Ryunosuke Iwasaki arranged the meeting with Shunji Suzuki at a restaurant in Setagaya.

The so-called ryokan are more expensive than ordinary restaurants, and the location is usually very secretive. Like the one with a sanitary fee in Osaka, it just uses this name to upgrade the restaurant, and it is not a real ryokan.

A real restaurant like the one arranged by Ryunosuke Iwasaki is definitely not something that ordinary people can afford. A meal costs more than 100,000 yen per person. Moreover, this type of restaurant only accepts regular customers and those who go there for the first time.

, need to be introduced by old customers.

Like when we first took out Omiya Hiroshi, if Yusuke Obata didn't know the specific address, people from the Metropolitan Police Department wouldn't be able to find him directly.

When Taiyoshiro Mori met Tao Chiming and Kinoshita Hidefeng in Minato City, they were in the same position.

One of their characteristics is that there will be women serving meals. Of course, it depends on whether the guests need it or not.

As for today's meeting, at least before Suzuki Shunji arrived, Iwasaki Ryunosuke did not call the woman.

But there are other programs first.

Tao Zhiming silently noted the place used by Iwasaki Ryunosuke to entertain guests of this level. He first drank tea with him in a hall and watched the geisha performance in the restaurant.

Thinking of Ueda Masahiro saying that Iwasaki Ryunosuke was the son of a geisha, Tao Zhiming couldn't help but feel a little weird.

Could it be the geisha trained by this family back then?

"Tao Jun, last time I boarded your boat alone, and today you came alone to my appointment. Do I understand this as the initial establishment of trust between us?"

Tao Zhiming laughed when he heard this and said: "Iwasaki-san, what kind of mentality you had last time is what I have today. You are confident that you are not in my center, and I am the same. Anyone who takes action will only cause trouble. No

Any benefit. So you also know that the so-called trust cannot be discussed now. It can only be said that we have confirmed that each other is not someone who will act rashly, and even this cannot be discussed. After all, this is the second time we are alone.

Let’s meet, right?”

Iwasaki Ryunosuke smiled casually: "But it can be said that I care about Tao Jun's opinion, because I agree with what you said. In life, you should still have more and more friends."

"We have the same opinion on this point," Tao Zhiming said casually.

Then Iwasaki Ryunosuke seemed to be very talkative: "In the eyes of some people, it is morally wrong for me to take the initiative to reconcile with Mr. Tao. After all, the Iwasaki family has been hit hard, and my superior position itself is like a favor to my brother.

betrayal; now I am not thinking about restoring the reputation of the family, but I am working with Tao Jun, which makes Tao Jun understandable. But I believe Tao Jun has also understood my experience, and I actually don’t care about this."

Tao Zhiming was noncommittal. As an illegitimate son, if you really want to win over the hearts of family members and key subordinates, you should care.

But Ryunosuke Iwasaki continued: "Because I know very well that the so-called emotional satisfaction is short-lived and fragile. If I can't bring you more and more continuous benefits than before, I can never truly make people happy."

Agreed. Besides, I am far worse than my brother. Even he was defeated in front of you. If I still become an enemy of Tao Jun, I will harm everyone's interests and the situation will only get worse."

"Iwasaki-san, for me, whether we can cooperate or not will be judged based on the actual situation." Tao Zhiming felt that there was no point in listening to this. "Trust needs to be established step by step, and it mainly depends on actions, right?

"

"I've lost my temper." Iwasaki Ryunosuke bowed, "When my father was alive, he thought that I was too long-winded and not good at hiding my emotions. If he saw me eager to gain Tao Jun's trust, he would probably be very angry and scold me.

I have lost my dignity."

Tao Zhiming smiled and said: "How could it be? After all, Iwasaki-san is the head of the family. In the eyes of others, he may be a bit self-conscious, but in my opinion, he has a rare humility."

He wondered if this little old fox was testing his reaction to a soft approach. His brother liked the hard approach, but he had a different style.

It's a pity that he is not a beautiful girl and the head of the family, otherwise the effect would of course be much better.

"This is all due to my mother's teachings." Iwasaki Ryunosuke said with some nostalgia, "Tao Jun should know that people with my mother's status have been taught a lot since childhood. I grew up by my mother's side.

His personality is timid and he has low self-esteem. Tao Jun’s free and masculine personality is exactly what I envy.”

Tao Zhiming looked at him a little speechless, let's not talk about these disgusting things, shall we? You're making yourself feel like a little bitch.

Still cool and masculine...

He was a bit confused about this guy's methods, and he felt more and more like he was an old yin. Maybe he was a bit of a psychopath because of his background.

After chatting with him for a while, they heard that Shunji Suzuki had arrived, so the two of them went to the yard to greet him.

The car door opened, Suzuki Shunji got out of the back seat, Tao Zhiming and Iwasaki Ryunosuke both leaned over to say hello.

Suzuki Shunji and Iwasaki Ryunosuke were already acquaintances, and their attention was focused on Tao Zhiming. At this time, he smiled and nodded, and his voice was full of energy: "I have heard about the name for a long time, Mr. Tao."

Tao Zhiming Hao Ran replied: "I'm just kidding, Mr. Suzuki. I act in a public way, so please bear with me and give me your guidance."

Suzuki Shunji continued to smile and said, "Let's sit down inside and chat."

His secretary also followed him into the room. After all, Iwasaki Ryunosuke arranged for someone to sit on the side of the square table.

Opposite Tao Zhiming was Shunji Suzuki. He looked at Ryunosuke Iwasaki, then at Tao Zhiming, and said, "Old things have their own consequences. Now that we can sit together again, it is right to look forward." Tao

Jun, you are a descendant of the Xia Kingdom. I think the old saying of the Xia Kingdom is that it is better to resolve enemies than to make enemies."

"Sir Suzuki said, I have learned a lesson." Tao Zhiming bowed, thinking that if Shunji Suzuki said this, of course his purpose could not be to be a lobbyist for the Iwasaki family. These words have some meaning.

.Tao Zhiming felt awe-struck thinking that he was already 76 years old and a man who had gone through a complete war.

Is it a test of his own identity? If he has a close relationship with the Iwasaki family, then the attitude and tendency of Suzuki Shunji reflected in Mitsubishi, which was responsible for many equipment manufacturing tasks in those years, is worth pondering.

In the kitchen of the restaurant, the impeccably dressed woman in kimono began to deliver food and wine.

Shunji Suzuki said very relaxedly: "I heard that colleagues in Hokkaido are now fiercely debating the Nanpu Bay development plan proposed by Tao Jun. Tao Jun has been developing in Tokyo, but he has a soft spot for Hokkaido.

"

"Where..." Tao Zhiming looked at Iwasaki Ryunosuke with a kind smile, "Actually, I am also a person who likes to make friends. I met Governor Kozo because of Mr. Ueda, and I also like the scenery of Hokkaido. Because of my youth,

I made such a plan out of a fun-loving mentality. I’m actually not sure whether it can be implemented smoothly.”

"Tao Jun is so humble." Iwasaki Kuranosuke complimented, "The Mogami Girakucho planned by Tao Jun has now made many Tokyoites look forward to it. After all, WanderDane and WanderKTV are both very innovative, and the Hokkaido Music Festival is a

, it also shows that Tao Jun is good at grasping people's consumer psychology and providing new consumer fashions. The combination of yachts and golf will probably be popular among people with certain assets."

Tao Zhiming said humbly: "No, no, no... When I started trying, I was prepared to lose money. Fortunately, I encountered a good era. But Mr. Suzuki was far-sighted and continued to open up new centers for Tokyo, so that

Tokyo's population size and development potential are constantly rising, which gives me the foundation to make this money. Mr. Suzuki, I sincerely thank you and admire you."

Now it seems to be the stage of flattering each other and greeting each other before getting to the point. Tao Zhiming was acting while observing Suzuki Shunji's reaction.

Suzuki Shunji has always been smiling like that, with no expression of joy or anger. In fact, he is also surprised that this Tao Dalang is indeed well-deserved. He is only 23 years old now, right? He seems to have been a figure in society for ten or twenty years.

So he sighed with emotion: "Last year you were fighting over the National Railways. Now that the dust has settled, it has disrupted my original idea. I originally thought that the Shiodome land would be put on hold for the time being anyway, but now it turns out that

Being able to start development immediately has made the Shibaura Ginza area even more anticipated. I heard from Iwasaki-kun that you mentioned Odaiba, but actually I have always had this idea."

Tao Zhiming thought for a while and asked: "In other words, if the Odaiba development plan is proposed now, it will probably further increase the land prices around Shiodome and make public opinion passive?"

Suzuki Shunji gave him a meaningful look: "So now, the Odaiba development plan is probably the easiest time to promote. After all, there are several real estate properties in Shiodome and surrounding areas, and there are many capable people who are happy to see them further appreciate in value.

of."

Tao Zhiming smiled, of course, at least Mitsui and Sumitomo would be happy.

Shunji Suzuki obviously wants to do it, but he is worried that ordinary people will criticize him for further raising the price of real estate in Tokyo. If the pressure on Tokyo residents to survive becomes increasing, his votes will be affected.

What he said added another layer of testing to Tao Zhiming's true intention in proposing this idea: whether he really wanted to participate in the development, or whether he was just doing it to speculate on land.

After all, his WanderDane land is also on the shore of Tokyo Bay in Shibaura District.

The topic came up a little bit, and the three of them chatted while eating and started to chat. Tao Zhiming braced himself to deal with it while thinking about whether there was a suitable solution.

If the development can be promoted smoothly, the three people here will actually be happy to see it happen, otherwise Shunji Suzuki would not come to the banquet.

However, once the Odaiba-seaside sub-city plan is proposed, it is inevitable that the price of real estate in the port area will soar.

During Suzuki Shunji's tenure, he has already proposed and promoted the development plan of three professional sub-cities on the basis of the three comprehensive sub-cities of Shinjuku, Shibuya and Ikebukuro. Now if he proposes the development plan of Odaiba's coastal sub-city

, that is the seventh one.

Tao Zhiming thought about it for a while and felt that if the development progress of these professional sub-city centers could be accelerated to expand the housing supply, and if the real estate trust charity fund planned to be established last year could provide subsidy interest... maybe a solution could be come up with.

So he brought the topic back: "Tokyo's population has been growing at a higher and higher rate every year for the past seven years. To solve the employment and housing problems of such a large population, it is inevitable that real estate prices will become higher and higher. In the center of the Futo City

The construction of the project is a century-old project, and if it can be fully completed, it will flatten the price of real estate."

Of course Shunji Suzuki thought so, otherwise why would he have launched three Vice Toshins in one go?

Hearing this, he said calmly: "Business is still driven by profit. In recent years, on the contrary, the original city center and the three comprehensive sub-city centers are still the same. The development scale and progress far exceed the three new sub-city centers with greater potential."

He looked at Tao Zhiming carefully and wondered if he had any thoughts when he mentioned this specifically.

Sure enough, Tao Zhiming said: "If Odaiba, a sub-city near the sea, is proposed, and the two new sub-city centers of Osaki and Kameido, the investment and development value will be greatly improved, right? After all, they... are all located around Shibaura, and the traffic is

Planning has also been completed.”

Shunji Suzuki chuckled: "Improving investment value is not the focus. The key is to be able to effectively develop commercial and residential real estate and complete it as soon as possible. After the emergency economic countermeasures were proposed, Tokyo currently has some funds that can be invested in public service facilities.

Construction. What’s worrying is that it’s still like many projects today: they’re planned and approved, but not built.”

Tao Zhiming understood, so he just smiled.

He couldn't make the decision for Mitsui, Sumitomo and others. Anyway, Shunji Suzuki had already put forward his opinion.

There are public funds that can be tilted and invested in which areas according to needs. These public funds will naturally increase the land price and attractiveness of the areas where they are invested, and they are also the meat of the project.

But what he needs is to build the sub-city center as soon as possible. Not to mention that it is completely completed, at least it must be built in a decent manner within this term, increase the supply of housing, and make core areas like the port area unattractive.

Let housing prices stabilize. Anyway, the transportation is so convenient. If there are more cost-effective houses within a 30-minute or 1-hour commute, it will still affect the prices of the entire real estate market.

To put it bluntly, we hope to reach a tacit understanding with the investors headed by the consortium: if you want to do it, make it bigger. Not only Odaiba, but also Osaki and Kameido, you have to invest a little. Although the capital investment is larger, it has already been

The acquired real estate near Shiodome has room for appreciation and the fat invested by public funds is exchanged.
To be continued...