"SVOL's stock price hit another all-time high at Friday's close! Boss, you really ought to see the miserable state of Wall Street right now. Those fund managers who followed the crowd and cut their losses in March are now lining up, faces drawn with despair, to rebuild their positions at prices thirty percent higher than before! I told them back when the first-quarter report came out that Silicon Valley Online would bounce back soon, but they just wouldn't believe me!"
"It was only to be expected. There's no need to get overly excited over Wall Street's stupidity." Nakayama Takuya's tone remained steady, rational light glinting in his deep eyes. Frank's emotions had not swayed him in the slightest. "The underlying logic of the internet hasn't changed. America's telecommunications infrastructure is still expanding like mad, and the number of internet users is still growing. As long as those two points remain unchanged, our foundation will be unshakable. Short-term disruptions in the flow of capital that wash out speculators without the nerve to hold on are actually beneficial to the company's long-term equity structure."
"You sound frighteningly calm over there—just like a machine without emotions." Frank muttered from the other end, then broke into laughter. "Tom was just dragging several technical directors into a dance in the hallway. You'd never guess it: physical disc packages of Dungeons & Dragons Online are completely sold out at Walmart and Best Buy. Even the empty boxes from the display cases have been snatched away by impatient players!"
"Have Tom immediately keep a close eye on the capacity of the disc-pressing plants. Add production lines. We absolutely cannot drop the ball when stocking the channels. This is our best chance to harvest cash flow." Nakayama Takuya gave the order decisively.
"Understood. Tom has already gone to