When the last ray of dawn disappeared in the sky, the street lights in Shinjuku lit up, and the shops turned on the colorful neon lights and began their night business.
The store with the most daily profits in Shinjuku is not the red-light district or the big shopping malls, but...
Located in front of the station, this two-story game room has brightly lit walls.
Although it is called a game hall, minors are strictly prohibited from entering.
The machines in the arcade are not games like King of Fighters, but...
Mahjong tables, horse racing machines, and pachinko.
The so-called Mahjong table is actually a mahjong machine, but the player has to play against the computer.
Horse racing machines originated from a popular entertainment project: horse racing.
In order to facilitate people who cannot go to the racetrack, horse racing machines have emerged.
But the most popular game in the arcade is not the Mahjong table or the horse racing machine, but...
Pachinko.
Commonly known as hitting small steel balls.
This is a very simple way of gambling. The game console is a rectangular machine, similar to the King of Fighters machine.
There are many small holes on it, and around the holes there are various "iron blocks" that serve as obstacles.
Players sit in front of the machine, control the firing force by operating the handle, and try to shoot the steel ball into the small hole.
It is just like the well-known 3D pinball game, except that 3D pinball requires the steel ball not to fall into the hole, which is exactly the opposite of the winning requirement of Pachinko.
After the steel ball enters the hole, three numbers will be shaken out on the machine screen. If the numbers are the same, you will win the prize. After winning the prize, the machine will open an additional winning hole.
Taking advantage of this moment, players need to continuously hit the steel balls at hand into the hole. Every time a steel ball is shot in, the machine will reward you with a dozen steel balls.
The gameplay is very simple and approachable.
In the 1990s, pachinko was at its peak in Japan.
Of course, gambling is strictly prohibited in Japan. Money can be used to buy small steel balls, but the small steel balls obtained after winning a game of pachinko cannot be exchanged for cash at the bar and can only be used to redeem rewards.
until....
Shinichiro Akutsu came up with a solution.
He placed flakes of 18-karat gold in a plastic box as a reward.
The winners exchange the small steel balls for a plastic box, take out the gold inside, and go to a nearby exchange place to successfully exchange it for Japanese yen, thus transferring the gambling funds.
only...
The exchange price at the exchange center will be lower than the normal purchase price.
and....
The exchange office was also opened by Shinichiro Akutsu.
In this game, he is the banker and takes both sides.
As soon as this initiative came out, it received extremely enthusiastic support from players.
With this, Shinichiro Akutsu was able to become the head of the family in just a few years.
This is "entertainment" exclusively for adults.
Today is the day when Shinichiro Akutsu inspects the game hall at Shinjuku Station.
Just as night fell, he arrived at the game room.
"Akutsu-sama!"
Shinichiro Akutsu was wearing a black suit, he was thin, had a cold look, and had a scar on his pale face that stretched from his left cheekbone to his jaw, making him look very eerie.
This is a scar left from his early years as a gangster, and he also considers it an honor.
"Um."
A hoarse voice came out of his mouth, and Akutsu Shinichiro looked at the hot store and asked:
"How is the store's turnover today?"
"Report to the big brother!"
The gatekeeper was very excited:
"Because of the upset at the racecourse, our business is extremely hot today!"
"It's only night time and the store's turnover has already reached 10 million yen!"
[Note: Pachinko's return rate is usually 20%, and the winning rate is 1/300. Under normal circumstances, you have to spend NT$10,000 to win. Sometimes it is normal to miss NT$20,000 or NT$30,000. People open shops to make money, not to do charity, so don't gamble.]
"Ten million, hehe..."
Akutsu Shinichiro shook his head and smiled encouragingly:
"Not bad, keep it up."
"I'll give you year-end bonuses at the end of the year."
My younger brother was immediately excited:
"yes!"
"I will go through life and death for you, big brother!"
Although the game hall makes a lot of money every day, in the eyes of Shinichiro Akutsu...
These are small amounts of money.
On the surface, this is a two-story game hall with 300 gaming machines, and its business is booming.
But in fact...
The real money-making takes place in the basement of the arcade.
That's where the rich get their entertainment.
Shinichiro Akutsu's method of winning people's hearts is through money.
Having worked his way up from the bottom, he firmly believes that:
Money is people's friend. Money can make the world go round. If it can't move, then double the effort.
Don't believe...
You put 300 kilograms of gold bars worth 10 million US dollars on the street and give them to whoever can lift them and run 100 meters?
He dared to guarantee that even a weak scholar who was powerless could transform into a Super Saiyan at that moment. Not to mention a hundred meters, most people could even race against an airplane while holding a gold bar and break the limits of their own bodies.
Shinichiro Akutsu successfully won over a large number of loyal followers by using this method.
Especially in today's economic downturn, many people are scrambling to work for him.
Surrounded by a group of younger brothers, Shinichiro Akutsu walked into the small door in the game hall and went to the underground casino along the stone path.
As Shinichiro Akutsu disappeared, a red dot outside the game hall suddenly went out.
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