Chapter 115: Buying a House and Decorating
The basketball team's affairs are over, the school's tasks are solved one by one, and Suzuki is busy with his personal affairs again.
Akiko Horie is worthy of being a workplace expert who has high hopes for Kyohei Sakuragi, and she is bright and capable in doing things. More than a week ago, she negotiated the price of the property that Suzuki fancied with the Sugita family, the seller, and even the formalities went to the last step, only Suzuki, the guardian of Sakuragi Hanamichi, came to sign.
Neither side wanted to be caused by the delay, so they agreed to meet at a quiet café in the center of Fujisawa on the evening of Fire Day (Tuesday) and signed the contract.
Here, Suzuki went against Sakuragi Kyopei's wishes, and only Sakuragi Hanamichi's name was written on the name column of the owner of the property and land, and his own name was not added, which Horie did not hinder, but Suzuki's eyes softened more and more.
Mrs. Sugida and her husband were present, but Suzuki's side did not bring the real buyer, Kohanamichi, but came to the appointment with Horie as intermediaries.
Mr. Sugida is a middle-aged man with a medium-to-chubby build, a pair of glasses, and a scholarly atmosphere. His hair was gray, and he looked like he was in his fifties, more than ten years older than Mrs. Sugita.
After signing, the contract came into effect, the atmosphere on both sides of the table changed from solemn to lively, and the four of them began to talk.
Suzuki learned that although the wife of the Sugida couple was a local, the next generation of her family was a family living in the Tama area, so she decided to use the power of the family to develop in a big city when the capital's economy was heating up.
Suzuki couldn't tell the other party that the Japanese economy has entered a bubble period, and then there will be a "lost decade", so he can only wish them good luck, and by the way, he is optimistic about the prospects of the rabbit family, which is a good direction for investment. As for whether the other party accepts his proposal, Suzuki can't control.
During the conversation, Mr. Sugita talked about the name Sakuragi Hanamichi who was represented on the contract, said that this surname was rare, and asked if it was related to an old acquaintance of them and a businessman who had gone bankrupt two years ago.
Suzuki Kokoro said that it wouldn't be such a coincidence, glanced at Horie, and motioned for her to decide whether to answer the question or not. Suzuki himself has known Sakuragi for less than a year, and he doesn't know much about Sakuragi's past, so he can't tell Sugita Sugida's original intention for asking this question.
Horie had been with Sakuragi for almost ten years before he went bankrupt, and after thinking about his rivals and creditors, there was no one surnamed Sugida, so he readily told Sakuragi Hanamichi's identity and current situation.
When she heard that Kyopei Sakuragi had died, Mrs. Sugita suddenly covered her mouth, her expression changed greatly, and her eyes turned a little red.
While comforting his wife, Mr. Sugita explained that Mrs. Sugita and Sakuragi Kyoharahara were classmates first, and they were tame at a young age, and they had a good relationship, and it was not until he went to the United States to go to college that he broke off contact.
Unexpectedly, when I got the news of the deceased again, it was already the news of death.
Horie began to whisper to comfort Mrs. Sugida, but Suzuki instantly made up countless plot clips such as "Seconds Five White Two".
I heard that the house was bought for the orphan of Kyohei Sakuragi, and Mr. Sugida said that he knew that this was the case and gave it away directly.
Rao is Suzuki's two lives, and he can't tell whether he is true or fake, anyway, there is no need to take it seriously, what else can he do if the contract is signed, so he deduced that Sakuragi Kyohei has already made arrangements for his son's future, and there is no financial problem, so he gently brought the matter over.
After Mrs. Sugita heard the news of Sakuragi's death, her mental state was a little not good, and she couldn't eat well, so the dinner in this café naturally couldn't be delayed, so Sugita apologized and left, and left with his wife.
When parting, Mrs. Sugita took Suzuki's hand and told him to take good care of Hanamichi and let him get ahead.
Suzuki responded one by one, but said in his heart, if it weren't for the fact that I had seen Sakuragi's biological mother earlier, that exotic beauty with flames like flames, I would have said that Sakuragi is your son!
Suzuki himself had eaten almost enough, got up and prepared to check out and leave.
However, Horie stopped him and told him that someone would come here to talk later.
It turned out that Horie had also called someone from the renovation company and made an appointment to come here together, but in terms of time, he staggered with the Sugida couple for two hours.
Due to the early departure of the Sugida couple, there is still a lot of time before the arrival of the people from the renovation company, and Suzuki has nothing to do, so he talks to Horie.
Akiko Horie now works at a company in Yokohama. As an employee of a bankrupt company, she can find a new job so quickly, partly because her ability and resume are really good, and partly because her current boyfriend is an executive of the company.
The smile on Horie was not very natural when it came to the one who was going to be married, and Suzuki was not a very curious person, so he turned the conversation to the education of Sakuragi Hanamichi.
In the previous contacts, Suzuki made it clear that he would let Sakuragi Hanamichi take the route of a sports student, become an athlete, and go to the United States in the future.
For ordinary Japanese, if they can't follow their father's footsteps, entering the field of sports can be regarded as a decent profession.
Still, Horie disputed this.
She believes that Sakuragi Hanamichi's parents are both high-achieving students studying at Meiguo University, and his own intelligence should not be much worse, and the reason why his academic performance is not good is because of family turmoil and neglect of discipline. As long as it is strictly guarded, Sakuragi Hanamichi will definitely be able to catch up and come back in learning.
Suzuki was unimpressed.
His judgment of Sakuragi's intelligence is no different from that of Horie yet, but he still believes that Sakuragi Hanamichi lacks a passion for learning. Forcing him to study will only provoke his rebellious mentality, and the gains outweigh the losses. Moreover, Sakuragi's talent in sports is visible to the naked eye, and a child of his age is already almost 1.7 meters before he reaches junior high school, which is very rare in the whole of Japan.
And, before Sakuragi, there happened to be a very powerful example, Atsushi Shihara.
This Xiangyang's No. 1 high school student in the country is said to have won a full scholarship from a famous university in the United States, and he will be able to go to the United States to continue his studies after he graduates next year.
Suzuki's example didn't fully convince Horie, but the arrival of two representatives of the renovation company interrupted their argument.
After the pleasantries, Horie and Hashimoto continue to negotiate the cost, while Suzuki argues with Obuchi over the preliminary designs.
As soon as Suzuki came up, he overthrew Obuchi's original Japanese-style style. The bedroom without tatami mats, the bathroom with a shower, the open kitchen and living room, and the enclosed balcony are all details that are ahead of the times and make Xiao Yuan dumbfounded.
Obuchi strongly objected to such a renovation, claiming that the house would affect the company's reputation, but Suzuki's insistence and Horie's budget made him lose under Hashimoto's pressure.
At about 9 o'clock in the evening, Suzuki walked out of the café in a happy mood. The matter of the new house can be over, and he can devote most of his energy to the basketball club.