Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP-Chapter 348: The Lost Kasaya

Little Marco couldn’t store his luggage, so he planned to leave the World Expo directly and come back in a few days.

Coincidentally, Chen Yiyang didn’t feel like continuing to stroll around because of the relentless rain, so he and the little accountant decided to leave the park together with Little Marco and head back to the hotel to rest.

Then, it turned out you also had to wait in line to leave the Osaka World Expo, not just enter.

Chen Yiyang waited in line for another hour before successfully leaving the Expo park.

After returning to the hotel, Chen Yiyang hadn’t yet started resting when a special guest arrived.

"President Meihe, you’re here in Osaka for the World Expo too?" Chen Yiyang asked while opening the door, wondering why President Meihe was also in Osaka.

"Who’s interested in a place with unfinished pavilions and fake construction everywhere."

President Meihe was as bold as ever with her words.

She glanced around and noticed that Chen Yiyang was the only one in the suite.

"Where’s your little follower?" she asked.

"Her room is downstairs."

"That’s convenient; I think I wasn’t that loud," President Meihe said as she slowly began to take off her clothes.

Another night where President Meihe drained him completely.

The next day, Chen Yiyang woke up in bed, cuddling President Meihe while checking the news from yesterday.

As expected, the Osaka World Expo was heavily criticized by many media outlets yesterday.

Only then did Chen Yiyang realize that his experience the day before was actually quite good.

Many visitors, after waiting in line for hours to enter the park, had drunk a few extra sips of water, wanted to use the restroom, and then discovered a serious problem.

The Osaka World Expo’s investment in restrooms was lavish, with a total of two billion yen spent on building luxury restrooms.

As a result, all the restrooms built with such a huge investment got clogged on the first day.

Osaka World Expo’s two billion yen restroom image.

The fraud mentioned by President Meihe earlier was actually a different issue.

The Osaka World Expo’s official announcement claimed that they used traditional mortise and tenon circular construction, a traditional method without steel nails, for the pavilion buildings.

However, it was exposed that for safety reasons, a large number of steel nails were used internally for reinforcement.

Of course, this practice isn’t problematic, as using steel nails is indeed safer.

However, the official announcement never mentioned the steel nails, making everyone think that Japan’s wood construction technology was incredibly advanced, building such a structure without modern steel nails.

Compared to these two major grievances, the fact that the Indian Pavilion wasn’t completed and couldn’t open by the time the Expo opened was really a minor issue.

"What are you reading?" President Meihe woke up as well.

"Checking the news about the World Expo," Chen Yiyang casually replied.

"As long as no one dies, this World Expo is considered a success," President Meihe stretched lazily, then slipped out of Chen Yiyang’s embrace, twisting her waist as she went to get some water.

Chen Yiyang was just about to follow her for some morning exercise when he refreshed the news.

He then saw the news about the sudden death of the governor of Goshan County at home. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

The governor of Goshan County was the county’s administrative head; he participated in the World Expo’s shrine carrying event the day before, lively and energetic.

But he mysteriously died at home the day after the opening ceremony.

The last Olympics had just a dead accountant. Could the corruption this time be so rampant that an accountant isn’t enough, and it has to be a county governor?

After reading this news, Chen Yiyang realized he hadn’t checked today’s update of the intelligence that refreshed in the early morning.

So he flipped through it.

Today’s intelligence, the lost Kasaya: a stall in the Osaka flea market is selling a Kasaya, and purchasing it will be a lucky find.

The location is already listed on the second page.

Kasaya?

In all his time treasure hunting, Chen Yiyang had never stumbled across something like a Kasaya.

He noted the location of this flea market.

After finishing his morning exercise, Chen Yiyang said to a panting President Meihe, "I have a habit of visiting the local flea market whenever I travel. Do you want to be my translator and accompany me to Osaka’s local flea market?"

"Flea market? That sounds pretty nice," President Meihe was intrigued by the flea market, "I’ve never been to such a commoner’s place before."

"Commoner’s place," Chen Yiyang found the term she used a bit odd, "Could there also be a noble’s place?"

"You really grew up in Huaxia," President Meihe teased, "In Japan, this class consciousness is still quite evident. I think it’s mainly because Japan is small, and the traditional wealthy all know each other, forming their little circles."

After getting dressed, President Meihe continued, "Anyway, my friends in Japan went to school there until high school, and most of their classmates were either rich or noble, with hardly any commoners’ children.

Even if ordinary people excel academically, they can’t become super-rich entrepreneurs through their own efforts in the future."

"Isn’t that a bit exaggerated?" Chen Yiyang was skeptical.

"You should investigate the difficulty of starting a business in Japan," President Meihe explained, "In Japan, out of a thousand entrepreneurs, only one might succeed. And once you succeed, you have to give monthly profits to the zaibatsu.

Because from real estate to banking, all key industries are controlled by the zaibatsu, and if you’re unwilling, they can bankrupt you in minutes.

When I first returned from the United States, I wasn’t too keen on taking over the family business. I hoped to start my own business.

But after understanding the difficulty of entrepreneurship in Japan, I gave up; it’s too difficult. Even for kids from wealthy families, starting a business is fraught with challenges."

"And don’t forget," after getting dressed and putting on makeup, President Meihe affectionately leaned on Chen Yiyang’s shoulder and said, "Japan has a lot of syndicates. Without connections, even if you succeed in business, it’s easy to have it snatched away by them.

When bubble tea became popular in Japan, the first ones to do it weren’t Japanese. But as it became more popular, most of the bubble tea shops turned Japanese. Can you guess why?"

"Okay, okay, I get it," Chen Yiyang felt that President Meihe’s expression was a bit dangerous as she looked at him.

"Work hard these days," President Meihe joked with Chen Yiyang, "If one night I’m not satisfied, I’ll call the syndicate to strip you bare and throw you on the street."