第56話: 訪中した中国の陳永 Liong 副主席に対し、星村外務大臣はグルメクラブへの入会を申請する

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Daisaku Hoshimura, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, visits President Ohara at Touzai News. He asks Ohara to arrange an invitation to the Gourmet Club for the Chinese Vice Chairman Chen Yong Liong who is visiting Japan. Ohara pressures Yamaoka to ask his friend Tōyama to provide an invitation, but Kaibara refuses to serve politicians. Yamaoka approaches another Gourmet Club member, Mr Shu who is an old friend of Chen, to invite Kaibara to a special yum cha dinner and he eagerly accepts. Kaibara greatly enjoys the meal, but is surprised to find that the chef is in fact Vice Chairman Chen. Kaibara agrees to invite Chen to the Gourmet Club which is a diplomatic success, although Kaibara suspects that Yamaoka had a hand in the arrangement. (Source: Wikipedia)