Chapter 39: The Arabian Nights Are No More Than This

  "Yes," Ma Pei sighed, "this matter is still a mystery to this day. No one knows why Uncle Mei would unconditionally give away the fruits of his labor for half his life and then leave the world in such an intense way."

  "Didn't anyone suspect anything? As far as I know, that Japanese corporation had never appeared in G City before. Moreover, how could Mei Dong, a successful businessman, transfer the company to someone else without any warning or conditions, leaving himself with nothing?" Wang Yang asked sharply.

  Ma nodded and looked at Wang Yang with approval, saying: "That's right, so I said it was a mystery! Those who knew about this matter almost all had some doubts, but Mei Dong personally hosted the reception and transferred his own shares, and there were no flaws in the procedures. Suspicion is suspicion, but it's not good to say anything."

  According to my father, after the press conference, he went to find Uncle Mei to ask about this matter. The Mei family and our Ma family are also considered to be old acquaintances, and the relationship between my father and Uncle Mei is very good, they have never had a falling out. However, that day, Uncle Mei was very impolite to my father, saying that this is our Mei family's own business, no need for an outsider like you to intervene.

  "My father was surprised and a bit angry, he retorted that I had never treated him as an outsider, in the Mei family, I had also never considered myself an outsider. Don't forget, your daughter is the future daughter-in-law of the Ma family, what happens to you Mei is my business too. You must give me an explanation today, otherwise don't blame me for turning against you."

  Later, Uncle Mei still didn't say anything, only saying that as long as Father managed his own family's affairs well, it would be fine, and that he didn't need to worry about the Mei family's affairs. The two of them parted on bad terms.

  In just a few days, my father heard the news of Uncle Mei and Aunt's accident, while Meiyu also disappeared without a trace at the same time.

  I knew that to find out where Meiyu went and why she disappeared, I had to get to the bottom of what happened at the Mei family. So I hired someone to investigate that Japanese corporation, and the results shocked me: that so-called "Morikawa Corporation" was founded less than five years ago when it took over Uncle Mei's shares, and it was an ordinary trading company with annual trade volume not exceeding $3 million and annual profits that couldn't even buy 5% of Meiyu's shares. Moreover, it had never been involved in industrial operations, let alone the main business of "Dongnan" - financial investment!

  "I'm quite puzzled about this: with Uncle Mei's astuteness, how could he transfer his shares to such a company? Without any strength or experience, why would Uncle Mei have confidence in them? And as for the president who came to take over Uncle Mei's 'Southeast Financial Group' shares, Morioka Kazuki, I couldn't find any useful information about him either."

  However, it turned out that after Senkawa took over 'Southeast', he didn't do anything detrimental to the conglomerate. The performance of 'Southeast' did not decline, but instead rose slowly and exceptionally steadily a year later. The stock also began to rise. Every time this is mentioned, everyone feels that Director Mei's vision is very good, and found a good successor for 'Southeast'.

  "But I always feel that there's something wrong with this! Especially Meiyu's disappearance, it makes me think that the problem is not simple at all. However, I couldn't find any evidence, and I can only hope that when Meiyu comes back, she'll be able to clear up my doubts and make me understand what's going on. But Meiyu never showed up, and I often feel like she's just around the corner, sometimes I even think I can sense her presence, but she's always elusive, I can feel her but can't see her."

  Ma Pei let out a long sigh and muttered, "Little Raindrop, how much longer do you want to torment me? To what extent will you appear?"

  Wang Yang listened quietly to Ma Pei's words, sighed and said: "It is said that there are no brothers in the business world. 'Dongnan' can be considered a major competitor for you 'Huayu' in the financial industry. It's rare for your father to care about his opponents. I heard that after the incident, your father wanted to buy Ma Dong's shares from Senkawa, is this true, Ma Pei?"

  Ma Pei looked at her in surprise: "Your news is indeed quite well-informed, this news only a few people in the industry know. That's right, my father did go to find Senkawa, not for the 'Southeast' business, but because my father didn't want his old friend's life's work to fall into someone else's hands, let alone Senkawa appeared too suspiciously, but was rejected by Senkawa."

  "Yes," Wang Yang also sighed, "a small unknown overseas trading company, swallowed up the family property of the famous 'Southeast Financial Group' overnight, holding 2% of Southeast shares, and became one of the controlling shareholders of a leading enterprise in G City, it's like a fairy tale, isn't it?"

  "A while ago, in order to do an exclusive interview with you, I investigated almost everything that could be investigated about you. When collecting information about your private feelings, I found that the only one who can be called your girlfriend is Mei Qingliang's daughter, the former chairman of Southeast. The misfortune of Mr. and Mrs. Mei and the disappearance of Mei Yu made me very interested in the change of ownership of Southeast, so I did some extra investigation and also learned that Ma Dong had wanted to acquire the shares of Southeast from Senkawa but was rejected."

  "It's said that Mei Dong and Senkawa are tight-lipped about the equity transfer, no matter who asks, they just say it's their private business, as long as the authorization documents are correct, please don't pursue it further. As a result, this matter has become an unsolved mystery in G City's financial market until now. Is that right, Pei Shao?"

  "Yes," Ma Pei nodded, "it's precisely because it's mysterious that I've been investigating, but Senkawa is a very secretive person. As for his information, we can only trace it back to the establishment of 'Senkawa Corporation', and before that, where did he come from? What was he doing? It's completely untraceable. No choice, I had to give up."