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Chapter 150 For God’s Sake

Not long after Xian Yaowen left Matsuda Yoshiko's shop, a man entered her shop.

This man seemed to be very familiar with Matsuda Yoshiko. Without waiting for greeting, he walked into the kitchen counter, picked up the iron kettle, poured himself a glass of water, drank it in one breath, and then poured another glass. Three glasses in a row, he drank Burping, with a happy expression on his face, he took out a cigarette from his pocket and gave one to Yoshiko Matsuda.

Matsuda Yoshiko took the cigarette and lit it with Xian Yaowen's lighter.

When the man saw the lighter, he immediately showed a surprised expression. After looking at it for a while, he said, "President Matsuda, show me the lighter."

Yoshiko Matsuda handed the lighter to the man and asked, "Is there anything special?"

The man took the lighter and looked at it carefully for a while before saying: "This is a lighter produced in China. The pattern on it is Tianjin Quanyechang. It was built the year I was born. My father often took me to play when I was a child."

As he spoke, the man had a nostalgic expression on his face.

"This was given to me by a Chinese man. I will go over and sleep with him tonight." Matsuda Yoshiko said calmly.

Hearing this, the man had a surprised and angry expression on his face, "He forced you?"

"No, I took the initiative." Matsuda Yoshiko smiled, "He was not happy at first, but I pressed hard, and he reluctantly agreed."

The anger on the man's face disappeared, leaving only surprise, "President Matsuda, haven't you always forgotten old President Matsuda?"

"Maybe it's because I haven't met a better man." Matsuda Yoshiko answered vaguely, and then changed the subject, "Zhao Jun, do me a favor and find a Korean named Shigemitsu Takeo. His Korean name is Sing Hao. , opened a Lotte Club in Tokyo to produce chewing gum.”

"It's not hard to find a named North Korean. I'll give you the news within a day."

"Thank you."

The man was silent for a while and said, "My casino in Asakusa has stabilized. Would President Matsuda go over and help me?"

"Zhao Jun, no need, you have helped me enough."

"A drop of kindness should be repaid by a spring. If it weren't for President Matsuda, I would have died three years ago."

Matsuda Yoshiko smiled and said: "It's really not necessary. I already have new ideas on how to go in the future."

"That man?"

"Yes, he gave me a lot of inspiration. Zhao Jun should also consider his own future. Will you, a foreigner, have a future in Guokusui?"

The man nodded, "Now is not the time. The National Essence Association is abandoning its previous business and focusing on building a house. When the casino is abandoned, it will be the time for me to leave the National Essence Association."

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In the past, kissing on the street was illegal in Dongyang. The police could arrest the person for "public indecency" until the person became an American soldier. The League President stood up and supported that "kissing is not indecent" and the police could only let him go. This also made this person This law was in vain, and with this, unscrupulous cultural people opened up a new cultural genre-Kui culture.

Ketori is a low-grade soju made from sake lees. It is used as a prefix of culture. The meaning is not difficult to understand, that is, vulgar culture that is easy to intoxicate.

Xian Yaowen did not forget that he was still an investor in cultural undertakings. He heard that the concept of Dongyang's Ketou magazine was advanced and five hundred years ahead of the world. As a newcomer in the salty and wet field, he naturally wanted to observe and learn from it.

On the way back to the hotel, he bought a stack of magazines and couldn't wait to read them on the way. This viewing was incredible. He threw the magazine away halfway. The content was so exciting that no other country except Japan would allow it. Distribution has no learning value at all.

That's not right. The naming style of magazines is worth learning from. "Night", "Couple's Book", "Curiosity", "Renaissance of the World", "Qi Tan Club", each magazine name is more elegant and connotative than the other. This is also After giving up his idea of ​​starting a salty magazine in Japan, it’s better to say goodbye. What he did in Hong Kong simply doesn’t work here.

However, the money spent on buying magazines was not wasted. The few pages of magazines he viewed gave him inspiration and made him think of a business that could easily earn tens of thousands a month. He couldn't do this business, but he could give his creative ideas to others as gifts.

Approaching the hotel, Xian Yaowen saw a group of people standing at the door of the hotel, each staring in the direction of the door, as if waiting for someone to come out. In the crowd, Xian Yaowen also saw a few very familiar school uniforms. After searching for the owner's face, it was easy to find Masako Yamaguchi among several female high school students. Next to her, there was another girl with a bruise on the corner of her mouth.

With injuries on his body and being with Yamaguchi Masako, Xian Yaowen directly thought of another female high school student whose face was not seen in the jeep last night. If so, don't be too nervous. He was like that yesterday and ran around again today. This is It's not complete until you turn yourself into an unknown female corpse.

Stopping, Xian Yaowen's eyes followed the crowd's gaze towards the door of the hotel. The posture of the crowd was very much like that of starstruck people, and they didn't know what kind of star they were chasing.

After waiting for two or three minutes, a woman and a girl walked out of the hotel door. The former was wearing a kimono, and the latter was still wearing a kimono. Xian Yaowen didn't know the woman, but he recognized the girl at first sight. Hibari Misora, the number one singer in Japan at the moment, The vinyl record of the first movie theme song sold 45 copies, and you can see a lot of reports about her in newspapers.

This girl is good, she is a small money tree with great potential. I wonder if the local gangs have noticed the value of film and music stars. If they open an entertainment company and get a lot of stars in their hands, they can not only make a lot of money, but also provide The rich and powerful offer playthings.

Oriental women are very resilient. As long as they use both kindness and power, they won't have too many troubles. There is no need to label every actress as suffering from depression. There will probably be no need to arrange the ones behind her suicide. too much.

Shaking his head, Xian Yaowen smiled helplessly and suppressed the dirty thoughts in his mind. Damn it, how could he think of real evil from a little girl? He should think of something good and positive.

"Adam."

Just as he was about to move forward, a call came from behind him.

Arrowwood's voice is very special and identifiable. No reasoning is needed, the voice is him. Xian Yaowen turned around and saw that Arrowood was not wearing a military uniform, but a straight suit.

"Arrowwood, damn it, you ruined my plan to eat Genghis Khan's cuisine by dressing so formally." Xian Yaowen complained.

Charlotte walked up to Xian Yaowen with a smile, "Ha, you know, rich people will choose high-end restaurants to treat guests. I specially wore the best clothes."

Xian Yaowen spread his hands, "Okay, the material of the suit is good, but it's not suitable for eating barbecue. How about finding a geisha house?"

"It's up to you."

"Okay, let's go up and have a drink?"

"Why not." Charlotte shrugged.

After entering the room, they asked room service to bring a bottle of Yamazaki whiskey. Xian Yaowen and Charlotte sat on the sofa by the large window, drinking and chatting.

Through mutual understanding, Xian Yaowen learned that Charlotte graduated from the Naval Academy and worked as a staff officer in the Marine Corps as soon as she graduated. She participated in almost the entire Pacific War, but had never carried a gun on the battlefield. His job was to read maps. The line drawn above shows that the military ranks are rising. During the war, he was promoted from second lieutenant to captain. After joining the Allied General Office, he got an opportunity and was promoted to major.

Charlotte spoke rather vaguely. Xian Yaowen could not tell how his military rank was promoted. Although it was easier to be promoted during the war, it was only for soldiers who were on the front line. Staff officers hiding behind had no chance of promotion. It's so easy, you have to take it one step at a time.

Charlotte is only 30 years old this year. She was promoted to major in 1947 and was promoted to three levels in less than seven years. This promotion speed is not outrageous and is a normal speed within the rules. However, this kind of normality is not available to everyone. If There is no one covering him, which can only mean that he is a top-notch lucky man.

No matter what it is, Charlotte is worth getting to know, not to mention that he still works in the General Affairs Department of the Allied General Administration. His position is a liaison officer, responsible for some collaborative operations, document and information transfer, etc. with the special commissioners of the allied countries and Japanese government departments. He doesn't have much real power, but it is a key position and he has the opportunity to make many connections. As long as he comes forward, many little devils will give him face. "Arrowwood, are you sure you are poor?" After some exchange, Xian Yaowen and Charlotte clinked glasses again.

Charlotte shook her wine glass and said with a wry smile: "I'm very sure that there are three days left before the pay day, and I only have less than three dollars on me now."

Xian Yaowen shrugged, "Well, you are really poor. I ask you a question, and you must answer me truthfully. Your answer will determine how I will chat with you next."

"No problem, come here."

"Is being a professional soldier an ideal that you strive for throughout your life?"

Charlotte thought for a while and said: "If it was two years ago, I would have answered yes, now I am tired of military life, but I don't know what I can do after retirement. You know, my salary is not bad, Tokyo It’s also heaven…”

Charlotte spread her hands, "I'm very confused."

Xian Yaowen drank the wine in the cup and put the cup on the coffee table. "Arrowwood, let me tell you a story. One day, three new people were imprisoned in Sugamo Prison in Higashi Ikebukuro, one was Hirohito, an Asian, and the other was American. Charlotte, and an Israeli named Moses, both served three years in prison.

The warden was a nice man. When he met the three newcomers, he said: For the sake of God, I can satisfy each of your requirements.

Charlotte loved smoking cigars, so he said to the warden: Please give me three boxes of cigars. "

With that said, Xian Yaowen took out a cigar from the cigar box on the coffee table and handed it to Charlotte. Such an appropriate behavior made the other party smile knowingly.

"Hirohito has no love for women. How could he endure being without a woman for three years? He said to the warden: I want to ask the warden to take my girlfriend to the prison. She and I will be locked in the same cell."

When it was Moses' turn at the end, he said to the warden: I have no other requirements, I just need a phone that can communicate with the outside world.

The warden was very generous and accommodated the three people's requests.

Three years passed quickly. Charlotte was the first to rush out of the cell. When he saw someone, he shouted: Give me fire, give me fire. What a hell. I only remembered to ask for a cigar and forgot to ask for fire. "

"Hahaha." Charlotte laughed.

Xian Yaowen chuckled lightly and continued: "Hirohito was the second to leave the cell. He has not been idle in the past three years. He gave birth to a pair of twins in the first year, triplets in the second year, and quadruplets in the third year. In his hands He was holding four, and two more were hanging on each thigh. Behind him, his girlfriend had a big belly, very big, at least quintuplets.

It was already three hours before Moses walked out of the cell. He was very busy. Even on the days when he left prison, he was still holding conference calls.

He did not rush to leave the prison, but straightened his suit and went to the warden's office. He took the warden's hand and said sincerely: Thank you very much. I have kept in touch with the outside world in the past three years. There is no business. One day, in order to thank you for helping me, I will give you a Rolls-Royce. "

As soon as Xian Yaowen finished speaking, Charlotte said: "Adam, do you want to tell me what kind of life you have based on your choices?"

"Perhaps." Xian Yaowen smiled mysteriously, "My story is actually not over yet. Many years later, a new member of the prison, a Chinese named Adam, came to the prison. He was also taken to the warden's office. The warden first told him the previous story. The story of three people, and then said to him: For the sake of God, I can grant you a request.

Adam said: Your Excellency, Warden, my request is very simple. Combine the requests of the three of them into one request. This is my request. From the moment you promised me, you and I are partners. I will open a bank account in a Swiss bank. It will only take three years. The money in it will be enough for your retirement life to be very decent. "

Suddenly, Xian Yaowen asked abruptly: "Arrowwood, do you like Marilyn Monroe?"

"of course."

"Oh, soon I will go to New York to launch a magazine. I should spend a lot of money, fifty thousand or eighty thousand dollars, to buy the copyright of a set of her photos. Maybe I can raise the price a little more and include it in the copyright agreement. Add a small clause, fly to Tokyo to have dinner with Mr. Charlotte." Xian Yaowen spread his hands, "Arrowwood, how you spend your time after dinner depends on your charm, let's play Bai Qing together. Brother is also pretty good."

Charlotte laughed playfully: "I have never realized that I have such great value. Adam, are you an intelligence broker?"

Xian Yaowen pretended to be surprised and said: "Arrowwood, do you have other identities besides being a liaison officer? A staff member of the president or a national strategic agent of the Pentagon? Or maybe you are a scientist, researching weapons more powerful than atomic bombs? Neutron bombs?"

"Hahaha, I'm just a liaison. I have no other hidden identity. Oh, no, I have a hidden identity. Sometimes people call me Bruce Wayne." As she spoke, Charlotte snickered.

“Okay, Bruce.”

"Aha, Kal-El, Superman."

"Yeah." Xian Yaowen poured wine into his own glass and raised it again, "Let's have a drink, two superheroes."

"cheers."

After another half glass of wine, Charlotte asked, "Adam, is my position valuable?"

"For Japanese people, and for me, yes, with your status, I can start a lot of business. If you are willing to cooperate with me, I guarantee that you can get 2500 million yen on Christmas Day, I said It’s at least.”

"$6.9 is a staggering amount."

"No, $6.9444, Arrowood, $444 is not a small number."

Charlotte spread her hands and smiled: "Compared to $6.9, it can only be a small number. Adam, the number you mentioned shocked me. I want to hear the details."

Xian Yaowen raised his hand, glanced at his watch, and then tapped the dial with his finger, "Don't worry about the details. It's almost time for dinner. I have to make a call to the front desk and entrust the hotel to reserve a seat at the geisha house. It's all your alliance president. Good job, there aren’t many serious geishas left now, what the hell, artists turned into prostitutes, you deserve to go to hell.”

Charlotte shrugged, making an innocent gesture.

Xian Yaowen made a shooting gesture, then walked to the phone and hung up the phone at the front desk.

The service at the Imperial Hotel was good. Not only did they help to reserve a seat, but they also recommended a "Mercedes Benz 770K" for going to the geisha house. The person who answered the phone did not forget to show off that the original owner of the car was Itoko Nashimoto.

Xian Yaowen had to lament that it was really the water thrown by his married daughter. In any case, Ribon Idoko was a member of the royal family and the last concubine of the Lee Dynasty of North Korea. Although she was lonely, it was not easy to use it as a selling point of the hotel. , after all, the Imperial Hotel is owned by the Chinese, and the Chinese and the royal family are inextricably linked. It can only be said that the hotel must have fully understood Hirohito's ideas if it dared to do this.

While sighing, he also asked a lot about whom Idoko Rimoto had sold his possessions to in order to pay the high property tax. From the person who answered the phone, he got the name "Yokoi Hideki".

This name was familiar to him. He was the one who bought the Empire State Building and was fooled around. This owner is not a good thing. He made a fortune by producing military supplies in the past few years. From an objective point of view, it makes sense for Japanese people to serve the Japanese army, but He once heard his old man mention that Hideki Yokoi was not very good at doing business and specialized in cheating and defrauding his partners.

He didn't know if he would have a chance to meet him. If he had a chance, he wouldn't mind cooperating with this grandson to see if he could set up a situation where he would be tricked by the other party. He bit off a chunk of fat from his body.

After a small episode, Xian Yaowen returned to the sofa and chatted with Charlotte for a few more words. When the time was almost up, he invited her to the hotel lobby downstairs and took the Mercedes-Benz arranged by the hotel to the geisha house.

(End of this chapter)