Recently, I read an interview on an American businessman, it was interesting. There were various people in the business world who succeeded but the interviewer is the same person. Therefore, the interviewer asks a few similar questions to all of them A successful American interview.
One of the questions piqued my interest, the interview is conducted not on their company office but in the businessman’s mansion, and yet, the interviewer asks, do you feel uneasy with your current fortunes?
Uneasy with the current fortunes.
Then, several of the businessmen answers I’m in this mansion right now, but I’m haunted by the thought that an armed group suddenly attacks and kills my whole family. It wasn’t just one person. Several people answered the same thing. Saying Sometimes, I feel like someone with a gun might suddenly come to our house and attack us Jii-chan smiles.
What do you think? That’s quite American, isn’t it? They sense the reality that it’s possible
indeed, in Japan, you hardly think of those
Torii-san replies, but.
No. I often think of it too. To tell you the truth. I’m blessed right now but I have times where I fear that this happiness will suddenly end up horrible
Jii-chan.
I was still in middle school when the war was lost. Currently, the Kouzuki mansion still stands. The Meiji mansion on the other side is also standing. It only stands to this age because my father, the previous head of Kouzuki house fought with time Torii-san listens to Jii-chan’s story earnestly.
My father noticed that Japan would lose at an early stage. Therefore, during the war, he moved all the precious ancestral culture into this mansion. I’m also evacuated along with the treasures. Father left me to his most trusted subordinates. Not to protect me but to make sure that we won’t lose anything we inherited from our ancestors The treasures of the family are more important than his own son.
Then, soon enough, there was an air raid around this area. The enemy plane dropped a bomb, but it seemed that even in this area, the bomb affected the plot of the current Heisei mansion. But fortunately, the main mansion didn’t burn. All the window panes shattered, but Father didn’t have them repaired. He purposely let the house remain dirty Huh, why?
Then, the end of war happened. The occupation army came to Japan. To tell you the truth, having foreign military occupy the land is fearsome. Japan lost the war, and so they intrude on the personal assets of the Japanese people. Your father’s house, Kanou mansion, was confiscated to become a house of a high ranked commissioned officer in the army. He’s kicked out of the house and the soldiers of the occupation army lived as they pleased. That mansion was fully furnished after all. They used ancestral furniture without permission. Furthermore, the high ranked commissioner was formerly a poor man, and so he has no manners at all That’s weird. Isn’t the mansion a private property? Why would they use it without permission?
Torii-san asks, but.
But, that’s what happened back then. Most mansions of nobility are confiscated. Of course, after a few years, they regained ownership of their homes. Just like Kanou house. However, even after recovering it, most people from nobility lost their homes Jii-chan said.
Those who had a mansion were still better. In Yokohama, the occupation army used a bulldozer and destroyed a house they didn’t like and turned it to an empty plot. Then, the occupation army constructed a building for them. The area around the Yamashita part, the park where you can see the port, all received that treatment. All the residents were chased out I didn’t know that.
There was that age. However, fortunately, they didn’t take the Kouzuki mansion. Well, not a single piece of furniture remained, and the plot has a hole from the bomb. The window glasses are broken, and the whole mansion is filled with soot. The occupation forces didn’t want the trouble of repairing and so they left it. It was on purpose Jii-chan smiled wryly.
You can laugh at that underhanded approach. However, thinking about it, the occupation army confiscating the Kanou mansion and those events started their loss of power. The air raid destroyed most of the ancestral culture products we have inherited. However, Kouzuki house saved as much as possible. I thank my father for that. This age happened. The age where we lost supremacy in our country and the foreigners dominated. It was a fearsome age. You don’t know if one day, they take everything away from you. During the war, there we bombs and fires everywhere and it was scary, but the post-war period is just another fearsome period We all listen to Jii-chan’s story in silence.
In the end, the occupying forces left, and the mansion returned to as it was before. We fixed anything broken and dirty, and returned the furniture
That was the Meiji era.
I was young back then, in middle school, and I had that experience. Thus, I don’t expect my happiness to last forever. Who knows how that happiness in front of me will break because of an absurd reason. With that understanding, I have two or three things prepared for that time. I can lose my power over the government once a foreign country takes control. The law and justice can’t uphold itself all the time either Jii-chan said.
I praise Minaho-kun highly because she’s a woman who understands that. Minaho-kun doesn’t trust in the law, the country, nor banks. You can’t entrust your entire fortune in one bank. You must decentralize it to multiple banks in multiple countries. Just because you know one influential person doesn’t mean that you have to stick to that person only. She also makes contact with the financer of those who are hostile to us. She has such connections The former patrons of the Black Forest.
Having a strong connection with only the Kouzuki house is never a good thing. There’s always a risk of breaking up. I prefer someone like Minaho-kun in my organization instead of a yes-man who will listen to whatever I tell them, thus, I highly praise her. Willing to put in the effort to survive, and to have someone who isn’t negligent of preparations even though it might be wasted Yeah.
By the way
Jii-chan looked at me.
As for the twins earlier.
Eri and Rie.
I think that those girls should start learning business
Business?
They have good senses
I look at the twins who are eating a meal happily with Agnes and the girls.
Yeah, that’s probably true.
Those girls are clever, and they always look from various sides.
They can find people who are truly horrible and fight them.
They were models of their father’s lolicon videos, but.
They managed to avoid prostitution until the last minute.
I don’t think they will lose anything from learning business no matter what they want to do in the future
Yeah got it
Also, as for Agnes-kun
Jii-chan. Agnes too?
You should raise her to become a princess
Huh?
That girl is a flower. She has the talent of charming people with her bright and carefree attitude. If you want that to remain, raise her like a princess. Don’t show her the dark side. Don’t let any evil people reach her Oh, you mean protecting her from getting involved with any weird people?
Correct. Some people would want to trample the flower garden because it is beautiful. Be careful not to let people such as them tarnish her
Jii-chan said.
That means, not letting Agnes do business by herself
If she starts doing business, weird people will surround her.
The better the business goes the more likely it is to be bad.
Yes, do treasure that flower
Jii-chan looked at me and laughed.
Oh, I.
I have to think about their future.
I need to give it a good look.
Thinking of how to make the best use of their talents.
I see, it’s their choice on what they want in the future, but I must make them try out various things to spread their choices