Chapter 537 Fan Lili
It's still the same setting as when I came yesterday, with everyone holding a big bowl filled with porridge and gathering around the small square table with the dishes on it. Aunt Hao and her daughter were in the kitchen, sitting on a small stool and sipping porridge.
Tietou and Ajie were dozing in the quilt in the corner, waiting for them to finish their meal and go back to sleep. They are all out to make money, and no one tolerates anyone else's faults, whether they are sleepy or unable to afford it.
"Little sister, hurry up and serve a bowl of porridge to Brother Yan." Seeing Wang Yan coming back from the door, the chubby old ghost said with a smile: "How's it going, Brother Yan? He's from a foreign country. He got up so early to go out for a walk and didn't sleep. All right?"
Wang Yan nodded with a smile: "It's okay, what are you doing today?"
"What else can we do, just sort out the garbage. We don't have a unique skill like you, so we can only suffer and suffer."
Xiao Dai's harsh words clearly showed that they were not clean, and they had already gone through the bag that Wang Yan had brought with him. Because if someone steals one hundred thousand or two hundred thousand, they will only feel envious. That is the wealth they can earn in a relatively short period of time. But the number of more than 600,000 was neither too much nor too little, not so little that they looked down on it, and not so much that they despaired of it. They were ruthless and frugal even with food and drink. It was almost enough for them to work hard for half a year.
Wang Yan and Tietou spent 100,000 yuan on clothes, 50,000 yuan on dinner last night, and still had 670,000 yuan in their bags. Together, they saw 830,000 yuan. Wang Yan obtained the money in just one day. In this way, some of them have the grievances of comparing others to death and throwing away the grudges of comparing goods. It is a bit unbalanced, and what they say will inevitably make people feel uncomfortable.
This kid has a dog-like face at first glance. Yesterday, he even talked to Wang Yan about Brother Yan at dinner. He ate too much meat and drank too much wine. He was unbalanced after sleeping.
This mentality is normal and understandable to Wang Yan. He did not answer the question and said instead: "Thank you for taking us brothers in. We all agreed yesterday that we will go out to find a house today and we won't cause any trouble to you here." "
At this time, the little sister brought over a bowl of porridge with some pickles floating on it. She blinked her big eyes and said, "Brother Yan, drink the porridge."
Wang Yan thanked him, took the bowls and chopsticks and said, "Sister, why don't you two come with us? It will be more spacious than here."
Before Aunt Hao could speak, the younger sister nodded hurriedly: "Okay, okay."
She is young, but she is still fifteen or sixteen years old, and it’s not like she doesn’t know what is comfortable for herself. There are so many people living here, and they fart and grind their teeth every day, which is very uncomfortable. She knew that Wang Yan was powerful, and no matter what, the place where he lived would definitely be more comfortable than here.
Aunt Hao naturally understood such a simple thing, and she asked hesitantly: "What about the rent..."
"Whatever you have now will be what you have when you get there. Just do the work you are doing now, cooking, washing clothes, and cleaning the room. I will give you an extra amount of money."
Seeing Aunt Hao nodding, the old ghost said with a smile: "That's fine. It's really crowded here. You might as well find a more relaxed place." They rented a whole house, and the rents were evenly reduced. Now that there are three people gone, it actually doesn't matter. It doesn't matter, and there are always other people coming to live there.
"It's different to be able to steal. It's so rich." Xiao Dai spoke again, seven of them were dissatisfied and eight were angry.
As soon as these words came out, the room became quiet. The sleepy Tietou and Ajie suddenly woke up. They knew best what kind of werewolf Wang Yan was...
Xiao Dai is a talkative, this kind of yin and yang is always present in daily life. His mouth is always faster than his brain. Most people don't want to pay attention to it, but they just choke on a few words and get rid of it.
When it comes to Wang Yan, of course he won't get used to this bad habit. Once he smiled and said nothing, and if he didn't say anything twice, the people outside would think he could be bullied. How could this be done? Especially this time, he wants to be a gangster. Implementation has always been his consistent purpose. If he is a gangster, he will stay a gangster to the end.
So he put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hands with a smile on his face, and walked to Xiao Dai: "Put down the bowls and chopsticks, they were all bought with money, don't waste them."
Seeing that Wang Yan was looking for trouble, Xiao Dai's temper also rose. He placed the bowl heavily on the small table and stood up directly. The distance between his and Wang Yan's faces was only a palm's length, and he stretched out his hand to push Wang Yan: "How are you? You want to fight? You're just a thief, what's the big deal?"
Just as his hand was about to touch Wang Yan, Wang Yan stretched out his left hand and grabbed his wrist tightly. At the same time, his right hand was as fast as lightning. Before he could react, he strangled his neck tightly. Immediately, he felt that his body was empty, the world was spinning, and a sharp pain was transmitted to his central nervous system. His whole body had been hit hard by Wang Yan on the tatami board.
Before Xiao Dai could cry out in pain, Wang Yan slapped him in the face with a big mouth, forcing his screams back, and then punched him in the chest, killing him because of the great pain. The expressive scream turned into a muffled groan.
With this kind of movement, everything happens only in the flash of lightning. I knew it with the iron-headed look on my face, so I pulled Ajie, who wanted to stop him, and shook my head at him. Aunt Hao covered her daughter's mouth tightly to prevent her from screaming and causing more trouble. The other men wanted to go up and pull Wang Yan away, but in the end, Wang Yan just pushed them away with a gentle sweep.
The old ghost who had already moved away, as the former eldest brother in this house, stood up to smooth things over: "Brother Yan, Xiao Dai is just a quick talker. He didn't mean it. You hit him, and you should be angry. I think even Come on."
As the saying goes, there are only wrong names, but no wrong nicknames. Why is Tietou called Tietou? It's because he is stubborn, single-minded, honest, and quite strong. He is not afraid of anyone, and most people can't afford to offend him. He is quite stubborn, and his name just happens to have the word "iron", so he got the nickname of Tietou. Then what about Laogui? As the name suggests, this guy is deep and has a lot of ideas in his mind. He is good at twists and turns, playing tricks, and scheming. He looks kind, but he is actually mean.
Xiao Dai is looking for trouble with him, and it may not be that Laogui said something in private, which aroused some of Xiao Dai's thoughts. As a result, he now pretends to be a good person and plays the role of referee, making money for both sides. Laogui is not called for nothing, he is shady. Later, he was killed by the Hong Kong Island boy who was crazy about making money, and died because of talking too much.
Wang Yan pinched Xiao Dai's neck to stop him from yelling, and stared at Lao Gui with a fierce look: "Get out of the way, if you keep pretending to be a good person in front of me, I'll tear your mouth apart."
Lao Gui's eyes flickered, he smiled awkwardly, took two steps back and said nothing more. Xiao Dai knew that although he looked thin, he still had some strength. Except for being bullied by those gangsters, he had never suffered any loss on weekdays. As a result, he saw Wang Yan lift Xiao Dai up first, and then slammed him to the ground. Xiao Dai couldn't react at all, and he is still confused now. He misjudged this lone thief, not a rat, but a fucking ruthless man.
This time no one said much, Wang Yan began to beat Xiao Dai inhumanely. While beating him, he kept saying that Xiao Dai was an ungrateful wolf and had no feelings. He ate and drank his food yesterday, but today he forgot about it and was being weird with him.
He said this to Xiao Dai, and of course to the others present. You can't be too ungrateful, you have to know what's good and what's bad.
After beating for seven or eight minutes, Xiao Dai's nose and face were bruised and bloody. Wang Yan finally stopped, bent down and grabbed his collar, and slapped him in the face to make him sober up, still with the same warm smile as before: "You are wrong."
Xiao Dai coughed, squinted his eyes, and spoke stumblingly: "I was wrong, Brother Yan, don't beat me, you will kill me if you beat me again, Brother Yan, I am really wrong."
Another slap was slapped, and Wang Yan asked: "Are you convinced?"
"I am convinced! I am really convinced, Brother Yan, I am convinced, I am wrong, don't beat me."
Nodding with satisfaction, Wang Yan let go, letting Xiao Dai fall heavily to the ground like a boneless person, rolling back and forth and groaning to relieve the huge pain in his body.
"Stop crying, it's just a superficial wound, it will heal in ten days or half a month." Wang Yan looked down at the blood on his hands and said, "Ajie, give him 100,000 yuan and let him have a good rest."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Dai stopped crying without waiting for Ajie to reply: "Thank you, Brother Yan, thank you, Brother Yan, I'm wrong, wait until I recover, just tell me if you have anything."
"Watch your mouth in the future, okay, it's not a big deal, let's eat."
Wang Yan waved his hand, turned around and went to the kitchen to wash his hands, and did not forget to care about Aunt Hao and her daughter: "Don't be afraid, it's Xiao Dai who is rude, just give him a beating. I'm such a big man, how can I embarrass you and your daughter? Eat!"
Aunt Hao and Xiaomei quickly picked up their bowls and drank the porridge silently.
Others had already picked up their bowls, but their eyes were all looking at Xiao Dai who was lying there grinning but suppressing himself from making a sound.
Ajie came back to his senses faster this time, because he had seen Wang Yan's strength yesterday. Although Xiao Dai looked miserable now, he knew that Wang Yan really didn't hit him hard. He was very sure of this, because the slap he got was much worse than yesterday.
Looking at the pitiful Xiao Dai, he pulled the bag in the corner, counted out ten ten thousand yuan bills from it and put them next to Xiao Dai: "Here, I'll go buy some medicine later and rub it on you, so you can get better faster."
Although Xiao Dai was in pain, he still laughed, grabbed the money and stuffed it into his pocket, forced himself to stand up, wiped the blood off his face with the sleeve of his clothes, and began to slurp rice porridge with trembling hands.
Tietou's face was distorted when he watched from the side, and he bared his teeth with a look of disgust. Isn't this just a cheap guy, asking for a beating for no reason.
He had a new understanding of the good big brother, who was very skillful. He beat Xiao Dai up and threw away 100,000 yuan. The beating was not in vain, and it did not affect Xiao Dai's livelihood. He was very considerate. Xiao Dai was punished for his bad mouth, and his resentment was also eliminated.
Others also saw this and knew that Wang Yan was not easy to mess with, and they also knew that Wang Yan was very reasonable and kind. In this room, Wang Yan's words are more effective than Lao Gui.
In fact, it is not as much as Tietou thought. It is very simple. Wang Yan can fight, and the people in the room dare not mess with him. He gave money to Xiao Dai after beating him, so if these people work for Wang Yan, will they be treated unfairly?
The key to sitting in a leadership position is actually only one point, that is, whether you can bring benefits to others. Going further, the key to sitting in a leadership position for a long time is whether you can share the benefits well.
On this basis, if you have desperate force like him, it would be even better. Because most leaders have no sense of security, and the sense of security that the great power belongs to themselves is unparalleled...
Breakfast time passed in silence. After breakfast, Lao Gui and the others did not stay for long. They said goodbye to Wang Yan politely and left. Lao Gui was the most honest. His work was not over yet, and Xiao Dai would have to trouble him later.
"Brother Yan, let me tell you the truth. Yesterday, I opened the bag and saw the money inside. The old ghost told me that thieves are timid and afraid of getting into trouble. He also said that you were a bastard. Take 50,000 yuan. Money humiliates us and looks down on us. I believed his lies at the time, but I just said it out of my head today, and I offended Brother Yan. I'm sorry, but Brother Yan, although you hit me, I'm a bitch. I don't blame you. You gave me another hundred thousand to take care of my health. In all these years, no one has ever been so kind to me. Brother Yan, I just told you that when the injury is healed, you can use it. Just tell me and I mean it sincerely.”
After everyone left, Aunt Hao and her daughter were cleaning up the dishes in the kitchen. Xiao Dai sold the old ghost first without saying a word.
"You are of no use to me. I can't believe it. Think about it for yourself. Yesterday you were wearing a pair of pants with the old ghost. Now I beat you up and you sold the old ghost. How can I trust you? So Don’t you understand simple principles?” Wang Yan puffed out smoke rings and waved his hands to stop Xiao Dai from speaking. He continued, “If you want me to believe you, it’s useless to touch your upper lip to your lower lip. It depends on you. What to do, do you understand? Take good care of yourself, it will be useful to you. "
"Brother Yan, don't worry, I will keep my word, and I will obey you whether on the mountain of knives or in the sea of fire."
Ignoring Erbai Wu who patted his chest excitedly and grimaced in pain, Wang Yan looked at Ajie on the side: "Let's go, pack up and let's go check out the house and try to move in today. This place is still too crowded. "
Ajie nodded and said: "Brother Yan, you have to be mentally prepared. We are a gangster, and generally no one is willing to rent a house to us. Those who are willing to rent are the old places we stay in now, but there are no houses here. How about it."
"I think the most chaotic place in Tokyo is Shinjuku. It's a mixed bag of good and bad. You are familiar with this place, so it would be better to live here. I just want the place to be big and sheltered from wind and rain, and live comfortably. It's good or bad. It doesn’t matter, just contact me.”
"Okay, let's go then." Ajie stood up and said, "Xiao Dai, I will buy you medicine when you come back. You have a good rest."
While talking, he walked to the corner and picked up the bag. When he saw the two pockets on one side, he turned back and looked at Tietou, and then looked at Wang Yan with Tietou.
"Take it together. I won't come back then. You can come back and take Sister Hao and her daughter there."
After hearing Wang Yan's words, Tietou took the initiative to walk over and picked up a bag in each hand. Japanese yen has a large face value, and it doesn’t weigh much more than eight million. If it were all 10,000-yuan bills, it would only be eight stacks. The reason why two pockets are used is because the denominations are different, mostly loose bills, and even coins.
In this way, Wang Yan and Tietou followed Ajie and went out to find an agent to rent a house. At this time, people on the street were already out for activities. Through skin color, you can see that you are from different continents, and through language, you can know that you are from different countries. The composition of the people is very complex. There are black people, white people, and people from Southeast Asian countries or the African continent. It's very chaotic.
Through this movie, we can see that the Japanese government and police are very aware of this situation. Besides, it is impossible for these people to just mix in the crowd and walk on the street without knowing.
The task of dealing with illegal immigrants is not easy, and Japan originally needs a large number of such people to build the country for them, so it means turning a blind eye. So instead of cracking down and arresting people everywhere, it would be better to allow them to form spontaneous gatherings. Better supervision would be required, and the administrative costs would be much lower. Therefore, they are deliberately controlling and cleaning up regularly.
It is daytime now, which is far from the time for those who enter the country illegally. At night, I think it will be more lively...
As long as there is money to be made, someone will do it. As Ajie said, the agent who introduced the job was in the same situation. The agent who introduced the house was also a Chinese who had settled here earlier. Compared with finding a job, renting an apartment is much more difficult.
Because they feel sorry for their own houses, and these illegal immigrants have no guarantee. They do not cherish their houses and do not even pay much attention to environmental hygiene. But this place is in a mess, and the houses cannot be sold at a high price, nor can they be left empty. Moreover, if rented to these illegal immigrants, the rent will be much higher, which they cannot give up.
So at this time, the role of the intermediary comes into play. They have the nationality of Little Japan, and can even be said to be Little Japan. They cannot escape. The same is true. While they introduce the house, they also have to be the guarantor. If there is any problem, the intermediary will have to pay for it.
In this case, you can imagine how high the agency fees for renting a house are.
Of course, Wang Yan now has a huge sum of more than 8 million, so it definitely doesn't matter. Even if he is penniless, he can still ask the agent to rent the house to him. He can do this kind of thing. He was always good at threatening and intimidating.
He was very decisive. After viewing three houses in total, he settled on a one-family house not far from where Ajie and others originally lived. But this one is much larger than the one Ajie and others live in. It has a garage and a yard with evergreen pine trees planted in the yard. The wooden steps at the door and the large eaves still feel like a little Japan. Of course, if we look back, he was much more advanced than this when he was emperor.
She happily paid for the rent, and bought some daily necessities and clothes. When Ajie brought Aunt Hao and her daughter over, she asked them to clean up. She asked them to come here to be nannies, and of course it was a good deed. In this place, the mother and daughter depended on each other and could not live well.
After such a busy day, they really found a place to stay here.
In the evening, they ate and drank and warmed up the pot symbolically. Aunt Hao took her daughter to clean up the dishes, and Wang Yan and the other two sat comfortably on the sofa and smoked.
"Brother Yan, Brother Tietou, do you want to go out for a walk? It's very lively here at night. There are people from all over the world, doing all kinds of things, and there are a lot of food and drinks. There are also big mares from Europe and the United States. It's very comfortable. How about going to enjoy it? I'll treat you! Let's go bomb Dongjing together."
Tietou looked confused: "What big mares, what bomb Dongjing?"
"They all call it that, and I learned it from them. They also said that this is the first lesson after coming here."
"No, no, I won't go." Tietou waved his hands repeatedly.
"Why? Do you still want to keep your virginity for Xiuxiu?"
Wang Yan saw the disapproval on Ajie's face. In fact, Ajie has always known about Xiuxiu's situation and knew that she changed from Zhang Xiu to Jiangkou Yuko. It seems that he didn't tell the truth to Tietou about Xiuxiu's situation in the past years, otherwise Tietou would have come here a long time ago. After all, Xiuxiu became a prostitute, and Jiangkou Licheng from the triad was just one of the many prostitutes. Maybe he had fun with her, so he married her home and had a child. As for Xiuxiu's work as a prostitute, Ajie would never tell Tietou.
He smiled and said, "Ajie, don't bring up that. If you don't want to go, then don't go. It's good to go out for food and drinks. You two go and have fun. I'll go out for a walk by myself later. You don't have to pay for it. It's mine. I'll treat you. One hundred thousand should be enough, right? Here, Tietou, you can have fun with Ajie. I won't be with you. Be careful and don't cause trouble, otherwise I'm afraid you will suffer."
You are the biggest trouble, okay... This is the common voice of Tietou and Ajie. He has only been here for two days. Yesterday, he beat up four little hooligans. It seems that he followed them to their lair and wiped them out. Today, he beat Xiaodai up again. Now they are asked to be careful...
Tietou took a long puff of smoke to calm down his little emotion, and said: "Brother Yan, thank you."
"Here we go again." Wang Yan slapped Tietou on the shoulder: "It's fate that we met. If it's fate, we should cherish it. Just because you gave me a big pancake, I recognize you as my brother. So, don't be so polite all the time. Go, experience the exotic customs with Ajie."
Tietou hummed: "It just so happens that Ajie said he wants to find a job tomorrow tonight. I'll go with him to see. If I find a job, I'll go to earn money tomorrow. Then Brother Yan, Ajie and I will leave first."
Ajie also said hello, took the money Wang Yan gave him and put it in his pocket, and left with Tietou. This money is comfortable to spend, and there is a feeling of eating rich food.
After they left, Wang Yan chatted and watched TV with Aunt Hao and her daughter until it was completely dark outside, and then got up and went out in the direction of Kabukicho.
Soon, we arrived at the 'Yetsu-son' that we had seen in the morning, located in a remote corner outside Kabukicho.
Unlike in the morning, this store was now open, the signboard was lit, and there was even a pink sign with the word 'Wine' written on it, so it was doing quite a lot of business.
Wang Yan didn't think much about it and walked straight into the store.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw a plump woman with burgundy hair, bangs, big eyes, and flaming red lips. She smiled and greeted me in Japanese: "Welcome, sir, please come in."
Wang Yan nodded, sat down with her at the bar, ordered a glass of Yamazaki whiskey with ice, turned to look at the plump woman next to him, and asked in Chinese: "I just saw your sign outside saying Chinese food shop, how come you don't look like a Chinese restaurant at all, but you have a bar?"
Blinking her big eyes unexpectedly, the plump woman asked: "Are you Chinese?"
"Is there something wrong with my Chinese?"
"Oh, of course not that." The woman may have been interested, sitting on the high stool next to her and said: "It's just that you dress similarly to the people here. You know, we have the same skin and some similar cultures. Fang, it's not easy to tell without opening your mouth. People who just came here are better at first, but you must have been here for a long time, right? Why haven't I seen you before? "
"Then you guessed wrong, I just sneaked in yesterday. I saw that it says Chinese food here, so I came in to try the Chinese food here. But not only did I not see any Chinese food, it seemed... not very serious."
"You are so interesting, this is the outskirts of Kabukicho, look at those girls dressed up, what do you mean?" The woman laughed and her chest shook up and down: "Chinese food is just for drinking, it's not that delicious, just to fool the Japanese here, just deal with it, the main thing is to drink with girls."
Wang Yan looked at her shaking fullness without concealing it, estimated that it must be a pair of D, raised his eyebrows and said: "So you are a pimp, oh, no, they seem to be called Mama-san?"
"Is there a problem?"
"Of course there is no problem. On the contrary, I am very happy. Excuse me, are you still taking the job?"
"That depends on your performance and sincerity." The woman flirted with Wang Yan, then stopped flirting and asked in confusion: "Seriously, have you really only been here for two days?"
"Is there a problem?"
"Not like it, really not like it. I know what people who sneaked in are like. I have seen too many of them over the years. Most of them look cautious and go with others wherever they go, for fear of getting into trouble. And they are all in rags, not like you, with your head held high, your back straight, and your eyes looking at people differently. And this outfit, it must be 40,000 or 50,000, right? Can you afford it when you just arrived? Or do you have money at home? What treasure? "
"Why did you leave your home and family and come here across the ocean? Just to make a lot of money. If I didn't have some ability, I wouldn't come. What's the point of doing the dirtiest work and getting the least money like those people?" Wang Yan shook his head and smiled, waved to the waiter not far away, asked him to serve some snacks, clinked glasses with the woman and asked: "Is this store yours?"
"Well, I've been here for seven years and saved up these things."
"How did you get a long-term residence permit?"
"I don't have that, I'm a local citizen."
"How did you do it?"
The woman smiled and said, "Wouldn't it be possible to marry a local?"
Wang Yan nodded. This is indeed a good idea. From the looks of it, the local must have died. Either the old man or the young man had an accident.
The two took another sip of wine, and he smiled and said, "We've been chatting for a while, but I still don't know what your name is. My name is Wang Yan, and my hometown is Liao Province. What's your name?"
"Fan Lili, from Qindao, Shandong Province."
Glancing at the girls who were drinking with others in fancy clothes, Wang Yan raised his head: "Are they all Chinese girls?"
"What else? They just keep each other warm. What? Do you look down on us?"
"No, after all, they are all women and can't do any heavy work. I think they are all pretty. This place is so prosperous and there are too many temptations. If there is no one to protect them, or if they are not determined, it is only a matter of time before they take this path. It's all for a living, and it's all a way of living. I understand it very much."
Lili stared at Wang Yan's eyes tightly, just looking at Arriving at a place of frank sincerity, she sighed: "I thought everything was good when I came here, but I found that the reality is not like that at all. It's not easy..."
Wang Yan clinked glasses with her with a smile, raised his head and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp: "Lili, we know each other now, can you give me some real wine?"
Lili, who was still a little sad, was pulled out. When she heard Wang Yan say that the wine was fake, she didn't feel embarrassed at all. She turned around and told the waiter on the side: "Xiao Peng, get a bottle of real Yamazaki and cut a fruit plate."
The waiter named Xiao Peng bent down and took out a bottle of unopened new wine from the cabinet below, put it on the bar, turned around and ran to the kitchen to bring out a fruit plate, and smiled at Wang Yan.
He opened the wine and poured it into the glass. Wang Yan took a sip, then nodded and ate the side dishes on the table.
Seeing him like this, Lili explained: "There is no way, it's like this, selling real wine makes less money. How did you get it? You should not have drunk this bar before in China? Not to mention drinking, you haven't even heard of the name?"
"Isn't there a saying that wine is the essence of grain? Your fake wine mixed with something doesn't have much grain taste."
"You know a lot." Lili said coquettishly, and moved closer to Wang Yan: "Hey, tell me what you do in your hometown?"
"A little hooligan." Wang Yan shook his head and smiled, then looked at the door: "You seem to be in trouble."
Hearing this, Lili turned around and saw two men standing at the door aggressively. Seeing Lili sitting at the bar, they walked straight over.
Drinking wine, Wang Yan couldn't help shaking his head. Why are there such things everywhere? Is it so difficult to get along with the little Japanese...
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