"Yuanzi, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Mao Lilan saw something was wrong with Suzuki Sonoko and couldn't help but expressed concern.
"Xiaolan, I'm fine..." Suzuki Sonoko forced out a smile to reassure Mao Lilan, and then looked at Kitayama Koichi nervously, "Well, Mr. Koichi, your grandfather can control him, right?"
Suzuki Sonoko knows that even if they are both LV5+, the Grand Master is still among the strongest. Although LV5+ is already recognized by the world as the pinnacle of human martial arts, even if there is a difference, it is very subtle, but the Grand Master and the other two LV5+ masters are indeed better than the others. The presence of level LV5+ is a plus.
"This..." Kitayama Koichi drawled, "Five years ago, the last time my grandfather and Grandpa Xue played against each other, it was a draw..."
"My surname is Xue? One of the top three in the world?"
The corners of Suzuki Sonoko's eyes twitched.
Although Suzuki Sonoko was not forced to receive elite education by her family but allowed it to develop, she still knew many things that upper-class people who control the means of production must know.
For example, most Japanese people think that the Grand Master is the best in the world in martial arts, but Suzuki Sonoko knows that things are not that simple.
Five years ago, the world's top masters gathered together for a martial arts competition. The LV5 masters formed one battlefield, while the LV5+ masters formed another battlefield.
The gap between LV5 and LV5+ masters has been widened. There is no need to compare the two on the same battlefield. It is only fair to compete separately. The top eight LV5+ masters in the world account for the top eight rankings. The top LV5 masters. The masters can just compete for the remaining rankings.
The top LV5 masters each have their own emphasis and conflict with each other. It is difficult to say whether they are absolutely strong or weak. It is inevitably unfair to use an elimination system, so a points system is adopted. Each LV5 master must have a duel, and a victory will be enough. Accumulate one point, and the final ranking will be determined by the number of points. This is the fairest.
The LV5+ battlefield is much simpler and rougher. The seven top LV5+ masters present directly engage in a melee. Whoever is eliminated first will be ranked lower.
In the end, the seven peerless masters fought fiercely for ten days and nights, and four of them were kicked out in the middle. In the end, only three of them were still standing on the battlefield. It was really hard to distinguish between the three of them in terms of martial arts. If they continued to fight, it would only be a waste of energy, so they only If they could give up, they agreed to fight again ten years later and discuss the outcome. These three people were later called the "Three Wonders in the World" by the martial arts community.
These three peerless masters are Beishan Xiongwu, the great master of Japan, "South Mountain Beishui" of the Central Plains, "Southern King" Xue Dingshan, and "Northern Supreme" Qin Huaishui.
Kitayama Koichi said "Grandpa Xue", and Suzuki Sonoko immediately knew that the peerless master who came to Japan was none other than the leader of the southern martial arts community in the Central Plains, "Wind and Thunder Palm" Xue Dingshan.
Oops, this old gentleman seems to have a bad impression of Japan. I heard that before he handed over the group to his daughter, he did not do any business with Japanese people...
Suzuki Sonoko has a headache.
A nuclear bomb suddenly hit the city where she was. Even if she knew in her heart that there was almost no chance that the nuclear bomb would explode, she would still panic. Otherwise, she would take Xiaolan's private daughter and run away now?
"Um, the person here is Mr. Xue Dingshan, the founder of Shanhai Group?"
Suzuki Sonoko asked, suppressing her headache.
"That's right, it's Grandpa Xue."
Kitayama Koichi said with a smile.
Mr. Haoyi, you are really calm...
Suzuki Sonoko smiled bitterly.
"Shanhai Group? Is it the famous Zhongyuan Multinational Group? I've heard of it too! Many of the electrical appliances in my home are made by Shanhai Group. I can't help it. They are cheap and easy to use!"
When Mao Lilan heard the name Shanhai Group, she was surprised at first and then stuck out her tongue.
She didn't know as much as Suzuki Sonoko, but she had come into contact with many Shanhai Group products in her daily life, so she had an impression of this brand.
Japanese people still have strong national pride for domestic brands. When buying things, they usually buy domestic products, especially home appliances. Japanese home appliances were once the pride of Japan. For a long time, there has been a saying in society that "Japanese people do not use home appliances made in Japan." Are they still Japanese?" Such a trend.
However, this situation no longer worked after the collapse of the bubble economy. The yen appreciated, a large number of home appliances exported were unsaleable, and the domestic market was too small to digest, which made it difficult for enterprises to operate. Although they later rebounded by relying on the Central Plains market, because Japan was in International politics jumped left and right, repeatedly consuming the goodwill of the people of the Central Plains. Coupled with the rise of China's home appliances, Japanese home appliances were not only unsaleable in the Central Plains market, but were also seized by China's home appliances. A large amount of Central Plains home appliances flowed into Japan, squeezing out the small market. In the Japanese market, the share of Zhongyuan Home Appliances in the Japanese market is increasing year by year, but the Japanese home appliance companies hate them half to death, scolding the current Japanese people for being unpatriotic.
But there is nothing we can do about it. Japan’s economy collapsed after the collapse of the bubble economy. The lost ten years and the lost twenty years are now almost thirty years old. People’s incomes have become lower, but prices have not dropped. In the low-desire society caused by deflation, more and more families who are not wealthy have begun to use cheap and high-quality products from the Central Plains, and home appliances are just one of them.
For a group of housewives who face living expenses such as electricity, water, and garbage disposal fees every day at home, patriotism has no meaning at all. Telling them to be patriotic is better than telling them which supermarket nearby has a limited-time special price on that day. What interests them more.
The conditions of Mao Lilan's family are not very good. Her parents are separated. Her father is either drinking or watching TV and chasing celebrities at home. He doesn't work when he is outside. He either bets on horses or plays small steel balls. The family income is very random.
Children of poor people have long been in charge of the family. Similarly, if the father is a bastard, Mao Lilan, as the daughter, has to be sensible, otherwise the family will not be able to survive.
If you want to live with a lower cost of living in Japan, you can't avoid products from the Central Plains. Even if Mao Lilan doesn't deliberately do it in his daily life, he will definitely come into contact with many products from the Central Plains, and among so many products from the Central Plains Here, the ones she comes into contact with the most are those from the Shanhai Group. They are cheap, easy to use, and of good quality. If you don’t use them, you’d be a fool!
So when Suzuki Sonoko mentioned Shanhai Group, Mao Lilan became more energetic, and she thought of all kinds of easy-to-use and cheap home appliances.
"Shanhai Group, my father's company also has a lot of business dealings with this group. I heard it is a great company! Is there any problem if its founder comes to Japan? Now Shanhai Group has a lot of business with Japan Is it normal to come to Japan for inspection due to my dealings with the Internet?"
After hearing about Shanhai Group, Kasumigaoka Shiyu also expressed her fondness for this company.
"No, this is not normal..."
Suzuki Sonoko rolled her eyes.
It is indeed normal for an entrepreneur who has cooperated with Japan in many aspects to come to Japan. However, a humanoid nuclear bomb, which is the highest level dangerous person in both the "International Security Control Act" and the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs' risk classification, simply makes It's outrageous for him to enter the country, let alone let him come to Tokyo, the most important city in Japan?
No wonder no news about Kitayama Yugo's coming to Tokyo has been revealed. If the upper class people in Tokyo knew the reason why Kitayama Yugo came to Tokyo, Tokyo's upper class would undergo a big migration!
More than thirty years ago, before the "International Security Control Act" was promulgated, and there were no strict restrictions on military personnel's entry and exit from other countries, there was a man from the Central Plains who single-handedly caused panic in the entire upper class of Tokyo. This The cloud of terror has not dissipated from the heads of those who experienced it until now. Instead, it continues to ferment and become more serious as time goes by.
In the past thirty years, Japan has not allowed peerless masters from other countries to enter the country. This may be the first time that Japan has welcomed peerless masters from foreign countries since the Central Plains man.
Theoretically speaking, Japan can receive LV5+ foreign peerless masters, because Japan also has its own peerless master, Grandmaster Beishan Xiongwu, which gives them the confidence to face peerless masters from other countries.
According to the "International Security Control Act", if an LV5 level entity wants to enter a sovereign country, it must be accompanied by a "monitor" sent by the sovereign country. Naturally, this monitor must be a martial arts master of the same level as the entrant, one of the "five" in the Japanese martial arts world. The "Four Grandmasters" are all supreme masters, and Grandmaster Beishan Xiongwu is even more peerless. He is the only country in the world that is qualified to receive LV5+ level martial arts masters. But those who are qualified are qualified, and those who come are also among the three best in the world. Xue Dingshan, the first "Wind and Thunder Palm", Suzuki Sonoko was worried about whether the grand master could hold on.
But as long as Suzuki Sonoko knows these things in her heart, there is really no need to say them out, because even if she says them out, it will not change anything except making people uncomfortable.
If it were in the past, Suzuki Sonoko's knowledge of martial artists was limited to the extraordinary bodyguards in her family, and she wouldn't be so worried. However, after seeing the competition between Yan Kai and Xue Wenhai, she has a better understanding of the power of martial artists. With a new understanding, I no longer dare to underestimate martial arts masters.
She still clearly remembers that the staff who came to repair the beach asked her if Godzilla and Ghidorah had fought here just now? Isn't there anything else that can destroy such a large beach to this extent?
Of course there is no Godzilla or Ghidorah, there are just two martial arts masters whose destructive power is no less than that of monsters...
At that time, Suzuki Sonoko complained in her heart like this.
Kasumigaoka Shiu and Mao Lilan both felt that Suzuki Sonoko was talking nonsense, but Kudo Shinichi felt that Suzuki Sonoko must know something else to have such a big reaction to Xue Dingshan's coming to Tokyo.
Speaking of which, he is just an entrepreneur from the Central Plains. Is it necessary to ask the "god of this world" from Japan to accompany him? Is this a treatment that even the president of Amerikan doesn’t have? The Grand Master of Japan, even the Prime Minister of Japan, cannot be met just by wanting to see him. It depends on the mood of the Grand Master. There is no reason why the founder of the Zhongyuan Group should be received by the Grand Master when he comes. There is no such reason!
Because of the information asymmetry, Kudo Shinichi could not guess the cause of the matter no matter how strong his reasoning ability was. He could only turn his attention to Suzuki Sonoko, who seemed to know the reason, hoping to get the answer from Suzuki Sonoko.
"Don't ask, shut up, I'm annoyed, ignore me, get out!"
Suzuki Sonoko rolled her eyes.
"..."
Kudo Shinichi's face turned dark. When did Sonoko speak so rudely...
But he didn't know that Suzuki Sonoko was doing this entirely for his own good. Her curiosity could kill even a cat, let alone a little detective. For other people, Suzuki Sonoko asked herself how useful the Suzuki family's face was. But facing the Grand Master, facing the "Wind and Thunder Palm" Xue Dingshan, who is as famous as the Grand Master and one of the "Three Wonders in the World", if Kudou Shinichi, a fool, gets involved, the two of them will not like him and directly accuse him of "intentional evil". If you kill him in name, who can say anything? Who dares to say anything!
More than ten years ago, a famous expert from the Central Plains visited Japan through legal means. Out of curiosity, he visited a certain shrine. He became furious on the spot and killed more than ten main personnel of the shrine and destroyed several main buildings of the shrine. This was despite the intervention of the supervisors. Under such circumstances, the losses caused otherwise would be even more difficult to estimate.
In the end, the top master from the Central Plains was subdued, but the Japanese government could only send him back to the Central Plains and could not sanction him. As for the dead shrine personnel... they died in vain, but the shrine was destroyed. The Central Plains side should compensate some. Money, but compared with its historical value and spiritual significance, that little money is nothing!
Although the shrine was quickly restored to its original state after the incident, and the shrine staff were replaced with a new batch, this incident has always been a thorn in the side of many Japanese ruling classes, and the relationship between the Central Plains and Japan has also... Oh , it did not get worse. After all, the relationship between the two countries was already very bad at that time, and it was really difficult to get worse.
The public opinion of that incident was suppressed by the government and the entire upper class society, and only the news that the shrine was set on fire by a Central Plains tourist was reported to cover up the public opinion. However, the incident undoubtedly deepened the entire Japanese upper class society's vigilance against the Central Plains samurai. Since then, although Japan has been nominally There is no ban on the entry of top experts from the Central Plains, but in fact they always shirk the entry applications of the top experts from the Central Plains for various reasons. I don’t know if the people at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are stupid this time or their brains were stuck in the nightclub and they didn’t bring them back. They actually allow it. A peerless master entered the country, and it was Xue Dingshan who was already quite hostile to Japan...
Suzuki Sonoko simply couldn't imagine how terrifying it would be if a peerless master who could compete with a great master went on a rampage in Tokyo, the most densely populated city in Japan!
You know, in recent years, under the propaganda of the media, the favorability of the Central Plains in the hearts of the Japanese people has been declining. Suzuki Sonoko wonders if Xue Dingshan, who has no good impression of Japan, will face such Japanese public opinion. meeting……
Suzuki Sonoko shuddered and did not dare to think about it.
"Lord Haoyi, I don't have any objections to Mr. Xue, but I want to know why Mr. Xue is allowed to come to Japan?"
Suzuki Sonoko was very puzzled. In the end, she could only hope that Kitayama Koichi would answer her doubts.
"This..." Kitayama Koichi did not answer directly, but said something that Suzuki Sonoko couldn't understand, "A Central Plains writer I like very much, he wrote in an article, 'This room is too dark. People will definitely not allow you to open a skylight. But if you advocate removing the roof, they will mediate and be willing to open a skylight."
"Um?"
"What I mean is that if we don't allow Mr. Xue to come to Japan, then the more troublesome person will come by himself."
"Um?!"
