January 15, 1993, the day of the moon, sunny.

After more than half a month of rain, snow and cloudy skies, Tokyo finally ushered in a day where you could see the sun. It's just that the winter sun looks a little pale and weak after all, and you can't feel much warmth on your body, especially in the early morning when the sky is still shrouded in mist.

At this moment, Li Guangzhi was standing on the side of the road on Yasukunuki-tong Avenue outside Yiban Street wrapped in a coat, pacing back and forth a little bored. Behind him, the 7-Eleven convenience store heard Chuck and Asuka singing, and the melody was SAY-YES, which he had recently heard from the TV and radio.

He raised his wrist and looked at his watch, it was 9:35 a.m. It had been more than five minutes since he had made an appointment with Yasumasa Yonehara.

Today is the day when the printed magazine is delivered to the door, and it is also the first day that their magazine is ready for sale. Yesterday he made an appointment with Yasumasa Yonehara, and in the morning Yonehara drove him over to pick him up and take him to the magazine. At such an important moment, he, as the initiator and planner of the entire magazine, must be on the scene to keep an eye on.

Just as he was about to walk into the convenience store behind him to buy cigarettes, a white van slowly stopped beside him after two honking horns. Immediately afterwards, the window glass was rolled down, and Yasushi Yonehara poked his head out of it, and said to him with a smile on his face: "Guangzhi-kun, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" The fog was a bit heavy in the morning, and the road was blocked for a while when I crossed the bridge just now. Lao Guangzhijun, you've been waiting for a long time! ”

Li Guangzhi shook his head to show that he didn't care, and then went around to the other side of the body. I pulled open the door and sat inside. Yasumi Mihara was re-gearing on the road, and said to him with some words to say: "I said Guangzhijun, you are a successful person with two industries, and you have to be called 'president' when you go out, why don't you even buy your own car?" ”

"What? I took you in the car twice, Mihara-kun, are you starting to feel sorry for the gas money? Li Guangzhi glanced at him and joked.

Yonehara Yasumasa has always been engaged in freelance work, so in terms of personality and interpersonal communication, he is not as rigid and rigid as ordinary Japanese, especially he doesn't care much about the relationship between superiors and subordinates and seniors. Li Guangzhi got acquainted with him after getting acquainted with him. The conversation between the two has always been more casual.

"I don't even have a driver's license yet. Of course, there is no rush to buy a car. Li Guangzhi continued: "However, it is indeed not appropriate to use your car all the time in the official business of the magazine in the future. I'll mention it to President Dazhi later, and when the sales of this first batch of magazines are on track, we should buy a car in the club. ”

Yasu Yonehara is pulling into the left turn lane. Stopped behind a few cars waiting for a left turn at a green light. He glanced sideways at Li Guangzhi. Asked with some concern, "Guangzhi-kun." Are we sure about the sales of this first issue of the magazine? ”

"You told me before that all the 30,000 copies of this first issue will be distributed by ourselves. This may work for the small newsstands in front of the station, but the big convenience store chains don't just accept our magazines. ”

Li Guangzhi frowned and was silent for a while, and then his expression changed to a relaxed smile and said, "Hmm, Mi Yuanjun, I have already entrusted this matter to Dayongjun." I believe that with his ability, he should be able to solve this problem. ”

He saw that Yasumasa Yonehara was still a little worried, so he comforted again: "Yonehara-kun, you don't have to worry too much about this matter. The cost of our magazine has long been recouped by the stores. If there is a problem with the sales channel, we will give away all the first 30,000 copies for free. ”

At this time, the signal lights at the intersection began to change, and the vehicles in front started to move forward, and Yasumasa Yonehara also stopped talking temporarily. When he drove through the intersection and turned onto the Meiji-dori Line, he said, "Although this method may be effective at first, it is an evil road after all. Guang Zhijun, if our magazine wants to be on the right track, we still have to find a way to enter the channel of Dongfang. ”

Li Guangzhi nodded in agreement when he heard this. "Of course, I don't want to use this path for free, if it doesn't end up. However, I still have confidence in Da Yongjun's ability and believe that he can handle this matter well. ”

Although Li Guangzhi was comforting Yasumasa Yonehara verbally at this time, he was actually a little faintly worried in his heart. The task of selling magazines was indeed assigned to Sun Dayong early in the morning, and the two had already discussed a solution, that is, to let Sun Dayong mobilize the manpower of Nu Luoquan and distribute the magazines to convenience stores and newsstands in several prosperous areas in Tokyo's inner circle.

However, whether this approach can be successful or not, and how well Sun Dayong has prepared for this matter. At this moment, he didn't have much confidence in his heart

The van goes straight north on the Meiji-dori Line, crosses the Takado Bridge, turns off at the auxiliary road exit, and heads east along the Edogawa River. Finally, in front of the headquarters of Taisho Pharmaceutical, I turned into a quiet two-lane street.

The office of the magazine is located in an old four-story building in the middle of this side street. The owner of this place is a big customer of Aoki Real Estate, where Sun Dazhi was before, and he is also a long-standing customer.

The old-fashioned building where the magazine is located used to be an animal room in the early days of Taisho Pharmaceutical's establishment. Later, after the construction of the headquarters building of Taisho Pharmaceutical, the real yàn room was moved, and the house was left vacant.

In Japan, the previous use of this house would be a bit taboo for most Japanese people. Therefore, although the building has been listed for rent at a low price in Aoki Real Estate Store, it has never been able to find a suitable tenant.

And for Sun Dazhi and Li Guangzhi, who are not taboo at all, the rent here is as cheap as picking it up. In addition, this location is located right next to the intersection of Meiji-dori Line and Shinmejiro-dori Street, so it is very convenient for transportation.

In addition, what especially satisfies Li Guangzhi and others is. Although the appearance of this house is relatively old, it is precisely because it has been used as a real room before, and the layout of the rooms inside is very good in terms of ventilation and lighting. It is used as an office, but it is particularly suitable.

When Li Guangzhi brought Yasumasa Mihara here for the first time to familiarize himself with the office space, he was also full of praise for the geographical location here. What he liked was that it was located near Gakushuin University, so he didn't have to worry about security at all.

Yasumasa Yonehara graduated from Gakushuin University before, so he is very familiar with the surrounding environment. According to him, the entire Gakushuin University is nearby. It can be said that the whole of Tokyo is in addition to Chiyoda-ku, where the Imperial Palace and the National Assembly Building are located. One of the safest areas in the world.

Gakushuin University was previously a designated school for children of Chinese (aristocracy) in Japan. After the defeat of Japan, Gakushuin University became a regular university in name only, although the Chinese were abolished. However, there are still a large number of old Chinese children who choose to study here every year.

The most important thing is that Gakushuin University is also the "Imperial University" in Japan. Most of the members of the Japanese Imperial Family have studied here. Princess Kinomiya, the only daughter of Emperor Akihito. I just graduated from this university last year.

So. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department attaches great importance to the security environment in this area. Moreover, the Japanese gangsters basically did not dare to make trouble in this area.

In Yasumasa Yonehara's view. After the guide magazine in the custom industry case run by them is on the right track, the most important thing to worry about may be the vicious competition from the up-and-coming peers and the threat of the gangsters behind some custom shops. And if the office of the magazine is located here, then at least in terms of security, most of the worries can be removed

When Li Guangzhi got on and off the bus in the open space on the side of the office building, the time was 10:05. At this moment, the van of the printing house has arrived and is parked in front of the main entrance of the office building. Li Guangzhi saw that Sun Dazhi was standing at the back of the truck at this moment, directing several people to carry large brown paper bags down and transport them to the temporary warehouse on the first floor.

"Brother Dazhi, I'm sorry, I'm a little late." He walked over to say hello to Sun Dazhi, and then asked, "Did the people from the printing house come on time, and then they began to unload." By the way, Brother Dazhi, have you checked the number and finished products of this batch of magazines? ”

When Sun Dazhi saw him and Mi Yuan coming, he handed him a magazine in his hand, and said with a little complaint: "Hey, why did you two come here?" I have to count and direct them to unload the goods, where can I be busy? I just took a few copies of the finished product and took a cursory look, and you and the editor-in-chief of Yonehara had better check it carefully. ”

After speaking, he pointed to the stack of magazines on the steps next to him and said, "The printing house is making 500 copies in a bag, a total of 60 packs." I just picked ten packs at random and drew ten copies. Well, it's all sitting there. ”

Li Guangzhi knew that Sun Dazhi had always been strict and punctual, and he was indeed a little late, so he naturally didn't care about his complaining tone. After smiling apologetically at Sun Dazhi, he took the magazine he had just picked up in front of him and looked at it carefully.

The magazine is a standard 16-carat size, and the front and back covers are made of 300 grams of cloth paper, which looks very textured and feels comfortable to the touch in the hand. The whole magazine is about 60 pages, and because the inner pages are all coated paper, it feels quite thick.

Li Guangzhi didn't know much about the professional knowledge of printing, that is, he temporarily learned a little common sense from Yasumasa Yonehara in the past few days. Therefore, his inspection, that is, a cursory look at the clarity and color of the pictures in the magazine, whether the clarity and color are natural and harmonious, and the layers are clear. Those densely typeset introductory texts are not clear enough. There are no wrong pages and missing pages in the whole magazine.

He flipped it over and over again, and felt that the magazine was basically printed to meet his requirements, or at least it looked more beautiful. As for a more detailed examination, then we can only count on Yasumasa Yonehara.

Li Guangzhi looked at Yasumasa Yonehara, who was carefully checking the light with a magazine, and then raised his hand to look at his watch, and saw that the time was almost half past ten, so he walked back to Sun Dazhi and asked, "Brother Dazhi, Dayong told you yesterday when will it arrive?" Today's sale of our magazine is all about the people under him, why hasn't he come yet? ”

As soon as he said this, before Sun Dazhi could open his mouth to answer, he heard a noisy roar of motorcycle engine exhaust pipes in the distance. The sound was getting closer and louder, and it was particularly harsh in this originally quiet street.

Several people present were attracted by the roar, and they all turned their eyes to the intersection on the south side of the street. Immediately afterward, they saw about a dozen colorful motorcycles, with white smoke emitting from the exhaust pipes behind them, rushing in in two columns from the intersection.

Rushing to the front and middle of the team is an exaggerated Honda CBR-1100XX Super Blackbird, although the rider on it is wearing a helmet, but from the figure and dress, Li Guangzhi and they still recognize it at a glance. This pomp and circumstance looks like a rampant clan leader, and it's actually Sun Dayong! (To be continued......)