Chapter 209: Five Two Four
Tang Ning said disapprerovingly: "No matter what you say, anyway, this matter is now in Tokyo, not in Kobe, so I still have the right to speak, and what I just said is also serious, I really gave up this project, but I have conditions." ”
Kodama Yu Shifu pointed at Tang Ning and smiled: "You see, you see, I'll just say, you won't give up such a big piece of fat for no reason, there must be your purpose, let's talk about it, what are the conditions." ”
Tang Ning stretched out a finger: "It's very simple, one-to-one exchange, you can come to my territory to do your project, I don't think I interfere, but I want to buy all the theaters in your territory, how about it, fair?" ”
For Tangning's request, Kodama Yushio feels that it is not too much, and even he takes advantage of it, because Tangning's advantage in the Japanese film industry is too great, he is the first to introduce American films into Japan, and he is also the distributor who occupies the most copyrights, and now after establishing a film company with the Osaka business group, he has a greater advantage in this regard, even if he sells all the theaters to him, it is not impossible to make much money in his own hands anyway, it is better to sell it to him, and he can also exchange it for the smooth development of the Olympic Games, It's just that I don't know why, I always feel that something is wrong here, but no matter how I calculate it, I don't find that I have a loss.
So after calculating for a long time, Kodama Yu Shifu nodded and said: "Okay, I agree to this matter, but I have to say it in advance, you can't secretly obstruct the project, and after acquiring the theater, you can't expand your power to the scope of a street outside the theater, otherwise we will still have to meet each other at that time." ”
Tang Ning smiled: "This is no problem, so can we sign a contract now?" With that, Tang Ning took a stack of contracts from Inujiro's hand, and then said, "Look, I'm ready." ”
Kodama Yushifu frowned and said, "Do you need to be in such a hurry?" ”
"That's the way I do things. Resolute. ”
Kodama Yu Shifu carefully looked at the contract, confirmed that there was no problem, and signed it. Tang Ning put away the contract, and then said: "Happy cooperation, then I will send someone over tomorrow to pay and get the real estate procedures." ”
After sending Tang Ning away, Kodama Yu Shifu sat on the sofa and thought about it with a frown. Because he always felt that it would definitely not be so simple.
While he was pondering, the secretary came in and reported: "Boss, something happened in Taiwan, this is a press release and a report on the details of the incident." ”
Shifu Kodama took the report casually, only glanced at it, and scolded angrily: "Downing, this damn American devil, Lao Tzu has been fooled again!" ”
This report is about a major political incident that took place in Taiwan just the day before yesterday. This incident is called the "May 24 Incident" (also known as the "Liu Natural Incident"), a violent protest incident that occurred at the US "Embassy" in Taiwan in Taipei City.
Not long ago, Liu Tiantian, a major student of the Taiwan Institute of Revolutionary Practice, was on his way home after attending a friend's wedding banquet. He was shot dead in Apartment B1, Lane 6, Section 1, Zhongzheng Road, Yangmingshan, Taipei City. When the Taipei police wanted to arrest the suspect in Taiwan, Sergeant Robert? Renault, however, was blocked by the US military police stationed in Taiwan because of his "diplomatic immunity."
After that, the case was heard by the military tribunal of the US military in Taiwan. Renault claimed that he shot Liu Tiantian because he thought someone was peeking at his wife taking a bath; However, the Taipei police said that Liu was naturally in the light, was shot at close range, and the body was not in Robert? The place where Renault spoke. However, the U.S. military court-martials went so far as to declare that Robert? Renault was manslaughtered. So he was acquitted and not allowed to appeal. All of a sudden. Public opinion was in an uproar.
U.S. military court sentenced Robert? After Renault's innocence, Liu's widow Otto protested in front of the U.S. Embassy in Taipei the next day, dressed in black mourning clothes. Many Taipei citizens watched near the embassy, and at 1:30 p.m., the crowd began to throw stones at the embassy, and at about 2:30 p.m., the number of people increased to 6,000. Shouting "Kill for life" and "Down with imperialism", they began to attack the US Embassy with stones, bricks and sticks, and then the people climbed over the walls, smashed the cars, furniture and documents in the US Embassy. And beat the embassy staff. Massive crowds tore down U.S. flags, vandalized U.S. information offices, surrounded the U.S. U.S. Coordinated Taiwan Command (USTDC), and even set fire to police vehicles and stormed the Taipei City Police Department.
The Taipei Garrison Command declared martial law in Taipei City and Yangmingshan, imposed a curfew at night, and finally dispersed the crowd by the garrison. Taipei police killed three people, wounded 38 others and arrested 111 people during the crackdown. US Ambassador to China Lan Chin lodged a protest with Taiwan's foreign affairs department, and the chairman of the NPC Standing Committee came forward to apologize; soon after, Garrison Commander Huang Zhenwu, Military Police Commander Liu Wei, and Garrison Director Le Gan were dismissed from their posts, and Yu Hongjun's "cabinet" also collapsed. Of the 111 arrested, 71 were acquitted and 40 were sentenced to prison terms ranging from six months to one year.
Although the US Government handled this matter extremely toughly, it also knew privately that the behavior of the US troops stationed abroad was too much, and it was necessary to restrain it, otherwise similar things would definitely happen in other regions, so it issued an order to all US troops stationed abroad in the near future to restrain their actions and not to make a high-profile announcement.
Although Kodama Yushifu did not know this order, he was indeed smart enough, and quickly linked this matter with Downing's abnormal behavior just now, and immediately guessed that this must be an accident on the Taiwan side, so the US military in the surrounding area must have received a similar order to be low-key and forbearant and not to cause trouble, so Tony Downing, the American devil, can no longer take on the half-black and white things of construction and demolition, but he is unwilling to give up like this, So he came here as an exchange condition to buy the movie theater line he has been coveting, it is really cunning to the extreme, no wonder he always felt that things were wrong just now, just say, Tang Ning, this guy is more shrewd than a monkey when he is stained with hair, how can he suffer this loss, no wonder he is so anxious to sign a contract with himself, co-authoring is afraid that he will change his mind after knowing the news!
Kodama Yushio did not guess wrong, although Downing had left the army, his main backer was still the United States, and after receiving the hint, he had to comply. Since he can't be high-profile, he must not meddle in the field of forced demolition and construction, because there is almost nothing more public, in the past, he could still rely on the American background to suppress the Tokyo government and the Metropolitan Police Department, but now in this case, don't make trouble for yourself, don't lose a big deal because of a small thing. (To be continued......)