"Welcome, are you two coming together?"

"Hey, one of our companions has arrived early, just..."

Souji Kirihara and Naomi Kitamura, who came together, rushed to the place agreed with Lin Xiuyi after they got off work. Just as they were looking for Lin Xiuyi's trace in this burning torii house, a familiar figure in the corner suddenly raised his hand and indicated his position to the two of them.

"I'm here, Kirihara-san and Kitamura-san!"

"Oh... our companion is over there, we can just go there by ourselves!"

Kirihara and Kitamura thanked the proprietress of the grilled torii gate, then carefully passed through the gap between the diners' seats, and then came to Lin Xiuyi's place.

"Have you ordered food?"

"Not yet! I also came here after work to occupy a seat. It is said that the scallion chicken skewers here are very popular, and I finally waited for this seat!"

"Excuse me, can we order now?"

"Hey!"

"May I ask what do you need?"

"That... First, a Jinping burdock, a special fried chicken, a fried eel with thick egg, a grilled saury, and three skewers of chicken with spring onion and chicken meatballs. If you want wine, please give us first. Three bottles of beer."

"Hey, please wait a moment, there are a lot of guests today, wait a minute, I'll bring the side dishes to you first!"

The proprietress of the izakaya said something apologetic to everyone, and then brought towels and water to everyone. Lin Xiuyi and Mr. Kitamura chatted casually for a few words. After a while, the store offered fresh cheese mixed with avocado, lees-stuffed vegetables, and miso eggplant as gifts. Although there was only one bite of each, the taste was very good. But very low.

"This is beer. I'll deliver it as soon as the other dishes are ready. If you need anything, just call me at any time!"

……

Lin Xiuyi and three people took the beer from the store and took a toast. After putting down the wine glass, Lin Xiuyi said a little embarrassedly to the other two:

"I'm so sorry I suddenly called you out to drink with me! In fact, I asked two of you over today because I have something to ask Kirihara-san and Kitamura-san."

"Is it something related to work?"

After Beicun put down the wine glass, he asked Lin Xiuyi curiously.

"Hey, I'm actually investigating the general affairs of Toshima Construction, the murder of Ogizo Naobi. I suddenly encountered some problems in the past two days, and it's really not something I'm good at, so I thought if I could ask the two of you. , to see if the two of you know something related."

"Oh... so that's the case, is there anything we can do to help?"

"Tongyuan-sang, have you heard of the Riverbed Fund?"

"Riverbed Fund? Could it be that Toshima Construction, which was in crisis, was targeted by the vulture fund?"

"Eh? You really have heard of this name!"

"Well... not only have I heard about it, but when I was in the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, I also dealt with the representative of the other party's Asian affairs! The other party's name seems to be Robert Taki, and he looks like a European. ."

"Wait a minute, did you say you've seen this Robert Taki? Mr. Kirihara!"

"Yeah! But it was not a pleasant meeting. The other party seemed to be eyeing a troubled Japanese company, and then began to use all kinds of good means to chase and attack the other party, nibbling away the weak like a vicious vulture. Prey. I was explaining the government's attitude on behalf of the Ministry of Economic Affairs at that time. Although that guy has always been cheerful, I am afraid that he has already hated me to the bone!"

"So that's how it is!"

Lin Xiuyi put down his wine glass thoughtfully, but he was constantly thinking about the meeting of Robert Taki from Riverbed Fund, Seiichi Mori from Takeshita Public Works Store, and Naobi Ogizo, General Manager of Toshima Construction. , the meeting of these three people must have come for this crisis of Toshima construction.

"Mr. Kitamura, I would like to ask you, is the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism really planning a huge investment project as Mr. Kirihara mentioned last time?"

Hearing Lin Xiuyi's question, Akio Kitamura hurriedly put down the chopsticks in his hand, and then said with some vigilance in his eyes.

"Although at this time, it's not a big deal to tell you. But before the official announcement, I still hope you don't spread it around."

"Could it be that the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is really going to make a big move!"

Kirihara asked Akio Kitamura in surprise.

"Ah... you guy, just reminded you just now, but you forgot!"

Seeing Tongyuan's reaction, Kitamura immediately blamed him with some dissatisfaction.

"Uh... I'm really sorry, I was happy just now, so I was a little excited!"

"Alas... the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is really~lightnovelpub.net~ The unannounced project has caused a lot of trouble in the city. Even me, a fringe person at the Tourism Office, knows about it, and it's no wonder that even you all guessed!"

"Mr. Kitamura, what kind of project is it? You are too mysterious!"

"It's nothing, that is, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism plans to build a maglev Shinkansen connecting Tokyo to Osaka, tentatively designated as the Chuo Shinkansen plan, which will serve as the next generation of high-speed rail technology in Japan. If I remember correctly, the entire project The entire budget is about 10 trillion high..."

"Ten...Ten trillion? This is too exaggerated!"

"Hey, 10 trillion is just the engineering cost of the entire maglev line, not including the cost of the vehicle and related expenses!"

……

Hearing that Mr. Kitamura suddenly mentioned such a huge investment in a project, Lin Xiuyi suddenly felt as if he had caught something.

"Wait a minute, Mr. Kitamura, if the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism really decides to announce this plan, which one will the contractor choose in the end?"

"In this case, it is estimated that only the "five major construction companies" are qualified to participate in this project. If it is said, Toshima Construction is actually better at the construction of such high-level rail transit projects. After all, they have contracted before. A large number of high-speed rail construction projects! But in terms of technology, the technology of the five major construction companies is not much different. However, it has been a long time since China has invested in such a huge project.”

"So once the bid is won, it will become a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the five major construction companies to change their fate. Who wouldn't want to get more cakes at such a time?" u