Persona: Devil Summoner

In this world, the happiest people are of course pure people, whether they are purely good or purely evil, or purely stupid or purely smart.

The most miserable things are the bad people who do good things and the good people who do bad things. Such people always have uneasy consciences in their hearts, and they worry about “If only it were like this! If only it were like that!” In the end, it is easy for them to drive themselves crazy.

The most painful thing about Okumura Haru is that she is a person with conscience. If she were a wicked woman, she would probably just squander the hard-earned money of the working people and dress herself up like the remnants of the feudal aristocrats.

Although the gift she gave to Jiang Tianwei could not soothe the victim's heart, nor could it make Manager Liu return to normal, it could at least make her feel more at ease, and Jiang Tianwei would not deliberately make the girl unhappy.

Jiang Tianwei invited her to his home, but the girl shook her head.

Although she was not a noble lady, she was a rich girl after all. She had been brought up very strictly since she was a child. Especially since she had a fiancé in name only, she would not go to a man's room alone. Jiang Tianwei originally wanted to go to the station with them, but Morgana said that they were going to complete some tasks left in the Phantom Thief Channel.

Jiang Tianwei couldn't stop him, so he said goodbye. He returned to his empty room and while taking a shower in the bathroom, he thought about Manager Liu's psychological problems.

In fact, Jiang Tianwei has some ideas...

Since Manager Liu's problem lies in psychology, then, if I just go to the cognitive space, find Manager Liu's shadow, and have a good talk with him, can I solve his psychological problem?

But, it is not enough to just calm him down.

The reason why he was so devastated was essentially because he had suffered too much in Japan and had finally established himself, but now he was suddenly back to the situation before liberation overnight... Not only did he lose his job, but this label might have to follow him for the rest of his life.

His problem is not just his mental breakdown, but what causes his mental breakdown is his real situation. If Jiang Tianwei cannot help him solve the real problem, even if he gets better, he will only be broken down by reality again.

This is what people often say: save people to the end, send Buddha to the west.

Many people think they are very kind, but in fact, that is just hypocrisy or self-satisfaction. The biggest difference between them and true kindness is what the other person thinks.

Let's take a simple example to distinguish them. A kind person bought a fish worth 100 million yuan and stewed it for a hungry person, but the hungry person had a serious seafood allergy and would die if he ate the fish. Then a truly kind person would choose to give up the fish and buy something that the hungry person could eat instead.

But self-satisfied people will not care so much. They give the fish to others and feel complacent in their hearts: Oh, I can give out one million for a stranger. I am such a great philanthropist!

True kindness is to make the other person feel comfortable. False kindness is to make oneself feel comfortable. They simply equate "doing good deeds" with entertainment activities like "playing games", "watching TV" and "listening to music". As long as they feel good, it's fine, which is what we often call self-satisfaction.

This is why Jiang Tianwei didn't put his ideas into practice even though he had them. It was very easy to change Manager Liu's mood, but what happened next?

The water drops flowed down Jiang Tianwei's hair into his eyes and then down his cheeks.

"Yeah...as long as we can solve the problem [after that], it will be fine!"

Jiang Tianwei suddenly spoke with an expression of surprise.

Sometimes it’s like this, you think about it every day but have no inspiration, and then suddenly, inspiration comes!!!

The core issues of Manager Liu can be summarized into three points. The first one is the evaluation of the society, which is the so-called label. This thing can be saved as long as Kunikazu Okumura is solved and asked to apologize. Everyone will understand that it was not the manager who wanted to do such a dirty thing, but was changed by someone!

The second point is Manager Liu’s own psychological problem. He finally climbed to the top, but fell down heavily. In this case, can he overcome this hurdle? This can be discussed with his shadow from the perspective of cognitive space to encourage him.

The third is to ensure that Manager Liu gets a reasonable job.

Japan and China are slightly different.

In China, it is standard for most families for both husband and wife to have income.

In Japan, there is a profession called full-time housewife. There are quite a lot of full-time housewives in Japan. Manager Liu's family is like this. The financial source almost entirely depends on Manager Liu. His wife is only responsible for managing the household. Although the family still has savings, if there is no proper job, the family will definitely fall apart.

Whether for the sake of Master Liu or because of his own unhappy past, Jiang Tianwei would not watch this family fall apart.

And now, he has finally put together the last piece of the puzzle - how to provide Manager Liu with a decent job that pays enough to support his family!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 606 I have a perfect plan for the future

Some things go unnoticed simply because they are so common in our daily lives.

The same goes for Jiang Tianwei. He had been worrying about how to solve Manager Liu's problem. His original intention of becoming a thief was to find the murderer of his father, but later, Jiang Tianwei also began to think about being a good thief and helping others as much as possible.

Once one gets stuck in this dead end, his vision becomes narrow. No wonder people always say that one should look at the problem from a broader perspective.

Does Jiang Tianwei have a job suitable for Manager Liu?

Of course!

Of course, I didn't want him to go to Kawahara Bank. Let's not talk about whether he can do the job in a bank, and let's not talk about the gangster background of Kawahara Bank... Even if we take a step back, if we really want Manager Liu to work under us, he was just "exploded by the head office"! How can you recruit people in this situation?

Jiang Tianwei thought of another job that was very suitable for Manager Liu.

He originally worked as a manager at Junes and was in charge of the catering department.

Now, isn't there a job that happens to be just right for him? It's a job that perfectly matches Mr. Liu's qualifications and experience, and can perfectly bring out his strengths!

Yes, although it has been a long time, does anyone still remember? The place that Jiang Tianwei and his team used as their secret base was originally a Chinese restaurant on the streets of Shibuya!

The store manager and his team originally used the house as collateral to get a loan, and they negotiated the deal with Kawahara Bank. I can definitely contact the store manager and discuss buying this store.

They were learning authentic Chinese cuisine in China. Jiang Tianwei didn't know how long it would take them to learn, but he only knew that if you didn't open a store in a business district like this, you would lose money! Although it wasn't as exaggerated as what Teacher Guo said, "If you don't pick up something when you walk, it's considered a loss", but as a businessman, the boss wouldn't like this kind of thing...

Jiang Tianwei made a phone call and sure enough, the other party gave a similar answer. Although they could still hold on, they were indeed running out of money.

As for learning skills, many people may think that it is easier to learn if you bring some of your own skills with you. But it is not necessarily the case. Sometimes, it is because you have worked in this industry before and have developed habits (especially bad habits), so it is difficult to correct them.

Especially the difference between Chinese cuisine and Japanese cuisine is huge, at least in traditional Chinese cuisine, you have never seen fish cut up and served raw. If you use the Japanese cuisine mindset to learn Chinese cuisine, you will feel uncomfortable everywhere.

Therefore, it is because of the experience of cooking Japanese food that the boss and his friends’ journey to learn cooking in China is full of ups and downs… After a few months, they can only be regarded as getting started. If they want to call themselves Chinese chefs, they still have a long way to go. The thought of loans and rent makes the boss feel gloomy.

So when the boss heard Jiang Tianwei say he wanted to take over the shop, he generously said it was no problem.

Since their change of heart, they, father and son, as well as their employees, have truly fallen in love with the catering industry. They are now practicing in the direction of "the most authentic Chinese cuisine" and are not planning to open a store in the short term.

This made Jiang Tianwei puzzled: Did you consider your nationality when you said this?

Perhaps this is what is called self-suggestion. In fact, from a logical point of view, they don’t have to hang on to the big tree of Chinese cuisine. If they changed it to “wanting to make the best Japanese food”, they might have reopened by now. But they have been running Chinese cuisine for so long that they have become accustomed to it...

As for the store procedures, Jiang Tianwei simply called his subordinates and asked them to take care of it.

He could finally start thinking about things he had conceived before again.

Business war is not an easy thing. Don’t just look at the successful cases, where people open a store and have billions in turnover, luxury houses, feasting, beauties and luxury cars. You also see that there are so many people who go bankrupt due to poor management.

Jiang Tianwei doesn't think he is suitable for this job, but what if he is only responsible for providing the store and lets Manager Liu take care of it?

You see, he was the general manager at Junes, and he is still the general manager under me. His position has not changed at all! We are all employees anyway, so whoever he works for is not an employee, right?

Then, if it comes to the chef, just ask Master Liu! The old man loves cooking, right? He studies food with his family every day.

As for how to make money, Jiang Tianwei has already figured it out.

In short, we should first create a program to package Mr. Liu and give him the title of the Chinese God of Food, then find a few celebrities, eat him, send a tweet, and promote him. Although Kawahara Bank has a wide network of contacts, they are basically limited to industry and commerce. As for celebrity promotion, Jiang Tianwei plans to ask the Tongjo Group to do it.

It seems that he is very rich and doesn't care about this little money at all.

Then, I found some friends in the media and interviewed Manager Liu. I had already thought of the topic, which was "The Great Reversal of the Chinese Men Who Fell into Hell". The Japanese are so immature, and this kind of topic is their favorite.

When Okumura Kuni apologizes, the whole internet will be abuzz with it. You can link this change of heart to Manager Liu...

Well, now the food quality is guaranteed, and Master Liu's cooking skills are amazing. Then the popularity is guaranteed, and the topic is guaranteed. When the gimmick comes, everyone will definitely want to try what "authentic Chinese food" tastes like. No matter whether it suits your taste or not, you will definitely want to try it.

At that time, I will also learn how to operate in "The God of Cookery" and try to launch some portable instant foods, or pre-prepared dishes or something like that. In "The God of Cookery", everyone can expand production by relying on the exaggerated arm strength and impressive physical strength of the Double-Blade Turkey, and Jiang Tianwei also has it here - you see, the demons in this cognitive space, hey, why are there so many of them, come and do the hard work for me, Old Jiang!

This kid had done it before, asking the demons in the cognitive space to write him a thief warning letter. Once it happens, there will be a second time. Having set this precedent, Jiang Tianwei was really ruthless when it came to exploiting the demons.

At that time, I can open a factory in the cognitive space. After all, the labor law only guarantees the interests of people, not the interests of demons. Even if I don't pay them, it's not illegal, right? In this way, at least I can save the cost of employees.

Moreover, all of these demons are talented people. When the time comes, you can let the Frost Snowman King serve as a freezer, let Kali with six arms, each holding a knife, chop the stuffing for you, and let the hundred-armed giant with many arms to package the finished products.

As for the plating and the like, I will leave it to those meticulous female devils. Just put up a slogan: Our products are all made by beautiful women themselves. Then we can gather a few pretty and cute girls like succubus, Lilith, etc. together to take a promotional photo. Wow... I can't even imagine how much money this will make.

The more Jiang Tianwei outlined the future, the more feasible it seemed.

Master Liu's cooking skills plus Manager Liu's talents, plus my own demonic powers and connections, this is an invincible combination! I'm afraid I'm going to be the richest man in Japan. Isn't this also a glory for the country?

"Jiang Jiang, your smile is so vulgar..."

Fang Zexia's words brought his thoughts back to reality. Jiang Tianwei then noticed that, oh, it turned out that he had not yet become the richest man in Japan. Oh, oh, it was just a dream. What a pity, what a pity...

"It's all your fault. You ruined my half-fulfilled dream!"

Jiang Tianwei didn't know why, but he spoke in a Hong Kong and Taiwan accent - maybe he thought that rich people should talk like this...

Fang Zexia curled her lips: "What's the good of dreaming? It's not real. I thought you were a realistic person."

"Well, let's talk about something realistic?"

Jiang Tianwei asked, Fang Zexia nodded: "Sure, two sentences?"

"Ahem - you girl, what are you doing coming in while I'm taking a shower!!!"

"Oh, it's not like I haven't seen you before~~ You won't lose out if I take a closer look~~ I went to Hawaii and I think you've become more and more beautiful!"

"That won't work either, get out!"

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 607: A Resolute Man

Jiang Tianwei is a man of swift action. At least that's what he thinks.

What does it mean to act vigorously and decisively? Simply put, it means to do whatever you think of immediately! At least that's how Jiang Tianwei understood it.

Actually, he wasn't always like this, but since the bad things happened because of his procrastination... it seems that it can't be considered a bad thing, at least it's a good thing? It's not quite right. Anyway, after he suffered because of procrastination, he changed his mind and became a person who would do whatever he thought of immediately.

So, he had just made a plan for the future black-hearted enterprise in the bathroom... No, no, he was a great proletarian fighter, how could he be called a black-hearted enterprise? How could such a petty bourgeois word be used to describe himself?

This has to be called "good at human resource coordination and resource management". You see, a black-hearted enterprise always makes people feel that this company is very bad, but if you change the words to say that it is good at human resource coordination and resource management, it seems that this person is very good.

Anyway, regardless of what "Jiang Banghe's" little plan should be called, when he thought about how he could soon succeed in making a lot of money, hiring a general manager, becoming a CEO, marrying a beautiful and rich woman, and reaching the peak of his life, he was full of energy and quickly ran to the Impression Space to find Manager Liu's shadow.

"Hey, let's talk!"

Jiang Tianwei had just launched the APP from Shibuya Station and had just walked down the stairs when he suddenly heard a sound like a gangster looking for trouble at the door. Jiang Tianwei was stunned: What? Someone is blocking me at the door of my house, and how come someone is blocking me in the cognitive space too?

Following the sound, I saw a blond man wearing a black skull mask and a black leather jacket, scratching his head as he walked towards me. He seemed a little embarrassed, looking down at his toes, not looking at anyone.

"I say, you've been running around a lot these past few days, haven't you? I, I said the wrong thing, I'm sorry!"

"what?"

Jiang Tianwei's brain was not enough to support him to understand the plot. He now understood more and more why there were so many "cross-server chat" plots in animations, because when it really happens to you, you are often unconscious.

Yes, this is the mentality of those who are in a dilemma.

When you are absolutely calm, you can definitely make the right judgment, but it is hard to say when you are not calm, such as when you are taking a driving test, or in a tense battle, etc.

Not to mention the distant past, now when Jiang Tianwei thought back to the battle with Beichuan Minghai not long ago, he began to feel that he had not done well in many aspects. When he watched the animation, he was always angry at the protagonist for not fighting hard, but now thinking back, he was in a similar situation and needed to reflect on himself.

When Long Si heard the wrong voice, he looked up in surprise: "Fuck, why is it you?!"

"Why can't it be me?"

Jiang Tianwei looked at Long Si with a pained look on his face, confused.

Today, it was not only Ryuji who was blocking the way in the cognitive space. Futaba Sakura, Ren Amamiya, and An Takamaki were all here. By the way, this was the first time Jiang Tianwei saw Futaba's phantom thief costume. The strange black one-piece tights and the light green decorative lines gave him a very futuristic feeling. His understanding of futuristic technology was that there were a lot of beautiful glowing lines. It was a superficial but very accurate understanding.

Seeing them like this, Jiang Tianwei guessed that they probably thought they could stop Morgana here, so they all came here. However, they didn't expect that Jiang Tianwei came before Morgana and his men.

This was a bit strange. Didn't Okumura Haru and the others leave the house before me? Didn't I take a shower? Why was I here earlier than them?

Oh! Could it be that Okumura Haru and the others went in first? Then Amamiya Ren and the others came? Then I came? Although they wanted to block the man and the cat, the man and the cat went in first?

This is really...

"Hey, long time no see."

Yu Gong Lian, who was leaning against the wall, raised his hand to Jiang Tianwei in a rather handsome manner. Jiang Tianwei nodded in response. He looked around and said with a smile, "Are you waiting for Morgana?"

"Well, we still think that we should apologize to Little Mona..."

Takamaki An's expression was a little gloomy. She was a kind-hearted girl. Although a little careless, she was definitely not a villain. It was natural for her to feel uncomfortable when her companion left (and this time it was not an act).

"Then you must be late. I saw Morgana and the others at my house not long ago. They came earlier than me, so they should have gone inside, right?"

Jiang Tianwei pointed inside the cognitive space and Long Si blushed. After all, at his age, men are the most stubborn and often do all kinds of confusing behaviors for the sake of face.

Long Si originally felt that it was a bit embarrassing to apologize, and that he was a bit embarrassed, but for the sake of his companions, he still bowed his head. He already felt a bit embarrassed, and now he apologized to the wrong person?! Doesn't this make it even more embarrassing?!

"What? That Morgana guy! He should have said something when he went in earlier. He made me wait for a long time in vain! He is such a willful cat!"

"I'll say it again, I'm not a cat!"

Suddenly, when Long Si was complaining, Morgana's stern voice rang out! Its tone was full of unpleasant emotions, and it was clear that it was still angry!

This voice came from behind Jiang Tianwei! For some reason, Morgana and Okumura Haru, who set out first, have just entered the cognitive space!

In fact, Okumura Haru and Morgana did not team up without any thought. Okumura Haru had always admired the Phantom Thieves and once left a message in the Phantom Thieves channel, expressing his hope to change his mind. However, the Phantom Thieves were not very formal at that time and were always pursuing "big goals", so they did not pay attention to Okumura Haru's commission.