Chapter 55: Stirring Up Turbulence

  Otsu Yū sat blankly in his own room, something terrible had happened to him today. Early this morning, Ye Jianwen and Liao Bin announced the successful conclusion of their investigation.

  Everyone happily finished their breakfast, and Liao Bin suggested taking everyone to Luocheng for a visit. After all, Luocheng has a large stone inscribed by Guo Moruo, and it's also close to the sea with sandy beaches.

  The members of the research team were all from the Imperial Capital and had hardly ever seen the sea. Liao Bin himself had followed a vegetable delivery convoy to Luocheng and saw those nice beaches there.

  "Congratulations to the research team for completing their project research successfully!!" Xing Cheng'an was full of energy and enthusiasm on stage, while the workers below were applauding enthusiastically with red palms.

  Only Otsu Yū was clapping his palms, his eyes completely wooden. He had completely lost it. President Yamazaki arrived in Tokyo, and the scheduled meeting with Nōkōbu was postponed indefinitely.

  And on the investigation in Hainan Island, it was suddenly announced that it had "ended successfully". If he didn't notice any changes, then Dai Yuanchen is an idiot.

  It is obvious that there is a powerful figure on the Chinese side who is delaying this matter. Or, to put it another way, someone else has already taken control of this matter. And this person can still influence the decision of the Chinese side.

  "What the...! Who can tell me what's going on?!" Otsu Yū returned to his room, his face iron-blue as he muttered in a low voice.

  After finishing the investigation, this matter was never asked of him. When announcing this matter, all Japanese personnel were stunned and bewildered, but they were all pressed down by Otsu Jun.

  "Your Excellency, I'll go find Ye Jianwen right now..." But then Matsuda gritted his teeth and said: "He took our things, at least he should give us an explanation, shouldn't he?!"

  "Hmm... go ask him! But don't be too aggressive, try to ask him calmly what's going on." Otsu Yūjin was almost furious, but still maintained a cautious attitude.

  "Ah! I understand, please be at ease..."

  Matsumoto said, and slowly stepped out of the room. The distance between Ye Jianwen's residence and theirs was not far, Matsumoto looked around and saw that no one was paying attention. Only then did he quickly move to the small building where Ye Jianwen was located.

  But then Matsumoto skillfully drove up to a yellow door on the second floor and knocked lightly.

  "Who is it?!" The knocking sound had just started when Ye Jianwen's voice was heard. Matsuda said in a low voice, "Mr. Ye, it's me. I'm Matsuda..."

  "Oh~ here it comes! Here it comes!" Before long, the door opened. But then Ye Jianwen smiled and said to Matsuda at the door: "Wow ~ which gust of wind blew you here?!"

  Matsuda looked at Ye Jianwen's smiling face, originally wanting to make a sarcastic remark. But thinking of Otsu Jun's orders, he endured it instead.

  "Mr. Ye, can we go inside and talk..."

  "Come in, come in!" Ye Jianwen said with a smile: "You honor me with your presence, how can I not let you have a cup of hot tea? Haha...".

  Ye Jianwen said to let Song Tian drink a mouthful of hot tea, and it really wasn't a lie. After letting Song Tian into his own room, Ye Jianwen quickly made the tea and placed it in front of Song Tian.

  "You don't have to be polite, I came this time to ask for your advice. What exactly happened, why was the investigation suddenly announced to be over? And the meeting with our president from Tokyo that was scheduled has also been postponed..."

  "Alas... you didn't come to find me, I was also prepared to talk to you guys..." But then Ye Jianwen's face turned gloomy and he sighed: "You guys are too careless, this matter actually leaked out..."

  "I've heard that another company has also set its sights on this lucrative opportunity. Apparently, they've found some influential figures in the imperial capital and are asking to put your negotiations on hold for now, planning to snatch this cooperation..."

  "What the...?! Bastard!!" Matsuda jumped up involuntarily, damn it! Which family's scoundrel was using such tactics at this time.

  "Hey, Mr. Matsuda, who are you scolding?!" As soon as Mr. Matsuda's words came out, Ye Jianwen's face turned ugly. Matsuda quickly bowed deeply to Ye Jianwen.

  "Shut up, Sumimasen! Yesan, I'm not talking to you! I'm talking about that damn bastard who's butting in at this time!" Matsuda's face turned bright red, his eyes blazing with anger as he shouted.

  "Yeshan, can you help us find out which Japanese company it is?" Yeshan said it was a powerful enterprise and could also find a strong figure from China. This made Matsuda subconsciously think that it was a Japanese company.

  This is a linguistic implication that will mislead you into making incorrect judgments based on your habits and way of thinking.

  Ye Jianwen shook his head and said, "I can know that it's a Japanese company, which is good enough. The other party requires us to keep this matter strictly confidential, I only know it's not a small company."

  Matsumoto bowed his head slightly, stood up and took out a small gift box, bowing to hand it to Ye Jianwen: "This matter, please help us with it. We've worked so hard for so long, all for this cooperation..."

  Ye Jianwen saw the small gift box and his eyes lit up immediately. He smiled and grabbed it, saying "How embarrassing! Look at what you've done..."

  "In the future, I will still need your care and support...". Song Tian's expression remained unchanged as he handed Ye Jianwen several things, something he had grown accustomed to.

  This Mr. Ye, his politeness is not as good as the quickness of his hands. He's always afraid that you'll take back what he sends out, so he'd rather just grab it himself and then be polite to you.

  And that expression on his face was always "once it's in my hands, you can forget about getting it back". Song also went to many countries and came into contact with many people.

  There are those who accept gifts and money, but this Mr. Ye is one of them, with such an ugly eating face.

  The two men exchanged insincere pleasantries for a while, and then Ye Jianwen reluctantly escorted Song Tian out of his room. This transaction was now considered concluded.

  "Alas... this guy is also petty, taking out an old Casio watch and trying to cheat me. Does he really think we're all a bunch of idiots?"

  Ye Jianwen closed the door and casually opened the gift box, only to see that it was a three-year-old Casio watch. He couldn't help but mock: "At least I sent them a decent message, but this is just a Swiss movement watch..."

  "But that's on the premise that the message you gave to others is true." However, from behind the curtains, Liao Bin, wearing glasses, flashed out with a smile and said: "Of course, I believe that soon after, you will make this news come true."

  Ye Jianwen shrugged and made no comment. He turned around, poured away the tea he had brewed for Song Tian, washed his hands, and then changed into a new cup of tea.

  "Xiao Ye, I really want to know why you're helping that Lian Sanping so much?!" However, Liao Bin sat down and pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose, saying: "Your actions this time have already somewhat violated discipline..."

  "It doesn't count, I didn't say anything extra..." However, Ye Jianwen shrugged and said with a sly tone: "I only said 'having a family business', I didn't say it was Chinese or Japanese. He himself judged it to be Japanese, what does that have to do with me?"

  Liao Bin smiled bitterly upon hearing this, if they really compared strengths, Ye Jianwen would indeed have the upper hand.

  "In fact, I'm not helping Liang Sanping either. His suggestion is very good in my opinion!" However, Ye Jianwen smiled and said: "Just talking about the matter at hand, I also think it's pretty good to let these devils bite each other."

  Liao Bin was speechless and lost his smile, Ye Jianwen's ancestors had been dealing with the Japanese devils since ancient times. In those years, not a few devils died under the knives of his ancestors, while many comrades-in-arms of his ancestors also sacrificed their lives under the guns and cannons of the Japanese devils.

  So they basically referred to the Japanese as "Japanese devils" with gritted teeth. Liao Bin and his family were old acquaintances, so they had long been used to this.

  "What are you going to do now?!" Liao Bin asked: "Now there is no Japanese company coming, only Wan Hong's family. And it's just Liang Sanping who is singing a solo..."

  "We just need to spread the news in Japan, and someone will come...” But Ye Jianwen smiled strangely and said: “I believe Liang Sanping will handle this matter...”

  "What?! You want to spread the news out?! Lan Bin looked at Liang Sanping in disbelief, saying: "Are you crazy?! If we spread it out now, the pressure the country is facing will be even greater!"

  "Right! Let's spread it out now." Liang Sanping gritted his teeth and said, "The more people there are, the more competitive it will be. Even if the country agrees in the end. At least our country can gain more benefits..."

  Lan Bin heard this and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "If you put it that way, the chances of your idea getting through will be even lower..."

  "Now I also think it's not good..." Liang Sanping fell silent for a moment, then said: "Let's treat the dead horse as if it were alive and try to make the best of it. At least we won't be at a complete loss... The country can still gain some advantage from it, so we won't suffer too much..."

  At this time, Yamazaki in the imperial capital had a face that was almost as black as charcoal. In front of him, Yamada didn't dare say a word, and cold sweat kept dripping down.

  "What's going on?! Why did the news leak out?! We can't even find out who our competitors are, what kind of operation is this?!"

  "Ah, I see!! President, please calm down, we are having the intelligence personnel of the headquarters investigate this..." Yamada bowed deeply, almost folding his waist in half, but Yamazaki still had a belly full of anger.

  "Don't give me any of that nonsense, I want the real situation! The real situation, do you understand?!" Yamazaki bellowed loudly: "Three days, within three days I want to know who is against us! Go and take care of it now!!"

  "Hai!!" Yamada replied with a gloomy face, in fact he had no idea where to start. There were not just one or two Japanese companies' offices in the Imperial Capital, but at least thirty...