Chapter 334
Zhu Yuyan’s advertisement solemnly acknowledged a Japanese woman, Yoshiko Hirata. This was only after she had discussed it with Hirata Yoshiko.
She said, “This is to make you famous, Ms. Hirata”. Yoshiko Hirata also wanted to become a famous woman, so that she could become a woman that Mr. Suzuki would look up to, so she agreed to do it.
As for why there is no acknowledgement of Saburo Suzuki in the advertisement ……
Zhu Yuyan every day in Hirata Yoshiko’s ear that women have to have their own business, to have not lost to the man’s career and fame, so that the man can put you in the eyes.
After reading it too many times, probably because of the success of brainwashing, Hirata Yoshiko seemed to only think of making a name for herself when she saw the advertisement, and forgot about Suzuki Saburo to the back of her mind.
Zhu Yuyan didn’t remind either.
So, Hirata Yoshiko arrived at her name in the newspaper.
Suzuki Saburo likewise saw it.
At dinner, he put the newspaper in front of Yoshiko Hirata.
He said, “Yoshiko, can you tell me what this is all about?”
Hirata Yoshiko had recently socialized a lot with Zhu Yuyan and was deeply influenced by him. She had been convinced by Zhu Yuyan’s theory: use a man’s power to build up your own business, and then return the favor later when your business is successful, this kind of caution is good for your own growth, and also good for your status beside the man.
So the first time she did something behind Suzuki Saburo’s back, although she was still a little nervous and weak, but there was no bit of regret and retreat.
She said, “Saburo, I want to help you!”
Suzuki Saburo: “Oh? How do you want to help me?”
Hirata Yoshiko: “Yanji used the charitable foundation to help her husband open the door to officialdom, make money, and earn fame, so can I!”
Suzuki Saburo: “So you joined her charitable foundation as an honorary member? Do you hold an office?”
Yoshiko Hirata said confidently, “I have a very important job! Yanji said that her charitable foundation is only a small organization, but with my help, this charitable foundation will be able to expand its power!”
Suzuki Saburo: “Because you represent the Japanese?”
Yoshiko Hirata: “Yes.”
Saburo Suzuki: “Does Yanji expect you to use your influence in the Hirata and Suzuki families to do anything for this charitable foundation?”
Yoshiko Hirata thought for a moment and shook her head, “No. At the moment she has not asked me for anything.”
Suzuki Saburo: “Was it your idea to put the name on this or Yanji’s?”
Yoshiko Hirata: “It was Yanki who asked me if I wanted to put my name on it. Saburo, do you think Yanji tricked me?”
Saburo Suzuki sighed, “Yoshiko, you are too innocent. I’m worried about you.”
Hirata Yoshiko lowered her head a little aggrieved, “Saburo, I’m sorry, I should have asked you before making a decision.” But she usually didn’t have a chance to talk and gossip with Suzuki Saburo, and she wanted to make a career.
Suzuki Saburo: “You’ve done well so far. But be wary of Yanji, she’s Chinese and has a natural stance against Japan, so you can’t trust her easily.”
Hirata Yoshiko nods, “I understand, I will be careful.”
Suzuki Saburo: “If she asks you to do anything in the future, write it all down and come back to me.”
Yoshiko Hirata: “Okay, I’ll do that.”
Suzuki Saburo: “What are you going to do next?”
Hirata Yoshiko bit her lip and hesitated, “Yanji is having a banquet at the Peace Hotel, and she …… invited me to go. There are also people from the Japanese Chamber of Commerce.”
Suzuki Saburo, “What is she asking the Japanese Chamber of Commerce to do?” He glanced at the paper, “Is it a street of Japanese stores?”
Yoshiko Hirata immediately said, “Saburo, I think a street of Japanese stores would be great, why don’t we do that?”
Saburo Suzuki gave her a look and said, “I have other plans for this matter.” He put down the newspaper, pondered for a moment, and solemnly asked her, “Yoshiko, let me ask you, are you a Suzuki family member or a Hirata family member?”
Hirata Yoshiko’s eyes widened, and after a moment, she said in a trembling voice of excitement, “I’m one of yours! I am neither a member of the Hirata family nor the Suzuki family, and I only listen to you. I’ll do whatever you say.”
She felt that she had finally gotten inside Suzuki Saburo’s heart! Finally gaining his trust!
Suzuki Saburo said softly, “I’m glad.”
He hugged Yoshiko Hirata and said tenderly, “Yoshiko. I can only trust you.”
He said, “A street of Japanese stores is indeed a good idea, I like it very much, and I’m sure it will be a good move to convert the Chinese to Japanese goods. But I’m not in full control of the Chamber of Commerce yet, so I can’t do this right now.”
Hirata Yoshiko immediately asked, “Is it the Suzuki family or the Hirata family ……”
Suzuki Saburo smiled a little and said, “I still have nothing but full body dependence on the Suzuki family as of now. You, on the other hand, are just Hirata Yoshiko now, and we haven’t gotten married yet.”
Hirata Yoshiko said excitedly, “I can marry you, I can marry you for nothing! As long as you want me!”
Suzuki Saburo: “Well then, we’ll get married in three months. After we’re married, I’ll have even more faith in your loyalty to me.”
Yoshiko Hirata: “Will you let me join you in your business then?”
Suzuki Saburo stroked her face, “Yes.”
Yoshiko Hirata was allowed to go to Zhu Yuyan’s charity conference.
As soon as Zhu Yuyan saw Hirata Yoshiko she realized she didn’t look too excited for the occasion.
Hirata Yoshiko also had absolutely no intention of keeping it a secret, and as soon as she saw her, she said excitedly, “Yanji, I did it, Saburo proposed to me! I’m going to marry him soon!”
Hirata Yoshiko cried tears of joy, and Zhu Yuyan immediately congratulated and encouraged her, brainwashing her once again, “This is all the result of your hard work! Yoshiko, Mr. Suzuki must have seen your efforts before he made up his mind to marry you.”
Although Hirata Yoshiko hadn’t accomplished anything big yet, she did think that she had worked hard and was rewarded with the approval of Suzuki Saburo.
“A woman really needs a career,” says Zhu Yuyan.
“Once a street in Japan is successful, as long as it exists for a day, your success exists for a day, Mr. Suzuki must not be able to ignore”
“Even if you’re 80 years old, with your career, you’ll always be young, and Mr. Suzuki won’t be able to leave you behind.”
And so on and so forth.
Yoshiko Hirata, who had made Yamato Nadeshiko her goal to be a husband and a mother, completely changed her beliefs in life.
In order to become the woman that Mr. Suzuki could not live without, she wanted to be his business partner.
In order to become Mr. Suzuki’s business partner, she wants to start a business.
But she doesn’t know what kind of business a woman has to do and how to do it.
Luckily, Yanji’s business is booming, so she can dive in and learn.
In front of the Peace Hotel, reporters from various newspapers and radio stations carried long guns and short cannons and held up microphones to shoot and ask questions about the government officials led by Su Chunjun and Zhao Shuli.
Zhu Yuyan had a signboard customized to read “Benevolent People and Kindness Donate 800,000 Yuan,” which was four or five people long, and the huge numbers could be seen from a street away.
At one end stood her and Hirata Yoshiko, and at the other stood Su Chunjun and Zhao Shuli.
The signboard was hung with red cloth and embroidered balls, and beside it, there were also gongs and drums and suona players, as well as firecrackers, making it as lively as possible.
Zhao Shuli’s face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and his smile was stiff.
Su Chunjun in this kind of serious occasion is even more skin smile.
The two of them don’t look like they are here to deliver money, but rather like they are debt collectors.
Zhu Yuyan and Hirata Yoshiko on the other side were not important people, they were purely scenery boards, and the reporters’ cameras didn’t even sweep to their side.
You see, this is the downside of discrimination against women.
Obviously, it is a charity foundation’s venue, but the two who are in the limelight are Su Chunjun and Zhao Shuli, the two bureaucratic parasites.
Of course, Zhu Yuyan, the good wife, and Hirata Jiazi, who aspired to be a good wife, both felt that the limelight should be left to men.
Zhu Yuyan smiles happily.
Hirata Yoshiko thought the situation was worth learning from.
With the 800,000 Yuan gimmick, Su Chunjun and Zhao Shuli’s first appearance in the newspaper was at least a good one.
This was also the reason why Zhao Shuli finally agreed to come over for the photo shoot.
With the government standing on the stage, Zhu Yuyan’s charity foundation was on fire before it was launched.
It is not known whether the three-day advertisement received 800,000 donations, but at the thank-you banquet, many people went up to Zhu Yuyan beside Su Chunjun and said, “Mrs. Su, I’ve always wanted to do good deeds. ……”
“Mrs. Su, my old lady donates money to the temple every year. ……”
“Mrs. Su, my family has always donated money to build roads and temples. ……”
Mrs. Su receives money hand over fist.
Zhao Shuli’s eyes reddened immensely, and he said to Su Chunjun: “I don’t think I need to look for the eight hundred thousand dollars.”
Su Chunjun: “Well, let’s eat the food.”
Zhao Shuli was now fretting over the deficit every day, and when he saw such a talent as Mrs. Su, he couldn’t help but snatch the person back to the cottage.
He rehashed the matter mentioned by VIP Jiang and said, “VIP asked you if you want Mrs. Su to come to work with you, how have you considered it? For safety’s sake, it’s better for Mrs. Su to assume a minor position.”
Su Chunjun hesitated and put down his chopsticks.
Frankly speaking, the last time Mr. Zhang brought a gun to hire someone really scared him. Now that Mrs. Su was running around every day, it really wasn’t safe either. Although there were gendarmes standing guard in front of the house, that could only scare the small hooligans, people who really carry guns would not be afraid.
Zhao Shuli: “She can do the charity foundation’s business in her office, there’s no safer place than our place. And if she goes in, you can arrange a car driver for her, coming out and going in is definitely safer than now.”
Su Chunjun was already eight percent willing and said, “I’ll think about it again.”
Zhao Shuli: “Safety first.”
The banquet ended, Zhu Yuyan, with charity money in hand, bought rice, flour, salt, sugar, corn, and potatoes from Hirata Yoshiko ……
Zhu Yuyan: “Another thousand kilograms of vegetables. All in US dollars.”
Hirata Yoshiko’s own family was in the textile business, and her own family had ships traveling between India and the United States to collect cotton. Since she has a boat, she will definitely do smuggling. Zhu Yuyan, after hearing that the Hirata family had their own fleet of ships, had decided that their family must also do smuggling, and this time she was relieved to place the order.
If Hirata Yoshiko didn’t want to start a business, she wouldn’t have dared to mention it to her, because then Hirata Yoshiko would probably turn around and tell Suzuki Saburo.
Now that Yoshiko Hirata had a career, the business was ready to be negotiated.
Zhu Yuyan originally aimed at Suzuki Saburo, but found that this man is smelly, hard and very difficult to handle, and then turned to look at Hirata Yoshiko and found it very easy to handle and convenient.
Since Hirata Yoshiko has become career-minded, she has always wanted to follow Zhu Yuyan’s example and set up some kind of organization, with herself as the president.
Zhu Yuyan suggested to her: “Yoshiko, why don’t you take this opportunity to set up a foreign trade company? You have your own fleet of ships, I buy things from you, only give you the money, you take the money to your fleet of ships, buy things and then sell them to me, from the center you can earn the difference in price.”
She handily taught Hirata Yoshiko what it meant to buy low and sell high, such as how to depress her family’s cost price.
“The lower you press down, the more you earn.” Zhu Yuyan said fondly, “As your friend, I’m willing to pay you five percent more than the usual price.”
Five percent higher than the market price can obtain a stable and long-term channel to purchase grain, is there anything cheaper than this! No!
She didn’t have a single channel right now, as long as she could get through to Hirata Yoshiko, she might be able to get through to Suzuki Saburo in the future, as well as the other families in the Japanese Chamber of Commerce!
Zhu Yuyan’s mind was filled with the increasing convenience of buying things in the future after opening up multiple channels, holding Hirata Yoshiko’s hand and saying sincerely, “Yoshiko, the more money you make, the bigger the company is, the more initiative you will be able to gain in your marriage in the future. Look how good I am now, after Ms. Su found out that my charity foundation is very powerful, she has been more gentle with me than before.”
Hirata Yoshiko thought of Zhu Yuyan’s previous crying, to now when the charitable foundation was in the newspaper, Su Chunjun stood there and let the reporters take pictures, their relationship as a couple had definitely changed.
Hirata Yoshiko: “You have a point.”
She must run the company well and make good money so that she can make Mr. Suzuki happy. If she could get more resources from the Hirata family, wouldn’t she be able to help Mr. Suzuki as well?