Tokyo Knights: The Odd Jobs X Files

Vice Mayor Wang is in charge of the economy, and Jinghai is a port city with developed foreign trade. Naturally, he is very familiar with the exchange rates of major international currencies. The current exchange rate between RMB and Mark is five to one. Five RMB can only be exchanged for one Mark, and it is even a little insufficient. In other words, Laishenglei's investment is 2.5 billion RMB!

"hiss……"

Vice Mayor Wang clutched his heart, and his secretary quickly offered him a nitroglycerin pill. Vice Mayor Wang swallowed it whole, then gave Li Xin a deep look.

Well done, young man!

This 2.5 billion investment can boost GDP by at least 5 billion, while Jinghai City's GDP last year was only around 40 billion. In other words, next year's GDP can conservatively grow by more than 12%. This... when the mayor is re-elected in a few years, who else but him!

"That's all for the first episode."

"Later Life Tears" continued.

"The first phase?"

Lai Shenglei smiled and said, "That's right. I am very optimistic about the economic development of the Central Plains. Your Jinghai City is one of the top cities in Handong Province with huge economic potential. Of course, I can't just invest such a small amount of money. So, the 500 million marks is only the first phase. In the next few years, I will continue to invest according to the development situation. I hope Mayor Wang will take good care of me."

The quick-acting heart medicine that Vice Mayor Wang had just swallowed instantly lost its effect. His eyes rolled back, and he was about to faint again. His secretary and translator pinched his philtrum and poured the whole bottle of quick-acting heart medicine into his mouth. It took them quite a while to revive him.

The first thing Vice Mayor Wang did when he woke up was to give Li Xin a thumbs up – "Well done, young man!"

When Lai Sheng Lei saw that Vice Mayor Wang had woken up, she said to him, "Mayor Wang, if you are not feeling well, I think we should talk about the investment another day. I will stay in Jinghai with my boyfriend for a while, so there is no rush for the investment."

"No, no, no, I'm perfectly healthy!"

Vice Mayor Wang pushed away his secretary and translator who were supporting him, wishing he could perform a "chest-breaking boulder" act on the spot to prove that he was in great health.

"That's fine, that's fine."

"Later Life Tears" nodded.

Just then, there was a knock on the office door. Vice Mayor Wang frowned and said to the person outside, "What is it? Don't you know I'm receiving distinguished guests? Whatever it is, we can talk about it later!"

The office door opened, and a young man who looked like a clerk cautiously said to Vice Mayor Wang, "Mayor Wang, the president of Kagura Group has suddenly come over and wants to talk to you about an investment..."

"What Kagura Group? You mean the Kagura Group from Japan?"

Vice Mayor Wang realized what was happening.

"Yes."

The clerk nodded vigorously and then said, "As you instructed before, whatever requests President Kagura has, we must do our best to fulfill them, so I..."

"This one……"

Vice Mayor Wang looked at Lai Shengrui and said without much hesitation, "You can let President Kagura wait first. Let me finish receiving the guests here. There should be a first-come, first-served order!"

The president of Kagura Group came to Handong Province for business research, and his first stop was Jinghai. Vice Mayor Wang naturally treated him well, wishing he could worship him. However, he was currently entertaining the CEO of the Heinz Group. On one hand, there was a confirmed investment of 2.5 billion, and on the other hand, there was an investment that was still uncertain. He didn't even need to think about how to choose.

Upon hearing Vice Mayor Wang's words, Lai Shenglei said, "Mayor Wang, don't worry about me. You go and receive the guests. My investment here is already finalized, and I won't withdraw it easily."

When Vice Mayor Wang heard Lai Shenglei say this, he was secretly pleased, but he still said, "How can that be? Miss Heinz, you arrived first, so of course I should give you priority."

Li Xin then said, "Mayor Wang, why don't we go with you to see President Kagura?"

"Isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

Vice Mayor Wang hesitated.

"fine."

Li Xin shook his head: "I am friends with the president of Kagura Group. She is coming to Jinghai, so I should do my best to be a good host."

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

Young man, what exactly are you doing out there?

Although he didn't understand how Li Xin knew both the CEO of the Heinz Foundation and the president of the Kagura Group, Li Xin's words had relieved his dilemma. He immediately said, "Alright, let's go and meet the president of the Kagura Group together."

In the waiting room, Kagura Chizuru sat quietly. Beside her, Secretary Li said to her, "President Kagura, look at that Vice Mayor Wang. He doesn't value you at all. He actually made you wait here. If it were our Jingzhou, we would never neglect a friendly businessman like you."

Kagura Chizuru glanced at Secretary Li and said to him calmly, "Please be quiet."

Secretary Li's lips twitched slightly, but he immediately shut his mouth in the face of Kagura Chizuru, who possessed an aura of sacred inviolability.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Mature huddled in a corner, afraid that Chizuru Kagura might "purify" her at any moment.

Damn it, I was dragged into working overtime during my vacation, and then I ran into Chizuru Kagura. This woman has disliked me for a long time. If she hadn't been with the male boss, this shrine maiden would have strangled me to death long ago.

Just then, Vice Mayor Wang brought Li Xin and Lai Sheng Rui to the waiting room. Upon seeing Kagura Chizuru, Li Xin immediately said, "Chizuru, why didn't you tell me you were coming to Jinghai!"

A smile suddenly appeared on Chizuru Kagura's cold face: "You never mentioned before that you were from Jinghai. If I hadn't met Mature, I wouldn't have known you were here."

Seeing the familiar way Li Xin and Kagura Chizuru were interacting, Vice Mayor Wang immediately understood that the Kagura Group's investment was secure!

He looked at Li Xin with excited eyes and said, "Well done, young man!"

Chapter 646 A Salted Fish Turns Over?

"Ah-Xin, your friend, won't you help introduce him?"

Lai Sheng Lei took Li Xin's arm and said to him.

Chizuru Kagura's gaze sharpened.

When Li Xin and Vice Mayor Wang first arrived, she noticed Lai Sheng Rui. To be precise, it would be hard for anyone, regardless of gender, not to notice a beauty like Lai Sheng Rui.

"Ah-Xin, is your job this time to be this Miss Heinz's bodyguard?"

Kagura Chizuru asked Li Xindao.

Li Xin smiled slightly and gently patted Lai Shenglei's arm as she held his, saying, "No, this time it's Tia who's accompanying me home for the New Year."

Then, turning to Lai Sheng Lei, she said, "Tia, this is my good friend Kagura Chizuru, who is also the president of the Kagura Group. If you have any business ideas for doing in Japan, I think Chizuru would be a great partner for you."

"Really? That's wonderful!"

Laisheng Rui smiled as she looked at Kagura Chizuru.

Kagura Chizuru's expression remained calm and composed as she said indifferently, "I have also heard of the Heinz Group's great reputation and was just wondering who was in charge of this suddenly appearing conglomerate. I never expected to meet Miss Heinz. It is truly an honor."

The two shook hands politely and then quickly let go. Although it seemed very harmonious, Vice Mayor Wang keenly sensed a faint tension.

Have the opportunity!

Seeing an opportunity, Vice Mayor Wang interjected, "President Kagura, Miss Heinz values ​​our Jinghai City highly and has decided to invest 500 million marks."

Five hundred million marks?!

Vice Mayor Wang's words made Secretary Li, who was standing next to him, gasp. Of course, he knew how much RMB 500 million represented and how much economic benefit an investment of 500 million marks could bring. It was a waste to invest 500 million marks in Jinghai City; it should have been given to Jingzhou City instead!

He didn't care about anything else and hurriedly said, "Miss Heinz, the business environment in Jingzhou is better than that in Jinghai. On behalf of the Jingzhou Municipal Government, I would like to invite you to visit Jingzhou for inspection. I believe you will definitely gain something from it."

Vice Mayor Wang was displeased. He knew Secretary Li's identity; he had seen Secretary Li next to Secretary Zhao when he went to a meeting in the provincial capital before.

Normally, Vice Mayor Wang would definitely be trying to curry favor with Secretary Li, but now that GDP is the priority, he doesn't care about Secretary Zhao at all!

Fortunately, Lai Shenglei's words quickly put Vice Mayor Wang at ease. Lai Shenglei smiled and said, "Never mind, I have to spend the New Year with my boyfriend and don't have time to go to Jingzhou. Let's talk about it another time."

These words left Secretary Li momentarily stunned.

Romantic relationships are never as important as work! Being love-struck is unacceptable; only work performance matters!

Secretary Li really wanted to shout this to Lai Shengrui, but Kagura Chizuru, after hearing Lai Shengrui's words, said instead, "Is that so? Then I won't go to Jingzhou. I'll stay in Jinghai. If I'm going to invest, I'll stay in Jinghai too. Consider it helping A-Xin build his hometown."

"How much does President Kagura plan to invest?"

Vice Mayor Wang rubbed his hands together.

“Since Miss Heinz has invested 500 million marks, then I will invest… 50 billion yen.”

Kagura Chizuru said calmly.

Vice Mayor Wang took a deep breath. Luckily, he had just taken a bottle of nitroglycerin, otherwise he would probably have fainted again.

He now desperately wants to hold Li Xin's hand and ask him his birth date and time so that he can build a shrine for Li Xin in gratitude for his contributions to Jinghai City.

Vice Mayor Wang was just about to faint, while Secretary Li was already on the verge of fainting.

No, 50 billion yen, more than 3 billion yuan, such a huge investment, just like that, went to Jinghai? Can Jinghai City handle so much foreign investment?

If I can catch it, I'll catch it even if it kills me!

Vice Mayor Wang clutched his heart and, with his last strength, said, "President Kagura, the people of Jinghai will remember your and the Kagura Group's help to Jinghai!"

Overwhelmed with excitement, Vice Mayor Wang even used a respectful title for Chizuru Kagura.

An investment of over 3 billion RMB! How many jobs will that create? How much tax revenue will it bring to Jinghai? Countless, simply countless!

"No need to thank me, thank Ashin instead. Ashin has helped me a lot, this is just returning the favor."

Kagura Chizuru glanced at Li Xin.

Vice Mayor Wang looked at Li Xin again, genuinely wanting to ask this young man, "What exactly do you do? How come you're serving these two wealthy women so well? With investments of billions at a time, are you trying to feed Jinghai City to the point of overflowing?"

Lai Sheng Rui smiled as she looked at Kagura Chizuru. She could see through Kagura Chizuru's resistance, but she didn't care.

She said to Vice Mayor Wang, "By the way, Mayor Wang, there's something I'd like to ask you for a favor."

"Please tell me!"

Faced with these two gods of wealth, Vice Mayor Wang seemed somewhat humble. After all, such immense wealth was too much to bear. If he were to let these two gods of wealth slip away because of his attitude, even suicide would not be enough to atone for his sins in front of the millions of people in Jinghai City!

"I plan to build a dehydrated vegetable factory in Shibalipu Village, which is under the jurisdiction of Jinghai City. I would appreciate it if Vice Mayor Wang could give me some guidance and expedite the procedures."

"Lai Sheng Lei said to Vice Mayor Wang."

Secretary Wang had thought about the possibility that the dehydrated vegetable factory might be snatched away by the neighboring town, and Lai Shenglei had naturally thought about it as well, but she didn't care because she knew someone would help her solve the problem.

"A dehydrated vegetable factory?"

Vice Mayor Wang and Secretary Li were taken aback. One was surprised that Laishenglei had invested billions of dollars, yet was still concerned about what a small dehydrated vegetable factory was doing.

Another surprise was the location of Shibalipu Village, which was the village that Secretary Zhao had asked him to visit.

"If Mayor Wang thinks this is against the rules... then just pretend I didn't say anything."

Lai Sheng Lei smiled slightly, employing a strategy of retreating to advance.

"No, no, no, how could it be against the rules! Valuing foreign investment is more in line with the rules than anything else in Jinghai!"

Vice Mayor Wang said repeatedly, while at the same time pondering why Lai Shenglei attached so much importance to this dehydrated vegetable factory.

Secretary Li looked at Lai Shenglei with a puzzled expression: "Miss Heinz, isn't that dehydrated vegetable factory in Shibali Village something the Japanese want to set up?"

Lai Sheng Lei was taken aback, not expecting that Secretary Li would know about the dehydrated vegetable factory in Shibalipu Village. However, she was good at improvising and immediately said, "That's right, that dehydrated vegetable factory is something my branch in Japan is going to set up. It's not part of the investment in Europa headquarters. How did this gentleman know about this? I remember that this plan was just discussed with the people in Shibalipu Village. I wonder how this gentleman found out?"

Secretary Li immediately perked up and said, "To be honest, I came to Jinghai because of this matter. Our leader and Secretary Wang of Shibalipu Village are good friends. Secretary Wang came to our leader for help with the factory issue, so he asked me to handle it."

When Vice Mayor Wang heard Secretary Li's words, he knew things were going to get bad.

He didn't understand before what was so important about this small village of Shibali that made Laishenglei go to such lengths. Now that he knows that Secretary Zhao has an old friend there, he immediately understands that this village is not simple. And Secretary Zhao and the village party secretary are good friends. What if the two of them say something and take away the investment that belongs to Jinghai City?

No, absolutely not!

Vice Mayor Wang immediately said, "Secretary Li, this is a matter for Jinghai. Jingzhou shouldn't interfere so much. I will handle it. If you have nothing else to do, just go back to Jingzhou."

Want a share of the investment? Dream on!

Secretary Li certainly wouldn't be dismissed with just a few words. If he were that kind of person, how could he have gained Secretary Zhao's favor?

He quickly said, "Mayor Wang, you're too kind. Even if you help me resolve this matter, I still need to visit the leader's friend and let him know that things have been taken care of!"

Vice Mayor Wang immediately became anxious.

You shameless secretary Li, how could you so brazenly claim credit for my work!

Secretary Li smiled at Vice Mayor Wang, looking nonchalant.

Yes, I'm going to steal your credit, what are you going to do about it?

Once the approval is granted, Secretary Wang will have no idea who pulled the strings. He'll just assume he asked Secretary Zhao for help, which is why the factory issue was resolved so easily. He'll be incredibly grateful to Secretary Zhao. When Secretary Li brings up the investment issue with Secretary Wang, won't Secretary Wang have to think twice?

Vice Mayor Wang was so angry he wanted to strangle Secretary Li. Just then, Lai Sheng Lei remembered something and said to Vice Mayor Wang, "By the way, Mayor Wang, there's something else I need to ask you. My father was saved by a man from the Central Plains military years ago. He came to the Central Plains with me this time hoping to meet his benefactor. We don't have many connections in the Central Plains, so I would appreciate it if you could help me find out where our benefactor is so we can have a chance to repay his kindness."

"Ah, Miss Heinz is repaying a debt of gratitude!"

Vice Mayor Wang immediately perked up.

If this helps the investor find a benefactor, wouldn't the investment in Jinghai City be even more secure?

He quickly said, "Miss Heinz, what is your benefactor's name and what are his characteristics? I'll have someone find out right away!"

Secretary Li seized the opportunity to say, "Ms. Heinz, when it comes to connections, it's clear that my superior has a wider network. I believe my superior is better able to help you find that benefactor."

Vice Mayor Wang glared at Secretary Li with murderous intent, but Secretary Li remained completely unfazed.