Standalone Tokyo

Chapter 327: Ideas of Direct Sales and Franchise Stores

Sam, wearing a suit but still looking like a cowboy, sat in a seat next to the floor-to-ceiling window of a London cafe, holding a telescope and observing what was happening at the end of the street.

"Your coffee and beef sandwich, sir."

A waiter came over, put a set meal on the table, then turned and walked away. He was used to Sam's behavior and was not surprised at all.

Because in this cafe, all the customers sitting by the window have similar things in their hands, or are holding up their mobile phones and cameras to take pictures.

Well, most of the customers who consume here are watching and filming the demons who are committing "atrocities" in the name of "parade".

There is nothing strange about holding a telescope. If someone does nothing but comes here to drink coffee, then that is a strange person.

It's working hours now. Apart from idle people and reporters, who would be here during this time?

So, the cafe waiter was used to Sam and the weapon in his hand, and even looked down on him a little.

It was obvious at first glance that this American was a country bumpkin who came here for tourism. His only equipment was a telescope, and he was reluctant to even give a tip.

It was not until the sound of gunfire that everyone in the cafe was startled. The waiters turned around and hid in the lounge. Only the reporters adjusted their cameras and cameras more excitedly and intensified their filming of what was happening in the distance.

Sam watched with satisfaction as the men in black quickly and efficiently killed Tebby's bodyguards and then forcibly dragged the target into the car.

Throughout the whole process, Poker's subordinates did a clean and efficient job, which reminded Sam of the cowboys on the farm, who were also just as quick when catching lambs.

He rode his horse to the lamb, jumped off, hugged it, turned around, jumped back on the horse, and quickly left the scene.

Well done. The SEALs assigned to the poker organization are all good players. They are disciplined and have execution ability. They are not second-rate people who were kicked out of the army due to some military discipline.

Very good, David from the Tebi family is obtained.

As for why they arrested him...

Can Sam say that it is easier to get things done because of acquaintances?

He still remembered that when he was studying at Harvard University, this David was not only his senior, but also a well-known playboy in the school.

Mr. David's favorite thing to do at school is to drive different models of supercars around the campus every day to scare the timid classmates and use such behavior to attract the attention of female classmates.

Sam was frightened once when he was walking on the campus and eating a sandwich. A supercar came roaring from the lawn behind him, rushed past his heels and knocked Sam to the ground.

Sam can still remember what the senior said to him after he stopped the car and leaned out of the window.

"Alas, you must be scared, country boy... Sorry, I'm not a good driver. Here are the medical expenses!"

After saying that, Mr. David threw a few hundred-dollar bills out of the car, and then drove away amid the laughter of his female companion.

Sam from Texas originally had no intersection with David from Israel in his life, but because of this incident, he remembered the latter.

Until now, back in London, when Sam was looking for a target, he saw David's name on the list, which reminded him of the past, and then he happened to find that the latter was suitable.

The first heir to the Tebby family, which controls the UK's water system, also loves outdoor activities...Okay, let's catch him.

In order to catch the man, Sam made a lot of preparations, and now it started so smoothly, which made him feel happy.

Now that the target of the mission has been captured, Sam did not leave. He continued to wait, waiting for the British police to arrive at the scene, waiting for the police to come in and ask questions, and obtained the footage from the reporters.

At this time, Sam's cell phone rang.

"Hello, Mr. Sam, I am the housekeeper of Yatu Villa. FedEx has sent you a large package. The package number is...

It is now in the housekeeper's office. Is this yours?"

"It's mine."

"Do you need me to deliver something to your door?"

"Please help me take it to the living room. That's the massage bed I bought. I'll ask my nanny to open the door for you."

"No problem, Mr. Sam, it's our honor to serve you."

After hanging up the phone, Sam looked up at the British policeman standing beside him and raised what he was holding.

"Mr. Policeman, I have something else to do. Can I leave here?"

"Of course, no problem sir, it's your freedom."

The pot-bellied British policeman heard the conversation between Sam and the other end of the line, so he politely gave up the idea of ​​asking for clues to the case, stepped sideways, and made room to leave.

No matter what, anyone who can live in the London villa area, whether they are Americans or country bumpkins from somewhere else, is not someone an ordinary London policeman can afford to offend.

For the sake of money, London lawyers don't mind using complaints to make a police officer lose his job.

Sam left the cafe and outside, a driver in a tuxedo and white gloves was standing next to the Rolls-Royce, having been waiting for a long time.

This was the style that Sam spent money to create for himself. He talked about it with a British classmate when he was in school.

The latter told him that if he wanted to do something in the UK, whether it was business or a business trip, it was very important to buy himself clothes, cars, and servants that suited his status.

Sam didn't quite know what to do, so he asked the British classmate to help him for a while.

This Rolls-Royce and the driver were temporarily loaned to Sam by a classmate.

With these two, he left the cafe unhindered. Not only was there no policeman stopping him, but even the bodyguards and private detectives hired by the Tebi family at the scene did not suspect him.

How could the person who kidnapped Master David be related to such a wealthy man with a luxury car and a private driver?

The crime scene was a bit far from the wealthy area of ​​Yatu where Sam lived. It took Sam more than twenty minutes to get back to the "crime den" in the villa area while he was in the car.

Sam pushed open the solid wooden door of the villa and walked in. A sturdy woman in her forties, wearing traditional British maid's uniform, walked towards him.

"Sir, as you instructed, I have moved the goods in the boxes to a basement that can block the signal."

"The delivery box, is there any sign of it being tampered with?"

"No, sir."

"Thank you very much for your service. You may go down and rest now."

Sam was very polite to the maid, who was also lent to him by his British classmate. She was very capable and could handle all the trivial matters in life. She also kept her eyes and mouth under control and would not look or speak carelessly. "Sir, I suggest that you prepare some food and water for the goods in the basement, as well as a blanket... The boxes used to transport express delivery have a very good cooling effect."

"Thank you for your advice, but I think the cargo is very resilient and a little low temperature won't matter."

In order to successfully capture the target and avoid being harassed by the victim's parents afterwards, Sam personally made an iron box with excellent signal isolation, cooling, ventilation, and sound insulation effects.

The purpose of doing this is mainly to prevent the locator on David from taking effect.

Sam knows people like David very well. He must have a locator installed inside his body. This thing does not require energy and is hidden in the body through surgery.

This type of locator does not need to transmit signals by itself, but instead uses signals transmitted by external signal sources (such as radar, GPS, etc.) for positioning.

Therefore, it is not enough to simply deprive David of all his clothes, wallet, and mobile phone. It is safest to lock him up in a place where all signals can be blocked.

When the basement of the villa where Sam lives was built, the walls, foundation and ceiling were buried with lead plates, which have the functions of sound insulation and signal isolation.

Mr. David is inside and is very safe.

……

"Wow, wow, this kid... moves really fast."

Fujiwara Masato, who was far away in Japan, looked at the documents in his hand and shook his head. Apart from sighing, he didn't know how to react.

Masato Fujiwara didn't expect the British poker division to be successful in the short term, but the surprise this Texan named Sam gave him was no small one.

Should we say that he is very ambitious or that he is naive?
The plan submitted by Sam did not contain much content, and the meaning was very simple and crude... arrest people and make money.

First, arrest the heir of the Jewish wealthy family, test the London police's ability to handle cases and the influence of local Jews, and then decide what to do next.

Is there something wrong with Sam's plan of action?
Fujiwara Masato felt that there was no problem. Killing or arresting Jews would never be a mistake at any time. Besides, the Tebi family owned shares in the French Seyard Group.

And they are also the major shareholder, but the Tebi family did not send anyone to attend the shareholders' meeting last time, so they escaped.

Now that there is an opportunity to launch a retaliation, Fujiwara Masato will certainly not object to Sam's plan.

However, what interested Fujiwara Masato was not the plan, but Sam's British classmates in London.

His classmate was also named David, but his last name was Ralph, so the latter's name was David Ralph.

He and the Ralph family, to which he belongs, are also a Jewish group.

Well, to be specific, it should be former Jews.

With the current intelligence capabilities of playing cards, deep secrets are difficult to obtain, but there is no problem in collecting some semi-public confidential intelligence in the world.

Soon Fujiwara Masato got the information he wanted.

The Ralph family, a Jewish family active in Germany before World War II, received news on the eve of the Night of the Long Knives and fled to Britain in advance.

After the outbreak of World War II, the Ralph family returned to the family business...retail.

Everyone knew what happened during World War II, so the Ralph family's business was in a state of disarray.

If it weren't for old Ralph's ability to occasionally get some orders from the British military, and if it weren't for the Ralph family's initiative to get closer to the British government and make friends with politicians, the Ralph family might not have survived.

It was not until the end of World War II that the Ralph family had a chance to breathe. With the help of American Jewish relatives, Ralph obtained a large amount of cheap goods from the United States to fill his own supermarket.

By 1982, it was not known whether the Relf family had a conflict with other Jews or they realized the evil of the country of Israel, but they suddenly made a statement to the public.

The Ralph family no longer believes in Judaism. They want to convert to Protestantism and hang out with Yegoslavia. They will not donate money to Israel and Jews are not allowed to get involved with them.

Except for the Ralph family, outsiders did not know why they made this decision. After they decided to cut ties with the Jewish community, the family was collectively ostracized by the Jewish wealthy.

The Ralph family, which was already a giant in the European retail industry at the time, suffered a huge blow and its industry continued to decline. It was not until the 21st century that it regained its footing and stopped declining.

Even so, in the British supermarket industry, the Ralph family is still one of the top giants, it's just that it has changed from a global retail giant to a national and regional giant.

Judging from this information, Fujiwara Masato feels that the Ralph family has great "united front" value.

Sam was able to thrive in London in a short period of time and kidnapped the heir to the British water group right after taking office. It was obvious that this was inseparable from the help of the Ralph family.

The Ralph family must know Sam's identity. While they are clear about the situation of the poker organization cadres, they are still willing to help him. It is obvious that they are trying to show goodwill to the poker organization and get closer to the organization.

The Ralph family has had enough of the persecution from the Jews.

There is this case of Sam’s, as well as the current smooth business of Brazilian poker cards, and the negative incident of Korean poker cards.

Fujiwara Masato suddenly discovered that when a poker organization was setting up a branch, it seemed easier to gain a foothold in the local area through franchising than through direct operation, and it was also less likely to be rejected or attacked by local people.

For example, right now, Britain's MI6 must be aware of the appearance of playing cards in London, and the Sea Lions commandos working on the streets are too obvious in their style of action.

As an old intelligence agency, MI6 has its own unique channels in the United States. As long as they put in some effort, they can obviously dig out Sam's identity.

The reason why no action has been taken until now is that the Ralph family has obviously done something.

Fujiwara Masato began to wonder whether he should give it a try in the British Poker World, take in the Ralph family, set up a pilot branch, and actually verify the franchise branch?
There are definitely disadvantages to franchising. The biggest problem is that the control that the poker headquarters has over the franchised branches is not as strong as that over the directly-operated branches.

However, Fujiwara Masato changed his mind and decided that as long as the franchise branch could pay the franchise fee on time.

At the same time, he added more NPCs to the franchised branches to ensure that he would not lose control of the franchised branches secretly, as if the few disadvantages brought by the franchised branches were not a big problem.

Joining a franchise can also save you some worries. You don't need to worry all the time about branch managers doing small things that will harm the interests of the headquarters or playing independent tricks.

Well, as long as you set the rules, determine the nature of the poker organization and its strict rules before joining, there will be penalties for violations, and after following the rules that can get rewards, the idea of ​​joining a branch can be tried.

Practice is the only criterion for experimental truth.

After thinking things through, Fujiwara Masato began to draw up a project plan for the franchise branch.

If the franchise pilot brings good results, then poker branches in other places, except for the one in the United States, can try to change from direct operation to franchise.

Anyway, Fujiwara Masato didn't want to rule the world, and his desire for control was not very strong.

(End of this chapter)