Chapter 1442 We Don’t Have That Much Face
"I don't know Naoto Nakamura's grandfather. If Mr. Kimura wants to talk to me, he can come to me within an hour, but forget about the others!"
"Okay, okay. I'll come visit you in an hour."
In a hotel near Xiushui Street in Beijing, Kimura Yasai hung up the phone and looked at Nakamura Kenshou who was sitting opposite him.
"I'm sorry, Nakamura-senpai, but Mr. Li doesn't want to see you."
"Does he not want to see me? Or does he not dare to see me?"
Nakamura Kenshou sneered, then said to Kimura Yasai in a playful tone, "Kimura, I heard your tone when you were talking to that Zhina guy on the phone just now. It seemed full of humility and fear. Have you forgotten your identity after spending a few years in the mainland?"
"Senior Nakamura, you misunderstood. Flower growers value neither servility nor overbearance, so I've treated everyone equally over the years I've been growing flowers. Also, I'm a commoner, not someone with a noble status like you."
Kimura Yasai explained a lot with a wry smile, but he was cursing in his heart.
This Nakamura Kenju was introduced to me by a colleague from the head office. Originally the idea was just to "expand one's network and help each other", and Kimura Yasai agreed with the idea that one more friend means one more way.
As a result, after the two sides met, Kimura Yasai felt as disgusted as if he had eaten a fly.
Because Kenju Nakamura's "superior habits" were too serious, he didn't regard Yasai Kimura as a friend at all. His cold and contemptuous eyes made Yasai Kimura very uncomfortable, and he even felt that the other party treated him as a slave.
For example, Kenshou Nakamura just scolded Yasai Kimura for being humble in front of Li Ye, but in fact, if Yasai Kimura did not have a humble expression on his face when talking to Kenshou Nakamura, the other party would still be angry.
So Kimura Yasai was very angry, because according to his colleague, Nakamura Kentoshi's family had been a vassal of a Japanese noble since the war period and had a "unique" identity.
But even if you are a vassal of the nobles, you are not a noble! Why are you pretending to be so arrogant?
However, when Nakamura Kenshou heard Kimura Yasai say "not as high as your status", he felt very happy.
Then he said calmly, "Kimura, although your status is not as high as mine, it is still much more prestigious than the people of China. As a foreign personnel dispatched by Mitsubishi, you represent Mitsubishi's attitude, so don't be nice to that Mr. Li."
Decades ago, we supported a man from Zhina in the north, just like you, Mitsubishi, are supporting a branch factory now. Later, that man from Zhina thought we were too kind and thought he could be on equal footing with us. Do you know what happened to him later? "
Kimura Yasai's mind buzzed and he roughly knew who that person was.
Because Kimura Hachika has been in the mainland for many years and has also studied the history of the mainland, the incident of that person being killed in the bombing is in the mainland history textbooks.
"Okay, I understand, Nakamura-senpai."
Kimura Yasai quickly agreed, just wanting to get rid of this old guy as soon as possible.
You want to make Li Ye suffer? You don't know who Li Ye is, do you? You think I'm doing too good a job and want me to go back to my stupid hometown and farm, right?
When Kimura Yasai first came to the mainland, he also looked down on flower growers like Li Ye. He believed that Mitsubishi's provision of finished engines to the first branch was a support and gift to the branch.
But who knew that Li Ye was so cunning. When the Jingcheng brand van was launched, he actually came up with three configurations, each equipped with a gasoline engine and a diesel engine produced in the mainland, and put the Mitsubishi engine at the end.
Fortunately, many mainlanders have a persistent belief in pure imported engines, so they strongly demand to buy vans equipped with Mitsubishi engines, even if it means spending an extra 20,000 yuan. Otherwise, Kimura Yasai doesn't know how to explain to the headquarters.
And now, amid everyone's doubts, the first branch has developed its own electronic fuel injection engine, which even shocked the Mitsubishi headquarters. You, Kenju Nakamura, want me to be rude to Li Ye?
If something goes wrong, will you take responsibility? You old man, who is about to die, can you take responsibility?
Do you think this was decades ago?
Kimura Yasai smiled and exchanged a few more pleasantries with Nakamura Kenshou, then said, "Thank you for your guidance, Nakamura-senpai. I have to go out today, so I will visit you another day."
Nakamura Kenshou looked up at Kimura Yasai and said calmly, "I just said so much, don't you understand?"
Kimura Yasai was stunned: "Sorry, Nakamura-senpai, I don't understand what you mean."
"Don't you understand? You shouldn't let the Zhina people lead you by the nose. Mitsubishi provided the chassis technology and engines for the Zhina people. Their future development will continue to rely on Mitsubishi."
Nakamura Kenshou stood up and said, "Okay, now take me to see Mr. Li."
Kimura Yasai was stunned for a few seconds, then said helplessly: "Senior Nakamura, Mr. Li just made it clear that he doesn't want to see you, and based on my observation, Mr. Li Ye is not an ordinary person..."
Nakamura Kenshou snorted coldly and said, "Did all my previous teachings go to waste? You're a Mitsubishi employee, you represent Mitsubishi's stance. How dare he, a mere vice general manager, go against Mitsubishi's overseas representative?"
"You old bastard, you want me to use Mitsubishi's name to bully others?"
Kimura Yasai straightened his body and said in a deep voice: "Senior Nakamura, the flower growers today are not the flower growers of your youth.
Just last year, under the leadership of Mr. Li, a branch factory successfully developed an engine that was completely their own. Now, we at Mitsubishi don’t have that much prestige to intimidate Mr. Li.”
Seeing Nakamura Kenshou about to start scolding again, Kimura Yasai raised the mobile phone in his hand and said, "Also, look at the mobile phone I'm using. It was produced by the flower-growing family's own company. Their potential far exceeds our imagination. We must treat each other equally."
Nakamura Kenshou looked at the mobile phone and said sarcastically, "I know that Wind Whisper company. They just used Lighthouse's technology. If they relied on themselves, they wouldn't be able to develop a mobile phone in a hundred years."
Kimura Yasai slowly shook his head: "Nakamura-senpai, didn't we also use the lighthouse technology to rise again?
But after our rise, our lifeblood was controlled by the capital of the Lighthouse. You must know who the major shareholder behind Mitsubishi is, right? But the Flower Growers' company is state-owned and cannot be taken away by anyone, not even the Lighthouse people.
Nakamura Kenshou's eyes suddenly turned red.
He experienced the most glorious period in Japan's history and was an eyewitness to Japan's rise from near destruction. Of course, he knew the humiliating truth behind the prosperity.
(End of this chapter)
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