National Tide 1980

May 13, France, Cannes, Barile Grande Albion Hotel.

The hotel manager diligently opened the door to the superior suite, and then enthusiastically introduced the facilities and features of the room in French.

Although as guests from Asia, Ning Weimin and Matsumoto Keiko couldn't understand it, but it didn't matter.

Because they entered with them, there was also a Japanese woman who was close to forty years old but quite short in stature, less than 1.45 meters, and then introduced them again in Japanese.

Especially the last few sentences made them very satisfied.

"...This is the room booked for you two. The living room and bedroom have balconies, and you can see the street view of the city center, especially at night, it is beautiful..."

"Um."

When Ning Weimin and Matsumoto Keiko walked in, the first thing they did was to follow the Japanese women's instructions and check in front of each window in the suite. They put their heads against the glass and looked left and right. Then they went to the balcony and leaned on the railings at each corner. Looking into the distance.

From this orientation, you can even see the Cannes Film Festival Palace at the port and the huge billboard hanging on the seaside.

"It's such a beautiful place," Keiko Matsumoto sighed, taking out her sunglasses and putting them on.

Her long hair and yellow dress were fluttering in the sea breeze, and the sun felt comfortable on her body.

Cannes has a pleasant climate. The average temperature in May is around 20 degrees, making it a good place for vacation.

Except for the fact that the house price has soared several times because of the film festival, everything else is very good.

"OK." Ning Weimin, who was wearing a white suit, nodded in approval, "Just this one, the room is very nice."

These days, "The Lover" starring Tony Leung Ka Fai has not yet been released, otherwise he would be mistaken for a handsome leading actor by French people who cannot recognize Asian faces.

Of course, it makes sense to say that he is similar to the dragon in "Year of the Dragon", since they are both white-clothed nichers anyway.

"Very good."

The Japanese woman clasped her hands and smiled happily, then called to the hotel manager and asked the waiters lined up outside the door to bring in the large suitcases one by one.

France is different from Japan in that there is a tradition of tipping in hotels and restaurants.

Ning Weimin followed the locals and was well prepared. He stood at the door and took out a wad of fifty franc notes to pay the tip.

I have to say that this handsome man and beautiful woman, this pair of guests from Asia, left a deep impression on the hotel service staff in terms of their appearance, demeanor, and generous tips.

However, after sending away the waiters and the hotel manager himself, Ning Weimin was extremely respectful towards this Japanese woman and sincerely expressed his gratitude.

For no other reason than because this little Japanese woman is not an ordinary translator, but Takada Mei, who has been with Pierre Cardon for many years and is his most trusted personal assistant.

"Takada-san, thank you very much for your help. We can settle in so well, thank you very much."

"It's nothing, please don't be polite. Mr. President chose the room for you, I didn't do anything."

Takada Mei's attitude is also extremely kind.

"Ah... By the way, Ning Sang, the thousand leaflets you need have been made. Do you need them sent here, or..."

"Just send it here. Thank you so much. I'm really sorry. I didn't expect Mr. Carton to send you here for this trivial matter of ours. It won't affect your important work, right?"

"Don't say that. The president is really happy that Ningsang and Matsumoto-san can come to France. It is my important job to entertain you well. Ah, by the way, Ningsang, you don't need to worry about the hotel room fee. The hotel will send the bill directly to Paris for all your food and drinks here, so please enjoy it. ”

"Ah, this is the president's care. I'm so sorry. If I had known earlier, I really shouldn't have said this to Mr. Carton. It would have caused too much trouble for you."

"Ning Sang is not only young and promising, but also so polite and considerate. Even though this is our first meeting, I immediately understand why the president values ​​you so much. Don't be polite. In fact, based on your contribution to the group, and I fully deserve my position in the president's mind. The president is also looking forward to meeting you and having a chat in Paris. If there weren't too many things going on in Paris, the president would definitely go to Japan to join you and Matsumoto in the next few days. San’s wedding.”

Not even mentioning this, Takada Mei actually took out an unusually beautifully packaged gift from her bag.

"This is my little personal thought. It's not respectful when we meet for the first time. Please accept it. Consider it a wedding gift from me to the noble couple."

Ning Weimin was speechless immediately. To be honest, he was originally planning to give the Gyokuro tea he brought in his suitcase to Takada Mei as a gift. Unexpectedly, before it was his turn to take action, the other party took the initiative to show her kindness.

But the question is, where did this come from?

He was polite to Takada Mei because he was afraid that the "president's secretary" would give him eye drops.

After all, I follow Mr. Carton every day. Such a person is like the eunuch Bingbi beside the emperor. How can he be easily offended?

An occasional word might have a subtle influence on the old man.

How come this happened the other way around?

He really couldn't figure it out.

But this thing is really just a layer of window paper, and it really doesn't matter if it is broken.

In fact, Ning Weimin understood in just a few words that Vice President Takada of Daqing Japan Branch was related to this person.

The president's secretary wanted him to take care of his cousin as much as possible in Japan.

After Takada Mei left, Ning Weimin closed the door and couldn't help but shook his head and smiled bitterly.

I thought, I didn't expect that even though I came to a small town in France, I still couldn't escape the favors entrusted by Japan.

This can probably be regarded as the trouble of leaping up the social level, right?

…………

Indeed, Ning Weimin was not complaining without reason, his troubles were real.

Although his wedding was very grand, because he was too busy in Japan for two years, the troubles from favors that came from it were hard to describe, and he knew the bitterness and joy.

Ten days ago, his wedding was held as scheduled at the Tokyo Okura Hotel.

The witness was Yamaguchi Yoshiko, that is, Li Xianglan herself.

The Asian singing queen Teresa Teng and her fellow villager Weng Qianyu from Taipei sang live to entertain the guests.

Not only did Shochiku Film Company force all the important figures and main actors below the president to attend.

All the singers and actors signed by Taurus Palace were present.

All the main filming personnel of the film "Li Xianglan" crew were present.

Nikkatsu's Miyashita Junko, Toei's Ikegami Kimiko, and last year's actress Yoshiko Ishida, all actresses who have a good personal relationship with Matsumoto Keiko, were present.

Even the master of social mystery novels Matsumoto Seicho, who rarely participates in public events, and great directors Kurosawa Akira and Sato Jun'ya, came to join in the fun.

What's even more unexpected is that Yamaguchi Momoe, who has retired for many years, came with her husband Miura Tomokazu and "Oshima Shigeru" Utsui Ken, just like a family, out of respect for Matsumoto Keiko, a senior at Daiei.

In addition, there were even many second- and third-rate actors and models who were eager to get a role in "Crazy Rich Asians" and came uninvited or asked others to bring them in.

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For these people, it was like a collective event of the Japanese entertainment industry.

Although the sensational effect cannot be compared with the wedding of Charles and Diana, the liveliness of the scene is not much worse than the award ceremony of the Record Awards and the Academy Awards.

There are more than 400 guests from all walks of life. In addition to these familiar faces in the entertainment industry, there are also well-known figures in politics, business, finance, academia, art and major media.

The pro-China faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, Nikai Toshihiro, the executive director of the headquarters of Sumitomo Bank, the executive director of Dentsu, the president of Hanwa Kogyo Kita Shigeru, the president of Yamato Tourism Association, Teramachi Masataka, and the real estate king of Ginza, Kawamoto Genshiro, are all here.

The complexity of the identities and the prominent status of these guests far exceeded the expectations and imagination of Matsumoto Keiko's parents.

This is actually a respect for Ning Weimin's social status based on strength.

In any case, the gathering of these guests here can be regarded as a real relief for Han Yingming, who has always been worried about the "family background" problem, so the last "send daughter road" is much smoother than expected.

Although he couldn't help but wet his eyes and shed tears when he handed his daughter in a wedding dress to his Chinese son-in-law.

But after all, his daughter got married in style, which finally made him feel relieved.

On this day, Matsumoto Keiko was also particularly charming as a bride, as if she was always shining.

At the beginning of the wedding, she wore a pure white wedding dress, then changed into a long-sleeved kimono embroidered with gold and silver threads, then changed into a red silk kimono, and finally wore a light brown suit.

She was originally very beautiful and good at makeup. With these fashionable clothes, she looked younger and more beautiful, worthy of the name of the national goddess.

Whether it was the willow-like slender waist or the charming face, almost every man was jealous that Ning Weimin had taken away their "first beauty".

As for the fact that the groom was 27 years old and the bride was 35 years old, the guests were very cautious in their congratulations and almost ignored it collectively.

Everyone only noticed the wealth, status and appearance of the couple.

In short, this is an idol wedding that is enough to satisfy the public. It cost a total of 150 million yen, and everything was built as perfect as in the movie.

More than 50 media outlets across Japan have reported the news one after another, and all entertainment media gave it a front-page headline.

Because Ning Weimin arranged for Matsumoto's agency to do some public opinion guidance behind the scenes.

Most media are discussing the cost of the wedding, Matsumoto Keiko's current status, the box office of "Li Xianglan", the number of original sales of the movie, personal wealth accumulation, and the prospect of continuing to work after marriage... In short, it is interpreted from various angles and various follow-up predictions.

Generally speaking, Matsumoto Keiko's fans are happy to see it happen.

After all, Matsumoto Keiko's works have social significance, and those who have liked her all the way are already adult audiences, and there is a resounding overlap with the group that likes singer Teresa Teng.

Most of these people have married and had children, and have formed families, and their rationality is far higher than that of young people who are obsessed with idols.

On the day of the wedding, many fans gathered inside and outside the Okura Hotel, but most of the voices were blessings, with few cries and curses, which was much better than when Yamaguchi Momoe married Miura Tomokazu.

Of course, such a lavish wedding and the effort spent were not in vain, and the commercial publicity effect was very gratifying.

The popularity caused by this wedding can actually drive the sales of all Matsumoto Keiko's works, so why not.

The only ones who insisted on outputting discordant sounds were a few tabloids that were so small that they did not even receive the wedding invitation.

I don’t know if there are some people behind the scenes. They seized on the age-gap relationship and did their best to discredit it. They even started to worry about the distribution of property after Matsumoto Keiko’s divorce.

Although it is a bit ridiculous to worry about other people’s affairs, it is not worth mentioning with their influence.

What’s more, they don’t even know the prenuptial property agreement between Ning Weimin and Matsumoto Keiko. No matter how powerful their methods are, it will be useless. So Ning Weimin doesn’t bother to pay attention to them.

But then again, opening the door to welcome guests is a face and a favor.

So many people came to congratulate, how can they accept gifts and gifts for nothing?

Needless to say, many of these guests have something to ask of Ning Weimin or Matsumoto Keiko.

And on this happy day, it seems that they are not likely to refuse, so Ning Weimin feels like he is acting in "The Godfather" again.

After the wedding, he is just like Don Corleone played by Marlon Brando in the movie. He is almost a "land god" who will respond to any request.

At least, he was embarrassed to disappoint people who were close to him and had a close cooperative relationship with him, and he didn't want to damage others' trust and confidence in him.

For example, the Kagawa sisters, although the newly married Miyoko's face could not be said to be haggard, the anxiety in her frowning brows was visible at a glance, which was definitely not normal for a newly married housewife.

Ning Weimin also knew Zuo Haiyoujiro's temperament, and with Kagawa Rinko's attitude as supporting evidence, he didn't even need Miyoko to speak, he could see that the couple's economic situation was not optimistic.

For this reason, Ning Weimin thought again and again, and simply decided to take the initiative and asked Kagawa Rinko to convey that he hoped Miyoko would help him and be a temporary consultant for the site selection of the Kyoto and Osaka branches of the Tan Palace Restaurant.

He originally wanted to entrust this matter to Yao Peifang, but he was worried that her language and knowledge were not enough for the job.

Now that I think about it, Miyoko, who has experience in real estate agency, is the most suitable. Let them handle it together, so that Miyoko can be given a part of the economic reward to help her solve some of her life problems.

As expected, this time Miyoko did not refuse. She soon came to thank Ning Weimin and asked about Ning Weimin's needs. She took the travel expenses from Ning Weimin and prepared to start as soon as possible.

As for the request made by Sumitomo Bank's Yoshima and his son, they hope that Ning Weimin can mortgage the warehouse near Tokyo Port.

This is actually a good thing for Ning Weimin.

He originally had this intention, but he was worried that it was not a good deal, so he was waiting for Yoshima and his son to take the initiative to ask.

In this way, he "reluctantly" agreed, not only did others owe him a favor, but he also had 10 billion yen in funds to embezzle overseas.

The key is that this 10 billion can also be transferred to the outside through the channels of Sumitomo Bank, which is more secretive, more convenient, and not easy to be noticed.

In this way, with the more than 30 billion he cashed out from the stock market (taxes can be paid later), and the 5 billion yen mortgaged to the bookstore, the total amount of funds he can operate overseas has reached 500 million US dollars.

This amount of money is not small in this year, at least enough to buy two five-star luxury hotels in Las Vegas.

You know, decades later, Trump sold the Trump International Hotel in Washington for only 375 million US dollars.

So now Ning Weimin is a real rich man even in the overall world environment, and this money can let him "spend" as he pleases.