Chapter 046: Tattoos

At three thirty in the afternoon, Masayoshi Kishimoto appeared in the Adachi district. He had walked some distance and had just arrived at the entrance of the pachinko parlor he was going to when he saw three high school student-looking boys kneeling on the ground aside being slapped on the head one by one.

With his back to Masayoshi Kishimoto, the young man who hit them, with his plasma-permed yellow hair standing on end, and an earring above his left and right earlobes, cursed, “Fuck it, next time my guys catch you sneaking into a store to play pachinko, you’ll break your hands.”

“Kazuhiko Inoue, long time no see.” Masayoshi Kishimoto said as he recognized the man with a bit of a killer style and took the initiative to interject in with a greeting.

Inoue Kazuhiko looked over sideways and also recognized the other person saying, “You’re here!”

After he finished speaking, he raised his foot and kicked the nearest one in the forehead saying, “Get out, all of you.”

After the three high school students got up, they started running in the direction behind them. In a puff of smoke, they ran out of sight.

“I’ve heard all about you.” Inoue Kazuhiko once again sidestepped a bit and approached the other man head on.

Masayoshi Kishimoto heard something fishy about what he said, so he inquired to his face, “What about me?”

“You’ve got some nerve, forcibly borrowing 50 million yen from your Taito district branch president. Is your head and hands worth that amount?” Kazuhiko Inoue said bluntly.

Masayoshi Kishimoto really didn’t expect things to turn out the way they were currently, it really deserved that saying, good things don’t come out of the door, but bad things spread a thousand miles. He himself was suffering from a stroke of middle-agedness at that time. No, it should be hot blooded.

“According to you, how much is this head and these hands of mine worth in order to be appropriate?” Masayoshi Kishimoto first pointed at his own head, then extended his hands towards him and said.

“Truly if it’s what I mean, lending you five hundred million yen wouldn’t be a problem.” Kazuhiko Inoue blurted out.

“If you really have that much money, I can recommend you one of my company’s investment projects.” Masayoshi Kishimoto followed up his words by opening up on the purpose of his coming here.

Inoue Kazuhiko didn’t just balk, after all, the money in his hand needed to find a legitimate outlet to make more money.

“Can you tell me the truth, why did you give away the store in Ueno Park during the initial stage of Pachinko’s best business in the first place?” Kazuhiko Inoue said in puzzlement.

“Because I found a way is to make more money than running Pachinko.” Masayoshi Kishimoto said as he dawned on him.

“Then let’s go inside and talk.” Kazuhiko Inoue said as he gestured for him to go into the store to talk more.

Masayoshi Kishimoto followed him into the store, then up the stairs to the second floor, and through two more doors before arriving at his office.

The two men took their seats as hosts and guests. Inoue Kazuhiko took out a cigarette and said in Kishimoto Masayoshi’s direction, “Want one?”

“No, smoking is bad for your health.” Masayoshi Kishimoto laughed a little and said.

Kazuhiko Inoue completely disregarded his remark and took out a cigarette and held it in his mouth. He picked up the lighter on top of his desk and pressed it, then a flame appeared with a click.

Kazuhiko Inoue pushed the flame from the lighter closer to the top of the cigarette and took two puffs before it was fully lit. He casually dropped the lighter on top of his desk.

He took another drag before removing the cigarette from his mouth and holding it between two fingers of his left hand.

Inoue Kazuhiko exhaled the smoke inside his mouth and said, “Is there anything faster than gambling? Is it hard to believe that it’s just drugs?”

“It’s a completely legitimate business. I originally approached the chapter president about investing, but he got old and we just didn’t talk about it together.

Just out of sheer desperation, I had to lend him 50 million yen at 36% annual interest.” Masayoshi Kishimoto said nonchalantly.

Kazuhiko Inoue took the cigarette held between two fingers of his left hand on top of his right hand and poked it out inside the glass ashtray in front of him.

“Do you really mean it’s that profitable?” Inoue Kazuhiko thought about the fact that he dared to borrow money from the Taito Area Branch Chairman even at an annual interest rate of 36%, which also proved that the profit of the other party’s business was definitely greater than an annual interest rate of 36%. Otherwise, wouldn’t he be a fool?

“When this man gets old, his guts follow him. If you invest in this project that I recommend to you, the annual rate of return is more than I dare not say, at least 50% guaranteed.

As the saying goes, the bold, starve the timid. Could it be that you are willing to spend your entire life nestled in the Adachi district running this current pachinko parlor?”

Justice Kishimoto was just good enough to let the other party know that the branch chairman was a coward, and that was why he was able to get an annual return rate of 36%. If the other party was bold enough, there would inevitably be a higher annual return rate.

Kazuhiko Inoue was instantly moved. He didn’t want to stay in this hellish place for a long time. The place he aspired to be, that was naturally the most lively and prosperous neighborhood in the Tokyo metropolis.

However, there were things that he couldn’t just do whatever he wanted. The result of this once stepping over the line would inevitably lead to bloodshed. He suddenly took off the clothes on his body in front of Justice Kishimoto, revealing the tattoos on his upper body.

Kishimoto Masayoshi knew the rules of the RB triads, the leader of the group was only qualified to get a full body tattoo, and the members of the group were only able to get a half body tattoo at most. If they made a mistake, they would have to break their fingers.

In the past, anyone joining the gang would have to break their fingers first to show their determination. Not only that, but the tattoo was done without anesthetic, and the physical pain was also a sign of determination.

Inoue Kazuhiko showed his tattoos to his face, not to show off how good they looked, but to remind him that if he dared to cheat him out of his money, he would die.

Even if Justice Kishimoto is shaped like walking a tightrope between valleys without any insurance rope, he still wants to get the private equity fund going. That was saying that starting a private equity business was very tough.

Steve Schwartzman’s recollection of the Blackstone Group was immediately flashed inside his head. Schwartzman recalled a quote from the very beginning of the Blackstone Group.

Nineteen of the most promising investors turned us down, one by one, and 488 potential investors turned us down, and that was the most embarrassing time …… For a long time, we traveled around and heard from a lot of our friends who said no to us, and that was very hard.

The worst time was when Schwartzman and Peterson went to visit a national retirement fund in Boston, and the representative didn’t even recognize either of them, so the two had to walk out in the pouring rain.