Last month, Kei Komuro, a Japanese horse, finally landed for his third law exam and became a real lawyer.
Japanese netizens who were not optimistic about him before have sent blessings to him and Mako, after all, Mako should finally be able to live the life he wants with peace of mind.
This week, there were media reports that Komuro Kei's annual salary doubled after passing the law exam, and some companies wanted to poach him (about 2.48 million yuan) with an annual salary of 500 million yen.
Kei Komuro is dreaming about a better future for a bigger house, but the reality is not so simple.
Japanese media recently reported that Kei Komuro's mother was working again in Japan and wanted to fly to the United States to live.
Mako was accused by her colleagues of not being professional enough, her career was not going well, and Kei Komuro's work was also very stressful, and it was not time to completely breathe a sigh of relief.
November 14 will be the first anniversary of Komuro and Mako's visit.
The small room that finally passed the legal examination is expected to complete the lawyer registration process by the end of the year, participate in the oath-taking ceremony, and grow from a legal assistant to a real lawyer.
Since last year, Komuro has been working as a legal assistant at the firm Lowenstein Sandler (LS), whose partners are very lenient with Komuro, and have not dismissed him according to common practice after failing two exams.
Kei Komuro, who became a lawyer, is expected to earn a double annual salary of 30 million yen (about 1.485 million yuan) in LS, which can alleviate the pressure on him and Mako due to the high cost of living in New York.
In addition, Kei Komuro was exploded and became the "popular fried chicken" that several law firms in New York competed for. It is said that Windells Marks (hereinafter referred to as WM), who used to be an intern, wanted to poach Kei Komuro at a high price.
WM partner Gary Moriwaki, a former president of the Japanese Society of New York for several terms, is said to be working to invite Kei Komuro to join WM.
Gary Moriwaki
WM's core business is real estate sales and real estate inheritance lawsuits, while Komuro Kei's LS is strong in business, and it is said that they want to expand their business in the business field by poaching people.
In addition, WM wants to expand its customers in Japan or Japanese descent, and will definitely attract more people by taking advantage of the name of Kei Komuro's Japanese royal horse.
Although WM is small and has a lower ranking than LS, if it is to poach people, they may pay Komuro Kei more lucrative than LS, and it is expected that his annual salary will reach up to 50 million yen!
This is still the first year's salary, and if there is growth later, the return must be more and more abundant.
Not to mention that the partner has a lot of prestige in the American and Japanese circles, and there must be a lot of resources that can be given to Kei Komuro. In any case, Komuro Kei's success in the exam has the feeling of a thousand years of salted fish turning over.
Kei Komuro himself must have thought so. After the exam, he told his friends that he wanted to leave the small apartment and change to a big house with a fireplace, a piano, and a friend who could call himself and Mako's friends to come to the house to play improvised jazz.
However, he seems to be not only soaring in value, but also in temper. Because of playing big names, it all of Japan again.
On October 31, a Japanese correspondent in New York squatted down on Kei Komuro on his way home. Kei Komuro wears a ponytail, headphones, the button of the neckline of his shirt is open, and he wears a gray suit outside.
Kei Komuro, who was witnessed in June
The Japanese media had reached an agreement with the Japanese royal family when Mako got married, and all TV stations only sent one representative to interview the couple, so as not to harass Mako and his wife too much, and they were not allowed to shoot secretly at will.
This time the reporter was also more restrained, and waited 10 days before interviewing Kei Komuro.
After meeting him on the way, the reporter first congratulated him on passing the exam and asked him, "Did you celebrate with Mako?" "Did you report the good news to Prince Akishinomiya?" "Two questions.
Kei Komuro responded by not responding and completely ignoring it, striding away the reporter without even looking her in the eye. This broke the glass heart of the Japanese, who value face and etiquette.
Major news weeklies have published articles condemning Kei Komuro for "ignoring cancer", and Japanese netizens also scolded Kei Komuro for "floating" and "impoliteness".
They believe that it is of course Komuro's freedom to refuse to be interviewed, but if you don't want to answer politely from a reporter, you should at least say "I'm sorry I'm leaving" or say thank you when the other party congratulates him.
Japanese media said that this is not the first time Kei Komuro has played a big name. In September last year, before the two got married, Fuji TV reporters interviewed him on the streets of New York, and he was ignored without looking at him while wearing headphones and putting his hands in his pockets.
At that time, Komuro Kei was criticized by netizens, who thought that this unhumble and impolite attitude was not worthy of being a horse.
It may have been reminded by the royal family, and after that, Kei Komuro became much more polite, nodded and greeted the reporter when he saw it, and his attitude was much kinder.
A reporter for Weekly Women said: "At that time, he gave a good impression, who would have thought that now he ignores the cancer and recurs." ”
The Japanese media felt that Komuro Keifa passed the exam and no one was in sight, and the people felt that he was so offensive and embarrassed the royal family and Mako.
Some people even said that don't think that everything is fine after passing the law exam, feel that you are noble, and the real challenge is still ahead.
A New York lawyer said that while Komuro could soon reach an annual salary of one million, it also means the firm expects him to bring in 200 million yen (about 9.9 million yuan) in turnover next year.
This means that Kei Komuro's work is very stressful, and in New York, a highly competitive place for lawyers, it is not easy to grab his piece of the pie and meet the expectations of the firm, and it is too early to float.
Moreover, Komuro's idea of joining the upper class is difficult to realize.
While Mako already has a decent job at the Met, her ability to work has also been criticized by her peers.
Mako's fluency in English has been praised in advance, and communication in life and work is no problem, and she can take care of the tasks entrusted to her. Mako is covered in the art world by visual artist and renowned curator John T. Carpenter, who also heads NYU's Japanese art department.
When Mako was still in the royal family, she was the president of the Japan Handicraft Association, and she controlled many resources of Japanese national treasures.
As a former princess, it was also easier for her to borrow art from the royal collection from her home. This became the core reason why the Metropolitan Art Museum hired her.
However, even with this help, Mako is not yet capable of becoming a professional curator.
Her peers thought that her knowledge of art and artists was superficial and knowledgeable enough in the eyes of the layman, but she lacked depth than her colleagues for art curators, so she could not stand on her own.
Another art critic argued that Mako's speech was too immature, and she dressed as casually as she normally went shopping at formal gatherings in the art world. In other fields, it may not matter, but in this circle, it can be considered very unprofessional and will affect the future career.
There are still many thresholds for the couple to achieve the leisurely life that Kei Komuro dreamed of. And the trickiest thing right now is - Kei Komuro's mother.
Kei Komuro was not welcomed before because his mother Kayo borrowed money from others to send Kei Komuro to attend an aristocratic school, and then refused to pay it back.
This matter was finally closed, and when Jiadai was exposed to surgery in May of this year, he was in a single ward, and he did not pay the medical expenses until two months later, but the room fee of nearly 20,000 yen per night was delayed (about 990 yuan).
She was also exposed to asking for living expenses from her long-time ex-boyfriend, who had broken up. The two people went to the police station, and in the end, the best agent made a loss.
Recently, Kadai even quit his job at a cake shop, and the economy is said to be difficult. Kei Komuro should not only bear the expenses of his own family, but also support his mother and his grandfather, who lives with his mother and needs to take care of him.
There is also news from the Japanese media that Kayo wants to go to the United States to find his son, but Mako is not willing. Mako wanted to enjoy more time for the two, especially when Kei Komuro finally passed the law exam and could breathe a sigh of relief, Mako didn't want her mother-in-law to bother.
However, Mako has been found to have been in and out of Columbia affiliated hospitals multiple times in the past year. Closely connected with the royal family, Princess Kiko's doctor when she gave birth to Yuren, Anda Chiko, has also visited the United States many times since May this year, ostensibly to visit relatives, but in fact to meet Mako.
Japanese media believe that this means that Mako and Kei Komuro may hurry up to have children after the economic situation improves, and then move to a larger house. After the child is born, consider taking Jiadai to the United States. Of course, the cost of a family of four will be even greater.
If you want to say that Komuro Keifa Kao succeeded, who is the real liberator, it is probably only Prince Akishinomiya himself.
For the past few years, every year at a press conference on the prince's birthday, reporters have asked about the controversy between Mako and Kei Komuro. At least this year, the prince can make up for his son-in-law without thinking of words.
Has Komuro Kei's subsequent development soared or was it difficult? It depends on whether he really has the capital of "self-confidence"...