Chapter 1,170 Passing the Level(1/2)
I dare Teresa Teng to become addicted to fried puffer fish.
Even if there is a lot of momentum around the dining table, the plates of puffer fish are piled high.
Although both Ning Weimin and Zhou Mumin were full, they both said they didn't want any more.
But Teresa Teng is far from satisfying her appetite.
Her appetite is unmatched by men.
So I finished the twenty-fifth time and quickly ordered the twenty-sixth time.
As a result, Teresa Teng was not able to wait for her beloved fried puffer fish this time, but instead the waitress came and apologized with an uneasy and ashamed look on her face.
"I'm really sorry, distinguished guest, our store has no fried puffer fish. Due to the relatively small amount of ingredients brought in today, there are only twenty puffer fish in total. You have consumed twelve puffer fish here alone. Currently, the puffer fish is indeed
It’s all used up. I’m so sorry.”
"Oh, I see?"
Faced with this scene, Teresa Teng could only look at the empty plate in front of her with great regret.
Then he responded pitifully and put down the chopsticks in his hand without saying anything.
However, compared to her regret and helplessness, Funaki Minoru, who was burping and relishing the delicious puffer fish, could be said to be completely satisfied, did not stay relaxed for a while.
Because it didn't take long when the waitress brought the bill.
It was the turn of the president of Taurus Palace to be so anxious that his head was covered with sweat.
For no other reason than because at this stage the contract between Teresa Teng and Taurus Records is as follows:
Teresa Teng was responsible for all the production expenses related to the recording, and all expenses during her activities in Japan were paid by Taurus Palace.
For example, Teresa Teng pays for the use of the recording studio and the rental of audio and video equipment.
After the royalties are obtained from the sale of the records, Taurus Palace will pay these fees back to Teresa Teng and of course also pay the royalties from Teresa Teng's singing.
Therefore, precisely because of this contract, Teresa Teng was able to take her own initiative and take her songs to her friend Mai Lingzhi's recording studio for production.
Because of this contract, it stands to reason that the cost of operating awards for Teresa Teng should be paid by Taurus Records.
Although Ning Weimin took the initiative to take charge of this matter, he paid for it.
But as the biggest beneficiary after Teresa Teng won the award, it was reasonable and reasonable that the Taurus Palace should provide the money for the treat, otherwise it would be too shameful.
As a result, when it was time to pay the bill, the number on the bill was far beyond Funaki's expectation. When he saw it, he was stunned.
He simply suspected that he had seen it wrong.
The bill is clearly visible! It actually says the price is about 590,000 yen!
However, the content is clear and not too complicated.
For example, the sea bream fish sashimi and mountain product hot pot that I later ordered for Keiko Matsumoto totaled 50,000 yen.
The sake the four of them drank was more than 30,000 yen.
The other 498,000 yen was all spent on fried puffer fish.
Doing the math, the four of us should have eaten a total of 83 portions of fried puffer fish during this meal. That portion of fried puffer fish is 6,000 yen.
In this day and age, this is undoubtedly a huge sum of money.
This is equivalent to eating up the bonus of 4,000 US dollars or 30,000 RMB in one meal.
It should be said that Funaki Minoru had a great time eating just now, but this exaggerated figure was something he did not expect.
However, what made him even more embarrassed was not that it was expensive. It wasn't that he couldn't afford the reception fee, but that he didn't bring enough money with him.
The funds he brought out from the company that day were only 500,000 yen, which was packed in an envelope.
I thought that this amount of money was enough. No matter how much I ate, it was impossible for one person to eat 100,000 yen.
So he didn't take his personal wallet and simply put it in a drawer in the company office.
But how could he have expected that Teresa Teng would not act according to common sense at all.
This diva actually doesn’t even read the menu and just orders puffer fish over and over again.
If you do this, you won't end up eating too much.
Needless to say, at this time, Funaki Minoru just wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.
Especially when he saw Teresa Teng looking at him like an innocent child, urging him to pay the bill, he felt more and more like an ant on a hot pot.
In order to prevent the few people present from seeing his embarrassment, he quickly covered his face with a smile and said, "Sorry, I want to go to the bathroom."
Following an idea, he stood up and said to the waitress, "I still have something to explain to your shopkeeper. Please take me to the counter."
After following the waitress out, Minoru Funaki quietly called the record company from the public phone in the store, hoping to ask his subordinates to send money immediately for emergency relief.
However, Ning Weimin is really a good person.
Not only did he have a similar experience in his previous life for a treat, but he also had a good eye and was shocked by the price of the bill at a glance.
It was not difficult for him to guess the reason for Minoru Funaki's abnormal expression and what he would do next with just a little movement of his mind.
He also understood that this was a great opportunity to further invest in favors and what he should do.
So he waited until Minoru Funaki left, and said he was going for convenience, leaving Matsumoto Keiko with Teresa Teng, and then quietly followed him away.
When Minoru Funaki was on the phone at the counter, he stepped forward and took out his credit card to pay for the bill.
By the time Funaki Minoru realized that he was paying the bill for himself, it was already too late.
Not only was he shocked, he felt extremely ashamed and apologized profusely on the spot.
Needless to say, how could Ning Weimin, who came to help in times of need, make it difficult for Minoru Funaki?
This matter was revealed in an understatement.
"Hey, President Funaki, you are so unreasonable. What does it matter who pays the bill? I had a lot of fun today, and that is the most important thing. Besides, with the cooperative relationship between us, I am afraid we will eat together often in the future. Funaki
If the president wants to treat us, then we have to wait for another day. Are we still afraid that we won’t have the chance?"
This immediately relieved Funaki Minoru's mental pressure and saved face.
I have to say that Ning Weimin is indeed a wise and emotionally intelligent businessman. His words are like the "salt" in interpersonal relationships. They may seem ordinary, but they can turn decay into magic.
For Minoru Funaki at this time, Ning Weimin's simple words sent to him on the steps were really better than thousands of sweet words.
Japanese are human beings too!
Especially as a man, everything is self-explanatory.
All in all, this meal was quite different from what everyone originally imagined.
There were many small accidents and episodes during the meal, which distorted the atmosphere several times, but the final ending was quite satisfactory.
Regardless of the price of this meal, it will still be amazing even thirty years later!
Indeed, only Japan’s economic bubble period would lead to such incredible prices!
But it cannot be denied that as a business banquet, this meal was not only not in vain, but also quite meaningful.
In fact, each of the four people who participated gained much more than they expected.
I just don’t know if this should be attributed to this economic bubble and should be understood as a miracle brought about by the bubble economy.
But having said that, no matter what, when it comes to his marriage, Ning Weimin should really be grateful to this bubble, which like a tornado has stirred up the extravagant wind of Japanese society.
Otherwise, how could he, who was good at making money, use his financial advantage to offset the disadvantage of his family background?
How about entering the house as a Chinese and walking upright to Matsumoto Keiko's parents?
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January 25, 1987 was the day when Ning Weimin formally visited Matsumoto Keiko’s parents.
The reason he was able to reach this point was actually all thanks to the help of his future mother-in-law.
Because since that meeting at Shiseido, Tsuneko and her daughter Keiko have quietly stood together, secretly worrying about their affairs.
Chang Zi can be called the best assistant. Not only does she behave in various ways in front of her husband, she often speaks good things about Ning Weimin and brainwashes Han Yingming with her words every day.
Moreover, he also introduced trolley cases and Chinese handicrafts from Ning Weimin into his home bit by bit, impressing Han Yingming with real objects.
In this way, Han Yingming finally agreed reluctantly and promised to give Ning Weimin a chance to meet.
At the same time, Chang Zi also revealed Han Yingming's preferences to Ning Weimin secretly.
You know, this is the peak period of this unprecedented bubble, and almost everything in Japanese society is being blown away by the increasingly dazzling wind of luxury.
Not only various assets, famous brands, and consumer demand, but also greedy human nature and vain hearts.
So when I learned that my prospective father-in-law also had a hobby of collecting pots and dishes.
Not only did he have a lot of such things collected in his home, but he also recently became obsessed with golf. Ning Weimin used his money skills to make special preparations for this meeting.
In addition to using Mihara Masahiro's social connections, he spent a lot of money to buy a tea bowl worth millions of yen made by a famous artist as a gift to meet his prospective father-in-law.
He also borrowed flowers to offer to Buddha, and planned to transfer the New Year gift given to him by Nomura Securities to his future father-in-law.
It was a set of Honma Golf's top-quality "golden clubs" worth 850,000 yen.
To be continued...