Spring Thunder Chapter 0289: The Wife of the Colony
"Lily-chan is a master at bowling?"
"I can't say I'm an expert, but I go to the bowling alley for half an hour every day before the store opens. It's the Sasaki Bowling Alley near Spanish Hill."
"Sweep."
Nan Yi savored the meaning of Sayuri Hagiwara's words, especially the place name "Spanish Slope". What did she mean by it so clearly?
Looking up, Nan Yi scanned Sayuri Hagiwara from head to toe, and then asked, "What time do you usually go there?"
"Seven to eight. I open here at nine every day."
"When I'm free, I'll take this opportunity to come and see you. Maybe you can teach me how to fight."
"Okay, it's boring to play alone. It's nice to have a companion." Sayuri Hagiwara showed a faint and reserved smile on her face.
Nan Yi picked up the wine glass, drank it all, took out 10,000 yen and put it on the bar, "No need to change, thank you for the hospitality, Lily, see you next time."
"Nagao-kun, walk slowly."
Sayuri Hagiwara's voice was still faint and peaceful.
After leaving the pub, Daiwen, who was waiting outside, walked up to Nan Yi and asked, "President, are you leaving so soon?"
"It's too early."
"Yes, it's too early. There are still more than three hours before you get up to exercise. President, I want to ask for leave."
When Nan Yi heard what Dewen said, he looked at her face and waited for her to give an explanation.
"I just saw a chick, she's my type."
"Will two days be enough?"
"It only takes me, Dewen, two days at most to pick up a girl."
"Ahaha, send me back, then you can move freely. I'll give you half a month, and you can go on vacation with your little girl."
"Ha, thank you, President."
Dewen laughed wantonly, her dreadlocks rubbing against her clean-shaven temples. This woman was really a bit cool and handsome, and it would be easy for her to embroider lace on a young girl who had never seen the world.
Nan Yi did not return to Kawaguchiko. The environment at the foot of Mount Fuji is good, but it is too far from downtown Tokyo. He has been running outside every day recently, so it is more convenient to live in the city.
Besides, there is Nan Jiakang.
Nan Yi currently lives in Shoto, Shibuya, which is located between Shibuya Station and the Komazawa Branch of the University of Tokyo. It is surrounded by Yoyogi Park and NHK TV Station. It is within walking distance of Shinsen Station and Shibuya Station, and is very close to Shinnan Elementary School where Minami Ieyasu studied.
Since the Meiji era, Shoto has been the place where princes and nobles live. Even now, many political and business celebrities and wealthy businessmen still choose to live here.
Nan Yi lives in an apartment, not a Japanese-style courtyard. The powerful and wealthy people living in this area have deep-rooted connections, and they are not likely to fall just like that. Japanese-style courtyards all have owners, so it is unlikely that they will be put on the market for sale.
Even if it is for sale, Nan Yi estimates that not everyone can buy it. One must be of high status and position. There will definitely not be a hyena living next door to a lion.
There is a very strange phenomenon in Japan: the top dignitaries live in Japanese-style courtyards, those who are not short of money live in apartments, the middle class live in villas [single-family houses], and those who are poor live in the suburbs, which require a commute of more than an hour and a half, far away from Tokyo's business district.
Although it is an apartment, its area is more than 500 square meters and the selling price is more than 1.7 billion yen. Even those with an above-average salary in Tokyo would have to save for more than 400 years without eating or drinking to be able to afford it.
I heard from Karikyo Ikeda that this apartment was purchased for 1.12 billion yen, and in just a short period of time, its value has already increased by nearly 600 million yen.
In the next few years, the price will continue to rise. The increase in Tokyo's housing prices will even exceed the compound interest of usury. As long as you can act in time, you can make a lot of money by borrowing money from usury to buy a house.
It is better to grit your teeth and take out a loan to buy a house than to work hard. The four words "hard work leads to wealth" have lost their original enthusiasm and become a complete lie.
Today, morning.
Nan Yi went to the office building where the Takefuji Company was located. After being informed by the secretary, he quickly entered the office of Yasuo Takei.
Although it was a hot day, Takei Yasuo was still dressed very appropriately. Although his hair was sparse, he used wax to comb it meticulously. He wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and his whole face was smiling.
He was wearing a white shirt, a gray suit, and a purple tie with diamond patterns. There was a white pocket handkerchief in his suit pocket. He looked energetic and looked fifteen or sixteen years younger than his actual age.
Following the principles of etiquette and putting away the word "scum", one becomes a gentleman.
"Hello, President Takei."
"Hello, President Nagao, I've been waiting for you for a long time." When Takei Yasuo smiled, his big mouth would open wide, as if he had the ambition to eat everything in the world.
"In that case, let's get straight to the point."
"Of course, I can't wait to hear the good news that President Nagao will bring to our Takefuji."
"It's very simple. We at Baoguo Migu want to purchase the land held by Takefuji..." Nan Yi said while paying attention to Takei Yasuo's expression. Seeing his eyes narrowed, he continued, "To be precise, arable land. We are in the grain business and need a lot of land. As long as it is arable land without legal disputes, we at Baoguo Migu will purchase it at a premium."
“How much is the premium?”
"This requires a specific assessment of the specific arable land. I can only say that the average premium will not be less than 20%. Moreover, as long as it is arable land, no matter whether the land is barren or not, no matter where the land is, as long as it is within the borders of Japan, we will purchase it.
Chairman Takei, this is a great opportunity for Takefuji to realize its profits.”
"How about payment?"
"It's very simple. You bring in the land, we evaluate it, and both parties agree on a price. The land is transferred immediately, and the purchase price is paid on the spot. You can choose cash, check, or transfer. You don't need to accept bills of exchange, whether it's a bank acceptance or a commercial acceptance."
Yasuo Takei's eyes shrank. This business could be done. He was planning to list Takefuji on the stock market. The rapid turnover of funds would be of great help to the financial report.
In fact, Takefuji does not have much of its own capital, and it has never thought of running away. It plays the same game as future P2Ps: raising funds at a low interest rate on one side and lending out funds at a high interest rate on the other side, earning a high interest rate difference.
From the investigation report on Takefuji, Nan Yi could also see that Takefuji's source of funds was not transparent enough, and most of the sources of funds were vague. He guessed that it should be the black money of those Japanese ×× groups.
"Cash payment?"
"Of course, the simplest way to cooperate is for you to sell and I to buy."
"Okay, I'll have someone sort out the collateral in Takefuji's hands as soon as possible and screen out all the arable land inside."
"Ah, not only the farmland, in fact, I am also interested in other collateral. President Takei, it would be better to give me a list of all the collateral. If it is worthwhile, I will help you to clear out the inventory."
"That would be great."
"Let me put it this way. Once President Takei has compiled the list, I will send someone over to evaluate it."
“It’s been a pleasure working with you.”
Takei Yasuo shook hands with Nan Yi with an expression of joy that could not be concealed.
“It’s been a pleasure working with you.”
It’s a simple and clear business deal, with one hand giving money and the other hand giving goods. It doesn’t require too many twists and turns, verbal sparring, or too much calculation, so the deal goes naturally quickly.
The troublesome part is the negotiation of price. However, there is no need for Nan Yi to come in person to negotiate the price. The Nan Office has its own negotiation team, so let them come over and negotiate it slowly.
"President Nagao, don't leave so quickly. I'll take you to a restaurant at noon. There's not only female body sushi, but also human cooking, and you can eat the most delicious tuna sashimi."
"Thank you, President Takei." Nan Yi thanked him first, and then said, "However, I still prefer traditional food and don't want to try something new. We can find a more normal restaurant."
"That's such a pity. I wanted to use a piece of 'tableware' to entertain President Nagao." Takei Yasuo said with some regret.
"Damn, this is really weird." Nan Yi exclaimed in his heart.
Cooking for living people means cooking the ingredients to look like living people, with all the facial features, internal organs, limbs and vital organs complete. The dining table is decorated as an operating table and the diners’ cutlery are scalpels.
Can you imagine using a scalpel to dig out eyeballs from a "living person", cut off the nose, and stuff vital parts into the mouth? How perverted would that be?
How much of a jerk does one have to be to put something like this in his mouth?
When it comes to female body sushi, Nan Yi can still accept it, but when food and tableware are eaten together, Nan Yi cannot accept it.
Although this kind of play should be very expensive, after all, a girl working as a tableware can earn about 800,000 yen a month. By turning her from a girl into a young woman, she will lose her job that earns tens of millions a year, so she won't have to give others a large sum of compensation, right?
Nan Yi chatted with Yasuo Takei about this and that until dinner time, and was taken to a high-end restaurant by Yasuo Takei for an expensive meal. Then when he was invited to relax, Nan Yi politely declined and left.
The Japanese way of doing business is similar to that of the Chinese. They all eat at one table, drink one round, sing one song, and sleep one night. There is basically nothing new, as if there is no way to do business if they don't do this.
More than an hour after saying goodbye to Yasuo Takei, Nan Yi arrived at Takashimadaira.
Standing on the road outside the Takashimadaira community, I was quite surprised to see the huge community in front of me consisting of nearly 30 13-story residential buildings.
Nan Yi had never seen a community housing before. He always felt that it was similar to the public housing in Hong Kong's resettlement buildings. However, when he saw it in person, it was really beyond his expectations.
Although the residential buildings here are more than a decade old, they do not look old at all. The gray-white exterior walls even have a bright feeling under the sunlight.
The spaces between buildings are very wide, and there are parking lots, small parks, children's playgrounds, pools and other leisure facilities in between.
The design of the residential building is the structure of Japanese civilian apartments commonly seen in Japanese dramas. Each floor has a long open-air corridor running through the entire floor, and on both sides of the corridor are fire emergency stairs.
The sky is clear and cloudless in Tokyo in September, and 2:30 in the afternoon is the hottest time of the day.
Standing on the road outside the community and looking from afar, you can see that the corridor railings of almost all residential buildings are covered with all kinds of bedding and sheets. On some floors, you can even see people beating the bedding that is hung out to dry with sticks or other objects.
This kind of scene full of life will make people feel familiar.
Entering the community, there are a lot of ginkgo trees planted on both sides of the road. It is not the White Dew season yet, but the leaves on the trees have begun to turn yellow. Looking up, the brilliant golden leaves swaying in the breeze make people feel a sense of lively vitality in this autumn.
"This is a really nice place for workers to live in." Nan Yi exclaimed sincerely when passing by the swimming pool in the community.
"Mr. Nan?"
"Sun Dagang?"
"Yes, I am Sun Dagang. Mr. Xian asked me to pick you up."
Sun Dagang is a salesman at a real estate agency in Tokyo. Yesterday, when Nan Yi contacted Xian Weimin, he learned that the guy went on a business trip to Osaka. During the phone call, he learned that the Jigong Recycling Company wanted to improve the living conditions of its middle-level members and rent houses here. Nan Yi, who had never seen a community house, thought about coming over to take a look.
"Well, tell me about this place."
"Okay, Mr. Nan, this place is considered to be the best community in Tokyo with the most complete supporting facilities. When it was first built in the early 1970s, it was said that many young couples in downtown Tokyo were vying for houses here."
"It was the early 1970s, and the situation was similar to what we have in our country now. At that time, many people in the city were looking forward to moving from bungalows to buildings." Nan Yi nodded.
"The Japanese were looking forward to living in high-rise buildings in the 1950s and 1960s. The father of one of my colleagues traded his small courtyard in Minato for a high-rise apartment in Edogawa, and now my colleagues complain about him all the time." Sun Dagang gossiped with a smile, "This area was so popular in the 1970s because the Japanese cabinet wanted to develop the northern part of Tokyo.
Not only did they build a subway for Takashimadaira, but they also invested a lot of money in building the house. You will see the house later. The layout and quality of this house would have been absolutely excellent if it was built ten years ago."
Sun Dagang is worthy of being in the real estate industry. He can talk about old news from more than ten years ago at any time. It seems that he has done a lot of research on the real estate industry.
However, this grandson would never tell Nan Yi that this is also a holy place for suicide. Since 1980, there have been hundreds of suicides here every year, and many people would rush here from other places to commit suicide.
Nan Yi and Sun Dagang chatted casually while walking along the tree-lined path in the community, and soon they reached the center of the community.
What surprised Nan Yi was that the center of this community was actually a commercial district.
In this small commercial area named "Central Shopping Street", all the shops are located on the first and second floors of residential buildings. Nan Yi looked around casually and found that there were all kinds of shops here, from chain supermarkets to the smallest grocery stores that only sold small groceries.
Sun Dagang introduced: "See, this is the most convenient place to live here. With this street, you don't have to go out of the community gate to buy something, including groceries.
Moreover, the prices of things here are much cheaper than in downtown Tokyo.”
Under the guidance of Sun Dagang, Nan Yi took a quick tour of the commercial district. He saw that in addition to shops selling meat, seafood, furniture and electrical appliances, there was also a Japanese-style bathhouse decorated in a Showa style. It must be said that the facilities here are very complete.
No wonder the otaku culture is so popular in Japan. If you live in a place like this, you would be wasting your time on the convenient conditions if you don’t stay at home for a while.
After visiting the commercial area, Nan Yi was taken by Sun Dagang to see a 1LDK, which, as it is called in China, means one bedroom, one living room, one kitchen and one bathroom.
Nan Yi stood at the entrance, looking around the house, and said with satisfaction: "Mr. Sun, this house is pretty good. Thirty thousand yen a month is really not expensive."
Nan Yi looked at the layout of the house. It was a simple straight-tube structure. From the entrance hall, after passing a short porch, there was the living room. After the living room, further in was the bedroom separated by a sliding door. The kitchen and bathroom were on both sides of the porch.
The house was cleaned very cleanly and there was almost no dust on the wooden floor. Sun Dagang took off his shoes and led Nan Yi into the living room.
The living room is very small, probably only about 6 or 7 square meters, but now that there is nothing in it, it seems a bit larger.
"For a 1LDK house like this one, the living room can basically be used as a dining room. We can just buy a table and two chairs and it will be complete." Sun Dagang explained to Nan Yi while opening the sliding door of the bedroom.
"The bedroom can accommodate a 1.8-meter double bed, which is perfect for a couple to sleep on. If you don't like it, two men can squeeze in."
Nan Yi followed Sun Dagang into the bedroom and looked around.
The bedroom floor was also covered with wooden flooring, and the area was slightly larger than the living room. Nan Yi thought about it and realized that in addition to placing a double bed, he could also fit a desk. He then looked at the wall on the left and saw a hidden closet that could be used as a wardrobe.
"Mr. Nan, look, here is a closet. You can use it to store clothes and bedding. This closet is really big. It's no problem for a person to sleep in it."
Nan Yi looked at the empty closet and couldn't help but laugh. A series of jobs popped up, such as plumber, courier, electrician, etc.
Sun Dagang walked around the bedroom and turned to Nan Yi and said, "The bedroom is still lacking some winter supplies. We must add some, otherwise it will be a bit difficult to endure the winter."
He paused, then continued, "If the people living here want to cook for themselves, they need to buy some pots and pans for the kitchen. You can go to the street to look for appliances like refrigerators, washing machines, and televisions. If you're lucky, you might be able to find some."
Needless to say, as for electrical appliances, what does Jigong Recycling Company do? Just move them to the warehouse.
Thirty thousand yen is two days' salary for a middle-level employee of Jigong. The company and individuals each bear half of the cost. This is not a big burden for the members. The only thing to be afraid of is that the members will directly convert it into RMB, and the amount will be considerable if converted into RMB.
Nan Yi thought about it for a while and quickly put the problem aside. He decided to leave it to Xian Weimin to deal with.
"Mr. Sun, I think this place is great. You should continue to look for Mr. Xian for the rest ."
"Mr. Nan, have you decided on this?"
“I’m about the same here.”
"Okay, I'll take you out then."
Nan Yi left Gaodaoping and immediately went to Xinhe'an in Banqiao District, where there were some things waiting for him to deal with.
