Chapter 1684 1686 [Economic Collapse]
Xiang Nan then reopened the maid cafe in Akihabara and hired Ajie as the deputy manager of the cafe.
This is much more profitable than selling chestnuts on the street.
Ajie originally didn’t dare to take over. He was afraid that if something went wrong, Xiang Nan would have to lose money.
“Brother, how can I open a shop? I don’t know anything. I can’t do anything. I’d better go back and sell chestnuts.” He said in fear.
"Ajie, do you want to sell chestnuts for the rest of your life? There should be higher pursuits in life. It doesn''t matter now. Just learn slowly. You will learn it sooner or later." Xiang Nan advised, "Besides, you Without making more money, how could Uncle De be willing to marry Jingzi to you? "
He believes that Ajie has this ability. In the film, after his fall, he made the East China Group very powerful, with influence spread across Roppongi, Shibuya, Aoyama and other places. This shows that he has certain abilities.
It’s just that after his fall, he became crazier, more hysterical, and more arrogant, and therefore rushed towards destruction.
Fortunately, running a maid cafe is not that dangerous. And this store is in Akihabara, which is much safer than Shinjuku. Coupled with the fact that he was taking care of him, he believed that Ajie was capable of doing a good job.
Hearing what he said, Ajie had no choice but to nod, "Then I''ll give it a try."
He also wanted to be respected by Uncle De so that he could marry Jingzi in the future. Otherwise, it would be really difficult for him, a chestnut vendor, to marry Uncle De''s precious daughter.
“Don’t worry, you can definitely do it.” Xiang Nan patted his shoulder and smiled.
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The maid cafe in Akihabara opened immediately. The maids are all recruited from Kabukicho. The girls there are young, pretty and open-minded, and they are guaranteed to attract customers.
As expected, after a new group of maids were hired and several activities were organized, such as ordering coffee and giving hugs, ordering pastries and giving kisses, the business in the shop quickly boomed.
By the end of 1993, Xiang Nan and others had earned more than 400 million yen, becoming a truly wealthy family.
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?In 1993, Japan''s economy also began to collapse. First, the real estate market collapsed, followed closely by the securities market, and everything collapsed.
???Properties that used to cost hundreds of millions are now common in Chengdu. What''s even worse is that even with such a huge decline, the transaction volume is very small.
After all, when the economic bubble bursts, everyone is affected, and there is no way there is so much money to take over. Furthermore, real estate is now falling continuously, and it has not yet reached the bottom.
There is a saying in the investment community, which is to buy up and not down.
The more something appreciates in value, the more people will buy it. For example, stocks, houses, toys, antiques, the higher the price rises, the more people will participate. On the contrary, once the price drops, fewer people will buy it.
?Hence, when house prices fall, those who have no money will have to sell their houses, while those who have money to buy a house will wait and see.
The collapse of the real estate market has also implicated the securities market. The Nikkei Index fell by nearly 30% within a year. The economic downturn has caused many people to declare bankruptcy and become heavily in debt. Depressed, suicidal, to name a few.
But for Xiang Nan, this is not a bad thing.
?On the contrary, he took advantage of the stock market crash to go short. Naturally, it was Xiuxiu''s account. After all, he had not yet been naturalized and could not open a securities account.
After this operation, by the end of 1993, Xiang Nan''s funds in hand had reached 600 million yen, equivalent to about 4 million U.S. dollars, and he was considered a small fortune.
The economic collapse did not have much impact on the maid cafe’s business.????Because the worse the economy is, the more people tend to please themselves. Young people don''t get married, fall in love, raise children, or buy houses. They just eat, drink and have fun when they have money.
So the business volume of the maid cafe is not only not affected, but continues to be booming. This also allowed Xiang Nan and others to make a lot of money.
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?In addition, the relationship between Ajie and Uncle De’s daughter Jingzi has been getting better and better over the past year.
Uncle De originally looked down on Ajie, thinking that he was just a stowaway from China, with no money, no ability, and no future. When his daughter asked him to be her boyfriend, it was like a flower stuck in cow dung.
So when he first saw Ajie with his daughter, he immediately found someone to beat him up.
But later, when he learned that Xiang Nan was Ajie''s eldest brother, and Xiang Nan had won the respect of the Triads, he no longer dared to stop him.
In addition, later on, when Ajie became the deputy manager of the maid cafe, with a monthly salary of one million yen, and he was a promising young talent, he acquiesced in his daughter''s relationship with Ajie.
He also saw that with a good brother like Xiang Nan, Ajie was destined to have a good future. In this case, what else is he doing?
With his acquiescence, the relationship between Ajie and Jingzi naturally became closer and closer. But there is still a long way to go before we can talk about marriage. After all, Jingzi is only nineteen years old this year and is still very early to get married.
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As for the Triads, during this year, Taro Watakawa invited Xiang Nan several times to eat, drink and give gifts.
?His main purpose of presenting this courtesy as a corporal was to let Xiang Nan be used by him.
?Although he has now reconciled with Nakajima Hiromasa, he knows that Nakajima will always remember his killing of Eguchi and will definitely avenge him. And he was not angry that Muranishi Hongichi was the president of the Sanhe Association and always suppressed him.
So he wants to get rid of both of them, which requires a very capable person.
Xiang Nan is undoubtedly the best candidate.
Once he has good skills, it will be easier for him to seize this fleeting opportunity. You must know that assassination is actually a matter with a very low success rate.
??The CIA is so powerful that it failed 634 times in its attempt to assassinate Cuban President Castro. It can be seen that it is very difficult to assassinate a person.
Once they fail, Nakajima Hiromasa and Muranishi Koichi will immediately counterattack. When the time comes, the strength of the Togawa group may not be able to withstand it.
Therefore, it is necessary to ensure that one hit is sure to hit, which also requires that the assassin must be a master. Xiang Nan undoubtedly meets this condition.
Secondly, Xiang Nan is not a member of the Triad group. Although Japan has a tradition of subordinates overcoming superiors, gangs have always flaunted chivalry and loyalty, requiring their younger brothers to be loyal to themselves and the gang.
Therefore, if Taro Watakawa used one of his own people to assassinate him, once the incident is exposed in the future, he will be questioned by gang members, who will then become alienated from him, causing his position as president to be unstable.
Just like the Jin Dynasty, because of the unfairness of the country and the alienation of the monarch and his ministers, the entire Jin Dynasty was unable to achieve peace and was constantly troubled by internal and external troubles. So even if he wanted to assassinate, he had to use outsiders.
Thirdly, Xiang Nan has no power of his own. No matter how good he is, two fists cannot beat four hands. So don’t worry about him taking advantage of the opportunity to make it big.
Therefore, he worked extra hard to win over Xiang Nan and make him use him.
(End of this chapter)