Chapter 297 Eyeliner in Kabukicho

Chapter 297 Eyeliner in Kabukicho

The Chinese people are industrious, brave, and intelligent. As long as there is a gap, they can still survive well in unfamiliar soil.

Xu Tianmu was one of the earliest batch of trainees dispatched by Ikeda trainees. After paying Ikeda's 1.8 million yen fee in the first year, he spent some more money to buy back the trainee's contract. Became a free agent staying in Japan.

Xu Tianmu is worthy of being a nine-headed bird in the sky. He is very shrewd, but he is also hard-working.

The job he was assigned was an underground drain cleaning worker belonging to the Tokyo Municipal Government. His daily job was to dredge the sewer. This job was not too tiring, but it was very dirty. He worked ten hours a day and had six days off every month. .

Unlike other trainees who go to the factory and try to work overtime to earn more overtime pay during the holidays, Xu Tianmu will take a rest during the holidays, but it's not really a rest. He spends this time in the language school.

In half a year, he could speak Japanese fluently, and in a year, he had mastered English proficiently. Then he bought back the contract of a trainee and became an insider in Kabukicho Ichibangai.

An insider, in layman's terms, is a tour guide or a guide, but in a specific environment, its meaning will change. For example, an insider in Kabukicho can be directly understood as a pimp, but it is not as blatant as a pimp. .

Who made all kinds of businesses in Kabukicho comply with Japanese laws?

Since it is taking people to a legal place for consumption, the derogatory meaning of pimping cannot be pinned on the person involved in the case. It is more appropriate to use a word in Beijing dialect to describe the person involved in the case, that is "patchwork".

Nowadays, Japan's economy is developing, and various clubs have a huge "entertainment fee". Every day, Kabukicho Street can generate hundreds of millions of yen in turnover, and on good days it can exceed 1 billion.

Not to mention the bosses of the various stores here, even the characters of Mama-san have an annual income of over 100 million yen. Among the more upscale venues in Ginza, there are public relations companies with an annual revenue of 1 billion yen.

Business is easy to do, and naturally there are many people who want to squeeze in to get a share of the pie.

Kabukicho is densely packed with shops, there is no vacancy at all, and there are so many shops, it is impossible for each shop to have different service content, so it will naturally fall into homogeneous competition and involution.

At this time, the role of the insiders came to the fore. They stood at the intersection of Yiban Street. Many people who were itchy and embarrassed to go in, wandering around the intersection, needed them to persuade them to come in and talk to them. There are stores that have signed a rebate agreement, and they send business to the store and earn a generous rebate for themselves.

If you meet a talkative customer, you can still get a certain amount of consumption from the customer, and the kickback is not low, ranging from a few thousand to tens of thousands of yen. If you can get a dozen or so transactions in one night, your monthly income will be good. over one million yen.

It was just after seven o'clock in the evening, and the shops in Kabukicho Street were not yet open for customers. There are only three or two sporadic tourists on the first street, most of whom are tourists who come purely to satisfy curiosity.

Under the lamppost outside the KOMA Theater in One-chome Center, Xu Tianmu was leaning alone on the railing on the street, smoking a cigarette while worrying in his heart.

After being a trainee for five or six months, Xu Tianmu discovered that there was a very high-paying job in Kabukicho Street, a grotesque place of fireworks. So, after learning about the situation, he went back to continue working as his dredger, and at the same time signed up for more English courses.

After coming to Tokyo for a full year, he became the first Chinese insider in Kabukicho Street.

In just a few months, he has developed from a little bum who has no background and can only pick up scraps in the cracks of various forces, to a site with two streets, with four, Five people followed him to eat and work.

Of course, the site here is not the "site" of Young and Dangerous, which means that he and his subordinates are only qualified to solicit customers on these two streets, while other insiders cannot enter these two streets.

The difficulties and risks experienced during this period are almost countless.

He can achieve what he is now, although there is a lot of luck in it, but more is due to his own hard work, daring to fight, and perseverance to never give up.

But now he was facing a difficult problem, which made him shrink back.

More than half a month ago, his protector in Kabukicho, the leader of the Shinjuku office of the Sumiyoshi Association, Kumata Shogo, committed suicide because he could not complete the protection fee task assigned by the organization on time.

At the first moment when he heard the news, he subconsciously thought that it must be just an April Fool's joke. How could a majestic big boss who was swarming around Kabukicho commit suicide, and it was for such an absurd reason.

However, the subsequent facts told him that this was not a joke. His protector is also his good friend Kumata-san, and the cherry blossoms in his hometown are in bloom.

The benefits here in Kabukicho are huge. Not only Tokyo is looking at the taxes here, but also various associations and groups are also looking at the protection fees here. No one can monopolize the benefits here. Every six months, the forces here will face a reshuffle. .

They will meet at the foot of a quiet mountain for a multiplayer, unlimited fighting match that involves punching to the flesh and slashing to the bone with knives.

Kumata Masago won the bottom place in the competition three months ago, and now the protection fee share of the Sumiyoshi Association has decreased. Unfortunately, the monthly protection fee assigned by the higher-level organization has a fixed amount, and it is not because of Kumata Masato's commitment. Fail to reduce.

As the team leader, Kumada Zhenggang exhausted all his thoughts and insisted on completing the task of membership dues for three months. But in the fourth month, he found that he couldn't make up the high fee anyway.

Kumada-san, who lost the game and was very loyal to the organization, felt that he was ashamed of his trust in the organization and felt that he had lost face as a man, so he finally committed suicide by swallowing a gun at home with a feeling of shame.

Although Xiong Tian's death was absurd and heroic, it brought Xu Tianmu a life-and-death crisis.

The reason why he can own two streets of land in this money-absorbing place is all due to the care of Xiong Tianzhenggang. After losing the protection of this big backer, his territory immediately became a brat who swaggered through the market with tens of millions of yen in his hand, but had no power to restrain a chicken. Anyone could come up and flirt.

Within a week after Kumata's death, his men clashed with members of other insider groups almost every day. And the South Koreans on the street of the district office next door have openly ran to his theater street to solicit customers.

Without Xiong Tian's cover, Xu Tianmu was about to lose his foothold in Kabukicho. For him, he urgently needed a backer.

Xu Tianmu had been standing at the gate of the KOMA theater for about half an hour.

This is a habit he developed after he started working as a case insider. He doesn’t know when, before starting work every night, he likes to stop at the entrance of this theater with a square appearance but an ancient Greek-style ring structure inside. One stop, let yourself relax for a while.

This theater may be the only place in Kabukicho Street that does not involve sex. Most of the performances here are Japanese traditional arts such as Noh, Kyogen, and Enka, as well as Western plays such as operas and ballets. Occasionally there will be some Pop singers hold several concerts here.

Xu Tianmu was born in China as a student of sample plays. In the early 1970s, he was a pillar of the publicity team of the commune, and he was also regarded as a practitioner in the art world.

It may be for this reason that he feels that only here can he calm down his impetuous mood, which is disturbed by various complicated things.

It's a pity that today's very effective habit on weekdays can't calm down his mood. He looked at the scattered cigarette butts under the trash can beside him, and took out the last cigarette from the cigarette case.

After smoking this one, no matter what mood he was in, he had to force himself to play his role with a smile on his face.

Maybe it was because he smoked too much when he was worried, the original Qixing cigarette was mellow and refreshing, but now he smoked it so bitter and dry, just like his mood at the moment.

After losing his protector, Xiong Tian, ​​how to solve the dilemma surrounded by wolves, he thought for a long time just now, but he still had no idea.

"Forget it, let's take one step at a time, there is no unparalleled road, and you can always find a way." He comforted himself with some helplessness.

Then he extinguished most of the remaining cigarettes, and said to himself in his heart: "It's better to hurry up and work, earn a little bit, let's talk about it first."

...

"School beauty, tell me, which type of person in this world is the least tight-lipped?"

Under an overpass not far from Kabukicho, Nanyi and Xiaohua stood next to a street performer playing the saxophone, listening to him play a very familiar song "Going Home".

"President, it should be a man who has become lustful in front of women on special occasions."

Although Xiaohua's answer was a bit tactful, Nan Yi understood the meaning in the words, which was similar to what he thought. When the lustful heart sprouts, in front of women, too many men's mouths will become unguarded.

If you don't lock the door, it's easy to sniff out some useful news.

Whether it's in Ginza or in Kabukicho here in Shinjuku, ghosts should put some eyeliner on them. Before the recession, most of the people who can come to Kabukicho for consumption are the middle and high-level members of various clubs.

At this time, the consumption level of Kabukicho is very high. If you use your own money to play, you can come there once or twice a month at most, which is too much, unless the rest of the day is too late.

And the middle and high-level people can use the entertainment expenses in the club, and they can come over every now and then to have a good time. I have to say that the current economic situation in Japan is very good, and many club benefits are not available.

And from the mouths of these middle and high-level people, a lot of useful information can be heard. This information can be transformed into a reference and guideline for Nanshi's Japanese Raiders.

"Hey, Tianmu, so you are here." Just as Xu Tianmu was about to leave, he suddenly heard a somewhat familiar voice not far away.

He turned his head and saw a young man waving at him across the street. Under the blurred light of the neon lights, the man's appearance was not clear, but his figure looked very familiar.

Xu Tianmu took a few steps in that direction, and the man opposite also came to meet him.

When there was still about ten meters between the two, Xu Tianmu finally recognized who this man was, and suddenly, a burst of ecstasy flooded his whole body from the bottom of his heart in an instant.

"Sangmen Xing, why are you here?" Xu Tianmu hurriedly took a few steps to greet him.

He tried his best to stabilize his mind, but there was still a slight tremor in his voice.

With a steady smile on his face, Bao Xu also took two steps forward, then stretched out his hand and said, "Tianmu, I came here specially to look for you, and I didn't see you when I walked around Kabukicho Street just now." You, it was only when I ran into Lao Li on Yinghua Street that I realized that you were here."

Xu Tianmu held Bao Xu's hand vigorously, shook it enthusiastically several times, and said eagerly: "Oh, Sangmen Xing, I had a hard time looking for you. I was the one who was not clear at the beginning. There was still a big dragon like you in the barley, but I let you go. I regretted that I didn't sleep well for a few days.

Why did you come to see me today?

Is working in a factory not going well? If you don't like it, come to me, I'll help you buy out your status as a trainee, and we'll fight the world together here. "

Normally, Xu Tianmu would not be so subjective and impulsive when speaking. He has the blood of a nine-headed bird, and he has always been a shrewd person. When he speaks proactively like this, he also pulls people into the group with a little urgency and pleading. For him who is steady, he has never made such a mistake before.

However, the situation he faced was really too bad. For the past two days, he had been thinking of ways to break the situation to no avail. He was exhausted physically and mentally from worry, but when he suddenly saw Bao Xu, whom he regarded as his savior, his heart burst into ecstasy.

Under such violent mood swings, it is human nature to feel a little lost in speech and demeanor.

As for why Xu Tianmu attaches so much importance to Bao Xu, it has to start with Bao Xu’s elder brother, Bao Gang. It is said that Bao Gang is a martial arts star who was born with supernatural power. At that time, three of them were killed with bare hands.

The captain of the Bao village brigade saw that something serious had happened, and he had to be shot, no, Bao Gang had to escape quickly.

Bao Gang fled, went round and round to Tokyo, and joined an organization established by a Taiwanese in Tokyo. This organization is in the Shinjuku generation. It mainly deals in pachinko and underground casinos. It also has some strength in this side. Bao It is more than enough to cover Xu Tianmu as an insider in a case.

"Tianmu, you're too polite. Helping out is out of the question. I'm here because I want to make a fortune with you, Tianmu." Bao Xu didn't care about Xu Tianmu's gaffe, and just followed his words and used the word "help" His intention was misinterpreted, and then he took advantage of the situation to point out his intention to come tonight.

The job of an insider is mainly to deal with people. Xu Tianmu has been in this business for so long, and the skill of being obedient has almost become his instinct.

Bao Xu's words interrupted the joy in his heart, he recovered a little, and he immediately grasped the key point in this sentence.

"Partnership? Sangmen Xing, what do you mean by partnership?" Xu Tianmu asked with some vigilance. He faintly felt that he had completely miscalculated Bao Xu's intentions for coming today.

Bao Xu didn't answer his question, but turned sideways and pointed backwards: "Come here, Tianmu, let me introduce you to someone first. As for the partnership issue, we'll talk about it later."

Bao Xu introduced a "ghost" person Hei Mukai to Xu Tianmu, and then continued talking with Xu Tianmu.

On the other hand, Nanyi and Xiaohua seem to be a pair of tourists. They have already strolled around the first street of Kabukicho and seen all kinds of grotesque custom shops. The most surprising thing for Nanyi is a black signboard with only a white In the circle, there is an R in the middle, and there are three Chinese characters for membership in the lower right corner. I don’t know what kind of store this is.

He stood there and observed for a while, and found that a man and a woman entered in pairs. Combined with the "membership system" and the theme of this street, Nanyi understood.

It is estimated that the business items of this store revolve around the word "change".

On the other side, the conversation between Bao Xu and Xu Tianmu was coming to an end. Although Xu Tianmu looked a bit sad, he shook hands with Bao Xu solemnly, expressing his approval of the cooperation between the two parties.

Xu Tianmu's current mood is understandable. Although Bao Xu's joining can indeed solve his current predicament, the cooperation reached under this premise will definitely make him feel like an alliance under the city.

The content of the cooperation is also very simple. Bao Gang covers Xu Tianmu, and Bao Xu wants to send two people to these two streets. It is not for Xu Tianmu to be a pawn, but an equal relationship. The food in these two streets, both sides eat together.

Of course, this is only on the surface. Nanyi arranged for people to come here not to let them be insiders here. The main thing is to establish a good relationship with the staff in each store. If you have any news, you can tell them, and you can also exchange some benefits. .

As for why Nanyi didn't start from the perspective of opening a store, it was because the customers were too scattered, and it was impossible for him to bring all the customers to his store.

In addition, the shops here in Kabukicho are very difficult to open. There are not many old shops, and they are basically new shops that have not opened for a long time. Every few months, the shops here will be replaced by new owners.

The cramped size of the store and the limitation of service items all make it impossible to retain repeat customers. New customers must be continuously developed every day. The cost remains high and the work is tiring.

In addition, Nanyi has no interest in engaging in this kind of business.

He is interested in creating a club in Ginza, not just a place with public relations to accompany drinks, but a place between private clubs and traditional Ginza clubs, treating guests as a resource, and introducing them to each guest. Other guests who are suitable for his communication, do business similar to resource docking.

However, in order to support this kind of club, there needs to be a very capable mother-sang, and Nanyi has not yet found this candidate.