Actor: Thank you.

The next day, Zhang Yuan accepted the invitation of Brother Chen Long and went to the island country to meet him.

Zhang Yuan met Uncle Long in the VIP lounge of Tokyo Haneda International Airport.

"I haven't seen you for a few weeks. I heard you got into trouble again?"

Chen Long, with his bow legs and a wide-legged gait, walked forward and patted his shoulder.

"What's the big deal?"

"You hid it from me. It's 2000 million US dollars from Universal. What a big deal!" Chen Long pointed at him and smiled.

Uncle Long has a very good relationship with Yang Shouchen, so it is normal to hear about this from him.

"Oh, then I should have come to you first since I was short of money." Zhang Yuan joked.

"No problem, why don't you come find me?"

Unexpectedly, Chen Long replied nonchalantly, without any evasion or intention to laugh it off.

Zhang Yuan saw his attitude and thought, why not, he is the eldest brother?

If it were someone else, let alone anything else, Li Lianjie would have to gloss over the matter when he heard that he was asking for money, and a large sum of money at that.

It seems that my brother is only stingy with women.

"There'll be a chance next time." Zhang Yuan said politely.

"Okay, we'll talk about it next time. Besides, I just happened to have a big payment recently, so my funds are a bit tight."

"Next time you have trouble, you can come to me."

"Okay, let's go." Zhang Yuan thought that his elder brother would take him to play, so he might as well play.

I've been very busy recently and I'm quite tired.

"Wait, someone hasn't arrived yet."

"who……"

As soon as he asked, a female voice came from behind him.

"Hi, Brother Chenlong...you are here too?"

Looking back, they saw Fat Fan, whom they hadn't seen for a while, walking towards them with ease.

He was wearing a black coat, big black sunglasses, and high leather boots.

She already has a star-like aura, and this outfit makes her even more beautiful.

When Fan Bingbing saw that he was there, he immediately took off his sunglasses and showed a happy expression.

Chen Long saw the change in Fan Ye's expression and looked at Zhang Yuan beside him.

He immediately showed an expression of "I understand".

"Are you busy enough to come over here?" She said with a crooked smile after nudging him with her shoulder.

"It's very busy. There's so much work to do."

"I'm not talking about work."

Of course Zhang Yuan knew that his elder brother was not talking about work, but he couldn't respond.

But the appearance of Fan Bingbing made him come to his senses and understand why Chen Long asked him to meet in the island country.

After everyone arrived, we took a bus straight to Kabukicho.

Women know the essence of food by taste.

Whether you have had in-depth contact or not, your mentality when meeting will be completely different.

But Fan Bingbing is still quite generous.

She sat in the second row of the car with Zhang Yuan, and there was no intimate behavior between them.

There wasn't even any furtive teasing.

He looked businesslike.

Because in theory, she and Chen Long came to the island country for business.

"Why are you here? Isn't it said that you are in North America?" Fan Bingbing looked at him with a pair of seductive eyes.

It seems that things in the circle really can't be kept secret, and she also knows it... Zhang Yuan nodded and replied: "I just came back."

"I just discussed some cooperation with Uncle Long, and he asked me to come and play."

"Help each other. The world is in a recession now. It's good that you think of my brothers." Chen Long turned around from the front row.

"It should."

"So are you planning to join this crew too?" After asking this question, Fan Xiaopang's originally calm eyes showed a hint of expectation.

"What crew?" Zhang Yuan knew what was going on but continued to play dumb.

"Uncle Long, you tricked me into coming here, are you planning to make me work for you?"

"What do you mean by deceiving you? I have something good to offer you."

"You help me, and I will help you."

As he spoke, the car had already stopped beside a standard Japanese street.

As soon as the car stopped, the front and rear doors were opened in unison.

"Please get off the car..." At the same time, a Chinese voice with a Taijun accent came.

Zhang Yuan first moved his body and stepped on the ground, then turned around and helped Fan Bingbing get out of the car.

"Careful, stand firm."

Fat Fan was wearing high-heeled leather boots, he said caringly.

I don't know if women's feet will stink if they wear these shoes...

"Hi!"

As a result, Fan Bingbing stood steadily, but Zhang Yuan stumbled out of fright.

Suddenly, a loud shout came from behind, which gave him a shock!
"What the hell is this... Shit!"

He turned his head and was about to complain, but was stunned by the scene before him!
All the shops on both sides of the street, which was hundreds of meters long, were closed.

And there was a greasy-haired man standing every one meter, all of them wearing a black suit and black sunglasses.

They were standing one after another, filling up both sides of the street!
Moreover, after shouting, the bodies of these people all turned 90 degrees.

He made the standard bowing image of the island country's "red bean paste private Marseille" as shown in the news.

Not only on both sides of the street, but also the person who just opened the car door for them was dressed the same and did the same thing.

Zhang Yuan squinted and saw that the people who opened the car door not only had scars on their bodies, but also had tattoos on their collars and cuffs.

It is obvious that these people are not ordinary people.

But it's "Yakuza".

That is the underworld of the island country!
"It's not good for you to do this." Not to mention Zhang Yuan and Fan Bingbing were stunned; they had never seen such a scene before.

Chen Long was also stunned, and then hurriedly called the translator to greet the other party's leader.

"They said they were all your fans and admired you very much."

"We know you are coming to make a movie, so we specially organized a welcome party." Upon seeing this, the translator also broke out in a cold sweat.

This is such a huge scene!
"I'm here to do some field research and collect folk songs. How can I collect folk songs if they do this?"

"The streets are quiet." Uncle Long complained.

"They said they wanted to invite you to the clubhouse first and treat you as a token of their sincerity."

"Oh... okay." Uncle Long sighed.

This is someone else's land, you have to obey.

"Let's go together."

"Okay." Zhang Yuan and Fan Bingbing also followed.

The Yakuza on both sides of the street went all the way into Kabukicho, formed a line, and led them into a luxurious club.

As soon as they sat down, a big man in a suit and tie came forward and bowed, then sat opposite them.

There were two giant men from the island standing beside him.

It's clear at first glance that this person must be the local boss here.

As soon as he waved his hand, several young ladies in luxurious kimonos came forward with sake and champagne to serve him.

"Mr. Wada said you're welcome to Tokyo."

"Afterwards, during the filming, they will be responsible for security and ensure that no one comes to cause trouble."

"Thank you, thank you..." Chen Long was a worldly-wise man after all. After thanking the other party, he had a drink with him.

"Hello, Mr. Chen Long." At this moment, another tall and thin man came forward to say hello.

The only difference is that this person spoke Chinese, and very standardly, without a single island accent.

Zhang Yuan listened and thought that he was a Chinese.

I understood it after the introduction.

The gangs are real gangs, and the Chinese are real Chinese.

Zhang Yuan realized his purpose after meeting Fan Bingbing, but he did not guess this outcome.

Chen Long came here to do research for the new play.

And this new play is called "Shinjuku Incident"!
The director is also an acquaintance of his, Er Dongsheng.

Derek Yee spent ten years conceiving and preparing for this play!

It took three or four years just to revise the script.

As the name suggests, the film is set in the Shinjuku area of ​​the island country.

Kabukicho is located in the core area of ​​Shinjuku District, which is the core area of ​​Tokyo, once the richest city in East Asia.

Chen Long said that he brought him to Kabukicho to prepare for the new film.

Because one of the prototypes of the story of this play is the legendary Chinese people in Kabukicho.

That is the tall and thin man in front of them, Li Xiaomu.

Mr. Li Xiaomu was a self-funded student studying abroad in the island country in the late 80s.

Later, due to financial difficulties, he started working as a guide in Kabukicho.

The so-called guide is a "pimp" or "gay man". In 02, this man published an autobiographical novel titled "Kabukicho Guide", which successfully topped the bestseller list in the island country.

Therefore, he is not only the most famous guide in Kabukicho, but also the most famous guide in the entire island.

Those who do this job inevitably have to deal with gangs, wealthy businessmen, and all kinds of people.

So I have a lot of status here.

Er Dongsheng had already contacted this person in advance, and Mr. Li Xiaomu promised to help say hello to facilitate the crew's subsequent filming in Kabukicho.

The story of the play "Shinjuku Incident" tells the story of a farmer from Northeast China who goes to an island country to work illegally while looking for his childhood sweetheart who is a war survivor.

Eventually the protagonist discovered that his childhood sweetheart had become the woman of the local gang boss.

He met a local Chinese mama-san and got involved in a local gang fight.

This is roughly the story.

The prototypes of these two women are both from Li Xiaomu.

He once had a Polish girlfriend, but she later ran away with the gang.

His sixth wife was the owner of a Hunan restaurant near Kabukicho, and also worked as a mama-san.

Yes, this guy has been married six times.

And three of them were with the same person...

There is nothing strange in the world, and this phrase seems to be tailor-made for him.

This person's life experience is so rich that it would be a shame not to write a book.

But he is only half of the prototype of the film.

The other half... Zhang Yuan looked at the smiling gangster boss standing aside.

The translator said that this gentleman was from the largest gang on the island, the Yamaguchi-gumi.

There are three major organizations in the island country, the Yamaguchi-gumi, the Sumiyoshi-kai and the Inagawa-kai.

The number of official members of these three groups has exceeded 10,000!
The organizational structure and personnel attire of the three major gangs in Taiwan are all based on the gangs in the island country.

In Tokyo, these three organizations each have their own territory.

The north and east are the territory of the Sumiyoshi-kai.

To the west is the territory of the Inagawa Society.

The middle generation is the most famous and oldest organization, the headquarters of the Yamaguchi-gumi.

The Yamaguchi-gumi actually originated from the Green Gang, and they were originally dock thugs.

The person sitting opposite him greeted Chen Long and said that it was very rude that his boss couldn't come to welcome him in person.

Because the eldest brother Shinoda went to jail... and was sentenced to 6 years.

Even if all the people in China were put together, there would be no one else who could come to the island country and alarm the Yamaguchi-gumi and receive them in such a formal manner.

What is an international superstar!

Just like that, the welcoming ceremony was so neat and orderly.

Zhang Yuan wanted to say something after seeing it.

“The local gangs are so polite!”

Chen Long's popularity in the island country is really not to be underestimated, he is at the level of a national idol.

"Take it off!" The Yamaguchi-gumi boss gave an order, and the big men on both sides lifted up their shirts.

There was a clear dragon tattoo on his fat belly.

Still following the fat.

Uncle Long's expression was very awkward...

"Yuan-san, wah-le-wa-ka-no-jiao..." The boss even spoke to him in Japanese.

The translator cleared his throat, somewhat embarrassed.

Before he even translated it, Zhang Yuan already understood it.

When I came to shoot "Initial D" before, I picked up a lot of Japanese-themed ones.

The boss said that his girlfriend likes him very much...

He wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask, what kind of like was it?
"Thank you." I had to ask seriously.

Fan Bingbing was trying to hold back his laughter, thinking to himself, you get scared sometimes too?

In fact, it was all thanks to Uncle Long that "Rush Hour 3" sold well in the island country, and he also gained some popularity there.

Why does the situation occur where "wherever Chen Long goes, the gangs welcome him wholeheartedly"?

Then we have to talk about the other half of the prototype of this film, Nu Luo Quan!
The Nu Luo Quan is an island gang that emerged in the 80s.

These three characters are derived from the Japanese word “龙”, which is pronounced as “Dragon”.

The reason for this name is that many members of the organization are second-generation survivors of the island countries.

That is, they are the island orphans abandoned in China during the war years.

They are not considered Chinese in the mainland, and when they return to the island country they are regarded as "bastards" and are widely despised and abandoned by society.

Therefore, they organized themselves into a criminal organization that specifically fights against local island gangs.

In addition, in the 8s and 90s, a large number of illegal workers entered the island country to make money, and various gangs mainly composed of Chinese were formed.

At its peak, it even affected the rule of the three major local organizations.

There was also the famous "Qinglong Knife" incident.

Inside a restaurant called "Happy Forest" in Kabukicho.

The members of the Demon City Gang hired an illegal worker to hack and kill several members of the Imperial City Gang with a knife.

The so-called Qinglong sword is a large sword similar to a Pudao, with the handle and guard decorated with dragon patterns.

This kind of big knife can not only chop people, but also chop down small trees with one stroke.

The result can be imagined.

After all this commotion, the scene was just like being at Xiaochang Chen, the famous braised pork restaurant in the capital.

There's water all over the ground...

The Qinglong Sword incident is very famous in the island country.

It has been adapted into many film and television works.

The famous Japanese game series, "Yakuza", was developed based on this prototype.

Because the incident was so tragic, it resulted in more than a dozen injuries and several deaths, which attracted the attention of the police and a series of rectification actions.

It even changed the gang landscape of the island nation.

Therefore, when the Yamaguchi-gumi heard that Chen Long was going to come to their place to shoot a scene with this content, they became very excited!

I wish I could give you something for free.

Zhang Yuan was quite moved when he heard Li Xiaomu and the boss talking about the illegal labor phenomenon in the 1980s and 1990s, providing material for Uncle Long.

Which good person would be willing to work illegally?

Why were so many people willing to come to the island country to work like slaves back then?

At that time, the average monthly salary of an average person in China was only a dozen to several dozen Chinese yuan.

But Li Xiaomu worked as a pimp and earned 1000 yen in tips for an hour!

According to the exchange rate of that year, it was equivalent to 20 Chinese yuan.

When business is good, I can earn an average Chinese person’s annual salary in one day!

Those who come here to work illegally do jobs that the islanders are unwilling to do, such as moving garbage, carrying corpses, and cleaning sewers.

Even if the agent deducts money from your salary because you don't have a formal identity, you can still earn 8000 to 1 yen a day.

After a year of hard work, I can go home and build a building.

After three years of hard work, I can go home and start a business.

So in those days, there were many poor people working illegally overseas.

Ultimately it’s about having no money and making money.

As for not having a passport.

No matter what passport you need, as long as Mazu approves it, it's fine.

Get on the boat and go out to sea, and start working when you arrive.

The South Beauty where Zhang Yuan just had dinner with Lao Han the day before yesterday, their boss Zhang Lan is often ridiculed for carrying a dead person.

In fact, this is slander. She has never carried a dead person, but she has carried a dead pig.

My sister went to Canada to work illegally in her early years and worked as a porter in a cold storage.

After saving 2 US dollars in two years, he returned to China and established Alan Restaurant, the prototype of South Beauty.

It is a good idea for Er Dongsheng to film the story of illegal workers and gangsters, using this as material to focus on special groups.

But Zhang Yuan frowned.

"Don't be sad, it's all in the past."

"People in our country are not like this anymore." Seeing this, Fan Bingbing advised.

I think he felt sympathy after hearing about the miserable conditions faced by the early Chinese.

Fan Bingbing was quite touched and thought that he was quite compassionate, empathetic and had a good conscience.

After unlocking the door and establishing this relationship, she always thought the best of Zhang Yuan.

Women are like this.

But Zhang Yuan's frown was not out of compassion.

Although he did feel that people back then had a hard time.

But these are all personal choices, there is no right or wrong, and he has no intention of praising or criticizing.

He was worried because Uncle Long was very enthusiastic and obviously wanted him to participate in the project.

But Zhang Yuan didn't want to participate in this work... (End of this chapter)