In the Xuan Palace of Jinling Hotel, Yang Quan and Asada sat in the restaurant, looking down on the entire city. Sit in this tall building and experience a different life through the window. Everything beneath your feet is like a floating cloud, dividing the two worlds.

Xuan Palace is located on the 36th floor of the hotel, is the first high-rise revolving restaurant in China, equipped with the first high-speed elevator in China, from the bottom to the 36th floor in just 29 seconds, the whole Xuan Palace rotates slowly at the speed of 1 hour turn, sitting in the restaurant can overlook the whole picture of Nanjing City.

The price of $90 a night, the "untidy clothing, no reception" sign, and the rule that only foreign currency exchange coupons are used all make most citizens "look at the store and sigh".

In June 1983, Comrade Yaobang stayed at the Jinling Hotel and wrote the inscription "Friendship spreads to the world, pride looks at China"; in 1985, Comrade Xiaoping inspected the Jinling Hotel and arranged for the opening of a charter flight from Hong Kong and Nanjing to open up the source of hotel customers, marking an important starting point for Nanjing to go to the world; in December 1985, Comrade Xiannian stayed at the Jinling Hotel and other histories told outsiders that this is a unique building.

The only way for ordinary citizens to learn about Jinling Hotel is to buy tickets to visit Xuan Palace. For this reason, the hotel has launched an open policy - two shows in the morning and afternoon every day, and the ticket price is 3 yuan, and the ticket includes a cup of orange juice or coffee.

Yang Quan also took advantage of Asada Japanese passport and enjoyed a lunch here. And the driver, Lao Wu, was arranged to wander around the newly opened shopping mall outside, and found a random restaurant to comfort his stomach.

Asada squinted his eyes and enjoyed the delicious food, waving his knife and fork and said, "This kind of life is called life." "There's no end to food, and everyone is entitled to enjoy it, regardless of time of day, as long as it's delicious.

After Yang Quan chewed all the food in his mouth, he took a sip of water and moistened his lips, and said: "Now China is full of opportunities, as long as you are willing to bend down and struggle, the next thing is life." ”

The 80s, why is it said to be the golden age. Because I live stronger than yesterday and am hopeful for tomorrow. After being thirsty for a long time, I finally live a normal life, and everything is waiting to flourish.

Asada raised his glass and saluted Yang Quan and said, "I look forward to that day, I hope that our efforts now are worth it, and I look forward to the day when I am old and enjoy life every day." ”

Yang Quan is a little inexplicable, life has not yet begun, how can he fantasize about enjoying life all his life? I was reborn to enjoy the struggle of being young. He picked up his glass and said, "One cup for yesterday, one cup for today." ”

Clink glasses and drink the wine in each cup.

"Mr. Soichiro Kobayashi, who told you about Daihatsu last time, is very interested in coming to China to work. But personally, he hopes that some conditions can be met. Asada said, putting down the cup.

"On what terms?"

"First, the issue of accommodation. He asked for a three-bedroom house with a 1:1 replica of the house in the style of his home in Osaka. ”

"It's troublesome, but it's not hard to solve. And second?"

"Second, working hours. Normal working hours such as 9 to 5 include two days off per week and three weeks of paid leave per year. Reimbursement of round-trip air tickets to and from Osaka four times a year. ”

"It's a bit hard, but it's acceptable. "In the future, RB employees who worked in Japanese companies that built factories in China were reimbursed for air tickets two to three times a year, and they were paid double salaries and benefits. As for the 9-to-5 shift, if you're a researcher who really loves your job, no one will leave work on time.

"The third is a bit more difficult, it's the treatment. The salary requirements are relatively high"

"Oh, how much?" Yang Quan looked at Asada with a deaf look.

After the end of World War II, the RB, which had risen from the ashes, developed with lightning speed, and the speed at which its national power grew shocked the world.

RB's economic development began in 1955, and during the 19th period of the "Shenwu Boom" that began in 1955, the GDP grew by 12% annually, and the consumption fever gradually heated up.

Since 1957, the "three major artifacts" of consumer goods, washing machines, refrigerators, and black-and-white televisions, have rapidly spread and entered the homes of ordinary people. Among the growth rates of household industrial products, televisions have reached 47 times, refrigerators have reached 24 times, and ordinary workers can buy one television set with two months' salary. The era of consumption of RB is beginning to come.

Then, from 1958~1961, the RB economy experienced another 42-month boom, surpassing the "Jimmu boom", which RB people called the "Iwato boom".

During this period, GDP grew by more than 10 per cent per year. Major changes have taken place in the economic structure, investment in the heavy chemical industry has grown rapidly, and production has increased substantially. Industrial sectors such as steel, machinery, and electric power form a circular process in which investment leads to investment.

At the same time, with the increase in wages, the proportion of food consumption has decreased, the proportion of durable consumer goods, entertainment and social expenses has increased, the awareness of entertainment consumption has risen, bowling, golf, skiing, and travel have become fashionable, and the pursuit of life comfort has become the trend of the times, and RB has emerged as a "mass consumer society".

In 1960, in order to promote the development of the RB economy, the Ikeda Cabinet adopted the guiding idea of the National Income Doubling Plan, which adopted the advice of economist Osamu Shimomura.

In 1967, RB achieved its goal of doubling ahead of schedule, doubling its real national income. By the time the program was completed in 1970, RB's GDP had surpassed that of France and Germany, and was second only to the United States.

By 1980, wages were on par with those in the United States. High wages have boosted spending power and the professionalism of the people, injecting strong and lasting vitality into its economic development, making RB a world economic powerhouse.

Kobayashi's salary before leaving his job was 300,000 yen per month, so he expects to earn at least 300,000 yen per month when he comes to China. Paying wages on time is also a requirement, because he is worried that the factories on the mainland will close down at any time. ”

Before the Plaza Accord in September '85, the yen was worth about 250 yen per dollar, and in January '88, one dollar was equal to 120 yen. In 1985, one dollar was equal to 2.93 yuan, and in 1987, one dollar was equal to 3.72 yuan (of course, the official and black market exchange of renminbi are inconsistent).

In January '88, the Hiroshima Agreement was signed, and the yen began to appreciate from 240 won to 120 won. At this time, RB is singing and dancing, the peak of the bubble economy. The meeting gift in the nightclub is a gold watch, and the cash used to wipe sweat in the card seat. Golf is civilian, and sports cars can be seen everywhere on the street.

200,000 yen means about 2,100 US dollars, which is also nearly 8,000 yuan. A salary of 8,000 yuan a month is unimaginable for China now. Yang Quan knew that this salary was a very simple and normal thing for RB.

However, if you agree to this condition, you can't say it if you get stuck in your throat. Twisting his neck with difficulty, Yang Quan was still calculating. If the salary of each employee in the study group is increased by 100 yuan a month, 8,000 yuan means that he can recruit 80 employees.

Isn't 80 Chinese worth one RB person?

Asada understands that Yang is full of anger at this time, and this condition is said at the end, which is also the reason. The end result is that he doesn't interfere with whatever the choice is.

Until the end of lunch, Yang Quan still did not reply. said that it was thinking, but Asada and Yang Quan already knew that they agreed. Sometimes hesitation is also a reply.