"Richard." Nakayama Hayao leaned back in his chair. "Run me through the wrap-up on Bandai's side."
Richard opened the folder in front of him.
"All cash settlements for Bandai's original shareholders were fully completed before the holiday. The personnel split and reorganization of the Bandai Game Development Department are complete, and everyone has now been integrated into Sega's major development teams. The production-line adjustments at the Shizuoka factory are finished, and the new molds for Kamen Rider and Gundam have already been put into production scheduling. The handover of Sotsu's copyright library has also been completed. All legal and financial procedures are expected to be completely wrapped up by the end of this month."
Richard closed the folder.
Clean and decisive.
Nakayama Hayao nodded, then turned toward Hoshino on his right.
"Hoshino. Tell us about your side."
Hoshino rose to his feet. He had brought no documents and simply recited the figures.
"As of December 31 last year, the Investment Department had fully closed out all its short positions in the Southeast Asian, Hong Kong, and South Korean markets."
Hoshino braced both hands on the tabletop, his gaze sweeping across the room.
"After deducting all cash expenditures for acquiring Bandai and Sotsu and plugging every debt hole, the Investment Department's cash balance on the books currently stands at nearly one hundred billion Japanese yen."
A brief silence descended over the conference room.
Several senior directors seated in the back instinctively reached for the financial summaries beside them.
One hundred billion yen in net cash flow.
It was lying quietly in Sega's offshore account.
Japan was now littered with bankrupt banks and company presidents leaping from buildings, while the Ministry of Finance quarreled in Congress every day over bailout funds worth only a few tens of billions.
Yet Sega was holding