National Tide 1980

Because they don’t know enough about Ning Weimin, the Chinese son-in-law, and because Ning Weimin himself has too many secrets that go against common sense.

Han Yingming and his wife came to Beijing this time, and they were upset that Ning Weimin didn’t come to pick them up in person, and they had some bad misunderstandings about this son-in-law. There was nothing they could do about it.

But then again, they still care about their daughter’s happy marriage, far more than their own face.

Since their daughter has married someone, no matter what, they don’t want the young couple to have conflicts so soon.

From the love before marriage, they suddenly became cold and distant, and the enthusiasm was gone.

Marriage is not a joke, it needs to be taken seriously.

What they fear most is that young people don’t know how to cherish, but just blindly "follow their feelings".

When it’s good, everything is good, and when it’s bad, everything is bad.

When the passion fades and the freshness is gone, there is no desire to maintain emotions and manage marriage.

This situation is not uncommon now.

In fact, a new word has begun to appear in Japan to refer to this situation, called "Narita divorce".

Narita is Tokyo, the largest international airport in Japan.

Many Japanese like to travel abroad for their honeymoon when they are newly married, so Narita Airport naturally becomes a must-go place for many newlyweds.

When these newlyweds depart from Narita Airport, they are all happy and smiling, but when they return from their honeymoon abroad and return to Narita Airport again.

Because during the honeymoon, the newlyweds exposed the shortcomings of their living habits due to some trivial matters, causing discord, and some couples were already sullen.

Finally, after arriving at Narita Airport, the phenomenon of filing for divorce is called "Narita divorce".

The reason why this situation frequently occurs in Japan today is related to Japan's social structure and the unprecedented economic bubble that Japan is currently experiencing.

Yes, Japan is a society that favors men.

Even though there is now an equal employment law for men and women, women cannot compete with men on an equal footing in work and career.

Most women still follow the traditional lifestyle. They usually quit their jobs after getting married and having children and become professional housewives at home.

Therefore, for Japanese women, finding a man they can rely on is the top priority.

"Choosing a good tree to live in" is particularly important, which is related to the happiness of the second half of life.

It is for this reason that unmarried Japanese girls do clerical work in the company, which is both easy and irresponsible.

Although they don't earn as much as men, because they are supported by their husbands after marriage, they don't have the burden of saving money and can spend all the money they earn on their own enjoyment without scruples.

Buy branded clothing, travel, etc.

Coupled with the blessing of the economic bubble, office workers in this era have very good salaries and benefits, and there are more and more bonuses and various subsidies that can be used for consumption.

Even for female employees who have just started working, it is normal to get a bonus of 50 to 1 million yen.

Especially because the yen continues to appreciate, for Japanese people, domestic travel is often more expensive than overseas travel.

So in recent years, Japanese girls often use vacations or leave to travel overseas.

This allows many Japanese women to have many overseas travel experiences before getting married.

But on the other hand, there are far fewer Japanese men who have overseas travel experience before getting married.

Japanese young men generally have no money when they go to college. Although they have money after entering the company, they are juniors when they first enter the company.

The hierarchy concept between seniors and juniors is rampant in Japanese companies and schools. New employees are bullied and ordered around by seniors in the company, and all the chores are overwhelmed by juniors, making them particularly busy.

Not only is it difficult to take leave in real life, but even psychologically, there is no leisure to travel abroad.

From this perspective, being a man in Japan is much harder than being a woman.

In addition, after the war, both the government and the people in Japan encouraged the birth of boys, and the male birth rate in Japan continued to rise.

It reached its peak of 107:100 in 1966. So when these boys and girls in the age group of 60-66 become adults at the age of 20, there will definitely be a phenomenon that the ratio of men and women of marriageable age is unbalanced, with more men than women.

This has led to the fact that Japanese girls have a lot more choices in love and marriage, and their value has also risen.

In Japan during the bubble era, the primary factor for boys to pursue girls was money in addition to being handsome. No one knows whether they will become slaves of money or girlfriends in the end.

But what is certain is that every Japanese licker knows to save money for his wife, and dare not spend money on personal enjoyment at will.

So it is precisely because of these reasons that today's Japanese newlyweds, when traveling for the first time, it is very easy for the groom to make a fool of himself abroad because he does not know the rules and has no experience.

And these things can easily break the woman's trust in the man.

During the journey, the bride suddenly found that her husband was cowardly outside. Not only will she feel embarrassed, but she will also think that such a person must be unreliable, and thus she will have the idea of ​​divorcing quickly and choosing another husband.

What's more, Japanese men don't care too much about married women. As long as they are young and beautiful, it is not too difficult for Japanese women to find a new partner.

But once a woman has a "drag oil bottle" and has a child with a man, it will be more difficult to marry again.

So this has further prompted many Japanese girls to go for divorce without hesitation once they have the idea of ​​divorce, fearing that they will miss the opportunity to regain happiness, which seems very cold and ruthless.

In short, to put it bluntly, the main reason for Narita's divorce was that the groom, who was traveling abroad for the first time, brought a bride with rich overseas travel experience.

As the mother of Matsumoto Keiko, Han Changzi naturally knew that her daughter often went abroad because of work.

She has even been to many places. Matsumoto Keiko has been to developed countries in Europe and the United States.

But Ning Weimin's trip to France this time was his first time.

And as the wife of the president, Han Changzi is also a knowledgeable lady.

Of course, she knows that the living habits in Japan are very different from those in Europe and the United States. For example, European and American countries have to tip waiters, but Japan does not have the habit of tipping.

It is considered uncivilized for Europeans and Americans to make noises with their mouths when eating, but Japanese people do not have such a particularity. When eating, especially when drinking soup, their mouths will make louder noises.

It just so happens that Japanese people worship European and American culture. Nowadays, young people generally choose European and American countries for their honeymoon trips, otherwise they will be looked down upon.

This makes many Japanese grooms who travel to Europe and America for the first time often embarrassed because they don’t know how to tip and don’t understand European and American etiquette when eating.

For this reason, Han Changzi naturally combined reality with his own association, and wondered if the relationship between the young couple had a rift because of their honeymoon in France?

So not long after getting in the car, Han Changzi quietly asked his daughter, wanting to find out whether they had a quarrel because of the honeymoon, and how the two of them were getting along now.

"Qingzi, how did you and Amin play in France? Did you have a good honeymoon trip?"

"Oh... It's okay, it's just those places, and it's not new to me."

In Han Changzi's opinion, his daughter's first answer was not normal.

Logically speaking, a newlywed couple who just spent their honeymoon would not have such a bland reaction.

She should be talking about her travel experience, the places she has been to, the sights she has seen, the music she has listened to, the souvenirs she has bought, and even the food and drinks she has eaten.

How could she be so uninterested as Keiko, who seemed to have nothing to say?

After all, she was traveling with her newlywed husband, and even if she had been to a place before, there would always be something worth recalling and impressive.

So Han Changzi asked again, "What about Amin? Does he like France? Since you have been there, did you act as a qualified tour guide?"

"He is fine. We went to Cannes first, and then to Paris. We went to the Palais des Festivals and the 5,000-meter beach in Cannes, the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame de Paris and the Seine River in Paris. Amin still likes it very much, and we took a lot of photos. It's just a pity that we need help from others to take group photos, so we don't take many group photos. Oh, by the way, we are not used to the diet. Amin doesn't like foods with too much cream and cheese more than I do. He always complains about the lack of hot food in France. Next time we go back, we have to find a place with a kitchen so that we can cook for ourselves."

Matsumoto Keiko said more this time, but still didn't show the excitement and excitement that her parents expected to see.

"That's all?" Han Changzi asked a little disappointedly.

"That's all!" Keiko answered indifferently.

"You just visited these attractions? Took some photos? Like ordinary tourists? You didn't have any special experiences? No romantic content?"

"Yeah, just like ordinary tourists. Originally, I wanted to take a yacht to see the sea, but later I had to give up because of time scheduling problems."

"What about other places? Did you go to Venice in Italy? Did you take that kind of boat? Did you go to Rome? Did you see the Colosseum? St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican? And... did you see the German castles?"

"Mom, to be honest. Amin and I both had things to do in France. So we didn't have much free time. In fact, except for France, we didn't go anywhere else. And most of the time in France, Amin was busy. In addition to meeting his boss, he also had many unexpected things that happened and he had to deal with them. So it's a bit regrettable. This trip was very boring. I went shopping by myself. If we really want to play together, I'm afraid we can only do it next time..."

At this point, Han Changzi looked at her daughter who was a little impatient with her questioning and was speechless.

What surprised her even more was that her daughter spent her honeymoon like this.

Her daughter was left out by her new husband, which was even worse than she had imagined.

She had originally wanted to ask her daughter whether she and Ning Weimin were doing well in the capital and whether she had been wronged, but now she didn't want to ask.

Because she could already determine without hesitation that her daughter was probably alienated from Ning Weimin because she had been wronged during her honeymoon.

They probably had a quarrel over this matter a long time ago, and they were still having a quarrel.

Now her daughter was pretending to be indifferent, as if it was nothing, but she was just hiding it because she was afraid that her parents would worry.

But because of this, she felt even more distressed for her daughter.

"He...he...how could he do this to you? When can we see him? When I see him today, I must ask him in person. Didn't he promise us to treat you well? Is this what he did? Why did he break his promise? Is he a liar?"

After holding it in for a long time, Han Changzi rarely expressed her anger.

She is indeed a soft-tempered person.

But then again, women are weak, but mothers are strong.

As a mother, no matter how weak she is, she can never watch her daughter suffer such grievances without doing anything.

If this happened just after getting married, wouldn't her daughter suffer in the long days to come?

To be honest, Han Changzi's attitude at this time was getting more and more angry and excited.

She thought that no matter what, she had to have a good argument with Ning Weimin about this matter and ask him why he ignored his wife even on the honeymoon.

As a result, even Han Yingming was surprised, and he couldn't help but persuade his wife to calm down, at least to control her temper first.

We haven't even met yet, why should we get so angry!

If we want to get angry, we should see Ning Weimin first, so that he can learn a lesson and never treat their precious daughter like this again.

However, Qingzi's response was even more surprising.

She didn't seem to appreciate it, and she opened her eyes wide and blamed her parents with a puzzled look.

"Ah, Mom and Dad, what are you talking about? Ah Min didn't do anything wrong! Why are you so angry? With your attitude, I dare not let you see Ah Min, you will definitely scare him!"

Han Yingming and his wife were stunned and confused.

One asked, "Didn't you just say that he didn't accompany you in France and ignored you all the time..."

Another asked, "That's right, you just said that the honeymoon trip was really boring, your son-in-law was not with you all day, and you were just shopping alone..."

"But...but Amin is indeed busy with something very important. In fact, he doesn't want to be like this, he also wants to accompany me. It's just that many things are very important to me. He has to do them for me. He is really hard-working and very capable. You don't know that at the Cannes Film Festival, Amin not only won me the opportunity to walk the red carpet and screen movies, but also bought the film libraries of two French studios for me. In Paris, he also bought 25% of Yves Saint Laurent's shares and gave them to me. All the shares belong to me personally, Thanks to Amin, I have now become the only Asian shareholder of Yves Saint Laurent. In the future, I will enjoy special treatment in Yves Saint Laurent, just like the French star Catherine Deneuve. Not only will I have free high-end fashion and handbags mailed to me regularly, but I will also receive invitations to Paris Fashion Week regularly. As long as it is a Yves Saint Laurent press conference, I can attend it. This is the privilege of a major shareholder..."

"What! What did you say! Amin is so busy for you? Do you mean that he can't accompany you because he is running for your career?"

"Isn't it obvious? I have always told my mother that."

Matsumoto Keiko's words forced Han Changzi to re-examine the matter, and her psychological dissatisfaction suddenly dissipated.

Yes, although the result is the same, if you say so, the nature is completely different.

This son-in-law is not only not disappointing, but also makes people feel strangely relieved.

And because Han Yingming is a businessman himself, his attention is of course more likely to pay attention to some practical problems and exact figures.

"Qingzi, what did Amin buy for you? The film libraries of the two film studios? And... what shares?"

"Shares of Yves Saint Laurent, a high-end custom clothing brand that is very famous in France, no, in Europe. It should be similar to Dior, right? But, an old-fashioned person like Dad probably wouldn't know."

"How much did he spend on these things?"

"I... I don't know, maybe 800 million or 900 million in total?"

"Are you talking about yen?"

"No, of course francs!"

"What? He spent so much money on you! Are you sure it's all his money?"

Han Yingming and his wife took a breath.

They thought they had heard it wrong, and they couldn't even believe it.

Because 800 million or 900 million francs is equivalent to more than 100 million US dollars! 12 billion yen!

This figure is probably far beyond Han Yingming's entire fortune!

But the problem is that Matsumoto Keiko still nodded very firmly.

"Yeah, that's right, about the same amount. I also think it's too much money, I said no, but he insisted on giving it to me. He bought it right away, signed the contract in just a few days, hired a lawyer, and spent millions of francs on the lawyer's fees alone!"

Hearing their daughter say this, Han Yingming and Han Changzi looked at each other in shock.

Now they can really be sure.

This son-in-law is so generous.

It's absolutely impossible to say that he is not good to his daughter. On the contrary, he is too good to be true.

But a new question is also placed in front of the old couple. How can Ning Weimin have so much money?

How young is he, how did he earn it?