Chapter 143: Selfishness

After dinner was over, Professor and Mrs. Suzuki, full of joy, walked outside with Masayoshi Kishimoto and Rie Sakai laughing and joking on one side, while on the other side they were personally escorted out the door by the proprietress of the Hiraku Cuisine Pavilion, who also gave each of them a gift box of the store’s special sixteen-compartment pastries.

After the four of them said goodbye to each other, Prof. and Mrs. Suzuki got into a cab outside the door and left. Masayoshi Kishimoto raised his arms and did a stretching exercise, “Let’s go home too!”

“The bill hasn’t been settled yet!” Rie Sakai kindly reminded.

Masayoshi Kishimoto couldn’t help but laugh and said, “One, two, three, run. We’ll eat the king’s dinner.”

The boss’s wife looked towards Rie Sakai, who was not far away, and also laughed and said, “President Kishimoto can spend money with me for a month, or a year, or for a lifetime.”

“A year is too long. A lifetime would cause unnecessary misunderstandings and suspicions that there is some special relationship between us. In reality, we are just a normal business relationship.” Justice Kishimoto corrected.

The boss’s wife was, after all, a person who had been here before, or a woman who had seen a lot of all kinds of men. When she saw him say that, her heart was immediately clear, and she pointed her right hand towards Sakai Rie and said, “From now on, should I address her as Mrs. Kishimoto?”

Sakai Rie froze at once. She had tangibly felt the high level of courtesy from her people, but she had not expected the other party to say so and so at all.

“That matter, I wouldn’t know. However, from now on, if she comes to spend money at your place, it will all be put on my account.” Masayoshi Kishimoto calmly said.

The boss’s wife placed her hands on top of her right and left knees and bowed forty-five degrees towards him, after all, it was the other party who was intentionally taking care of her store’s business.

Only VIP level premium customers like the other party could enjoy and save the inconvenience of having to settle their bill once for a meal in their own store.

“Let’s go.” Masayoshi Kishimoto took a step towards the front.

Rie Sakai was the one who reacted after seeing him walk out a short distance. The owner’s wife even bowed forty-five degrees towards her to say goodbye before she took her small steps to follow him.

Rie Sakai caught up with him and walked side by side saying, “Did you really just agree to buy three hundred tickets to Professor Suzuki’s daughter’s concert?”

Masayoshi Kishimoto laughed and said, “Is it hard to believe that you think I’m talking out of my ass?”

“Three concerts in total. Each one is only about two hundred people in size, and you contracted for half of the tickets. That’s nearly two million yen in one expenditure.” Rie Sakai staggered.

“Feeling sorry for me about the money, huh?” Masayoshi Kishimoto said with a sideways glance at her.

Sakai Rie nodded her head without denying it and said, “I do feel sorry for the money, it’s just too extravagant.”

“If I don’t agree to this one condition from Professor Suzuki. Do you think you’ll be able to go to the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra to apprentice as a Western flutist? On top of that, I also have selfish thoughts.

If I don’t promote you, you won’t be good enough for me in the future. Taking the opportunity of Prof. Suzuki’s daughter’s mini concert, I would also like to let some industry stakeholders know that you, Rie Sakai, exist.” Although Masayoshi Kishimoto was smiling on his face, he wasn’t making jokes.

“You are really too self-conscious, too inflated, and too conceited. Why is it that I’m the one who doesn’t deserve you? How come it won’t be you who doesn’t deserve me? Besides, I majored in Western flute and minored in piano.

You asked me to raise my shortcomings and avoid my strengths in front of so many people …… I’m afraid I can’t do it.” Sakai Rie was a little nervous at the thought that Prof. Suzuki would be inviting a number of professionals to watch.

“Oh …… it’s not easy. It’s the first time I’ve seen you have moments of lack of confidence as well.” Masayoshi Kishimoto once again turned his head sideways to look at Rie Sakai, who was walking slowly forward with himself, and said.

Sakai Rie was currently like a cooked duck, with only her mouth left to speak, “I think this arrangement of yours is extremely unreasonable. You should just fully utilize my strengths.”

“I’ve only seen a piano with a violin or a piano with a western flute in concerts. I’ve never seen a western flute with a violin.

It’s creative, it can be. If you guys work well together, I’ll give you a solo music single album CD or music video,” Masayoshi Kishimoto said thoughtfully.

“You’re not joking with me, are you?” Rie Sakai heard him say that for the second time tonight.

“No joke, I’m serious.” Masayoshi Kishimoto laughed without a trace of a smile on his face.

“What exactly are you doing with your business? And just how much money have you made? Is there already so much money that you have no place to spend it?” Rie Sakai said with difficulty in understanding.

“I’ll answer your first question, professional investment is what I’m currently doing. As for the second question, how much money has been earned?

This involves trade secrets and personal privacy, so I can’t go into too much detail and tell you. Anyway, you only need to know that I have money now.

The third question is, I have enough money to spend on my personal life for ten lifetimes. However, when it comes to career development, it’s not enough.

In the beginning, I told you that my goal is to control a trillion dollars in market capitalization assets by the time I’m forty.” Masayoshi Kishimoto said as he erected three fingers of his left hand one by one.

Sakai Rie was completely speechless. She didn’t try to discern whether the words he said at that moment were true or false, but in her heart, she had already developed a kind of shame for receiving unearned rewards.

It wasn’t that she didn’t know how to do the math, a small two million yen had already gone out. This was the deal that Masayoshi Kishimoto had struck with Professor Suzuki for himself.

“Tonight, talking to Prof. Suzuki did remind me of one thing about the house. What do you think, should I buy another house? How about the location is Nishimabu in Minato Ward?” Masayoshi Kishimoto asked for her opinion.

How could Sakai Rie not know that Minato Ward was one of the three wards in the center of Tokyo? Not only that, there were many embassies and high-class residential areas in the vicinity of Nishi-Azabu, and there were also many high-class restaurants and nightclubs and other related facilities. In short, it’s a place where non-rich people live.

“You still need to buy a house, what does it have to do with me?” Sakai Rie responded nonchalantly.

“How is it not related? The relationship is big. You can’t forget that we also have a five-year labor employment contract.

If we move to Nishi-Mabu in Minato Ward, you’ll still have to go back to Ueno in Taito Ward for school in the future as well as a certain long distance.

Will I not be able to be as punctual and on time as I am now when I come home from work to eat?” Masayoshi Kishimoto had a word to say.

“Say it like it’s true. Even when I cook, you’re becoming less and less likely to come back for dinner.” Rie Sakai didn’t take it seriously, after all, the price of housing in Nishimabu, Minato District, was not normally expensive.