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The Taniguchi family has a strong ability to execute plans.

That night, the Taniguchi couple mustered their energy and discussed the sale of the house until 2 a.m.

The next day, April 14th, was a weekend. As soon as the elderly couple got up in the morning, they first announced to their son and daughter the great news that Mr. Taniguchi had been promoted to managing director. Then they told them about their decision to sell their house.

She also told her two children that they could start tidying up their belongings.

Because once they find a buyer and sign a contract, they can move out, and the process won't take too long.

Then, without caring what their children thought or whether they could accept it, the elderly couple went directly to a real estate agency and registered their house.

The process of selling the house was also very quick.

Mrs. Taniguchi originally wanted to haggle over the price and try to get more profit.

She is, after all, a woman, and it's inevitable that she'll be a little petty and calculating.

Fortunately, Mr. Taniguchi was a man who listened to advice. He listened carefully to Ning Weimin's explanation of the logic that the real estate market was destined to collapse, so he was not too concerned about the price and wanted to get rid of the property as soon as possible.

Therefore, he unusually displayed the spirit of a true man in front of outsiders.

Emboldened by his recent promotion, he forcefully subdued his wife and took control for once.

He told the real estate agent that they were willing to sell at a slightly lower price than the market price, as long as the deal could be closed quickly.

And so, with the agent's strong encouragement and the fact that housing prices had risen again, the Taniguchi family found a buyer in less than a week and successfully signed a sales contract for the house at a price of 180 million yen, which was about 5% lower than the market price.

Two days later, they rented a house that suited their tastes for 380,000 yen a month.

Finally, on the third weekend of April, the Taniguchi family not only successfully completed all the procedures for selling the house, but also received all the proceeds from the sale.

They also moved into a luxury apartment in Sumida Oshiage, Tokyo.

It can be described as a perfect "upgrade" and switch for their own living conditions.

Although Mrs. Taniguchi felt the selling price of the house was too low and couldn't help but feel a little sad, the apartment was in really good condition.

This apartment building is a new building completed last year, with 27 floors, and the conditions in all aspects are quite ideal.

From high above, the entire city can be seen.

The facilities are excellent; you can take the elevator to the gym.

The decor is high-end, with a luxurious and grand reception hall.

The management system is excellent, with security guards, cleaners, maintenance workers, and garbage rooms, relieving ordinary people of all the troubles of daily life.

It is also equipped with surveillance cameras and video phones, providing residents with a completely safe and secure environment.

The apartment itself is also quite nice, with an area of ​​133 square meters, almost twice the size of the previous Taniguchi house.

Moreover, all rooms have windows, two balconies, and the house is a south-facing, west-facing corner room with good natural light and ventilation.

The standard interior features ample space, including a large walk-in dressing room in the bedroom, and storage in the living room and hallway.

There are two bathrooms in total, both with separate wet and dry areas, which made Mrs. Taniguchi quite satisfied.

But what excited the Taniguchi family the most was that their neighbors were different now.

Who were the neighbors of the Taniguchi family in the old communal housing complex?

They are just ordinary employees of various companies, ordinary civil servants, or even grocery store owners.

But things are different now. Their neighbors on the same floor are either doctors, lawyers, artists, or famous actors. Even the least successful family is at least a department head in a company.

In addition, each floor will be equipped with different public spaces for residents to move around and interact with each other.

This made Mrs. Taniguchi realize that her quality of life and its content were completely different from the past.

The feeling of upward social mobility was real. She also made new friends, and the topics of conversation were no longer about which vegetable market had the cheapest produce or when supermarkets had sales.

She clearly understood that all these enchanting changes came from her husband, who now had a private car to pick her up every day.

Therefore, the new home, the new environment, and the husband's permanent position and future annual income of tens of millions became the fire extinguisher.

This successfully extinguished Mrs. Taniguchi's dissatisfaction and regret, making her less concerned about "losing out" on the selling price of the house.

She would even try to comfort herself in her mind.

Fine, I'll just have to accept the loss when it comes to selling the house; I have to save face for my husband.

He's now a senior executive, not a junior employee anymore. It's really unreasonable to treat him the same way we used to.

Besides, if we really start arguing over every little thing, people won't laugh at him, they'll laugh at our whole family.

Hey, without realizing it, Mrs. Taniguchi's ideological awareness has already progressed to the level of a "madam".

This only shows how important the environment is to people.

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Having discussed the latest changes in the Gu family, let's also talk about the situation of Ning Weimin's other relatives and friends during this period.

Needless to say, at this crucial juncture, since Ning Weimin had kindly reminded even Fukuda Sakae and Sekiguchi Shusaku, he naturally wouldn't forget the others with whom he had an even closer relationship.

Unfortunately, apart from A-Xia, Maria, and a few others like Sagawa Kenichi, who believed him wholeheartedly and promptly followed his advice to sell their houses.

Others weren't so wise. Some even resisted and resistant to Ning Weimin's apparent suggestion that they sell their houses, displaying a completely opposite attitude.

Take Kagawa Rinko for example. As the manager of Huiwentang Bookstore under Ning Weimin's name, the first time I heard her talk about selling the house was at the beginning of this year when Ning Weimin planned to cash out Huiwentang Bookstore and find a buyer for it.

Moreover, she is the kind of artistic young woman who values ​​talent over money, and she has already regarded Huiwentang Bookstore as a career worth devoting her heart and soul to.

One can imagine how surprised and uneasy she must have been when she suddenly discovered that Ning Weimin was actually going to sell the Keibundo flagship store in Roppongi.

So, in order to get Ning Weimin to change his mind, she argued with him quite a bit and tried to disentangle the matter.

Her view is that Keibundo in Roppongi is a historically significant headquarters and should not be sold no matter the price.

Even though Ning Weimin repeatedly explained to her the reasons for selling the bookstore, and even promised her that he would discuss with the buyer to see if the bookstore could be retained by renting it out, it was still a problem.

Even in the worst-case scenario, Huiwentang will simply relocate and operate elsewhere, and it will open even more branches in the future.

Rinko Kagawa didn't give up either, and continued to press the issue relentlessly.

This girl was so stubborn that she even went so far as to deliberately refuse to open the door to potential buyers in order to protect the bookstore from being sold.

Even if Ning Weimin did manage to transfer the property rights first, he could move the bookstore three years later.

Rinko Kagawa didn't give Ning Weimin a friendly look either.

She was, after all, just a young girl, and had no idea what Ning Weimin's true intention was to buy high and sell low, trying to get something for nothing. She only regarded him as a mercenary who only cared about money.

If Ning Weimin hadn't later taken back Pierce Carton Japan in time and proactively communicated with Rinko Kagawa, proposing an idea that would allow her to hold her head high, it would have been different.

He said he hoped that while she was managing the bookstore, she could return to Pierre Cardin as the design manager, responsible for the design of the company's franchise store system, so that she could handle both jobs and earn two salaries in the future.

Rinko Kagawa might even resign because she has lost trust in him.

That's why she seemed so dismissive when Ning Weimin told her that the Japanese real estate market was very dangerous and that she should remind her sister and brother-in-law to sell their house.

He simply gave a perfunctory "thank you, I understand" and that was it.

Ning Weimin could tell from her expression that she was probably blaming himself for meddling.

So two days later, Ning Weimin couldn't help but call Kagawa Miyoko again, personally suggesting that she and Zuo Haiyou should sell the property.

In his mind, Miyoko was once a top real estate agent at a real estate agency.

With her experience and abilities, she will surely understand the true significance of this matter, see the enormous benefits involved, and be willing to do it.

However, he overlooked a fact.

It turns out that at the end of last year, Miyoko and Yujiro Sakami had their own child, a daughter.

Ning Weimin was too busy sniping Takahashi Harunori to pay attention to this matter at the time.

But Keiko Matsumoto delivered the congratulatory gift and visited the child on his behalf.

So, by this time, Miyoko, now a mother, had long lost the shrewdness of a top agent and was now fully immersed in her new role, focusing all her attention on her child.

She actually replied to Ning Weimin, thanking him for his concern, but said that her child was still young and she did not want to change her environment, so as not to cause inconvenience or discomfort to her family.

So, having no other choice, Ning Weimin had to give up and admit that he had been wasting his time and energy.

That's not all. What worries Ning Weimin the most is that his wife and in-laws are in the same boat.

Ning Weimin originally suggested that Matsumoto Keiko sell the land of the Fog Studio and the Mifune Studio and wait for an opportunity to buy a larger piece of land to rebuild. However, Matsumoto Keiko, who had always been obedient to him, became unusually stubborn on this matter.

After much persuasion, Ning Weimin finally convinced her to sell the Mifune Photography Studio that she had bought from Toshiro Mifune, cashing out less than 3 billion yen, making a 2 billion yen profit with tears in her eyes.

But that's where it ends; this is the biggest compromise Matsumoto Keiko has ever made for him.

Keiko Matsumoto refused to sell any of her other properties, whether it was the Kiri Studio, the villa in Denenchofu, or the one-bedroom apartment in Azabu.

They said it held shared memories for them, and they couldn't bear to part with it.

They also said that even if, as Ning Weimin said, Japanese real estate prices plummet in the future, and they can buy back bigger and better properties at cheaper prices, those properties will not be the same as they are now.

There's nothing we can do. As the old saying goes, if you don't follow the right path, you'll work yourself to death and achieve nothing.

No matter how calculating Ning Weimin was, he couldn't possibly force his wife to do something she didn't want to do for money. That would be destroying their relationship, and making more money would be a losing proposition. Therefore, the matter had to be dropped.

Needless to say, Ning Weimin's father-in-law and mother-in-law were even more traditional and conservative, and their attachment to their home was even stronger.

Even though Ning Weimin repeatedly tried to persuade them, and even though they knew that selling the house would bring back more than 6 billion yen, they still refused.

Therefore, as a son-in-law, Ning Weimin couldn't offer too much advice and could only hint at it.

Putting aside everything else, just the fact that Han Yingming has been in Japan for so many years and has never changed his Japanese surname or become a Japanese citizen shows how stubborn he is.

What can one say about this?
Perhaps this is the reason why "medicine cannot cure itself".

Don't underestimate Ning Weimin's extraordinary intelligence; he can make many strangers seek advantage and avoid harm.

But he was still helpless with his family, and his story was full of regret and helplessness.

In reality, nothing in this world is perfect.
Especially when it comes to family, there are some things you really can't take too seriously.

That's why they say it's sometimes better to be confused. (End of Chapter)