Zongman: My days as a chaebol in Japan

Chapter 16 Interest Structure

Li Xuan and Asuna came to their senses after hearing the elevator prompt and straightened their manners.

Asuna also carefully straightened Li Xuan's collar which had just been messed up, then took Li Xuan's arm and walked out of the elevator together.

RECT Building, Electronics 35th Floor Laboratory.

After exiting the elevator, Li Xuan saw a huge circular venue in front of him. Except for a few obvious load-bearing columns, all the unnecessary things on the entire 35th floor had been moved away to make way for the center's laboratory.

Asuna pulled Li Xuan outside and looked inside through the glass window. A group of scientific researchers in white lab coats were studying something under several robotic arms.

Li Xuan's mind moved, and a hint of golden light appeared in his eyes. He instantly saw the thing under the mechanical arm in the distance, a helmet-shaped thing. Li Xuan was familiar with this thing. It was Lincoln's dead head before the time travel, and it was the core force that starved the protagonist to the point of skin and bones.

However, Li Xuan looked around and found that he did not see the boy with glasses who looked like Kayaba Akihiko. Li Xuan wanted to see if the Kayaba Akihiko in this world was also crazy. If so, in order to avoid Asuna's accident, Li Xuan planned to use Kayaba Akihiko to try the combat effect of the Hongen Dao Sutra.

Asuna saw Li Xuan looking at the center of the experiment with curiosity, so she began to introduce to Li Xuan, "Mr. Xuan, that is the latest research result of my father's experimental team, a full-dive virtualizer. With this thing, the human brain can replace the function of a computer and realize the interaction between human spiritual consciousness and information networks..."

After listening to Asuna's explanation, it was similar to what I knew before I traveled through time, except that it had some more side functions. However, it seemed that there was no finished product yet, so I looked at Asuna and asked, "Well, it sounds interesting. Is there a finished product?"

Just as Asuna was about to answer, a middle-aged man's voice came from the side. After hearing the male voice, Asuna immediately wanted to let go of Li Xuan's hand, but Li Xuan felt it in advance and used a little force on the hands of the other party, and Asuna's hand was firmly fixed. After trying twice without success, Asuna gave up, leaned against the middle-aged man with a red face, and shouted, "Dad" to the middle-aged man who was walking over.

Li Xuan turned his head and saw a handsome middle-aged man walking towards him. When he saw Asuna holding his hand, he obviously frowned and nodded at Asuna's words. However, when he turned and saw Li Xuan, his brows immediately relaxed and his face showed a happy and pleasing look.

"Welcome Master Li Xuan to RECT Building, and bring honor to RECT." The man who tried to please Li Xuan was Asuna's father, Takeshi Yuuki. He discussed with his wife Kyoko Yuuki last night and decided to let Asuna find an opportunity to bring Li Xuan to visit his company's new products tomorrow. He wanted to find an opportunity to let Li Xuan help her, so Kyoko Yuuki immediately found Asuna, who was hugging the quilt in the room and giggling from time to time, and told Asuna that she had stopped tutoring classes for her except art classes, on the condition that she would bring Li Xuan to RECT Building tomorrow to see the new electronic products developed by her family.

Asuna knew that her mother's words also reflected her father's intentions. If it was anyone else, Asuna would still be very resistant. However, if the target was Li Xuan, Asuna would be very happy, and she wouldn't have to go to unnecessary tutoring classes in the future, so Asuna quickly agreed. Her mother also told her at the time that she could communicate more with Li Xuan, and her eyes were very strange.

"Well, the building is pretty good." Li Xuan simply praised it and stopped talking. He looked at Takeshi Yuki and then looked inside the laboratory.

Yuki Takeshi reacted after a few seconds, so he stepped forward to explain to Li Xuan, "Master Li Xuan, our new product this time is an improved work based on the previous generation of consciousness stealth equipment... By the end of this month, we will be able to mass-produce it. This will be an epoch-making impact on the virtual game market. By then, the virtual manufacturers in the market will definitely not be able to resist RECT's new products. So at present, we just lack some channels to make the leap."

After listening to Jie Chengwu's words, Li Xuan waited for a few seconds, looked at Jie Chengwu with some amusement, and then said, "So according to President Jie Cheng's plan, does it mean you want to cooperate with me?"

Li Xuan was not interested in what Takeshi Yuki said about the market. No matter how successful Takeshi Yuki's business was in Sakura or even in the whole world, it could only be a third-rate consortium at best, which was the limit that ordinary businessmen could achieve.

Li Xuan also learned about the wealth level of this world after sorting out the business content while hugging Gurefia to sleep last night. First of all, the largest chaebols are the three largest countries in the east, middle and west, namely Daxia in the east, the Polar States in the middle, and the Washington States in the west.

These three are all huge wealth derived from force, and are not on the same channel and level as business consortiums.

Below these three are the world's five largest chaebols, followed by first-rate, second-rate, and third-rate conglomerates, merchant alliances, and small merchants.

The necessary elements for forming a world-class chaebol are, first of all, strong military power, but slightly inferior to that of a national-level chaebol, and then sufficient resources, including tangible and intangible assets. Li Qinghe's evaluation of her husband is that one person can destroy a medium-sized country.

Then there are the first-rate consortiums, whose military strength needs to reach the scale of a medium-sized country. In fact, many medium-sized countries are formed by consortiums.

Next are the second-rate consortiums, whose military strength needs to reach the scale of a small country. Similarly, there are basically small countries behind these consortiums.

Then there are the third-rate consortiums, which are the limit that ordinary businessmen can achieve, because this does not require military support and can be achieved as long as wealth accumulates to a certain level, but it is unsafe.

After that, we will evaluate the merchant alliances that have been floating in the first, second and third tiers. The composition of the alliances is complex, and finally there are the small merchants, who have considerable wealth, which is not a lot, but not a little either.

Currently, Takeshi Yuki is in the Merchant Alliance. He wants to be promoted, but unfortunately he can't find a way. It was not until his wife told him about Li Xuan and her daughter that he found an opportunity.

"How does Uncle Yuki want to cooperate?" Li Xuan added outside the laboratory.

Seeing Li Xuan looking at him playfully, although Li Xuan was looking at him with a smile, he felt as if he was being coldly stared at by a giant dragon. Yuki Takeshi knew that this was a very rare opportunity for him, and if he missed it, he would never have it again. He gave his daughter a few glances, but his daughter's face was blushing, and she looked at Li Xuan with a smile on her face, completely unaware of the hint from her old father, and sighed in her heart.

So he quickly weighed the matter in his mind, gritted his teeth, and said, "As long as Li Xuanshao is willing to give me this opportunity, I can give up 51% of the shares of RECT Building."

This was a huge concession. RECT was Takeshi Yuki's greatest asset, which proved Takeshi Yuki's sincerity. In fact, this was nothing in Li Xuan's eyes, but Li Xuan still agreed. After all, the girl he was holding held his hands tightly with both hands, her eyes full of pleading. Who made him soft-hearted?

"I need 51% of the shares of RECT Group. Can President Yuki do it?" Li Xuan gently stroked the girl's hand, which had turned a little pale from excessive exertion, and spoke to Yuki Takeshi who was waiting a little nervously on the other side.

"RECT Group, but I...ah, I know, I can definitely do it, please rest assured, Young Master Li Xuan." Yuki Takeshi was very excited at this moment, he had successfully found a big boss, and a world-class big boss.

"Your general councilor will contact you tomorrow. Asuna and I are leaving first. See you later, Uncle Yuki." Li Xuan felt bored, so he took the girl's arm and said goodbye to Yuki Takeshi who was still in ecstasy.

"Goodbye, Dad." These were Asuna's words, and they also made Takeshi Yuki wake up.

"Oh, oh, I see. Asuna must receive Master Li Xuan well. You guys go," said Takeshi Yuki quickly after he woke up.

"Hi, hi" Asuna and Li Xuan walked quickly to the elevator, without looking back, they simply raised their hands in response.

Chapter 17: Totsuki Street and Horseback Riding

Also in the elevator, the girl was looking at Li Xuan with admiration and gratitude.

"Xuan-kun, thank you so much." Asuna's voice sounded a little naive.

Asuna is a rich lady, and her best friend is Irene. Their families are more or less powerful, so she has had good vision and cognition since childhood. So she knows that it is very likely that Li Xuan agreed to her father's request because of her.

After all, even if the dragon lowers its head, it is difficult for it to notice and care about the ants on the ground.

So after hearing Li Xuan's agreement, he was filled with gratitude to Li Xuan.

Just like now, in the elevator, Asuna's body was completely leaning on Li Xuan, her hands were around Li Xuan's broad waist, hugging him tightly, her head resting on Li Xuan's chest, listening to Li Xuan's strong and powerful heartbeat.

Li Xuan pressed the button for the first floor, and while descending, he put his arms around Asuna's slender waist and gently called out, "Asuna." When the girl raised her hazy head, he quickly lowered his head, tasted the girl's surprised and happy look, and measured it. The contractor was very satisfied with the project.

"Ding", the sound of the elevator stopping woke the dazed man and woman up. Li Xuan looked at Asuna, who was shyly lowering her head to adjust her wrinkled skirt and clothes, and couldn't help but laugh happily, which attracted the girl's cute roll of the eyes.

"Xuan-kun, you big bad guy, H" Asuna thought about what happened in the elevator with Li Xuan just now, and the deer in her heart was about to jump over hurdles.

At this time, Li Xuan lowered his head and whispered in Asuna's ear, "Asuna, don't be discouraged, there is still room for development. Eat more milk and papaya every morning, haha". After that, Li Xuan immediately ran out.

"Hey, you bad guy Xuanjun, don't run." Asuna reacted and looked down. She could see two-thirds of the tip of her shoe. So shyness immediately rushed to her head and she trotted after Li Xuan.

They ran a short distance before reaching the intersection. Li Xuan suddenly stopped just before the intersection, then turned around and hugged Asuna, who didn't have time to brake, into his arms. He held Asuna and turned around twice on the spot, then lowered his head and gave the girl a light kiss on her slightly sweaty forehead.

"Lady Asuna, can you please forgive me this time?" Li Xuan said to the girl in his arms.

Asuna felt the warm embrace of the person she loved, opened her eyes and said, "Okay, Lord Asuna will forgive you this time."

Then Li Xuan looked at Asuna and said, "So where are you going to take me, Asuna-sama?"

Asuna remembered what Li Xuan said when they were going up in the elevator just now, so she made a choice in her mind and said, "Yesterday it was Xuanjun who treated me to lunch. How about I treat Xuanjun this time?"

Looking at the girl who asked him, Li Xuan agreed, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Then Asuna and Li Xuan stopped a taxi.

After getting in the car, Asuna said the name of the destination that Li Xuan was somewhat familiar with, "Totsuki Food Street".

In the car, Asuna introduced Li Xuan to the things about Totsuki Food Street. Li Xuan combined the memories about Totsuki in his mind and sorted it out. Totsuki Food Street is a high-level school of Sakura food, producing many high-quality chefs every year. The most famous of them is the founder, Nakiri Senzaemon, who is known as the Sakura Food Demon King. Then there is Nakiri Erina, who has become famous in recent years and has an unparalleled tongue. She is one of the ten best chefs of Totsuki Academy.

Totsuki Food Street is a place that many food lovers in Sakura often check in. Asuna herself is very interested in cooking, and in her free time she would usually call Erza and the others to go to Totsuki Street together to taste and learn how to cook.

Totsuki Street is on the outskirts of Kyoto. The downside is that transportation is inconvenient, but the upside is that there is enough space to display one's abilities.

The taxi took nearly forty minutes to carry the two people to their destination.

"Asuna, we're here." Li Xuan gently woke up Asuna who was resting on his shoulder, then got out of the car and opened the door.

Asuna rubbed her eyes, then got out of the car, and with a "whoosh" she stretched her graceful figure.

After stretching, Asuna took Li Xuan's arm and walked into Totsuki Street.

Totsuki Street looks very large and is located under several mountains. However, Asuna had just told herself that the real land is Totsuki Academy which is adjacent to Totsuki Street.

The academy occupies two-thirds of the 60 square meters area, and Totsuki Street occupies one-third. The original idea of ​​the founder of Totsuki Academy, Senzaemon Nakiri, was to make the purest Sakura cuisine. Later, after he achieved some success, he founded Totsuki Academy to cultivate and supply talents for the Sakura cuisine industry.

The devil of the food world, Totsuki under the mountain, this is the respectful name that Sakura gives to Totsuki and his founder.

As soon as the two entered Yuanyue Street, they saw countless food shops. There was a main road in the middle for people to walk on, and on both sides were closely packed shops with a large number of diners moving around.

The two of them slowly began to appreciate the food. Mainly because Asuna's mood suddenly became full after she came here, she took Li Xuan to several of her favorite shops to taste the food.

Li Xuan tasted it. Although the taste was not as good as Gurefia's, it was not much worse. It was a worthy store that survived in Yuanyue. Yuanyue Academy would come to inspect the cooking skills of Yuanyue Street stores every month. If the cooking skills failed, the store would be disqualified from opening a store in Yuanyue Street.

Being able to obtain the qualification to open a store on Yuanyue Street is not only a recognition of personal reputation, but also a huge gain of wealth.

Students who successfully graduate from Yuantsuki start out as three-star chefs, earning a million a month. If they don’t want to go far away, they will choose to open a shop on Yuantsuki Street, where their monthly income is definitely higher than a million.

Looking at the excited girl walking in front of him, and then looking at the several portions of food in his hands that he had only eaten a few bites of, Li Xuan twitched his mouth. Why is it still like this here? Fortunately, Li Xuan knows the Origin Dao Sutra. As long as he is willing, everything he eats can be directly decomposed, otherwise it would be on strike at this moment.

"Xuan Jun, Xuan Jun, come quickly, come quickly." Asuna, who was walking in front, seemed to have discovered something interesting. She quickly turned around and waved to Li Xuan behind her.

Hearing Asuna calling him, Li Xuan quickened his pace and walked to Asuna's side, then found a large group of people surrounding the outside of a slightly larger shop. The crowd's attention was on the two chef tables set up outside the shop, where two people wearing chef hats were competing.

Li Xuan can see over the crowd because of his height, but Asuna can't. The girl is now looking at the wall of people blocking her view in distress.

Li Xuan saw the girl's distressed expression, so he leaned over to her ear and said, "Lady Asuna, would you like to try riding a horse?"

Asuna, who was still in distress, heard Li Xuan's words, then saw Li Xuan pointing at her shoulder, and immediately knew Li Xuan's method. Looking at the cheers of the audience around her, Asuna approved of Li Xuan's method very much.

The two of them moved a little away from the crowd, and Li Xuan squatted down. The girl was a little shy, but still walked over slowly. Then she reached out and lifted the hem of her skirt a little. Then, as if she thought of something, she said to Li Xuan, "Mr. Xuan, don't look back suddenly."

After seeing Li Xuan nodded in agreement, the girl looked around and then jumped forward quickly. Her two slender, white legs were filled with the fragrance of a young girl.

Li Xuan felt his shoulders and neck sink slightly, grabbed the long legs on both sides of him, and said, "Sit tight, Asuna," then Li Xuan stood up, "Ah," the girl said with a slightly frightened voice.

Chapter 18 Noodle Showdown

The smiling girl's body was very light. Li Xuan estimated that it should weigh less than 100 pounds.

Asuna raised her sights and saw the two chefs competing, so she put her hands on Li Xuan's head and watched the competition with great interest.

However, Asuna has a perfect boyfriend, Li Xuan, but many other couples present do not have this condition. Many girls saw Li Xuan, a boy with perfect looks and figure, let their girlfriends ride on his shoulders to watch the competition, so they asked their boyfriends to follow suit.

This made many boys present at the scene lose their guard. Many skinny boys tried to please and scold their girlfriends, and when they saw several sturdy boys who, like Li Xuan, let their girlfriends ride on horses or carry them on their backs, they cast resentful looks at them.

No, man, you don’t belong to this track. This is what these boys are thinking.

Regardless of these complaining little dogs, the competition between the two people in the crowd of onlookers has entered a white-hot stage.

Li Xuan took a closer look at the materials on the two people's table and figured out the topic of their competition, which was noodles.

The chef on the left has finished kneading the dough and starts stretching the noodles by hand.

The chef on the right put the kneaded dough into a machine. The outlet of the machine was a sieve-shaped outlet. As soon as the dough was put in, the chef pressed a button the next second, and immediately thin, white and greasy noodles came out from the outlet of the machine.

A showdown between primitive craftsmanship and modern technology.

Li Xuan and Asuna were watching with great interest. Changes were also happening on the field. After several fancy processes, the handmade chef on the left stretched the dough into thin and long white noodles. After cutting them into different lengths, he put them into the boiling pot, covered the lid and began to prepare the ingredients for the soup.

The chef on the right did not have such a trouble. The machine he brought was very interesting. It could not only be used to make noodles, but could also distribute seasonings in proportion. The chef put all the ingredients into the machine at once, and then operated a few buttons. The chopped ingredients flowed from the outlet of the machine into the container below.

The chef on the right had already completed all the current steps, but needed some more time to cook the noodles. He saw his opponent still cutting the seasoning with a knife out of the corner of his eye, and an idea came to his mind. He said sarcastically, "Chef Fukada, stop being so busy. Save some energy to applaud me later. You remnants of the old era are not fit to show up in the new era."

"Chef Yamakami, food is pure. Only when you personally participate in each step and create it carefully, can it be called food. This is respect for food. Your mechanical concept is simply tarnishing and destroying the word 'food'." Fukada Yong also hit back at Yamakami.

Li Xuan also learned about the competition between two people from the onlookers around him. The handmade chef on the left is called Fukada Yong, an early graduate of Totsuki Academy. He is good at making pasta and advocates handmade production. He received a four-star rating in the last Totsuki assessment. The chef on the right who uses machines is called Yamagami Ya, a recent graduate of Totsuki. He is also good at making pasta, but he is good at using machines to assist in cooking. He advocates saving unnecessary time and allowing diners to leave more time for tasting food.