National Tide 1980

During the blessing speech, the guests came on stage one after another.

As the most famous person at the scene, Matsumoto Keiko accompanied Ning Weimin, but it was difficult to refuse the warm hospitality.

After being strongly invited by the bride and groom, for Ning Weimin's sake, she took the stage and made a brief impromptu speech, nothing more than congratulations.

But even so, it was enough to make the scene a sensation and the guests excited.

Ordinary people can have a congratulatory message for the number one actress in the country's film industry. This is not an ordinary honor.

Not to mention that Yujiro Sakai and Miyoko are not natives of Tokyo, but "drifters from the east" from a small place.

Now that I have bought a house and got married, celebrities like Matsumoto Keiko were actually present as guests to witness the wedding, and even personally sent them the congratulations "You must be happy".

That really makes them gain face in front of their relatives, friends, colleagues and bosses, and they become winners in life.

So much so that after the speech session ended, the groom and the bride went to present flowers to their parents.

The photographer is ready to take the bride and groom, and their families, and it’s time to take photos in front of the golden screen.

They also want to invite Matsumoto Keiko and Ning Weimin over to take pictures together.

On such an occasion, I'm afraid they all consider it the peak moment of their lives.

However, they didn't know that in Ning Weimin's eyes, he felt a little worried for the newlyweds who were immersed in happiness.

If not for anything else, just because through the marriage, he suddenly saw clearly the character flaw of Zuo Hai Yujiro. He was too concerned about face, or it could be said that he was blindly confident.

Perhaps out of self-respect, or perhaps it can be called vanity, this kid seems to be afraid that others will look down on him, so he always likes to do things that are beyond his ability to embarrass himself.

It's okay to be friends with someone with such a personality, and you will definitely not suffer.

If you want to fall in love with him, it's okay to be your boyfriend. You shouldn't feel bored.

But if we live together, we will put our lifelong happiness on such a person.

Then... I'm afraid there will be some risks.

Because this guy is obviously not a man who is sane, willing to be ordinary, and willing to live a down-to-earth life.

They are too generous when it comes to spending money, and they are too anxious about making money.

Although it doesn't sound like a big problem, it would be best for this guy to marry a fierce wife who can control him.

If Miyoko can't be his master and manage him honestly, it will be really hard to predict the future.

At least there will be problems with stability, and it is inevitable that he will have to worry more about his overestimation and reckless temperament.

Let’s take today’s wedding for example.

It's respectable enough, and it can be held in one of the "Yusanjia" high-end hotels in Tokyo. This is a very high-end event.

It was the wedding banquet venue that Ning Weimin was afraid of choosing when he got married in Japan, and it was only a five-star hotel of this level.

There are three towering champagne towers alone, stacked until they almost reach the bottom of the crystal chandelier.

The waiters had to set up a tall triangular ladder to get the champagne.

There are many kinds of caviar from the Black Sea, French foie gras, Italian truffles, local snapper and freshly made sushi, and the meals are quite rich.

But the problem is that such a place and such a luxurious scene costs a lot of money.

Just now, Ning Weimin had an idea and asked the sales staff of the New Otani Hotel about the accommodation costs on the fifteenth floor. He also asked about the wedding banquet.

The response I got was that a standard room on the 15th floor would cost at least 90,000 yen per night.

There are three levels of wedding banquets. The minimum standard meal is 30,000 yen per guest. There are also two levels of 50,000 yen and 100,000 yen.

This means that the newlyweds have invited at least 100 people to their wedding banquet today, and the meal cost alone is 3 million yen.

This does not include the souvenirs for the guests, nor the money given to the wedding company and makeup company. It is obviously a loss-making business.

If according to what Keiko said just now, the entire wedding process in Japan is that the couple first goes to the shrine to hold the ceremony, and then goes to the hotel to hold a Western-style wedding, the cost is far beyond imagination.

If not, all the expenses would have to be added to the wedding banquet fee. The entire wedding ceremony would probably cost about 6 million yen.

It can be said that Yujiro Sakai is a conscientious groom.

Not to mention all the contribution money has been posted, I guess I will have to pay a lot more.

The number of blood loss may be as high as four million yen.

This is not over yet.

You know, Japanese people also attach great importance to the complete set of "wedding anniversary photos".

This thing was probably invented by the Japanese first. You may not be able to buy a seven or eight page photo album for 100,000 yen.

And after getting married, there is a honeymoon, so a trip is inevitable.

Today's Japanese are used to going to Europe and the United States, otherwise they will be looked down upon.

Both Yujiro Sakai and Miyoko are very fond of the 'Hawaii six-day, four-night honeymoon package' that the travel company is currently promoting. Although after Ning Weimin's introduction, Yamato Tourism gave them a discount, and Ning Weimin also gave them two gifts. A trolley case, but it still costs them about 700,000 yen.

If you include all kinds of pocket money and other expenses during the trip, the total cost is 400,000 yen.

Calculating this, the wedding ceremony of Sakai Yujiro and Miyoko is a sky-high expense.

Just like Japan's current economy, it is enough to be proud of the world.

But then again, this is obviously a bit beyond the financial ability of the newlyweds.

Others don't know the financial situation of the couple, how can Ning Weimin not know it?

He heard Yujiro Sakai personally say that after being promoted to team leader, his monthly salary would be about 350,000 yen, and his half-year bonus would be about 700,000 to 800,000 yen.

In other words, the income that Yujiro Sakai can guarantee is 5.7 million yen.

Others have to rely on commissions from insurance sellers.

Of course, the current economic situation is not bad, and Ning Weimin often takes care of Zuo Hai Yuerlang.

In this way, plus the commission income every year, he can earn about 10 million yen. I believe that it will not be a problem to upgrade to another level soon.

Judging from his low academic qualifications, he is indeed not bad. He can barely enter the high-income class of Japanese society, which is considered a pretty good situation among the middle class.

But we must also see that these two children from poor families came to Tokyo and made a fortune on their own. Although Japan's economy was at its best, they were engaged in popular industries, and they made a lot of money by accident. .

But after all, the good times are only a few years away. When the Japanese economy really collapses, their income will not be as good as it is now.

But the nature of their union cannot be ignored.

In other words, it is impossible for them to get help from their families in their upcoming marriage life. Instead, they need to provide support to two poor families.

Miyoko's side is better, there is only one mother in her hometown.

The old man's health is still good, and Kagawa Rinko is helping to supplement his health, so it's not a big burden.

But Yujiro Sakai couldn't. His father was sick due to long-term fatigue.

My brother and sister at home have very limited financial capabilities because they both make a living in their economically backward hometown.

His younger brother and younger sister are in school, and every month he inevitably takes some money from his salary to supplement the family income.

As a result, if you add in the 35 million yen home purchase loan and have to pay at least hundreds of thousands yen in interest every month, you can imagine the financial burden on this couple.

Their actual situation is far less comfortable than it seems to outsiders. I am afraid that if they are not careful, they will fall into the embarrassing situation of being unable to make ends meet.

Although Ning Weimin also knew that when Miyoko resigned from Aoyama Real Estate, she was entitled to a commission of more than 4 million yen.

But according to his estimation, this money may be the source of funds for the couple's wedding.

In other words, after getting married, Yujiro Sakai and Miyoko's cash flow will be interrupted. Maybe there will be a period of tight money waiting for them.

In fact, the most reasonable way is to let Miyoko continue working.

Only in this way can all their problems be fundamentally solved.

It's a pity that the Japanese are too rigid-minded and have too strong feudal consciousness.

For a wife to continue working after marriage, most people will always regard it as the husband's incompetence.

Zuo Hai Yuerlang was not as open-minded as Ning Weimin, and he could not care about other people's strange eyes.

So Ning Weimin really has to say that judging from the economic accounts, Zuo Hai Yuerlang's mind seems to be filled with water.

I can't figure out the big and small things at all, and I really deserve the trouble I'm asking for.

But then again, who made this generation of Japanese catch up with such an exaggerated and vain money-worshiping era?

It would seem unobjective if all the blame was placed on Yujiro Sakai.

So how should we look at this problem?

In fact, we still have to look for the reasons from the changes of the times, the atmosphere of Japanese society, and the national temperament.

When we studied history, we all learned that when Japan was a country that moved towards modernity, it was through "reform" rather than "revolution", so it retained a lot of feudal remnants.

Where do these feudal remnants appear?

Specifically, various cumbersome and wasteful etiquette is one of them.

For example, marriage is a "feudal baptism" that every Japanese cannot escape.

Japanese weddings are very particular about ostentation.

When it comes to these problems of waste, compared with the Japanese, the Chinese cannot catch up with them, and they pale into insignificance.

In our Republic, Chinese people have indeed had stories such as "three turns and one ring with a click" and "forty-eight legs", as well as Shi Shengjie's cross talk about betrothal gifts.

But in fact, compared with Japanese customs, look at what they look like.

The Chinese young man should shout Amitabha, he is so happy.

Some people may think that this is because Chinese people are too poor now and things will be different in a few decades.

At that time, we young men will have to buy a house and a car in order to get married, otherwise we will have no wife.

Actually it's still the same.

Don't think that Japanese girls don't want a house or a car, but they just want to find a good man to live their lives.

There will be this kind of Japanese girl thirty years from now. This is because Japan’s economy will be finished thirty years from now.

At that time, the Japanese marriage market had naturally collapsed.

Would you try it in this era?

Ning Weimin knows best that Japanese girls in this era have the highest prices.

When Japanese women get married, they still need a house, a car, and even more, turning marriage into a "robbing marriage."

Therefore, Japanese girls who promote style are not purely natural, but are also forged step by step following the pace of the times and affected by environmental changes.

And to say the least, China's betrothal gifts are actually affordable.

All the money the Japanese spend on marriage is wasted.

They were all taken by big tigers like wedding companies and makeup companies.

In Japan, after a wedding, all a newlywed couple seems to keep are the two pairs of rings they bought during their engagement and wedding.

It was also made of platinum and set with diamonds. It was quite expensive when I bought it, but it became worthless when I tried to sell it.

Can you say that the Japanese have online IQ?

Perhaps many people think that Japan is a developed country and much wealthier than the Republic, so it is normal for people to spend so much money.

The quality of life we ​​pursue is different.

In fact, this is even more of a fallacy.

You know, the average monthly income of a thirty-five-year-old employee in Japan is US$3,000, but prices are five or six times higher than in California.

However, the so-called "middle class" in Japan are not as good as those in China in the third world in many aspects of life, which can be seen just from the consumption of fruits.

Therefore, Japanese families often save for many years for their son to get married, and eating kimchi is a common thing for Japanese newlywed families.

People like Yujiro Sakai and Miyoko, who were born in poverty and caught up with the great waves of the times, and both husband and wife chose the right career, are purely the lucky ones among the lucky ones.

Only then can they accumulate such objective wealth in a short period of time, enough for them to get married.

But all the money you have saved so hard is spent on such a face-saving project. Isn't this stupid?

Moreover, this kind of wedding entertainment also takes up a lot of time for many people in Japan, which may be more costly than wasting money.

To put it bluntly, Ning Weimin has been in Japan for more than two years, and he has actually discovered long ago that the Japanese really have no overall perspective.

Most people are very economical in small things. For example, the habit of washing clothes with bath water is something that non-Japanese people cannot think of.

But Da Da often does everything for the sake of face.

Yujiro Sakai is not the only Japanese who is willing to do such flashy things. There are too many Japanese like him. The national character of the Japanese is generally the same.

In the final analysis, it may still be limited by the nature of a small country with few people.

Anyway, no matter what, no matter how good the relationship is, it needs financial support to maintain it.

Poor and humble couples suffer from everything, and there is no filial son at the bedside of a long-term illness. This is a major event that the Chinese people must go through in everyone's life. The wise sayings summarized by the Chinese people are the ability of the entire Chinese nation to see through the mists of time.

According to Ning Weimin's point of view, the key to a happy marriage between Zuo Hai Yujiro and Miyoko lies in one point.

It's about whether Yujiro Sakai can fulfill his duties as a husband and hand over every penny of his salary to his wife on time.

Miyoko must also be capable enough to manage the family's expense accounts.

If she can take care of her husband's family and give her husband pocket money, and then use her limited financial resources to arrange the normal expenses of the family, then they will be a happy couple.

There is a high probability that they will grow old together and have an enviable and happy life.

Ning Weimin looked at the happy couple in front of him, and his mind suddenly recalled the scene when he had just met them at Director Taniguchi's house.

At that time, I never thought that the two of them could be lovers and get married.

Let's hope so. The two of them are not bad people, and they have caught up with the good times. The probability of happiness is still much higher than that of most people, and their destiny is always in their own hands.