National Tide 1980.

These days, in addition to those Guo family members who failed to get what they wanted, there are some other people who are also feeling very painful.

For example, Yasuko Sawaguchi.

It was impossible for her not to regret.

At first, she thought that Ikuo Suho was the one who had the final say in the Japanese entertainment industry, and she saw that he valued her so much.

She once happily thought that the biggest opportunity in her life had come.

If he could hold on to this golden thigh, he could not only get rid of the constraints of the contract, avoid being exploited by Toho Entertainment for several years, but also enjoy the treatment that a first-line star deserves in advance.

You can even rely on your connections to quickly become a TV star, complete a stunning transition from the movie platform to the TV platform, and further enhance your already popular popularity.

There is no doubt that this is much better than the work of carefully studying the role and working hard to make a movie every day.

For Yasuko Sawaguchi, the life of appearing on TV variety shows or making a name for herself by singing a popular song and earning a fortune from copyright fees is obviously more tempting.

That's why she surrendered to the Burning Department without hesitation.

He was willing to offend the two owners, Toho Entertainment and Mist Studio, destroy his own credit and reputation, and sacrifice his youth and body in order to rebel.

She gave everything she had to Suho Ikuo, thinking that this was an opportunity for her to easily climb to the top of the entertainment industry and enjoy success once and for all.

Originally, everything was going smoothly and Suho Ikuo did keep his promise.

She had just signed a contract with Burning Series when Ikuo Suho secured a beverage advertising endorsement for her and contacted two popular variety shows on TV for her.

They even booked her the leading role in a medical TV series with TV Asahi, and also made arrangements with several famous music composers to write songs for her. Everything seemed to be getting better.

She has a bright future ahead of her, and she can just sit back and enjoy the fruits of her labor, waiting with peace of mind to rise to the top and become a phoenix.

She no longer has to worry about the comments that she had to be nervous about in the past, because the most powerful way for the Burning System to demonstrate its power is to influence the media.

There will be many people who say good things about her in the future, and those who say bad things about her will never get their names published in the newspapers.

In Yasuko Sawaguchi's imagination, she is the future Keiko Matsumoto.

In a few years she will be on par with Keiko Matsumoto.

Maybe ten years later, she can buy a film studio for fun.

But just overnight, Ikuo Suho's empire began to collapse, and all her unfulfilled dreams turned into gorgeous bubbles and dissipated.

When Yasuko Sawaguchi thinks back now, everything that happened during this period seems unreal.

First, Mist Studios announced the list of new actors for "Black Leather Notebook". Matsumoto Keiko spared no expense to recruit these new actors, all of whom were big names in the film industry. As a result, the reputation of the crew was reversed and the rumors that the crew was short of funds were dispelled.

Because of the endorsement of these industry seniors, not only did the film "Black Leather Notebook" attract the attention of almost all Japanese audiences, it also highlighted how ridiculous and despicable the actors who quit were.

In particular, the legal staff of Youwu Studio began to investigate responsibility.

Those who had been clamoring at the beginning and desperately trying to protect the interests of the Burning Department have all fallen silent. No one is stupid enough to quarrel with the Mist Studio at this time.

On the other hand, artists in the Japanese entertainment industry began to yearn for the opportunity to join the crew, and even for a small role, several major agencies would compete fiercely.

Because everyone knows that as long as they participate in this drama and can act with so many well-known actors, it will definitely increase the popularity and exposure of the participating artists like taking an elevator.

Speaking of this, Yasuko Sawaguchi felt really bad.

She couldn't help but wonder how much her fame would have increased if she had not made such a choice and had stayed in the crew.

Can she be considered the "number one" of "Toho Entertainment" and is she qualified to bargain with Toho, modify the "unfair" contract, and enjoy the due treatment in advance?

That’s not all. Immediately afterwards, the appearance of the videotape that captured Suho Ikuo’s threatening words became the key evidence that would kill the enemy, directly proving the fact that Suho Ikuo used artists to bully people in the entertainment industry.

Amid the public outrage, he became a rat crossing the street who dared not even show his face.

This is the most serious blow to the combustion system.

Think about it, even their leader has fallen, and they were beaten up by reporters. What future could they have?
During this period, even the reputation of the artists under the Burning Series was questioned by the Japanese people, and they suffered a serious loss of fans.

If for no other reason, it's because Ikuo Suho is a person who will do whatever it takes to dominate the entertainment industry.

People would naturally wonder how he made his artists famous. Are these artists unaware of what their boss is doing?
Whether those media outlets were venting old grievances or taking advantage of others' misfortunes, they all worked hard to dig up scandals of the Burning Artists in order to satisfy the public's appetite.

At this point, it can be said that everyone under the Burning Department felt that their future was in jeopardy.

Especially for Yasuko Sawaguchi, an actress who just switched jobs, she didn't get much benefit but encountered a lot of trouble.

This made her feel as disgusting as if she had eaten a rat.

But the problem is what should she do now? The career plan that Suho Ikuo had originally made for her has now become a piece of dead paper and cannot be carried out as scheduled.

Even when the advertising endorsement was halfway through filming, the other party regretted and stopped filming.

Then what's the point of increasing fame?
What future is there?
She couldn't even earn enough to cover basic living expenses.

Especially when she saw that even the Burning Group itself was in chaos, with countless artists and staff members demanding to resign, she became even more flustered.

Ikuo Suho hasn't had time to arrange an agent for her, and has been arranging her matters personally. Now she can't even find someone she trusts to discuss things with.

She really regretted it, and at this moment she remembered what her former agent had said to her.

"Newcomers have to go through a difficult time when they start out. Although they earn less money, this is also the time to lay a solid foundation for their careers."

"You need to be steady and down-to-earth, first adapt to the intensity of the announcements and the work of the crew, and cooperate well in all aspects. Don't rush to make money. As long as you do your best, no matter how good or bad the final result is, Dongbao Entertainment will not ignore you in the future."

"Don't worry. For hard-working artists, we at Dongbao will definitely tailor movies and TV series for them. You just need to lay a solid foundation and develop steadily. In a few years, you can endorse products if you want and shoot commercials if you want. It's completely up to you..."

Thinking back now, these remarks that she once regarded as nonsense were truly serious and responsible, and were advice that took her future into consideration.

The dilemma she now had to face made her truly appreciate her agent's good intentions.

Originally, she only wanted to earn more, and always felt that all her money was taken away by the firm, which was not worth it.

Now that Toho Entertainment has no more money to share with her, she has finally realized the seriousness of losing the protection of the agency.

Unfortunately, I left my previous agency, and left in a very hostile manner. Now, even if I want to seek advice from my agent, I can't do so.

Why was my original idea so naive? Oh my, I really lost so much...

Yasuko Sawaguchi didn't speak for a long time. The more she thought about it, the more regretful she became. She wished she could turn back time and have a second chance at life.

It's all my fault, Ikuo Suho. If he hadn't lied to me so nicely, I wouldn't have fallen to this point...

We can't just let him off like this. He has promised that he should be responsible for his current situation. Even if BURNING Entertainment Agency goes bankrupt, this bastard has to give me a large sum of money.

Otherwise, how will she live her future life, how will she become famous, how will she enjoy wealth and glory, how will she have a brilliant life?

Humph, if he can't live a good life, he can forget about living a carefree life alone.

Yasuko Sawaguchi made up her mind with an extremely pale face. She found the phone number that Ikuo Suho left for her, reached out to pick up the phone on the table, and planned to meet again with the man who had betrayed her.

It seems that the Mist Studio has set an excellent example for her. Now is the time to get some inside evidence about Suho Ikuo so that she can be guaranteed some security.

She still remembered that Suho Ikuo had boasted to her that the troubles caused to the Mist Studio were due to a request from a wealthy family.

This news is very valuable. It would be great if Ikuo Suho could say it again.

Could it be that others could take secret photos, but she couldn't?
At least, she can record it.

Yes, she no longer cared about anything else. This matter concerned her future and was extremely important. She could not allow her efforts to be in vain.

What is she afraid of? Suoh Ikuo is now like a wanted criminal with nowhere to go and has already lost his power.

If killing people was not against the law, she would have wanted to stab the bastard to death right now!

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Yasuko Sawaguchi was not wrong. It was indeed the case that Ikuo Suho had indeed become an outcast of fate and no longer had the prestige he once had.

Apart from bragging, there is no actual danger at all.

This guy can be said to be completely socially dead.

Now he not only dares not to appear in public, dares not to meet reporters, but also dares not to go home. Now he stays in a hotel near Nihonbashi all day, relying on the hotel's facilities to solve the problem of food and accommodation.

Want to ask how he ended up like this?

In addition to the fact that he knew how powerful it was after being besieged by reporters last time, it was also because after he targeted the Tan Gong Restaurant, he called in the Yakuza to mess up Ning Weimin's restaurant. However, the result was not what he wanted.

Not only did he fail to let his opponent know how powerful he was and negotiate a ceasefire with him, but he also brought more trouble to himself.

For example, after the Dangu Restaurant branch in Osaka was smashed, the Yamaguchi-gumi wakaba head Takumi Katsu called him and told him that because Dangu Restaurant had taken out a huge amount of insurance from Nichido Insurance Company and was under pressure from the insurance company, the Japanese police were doing their best to solve the case.

His men are now not only under investigation by the police, but also under pressure from within the Yamaguchi-gumi, so in order to resolve this matter, he needs to arrange for someone to plead guilty and give an explanation to the police.

Of course, this expense had to be paid by Ikuo Suho.

He didn't ask for much, 30 million yen would be enough.

Thirty million yen, plus the twenty million yen that was initially asked for, Suho Ikuo has to come up with fifty million yen!

It was one and a half times more than the originally agreed upon fee, and he felt really bad about spending this amount of money.

And God knows if this matter is over now?
Will the other party keep asking him for money on the grounds that things are not going well?

That’s not all. The situation in Tokyo is even worse. Inagawa-kai’s Eto Toyohisa failed to accomplish his mission, but instead blamed him for not investigating the other party’s background thoroughly.

He was also told that Dangu Restaurant was a place protected by the second-in-command of the Inagawa-kai, and that it was Director Zhao of the Inagawa-kai who personally stepped in to protect this restaurant. These words almost scared him to death.

How could he have imagined that a pretty boy from China actually knew a local gangster in Tokyo, a relationship that was more powerful than anyone he had ever found.

So in order to take good care of himself and be careful about his health and safety, he is willing to put himself under house arrest. After all, life is important.

He didn't want to be stabbed in the back while walking on the street, nor did he want to experience the shock of a hired gunman running into his office and shooting him a few years ago.

However, these are nothing. The most infuriating thing is that everything he did was clearly for the Guo family, and he did not take a penny, and has not received any benefit at all so far.

But how did the Guo family, who wrote him a blank check, treat him?

They actually came to him for accountability because of trouble at the hotel under his name. That deputy general manager of that crappy Guo (Xin) Company actually scolded him on the phone. Not only did he blame him for not doing the job well and failing to live up to Guo's trust, he also wanted him to be prepared to apologize to Tan Gong Restaurant?

Why? Do you still treat me as a human being?
Damn Guo family, you will get your retribution sooner or later!
It has to be said that Suoh Ikuo really regrets it now, and this feeling is even stronger than that of Sawaguchi Yasuko.

Originally, he thought that Matsumoto Keiko was just a female star with some capital, and her younger husband was just a gigolo from the third world.

He claims to be running a restaurant, but he's just a gigolo.

With his power in the entertainment industry and his influence on both the black and white worlds, he can naturally do whatever he wants to them.

But he never expected that the other party's strength was so daunting.

It was as if there was an invincible monster standing not far away, silently watching him fall into the trap. It was so scary and terrifying.

And things have developed to the point where he has been abandoned by the people who have always followed him loyally, and there is even a plan to give him as a gift to humiliate those people he has offended.

This was even more unacceptable to him.

If he had known this earlier, why would he have worked so hard for the Guo family? Why would he have caused such trouble?

Even if they had shown more respect to Fog Studios at the beginning, would things have turned out this way?

Even if I have to admit defeat, there will be a decent way to do it, so that I won’t lose so completely and miserably, right?

Or maybe, it's just that the strength of Fog Studios is hidden too deeply, and they should have revealed their financial resources and connections earlier.

How could I possibly let things go so that there was no room for maneuver?

Could it be that I had been plotted against by Keiko Matsumoto from the very beginning?

Could it be that this stinky woman has always been thinking about her entertainment agency?

If that were the case, then I would be too pathetic, and the other party would be too scary...

Ikuo Suho has been thinking about these things recently and has shown some signs of paranoia.

He lowered his head and thought for a while, feeling ashamed, angry and a little regretful, but he had to admit that he was not at the end of his rope yet.

Finally, there is a glimmer of hope for happiness, and that is the Japanese stock market.

When he thought of this, he couldn't help but smile and drank a glass happily.

In fact, the reason why he chose to stay at this hotel in Nihonbashi was because it is a prosperous commercial and financial area in Japan.

The securities company where he opened his stock account, Sanyo Securities Central District Sales Department, is located in the basement of the building next to this hotel.

So it was extremely convenient for him to trade stocks living here. He just needed to dress up in disguise every day and walk for only five minutes to enter the VIP room there, where he could enjoy a private space to trade his own stocks.

Recently, he has invested all the funds he could mobilize in the stock market. He has invested the company's funds, real estate mortgages, business loans, etc., a total of 6.32 billion yuan.

In addition, he also obtained double the capital allocation through Sanyo Securities.

He was particularly lucky, as God had been on his side and the market had been good recently. The stocks he had chosen were also dark horse stocks for which the securities company had provided insider information.

After only seven or eight trading days of placing a big bet, he had already earned more than 2 billion yen through the Japanese stock market.

More than 2 billion!
This is equivalent to the net profit of all the offices under the Burning Department for half a year, and he earned it in just a few days!

On average, he can earn 300 million yen a day!

This taste is so refreshing!

No matter how much he spends, he can never spend all the money he earns every day.

And at least there are people in securities companies who worship him like a god, which is also a kind of psychological comfort.

He now felt that he was really stupid. He had given up such easy money in the past and stupidly started an entertainment agency...

No, perhaps he was too timid. His mistake was that he did not make a big bet in the stock market early on, which is why he has not become rich yet.

By the way, the stock market is not a casino, but it is better than a casino because with huge amounts of capital, the convenience and insider information provided by securities companies, you will never lose.

This is the game that real men should play. Rich people get rich quickly through this kind of speculation.

Isn't it because Keiko Matsumoto dared to do so early and left the stock market in time with the profits that she has become so successful today?

He understands it now.

It must be God's blessing that he ended up in Japan.

Taking advantage of the current good market conditions, just like the green-light and invincible Japanese economy, as long as he invests in the stock market, he will make money and his assets will rise at a rocket speed.

If he continues like this, he will be able to earn hundreds of billions of yen in a few months.

By then, what would happen even if the entertainment agency was gone?
So what if I’m sued by Fog Studio?

So what if the Guo family forced him?

This world is essentially a game of money. As long as he has huge wealth, he can make a comeback at any time, and others will still be helpless against him.

It is even possible that he pays to buy stocks and becomes a major shareholder of the Guo family business.

At that time, the worst that could happen is that he would hold shareholders' meetings every day to disrupt the Guo family and see if the Guo family still dared to look down on him?
It was at this moment that the sudden ringing of the phone interrupted Ikuo Suho's thoughts.

He picked up the phone carefully, and when he heard it was Yasuko Sawaguchi's voice, he immediately relaxed and was quite happy.

If for no other reason, he occasionally had physical needs, and Yasuko Sawaguchi was the best candidate, which was why he left his contact information for Yasuko Sawaguchi.

As for Yasuko Sawaguchi's anxious pursuit of debt collection, he certainly had his own way to comfort her emotions.

"Don't worry, I'm not that easily defeated. The current situation is nothing, it's just a small loss. Once I finish the most important thing, it will be easy to regain control of the situation..."

"What am I busy with? Of course I'm making money in the stock market. I'm not bragging, I have special connections in the securities company, and I've made much more money recently than you can imagine. What's the big deal about Fog Studio? I want to invest in a movie like "Black Leather Notebook" anytime. So don't worry. If you're interested, I can take you along..."

"How about this, come over to me now? Let's have dinner together and have a good chat. Don't be upset, you know it's not convenient for me to show up in public now. So, you can buy yourself some gifts on the way, as compensation from me. You can choose anything within 1 million yen, don't be polite, just buy what you like. You pay the bill first, and I will give you the money when we meet..." (End of this chapter)