Disclaimer: Please do not sue me! I do not own LH
Background: This is a lame sequel to an equally lame story
Author's Notes: This is for you raptor
Keitaro's eyes bugged out, as he looked at the latest update regarding the price of stock price of Su technologies. Meanwhile, the coffee in his mouth was ejected violently and created a natural dye that dyed the papers in from of him a nasty reddish brown. Only when the hot liquid fell onto his exposed arm did he realize exactly what had happened. He jumped up, cursed, before looking downwards and noticing that his copies of some contracts were now a healthy looking reddish brown. He yelped, and instantly called his secretary in while moving the papers to a safer spot. When the buxom young lass came in, he handed the papers over to a bewildered secretary and shooed her out of his office.
As he sat back down, Keitaro reconsidered his options. Perhaps he should give up this race? Or should he continue to grapple with director Aoyama? He weighed both options. Should he give up on this, Aoyama Industries would gain a gigantic advantage over Urashima Enterprises should he decide to enter the digital entertainment market at a later date. (It was already somewhat settled, since Urashima Enterprises dealt with hardware and software development. Sooner or later Keitaro had to expand his business anyway.) When that happens, not only would Aoyama Industries destroy him in terms of sales, he also would not gain much from the ventures except severe debts. No, he could not give up the company, and risk giving up two multi-billion industries.
And yet, he could not raise his bids much further. If he continued raising the stock prices at the current rate, then sooner or later the cost of the shares would severely exceed what it was worth, bringing a mountain of debt to Urashima Enterprises. This would be especially true if sales of Su technologies's products continued to plunge.
Even though many companies were after Su technologies, the truth is that the sales of Su technologies have been plunging ever since the weapons fiasco started. As such, if the company that takes over ST does not get its bearings straight and steer Su technologies in the right direction, then Su technologies would drag the host down together with itself into the fiery pits of corporate doom.
Still… Keitaro reached out his hand and pressed the button.
Motoko was looking at the screen when she saw that the price jump to an unbelievable 9 dollars. For a moment she humored thoughts of strangling the man over at Urashima Enterprises, but she stopped himself in time. She sighed. She now knew that she could not get Su technologies, as it was now way out of her league. So, she decided that if she couldn't get it, she had to keep it out of the hands of Urashima Enterprise. If this particular company landed in Urashima Enterprises's hands, then Urashima Enterprises would certainly be on a one-way path to total domination of the digital entertainment sector. Hence, Su technologies must be kept out of Urashima Enterprises's hands. At any cost, consequences be damned.
Motoko thought about the daydreaming man who was the head of Urashima Enterprises. To tell the truth, Motoko was actually rather attracted to the man when they had met at a party not too long ago. Sadly, they hadn't had much time to associate before she had to leave for some urgent meeting, which she later found out wasn't really urgent after all. As such, she had regretted much over leaving early that day before the two of them had gotten to know each other well. She thought about what might have happened if they had become more acquainted with each other…
(Passionate thought of a certain director come to mind)
However, she eventually managed to snap out of that daydream. She focused back onto the task at hand; getting Su technologies out of the hands of Urashima Enterprises.
If only she could get other competitors to jump in again…
Using the only strategy available to her, Motoko pressed the button.
Once again, Keitaro's eyes bugged out. Once again, his coffee splattered all over the table.
Keitaro was dreaming about running around in a two dimensional world, squeezing through cracks in walls, rolling up into tube, turning into a paper aeroplane, even becoming a boat! When…
…a ring coming from his computer had rudely awakened him. Immediately, he focused onto the share price of Su technologies, and his eyes bugged out. This time, the coffee landed right on the screen. However, Keitaro couldn't have cared less even if he tried. The price was ridiculous. Aoyama Industries had raised the bar to 11 dollars! Almost instantly, he realized the genius of the move. "SHIT! Other companies will see Su technologies as even more alluring after this, since Ms Aoyama and I are fighting tooth and nail for this company.. Because of this, many companies are going to jump in, and then the share price will rise to the clouds! Bloody hell. Is this flexing other people's muscles?"
Keitaro slammed his coffee mug onto the table, this time destroying his keyboard. After a moment, he brought up the visual representation of the current stock market. What he saw he had long expected. Companies, which are represented by black lines, are all moving towards a block in the middle that carried the tag "Su technologies". Meanwhile, a counter above the block showed the current price of the stock. As the black lines moved closer to the block, the counter kept on rising. "God damn it! Can't those gits see that Su technologies isn't worth that much money? Sooner or later one of those stupid companies are going to realize what is going on and the last one isn't gonna be too happy!"
Keitaro continued throwing his hissy fit, but soon he calmed down. (After destroying the entire table though) He called off the VR and placed a phone call towards Aoyama Industries.
Motoko felt her phone ringing. Picking up the phone, she noticed from the caller identification that it was from Urashima Enterprises. She prepared herself for an angry phone call from an equally angry Managing Director.
"Hello?"
"Hello. This is Keitaro Urashima on the other side. I would like to congratulate you on your stunning maneuver that kept Su technologies out of my hands and is going to effectively bankrupt one of the other companies."
"Why thank you."
"Well, actually, I just want to ask you out on a date."
Motoko froze. Was this man serious? Oh well, he had been known to do completely unrelated things at completely irrelevant times. She agreed.
Ok, ok. I admit this chapter sucks, a lot. Don't wail on me!