Chapter 3334: Failure of Deterrence

When Ye Chen heard that several major Japanese gangs had already taken action, he immediately realized that the problem was more serious than he thought.

At present, the only thing he could control was the Iga ninja, but there were only a hundred or so Iga ninjas in total. Facing tens of thousands of gangsters in Tokyo, they were not even enough to fill the gaps in their teeth.

Moreover, the more crowded the occasion, the more he had to hide his strength. If hundreds or thousands of people came to kill him, and he took out the Thunder Order, a bolt of lightning would surely scare them away. But before tomorrow, he would be completely famous all over the country. The cost of this kind of thing was too high, not to mention that the person he had to protect was Tawanna, which was even more not worth it.

So, he analyzed the current situation and said to Mitsui Yoshitaka: "Mr. Mitsui, please ask all the security personnel of the Mitsui family to rush here as quickly as possible. Don't think about bringing Tawanna to your house. Protect Tawanna's safety here!"

"Here?" Mitsui Yoshitaka shook his head and said, "How can this place be possible? There is not even a real safety door. The Mitsui family's manor has underground fortifications that can withstand nuclear attacks. As long as Miss Sweet gets there, her safety can be absolutely guaranteed!"

Ye Chen said coldly: "Tens of thousands of people may be rushing here. How can you take Tawanna out? Helicopter? There may be many sniper rifles pointing at various places in the dome. Can your helicopter ensure that nothing will go wrong?"

Mitsui Yoshitaka said, "We can't just stay here like this, right? What if they rush in all at once? What shall we do?"

Ye Chen said: "There are only two entrances and exits in the backstage, and it is very simple to block them. Your people can rush over and start to deploy defenses immediately. We will make the defense into three layers. The outermost layer is your people, the middle layer is my people, and I will be responsible for the last layer. At the same time, I will ensure that there are no traitors in the middle layer, and you will ensure that there are no traitors in the outermost layer. In this way, we can isolate the risks."

"Besides, this is a public place, the largest performance venue in Tokyo. Anyone who rushes here must consider the consequences. We can notify the Metropolitan Police Department at that time, and they will definitely send people to protect the safety here and save their face. As long as we ensure that there are no problems with the three-layer defense and do not let any risky people approach Tawana, the Metropolitan Police Department can add another layer of defense on the outermost layer of our three-layer defense. In this way, we can basically ensure that there is no risk of error."

Mitsui Xinmei on the side immediately said: "Odosan, I think Mr. Ye's method is very good. We will set up defenses here. As long as we strictly follow Mr. Ye's plan and do a good job of defense, we will be able to ensure Tawana's safety!"

Mitsui Yoshitaka waved his hand and said calmly: "It's just the Yamaguchi-gumi and a bunch of second-rate gangs. There's no need to go to such trouble. I can easily intimidate them and make them leave!"

Mitsui Xinmei hurriedly said: "Odo-san, those gangs are not so easy to control!"

Mitsui Shinmi is somewhat wary of gangs like the Yamaguchi-gumi.

As the largest gang organization in Japan, the Yamaguchi-gumi has at least tens of thousands of biker gang members under its command, and its social status and influence in Japan are extraordinary.

It is said that in 2014, the annual revenue of the Yamaguchi-gumi reached billion US dollars.

However, this method of calculation is not scientific. In order to exaggerate the strength of the Yamaguchi-gumi and increase the popularity of the news, the media deliberately attributed all industries and related output values ​​to the Yamaguchi-gumi, thus obtaining exaggerated figures.

For example, a street in Tokyo controlled by the Yamaguchi-gumi generates a total output value of 100 million US dollars a year, and the media will attribute this 100 million US dollars to the Yamaguchi-gumi.

But in fact, if this street is regarded as a subsidiary of the Yamaguchi-gumi, then the first point is that the Yamaguchi-gumi cannot have 60% control over this subsidiary, and at most it can only hold %.

Moreover, this 100 million US dollars is only the total output value, and various costs have not been deducted, including the real estate rental income of the entire Fengqing Street, decoration and related losses, water, electricity, gas costs, all alcoholic beverages and food, and various raw material costs, and even the salary commissions of thousands of young men and thousands of young ladies.

Even the income of the clinic that treats sexually transmitted diseases on Fengqing Street will be included.

But in fact, of the US$100 million output value of the entire street, only US$60 million is related to the Yamaguchi-gumi.

After deducting the various explicit and implicit costs mentioned above, the net profit of 60 million that can be turned over to the Yamaguchi-gumi headquarters will be greatly reduced.

After all, there are hundreds or even thousands of people to support on this street, and the cost alone is astronomical, and various relationships have to be managed. Therefore, after deducting all costs, the net profit attributable to the parent company of the Yamaguchi-gumi is at most a few million dollars.

On one side is 100 million US dollars, and on the other side is several million in profit. According to this ratio, the Yamaguchi-gumi's annual net profit is at most a few hundred million US dollars.

However, the strength of the Yamaguchi-gumi lies in the fact that it can feed tens of thousands of people, allowing these tens of thousands of people, from small followers to middle and senior leaders, to live a very comfortable life, while still making hundreds of millions of US dollars in profit. These tens of thousands of people are like the worker ants of this ant colony. Not only do they work hard every day, they will also sacrifice their lives to defend the ant colony.

These tens of thousands of troops are the foundation of the Yamaguchi-gumi's survival.

However, even a gang like the Yamaguchi-gumi is nothing in front of the Mitsui family.

Although Mitsui Shinmi was afraid of their size, in the eyes of Mitsui Yoshitaka, the seventh generation leader of the Yamaguchi-gumi, or Nishida Hirohiro as he called him, was just a small-time gangster who was not worthy of being in public. He could order Nishida Hirohiro around as if he were scolding his own driver, and Nishida Hirohiro didn't even dare to raise his head, let alone talk back.

So, when he heard that Hirohiro Nishida actually ordered the Yamaguchi-gumi to assassinate Tawana, he immediately became furious, as if he had been insulted by his superiors.

Mitsui Yoshitaka's brother immediately called Nishida Hirohiro, and when the call was connected, he immediately asked, "Is that Nishida?"

"It's me." A middle-aged man on the other end of the line said with a hint of respect, "Mr. Mitsui, why did you think of calling me?"

Mitsui Yoshitaka's younger brother said coldly: "It's not me who is looking for you, it's my elder brother Mitsui Yoshitaka who is looking for you."

Mitsui Yoshitaka on the side reached out and snatched the phone away, and shouted: "Nishida Yuhiro, are you tired of living? How dare you send someone to assassinate my Mitsui Yoshitaka's guest, who gave you the courage?!"

Nishida Hirohiro on the other end of the phone coughed awkwardly and asked him: "Mr. Mitsui, the person we want to kill is Tawana, an American. This person seems to have nothing to do with you, right?"

Mitsui Yoshitaka cursed, "Baka! Tawana is not only my guest, but also a signed artist of Universal Music. As a shareholder of Universal Music, do you think it has anything to do with me?"

After that, Mitsui Yoshitaka threatened in a cold voice: "Nishida Hirohiro, I don't have time to talk nonsense with you. Now I only give you two choices. One is to immediately withdraw the order. All members of the Yamaguchi-gumi are not allowed to approach or touch Tawana. The other is to be the enemy of the Mitsui family from now on! I can tell you responsibly that if you choose the latter, I will definitely eradicate the Yamaguchi-gumi completely!"

Upon hearing this, Nishida Hirohiro said with a somewhat embarrassed tone: "Mr. Mitsui, you should know that this is a hidden investment worth one billion US dollars. I don't need to tell you how much purchasing power one billion US dollars has and how much it can do, right? All the gangs in Japan want to make this money now. If you don't let me make it, if my competitors make it, then I'm finished. One billion US dollars is enough for the Yamaguchi-gumi's competitors to surpass the Yamaguchi-gumi. By then, the Yamaguchi-gumi will be eliminated by competitors without your help."

Mitsui Yoshitaka said: "I can tell you that no matter who wants to make this money, as long as they take action, they will be the enemy of my Mitsui family and will be eradicated by my Mitsui family! If you know what it means to be a wise man, then you should stay out of it now. Not only can you protect yourself, but you can also reap the benefits!"

Nishida Hirohiro laughed and said, "Mr. Mitsui, do you think the Mitsui family has the ability to eliminate all the gangs in Japan? Even the current prime minister would not dare to say such arrogant words, right?"

"Also, do you know how many gangsters there are in Japan? There are nearly 30,000 people registered with the Metropolitan Police Department alone! There are at least 100,000 official gang members who are not registered!"

"There are also many gray market elements who make a living in bars, casinos, pinball parlors, and brothels. Although they are not absolute gang members, they all rely on gangs to survive and are the gang's reserve forces! If they are counted, the number is at least 300,000!"

"If the Mitsui family takes action against these 300,000 people, Japan's prisons will be full! By then, the balance of the gangs will be completely disrupted by the Mitsui family. All gang members will regard the Mitsui family as their number one enemy, and those new gang members will flood the streets to fight for territory. The public security of the whole of Japan will be in chaos. Mr. Mitsui should not want to see such a situation, right?"

Mitsui Yoshitaka naturally knew that what Nishida Hirohiro said was true. Gangs have long been a stubborn problem in Japan. Nowadays, the government recognizes their existence and condones their business model. In most cases, they do not go against the government. There is a kind of abnormal balance between the two sides. Once this balance is broken, the whole society will fall into chaos.

Therefore, even the Japanese government cannot deal with the gangs, and Mitsui Yoshitaka certainly does not have the ability to do so.

He originally just wanted to threaten Nishida Hirohiro first, at least to keep the Yamaguchi-gumi away from this matter, and then he would go and intimidate the leaders of other gangs. But now he finally realized the problem. These people usually gave him face and didn't even dare to disobey him. But now, with a billion dollars in hidden money lying there, for these gangs, if he didn't take it, his competitors might take it. Once taken by his competitors, he would surely die.

Then, Mitsui Yoshitaka threatened in a cold tone: "Nishida, I don't care what excuses you have, once you take action, I will never forgive you!"

Nishida Hirohiro was not to be outdone, and said in a tough tone: "Mr. Mitsui, this action is a joint action of the entire Japanese underworld. If you target the Yamaguchi-gumi afterwards, the tens of thousands of Yamaguchi-gumi will not be vegetarians! We will definitely do everything we can to strike the Mitsui family. If we can kill one, we will kill one. If we can kill two, we will kill two! Isn't it a matter of life and death? Mr. Mitsui, people like us have cheap lives. We are lucky to be able to exchange the lives of noble people like you!"