That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1168 I have a friend

Kimura Yasai held the phone and was silent for a full ten seconds.

He didn't know why Ikeda on the other side called him at this time, so he had to use these ten seconds to guess the other party's intentions.

[Does he want to laugh at me too? Probably not, right? ]

Ikeda Nagau and Kimura were classmates at the same university and joined Mitsubishi in the same year. Although their relationship was not as close as brothers, it was much better than that of others.

During the Spring Festival, the two of them went to a brothel to get drunk together, which deepened their friendship, so it was less likely that the other party would follow suit and laugh at him as a "fool."

【Then why did he call me? Strange. 】

So after being silent for ten seconds, Kimura Yazai asked in a low voice: "Ikeda, how did you know this news?"

Ikeda Nagau said sullenly, "Just after get off work, I took the same elevator with Terauchi. He laughed at you loudly in the elevator, saying that you were fooled by those China people. They are the best at bluffing."

"Terauchi actually laughed at me in the elevator? This... bastard!"

Kimura Yasai was furious.

On weekdays, Terauchi Inuichiro only laughed at Kimura Yasai in his own department. He already felt extremely humiliated.
The elevator is shared by the entire Mitsubishi building, and technical departments like Ikeda also use it. Was Terauchi mocking Kimura in the crowded elevator at the end of the get off work day to let the entire company know his name, Kimura Yasai?
Just when Kimura was furious, Ikeda Nagau on the other side urged: "Kimura, I'm calling from the phone booth outside now. The call fee is very expensive. Can you give me an answer as soon as possible?"

"Oh, Ikeda, you are so rich, but you are still so stingy."

As a foreign personnel, Kimura Yasai has a very strong ability to guess human nature, so the more Ikeda Nagau urged him to give an answer, the less impatient he became. Instead, he teased the other party for being stingy.

Nagau Ikeda is an excellent technician. His salary is not low to begin with. Moreover, last year, he resolutely invested in the booming Japanese stock market. It is said that he made 30% profit in just two months, and his wallet is fatter than Kimura's.

But during the Spring Festival, it was Kimura who paid for the two's expenses at the brothel. Kimura has always been brooding over this, and now he has to take the opportunity to mock him.

After the taunt, the other side suddenly fell silent.

Kimura suddenly felt a little guilty. After all, he didn't have many friends now, and Ikeda was one of them.

"I'm sorry Ikeda, I said the wrong thing. When I get back, I'll treat you to the best."

Kimura Yasai quickly began to apologize, but before he could finish his words, he heard Ikeda on the other side say, "Kimura, I'm not a stingy person, but I'm about to go bankrupt. I'm really sorry."

"Bankruptcy?"

Kimura Yasai was surprised and said, "Last month, you told me that you made a lot of money. How come you are going bankrupt now?"

"It's all my fault for being too greedy."

Ikeda Nagau said in tears: "I made a lot of money last year, and then I mortgaged all my assets, but in the past two months, the stock market has suddenly fallen sharply, and I can't even pay the bank interest next month."

“You are really…”

Kimura, who was trying hard to learn Chinese, almost blurted out "You're responsible for your own mistakes".

But then an incredible idea suddenly popped into his mind.

[Ikeda called to ask about technical services. Is he trying to make extra money? ]

Kimura Yasai's heart suddenly began to beat faster. He had just earned a large sum of extra money by "providing technical services" to the mysterious man, but due to his limited skills, he could not earn the rest.
If Ikeda is the same as me, then wouldn't I have an extra helper to fight against Terauchi Inuichiro? "Ikeda, the flower growers here are indeed looking for technical help. They have also summarized some urgent technical problems and hope that I can help find a technical service company other than Mitsubishi.
So I immediately reported the situation to my superiors, hoping that we could take over the business. After all, we don’t provide technology, but Europa and Lighthouse will provide technical services.

And you also know that the engine developed by the Flower Growers is an outdated technology of our previous generation. With their tenacity, they will solve it sooner or later. But that fellow Terauchi is too short-sighted."

"Yes, that guy Terauchi only knows how to flatter his superiors, and he has no ability at all. Kimura, a good friend of mine happens to have opened a technical service company. Can you help introduce this business to him?"

"You have a friend? You..."

Kimura Yasai almost laughed out loud. Ikeda Nagau was such a silent person that he wouldn't even lie.

But Kimura Yasai still pretended to be hesitant and said: "Ikeda, you should know that this kind of behavior is very dangerous."

Ikeda Nagau hurriedly said, "Anyway, it's the last generation of technology. It will be obsolete in two years. If my friend can't get any more business, he will go bankrupt, and then his wife and children will leave him."

In desperation, Ikeda Nagau almost said "that friend is myself". A person who has reached the end of his rope is like a gambler who has lost all his money and wants one of his hands cut off if he doesn't pay back his money. What do you think he still cares about?
However, Kimura Yasai did not agree directly, but said calmly: "Ikeda, let's all consider this matter!"

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Kimura Yasai hung up the phone without waiting for the other party to speak.

It is better to be safe than sorry. He was afraid that Ikeda was setting a trap for him, so he must not leave any evidence.

After hanging up the phone with Ikeda, Kimura Yasai immediately called the "mysterious man" on his pager and waited for the other party to call back.

While waiting, Kimura Yasai became a little worried.

[If I collude directly with Ikeda, I can earn the difference, but if I hand over this line now, the most I can do is to hit that guy Terauchi.]

Businessmen all like to earn the difference. If they don’t make money, they will regret it just as if they suffered a loss.

However, after the mysterious person returned the call and learned the whole story, the other party generously said that he could give Kimura Yasai an additional "introduction fee".

"Mr. Kimura, if this happens again in the future, we will take a portion of the compensation of each person you introduce as your reward. The more people you introduce, the higher the reward."

Kimura Yasai's heartbeat once again fluctuated to over 130.

But he said with some worry: "But this kind of thing is very taboo. If it is too blatant..."

"Hehehe~, Mr. Kimura is worrying too much."

The mysterious man chuckled and said, "There are many broad-minded scientists in this world who like to publish some scientific research techniques in journals. So even if someone uses these technologies to gain benefits, who can say it was you who did it?"

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Kimura Yasai was stunned.

If someone publishes the solution to a technical problem as an academic topic in newspapers and magazines, then if a branch factory achieves a technological breakthrough, what does it have to do with me? Who can trace it back to me?
Well, there was only one person who could trace it back to himself.

It's the mysterious man on the other end of the phone.

(End of this chapter)