Tokyo bubble life

As we enter March, the temperature begins to rise like on an airplane.

Nagayama Naoki put on a light jacket and drove his convertible along the road through Shinjuku. Several young men and women who had finished a night of partying looked at the slowly passing sports car and whistled.

There are also some girls waving their hands, inviting them to join them for another night of drunkenness and dreams~

"At that time, I was young, wearing thin clothes, riding a horse and leaning on a leaning bridge, with red sleeves and red sleeves all over the building~" Naoki Nagayama sounded helpless and shook his head, "I finally understand what this means~"

"Ni-chan, although I don't understand what you said before, I can tell from your expression that you are very narcissistic now!" Tsuruko, who was sitting in the passenger seat, complained unceremoniously.

"." Nagayama Naoki's face darkened after being exposed, "Tsuruko, has anyone told you, don't speak if you can't speak?"

"No!"

"Well you know now!"

Tsuruko showed up at Yamasakura-in before 7 o'clock this morning, and then successfully hitchhiked back to Shizuoka. I also got the long-awaited gift of a black pearl necklace with a strong Tahitian style.

But of course it's not the kind of jewelry she wears when she's wearing a dress. Her future husband should buy it for her! It is a simple everyday necklace that I usually wear. There is a huge black pearl inlaid under the thin silver chain, which is still very strange.

"What kind of clothes should I wear with this necklace?" Tsuruko worried as he used the necklace to compare the color on his skin. "Will black pearls make my skin look very dark?"

"You are already very dark!" Nagayama Naoki retorted without thinking.

"!!!" Hezi looked directly at him with two fierce eyes, "How can I be so evil!"

As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves and stretched his arm in front of Nagayama Naoki. It happened to be at least two shades darker in contrast to the wrist placed on the steering wheel.

Like a defeated dog, Tsuruko huddled in the passenger seat and murmured to himself: "He's even darker than Ni-chan. He's dead."

Nagayama Naoki was a little speechless when he looked at his beaten sister. Who asked her to bask in the sun during physical education class? By the way, she turned on the car stereo and played the song "Plastic Love" to express the deep brother-sister love between the two.

The road from Tokyo to Shizuoka was already very familiar. Taking advantage of the fact that there were few people leaving the city in the morning, Naoki Nagayama almost kept pressing the accelerator.

The wind blowing on the cheeks is still a little cold, making people more awake, but without the chill of winter.

The buds squeezed out the dead leaves and sprouted from the treetops again. Some of the evergreen leaves that were originally on the branches also diluted the original dull color with this trace of tender green and became vivid. .

The scenery on both sides of the road gradually changed from the yellow and desolate winter to a vibrant one.

In less than two hours, Nagayama Naoki had returned to his hometown. Then as the car entered the town, he soon saw the familiar old house.

After parking the car, Tsuruko jumped up and ran out with the necklace, no longer feeling disappointed at all.

He shouted loudly at the entrance: "Ogasan, we are back!"

Nagayama Naoki, who was a step slower, saw Tsuruko in the living room, teasing his little nephew who was being held in his mother's arms when he entered the door.

"Mom, I'm back!" Naoki Nagayama greeted.

"Welcome back~" Mother smiled happily, "Are you tired from driving back?"

"It's only been two hours, it's completely fine."

There were many packed boxes in the living room. Naoki Nagayama sat cross-legged in the gap, and his eyes collided with his little nephew Nagayama Nocao's curious eyes. His dark eyes were very bright, and he was only a little thinner than ordinary children. .

"Is the weed awake so early?"

"Well, I just finished drinking milk."

As the mother answered, she swatted away Tsuruko's eager hand.

"Tsuruko, if you make Weedao cry, I'll let you coax her all day long!"

"." Hezi fully felt that he was no longer the youngest and most favored person in the family!

"Eldest brother and Sister Xiangjia?" Naoki Nagayama was about to ask when he saw a strong figure coming down the stairs. It was his eldest brother Nagayama Aoki, and he was holding a box of things.

"Naoki, Tsuruko, you are back." Nagayama Aoki said with a smile.

"Hi." Naoki Nagayama asked, "Is this something that needs to be moved?"

"Well, it's almost done, and it's just waiting for the movers." Yongshan Aoki put down the box and sat down to chat, "Xiangjia has already gone to the new home, let's go and organize it first."

While there was still time, a few people sat in the living room and chatted for a while.

Because it was his son who moved, his father was still working in the izakaya today, saying that he could not let down the regular customers who came to eat every day. However, since Aoki got married, more and more things in the store have been decided by the eldest son, and his intention to take over is very obvious.

As for our little nephew, although he was born prematurely, he was well-nourished and had no problems. He developed very well and lived up to his weed name. His vitality is very tenacious.

Since the New Year, I have contacted my uncle several times, because Nagayama Naoki and Nagayama Kaede are cooperating on opening a KTV. The eldest brother and the second brother have become more closely connected, but my father is still afraid of contacting his grandfather.

Listening to his mother and eldest brother chattering about home affairs, Tsuruko interrupted from time to time, and occasionally Weedao would utter approval, Naoki Nagayama felt a rare warmth.

It seemed that not long after, Didi's car horn sounded outside the door.

"Ah, the movers are here." Aoki stood up quickly and opened the door.

Parked outside the door was a very small truck, only about the same size as his own convertible. Naoki Nagayama saw that the driver and the young man on the passenger seat had gotten out, and they were talking to his elder brother.

Then the two bowed and walked into the house, and began to load the packed boxes into the car as well as the tables, cabinets and other large furniture in the room on the second floor.

"Can it fit in such a small car?"

Japanese moving companies are very standardized and do not require the employer to do anything, so Naoki Nagayama was able to stand by and watch leisurely.

"It's definitely no problem. There aren't many things, and it's not very far."

Because the eldest brother and Nozaki Kōka got married in a hurry, and they lived with their parents in an old house, so there wasn't a lot of furniture, and Nozaki Kōka even had some things at her in-laws' house.

After moving to a new home this time, we can truly start a family.

After the things were put away, it turned out that there was still a lot of space in the small dump truck. When leaving, Aoki took the initiative to sit in the carriage and wanted to help secure the goods on the way. Tsuruko also sat on it excitedly. I want to experience the feeling of being a cargo

Girls from small towns are so energetic!

Nagayama Naoki took his mother and Weedao and passed by in his convertible. In this era, child safety seats were invented not long ago, and the popularity rate of safety seats in Japan is less than 5%.

However, Nagayama Naoki naturally thought of this and had already tied up the safety cradle.

The eldest brother's new house is only about ten minutes away from the old house, which can be said to be very close. The new home uses brand new craftsmanship, but the style is still an old-fashioned Japanese house. The advantage of being in a small town is that it has a quite large garden.

When Nagayama Naoki got out of the car, the workers were already moving things quickly. After entering the door, he saw Nozaki Kaka who was busy:

"Sister Xiangjia."

"Naoki is back too!" Perhaps because of the move to a new home, Nozaki Kaka seemed very happy.

"Well, big brother's housewarming is coming, of course." He handed over a set of lacquerware in his hand, "This is a gift~"

"Ah!" Nozaki Kaka hurriedly took it and looked at the exquisite lacquer jewelry box and said, "It's really too expensive!"

"This is a housewarming gift, you must accept it!"

"This Aligado~"

In short, in this atmosphere of polite coming and going, the originally empty room became more and more full.

After the people from the moving company left, the remaining family members began to help arrange all the furniture. The large ones are assisted by Nagayama Aoki and Nagayama Naoki, and the smaller ones are assisted by Nozaki Kaka and Tsuruko.

As for the mother, she was playing in the yard with weeds. After all, it was dusty and not suitable for children.

By noon, everything had been sorted out, and the new home had its first fire, making simple home-cooked meals.

Everyone in the izakaya knows how to cook, so Nozaki Kaka is a bit helpless.

After finishing the meal and resting for more than an hour, Nagayama Naoki couldn't sit still:

"Brother, are you going to visit the neighbors and give gifts later?"

"Hey, but for this, just let Xiangjia and I go." Nagayama Aoki said, "Isn't Naoki going to visit his grandfather? Let's go quickly this afternoon!"

"You really don't need my help?"

"No need!" Nagayama Aoki patted Naoki on the shoulder. He was very happy that his younger brother could come to help move.

"Okay~" Nagayama Naoki didn't say much, and turned to look at Tsuruko who was wrapped in weeds again, "Tsuruko, do you want to go visit your grandfather together?"

"Forget it~" Tsuruko hesitated, "The aura is too strong."

"Then I will take you back to Tokyo when I come back."

"Hi~"

Because this is a new home, driving from here to Qingshui City was much slower than before. It took half an hour to see the old mansion.

Shogo Hanada, the younger brother on duty at the door, immediately recognized the grandson of his eldest son. After all, Naoki Nagayama's face was already a familiar face that most people who watched TV recognized.

"Boss Naoki! Welcome back!" Hanada Shogo and another younger brother bowed and said hello.

"Hey, you guys have worked hard too." Naoki Nagayama no longer thinks about correcting their names. In this era, the Yamaguchi-gumi's thinking is very old-fashioned and they truly regard the club as a family.

"Is grandpa here?"

"Hey, Chief Hayato is in the study!" Hanada Shougo sent another younger brother to run to inform him, while he led Naoki Nagayama inside, "Team Leader Kumahara is in the office building, and he probably won't be back until night."

The team leader is really busy. Listening to Shogo Hanada's narration, Naoki Nagayama felt that the team leader of the Shizuoka Yamaguchi Group was busier than the CEO of a listed company.

But looking at Hanada Shogo, who was almost 40 years old and almost forty-year-old, Nagayama Naoki suddenly asked a question: "Hanada-san, have you been to Tokyo?"

"Huh?" Hanada Shogo was stunned for a moment, but he still replied, "I haven't been there."

He grew up in the countryside, and Shizuoka Prefecture has been his entire life. During the Showa era, although Japanese people traveled and shopped all over the world, they were only people from big cities, and many people never even left their own cities.

"Then do you want to go and see it?"

"Huh?!!" Hanada Shogo thought for a moment and replied, "Of course the people I want to see are those in the club."

"Hahaha, there is always a chance~"

Nagayama Naoki didn't say anything more, he had already arrived in the study. Inside, an old man in a kimono was reading a book and waiting, just like when we first met.

"Grandpa!" Nagayama Naoki greeted respectfully.

"Naoki!" Hayato Nagayama smiled happily. Now he was very happy to see his grandson. "Has Aoki moved it yet?"

"Well, I just came from the new house."

"How's the new house?"

“It’s a very clean and spacious house”

After a little chat about moving and the situation of Nagayama Nokusa, the only fourth generation of the Nagayama family, Nagayama Naoki finally started to talk about Tokyo.

"Grandpa, the first KTV in Tokyo has been renovated and is expected to be officially opened in April." Naoki Nagayama said, "Brother Kaede is currently watching the progress every day and is very clear about the key points of KTV construction."

"Really, that's good." Grandfather said reassuringly, "This guy has not forgotten his original intention after all."

"By the way, grandpa, before the official opening, the KTV will definitely have a trial operation. Regarding the business that the family will invest in in the future, grandpa, do you want to take a look?"

"Me?" Hayato Nagayama was stunned for a moment, "Going to Tokyo?"

"Um"

Grandfather began to ponder, but Nagayama Naoki did not stop talking:

"In addition to my grandfather, I think my uncle and several key members of the family can also go and have a look and experience it. After all, after the first one opens, many people in the family will be involved in the operation of the KTV."

Hayato Nagayama was a little surprised: "You want other members of the club?"

"Yes, after all, if more and more stores are opened in the future, a lot of people will definitely be needed!" Naoki Nagayama said, "I see that there are actually many elderly people in the family now, many of whom are over 30 years old and almost 40 years old. Bar."

"What do you mean?" Grandfather looked a little serious. "They have all made contributions to the club. You want me to kick them out?! Go work in a KTV?"

"That's not what I mean." Nagayama Naoki quickly explained, "What I mean is that these stores need reliable people to manage them, and some require tough and experienced people to deal with local bad guys."

"And these old people are undoubtedly trustworthy and capable."

"This is still a degenerate thing!" Grandfather was very hesitant. In his opinion, letting the key members go out from the society to manage the industry was undoubtedly a kind of despotic thing!

"That's why I want everyone to go and see what KTV is like!" Nagayama Naoki continued to persuade, "Most of these old people have reached middle age. In addition to fighting and killing, it is also time to settle down and start a family."

"Nightclubs like KTV will be opened in bustling city centers in the future and they will make a lot of money, but the risk is smaller than that of clubs. Many people will be willing to do so."

My grandfather was a little relieved when he heard this: "But... they can fight and kill, but they have to manage a store."

"Of course they don't need to manage it directly. You can hire professional managers to operate it. They are just a kind of control over the KTV at home? Control?"

"Put the flag!" Grandfather interrupted.

"Ah, yes, yes" is very vivid!

"In short, the daily tasks are very few, but you can make a lot of money and enjoy the prosperity of the city center."

Having said this, Naoki Nagayama's voice dropped a little, "It can also make the young people in the club more motivated."

After all, the old people occupying the upper positions are the biggest obstacles for young people to climb up! This is true in any organization.

Hayato Nagayama took a deep look at his grandson and felt that he was much more thoughtful than when they first met two years ago.

"Naoki, if I want to go to Tokyo, I still need to discuss it with Kumahara." Hayato Nagayama thought for a while and replied, "Although I do want to see it, with my status, going to Tokyo will make some people uneasy. .”

"Haha, the Metropolitan Police Department?" Nagayama Naoki subconsciously thought of the police "escort".

"There are also the Yamaguchi-gumi in Tokyo, as well as the Sumiyoshi Kai, the Inagawa Kai, etc."

Ah, by the way, there are these gangsters who have always abided by the laws and rules, and their schedules are regular. They are either in companies or TV stations, and they are all in such high-end places. Naoki Nagayama really doesn’t have much chance to face these gangsters. .

"If possible, grandpa should go there. Anyway, he is just going to participate in the trial opening of a nightclub." Nagayama Naoki said, "If you come and go quietly, you won't attract much attention!"

"Well, if it doesn't attract attention, it shouldn't be a big problem."

Hayato Nagayama nodded. Anyway, his seat has been given to his eldest son. Now he is just an old man who wants to see his grandson!

Speaking of which, I haven’t been to Tokyo for decades!

Not many people should remember me!

I really miss my time when I was young. At that time, I and a group of friends were messing around in Shitamachi, Tokyo, fighting for territory, beating up gringos, and killing people. I think back then, we even used rifles!

It's not like today's young people who can only chop with small blades. They have never even seen what a grenade looks like!

I really miss that there used to be a group of Shinsengumi with samurai swords who would go around arresting people!

Eh? I still remember the guy in the lead. At that time, he raised his sword and yelled something like Katori Shinto-ryu, but he wasn't beaten by a group of us!

That guy must be sixty or seventy years old now, he must be very old!