National Tide 1980

It can be said that the above two points are mainly contributed by the auction company.

As for Mihara Masahiro, the monetary cost he has to pay actually lies in how to obtain a stable supply of goods.

Judging from the terms he and Somei have negotiated, it is expected that he will have to pay 400 million to 600 million yen to buy out Somei's paintings in the next three years.

The money was certainly not a small amount, and in fact he couldn't get it out.

Even if his collection is valuable, it is impossible to sell it all at once.

What's more, he still wants to continue hoarding goods and is not willing to take action immediately.

However, he has already thought of a brilliant way, which is to find other people to cooperate and transfer the financial risks to others, making himself 100% safe.

And the person he fell in love with was Ning Weimin.

So after sending away his two accomplices from the auction house, Mihara Masahiro immediately called his wife Mihara Ruriko to make special preparations for attending Ning Weimin's wedding tomorrow.

"Madam, find me a better wooden box quickly. Then help me wrap it more beautifully with high-grade furoshiki."

"What are you doing?"

"Put stuff."

"What are you pretending to be?"

"Here, these are the wedding gifts for President Ning tomorrow."

As he spoke, Mihara Masahiro opened a plastic package from a cardboard box.

Then he took out a metal object that looked like a strange bird and placed it on the table.

This wasn't over yet, and then he took out another thing, which was a large jar of the same texture.

These two things were immediately disliked by the director's wife because of their weird appearance, complicated decoration, flamboyant patterns, and green patina. They were incompatible with the clean, simple, bright and open environment in the house.

"Oh, hubby. What kind of crap are these two? You want to put them on my imported oak table.

Dirty scraps of metal, weird shapes, and junk. How can you get rid of them? "

"What do you know! I managed to get these by asking the two auctioneers just now. They are all Chinese antiques. I heard they came from the collection of old Chinese families. I relied on favors to get them from within. I bought it for 500,000 yen.”

However, Mihara Masahiro's words still did not gain the loyalty of his wife.

The lady's contempt remained unchanged.

"Ah, hubby. Please don't be joking. What Chinese antiques are collected by a Chinese family? It sounds like a big deal. But if they are really good things, why are two pieces worth only half a million yen? You have always collected paintings. , I don’t understand this, so I won’t let those auction house people cheat me with things from the flea market.”

"Hey, how is it possible? Don't worry, they will never lie to me. Only a fool would cheat me for hundreds of thousands of yen and destroy the basis of cooperation between the two parties. In fact, these two items are cheap, mainly because they are all Chinese antiquities are not as popular in the world's art market. Nowadays, Chinese antiquities are not as popular as our Japanese antiquities. I heard that Xinyi East has not sold this item several times. The owner is short of money. Descendants of the Chinese ethnic group secretly used their belongings to cash in, but were unwilling to pay the commission. In the end, they had no choice but to mortgage the items to the auction house and let the matter rest. Logically speaking, others wanted to take it away from the auction house. I had to pay millions of yen for these two items, otherwise they would not be worth the commission due from the auction house. But it was different for me. For the sake of cooperation, the auction house gave me half the price. Do you think it’s appropriate to give it to President Ning? President Ning likes Chinese antiques the most, and he must know the goods.”

Mihara Masahiro was still determined, and his explanation did make some sense, so the director's wife finally changed her attitude.

Not long after, two black paulownia wood boxes were brought to my husband.

Then he put things inside to test the size and said, "Oh my husband, you are so smart. Use five hundred thousand yen to give a one million yen gift. It is really a good deal, cheap and pleasing. However, it takes a lot of effort. I've given you such a gift. Are you sure that President Ning will agree to your request? We need several hundred million yen. Doesn't it seem sincere if you don't give such a gift? What should I do if I agree?”

"Don't worry about this. President Ning is a smart man, otherwise he wouldn't be able to make so much money alone in Japan. And he is also an expert in the art market. It is impossible for him to be unclear about the recent prices of those paintings. I It’s not like using his money in vain. It’s a good thing to make money easily. I asked him to join forces, but he had no reason to refuse. In fact, the gift was just a courtesy gesture..."

Mihara Masahiro comforted his wife, but at this point, seeing that his wife was noncommittal and still looked unconvinced, he temporarily changed his words and gave her an additional reason.

"Besides, if you think about it, last year he was willing to spend so much money to run the Japan Record Awards in order to promote Teresa Deng. I don't believe that Miss Matsumoto, who he wants to marry, doesn't mind this at all as his newlywed wife. What's more, I remember that Ms. Matsumoto also seems to like singing, but it seems that she has not been selected for the Record Awards. Otherwise, you can express your feelings to Ms. Matsumoto in private tomorrow and persuade her that she should record again. A new album. No matter what her results are, I will ensure that she gets a gold medal, and it will fulfill her wish."

Needless to say, women are women and lack a sense of the overall situation, but from the perspective of a woman's jealousy, the director's wife really did not need a heavy hammer to sound the drum, and she suddenly understood her husband's intentions.

"Oh, that's right. My wife is also a big star, how can she be indifferent to her husband praising other women? Husband, you have a keen eye. As long as there is desire, she is someone we can use. As long as she still wants to By using the Record Awards to prove our singing skills, we still have the trump card to control them, and the worst we can do is make another private deal.”

But women are women after all, and some things are more eager for quick success and unclear.

The director's wife closed the box and stopped looking for the furoshiki. She actually said, "But husband, your asking price should be raised accordingly this time. Have you ever thought about it, we sold it for 80 million last time?" Although the paintings we gave to President Ning were all things we didn't like, and we only spent 40 to 50 million at the beginning, according to the current market conditions, these things have actually increased and are now worth at least one. More than 100 million. President Ning's luck is really amazing. For him, he got the big prize for free and made a small profit. I feel uncomfortable thinking about this.”

Fortunately, Mihara Masahiro was aware of this, and he didn't let his wife do whatever he wanted.

"Haha, don't mind this matter. You said it yourself. It's just good luck. And don't forget, it's precisely because President Ning made money that I spoke to him this time. It’s easier to agree. You might as well think about it again. It’s not convenient for him as a Chinese to do many things in Japan. We can help him contact the auction house to sell his paintings, and there will be at least several million from them. There are benefits to be gained, right? We are now a class of people who make money from art, so the most important thing is to convince President Ning to come up with the money and do this big thing. Well, what else does it matter? At that time, even if I retire early and give up my seat, it won’t matter. My wife, have you thought about our life after having billions or tens of billions of assets? What does it look like? If we can successfully sell all the paintings in our hands, then we can travel around the world, live in a single-family villa, have our own housekeeper and maid, and have cocktail parties or dance parties from time to time. It’s even possible that we can move our family to Qingshan.”

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The director's wife's enthusiasm was really ignited by his description, and she happily clasped her hands in anticipation.

"Oh, husband, what you said makes me really look forward to it. Become a member of Aoyama living in Minato City, and be neighbors with those politicians and famous scholars. What a happy old age. And if you really are the wife of the director In addition to being a composer’s wife, I can add a collector’s wife and an art connoisseur’s wife. Then I really feel that I have no regrets in this life. Even our children and grandchildren will be proud of us. After becoming a truly famous family."

"Haha, that's right. So tomorrow, let's work together to convince the newlywed couple."

Having said this, Mihara Masahiro and his wife Liulizi laughed unscrupulously, as if the bright future was already within their control.

It should be said that this Mihara Masahiro is really an old fox who eats people without spitting out their bones.

He was actually brave and clever, and wanted to feed on the nouveau riche who were nourishing the early days of the bubble.

He is really a black genius who is "lazy, cunning, vicious and ruthless". Even Ning Weimin will inevitably become a tool for his use.

But it must also be said that man’s calculation is never as good as God’s calculation.

His complacency was based on his not knowing the true value of the two things he gave to Ning Weimin.

If he wanted to know a few years later that what he gave away casually would be the important late Shang artifacts from China that were living in a foreign country - "San Fang Lei" and "Owl Zun".

If he wanted to know, according to the standards of Chinese cultural relics, these are two priceless first-class cultural relics. Their own value is worth as much as all the Japanese paintings he plans to hype.

God knows how he would calculate the gains and losses.

And this is in line with the old saying, there is a time in life that must be there, but there is no time in life, so don’t force it.

Some people are destined to make wedding dresses for others, no matter how hard they work, and can only be regarded as the gods of wealth.

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But having said that, whether it is sad or not depends on who you compare it to.

If compared with Deputy Director Kaga, another co-conspirator in operating the awards, Mihara Masahiro's current situation is actually pretty good.

Although he missed the real treasure without knowing it, at least he felt happy in his heart, and his family was harmonious, and his husband and wife were of the same mind.

The two couples are greedy and calculating, but in the end they are like-minded in pursuing money together.

And this is much better than Mr. and Mrs. Kaga, an old man and a young wife, living in the same bed but having different dreams.

In fact, although Ning Weimin fulfilled his promise, in return he gave Director Kaga and his wife what they needed - funding for them to open a beauty salon of their own.

But sometimes "getting" will lead to new problems.

Just like the Kaga couple, although the couple's economic conditions have greatly improved as a result.

The income they get from it is much higher than Deputy Director Kaga's income at TBS.

Moreover, Mrs. Kaga Isako finally has her own business and no longer has to ask for money from her husband.

But the original contradictions between the couple did not reduce, but the internal rifts intensified unconsciously, which was absolutely unexpected by everyone at the beginning.

For no other reason, it was because the profit of the beauty salon was too high.

In addition to receiving more than 200 million membership fees immediately after opening.

After the official opening, it has maintained a profit of tens of millions every month.

This kind of income is so high that Isaoko has already thought that she can no longer rely on her husband and can be completely independent in finance and life.

It is so high that Isaoko has shifted the focus of her life from her family and husband to the beauty salon business. She is no longer content to be a housewife, and thinks that her husband is far less important than her side job.

This will naturally make her husband, Deputy Director Kaga, dissatisfied, and even hurt his self-esteem.

This is by no means alarmist. After all, it is a Japanese society where male chauvinism prevails, not to mention that Deputy Director Kaga is over 60 years old.

Although he loves money, he has always been in a dilemma about the balance of property between his two daughters and his new wife.

But what he values ​​most is that his old age can be peaceful and well taken care of.

But now he feels that his life is completely out of balance.

Not only is he gradually losing everything he needs, it is very likely that if the situation gets worse, even his reputation and marriage will be in jeopardy. You can imagine the anger and panic in his heart.

And he also regrets it very much and misses the relatively stable marriage in the past.

To be honest, the disharmony in the life of an old man and a young wife is indeed objective from the beginning, not to mention that it is a marriage in the middle of life.

Apart from other things, the problem is very big from the most basic diet.

Because the young wife has a good stomach and is used to rushing when going to school and work, bread and coffee are indispensable in daily life, not only for breakfast, but also for dinner.

But Deputy Director Kaga has never liked to eat bread, especially the French baguette that looks like a log.

Old-fashioned Japanese like him only eat rice, and have miso soup and rice for breakfast.

When eating rice and feeling uncomfortable in the stomach, add 30% wheat, which tastes very delicious.

This is the living habit of a man like him, and this kind of meal is naturally to be cooked by his wife.

Although Isako dislikes this kind of troublesome and rustic meal, she has been fulfilling her wife's duties for a long time.

In return, in addition to buying some expensive gifts for his little wife, Director Kaga will also try his best to seize the opportunity to go abroad to give his wife a vacation to satisfy the vanity of women.

Even when traveling abroad, they also have different interests.

For example, when he went to Basel, Switzerland for a cultural exchange meeting last year, Director Kaga brought his wife with him.

During his meeting, Isako hired a tour guide and visited the Young Woman Peak, Lake Constance and other scenic spots.

After the three-day meeting, they took a car to visit Lausanne, Geneva, Annecy, climbed Mont Blanc, and toured the Lyon area.

Then they flew to Paris, where they stayed for a week for sightseeing and shopping.

Then they went to Nice, a seaside resort in southern France, to take a sea bath and play roulette in the casino in Monaco.

In total, they lost about 1,200 US dollars.

Wherever Isako went, she was welcomed by men.

Especially in Rome and Venice, she was treated like a star by Italian young men.

Although she could only speak a few words of English, she did not feel inconvenienced.

When she did not understand, the other party expressed it in Japanese.