Chapter 34: Forces
After Li Guangzhi left the hotel, he deliberately pulled Gao Dali to slow down. Sure enough, it didn't take long for Li Xiaomu to catch up from behind alone.
After he chased Li Guangzhi's side, he didn't speak, just walked silently beside him, and the expression on his face was a little embarrassed and a little apologetic.
After the three of them walked out of a distance silently, Li Xiaomu finally spoke: "Brother Guangzhi, I made a mistake in this matter today, I shouldn't hide it from you, but let you take the risk for me." I'm here to make amends for you and Brother Dayong! ”
After speaking, he hurried two steps in front of Li Guangzhi and bowed ninety degrees to him.
Li Guangzhi stood in front of him and was silent for about half a minute before he stepped forward to help him up.
He looked at the sneering expression on Li Xiaomu's face and said to him, "Lao Li, don't blame me for pouting your face at the dinner just now. Today's thing, you really did it inauthenticly! ”
Li Xiaomu muttered in his mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it. The heart he played today, since Li Guangzhi and the others have seen through it, there is really nothing to explain.
Li Guangzhi didn't continue to accuse him, but said earnestly: "Lao Li, in fact, Dayong has already asked his boss to greet the Chinese gangs in this area. If you had told us about this matter earlier, it might not have been so troublesome to solve. ”
Regarding Li Xiaomu's behavior today, Li Guangzhi actually didn't have much bad feelings. If you really want to talk about it, he actually admires Li Xiaomu's ruthlessness and gambling in his heart.
You must know that there was not even a window in the private room on the second floor just now, and if the people from the Northeast Gang really hit it at that time, Li Xiaomu would take the initiative to trap himself in a dead place to bet on whether Sun Dayong's influence was big enough. There is an element of deception in his behavior, but it is much better than those who put themselves in a safe place and coax others to take risks.
Of course, admiration is admiration, but Li Guangzhi definitely can't let him coax him like this in vain.
He walked up and grabbed Li Xiaomu's shoulders, and walked forward with him, saying as he walked:
"Now that Dayong has gone to talk to that Zhao Laosan about this, with his identity as the fourth elder of Luo Quan, it shouldn't be a big problem to appease the Northeast Gang. But, Lao Li, the risks here are all borne by Dayong alone, and the benefits are all on your side. You say, shouldn't you give Dayong an explanation? ”
"Yes! Absolutely! Li Xiaomu was originally walking next to Li Guangzhi with his head down, but when he heard this, he raised his head sharply and said in an eager tone: "I know that today's matter depends on the face of Brother Dayong, and I, Li Xiaomu, am not the kind of person who doesn't know what to do, if you have any requirements, just mention it!" As long as I can do it, I will never say anything! ”
"Lao Li, don't worry, Dayong and I are not the kind of people who want to repay their kindness. My request is very simple, Dayong is taking the risk for everyone's food, so everyone in our small group should know about it, right? ”
"Don't we have a meeting every day at five o'clock in the afternoon? In this way, at the meeting tomorrow afternoon, you explain the ins and outs of this matter and the stakes in it to everyone, and then apologize to Dayong in front of everyone, and at the same time thank you, and this matter is over. What do you think? ”
Let Li Xiaomu be soft in front of Sun Dayong in public, this is the result that Li Guangzhi wants to get from this matter.
He thought about it very clearly, now there is a cooperative relationship between them and Li Xiaomu after all, if he wants to use this handle to force Li Xiaomu to take out the money to apologize or give up greater benefits in the cooperation share, it will only cause a gap in Li Xiaomu's heart, and it will not be beneficial to the cooperation between the two sides.
And letting Li Xiaomu apologize in public can allow Sun Dayong and himself to establish their prestige in this group faster. Moreover, Li Xiaomu himself is relatively easy to accept this.
After Li Xiaomu listened to his words, the expression on his face was stunned, he probably didn't expect Li Guangzhi's request to be so simple. After reacting, he hurriedly grabbed Li Guangzhi's hand and said gratefully:
"Brother Guangzhi, it is really the greatest luck of my life to be able to cooperate with a sensible and righteous person like you. You can rest assured, I will definitely do your satisfaction! Say thank you at the meeting, that's too sincere! Tomorrow, I will find a good restaurant to arrange a table, and I will set up a special wine to apologize to you and Dayong! ”
After talking to Li Guangzhi, Li Xiaomu's mood also relaxed a lot.
At this time, the three of them happened to walk onto the street with bright lights and signboards. Looking at the familiar scene in front of him, he thought that although there were some twists and turns tonight, he had finally solved the turf problem that he had been troubled about, and his interest became a little high.
He patted Li Guangzhi on the shoulder and said jokingly: "Guangzhi, didn't you say that I would take you to learn more about the customs shops in Kabukicho Street, let's start on this street, right?" Hehe, train you out early, and you should go to work early to earn a lot of green tickets from gringos! ”
Li Guangzhi originally hoped to learn more from him, a local snake, and naturally would not object to his suggestion. However, what happened today made him think more, he pondered for a while, and said to Li Xiaomu:
"Lao Li, when Dayong persuaded me to do this business at first, he kept telling me that you don't need to be black to do this business, and he also cited you as an example to prove it."
"But today's incident makes me feel that if I eat in Kabukicho Street, even if I don't mix with the black, the entanglement between me and the underworld is probably indispensable. Lao Li, weren't all those troubles you had before brought about by the underworld? ”
"So I think, if you want to stay here safely, how to deal with the relationship with these ** forces should be a very important issue. Lao Li, you have been dealing with these guys for a long time, and you should know a little bit about them. Why don't you tell me about this convenient situation first? ”
Li Guangzhi's words aroused the hidden pain in Li Xiaomu's heart again, and the originally high emotions also calmed down. He rubbed his face in frustration and said to Li Guangzhi: "Guangzhi, what you said can be regarded as poking at the root. In this place of Kabukicho Street, the biggest trouble is these cockroach-like ** gangsters! ”
He pulled Li Guangzhi to a small izakaya on the side of the street, and said: "If you want to talk about this topic, it is not clear in one sentence or two. Why don't you just find a place to sit down? ”
Li Guangzhi also knows that the situation in Kabukicho Street is very complicated, and if he wants to explain it in more detail, he is afraid that it will take some time. So he didn't object to Li Xiaomu's proposal, but followed him into this small izakaya on the side of the road.
After the three of them found a table in the corner and sat down, they randomly ordered a few snacks such as salted edamame and yakitori, and opened a bottle of beer, and then waited for Li Xiaomu to open the topic.
Li Xiaomu pondered for a moment, probably recalling and organizing the language in his head. After a while, he raised his glass, took a sip of beer, moistened his lips, and finally spoke:
"There are only a few dozen of them in this underworld organization in Kabukicho Street. If you want to roughly divide the categories, they can be roughly divided into two categories. One is the local Japanese gangsters, and the other is the foreign gangs in Japan. I'll tell you more about them one by one. ”
"The local yakuza in Kabukicho are mainly the most famous. Yamaguchi-gumi, Sumiyoshi family, Inagawa-kai and Gokutokai. As for the other small forces, they basically don't have a good climate. ”
"The Yamaguchi-gumi are the most famous, but their strength here in Tokyo is average, after all, their hometowns are in Osaka and Kobe, which is still a little worse than the local snakes in Tokyo. The Yamaguchi-gumi have only two offices in Kabukicho Street, and they are mainly responsible for maintaining their own shop. They rarely provoke others, but most people don't take the initiative to provoke them. ”
"In the remaining three, the headquarters of the Far East Society is in Shinjuku District, so they are the most powerful and fierce here, and the Korean gangsters who often come to me for trouble, the backstage is the Far East Society."
Speaking of this, Li Xiaomu's tone was a little indignant. He peeled two edamame beans and threw them into his mouth, chewed them twice, and continued:
"I don't have much contact with Inagawakai, except that they have a few offices here, and I've seen their people go to the store to collect protection money, but I have basically no contact with them. In fact, to be honest, the low-level marginalized people like us on the streets of Kabukicho are like ants to these big organizations. As long as you don't cause trouble, even if you don't pay protection money, they won't take care of you. ”
"Of course, if you want them to cover you, then you have to pay protection money. But this protection fee is not paid casually, and it doesn't work for those small minions at the bottom of the big organization if you hand them over. What really makes you famous will work, at least if you are a big hooligan at the team leader level. ”
Li Xiaomu took two sips of beer and took a breath. Seeing that Li Guangzhi and Gao Dali were attentive to what they heard, they continued:
"My former protector, Kumamoto, was a team leader of the Sumiyoshi Kai. I met him by chance, and we became friends. He told me that if a small role like me as an insider was not his friend, even if he took the initiative to come to the door to pay him protection money, he would not bother to accept it. ”
"Kumamoto charged me protection money at that time, which is also a nominal meaning. I give him 30,000 yen a month, and even if I officially register with the Sumiyoshi Association, I can tell the public that I am a Sumiyoshi Kai cover. And the 30,000 yuan was actually used by him to invite me to drink and drink. ”
Li Xiaomu sighed with some embarrassment: "This guy Kumamoto is a good person, but he is too good-looking and likes to be bulliful." It's just that the one-month task is not completed, and I can't even think of committing suicide! It's really good people who don't live long! ”
He tilted his head and took a sip of the beer from his glass, calming down, and turning the conversation back from the bear itself.
"Hiroshi, let me tell you, these gangsters in Japan are actually beneficial and harmless to us. If it weren't for the town above, this Kabukicho town would have been even more chaotic, so chaotic that it would not even be able to do business. ”
"And what really harms us and we should be more vigilant, except for the Koreans, is our Chinese gangsters."
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