Mixed in the last days as a salted fish

Chapter 414

Back in his girlfriend's dormitory, Zhang Guoji kept thinking about the matter of Shuguang Company and his plans after selling the shares in his mind, and he didn't fall asleep until midnight.

Early the next morning, a sandstorm blew up outside.

The dust all over the sky is so blowing that people can't open their eyes.

But this does not affect the original plan at all.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Zhang Guoji and Mitsui Mie appeared in front of Mitsui's villa on time. This is a large villa covering an area of ​​over [-] square meters, with a single family.

"Sister Meihui, your villa is really magnificent!"

Zhang Guoji couldn't help but praise.

Of course, it can't be compared with their family's manor.

However, this is the federal capital, and it is also a bustling area in the city center. It can only be said that the two have their own advantages and disadvantages, and there is no need to force a comparison.

Mitsui Mie explained with a smile: "Our house was bought ten years ago. At that time, the capital had just moved here. There were many houses, and the house price was not as exaggerated as it was later."

"How much did you buy it for?"

Zhang Guoji asked casually.

"Including renovations, I remember spending a total of more than one billion yuan before and after. It's lucky to say that the profits made by the Mitsui Group over the years are not worth as much as this villa."

The reason why such absurd things happened is that on the one hand, the real estate market is too exaggerated;

"Your family has indeed made a lot of money."

"You can't say that. In fact, this villa is a bit tasteless to our family..."

"Chicken ribs? How come it's chicken ribs?"

"Because of the real estate tax, the annual real estate tax is as high as hundreds of millions. Who can bear it? Since the introduction of the real estate tax, my father immediately had the idea of ​​​​selling the villa, but he has never met a suitable buyer."

Mitsui Mie sighed helplessly.

Zhang Guoji was surprised and said: "One hundred million is not too much? Anyway, Mitsui Group is a well-known big company after all, so it shouldn't be short of this money, right?"

"Although Mitsui Group has the word 'Mitsui', it is not exclusive to our family. At best, our family only accounts for less than one-third of the shares."

Mitsui Mie explained casually.

Then he stepped forward and rang the doorbell.

Hearing this, Zhang Guoji immediately had a "rebellious" idea. If the prospective father-in-law really planned to sell the house, he wouldn't mind taking it over as a wedding house.

It just so happened that Shuguang Company was going to sell some of its shares, and he would soon have a large amount of money in his account, which was not short of money, and large consumption could be deducted from taxes.

Doing so is killing two birds with one stone.

After a while, the door of the villa opened, and an old woman in her 50s stood behind the door.

Mitsui Mie took the other party's arm, and then introduced to her boyfriend: "Zhang Guoji, this is Aunt Kondo, our housekeeper. She watched me grow up, and I have always regarded her as a foster mother."

"Auntie Kondo, hello! I'm sister Meihui's boyfriend Zhang Guoji. I'm currently studying at Xiaqing University. It's the first time we meet. Please take care of me!"

Zhang Guoji greeted immediately.

Kondo Kazumi knew the identity of the prospective uncle in front of him, the noble son of the top family in the federation, so he hurriedly bowed, and he was very humble:

"Student Zhang, welcome to Mitsui's house as a guest. The old master and the others have been waiting for a long time. Let's not delay, let's go there quickly!"

Zhang Guoji smiled and nodded, then pointed to the two bodyguards behind him:

"These two are my bodyguards, can you arrange a room for them to rest?"

"No problem at all."

Kondo Kazumi immediately called a servant and asked the servant to lead the two bodyguards to the guest room.

On Zhang Hao's side, under the leadership of the housekeeper, he walked through a corridor more than ten meters long. There were glass rooms on both sides of the corridor, so he couldn't see clearly the scene inside.

At the end of the corridor, Tatsuo Hirakawa, the current head of the Mitsui family, greeted him personally with the whole family.

Yes, you read that right.

Tatsuo Hirakawa's surname is not Mitsui, he is just the son-in-law and adopted son of the Mitsui family. This is a kind of adopted son and son-in-law adopted son culture unique to the Japanese region.

There is only one purpose for doing this, and that is to break the curse of "wealth cannot last for three generations". From the perspective of the effect alone, it has to be admitted that the Japanese have indeed done it.

Before the fall of the Japanese archipelago, the entire Japanese region had a total of more than [-] companies with a history of more than [-] years, a proportion far exceeding that of other regions.

Among these long-lived enterprises, most of them are family enterprises.

What's more, there are an astonishing 500 companies with more than 25 years of inheritance, and [-] companies with more than [-] years of inheritance.

Seeing her grandfather, Mitsui Mie immediately put away her smile and introduced her boyfriend, "Grandpa, father, mother, this is my boyfriend Zhang Guoji."

"Hello, grandpa! Hello, uncle! Hello, aunt!" Zhang Guoji hurriedly greeted each of them one by one, and then said politely, "I'm sorry to interrupt you for a sudden visit!"

"It's okay, Meihui's mother has prepared coffee and snacks, let's go inside and chat."

Tatsuo Hirakawa seemed particularly enthusiastic.

Before entering the living room, Zhang Guoji and Mitsui Mie put on a pair of thick slippers, which can be regarded as advancing with the times. If you put it in Japan in the past, there were no slippers after entering the house, and they could only wear socks.

"Grandpa, uncle, aunt, this is a gift I prepared for you, please accept it."

After entering the house, Zhang Guoji first presented a gift.

Mitsui Mie struggled to put one of the gift boxes in front of Grandpa:
"Grandpa, this is Hetian Yu's Go piece, which was specially chosen by Zhang Guoji. I wonder if you like it?"

Tatsuo Hirakawa cooperated and opened the cardboard box, and then put on a look of fondness for it.

Not to mention, the jade chess pieces look pretty good, with delicate texture, crystal clear, black and white, and they shine brightly under the light, which is of great ornamental value.

"Be careful, Hetian jade is said to be the best jade in the East, aren't these chess pieces cheap?"

"Grandpa, as long as you like it, besides, the jade market is not good now, it is much cheaper than before, and the seller is eager to sell, so the transaction price is really not as expensive as you think."

Zhang Guoji waved his hand, then added:
"The time is too tight this time, and I didn't buy a suitable chessboard. After a while, I will help you find a Hetian jade chessboard. It will just make a pair."

Ryuo Hirakawa shook his head again and again: "It is enough to have chess pieces. I have no shortage of good chessboards here. Besides, Hetian jade is soft and is especially afraid of collisions. A wooden chessboard is more suitable."

"So that's the case. I thought the seller deliberately didn't sell the chessboard and wanted to raise the price?"

Zhang Guoji suddenly realized the Tao.

Tatsuo Hirakawa put away the chess pieces with a smile, and asked the nanny to send them to the study.

Mitsui Mie picked up another packaged oil painting and handed it to her mother, Zheng Zhenxi: "Mom, this is your idol, the masterpiece "The Painter and Her Daughter" by the French painter Mrs. Le Brun..."

"What? Where did you find this painting?"

Zheng Zhenxi was overjoyed immediately.

Madame Le Brun is a peerless beauty and one of the most outstanding female painters in France in the 18th century.

This painting style has a bit of rococo sweetness and magnificence, and most of the freshness and simplicity of neoclassicism, dignified and unrestrained, which is very in line with the aesthetics of her young lady. Of course, the most important thing is the minority. Among the male oil painting masters It looks very different.

"This is mainly due to Zhang Guoji."

Mitsui Mie pointed to her boyfriend.

Zhang Guoji hurriedly explained: "This painting was collected by my grandfather. Unfortunately, after looking through it several times, I only found this one. Otherwise, I will give it to Auntie together."

"Haha, this painting is enough. Meihui knows that Auntie has collected no less than a hundred oil paintings of Mrs. Le Brun, and this masterpiece is missing."

Zheng Zhenxi smiled and waved his hands.

In the end, it was the turn of the prospective father-in-law Kunihiro Mitsui, and Zhang Guoji directly sent two kinds of tea.

One is Dahongpao "borrowed" from my father; the other is black tea stored at home, a whole brick of tea, which can be drunk for a year.

"Uncle, this is the famous Anhua black tea. It has been stored in our house for 15 years. You should drink it as soon as possible, otherwise the taste will be greatly affected after time passes."

Zhang Guoji pointed to the tea brick and reminded.

He specifically checked the information on the Internet. Although Anhua dark tea can be stored for decades, the best drinking period is usually between ten and 15 years.

Mitsui Kunihiro put away the tea leaves like a treasure, not to mention Dahongpao, he didn't sell it at all, and he couldn't find a way to buy it.

As for the 15-year-old black tea, it is also hard to come by, and it is almost extinct in the market.

In addition, there is the most critical point.

The Mitsui family, once one of the four major monopoly chaebols and the largest family in Japan, has long since lost its former glory, which corresponds to that ancient poem:
In the old days, Wang Xietang flew into the homes of ordinary people.

They have adapted to the current situation.

……

After the presents were delivered, it was time for lunch.

Lunch is already ready in the dining room.

Before dinner, Zhang Guoji asked habitually: "Auntie, why don't you wait for Xing Yi to come back for dinner?"

Mitsui Xingyi is the younger brother of Mitsui Mie, who happened to be born in the year when the Yellowstone volcano erupted, and is currently a junior high school student.

"Don't wait for him, their class has a practical class today, and they have to stay in the botanical garden all day, and won't come back for lunch." Zheng Zhenxi immediately explained.

On the other side, Tatsuo Hirakawa took out a bottle of wine and recommended it to his grandson-in-law: "Mr. Kunuki, this is our unique sake in Japan. The alcohol content is not high. Would you like to try it?"

"Okay! I haven't had sake yet!"

Of course Zhang Guoji would not refuse.

"Well, today is a good day for you and Meihui, you must have a few more drinks later."

Hirakawa Tatsuo said with a smile on his face.

Seeing this, Mitsui Mie hurriedly advised, "Grandpa, the doctor said you can't drink alcohol."

"It doesn't matter, it's okay to drink once in a while."

Hirakawa Tatsuo smiled and waved his hands.

Then, lunch began.

Zheng Zhenxi greeted: "Guo Ji, what I cook today is Japanese food, I don't know if it suits your appetite, if you are not used to it, just tell auntie, auntie will ask the chef to make some more summer dishes... "

"Auntie, don't bother me. I really like the Japanese food made by Sister Meihui. If you don't believe me, just ask Sister Meihui." Zhang Guoji waved his hands repeatedly.

Mitsui Mie nodded cooperatively.

This is not just polite talk.

As we all know, Japanese food is mainly based on seafood, and my boyfriend also likes seafood, so he has a good impression of Japanese food, especially takoyaki and salmon rice.

Zheng Zhenxi said happily: "This is great. To tell you the truth, Meihui's father and I were worried that the two of you have different tastes. It might be very inconvenient to live together in the future."

"Mom, I'm used to eating big summer dishes. How can you be so exaggerated? Besides, don't our family usually eat all big summer dishes?"

It was rare for Mitsui Mie to say coquettishly.

"Auntie, does your family usually eat summer vegetables?"

Zhang Guoji asked curiously.

Zheng Zhenxi nodded: "Japanese food requires a lot of seafood, and the supply in the market is limited right now, so we can only eat it once in a while.

Speaking of which, thanks to the increase in the scale of farming in the past few years and the increase in supply, if it was left in the past few years, seafood would not be eaten a few times throughout the year. "

"That's true." Zhang Guoji followed suit and nodded, "Our family seldom ate seafood before. Fortunately, my dad once opened a canning shop and stocked up a batch of canned seafood in advance. This is the chance to satisfy his hunger. But canned seafood It's too strong for my liking."

"Well, fresh seafood is the best!"

Zheng Zhenxi echoed.

On Mitsui Kunihiro's side, while chatting, he personally helped the prospective son-in-law fill a glass of wine.

Zhang Guoji quickly "snatched" the wine bottle: "I'll come, I'll come...Uncle, you are too polite, you are an elder, how can I ask you to pour me wine?"

While talking, he helped fill the wine glasses in front of the two elders one by one.

As for Zheng Zhenxi and Mitsui Mie, the mother and daughter drank fruit juice, which smelled like watermelon juice.

Ryuo Hirakawa stood up tremblingly, and raised his glass at the same time:
"First of all, I welcome Guoji-kun to visit our house for the first time; secondly, I wish Guoji-kun and Meihui grow old together and be happier at a new starting point; finally, I hope that the Mitsui family will become more and more prosperous. wish."

"Thank you grandpa!"

Mitsui Mie quickly replied.

Zhang Guoji followed up and said: "I also wish grandpa good health and a long life! I wish my uncles and aunts stay young and everything goes well! And Xingyi, I wish him success in his studies and a bright future."

"cheers!"

"cheers!"

Zhang Guoji drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

As the name suggests, Mitsui Mie is very virtuous, and immediately helped her boyfriend grab a large piece of fish.

Zhang Guoji is not a straight man of steel, he also caught a prawn for his girlfriend.

Seeing this, the three of Zheng Zhenxi couldn't help but smile with relief. It seems that Zhang Guoji doesn't mind Meihui's second marriage status at all, which is especially important.

Next, several people chatted while eating.

Zhang Guoji took the initiative to talk about his family situation. When he talked about his father, the others stopped their chopsticks and their eyes were full of curiosity.

The current Archon, that is definitely a legend.

Taking advantage of the opportunity for the son-in-law-to-be to drink water, Zheng Zhenxi couldn't help interjecting: "Guo Ji, when is the Consul expected to come back? Can you give us an approximate time? We can also help you and Mei Hui prepare for the wedding."

"I don't know the exact time. According to the itinerary, I should be back in June, but I think it's best to hold the wedding in August. August is still during the summer vacation. Sister Meihui and I have plenty of time."

Zhang Guoji suggested.

The winter vacation is too far away, and the summer vacation is just right. The second brother and Guan Tong also had their wedding in the summer vacation.

"Summer vacation? Well, let's arrange it in August!"

Zheng Zhenxi nodded with satisfaction.

Tatsuo Hirakawa also agreed: "The consul has been away for such a long time, and he may not be able to spare time just after he comes back. It's good to take it easy."

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(End of this chapter)