Chapter 647
On the bustling streets of Shinjuku, Feng Yongshan was standing in front of the new storefront.
Compared to the KTV in Roppongi, this new shop appeared more low-key, but the sign at the entrance and the shop name on the wall were also sufficiently obvious.
"Melody KTV (Shinjuku Branch)..." Reading this name, this guy who looked more like a thug than a boss revealed a gratified smile on his face.
Because it was a renovation of an office building, the decoration process of the new shop was very rapid, and it would be able to open soon.
After walking into the lobby, the overall black-leaning decoration style had very exquisite decorations in the subtle details, allowing one to see the luxury and care hidden within the low-key appearance.
Numerous busy waiters were making preparations before opening, and Beidou Zhongze, who already had experience, would become the head waiter of this KTV...
"Big Brother Feng, everything that needs to be prepared has been completed." Beidou Zhongze said to Feng Yongshan when he saw him enter.
"Have the equipment been tested?" Although they had all been tested during the acceptance check, Feng Yongshan had them test them thoroughly again today.
"Hi, they have all been re-tested." Beidou Zhongze nodded.
"Are the drinks and beverages also in place?"
"Hi, everything is prepared."
"..."
The originally carefree Feng Yongshan now had the experience of managing two shops and had become long-winded, asking about everything regardless of size.
For the opening of this new shop, he specifically told Naoki Nagayama that he wanted to experience it from head to toe himself. On one hand, it was to exercise his own abilities and prepare for future branches; on the other hand, it was also because he didn't want to rely on his cousin for everything.
Naoki Nagayama also has many things to do, and he also has to make money!
Until a voice came from behind: "Feng-kun~"
Hai Ishida walked in from outside. As the chief designer of this KTV, Feng Yongshan specifically invited her to experience it when it opened.
"Hai-chan!" A bright smile appeared on Feng Yongshan's face. "Was there no traffic on the way?"
"Hi, I arrived very smoothly." Hai Ishida responded easily. "Feng-kun, is the opening time set for the afternoon?"
"Mm, generally speaking... afternoon is the time when KTV starts to have customers." Although the first two shops Feng Yongshan managed were full of customers every day, there were many repeat customers. At the beginning, the customers who came in the morning were still sparse.
This is also because there were too few entertainment methods in this era... If it were in later generations, KTV would generally start business in the evening.
"This KTV doesn't have any popularity yet, right... will there be customers?" Hai Ishida walked toward the private room with Feng Yongshan.
"Daijobu, I have already sent people to distribute flyers nearby, and I have also invited many good friends... I have also let the regular customers in Roppongi know the address of the new shop..."
Feng Yongshan said while leading Hai Ishida toward the inside. Since his sweetheart had come, he naturally had to take her to the VIP room.
And the remaining Beidou Zhongze shook his head as he watched their intimate backs; he already understood that there might be a boss lady soon~
Then he turned around and continued to check the preparation work for the KTV.
At the same time, the film crew of 'Music Station' had also arrived at the location of Akina's old home.
Tamori looked at this not-so-large building and said with great emotion:
"This is the place where Akina-chan grew up since she was a child~"
"Hi, the six of us siblings grew up right here!" Akina Nakamori didn't have any sense of inferiority; instead, she said it with great joy. "There are nine rooms in the house. Although it's not very big, it's organized very well!"
After opening the door, the house was indeed empty... Akina Nakamori placed Hibari Misora's autographed record on the table in the living room and said to Tamori:
"My mother especially likes Hibari Misora-san... so I brought back an autographed record this time~"
She explained the layout of the room to the camera slightly, and then the film crew prepared to leave. After all, there was no one at home, and there was nothing to film...
Due to the small space, it became a bit crowded after the host and several film crew members entered, so Naoki Nagayama waited outside the door. Just as he was looking at the scenery outside at will, he suddenly heard a somewhat unfamiliar call from his ear:
"Naoki-san?!"
Turning his head to look, it turned out to be Akina's younger sister, Sui Nakamori, and two other girls also wearing school uniforms.
"Sui-chan?" Naoki Nagayama looked at her in surprise.
"Naoki-san actually came over today too?" Sui Nakamori and the other two were obviously very excited after seeing Naoki Nagayama. "Wasn't it said that it was just an interview with my sister?"
"Ah, I am one of the planners of the program, so I followed along to confirm the situation." After Naoki Nagayama explained, he asked very curiously, "Didn't you say Sui-chan was at school today? How come?"
The high school in Kiyose is still some distance from the Nakamori home, and it requires taking a train to get there.
"Skipped class!" A triumphant smile appeared on Sui Nakamori's face, and then she looked at her friends on the left and right: "Because the afternoon class is very boring... and isn't there just a reason for it!"
"Uh... this filming?" Naoki Nagayama thought for a moment.
"Hi!"
People at school all knew that she was the younger sister of the idol star Akina Nakamori. Sui Nakamori naturally had many conveniences at school, so using the reason of cooperating with the program recording to skip class was naturally not a problem... she could even bring two best friends along!
"..."
Naoki Nagayama looked at Sui Nakamori, who had no panic or other emotions on her face, and let out a sigh... High school students of this age are too bold... If this continues, she might become a delinquent!
Just at this moment, Akina Nakamori walked out of the house. When she saw Sui Nakamori, she was also surprised at first:
"Sui? Aren't you in class?"
Seeing the camera behind, Sui Nakamori tidied up her appearance: "Isn't Akina coming to record a program? So I came over specifically!"
Akina Nakamori's brows furrowed, and her tone was somewhat unhappy: "Sui, you are a high school student, and you will take the university entrance exam next year. How can you skip class?!"
However, this younger sister didn't care at all; instead, she said with a hint of expectation:
"Didn't Akina also not finish high school? Maybe I can become an idol too~"
"You!!"
Akina Nakamori herself is an idol, so she understands the hardships of the idol industry very well. She absolutely does not want her family to jump into the big dyeing vat of the entertainment industry...
What's more, this younger sister of hers has no talent at all, only the selling point of being Akina Nakamori's younger sister...
However, at this moment, the camera also slowly moved outdoors. Akina Nakamori didn't want to argue with her younger sister in front of the camera, so she could only introduce her to the puzzled Tamori:
"This is my younger sister, Sui Nakamori... she just happened to come back~"
"So that's how it is, this is really a coincidence!"
Although Tamori had some doubts in his heart, since neither Naoki Nagayama nor Akina Nakamori called a stop, the recording of the program naturally had to continue.
"Then may I ask Sui Nakamori-san, can you accept a brief interview?"
"Hi!" A smile appeared on Sui Nakamori's face. "Absolutely no problem!"
"Then, first introduce yourself~" Tamori guided. "What is your relationship with Akina Nakamori?"
"My name is Sui Nakamori, I am Akina Nakamori's younger sister... standing next to me is..."
Akina Nakamori walked out of the camera's view and watched with Naoki Nagayama as Sui Nakamori introduced herself and her two best friends in front of the camera, and then tried her best to show her best side...
"Sigh~~" Akina Nakamori let out a sigh and said to Naoki Nagayama, "Ever since I debuted, Sui has always wanted to become a star... she often goes to participate in audition activities..."
"Seeing her own sister become a household name and show her style on the TV screen, this is inevitable~" Naoki Nagayama comforted her. "Didn't Akina also decide to participate in 'Star! Birth!' after seeing idols on TV?"
"But... doing this line of work is really too hard... the water in the entertainment industry is too deep... Sui, she can't grasp it!" Akina Nakamori frowned, very worried for her younger sister.
Naoki Nagayama reached out and rubbed her furrowed brows, smoothing out the wrinkled brows:
"Akina... Sui is also almost 18 years old, that is her life...
If she wants to enter the entertainment industry, then Akina can only give the most sincere experience and lessons... and help within her ability."
"But... Sui, she... she is not suitable..."
Akina Nakamori was a bit anxious. After all, they grew up together with Sui. It's normal for sisters to have bumps and bruises, but they also have deep feelings.
Naoki Nagayama didn't have the intention to destroy the sisterly relationship between the two:
"Akina, don't be anxious. Don't you still have Aunt Chieko above you?"
"That's right!" Akina Nakamori reacted. She still had the ultimate move of snitching. "I must talk to Mom properly! She actually skipped class... I have never skipped class!"
"..." Looking at his girlfriend's hateful expression, Naoki Nagayama wisely didn't continue the conversation.
Tamori's hosting skills were very profound. In a few words, he figured out the personalities of Sui Nakamori and her two best friends. The entire interview process was also very relaxed and interesting, chatting about Akina's impression among family members and neighbors from childhood to adulthood...
When the interview ended, Sui Nakamori was still a bit reluctant:
"Akina, aren't you staying at home for a while longer? There are still many photos to look at at home~"
Akina Nakamori said: "No need~ Time is tight, we have to hurry to the next scene."
Saying this, she took the lead and walked out, and the few members of the film crew also hurriedly followed.
Naoki Nagayama waved his hand at Sui Nakamori and was just about to say goodbye, but heard Sui Nakamori's question:
"Naoki-san, are you really dating Akina? Will you get married?"
Seeing that the two people next to Sui were looking here, Naoki Nagayama knew that this was also what the two best friends wanted to ask, so he gave a positive answer:
"Hi, Akina and I are currently dating seriously... Maybe Sui will have to call me brother-in-law in the future..."
"Eh?!!!" The two best friends were so excited that they covered their mouths.
After finishing, Naoki Nagayama followed up gracefully, leaving only Sui Nakamori somewhat unhappy...
This sister of hers, I don't know what happened in the past two years, she suddenly became so distant...
She has great fame, and she has such an excellent boyfriend...
Why do I still have to mess around in an ordinary high school!
Under an office building in Shinjuku, a new nightclub opened quietly.
Except for some flower baskets at the entrance, there seemed to be no other signs indicating that today was the opening date. However, in the afternoon, one could see customers walking in from that simple front door from time to time.
Beidou Zhongze stood in the lobby, watching the waiters receiving customers in an orderly manner, and nodded with satisfaction... These people had all interned at the first two KTVs for a while, and now they were already familiar with the work.
Among the customers who came, many were introduced by other customers, and there were also some friends Feng Yongshan knew in the entertainment industry... It had only been two hours since opening, and the private rooms were almost half full.
Just at this moment, some ruffian-looking people walked in from the entrance, and quite a few tattoo patterns could be seen from their necks...
Beidou Zhongze's brows furrowed; troublesome people had come... He pulled over one of the waiters and said:
"Go notify Big Brother Feng to come over... and then let Hamasaki Naogo and a few big brothers in the back be prepared..."
"Hi!"
The waiter ran to the back in a hurry, while Beidou Zhongze greeted the ruffians who were pestering the front desk lady.
"Sumimasen, I am the head waiter here." Beidou Zhongze had a smile on his face. "May I ask if there is anything I can do for you?"
"So you are the head waiter!" The guy who seemed to be the leader looked him over. "We are just curious, a nightclub suddenly opened here... and no one has ever told us in the Sumiyoshi-kai?
If we had known, we would have brought our brothers to celebrate the opening together!"
"Sumimasen, we are doing legitimate business. We have already reported the opening at the government office and the police station, so we have no connection with the Sumiyoshi-kai."
Although Melody KTV is backed by the Yamaguchi-gumi, it must be a legitimate business on the surface. This is what Naoki Nagayama told the people of the Nagayama-gumi at the very beginning.
"Omae-ra! Since you've opened a nightclub, don't pretend you don't understand!" The ruffian was very angry when he heard such words. "Opening a shop on this street must be approved by us!"
"Sir, but the law doesn't say that, does it?" Beidou Zhongze said. "Why don't you show me the specific regulations?"
"Kono yaro! Are you playing with me?!!"
The ruffian was furious, immediately grabbed a vase from the front desk, lifted it into the air, and wanted to smash it on the ground to throw a tantrum.
But suddenly, his wrist was grabbed by a hand full of power...
"This vase... is very expensive!" A voice came from behind, no, from above, and a shadow seemed to cover them as well. "It was specifically chosen by Hai-chan!!"
"You... you guy..."
The ruffian had the vase in his hand easily removed, and then he was pushed to the side of several fellow brothers... Only then did he see clearly the person who grabbed him...
His body was very sturdy, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, but his facial features were upright, not too fierce... He only saw him put the vase away, then turned his head and looked at his group of people with furrowed brows.
"What's going on with Sanban Xiaohong Misaka? Didn't I ask him to notify the surrounding Yakuza groups? How come the Sumiyoshi-kai doesn't know?"
The ruffian thought he was talking to him, and at this moment he became arrogant again:
"Haha, it seems you know about our Sumiyoshi-kai! Let me tell you, if you don't kneel down and apologize immediately, I will definitely bring more people to teach you a lesson! Don't even think about operating this broken shop!"
However, at this moment, he heard a voice coming from behind his group:
"Maybe it was only conveyed to the upper levels, and these low-level ruffians don't know yet!"
Subconsciously turning his head, he found that their group had already been surrounded by four or five strong men. The sturdy muscles of those guys were about to burst their suits!
"You... you guys..." The ruffian swallowed his saliva. Seeing the fierce gazes of several people looking over, he hurriedly said, "Don't mess around! There are many patrolling police in Shinjuku!"
"..."
Hamasaki Naogo shook his head, pushed him away, and no longer looked at this disgraceful little ruffian.
He walked to the front and said to Feng Yongshan: "Boss Feng, it seems they are just the lowest-level lackeys."
Feng Yongshan furrowed his brows:
"Even so, it's because Sanban Xiaohong Misaka didn't put his heart into it... This guy has been disobeying the headquarters' orders ever since he suffered a setback in Kobe..."
"But... there's nothing we can do about him doing this..." Hamasaki Naogo said. "In the future, the branches in Tokyo will still have to rely on him to dismiss other yakuza."
"It's not relying on him, but the East Asia Association!" Feng Yongshan said. "Grandfather has already told me that after the succession ceremony, the fourth generation will definitely take action against Sanban Xiaohong Misaka!"
"Is that so~~~"
After exchanging a few words, Feng Yongshan walked to the ruffian and stared into his eyes:
"People from the Sumiyoshi-kai, right?"
"Hi... hi!" The ruffian was a bit panicked, but still answered with a tough exterior, "We are from the Sumiyoshi-kai!"
"Mm, that's good... go back and tell your boss... this KTV is an industry of the Yamaguchi-gumi!" Feng Yongshan said. "We won't give protection fees or commissions to other yakuza groups! If the Sumiyoshi-kai wants to go to war with the Yamaguchi-gumi, then go find the General of the Asia Association China Group, Sanban Xiaohong Misaka!"
"??? Yamaguchi-gumi?"
"Mm!"
Feng Yongshan signaled to the few club elders who came with Hamasaki Naogo, letting them throw this group of ruffians out.
"Sigh... although we have the attitude of the Yamaguchi-gumi headquarters, the difficulties encountered when opening branches in other cities will not be few..."
Feng Yongshan remembered when the Harajuku KTV opened, hundreds of police and yakuza confronted each other once, and also broke an Ishii-kai... and since then, no one with eyes has come to disturb them.
The Roppongi KTV was when the relationship with Sanban Xiaohong Misaka was good, and he also brought people over when it opened...
"Sure enough, before opening, we still have to invite people of weight to sit in... but after all, we are a regular industry, so we can't all be yakuza guys..."
Then he thought of the KTV's shareholders... the Ono family...
"We can't let them take shares for nothing. There is no free lunch in the world!!"
Next time a branch opens, let Toshihiko Ono invite a few big figures from the white path to be guests! We can also call some media to report and get the popularity of Melody KTV out!"
As Feng Yongshan thought about it, the corners of his mouth lifted slightly~
End of Chapter
