Chapter 21 Section 21

I wanted to quit this job as soon as possible, but I procrastinated day after day.To be honest, I really can't bear to pay my salary on time, but I should make a decision earlier. The practice of doing things in business is very suspicious no matter how you think about it.Selling gold without giving the food to the customer, but only giving the customer a piece of paper as a receipt, is considered a fraud and it is a matter of course.However, the victim will not immediately make a public announcement. This is because the first one or two interest payments will indeed be remitted to the victim's account, and the mild-mannered old people will be completely relieved when they see those figures.

I almost always acted with Kuramochi, only one time when he had a cold and asked for leave, he was in a group with other salesmen.That man was called Ishihara, and he always had a poker face.When he saw me, he said to me: "You are Tajima? I see, it's exactly what Kuramochi said." I turned my head to wonder what he was referring to.The corner of Shi Yuan's mouth was raised slightly and he said with a smile: "He said that you have a quality that can reassure the elderly. Even if there is no special merit, this quality is your greatest weapon. You will stay by my side today, no matter what I say, you Just desperately nodded and said yes, got it?"

I didn't know that I was that kind of person in their eyes.That statement doesn't sound like a compliment.I walked out of the company with Ishihara with mixed feelings. Our destination is the home of an old woman who lives alone, and it is an old woman who is hard of hearing.Of course, Ishihara is well aware of this. "Buy, gold, better!" Shi Yuan yelled in the old woman's ear. "If you have a lot of savings, you won't be able to receive annuity." However, the old lady was lost in thought, and it seemed that she had no intention of buying gold. Shi Yuan yelled again: "Do you have, bankbook, and life insurance policy? If you have, please, get, come here! I will help you look."

Maybe the old lady was happy that she could hear her, or maybe it was someone she usually didn't talk to, but he actually brought the passbook and insurance policy as Shi Yuan said. "Where's the seal?" Ishihara asked.However, the volume of this sentence was a little lower than before. "Huh?" the old woman asked back.Shi Yuan compared the shape of the seal with his fingers, and asked again: "Where is the seal?" His voice was still not loud.The old woman put her ear close to him anxiously. "Seal!" Shi Yuan finally raised his voice.The old woman nodded knowingly and walked into the house.

This is a clever way of fighting.If Shi Yuan had asked the old lady to show both the passbook and the seal from the beginning, she would have doubted it.However, Shi Yuan asked her to take it out separately, and deliberately took the time to let her understand that what he wanted was a seal, so as to prevent the old lady from thinking. Before she returned, Ishihara checked the passbook and insurance policy. "There is not much money in the bank. There is no need to take risks." Shi Yuan looked at the numbers and muttered to himself. When the old lady appeared with the seal, Shi Yuan immediately returned the passbook to her, then took the seal from her hand, and checked whether it was the same as the one stamped on the insurance policy.The old lady probably didn't know what he was doing.

Ishihara handed me the insurance policy and seal. "You go back to the company and give this to Ms. Kurosawa, and then do as she says." Ishihara whispered and said quickly.The old lady probably couldn't hear it. "Huh? Take this back to the company?" "That's right! Be quick! She'll be suspicious. Don't forget to smile at the old lady when you leave!" Without knowing it, I just followed Shi Yuan's instructions.Of course, the old lady looked flustered and didn't know what to say to Shi Yuan.I heard him comfort the old woman and say, "It's okay." So I left the old woman's house.

Ms. Kurosawa is also a salesman, but in fact I rarely see her in business.She spends most of her time puffing and puffing at the shared office desk.At fifty, she seemed to be the head of the saleswoman. As soon as I got back to the company, she was smoking a cigarette and reading the Women's Weekly.I handed her the insurance policy and seal, and at the same time conveyed Ishihara's words.After listening to me with a high-spirited look, she looked at the insurance policy and said in a low voice, "Seventy years old? Well, there should be a way." Then, she began to recite the address, name, date of birth and other personal information on the insurance policy repeatedly, while getting up from the chair and going to the toilet.

A few minutes later, I saw her back, shocked.Judging from her makeup-free face and fluffy and messy hair, she can't feel the shrewdness before. It seems that she has suddenly aged a dozen years, and even her gestures have subtle changes, and she is wearing a simple sweater that I don't know where. . "Okay, let's go." Her voice also changed. "Where are you going?" "Of course it's the insurance company. Come on, don't delay." On our way to the insurance company, Miss Kurosawa asked me to play her relative.She also told me to "just sit quietly."

The first floor of the building is the reception counter.Ms. Kurosawa showed the insurance policy and seal, and said she would terminate the contract.The lady at the counter had a wide smile on her face, as if she was asking, "Did something happen and you must save money?" Ms. Kurosawa hunched her back and said: "Because, I need a sum of money recently, but I don't have to cancel other higher insurance policies, so I'm sorry, I want to cancel your company's contract, I'm sorry .” I was taken aback.Whether it's a slow tone or a weak voice, it's exactly the way a seventy-year-old woman speaks.The lady at the counter said without any doubt: "Then there is no other way." The contract termination procedure began.First of all, you have to fill in the address, name, date of birth, etc. on the contract termination form. In addition to pretending to be hesitant to fill in the fields, Ms. Kurosawa filled in the personal information smoothly.When she filled in the column for the remittance account, she looked at the note and filled in the account of a certain company, saying: "This is my son's company."

The procedure was completed in less than thirty minutes.As soon as I got out of the insurance company, Ms. Kurosawa handed me a document.That's a receipt for buying gold. "Take this and go back to Mr. Ishihara and tell him that I will take care of the rest of the procedures." Miss Kurosawa has recovered her middle-aged woman's voice. I followed her instructions and went back to Shi Yuan, who was still sitting by the gate of the old woman's house.The old woman sat restlessly.However, seeing a teacup beside Ishihara, I think the old woman should not be noisy.Of course, it must be because Shi Yuan used his mouth to comfort her.

"Thanks for your hard work!" Ishihara took the receipt from me with satisfaction. "What about...the insurance?" the old woman asked. "I'm sorry." Shi Yuan said in her ear, "He also mistook you for buying gold and canceled the insurance contract. But, look, he brought the receipt for buying gold, so it's all right? It's better than Insurance is good too." "Is it really okay?" "No problem, no problem, please don't worry." Shi Yuan stood up and winked at me, asking me to get out of the way. The old woman was still yelling, but Shi Yuan ignored her actions and left her house.His expression reverted to a poker face. After returning home, I mentioned this to Kuramochi.After his fever subsided slightly, he smiled wickedly after listening to me. "That's Mr. Ishihara's usual trick. Many old people have deaf problems. Even if the approach is a bit tough, as long as you say that you misunderstood what they mean, you will be fine." "However, I didn't know that the company still had a substitute." "Miss Kurosawa was specially hired by the company to be a stand-in. Her transformation skills are very good, right? She used to always talk about her role as an eighty-five-year-old old woman." "It's not so much a fraud as it is an act of a thief." "We didn't steal anything, but sold gold, so we shouldn't be thieves, right? However, if you want to say that this is a forced sale, I have nothing to say. I can't do it so hard." Kuramo moved his neck wrapped in the quilt.I roared in my heart: "You are not a bird of a feather!" It is true that Kuramochi does not use brutal tactics, but from another point of view his methods are even more despicable.An obvious example is the case of Fange Kawamoto. Kawamoto Fusae was the first guest Kuramochi took me to meet.Before he left, he told me that I must never mention work. As for the reason, he didn't mention a word. After that, we also often visited her home.Every time Kuramochi goes there, he prepares souvenirs, mostly Japanese pastries, and occasionally cakes or fruits.We always ate together what he brought, and chatted about the household affairs together.After chatting, I found out that she has a grandson who is the same age as us.In the summer when her grandson was in the third grade of middle school, he and his bad friend rode a bicycle without a license and crashed into a utility pole and died.She blamed her daughter-in-law for failing to fulfill her responsibilities as a mother and allowing her son's misbehavior, only to learn later that her dead grandson hated staying at home because their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were at odds.Before that, Fang Jiang and Chang Nan lived together. The eldest son who knew the truth decided to separate from his mother.Because he is not yet optimistic enough to expect that the relationship between his wife and mother will improve because of the death of his son. Because of this incident, Kawamoto Fangjiang and the eldest son's family hardly communicated anymore.Her self-esteem didn't seem to allow her to take the initiative to see the eldest son's family, and even hindered the interaction with neighbors who had little contact with each other. It is obvious that she leads a lonely and uninteresting life every day.Every time I visit her home with Kurachi, she always says in a half-joking tone: "I don't know how to buy gold!" After refusing, she greets us with a happy expression as if she is humming a song enter.She looked forward to our visit from the bottom of her heart. Needless to say, all this is in the calculation of positions.If you really want to ask him, he will definitely say: "I just do what Mr. Yamashita taught me." In other words, this is also one of the skills taught by Tozai Shoji. One day not long after entering the rainy season, it was still drizzling outside.Kuramochi didn’t buy any souvenirs that day. On the contrary, he said something inexplicable to me: “Today is different from usual, you must not laugh today! Also, don’t eat the snacks or drinks she brought out. Got it? ?” "what you up to?" "You'll know when you're listening. You just have to go along with what I say. Do you hear me?" I nod.Somehow I seemed to know what he wanted to do.I have an uncomfortable feeling.I have always been looking forward to visiting Kawamotoboe's house, but it will be different in the future. Hearing Kuramochi's voice from the walkie-talkie, Kawamoto Fusae ran out happily like a girl, but when he saw us, his face immediately darkened. "What's wrong?" she asked Kuramochi. "Well, to be honest, I have something to tell you today." Cang Mo scratched the back of his neck. "Yeah...don't stand there, let's talk first. You're all wet. Why don't you both hold umbrellas?" "Sorry, because we are in a hurry." Kuramo lied.There were obviously two umbrellas in the car, but he asked me not to hold them. She wanted to take us to the living room, but Kuramochi didn't intend to take off his shoes.He stood where he took off his shoes and said, "We'll be fine here." "Why? At least it's better to dry the coat." "No, it doesn't matter if you dry it or not." "What's the matter? Tajima also has a gloomy expression on his face." I'm not acting.Thinking about what Kuramochi has to do later, I really feel depressed. "Ms. Kawamoto, I have to tell you something unpleasant." Kuramochi said. "An unpleasant thing...?" "Today is the last time Tajima and I came to see you." Chuanmoto Fangjiang looked puzzled and let out a "huh".She turned her face to me bewilderedly. "Really?" I didn't want to make any answer and looked at Kuramo.He squinted at me to follow the plan. "It's true." I had no choice but to answer. "Why?" She turned her gaze back to Kuramochi. "What happened? Transfer?" "No, that's not it," Cang Chi pursed his lips. "The people above reprimanded us for regularly visiting non-clients' homes during working hours..." "Huh, but..." Chuanmoto Fangjiang was at a loss, and his breathing became short of breath. "Basically, aren't you here to ask me to sign?" "That's right, what should I say? To be honest, the company sent people to conduct a surprise inspection on us." "Spot checks?" "That is to say, the company sent people to spy on us to see if we were working seriously. As a result, the company found that we often came in and out of your house, but we didn't sign the contract at all. It felt very suspicious..." Cang Chi said while talking. A very unspeakable look.I really admire his superb acting skills. I've never heard of company raids.For employees who do not sign the contract, the company will not pay wages as a punishment, so there is no need for unannounced inspections. However, Kawamoto Fange has no doubts about Kuramochi's remarks. "So it's like this..." She drooped her eyebrows and lowered her head. "After all, I didn't even let you sign a contract. Since you all said so..." "No, it doesn't matter. That deposit is very important to Ms. Kawamoto, and I don't think it is necessary to use it for something you don't agree with. Anyway, we won't be fired. It's just that we can't visit you like before from now on. " "But, it's impossible for the company to send someone to monitor you all day long, right?" "That's true, but we can no longer act freely as we want. The company separated me and Tajima, and each partnered with someone else. We must follow each other's instructions, and the area of ​​​​responsibility will also change." "What about the holidays?" "Well, I think it should be fine when I'm on vacation, but Tajima and I will be very helpful..." "So busy?" She frowned. "Because we are both rookies." Cang Mo smiled wryly and scratched his head. Kawamoto Fange sat with his knees side by side, deep in thought.I could feel her heart shaking. "So, I think today is probably the last time we came to see you. Although we have been together for a short time, we have received a lot of care from you." Cang Mochi made a cheerful voice, successfully brewing a pretended cheerful atmosphere, even the smile he squeezed out They are all very tall. "Let's go, then," he told me. "Yeah." I nodded. "Wait a minute," Kawamoto said.At that moment, Kuramo's eyes flickered for a moment, but the sixty-seven-year-old girl didn't notice it, and continued: "Then, as long as I sign the contract, it's all right? I'll just buy gold, right?" "No, how about that." Kuramo waved his hand. "why?" "Because, didn't Ms. Kawamoto always say that you wouldn't buy this kind of thing?" "One moment and another moment. Now that I know that the company will blame you like that, I can't just sit idly by. If I sign the contract, will the punishment be revoked?" "Well, probably..." "Wait a minute." After seeing Kawamoto Fange disappear into the house, Kuramochi nodded slightly to me.I sighed to show my displeasure.He didn't know what to misinterpret my sigh, and whispered to me: "It's just a little bit, come on!" Chuanmoto Fangjiang came back with a small bag in his hand. "How much is the contract to sign? Five hundred thousand? Or one million?" "Ms. Kawamoto, you really don't need to worry about it. Tajima, please say something!" Kuramochi suddenly turned his head towards me, startling me. "Please don't force it. It's best...don't sign any contract." "That's right. Didn't you say that your son-in-law will confess to Qian and Wan, and ask you not to buy things indiscriminately?" "I also have some money that I can use freely. Come on, tell me the truth, how much money do you need to sign?" Our persuasion only strengthened her mind.This matter is also in the calculation of positions. However, he scratched his head with both hands with a puzzled look on his face, and then took a deep breath. "Then, let me be honest. The company did say that if you sign the contract with Ms. Chuanmoto today, it will be treated as if this incident never happened. However, the minimum signing amount in this case is very high. I once told the company protested, but the company fell on deaf ears." Hearing what he said, Kawamoto Fange felt uneasy after all. "How much is very high? Isn't a million enough?" Kurachi lowered his shoulders in distress, looked at the floor and said in a low voice, "The company said...at least three million." "three million……" "I'm sorry to say such meaningless words. We decided long ago not to discuss business with Ms. Kawamoto. So let me ignore this matter." "Wait a minute. Is it enough to sign a contract of three million?" She opened the bag in her hand, took out the passbook, and after confirming the amount in it, said: "There just happens to be a fixed deposit of three million here. As long as the contract is terminated, the problem will be solved." solved." "However, how can such important money be used..." Kawamoto Fangjiang shook his head. "Didn't you also say that if you want to save, buying gold is safer than putting money in the bank? That's right?" "That's right." "Then, there's no big problem, right? Now that I think about it, I wish I had signed with you earlier. That way, this kind of thing wouldn't have happened. I'm really sorry." "Where, Ms. Kawamoto doesn't need to apologize to us." "All in all, I'll sign a contract with you for three million yuan. That's all right, right?" Cang Chi stared at the passbook, sighed heavily, showing a hesitant look, then looked down at her slightly. "Really can?" "All right. I won't say that all the time." "If you are willing to sign with us, it is best to sign today." "Today? OK. What should I do?" "First go to the bank to settle the deposit, and then remit the money to the designated account. I will bring a formal contract tomorrow. Because the company must confirm the remittance..." "I see. Well, I'll go to the bank right away." She stood up.Kuramochi had an unfathomable expression on his face, and I seemed to hear the voice of "you're done" from his stomach. Being able to help the two young people made Fange Kawamoto overjoyed.It seems that when people get older, they feel lonely because they are not needed by others.After that, Chuanmoto Fangjiang was deceived twice by the warehouse's mourning policy, and he was cheated out of a larger sum of money. Dongxishangshi internally called this marketing technique "invite your wife into the urn", which is a reference to the "invite your father into the urn" originally used by female salesmen to old men.Both are based on the loneliness of the elderly. If viewed from a different perspective, this approach is even more outrageous than using violence to snatch passbooks. However, I am not in a position to accuse them of holding warehouses.I was well aware of their evil deeds, but I didn't say a word on the spot. I just quietly watched the old man being cheated and the coffins that had been saved bit by bit were robbed.And I'm an accomplice.Therefore, while blaming Kuramochi, I also hated my own weakness.I was so distressed, why did I become so ugly? At that time, I often listened to the breathing of Kuramochi who was sleeping on the other side of the paper door, and asked myself: "Now is a good time to kill him, isn't it?" I have completely seen his nature.I think it's easy to kill him now.I just need to quietly open the paper door, put my hand on his neck and pinch it hard.Or I can also use wet paper to block his mouth and nose, and within a few minutes, he will probably stop breathing. However, those thoughts are always just imagination.Murderous thoughts have not yet arisen in my mind enough to make me act.I have been interested in killing people since I was a child, and I have reasons for killing Kuramochi.So why doesn't my hatred of him make me want to kill him? When I think about it, I always think of Fujita.How many feelings of hatred turned in his heart to make him make up his mind and take action to kill me?What else would it take to ignite the fuse called murderous thoughts.I want to know what that is. One evening, we obtained a new contract by means of fraudulent marriage. When we returned to the company, we saw a lady at the counter arguing with Yamashita.After a while, she seemed to give up the argument and came out into the hallway. When we passed her as she came out, she said out loud, "Ah, you are..." I just glanced at her.I've seen her but can't remember who she is.Her facial features are regular and beautiful, and for a moment I thought she was a TV star. "Ah, you are..." Kuramochi reacted before me. "The Higashikurume... um, the one who lives near the ranch grandfather, right?" When he said that, I remembered it too.She's the girl who brought yakitori to grandpa's on the ranch. Kuramo seemed to be right, she nodded slightly, but her expression was serious. "Oh, I didn't recognize you for a while. Your dress is quite different from that at that time." I agree with Kuramo.At the time, she seemed to be wearing a sweatshirt and jeans, no makeup, and now the woman standing in front of us is wearing a full-fledged jumpsuit, and she has transformed into a beautiful woman. However, she didn't seem to hear what Kuramochi said. "What the hell is going on here?" she demanded us sharply. "Why didn't you pay back the money? It's too inexplicable, isn't it?" "Wait a minute. You said that without thinking, we have no idea what you're talking about." Kuramochi glanced in the direction of the company. "Anyway, let's go downstairs first. There's no way to talk properly here." We went to the first floor, walked out of the building, and Kuramochi led us to a coffee shop where we didn't have to worry about meeting Tozai Shoji employees. "We'll have a headache if you don't return the money. That's the only money left by the old man on the ranch." She didn't intend to get up the coffee.She said she didn't want a drink, and Cang Mo ordered it for her casually. "Did he suddenly need money urgently?" Cang Chi asked. "That's not right. Grandpa isn't working now, that's the money he saved for a rainy day, but he used it to buy some gold..." She stared at us fiercely. "Aren't you going too far? You said you won a lottery, and you actually took him to the company and said that he would not be released if he didn't sign a contract. Isn't this intimidation?" "If you say that, there is nothing we can do. We are just small salesmen who follow orders. If someone wins a lottery, it's okay to bring him to the company..." "Speaking of the lottery," she said, looking up at Kuramochi. "There's no thank you for your patronage at all, right? They're all lottery tickets, right?" I was taken aback, but Kuramochi remained calm. "That's not the case. There should be a sign thanking you for your patronage, at least that's what the company told us, right?" After speaking, he looked at me and asked for my approval. I had no choice but to nod, thinking: "I'm going to join forces with him again to deceive people." "Grandpa seems to have heard it from a friend. He said that many people were forced to buy gold from Toshishoji, and they suffered a lot. It was said that the money they paid would not be returned, so the grandfather immediately called the company. He said he wanted to terminate the contract, but the other party seemed to say a lot, and finally refused to agree. The grandfather became more and more worried, and finally fell ill last week." "So you asked for money instead of him?" I asked tentatively. "I wanted to ask your company to pay back the money, so I came here. But your company still refused to pay back the money, saying that this is a violation of the contract and that it is impossible to negotiate the contract with people other than myself. Even if I say that the old man can't act , I will replace him, and your company will ignore it at all." Yamashita's grim expression and tone of voice came to my mind. "I said, isn't this very inexplicable? Why didn't you pay back the money? If you don't pay back the money, hand over the gold that the old man bought!" She was absolutely right.I looked at Kuramo and thought, "I don't know how he's going to defend himself." After a while, he said, "To be honest, I also feel a little strange recently." I couldn't help but widen my eyes when I heard him say this in a serious tone.