"Welcome, Mr. Smith."
At Incheon Airport, Tang Jinyan and the American warmly shook hands. A male interpreter beside them translated at the same time.
Smith was a middle-aged American who looked very elegant. He wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and did not look like a mafioso.
There were 20 to 30 people in the group. Most of them were wearing suits and sunglasses like Schwarzenegger, which slightly reflected their true identity.
Seeing that Tang Jinyan was accompanied by a male interpreter, Smith was very curious. "Where is the beautiful and elegant Ms. Yoon-rim?"
Lee Yoon-rim was the person in charge of liaising with this group of Americans for a long time. It was indeed difficult to understand why she was not here this time.
Tang Jinyan listened to the interpreter and just said, "Yoon-rim is a little unwell."
Smith immediately said, "Oh, God. When Ms. Yoon-rim was in the United States, we felt that she was very weak."
Tang Jinyan pursed his lips.
Smith said again, "If the medical conditions in Korea are not good enough, I suggest that Ms. Yoon-rim be sent to the United States for a check-up."
The implication was that he looked down on the medical standards in Korea. The management of Incheon Ocean Company who accompanied Tang Jinyan to pick her up had anger in their eyes. However, these words had no effect on Tang Jinyan. Instead, he said very seriously, "When the time comes, we will definitely ask for Mr. Smith's help."
Smith looked at Tang Jinyan with some surprise. He seemed to be curious as to how a person who gave such an answer in the face of obviously provocative words could sit in the position of a big shot in the United States.
After thinking for a while, he asked again, "Is Ms. Yoon-rim Mr. Tang's …"
Tang Jinyan calmly replied, "Lover."
Smith nodded and did not ask any more questions.
Tang Jinyan said, "How about we take a tour of Incheon Ocean Company and the warehouse at the dock first?"
Smith smiled and said, "Of course. We have worked with Incheon Ocean Company for so long and are very interested in the scale of your company."
"Please."
As they walked out of the airport, they bumped into a few airport police officers.
Seeing Tang Jinyan taking the lead, several policemen stopped and greeted him. "Hello, Chairman Tang. I haven't been to Incheon for a long time.
Is there a guest? "
Tang Jinyan introduced with a smile, "An honored guest from the United States."
Thus, several police officers also greeted Smith and his group warmly.
Smith's eyes flashed. He exchanged glances with the investigation team on his left and right and nodded to himself.
This detail was very ordinary. It was like casually greeting an acquaintance at the airport, but the key point was that the other party was a police officer.
Even if this detail was deliberately arranged by Tang Jinyan, it didn't matter. Because whether it was intentional or not, it could prove that the black and white of this city had long been mixed. Tang Jinyan's business here was very strong, and he was not a sneaky peddler.
This group of Americans was different from Kunio Inoue. They did not have any friendship with each other. It was purely a business cooperation.
The stronger one was, the more respect one would receive. This was not an occasion to talk about favors.
When they arrived at China Ocean Company, Smith's eyes lit up even more. Even Tang Jinyan's eyes lit up.
Originally, China Ocean Company had only rented a few floors of an office building. Now, they had bought all of them and had even done a facade renovation and external decoration.
The entire building looked bright and beautiful and very high-class. On the grand facade, there were huge gilded words: "Incheon Tang's China Ocean Import and Export Co., Ltd." Signed by: Liu Zhengfu.
The ownership of the entire building itself was already a display of good economic strength. At the same time, it also highlighted the scale of this company. The employees needed to use such a large floor to work.
Smith had already learned about the signature on the company's name. It was the mayor of this city.
Such a company could almost be a landmark company in this city …
Tang Jinyan himself had not been here for a long time. He did not expect that Lee Yoon-Rim had actually spent a lot of money to change the scale of Incheon Company when she was taking care of the New Village Group.
However, Tang Jinyan was not very happy. Instead, he felt a little depressed when he thought of Lee Yoon-Rim's pale face.
"Please come in." Tang Jinyan heaved a sigh of relief and led the delegation in.
Smith glanced at the guard at the door. There seemed to be a gun handle at his waist.
He smiled and followed her in quietly.
When Tang Jinyan had just gotten involved in smuggling, the China Ocean Company in Yi Zhi's hands only had a few floors and a few departments. Now, it was ten floors high. The departments were so detailed that Tang Jinyan could not explain their respective duties.
Fortunately, he did not need to introduce them. Yi Zhi, who had been managing the company, was the main character today. Listening to Yi Zhi's introduction and observing the employees inside, the American delegation kept nodding. It was obvious that they were very satisfied.
What made them even more moved was the attitude of every employee when they saw Tang Jinyan.
Basically, they were very surprised. It was as if they did not expect Tang Jinyan to come. Then, they were overjoyed and bowed respectfully.
Smith could see that the respect of the employees was different from the respect of ordinary subordinates to their boss. It was also not the reverence of the underworld. Instead, it was a sense of worship. It was a little like how Apple employees looked at Steve Jobs. This feeling made Smith feel very strange.
He could not help but ask, "Other than the casinos here and in Seoul, how many businesses does Mr. Tang have?"
"There are some other businesses in Seoul and Jeju Island."
"In that case, Mr. Tang's net worth is very high," Yi Zhi said.
"In the first half of 2013, our president was ranked 42nd on the Forbes list of Korea's richest people."
Smith nodded.
In that case, Tang Jinyan was already a famous person in Korea. However, for the Americans, it was not a big deal.
Yi Zhi said again, "It only took him a year and a half to get on the list."
Someone in the delegation staggered.
Smith's gaze also changed a little … No wonder the employees had a sense of worship …
These few sentences were spoken in English by Yi Zhi. Tang Jinyan did not listen to the translation, but he guessed that she was praising him.
He did not say anything self-deprecating. He just smiled and said, "It's the same for companies. Why don't we go to the docks?"
The delegation had completely stopped looking down on him. They nodded solemnly and said, "Okay."
When they arrived at the docks, the delegation's expression became even more strange.
When the customs officers saw Tang Jinyan, they greeted him warmly as if they saw their own customs officer. Some even saluted, which made the delegation speechless.
This was a f * cking smuggler, okay? The customs officers saluted him?
Even Smith himself would at most pretend not to know him in Los Angeles customs. How could he be so brazen?
"This is our warehouse number one."
Yi Zhi pointed to a cluster of warehouses that covered an area of about 2,000 square meters and smiled wretchedly. "Our trade with Mr. Smith is basically all here."
Smith asked casually, "So there are warehouses number two and three?"
"Originally there was only warehouse number two, which received goods from Japan.
Warehouse number three was newly bought this year. The goods from regular channels are basically all there. "
Smith was thinking about which warehouse was in Japan when he suddenly saw a group of burly men in black suits standing there. His heart could not help but tremble.
If there were so many people in all three warehouses, and all of them were armed, this Tang Jinyan's power was terrifying …
Yi Zhi said to the security guards, "These days, the warehouse is understaffed. Everyone be serious and bear with it. When the time comes, everyone will be given a bonus."
The translator translated to Smith in a low voice.
There were already a lot of people. Was there still not enough?
Smith's eyes flashed and he asked Tang Jinyan, "Why are we understaffed these days?"
Tang Jinyan listened to the translation and said calmly, "About a hundred brothers went to Japan."
"A hundred …" Smith asked tentatively, "Went to pick up the goods?"
"Of course not. The number of people on the cargo ship is fixed." Tang Jinyan smiled and said, "These brothers are going to Japan to participate in the war."
"Participate in the war?
With who? "
"Yamaguchi-gumi."
Smith swallowed his saliva.
Of course, this strength was nothing to the American Mafia. However, Smith himself was not the leader of the gang. He was just a ringleader. The power he had was about the same as what Tang Jinyan had revealed so far. Moreover, Tang Jinyan had other trump cards that were far more than this.
He even dared to participate in the Yamaguchi-gumi's war. Where did his confidence come from?
In other words, Tang Jinyan was stronger than Smith. Much stronger!
This Tang Jinyan was a rising underground power. Was it really not an old organization that had inherited a century-old legacy?