Chapter 31 Testing before and after
The wedding banquet ended, and it was still early, Narita Katsuki was preparing to go back to Tokyo after dinner. The parents of both sides could not resist the fierce fatigue and took a taxi home to rest.
Narita Katsura and his sister's family, four of them were walking slowly along the roadside, waiting for the bus.
The daytime is gradually increasing after the winter solstice, but the sun does not want to follow the steps and get off work early before five o'clock. The treetops on the street are shrouded in the twilight of winter, and the bustling crowds are passing through the air full of fireworks. There is a sense of recognition and acceptance of the quietness and peace of this season on the faces of pedestrians.
Holding the hand of his nephew Aimon Jun, Narita Katsu walked on the old path that his great-grandfather, grandfather and father had a sense of strangeness that was not his own. He exaggeratedly believed that how could a soul from another world be connected to such a city? However, at first this primitive and inexplicable fear was gradually fading away and he had a slight fantasy of Tokyo.
"That mother, Sang, is so beautiful." Brother-in-law Matsumoto Tani Moto drank some wine and was in a good mood. He took the initiative to talk to Narita Katsura.
He didn't care about what occasion this was. In short, he knew that no matter what he said, his wife Yuko would not point fingers at him, and would keep her mouth shut. If a man hadn't been to a nightclub for a social event at once, he would be looked down upon by everyone.
Yuko just listened to her husband and younger brother chatting, and did not interrupt.
From the other side, Japan is really open.
"It's not only beautiful, but also an amazing person." Putting aside selfishness, Narita Katsuki admires Yoko Aomiya. A woman can achieve something that is not inferior to a man, which makes her look even more extraordinary.
Matsumoto Tani Moto smiled and said, "It's hard to hear Katsuko praise someone like this."
After chatting for a few words, Narita Katsuki led the center of the chat to other places. He said calmly: "Recently, the banging sound of construction can be heard everywhere in Roppongi."
"Is that right? The economy is in great prosperity now, and it's not worth mentioning. However, it's really hard for you to hear construction noise early in the morning. The development plan was decided early in the morning and the project was prepared in advance. Who cares if it will affect the daily lives of residents?"
Matsumoto Tani Moto was born in the Masaji family and had much more information than ordinary people. He was more likely to have the best of urban development plans. Narita Katsuki heard the voice of his brother-in-law. Matsumoto Tani Moto did not deny the existence of the Roppongi development plan, and also revealed an important information-
No matter who the contractor is or who is responsible for the demolition, this plan must be implemented under the leadership of the official palace.
Then, everyone can do their best to compete for the development quota.
"You Roppongi, you have made a lot of profit this time." Matsumoto Tani Moto seemed to be smiling.
Narita Katsuki doesn't think so, "It's an opportunity and a danger. I'm also in a state of not daring to act rashly and afraid of losing my life."
"Kashikun is kidding. Who doesn't know that the great master in Kashikun's hands is in a colorful way. Besides," Matsumoto Tani Moto looked up and stared at Narita Katsu, who was one head taller than him. "Even if you know the danger, don't you still do it?"
Although Matsumoto Tani Moto is a local "quasi-committee", such a Masaji family is not lacking in connections. Even if he has never paid attention to it, he will still be "hearted" to bring him all the movements of the Narita family. This is not suspicion or suspicion, and his love for his wife and children is beyond doubt. Such a fundamental approach will instead build a bridge of trust between both parties.
Knowing when to cooperate and benefit from mutual benefit and knowing when to help cover up the ugly things is always to defend the common interests of the two families.
Of course, the secret that the two families are unwilling to make public is impossible to touch.
"After that, my brother-in-law knows me so much, he should know what I need now." Narita Katsura thought of the next development plan and said with a slight note.
Since Matsumoto Tani Moto is very clear about Narita Katsushima's recent situation, he is probably in a wait-and-see state, and he is not in a hurry to end up or is not disgusted with waiting. The snobbish Masaji family will not show cunning greed when they are seeking profit, but will only make an ambiguous attitude.
Once he had the idea of spending money and seeing benefits, he had nothing to say. Therefore, Matsumoto Tani Moto only wanted to use verbal words to confuse Narita Katsu, and wanted to get what benefits he had from him without any effort.
When he gets along with his brother-in-law Matsumoto Tani Moto, Narita Katsu is also cautious. He neither acts properly nor is he too frivolous and arrogant. Of course, he will not fall into the trap of Masaji's family. The information in his brother-in-law's mouth is actually of poor value. Even if he tells some secrets that only senior figures know, Narita Katsu doesn't think he can plan anything for him.
On the contrary, knowing too much and too deep will lead to unintentional disasters.
In short, before your strength has grown to be able to completely protect your own interests, don’t do things that are not enough for human hearts. Being down-to-earth and doing things bit by bit will make people feel more at ease.
"Kaki Kan did it right in Roppongi. He didn't encounter any danger at the beginning, but it doesn't mean he won't fall into danger later." Matsumoto Tani Moto was very polite. While speaking, he also sorted out Aomoto's messy hair.
"When it comes to danger, it's not that we, the Maharaja, have begun to prepare for Valentine's Day performance."
"The young sister-in-law of the Ueno family is very interested in your work, and I also began to wonder, Katsuko wants to create a music festival?"
"You look up to me, our scale is not as large as a music festival." Narita said in a hushi. "As long as you firmly believe in the principle of success in the performance, you can do it well, but brother-in-law, I have something else to do if you need your help."
Matsumoto Tani Moto was surprised, and the next second I felt that Narita Katsu's request was reasonable. I haven't seen this "rebellious" brother-in-law for a long time. I thought he was a bad young man with no sense of responsibility, but this time I saw him, it changed a lot. Thinking about the information about Narita Katsu that the "heart-hearted" had submitted to him before, Matsumoto Tani Moto believed that he should look at him with a new look.
Narita Katsuki is not only his brother-in-law, but also his partner whom he can cooperate with.
Similarly, since you choose to treat it with a reciprocal business partnership, as a regular family, when making a transaction, you should see if the benefits you can get are greater than what you pay.
From another perspective, Narita Katsuki was treated differently by Matsumoto Tani Moto, which actually proves that he has the qualification to negotiate with the Masaji family.
"You can just take care of the several nail households in Nanmabu, that is, the devastated Chinese people."
A plausible sentence just confirmed Narita Katsushi's guess. He was betting that his brother-in-law Matsumoto Tani Moto did not want to help him seriously, not to mention that he could not provide equal benefits to Matsumoto Tani Moto.
Then this transaction is actually a test between the two, a test to establish a deeper and broader cooperative relationship in the future. On the surface, neither of them will directly exchange information. On the one hand, they do not want the other party to look down on themselves, and on the other hand, they are testing each other's abilities.
"It's enough to have a brother-in-law." Narita Katsuki probably understood that his brother-in-law accepted his kindness. As for whether he would help, he couldn't guess it.
In fact, whether Matsumoto Tani Tsuna's help or not affects his demolition plan, he has nothing to be afraid of demolishing the Chinese family. However, if Matsumoto Tani Tsuna's participation, it will be much smoother and he can make fewer bad relationships.
According to legend, the name of Roppongi originated from the Edo period. Because there are six major families with the Chinese characters "Mu" in the six surnames. As the name suggests, locals named this place "Six Trees", which is Roppongi.
The legend of hundreds of years ago is not true. Perhaps it was called Roppongi because it was densely forested here in ancient times. But no matter what, Roppongi does live in many down-and-out Chinese people, such as another house in the former Count Kawasaki was also here, and later it was sold to pay off its debts.
Therefore, the demolition of this block was not as smooth as the public ideal. Since the development time, many difficulties have been encountered due to the obstacles of these Chinese people.
The Chinese hierarchy was abolished forty years ago. Some of them fell into the streets, some lived a white-collar life, and some seized business opportunities to make a fortune, maintaining some of the decency he once was a noble.
For the Chinese people who are still surviving, houses passed down from generation to generation are the last symbol of the nobles. Houses are their lifeblood, which makes many Chinese people helplessly disobey their houses and refuse to move away, causing great trouble to the buyers.
At the same time, this also affected Roppongi's development plan to a certain extent.
This is one of the reasons why Narita Katsuki brought up this matter in front of Matsumoto Tani Moto.
Chapter completed!