Becoming a Yakuza Boss from Tokyo

This is Long Yan's second night in this world. Walking on the commercial street, looking at the bustling street scenes around him, and recalling the bloody battle of last night, Long Yan still has a feeling that it is not real.

However, this unreal feeling was completely destroyed by Suzuki Sonoko's somewhat uninterested words.

“Hey, Long Yan, didn’t you say you would give us something interesting to try as a reward for being our guide for a day?

What is it?

Would you mind telling me a little bit?"

Suzuki Sonoko, carrying her schoolbag and putting her hands behind her head, walked as ruthlessly as Nobita Nobi. She seemed to be more interested in the clothing stores around the commercial street. Only after she passed the dazzling windows did she look at Long Yan, who was carrying large and small bags and seemed to be in a good mood, and asked softly.

Hey, hey, do you have to be so realistic, Sonoko? Although this face looks as ordinary as the author of this book after putting on glasses, can you not show the difference before and after as not so obvious?

With a twitching eye, Long Yan glanced at Suzuki Sonoko behind him, who had already put away her infatuated expression. After secretly complaining in his heart, he silently rubbed his slightly twitching eyebrows, and only then was he able to have a normal conversation with Suzuki Sonoko calmly.

"You'll know when the time comes. We do this to ensure your experience. Let's wait until we get to the place to reveal the answer."

Upon hearing this, Suzuki Sonoko simply raised her eyebrows slightly in disapproval of Ryuhiko's answer.

To be honest, since Long Yan mentioned the word "taste" and bought a bunch of ingredients that she couldn't recognize, it was easy for her to think of what kind of food it was.

However, as the second daughter of the Suzuki family, she subconsciously did not have much expectation for the food made by an ordinary student like Long Yan.

After all, as long as she wanted, she could easily eat all kinds of delicacies from land and sea. Even the top chefs known as the "Ten Greatest Chefs of Totsuki" in the Totsuki Tea House Culinary School would give her some face.

"Okay, Sonoko, you don't have to keep asking. Since Long Yan said he wants to give us a surprise, we just need to wait patiently with anticipation."

Seeing that Suzuki Sonoko was about to continue asking questions, Mao Lilan hurried out to smooth things over.

Xinghai University is not too far from Long Yan's home. Even if some time is spent on shopping in the commercial street, it only takes about an hour to return to the three-story storefront along the street.

The place where Ryuhiko lives is almost identical in structure to the Maori Ran family, with both having commercial shops on the first floor and storefronts for accommodation on the second and third floors. However, in order to make a living, Maori Kogoro not only converted the second floor into his "Mauri Detective Agency", but also rented out the street-side shops on the first floor.

Although the original owner, Ryuhiko Uesugi, did not live much better than Kogoro Mori before he was burdened with a debt of 300 million yen, his ancestors had once been wealthy. Even if he lost his family business, at least he had enough food and clothing. He simply rented out the store on the first floor, and used the second and third floors for him and Saito Takuma to live in. The entire third floor was Ryuhiko's own independent space.

He took out the key from his pocket and pulled up the shutter of the shop on the first floor of the storefront. He pointed to the tables and chairs in the store that were covered with a little dust and said softly, "This coffee shop has been put up for sale for more than half a month because the owner is addicted to horse racing. We are also asked to help deal with the equipment in the store because we haven't had time to clean the store yet. Sister Yuanzi, why don't you go to Sister Xiaolan's house and wait for me? I'll be there in a moment."

As he spoke, Long Yan, who was carrying a lot of bags, threw his schoolbag onto the booth of the coffee shop and went straight into the small kitchen, leaving Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko looking at each other in bewilderment.

Long Yan didn't let Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko wait too long. After only waiting for about half an hour, he walked out of the kitchen with a tray in his hand, holding three cups of drinks that looked like cold drinks.

But when he walked into the store and was about to go next door to look for Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko, he found that Mouri Ran was sitting at a booth in the store with a graceful appearance, while Suzuki Sonoko was lying on the round table of the coffee shop with an expression that said "I'll never love again".

Looking at Long Yan who was slightly stunned, before he could speak, Mao Lilan said softly with a smile: "I think there is still plenty of time, so I cleaned the store a little with Sonoko."

After Mao Lilan spoke, Suzuki Sonoko, who was lying on the table with a look of despair on her face, seemed to suddenly come to life. She clenched her fists and spoke to Ryuhiko with a vicious look on her face.

"Ahhh, this is so tiring, Long Yan, you kid, don't you just want Xiaolan and me to help you clean up?

If your surprise doesn’t satisfy me, I won’t let you go.”

Looking at Suzuki Sonoko's pretending to be fierce expression, and the two people in front of him who have completely different personalities but make people feel inexplicably warm, Long Yan raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and then responded confidently in a low voice: "I think I won't let you down."

"This treasure inherited from the Chinese nation is a top-notch delicacy with thousands of years of history. It is also known as the delicious Kuo Le from the oriental world. Its name is Wubao Yuhong Milk Tea.

enjoy your meal!"

As if to suit the occasion, a slightly childish introduction slowly came out of Long Yan's mouth.

However, Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko in front of him did not seem to pay attention to his introduction. Instead, they focused their eyes on the dazzling array of "crafts" in front of them, and even exclaimed in unison.

"so beautiful!"

In his previous life, although Long Yan had many business engagements, he did not like drinking. Unlike his business partners, his home did not have a wine cabinet and cocktail making tools to show off his taste.

Compared to wine, he prefers coffee and China's tea culture. Of course, as a derivative of tea culture, he also has a wide range of knowledge in milk tea, not to mention handmade items.

The reason why he chose to invite Suzuki Sonoko and Mao Li Ran to taste his craftsmanship was not only to thank them for accompanying him as guides to visit all the fighting clubs of Xinghai High School today, but also because of two famous gangster jokes he saw in his previous life.

Do you think Brazilian gangs are either selling arms or narcotics?

No, in their eyes, smuggling avocados is more profitable.

Do you think Japan's yakuza are still like the Yamaguchi-gumi 20 years ago, involving pornography, gambling and drugs?

No, their favorite thing is the milk tea shop that earns one million yen a month.

Through today's observations and the memories of the original owner, Uesugi Ryuhiko, Ryuhiko has already confirmed the plan in his mind.

In this world where cold drinks can only be obtained through ice cubes and vending machines, the three small cups of milk tea in front of him are his first shot in fighting against the Kowloon Group and accumulating advance funds.

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Chapter 23: Harvesting Wealth

Why do Japanese people like to drink milk tea?

Is it because it tastes good?

No, in Long Yan's opinion, they simply regard milk tea as a trend and a direction of development.

In Long Yan's previous life, as visual and social creatures, many Japanese considered it fashionable to have a cup of bubble milk tea in their hands. Some stores even ran out of bubble tea and came up with the idea of ​​painting bubble patterns on the bottom of the plastic cups used to hold milk tea.

But even so, there are still endless streams of Japanese people queuing outside the milk tea shops, paying for the bubble milk tea without pearls, just to make themselves appear "social" among their circle of friends.

This phenomenon also happened when the Demon Slayer movie was released. Many people who have not read the comics or even the animation would be considered "unsociable monsters" if they did not go to see the movie.

I have to say that when it comes to socializing, the Japanese are indeed a bit weird.

However, none of the above affects Long Yan's ability to make money from them.

It can be seen from the expressions of Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko that, even though they haven't tasted the food yet, the dazzling appearance alone is enough to attract their attention.

“Is this really for us to drink?

I've never seen a drink like this before, what are these colorful particles inside...?"

Obviously, in this world where milk tea has not yet become popular, the Japanese have invested too much energy in vending machines. After briefly introducing to the two what taro balls, coconut flakes and agar-agar are, Suzuki Sonoko couldn't wait to pick up the cup.

“Slurp!!!”

After taking a big sip from the straw and chewing the various side dishes that filled her mouth, Suzuki Sonoko's eyes suddenly turned into starry eyes of satisfaction.

"Good! No, it's delicious!

Isn’t this awesome?

The perfect combination of the bitterness of black tea and the mellow milk, plus these varied and extremely layered ingredients, how did you come up with such a drink?

Genius, absolute genius!"

Hearing the praises, Long Yan scratched his head in confusion.

To be honest, he had long forgotten the joy he felt when he drank milk tea for the first time, but at least judging from the performance of Suzuki Sonoko and Mao Li Ran, his experiment was successful. Even in this alien world of Japan, milk tea still has the potential to become a hit.

After all, even someone as introverted and reserved as Mao Lilan can hardly hide the love in her eyes, let alone those who have never tried it.

According to Long Yan's idea, this street-side store is his own, so first of all, he doesn't have to pay for rent. Secondly, it happened that the store was transferred. Although the original store was a coffee business, it has almost all the basic equipment such as ice makers, refrigerators, stoves, etc. Even though Japanese electrical appliances are expensive, he only needs to pay second-hand prices to get them, which saves another expense.

Since it is a store, naturally someone has to run it. Not to mention that I have to temporarily serve as a student in the Kendo Club of Xinghai High School to learn Rengoku Momojuro's Breathing of Fire, how can the boss do it himself?

However, as luck would have it, after the Uesugi family's ancestral dojo was mortgaged to a bank under the Kowloon Group, Saito Takuma, who was originally responsible for looking after the dojo and serving the fruits and vegetables in the dojo, suddenly became an unemployed vagrant. It was enough for him to be assigned to simple and clear mechanized work like making milk tea, and now even the biggest cost of personnel expenses was saved.

As for the most important promotion of a store...

Long Yan's eyes have fallen on Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko.

In Japan, there is also an instant messaging tool similar to WeChat, which is called "LINE" in this country.

As the second daughter of the Suzuki Group, Suzuki Sonoko already has unique resources.

As mentioned before, apart from her somewhat eccentric personality, Suzuki Sonoko can be said to be the best friend. She doesn't mind at all if her friends take advantage of her resources.

Of course, Long Yan did not intend to follow the Suzuki Group's path to promote his products, but as one of the leading conglomerates in Japan, no, even in the world, Suzuki Sonoko's circle cannot be underestimated at all. As long as she posts some photos on her LINE and does some publicity for herself, the effect of human-to-human transmission will be far greater than that of ordinary people.

This is basically how Long Yan’s internet-famous stores became popular in his previous life.

And Maori Lan...

In Japanese schools, there is a very strict concept of hierarchy. Whether in school or in class, there are pyramid-like interpersonal relationships. A player like Mao Lilan, who is good-looking, joins the karate club, and even represents the school as the captain to win the national competition, is definitely at the top of the pyramid.

Even though there is not much description of her in Conan's original work, it is estimated that there are admirers of her not only in Xinghai High School, but also in other schools.

Not to mention her boyfriend Shinichi Kudo, who is known as the "Sherlock Holmes of the Heisei era" and the "savior of the Japanese police."

Long Yan can now imagine the scene when the famous detective Kudo Shinichi appears in the newspaper, pointing one hand forward, making his signature pose "There is only one truth", and holding his milk tea in the other hand, "inadvertently" exposing his milk tea logo in the most conspicuous position.

Gee...

The picture was so beautiful that Long Yan almost laughed out loud.

Kukukukuku......

Besides, this is not the most profitable.

As long as he makes his own brand famous, he will be able to reap wealth at the fastest speed.

In his previous life, although he himself had never done it because he focused on CG (crossed out) and games, this business model was almost ruined in the circle.

Once his brand became popular, he no longer needed to sell milk tea; he could just sell the brand directly.

It is just like XX and XX Village in the previous life, which do not make money from their main products at all, but can make a lot of money just by collecting franchise fees.

A hotpot brand opened seven or eight hundred franchise stores across the country in less than two years, and earned three hundred million yuan in franchise fees alone.

The three hundred million here are actually RMB!

Not to mention the various other revenue sharing and management fees.

Of course, you can also say, I won’t join you, what’s so difficult about making milk tea, can’t I learn to make it myself?

Young man, you are too naive.

Not to mention the blessing of the words "first" and "authentic", when there is not much difference in price between the authentic and the counterfeit, why would the Japanese, who care so much about their reputation, choose the counterfeit?

Add to that promotions like one gets a free meal for two people, half-price for the second cup, and buy ten get one free with a points card, and even if the price of the raw materials for milk tea only accounts for 20% of the total selling price, how many self-operated stores can withstand his milk tea empire?

Besides, who can refuse a cup of milk tea that is exactly the same as the one made by Kudo Shinichi, the "Sherlock Holmes of the Heisei Era" and the "savior of the Japanese police"?

Just 300 million yen, haha!

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Chapter 24: Busujima Saeko

It has to be said that without considering further studies, the class time in Japanese schools is simply a boon for poor students. Classes start late in the morning and end early in the afternoon. This system has been used even in the era before the implementation of relaxed education.

Under this relaxed education system, Japanese students can have plenty of time to participate in club activities, which is something that Long Yan has always envied during his student days.

As for further studies...

If students really want to get into a good university, they will choose to attend cram schools on their own. There is nothing much to introduce about this. All you need to know is that studying in Japan is really easy.

For Long Yan, he naturally has no pursuit of academic qualifications, so he has plenty of time. Even if he uses the opportunity of "studying" at school to learn more about the country, it will not take up too much of his time. After all, the local environment shapes the local people, and the unspoken rules in each place are different.

Besides, with a debt of 300 million yen, it was impossible for him to spend the important initial funds on the high tuition fees and tutoring books. So after teaching Saito Takuma how to make milk tea, he immediately asked Saito Takuma to register a legal company as soon as possible.

At this point someone will surely ask, don’t you want to set up your own organization, defeat Kowloon, and trample this country under your feet?

What's the point of setting up a company?

Please, although the Japanese government and the Yakuza organizations have reached a tacit understanding and recognized the legal status of some Yakuza organizations, it does not mean that the Yakuza can do things that violate laws and regulations. Once an organization is identified as a violent group, not to mention that the organization will become the target of the government's crackdown, even ordinary people in the organization will suffer.

In Japan, Yakuza (gang members) who are classified as violent gangs cannot have their own bank accounts, cannot take out loans, cannot rent houses, and cannot sign mobile phone contracts. Public places such as hotels and bathhouses can also refuse to allow gang members to stay. Large companies are not allowed to have any financial dealings with violent gangs.

What's worse is that if you want to use your Yakuza identity to intimidate others, the moment you admit it, the police can immediately arrest you, which is absolutely harmful and has no benefit.

Therefore, even if Long Yan needs to use violence or even killing to solve problems at certain times, at least on the surface, he must not be a member of the Yakuza.

A company that appears to be legal and compliant is the ultimate form of Yakuza.

In this regard, Tony Stark's Stark Group has done a good job. Apart from his identities as a member of the Avengers and Iron Man, would you say he is an entrepreneur?

No, maybe he is the biggest gangster in America!

Therefore, a legal and clean company is the cornerstone for him to overthrow Kowloon. As for the dark side...just let him stay in the dark.

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Today is a new day after the opening ceremony and club recruitment, and it is also Long Yan's first day of "school". With the help of Saito Takuma to handle the formalities, after the short and boring class, Long Yan almost ran to the Kendo Club without stopping. He couldn't wait to have a sparring match with Momojuro, and it would be great if he could learn his Flame Breathing Technique.