Chapter 47 An unexpected invitation
"Hey, 2,000 yen per person. We have everything. Get in line."
A few streets away, in a remote corner of a park, a group of people gathered around Ota, making a lot of noise.
They were all just extras, and after the performance, they were excitedly waiting to get their money.
"Hey, it's you. You performed well just now. I'll give you an extra 1,000. When you have time, work on your acting skills. You'll be great in the future."
The person standing in front of Ota was the actor who had just committed fraud.
The middle-aged man was wearing a wrinkled suit and had a flattering smile on his face, "It's all thanks to Ota-san. If you need anything in the future, I'll be there for you.
Cross-dressing, vulgar and perverted, it is guaranteed to be hard to tell the real from the fake. Please don't be polite, Mr. Ota."
The scope of business is quite broad, Ota nodded in satisfaction, and then motioned to the next person.
"Ota-san, I can do that, too. I acted more like it, please take a look..."
"Go, go, take the 2,000. Be smarter next time." Ota waved his hand and sent the man away. Isn't it too late to show off now?
With 20 or 30 people, Ota worked for half an hour. The extras left satisfied and told Ota not to forget them next time there was such a job.
It was a bit noisy, but Ota really enjoyed the feeling of being the center of attention.
Although it is a bit hypocritical, it feels so wonderful to have everyone living by your wishes.
This is much more interesting than the Yakuza, and the younger brothers around are all arrogant and powerful.
"Okay, you guys go back first, I have something else to do." Ota said hello to his friends and prepared to leave.
"Hey, boss, you have to be moderate. Although the Turkish bath is comfortable, it's tiring if you take too much."
After saying this, several younger brothers laughed strangely with tacit understanding.
"You guys" Ota smiled, waved, and turned away.
He did not explain much to his friends, but walked around the street several times by himself before finally turning into a izakaya.
When he entered the tavern, he saw Shirakawa Feng who was gesturing at him.
Ota sat down in front of Shirakawa Kaede and was about to speak when he was stopped by Shirakawa Kaede, "Don't worry, Ota-kun, have a glass of cold beer to cool off first."
After saying that, Shirakawa Kaede personally poured him a glass. Tokyo in May had already begun to show the splendor of summer.
Ota, who had just been busy, was already sweating all over, and there were many wet marks on his gray T-shirt.
Since Baichuan Feng said so, he didn't hesitate. He picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp.
Ha~, after a satisfied burp, Ota sat up straight and prepared to report.
"How is it? Is everything going well?" Baichuan Feng pushed the chilled Wagyu sashimi in front of him forward.
Ota nodded in thanks, then answered, “It went very smoothly, just like Shirakawa-kun said.
That young Watanabe-san had a very impatient temper. He would be irritated by the slightest trick used and would even start the fight first.
However, both sides were very restrained and did not make a big deal out of it. But after this conflict, I guess his impression of Blackstone Record Player has become even worse.”
Ota also felt that Watanabe Issei's impatient temper and flamboyant style did not seem like someone who could carry out business to the end.
Shirakawa Kaede nodded. It was not surprising for Watanabe Issei to perform like this.
He even thought that even without him, this expert in courting death would have destroyed Watanabe Electric.
In that case, he won't be polite.
"Then I'll have to trouble Ohta-kun a lot in the future. You don't have to remind him too often, just remind President Watanabe every few days.
It is best to use different people each time, and the method can also be changed. The premise is to pay attention to safety and avoid physical conflict.
Of course, it would be best if Ota-kun doesn't show up there again. We are not in a hurry and have plenty of time."
In fact, according to what Shirakawa Kaede was thinking, that young Watanabe-san had long wanted to get rid of the burden of Watanabe Denki.
The only obstacle is the opposition from old Watanabe. Shirakawa Kaede's move is not only to help young Watanabe make up his mind.
He also wanted to let old Watanabe see that his Blackstone record player was not perfect and had even begun to crumble.
"But..." Ota thought of something and felt a little embarrassed.
"Hmm?" Baichuan Feng gestured to him to go ahead and say it.
Ota scratched the table with his fingernails a few times and said apologetically, "Those guys were so engrossed in their performance that they smashed the vinyl record players that Shirakawa-kun prepared..."
"Haha," Baichuan Feng couldn't help laughing after hearing this, "I thought it was something, those were originally prepared for you to mess around with. And don't feel bad, there will be more in the future than you can count."
He thought it was nothing, these vinyl record players were what he had collected for more than two months.
The purpose was for today . Because he was worried that the sound might not be strong enough, he even bought two machines with his own money to make up the number.
"Anyway, I'll leave the rest to Ota-kun."
"Please rest assured, Shirakawa-kun, there will be absolutely no problem."
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Shirakawa Kaede, who had focused all his attention on the Blackstone record player, finally took a substantial step forward.
Although it is still far from what I planned, I have already started taking action.
Well, the project folder has been created, although it is still empty.
When we got back to the apartment in Asakusa, Kotaro was not there. He must have gone out drinking with Kashiwagi again.
The two natives from Akita were extremely addicted to alcohol. Relying on his mature appearance, Kotaro began to pretend to be an adult and went to various taverns nearby with Kashiwagi.
The two of them drank, but they never got drunk, and Baichuan Feng didn't bother to care about them.
Besides, among the men and women in Tokyo, how many don’t go to a pub to have a couple of drinks before going home after get off work?
The drinking atmosphere in RB is much stronger than that in China, probably because the alcohol content of sake is not high and is more widely accepted.
There was no one in the room, so Baichuan Feng turned on the TV.
"Oba-san, stay with us and don't die before you finish listening to our story!"
In the camera, a white-haired old lady sitting in the front row was laughing heartily, and everyone in the audience was laughing so hard that they couldn't stop.
Baichuan Feng also smiled. This Senior Brother Kitano was still the same as before.
The Takeshi Kitano on TV is indeed in full swing. For him, there are no taboos and nothing to avoid.
But the more this happens, the more the audience likes it.
Shirakawa Kaede could clearly feel that the combination of him and Jiro Kaneko was appearing on TV more and more frequently.
Not only them, other manzai artists are also appearing on the small screen more and more often.
It seems that manzai, which used to be a supporting role among supporting roles, is gradually becoming mainstream.
The increase in manzai variety shows on various TV stations is the best proof of this.
In the past, the protagonists on TV have always been singers, but now the roles are being reversed.
As expected, every trend is so unpredictable, or maybe it is a cycle.
Just when Baichuan Feng was distracted, the phone at home rang.
"Moshimoshi?"
"Shirakawa boy, I'm getting married the day after tomorrow, will you come?"
"Ah?" Baichuan Feng looked at the TV. How come Senior Brother Kitano, who was just performing on the stage, called him in the blink of an eye?
