he already knew.
"Tell me! Is there anything else I don't know?" Old Watanabe glared at his son. From the few words that Yasuda had said before, he had already sensed that things might be more complicated than he had imagined.
Watanabe Issei was so confused that his mouth was dry and his tongue was parched. Although he had already confronted his father, there were some things he dared not mention.
"Do you need me to invite Yasuda and the others in?"
Old Watanabe's faint voice sounded in my ears.
"And...and the Inagawa-kai..." Watanabe Issei stammered and only finished half of the sentence.
When he heard about the Inagawa Society, old Watanabe took a deep breath.
"Father!" Watanabe Issei knelt down in front of old Watanabe's wheelchair, "Father, please believe me, in less than two years, the money will be returned with interest.
If time goes on a little longer, it may even increase several times, which is the value of several Watanabe Electrics! ~Father! "
However, old Watanabe was indifferent to his son's promises and turned a blind eye to his desperate pleas at his knees.
He had thought that his son would do some bad things, but he never expected that the audacious Watanabe Issei would dare to deal .
And they are the Inagawa-kai, second only to the Yamaguchi-gumi. They are a group of ruthless people, so how can they be so easy to deal with?
"How much did you borrow?"
These days, the only things associated with the Yakuza are protection money, smuggling, gambling, loan sharking, and prostitution. And based on what old Watanabe knows about his son, the only thing he can think of is loan sharking.
Watanabe Issei hesitated for a moment but still gave a number, "3 million".
Hearing this number, old Watanabe breathed a sigh of relief. It wasn't too far off. But when he saw his son's evasive look, he was startled. "How much is the principal plus interest?"
"Ten million..." Under the gaze of old Watanabe, Watanabe Issei still gave an answer.
"You bastard! How much is the entire Watanabe Electric worth? In less than a year, you have almost ruined our ancestors' legacy!"
Old Watanabe pointed at his son tremblingly, his voice weak and trembling with anger.
It has been done and said.
Watanabe Issei decided to go all out and directly suggested, "Father, why don't we sell Watanabe Electric? I have already found a buyer, the guy named Shirakawa whom you met last time.
That guy is so young and doesn't have much experience. We can take this opportunity to sell him for a good price, what do you think? "
Watanabe Issei looked at his father hopefully. He felt that he had made a wise decision.
If that guy really spent a lot of money to buy Watanabe Electric, then he would be a real prodigal. In comparison, Watanabe Issei even felt a little superior at this moment.
Under his expectant gaze, old Watanabe raised his finger tremblingly, "You rebellious son! You are an unfilial person..."
After saying this, old Watanabe loosened his hands, tilted his head, and died.
"Father! Father! You can't die. If you die, I will really sell Watanabe Electric~"
Yasuda and Hasegawa outside the door were embarrassed, and the two Changyin employees who had been waiting for a long time looked at each other in bewilderment.
The situation of Watanabe Electric doesn't seem to be good.
Watanabe Issei originally wanted to invite people from a long-term investment bank to come for an assessment and prepare for a second mortgage loan.
Now, let alone lending, even the recovery risk of the previous loan must be carefully considered.
