The Great War (1)
“Mr. Wang, aren’t you being too rude?” Maria Yoshizawa said angrily.
Wang Nianming chuckled and said, “Rude? I don’t think so at all. You provoked my friend, and I’m already doing you a favor by not kicking you out. And you say I’m rude?”
Maria Yoshizawa: “Mr. Wang, do you want to return safely the next time you go to Japan for pleasure?”
Wang Nianming: “Damn! Are you trying to scare me! Well, I just won’t go then. As long as I have money, I can have them come to me.”
At this moment, Mitsui Taro, the head of Mitsubishi Corporation’s Hecheng branch, arrived at the Longwei store entrance with a dozen people.
Mitsui Taro came to Maria Yoshizawa and said, “Maria, what’s going on?”
Maria Yoshizawa: “Uncle Mitsui, I came here to buy something and was bullied. That person bullied me, and then he—oh, he is Wang Nianming, the son of the chairman of Yida Group. He actually helped that person scold me.”
Mitsui Taro smiled and said to Wang Nianming, “Mr. Wang, isn’t it impolite to scold Miss Maria? You are a man, and she is a woman. Don’t you have basic gentlemanly manners?”
Wang Nianming: “Why should I talk about gentlemanly manners with you? Get lost quickly and don’t block my sight.”
Just as Mitsui Taro was about to speak, Koizumi Daiyu, the head of Mitsubishi Electric’s Hecheng branch, arrived. After understanding the situation, Koizumi Daiyu also questioned Wang Nianming.
Wang Nianming sneered and said, “You really dare to come. All of you from the Mitsubishi group, come over here. Let me see who else is here.”
As he spoke, Ito Takuya, the head of Mitsubishi Motors, arrived.
Wang Nianming was a bit overwhelmed, so Yang Chen walked over with Cao Ruoxue.
Maria Yoshizawa immediately pointed at Yang Chen and said, “He is the one who provoked us and scolded Kenjiro.”
Chen Ang said with a smug look, “Cao Ruoxue, tell your boyfriend to apologize to me quickly, or the consequences will be very serious.”
Cao Ruoxue: “Do you know that your behavior is disgusting? This is the Dragon Kingdom [China], not Japan. You brought a few Japanese to support you. Aren’t you ashamed to disgrace your ancestors?”
Chen Ang: “Who are you saying is disgraceful? Being incompetent is disgraceful. Can you call so many people from the Mitsubishi group to stand up for you?”
Cao Ruoxue: “Yes, yes, you are absolutely right. I can’t call so many people from the Mitsubishi group to stand up for me because my surname is Cao. I am a righteous Dragon Kingdom person, a descendant of Yan and Huang [legendary Chinese ancestors]. I wouldn’t give myself a name like Yoshizawa Kenjiro that is neither human nor ghost. Do you think that bringing a few people from the Mitsubishi group will allow you to walk sideways in the Dragon Kingdom?”
Chen Ang: “I wouldn’t say walking sideways, but at least not many people would dare to stop me. I don’t want to waste time talking to you. Just tell me if you will apologize or not.”
Cao Ruoxue: “You are not worthy!”
Chen Ang: “Fine! Maria, her family’s company seems to be called Rongxue Power. Tell the elders of the Mitsubishi group to go to the city government tomorrow and see if a dispensable power production factory is more important, or so much Mitsubishi investment is more important. Tell you, the Mitsubishi group also has investments in finance, air conditioning, and many other fields, but they are not in Hecheng. If these companies join forces, not to mention your Rongxue Power Company, even Yida Group will have to apologize!”
Wang Nianming pointed at Chen Ang and said, “You are really courting death, aren’t you?”
Chen Ang: “Yes, I am courting death. Come on, hit me if you have the guts. Come on, hit me, you idiot!”
With so many people watching, Wang Nianming was being provoked to his face. If he didn’t take any action, the internet would be full of news mocking him.
Just as Wang Nianming was about to make a move, Yang Chen slapped Chen Ang in advance.
“Alright, I’ll handle it from here. Don’t cause trouble for your family,” Yang Chen said with a smile.
Wang Nianming: “We don’t have any business in Japan, so there’s no need to be afraid of them.”
Yang Chen: “It’s my own business, I’ll take care of it.”
Maria Yoshizawa was heartbroken and quickly asked, “Kenjiro, how are you?”
Chen Ang’s face was swollen, and he said, “Maria, you must avenge me! You must avenge me!”
Maria Yoshizawa: “Uncles, you all saw it. He is really too hateful, slapping Kenjiro’s face in public. When you weren’t here just now, he had already pushed Kenjiro down once, and now he is slapping Kenjiro’s face in front of you, completely disregarding you and Mitsubishi.”
Mitsui Taro, the head of Mitsubishi Corporation: “Miss Maria, don’t worry, we will definitely hold him accountable. Sir, please state your name.”
Yang Chen: “You are not worthy to know!”
Ito Takuya, the head of Mitsubishi Motors: “What do you mean not worthy to know? Even if you are the president, we have the right to know your identity!”
Yang Chen: “But I don’t want to tell you, is that okay?”
Ito Takuya: “No! I want to know who you are, you must tell me!”
Yang Chen: “You are the head of Mitsubishi Motors, right? Why bother with a broken car that loses money year after year? Why not just withdraw from the Dragon Kingdom market?”
Ito Takuya looked embarrassed. Mitsubishi Motors’ market performance in the Dragon Kingdom was indeed unsatisfactory. Not only did it lose money year after year, but it also dragged GAC [Guangzhou Automobile Group] down with it, which in turn led to the parent company also losing money year after year. Last year, Mitsubishi Motors Group lost more than 20 billion yuan. Withdrawing from unprofitable markets was only a matter of time.
At this time, Inoue Masano, the head of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, arrived.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has nearly 20 wholly-owned or joint ventures in different cities in the Dragon Kingdom. Coupled with its extremely high status in Japan, it was decided that Inoue Masano was the number one figure of the Mitsubishi group in the Dragon Kingdom.
Maria Yoshizawa and others quickly greeted Inoue Masano and explained the situation to him.
Inoue Masano glared at Yang Chen, looking very fierce.
Maria Yoshizawa: “Uncle Inoue, you must stand up for us and seek justice for Kenjiro! However he hit Kenjiro, we will hit him back!”
Chen Ang: “Mr. Inoue, please be sure to uphold justice for me.”
Inoue Masano nodded and said, “Don’t worry, I will definitely stand up for you!”
At this time, the entrance of the Longwei store was already filled with people from the Mitsubishi group. Inoue Masano didn’t want to have too much of an impact, so he ordered his entourage to ask the irrelevant people in the Longwei store to leave.
The two doors of the Longwei store were closed, and people from the Mitsubishi group guarded the door, not allowing anyone to enter.
“Wang Nianming is done for. He has provoked a tough opponent this time. These are people from the Mitsubishi Group. Yida Group is not enough to compete with them.”
“Wang Nianming is usually so arrogant, and no one dares to do anything to him. He is going to meet his match today. I’m just curious about who the guy who slapped him is. He looks very impressive.”
“Wang Nianming is standing up for him, so he must also be a young master from some family. It’s a pity that we can’t be there to witness the big show.”
…
What these people were discussing was not wrong. The Mitsubishi Group was indeed much more powerful than the Yida Group. If the Mitsubishi Group really wanted to make things difficult for Wang Nianming, even Old Wang’s intervention might not be effective.
That’s why Yang Chen took action in time to prevent Wang Nianming from really clashing with the Mitsubishi group. It had nothing to do with him in the first place, and his good intentions were enough.
The manager of the Longwei store was worried that something might happen, so he quickly stepped forward to persuade everyone to calm down and said that they should go to the police station to discuss anything.
Inoue Masano said with a straight face, “Mr. Manager, please rest assured that we will maintain restraint. We will definitely not resort to violence unless absolutely necessary.”
The manager nodded and stood aside to watch. If the situation went wrong, they would still have to stand up and stop it.
Inoue Masano raised his head and squinted at Yang Chen, saying in fluent Dragon Kingdom language, “I am Inoue Masano, the head of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. May I ask what your name is?”
Chen Ang felt that he was back in the game, and said, “You dog, are you scared now?”
Yang Chen: “You are really courting death!”
Inoue Masano: “Don’t interrupt when I’m speaking.”
Chen Ang quickly said humbly, “Yes, yes, I know I was wrong. Mr. Inoue, please calm down.”
That’s how it is to be someone’s dog. The master’s words can scare him into trembling.
Now that there were not too many irrelevant people in the store, Yang Chen didn’t need to hide his identity.
Yang Chen: “My name is Yang Chen.”
Inoue Masano immediately lowered his head and asked in a flustered manner, “What did you say? Yang Chen? Are these the characters?”
Inoue Masano quickly took out his phone, typed out the characters “Yang Chen,” and immediately showed them to Yang Chen.
Yang Chen said with a smile, “Yes, those are the characters.”
Inoue Masano: “Then are you Mr. Yang from the Star Chen Group?”
Yang Chen: “That’s me.”
Inoue Masano was stunned for a moment, then turned around and slapped Chen Ang, saying, “You bastard! Quickly apologize to Mr. Yang, or I’ll cripple you!”
Wang Nianming laughed and said, “You Mitsubishi group is not good enough. Just my Brother Chen’s name is enough to scare your boss.”
Chen Ang covered his face and said in shock, “You are Mr. Yang from the Star Chen Group? How… how is that possible? Mr. Inoue, don’t just believe him because he said he is Mr. Yang from the Star Chen Group. What if he is fake?”
Wang Nianming: “Your own father is fake, but Brother Chen will never be fake.”
Maria Yoshizawa quickly asked, “Who is Mr. Yang from the Star Chen Group? Is he very powerful? Is there a company in the Dragon Kingdom that is more powerful than our Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and the entire Mitsubishi group? Why is Uncle Inoue so afraid of him?”
Inoue Masano: “He just acquired 20% of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ shares. The headquarters specifically instructed me to find an opportunity to interact more with Mr. Yang.”
Maria Yoshizawa: “What? He acquired 20% of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ shares? How is that possible? How could Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ shares be sold to a Dragon Kingdom person? That is absolutely impossible! Uncle Inoue, you must be mistaken.”
Inoue Masano: “If you have any doubts, you can call your father and ask.”
Inoue Masano smiled and extended his hand, saying, “Mr. Yang, nice to meet you. Fortunately, we didn’t disrespect you, otherwise I really wouldn’t know how to explain it to the headquarters.”
Yang Chen smiled and shook hands with Inoue Masano, saying, “But you brought so many people to surround me tonight. It wouldn’t be appropriate for me to pretend that nothing happened, would it?”
Inoue Masano: “Mr. Yang is right, we were indeed too impolite. How does Mr. Yang want to resolve this? You can tell us.”
Yang Chen: “It depends on how you want to resolve it. If your solution satisfies me, I will pretend that nothing happened tonight. If your solution doesn’t satisfy me, then I will exercise my shareholder rights.”
What Mitsubishi Heavy Industries fears most is Yang Chen checking the accounts, checking the business, and even checking the company’s customer and product information. This information cannot be shown to a Dragon Kingdom person, but as a shareholder with a 20% stake, Yang Chen does indeed have the right to view this information.
Inoue Masano gritted his teeth and slapped Chen Ang again. Just as Maria Yoshizawa was about to speak, he slapped her to the ground as well.
“Is Mr. Yang satisfied with this solution?” Inoue Masano asked with a smile.
Yang Chen pointed to Ito Takuya, the head of Mitsubishi Motors, and said, “His tone and attitude when he spoke to me just now made me feel very uncomfortable. I want Mitsubishi Motors to withdraw from the Dragon Kingdom market. I wonder if Mr. Inoue can do me this favor?”
Ito Takuya quickly said, “Mr. Yang, I sincerely apologize for my rudeness. However, isn’t it too overbearing for you to ask us to withdraw from the Dragon Kingdom market? Isn’t it unnecessary for us to pay such a high price for such a small matter?”
Yang Chen: “If I don’t teach you a lesson, you will continue to be so arrogant and domineering in the future. I have to let you know that this is the Dragon Kingdom. I don’t care how powerful you are in Japan, you have to behave and act properly here. Mitsubishi Motors must withdraw from the Dragon Kingdom market, otherwise this matter is not over! I have stated my conditions, and it is up to you to consider whether or not to meet them. I will stay in Hecheng for three days. If I don’t see the announcement of Mitsubishi Motors’ withdrawal from the Dragon Kingdom after three days, we’ll see! Tell your people to get out of here immediately and don’t delay other people’s business!”
Wang Nianming: “Brother Chen, you are so cool! The only person I admire in my life is you!”
Yang Chen: “Keep a low profile, keep a low profile.”
Inoue Masano: “Understood, I will report Mr. Yang’s request to the headquarters as soon as possible. This is something that I, as a regional branch manager, cannot decide. It must be communicated between Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters and Mitsubishi Motors headquarters.”
Yang Chen: “I said just now that I will stay in Hecheng for three days. Isn’t three days enough for you to discuss a result? If there is no result after three days, then I can only assume that you didn’t take my words to heart, and then we will rely on our own abilities to speak.”
Inoue Masano and others didn’t dare to speak, unwilling to accept it, but didn’t dare to refute it.
Cao Ruoxue looked at Yang Chen with admiration, her heart was conquered by him. Such a domineering man only exists in CEO novels, but unexpectedly, he actually exists in reality.
Since ancient times, beautiful women have loved heroes.
In this peaceful era, the definition of a hero is also somewhat different. Yang Chen’s actions undoubtedly fit the definition of a hero.
“One man stands in the way, ten thousand men cannot pass,” isn’t that a hero?
What’s the use of the little devils [derogatory term for Japanese] calling so many people?
Aren’t they all still scared and dare not speak?
After a moment of silence, Inoue Masano said helplessly, “Understood! I will report to the headquarters as Mr. Yang said. Everyone disperse, don’t block the door!”
The followers blocking the door immediately dispersed, and the entrance of the Longwei store quickly returned to normal.
“They’re leaving, they’re leaving.”
“What happened? Why is there no movement at all?”
“These people have all withdrawn, so it must have been negotiated. It is estimated that Wang Nianming has admitted defeat, otherwise they would definitely not let him go with so many people present.”
“Haha… I didn’t expect Wang Nianming to have this day. He was bullied in his own territory.”
“I think the handsome guy next to Wang Nianming is not simple.”
…
Walking out of Yida Plaza.
Wang Nianming said with a smile, “Brother Chen, where are you staying?”
Yang Chen: “I’m staying at the Marriott Hotel now.”
Wang Nianming: “Damn, what a coincidence, I’m staying there too. Let’s go, let’s go back together and play poker at the hotel later.”
Yang Chen: “Uh… is this poker game you’re talking about a serious poker game?”
Wang Nianming: “Haha… Brother, don’t tease me. However, if you want to play a serious poker game, we can play a serious poker game. If you want to play an unserious one, that’s fine too. I can do anything. I brought so many girls, can’t we afford to play?”
Yang Chen: “Haha… you’re awesome! I have a friend with me, so I won’t play with you. You guys go have fun, and be safe. We’ll leave first, I have to take her home.”
Wang Nianming: “Alright! Then good night, Brother Chen, and be safe.”
Yang Chen nodded and walked towards the parking lot with Cao Ruoxue.
Wang Nianming took his girls back to the hotel to play poker.
Maria Yoshizawa and others also came out.
Inoue Masano said angrily, “Maria, look, it’s all your fault tonight. You brought us so much trouble for no reason. Mr. Ito is now facing the big trouble of withdrawing from the Dragon Kingdom market. How is he going to explain this to the headquarters?”
Ito Takuya: “Mr. Inoue, you have to help me. If Mitsubishi Motors withdraws from the Dragon Kingdom market, I will definitely be laid off.”
Inoue Masano sighed and said, “I can’t help you now. He has 20% of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ shares. Not to mention me, even the headquarters has to take care of his emotions. It’s just that Mitsubishi Motors has been losing money, and its business in the Dragon Kingdom is getting worse and worse. I think you are in big trouble this time, and you are likely to be finished.”
Ito Takuya: “I… I am too wronged. I just wanted to give Mr. Yoshizawa some face, but I didn’t expect to get into such big trouble. Maria, you have to help me and beg your father to say good things for me in front of the leaders at the headquarters.”
Maria Yoshizawa: “Uncles, I’m sorry, Maria has implicated everyone. I sincerely apologize to everyone and hope you can forgive me!”
Maria Yoshizawa bowed to everyone. When she stood up, she turned around and slapped Chen Ang.
“It’s all your fault! The root of tonight’s matter is on you. You have killed us! Let’s break up, don’t go back to Japan, otherwise I will have people kill you!” Maria Yoshizawa said in exasperation.
Chen Ang felt very wronged. It was clear that the Mitsubishi group was too weak, so why was the responsibility being blamed on him?
Chen Ang: “Maria, you can’t break up with me because of such a small matter. I have already given up my nationality and basically given up everything in the country. Now that you won’t let me go back to Japan, where can I go?”
Maria Yoshizawa: “Where you go has nothing to do with me, that’s not what I need to consider. I only know that if you dare to go back to Japan, I will have the Yamaguchi group [Japanese organized crime syndicate] take action.”
After speaking, Maria Yoshizawa left.
Inoue Masano couldn’t hold back his anger, slapped Chen Ang and cursed, “You are a disgrace to betray your own country!”
Ito Takuya also slapped Chen Ang and cursed, “You bastard! You have killed me! How can someone who can change his name be worthy of being a human? I look down on you!”
Chen Ang was stunned. He had given up everything and was determined to lick Japan, but now he couldn’t even go back to Japan. How would he survive with the nationality of Japan?
“Yang Chen, I hate you!” Chen Ang shouted.
The surrounding passersby all looked over. At this time, he was like a stray dog being watched.
…
Yang Chen came out of the underground garage with Cao Ruoxue.
“Should I take you home now?” Yang Chen asked.
Cao Ruoxue: “Okay. When are you free? I have already prepared the costumes, and I have also prepared the 8 songs that I promised to play.”
Yang Chen: “I’m going to Longke University tomorrow to welcome your grandfather’s team back. I’ll be free after the afternoon.”
Cao Ruoxue: “Ah? You are the financier of my grandfather’s team?”
Yang Chen: “Yes! Otherwise, why would I care about your family? I was just afraid that your grandfather would still have to worry about family matters and couldn’t devote himself to research, which would delay my important matters, so I helped you out.”
Cao Ruoxue: “Oh, so that’s what happened. We are really destined. Then come to my house with my grandfather tomorrow afternoon. I’ll play the piano for you in the practice room. Is that okay?”
Yang Chen: “We’ll talk about it tomorrow. It depends on the research results of your grandfather and his team. If I get the results I want, I’ll be in a good mood to listen. If they don’t research the results I want, then forget it.”
Cao Ruoxue: “Oh, okay.”
Cao Ruoxue took out her phone and secretly sent a message to her grandfather.
“Grandpa, how are your research results? Have you succeeded?”
After a while, Grandpa replied.
“Haha… This trip to Xinjiang was very smooth and we got the research results we wanted.”
Cao Ruoxue immediately smiled happily. Tomorrow, Yang Chen could be in a good mood to listen to her play the piano.
Not long after, Yang Chen took Cao Ruoxue to the entrance of the community.
“Thank you, President Yang, for taking me back. Although tonight was short, it allowed me to see scenes that I have never seen in my life. It really opened my eyes. I hope I will have the opportunity to see more of the world with President Yang in the future,” Cao Ruoxue said with a smile.
Yang Chen: “Haha… there will be opportunities. Good night, goodbye.”
Cao Ruoxue: “Okay! President Yang, drive slowly, good night.”
Yang Chen drove away. It was a little after nine o’clock, not too early, not too late. He went online on his Bilibili account [Chinese video sharing website] to take two orders before going back to rest.
Yang Chen: “Welcome to Bilibili, is the last four digits of your phone number 0839?”
Passenger: “Yes.”
Yang Chen: “Okay, please fasten your seat belt. We’re leaving now.”
The passenger’s hand was pulled out from his arms, and a knife about 20 centimeters long fell out.