In the end, Mariko did not receive the answer she had hoped for. Harry's reply disappointed her. "Miss Mariko, I need more time to think about this matter," Harry said apologetically to Mariko.
After that, he left with Li Jie and Peter. Mariko was left behind. She was unhappy that her plan did not succeed. However, Mariko did not feel dejected because it was rare for a business meeting to succeed on the first try.
Asking for a price and bargaining, proposing a bargaining chip and considering the value of the deal — these were all business games that required time to be considered. An outstanding businessman would always have a rhythm that belonged solely to him when negotiating with others.
If he was led into an unfamiliar rhythm, he would likely end up being manipulated by others. Everything that Mariko had done here, in essence, was to lead Harry into her own rhythm.
It would be impossible for Mariko not to have any contempt for this young man who was not even twenty years old. Sometimes, youth meant impulsiveness, and at the same time, youth yearned for success.
Just like Tony Stark, who became the boss of Stark Industries in his early twenties, he had always been synonymous with being high-profile. He had never concealed his desire for success.
Today's Harry Osborne would be compared to Tony Stark. Many people believed that Harry Osborne would be a carbon copy of Tony Stark.
However, Harry's personality was diametrically opposed to that of Tony Stark. It was destined that he would never become another Tony Stark.
However, it was precisely because of his youth that Mariko chose to cooperate with Harry Osborne. If the current owner of the Osborne Group was Norman, Mariko would never have put this child on display.
No matter how kind of a father Norman appeared to be in front of Harry, everyone who worked with him in business knew that he was a terrifying beast. He was a capitalist who would devour others without spitting out the bones.
What Mariko wanted wasn't just a simple cooperation. Her grandfather, Asahi Masahiro, was a lunatic who was afraid of old age and longed for longevity. He once wanted to steal Wolverine's self-healing factor.
However, this plan failed in the end, and Yajita Ichirou died in the end. His granddaughter, Yashida Mariko, used another method to obtain the password to unlock the self-healing factor key.
Immortality was the dream of almost every elderly, high-ranking person. They were used to the joy that power and status brought them. They also hoped that this joy could last for a long time.
The most addictive thing in the world was not the psychedelic drugs, but the thrill of grasping power!
Just as Li Jie and the others left the Sakura Pavilion, Truth Kido's subordinates, who had been waiting in the kitchen and other rooms of the pavilion, also walked into the room.
"Bring him back." Mariko pointed at the boy whose finger had just been severed. There was not the slightest hint of warmth in her voice.
Two burly men dressed in black suits bowed respectfully to Mariko before dragging the timid boy away.
"Shinichi, go inform Chairman Yasuda. Tell him to lobby Mr. Harley's side," Mariko instructed her personal secretary, a man with delicate and pretty features.
"Yes, Miss," the secretary named Shinichi replied immediately. But after he finished speaking, he looked a little hesitant. "What if the Osborne Group doesn't want to cooperate with us?"
"Mr. Harry doesn't seem very enthusiastic about this plan." Shinichi's words made Truth Kido frown.
Yes, Harry was somewhat calm, unlike a young man who had just turned 18 years old. He did not care that much about proving himself. As long as he was impatient, there would be flaws, and flaws would give Truth Kido a chance to use her means.
Because Truth Kido did not know that Li Jie, who was by Harry's side, had the mind of an adult. Especially after a year of tempering, various things had made Li Jie increasingly understand the sinister nature of the human heart.
When Harry first started his internship in the company, Li Jie had been advising Harry to keep a low profile. Out of trust in Li Jie, Harry also kept a low profile. Under this subtle influence, Harry's personality had also changed, and he was no longer as impetuous as when he first entered the company.
Mariko's brows knitted together. "In the field of biological research, no company or country in the world can compare to the Osborne Group. That is why I have no choice but to cooperate with them. Only they can unearth the potential and wealth in Dai Ken. "
The Dai Ken that Mariko was talking about was the boy who had been taken away. "But you are right. Everything needs to be looked at from two sides. Where there is success, there will be failure. I had thought that Harry Osborne was an outstanding businessman, but it appears that he is not that outstanding. Help me contact the Americans. We need a backup plan. We cannot let so many years of planning go to waste. "
After Li Jie and the others left the restaurant, they were no longer in the mood to tour the capital. The three of them wandered around the area with gloomy expressions before returning to their hotel in Osaka.
The evening lights of Osaka City were first lit. Standing in the presidential suite of the Osaka City Hotel, one could see the lights of the city through the large floor-to-ceiling glass.
The night lights of Osaka could not compare to those of Manhattan or Times Square in New York, nor could they compare to Tokyo, the capital of the East Ocean. However, there was a different kind of scenery. As a port city, the cargo ships anchored at the docks and the cargo workers who worked endlessly at the docks displayed the firepower of this old industrial city.
Li Jie used the kitchen utensils in the suite to cook a few dishes. The three of them sat near the window and enjoyed the night view as they ate their dinner.
"What do you think of today's incident?" Peter Parker was the first to speak up. "That child, we know. That child is definitely related to Logen. "
"We can't be sure of that," Harry said with uncertainty. "Maybe, maybe not."
"This kind of amazing recovery ability is not an ordinary ability. It is not something that can be found by walking to a boxing training center and telling the coach that there is a trained boxer, "Peter Parker said as he stabbed a prawn with his fork.
"Dr. Hank said that the more powerful the mutants, the rarer they are. And a person with such a powerful self-healing ability like Logen is even rarer. If you say that there is no connection between the two, I will not believe it, "Peter said confidently.
"Alright Peter. We don't even know if he is a mutant or not, "Harry said helplessly.
"It is very likely that he is Logen's child. I just don't know if Logen is aware that he has a child. " Li Jie continued to comb through the plot of "The Wolverine 2" in his mind, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this child was Wolverine's son.
Although the movie did not mention that Wolverine had a child, logically speaking, the accuracy of this guess should be very high.
"Should we help Logen rescue his child? That Mariko is a complete lunatic. She actually allowed a child to harm himself, "Peter said indignantly.
"Err, I don't think it is appropriate for us to intervene in this matter," Li Jie said with some difficulty.
"Why?" Peter and Harry asked curiously.
"Because don't you think that the child looks a little like Mariko? Who knows, maybe Mariko is his mother. "Li Jie felt that there was a high possibility of this.
"Hmm, now that you put it that way. It does look a little like her. " Harry recalled the boy's appearance and Mariko's, and he felt that there was indeed a considerable resemblance between the two.
"If the boy is Logen's son, and Mariko is Logen's wife …" Li Jie shrugged, indicating that this problem was not easy to solve.
"So, our best option is to pass this information to Logen through other channels. As for how to resolve this family matter, let Logen decide."
Harry and Peter exchanged glances and felt that this was the safest method.
"But speaking of which, Harry. Don't you think that there are some problems with the management in the East Ocean? "Li Jie changed the topic back to the problem Harry was facing.
"There are many problems. Procrastination. All kinds of excuses. "Harry was a little dejected.
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