National Tide 1980

Tokyo Narita International Airport lobby.

The more than forty employees of Tan Palace, each holding two trolley suitcases, one large and one small, stood in the corner of the maze-like hall and looked around.

All kinds of people gather in this hall, and it seems that the whole world is contained here.

In a large advertisement for Shiseido cosmetics, Oriental beauties glanced at them all the way from the capital of the Republic.

Leaving each of them feeling a little starved of eyesight.

However, it needs to be made clear that these people are not the old employees who have been working at Ginza Tan Palace for a year and who first followed Ning Weimin when he went abroad to work hard.

Those old employees actually gathered at the Capital Airport as early as the seventh day of the Lunar New Year and flew back to Tokyo early to go to work.

These people are the extra employees selected by Ning Weimin from the main store in order to open a branch in Japan.

So when it comes to happiness and expectations for the future, they are probably no less enthusiastic than Ning Weimin.

For no other reason than to go abroad for the first time, you will definitely feel eye-opening and excited.

But more importantly, the news about Ning Weimin's dividends to those who went abroad spread like wildfire and spread throughout the palace.

Let me ask you, if you go abroad and work part-time, you can earn wealth that you can't even imagine at home.

A year of hard work abroad can almost last a lifetime in China, and there are tax exemptions for three major items, so who wouldn't want to come?

In fact, this time in the selection competition for places to go abroad, the internal competition in Tan Palace is much more intense than the last time.

Not only the few people who chose to stay because of personal reasons regretted it last time, but this time they cried and shouted, saying that they would follow Ning Weimin to Japan no matter what, and they would not hesitate to do their best to serve him.

Even those who have burdens at home and who obviously shouldn't go out will come even if they beg their grandpa and grandma and try their best to do so.

For example, there is a chef in the soup group who is a typical example of this kind of person.

He is thirty-five years old, has a wife, children, and an old mother who is paralyzed in bed, but he has no brothers or sisters.

This kind of situation shouldn't have happened originally, because everything big and small in the family really cannot be separated from him.

But the four members of his family need money for food and clothing, his mother needs money for medical treatment, and she also needs money to buy a color TV, and she also has to pay off old debts.

Although Tan Gong's salary is among the best in the same industry, the chef's income can be two or three times that of ordinary units.

But even so, this chef still feels that life is difficult. He has always spent whatever he earns, and has almost no savings. He is too poor and stable.

So after repeated discussions with his family, he decided to go to Japan for a year or two while his health was still good, work hard, and earn tens of thousands of yuan back.

His family members also all agreed that as long as everyone persists for a year or two, all financial problems will be solved.

In this way, he used his family's difficulties to play emotional cards with his colleagues at work.

I hope that by impressing others with my compassion, I can get this opportunity to go abroad and make money.

For this matter, this person even promised in public that he would give away the purchase price of electrical appliances to people in the same group.

There's no way he can do it on his terms. If he doesn't seize this opportunity, he may never have another chance to make a fortune.

To put it bluntly, apart from being able to cook a few things on the stove, he doesn't know anything else, and he's also an honest person.

Going abroad this time is probably the only opportunity for him to change his life situation.

Therefore, the people Ning Weimin brought out this time were more eager than the people last time.

They have clear goals and are more motivated.

Although the reason is more for money, there is nothing wrong with that.

Ning Weimin never deceives people with his ideals and goals. Originally, he came to Japan to open a store to make money for several investors, and by the way, he also earned foreign exchange for the country.

But where can we have everyone without a small family?

Is it wrong for my employees to want to earn more?

The only thing that worries Ning Weimin is that if he does this, the income gap between foreign and domestic employees is too big, and he will inevitably be criticized.

It will also cause restlessness and affect the stability and unity among domestic stores.

But there was nothing he could do, because the good days for Japan to make a lot of money were only in the past two years. If he missed it, he would really miss it. Time did not allow him to slowly adjust all aspects of the relationship.

Ning Weimin had no choice but to bite the bullet and focus on the overall situation first.

No matter what, you have to make money first, and you can only try to maintain other aspects as much as possible. If it is really difficult to be comprehensive, you can only let nature take its course.

Fortunately, when he returned this time, he publicized the arrangements for investors to go abroad for inspections.

It seems that as long as all shareholders are interested in his interests and are willing to sell him face, and no one stands up to openly question or object, he can remain calm and implement his plan to make money overseas.

Of course, having said that, it is precisely because of the idea of ​​making money that makes these new employees so excited. It is really difficult to make them be patient.

No, after waiting for less than ten minutes, some of them were already restless.

"Ah, what should we do next? How did Mr. Ning arrange it? Lao Wan, you are the team leader. What did Mr. Ning tell you before we got on the plane? He would never leave us at the airport like this. Don’t care?”

"Look at what you said, who is Mr. Ning? He has a lot of things to do, so he still has time to be your tour guide. Who do you think you are? It's such a beautiful idea. You still think you are a sage. Well, who is going to take your cooking pot?"

The team leader, who was called "Lao Wan", first said a few "nice" words, and then tried his best to comfort everyone, "But don't worry, everyone. Mr. Ning had something to say first, and said that we should collect our luggage and leave after we leave customs." Just find a place nearby that is out of the way and just wait, someone will definitely pick you up."

"It's been so long, why didn't you come to pick her up?" The boy who had just been slapped was not honest and was very angry.

"Don't be anxious! Don't be anxious! I told you, don't be anxious!" Lao Wan tried his best to suppress his anger, "You still don't believe what Mr. Ning said. He said someone will come to pick him up, so he will definitely come!"

At this time, a woman's soft Japanese voice sounded from the loudspeaker.

So someone called Lao Wan again.

"Hey, Lao Wan, didn't you suddenly learn Japanese in order to go abroad? Listen carefully to what people are saying?"

That old man really straightened his neck and listened attentively.

After listening for a while, he shook his head, "She spoke too fast!"

"If you speak slowly, you won't understand!" Someone said it clearly, causing everyone to laugh "hahaha".

"Listen to two more sentences, listen to two more sentences!" Lao Wan was not discouraged. He waved his hands to everyone and took the initiative to listen attentively again.

After a while, someone asked him, "Do you understand what you heard?"

"She is saying..." Lao Wan thought for a while and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Tokyo Narita Airport..."

"Just these two sentences? Is there anything else?"

"Then there must be more! Yes, yes, I still need to listen for a while..."

"May I help you?" An airport service lady suddenly came forward and bowed to the group of people.

You could probably tell by their clothes that they were not Japanese, so they asked directly in English.

However, the Japanese pronunciation of English is very weird, just like katakana.

So for a while, the employees of the altar palace were confused by the questions that they could originally understand.

The whole group of over forty people actually looked at the Japanese girl with their mouths open, and no one could talk to her.

"May I help you?" the waitress asked again, blinking her long eyelashes again.

"Ah, help, help, hey, this is English." Lao Wan stuttered for a while, and finally said, "We are waiting for someone..."

However, his pronunciation is not very good, and it is also at the level of Hanyu Pinyin.

So he and the waitress were completely on the same page, and they could never find a common ground.

But the good thing is that when they were at a loss for each other and couldn't think of a better way to recruit someone, the savior who was responsible for picking them up finally appeared.

"Hey, Brother Liu! Look, that's Brother Liu from the restaurant!"

"Brother Liu! We are here!"

"Jianxing! Over here!"

The employees of these altar palaces were extremely excited and suddenly screamed, just like the escapees who had been drifting at sea for three days and three nights suddenly saw the lifeboat.

Although their move was against Japanese customs, it really shocked the waitress.

But finally we have someone who can communicate verbally.

After all, Liu Jianxing is one of the few Chinese backbones at Ginza Danguo Restaurant, and his Japanese is passable.

What's more, having been in a front-line position for so long, I have a corresponding language environment and need to communicate with Japanese customers frequently, which is hard work.

He saw that there was trouble here, so he hurried over and said as he walked, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I'm late, I'm sorry!"

After having a cordial and friendly communication with the service lady in Japanese, I learned that the people at Tan Gong Restaurant stayed too long at the customs exit, which may have affected the passengers' exit. This is not allowed.

He quickly saluted again, explaining to the service lady on behalf of these colleagues, expressing his apology, and truly showing the civility and courtesy of the ancient Eastern civilization.

After the trouble was solved and the service lady left, this guy showed his true colors, smiling playfully, putting his arm around his back, and greeted his familiar colleagues.

He even deliberately acted like he was being received by the leader, "Comrades, welcome to Tokyo! Thank you for your hard work along the way!"

In this way, amidst the laughter and scoldings, these employees of Tan Palace finally let go of their worries that had been hanging on them all the way, and felt the peace of mind of finding an organization in a foreign country.

Next, Liu Jianxing did live up to expectations, just like Ning Weimin when he brought them to Japan for the first time, he led the team first and took the group to the duty-free shop at the airport to collect wool.

Even the female colleagues, with their passports, each got two cigarettes first.

There is no way, who makes Japanese cigarettes too expensive, and these days there are very few young men in the country who do not smoke.

This is called saving when you can. Everyone in China understands hardship and simplicity. No matter how much you earn, you will not miss the opportunity to enjoy such benefits.

Of course, the salesperson at the Japanese airport had never seen such a group come to buy cigarettes. Naturally, he was stunned for a while and was in a hurry.

You know, you have to step aside to show off, bow, and say thank you to each guest, which has to be repeated more than forty times in total.

It was a busy time, and the scene was so joyful that the salespeople were like kowtowing bugs.

Fortunately, Liu Jianxing paid the entire bill, 2,800 yen per person, totaling 117,600 yen.

Otherwise, if one person pays once, these Japanese salesmen will be driven crazy by their group.

Needless to say, Liu Jianxing's lavish spending, coupled with his crisp suits, will naturally arouse the envy of others.

In fact, as soon as he walked out of the duty-free shop and even outside the airport lobby, an acquaintance already eagerly put his arm around Liu Jianxing's shoulders, patted his chest and asked him.

"You're a big spender. You really didn't come to Japan in vain. Just by looking at it, you look no different from the Japanese. You can tell from the looks of it that when you have money, you spend all your money on things." Did you do it yourself?"

But Liu Jianxing responded with laughter and scolding, firmly denying that he was corrupt.

"Fuck you, you are Japanese, and your whole family is Japanese. Of course the money to buy you cigarettes is public funds, you think you are being taken advantage of. I also tell you, don't blame me, I am diligent and thrifty A model. I send all my money home. My monthly expenses in Japan are less than 5,000 yen. I just buy some drinks occasionally."

"No way, who are you lying to? If you want to go back like this, those little girls in China who hate the poor and love the rich will go crazy when they see you, and they may really think of you as a Japanese. If nothing else, you are wearing a suit. A lot of money, right? Don’t tell me, this style is really fashionable, and it is completely different from the suits in our country. You are already wearing such a good suit, why are you and your buddies pretending to be poor..."

Little did he know that these words actually made Liu Jianxing laugh from ear to ear, "You are talking about my outfit, haha. I bought it at the secondhand market. They are not new clothes. They only cost 500 yen. Changed to RMB, it's only 500 yen." It’s about thirty yuan…”

"What? That's impossible! Your suit is so new that it looks like it has never been worn before. Why is the price even cheaper than old clothes?" The other party's immediate reaction was a wide-eyed retort, as if I had little education. Don't lie to me.

"I'm not lying to you, just look at it if you don't believe me." What was even more unexpected was that as he was walking, Liu Jianxing suddenly stopped, then majestically opened his suit and showed the other person the words embroidered on the inner pocket.

There is no need for the other party to shout in surprise, "Oh, it's actually from Panasonic, the king of electrical appliances!" This suddenly attracted many people.

Little did he know that Liu Jianxing couldn't stop laughing, "You guys are really ignorant. This is a Japanese surname. Japanese suits are marked with the family surname on the inner chest pocket. This seems to be theirs. Habit. I am not the only one of our people who has bought it. You will know it when you go there. Everyone buys suits with all surnames. That guy Jiang Dachun even got a set of 'Tanaka'. Maybe it was the one worn by the Japanese Prime Minister. It's going well."

Now, everyone has no reason not to believe it, especially after Liu Jianxing said that second-hand electrical appliances in Japan are also quite cheap. Because you have to pay to throw away garbage, second-hand goods are very cheap. Basically, you can buy them for more than 100 yuan. Buy a good color TV in the second-hand market.

In fact, they don't need any tax-free electrical appliances when they come to Japan. They can return to their country and transfer them to make a fortune.

These people were even more excited.

Some people couldn't help but sigh, saying that it's no wonder people in China are struggling to figure it out.

Now that I have come out, I realize that Japan is a place of blessing.

As a result, it was precisely this sentence that made Liu Jianxing's expression change. He immediately frowned and instead of smiling casually, he corrected him with a serious expression.

"That's wrong. I'm afraid you still don't know what Ginza Danmiya has gone through since it opened. Making money in Japan is not as smooth as you think. Not only do gangsters come to cause trouble, but there are various legal and legal restrictions. Japan's labor costs It’s rising again and again. If it weren’t for Mr. Ning, Ginza Dan Palace might not be able to continue operating. Then naturally you wouldn’t have a chance to come out.”

At this time, everyone had already walked out of the airport hall, and Liu Jianxing pointed at the many people outside who didn't know where to go, like headless flies.

"Look at them again. There are people from South Korea, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and more and more overseas students from the mainland. They all think that this is a place of blessing and have tried every means to come. But many of them can't even We don’t even have the thousands of yen to pay for the airport bus. And what about us? Mr. Ning not only provides us with job opportunities, but also provides dormitories, three meals a day, free transportation, and even allows us to contact our families by phone every month. . Otherwise, each of us would have to spend 70,000 to 80,000 yen per month just for these expenses. Where do you think our happiness comes from?"

Needless to say, the employees of Tan Palace felt deeply when they looked at the people outside the airport hall, who were dressed in rags and looked like refugees from all over the world.

So, someone soon said the fact that everyone had thought of - "It's Mr. Ning. That's right. Our happiness and luck are all given by Mr. Ning."