Chapter 1692 1694 [Wealth surge]
After becoming a rich man with a net worth of 5 billion, Xiang Nan's status in Dongying has been greatly improved.
After all, in a capitalist society, capital is big. A rich man like him is no longer a **** who can be easily manipulated by the gang.
Even if the Triad Society is fine now, it doesn't dare to trouble Xiang Nan rashly.
Besides, it is still a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and it is hard to protect itself. Wang Xiaoer's new year is not as good as every year.
Due to the sudden death of Otawara Shouzheng, the triad society lost its umbrella and was severely cracked down by the Japanese police.
In the past six months, more than 100 people have been arrested, many of whom are middle and high-level cadres. Even Hiroji Ikeda, the chairman, was arrested for illegal possession of weapons and other charges.
This greatly weakened the strength of the triad society, and the territory was occupied by the Sumitomo Club, Inagawa Club, and Shochiku Club.
Although the triad members were furious, they dared not take action to beat their opponents back because they were under the watchful eyes of the police. Therefore, they could only sit back and watch their own territory be taken, feeling extremely aggrieved.
This situation did not ease until the beginning of 1997, when the triads regained their backing.
However, at this time, the Triad Society has fallen out of the top five from the largest gang in Japan, and its power is far from what it used to be. Moreover, because the president was arrested and imprisoned, the triad society became a mess.
Although the big brothers of each branch still admit that Hiroji Ikeda, who was sentenced to six years in prison for illegal possession of weapons, is the chairman, but in essence, everyone has gone their own way, and the tail can't get rid of it.
It is impossible for Ikeda Hiroji, who is in prison, to remotely control the operation of the Triad. In other words, he, the president, has actually become a mascot, purely for display.
And the triad society, which is in a state of disunity, has neither the strength nor the motivation to go after Xiang Nan.
After all, they mixed with the society mainly to make money. The so-called chivalry, loyalty, and loyalty are just a deceptive cover. No one really takes the real big brother seriously.
What's more, Xiang Nan is not what it used to be now, and he is no longer someone they can handle, so everyone chooses to live in peace with each other, and no one will foolishly trouble Xiang Nan.
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In the next year, Xiang Nan will focus on his career seriously.
Not only opened the maid cafe to the third, but also invested more funds in the stock market, which enabled his capital to expand rapidly.
By the end of the year, Xiang Nan's capital had swelled to 30 billion yen. Even if there are rich people everywhere in Japan, he can be regarded as the best.
In 1997, when the three-year marriage expired, Xiang Nan also successfully passed the naturalization application and obtained Dongying nationality. From then on, he was no longer a black household. You can walk in the sun openly without worrying about being checked by the police.
This gave Xiang Nan a feeling of being reborn and seeing the sun again.
After obtaining the nationality, he followed the preface, and after divorcing Xiuxiu, he married Lili. In this way, Lili can also use this to apply for naturalization, ending her days of being invisible.
During this period, Ajie also married Uncle De's daughter Jingzi.
Ajie is now considered a successful person. He wasn't stupid at all. After serving as the deputy manager of the maid cafe, he studied hard, worked hard, and managed both stores in an orderly manner, showing a certain level of management ability.
Uncle De is not a fool either. With his status and status, it is not bad for his daughter to marry someone like Ajie.
A decent rich man in Japan would not marry the daughter of a Chinese boss in Kabukicho, not even a gold-collar worker. As for ordinary office workers, Uncle De doesn't want his daughter to marry and suffer.
Therefore, Ajie is not as good as the top, but has more than the bottom. It is definitely worthwhile to match with Jingzi. What's more, if the two still have a relationship foundation, it would be more appropriate to be together.
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In 1997, after successfully naturalizing, Xiang Nan, who had an identity, began to start a business in a legitimate manner.
Small businesses like maid cafes are all handed over to Ajie.
Xiang Nan applied for patents for U disk and MP3, and immediately began large-scale production.
The technology of the U disk is actually not complicated. It is nothing more than a flash memory chip, a main control chip, a USB port, and a PCB board. MP3 is nothing more than one more monitor, one more decoder, and one more audio port.
But U disk and MP3 are one of the most practical inventions among electronic technology products in the early 21st century. They have achieved great sales and even changed people's lives.
For example, people used to copy files before, relying on floppy disks, CDs, etc. Both floppy disks and CDs require specific hardware to be able to read and write.
However, the U disk can be directly inserted into the USB port, without additional hardware devices, which saves a lot of cost. After the U disk was launched, floppy drives and optical drives were gradually eliminated.
MP3 has changed people's listening habits. Before that, people used Walkman, CD players, and MDs to listen to music, all of which required people to buy tapes, CDs, and mini CDs.
While using MP3 to listen to songs, you can directly download songs from the Internet and listen to them. Since then, digital music has gradually become popular, while the physical record market has shrunk sharply.
It can be seen how influential these two electronic products are.
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Xiangnan then launched IPAN and iPod. After the launch of these two products, they were quickly recognized by the market, and the sales continued to rise, which made Xiang Nan earn a lot of money.
Because Xiangnan has applied for patents in all major countries in the world, it is difficult for other manufacturers to bypass Xiangnan's patents if they want to produce USB flash drives and MP3 players.
After all, Xiang Nan is a very chicken thief. He is familiar with the development track of U disk and MP3, and has applied for patents for technologies related to U disk and MP3. It makes it difficult for these manufacturers to innovate.
So in order to make money and get a share of the action, they can only choose to cooperate with Xiang Nan and buy his patent license at a high price.
Xiang Nan also knows that the market for USB flash drives and MP3 players is too big, and he can't finish it all by himself. What's more, it's really urgent, those manufacturers really dare to play tricks.
For example, many patents in MP3 and U disk are not in his hands. For example, MP3 decoding patents, U disk flash memory patents, main control chip patents, etc. If they use these patents to jam Shannan's neck, then Xiangnan will also be in bad luck.
So, instead of arousing public anger by eating alone, it is better for everyone to make a fortune together.
So besides producing U disks and selling MP3s himself, he also authorized other companies to produce them as well. Every time a product is produced, he can get a commission from it.
As a result, Xiang Nan's wealth increased rapidly. By 1998, he was already a super rich man with a net worth of over 300 billion yen. Even in Dongpu, such a net worth can be regarded as extremely rich.
(end of this chapter)