Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

"What are you thinking about? Have you been in a daze?"

Sayuri Yoshinaga's question interrupted Cao Zhiqiang's meditation.

He looked down at Sayuri Yoshinaga in his arms and found that she was also looking up at him, her eyes full of love.

Of course, Cao Zhiqiang will not be deceived by her now. He knows that this is just acting, and her favorable opinion of him is actually only 69 points. This is clearly displayed there.

In other words, her current good impression of herself is only at the stage of extreme appreciation, and is still a little short of the stage of true liking.

How to describe this kind of relationship? Most likely, it is like a relationship where a rich boss falls in love with a talented and beautiful girl, uses various means to get that girl, and lets the girl have an affair with him and become an underground lover.

In this kind of relationship, it cannot be said to be true love, but more of a kind of appreciation and possessiveness.

It's like seeing a beautiful vase and wanting to keep it for yourself.

It's just that Sayuri Yoshinaga has a special status after all, she is a married woman, so she has to play this kind of sneakiness, and she may also enjoy this feeling of sneakiness.

But it can't be said that she really likes him.

The biggest difference is that once a situation threatens her, she will abandon him Cao Zhiqiang without hesitation, or even beat him up.

To put it bluntly, a favorability score of 69 points means that she is attracted to herself and appreciates herself, but she is not willing to give up everything for herself and cannot reach the stage of true love.

It's just that Sayuri Yoshinaga is a veteran actor. She has mastered the subtle expressions and expression of emotions, so she gives people the feeling that she is affectionate and must be you.

In the past, Cao Zhiqiang was very confused by her affectionate eyes, but now, he will no longer be confused.

Of course, you understand, but just as Cao Zhiqiang thought, he would never lose in this whole matter.

Even though Sayuri Yoshinaga is a little older, she is beautiful!

In fact, in Cao Zhiqiang's view, it doesn't matter a woman's age, the key is whether she is beautiful or not.

At this time, Sayuri Yoshinaga, even though she was already in her fourth year of running, was at her peak in terms of appearance and figure.

If the young Sayuri Yoshinaga is a pure lily, then the middle-aged Sayuri Yoshinaga is like a blooming peony. She is a woman among women, exuding the sexiness of a mature woman all over her body.

It is also because of this that Cao Zhiqiang fell so easily.

Having an affair with such a woman would definitely be profitable as long as it was not discovered.

What's more, now he also has the ability to "cash back love". As long as he spends money from the love fund for her, he can get one-tenth of the cash back. This is like making money twice.

But the question is, is this ability to get cash back on consumption reliable?What about the specific implementation?

Also, Sayuri Yoshinaga has a special status. After all, she is a married woman and a public figure. It is impossible for me to buy her openly. It would be too easy for scandals to happen.

With Yoshinaga Sayuri's current mentality and favorability, she may not be able to accept this situation.

Unless her favorability is raised to a high level, so that she can give up her husband and divorce her husband for herself, which is possible.

But wouldn’t it be a good idea to do this?

Forget it, let’s not think about it so much, let’s test the authenticity of this unlimited credit card first.

Thinking of this, Cao Zhiqiang smiled at Sayuri Yoshinaga: "Ah, it's nothing, it was just when you came to me. I haven't eaten yet. I'm a little hungry after being tossed by you for so long. What about you, have you had breakfast this morning? ?If not, would you like to eat some together?"

Sayuri Yoshinaga smiled slightly, simply put her arms around Cao Zhiqiang's neck and said: "I had already eaten breakfast when I came here, but well, if you are hungry, I can eat with you, but..."

"But what?" Cao Zhiqiang asked.

Sayuri Yoshinaga bit her lip: "But, you know our status. It's best not to go out to eat. It's not good to be bumped into."

"Understood." Cao Zhiqiang nodded, "Well, let's just go out to eat and have a good meal, okay?"

"This..." Yoshinaga Sayuri was stunned, "Don't go to so much trouble, just order a meal order service, can't we eat here?"

"That's not possible." Cao Zhiqiang said, "The food delivery service here is just back and forth, it's too shabby. It's rare that you come to accompany me, I must accompany you to have a good meal, and I have to have luxurious Japanese food no matter what."

"But……"

"Don't do it!"

Cao Zhiqiang interrupted Sayuri Yoshinaga: "That's it, I'll treat you, okay?"

Seeing how excited Cao Zhiqiang was, Sayuri Yoshinaga could only nod: "Okay, that's it."

"Great!" Cao Zhiqiang stood up quickly, "Then, let's get dressed quickly and leave now."

In this way, both Cao Zhiqiang and Sayuri Yoshinaga started to get dressed, and they were quickly dressed.

After getting dressed, both of them put on masks and sunglasses. Then Sayuri Yoshinaga left first, followed by Cao Zhiqiang, and then met outside the hotel.

After the two met, Cao Zhiqiang took a taxi and took Sayuri Yoshinaga to a nearby high-end Japanese food store.

Well, Cao Zhiqiang has never been to this Japanese restaurant. It was the name he asked the room manager when he checked out before.

Cao Zhiqiang doesn't ask for anything else, just one word - expensive!

According to Cao Zhiqiang, if he wants to treat a client to breakfast, is there the most expensive hotel? It must be sky-highly expensive.

Then the room manager recommended a Japanese restaurant near Ginza called Matsumotoya.

It is said that the owner of this Matsumotoya, Mr. Matsumoto, is a highly skilled chef and is very good at making authentic kaiseki cuisine. The ingredients are all top-notch and the price is of course quite affordable.

Everything else doesn't matter, the key is that a meal here will cost at least [-] yen.

Moreover, the opening hours of this restaurant are also very interesting. They only serve breakfast and dinner, but not lunch.

It is said that this is related to Mr. Matsumoto’s sleeping habits.

Because Mr. Matsumoto doesn't sleep at night and can only sleep during the day, which is the opposite of normal people.

In other words, the business hours of this Matsumotoya restaurant are from [-]pm to [-]am the next morning, making it a veritable "evening restaurant".

It was precisely because the time was right and this hotel was so expensive that Cao Zhiqiang chose this one.

Sure enough, the taxi driver also knew about the expensive Japanese restaurant open at night, so he quickly took Cao Zhiqiang and Yoshinaga Sayuri to the location.

After getting off the car, Yoshinaga Sayuri frowned immediately when she saw the sign.

"What?" Cao Zhiqiang asked, "Have you been here?"

Sayuri Yoshinaga, who was wearing a mask, nodded: "Well, I've been here a few times and even took a photo with Mr. Matsumoto."

"This..." Cao Zhiqiang frowned, "How about changing to another company?"

"No need." Sayuri Yoshinaga shook her head, "I'm wearing a mask and sunglasses. As long as I don't talk, it's not a big problem. We can get a private room."

"Okay, let's do it!" Cao Zhiqiang said, "When you get in, don't say anything. I'll take care of everything!"

Soon, Cao Zhiqiang went in first, and Sayuri Yoshinaga followed behind him, lowering his head and saying nothing.

Cao Zhiqiang first asked if he could swipe his card. After learning that he could swipe his card, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Immediately afterwards, Cao Zhiqiang booked the largest and most expensive private room here - Songhe Room.

As for the food, just ask for the most expensive one. Anyway, I will serve you whatever is good!
Unfortunately, they only offer set meals, not a la carte, so what Cao Zhiqiang calls the most expensive is only 600 million yen.

In U.S. dollars, it's about 2.5 U.S. dollars.

A meal at this price was indeed very luxurious in 1983, but it was not the most luxurious.

It's just that more luxurious restaurants generally don't open in the morning. The only one that can open in the morning and be known to the room manager is this Matsumotoya.

"Are you crazy?"

When she heard that Cao Zhiqiang ordered the 600 million top-level set menu, she was used to big scenes. Regardless of the risk of exposure, Sayuri Yoshinaga quickly bowed to the waiter and apologized, then pulled Cao Zhiqiang aside and complained softly.

"Do you know how much 600 million yen is? Just for breakfast? It's too extravagant! You can't live without it?"

Cao Zhiqiang held her hand with a smile and whispered: "Sayuri, if it was just me, of course I wouldn't be like this, but this time it's different!
You treated me to a meal before, but I never had the chance to treat you back.

Now that I have the opportunity, this meal must be mine.

Don't worry about it, that's it.Although this is a lot of money, I don't care about it. "

"But……"

"Don't do it!"

Cao Zhiqiang interrupted Sayuri Yoshinaga and lowered his voice: "The waiter is still waiting, don't let anyone laugh! What's more, you and I have special status, what if we are recognized? That's it, just listen to me!"

After saying that, without waiting for Sayuri Yoshinaga to speak, Cao Zhiqiang nodded to the waitress: "That's it, let's serve the food quickly!"

Seeing Cao Zhiqiang speak, the waitress bowed slightly, and then said: "I'm sorry, guest, our rules here are that after ordering the meal, you must pay the bill first."

When Cao Zhiqiang heard this, his eyes immediately lit up: "Oh, that's it, no problem."

Having said this, Cao Zhiqiang waved to Sayuri Yoshinaga, who was still trying to stop her, and asked her to stay in the private room. Then he followed the waitress out of the private room and went to the front desk to check out.

Well, there was no way. This was 1983. Although POS machines existed, there were no mobile POS machines with wireless checkout. They could only be placed at fixed counters and connected to the bank through telephone lines, so you had to go to the counter to check out. Dedicated POS machine for checkout.

Moreover, the POS machines of this period were very large, almost like a small printer.

But no matter what, having this kind of POS machine is already very advanced.

You know, in China, there is currently no such POS machine that can swipe cards.

In the history of Cao Zhiqiang's previous life, China would not appear until 1985, which is still more than two years away from now.

In short, after following the waitress to the counter, Cao Zhiqiang took out a light gold credit card with a magnetic strip. This card was the unlimited card given by the system.

After swiping with this kind of card, there will be a crisp sound, which proves that the payment was successful.

Soon, with a mechanical printing sound, the POS machine printed out a receipt.

Unfortunately, there are no mobile phones or bank text messages in this era, so there is no way to know whether rebates have been deposited in your account.

But since the consumption can be successful, you should be able to get rebates.

After all, according to the rules, as long as you use this kind of card to make a purchase and the purchase is successful, you will definitely get a tenth of the rebate.

Forget it, go back and pass by a bank or ATM, use that HSBC card to check the balance.

At this moment, when the waitress saw that the payment was successful, she immediately bowed with a smile and handed over the printed receipt with both hands: "Please take your receipt, and I will serve you the food!"

Cao Zhiqiang nodded and took the note: "Then come on."

After saying that, Cao Zhiqiang went back to the box directly.

"Did you really pay?" Sayuri Yoshinaga asked hurriedly.

Cao Zhiqiang casually showed her the printed receipt in his hand: "Then, read it yourself."

"Yeah!" Seeing the numbers on the printed receipt, Yoshinaga Sayuri subconsciously covered her mouth even though she was still wearing a mask.

"Did you really pay so much money?" Yoshinaga Sayuri frowned, "It's not easy for you to make money, how can you spend it randomly?"

"Don't worry." Cao Zhiqiang smiled, "I have plenty of money, so I don't think I've spent it lavishly. Okay, let's not talk about that anymore, just wait for the food to be served."

Sayuri Yoshinaga heard this and sighed softly, knowing that the matter had come to this and there was no point in saying anything.

It seemed that Sayuri Yoshinaga was a little depressed. Cao Zhiqiang looked at the favorability score above her head and it actually dropped to 67 points, a drop of 2 points.

But this is normal.

After all, normally speaking, it would really be a disgrace for me to spend money so lavishly.

Of course, this also differs from person to person.

If you are one of those money-worshiping women in later generations, they will be eager for you to spend more money. They don’t care whether you will go to jail or have to pay off debts for the rest of your life after spending the money.

But Sayuri Yoshinaga is different. She is not one of those money-worshiping girls of later generations. She has a completely different outlook on life from those people.

In fact, Yoshinaga Sayuri is very rich now, and she even has her own restaurant, which is the same Yoshinaga house that entertained Cao Zhiqiang before.

But in fact, Yoshinaga Sayuri's consumption concept is very conservative and she does not easily buy luxury goods. Even if she has some luxury clothing and cosmetics, they are basically endorsement products.

This may be related to Sayuri Yoshinaga's childhood life.

Sure enough, it seemed that Sayuri Yoshinaga was still angry at Cao Zhiqiang's consumption behavior, and she actually talked about her past on her own.

Then, Cao Zhiqiang got a completely different answer from the reports he had seen in his previous life.

It turns out that the family where Sayuri Yoshinaga was born is indeed a good middle-class family.

Her father was a top student at Waseda University. He was also admitted to the civil service and worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Her mother is a middle school piano teacher, and they are a typical combination of civil servants and teachers, very stable.

However, during the period when Sayuri Yoshinaga was a child, Japan was in a period of rapid economic growth and inflation was also very serious.

To put it simply, money is depreciating very quickly, good things are emerging in an endless stream, and people’s desire to consume is getting higher and higher.

Her father made careless friends and couldn't live a good life as a civil servant, so he had to resign and go into business. The result was fine at first, and his life suddenly became rich. He spent a lot of money all day long, but not long after, his father's The business plummeted, and I still owed a lot of debt.

In fact, her father was not a business person at all. It was a scam from beginning to end, and her father was deceived.

Because she owed too much debt and wanted debtors to come to her door all day long, Yoshinaga Sayuri went out to work and make movies at a young age.

In fact, that was not what she wanted. What she wanted more at that time was to go to school well and then get into college.

But because of her sweet appearance and good acting skills, her agency did not allow her to go back to school.

And her parents, because they wanted to pay off the debt early and make more money, did not encourage her to go back to school.

She was an obedient and good girl at the time, so she had to study secretly while filming, and she actually got admitted to Waseda University.

Later, she relied on her own ability to go to college and pay off her father's debt. After graduating from college, she felt that being an actress would be good, so she continued to do so.

However, she always remembers the miserable scene when her family had no money, so even after becoming famous, she has always been very conservative in consumption. She never spends money lavishly unless necessary, but saves the money she earns.

Even if she is running a business, she is very cautious and only opens a Japanese restaurant, and does not invest in other businesses.

She doesn't follow any of the recently popular stock speculation, fund speculation, or house speculation.

To put it simply, it was precisely because she had gone through those unbearable years that Yoshinaga Sayuri abhorred this kind of behavior of spending money randomly after making some money.

Therefore, she was very unhappy with Cao Zhiqiang's behavior.

"I see." Cao Zhiqiang nodded after hearing this history, "But don't worry, I have also experienced hard times. I am not a local, and I am not that superficial."

"Don't you call this superficial?" Yoshinaga Sayuri said angrily, "It's just a breakfast, just you and me. Do you deserve to spend 600 million? You are giving money to others for nothing!"

Cao Zhiqiang laughed: "Oh, I haven't tried it before. I heard that this restaurant is very good, so I brought you to try it.

The price is so expensive, it must be expensive for a reason, right? "

"What do you know!"

Sayuri Yoshinaga looked around to make sure there was no one else in the box, and then whispered to Cao Zhiqiang: "You don't understand the situation at all! Such high-volume consumption is likely to involve money laundering.

So, really well-behaved rich people generally won’t come, and ordinary people won’t order a set meal at this price. Do you understand? "

Cao Zhiqiang was speechless for a while and couldn't explain it. He could only hold her hand and comfort her: "Okay, okay, everything you said is right! I was wrong!"
But I’ve already paid for it, and I can’t refund it, so I can only make do with it.

Anyway, don't be angry, okay?I can’t do it anymore! "

After hearing Cao Zhiqiang's resignation, Yoshinaga Sayuri could only sigh: "Okay, this is the end of the matter, it has to be like this.

But it won’t be an example next time, it won’t be allowed to happen like this in the future! "

Cao Zhiqiang nodded with a smile: "Yeah, yeah, definitely next time!"

As I said this, I thought:

Yes, I will do this next time, otherwise, how can I earn rebates? (End of chapter)