Volume 8 Final Chapter Chapter 1058 Not an Ordinary Person
Nan Yi had seen the name Yasumasa Yonehara and had also seen his photography works. His level was really not that good, but most of his works were private photos, which were naturally eye-catching and focused on content rather than technique.
"Mr. Mihara, you can call me Nan Yi. Do you have a team to produce magazines?"
With the popularity of East Love, the name Nagao Wanji has become known to everyone, and it is inappropriate to use it again. Nan Yi has no plans to give himself a new Japanese name.
Yonehara Yasumasa smiled complacently, "That's why I took the initiative to come and say hello to you. Nan-san, if I can help you contact a complete professional team, and we can start work within three days, I wonder if you are interested in this?"
"If you're interested, Yonehara-san, let's find a place to talk."
After finding a cafe, Nan Yi and Yonehara Yasumasa chatted for more than an hour and learned more personal information from each other.
Yasumasa Yonehara, now 36 years old, graduated from Gakushuin University in Tokyo. During his college years, he went to Shueisha for an internship. After graduation, he has been engaged in work related to magazine publishing.
Because of his outgoing personality and dislike of being constrained, he spent nearly ten years after graduation working in various major magazines in Tokyo, where he worked as an editor, photographer, advertising manager, freelance writer, and other professions. In the magazine publishing industry, he is very experienced and has extensive connections.
As for the SAMASAMA firm, it is just a shell company for the convenience of contract signing and financial transactions.
When Nan Yi met Yasumasa Yonehara, it was like a perfect match. The two parties agreed to meet in two days at the studio Mi no Mist, where Yasumasa Yonehara often collaborates. By then, the team would gather and everyone would discuss the details of the cooperation.
After the chat, just as they were about to leave the cafe, Nan Yi's phone rang. It was an unfamiliar number. When he picked up the phone, he heard a woman's voice on the other end. After a brief greeting, she said her name was Taniguchi Ai, and then introduced herself.
Perhaps because she was worried that Nan Yi would hang up the phone, Taniguchi Ai's self-introduction was quick and continuous but coherent. She must have rehearsed it before the call.
When Nan Yi heard that the other party worked at Mikimoto and received a bonus of 5 million yen last month, and that before Mikimoto, she had worked as a public relations woman between the ages of 15 and 18, he became interested in meeting her.
Still in the same cafe, forty minutes later, Nan Yi met Taniguchi Ai.
Sharp eyes and a capable body were the first impression that Taniguchi Ai gave to Nan Yi. She wore a black suit with a white scarf and carried a Hermès Birkin, which added a bit of business temperament. She walked towards Nan Yi with an elegant and calm pace. When she sat down, she was calm and composed, and her eyes were fixed on Nan Yi's face without fear.
After meeting Nan Yi, Taniguchi Ai felt that she had made the right decision.
Ai Taniguchi was born in Ashiya City, Hyogo Prefecture in 1967. In her childhood, she had to bear much more than her peers. At that time, her parents were doing business, leaving only her and her younger sister at home. Her younger sister was hungry, and she, who was less than 10 years old at the time, stood in front of the big pot and struggled to cook for her younger sister.
At that time, she naturally didn't realize that such a life was already considered happy, because compared with her experience when she was 15 years old, everything was too insignificant.
It is said that children are the treasures of their parents, but this statement is not true for her.
Her father's business failed and he disappeared, leaving behind a loan of 40 million yen. Her mother was also incompetent and left home due to financial problems and has not returned to date. The two adults left all the problems to their two underage daughters.
On the one hand, he was unable to repay the loan on time, all the valuables in the house were seized and mortgaged, and the house he lived in was forcibly auctioned; on the other hand, he and his sister were studying and had no source of income.
The double pressure from a broken family and financial burden caused her to fall ill when she was still in junior high school.
However, life is not a game that you can quit at will. In order to make a living and pay off debts, she gave up her plan to go to high school and chose a way to make money faster - working as a public relations woman.
She had grown up by then, and looked mature after putting on makeup, so no one would find out even if she falsified her age.
In this way, at the age of 15, she dealt with all kinds of customers and passively polished away her original ignorance of the world. Working with her were female seniors who had experienced many ups and downs were magnified here, and she could clearly feel it.
Fortunately, she worked hard and persisted enough, and her hard work was rewarded. As she drank bottle after bottle of wine, she gradually became the top performer in the store. Finally, when she was eighteen years old, she paid off all the debts of her family.
This seemed to be something worth being happy about. The burden that had been weighing on her for three years was finally lifted, and she would no longer worry about the debt.
But that was not the case. I joined the public relations industry against my will in order to pay off my debts. Now that my long-cherished goal has been achieved, what should I do next?
She was confused.
Long-term heavy drinking and the chaotic rhythm of life caused by the reversal of day and night made her heart full of anxiety and panic.
"The job of a female publicist pays well, but I cannot see the light in the night world. I should change my job."
After careful consideration, she decided to resign and change jobs.
With the experience and social skills she had learned from her previous job as a public relations woman, she did very well in her new job at Mihonoki. She became the sales champion within a year and received a generous bonus at the end of the year. Together with her previous savings, she no longer worried about money.
At this time, she unexpectedly discovered that money could not really fill the gap in her spiritual world. Now it seemed that making more money was not so important, and it was replaced by her inferiority complex about her low education.
Working in a jewelry store, the clients she came into contact with were all highly educated and well-educated people. Their knowledge and conversation made her, a junior high school graduate, envious.
In the evening, I watched the students who were going to high school just finishing their classes, but I could only work with thick makeup on. Due to my lack of knowledge, I could not provide good service to the guests.
When she thought of this, she couldn't help feeling sad. On her way home from get off work, she walked three stops crying, constantly asking herself, "Why is this happening? Is this really the end of my life?"
The tears that kept flowing made it difficult for her to see the road ahead.
In Japan, educational background does not seem to determine everything, but she sees very clearly the difference in life between those with and without an educational background.
Afterwards, she was unwilling to succumb to her fate and hired a tutor to start learning high school knowledge again. When preparing for the high school entrance examination, Taniguchi Ai did not give up her work because of her studies. She was still busy in the jewelry store.
Because she had to work and prepare for the exam at the same time, she did not have enough credits from the preparatory school, and needed an admission certificate from the Education Committee . She encountered discrimination against her academic qualifications as she was preparing for the exam at an advanced age. The staff mocked her and asked, "You graduated from high school and are now taking the college entrance exam. What have you been doing all these years?"
The social atmosphere in Japan is that there is a strong sense of group consciousness. People always question and exclude outliers like her, intentionally or unintentionally. The negative emotions of others bring her a certain amount of pressure.
However, life is not all about obstacles. Last year, she was lucky enough to meet a husband who would support her for a long time. He has a high level of education, a good personality, and can provide emotional value and financial support.
Now she is a sophomore in high school and also Mikimoto's manager, but she is not satisfied with this. She has her own motto - to be successful, you must be greedy and seize every opportunity.
Ai Taniguchi felt , which was restrained and not released to the outside world. That recruitment information was not a joke.
Nan Yi was very interested in Taniguchi Ai. After examining her for a few seconds, he asked, "Ms. Taniguchi, what is your current annual income?"
"Last year, it was 32.6 million yen."
“Last month was the peak season?”
"Yes."
Taniguchi Ai's gaze was always one centimeter below Nan Yi's eyes. She looked up slightly to meet Nan Yi's eyes when she spoke, and then moved her gaze back to her original position after she finished speaking.
“Why would you, who earns 30 million yen a year, appear at HelloWork?”
"I'm looking for a housekeeper. When I was registering my information, I accidentally saw the recruitment information registered by President Nan."
Nan Yi smiled faintly, "Don't you suspect it's a joke, or that there's something wrong with my brain?"
Ai Taniguchi said frankly: "There were two speculations, but I still made the call."
"Why?"
Ai Taniguchi's English was not good, so she could only ignore Nan Yi's hint to switch to English conversation and continued to say in Japanese: "I don't want to miss any opportunity."
Nan Yi switched back to Japanese. "I have a good first impression of you. I will give you one day to prepare a special resume. The basic information must be true. You can write whatever you want about your work experience and abilities. I will assess you based on what you write."
Seeing Nan Yi's unconventional behavior again, Taniguchi Ai was slightly surprised and said, "President Nan, where shall we meet tomorrow?"
"Mount Fuji and Lake Kawaguchi, 3:30 pm. Call me when you get there."
"Hello." Ai Taniguchi bowed slightly, "President Nan, I'll take my leave now."
"Wait a moment." Nan Yi took out an envelope that he had prepared while waiting and handed it to Taniguchi Ai, "Thank you for your hard work. This is a little token of my appreciation."
Ai Taniguchi took the envelope and looked at the "interview consolation money" that was once popular in Japan but is now rare, and which she had never been eligible to receive. She felt inexplicably excited. This was a kind of recognition, the affirmation she had always been pursuing.
She bowed deeply to Nan Yi and expressed her gratitude.
Nan Yi had prepared consolation money in advance, but he was not sure about giving it out. Now that he had given it out, it meant that Taniguchi Ai had caught his eye. He had basically decided to recruit Taniguchi Ai under his command, but whether to give her the position of president was yet to be determined.
We still have to talk, we still have to be assessed, and we still have to do a detailed background check.
After Taniguchi Ai left, Nan Yi also left the cafe. The entrepreneurial fun came to an end for today, and he now wanted to find some other fun, real fun.
