Rebirth: My 80s

Li Jiankun rejected the idea of ​​pretending to be a charlatan in his heart. He thought that at this point in the atmosphere, denying it might be more effective than just saying it along with the words.

"No, I am not guided by anyone, and I don't know how to communicate with spirits." He smiled slightly.

This smile was full of mystery in Tsutsumi Seiji's eyes.

He screamed in his heart: I don’t believe you!

Li Jiankun took in his expression. Believe it or not... I'm telling you the truth anyway.

It must be said that Li Jiankun did not expect things to develop to this point.

Suddenly he could strip naked and talk, and it was obvious that Seiji Tsutsumi was not angry at all.

So, continue:

"Mr. Tsutsumi, I approached you for a purpose. I want to make a deal with you."

There was a strange light in Tsutsumi Seiji's eyes. He didn't sit down, but asked as if whispering, "Is it a deal with the devil, or..."

puff!

Fortunately, Li Jiankun swallowed most of the tea in one sip, and the rest sprayed out.

He suddenly thought: No wonder there is no shortage of liars and charlatans in this world, and there are more and more of them, because there is really a market for them...

But he didn't think that there was Dong Haoyun in front and Di Qinger behind.

What he showed to others.

Because of him, Dong Haoyun's fate was changed and she is still alive today. Oriental Offshore Group has also avoided bankruptcy and is growing stronger.

The two poems he recited were originally the works of Seiji Tsutsumi. They were the deep thoughts from a poet's soul. How could they be described as "written into the heart"?

Later, he saw through MUJI's creativity at a glance and mentioned that he had a way to solve the current development situation.

what are these?

It is beyond human control.

This is a miracle!

What do you want Dong Haoyun and Di Qinger to think?

Newton and Einstein both studied theology in their later years. There are some things in this world that are hard to explain...

"Neither." Li Jiankun wiped his mouth with a handkerchief and shook his head, saying, "It's just a vulgar deal."

"Oh?"

Seiji Tsutsumi sat down slowly and motioned for him to talk.

Li Jiankun smiled and said, "In fact, Mr. Di, you didn't just know me today. I'm sure your brother must have told you about me."

Tsutsumi Seiji was startled at first, then his eyes widened: "You are the foreigner who went to find him with Tsuruta Nakamura from Arimi House Co., Ltd."

Li Jiankun nodded and paid close attention to the changes in his expression, wanting to be the first to capture Seiji Tsutsumi's attitude towards the sale of Seibu Real Estate shares.

However, Seiji Tsutsumi's next words almost made him buckle his waist:

"You found his first love for him! You know, Di Qing has been looking for that woman for forty years! It's not like I didn't help!"

Finished bird.

He tried so hard to deify himself in his subconscious mind, but couldn't get out of it... Li Jiankun thought.

Of course, given the current situation, this is a good thing.

"So Mr. Tsutsumi should be very clear about my purpose. I was entrusted by Mr. Tsuruta to help him make this happen. I hope you can forgive me for approaching you in this way."

"Tsuruta Nakamura..."

Tsutsumi Seiji murmured, "After Tsutsumi Seiji and I met, I specifically investigated this person. A few months ago, he was still poor and in debt. Arihi House Co., Ltd. was facing bankruptcy. Many people thought he might end his life. But now he has transformed himself into a hot celebrity in the real estate circle."

He paused, the strangeness in his eyes became stronger, staring at Li Jiankun and said:

"So, he had this opportunity to meet you."

Li Jiankun: "..."

Suddenly I thought, this really seems like a plot in a legend or a movie:

A desperate man was about to cut his throat when, suddenly, the scene in front of him changed and a thing appeared... which could not be called a human.

Then each side got what it needed and a kind of contract was signed between them.

But Seiji Tsutsumi is a novelist with a very rich imagination...

"Mr. Tsutsumi has his principles, and I don't want to force him. He said that you are a detached person who never cares about worldly views. I agree with this. What do you think?"

Li Jiankun paused and said:

"Of course, since this is a deal, besides Mr. Tsuruta paying you the equivalent money, I will also give you what you want. At the moment, it seems that what you want most is how to run MUJI well and realize your anti-consumerist ideal.

“The answer actually only has two words.”

Tsutsumi Seiji smacked his lips: "Two words?!"

Is he too stupid?

Can’t you even think of two words?

Oh no! He thought, this is a god in front of him, the two words he mentioned, are they called words?

That is the truth!

It must be concise and to the point, getting straight to the core and essence of the problem.

"Can I understand it this way: Yoshiaki Tsutsumi is finished?" He stared at Li Jiankun and asked.

Li Jiankun was stunned. You asked this question...

Wasn't Yoshiaki Tsutsumi doomed to fail later? He was put in jail even without his involvement.

However, if you say this outside, no one will believe it.

At present, Seibu Group and Yoshiaki Tsutsumi are at their peak!

Li Jiankun suddenly thought that when that day comes, Tsutsumi Seiji will definitely bow down to him...

"Yes."

After receiving a positive answer, Seiji Tsutsumi suddenly laughed out loud. At first, he seemed quite happy, but then a bitter look appeared on the corners of his mouth. After a long while, he said with a sigh:

“That man’s family business will eventually be destroyed in his hands.

"People call him a business genius, and some even call him the 'founder of the Chinese Restoration'.

“This is called flattery, but he is totally unaware of it.

"He doesn't have much talent, he's just full of crooked ideas, but he inherited a rich family fortune, so he has a solid foundation and it's hard for him to lose it. In recent years, he has also taken advantage of the good economic development.

"What kind of slave philosophy is this? Never making friends, and not trusting anyone. Look, what kind of bullshit is this? It is being strongly promoted by those who like to do good things, and some people even regard it as a guiding principle.

“Businessmen are engaged in social transactions, and the essence of transactions is based on honesty and trust. How can such people run a good business if they don’t make friends and don’t give their true heart to others?

"The slave philosophy is even more ridiculous. They only use obedient people, not capable people. Let me be frank. What if something happens to him? Seibu Group can't even find anyone to take the helm.

"But then again, isn't he also a slave? He listened too much to that man. Or, that man instilled some terrible ideas in him."

Tsutsumi Qinger retracted his wandering gaze and focused on Li Jiankun's face:

"Seibu Group will be finished sooner or later."

Li Jiankun also felt a little strange at this moment.

As the saying goes, the one who understands you best is your enemy.

Seiji Tsutsumi is not only Yoshiaki Tsutsumi's enemy, but also his brother.

There is probably no one in this world who understands Yoshiaki Tsutsumi better than him.

At the same time, Tsutsumi Seiji is also a man whose wisdom is somewhat frightening.

At a time when everyone was optimistic about Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, he had already foreseen something bad... at least, he was not optimistic about the development of the Seibu Group.

According to his analysis of Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, he suddenly realized that in Li Jiankun's mind, Yoshiaki Tsutsumi had lost two fangs.

This person's talent and wisdom may have been exaggerated under the law of success or failure.

After all, he is now rich enough to rival a country, and the Seibu Group has reached a higher level than when it was under the control of his dead father.

However, compared with the history of the previous life, it makes people realize:

In the 1980s, after the signing of the Plaza Accord, as the yen appreciated sharply, Yoshiaki Tsutsumi became the world's richest man twice.

In the 1990s, after the Japanese economic bubble, the Seibu Group plummeted.

In the end, Yoshiaki Tsutsumi had to commit financial fraud in an attempt to save the situation, but ended up in jail...

It's more like it was the times that made his brief glory possible.

For some reason, Li Jiankun's mood became a little complicated.

I feel a little happy, but also a little disappointed...

"Forget it. I'll take the blame for Di Qing. With his personality, he really wouldn't do such a thing. After all, he is my biological brother."

Tsutsumi Seiji smiled helplessly.

Based on his judgment and the affirmative answer given by the man in front of him, the situation was set.

The end of the Seibu Group is not far away.

He was in the department store business, and the land owned by Seibu Real Estate, which was basically not located in the downtown area, was of little significance to him. There was no need to make enemies with this god-like man for this. God knew what the consequences would be.

Another thing, he thought, the market was good now, and selling this property would also help him accumulate wealth for his elder brother.

This is all he has.

Li Jiankun was overjoyed. He hadn't dared to think about it when he came here. This matter could be settled in the first meeting:

"The relationship between you and your brother is enviable."

"You are scolding me."

The bitterness at Tsutsumi Seiji's mouth became even stronger.

Although everyone knew that he and Yoshiaki Tsutsumi were not on good terms, this matter still carried a bit of the suspicion of betraying one's ancestors.

Who can completely ignore the worldly view?

Transferring 25% of a company's shares is no small matter, let alone the huge assets of Seibu Real Estate. Both parties have to do asset accounting, including preparing contract procedures, and price negotiations will definitely be involved.

The two parties agreed to make their own preparations and meet again in a week.

When Li Jiankun was about to say goodbye, Di Qinger hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but stop him.

I just feel itchy inside.

"Don't worry, since I have promised, I will definitely keep my promise as long as the price offered by Youfang House is in line with the market conditions," he said.

Li Jiankun understood his subtext.

He couldn't wait to figure out MUJI's future.

I want to know those two words.

Logically speaking, Li Jiankun couldn't tell him now. Since he had made it clear that this was a deal, he would have to wait until the actual transaction was made before fulfilling his promise.

The problem was that being regarded as some kind of god by Seiji Tsutsumi had tripped Li Jiankun up.

God, are you still afraid that the other party will break the appointment?

Since Seiji Tsutsumi could ask such a question at this time, it was obvious that he was thinking the same thing and he had never thought of regretting it.

Can't let things change, Li Jiankun thought, if he refuses to answer now, it will be very embarrassing...

There's no guarantee that Seiji Tsutsumi won't think too much about it during the long week ahead.

Li Jiankun said with a generous and nonchalant attitude: "Extremely simple."

Minimalistic?

Seiji Tsutsumi carefully savored the two words and fell into deep thought.

It is worth mentioning that in this era, let alone minimalism, even simplicity is not popular. No matter which country, the exaggerated and extravagant style is what people yearn for.

"I omitted the gorgeous product packaging, removed the colorful promotional logos, and used the most natural and simple shelves and colors for display. Isn't this minimalism?"

Di Qing asked two questions.

Li Jiankun seemed to be talking off topic: "Mr. Di, do you agree with this statement: When anything reaches its extreme, it is a peak."

Tsutsumi Seiji nodded slightly.

Li Jiankun continued, "The word 'extreme' is about 'extreme'. You have a certain understanding of the word 'simple', which means that you have not achieved the extreme. This has led to the current results: 1. Your MUJI looks rustic; 2. Your products have no special features."

Di Qinger smiled awkwardly.

Regarding the first point, he himself did have some feelings about it.

I just thought in my heart: You, the customer, are here to buy things. As long as the product is of good quality and the price is cheap, you should accept the fact that there is no gorgeous packaging and high-end furnishings.

Because I give the cost of these things back to you.

His thoughts focused on the second point: "Distinctive features? Even without the glitz, how can one still be distinctive?"

Li Jiankun spread his hands and said, "So I said, Your Excellency does not understand the word 'extreme'."

He paused and brought the topic back to the previous moment:

"Don't you agree that 'anything done to the extreme is a kind of peak'? If it has reached the peak, doesn't it constitute a feature?"

Hey!

These words were like a revelation to me.

Tsutsumi Seiji's eyes were bright, and the light in his mind that was imprisoned in the net suddenly broke free with a crackling sound, and shone brightly...

He got it.

He said with a hint of excitement: "You are right, I haven't done it thoroughly enough. Why do you want a shelf in natural wood color? It is natural, but it is actually out of place in a bustling city. In the future, I will only use the simplest plain colors to return the visual effect to the time when the baby first explored the world.

“Isn’t this extreme and pure enough?”

He became more and more excited as he spoke:

“There is also product packaging. Some products may need a packaging bag for hygiene reasons, but there is no need to print a single word on the bag, not even the product name, because customers are not fools.

“This extreme simplicity may become a new fashion, and it will also be distinctive!”

He looked at Li Jiankun confidently: "Are you right?"

Li Jiankun sighed: "I understand the epidermis."

Seiji Tsutsumi: “???”

It's hard to explain the deep things. Li Jiankun looked around and finally his eyes fell on the door: "Why don't you go get a product on sale in your MUJI area?"

Whoosh!

Di Qing rushed to the door like an arrow.

He opened the door and shouted outside.

Soon, the bodyguard brought in an iron box the size of a palm.

This is a box of canned salmon.

Li Jiankun took it from Di Qinger, looked at it carefully, and then asked Di Qinger for a pen and paper.

rustling...

While Seiji Tsutsumi was looking confused, Li Jiankun lay on the wooden coffee table and began to concentrate on painting.

The painting shows a salmon cut into three parts, but the black ink lines only depict the head and tail of the fish, and the body is left blank.

Tsutsumi Seiji scratched his head frantically.

You know, this can of salmon only contains the body of the fish, and people usually only enjoy the body of the salmon.

But he didn't paint the fish's body...

Until Li Jiankun wrote a few lines in English on the blank space on the salmon body on the paper.

Translated from Chinese, it means:

[The whole salmon can be eaten, please don't waste the head and tail. ]

There was a gleam in Tsutsumi Yoshiaki's eyes.

Li Jiankun said nothing, and used the extra light brown draft paper to fold a paper bag in the same way as a handicraft: "Do you have glue?"

"Uh, yes."

After Tsutsumi Seiji got the glue, Li Jiankun glued the paper bag together, and then pasted the painting on one side of the paper bag. Then he put the can of salmon in it, picked up the bag, and handed it to Tsutsumi Seiji:

“It’s also a kind of minimalism.”

Seiji Tsutsumi looked down at the bag, poster, and canned salmon in his hands, and felt as if something had pierced his soul, causing his entire body to tremble involuntarily.

This is minimalism!

True simplicity!!

The simplicity that touches humanistic thoughts!!!

This is what he has been pursuing, but he has not yet figured it out, nor has he come up with a clear way to integrate it into the commodity retail industry, which is essentially about promoting consumption.

Now, a magical person gave him the answer directly without hesitation.

If MUJI succeeds in the future.

When others ask him about it, he will definitely tell them that he only created MUJI, but it was someone else who made MUJI flourish.

Yes, Seiji Tsutsumi discovered that the ultimate secret of MUJI that he wanted to explore had been found.

Simple, environmentally friendly, frugal, good quality, low price, fashionable... When these elements, which seem to contradict each other, are perfectly combined together, how can it not be successful?

I don't know how much time had passed, but Tsutsumi Seiji focused his eyes and raised his head with energy. He wanted to say something, but found that there was no one in the office except him.

Only then did I remember that the other party seemed to have said goodbye.

It's just that he fell into deep thought and got into the mystery.

"Even if he's not a psychic, he's a monster!"

Seiji Tsutsumi looked at the white oak door and muttered to himself, "Great wisdom is like a demon..."