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Maybe it was someone from the Jing Group. They have always been the external public relations team of the Liusha Team.
Kashiwagi replied: "The current reputation is actually enough. After all, I only open three hours a day, and the customer base is already saturated. Unless I raise the price again, I will probably be too busy to handle it."
"Then raise the price. Your current price is not worthy of your cooking skills. Do you still want to benefit the public if you don't raise the price? The public can't afford your current price. Why not just raise it by two levels?"
He was very friendly and helpful, offering suggestions, "This way you can make more money while ensuring that the number of customers does not become a burden to you."
"It seems that..."
"Don't think too much. The news that I came to eat at your restaurant today will soon reach the ears of the mayor and more people. Your restaurant will become popular."
"this!"
Kashiwagi was a little surprised. He never expected that Shan Minoru's status was even more exaggerated than he had guessed. Just coming to his restaurant to eat could make his restaurant popular.
"I really don't know how to thank you." He looked at the other person gratefully, but a sense of vigilance arose in his heart.
There is no love or hate without reason in the world. Shan Min first gave him a bell to comfort him, and then came to take care of his business. Who would believe that there was no trick here?
Shan Minoru seemed to know his fear and smiled, "It's just a small matter. When you get out there, you'll understand that helping each other without asking for anything in return is normal. Even a champion with a high status will not hesitate to accept a challenge from a novice trainer or lend a helping hand.
"Their demeanor is incomparable to those people in Yellow Iron Town. You can always trust any of them. Yellow Iron Town is really not suitable for you. It will only drag a proud child like you into a dirty mud pit."
It started again, and I started praising him again.
Kashiwagi felt embarrassed when he heard this, but Yamaminoru was able to praise him very straightforwardly - from what he remembered, most characters in the anime seemed to be like this, and would express their admiration without hesitation when they encountered something admirable.
So you really just have high hopes for him and don't have any other purpose?
You must be on guard against others, so be vigilant.
“Thanks for the wonderful meal.”
Shan Min stood up and prepared to take out the money.
But Kashiwagi decisively refused, "This meal is my treat. You take care of me so much, it doesn't make sense for you to pay for every meal - from now on, I will treat you whenever you come."
"Isn't this not good?"
"There's nothing wrong with it. I just want to make friends with you - of course, the premise is that you are willing to give me this face."
"friend?"
Shan Min was stunned for a moment, then smiled brightly and said, "I thought we were already like that."
"Uh, I lost my temper."
Kashiwagi begged for mercy helplessly.
after that.
The two chatted for a while until a new customer came to place an order.
Before leaving, Shan Min told him one more thing, "There will be an underground auction in Dungeon No. 6 in two days. There may be things or Pokémon that you are interested in. You may want to participate."
"auctions?"
"Yes, it's a members-only auction, and it's hard for ordinary people to get in. But I just happened to receive an invitation, so if you don't mind, I'll take you. Are you in need of Pokémon?"
“…I don’t mind!”
"Then I'll come here to find you the day after tomorrow. I'll leave for now." Shan Min said and left.
Kashiwagi was in the kitchen digesting what had just been said.
If he guessed correctly, Shan Min's main purpose of coming here this time was to invite him to participate in the auction.
A show of goodwill? An olive branch?
Or is there another purpose?
No matter which one it is, Kashiwagi can't refuse it, because the auction is very likely to be the place where he gets new Pokémon. But to be honest, this kind of place... will only raise the price of Pokémon or other things to a level that doesn't belong to it.
Is ten million enough?
He seemed to foresee the scene where the 30 million he had just obtained would be gone with the wind.
It would be nice if I could buy it for zero dollar.
It was inevitable that Baimu had some unrealistic fantasies, but he was not sure what effect the wooden sign had - maybe it was just a scam like the iron ingots.
At first, Kokodora had no interest in iron ingots at all.
-
In a blink of an eye.
The day of the auction has arrived.
Yamaminoru came to the store as agreed, and Kashiwagi closed the store when he saw this.
"If you don't mind, take my car."
He pointed to a dusty hovercraft outside.
Kashiwagi was a little surprised, "Your car?"
"Yes, this is the most suitable car for the environment of Huangtie Town. It is much better than some sports cars and sedans. I am not very good at motorcycles." He explained as he opened the door of the cab.
Kashiwagi walked around to the passenger seat and was about to sit down when he saw a strange gaze coming from the back seat.
Soon, a golden-haired, human-shaped Pokémon with a fox face revealed itself. It was wearing strange brown armor, like a wise old man.
"Alakazam?"
"My ace Pokémon, I didn't use it to fight you last time. If there is a chance, I don't mind another battle. Your strength has improved now, right?"
Shan Min started the car and smiled.
"Sure, I'm looking forward to it." Kashiwagi nodded.
This guy's strength is ranked among the best in the entire Huangtie Town. Whenever he can be defeated, he will be able to walk around Huangtie Town with his head held high.
On the road.
The two of them chatted when they had nothing to do.
"Excuse me, how many conferences have you attended?"
"Contests? I participated in four, the Silver Tournament in Johto, the Saiyuu Tournament in Hoenn, the Suzuran Tournament in Sinnoh, and the Miare Tournament in Kalos. My results were not very good, top 16, top 4, top 4, and runner-up."
"This... This is already very strong, right?"
"If you can't win, you can't participate in the Champions League. If you can't participate in the Champions League, you can't challenge the Four Heavenly Kings or the champion to replace them, so the runner-up is meaningless."
Shan Minoru smiled at Kashiwagi and said, "We're here, get ready to get off."
The latter looked up and found that they had arrived at a certain underground city without knowing when, and a huge and quiet building appeared in front of them.
The two found a place to park the car and walked in through the main entrance, the only place with light coming through.
Not long after.
A huge banquet hall with many sofas neatly arranged came into Kashiwagi's sight, and at the end of his sight was a bright stage with spotlights gathered, and many staff members were busy around it.
When they arrived, many other invitees had already arrived.
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"It looks like we're here pretty early."
Yamaminoru and Kashiwagi sat down at the locations marked on the invitation and looked through the brochure placed on it.
It records the Pokémon and other items that will appear in this auction - Pokémon are only a part of it, there are more strange things.
For example, autographed photos and clothes of a champion, Pokémon breeding experience of a top trainer, gorgeous competition skills of a top coordinated trainer, and an invitation to join a top breeder.
In addition, it even includes jewelry or antiques from other regions.
"Is there no theme for this auction?" Kashiwagi was a little surprised. Usually auctions have themes, either only selling Pokémon or only selling some jewelry or something.
As a result, this place is mixed.
"Theme? Of course there is." Shan Min laughed and pointed at the things in the manual. "Nine out of ten of the things in it are not legitimate. Whether it's Pokémon or antique jewelry, they are either stolen or robbed. So this auction is actually a sale of stolen goods by thieves and robbers."
Kashiwagi was stunned, and when he turned to look at the other person, his expression was somewhat surprised and doubtful.
Shan Min acted as if he didn't notice his expression and continued, "The underground city is good, it hides all the filth and evil so that people outside can't see it, and even if they see it, they can't do anything about it.
"Some businessmen and politicians who are not convenient to show up rely on white gloves to come here to buy what they want. Even if the white gloves are caught, they only need to prove that they were unaware and obtain the position of a third party with good intentions to continue to be at large."
"But this trick doesn't work every time, right?" Kashiwagi said, "Unless someone lets them off on purpose."
Shan Min turned his head and glanced at him. "Of course. It's just that people who have been in high positions for a long time have heard too much flattery and seen too many subordinates pretending to be stupid, so they think everyone is a fool. They think they are gods and are no longer the same species as the people around them. Such people... hehe."
The sneer made Kashiwagi think in his heart.
He felt that this person was hinting at something, and that his words to him seemed to be testing in some way, but he didn't know if it was an illusion.
After all, why did Shan Miner bring him to the auction to buy Pokémon when he knew that all the goods here were stolen?
His anticipation cooled slightly, and he looked at the many Pokémon in the manual again, lost in thought.
But before he could ask.
The other party said, "If you are not interested in the things here, it doesn't matter if you go back before the auction starts."
"Hmm? Is it okay?"
"Of course it doesn't matter. I just came here to show my face, to prove that I was there, and to give some people some face."
"...Let's go then."
Kashiwagi said with some regret that although the things above were very tempting, he really couldn't accept Pokémon from unknown origins.
Just getting ready to get up.
Suddenly.
"Excuse me, I have to go to the bathroom first."
Shan Min slowly stood up, smiled apologetically, and walked out of the hall with Hu Di.
Kashiwagi stared at his back, feeling somewhat surprised that he took his Pokémon to the restroom. Then he looked around and gave up the idea of going together.
Although going to the toilet in groups at school was common in the previous life, the two of them were not that familiar with each other yet, and it would be bad to be too presumptuous.