Chapter Seventy-Six: Trouble
According to Yonehara's estimate, after the cover photo, the remaining 24 custom shops will only take two and a half days to complete the in-store shooting.
As long as Li Guangzhi's English translation can keep up with the textual content, then the entire magazine can be delivered to the printing house for final typesetting and proofreading work around January 10 at the earliest.
But his plan, on the evening of the third day, had to be postponed for one more day with the arrival of Hisao Takano.
Hisao Takano arrived at the store at seven o'clock in the evening. But this time, in addition to him, there was a short and fat middle-aged man who stepped out of the black Mercedes.
When the two of them walked into the store, Li Guangzhi was receiving a foreign tourist. Looking up and seeing that it was him, Li Guangzhi hurriedly said sorry to the guest, then hurried to the door to greet the two, and then took them to the small room upstairs.
Hisao Takano's sudden visit made Li Guangzhi a little surprised. Because according to the agreement he made with Toshihiko Inoue that day, he and Sun Dayong could have a week to think about it. So, what will be the intention of Hikuo Takano today, could it be that Toshihiko Inoue suddenly regretted it? Li Guangzhi was a little uneasy about this.
After the three of them sat down in the upstairs room, Hisao Takano did not say much to greet, but straightforwardly took out a thick brown paper envelope and a letter of agreement and put them in front of Li Guangzhi.
Li Guangzhi was a little puzzled and picked up the agreement first and looked through it, the content of which was a very ordinary advertising commission agreement. However, he noticed that the last client signed there. It was not the name of Toshihiko Inoue who was left, but the signature of Toshiro Kimura.
He picked up the envelope again, opened the seal, and looked inside. The envelope contained three stacks of brand-new 10,000 yen coins, and the thickness should be a stack of 100 sheets. A total of three million yen.
When Hisao Takano saw that he had seen two things, he spoke, "Hiroshi-kun, this is Toshiro Kimura, the manager of the Katsushin Kaikan, and he is also the person in charge of all our properties in Kabukicho Street. He will be in charge of contacting you for the advertising of the clubhouse. You can discuss specific matters with Kimura next. My mission has been accomplished, so I'll take my leave! ”
Li Guangzhi looked at this cold and silent man a little inexplicably, and asked in surprise: "Gao Ye-san, is Team Leader Inoue's commission a little too eager?" If your ad is going to be in this issue of the magazine, the time is a bit too rushed. ”
Because there was a Kimura who didn't know the details of the situation. So he didn't dare to say it too clearly. What he meant by this was actually asking Takano, we haven't agreed to cooperate with the Yamaguchi-gumi yet, why has this advertising commission been sent to the door?
Hisano didn't answer his question, just pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled at him, then got up and walked downstairs. Seeing this, Li Guangzhi also hurriedly followed him downstairs.
The two walked to the door of the store one after the other, and Hisao Takano stood by the car door, turned back to him and said, "Hiroshi-kun, please stay." As agreed. We'll see each other again in three days. ”
He looked up at the shiny light box above the door of the store, and then returned his gaze to Li Guangzhi's face, and said with some meaning: "Seeing that Guangzhijun's business in your store is still booming as usual, I can't help but look forward to the meeting in three days." ”
Li Guangzhi, who didn't understand the meaning of his two sentences for a while. Some watched with some flute eyes as Hisao Takano got into the car and left. It wasn't until he walked back to the store that he suddenly came to his senses.
I rub! No wonder they are so happy to send the money over now, it turns out that their and Sun Dayong's thoughts have long been seen through by others!
He patted his head with some annoyance. sighed helplessly in his heart: "Such a big loophole, why didn't I think of it?" If we weren't going to work with the Yamaguchi-gumi. This store will definitely not be able to be saved. Then what we should be busy with now is thinking about how to divide the money and run away. How can you still have the heart to open a store and do business? Miscalculation! What a miscalculation! ”
According to his original plan, he wanted to delay until the last day of the deadline and then let Sun Dayong negotiate with Toshihiko Inoue. First, you can show the prudence of your side, and second, if you delay thinking about it for a longer time, you may be able to get more benefits from the Inoue group during the negotiation. It's a pity that all these calculations seem to have come to naught.
Li Guangzhi comforted himself in his heart: "Lao Tzu used to be just a small technical cadre in a state-owned enterprise, and it is normal to deal with an old fox like Toshihiko Inoue, and eat a little deflated at first." ”
Then he encouraged himself: As the saying goes, eat a trench, grow a wisdom. I want to be a big guy in the future, and now I play tricks with these old foxes, even if I am increasing my experience points. Anyway, I still have the advantage of being reborn, as long as I can be a little more careful in ordinary times, I shouldn't be able to suffer a big loss in the end
The next morning, Li Guangzhi led Yasumasa Yonehara and his photography team to drive a van to the Shengxin Hall.
What made him a little speechless along the way was that Yasumasa Yonehara and his group were all excited after knowing that they were going to shoot in the Yamaguchi-gumi industry. The look on his face is like a child in a playground who is about to go on a roller coaster.
He was a little curious and asked Yasumasa Yonehara, who was driving, "Yonehara-san, we're going to the territory of the gang today, why do I see that everyone is so excited that they look like they're going on vacation?" Don't you feel afraid? ”
Yasumasa Yonehara laughed twice and replied, "Katsushin Kaikan is a private garden that is famous in the whole of Tokyo, and it rarely receives ordinary guests. It is said that there is a garden design of dry landscape in the interior, which is the work of Toshiaki Tsushino. Li Sang, thanks to you, how can we not be excited to be able to shoot in such an elegant and mysterious place? ”
He complimented Li Guangzhi and continued: "As for the gang, we have taken photos of actresses for several AV companies affiliated with the gang, and we have been very warmly entertained. Their attitude towards collaborators is generally very polite. So, Li Sang. You don't have to be afraid. ”
While speaking, the van had already driven to the gate of the Katsushin Hall. Li Guangzhi and everyone else took the equipment and got out of the car. He led the group towards the gate of the hall.
After meeting with Toshiro Kimura, who was already waiting in the hall, Li Guangzhi introduced Yasumari Yonehara and others to him. Then choose a good venue under the arrangement of Toshiro Kimura. Preliminary preparations such as lighting and scenery began.
For Li Guangzhi, a layman, this work is completely out of his hands. He stood and watched for a moment, feeling that he was not here to help other than get in the way. And watching beautiful women take pictures, he has really seen enough in the past few days, and he has no sense of expectation at all.
After staying patiently for another half hour, he decided not to waste his time here. So he walked up to Yasumasa Yonehara, who was busy, told him a few words to be safe, and took two copies of the written manuscript from him. He planned to go back to the store to do his translation work.
It was ten o'clock in the morning when he returned to the store, and there was no one in the store at this time. He first went to the small room upstairs to get a few manuscripts that had not been translated before, as well as pen and paper and a Japanese-English dictionary to use, and then went downstairs to the reception area to find a sofa and sit down, and began to concentrate on the translation work.
Yasumasa Yonehara is worthy of being a freelance writer for many years, and the content of the introductory articles he writes is concise and clear, and the text is simple and straightforward, but there is no lack of temptation. As an advertising copywriter, it can be said that every article can be regarded as a good product. Moreover, such an article is also very smooth for Li Guangzhi to translate. It is only occasionally when some unfamiliar words appear that you need to look up the dictionary.
After translating four articles in one go, he raised his hand and stretched his waist and moved his neck. Then he looked up at the wall clock on the wall. It was already two o'clock in the afternoon. At this time, he felt a little hungry and panicked.
I went to the ramen restaurant outside and ate a few bowls of ramen to fill my stomach before returning to the store. Gao Dali, this guy finally woke up from sleep, and was sitting on the sofa in the corner eating a bento that he probably bought from the Lawson convenience store opposite.
Li Guangzhi walked over and said hello to him. Gao Dali glanced up at him, but didn't squeak. Instead, he continued to bury his head in his bento.
Ever since the news that he was going back to China was heard by Gao Dali, and later he knew that he was not going to take him with him, Gao Dali, this guy, has been having trouble with him. And Li Guangzhi happened to be busy with the launch of the magazine at this time, and he never found free time to talk to Gao Dali in detail. But now is an opportunity.
He went to the water dispenser and took two glasses of water, handed one to Gao Dali's hand. Then he sat down beside him and waited for a while, and when he saw that he still didn't care about himself, he said in a sincere tone: "Dali, what's the matter, are you still making trouble about that?" Didn't I tell you, when I lay a good foundation in China, I will take you over in half a year at most. ”
Gao Dali took a sip of the water he had poured and drank it, and then continued to bury his head in eating, still not speaking.
Li Guangzhi was angry and funny when he saw this, this guy usually goes out and scares the children on the road not to cry, but now he is playing like a child in front of him.
He couldn't help laughing, and said to Gao Dali: "That's it, if you don't believe what I said, I just plan to go to the Chinese embassy tomorrow to apply for a visa." You can go with me and get your visa. If I don't come to pick you up by then, you can buy a plane ticket and fly straight to me. It's all done, right? ”
Li Guangzhi and Gao Dali are both descendants of the first batch of orphans who returned to Japan in the early 80s. At that time, news reports about the descendants of the disabled orphans in Japan were causing heated discussions among the people, and under the pressure of public opinion, the Japanese government attached great importance to the repatriation of the orphans, and the conditions given were the most superior.
At that time, in order to save face, the Japanese government even issued a policy that for orphans and their descendants who had been identified, they could directly apply for naturalization and change their Japanese passports at the Japanese embassy in the capital, accompanied by officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Then, "return" to Japan as a Japanese national.
This policy was implemented for a very short time, and the two families of Li Guangzhi and Gao Dali just caught up with this opportunity. When Li Guangzhi's original family was naturalized at the embassy, they had to change their Japanese names due to the regulations, so their family inherited Li Guangzhi's grandfather's surname, Takahashi.
Therefore, although he now calls himself Li Guangzhi to outsiders, the name on all his documents is actually Takahashi Hiroshi. Moreover, since he has become a Japanese citizen, if he wants to return to China now, he must go to the Chinese embassy to apply for a visa.
Gao Dali heard what he said, and finally raised his head, hesitating to say something. Before he could speak, he suddenly heard a series of hurried footsteps in the corridor outside the door, and then, the door of the store was slammed open, and a tall, thin Japanese man rushed in panting.
The tall, lanky man must have run a long distance, and as soon as he entered, he was too tired to hold on, and bent down, his hands on his knees, and gasping loudly like pulling bellows, while looking around the store. When he saw Li Guangzhi sitting in the corner, an expression of relief suddenly appeared on his face.
"Li San, Li San! Yonehara-kun and they were detained by the people of the Yamaguchi-gumi. Seven or eight gangsters from the Yamaguchi-gumi stopped us and forbade us to shoot or leave. I ran out secretly, and Yonehara-kun asked me to invite you over quickly! The tall and thin man shouted at Li Guangzhi intermittently.
At this time, Li Guangzhi also recognized the man who came in, he should be a lighting assistant in Yasumasa Yonehara's team, it seems that his surname is Hashimoto.
"Hashimoto-kun, what happened, you calm down and tell me clearly!" Li Guangzhi didn't know what trouble Yasumasa Yonehara was causing there, but when he thought of being involved with the Yamaguchi-gumi again, he couldn't help but feel a little irritable.
After the thin and tall man Hashimoto took a few breaths, he still shouted loudly in panic: "They want to force Miss Fujiwara to drink with them, and they want all of us to cut off our fingers to make amends!" Li Sang, hurry up and go with me, I'll talk to you on the way! ”
Li Guangzhi saw this Hashimoto's panicked expression as if he was about to pee his pants, and knew that the situation on Yasumasa Mihara's side was indeed a little critical. He got up and walked towards the door, and said angrily: "What kind of tricks are these bastards from the Inoue Group playing, and they actually made a mess of cutting their fingers to make amends?" ”
After speaking, he said with some confusion: "Why did another Miss Fujiwara suddenly appear?" Hashimoto, what's going on with this Miss Fujiwara? (To be continued......)