Fujino fell silent for a moment, feeling that something was rather absurd.
He asked again, "So, let me get this straight. They borrowed money from your family's bank, then commissioned your family's construction company?"
"That's right."
Sonoko nodded. "They didn't have enough money, so they borrowed it from our Suzuki Bank. Then our Suzuki Construction built the concert hall. That's basically it. Oh, right—the insurance for this building was bought from the Suzuki family too!"
"Uh..."
Fujino thought for a moment. "They didn't have the money to build the place, so they took out a loan from your bank. Then they used that loan to hire your company. They got their building, but owed money to Suzuki Bank, and you recovered that debt through Suzuki Construction..."
"Put that way, doesn't it mean that one project for the Suzuki family not only earns risk-free interest and construction profits, but even insurance premiums? You just stand there and rake in money from three different sources?"
"Now that you mention it... I guess that's how it works?"
Suzuki Sonoko thought about it, her expression turning troubled. She felt like her brain couldn't quite keep up.
She really had never thought about it!
But when she thought about it carefully, wasn't that exactly how the Suzuki family operated?
That was pretty absurd. They could just lie back and make money without any risk.
Our Suzuki family is amazing!
Fujino gave her a dead-fish-eyed look. "So where does the Suzuki family get all that energy? How do you have subsidiaries in every industry?"
"Isn't it obvious?"
Sonoko folded her arms. "We just acquire them."
As expected of the second daughter of a conglomerate. She sure talks big.
Fujino grumbled inwardly, but when he thought about it carefully, she wasn't wrong.
One company certainly couldn't have