Chapter 14 Chapter 12 The Role of Large Handbags

Around 5:00 a.m. on a certain day in mid-May.The sky just lit up.Oribe Satoko got off the taxi at Nanqingshang 6-chome.There are many large mansions in this area.There was not a single pedestrian in the residential area at dawn.Satoko was wearing a black sweater and gray trousers, with a black hood covering her face.She looked around, and stopped in front of the house with the "Kato" nameplate hanging on it. This is a corner of the square-eye paper-shaped street.The long fence of Kato's house is connected to another fence and continues to the intersection of the next street.All the doors and windows of the house were still closed, still maintaining the tranquility of the night.The bushes inside the wall were a rich dark green.

Satoko walked to the end of the wall of Kato's house.The connected wall is the Fukushima home.At first glance, it seems that there is no boundary between the two families, but in detail, there is an alley about 40 centimeters wide separating the two families.Satoko arrived at the entrance of the alley between Kato and Fukushima. "Good morning!" Shen Shen heard the man's deep voice.A tall man stood in the alley. "Good morning!" Satoko bowed to the unknown man who came out to greet her. "Please!" The man turned on the flashlight.Small dust particles are flying in the dim yellow light circle. "The road is narrow, please be careful!" said the man.

The man walking in front held his flashlight back to shine at her feet.This is an alley where you can only walk sideways.The high white walls of Kato and Fukushima squeezed their bodies.The handbag is jammed.Zuo Dengzi moved forward the right hand holding the handbag, but still made the sound of the handbag rubbing against the wall from time to time.The man's back and the flashlight swayed in front of Zuo Dengzi, sometimes stopping to wait for her.Finally reached the end of the alley, a reddish-brown brick wall covered with green vines blocked the way.The alley turned right, and the light of the flashlight led to another alley.On the right is a long brick wall, which occupies one-third of a block. This is the back wall of Kato's house.There are doors with small lattices in the middle of the brick wall.

"Please!" The tall man led Zuo Dengzi inside.Inside is a wooded, dark backyard.The man walked in front of her.White clematis silhouetted among the flowers and grass, and yellow spikes of palms hung low in the lush shade. Here is a building as big as a hotel.The complex structure of the second-story roof reveals that there are many rooms inside.The roofs on both sides of the downstairs also expand to both sides. It was getting brighter.The man leading the way turned off the flashlight, opened a door casually, and dazzling lights streamed from the room.This is a kitchen.The kitchen is as spacious and bright as a restaurant, and there are five or six maids working as fast as soldiers on the battlefield.There are those who pour tea, those who walk in with plates, those who wash dishes, and those who serve rice, divide dishes, and set chopsticks.The man leading the way led Zuo Dengzi to the corridor and opened the door.This is a room the size of six mats, and there are various furniture such as old wardrobes, kitchenware, and boxes.

"This is the storage room. I'm sorry to invite you to such a place!" The man invited Zuo Dengzi to sit on the cushion, and he sat opposite her. "Hi! I'm Takuro Gaipu, Teranishi's secretary," Gaipu greeted politely. "Hello!" Zuo Dengzi saluted Waipu. "I've heard your name for a long time. I'm Oribe. They called me over there." "Understood, everything is ready." Waipu smiled slightly from the corner of his eyes. "It's not easy to come so early!" Because Waipu knew Zuo Dengzi's identity, his tone was a bit casual.

"It's nothing, I came here after making some mental preparations to fulfill the entrustment." Zuo Dengzi also smiled. "You freaked out walking that alley." "a little nervous." "Oh, that handbag is stained with white powder." Waipu said looking at the handbag. Zuo Dengzi pulled the handbag to him and looked at it, "Ah!" He hurriedly took out a handkerchief and wiped it. "The handbag rubbed against the white wall, and it was put on cement foam. I was very careful about the narrow alley, but it's still..." "The fence behind the house is old. Your handbag looks new. I'm sorry for making it dirty by making you go down an alley like that!"

"No, I did it accidentally." "Where's your car?" "Come by taxi. There are mobile taxis in the early morning." "It's better to take a taxi when you go back. I'll take you to the side of the road with cars." "It's already dawn, I'll call a car myself." Waipu looked at his watch and said, "Sir is still sleeping." "..." "The four reception rooms are full of people, and they are all waiting for Mr. to get up. Most of the people are here to make a statement, there are also members of parliament who are here to handle business, and there are reporters rushing to catch the news. You have seen how busy the kitchen is. Busy, just to entertain these guests."

As expected of the residence of the powerful faction leader Masayuki Teranishi!Oribe Satoko agreed and was amazed. "There are always a lot of guests at the front door. In order to avoid the eyes and ears of these people, I have no choice but to lead you through the back door." Masayoshi Teranishi's secretary Takuro Uura said to Satoko. The purpose of the secret visitor leading the back door in is not just to avoid the visitor's eyes and ears.There is a police station near the main entrance of the house of a great politician, and there are journalists and weekly magazine reporters in front of the house at all times, and they often check the visitors of Tera Nishi's house from the early morning.In particular, Teranishi Masaobu is the successor of the current Prime Minister Katsura Shigenobu scheduled for this autumn, and is called "the center of the political typhoon vortex" by journalists, so the surveillance of the mansion has become more stringent.

Waipu continued. "Although I'm very sorry, it's still the most convenient to talk in this storage room. Not only you, but all those who need to meet secretly, please ask them to walk through the alley you just walked through, and then invite them to this dirty place. Dirty storage room." "It's not easy!" Zuo Dengzi thought from the bottom of his heart. "I'll go out for a while." Waipu stood up suddenly, opened the door and walked to the corridor.From outside the door came the chaotic footsteps of the maids hurrying to and fro in the corridor.Waipu came in with a silver tray of black tea.

"Please!" He knelt on the mat and invited Zuo Dengzi to drink. It seems that even maids are not allowed to approach secret visitors. When Secretary Waipu went out for the second time and came back, he was holding a square paper bag in his hand, followed by a woman who was nearly fifty years old.Zuo Dengzi got off the cushion immediately when he saw the woman.She knew that this plump, middle-aged woman wearing fine silver-rimmed glasses was Wenzi, Mrs. Masahiro Terashi. "Good morning!" Zuo Dengzi put his hands on the cattail mat and saluted. "Good morning!" Mrs. Sixi replied with a strong voice.

"My name is Oribe Satoko, meeting you for the first time." "I am Sixi's wife." Madam replied generously. "I'm so sorry for coming so early!" Zuo Dengzi felt Mrs. Wenzi's gaze fixed on his back as he knelt down.She could imagine the look in those eyes. "Thank you! My husband casually asked you to come here early in the morning. I'm sorry!" The speech is still polite, but there is a tone of speaking to the servants. "Where it is, I dare not take it." "My husband is still resting." "I am so sorry!" "No, it doesn't matter. My husband has already told Mr. Waipu and me." "Excuse me!" "Ms. Oribe, please be casual." Encouraged by a strong voice, Satoko raised his head.Oribe Satoko saw his wife's face and figure from the front for the first time.She is a plump figure, wearing a dress with red small flower patterns printed on a blue cloth background. She has been dressed in heavy clothes since dawn, in order to receive politicians and members of her own faction, counselors and petitions that flock from dawn voters and constituency representatives.Her attire made the people who came here early in the morning eye-catching and refreshing.The lady looked at Satoko's face.Zuo Dengzi wears almost no makeup for business needs, except for a discreet black sweater. "I heard there is a store in Ginza?" Mrs. Wenzi asked in an approachable tone. "yes." Zuo Dengzi realized that there was a kind of evaluation in his wife's focused and sharp eyes.She seemed to hear his wife saying to herself: "Women in the hospitality industry usually have clear faces without much makeup. This is probably true. This woman is also the same." "Ma'am," Waipu whispered from the side, "may I leave it to her?" Mrs. Wenzi has a pair of thin lips.Physiologists say that women with thin lips are talkative.Secretary Waipu reminded his wife from the side, probably because he was afraid that his wife would be interested in Zuo Dengzi, who runs the club, and forget the important things to do. "Oh! Oh! That's right!" Mrs. Wenzi obeyed the secretary. "Mr. Waipu, please give her the things!" "Obey!" Waipu Zhuolang handed the paper bag he had just carried to Zuo Dengzi.There appeared to be several books inside, wrapped in newspaper and bound with thick rubber bands. "Please accept." Waipu handed the paper package to Zuo Dengzi. "I'm the one who was sent here, so I don't know what's inside. But I did get the item, and I'll send it over there today without fail." Zuo Dengzi took the four paper packages carefully and said solemnly. "We are the same..." Secretary Waipu said with a smile. He uses the plural first person pronoun "we", which of course includes Mrs. Wenzi. "When Sixi handed it to me, he didn't say what was in the paper bag. He only confessed that it should be handed over to the sent person." "thanks!" Zuo Dengzi looked at the four paper bags, then pulled the handbag next to him, opened the zipper, put the four bags on the upper and lower layers, and then closed the zipper.At this time, Zuo Dengzi seemed to remember something, hesitated for a moment, and said to Waipu: "I'm just someone sent here, do you want to write a receipt?" "Ms. Oribe is an envoy, so there will be no mistakes! Teranishi didn't have a delivery slip when she accepted it, so there's no need to write it." Waipu whispered. "thank you!" When Zuo Dengzi was about to leave, Mrs. Wenzi who was watching her move suddenly said: "Ms. Oribe, isn't that the latest Osterridge bag? It's beautiful!" Zuo Dengzi didn't expect Mrs. Wenzi to be so interested in his handbag, which made him panic. "Can you just show me that?" Madam said casually. "Yes, but..." Zuo Dengzi is hesitating.This is because it feels a little rude to hand it to her casually, and the bag contains the things just received. "Can you?" Madam held out a hand. Zuo Dengzi got down on his knees, leaned over and pushed the handbag on the mat to his wife.There is "something" in the bag, and it is heavy. The lady looked closely at the Osterridge handbag: "It's Morabit, it's just beautiful." He said while touching it with his hand, and carefully looked at its two sides. "Mr. Waipu, you know everything, can you tell me about handbags?" Madam looked at the secretary behind her and said. "No, I don't have anything..." Waipu flinched. "Yes, you gentlemen don't understand these things. Morabit is a famous handbag designer in France. It is said that his handbags are regarded as the highest quality." "Ah, is it?" "Look at the many spots. These marks are left after the ostrich's feathers were pulled out. It's not good if the class is too big, and it's not good if it's too small. The more spots, the higher grade!" "It's hard to understand!" Waipu and his wife inspected the handbag together. "And the spots should be as evenly spaced as this one." "Oh!" "The rarest thing among Osterridge's products is that such a large travel bag is difficult to carry. It needs several pieces of ostrich skin. Take the best part of the skin and splice it like a piece of leather. It is a high-end product that is seamless. You see, the difference between the left and right stripes of this handbag is very small!" "The shape is pretty good too, it's the latest design." Madam admired and looked at Zuo Dengzi who was sitting there upright. "Quite expensive, isn't it?" "..." "I'm going to be rude, is it 900,000 yuan? One million yuan?" Zuo Dengzi lowered his head. "This... this is a gift from someone." "Ah!" Madam's eyes widened. Mrs. Wenzi was surprised when she heard that the expensive Osterridge bag was a gift.But after a while, he showed a smile with ulterior motives. "Someone gave you such a high-end gift, you are so lucky!" Madam's intimate tone contained this kind of speculation: The person who gave the gift must be Satoko's lover.Perhaps, this person sent Zuo Dengzi to Sixi Mansion. Zuo Dengzi had no choice but to secretly laugh at his wife's guess.Of course, Madam would not know that the person who gave the gift was Masaaki Kawamura.In fact, Satoko made an anonymous phone call to Nihonbashi Department Store based on the trademark on the wrapping paper, asked about the price of the package, and based on the characteristics of the buyer described by the clerk, concluded that this person was Kenzo Nabeya. Zuo Dengzi bought the coupons, which is an act of righteousness to Oribe customers.Moreover, she was interested in the well-known young power group, and she went there with the mood of watching the excitement.Nabeya sighed again and again, "Kawamura is a good man, but unfortunately he has no money." Zuo Dengzi knew in his heart that Nabeya and Kawamura's plan was to take a shortcut to gain both money and sex.The offensive signal is Morabit's Osterridge handbag.Kawamura, the naive second-generation member, dressed up like a romantic boy, and thought he was a handsome man who everyone loved.Kawamura went to Aobadai and wanted to stay at Satoko's house for a long time under the pretext of driving back.All customers with ulterior motives are the same.And, like Kawamura, these customers resorted to quick fixes.In order to deal with such people, Zuo Dengzi often made phone calls with Bo Zi in advance, and asked Bo Zi to pretend to "come to play by chance" to rescue Zuo Dengzi.This kind of "unintentional interference" by Bozi not only enables customers with ulterior motives to save face, but Zuo Dengzi can also tide over difficulties, so that customers who have good intentions for her will remain in the store for a long time.This is a business technique of Oribe Satoko. "Ms. Oribe, I really want to play in your shop." Mrs. Wenzi said suddenly as if remembering. Zuo Dengzi was taken aback, "Please! Please!" Even though he agreed, his heart was beating wildly.I always feel that there is some kind of deep meaning in the words that Madam inadvertently said. “Where is the store in Ginza” Zuo Dengzi told her.Madam asked again. "What kind of people are the guests?" It's hard to talk about politicians, so I said vaguely: "Gentlemen who run businesses come here occasionally." Zuo Dengzi cited the names of two or three companies. "Really? Is it a high-end shop?" Mrs. Wenzi lowered her head and imagined the interior scene of "Olibe Club". "Would you like to go with your husband?" Madam's words surprised Suo Dengzi. "Sir... want to come?" "Can't you?" "No, no, where is it? It's like a dream. It would be a great honor to have Mr. Sixi and his wife come to visit!" Wenzi smiled. "To be honest, my husband prefers the hotels in Chiyin and Shimbashi to the nightclubs. The hotels in this area are like villas. Especially these days, there are meetings every night." Because the general election is approaching, Teranishi Masaki seems to be busy with various factions. "My husband isn't used to going to nightclubs. Mr. Waipu, isn't he?" "This..." Waipu cautiously reserved his opinion. "He will definitely not be interested in nightclubs, is he already old?" "..." "Mr. Waipu, it's not suitable for me to go alone. Invite two or three wives to go together. At that time, will you be the bodyguard and guide?" "Yes..." Waipu had a troubled look on his face. Mrs. Wenzi's talk about going to the "Olibe Club" may be because Secretary Waipu did not answer and did not continue the discussion. "It's not short." Waipu looked at his watch, hinting to his wife that the conversation should be over. "Yes, yes, sorry for delaying you." "Where is it, I'm the one who disturbed you!" Zuo Dengzi made a deep bow. "Let's play again." "thanks." "I'm going to visit your shop sometime later." "Don't dare to be." "Be careful on the road!...Then Mr. Waipu..." "Yes. I'll send it to Malu." Waipu stood up. "Goodbye." Madam stood up and smiled.Her silver wire frames glistened. "Farewell." Zuo Dengzi bowed again. "Aqiu, Aqiu!" Madam called the maid, "The work in the kitchen is almost over!" Morning light filled the sky, and the trees in the backyard were bathed in morning glow. Kaiura opened the latticed door in the backyard, and Oribe Satoko followed behind.They went into the alley again.The handbag that came to Space Time feels very heavy now. "Let me get it for you before we get to the main road." Waipu stretched out his hand. "I'm sorry!" Zuo Dengzi immediately handed him the handbag.Waipu put the handbag on his head and supported it with one hand. "Won't it touch the wall?" Waipu said anxiously. "It doesn't matter. Anyway, I have already scratched it." Zuo Dengzi said softly while laughing. Waipu slanted his body and moved step by step like a crab.The TV news broadcast at six o'clock came from the wall of Kato's house on the right, and the laughter and laughter of children came from Fukushima's house on the left.Suddenly the handbag on Waipu's head made a sound. "Ah, not good." Gaipa felt the handbag hit the wall of Fukushima's house, and he panicked. "It's okay. Mr. Waipu, don't worry, please go." The person who sent Oribe Satoko to the Teranishi Mansion said to her: "Mr. Teranishi Masatake's secretary, Mr. Takuro Ura, is 48 years old and graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Tokyo. He was a reporter from the Economic News Agency and has deep connections in the financial world. Mr. Hejiuhiro’s secretary. Mr. Teranishi begged Mr. Hejiuhiro to temporarily lend him Mr. Waipu to be his special secretary. After the negotiation, Mr. Teranishi specially took Mrs. Wenzi to Mr. Hejiuhiro’s place for his kindness. Thank you. From this we can see how much Mr. Teranishi attaches great importance to Mr. Waipu. "This is because the relationship between Mr. Teranishi and the financial world is relatively weak, so Mr. Teranishi wants to use Mr. Waipu as a channel to communicate with the financial world. Mr. Waipu notified Teranishi of the news about the financial world that he had inquired from Mr. Kazuhiro. The political information obtained from Mr. Teranishi was conveyed to Mr. Hejiuhong. Mr. Teranishi is the leader of the political circle, and Mr. Hehihiro is the uncrowned king of the financial world. They exchanged the most core confidential information. In addition, Mr. Waipu is good at analyzing the situation. "Mr. Teranishi's benefit from Gaipu-kun is not only to exchange top-secret information in the political and financial circles, but also to expand the source of funds for political activities in the financial circles through Mr. Kazuhiro. In this regard, Gaipu-kun has also played a huge role. Now It has been pre-determined that Mr. Teranishi will accept the resignation of the government from Prime Minister Gui this autumn. The mainstream trend in the financial circles is to support Mr. Teranishi's coming to power. For this reason, Mr. Pu is extensively collecting the demands and hopes of the financial circles in advance. "Mr. Teranishi is cautious about contacting the financial circles. Therefore, contacting influential figures in the financial circles will stimulate other factions, and even the cadres of this faction have different views. You can also use Mr. Waipu in these aspects. The secretary will not It's so conspicuous, so it's easy to carry out secret operations. How important is Gaipu-kun to Teranishi-san. "When you arrive at the Sixi mansion, Mr. Waipu will give you 20 million yuan, 10,000 yuan in bills, which may be wrapped in newspaper. You should prepare things in advance. In order not to attract attention, it is best to take women's bills. Big bag..." Satoko looked at the back of Takuro Ueura, who was walking diagonally in the alley with the Osterridge handbag on his head, and recalled someone's instructions.Is the person walking in front of you the great secretary with great powers?The posture of walking sideways like a crab makes people laugh.However, the posture of himself following him was the same, "There are two crabs crawling in the alley!" But Waipu's funny appearance made Zuodengzi feel that Waipu was reliable.The knowledge of him was communicated to her by that man. At the exit of the alley, a black car passed by on the road.Gaipu stopped and took the handbag from his head. "I'm sorry, I won't be sending you away anymore." He handed the bag to Satoko.His dark face, big eyes, and smiling eyes are adorable.For the first time in bright light, Zuo Dengzi looked at his face so close. "Thank you!" "Leading you through the narrow and remote alleys, and entering the storage room next to the kitchen through the back door, be surprised!" "No, it's fun instead!" She felt that the word "fun" was inappropriate and changed the tone: "Because Mr.'s wife has no airs, I feel much more relaxed. She is a hearty and approachable wife!" "He is a cheerful person!" "Really, can my wife be invited to the store? Of course, sir can't come." "Well, I don't know yet." The secretary tilted her head and smiled. "Mr. Waipu will be the bodyguard and bring the wives here. I don't know how happy he will be." "I will pass on your words to Madam." Waipu laughed out loud for the first time, because of his dark complexion, his white teeth were particularly dazzling.He stopped laughing quickly, pointed with his finger and said: "About 200 meters to the left along the road, there is a police station. You can call a taxi there." "Thank you!" "Please be careful!"