rebirth from small pockets

Chapter 629 Akihabara

Author: The sea under the clouds

Chapter 629 Akihabara

In the end, Chen Li still didn’t meet the owner of this restaurant!

Chen Li estimated that the other party did not dare to come to see him. It was also possible that Comrade Xiao Liu, the translator, informed the other party's boss.

The reason is also very simple. If you can't meet the boss, there is still room for discussion. But if you meet the boss, you will definitely not be able to talk without giving a positive result.

What do you say about Xiao Liu? He is actually quite smart!

This guy corrected his attitude as soon as he found out that the incident was exposed, and he simply acted like he would accept the punishment. This made Chen Li, who had originally planned to slap the other person in the face, not feel the experience at all.

But what can I say~ In fact, this situation is the most normal phenomenon. After all, the fact that this guy has been in this industry for several years and still made it so big is enough to prove that his IQ and EQ must be online.

Knowing that the matter has been exposed, still resisting without fear of boiling water. That is definitely something that only a fool can do.

But if Xiao Liu was a fool, Wu Minyi would not have chosen him as Chen Li's translator for this trip to Tokyo.

So ~ this guy immediately adjusted his position and let Chen Fa fall.

And his purpose for doing this is also very simple, that is, he hopes that Chen Li will not expose this matter.

To be honest, how serious is the matter of getting some kickbacks for translators? In fact, it’s not that serious.

This is not to say that such a thing is correct in itself, but that this behavior is considered a common phenomenon in the industry.

In other words, if he only gets kickbacks, even if Chen Li reveals this matter, the punishment that Xiao Liu will receive will actually be very limited.

Even to put it in a not so nice way, they may deal with classmate Xiao Liu on the surface, but behind the scenes they will do whatever they want.

Because this is a tacit understanding between the translation industry and restaurant businesses, and can even be regarded as a business cooperation act.

But this guy not only gets kickbacks, but also eats the price difference, and eating the price difference is not as simple as taking a kickback.

Because this thing, strictly speaking, should be a kind of commercial fraud.

Moreover, this kind of behavior also involves the restaurant itself. Once there is a commotion and the restaurant cannot be cured, it will naturally not let Xiao Liu translator go.

To put it bluntly, taking rebates is an unspoken rule in the industry, but taking advantage of the price difference is an act that is despised.

Of course, even with these two points, Chen Li can at most ruin Xiao Liu's reputation, but if this guy really has to be shameless, he can still work in this industry.

With his abilities, he will be able to prosper sooner or later.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Chen Li can't take care of him. As long as he wants to, he can take care of Xiao Liu casually.

If nothing else, let’s just say that the rebates this guy got and the difference in food prices were 100% tax-free.

And this guy got an international student visa, which is relatively restrictive for working in the island country. As a result, this guy also evaded taxes, and tax evasion is a very serious problem in any capitalist country.

At that time, it is not impossible to be sent back to the country.

However, Chen Li has no grudge against this guy, so there is no need to make the matter so serious.

Hmm~ Well, Chen Li did think so at first!

In fact, even if this guy ate and took things, it was really not as angry as Chen Li.

Firstly, Chen Li didn't care about the money, and secondly, this guy's behavior of conspiring loudly in front of him was actually quite comic in Chen Li's opinion.

Therefore, Chen Li really didn’t want to do anything to this guy at first!

But when this guy gave Chen Li a ninety-degree bow in order to apologize, Chen Li suddenly changed his mind.

The reason is very simple~ This guy seems to have been eroded a bit by the island culture!

Even the behavior of apologizing is exactly the same as that of the islanders.

This makes Chen Li very unhappy!

If this guy honestly and obediently apologizes and spits out the money he embezzled, Chen Li really plans to let this guy go.

As a result, this guy bowed and apologized like an island country, which really left Chen Li speechless.

Well~actually this is normal!

Although Xiao Liu is just an overseas student, this guy has actually been staying in the island country for several years.

From undergraduate to master (graduate), this guy has stayed in Tokyo!

As for the reason, of course it's because he's prospering here.

And people like him who live a pretty good life in a foreign country can actually easily forget their roots.

If nothing else, with this guy’s ability, it would be impossible for him to earn such a high income in China.

You know, this guy is still on an international student visa. If he immigrate to the island country, I am afraid he will earn more in the future.

Of course, if this guy is making money in an island country and is a flower in the island country, then this manifestation is actually not that obvious.

But if the island country makes money and spends it at home, then the contrast is obvious!

Of course~ To be honest, if this guy could study abroad in the 1990s, his family probably wasn’t short of money.

But even so, the high income of the island country is still too attractive to the Chinese people at this moment.

But once you stay for a long time, it is easy to be integrated into the local culture, and then it is easy to forget your roots.

Of course, these things are not absolute. After all, there are many talents in China who have studied abroad and come back to serve the motherland.

In fact, Chen Li doesn't bother to care about other people's choices. After all, everyone has the right to choose.

But the problem is~ Xiao Liu is in his hands, so he has to talk about it.

After classmate Liu bowed, Chen Li lost interest in the farce. He directly asked Zhang Ruolan to call Wu Minyi, and then took Zhang Ruolan and Master Cheng back to the hotel.

Comrade Xiao Liu, who was supposed to accompany them throughout the whole process, was called back by the company. As for what would happen next, Chen Li left it to Wu Minyi to handle.

After taking a lunch break at the hotel, Chen Li took his assistant and driver to meet a staff member sent by Wu Minyi to go shopping in the afternoon.

In fact, although Chen Li is not proficient in the island dialect, his spoken language is definitely better than most of the less professional translators.

So even if Wu Minyi didn't send anyone, Chen Li could still handle it.

But Chen Li was the boss, and neither Zhang Ruolan nor Wu Minyi could let Chen Li do the translation work, so Wu Minyi asked Sakurako Yasuda for help and called a staff member over.

This staff member is a young girl who looks young. It is said that she is also an international student, but this is an international student from an island country who once went to Yanjing to study.

Even this person is an alumnus of Chen Li. Strictly speaking, she is even Chen Li's senior student.

That's right~ This young lady named Chiba Nako~ once studied at Yenching University of Foreign Studies.

In fact, Chiba Nako is not pretty, but many people will find it difficult to forget her just by taking one look at her, because this girl not only has a childlike face, but also loves to smile.

Such a person will have a very strong affinity, so this is probably why Sakurako Yasuda sent her here.

"Mr. Chen~ Do you have any specific requirements for shopping?"

"Uh~ I'm sorry. Although I went to school in Yanjing, I rarely communicate with people in Chinese after returning to China."

"So maybe I wasn't expressing myself that clearly."

"Please forgive me if it causes you any inconvenience."

Chiba Nako came up and bowed a series of times to Chen Li, but her bows and the bows of the translator Xiao Liu gave Chen Li a different feeling.

At the very least, Chen Li doesn't dislike Chiba Nako's bow. After all, this is the habit of the island people.

This kind of thing~Whether you say Chen Li has double standards or you say he looks at you differently, anyway, he is not happy to see a Chinese person acting ninety degrees like an islander.

"Sorry, Miss Chiba!"

"I want to buy some electronic products and do some shopping. Where is the best place to go?"

Chen Li nodded and stated his request.

In fact, Chen Li has no need for shopping in Tokyo.

But there's no way~ When traveling abroad these days, sometimes it's not your business alone.

Just like Chen Li's trip to the island country, he has a so-called list in his pocket, which is full of things that some acquaintances and friends around him have asked him to help buy.

There are not only the shopping lists of Ma Xiaoyun and Xiao Ma Ge, but even Zhou Hongyi, a slutty guy, asked Chen Li to buy a game console for him.

Not to mention that damn girl Chen Xue had to let him buy a genuine Sony Walkman here in the island country.

This feeling makes Chen Li very depressed! A group of Chinese elites are so obsessed with foreign things.

But despite being depressed, Chen Li had to admit that in 2001, the electronic products of the island country were indeed very good.

Chen Li is not a pretentious person. There are some things. Being behind means being behind. Anyway, in the worst case, we can just catch up later.

Of course, there is actually not much time left for electronic products in island countries.

When the smart era arrives in a few years, although the electronic products of the island country cannot be said to have completely declined, they can be considered to be in the sunset.

But no matter what, in 2001, the electronic products of the island country still had nothing to say.

"Hmm~!"

“If you want to buy luxury goods, my first recommendations would definitely be Daikanyama and Ginza.”

"But if you just want to go shopping and buy some electronic products, I recommend going to Akihabara."

Chiba Nako stared at Chen Li and thought for a moment, and then gave an accurate answer.

However, her answer made Chen Li a little surprised, because Chen Li knew Akihabara very well.

No~ Actually, to be precise, Chen Li doesn't know much about this place. In fact, he has only been here once.

In his previous life, when he accompanied his girlfriend to travel to the island country, he had visited this famous place.

And another time ~ when Chen Li took his family to travel to the island country, he didn't take his family to this place because it was not suitable!

After all, Chen Li's family is not a two-dimensional person, so they naturally cannot be interested in Akihabara.

Yes~ When mentioning Akihabara, the first word that pops up in the minds of most Chinese people is probably...

Two dimensions!

What impressed Chen Li the most about the place in his previous life were the various two-dimensional ladies and various themed cafes.

And for the two-dimensional fans on the domestic Internet, Akihabara is simply a holy place in their minds.

As for electronic products, well, there seem to be a lot of places selling electronic products there!

In fact, Akihabara was a neighborhood famous for selling electrical appliances in its early days.

Later, from the 1980s to the 1990s, driven by the popularization of computers and the wave of technological innovation, the ACGN world also showed a prosperous situation.

At that time, many ACGN fans began to visit Akihabara, and driven by business opportunities, some teahouses that imitated the scene settings and character costumes in the game also appeared at this time.

Then, some coffee shops that used cosplay waiters as a gimmick also appeared one after another.

These shops that combined comic teahouses and game cafes brought a lot of popularity to Akihabara, and even became the holy place of the Two-Dimension Gate.

In fact, neither the Chen Li in the previous life nor the Chen Li in this life are two-dimensional.

But Chen Li had a two-dimensional girlfriend in his previous life, so he had a vague understanding of this group.

In addition, Chen Li often went to a small website to watch videos and variety shows in his previous life. As he got more and more contact with the two-dimensional community, he knew more or less about two-dimensional things.

In his previous life, when Chen Li accompanied his girlfriend to travel to the island country, he specifically came to Akihabara.

At that time, Chen Li admired his girlfriend very much because she could accurately tell the name and background of a cosplaying girl when she saw her.

This is somewhat shocking to Chen Li, who doesn’t watch anime very much.

You know~ In Chen Li's eyes, many cosplay girls are basically the same. For example, many of them are dressed as maids, but her girlfriend can tell the difference in the role of the other party based on the details of the headdress and even the maid outfit.

sex.

And that time, Chen Li and his girlfriend went to experience a maid cafe.

To be honest~a little disappointed!

Because there were no good-looking girls in the cafe they went to.

Yes~ I don’t know if Chen Li and his girlfriend went to the wrong place, but the maids in that cafe probably weighed less than 120 kilograms.

And the most important thing is that none of the girls are taller than 1.6 meters.

Therefore, Chen Li's girlfriend was satisfied with that trip to Akihabara, but it brought some psychological shadow to Chen Li.

It is precisely for this reason that when Chiba Nako asked about going to Akihabara, the first impression that came to Chen Li's mind was that maid cafe.

oh~NO!

Hmm~ Yes~ Chen Li felt that a voice-over that often appeared in some videos in his previous life appeared in his mind.

But then, Chen Li shook off this idea.

Because according to the time trajectory, in 2001, the maid cafe did not appear at all.

And to be honest~ Chen Li was somewhat restrained when looking at the two-dimensional ladies on the street when he had a girlfriend following him in his previous life, but this time.

Hehe~ Chen Li is really curious about what Akihabara was like in 2001.

So~ he nodded and said:

"Okay~ I'll trouble you, Miss Chiba."

“Let’s go shopping in Akihabara!”

Seeing Chen Li agreeing, a light seemed to flash in Chiba Nako's eyes. It was obvious. This girl likes Akihabara very much, right?

Chen Li glanced at the back of Chiba Nako who turned her back to contact the vehicle, and couldn't help but murmur in her heart.

Isn’t this Chiba Nako also a two-dimensional person?

(End of chapter)