Tokyo Knights: The Odd Jobs X Files

Secretary Wang frowned.

The village chief then noticed Michael's presence and couldn't help but ask, "Where did this foreigner come from?"

"What foreigner? This is Xiaolei's father!"

Secretary Wang said irritably.

The village chief's eyes lit up, and he immediately went up to shake hands with Michael very warmly: "Hello, hello, hello, father-in-law!"

The village chief, who had no children of his own, always treated Li Xin as his own child. Therefore, after learning that Michael was the father of Lai Sheng Lei, he directly addressed him as "father-in-law".

Michael smiled and said, "Is this Village Chief Lu? I've heard Xiao Lei and A Xin talk about you all the time. I was just about to visit you, and it's so nice to see you in person!"

The village chief had initially wondered if Michael could understand him, but when he saw that Michael spoke fluent Chinese and his words were pleasant to hear, the village chief was overjoyed and almost lost his bearings. It took him a long time to remember what he had come there for.

Michael, being tactful, immediately smiled and said after greeting them, "Village Chief Lu, it seems you and Mr. Wang have something to discuss. I won't disturb you any longer; I'll go out for a walk first."

The village chief waved his hand with a smile and said, "Father-in-law, let's have lunch together later!"

After Michael left, the village chief immediately told Secretary Wang about Lai Shenglei's plan to set up a dehydrated vegetable factory near Shibali Village.

"Build a factory? And with such favorable conditions?"

Secretary Wang frowned after hearing the village chief's words.

"What, you're afraid Xiaolei is lying to us? We're from a poor, remote area, what do we have to be afraid of being lied to?"

Seeing the distrustful look on Secretary Wang's face, the village chief rolled his eyes.

"I'm not afraid that Xiaolei will lie to us, I'm afraid that Xiaolei will lose money!"

Secretary Wang glared at the village chief.

He wasn't worried that Lai Shenglei would set a trap for him; he was worried that the factory would cause Lai Shenglei to lose money.

These conditions are too good to be true, so good that Secretary Wang doubts whether this business can last. Are dehydrated vegetables really that profitable?

The village chief, having recovered from his initial joy, slapped his forehead and said, "What you say makes sense."

Indeed, with over a hundred people and a monthly salary of one thousand, wouldn't that amount to 100,000 in payouts each month? That's terrifying!

"Also, the land contracting is a problem."

Secretary Wang thought for a moment and said.

"Isn't this something we can decide?"

The village chief asked in confusion.

"It's not that simple. At the very least, we need to apply to the town government. Do you think the town government will agree?"

Secretary Wang asked.

"If it were me, I would have snatched it."

The village chief answered without hesitation.

"That's right, that's exactly it."

Secretary Wang nodded.

The town government is envious of a factory that can provide more than a hundred jobs, and they can offer better conditions than those in Shibalipu Village. Moreover, they are blocking the land approval process in Shibalipu Village and preventing the contract from being made.

"Then how?"

The village chief scratched his head and said that he had a lot of crooked ideas, but he was really helpless when it came to this kind of thing.

Secretary Wang took a deep breath, waved to the village chief, and said, "You go out first, I'll think of a solution."

The village chief nodded: "Alright, then you can think about it slowly. I'll go find my in-laws and get to know them better."

Watching the village chief's departing figure, Secretary Wang pondered for a moment, finally exhaling before walking to the telephone and picking it up: "Hello, is this Old Zhao? This is Wang Shouzhi. I... I'd like to ask you for a favor..."

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The village chief came out of the village brigade and did not see Michael. He thought that Michael must have gone to Li Xin's house, so he walked towards Li Xin's house. As soon as he arrived at Li Xin's house, he saw a large group of beautiful women gathered at the door.

These women, dressed in strange clothes and with different hair colors, were mostly foreigners!

"Is this Ashin's house? Did Ashin grow up here?"

"I don't think so. This house is obviously newly built."

"No matter what, this is Ashin's home!"

The group of women stood at the door of Li Xin's house, looking around curiously, as if they had never seen the world before.

A two-story cement house is nothing special, but this house is Li Xin's home, so it's different.

When Li Xin came out of his house, he immediately welcomed the group of women inside. After they were all inside, Li Xin noticed the village chief standing outside and said to him, "Village chief, you've come in! Please come in and sit down!"

The village chief beamed and said, "Ah Xin, you really are the most promising child in our Shibali Village!"

Li Xin felt a little shy after being praised so much by the village chief.

Honestly, while that's true, it still makes me feel embarrassed to say it so directly, village chief!

"Ah-Xin, were those people you were seeing outside too?"

The village chief asked Li Xin with a smile.

"Village chief, those are my colleagues, don't talk nonsense!"

Li Xin quickly shook his head. He had already gone to great lengths to get Secretary Wang to accept his relationship with Lai Shenglei and Mao Lixia. If he did this again, Secretary Wang would really want to kill him.

"Ah-Xin, those are possible!"

The village chief said with a smile.

Li Xin shook his head repeatedly: "Village chief, those really aren't it."

Seeing Li Xin's firm denial, the village chief's smile vanished, and he glared at Li Xin, saying, "You good-for-nothing!"

Li Xin: "..."

No, didn't you just say I was the most promising kid in Shibalipu Village...?

Chapter 645 Well done, young man!

Inside the office, a man wearing a dark, old-fashioned jacket put down his phone, a faint smile playing on his lips.

Wang Shouzhi, so you've finally come to need my help...

The man leaned back in his chair, his fingers tapping lightly on the table.

The man felt a surge of satisfaction at the thought that Wang Shouzhi, who once had a promising future, was now stuck in a remote and impoverished village as a low-level village cadre, even having to lower himself to beg him for help.

However, when his old colleague asked him for help, he naturally had no choice but to help. Not for any other reason than that his old colleague had given him the opportunity to work in the provincial capital, so he should help that old colleague, shouldn't he?

However, it would be too embarrassing to do such a basic thing by myself.

After thinking for a moment, the man pressed the intercom button and said in a low voice, "Secretary Li, come over here."

"Yes, Secretary Zhao."

Secretary Li answered very quickly, as if he were standing right next to the phone.

After giving instructions, the man waved for Secretary Li to leave, but then suddenly remembered something and said to her, "Wait, the president of the Dongying Kagura Group is coming to our province to investigate the business environment. He happens to be in Jinghai right now. Could you please host him and make sure to bring his investment to our city?"

"Yes, Secretary Zhao, I understand."

Secretary Li's answer was very concise and to the point, without any boasting or hesitation. He also didn't bombard Secretary Zhao with questions, which was exactly what Secretary Zhao appreciated most about him—he always completed orders flawlessly.

The man waved for Secretary Li to leave, leaned back in his chair, and suddenly, as if remembering something, laughed again.

Wang Shouzhi begged and pleaded for help to open a dehydrated vegetable factory, while he was about to receive investment from a large Japanese conglomerate. The gap between the two was widening!

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The next day, Lai Shengrui arrived in Jinghai with Li Xin. After some disguise, Lai Shengrui once again transformed into "Tia Heinz".

The dehydrated vegetable factory is just an appetizer. When Laishenglei came to the Central Plains, he was not just there to invest in such a dehydrated vegetable factory. He had other, larger projects to invest in, but these projects were beyond the capacity of Shibalipu Village. At least Jinghai, a prefecture-level city, could barely handle them.

With such a large investment, it would be inappropriate to use the identity of Sheng Lei; it would be more convenient to use Tia Heinz.

“Xiao Lei, I feel like you’re getting more and more used to posing as Tia Heinz.”

Li Xin joked.

Laisheng Rui smiled slightly and said, "Because I am actually Tia Heinz! To be honest, Laisheng Rui is my fake identity."

The name "Tia" is a transliteration of the German word for "tears." Tia Heinz is actually the real name of Kisugi Rui. It was only after Michael's murder that Marie changed her surname to "Kisei" to escape being hunted down.

Li Xin paused for a moment, then said to Lai Sheng Lei, "But I still prefer 'Lai Sheng Lei'."

Regardless of Lai Sheng Lei's true identity, when Li Xin first met her, she was Lai Sheng Lei, and it was under this identity that she accompanied Li Xin for longer.

Lai Sheng Lei rolled her eyes at Li Xin: "Then why were you having so much fun playing 'Persian Cat' before?"

Li Xin grinned mischievously and leaned closer to Lai Shenglei: "So, will you let me play or not?"

Lai Sheng Lei realized that Li Xin had indeed turned bad; the old Li Xin would never have been like this. She patted Li Xin's chest and said, "Let's see how you behave!"

As the two were flirting, Mai Zhuo drove up in a luxury car and said to the two bosses with a blank expression, "Bosses, the time we arranged to meet with the deputy mayor of Jinghai City is approaching."

Damn it, everyone else is on vacation but she's being dragged into working overtime, what bad luck!

With outsiders present, Li Xin and Lai Shenglei had to restrain themselves and get into the luxury car. Li Xin asked Lai Shenglei, "Little Lei, are you going to see the vice mayor of Jinghai?"

"Yes, I have arranged to meet with the vice mayor of Jinghai who is in charge of investment promotion today to discuss investment matters."

In the next life, I'll nod with tears in my eyes.

"The deputy mayor..."

Li Xin took a deep breath. The highest official he had ever met in his life was the mayor of the neighboring town. To jump several ranks to see the deputy mayor made Li Xin a little nervous.

Of course, in the past two years, Li Xin has encountered many people whose status exceeds that of a deputy mayor of a prefecture-level city. Not to mention extraordinary experts, even special-level experts have a much higher status than a deputy mayor of a prefecture-level city, but that's different!

"Welcome, welcome, Miss Heinz! I am the Vice Mayor of this city in charge of commerce and government services. My surname is Wang. If there is anything I have done to neglect you, please let me know and I will correct it immediately!"

Contrary to Li Xin's expectations, this deputy mayor of a prefecture-level city not only lacked any authority, but even showed some obsequiousness in front of Lai Sheng Lei.

And this Ms. Heinz in front of us recently donated a lot of cultural relics to the National Museum of China without batting an eye, and also donated tens of millions to the National Museum of China to renovate the venue. Even her casual donations are so generous. If she were to invest, it would be hundreds of millions!

It can be said that in the following years, whether Vice Mayor Wang would be promoted or "exiled" depended entirely on the CEO of the Heinz Group.

Yes, that's right, the Heinz Foundation.

These days, Lai Shenglei has been quite busy. She and Uncle Nagaishi have integrated the inheritance left to her by Kranaf and her original assets to form a huge multinational conglomerate—the Heinz Foundation. Naturally, Tia Heinz has become the CEO of the Heinz Foundation. Lai Shenglei is currently contacting the Jinghai Municipal Government under the identity of Tia Heinz and has expressed her investment intentions.

After Vice Mayor Wang finished speaking, the translator next to him immediately tried to translate what he said to Lai Shenglei. Lai Shenglei smiled and said in fluent Chinese, "Mayor Wang, there's no need to translate. I speak Chinese. We can communicate directly in Chinese."

Upon hearing that Lai Shengrui spoke such fluent Chinese, Vice Mayor Wang was taken aback for a moment, then immediately laughed again: "Miss Heinz, your Chinese is truly fluent!"

Lai Shenglei, holding Li Xin's arm, said to Vice Mayor Wang, "My boyfriend taught me. It's because my boyfriend is from Jinghai. He said Jinghai is a very good city, which is why I came to Jinghai to invest."

"Is this gentleman from Jinghai?"

Vice Mayor Wang looked at Li Xin with a surprised expression.

Li Xin felt a little embarrassed by Vice Mayor Wang's gaze, and he said, "Yes."

Well done, young man!

Vice Mayor Wang couldn't help but give Li Xin a thumbs up. This womanizing is actually boosting GDP! Not only is he bringing glory to the country, but he's also benefiting it!

With Li Xin as an ally, Vice Mayor Wang's confidence in securing investment increased significantly. He said to Lai Shenglei, "Miss Heinz, regarding the investment..."

"Five hundred million."

The seemingly casual remark, "Tears in the next life," nearly made Vice Mayor Wang's heart leap out of his chest.

Five hundred million RMB! Think of how many jobs that would create! Think of how much GDP that would boost!

Vice Mayor Wang seemed to have already envisioned himself on the fast track to promotion, and his gaze towards Li Xin became even more amiable.

Well done, young man!

"Five hundred million RMB? Miss Heinz, on behalf of the people of Jinghai City, I thank you for your kindness!"

Vice Mayor Wang spoke with genuine sincerity.

Lai Shenglei shook his head slightly and said to Vice Mayor Wang, who looked puzzled, "Mayor Wang, you've got it wrong. I meant five hundred million marks."

Five hundred million marks!?