… The shareholder meeting provides an opportunity for Son to lay out his ‌vision for ⁠the business and field questions from retail investors.

Son has said that SoftBank is a golden-egg-laying goose and again returned to that comparison.

“Eggs do not lay eggs, the goose lays the eggs,” he said. “SoftBank Group is the factory that lays the eggs.”

He also complained about the gap between the company’s market capitalisation ​of around 37 trillion yen ($229 ​billion) and the value ⁠of its assets, which total some 74 trillion yen. “How long do I have to fight to convince you that the goose did a good job?” ​Son asked.

The entrepreneur, 68, said he will lead the company into his 70s ​to bring ⁠about “artificial superintelligence,” which he defines as being 10,000 times smarter than a human.