Masao Ishihara picked up the classic whiskey glass again, raised his head and drank it all, saying: "Your mother is too narrow-minded."

Ishihara Hideki disagreed and said: "I think my mother is quite generous and has tolerated you for so many years, but dad, you have gone too far.

Mom has been tolerant of you again and again. This time she couldn't bear it any more and she broke out completely. Otherwise, she wouldn't have run away from home."

Ishihara Masao wondered: "Damn boy, you have been at odds with your mother since you were a child. Why do you suddenly speak nice words for her?"

Ishihara Hideki said with a sincere smile: "I didn't say nice things for my mother, I just told the truth."

Masao Ishihara said calmly: "It seems you know where your mother is right now?"

Ishihara Hideki said bluntly: "I don't believe you, dad, don't know where my mom is right now. The one child my mom loves most is her eldest brother Naoki.

Even if she runs away from home, she will stay with Naoki-san. She will not choose to stay temporarily with Nao-san or me.

While Masao Ishihara acquiesced to his objective analysis, he stopped the topic and said: "I have answered your question. Now, should you answer my question?"

Ishihara Hideki felt there was no need to pretend to be stupid in front of him and said: "If my life and career plans really lead to me joining the Karuizawa Group in the future, then it will definitely make Naoki not only feel uncomfortable in his heart"

, and the brotherhood between us is coming to an end.

According to Naoki's ideal, he will naturally create a corporate structure with banks at heart like other chaebols in Japan in the future. However, dad, you do not approve of this corporate structure model.

Your business philosophy is still a strategy of advancing hand in hand. In other words, you don’t want to see us fighting each other in the future, so you will let us each be responsible for one aspect of the main business.

Naoki will take over the Karuizawa Commercial Bank in the future. As for me! Of course I will take over the entire brewing business of the Karuizawa Group in the future.

Once Misako Torii and I get married, even if we are engaged, it will put a lot of pressure on Naoki-san. After all, the brewing business is not only the ancestral business of our Ishihara family, but also the industry in which our Ishihara family made their fortune.

The Torii family's Suntory Group is also a well-known large-scale enterprise in Japan and a veritable multinational company. In the future, Hiroki will be arranged by you to take over the entire entertainment industry under the Karuizawa Group.

The marginal businesses of the Karuizawa Group, such as resort hotels and other real estate properties, will be handed over to Nao-san, Nana, and your illegitimate children."

Masao Ishihara asked with some abandon: "Are you willing to accept your destiny?"

Ishihara Hideki said seriously: "If I don't accept such a fate, I cannot marry Misako Torii. Even if you don't object, the Torii family will firmly oppose it.

As you once said to me, Misako is very similar to her mother, just as I am very similar to you. Misako is not a lover, and she will never join me in breaking away from the family and giving up everything."

Ishihara Masao smiled and said: "You are also not a love brain. It's just that you dare to make a major sacrifice for love. In this aspect, I am indeed inferior to you.

Also, your eldest brother Naoki will definitely marry the daughter of a famous family in Japan in the future. Nine times out of ten, he will come from a chaebol family with a financial and banking background.

The three major banks in Japan are Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, and Mizuho Industrial Bank. Only the daughter of the Iwasaki family, the Mitsui family, the Sumitomo family... is worthy of your eldest brother Naoki. At least, this is how your mother sees it.

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Ishihara Hideki added: "But, you don't see it that way."

Ishihara Masao said seriously: "Even though family marriage has good sides, I still don't want you to sacrifice your personal happiness in marriage.

Marrying a woman you don't love at all is not only a torture to yourself, but also unfair to the other person.

Your mother has already lost herself in the vanity fair of the upper class. The daughter-in-law and son-in-law she wants must come from a famous Japanese family.

If this coffee position is too small, it won’t work. It feels to me like we are reversing the course of history and returning to the feudal society of the past.”

Ishihara Hideki knew that his father's words were not false and said: "Is it possible that you and your mother had a big quarrel because you couldn't reach a consensus on this matter? So your mother ran away from home in anger?

"

Ishihara Masao did not deny it: "That's why I say your mother is too narrow-minded."

Ishihara Hideki crossed his hands on his chest and said thoughtfully: "I believe that my mother has her own considerations from her own perspective.

The starting point is for the good of our brothers and sisters. As for whether he did bad things with good intentions, that is another matter.

Anyway, I have absolutely no objection to letting me marry Misako Torii and bring about a marriage between the Ishihara family and the Torii family."

Masao Ishihara blurted out: "Of course you have no problem. But, what about the other people?"

Ishihara Hideki analyzed neutrally and calmly: "In my personal opinion, Naoki-san doesn't have any problems at all.

As the eldest son of the Ishihara family, he had already made up his mind to sacrifice personal marital happiness for the interests of the family. Even if he let her marry a woman he didn't love at all, it didn't matter.

Sister Nao also has no big problem. However, I believe that they will be a masked couple, and they will also have a situation where they have their own affairs after marriage.

What about Yuuki? He has a deep mind and will not openly reject this kind of family marriage. Nana is still too young, so she really can’t figure it out."

Masao Ishihara agreed with his statement. His eyes inadvertently caught sight of Ryotaro Shima's "Clouds over the Sakagami", he raised his finger and said, "Have you been reading this book recently?"

Hideki Ishihara nodded and replied: "Yes! One of Ryotaro Shiba's masterpieces took him ten years to complete.

First of all, I don’t agree with his description of Nogi Nogi as a foolish general and a flesh-bomb general in the book. After all, it is too one-sided. Although it is a popular novel, it also has a good side.

Historical war novels generally either focus on the formations of the generals on both sides and highlight the generals' wisdom and military intelligence, or they select small figures in the war to focus on various descriptions.

"Clouds over Sakagami" incorporates many comprehensive factors in describing historical wars. It not only includes the general's wisdom and military commanding ability, but also adds economic, financial, diplomatic, espionage and other aspects, making it more three-dimensional.
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