Bai Lu and Xu Wencheng entered the house, and when they closed the door, they said, "Five minutes later, bring the person who is looking for me." ”

Gu Peng said okay.

Finally, there were only two people left in the room, Xu Wencheng said: "Today we have a staff member to call you a few times, there may be a misunderstanding, here I want to explain." ”

Bai Lu said: "Not only you, but also someone from the Ministry of Commerce called. ”

Xu Wencheng sighed, he knew who made the call, but he knew that he knew, there was no need to say it. Then he said: "We all know that you are doing a good deed, to promote Chinese food in a small way, and to promote a new image of the country, in fact, there is no need for you to do this alone, you also say that you are very busy, too busy, you can find someone to help." ”

Bai Lu said, "How can I help?"

"We can come forward and help you get a Chinese chef to do this. ”

Bai Lu said: "It's late, the dinner will start tomorrow, and when the chefs you mentioned come over, what will I do with the things I have prepared now?

"So, you can notify us in advance before you do something, of course, you shouldn't talk about this now, let's still talk about cooperation, as long as you agree to cooperate, two hours later, there will be at least 20 Chinese chefs to help, you don't have to be so busy, the event site, we will also send people to come over to arrange and maintain together, and even help you bear part of the cost." ”

Speaking of which, it's nothing more than this purpose, to join in.

Bai Lu looked at his phone: "I don't have to cooperate, I'm very happy to do things by myself." ”

Xu Wencheng thought for a moment and said, "I'm saying something that shouldn't be said now." I hope you understand it correctly. ”

"What do you mean by proper understanding?" asked Bai Lu.

"Just don't think badly, be plain, don't think it's threatening you. ”

Bai Lu smiled: "Say, there are still two minutes." ”

Xu Wencheng said: "If this thing is done, many people will benefit, and many departments will be involved, and they will thank you, but if you don't cooperate with them, there will be many people who have opinions about you, such as the Foreign Affairs Federation and the China-Japan Friendship Association." Culinary Society. Local governments, investment promotion bureaus, industrial and commercial bureaus and other departments, perhaps because their working methods disgust you, will refuse to cooperate, but this matter alone. Collaboration is the best option. It's good for everyone. ”

Normal businessmen would like to have such an opportunity. Don't say that you may have the opportunity to befriend many government officials, let's lower the bar, as long as these people don't dislike you. You win.

But Bai Lu is not a normal businessman, and replied: "You have also seen, I still have a lot of things to do, and I really can't help you, goodbye." With that, he got up and went to open the door.

Xu Wencheng asked, "Don't think about it again?"

Bai Lu said: "This is the result of my consideration, so I will talk to you for five minutes." The implication is that if you don't think about it, you won't be ignored at all.

Xu Wencheng smiled: "I'm sorry to disturb you, I hope that next time there is such a thing, you can inform us as soon as possible." After opening the door and going out, it was very graceful.

Waiting for Xu Wencheng to leave, Gu Peng took the middle-aged man in his fifties into the door.

Bai Lu got up to greet him, and the two sat down after saluting.

This man was the owner of one of the fifteen high-end restaurants that had been gathered the other day, and he was about fifty-six or seven years old, which was a young man among the crowd.

After sitting down, the first thing he said was to Gu Peng. What does Bai Lu mean when he asks. Gu Peng replied: "He hopes that the words I heard can be kept secret and not said to anyone." ”

Bai Lu was a little curious, the reason why he was willing to talk to this boss was because he was one of the fifteen partners, and it was not easy to be too stiff. Now when I hear this, I have a little hope in my heart to hear what the secret is.

Gu Peng said a few words to the man and asked Bai Lu, "He asked if you remember his name?"

Bai Lu thought for a while: "It seems to be called Hosoda." Then he asked, "Why do you ask this?"

"Mr. Hosoda wants to make sure you remember him. Gu Peng said: "He said that the matter is related to the underworld, so be cautious, if I can't keep it secret, he will ask another translator." ”

Bai Lu asked, "Do you want to keep it a secret?"

Gu Peng replied: "I can't guarantee that I won't say it, so I asked him to ask for another translator." In fact, he didn't want to be involved with the underworld.

Bai Lu smiled: "That's fine." ”

Gu Peng said sorry and got up to leave.

Bai Lu shouted, "Wait, ask when the interpreter is coming, I don't have time to wait for him." ”

Gu Peng replied: "It's just outside, just make a phone call." ”

Bai Lu sighed, and said in his heart that Hosoda was well prepared.

Hosoda came here and looked for Gu Peng as soon as possible, because he didn't want others to know about this matter. At the same time, in order to take care of Bai Gongzi, he did not immediately propose to change the translation, but consulted Gu Peng first, and in terms of etiquette, he did it correctly.

Not long after Gu Peng went out, someone knocked on the door. Hosoda let the man in, a Japanese man in his forties, bowed and said hello when he entered, and sat down next to Hosoda to talk.

This person's Chinese is not bad, at least he can understand it, and he tries to explain the situation.

Bai Lu listened very helplessly, I just had a dinner party, do you need to be the government staff here to find trouble, and the Japanese underworld is chatting over there, can the sky and the earth be normal?

The Japanese translator spoke for a while, and Bai Lu's expression changed when he looked at Hosoda again, and he became very helpless.

The reason is that Hosoda's high-end restaurant was opened by the underworld for him. At first, he bleached black money by buying and selling restaurants, and after Hosoda became the boss, he also laundered money for a period of time. Ten years ago, when the hotel business was getting better and more noticeable, the triad stopped bleaching activities. However, they own most of the shares in the store, and they make a lot of dividends every year.

For Hosoda, the money was divided very willingly, and he no longer did illegal things, which made him feel a lot more at ease.

Japanese people are educated to stay away from the underworld, and all enterprises are trying to stay away from the underworld, at least in name, they can't have anything to do with the underworld. So Hosoda is getting more and more stable, but he didn't expect to be invited to open a store in Beicheng.

In his bones, Hosoda is an excellent chef who wants to make a name for himself and is interested in this mention. In addition, if the operation of the North City Branch Alliance is successful, it will make more money.

The most important thing is that if it is really successful, there will be a place for him in the fifteen highest-end Japanese restaurants.

It's honor, but it's also money. Hosoda did not dare to hide it from the underworld.

If you choose to hide this matter from the underworld, you can quit and not participate in the branch alliance action, and you will not reveal the background of the underworld, and it seems that there is no problem.

But if more than a dozen other high-end restaurants join forces to make a name for themselves, how do you answer when the underworld asks why there is no such restaurant?

Hiding the news from the underworld and giving up the opportunity to make money, are you uncomfortable?

Hosoda had no choice but to report the situation to the underworld organization behind him.

So, who is this underworld organization behind it? It is scary to say, it is the Yamaguchi-gumi, the world's most famous and money-making underworld organization.

The headquarters of the Yamaguchi-gumi is in Kobe, and there are more than 1,000 organizations of all sizes under it, and except for a few places, disciples and territories are spread all over Japan. This organization is really fierce, not to mention the gangsters, and even participated in Taiwan's political elections and sent his subordinates to stand in the past. Not to mention the relationship with certain consortia or politicians in Japan.

There are various halls under the Yamaguchi Group, which are similar to the Hong Kong gangsters in Hong Kong movies, and they are the same organization and the same name externally, and there have always been disagreements internally.

As the boss at the top, they are actually similar to the government, they set guidelines and assign tasks to the lower levels. The people below have to work hard to execute and work hard to make money.

In Japan, the gangsters are also under pressure, and there have been small bosses who have failed to complete the performance tasks of protection money, so they committed suicide.

The underworld is always the one who makes the most black money. Even though the Yamaguchi-gumi already has a listed real estate company, controls some entertainment companies in disguise, and has many stores, the main business is still pornography, gambling and drugs, kidnapping and extortion to collect protection money.

The organization behind this restaurant is a hall called Keiyamakai under the Yamaguchi-gumi. This hall is quite good in Tokyo, involving a number of businesses, and making money is also very fierce, that is, there is a lot of black money in his hands.

Now, the restaurant is going to Beicheng to open a branch? If it is normal to make money, Qingshan Club will forget it, when you don't know anything, you open your store, and they will share dividends normally.

But this time it was different, and some cadres put forward opinions and wanted to take the opportunity to bleach black income.

Businesses such as bleaching black money have to pay a handling fee, which is usually 15% or even more, and it is very time-consuming.

Coincidentally, Hosoda and Bai Lu were going to Beicheng to open a branch, and the people of the Qingshan Association hit Bai Lu with the idea, and a certain cadre reported to the boss, saying that if the operation was successful, the handling fee could be controlled below 10 percent.

The boss asked how.

The man said that there is a company under us, which was paid by the debtor in the past, and it has not made money. Let's sell the company to this Chinese, and the money will naturally be in vain.

As soon as the boss heard about it, he had a good idea, and immediately told Hosoda that he would attend the Chinese feast tomorrow.

Hosoda didn't know about bleaching black money, only that the boss was coming, and he had to sue Shiroro. So it's very simple, that is, sixty percent of his restaurant is a stake in Qingshan Club, and it takes their consent to open a branch in Beicheng. Because of this, their eldest decided to come to dinner tomorrow.

Hearing the news, Bai Lu didn't know what to say, and asked, "Can he appear in a public place?"

Hosoda said, "Just change your clothes, and he often goes to the store to eat, and there is no one around." ”

Bai Lu smiled, look, see how tricky his uncle is, and bring trouble again with a snap of his fingers.

It's super big trouble, and at this moment, he's thinking about whether or not to kick Hosoda out of the fine dining league. But, if you just kick it out like this, will it attract the retaliation of the entire Yamaguchi-gumi?

In an instant, Shiraji felt his head grow and asked Hosoda, "How many people are there in the Yamaguchi-gumi?"

"Last year, more than 45,000 people were registered. "Don't ask Hosoda, the translator will reply directly.

Bai Lu smiled: "Got it, I'll go to work." (To be continued......)