National Tide 1980.

Everyone has troubles.

Although Ning Weimin and Matsumoto Keiko are so happy now, they can't make their lives perfect.

Love, career, and life also have countless troubles, and they are no less than others.

However, it is undeniable that their troubles are quite different from those of ordinary people.

In the eyes of ordinary people, many things that bother them are more like a kind of Versailles happiness.

If they really dare to complain in public, there is a high probability that they will arouse public anger and anger.

Take this car, for example.

If you count the maroon Mercedes Benz 1982SL produced in 380 presented by Yamato Sightseeing.

Since Ning Weimin got his Japanese driver's license, he actually got two cars for nothing.

They were all given to him by others, and they were all expensive imported luxury cars with large displacement.

Even in the current situation where the economic bubble is getting bigger and bigger, Tokyo, Japan, where world-class luxury cars gather.

If his two cars were to drive on the road, they would not be lost in the crowded street.

Still looks outstanding, very cool, very decent, enough to attract the envious eyes of men and women.

It should be said that he took advantage of this advantage. In fact, he got more than 2000 million yen for nothing.

He, a master who came here from China to pick up pancakes, has such a blessing that even the Japanese covet, how can he reason?
Think back to how many times Matsumoto Keiko wanted to spend millions of yen to buy a car and give it to him.

It makes people feel that there is no trace of life variables, which is really wonderful and interesting.

But the problem is that these two cars are not very practical, and the troubles they bring to Ning Weimin are not old or young.

As for the stretched Cadillac, it's a little better.

With Keiko Matsumoto's current status, if there are important talks and business activities, riding in such a car can at least strengthen her appearance.

It is also convenient for Ning Weimin to accompany him by pretending to be a driver.

Even the facilities in the car are complete, and the car glass behind can completely shield the outside line of sight.

It not only guarantees privacy, but also prevents reporters from secretly taking pictures.

Occasionally, Ning Weimin could also play a role-play with Keiko Matsumoto to enhance the fun.

For example, after meeting Akira Kurosawa that day, Ning Weimin didn't send Keiko Matsumoto back.

Instead, he drove Keiko Matsumoto to Mount Takao, which overlooks the city of Tokyo.

After parking the car in a deserted place halfway up the mountain, Ning Weimin immediately turned into a gangster driver who was interested in sex, and very "roughly held" Matsumoto Keiko into the rear compartment of the car.

Then I couldn't wait to stage a plot of William Wallace's novel "Dream of Roses".

And I have to say, the queen is the queen.

Matsumoto Keiko's superb acting skills that can be displayed at any time without any preparation, almost made Ning Weimin mistakenly think her "faint face" and "terrified" are real.

But it was also because of this that Ning Weimin was deeply immersed in the violent shaking of the car body and couldn't extricate himself.

Afterwards, when he embraced Keiko Matsumoto with a sense of satisfaction, he welcomed the dusk together in the car, admiring the city scenery of Tokyo lit up with thousands of lights at sunset.

He couldn't help feeling from the bottom of his heart that he was the luckiest man in this era.

It would be nice to find a movie queen to be my wife!

Probably married, and it will never be boring!

But having said that, this is an extended version of Cadillac, with a full body length of 5.9 meters.

With this car, Ning Weimin found it difficult to turn corners on the streets of Tokyo, let alone mountain roads or night roads.

Especially as the old saying goes, it is easy to go up the mountain and difficult to go down the mountain.

Although the winding road on Mt. Takao was well repaired, there was no problem when we came here due to the bright weather.

But when we went back, we couldn't do it anymore. It was already dark and the road was going downhill again.

As a result, when turning the corner, in order to avoid an oncoming car, the chassis knocked and the body rubbed against each other.

In short, although Ning Weimin and Matsumoto Keiko had an extremely exciting and hearty field trip, they also paid a high price for it.

More than 100 million yen!
This game is fun, but it's also too expensive.

Fortunately, no one happened.

Of course, the insurance company is responsible for the maintenance fee, but don't forget that even daily maintenance of this kind of car is several times more expensive than ordinary cars, and the fuel consumption and taxes are also different.

You should know that in Japan, the displacement above 2000CC is used as the demarcation line. Volkswagen models below this standard are used by ordinary people, and the license plates with "5 prefixes" are issued to ordinary people.

In Japan, large-displacement cars belong to high-ranking officials and nobles, and the special license plate of the wealthy class is a "3-prefix" license plate.

It seems that the difference is only based on numbers, but in fact the difference is big.

why?
Just because taxes and expenses are completely different.

Raising a luxury car in Japan is equivalent to raising a real gold swallowing beast.

For example, take Ning Weimin's extended Cadillac sedan as an example.

The official price is 1200 million yen. According to the 23% goods tax of the highest grade, an additional 360 million yen will be paid.

再算上81500円的2.0以上3.0以下排量汽车税，就是368万円，然后两年一度车检费20万円，就是388万円。

There is also compulsory insurance against accidents and optional insurance of 30 yen.

Tax deduction and insurance alone are already the annual income of the salaried class. Who else can afford this car?
But if you buy a Toyota Corolla with a displacement of 1.6, it will be quite different.

The price is 145 million yen, and the goods tax is 18.5%, as long as you pay 26.8 yen.

Including the 39500 yen tax on cars with a displacement of less than 2.0, the 4.3 yen body inspection fee is only 34 yen.

Plus 7 yen for various insurance premiums.

The total cost is only equivalent to the annual income of a working class in a single month.

The difference between the two is more than three million yen, which is enough to buy two new Toyota Corollas.

Therefore, under the heavy tax, everyone can know at a glance what kind of car to buy.

And because of such a tax policy, Japanese society has formed a consensus for a long time-with a "three-digit" license plate is a bull B.

This is exactly the same as the chain of contempt in Tokyo where a rich man with a "Shinagawa" license plate is considered to be superior when driving out.

It's just that for the pragmatic Ning Weimin, if he spends money on this, he might as well use the money to hire someone to work for him.

In order to covet this little vanity, it is equivalent to the domestic wealthy insisting on buying license plates with auspicious numbers such as "888" and "666", which is a meaningless and stupid behavior.

In fact, this kind of license plate did not bring him any benefits.

Regardless of spending so much money, his extended Cadillac has a higher probability of being blocked on Tokyo roads than any other vehicle.

Others can change lanes when there is a need, but he can't take advantage of it. This is more unbalanced and annoying than anything else.

Especially during the commuting rush hour, this Cadillac must never be driven out.

If you really dare to commit this taboo, you will never reach your destination if you don’t get through the peak hours.

The average driving speed was not much faster than walking alone, and all the way he heard the car behind him honking at him.

Do you think Ning Weimin can't be upset?

Does this count as spending money to find guilt?
But don't look at how expensive this extended version of Cadillac is, but after all, it can still be driven.

Compared with this car, the Mercedes-Benz sports car is even less affordable, basically equal to nothing.

Ning Weimin never expected that Yamato Kanko would actually give him a convertible sports car for two people.

Although the performance is good, it is also fashionable enough, but this is completely fancy but not useful.

Why did he take Matsumoto Keiko for a drive?

As soon as this is going out, I don't know how to tell all the tabloid reporters that the relationship between him and Keiko Matsumoto is not normal?
So this car can only be driven by themselves, and most of the time it can only be left in the warehouse to eat dirt.

Ning Weimin really regretted it, why was he so shameless at the time, and didn't take the initiative to ask for a business-style four-seater car.

Now it's good, a big tasteless Mercedes-Benz brand, it's a pity to throw it away, but it's tasteless to eat.

But this is nothing, the most troublesome thing is that the problem of parking these two cars is the problem that kills people.

As we all know, Japan in the 80s was a big country producing cars.

That is the hometown of various car brands such as Mitsubishi, Mazda, Suzuki and so on.

And right now, an advertisement for a Japanese car brand in mainland China - "Where there is a road, there is a Toyota car" has reached the point where everyone is familiar with it.

But Japan is definitely not a big country that uses cars as personal means of transportation, which is determined by Japan's narrow land area.

Japan has a large modern road network covering the whole country, which is not inferior to any developed country.

However, the population density of Japan is six times that of the United States, forty times that of Canada,

Moreover, Japan is mountainous and lacks large areas of plains suitable for living in the United States and Canada.

Therefore, geographically speaking, Japan can be called a "narrow" country.

Even if the area is only counted, the same road system can support six times or forty times the traffic flow, and it is difficult for gods to parry.

Therefore, self-provided cars cannot be used for commuting, congestion around holiday sightseeing spots, and many traveling families are often blocked on expressways.

Therefore, the Japanese understand that it is impossible for them to build a "country on wheels" like the United States.

So in terms of transportation construction, Japan is an enlarged Singapore.

Adopt the method of vigorously expanding public transport to deal with the terrifying traffic flow.

Therefore, the vast majority of Japanese people use public transportation to travel, such as subways, trams, and buses to and from get off work.

During rush hour, the subway has special personnel responsible for pushing up and pushing, and the windows are also covered with "three-dimensional photos".

Even the Japanese who have the conditions to drive to and from get off work are more than willing to squeeze the subway.

There are two reasons.

One is that the work intensity in Japan is high, and people are often very tired after get off work, and the accident rate after driving is relatively high.

Although the subway is crowded, life is at stake.

The other one is that you can't afford the parking fee and can't find a parking lot.

Because of the high price of land, parking fees in Japan are high. Public parking lots in more prosperous places are not charged by the hour, but are settled in units of 10 minutes.

If it is not a large commercial center or shopping mall that can provide free parking, the cost of parking is a large expense.

For example, in a high-end commercial area like Ginza, the fee for parking for 10 minutes can be as high as [-] yen.

Stopping for an hour is not only not cheaper, but also more expensive, [-] yen, which is already much higher than the wages of ordinary white-collar workers.

If you work for a whole day, and in the end half of your salary is paid for the parking fee, and the rest of the money is used to maintain the car, isn't that a fool's behavior?
What's more, even if there is a free parking lot, the free time is only one hour.

In addition, because of the high rate of car ownership in Japan, even paid parking lots are often overcrowded and impossible to park in.

In places like Ginza, it takes an average of four to 10 minutes to get a parking space.

And this matter is even more difficult for Ning Weimin, because his Cadillac has to occupy the parking spaces of two cars.

Not to mention the doubled cost, the key is to double the waiting time.

In Ginza, he had the horrible experience of waiting for two and a half hours to park his car.

Finally, there is one more thing. The traffic rules in Japan are very strict, and the penalty for parking anywhere is as low as [-] yen.

You don't want to find a place that doesn't get in the way like you do in China.

The Japanese police do not recognize their relatives at all. Even if the congressman's car dares to park indiscriminately, he will still be fined.

So one can imagine how the two cars owned by Ning Weimin made him feel?
That is a big trouble, two big pits!

Thanks to his money and a large warehouse that can accommodate the Mercedes convertible sports car that is temporarily unused, otherwise it would not be possible to play at all.

He now understands why Japanese taxis are so expensive, but the public still accepts them with pleasure.

And why are second-hand cars in Japan so cheap, and some cars are even sold for money, which is cheaper than better bicycles.

To put it bluntly, keeping a car for personal use in Japan is really a waste of money, so you have to be cautious.

Anyway, after these two times, he has a long memory.

I can accept any gift in the future, but I am determined not to have a car.

Money or not is not too important, the key is troublesome!

He really can't afford to worry about this, and can't afford to make such a mess!
The car is so unsatisfactory, so is the house, it's the same.

That's right, under the general trend of the economic bubble, the real estate prices in Tokyo have entered a period of skyrocketing since the beginning of 1986, taking advantage of the bank's several interest rate cuts.

Regardless of the fact that it is only two months away from the inventory in April, the three core districts are the fastest-growing areas in Tokyo and are the leaders.

As a result, Ning Weimin's net worth gained a lot of weight.

At present, the value of his real estate alone has reached 40 billion yen, which has tripled compared to the initial capital he invested.

But the problem is that the house has gone up, the tax is also heavy, and there are many things to do.

Yes, Ning Weimin had fully considered the issue of tax avoidance before buying a house.

Although he has fully thought about it and adopted the optimal strategy, no matter what, as long as he buys a house in Japan, he cannot escape the two taxes, and he has to pay them every year.

That is fixed property tax and city planning tax.

These two taxes can be simply understood as real estate taxes, that is to say, taxes must be paid every year for the purchased real estate, and although the tax rate is fixed, the assessment method is indeed calculated based on the market price of the real estate.

In other words, the more the price of real estate rises, the more the annual tax of [-] percent will be.

For example, this year, Ning Weimin contributed 25 million yen to the Japanese government according to the assessment standard of 500 billion yen.

It is equivalent to giving the Japanese government a flat for nothing.

This is not the same as taking his own life, how can he not be hurt?