Chapter 1318 Good Son-in-law
Because he didn’t know enough about Ning Weimin, the Chinese son-in-law, and because Ning Weimin himself had too many secrets that went against common sense.
Han Yingming and his wife came to the capital this time. They were upset because Ning Weimin did not come to pick him up in person, and they had some bad misunderstandings about their son-in-law. There was nothing they could do about it.
But having said that, they still care about their daughter's happy marriage, far more than they care about their own face.
Since their daughter is already married to someone else, no matter what, they don't want the young couple to have conflicts so soon.
The life-or-death love before marriage suddenly turned into a cold and distant relationship with no more passion.
Marriage is not a child’s play and needs to be taken seriously.
What they fear most is that young people do not know how to cherish and just blindly "follow their feelings".
When it is good, everything is good; when it is bad, everything is bad.
When the passion subsides and the novelty is gone, there is no longer any will to maintain emotions and run a marriage.
This situation is not uncommon now.
In fact, a new word has begun to appear in Japan to specifically refer to this situation, called "Narita divorce."
Narita is Tokyo in Tokyo and is the largest international airport in Japan.
Many Japanese people like to travel abroad for their honeymoon when they get married, so Narita Airport has naturally become a must-stop for many newlyweds.
When these newlyweds departed from Narita Airport, they were all happy and smiling, but when they returned from their honeymoon trip abroad, they returned to Narita Airport again.
Because during the honeymoon trip, some trivial matters in the newlyweds' life habits exposed the shortcomings of both parties and caused discord. Some couples were already embarrassed.
The phenomenon of filing for divorce after finally arriving at Narita Airport is called "Narita divorce."
The reason why this happens frequently in Japan today is not only related to Japan’s social structure, but also to the unprecedented economic bubble that Japan is currently experiencing.
Yes, Japan is a society that values men.
Even though there is now a gender equality law, women cannot compete equally with men in jobs and careers.
Most women still follow the traditional lifestyle. They usually quit their jobs after getting married and having children and become professional housewives at home.
So for Japanese women, finding a man they can rely on is a top priority.
“Choose good trees to live on” is particularly important, as it is related to happiness in the rest of your life.
It is precisely for this reason that Japanese unmarried girls do administrative work in companies, which is both relaxing and without responsibility.
Although he does not earn as much as men, because he relies on his husband to support him after marriage, he does not have the burden of saving money and can use all the money he earns for his own enjoyment without any scruples.
Buy designer clothes, travel, etc.
Coupled with the blessing of the economic bubble, office workers in this era have very good wages and more and more bonuses and various subsidies that can be used for consumption.
Even if it is normal for a new female employee to receive a bonus of fifty to one million yen,
Especially due to the continued appreciation of the yen, for Japanese people, domestic travel is now often more expensive than Traveling overseas is even more expensive.
So in recent years, Japanese girls often take advantage of vacations or leave to travel overseas.
This allows many Japanese women to have multiple overseas travel experiences before getting married.
But conversely, there are far fewer Japanese men who have overseas travel experience before getting married.
Japanese young men generally have no money when they go to college. Although they have money after working in a company, they are juniors when they first join the company.
The hierarchical concept between seniors and juniors is rampant in Japanese companies and schools. New employees are bullied and bossed around by their seniors in the company, and all chores are overwhelming to the juniors, making them extremely busy.
Not only is it difficult to ask for leave in real life, but psychologically I don’t have the leisure and relaxation to travel overseas.
From this perspective, being a man in Japan is much harder than being a woman.
In addition, after the war, both the official and private parties in Japan encouraged the birth of boys, and the rate of male births in Japan continued to increase.
It reached its peak of 107:100 in 1966. So when these boys and girls in the 60-66 age group turn 20 and become adults, a phenomenon will inevitably occur. The ratio of marriageable men and women will be imbalanced, with more men and fewer women. .
This has led to the current situation that Japanese girls have much more choices in love and marriage, and their social status has also increased.
In Japan during the bubble era, the most important factor for a boy to pursue a girl is money. In the end, no one knows whether he will become a slave to money or a slave to his girlfriend.
But what is certain is that every one of those Japanese lickers knows that they need to save money for their wives, and they don’t dare to spend money on personal enjoyment as they please.
It is precisely because of these reasons that today's Japanese newlyweds are traveling for the first time. The groom is very easy to make a fool of himself in a foreign country because he does not understand the rules and has no experience.
These things can easily break the woman’s trust in the man.
When the bride suddenly discovers that her husband is acting cowardly outside during the journey, she will not only feel embarrassed, but also think that such a person must be unreliable, and thus come up with the idea of divorcing her as soon as possible and choosing another husband.
What's more, Japanese men don't care much about married women. As long as they are young and beautiful, it is not too difficult for Japanese women to find a new partner.
But once a woman has a "problem" and has children with a man, it will be more difficult to get married again.
So this makes many Japanese girls even more reluctant to look back once they have the idea of divorce and execute it without hesitation, for fear of missing the opportunity to regain happiness, which makes them appear very cold and ruthless.
In short, to put it bluntly, the main reason for Narita's divorce was that the groom was traveling abroad for the first time, but he brought a bride with rich overseas travel experience.
As the mother of Matsumoto Keiko, Han Changzi naturally knew that her daughter often went abroad due to work reasons.
I have even been to many places, including developed countries in Europe and the United States, and Keiko Matsumoto has already been there.
But Ning Weimin's trip to France this time was his first time.
And as the wife of the president, Han Changzi is also a very knowledgeable lady.
Of course she knows that Japanese living habits are very different from those in European and American countries. For example, in European and American countries, waiters are required to tip, but in Japan, there is no custom of tipping.
It is considered impolite for Europeans and Americans to make loud noises when eating, but Japanese people are not so particular about it. They will make louder noises when eating, especially when drinking soup.
The Japanese admire European and American culture. Today's young people generally choose European and American countries for their wedding travel, otherwise they will be looked down upon.
This makes many Japanese grooms who travel to Europe and the United States for the first time often end up in a mess because they do not know how to tip and do not understand European and American etiquette when eating.
For this reason, Han Changzi naturally thought about it based on reality. Could it be that the relationship between the young couple had a rift because of their honeymoon in France?
Not long after getting in the car, Han Changzi asked his daughter quietly, trying to find out whether there was any quarrel between them because of their honeymoon, and what their current relationship was like. .
"Qingzi, how did you and Amin enjoy your time in France? Did you enjoy your honeymoon?"
"Oh...it's okay, it's just those places, right?" For me, it’s actually not that new anymore.”
In Han Changzi's opinion, his daughter's first response was unusual.
Logically speaking, newlyweds who have just spent their honeymoon would not have such a bland reaction.
It should be a non-stop introduction to their travel experiences, the places they have traveled, the sights they have seen, the music they have listened to, the souvenirs they have bought, and even the things they have eaten and drank. . How could anyone be as uninterested as Qingzi, who seemed to have nothing to say?
After all, I am traveling with my newlywed husband. Even if I have already visited places, there will always be something worth recalling and leaving a lasting impression.
So Han Changzi asked again, "What about Amin? Does he like France? Since you have been there, have you acted as a qualified tour guide?"
"He is okay. We went to Cannes first. Later we went to Paris. We went to the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, the 5,000-meter beach, the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame and the banks of the Seine. We also took a lot of photos. It’s just a pity that we need help from others to take photos, so we don’t take many photos. Ah, by the way, we are not used to food. Amin doesn’t like those foods with too much cream and cheese more than me. He always complains about the lack of food in France. Hot food, we have to find a place with a kitchen next time we go back, so we can cook our own meals."
Matsumoto Keiko said more this time, but still didn't reveal anything to her parents. Expect to see excitement and excitement.
"That's all?" Han Changzi asked a little disappointed.
“That’s all!” Qingzi replied nonchalantly.
"You just visited these scenic spots? Did you take some photos? Like ordinary tourists? Didn't you have any special experiences? Nothing romantic?"
"Well, just like ordinary tourists. Same thing. I originally wanted to go out to sea on a yacht, but I had to give up because of scheduling problems. "What about other places? Venice, Italy?" Didn’t you take that boat? Have you been to Rome? Have you seen the Colosseum? And... the German castle? Amin and I both have important things to do in France, so we don’t have much free time. In fact, we haven’t gone anywhere else except France. Amin has been busy. In addition to meeting his boss, he also has a lot of unexpected things that he has to deal with, so it's a bit regretful that I would go shopping alone. If you want to play, I'm afraid I can only do it next time..."
At this point, Han Changzi looked at his daughter who was a little impatient by her interrogation and was speechless.
She was even more surprised that her daughter's honeymoon was spent like this.
My daughter was left alone by her new husband. This was even a worse situation than she imagined.
Originally, she wanted to ask her daughter how she and Ning Weimin were doing in the capital, and whether she had been wronged, but now she didn't want to ask.
Because she could already conclude without hesitation at this time that her daughter was probably emotionally alienated from Ning Weimin because she had been wronged during the honeymoon.
The two of them may have quarreled over this matter a long time ago, and they are still at odds with each other to this day.
Now my daughter is still pretending to be indifferent, as if it is nothing, but she is deliberately covering it up for fear that her parents will worry.
But precisely because of this, she felt sorry for her daughter.
"He...he...how could he do this to you? When can we see him? When I see him today, I must ask him face to face. Didn't he promise us that he would do this to you? Okay! Is this what he did? Why did he break his promise? Is he a liar?"
After holding back for a while, Han Changzi expressed his anger rarely.
She is indeed a soft-tempered and good-tempered person.
But having said that, women are weak by nature, but mothers are strong.
As a mother, no matter how weak she is, she can never watch her daughter being wronged like this without doing something.
If something like this happens just after getting married, then as time goes by, won’t your daughter suffer?
To be honest, Han Changzi's attitude at this time was that the more he spoke, the angrier and more excited he became.
She thought that no matter what, she had to have a good argument with Ning Weimin about this matter and ask him why he ignored his wife even during their honeymoon.
The result surprised even Han Yingming, who couldn't help but persuade his wife to calm down or at least control his temper first.
We haven’t even met anyone yet, so why get so angry on your own first!
If you want to get angry, you have to see Ning Weimin do it again, let this kid remember it, and see if he dares to treat their precious daughter like this again.
However, what was even more surprising was Keiko’s response.
She didn't seem to appreciate it. At this time, she actually opened her eyes wide and blamed her parents with a puzzled expression.
"Ah, Mom and Dad, what are you talking about? Amin didn't do anything wrong! Why are you so angry? With your attitude, I don't dare to let you see Amin. You will definitely scare him!"
Han Yingming and his wife were stunned and confused.
One asked, "Didn't you just say that he didn't accompany you in France and kept neglecting you..."
The other also asked, "That's right, you just said However, the honeymoon trip is really boring. Your son-in-law is not with you all day, and you are just shopping by yourself..."
"But...but Amin is indeed busy with very important things. In fact, he doesn't want to. In this way, he also wants to accompany me. But many things are important to me. He has to do it for me. You don’t know that he is really hard-working and very capable. Not only did Amin secure opportunities for me to attend red carpets and film screenings, but he also bought the film libraries of two French studios for me. In Paris, he also bought 25% of Yves Saint Laurent's shares. Give it to me. All the shares belong to my personal name. Thanks to Amin, I have become the only Asian shareholder of Yves Saint Laurent. From now on, I will be like the French star Catherine Deneuve. , I enjoy special treatment at Yves Saint Laurent. Not only are free high-end fashions and leather bags sent to me regularly, but I also receive regular invitations to Paris Fashion Week, and I can attend any Yves Saint Laurent press conference. , this is the privilege of the major shareholders..."
"What! What are you talking about! Is Amin so busy because of you? Do you mean that he can't accompany you because he is running for your career?"
"This is not obvious. Well, that’s what I’ve always told my mother.”
Matsumoto Keiko’s words forced Han Changzi to re-examine the matter, and his psychological dissatisfaction suddenly dissipated.
Yes, although the result is the same, if you say so, the nature is completely different.
Not only does this son-in-law not disappoint anyone, and there is no way to blame him, but he actually makes people feel happy.
Because Han Yingming is a businessman himself, his attention is of course easier to notice some practical problems and exact figures.
"Qingzi, what did Amin buy for you? The film libraries of the two studios? And... what shares?"
"It's the shares of Yves Saint Laurent. , a very famous haute couture clothing brand in France, no, in Europe. It should be similar to Dior, right? However, an old-school person like Dad probably won’t know.”
“He spent it. How much does it cost to buy these things?”
“I...I don’t know, it adds up to about 800 million, right?”
"You mean yen?"
"No, of course francs!"
"What? He spent so much money on you! Are you sure it was all his money?" ”
Han Yingming and his wife took a breath.
They thought they heard it wrong, and they even couldn’t believe it at all.
Because eight to nine billion francs is equivalent to more than 100 million U.S. dollars! Twelve billion yen!
This number probably greatly exceeds Han Yingming’s entire property!
But the problem is that Matsumoto Keiko still nodded very firmly.
"Well, that's right, almost the same amount. I also felt that it was too much money. I said no, but he insisted on giving it to me. I bought it as soon as I said it, and the contract was signed in just a few days. , I found a lawyer, and the legal fees alone cost several million francs!"
When Han Yingming and Han Changzi heard what their daughter said, they couldn't help but look at each other in shock.
Now they were really sure.
This son-in-law is so generous.
There is absolutely no way he is doing anything bad to his daughter. On the contrary, it is almost too good.
But a new question also posed before the old couple, how could Ning Weimin have so much money?
How young is he? How did he earn it?