Ke Xue Bartender

Chapter 124: Rumors of the Art Museum#
When Gin and Vodka left, there was no customer left in the store.

Lin Ye and Amuro Toru stayed together until two o'clock, and then went home.

Have a night's rest.

The next morning, around nine o'clock, Lin Ye woke up full of energy as usual.

After breakfast, go out for a walk, run, or exercise.

I went to the supermarket in the afternoon and bought some daily necessities and ingredients.

The daytime passed in such an ordinary way.

At 5:10 in the afternoon, Lin Ye arrived at Polo Bar early and found that Toru Amuro had already arrived and was cleaning.

"Atou, you're here so early?"

Amuro Toru smiled and said, "I've only been here for ten minutes."

After the two men completed the preparations for opening, they each picked up a newspaper and started reading.

Lin Ye is reading an article about the financial crisis.

With the bursting of Japan's bubble economy in the early 90s, the economy began to decline and entered the Heisei Great Depression.

Against this backdrop, a large number of companies went bankrupt and many desperate debtors ended up in bankruptcy.

This article provided a very good analysis and at the end pointed out that the future situation was not optimistic. Lin Ye nodded repeatedly after reading it.

We were about to enter 97, and a financial storm sweeping across Asia was brewing.

He remembered that the Japanese economy was also affected by the 97 financial crisis, the yen depreciated sharply, and the economy further declined.

Judging from the analysis in this article, this financial crisis is likely to arrive as expected.

Ding, ding.

Lin Ye looked towards the door.

It turned out that the mascot Conan came.

Conan walked into the store with his schoolbag on his back and called sweetly, "Good afternoon, Uncle Lin."

Then he sat down at the exclusive wine table in the corner, opened his schoolbag, took out his homework, and started writing with a relaxed look.

[Haha, these questions are too simple, it’s a waste of time]

[But if I don’t do it, I’ll be scolded like an elementary school student]

[The one called Gin, just wait and see]

Conan made a note of Gin in his mind again.

Lin Ye withdrew his gaze and laughed secretly in his heart.

Given Conan's elementary school schedule, it would probably be difficult for him to meet Gin in the store.

Gin probably only comes to the store late at night.

When Kaho and Omi arrived at the store, Conan had already finished his homework and took out a mystery comic to read.

Lin Ye glanced at the title of the book on the cover, which seemed to be called "Juvenile Incident Book".

[Haha, the culprit is definitely this person]

Conan flipped through a few pages and showed a confident expression.

At six o'clock, Polo Bar opened on time.

The one who went out to flip the cards today was Aragaki Kaho.

Less than ten minutes after opening, customers came into the store. They were two middle-aged men who often came together.

The two had a few drinks and started chatting.

"Oh, the Rice Flower Art Museum is going to close." Someone suddenly sighed.

"What?" The other person looked surprised. "Why?"

"I heard that due to the financial crisis, the original owner's company went bankrupt and sold the Beihua Art Museum to another owner named Zhenzhong."

"Doesn't this Mr. Manaka plan to continue running the art museum?"

"No, I heard that he plans to convert the art gallery into a hotel."

"What a shame! The Beika Art Museum has been open for 50 years, right? It's been here since I was a kid."

"It will officially close in half a month. If you want to see it for the last time, go early."

"Oh, what a pity..." The two were silent for a while and drank silently.

When Lin Ye heard the conversation between the two, he felt a little emotional.

When the economy is in a downturn, people are not in the mood to appreciate art.

I can’t even pay the rent, so how can I have the mood to cultivate my sentiments?

The business situation of the Rice Flower Art Museum must be very bad, so the new owner converted it into a restaurant.

He was thinking whether he should go to this old art gallery which was about to close tomorrow to have a look. After all, he would not be able to see it anymore.

At this time, the well-informed uncle spoke again:

"By the way, a strange thing happened in the Rice Flower Art Museum recently."

"What's weird?"

"Two guards from the museum heard strange noises while on patrol at night, so they went to check it out. Guess what happened?"

"Is it another ghost or something? I don't believe it." Another uncle curled his lips and said, "Tell me, what happened?"

"They saw a medieval suit of armor walking around the museum, holding a sword, as if he was going to kill someone." The well-informed uncle said quietly, "Maybe it was a knight of justice who didn't want to see the museum he was staying in closed, so he was resurrected."

Another uncle slammed his head on the table and laughed: "Hahaha, how is that possible? Only children would believe such nonsense."

He turned around and asked Conan who was nearby: "Little friend, do you believe it?"

Conan shook his head.

[Please, how can there be ghosts in this world? Someone must be playing tricks on me.]

"You see, even the children don't believe it."

The well-informed uncle blushed, took a big sip of beer, and said nothing more.

Lin Ye withdrew his gaze and asked Amuro Toru beside him.

"Atou, what do you think?"

"Are you talking about the armor?"

Lin Ye nodded.

Amuro Toru laughed and said, "The talk of ghosts and spirits is totally unbelievable. Maybe someone is planning something."

[Perhaps the museum staff don’t want the museum to close, so they’re playing tricks. If people believe that ghosts are haunting the museum, even if it’s converted into a restaurant, business will be affected. They probably want to use this method to make the new owner change his plan…]

His thoughts were similar to Conan's, and Lin Ye himself thought so too.

At this moment, the shop door was suddenly pushed open, and a middle-aged man who was a little fat walked into the store.

The man was wearing an expensive suit and had a moustache, and looked very smart.

Following behind him was a young man wearing glasses, who looked like an assistant.

"Hey, look, that man is Manaka, the new owner who bought the Beika Art Museum." The well-informed uncle whispered to his drinking buddy.

"That's him. He really looks like a big boss."

Lin Ye looked at Boss Manaka who was walking towards the bar with some surprise.

To be able to remain standing despite an economic downturn, there must be some means or abilities involved.

However, such a big boss would actually come to a small street bar like Polo Bar to drink. It seems that his fame has really spread.

Boss Zhenzhong sat down in front of Lin Ye, while his assistant stood behind him without sitting down.

Lin Ye smiled and asked, "What would you like to drink?"

Boss Manaka looked at Lin Ye, then at Amuro Toru, and a look of satisfaction appeared on his face.

[Not bad! Very good! ]

Lin Ye felt the other person's gaze and felt a little confused.

Why is this old man staring at me?
What's good?
[These two young men have very good looks and will definitely attract many female customers]

[But besides their looks, we also need to see their true abilities]

Boss Manaka showed a greedy smile.

"I'll have a martini."

(End of this chapter)