Chapter 408 – The 1935 Ootori Gathering (4)

“You were in charge of real estate and construction, right?”

I knew the answer already, but I asked anyway to get the conversation going, and Haruto-san readily took the bait.

“Yeah. Those were my main areas. Though I also received training and studied things like getting an overall grasp of the business, so I didn’t spend the entire year focusing exclusively on them.”

“I see. …As for the areas with the biggest growth, I suppose steelmaking and oil related businesses are at the top. The heavy machinery and trucks Torasaburo is handling would come next. The trading company is busy buying and selling, but that’s nothing new. If you know a lot about real estate and construction, I think this is where you would have the most insight.”

“Come to think of it, you were talking about that earlier too. Still, so it’s