Early the next morning, while eating, Shinichi Iwahashi suddenly discussed with Akina Nakamori.
Nakamori Akina shifted her attention from the plate to Iwahashi Shinichi's face, staring at him with her eyes still chewing, as if his face was where the food was served.
"What?" she asked after swallowing the food in her mouth.
Iwahashi Shinichi brought it up, "Didn't Akina-san say that I would ask my mother to make fried burgers for me?" He followed suit and ordered in front of Akina Nakamori's face, "I want to eat fried burgers."
Akina Nakamori said that last sentence made him laugh.
"Are you going tomorrow?"
She was suddenly in a good mood. She put down her chopsticks, propped her elbows on the table, and checked with him.
"Can you let me go?"
She put down her chopsticks, and Iwahashi Shinichi waved his chopsticks, returning his attention to the food in front of him. He was eating the food in the bowl and thinking about what was in the pot, "I really want to try the fried burgers."
Nakamori Akina disliked him, "like a greedy and playful child."
Iwahashi Shinichi didn't take it seriously and accepted her words. He asked again, "Is that okay?"
"I don't know." Nakamori Akina replied, "Let me call my mother to talk about it." If the plan suddenly changes, it is best to say hello to Chieko first for confirmation.
Iwahashi Shin nodded, expressing his understanding, "Then please."
I didn’t have time on Monday, and I didn’t have anything to do on Tuesday. I said I was going to Nakamori Akina’s mother’s place to eat fried burgers, which meant I was just going to have a meal. I would go there before noon, put down my rice bowl, and leave.
Iwahashi Shinichi swept away the dishes in front of him, ate and drank enough, put down his rice bowl, and prepared to go to work.
After sending him out, Nakamori Akina looked at the time and called Chieko first. Even though she said something cold to Iwahashi Shinichi just now, Nakamori Akina's heart was already full of this matter.
"Good morning, mother!" As soon as the call was answered, she was in high spirits.
Chieko also felt her daughter's enthusiasm across the phone line. She seemed to be influenced by her daughter, imitating her tone and replied cheerfully, "Akina-chan is also good!"
Mother and daughter have a perfect understanding? They stood in front of the phone and laughed.
"I'll go back to see you tomorrow? OK?"
Nakamori Akina and Chieko acted coquettishly, "I want to ask mother to prepare fried burgers."
"of course."
Chieko agreed? Suddenly talking about old things? "Akina-chan likes the fried burgers I made the most. Was she wronged when she was a child? As long as I put the fried burgers in front of you, even if you are crying, you will cry and eat them non-stop. Wait.
After eating? My tears have been wiped away."
"Mother~!"
Nakamori Akina felt embarrassed when she was suddenly mentioned about her childhood embarrassment. However, she also subtly understood the meaning of Chieko's words. She said to Chieko, "Tomorrow? Let Iwahashi go too? Is that okay?"
Akina Nakamori explained, "Iwahashi and I said that the fried burgers made by my mother are the most delicious."
"That's incredible." Chieko laughed on the phone, "It's so exaggerated. What if Iwahashi-kun is looking forward to something but it doesn't suit his taste."
"No." Akina Nakamori said without hesitation, "The fried burgers made by my mother are definitely the best."
Chieko laughed at her? "So domineering."
Nakamori Akina also laughed and blurted out the words. This trick of being cute and cute was probably practiced when she was still with Chieko and acted coquettishly with her mother.
She changed the topic? "I also brought gifts for my mother. There are also gifts for other people."
After making an agreement with Chieko about going back tomorrow, Nakamori Akina put down the phone and went to the entrance to deal with the pile of luggage that she had not yet had time to sort out and sort out the gifts she had brought back.
Do you want to accommodate Shinichi Iwahashi's time? You have to change your original plan. As she packed her things, she made some plans in her mind.
After thinking for a while, I remembered that Shinichi Iwahashi was going to his mother's place tomorrow.
She is not close to her family, and the only caring relative is her mother. Going back to visit her mother, for Nakamori Akina, is warm and heartwarming, but it also carries a certain subtle loneliness.
However, Iwahashi Shinichi told her early in the morning that he wanted to eat the fried burgers made by his mother.
Nakamori Akina thought of Shinichi Iwahashi's thoughts, and she felt happy. From now on, she started looking forward to tomorrow, looking forward to eating her mother's fried burgers.
The best fried burger in her opinion.
And my favorite mother, my favorite Shinichi Iwahashi.
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Monday was very busy. Shinichi Iwahashi finished the meeting at his own place first, then started making phone calls when he returned to the office. The morning was full of arrangements, and he breathed a sigh of relief just before noon.
At noon, I also made an appointment to have dinner with Watanabe Manyumi.
Ever since he became independent and started cooperating with Watanabe Manyumi, it has become almost a fixed schedule to sit down together for lunch every Monday, exchange information, and chat about official matters.
Especially now, the two people are collaborating more and more, and more and more people are involved.
Before departure, Iwahashi Shinichi had some free time and took a short rest. While drinking coffee, he thought about what he would say when he saw Watanabe Mayumi later.
I was stunned when I remembered the strange phone call I received last night.
That little gangster named Yamada (suspected) was chasing him and wanted to buy his small piece of land of one and a half square meters. Iwahashi Shinichi recalled this incident, picked up the phone again, and looked for the pager of Kanzaki Real Estate Imai
Number.
It took a long time for Imai to call back, and he didn't come until almost noon.
In the past, Imai helped Iwahashi Shinichi move and find a house, and the two became more and more familiar with each other - especially after Sachiko Kamaike, a former fan-collar member of a real estate company, became the lead singer of Shinichi Iwahashi's band.
Now, the phone call came back and after a brief exchange of greetings, Iwahashi Shinichi turned to the topic, "It's about the area where the one and a half square meters of land is located. Before, wasn't it said that there was a plan to demolish and re-plan it? What's the progress now?
.”
Iwahashi Shinichi had never cared about that small piece of land. When Imai told him about the development of that block of land before, Iwahashi Shinichi also had an indifferent attitude.
Now suddenly asked about the demolition of this land, Imai was surprised for a moment - but only for a moment.
However, a person who had never asked about this matter suddenly asked about it. Imai remained calm and only answered the question asked by Shinichi Iwahashi, "We are in a stalemate."
"Yeah?"
Imai agreed, "Iwahashi-san also knows that the ownership of land in that area is in chaos, and it is not easy to negotiate for land transfer from house to house."
Not many residents happily signed the contract at the beginning and thought about selling the land and leaving quickly.
The land in that block is divided into pieces. Even if the land price is four to five million per square meter, plus the compensation for the buildings on the land, it is impossible for the residents here to survive the soaring land prices.
Times, in the prosperous area of Tokyo, I have my own piece of land.
The smaller the piece of land, the harder it is to obtain it for demolition. That's just the way it is.
"However, there are also some who are very quick to take action."
In the past, land prices were not as high as they are now, and land in poorly planned neighborhoods was not easy to sell. The land was given to the children who inherited the family business, and other people had no objections.
But it is different now. First, the land value has appreciated to an enviable figure, and then, when demolition occurs, there is an opportunity to quickly discount the value. Brothers and sisters must be calm and accept that the land can only be given to one of them.
It's not easy.
There is no need for people from the real estate company to persuade people. Those who want to take advantage of the demolition to sell the land and split the money can make a pot of porridge themselves first. In the end, no matter what the result is, whether it is divided equally or one person still inherits, the land will definitely be transferred.
.
But equally, regardless of whether the money is distributed or not, the dispute between relatives will become an unshakable fact.
There are always wars over property, no matter where they are.
This is especially true in this bubble era. It’s not surprising that anything happens to people who go to the extent of severing ties and killing people for the sake of land.
"That's what I say," Shinichi Iwahashi said, "The difficulties in dealing with this land are on the table. Since Tachikawa Kosan dared to take over it in the first place, it must have found a way, right?"
"That's right." Imai heard the implication of his words and explained to him, "In any case, the staff are sent out first - it is said that the housewives who are the most patient and best at dealing with the neighbors are hired to do the persuasion work."
"If persuasion fails, I will send my younger brother to visit again to greet you." Imai said lightly.
Being greeted by gangsters morning and night is definitely not a good feeling. When the gangsters come to greet you at home and the trick fails to work, the actions become more intense, including making harassing phone calls at night, damaging the wiring at home, and throwing a dead cat at home.
and other means.
Imai works in a real estate company and is familiar with the various methods used by real estate companies to acquire land. He has heard so many stories like this that he has long been indifferent.
"Also, I heard that Tachikawa Kosan is followed by Inagawa Kai." He casually revealed to Iwahashi Shinichi.
But the more casually it is revealed, the more important it is.
Iwahashi Shinichi listened and said, "That's it."
It makes sense that he dares to take over the renovation of this neighborhood with the support of the Great Yakuza organization in Kanto. Then, it is not surprising that a guy who looks like a gangster called him to buy land.
However, just when Iwahashi Shinichi came up with such an idea, he suddenly heard Imai ask him, "Did Iwahashi-san also receive a call from Tachikawa Industrial to discuss the matter?"
"I was about to talk about this." Shinichi Iwahashi told him, "Someone called me again and again, saying that he wanted to buy the land in my hand at a high price, giving him 5 million yen."
While he was talking to himself, he first felt that something was wrong.
"Acquisition at a high price? Five million yen?" Imai's tone was strange.
"If you were from a real estate company, you wouldn't say something like this, right?" Iwahashi Shinichi himself first expressed what was wrong in his heart.
"Of course I wouldn't say that..."
Imai seemed to be talking to himself. He paused and then said, "It doesn't sound like he's from Tachikawa Kosan."
"Isn't that right?" Iwahashi Shinichi himself felt the same.
"To put it this way, Tachikawa Kosan hasn't called me yet." He did not remember that he had received a call related to Tachikawa Kosan.
"That's weird." Imai also had an uncertain reaction.
It seemed that he didn't know the origin of the person who purchased the land at a high price.
A young man of unknown origin, who looked like a gangster, wanted to buy this land from himself and offered a high price. At the same time, Tachikawa Kosan also obtained the development rights of this land and was going from house to house.
House-to-house mobilization for demolition.
Thinking about it, this kind of thing is weird.
It would not be bad if this land was settled through Kanzaki Real Estate. But...
Iwahashi Shinichi concealed his discomfort and turned the topic back, "Anyway, that piece of land is useless in my hands. I was thinking about asking your company to handle it for me, and that...Yamada-san...is
This name. Deal with Yamada-san."
"Are you going to sell the land to the person who called?"
Imai accepted his offer and said, "If you want to do the transaction on your behalf, that's no problem. Iwahashi-san will just sign an entrustment contract with us."
"However," Shinichi Iwahashi changed his words and an idea came to his mind, "I want to put the land sale aside for now - of course, I still want to do it if I can. But before that, there is something I want to do first
Please do me a favor, Imai-san."
Imai is waiting for his next words.
"I would like to ask Imai-san for help. Ask among my colleagues whether there are any other residents in that neighborhood who have sold their land to anyone other than Tachikawa Kosan." Shinichi Iwahashi expressed his thoughts.
Imai was a little hesitant, not wanting to do anything beyond his responsibilities.
Iwahashi Shinichi continued to ask, "There is no need to inquire too much, just know if there are other people selling land at this juncture."
He went on to say that he would pay Imai a reward later.
Imai's attitude began to change when he heard that he was offered money. The two chatted on the phone for a while, and Imai agreed to help inquire among his colleagues.
Putting down the phone, Iwahashi Shinichi looked at the time and saw that it was a bit late.
At noon, he made an appointment to have dinner with Watanabe Mayumi, but this time he was definitely going to be late. He simply packed up and went out to keep the appointment. When he arrived at the restaurant where he had arranged to meet, as expected, Watanabe Mayumi had already arrived.
"It was a little delayed."
Shinichi Iwahashi sat down opposite her and explained.
Watanabe Manyumi didn't take it seriously and smiled, "It's Monday after all."
"That's true." Shin Iwahashi stepped down as soon as there was a step, and joked to himself, "After all, even now, I come here with a lot of things to discuss with you."
"If you say that, I need to let you get rid of the trouble in your stomach first, so that you can have some time to eat." Watanabe Manyumi mocked him smoothly.
Iwahashi Shinichi laughed when he heard this, and asked her in turn, "Don't Wan Yumi-san have anything to say to me?"
"I'm not like you, who keeps what I'm going to say in my stomach."
She told a cold joke seriously, but Iwahashi Shinichi didn't think anything of it, but he made her laugh first. As soon as she laughed, she gave up arguing with him and picked up the menu.
After placing the order, while waiting, Shinichi Iwahashi grabbed her and started chatting.
He said solemnly, "Before eating, empty out all the things in your stomach first so that you can have room to eat."
"..."
Watanabe Manyumi was half speechless, half amused, with an expression that said she couldn't do anything to him.
