Rebirth of the Industrial Tycoon

The negotiation work was successfully completed, and the trade group also booked a flight back to China.

The flight ticket is three days later, so the members of the trade group can still play in Tokyo for three days. Taking advantage of this time, everyone can visit Tokyo, buy things and buy things, and bring some gifts to their families.

In 1990, going abroad was not easy to lose, and going to a developed country was a rare opportunity.

At that time, on a trip abroad, all the relatives of the seven aunts and eight aunts in the family had to buy all the gifts. If you accidentally missed any one, the relatives would resent you for the rest of your life.

Japan also has a lot of products worth buying. In the 1980s, it was household appliances, and in the 1990s, it was all kinds of electronic products. For example, the latest Sony mobile phone bought by Li Weidong can be sold twice in Shanghai and Guangzhou.

At that time, only cities like Shanghai and Guangzhou had so-called mobile communication systems, and the signal was still very poor. For ordinary people, mobile phones were too far away.

Therefore, such as the small and exquisite Walkman, the CD player that can be carried around, the point-and-shoot camera that can be operated with one hand, and the tape recorder that was very popular in China at that time, all of which were favored by the Chinese.

Japan in the 1980s and 1990s happened to be the best at making such products.

So after breakfast, all the people in the trade group came to the hotel entrance to gather, and everyone planned to go to the shopping mall in Japan collectively.

This is how Chinese people travel abroad. They like to get together and engage in group activities. When there are many people, the quality of each person is also uneven, and there will be chaos wherever they go.

Especially when it comes to shopping, a large group of people rush into a store at every turn, and then start shopping frantically. When someone else buys a certain product, they have to follow the trend and buy one.

However, for merchants, they like this kind of customers the most. They buy things in piles, enter the door empty-handed, and go out with large bags.

At the door of the hotel, Xie Hui called Li Weidong to the front and asked, "Director Li, I heard that you are familiar with Tokyo. I want to buy a point-and-shoot camera, but I don't know where to go?"

"Then you must go to Akihabara!" Li Weidong replied.

"Director Li, I want to buy a video recorder, where should I go?" Director Tang asked.

"Go to Akihabara!" Li Weidong replied.

Next to him, Lao Wang, who has a bad lumbar spine, also came over: "My little girl insists that I buy her a Walkman."

"Go to Akihabara too!" Li Weidong gave the same answer.

"I said Director Li, why do you always go to Akihabara! Are there many department stores in Akihabara?" Song Jinlong couldn't help but asked.

Li Weidong explained: "If you are a buyer of electrical and electronic products, you will definitely choose Akihabara. There is the most famous electrical street in Japan, where you can find all kinds of household appliances and electronic products. The key is that the shops in Akihabara, Many shop assistants speak English."

"The clerk can speak English, which is really convenient." Xie Hui nodded.

Xie Hui is engaged in foreign trade after all. Although he does not understand Japanese, he can speak English.

The situation of the others is similar. Director Tang and Director Jiang are also experienced foreign trade professionals and can speak a few words of English.

Song Jinlong is a top student who graduated from Tsinghua University. He has no problem communicating with others in English. The others at Huanghai Petrochemical are also high-level engineers who understand English.

Li Weidong went on to introduce: "After the end of World War II, a large number of American products poured into Japan, and the best selling at that time was the radio. In the early 1950s, Tokyo renovated the vendors, and those vendors selling radios were all concentrated in one place. That is Akihabara.

Later, Japan began to manufacture household appliances, and they were initially sold in Akihabara. By the 1960s, Akihabara had formed a market for household appliances; after 70 years, Akihabara had become a center for selling electronic equipment. In Akihabara, the VCRs, Walkmans, and cameras you mentioned just now can be bought in Akihabara.

In addition, in the past two years, Akihabara has also begun to sell high-tech products. If you want to buy a big brother or a computer, you can also go to Akihabara. "

"Big brother, that thing costs tens of thousands per unit, but I can't afford it! As for the computer thing, I don't know either, it's useless to buy it!" Director Tang shook his head.

Xie Hui said, "I get angry when I mention computers. Not long ago, there was a computer learning machine on the market, saying that it could learn computers. As a result, I bought one for my grandson, but who knew it was taken by him. Playing video games! A good kid almost failed in his studies! I don’t know that the unscrupulous person invented such a wicked thing!”

Li Weidong suddenly looked embarrassed, he dared not say that the learning machine was invented by himself, so as not to be beaten.

So Li Weidong quickly changed the topic and continued: "Everyone, there are some duty-free shops in Akihabara. When we buy things, we can show our passports to the shop assistants to see the more tax-free treatment.

But don't think that the duty-free shops are good quality and cheap, and the merchants in Akihabara are not fools. Many shops quietly raise the price, but in fact the price of the goods may be more expensive.

On the contrary, the taxable shops are aimed at Japanese nationals. They dare not list prices randomly. The prices are relatively transparent, and even if the tax is added, it will be cheaper. So when you buy goods, it is better to shop around! "

As Li Weidong was talking, the bus had already driven over, and everyone filed into the car.

Licking the dog Ye Jun came to He An'an's seat again, pointed to the empty seat next to him, and asked, "An An, is there anyone next to you?"

"Someone!" He Anan replied without hesitation, making it clear that he did not want Ye Jun to sit beside him.

"Oh." Ye Jun could only run to the seat behind He An'an and sit down, and then forcefully found a topic: "An An, are you going to buy something later?"

"I don't know." He An'an obviously didn't want to pay attention to Ye Licking.

At this moment, Li Weidong also came over.

"Is there anyone next to me?" Li Weidong asked directly.

Before He Anan could answer, Ye Jun took the lead in saying, "There is someone here!"

However, He Anan moved directly to the position by the window and said, "There is no one in this position, sit down!"

Ye licking the dog suddenly felt that he was worried!

Li Weidong asked, "Are you going to buy something?"

"I'm going to buy a Walkman, the smaller one. I can usually listen to Japanese and songs." He Anan said.

It was the same question again, with a different answer, and the licking dog behind was stabbed again.

Li Weidong said, "Then I suggest you buy Sony's. The Walkman is better made by Sony. I'll accompany you for a walk. There should be many shops selling Walkman in Akihabara."

Looking at Li Weidong and He An'an in front of him talking and laughing, Ye Ligou was full of envy, jealousy and hatred, but he was helpless.

Soon, the bus brought everyone to the electrical street in Akihabara. Everyone got off the bus and began to shop for goods.

Li Weidong took He An'an to buy a Walkman, and Ye Ligou also joined up.

"Translation Ye, what are you doing here?" He Anan asked coldly.

"Aren't you going to buy a Walkman? I want to buy a Walkman too, let's go together! Maybe buy two at a time and it will be cheaper." Ye Jun said.

Licking the dog has to follow him cheekily, He Anan has no choice, he can't just kick people away with one kick!

Li Weidong also glared at Ye Ligou with some dissatisfaction, and began to figure out how to get rid of this light bulb.

The three walked into an electrical appliance store. This electrical appliance store is not small in scale and has a complete range of home appliances. There is a row of 33-inch large color TVs at the door.

"This color TV is so big!" He An'an said in amazement.

In the 1990s, domestic TVs were generally 18-inch, and occasionally 21-inch, which was considered a big color TV. As for the 33-inch color TV, many people have never seen it.

Li Weidong glanced at the big color TV and said, "This should be a 33-inch TV, or a Panasonic TV. It is also the most advanced TV in Japan."

"That TV is showing a foreign movie! Look at that person and wear this mask. There are two ears on the mask. It's so strange!" He Anan continued.

Li Weidong took a closer look and found that what was playing on the TV was a preview of the "Batman" movie.

This is the 1989 version of "Batman". Nigelson played the villain Joker. Compared with the later Heath Ledger, the box office of 410 million US dollars also proved that this is a very good movie. Film.

So Li Weidong introduced: "This movie is called "Batman", and Batman is an American superhero."

"Superheroes? What do they do?" He Anan asked.

"It's like a hero in a martial arts novel, with superb martial arts, punishing evildoers and eliminating evil." Li Weidong explained.

"Is this Batman martial arts very high?" He Anan asked again.

"Martial arts, it's okay, it mainly relies on technology!" Li Weidong continued; "There are many such superheroes in American comics and film and television dramas, mainly divided into two types: the rich and the poor, the rich rely on technology, and the poor. Variation."

"Variation? What kind of mutation?" He An'an definitely didn't understand this.

Li Weidong went on to explain: "Let's explain it to you like this, rich heroes, just spend money to buy a few cheats, and they will become more powerful after practice; heroes who have no money jump off cliffs and stray into caves, and then it is a coincidence. Picking up a cheat book. Mutation is equivalent to picking up a cheat book."

He Anan nodded knowingly.

However, Li Weidong suddenly thought of a way to get rid of Ye Ligou.

"I can learn from Batman and use the banknote ability!"

Li Weidong formed a plan in an instant.

Afterwards, Li Weidong accompanied He An'an, strolled around the electrical store, and chose a Walkman, and Ye Ligou had been following the two of them all the time.

After buying the Walkman, the three walked out of the electrical appliance store. Li Weidong said, "Let's go shopping nearby. In Akihabara, in addition to the home appliance street, there are many unique shops."

He Anan nodded without hesitation, shopping is a woman's nature!

So Li Weidong took He Anan, left the home appliance street, and wandered in Akihabara.

"There is an ice cream shop in front, let's try it?" Li Weidong pointed to a Haagen-Dazs dessert shop.

Haagen-Dazs entered the Japanese market in 1984. There are Haagen-Dazs dessert shops in many bustling business districts in Japan.

He Anan also knew the goods. He looked at the signboard and said, "That's Haagen-Dazs, right?"

"Yes!" After Li Weidong finished speaking, he walked towards the dessert shop of Haagen-Dazs.

Young girls always lack resistance to delicious desserts, not to mention that He An'an is used to eating and drinking with Li Weidong, so he and Li Weidong went to Haagen-Dazs' dessert shop.

Of course, Ye Jun, the dog licker, had to stay close to each other, and followed the two of them into the Haagen-Dazs dessert shop.

"Welcome!" The clerk greeted Li Weidong and He An'an warmly. In her opinion, this must be a couple, and couples are often more profitable.

"What flavor do you want to eat?" Li Weidong asked He Anan.

"Chocolate, strawberry, and another matcha." He Anan ordered a three-ball ice cream.

"Then I want vanilla and rum flavors, and add some chocolate to me." Li Weidong said, took out his wallet, ordered and paid, then followed He An'an to a seat to the side to wait.

"This gentleman, what do you want?" the clerk asked Ye Ligou, who was behind him.

At this time, Ye Jun, the dog licking, had not eaten ice cream yet, but when he saw the price of ice cream, he already felt a chill in his heart.

"What kind of ice cream is this? It sells for 268 yen! It's so expensive!"

Haagen-Dazs in Japan is actually cheaper than in China. If you travel to Japan in future generations, you can enjoy Haagen-Dazs.

However, in 1990, Haagen-Dazs ice cream, priced at 268 yen, was definitely a luxury in the eyes of the Chinese!

Ye Junren is already standing in front of the counter, and not far away is the goddess He An'an. If you leave now because it is too expensive, it will be a shame!

"You don't lose!" Thinking of this, Ye Jun gritted his teeth, pointed to one of the flavors, and said, "I want this!"

"Do you want one?" the clerk asked politely.

Ye Jun nodded, thinking too much, I would be reluctant to eat it!

"Please wait a moment!" The clerk bowed politely, then quickly picked up an egg roll holder, dug an ice cream ball for Ye Jun, and handed it over with both hands: "Sir, your ice cream is ready!"

Ye Jun took the egg roll holder and looked at the small ice cream ball with blood dripping in his heart.

"It costs 268 yen for such a small thing. If I put it in China, how many doll's head ice cream can I buy!"

Ye Jun licked it lightly, and found that the taste was really good. It was better than the doll's head ice cream. It seemed that it was expensive for a reason.

At this time, Li Weidong and He An'an's ice cream was also ready.

Three ice cream balls in a pretty glass, drizzled with sauce and sprinkled with jelly beans, looked very pretty.

Ye Jun looked at the beautiful three balls, and then looked at the single ball in his hand, and suddenly felt that the ice cream in his mouth lost its taste.

After eating the ice cream, the three continued to hang out in Akihabara.

Out of the corner of Li Weidong's eyes, he swept to a shop with a green sign with a white Kraken on it.

Li Weidong immediately turned his head and asked He An'an, "I've been shopping for a long time, are you thirsty?"

"A little thirsty." He Anan nodded.

Ye Liggou next to him immediately came up: "Are you thirsty? I'm going to buy you a drink. I remember passing a vending machine with Coca-Cola in it just now."

Li Weidong said, "We ate ice cream just now, and now it's better to drink something hot. Let's have a cup of coffee, there is a coffee shop over there!"

Li Weidong said, pointing to Starbucks not far away.

He Anan looked at the letters on the photo and asked, "Is that Starbucks coffee?"

Hearing the words "Starbucks coffee", Ye Jun couldn't help feeling tight, and he touched his wallet subconsciously.

He An'an continued: "I heard the teacher say that Starbucks is American coffee, it's very high-end!"

"In the United States, Starbucks is a civilian drink, and the sodas for us at roadside stalls are almost the same." Li Weidong said.

"Civilian drinks? Sodas on the roadside? It's definitely not very expensive, right!" Ye Jun breathed a sigh of relief.

So Li Weidong and He Anan were in front, Ye Jun behind, and the three walked to Starbucks.

While walking, Li Weidong said: "Dutch people brought coffee to Japan in the 19th century, but the Japanese didn't like the taste of coffee, they thought coffee was bitter. It wasn't until after World War II that Americans brought coffee to Japan. , The Japanese saw the American soldiers drinking coffee, and then gradually accepted the coffee.

However, most Japanese still prefer to drink tea, and coffee still lacks a market in Japan. In the end, Nestlé came up with a solution, which is to sell coffee candies in Japan, so that those children who grow up eating coffee candies will get used to coffee. the taste of.

Now, those children who ate coffee candies in those days have grown into adults in their 20s and 30s, and they are also used to drinking coffee. Therefore, many coffee shops have appeared all over Japan, and even cultivated a unique coffee culture in Japan! "

He Anan looked at Li Weidong with admiration again. This kind of man with extensive knowledge has always been very attractive to young girls with little experience.

The three walked into the cafe, Ye Jun immediately looked at the price list, and his heart was wow!

"Latte coffee is 330 yen for a small cup, 370 yen for a medium cup, and 410 yen for a large cup. How come it is more expensive than Haagen-Dazs ice cream! Isn't it a civilian drink? Isn't it a roadside soda? Which one? Roadside soda is 370 yen!”

Starbucks in Japan is also cheaper than in China. However, for the Chinese in the 1990s, Starbucks was also a luxury. For the price of a cup of Starbucks, you could go to a restaurant and order a few hard dishes to ensure that you have all the chicken, fish, meat, and eggs.

Li Weidong directly ordered two large lattes. After paying the money, he walked aside to wait. The female clerk at the counter looked at Ye Jun very politely: "Sir, what do you want?"

"Latte!" Ye Jun said.

"Would you like a small cup, a medium cup or a large cup?" the clerk continued to ask.

"Just a small cup!" Ye Jun took out 330 yen and reluctantly handed it to the clerk.

...

Bought coffee and the three left Starbucks.

Li Weidong looked at Ye Jun quietly, thinking that this dog licking is really strong.

The next second, Li Weidong pointed to a building not far away and said, "There is a movie theater there, shall we go to the movies?"

"What's so good about movies!" Ye Jun pouted.

Li Weidong said, "In Japanese cinemas, you can see Hollywood blockbusters!"

He Anan immediately became interested when he heard the "Hollywood blockbuster".

At that time, all the movie theaters in China were made of domestic films, and there were no Hollywood blockbusters at all.

The introduction of Hollywood blockbusters in domestic cinemas had to wait until the end of 1994, so at that time, if the Chinese wanted to watch Hollywood movies, they had to watch videotapes.

However, in that era, the video tapes were mainly based on Hong Kong films, and they were dubbed in Mandarin. Jackie Chan and Chow Yun-fat were the most popular.

Hollywood movies even have videotapes, but no one does dubbing, and no subtitles are added. People who don't understand English can just watch an image.

Therefore, no one buys video tapes of Hollywood movies in China at all, and even those who sit on pirated video tapes are too lazy to make Hollywood movies.

Seeing that He An'an was very interested in Hollywood movies, Li Weidong went on to say: "Recently, a Hollywood blockbuster has just been released.

"The ghost is over? Is it a horror movie?" He Anan asked.

"No, it's a love movie." Li Weidong replied.

Girls in their early twenties are still very interested in romance movies, so He Anan nodded: "Then let's go to the movies."

The three walked to the cinema, and He Anan looked at the list of movies that were being shown, and said, "There's no "Ghost Love" on it!"

"This is, "ゴーストもういちど hug きしめたい"." Li Weidong said, pointing to one of the movies.

"I really want to hug you once?" He Anan translated this sentence into Chinese.

Li Weidong nodded: "This is the Japanese translation, and the Chinese translation is 'people and ghosts are over'. Does it sound better than the Japanese translation? Okay, I'll go buy a ticket now!"

After Li Weidong finished speaking, he looked at Ye Jun and said, "Ye Yi, do you want to come together? If you don't come, the three of us won't be able to sit together!"

Hearing this, Ye Jun immediately followed up.

"It shouldn't be expensive to watch a movie. A domestic movie ticket is four or five cents a piece. Even if it is ten times more expensive in Japan, it is four or five dollars if you die, which is much cheaper than eating Haagen-Dazs and drinking Starbucks! "Ye Liggou secretly said in his heart.

Coming to the ticket window, Li Weidong bought two movie tickets, then turned and left.

Ye Jun stepped forward immediately and said, "I want a movie ticket next to the man just now."

"Okay, the conductor printed out a movie ticket and said, "Sir, the price is 1,800 yen. "

"How much?" Ye Jun wondered if he had heard it wrong.

"1800 yen!" the conductor repeated.

"Why is it so expensive! It's equivalent to more than 120 yuan, which is almost my salary for a month!" Ye Jun was shocked.

Ye Jun originally thought that a movie ticket in Japan would be at most 70 or 80 yen, but he did not expect it to be as high as 1,800 yen!

In an instant, Ye Jun felt the urge to refund the ticket.

"No, if the ticket is refunded now, He An'an will look down upon it in the future!"

Thinking of this, Ye Jun took out 1,800 yen from his wallet with difficulty and handed it to the salesperson.

Movie tickets in Japan are really expensive, but there are discounts for women, students and the elderly. In addition, Japanese movie theaters often hold some special promotions. On average, each movie ticket is about 1,300 yen.

Both Li Weidong and Ye Jun bought full-price tickets. Even for Japan, watching a full-price movie is a little expensive.

...

After watching "The Love of Human Ghosts", He Anan's eyes were red from crying.

When I walked out of the cinema, it was time to eat.

"Let's go, let's go to dinner, I know there is a good barbecue restaurant nearby! Last time I asked you to eat barbecue, this time I just made it up!" Li Weidong said to He An'an.

Ye Jun immediately came over: "Eating barbecue? Wouldn't it be too tired!"

In fact, Ye Jun's subtext is "Eating barbecue? Will it be too expensive!".

Li Weidong said with a smile: "Japan's Kobe Wagyu beef, you won't get tired of eating it."

"What? You have to eat Kobe Wagyu beef!" Ye Jun felt bitter in his heart.

The three walked for a while and came to the barbecue restaurant.

Li Weidong looked at the billboard at the door and said, "We are lucky today, and there are discounts!"

Hearing that there was a discount, Ye Jun hurriedly looked at the billboard.

I saw that it said "4A Kobe Wagyu beef set meal for one person, the original price is 18,000 yen, and the current price is 16,800 yen!"

"16,008!" Ye Jun was stunned.

"Go, let's go in!" Li Weidong took He An'an's hand directly and walked into the barbecue shop.

This time, Ye Jun finally did not follow up.

For 16,800 yen Kobe Wagyu beef, Ye Jun really can't afford it!