Rebirth of Siheyuan starts in the 1980s

Chapter 555 Koizumi Kyoko? Why are you here?

Author: Tang Juyi

Chapter 555 Koizumi Kyoko? Why are you here?

After bidding farewell to Wu Qinghong, who insisted on coming to see her off, Cao Zhiqiang, followed by Anping, boarded the plane to Hong Kong with Lou Xiao'e.

Yes, only Anping, the male secretary, followed, not Xu Chun, the female secretary.

This is because during this period, this way of going abroad for business seemed more normal. Having one more unnecessary person go out is often said to be a waste of public funds.

But this is not the main problem. The main problem is to avoid suspicion.

Because Xu Chun was still a young and unmarried woman, and she went abroad with the two young men Cao Zhiqiang and Anping all day long. The more times she went abroad, the more she would easily attract gossip.

There is no way, this is the trend of this era.

And judging from the situation last time I went to Japan, it was actually enough for Cao Zhiqiang to have one person by his side. It would be even more inconvenient for him to have one more person, especially one more woman.

So this time, it was just Anping following Cao Zhiqiang, which was reasonable and convenient. No one would doubt Cao Zhiqiang and Anping, the pair going abroad.

There was no words all the way. When the plane landed at the Hong Kong Airport, he was received by Lou Xiaoe's brother and took a car to a nearby hotel to rest.

Originally, Lou Xiaoe wanted Cao Zhiqiang to go to her home, but Cao Zhiqiang refused.

Firstly, it was indeed inconvenient, and secondly, Cao Zhiqiang also knew that Lou Xiao'e didn't really want to invite him to his home.

Because Lou Xiao'e now takes care of her children alone, but her children usually live in school, so Lou Xiao'e usually lives alone in Lou Xiao'e's current home.

A woman naturally doesn't want a bunch of outsiders to come suddenly, and He Yuzhu is still there.

The main reason why I wanted to stay in Hong Kong was to prepare funds and contracts for Lou Xiaoe, and of course, a lawyer.

After all, it is a contract of 200,000 U.S. dollars, which is not a small sum even in Hong Kong, so it must be taken seriously.

Early the next morning, Lou Xiaoe came with her lawyer.

Later, under the witness of Hong Kong lawyers, Xu Chun and Anping, both Cao Zhiqiang and Lou Xiaoe signed the share transfer contract and took photos. After doing this, Lou Xiaoe presented a check from HSBC Bank.

The reason why it is so complicated is that there are currently no relevant laws and regulations in China, and everything is done on a conscious basis, which is completely different from that in Hong Kong.

Two hundred thousand US dollars is not a small amount, so Lou Xiaoe made it so complicated just to be on the safe side.

The share transfer contract was made in triplicate, one for Cao Zhiqiang, one for Lou Xiaoe, and one for the lawyer.

Coupled with the triplicate photos of the group photo taken at the scene, if Cao Zhiqiang really defaults on his debt, these can be used as evidence and then used to litigate in China.

With this evidence, as long as the background behind Cao Zhiqiang is not too outrageous and he is determined to default on his debts, there will basically be no problem.

Cao Zhiqiang did not feel offended by this, but thought it was normal.

After all, he told Lou Xiao'e that they had been neighbors before, but this relationship was not safe.

So it's better to be cautious and there won't be any trouble for both of you.

In fact, even in China, if you want to sign a contract, private private contracts will count. It’s just that in China, when negotiating a contract, you don’t specifically find a lawyer.

There is no way. Firstly, legal awareness in this area is still relatively scarce in China. Secondly, domestic lawyers are even scarcer. Even if you want to find a lawyer, you can't find one.

Of course, with the continued opening up and the gradual liberalization of the economy, the domestic lawyer industry will gradually flourish, but it was only after the 1990s that lawyers began to be recognized by domestic people.

In short, after signing the contract and getting the check, the share transfer transaction is completed.

From then on, the restaurant Shiweitian no longer belonged to Cao Zhiqiang, but most of the chefs and waiters at Shiweitian still listened to Cao Zhiqiang.

In other words, the shares of Shiweitian purchased by Lou Xiaoe are only equivalent to buying the Shiweitian brand, as well as the pots, pans, tables, chairs, benches and other production materials attached to the store. Even the people employed by Shiweitian are not

Considered Shi Weitian's assets, even the house currently occupied by Shi Weitian is not included in the shares.

In other words, not to mention the operating staff of Shiweitian, 90% of them are from Hongguang Machinery Factory. The house that Shiweitian is currently using belongs to Cao Zhiqiang himself.

This is not because Cao Zhiqiang did this intentionally, but when we talked about shares, no one mentioned the house issue.

Lou Xiao'e always thought that the house used by Food for Heaven was rented, which was actually the case.

Because when Cao Zhiqiang bought the apartment in Shiweitian, he deliberately included the rent in order to facilitate the calculation of accounts.

Therefore, judging from the accounts, the expenditure item of Shiweitian restaurant has a rent item, and the rent has been paid for one year.

Although the rent is paid to Cao Zhiqiang's left hand and right hand, and if you check carefully, you will find that there is no specific lease contract. It was only an expense item that was specially added to settle accounts.

But the problem is that Lou Xiao'e made up her mind too quickly and did not investigate carefully at all. She instinctively thought that there was no problem with this matter.

As for Cao Zhiqiang, he didn't deliberately hide it or not report it. He really forgot about this incident.

After all, Cao Zhiqiang usually has so many things to do and is so busy, how can he have time to think about these details?

It was later that Lou Xiao'e really took over Shiweitian. The accountant she sent to check the accounts discovered this problem and reported it to Lou Xiao'e. Lou Xiao'e felt that she had been cheated.

Fortunately, Lou Xiao'e is also a reasonable person and quickly informed Cao Zhiqiang. After hearing this problem, Cao Zhiqiang didn't waste any words. He first apologized to Lou Xiao'e and admitted his mistakes and negligence, and then simply offered him a super deal of 80,000 RMB.

He sold the house to Lou Xiao'e at a low price and finally settled the matter.

In fact, Cao Zhiqiang's house costs 80,000 yuan, which is really not expensive.

Although Cao Zhiqiang didn't spend much money when he bought the apartment, after all, Cao Zhiqiang later carried out some renovations and added facilities such as air conditioning.

What's more, the location of that house is really good. Cao Zhiqiang is not as generous as a lion. It only costs 80,000 yuan, so he really doesn't want much.

It is precisely because of this that Lou Xiao'e feels that Cao Zhiqiang is reliable, and their future cooperation will become more and more frequent.

Of course, this is all a story for later.

No matter what, with Lou Xiao'e's check of 200,000 U.S. dollars, plus the 30,000 U.S. dollars exchanged by Cao Zhiqiang at home, with 230,000 U.S. dollars, he can already live a relaxed life in Japan, and it is not even possible to open a company.

question.

The current U.S. dollar-to-yen exchange rate is 240 yen for 1 U.S. dollar, so 230,000 U.S. dollars is more than 55 million yen. This amount can definitely be considered a middle-class person in Japan today, and one can buy a car.

It's a nice house.

Even in Tokyo now, the current average house price is only 300,000 yen per square meter. Buying a 100-square-meter house only costs 30 million yen.

Cao Zhiqiang went to Japan with more than 55 million yen, which is definitely a lot of money.

If it weren't for Cao Zhiqiang's special situation and the fact that he first came to Hong Kong and then sent a check in US dollars through Lou Xiao'e, normally it would be impossible for Cao Zhiqiang, a mainlander, to bring so much money from China to Japan, unless it was a formal trade by a state-owned enterprise.

But Cao Zhiqiang went abroad to inspect the project in the name of business. In theory, it would be impossible to bring out so much money.

If you go abroad for an inspection project, you can be approved to take out US$30,000 in foreign exchange, which is already a special approval.

Of course, this refers to the funds that Cao Zhiqiang can handle openly and freely, and the $500 million check he carries with him is not included.

Yes, when he went to Japan this time, Cao Zhiqiang also brought a large check for US$500 million. Like the check given by Lou Xiao'e, it was also from HSBC Bank.

This is actually quite normal.

Because at present, when foreign countries conduct large-value account transactions with the mainland, they basically go to HSBC in Hong Kong first, and then transfer from HSBC to a bank in the mainland, and vice versa.

Therefore, at least in this period, HSBC is still indispensable to the country.

However, these 500 million US dollars are public funds, or in other words, they are funds from transactions between the state and "Mist".

Even in reality, this money will still fall into Cao Zhiqiang's personal pocket, but at least not in name.

In other words, before Cao Zhiqiang clears his name through various methods, he cannot use the money casually, at least not freely, and must use it in a clever way.

All in all, after completing the "Food is Heaven" deal with Lou Xiao'e in Hong Kong, Cao Zhiqiang didn't stay too long and soon boarded a plane from Hong Kong to Japan with Anping, heading straight to Tokyo.

By the way, aircraft security during this period was really sloppy.

Cao Zhiqiang originally thought that the security check of domestic planes at this time was sloppy, but he did not expect that the security check at Hong Kong Airport was also very sloppy at this time. There was no careful bag search at all, and he just went through the security gate.

The security check at Tokyo Airport in Japan is also sloppy, and there is no such thing as opening a bag for inspection. It is also a matter of going through the security gate, as long as it doesn't ring.

Compared with the sloppy security check, whether it is Hong Kong Airport or Tokyo Airport, the inspection of documents such as passports and visas is very strict. They will carefully compare and observe them to make sure they are correct before letting them go.

But even though the inspection of documents was very strict, Cao Zhiqiang still found it a bit incredible.

Because according to the level of security checks at Hong Kong Airport and Tokyo Airport, there are too many ways to avoid inspections.

Although it is indeed difficult to bring metal items, some illegal drugs and the like are actually very easy to bring in.

No wonder there are many airline accidents during this period. It seems to be related to the lax security inspections.

Even so, Cao Zhiqiang did not want to take any chances.

Whatever can be brought through the system space, he will never take it outside.

When Cao Zhiqiang and Anping landed safely on the plane and walked into the terminal, they immediately saw Masashi Sada who was picking them up.

That's right, Masashi Sada was the only one who came to pick him up this time, and Masashi Sada's younger brothers and sisters did not come with him.

This is in line with the pragmatism of the Japanese during this period.

After all, there are fewer people coming to pick you up and the cost is less.

After leaving the airport, we took the subway first, then transferred to the bus, and finally walked a short distance to the house rented by Cao Zhiqiang.

That's right, it's the house rented by Cao Zhiqiang.

Because when Cao Zhiqiang came to Japan last time, he had already rented a one-family building near Masashi Sada's house.

Originally, Cao Zhiqiang did this to avoid crowding.

After all, when Cao Zhiqiang came to Japan last time, he stayed at Masashi Sada's house at first. Masashi Sada's home was not big, and there were also three brothers and sisters of Sada, plus Cao Zhiqiang, Anping and Xu Chun, who really lived there.

It's very crowded.

So at that time, Cao Zhiqiang rented another apartment near Masashi Sada's house.

Real estate transactions in Japan are booming at this time, and the procedures for renting a house are simple. Even foreigners can do it easily as long as they have a local Japanese person as a guarantor and a sufficient deposit.

So when he came back this time, Cao Zhiqiang did not go directly to Masashi Sada's house, but took Anping directly to the house he rented.

This is also in line with Japanese politeness at this time, that is, if a person comes from afar and has his own place to live locally, he should try not to disturb his friends' houses.

After coming to Japan for the second time, Masashi Sada very considerately asked Cao Zhiqiang to take a rest first and left quickly without staying to chat or spank.

It wasn't until ten minutes after dinner that evening that Masashi Sada, his younger brother, sister, and someone whom Cao Zhiqiang didn't expect came to visit.

"Koizumi Kyoko? Why are you here?"

Yes, the girl in front of me wearing a shirt, jeans, a pair of sneakers, and fresh short hair is none other than Kyoko Koizumi.

Cao Zhiqiang was very surprised when he saw her appearance.

"What? Don't you welcome me?" Koizumi Kyoko pouted her lips and pretended to be angry.

"How could that happen?" Cao Zhiqiang quickly smiled and said, "Of course I welcome you, Xiaoquan, but the strange thing is that I just came back today and haven't informed anyone else yet. How did you know that I'm back?"

Koizumi Kyoko wrinkled her nose and snorted, then said: "Sister Reiko told me."

"Hi!" Reiko Sada who was standing next to her nodded with an embarrassed smile, "Hey, Cao Sang, I'm sorry, I once treated me to a big meal, so I have a short mouth for eating people, so I had to promise him that if

When you come back, inform her as soon as possible."

Speaking of this, Sada Reiko raised the wagyu gift box in her hand: "Well, to express my apology, I specially brought delicious beef this time. We can eat wagyu hot pot later, so just treat it as my apology."

Yes, in the 1980s, Japan had Wagyu gift boxes, and because Japanese Wagyu was expensive, it was indeed a high-end gift.

In Japan in the 1980s, due to the economic boom, most people advocated extravagance, so many ordinary people expressed their apologies by bringing an expensive gift box of Wagyu beef to their door to apologize.

Usually, when the person being apologized to sees the other party coming with an expensive Wagyu gift box, they will know that the other party spent a lot of money and think it is a sincere apology. At this time, most people will choose to forgive the other party and eat happily together.

Giving up this piece of wagyu means to clear up all the past grievances.

Of course, this way of apologizing by giving a wagyu gift box is usually done by middle-class Japanese families, and it is a characteristic of the 1980s.

After the 1990s, especially in Japan after the bubble burst, these customs of spending a lot of money gradually disappeared. On the contrary, South Korea began to play this trick again.

Coincidentally, Cao Zhiqiang also knew about this custom, so when he saw that the other party was carrying a wagyu gift box and even some sake, he knew that he could only choose to forgive, otherwise he would not be giving face.

How should I put it? Cao Zhiqiang thinks that Japan’s forced apology method has the meaning of morally kidnapping the other party, and even a bit of coercion.

Although he didn't really like this method, he did as the Romans did, and Cao Zhiqiang still had requests from Masashi Sada and his family, and he didn't want to cause any unpleasantness with them, so he could only laugh and express that he didn't take it to heart at all.

Of course, as far as Reiko Sada is concerned, her so-called apology is not honest at all, because she was laughing and joking throughout the whole process. She obviously felt that she did the right thing by revealing the news to Kyoko Koizumi, and her so-called apology was just a joke.

As everyone knows, Cao Zhiqiang actually hates Sada Reiko's self-assertion, especially the self-assertion without Cao Zhiqiang's consent.

Even if the relationship between Cao Zhiqiang and Kyoko Koizumi is unusual, as an outsider, Reiko Sada should not casually agree to the other party's request and disclose Cao Zhiqiang's whereabouts to the other party at will. In Cao Zhiqiang's view, this in itself is rude.

But it is obvious that neither Reiko Sada nor her two brothers think there is any problem with this, which is a problem in itself.

Thinking of this, Cao Zhiqiang secretly made up his mind that when he had time, he would choose to move to a place a little further away from Sada's home.

Masashi Sada is okay, but his younger brothers and sisters, especially this sister, are really outrageous.

(End of chapter)