National Tide 1980

On the same day, at almost the same time, another branch of Dangu Restaurant, which had just opened near Shinsaibashi in Osaka, also welcomed a group of Yakuza who were looking for trouble.

However, just like the two cities of Kyoto and Osaka are full of cultural differences, although both Kyoto and Osaka are the territory of the Yamaguchi-gumi, and the troublemakers who came to the door were all from the Yamaguchi-gumi, but the styles of the two people were still very different.

Although there were many people from Kyoto, the means they used were more civilized, and they did not do things all at once.

They could even communicate with words.

On the other hand, there were not many members of the Yamaguchi-gumi in Osaka, only seven people, sitting at a round table.

But the means they adopted were much more extreme and much more vulgar.

It turned out that they made trouble in public when the restaurant was almost full at noon, and they specifically targeted the food safety issues of Dangu Restaurant.

At that time, the group ordered a table of expensive dishes and also asked for very expensive drinks.

But just when they were full and ready to pay the bill, the table of people started to make trouble.

Just like the routine of eating a free meal, they shouted in public that they found cockroaches in their food.

Even though Li Guotao, the Chinese person in charge here, was from a special department and had excellent qualities.

Although he had received the news in advance and was prepared, and as soon as he found that something was wrong, he immediately went forward with the Japanese manager to control the situation and tried his best to appease them.

But unfortunately, because the other party was determined to make trouble deliberately, they neither accepted apologies nor negotiated with them privately, and still failed to effectively prevent the situation from continuing to escalate.

Even the other party deliberately shouted in the front hall of the restaurant, spreading the restaurant's food hygiene problems to the guests on the scene.

So that the situation on that day was almost completely out of control.

In the end, not only were the guests at dozens of tables in the store scared away by them, and not a penny of the bill was settled, but the group of people finally took action and smashed the restaurant to vent their anger.

In short, the Dangu branch in Osaka suffered a heavy loss, not only financially, but also in terms of reputation.

Fortunately, when the Yakuza started to smash the store, Li Guotao ordered all the people in the restaurant to leave as soon as possible.

He did not interfere, nor did he stop them, nor did he get entangled with them. He was only responsible for evacuating the customers as quickly and safely as possible, and calling the police at the same time.

So neither the customers in the store nor the staff of the restaurant were injured, which was a blessing in disguise.

Otherwise, they would not only be in greater trouble, but the losses would be even more incalculable.

But then again, although the Osaka branch suffered such a blow and suffered such a big loss, Ning Weimin had already anticipated the enemy.

In fact, his preparations were far more thorough than what ordinary people could imagine.

Therefore, even if he encountered such a bad situation that he did not want to see happen, the development of the matter was still not out of his calculation and control.

It can be said that this round in Osaka may not be a complete defeat for him, and he really let the other party take advantage of him.

For no other reason, Ning Weimin not only gave the heads of these branches a heads-up in advance, telling them what kind of situations might occur and how to deal with them.

He also bought expensive property insurance for several branches from Nichido Insurance, Japan's largest property insurance company.

Even after buying the insurance, he asked the heads of several branches to replace some of the antiques he bought from Japan, which were originally good things used as store decorations, with inferior products of much worse quality, or even imitations.

In addition, some of the Japanese paintings he bought from Mihara Masahiro at a high price in exchange for Teresa Teng's award were sent to restaurants in Kyoto and Osaka by him and hung in the store as decoration.

They were prepared for destruction.

What is this called?

This is called fishing in troubled waters and diverting trouble to others.

In this way, the Osaka Dangu branch was smashed to pieces by the other party, which was not a bad thing.

First, Ning Weimin could obtain a huge compensation from Nichido Insurance Company to make up for the economic losses he suffered.

Secondly, he could also use the power of Nichido Insurance Company to indirectly retaliate against the enemy.

In fact, who was the one who was really unlucky in this offensive and defensive battle involving the restaurant?

It was Japan's largest property insurance company.

They were the ones who suffered an unprovoked disaster and were completely fooled by Ning Weimin.

However, who made them a Japanese company, and the largest property insurance company? Who else should they cheat?

It's not a bad conscience.

As for the damage assessment of the lantern, it went very smoothly.

Anyway, for antiques and porcelain, because they are all Chinese things, the Japanese have no idea how much they cost.

Ning Weimin had the final say on the price at the beginning.

They couldn't tell whether it was smashed or broken, or what was broken.

According to the procedure, as long as the damaged objects matched the original insurance bill, they had to admit it and pay.

There are also the antique porcelain tableware that Ning Weimin brought from China. Because they had to deduct taxes in Japan, the customs clearance price was also very high. In fact, all the profits remained in China, and now the insurance company has to pay for it.

And those destroyed Japanese paintings, since they were traded from Mihara Masahiro, and the art market is hot now, with a senior social celebrity like him as a witness, the insurance company is naturally more likely to believe it, and they can't find any faults even if they want to.

In short, according to the contract, the insurance company has to pay Ning Weimin about 730 million yen.

This deal made Nichido Insurance Company lose so much money that it almost vomited blood.

When I think about the fact that Ning Weimin had been insured for less than a month and such a thing happened, how could the insurance company be willing to pay the compensation and not be suspicious?

It must be investigated. Go all out and investigate strictly!

And we have to put pressure on the police.

But Ning Weimin is completely innocent. He did not conspire with anyone. He just cleverly used his enemies.

So no matter what Nichido Insurance Company does, this sucker is bound to be the victim. For Ning Weimin, it is a small fortune.

Not only is there enough money to renovate the damaged restaurant, but even the profit for March has been earned.

To put it bluntly, if they can always do this, it is more suitable than opening a restaurant.

So since they have suffered such a big loss, how can Nichido Insurance Company let it go and how can they not hate the person who caused them to lose money?

Even the Yamaguchi-gumi probably can't bear the anger of the Daiichi Insurance Company and the pressure of the police to take the case seriously.

After all, the real masters of Japan are the consortium, not the gangs.

So it is conceivable that those few people who came to smash the store will be in big trouble and will definitely not have a good ending.

If you think about it more deeply, it is unknown whether the Yamaguchi-gumi will be dissatisfied with Suho Ikuo who hired them and extort them.

If that is the case, it will be interesting.

To put it bluntly, Ning Weimin even mixed the Seven-Step Heartbreak Powder into the meat he fed to the dog.

The incident of the Osaka Dangu branch was definitely not a disastrous defeat for him, but only a miserable victory with a relatively high price.

Overall, he is still the winner in the end.

Of course, in addition to the situation of these two branches, we have to talk about what happened in the home court in Tokyo.

But, to be honest, Tokyo is still the most boring and peaceful.

Because it is different from the two branches in Kyoto and Osaka, the problems in the Tangu Restaurant in Tokyo were solved almost without bloodshed with the help of Axia.

However, there are also unexpected things.

For example, Axia brought a very special guest to Ning Weimin on this day.

On October 1st, in order to avoid any accidents, Ning Weimin personally came to the Tokyo branch to take charge.

Unexpectedly, at 11 o'clock, Axia, who said she would help solve the trouble, came.

Of course, she did not come alone, but her brothers were not with her.

On the contrary, it was just an old man in his sixties.

He was wearing a suit, looked very friendly, and was not tall, so Ning Weimin mistook him for a Japanese.

He guessed that he might be the owner of a related company, and Axia brought him to see him because he wanted to do some deal with them.

"Hello, it's our first meeting. Please take care of me. My name is Ning Weimin. Welcome, this is my business card."

Ning Weimin had just greeted him in Japanese, but he didn't expect the other party to speak Chinese directly after taking the business card, and it was very standard Mandarin with a Tianjin accent.

"Don't be too polite, no need to speak Japanese, I'm also from China. I heard from Axia that you are from Beijing, how about we speak in our hometown dialect?"

"You...you are from Tianjin, right? What's your name?" Ning Weimin immediately changed to Mandarin.

"Right, you have a good ear."

The other party also handed Ning Weimin a business card in exchange.

And it seems that he hasn't met someone who can chat with him in Mandarin for a long time, and he seems very happy.

He didn't give Axia a chance to interrupt at all, and introduced himself to Ning Weimin with great excitement.

"My last name is Zhao, Zhao Chunshu, and I'm a real Tianjin native."

Ning Weimin glanced at the business card in his hand, and it really said "Zhao Chunshu, Chairman of Hakoya Family".

Although he didn't know what kind of company Hakoya Family was,

But at this time, he really regarded the man in front of him as a compatriot in Japan, an ordinary old overseas Chinese.

No matter why he came, since it was National Day today, he had to entertain him warmly, right?

So he responded very enthusiastically, and put Axia aside all of a sudden.

"This is too unexpected. My master is also from Tianjin, and his hometown is Jinghai."

"Oh, then we are still far apart. One is in the city and the other is outside the city. My family lived outside the South Gate back then."

"Then what year did you come here?"

"In 1944, I was captured by Japan as a laborer. Sent to Yamagata Prefecture on the mainland to do hard labor."

The other party's words made Ning Weimin exclaim.

"Oh, it must have been very difficult for you. You must have suffered a lot. Hey, we are only one year away from victory."

"Who says it's not? This is fate. At that time, the Japanese authorities violated international law and forcibly abducted about 40,000 Chinese prisoners of war and civilians to their homeland and enslaved them in 25 companies. After Japan surrendered, Chinese workers, as citizens of the victorious country, finally gained freedom, but only half of their number remained. I am lucky to have survived."

As if he recalled the labor experience that he could not bear to look back on, Zhao Chunshu began to sigh.

These words moved Ning Weimin even more, and he was filled with empathy and sympathy. So in order not to make the other party too sad, he took the initiative to chat with the other party about the food in Tianjin, and also introduced some common dishes in his store in Beijing and Tianjin. Dishes.

For example, there are three kinds of fried meat, sliced ​​pork, braised tendons with green onions, 18-pleated steamed buns from Goubuli and Jinmen pancakes.

This was good, as expected, the other party quickly forgot those unpleasant things.

Zhao Chunshu was so happy when he heard that Tan Gong Restaurant could actually serve him the flavor of his hometown.

However, he was not in a hurry to eat, but visited the restaurant with great interest.

During this process, while admiring the museum-like exhibits at Tan Palace Restaurant, I also took the initiative to ask about the current Red China and the changes in Jinmen.

They just chatted more and more passionately.

Of course, it is not so much because the two hit it off as soon as they met, but rather because of their common cultural origins and Zhao Chunshu's long-term wandering in a foreign land, and his "felt homesickness" that led to this sense of intimacy between fellow villagers.

In short, Zhao Chunshu and Du Yu showed great interest and yearning for what their hometown looks like today, and were particularly looking forward to having the opportunity to go back and take a look.

Regarding this matter, Ning Weimin certainly didn't think there would be any difficulties, so he said, "It's not difficult. If you want to go back, just make time and I will help you make arrangements later."

However, Zhao Chunshu just smiled noncommittally and said, "Thank you! I really learned something new today. As long as I sit down for a while, the dishes you bring are really half as good as your eloquence, and I will come here often in the future." ”

Even at this time, Ning Weimin still didn't know what kind of person this Mr. Zhao was.

Still think of him as an ordinary businessman who has taken root in Tokyo, Japan, a fellow countryman with a small fortune and hard work.

Until the Japanese restaurant manager and security officer Zheng Qiang chased into the kitchen and reported to Ning Weimin, "The troublemakers are here. There are twenty of them, all at the door of the restaurant, confronting us who stopped them." .

This Mr. Zhao finally revealed his true colors.

When they went out again, Ning Weimin was surprised to find that this Zhao Chunshu was Axia's support when she came alone, and he was also the protector she specially invited for Tan Gong Restaurant.

Because they were originally arrogant, the members of the Daochuan Club who were blocking the door of Tan Gong Restaurant and yelling angrily turned into good boys as soon as they saw Mr. Zhao Chunshu and Zhao walking out with Ning Weimin and the others.

Not only did they not dare to say anything, they also bowed and saluted collectively, even the leader was no exception, and his attitude was absolutely respectful.

On the contrary, Zhao Chunshu remained calm and walked over to the leader and told the leader, "This is a store owned by my friend. Please give me some face and stop making trouble, okay? If anyone has any objections, let him talk to me first."

In this way, the storm was easily resolved. When those people from the Daochuan Society bowed and saluted again, and almost disappeared, Ning Weimin still stood there in a daze.

Is this okay?

What kind of role is this Mr. Zhao?

Ning Weimin finally figured out the answer to this question after arranging a seat for Zhao Chunshu and taking advantage of Axia's opportunity to go to the bathroom.

"Axia, who is this Mr. Zhao? Why is he so effective in speaking to those people?"

"No need to ask, he is a senior cadre of the Daochuan Society."

"Are you kidding? How is that possible?"

"How is it impossible?"

"He is Chinese, how can he be a high-level member of a violent organization in Japan?"

"Haha, you are ignorant about this. Inagawa Club is the least xenophobic organization in Japan. As long as you stay loyal to the organization after joining and pay your dues on time, there will be no problem. So there are not only Chinese, but also Indians and Koreans in the organization And the Vietnamese. And Mr. Zhao is not an ordinary person. He almost took over as the second generation head of the Inagawa Club. The current second generation head was actually recommended by him. Speaking of which, Mr. Zhao should be considered a member of the Inagawa Club. The second in command, he serves as the president's assistant and top advisor. I won't hide it from you. In fact, Mr. Zhao is my real patron in Daochuan Association. If it weren't for the fact that we are all Chinese, he wouldn't take care of us like this... "

"But...but the business card clearly says 'Hakoya Family'. Isn't that a business?"

"Hahaha!"

Axia laughed uncontrollably again, "President Ning, you still don't know something about Japan. In the early days, Japanese gangs used to use the surname or location of the founder of the gang plus 'family' to refer to them. For example, Japan's second The big gang Sumiyoshi Kai was developed from the Sumiyoshi family established in the 19th century. The Hakoya family is a gang that has been passed down for three generations in Chiba Prefecture. It was captured by Mr. Zhao in his early years. Now it is his personal organization. Of course, it is also a gang. Under the Inagawa Association, do you understand?"

Then, Axia added.

"Ah, by the way, you should keep the business card he gave you. Mr. Zhao is very famous in Japan, especially since his job was originally to coordinate the relationship between internal and external organizations. So he He has become sworn brothers with Wakatou of the Sumiyoshi-kai and Yamaguchi-gumi, and now all the top leaders of the three major organizations recognize him. If you encounter this kind of trouble in the future, as long as you have his business card, you should be able to avoid conflicts. "

Ning Weimin was completely dumbfounded and needed time to digest it all.

He obviously looks like an ordinary uncle, but you really can't tell at all.