Although Cao Zhiqiang felt a little baffled as he was force-fed a box of DUREX and said a bunch of ambiguous words, he didn't think much about it and just thought that Nagayama Kozo had misunderstood him.
Yes, even now, Cao Zhiqiang only thought that Nagayama Kozo was comparing his feelings with others, thinking that he was obsessed with Sayuri Yoshinaga, so he deliberately created this opportunity for himself, deliberately saying the opposite, and never thought that Sayuri Yoshinaga was interested in him. interesting.
It's not that Cao Zhiqiang has no confidence in his own charm, but that he never thought that Sayuri Yoshinaga would have thoughts about him.
After all, Yoshinaga Sayuri is much older than me, and her reputation in the industry is said to be very good. At least she has always followed the rules in her private life, and there is nothing dirty about her.
What's more, Yoshinaga Sayuri is well-known, has a high status, and her husband is also very powerful. At the same time, she doesn't seem to be short of money, so she doesn't need anything from Cao Zhiqiang.
So normally speaking, Sayuri Yoshinaga cannot please herself.
There are unspoken rules in the entertainment industry. He understands this kind of thing, but usually there are unspoken rules for men and women. I have never heard of unspoken rules for women and men, especially for someone like Yoshinaga Sayuri, it is even more impossible.
Even if Yoshinaga Sayuri really takes a fancy to her looks and talent and covets her body, normally, Yoshinaga Sayuri would not have anything happen to her because it is too uneconomical.
With Sayuri Yoshinaga's current status and the power of her husband, once there is a scandal in Sayuri Yoshinaga's private life, it will be a big event, which is different from the scandals of ordinary starlets.
If nothing else, Yoshinaga Sayuri's husband cannot spare her, and is unlikely to swallow her anger. He will only divorce and block one dragon, which is absolutely unlucky.
Although Yoshinaga Sayuri's father is an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cao Zhiqiang has long heard that this is an ordinary bureaucratic family, not a political power. At most, it can fool ordinary people. In the eyes of the real powerful, it is nothing at all.
Therefore, Sayuri Yoshinaga's real supporter is her husband, Taro Okada.
Without the support of Taro Okada, Sayuri Yoshinaga can only be an ordinary star, and it is absolutely impossible to have the weight she has today.
To put it bluntly, in Japanese society, being rich does not mean having power, no matter how much money you have, it doesn’t matter.
For example, Yanai Masaru, the later richest man in Japan, was the founder of Uniqlo. He later held the position of Japan's richest man for a long time. But can you say that Yanai Masaru is a powerful person in Japan? Does not.
Even SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Abemoto, who is equally wealthy, is only rich in Japan. If you want to say how powerful he is, it is simply not enough.
On the contrary, none of the so-called five major political families and the four major financial groups in Japan are particularly wealthy, but no one dares to ignore their power in Japan.
Similarly, there is the Lee family of South Korea's Samsung Group during the Sixth Republic.
During the Sixth Republic, the Lee family of the Samsung Group, on the surface, did not have much private property at the helm of the family. Even if the entire family’s combined property was not particularly outrageous, the Lee family seemed to be in Samsung’s shareholding is very small, but the Lee family’s control over Samsung and influence over South Korea is unmatched.
The reason is that the Samsung Group controls all aspects of South Korea, and although the Lee family seems to hold a small share of Samsung, they use a set of complex cross-shareholding methods to firmly control the company with extremely low assets. Hold on to Samsung.
Samsung's cross-shareholding method is complicated to say. To put it simply, it is to establish a company A that holds 51% of the shares, to hold 51% of the shares of the larger company B, and then use B to hold 51% of the shares. The company controls 51% of the shares of Company C, which is larger than Company B. By holding the shares one by one, and then cross-holding each other, it can control a huge Samsung with the least amount of money. empire.
Samsung actually learned this from Japan.
Japan used this method to avoid a comprehensive liquidation of the chaebols after the war. On the basis of the chaebols, it created a new four major consortiums, namely Mitsui, Mitsubishi, Sumitomo, and Yasuda.
These four major consortiums are only the strongest top-level consortiums, followed by countless sub-consortiums and even lower-level sub-consortiums.
Let’s not talk about South Korea, let’s talk about Japan. Basically, political families control the government, while financial groups control the economy. The two sides have a mutually cooperative relationship.
But relatively speaking, the most powerful in Japan are the five major political families.
Because the five major political families control the Japanese government, and the Japanese government has strong control over Japanese conglomerates, not the other way around.
By the same token, in South Korea before the Sixth Republic, that is, during the so-called military government period, South Korean chaebols kept their tail between their legs and were unable to fight against the government.
After the military government fell and the so-called democratic Sixth Republic came, and the president was changed to only serve for five years and could not be re-elected, South Korea's chaebols took a breath of relief and gradually took control of all aspects of South Korea.
The reason is that no matter how good the president was during the Sixth Republic, he only lasted for five years, while the chaebols were family-owned and could wait for you to step down, or even find ways to remove you before you step down.
What’s interesting is that South Korea’s economy was in decline and all kinds of misfortunes were involved. This was also the period when the chaebols came into power in the Sixth Republic. It is said that Koreans can’t live without Samsung for the rest of their lives. This is also why.
This is equivalent to saying that it is ironic that the Koreans finally overthrew the military government but continued to be ruled by the chaebols.
Relatively speaking, Japan is much better.
Japan's five major political families take turns in power, resulting in a strong government continuity. In addition, the Japanese conglomerates have long been dealt with by the American father and are unable to fight against the government. Therefore, the Japanese conglomerates are not as powerful as the Korean chaebols, even thirty years later. in this way.
Moreover, Japan's five major political families take turns in power, which also has the advantage of ensuring the continuity and long-term nature of many of Japan's policies, allowing Japan to designate long-term plans for more than ten years.
Fundamentally, this is because the five major political families unite and confront each other, and are consistent in some aspects.
From this perspective, the truly powerful groups in Japan are the five major political families and their affiliated families. Although the members of these political families have power, their personal wealth is not high.
In modern society, if political families want to consolidate their dominance, the news media must win over them.
Without news media, how can we deceive the people and spread our influence?
Therefore, each of the five major TV stations in Japan is actually inextricably linked to a certain political family.
For example, Fuji TV actually has a close relationship with the Abe family.
The same goes for other companies such as film and newspaper agencies.
Although Taro Okada of Fuji TV does not have much personal wealth and his position is not too high, the Okada family to which he belongs has deep ties with political families such as the Sato family.
This makes Taro Okada, at least in the entertainment industry, definitely one of the top powers.
And how could such a man's wife not be careful, how could she be so casually confused by a beautiful man, and want to unspoken rules for him?
In particular, the matchmaking was done through Nagayama Kozo, a person with a similar background. Isn't this giving people a clue?
Therefore, Cao Zhiqiang was a little shocked at first, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that this must be Nagayama Kozo's misunderstanding. How could a smart person like Sayuri Yoshinaga fall into such a thing.
Sayuri Yoshinaga is not a young girl in her late teens, and she is prone to falling in love. She is a serious middle-aged woman, and she is also an ambitious person. How can she be so impatient that she messes up big plans.
After thinking about this, Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly and wanted to throw away the box of DUREX to avoid accidentally falling out and causing misunderstanding.
Unfortunately, I looked in the corridor and found that there were no trash cans nearby.
After frowning, Cao Zhiqiang had no choice but to kick the box of DUREX into the inner pocket of his leather jacket.
Yes, Cao Zhiqiang came here wearing a velvet leather jacket and velvet jeans because it was warm enough, more relaxed, and much more comfortable than wearing a suit or something.
Thanks to Cao Zhiqiang, he was too short after entering and didn't have time to take off his coat, otherwise it would be hard to tell.
As for why it is not stuffed into the pants pocket, it is because the pockets of jeans are too small, and the inside is the traditional kneeling method.
If you put a box of this stuff in your trouser pocket while you are sitting on your knees, and if it accidentally falls out despite being uncomfortable, you will be in trouble.
After placing it firmly and making sure that there would be no problem, Cao Zhiqiang straightened his expression and walked into the room again.
After re-entering the room, I found Yoshinaga Sayuri half-lying on the table with slightly red cheeks, holding her chin in one hand and holding the script in the other, quietly reading the script there.
Cao Zhiqiang frowned subconsciously when he saw her lazy look.
It's not anything else, but Yoshinaga Sayuri's appearance is a bit out of place and a bit too casual.
If you're at home, it's fine when you're facing your husband, but when you're facing a guest, a man, doing this is a bit too casual and not in line with Japanese etiquette.
But maybe this is Yoshinaga Sayuri's true temperament. Maybe in her eyes, she is just a junior and there is no need to behave.
After giving himself an explanation again, Cao Zhiqiang nodded politely to Sayuri Yoshinaga, and then sat down in his seat in a kneeling posture.
At the same time, whether it was because it was extremely hot in the room or because he was nervous, Cao Zhiqiang felt his mouth was a little dry and there was sweat on his forehead.
After taking a deep breath, Cao Zhiqiang looked and found that there was no water. He quickly poured himself a glass of cold sake and drank it in one gulp.
This glass of ice-cold sake indeed temporarily relieved the thirst, and the sudden tension was also relieved a lot.
Just when Cao Zhiqiang breathed out and was about to pick up his chopsticks and eat something first, Sayuri Yoshinaga, who was half lying opposite, suddenly raised his head and smiled at Cao Zhiqiang: "Cao Sang, are you hungry?"
"Yes." Cao Zhiqiang became nervous again for some unknown reason.
Soon, Cao Zhiqiang laughed: "Oh, I didn't eat much in the morning, and now I'm starving. Sayuri-senpai, can I have something to eat first? Can we talk after we finish?"
Yoshinaga Sayuri narrowed her eyes and smiled softly: "You can do whatever you want and don't worry about me. In fact, I'm hungry too."
Having said this, Sayuri Yoshinaga put down the script, sat up on her knees again, then ignored Cao Zhiqiang, picked up the chopsticks, and picked up a piece of tuna sushi.
Seeing Yoshinaga Sayuri like this, Cao Zhiqiang breathed a sigh of relief again.
Does this guy, Sayuri Yoshinaga, actually have such a side?
I am so surprised.
It seems that Nagayama Kozo is really talking nonsense. Yoshinaga Sayuri is actually a very easy-to-get-together person and has no such thoughts at all. He must be overthinking.
Thinking of this, Cao Zhiqiang picked up his chopsticks and said, "That's rude."
Just when Cao Zhiqiang was about to pick up the piece of eel sushi closest to him with chopsticks and prepare to fill his stomach first, Sayuri Yoshinaga suddenly picked up the piece of tuna sushi and gently placed it on the plate in front of Cao Zhiqiang.
"Try this." Sayuri Yoshinaga gave Cao Zhiqiang a piece of tuna sushi with chopsticks and smiled slightly, "The tuna sushi here is one of a kind. Not only is the material fresh, but it is made by Master Fujita himself one by one using an exclusive secret recipe. You can't eat it anywhere else. Can’t reach it.”
Cao Zhiqiang was stunned for a moment, looked at Sayuri Yoshinaga who was smiling, and didn't know what to say.
"Eat it quickly." Sayuri Yoshinaga smiled at Cao Zhiqiang again, "It won't taste good after a long time."
Cao Zhiqiang swallowed, sweat broke out on his forehead again.
After swallowing his saliva, Cao Zhiqiang took a deep breath and forced a smile: "The elder gave me this gift, but I dare not refuse, so I would be disrespectful."
After saying that, Cao Zhiqiang quickly lowered his head, not daring to look at Sayuri Yoshinaga, and quickly picked up the tuna sushi she gave him with chopsticks, and quickly swallowed it into his mouth.
Soon, Cao Zhiqiang swallowed it, looked up, and found that Yoshinaga Sayuri opposite was still smiling and staring straight at him, and felt a little angry again.
After blinking, Cao Zhiqiang forced a smile at Sayuri Yoshinaga again: "Senior, why do you keep looking at me? Is there anything unclean on my face?"
Yoshinaga Sayuri narrowed her eyes, covered her mouth and chuckled: "No, it's just that it's funny to see you sweating profusely."
"ah?"
Cao Zhiqiang subconsciously wiped his forehead with the back of his hand, and then looked at it in front of his eyes. Sure enough, there was sweat.
And at this time, Cao Zhiqiang belatedly realized that his whole body felt hot and he seemed to be sweating a lot.
At this moment, Sayuri Yoshinaga, who was dressed in a kimono, suddenly stood up elegantly, and then walked towards Cao Zhiqiang with small steps.
After Sayuri Yoshinaga came to Cao Zhiqiang, she suddenly smiled at Cao Zhiqiang and said, "Please stand up."
"What are you doing?" Cao Zhiqiang subconsciously leaned back, "You, what do you want to do?"
Yoshinaga Sayuri suddenly made a sinister expression: "Obviously, I want to eat you!"
Just when Cao Zhiqiang was stunned on the spot with his eyes widened, he took a breath and had not yet thought about how to react.
Yoshinaga Sayuri suddenly covered her mouth and laughed: "Hahaha, interesting, you are so interesting, you are scared now, hahaha!"
After covering her mouth and laughing, Yoshinaga Sayuri suddenly folded her arms, smiled condescendingly at Cao Zhiqiang and said: "Don't worry, I just teased you just as a joke, don't mind.
Actually, I just saw that you were too hot and wanted to help you take off your coat.
The heating here is very strong. You have to wear so many clothes. It’s strange that it’s not hot.
Come on, stand up and I'll help you take off your coat.
It's so hot here and you're still wearing so many clothes. Don't do anything wrong if it's really hot. That would be bad. "(End of chapter)
