Just How Much Power Does Jiang Hang Have Behind Him? / What a Reversal of Fortune

Under Jiang Hang's gaze, the Thai man had his underling bring out a small sample of drugs for the Oda Group to inspect. It seemed that they hadn't brought all the drugs to Kabukicho, but rather were checking the drugs here before going to a pre-arranged location to make the transaction.

This plot seems kind of familiar?

Jiang Hang muttered to himself, especially when he noticed that the underling who Oda Taisei's goods had a cast on his hand, this sense of immediacy became even stronger.

His gaze was completely focused on the person testing the drugs. Under the effect of Eagle Eye, a ring on the underling's cast hand was faintly shimmering, indicating that it was not an ordinary ring. However, that was all Eagle Eye could see.

Revealing Eagle Vision allows him to see more than a regular Eagle Eye, but when Jiang Hang uses Revealing Eagle Vision, his gaze also becomes uncontrollably sharp, which is the origin of his current title of "Eagle-Eyed Detective".

It can be said that the skills Revealing Eagle Vision and Presence Concealment are somewhat contradictory. Revealing Eagle Vision is certainly useful when collecting evidence at a crime scene or when you want to put some psychological pressure on the interrogation target. However, when playing as an assassin and infiltrating the area surrounded by enemies, if you don't want to go on a rampage like those assassin predecessors, the regular Eagle Eye is sufficient.

After silently memorizing the younger brother's appearance, Jiang Hang didn't think too much about it. Anyway, the police were already waiting outside, so there shouldn't be any major problems.

However, after Oda Taisei changed the transaction location twice, the middle-aged Mafia boss's expression seemed to turn somewhat ugly.

Even his underlings started discussing it in private.

During these discussions, Jiang Hang also vaguely heard voices suggesting that there was a "mole" within the organization.

Hearing these discussions, Jiang Hang couldn't help but twitch his lips. The Black Organization was full of traitors, and now the Nisame Association was starting to suspect that there might be traitors within their own gang.

Everyone's playing a double agent game here.

However, the Black Organization has not yet exposed any undercover agents in the Japan police or other intelligence organizations, while the Nisame Association seems to have more of that intrigue.

Jiang Hang noticed that Oda Taisei would usually change the transaction location only after glancing at his phone. It was likely that the messages were sent to him by the Nisame Association, or rather, by Oda Group's moles within the police force.

Oda Taisei held his phone and scanned everyone in the nightclub. He even gave Jiang Hang, who was relatively unknown, a fierce look. However, thanks to the ability to Presence Concealment, the Mafia leader failed to notice Jiang Hang, the imposter.

Finally, he went to another room to set up a new trading location.

This time it seemed like there were no problems at all. However, after another ten minutes or so, Oda Taisei received the last message, and his expression instantly turned extremely ugly.

He immediately instructed his underlings to dump all the drugs from the deal and escape. However, while making the call, he could already hear the voices of the police on the other end of the line.

He deleted the messages from his phone, then stood up with a grim expression. "There's a cop mole here. Everyone, search them."

The idea of an inside man was initially just speculation among the underlings, but after their boss admitted it, the entire nightclub became noisy.

Beside him, the younger brother with a cast on his hand tried to comfort his boss, saying that the people who came with him this time were all brothers who had worked for Oda Taisei for more than three or four years, and there shouldn't be any undercover police officers among them.

However, before he could finish speaking, Oda Taisei grabbed his hand, which was in a cast, and slammed it heavily onto the table next to him!

With a crash, the plaster cast on the underling's hand shattered completely, and the underling couldn't help but grab his left hand, letting out a muffled cry of pain.

Oda Taisei did not react to his younger brother's cries of pain.

After he finished doing all this with a cold expression, his gaze drifted to the broken plaster on the table.

Clearly, there were no listening devices hidden in those plaster casts.

But everyone present was startled by their boss's sudden ruthlessness, and the once noisy nightclub suddenly became quiet.

Just as they were preparing to be searched one by one, the plainclothes police officers outside the nightclub finally burst in.

Not only plainclothes police, but also a pair of fully armed police officers broke in. They had also been lying in ambush outside Kabukicho. As soon as they received the message from above, they rushed into the nightclub and surrounded the Oda Group members.

Chapter 248: Chapter 246: Just how powerful is Jiang Hang behind the scenes?

"It's really getting more and more into that style..."

All the Oda Group members and the Thai guys in the nightclub were taken away by the police.

Before the police could even make their move, Jiang Hang had already slipped away.

Because Oda Taisei's underlings had already dumped the drugs into the sea before the police arrived, the Oda Group did not have any conflict with the police. Instead, they cooperated quite well and went to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department for questioning.

Originally, he planned to help the police by giving them a few blows when the Oda Group clashed with them, but unexpectedly, the two sides didn't fight. Instead, he, as an outsider, got to relive the Infernal Affairs story up close.

"But it can't really be Infernal Affairs, can it..." Jiang Hang muttered.

Now that even the leader of the Oda Group has been taken away by the police, there's naturally nothing left for him to investigate further.

After casually helping a few people who were being harassed by drunkards around Kabukicho, Jiang Hang returned to his office.

Perhaps because there is insufficient evidence, there was no mention of the Nisame Association or Oda Group in this morning's news.

But while most people are unaware of this, it's no secret to those Mafia.

The high-ranking members of the Nisame Association received the news about Oda Taisei being taken away by the police within minutes.

The other Mafia members also learned about what had happened the previous night the following morning.

Although the Himeshiro Group doesn't have much strength in Tokyo, they are still quite well-informed.

Therefore, the next morning, when Sakura Himeshiro was preparing to go with the owner of Eito Studios to discuss the acquisition of Yingdu with Jiang Hang, news of the Oda Group had already reached her ears.

"In just one night, the Nisame Association ran into trouble, and it was the Japan police who were involved... Do you know which department of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department was involved?"

Sakura Himeshiro pondered this, although the Oda Group had done a lot of eye-catching things in recent years, the police had never been able to find any major evidence against them. Unexpectedly, the police took action against the Oda Group the day after she told Jiang Hang about this.

"It seems to be a newly established Organized Crime Countermeasures Division that hasn't been around for more than a few years... It seems that the Oda Group has been their target for a long time, and the Oda Group also seemed to have arranged to deal with people in Thailand last night. Miss... this should just be a coincidence," said the bodyguard next to Sakura Himeshiro cautiously.

"A coincidence?" Sakura Himeshiro glanced at the other person. "I also hope it's a coincidence, otherwise the power behind that man is truly astonishing..."

"But all indications suggest that this is not a coincidence."

She paused for a moment, then looked at her bodyguard again. "Keep an eye on this matter. Contact me if you have any new information. Now, take me to Yingdu."

At the entrance of Eito Studios, a middle-aged man, around forty or fifty years old and showing signs of weight gain, waited anxiously for Sakura Himeshiro to arrive.

He is Yamazaki Boat, the owner of Eito Studios, and can be considered a relatively successful businessman.

More than 20 years ago, Eito Studios was founded and produced several decent sword and spear films. Later, it transitioned to special effects, and now Yingdu has become a well-known company in the special effects industry.

Although Eito is essentially a small workshop-like company, it can't compare to listed groups like Kyoei, which produced Masked Superman. But at least within the tokusatsu circle, the popularity of the Great General is not much different from that of Masked Superman, and the two have always been competitors.

Not only was the special episode of The Great General supposed to compete with the theatrical version of Masked Superman, but even the two tokusatsu series chose to have their accidents happen at the same time.

In the UK, it's a real-life version of "The Great General Kills the Evil Official," while the meet-and-greet at the Kyoei Studio is set up to give off the vibe of "The End of Masked Superman is Coming."

However, the situation in Yingdu is much better. The case here is almost determined to be legitimate self-defense. At most, because of the damage and transfer of the body, Director Yu Great General Takuya Uzai to pay a sum of money and may be detained for a period of time. This murder case can be considered to have come to an end.

Yamazaki Boat originally wanted to keep a low profile for a while and start a new filming project after the storm had passed. Unexpectedly, Sakura Himeshiro, who had a yakuza background and whose influence in Eito Studios was even greater than his due to what happened five years ago, suddenly asked him to sell Eito to someone else.

He wasn't too happy about it at first, but he had been able to make money thanks to Sakura Himeshiro over the past few years. Otherwise, Yingdu would probably have gone bankrupt five years ago. Now that Sakura Himeshiro was leaving and had mentioned some things about Jiang Hang to him, Yamazaki Boat also went to find someone to inquire about the Foundation behind Jiang Hang.

Having confirmed Jiang Hang's background and considering the rumors mentioned by Sakura Himeshiro, Yamazaki Boat finally agreed.

But when he finally met Sakura Himeshiro and got into her car, the first thing Sakura Himeshiro said was, "Last night, something happened to the Oda Group."

Yamazaki Boat was quite familiar with the Tokyo Mafia, and he looked at Sakura Himeshiro with some confusion, wondering why she was suddenly telling him this.

"I told him yesterday afternoon that the Nisame Association had its eyes on the people around him, and then last night the Oda Group had an accident."

"Although it seems that the Oda Group had a 'ghost' planted in the police force, which is why they escaped last night, I think this is just the beginning. You might see news on TV soon that the Oda Group has disbanded or been wiped out by the police."

"Perhaps this time, even the Nisame Association will be significantly affected."

Although Sakura Himeshiro did not say Jiang Hang's name, Yamazaki Boat naturally knew who she was talking about, and a cold sweat immediately broke out on his forehead.

Yamazaki Boat quickly took out a tissue and wiped his forehead.

"Then... when I give you my quote later, should I lower the price a little more?"

He had previously discussed the price of selling Eito Studios with Sakura Himeshiro. Because he wanted to make more money from Jiang Hang, the price he ultimately offered was much higher than normal.

But now, after hearing about Jiang Hang's "methods" from Sakura Himeshiro, he instantly became cowardly.

"It's up to you. I'm just reminding you because we've known each other for so many years. Don't be fooled by how kind that person usually seems. Even I don't know how ruthless he can be when he strikes."

Chapter 249: Chapter 247: This wave... this wave is a complete reversal of extremes.

Jiang Hang's acquisition of Eito Studios was even simpler than when he acquired Daibao Films.

When negotiating the acquisition with the former boss of Daibao Films, the other party tried every means to raise the price of Daibao Films. He assured him that the Gomera brand would become valuable in the future, and also told him that the company's employees were all veteran employees with rich experience in tokusatsu filming, and that they were among the best in the tokusatsu industry.

After boasting about Daibao Films to the skies from every angle, until they couldn't find anything else to brag about, the boss even tearfully told Jiang Hang that if he hadn't recently run into cash flow problems, he would never have sold Daibao Films.

However, after Jiang Hang said that if he really couldn't bear to part with the shares, he could leave some shares for him to continue as a minority shareholder in Daibao Films, the boss, who had just been talking about their deep affection, instantly changed his attitude.

First, he told Jiang Hang with a weary expression about how tired he was after more than ten years in the tokusatsu industry. Then, he sincerely told Jiang Hang that under Jiang Hang's leadership, Daibao Films would definitely have a brighter future, and that he only needed to watch over Daibao Films from afar.

Then, this boss, who kept saying he had a deep affection for the company, went on vacation abroad after receiving Jiang Hang's money. Judging from the trend, he probably won't return to Japan until the end of this year.

During the past month or so, he had not contacted any of his outstanding employees whom he missed, and he was even unaware that Gomera would be released in a couple of days.

Now that Eito Studios has taken over, both the venue and facilities there are much better than those at Daibao Films. Although the Great General brand IP has encountered some problems, it is still one of the most popular tokusatsu series in recent years. As long as it is properly promoted and the new series doesn't flop in the early stages, there won't be a significant loss of viewers.

Jiang Hang had originally prepared to ask the system's older brother for another loan to properly integrate the two film and television companies. He also felt that it was a bit unfair of him to come and talk to the Yingdu boss about the acquisition when Yingdu was in trouble, so he was prepared to acquire it at a premium.

Unexpectedly, the owner of Yingdu seemed somewhat distracted during the negotiation and even started talking about various negative aspects of Yingdu.

Statements such as "Although Yingdu has two studios, one of them has been abandoned and unused for five years, and the equipment has been gathering dust in the warehouse for the past five years" and "Although the Great General series seems to be popular, it has always been far behind Masked Superman in the sales of peripheral products" should have been said by Jiang Hang, the buyer, when he was trying to lower the price. All of these statements came from Yamazaki Boat, the owner of Yingdu.

He was still saying, "Sometimes I feel like Yingdu is a hot potato in my hands. I'm afraid it will suddenly collapse at any time, but now I can finally breathe a sigh of relief."

Listening to Yamazaki Boat talk about Eito's problems here, it seems that in his words, Eito Studios is just a small workshop that succeeded by luck with the Great General series, and in all aspects, it is at most a second-rate tokusatsu company on par with Daibao Films.

Jiang Hang simply couldn't understand Yamazaki Boat's actions.

Jiang Hang couldn't help but wonder if Yamazaki Boat actually didn't want to transfer Eito Studios at all, which was why he deliberately belittled his company in front of him in an attempt to scare him away.

Jiang Hang felt that he might have already thought of the second level, but being straightforward, he still acted in the style of the first level.

Jiang Hang, who had no capitalist awareness whatsoever and was simply rich, and felt that his actions were tantamount to taking advantage of someone else's misfortune, directly told Yamazaki Boat that he would not take advantage of the situation, and then forcibly raised the price that Yamazaki Boat had lowered back.

Jiang Hang's move completely baffled Yamazaki Boat.

The price I originally quoted was inflated. Now I want to offer a normal price to please this big shot, Jiang Hang. Even if I lose a little, it doesn't matter. But why is Jiang Hang not playing by the rules?

His gaze couldn't help but drift to Sakura Himeshiro, who was sitting to the side without saying a word, but her attitude was as if she were telling him, "Find out how to solve this yourself."

After hesitating for a moment, Yamazaki Boat gritted his teeth and decided to intensify his efforts to further lower the company's prices.

Jiang Hang, true to form, continued to raise the acquisition price back up.

Seeing the two people's bizarre actions, even Ryūichi Naruhodō, who was there to handle the contract issues, couldn't help but look at Jiang Hang with suspicion.

Are these two people out of their minds?

When Ryūichi Naruhodō accompanied Jiang Hang to acquire Daibao Films last time, he was quite passive as a novice, made many mistakes that novices often make, and learned a lot of lessons.

From his current perspective, the price for acquiring Daibao Films could have been lowered considerably, but due to his initial immaturity, Jiang Hang ended up paying an extra sum.

He originally thought that Jiang Hang wouldn't include him in the next acquisition, but he didn't expect that Jiang Hang would still trust him so much.

In order not to betray Jiang Hang's trust in him, and also to wash away the shame of the last time, he stayed up for several nights and investigated Eito Studios from the inside out.

He had originally planned to make a name for himself in this acquisition negotiation and expose the lies told by the Yingdu boss during the negotiations, but now it seems that the positions of both sides have been reversed.

The person selling the company was complaining about its shortcomings, while the person wanting to buy the company was expressing their optimism about Yingdu's current situation and their expectations for its future development.

If you let a passerby come and watch this negotiation, they probably wouldn't be able to figure out who the seller and the buyer are even after watching for a long time.

However, in the end, Yamazaki Boat gained the upper hand in the negotiations by a narrow margin. After all, he was the seller, and if he insisted on lowering the price, Jiang Hang couldn't do anything about it.

After confirming that there were no problems with the contract, Jiang Hang finally completed the acquisition of Eito Studios at a price that was half a percent lower than the figure he had initially obtained from Sakura Himeshiro.

Then Ryūichi Naruhodō saw Yamazaki Boat, who had lost 100 million yen, breathe a sigh of relief, while on the other side, Jiang Hang, who had clearly saved 100 million yen, looked inexplicably melancholy.

Chapter 250: Chapter 248: Acquisition of Eito Studios

After the contract was signed, Yamazaki Boat offered his best wishes for Jiang Hang's future development and then left.

Sakura Himeshiro also bowed slightly to Jiang Hang to say goodbye.

In front of her car, Sakura Himeshiro immediately spotted Yamazaki Boat wiping his sweat with a towel. It seemed that the negotiation just now had been quite a test for him.

"Miss Himegami, I think there was nothing wrong with what I just did?" Yamazaki Boat asked Sakura Himeshiro nervously, rubbing the handkerchief in his hand as she approached.

Sakura Himeshiro glanced at Yamazaki Boat.

"That's too blunt. Do you think someone like him wouldn't be able to see your intention to curry favor with him?"

Yamazaki Boat's face paled slightly. "This... there shouldn't be any problem, right?"

Sakura Himeshiro lit her pipe and then shook her head. "There shouldn't have been any problem, but didn't you realize that he doesn't care about your attempts to please him at all, and doesn't want to owe you any favors?"

"When he first raised the price, you either chose to give up or you continued to stick to your position. The former would allow you to make more money, while the latter might earn you his favor or a personal connection. But you chose the most moderate compromise."