Chapter 3351

Matte Finkelstein is not a fool.

Although Steve's words compared him and those other shady financial oligarchs to stray dogs, in the end he was just trying to remind himself that only he could save himself at a time like this.

And he also knew very well that he carried too many secrets, and if he could not silence Tavana, then surely many others would want to silence him.

In this situation, he either had to surrender or go on the run.

But now the situation is different—someone wants to adopt him, and that person is the second-in-command of the Rothschild family; if he allies himself with that person, surely no one would dare to harm him again.

Thinking of this, he became somewhat excited and said to Steve: "Mr. Rothschild, as long as you can guarantee me a way out, I am willing to go through fire and water for you, and I will not shirk from anything!"

Steve smiled and said: "Have your plane apply for a return flight route, fly straight to New York, and I will send someone to pick you up at the airport."

"Good!" Matte Finkelstein said without hesitation: "I will notify the pilot right now!"

A few minutes later, this private jet completed a 180-degree turn over the ocean and flew back toward the American interior.

At the same time, the news of the recall of the dark flower was also released via the underground network to everyone worldwide who was paying attention to this matter.

Actually, the recall of a dark flower is not something that happens often; the reason is that once a dark flower is issued, one must bear a 10% intermediary fee, and going back and forth results in a pure loss of so much that the vast majority of people will carefully consider before issuing a dark flower.

This also to a large extent provides protection for those assassins who take on missions: once they have put in the effort but have not yet succeeded, if the other party recalls the dark flower, their previous efforts are wasted.

And when such a dark flower is truly recalled, the platform will also take out a small portion to appropriately compensate those assassins who have already taken action.

Right now, the dark flower of one billion US dollars has been officially recalled; countless assassins who were preparing or rushing to Tokyo have all terminated their operations, while the surviving members of the Blue Stone Alliance have all been captured at this moment and will soon be interrogated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police; by then, their identities will also be investigated clearly, and for them, this can be said to be a heavy loss.

When Ye Chen learned that the dark flower had been recalled, he said to Tavana: "That one-billion-dollar dark flower has indeed been voided; from now on, your safety should not be too much of a worry."

Tavana wept with joy and said gratefully: "Mr. Ye... I am truly grateful to you... If it were not for you, we people tonight would probably all die here..."

Ye Chen waved his hand: "No need to repeatedly say thanks; I will depart for Huaxia tomorrow, and you still have a few performances in Japan these days, so I will hurry to confirm the schedule and timing of your concerts in Huaxia, and you can set off for Huaxia soon after your performances here end."

"Good! Once my work in Tokyo is finished, I will hurry to Huaxia!" Tavana said, wishing she could go to Huaxia to hold a concert tomorrow; never mind twenty shows, even if she were to perform for a whole year straight, she would be willing.

Ye Chen nodded, and Mitsui Yoshitaka, standing beside him, hurriedly asked: "Mr. Ye, it is not easy for you to come to Japan once; why not stay a few more days here and give me a chance to properly entertain you?"

"No need." Ye Chen said: "We have already booked our tickets for tomorrow evening's flight, so we will not bother to change the itinerary, and besides, I still need to go back to prepare for the concert arrangements; if there is a chance later, I will come again to disturb you."

Mitsui Yoshitaka sighed: "Mr. Ye saved our father and daughter's lives, yet we have not yet had the chance to properly thank you; you are leaving so hurriedly, I really feel uneasy about it..."

Ye Chen smiled: "Since Mr. Mitsui is being so polite, why not help me settle the cost and labor expenses for Miss Svet's twenty concerts? I don't care how you settle accounts with Miss Svet, but for these twenty concerts, I will not pay extra."

Mitsui Yoshitaka originally felt grateful to Ye Chen, but upon hearing these words, he became unsettled again.

When had he ever seen such blatant and direct conversion of personal favors into cash by a ruffian?

Tavana's concerts: appearance fees, box office shares, advertising revenues added together, the market price for one show is nearly ten million US dollars, and this is not alarmist or exaggerated, because Tavana's concerts involve huge investments in venue, stage design, and sound systems—just the stage construction alone costs over a million US dollars, the stage uses the world's top-tier sound system, which generally has to be airfreighted from the US and then dismantled and shipped away after the performance, and there is also an enormous LCD screen, whose height is not less than seven or eight stories, and naturally its cost is not small either.

Moreover, all of Tavana's concerts use her own dedicated crew; put bluntly, even the people erecting the scaffolding on site are brought over specially from the US—a group of several hundred people, with food, drink, bathroom breaks, and salaries added, this cost is also extremely high.

Even if the company made not a single penny from these twenty concerts, just these hard costs alone would amount to at least over one hundred million US dollars.

Although Mitsui Yoshitaka is very wealthy, as previously mentioned, this person has never experienced major storms or hardships, has never been beaten, and naturally has never been taken advantage of; Ye Chen's blatant cutting of his flesh, he really finds it hard to accept.

Seeing Mitsui Yoshitaka sigh and groan for a long time without speaking, Ye Chen deliberately asked him: "Mr. Mitsui, do you have any objections?"

Just as Mitsui Yoshitaka was about to speak, Mitsui Kokomi beside him immediately said: "Mr. Ye, I think Okusan feels that this mere amount of cost is truly insufficient to express our gratitude to you; I believe that, given Miss Tavana's influence, there will surely be many similar cooperation opportunities in the future, so why not increase the twenty shows to fifty? This would also show that our Mitsui family is not so petty."

Mitsui Yoshitaka stared wide-eyed at Mitsui Kokomi, not knowing why his daughter had suddenly stabbed him in the back at this moment.

And Mitsui Kokomi gave him a furtive glance, then continued to say to Ye Chen: "We undertake to bear the cost of fifty shows; all expenses for these fifty shows will be borne by us; as for when, where, and how long the fifty shows will take, it is entirely up to you, Mr. Ye, to decide; stretching the timeline to three or five years is no problem."

After saying this, she turned to Tavana and said seriously: "Miss Svet also need not worry; the remuneration for these fifty shows will be fully borne by the Mitsui family."

Tavana hurriedly said: "No need, no need; for performing for Mr. Ye, I can accept no payment."

Ye Chen immediately said: "Look at what you're saying—working for no pay, is that reasonable? That is looking down on Mr. Mitsui, isn't it? Your little bit of assets in front of Mr. Mitsui is just a shrimp; it's not your place to save him money; you should take what you deserve, take it, and then donate the money to those in need—that is also acceptable."

After saying that, he looked at Mitsui Yoshitaka and asked him: "Am I right, Mr. Mitsui?"

Mitsui Yoshitaka felt his flesh ache, but seeing his daughter constantly giving him meaningful glances, he could only suppress his heartache and repeatedly say: "Yes, yes, yes, Mr. Ye is right."