I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

"You little bastard, how dare you push me!"

The man clearly hadn't expected Jia Yi to retaliate. He received a solid slap to the face and stood there dumbfounded.

"You little brat, are you tired of living?!"

The man roared out Japanese words full of trilled consonants, which sobered Jia Yi up a little.

He looked closely and finally saw the person clearly. He noticed that the person was wearing a shirt with rolled-up sleeves, and had large floral tattoos on their arms.

He was a tattooed man who didn't look like someone to mess with.

Chapter 457 Kanzaki Group

With Jia Yi absent from the table, the atmosphere of the gathering suddenly became quite cold. After what seemed like an eternity, someone suddenly asked:

"How long has Jia Yi been in the restroom? Why isn't he back yet?"

"I'm afraid they fell in," Guo Xiaoran said with a smile.

Guo Lichuan looked at the door with some concern: "Did she throw up?"

Guo Xiaoran shook his head and said, "Don't worry about him. If he really throws up, he definitely won't want anyone to see it."

Lu Chujiu frowned and said, "I've heard that some people have choked on their own vomit and suffocated to death. What if something goes wrong..."

Guo Lichuan, supporting himself on the table, prepared to get up: "I'm going to find him."

Guo Xiaoran pressed him down, saying, "I'll go, I also want to go to the restroom."

Guo Xiaoran stood up unsteadily, pushed open the bathroom door, and was startled by what he saw.

Jia Yi was seen huddled in a corner with his hands covering his head, while a man in a vest with a floral tattoo on his back was kicking him hard, cursing as he did so.

The effects of their brotherly camaraderie at the dinner table hadn't yet worn off when Guo Xiaoran, overcome with a surge of adrenaline, rushed over and grabbed the man from behind.

The man with the floral tattoo had also drunk quite a bit. When he was grabbed, he didn't react for a moment and started flailing his arms and legs wildly, punching and kicking. Jia Yi ended up taking even more hits.

Guo Xiaoran also took an elbow strike to the forehead from the man, and his eye felt like it had split open, stinging painfully. He cried out:

"Jia Yi, what are you doing?!"

Jia Yi didn't have time to answer him. He crawled out from the corner of the wall using both hands and feet. He was kicked in the stomach again and was wincing in pain when his fingers suddenly touched something hard.

Coincidentally, the shop recently had a rat infestation. The owner suspected that the rats were coming from the drain in the bathroom, so he would put a brick on the drain when the shop was open.

Jia Yi's hand touched this brick.

"Jia Yi! Get out of here! Go get someone!"

Guo Xiaoran's hands were still locked around the arms of the man with the floral back, but he was starting to lose his grip. The man was incredibly strong; it was beyond the control of a scholar like Guo Xiaoran.

Jia Yi stood up silently, but did not go out to call for help. He held a brick in his hand, his bruised and red eyes staring intently at the man.

"Snapped!"

Guo Xiaoran released his grip, and the man with the flowery back in his arms stared in disbelief, took two steps back, and fell heavily against the wall, a line of blood running down his forehead.

"Thud!" The brick in Jia Yi's hand fell to the ground.

……

At 11 p.m., Qin Yunchu was sitting in her room applying a face mask and playing on her phone when she unexpectedly received a call from Lu Chujiu.

She answered the phone: "Hello, Chu Jiu, what's wrong?"

After hearing the voice coming from the microphone, Qin Yun Chu frowned slightly: "...Jia Yi and Guo Xiao Ran hit someone?"

After a while, she suddenly sat up: "You've been detained?"

The face mask fell off her face, and she gasped, "Are they attacking the Yakuza here? Or just a minor leader?"

"They said we need to pay money to ransom them?"

After hanging up the phone, Qin Yunchu sat on the bed, lost in thought.

She had absolutely no idea how to handle something like this happening abroad.

You could tell from their voice that they weren't good people. How did Jia Yi and Guo Xiaoran manage to mess with someone like that?

After thinking of a solution for a while, she quickly got up and knocked on the doors of every room in the production crew, from the director to the assistants, and called a meeting that very night.

Fortunately, the translator knew some locals and understood the situation. He communicated with the other party twice by phone and learned that the other party was an Akuzan from a group called the Kanzaki Group.

The Japanese Yakuza organizations are similar to the hierarchical structure of the Japanese samurai class, with clear but not strict ranks. The organization is roughly divided into three levels: family, association, and group.

"Family" is the largest organization, such as the Sumiyoshi Family, the Kohei Family, and the Nakazato Family.

The leaders in these "families" are the patriarchs, and they generally maintain the superior-subordinate relationship through methods such as adoptive father, adopted son, or sworn brothers.

Below the house is the "Association", such as the Inagawa Association, Honda Association, etc.

A "guild" is generally composed of many "groups". In terms of scale, a "group" is the smallest organizational structure, except for the famous "Yamaguchi-gumi".

The Yamaguchi-gumi grew from a small organization into the most powerful violent group.

The group can be further subdivided into more subgroups. For example, if a member performs well in the group, the leader will let him develop his own organization. In this way, the member can become the leader of a new subgroup while still maintaining the superior-subordinate relationship.

Of course, there are some more intricate details involved, but for Qin Yun Chu, none of that matters anymore.

The important thing is how to get the group of people detained there back.

Her first thought was to call the police, but after careful consideration, the group realized that they couldn't call the police immediately this time.

Since it was their own people who injured the other side, if things really escalated, Jia Yi and the others might end up being locked up in the orange shed.

If they get locked up, will the show still be able to continue? This show has such a high level of public attention, and if this incident is exposed in China, it will definitely cause a huge public outcry.

Their artists are the company's property, and if they are arrested for committing crimes abroad, it can easily damage their popularity.

After all, public opinion can amplify stains, and even small mistakes can be blown out of proportion, let alone if someone is actually arrested.

Qin Yunchu had just arrived in Japan to take command, and although this matter had nothing to do with her, she would definitely take the blame.

They had no room to bargain with the other party; judging from their tone, they had already found out what these people did for a living.

As a local yakuza organization, they have a million ways to disrupt their shows.

When you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. Every day they're in Japan, they're spending a lot of money, they can't afford to delay or wait, the program can't be paused, they have to get the person out immediately.

Qin Yunchu held the meeting for most of the night, until three or four in the morning. Everyone was exhausted. After several rounds of communication and sending a lot of money to the other party, they finally agreed to let the people go back.

But after waiting for a long time at the hotel entrance, only Meng Xing, Guo Lichuan, and Lu Chujiu returned looking dejected.

Qin Yun Chu hurriedly went to greet them, anxiously asking, "Where are Guo Xiao Ran and the others? Why are only a few of you back?"

Meng Xing and the other two exchanged a helpless glance and said, "They refuse to release him."

"Why won't you release them? We've already paid the money, why won't you release them?"

Meng Xing gave a bitter laugh and said, "They said that we, as foreigners, injured their people but didn't even show up, showing no sincerity."

"Isn't this cheating?!" Qin Yun Chu exclaimed anxiously.

Meng Xing said, "Guo Xiaoran and Jia Yi were detained by them because they both got into a fight. They said they would release them after they had reflected on their actions. Both of them were tied up."

"What about Jinlan? Why did they leave Jinlan behind?" Qin Yunchu asked hurriedly.

Meng Xing shook his head and said, "I don't know about that..."

Guo Lichuan hesitated for a moment before speaking, "I have a feeling that the other side's leader seems to have taken a liking to Jin Lan..."

Upon hearing this, Qin Yun Chu was instantly enraged and began cursing, "These inhuman, beastly Japanese devils!"

The crowd behind him also started cursing:

"That's right! Fighting the Japanese devils is the duty of every Chinese person! It's good enough that we didn't wipe them all out!"

"These people are utterly despicable! Inhuman beasts!"

But simply cursing wouldn't do any good. Meng Xing remained silent, pondering what to do.

Although the yakuza do all sorts of things, they are not completely lawless and may not actually commit any crimes.

The Metropolitan Police Department recently conducted a cleanup operation. If they were to actually take action against their own people, things could escalate and they wouldn't be able to handle the situation.

Although the leader seemed to have his eye on Jin Lan, the other party always treated them with courtesy and did not lay a hand on them while they were there. Jin Lan was relatively safe there, otherwise they would not have returned with peace of mind.

The problem now is, how do we get them back?

Meng Xing thought for a moment and said, "What they mean is that we need to send someone over, otherwise they won't let us go easily. They're in such a hurry to see our production team, they probably have something on their mind."

"Even if we know they have ulterior motives, there's nothing we can do if we're being held by them!" someone said from behind.

Qin Yunchu remained silent for a moment, then turned around and looked at the other staff members of the program crew.

"Has anyone volunteered to go and ransom them?"

Everyone shrank back, took a half step back, and remained silent.

They were cursing fiercely just now, but now that you actually let them do it, they're chickening out.

The other side is, after all, a group of yakuza, an incomprehensible bunch of lunatics. It's a den of dragons and tigers; who would dare to venture into it?

They're just wage earners trying to make a living. Why risk their lives for a few hundred yuan a month?

Meng Xing smiled wryly and said, "I can go, but it might be useless for me to go back like this. They specifically asked for the person in charge on our side to go."

Qin Yun Chu gritted her teeth and said, "Fine, I'll go myself!"

After saying that, she ignored the people around her and stormed back to the hotel to change her clothes.

She was wearing a trench coat that she had just grabbed from the closet in her haste, and it looked awful.

After changing her clothes, she took a deep breath and walked out of the room, but before she could take two steps, her legs went weak, and she leaned against the wall and sat down on the ground with a thud.

She was in an unfamiliar place, and she was going to negotiate with a group of yakuza. Even grown men would be afraid of that. How could a girl have the courage to go?

She said she was going in a fit of anger, but that was just to put on a show of being the first to go, thinking that someone would pull her back and volunteer to go in her place.

As it turned out, she overestimated the courage of these people; not a single one dared to go!

She squatted on the ground, unable to stand up, and felt like crying but had no tears.

She wouldn't dare go alone!

Suddenly, a figure appeared in her mind.

Chen Ya.

At this moment, the only one who can save her is the all-powerful Chen Ya!

Although she felt that no matter how extensive Chen Ya's connections were, they were definitely limited to the entertainment or scientific circles and had nothing to do with these violent groups.

But now she has no one else to rely on, so she can only choose to trust Chen Ya!

Qin Yunchu leaned against the wall to get up, walked shakily to Chen Ya's door, and raised her hand, which hovered in the air.

I wanted to knock on the door, but I felt too embarrassed to do so.

Thinking about it carefully, she was the one who confidently promised to help Chen Ya, but in the end, she caused Chen Ya so much trouble.

She herself felt embarrassed.

After much hesitation, Qin Yun finally made up his mind and knocked on the door.

I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do about it.

I'll repay him double in the future. If he ever goes bankrupt or has bad luck, I'll support him for the rest of my life!

So, after two busy days, Chen Ya, who had finally managed to get a good night's rest, was woken up again by a knock on the door.

Inside the pitch-black room, Chen Ya stared at the pale ceiling and sighed deeply.

Everything is predestined, and nothing is up to us. If he is destined to lack sleep, there's no escaping it.

He has now decided that if it is Qin Yunshang outside, he will definitely charge her some interest.

Just then, Qin Yun Chu's voice rang out from outside the door: "Chen Ya, are you awake? Open the door, it's me, Qin Yun Chu!"

"..."

Chen Ya opened the door, looking exhausted, and Qin Yun Chu rushed in.

"Chen Ya, please help me! Something terrible has happened!"

"What's wrong? Speak slowly," Chen Ya pulled her to sit down.