Chapter 1269: Sophisticated
It can be said that the above two points are mainly contributed by the auction company.
As for Masahiro Mihara, the monetary cost he has to pay actually lies in how to obtain a stable supply of goods.
Based on the terms he and Somei have negotiated, it is estimated that he will have to pay 400 million to 600 million yen to buy out Somei's paintings in the next three years.
Of course this amount of money is not a small amount, and in fact he can'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 is very cunning and has thought of a wonderful way, which is to find another person to cooperate and transfer the financial risk to others, making himself 100% safe.
The person he fell in love with was Ning Weimin.
So after sending away his accomplices from the two auction houses, 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?"
"Pretend it. Things."
"What to pack?"
"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 was not over yet, and then he took out another thing, which was a large jar of the same texture.
Because of their weird appearance, complicated decoration, flamboyant patterns, and green patina, these two things were incompatible with the clean, simple, bright and open environment of the house, and they were immediately disliked by the director's wife.
“Oh, husband. 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 this by asking the two auctioneers just now. They are all Chinese antiques. I heard that it comes from the collection of an old Chinese family. Thanks to a favor, I bought it for the internal price of 500,000 yen. "
However, Mihara Masahiro's words still did not win the loyalty of his wife.
The lady's contempt remains unchanged.
"Ah, husband. Please stop joking. What kind of Chinese antiquities are collected by a Chinese family? It sounds like a big deal. But if it is really a good thing, why are two pieces worth only 500,000 yen? You have always collected paintings, but you don’t understand these things. You won’t let people from auction houses deceive you 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 things, 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. President Ning, do you think it’s appropriate? President Ning likes Chinese antiques the most. He must know the goods.”
Mihara Masahiro is still certain, and his explanation does make some sense. The lady 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 500,000 yen to give a gift of one million yen. It is really a good deal, cheap and cheap. Hi. But after all the effort to give you such a gift, are you sure that President Ning will agree to your request? We need hundreds of millions of yen. Doesn’t it seem sincere to give such a gift? Isn’t it enough? What if they don’t agree?”
“Don’t worry, President Ning is a smart man, otherwise he wouldn’t be able to make so much money alone in Japan. He is also an expert, so it is impossible for him to be unaware of the recent prices of those paintings. I am not using his money in vain. It is a good thing to make money easily. I asked him to become a partner, and he had no reason to refuse. In fact, the gift was just a courtesy. It’s just a sign of goodwill..."
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.
"What's more, 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 the Miss Matsumoto he wants to marry is not at all worthy of being a newlywed wife. I don't mind this matter. Besides, I remember that Ms. Matsumoto also seems to like singing, but she hasn't been selected for the Record Awards. Otherwise, you can reveal your intention to Ms. Matsumoto in private tomorrow. I advise her to record a new album. No matter what her results are, I can guarantee that she will win a gold medal, which will fulfill her wish.”
Don’t say it, a woman is a woman. She lacked a sense of the overall situation, but from the perspective of a jealous woman, the director's wife really did not need a heavy hammer, and she immediately 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 still have a keen eye. As long as there is desire, he is someone we can use Ah. As long as she still wants to use the record award to prove her singing skills, we still have the trump card to control them. The worst is to make another private deal. "
But women are women after all. Things are still relatively quick and easy, 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 given 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. It's more than 100 million. President Ning's luck is really amazing. For him, he got the big prize without spending any money, and he made a small profit. This is too much. I feel uncomfortable when I think about this."
Fortunately, Mihara Masahiro was clear about this, and he didn't let his wife do anything wrong.
“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, this time I It will be easier for him to agree if you talk to him. You might as well think about it again. It is 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, so that at least he can get something out of it. There are still millions of benefits to be gained, right? We are now high-class people who make money from art, so the most important thing is to convince President Ning to come up with the money and form a partnership. , after accomplishing this big thing, what else will matter. At that time, even if I retire early and give up my seat, it will be nothing. My wife, have you ever thought about owning billions or tens of billions? What will our life be like after acquiring assets? If we can successfully sell all the paintings in our hands, then we will be able to travel around the world, live in a single-family villa, have our own housekeeper and maid, and be able to do it from time to time. It’s possible to start a life of drinking parties or dances. It’s even possible that we can move our family to Qingshan.”
The director’s wife’s enthusiasm was really ignited by his description, and she was very happy. Put your palms together in longing.
“Oh, hubby, 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 in addition to being a wife of a director and a wife of a composer, I can add the name of a collector’s wife and an art connoisseur’s wife, then I will really have no regrets in this life, even for our children and grandchildren. She will be proud of us and become a truly famous queen.”
"Haha, that's true. So tomorrow, we will work together to convince the newlywed couple."
At this point, Mihara Masahiro and his wife Liulizi laughed unbridled. , as if the bright future is already within their grasp.
It should be said that this Mihara Masahiro is really an old fox who eats people but never spits out their bones.
He is actually brave and scheming, and wants to feed on the nouveau riche who are in the early stages of nourishing 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 elation was based on his not knowing the true value of the two things he gave to Ning Weimin.
If a few years later, he wants to know that what he gave away casually is the important late Shang artifacts of China that are living in a foreign country - "San Fang Lei" and "Owl Zun".
If he wants 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 with.
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. Kaga and his wife, 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 Kagami 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 in TBS.
And Kaga’s wife, Isako, finally has her own business and no longer has to ask for money from her husband.
However, the original conflicts between the husband and wife not only did not reduce, but the internal rifts unknowingly intensified. This was definitely something that no one expected at the beginning.
Not for anything else, just because the profits of beauty salons are too high.
In addition to receiving more than 200 million in membership fees immediately after opening.
After the official opening, it has maintained profits of tens of millions every month.
This kind of income is so high that Isako already thinks that she no longer needs to rely on her husband, and that she can be completely independent in finance and life.
It was so high that Isako had shifted the focus of her life from her family and her husband to her career in the beauty salon. She no longer felt comfortable being a housewife and believed that her husband was far less important than her side business.
This will naturally make her husband, Deputy Director Kaga, feel dissatisfied and even hurt his self-esteem.
This is by no means alarmist. After all, it is a Japanese society where male chauvinism is prevalent, 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 adequately taken care of.
And now he feels that his life is completely out of balance.
Not only is everything he needs gradually lost, but if this situation continues to get worse, his reputation and marriage may also be in jeopardy. One can imagine the anger and fear he feels in his heart.
And he also regretted it immensely and missed the generally stable marriage situation in the past.
To be honest, the disharmony in the lives of an old husband and a young wife has indeed existed objectively from the beginning, not to mention that it is a halfway marriage.
If nothing else, the problem is huge when it comes to the most basic diet.
The young wife has a good stomach and is used to rushing for school and work. Bread and coffee are essential items in daily life, not only for breakfast, but also for dinner.
But Deputy Director Kaga has never liked bread, and he especially hates French baguettes that look like logs.
Old-school Japanese like him only eat rice, and have miso soup and rice for breakfast.
When you feel upset after eating rice, mix in 30% wheat, which makes it taste delicious.
This is the living habit of a person like him, and this kind of meal must be cooked by his wife.
Although Isako is disgusted with this troublesome and rustic meal, she has been fulfilling her duties as a wife for a long time.
In return, Director Kaga will not only buy some expensive gifts for his young wife, but also try his best to get opportunities to go overseas to give his wife a holiday to satisfy the woman's vanity.
But even when traveling abroad, they have different interests.
For example, last year when I went to Basel, Switzerland for a cultural exchange meeting, Director Kaga and his wife accompanied him.
During his meeting, Isako hired a tour guide himself and visited the Young Woman Peak, Lake Constance and other scenic spots.
After the three-day meeting, they took a bus to visit Lausanne, Geneva, Annecy, climbed Mount Blanc, and toured the Lyon area.
Then we flew to Paris, where we stayed for a week for sightseeing and shopping.
Then we went to Nice, a seaside resort in the south of France, to take a sea bath and play roulette in a casino in Monaco.
A total loss of about twelve hundred dollars was made.
Everywhere Isako went, she was welcomed by men.
Especially in Rome and Venice, he was treated like a star by the Italian youth.
Although I only speak a few words in English, I didn’t feel inconvenienced.
When he didn't understand, the other party expressed it in Japanese.