Tokyo Reborn: Dark Superstar

Chapter 17 Grand Prize
  "Aren't those Takami Yoshimoto and Shoichi Furuya?"

Tony Ermu suddenly pointed at the two people surrounded by the crowd and shouted loudly.

Takakura Bunta took a closer look and saw that Tony Ermu, who was very drunk, did not recognize the wrong person.

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Takami Yoshimoto, who is dressed as a tomboy, and Shoichi Furuya, who plays the role of the Nouri team member, are arguing with a group of guys dressed as members of the club.

It looked like the focus of the dispute was the car in the middle.

That is a brand new Mercedes-Benz S600 coupe, which is a new Mercedes-Benz model launched in the RB market this year.

This model adopts a two-door design, which is not as businesslike as the four-door model, and is more sporty and fashionable. It does not adopt the Mercedes-Benz vertical logo design, but adopts a large logo design. The three-pointed star LOGO on the air intake grille highlights its identity.

Takakura Bunta once heard the ladies from Night Tokyo Charity and Welfare Home talk about this car.

This 20s vehicle is already equipped with electric sunroof, dual airbags, cruise control system, electric seat adjustment and memory, automatic air conditioning, electric steering wheel adjustment, ESP, reversing radar, in-car central telephone and other configurations.

When the car's central control phone is turned on, there is also a voice prompt from the "God of Basketball" Michael Jordan.

The price of one unit is US$30, plus import duties, consumption tax and other handling taxes, it is estimated to cost 7000 million yen.

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Bunta Takakura tipped 2000 yen to the clerk at the shokudo restaurant, asking him to help take care of Tony Futaki, and then walked towards the crowd.

The temperament and dress of this group of people are typical of the gangsters.

Takakura Bunta noticed the iron finger tiger, the metal baseball bat in the opponent's hand, and the wakizashi kodachi vaguely visible on his waist.

This is not the equipment of ordinary gangsters and campus delinquents.

Team members Nanase Rina and Norui seem to have encountered regular troops from the local community.

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"Yoshimoto Takami, Furuya Shoichi, what's going on?"

Bunta Takakura pushed aside the crowd, saw the two people surrounded, and asked proactively.

The image of Takami Yoshimoto is unique among the crowd and very recognizable.

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During the filming of "Ultraman Tega", compared to the cute style during filming.

She usually dresses like a tomboy on the set, wearing simple and casual clothes, such as loose T-shirts, jeans and sweatpants, with a neutral charm and a strong feeling.

Takami Yoshimoto's height is moderate, neither too short nor too tall, just enough for her to easily look at others, and her straight gaze reveals a kind of confidence.

Those deep and bright eyes were like the bright moon shining in the dark night, revealing her inner tenacity and wisdom.

Although her thin lips don't smile often, they always have a gentle arc, as if they are silently guarding the softness in her heart.

Yoshimoto Takamei's thick black hair is cut extremely short and hangs neatly around her forehead and ears, giving people a neat and capable look.

Sometimes, she would gently scratch her hair with her fingers, which looked handsome and cute.

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Yoshimoto Takami was surprised to see Takakura Bunta, Takakura Bunta explained, Yoshimoto Takami told Takakura Bunta's situation with an indignant look.

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In the historical line of the previous life, Team Nori, who played Shoichi Furuya, was a trainee at Johnny's Agency. He was terminated and fired from the agency two years after filming "Ultraman Tiga" because he could not adapt to the work environment.

In this dark time and space, Furuya Shoichi faces Johnny & Associates, which is more powerful and darker than in his previous life.

After moving into the "Johnny's dormitory", Mr. Kitagawa's residence, this handsome and sunny little intern at Johnny's became silent and depressed, and was on the verge of a mental breakdown.

If you want to take the initiative to terminate the contract, you will have to face a large amount of liquidated damages.

Shoichi Furuya's acting condition is extremely poor, after filming the third episode "Devil's Prophecy" he was NGed twelve times in a row.

The day's shooting ended in a haphazard manner.

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The depressed Furuya Shoichi chose to go to the embankment of the Watarase River.

The Watarase River is a major river in Kamakura City and the largest river in Kanagawa Prefecture.

It originates from the Hakone Mountains, flows through the cities of Odawara, Kamakura and Fujisawa, and finally empties into Sagami Bay in Kamakura.

Because the river is fast, the corpse can be quickly flowed to Sagami Bay and washed into the sea to avoid causing trouble to others.

After the bubble economy burst, it was once a suicide spot in Kamakura. Some people even drove from Naya Kuru to Kamakura's Watarase River and jumped...

However, Furuya Shoichi's suicide failed.

Takami Yoshimoto, who was riding along the river, pulled Furuya Shoichi down and saved the 15-year-old boy. Yoshimoto Takami took this poor child who had a mental breakdown to Kamakura Kaigan-dori Shopping Street and played pachinko for four hours to vent his suppressed emotions.

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The bubble economy era is over, and a large number of people are escaping reality by playing pinball machines.

Forget about stagnant jobs, unfinished mortgages, and stuck stocks.

Kohei Koizumi, a professor of social psychology at the University of Tokyo, claimed: "Pachinko machines have reduced RB's suicide rate by 54.3%."

The roaring pinball machine seems to have the magic power to forget all worries.

Sometimes, this kind of magic can get a little out of control...

Between 1987 and 1996, a total of 4105 children died from heat stroke and dehydration caused by being left in cars by their parents.

When the children were discovered, their parents were playing pachinko (pachinko) in an arcade.

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Article 185 of the "RB Penal Code" clearly stipulates that gambling is prohibited and violators will be fined or fined 50 yen.

However, because the financial revenue from pachinko machines (pachinko) is too important to the RB economy, and the RB government does not want to give up such a big piece of fat, there is also a loophole in the law:
  "Penalties under the Gambling Regulations do not include devices used for temporary entertainment purposes."

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In other words, as long as the casino can prove that the pinball machine game is for temporary entertainment and does not directly use money as a bet, it will not be considered a gambling crime.

Therefore, the current pachinko parlors will exchange the steel balls won by customers into various prizes, such as cigarettes, famous wines, electrical appliances, etc., instead of giving cash directly to customers.

Customers then go to designated stores to sell the redeemed cigarettes, famous wines, electrical appliances and other prizes into cash.

In this way, legal controls are circumvented.

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During the Heisei era, pachinko (pachinko) became RB’s most profitable legal business.

In 1994 alone, the pachinko industry's tax revenue in RB reached $3400 billion per year, accounting for 7% of RB's GDP.

Its revenue even exceeds the gaming revenue of Macau and Singapore combined.

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Pull the trigger lever and the pinballs will scurry around like mice and hit the walls of the machine. A skilled golfer can "get a hole in one."

Because it was so simple and fun to play, pinball quickly became the equivalent of an important entertainment feature in American bars.

For example, the classic game "3D Pinball" on Windows is also based on the pinball game.

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The RB government vigorously introduced pinball machines made in Europe and the United States, which were quickly welcomed by RB canteen owners at the time: putting a few pinball machines in the canteen would attract countless consumers.

In the 20s and 70s, with the rapid advancement of RB electronic technology, pachinko machines (pachinko) also upgraded mechanical game machines to electronic game machines.

Each machine is equipped with a screen and speakers.

According to the progress of the game, different animations and music will be played to the player to stimulate the player's nerves. When the player is in a disadvantageous position, the device will encourage the player with exciting music;

Extremely exaggerated, noisy animations and sound effects can also cause players to go blind and have to play the game again when they win.

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A steel ball worth 4 yen, if you win the grand prize, the player will be given 2000 steel balls in return, which is equivalent to a full 8000 yen.

If you win big prizes continuously, the number of rewards will be doubled, doubled, super doubled...

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15-year-old Shoichi Furuya won 600 games in a row at the pachinko parlor in Kamakura Kaigan Dori Shopping Street, and directly won the latest model of the Mercedes-Benz S coupe, the "treasure of the store".

After he and Takami Yoshimoto completed the prize exchange procedures, they planned to drive the car to a designated store to sell it and exchange it for a cash check.

At this time, a group of gangsters blocked their way.

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"Asshole! This is my car!"

"You two car thieves! What are you talking about?!"

"Hey! You idiot, are you an accomplice of these two thieves?"

As soon as Takami Yoshimoto and Bunta Takakura finished speaking, the members of the club over there started shouting and pushing and shoving.

(End of this chapter)