While they were talking, Maria and the public relations lady who had just accompanied Kenichi Sagawa also came over.
I have to say that Maria is indeed a qualified mother-in-law, especially good at observing words and emotions.
Even though the store was so busy, she had been taking care of all the customers. She still had a panoramic view of the tables of Ning Weimin and Sachuan, and kept an eye on their activities.
There is no doubt that when they were talking about business just now, Maria deliberately did not come over to say hello, just for fear of disturbing them.
Now, as soon as she noticed that the atmosphere of their conversation had changed subtly, and both of them relaxed, she immediately brought them back.
He also brought a large fruit plate and some dried fruits, which Ning Weimin liked.
Maria knows very well that her boss is not used to Japanese dried fish and other things that go with wine, so she will give special attention to it.
Maria first put the things on the table and set them up, then smiled gently and said, "The store is too busy for the poor hospitality. Please forgive me, the president and Sagawa-san."
Following the PR lady, they sat down next to each other.
As for Mama-san, who was still relatively unfamiliar to her, Sagawa Kenichi did not dare to be rude and kept being polite.
Not to mention that the mamasangs in Ginza are all characters related to Japan's upper-class figures. They are all human beings and are not easy to offend.
As for the relationship between Maria and Ning Weimin, Sagawa Kenichi is actually a little unsure.
Yes, on the surface Ning Weimin is just a shareholder of "Chixia", but the question is where in Tokyo can such a kind-hearted rich man fund a woman to open a club in Ginza for nothing?
As far as Sagawa Kenichi knows, the wealthy people who can do this usually do it for the sake of both people and wealth, and find someone to open a shop for themselves to make money and maintain an outhouse.
Especially for someone like Ning Weimin, who has earned hundreds of billions of yen in a short period of time. The money earned from this kind of business is no longer attractive, so why would he use it? Say what?
Therefore, Sagawa Jianyi did not dare to disrespect Maria, a beautiful and eloquent woman, and even regarded her as Ning Weimin's concubine.
Although Ning Weimin and Maria never acted too intimately in front of others, he could not believe that their private relationship was completely innocent.
After all, Maria’s treatment of Ning Weimin can still be seen to be different. Just because she immediately put all Ning Weimin’s favorite food on the small plate for herself, her attentiveness and enthusiasm were similar to that of Ning Weimin. She knows how different she is from treating other guests.
Yes, this can also be said to be flattery to the boss, but based on his feeling, Sagawa Kenichi still thinks it has something else to it.
What's more, if he thinks about it, even if the two people don't have that kind of relationship for the time being, they can't predict the future.
Because in Japan, once a person has great wealth and social status, it is inevitable to have a lover.
This has become a consensus with a social basis.
Even if Ning Weimin marries the "most beautiful woman", he will get tired of it sooner or later.
And even if the wife of the wife finds out about this kind of thing, she will not do anything. She will only criticize herself for not taking good care of her husband.
After all, in Japan, a mistress is just a mistress, a shady existence. Apart from feelings, it is just a financial relationship.
Even if she gives birth to a child, it will still be an illegitimate child and will never threaten the status of the head wife.
If a wife divorces her husband because of this, she will be regarded as a fool.
In short, in Sagawa Kenichi's heart, sooner or later, Ning Weimin and Maria would sleep in the same bed.
As a sultry middle-aged man who claims to have understood the truth of life, he just waits and waits to see what happens in this world.
“Maria is here, I haven’t seen her for more than a month, and she is getting more and more beautiful.”
As expected, Ning Weimin also showed a certain sense of intimacy.
He didn't mind that Maria sat down next to him, and with a smile, he opened his handbag, took out a pink box, and pushed it in front of Maria.
"I brought something. Do you women like it?"
"Oh, Dior's perfume, did the president buy it for me from France?"
Looking at the content on the package, Maria immediately showed a look of surprise, and the female publicist next to her also said "Wow" in agreement.
But just when everyone thought Ning Weimin was giving gifts to please Maria, the plot took a completely different direction.
Because like magic, Ning Weimin took out six or seven boxes from his handbag one after another, and they were all the same thing.
Now everyone knew something was wrong, because this is not how you coax a woman with gifts.
Who would buy so many of the same perfume without opening a store?
And the most important thing when giving a gift is that it must be beautifully packaged to show your sincerity.
All Ning Weimin brought out was the product packaging.
And thinking about it further, for a wealthy man like Ning Weimin, even giving such a gift of more than 10,000 yen to Maria is still a bit stingy.
With his worth and his status as Maria Ginza Mama-san, he would have to give him at least ten or two hundred thousand yen in jewelry, or a hundreds of thousands of yen in designer bags.
Usually, wealthy customers give more than one bottle of brand-name perfume to their favorite female publicist.
"Oh, that's the case. Today I went to Tan Gong Restaurant to talk about things. My people said that when the stock market crash happened, the operation of Tan Gong Restaurant was also affected to a certain extent. Thanks to Chixia's I have a list of people to help keep the popularity going. Maria, please help me pass these little things to them.”
Yes, in fact, this was the reason why Ning Weimin brought these things.
They had just come from Tan Palace. After sending Guo Kefeng away, before leaving Tan Palace, he asked Bian Gang how the Tan Palace Tokyo branch was doing during his absence.
After listening to Bian Gang talk about the business situation in the past month, I decided to express my gratitude by sending some gifts this time.
It happened that he came back from France with almost a plane full of French goods. Perfume was the most convenient thing to give as a gift. He got a box and stuffed it in the trunk of his car, so he followed the list given by Bian Gang. , put a few bottles in his briefcase and brought them.
At this point, others present finally understood what was going on.
But even though things went astray, Ning Weimin certainly wouldn't let Maria feel really embarrassed, and it was even more impossible for several female publicists to think of her, but forget about her as a mother.
So he continued to smile and said, "Of course, Maria, I have already prepared your gift. During my absence, Chixia was able to run so well, and it's all thanks to your hard work." , I can’t forget to thank you. But to be honest, the gifts I brought you are too much, so I will arrange for someone to deliver them to you tomorrow.” br>
What Ning Weimin said was not entirely false.
Just when he looked around, he found that every table in Chixia Nightclub had wine glasses filled with brandy and whiskey glasses mixed with drinking water.
There should be at least three or four guests on the table with fewer people, and about ten guests at most on the table with more people.
Everyone was chatting and laughing around the table, and the waitresses entertained them. The sounds of laughter, fighting, and conversation merged together, like a heat wave or steam rising from a cauldron, billowing in the diffuse smoke.
The guests are basically middle-aged and above, and the guests in the center are basically old men sitting upright, all of them leisurely and contented.
Beside them were some beautiful service girls.
The densely packed tabletop looks like countless constellations, dressing up the store as a beautiful and vast universe.
Such a lively scene not only shows that the golden ticket is huge, but the turnover in one night is probably going to hit a new high.
Furthermore, it has been stated that Chixia’s business is not doing well. There is obviously insufficient space and further expansion is needed.
Even now that the stock market crash has passed, it is beyond Ning Weimin's surprise that the company can operate to this extent.
He was indeed right. Maria was the most outstanding person he had ever seen in terms of business management in Ginza, even Axia was far inferior.
"Oh, is that so? Let me just say, no one will forget me if the president forgets me. However, if I don't like the gift the president gives me, then I won't say thank you falsely Yes. I will ask for additional compensation then.”
After hearing Ning Weimin's explanation, Maria deliberately showed a mixture of joy and resentment.
This made Kenichi Sagawa, who was watching silently, feel even more interesting, like Hideko Takamine in the old movie "When a Woman Climbs the Stairs" flirting with her favorite guest.
Don't talk about him now. As long as you are not blind, as long as you are a human being, you can almost see that Maria is different from Ning Weimin, and she definitely means that.
So even the female publicist wisely stopped talking and just watched Ning Weimin's reaction quietly.
But what they didn't understand the most was this. Ning Weimin seemed to be completely indifferent to Maria's hint of friendship and refused to cooperate at all.
He didn't coddle her at all, he just said it in a very gentle tone.
"If you don't like it, then just give it back to me. I'm not forcing you to like it."
That's not all, then, Ning Weimin even said More scary words are coming.
"As for the additional compensation you mentioned, it actually makes no sense, because I have prepared another big gift for you. How about one hundred and fifty boxes of Hennessy? If it is digested from your store, How long will it take to sell out?”
“Ah, one hundred and fifty boxes of Hennessy?”
"Yeah, seventy boxes of XO, eighty boxes of VSOP."
"Ah, this...how sudden..." Maria covered her mouth with her hand, no matter how knowledgeable she was, I never thought that Ning Weimin would suddenly say such a thing.
And this kind of thing involves many aspects, so she had to think more about it, "President, please forgive me, I would like to ask..."
Ning Weimin seemed to have seen it. Allaying her concerns, "Don't worry, the wine is all genuine and tax-paid. That's all It’s really impossible to be true that the LVMH headquarters shipped the goods to me directly.”
“That’s too much.” Maria thought about it seriously. It can only digest forty boxes at most, for a total of eighty boxes..."
"Are you sure?" Ning Weimin looked at Maria a little funny. He didn't expect that Maria would bargain with him.
However, Maria insisted on explaining, "I'm sorry, President, if Chixia still wants to maintain a good business, we can't take over too many foreign wines from you. I have calculated this batch of wine. Yes, even if there are forty boxes of each item, it will cost at least 10 million yen, and it will also offend the foreign wine merchants who supply it. We are now selling wine from Asahiya. They are a relatively large beverage supplier in Ginza. Because we purchase a lot of goods, they allow us to extend the payment deadline for three months. I'm afraid..."
"Who told you this. You need to pay for the drinks.”
“What? It’s a lie, right?” Maria couldn’t believe it.
“What’s weird about this? These goods were originally given to me by the person in charge of the Moet Hennessy brand. I didn’t spend a penny at all. I only paid for the charter flight and customs tax. That’s all, I brought the wine back. After I got it back, I sent the wine to the warehouse for storage. I want to drink the wine myself, so how long will it take to drink it? Go? It's better to give it to you and sell it to customers, which will make more money for all of us. I won't ask you for a single yen. If I can sell the wine through Chixia as soon as possible, I will be satisfied. To tell you the truth, the total number of this batch of wine is more than 200 boxes, and these 150 boxes are the number after they are divided among the several restaurants I am responsible for.”
When Ning Weimin said this, not only Maria was confused.
"Ah? Is the person in charge of the Moët Hennessy brand your good friend? So many high-end drinks , Is it for free?”
The female publicist couldn’t help but raise her own questions.
"Oh, my God, you...you came back on a chartered flight...you are the only guest on the entire plane..."
Although Sagawa Kenichi did not dare to say anything, But I was also stunned, and my brain was a little down.
There is no way, based on their knowledge, that is, poverty limits imagination.
Of course they don’t know the inside story of this matter. They don’t know how much Ning Weimin helped Alain Chevalier. They don’t know that it’s all because of Ning Weimin’s actions in the capital market that he was able to save his life. Save LV and MH from falling into the hands of jackals.
Based on this favor, what’s the point of ordering a drink?
Can it match the value of Alain Chevalier’s son occupying a board member of LVMH?
"How about it? Do you want the free one? If you insist on only eighty boxes, then I will give the rest to others." Ning Weimin asked Maria jokingly again.
Finally, Maria's face turned red with embarrassment, and she quickly lowered her head and thanked you, "Thank you so much. I really can't refuse such a gift."
That's right, free drinks without having to restock. Who doesn't like that?
This not only means huge profits, but also means that the resulting profits do not need to pay various taxes generated by operations because they will not leave traces on the accounts. The tax inspection department of the Japanese government I can't even find it out even if I want to.
However, there were still sequelae. Maria's slightly frowned brow made Ning Weimin aware of this.
His mind became clearer and he immediately understood why, "Are you still worried about the attitude of that foreign wine retailer?"
"Yeah, I can't hide it from you. The supplier knew best how much cognac Chixia could sell at that time. I'm afraid there will be some cracks in the future because of this incident."
But no. Thinking of Ning Weimin's understatement, "But He's just a foreign wine merchant. If I were to tell you that you and them are destined to have a more serious conflict of interest, would you still care about offending them? "
"What do you mean?"
“I might as well do this As agreed, I don’t care whether you sell this batch of wine to Chixia’s customers, sell it to other stores in Ginza, or sell it to customers with the help of a public relations lady. Anyway, if you can sell this batch of wine to customers in one place. Sell it within a month and I will help you fight for it Obtain the secondary agency for LVMH’s wine. Mama, it’s time to test your ability and connections...”
“What? You mean, let me be Hennessy’s wine agent? ”
"Yes, there is also Moët & Chandon, and there will be more wines in the future. You can set up a company in Ginza at first, and if you have success, let's talk about Tokyo, and eventually it may even be all over Japan. In short, you have an advantage in the wine business, how about it? ? Want to try Do you want to fight for it?”
“But, it’s good, but... can you decide this kind of thing?”
“Haha, you still can’t. Do you question my promise? Then I'll just tell you. , I am now one of the major shareholders of LVMH. I went to France this time to discuss cooperation with LVMH. I can’t disclose it before I leave, but it doesn’t matter much now. Have you forgotten what I said just now? ·Hennessy brand The person in charge has a good relationship, so I won’t promise easily if I’m not sure.”
“Ah! This...this...”
It’s not Versailles, Ning Weimin is just stating the facts. Yet his words were so Versailles.
So many people around him almost stared at him, feeling that his body was glowing with golden light. (End of this chapter)