Chapter 1333 - Part of the Fun (2/2)

The banquet was held at the New Otani Hotel.

With only five minutes left before the six o’clock start, five black cars stopped at the entrance of the New Otani Hotel. After the motorcade stopped, a bodyguard stepped forward and opened the door for Jiang Chen, and stood respectfully aside.

The Foreign Minister Kis.h.i.+da walked forward, just like he did at the airport. He extended out his hand from a long-distance away. Behind the minister were politicians and elites in different industries who Jiang Chen couldn’t name nor interested in meeting.

After a polite greeting, Kis.h.i.+da gestured to the entrance of the New Otani Hotel and enthusiastically invited Jiang Chen inside.

The superfluous flattery often was the pretense for something else.

Jiang Chen certainly didn’t think that Mr. Kis.h.i.+da dared to think anything malicious, but his flattering attempt made it difficult to not suspect any ill intentions.

However, what surprised Jiang Chen was that from the time he got off the plane, this guy didn’t say anything else except for some flattering words, which really didn’t fit their style.

Maybe he is planning to bring the topic up at the banquet?

Jiang Chen thought.

The banquet hall was quite s.p.a.cious, and if the tables were removed, it could be turned into a ballroom.

Almost as soon as Jiang Chen took a seat at the table, the banquet began.

There was a strange tradition in Nippon. Although the country has a rich food culture, in most of its state banquets, the cuisine of choice was often French, or at least French cuisine with local characteristics.

In their own words: “The relatively closed cooking method, like the culture, was difficult to change once an impression was formed, let alone be accepted by foreigners. In addition, for the safety of diners, the local cuisine was generally not used in diplomatic settings.”

In short, they were worried that foreign guests would experience food poisoning or an upset stomach after eating sas.h.i.+mi.

As the dining carts pa.s.sed one by one, the dishes on the table gradually became dazzling.

Beside the table, Jiang Chen did not touch his cutleries yet before he unexpectedly saw two acquaintances.

One was Hiroto Mitsui, the owner of the Mitsui Foundation, and the other was Sumitomo Kenichi, the eldest son of the Sumitomo Foundation.

The first was self-explanatory. When the T-virus crisis broke out, after Tanaka was removed by Jiang Chen, Mitsui Hiroto promptly removed himself and his family from the owner behind the Kurofune and submitted a list to Jiang Chen in exchange for Jiang Chen’s promise to not further pursue this incident.

The two did not meet again afterward. At this moment, Mitsui just smiled at Jiang Chen.

In contrast, Sumitomo Kenichi was much more enthusiastic.

As the representative of the power cooperation with Celestial Trade, his prestige had grown to the point where he was considered one of the brightest leaders in the younger generation of the Sumitomo Foundation. After he had signed the transmission cable contract with Celestial Trade, the Sumitomo Foundation had grown tremendously. They were the actual controllers of the country’s third-largest power company, and now they had monopolized most of the energy market with ultra-low-cost electricity prices.

If everything proceeded smoothly, he would become the patriarch of the family.

And at this moment, the heir to the Sumitomo Foundation was working hard to discuss the next new deal with Jiang Chen…