In 1983, Japan was still thriving, and although it could not be said to be its peak, it was still in full swing.

Therefore, when you come to Japan at this time, you can definitely experience the charm of a modern developed country, at least for a Chinese at this time, as long as you come to Japan during this period, most of you will be shocked by everything here, and even feel ashamed.

For example, the two "secretaries" brought by Cao Zhiqiang, An Ping and Xu Chun, this time with Cao Zhiqiang, when they played and went shopping with the Sada brothers and sisters, they felt the impact fiercely.

In fact, when they walked out of the airport and took the monorail before, Anping and Xu Chun were greatly impacted, after all, it was too modern and too clean.

That's right, let's not mention modernization, let's just say clean, Tokyo at this time is really doing very well, far better than Tokyo in 2023.

On the other hand, in China, whether it is Beijing or Shanghai, it cannot be compared with Tokyo.

All in all, at least in terms of modernization and urban construction, the gap between the domestic capital at this time and the city of Tokyo is indeed a bit large, and it is almost the same as two worlds.

Even if An Ping and Xu Chun are both special staff members and have undergone strict training, they are gradually becoming taciturn when they see this scene.

Without him, I was too touched by him, but I had a sense of frustration.

On the contrary, it was Cao Zhiqiang, who kept talking and laughing, neither fuss nor heavy expression, as if he felt that all this was normal and there was no big deal.

And his normality is not the kind of forced smile that pretends to come out, it is really relaxed, like Sada Masashi and them, it is pure play enjoyment, without the slightest psychological touch.

This may not seem normal, but it is actually normal.

Without him, it's just because Cao Zhiqiang is passing through here, and later generations have already experienced this.

In Cao Zhiqiang's time, the Celestial Empire's urban construction, especially modernization, was much stronger than that of Tokyo in 1983.

On the contrary, Tokyo City, after 2023, in fact, many places have lagged behind Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, and most of them are eating their old books.

Therefore, according to the vision of his predecessor, Cao Zhiqiang did not feel how great Tokyo was at this time, but only felt that it was average.

Especially the road that is not too wide, and there are electric poles everywhere, which makes Cao Zhiqiang feel very bad.

Compared with the power lines crisscrossing the city, Cao Zhiqiang still prefers the simplicity of the later Celestial Empire, where most of the wires go underground.

To put it simply, although Ginza is good, but after really shopping, Cao Zhiqiang found that it was just like that, and it didn't surprise him much, it was just that there were more brand-name stores.

Relatively speaking, he prefers places like Ueno Park, the scenery is beautiful, and the facilities are well maintained, but compared to the later scenic areas of the Celestial Empire, it still seems a little childish.

Cao Zhiqiang also knew that this was not appropriate, after all, he was comparing the capital of the Celestial Empire in 2323 to Tokyo in 1983, which was obviously different.

And strictly speaking, purely than the cityscape, Tokyo is actually more refined, and the capital of the Celestial Empire is a little more rugged.

To put it bluntly, it is the capital of the Celestial Empire, and there are relatively few parts of history preserved, and there are not many real scenic spots, even inferior to Jinling City.

Cao Zhiqiang felt that it would be much better if he could listen to Liang Sicheng's suggestion back then, retain the original ancient city of Beiping, and build a new one in the west of Beiping City.

But now, these can only be sighed, after all, what has happened is impossible to change.

Due to the limited time, I only had half a day to visit, so I could only see the flowers, and I didn't go to many famous places in Tokyo, and I didn't go to many interesting places.

Fortunately, there is time, and the coming day is long, so you can take your time to visit and experience it slowly.

Taking advantage of the gap between sitting on the roadside bench to rest, Cao Zhiqiang took the initiative to chat with An Ping, who was in a heavy mood, in Chinese: "Why, Lao An, his face is so heavy, too tired, or is he in a bad mood?" ”

An Ping subconsciously looked around and found that no one around was looking at them, so he said to Cao Zhiqiang beside him: "President Cao......"

"Alas, don't call the president at this time." Cao Zhiqiang smiled, "You are older than me, in private, call me Xiao Cao." ”

"Let's call President Cao, so as not to go wrong." An Ping smiled slightly.

Immediately afterwards, An Ping sighed with a sigh on his face: "Although I only heard about it before, I didn't witness it." But now that I have come here to walk around, I find that the gap between us and them is really too big, and I don't know when and when we will reach their current point, fifty years, or a hundred years? ”

Cao Zhiqiang smiled: "Don't worry, it won't take fifty years or a hundred years, at most forty years, we will be able to reach or even catch up with the current Tokyo." ”

"How is that possible?" An Ping smiled and shook his head.

"What's impossible about that." Cao Zhiqiang smiled, "If you don't believe it, you can wait and see." Anyway, forty years is not a long time, and with the flick of your fingers, you can live a good life, and you will be able to see it soon. ”

"I hope so." An Ping smiled faintly.

"Cheer up!" Cao Zhiqiang patted An Ping on the shoulder and said with a smile, "If you want the country to be rich and strong, you can't be discouraged, you can't be depressed, you must have confidence in yourself, and then go step by step, and in the process of catching up, use your own hands to build the country better and better."

Instead of envying the fish in the abyss, it is better to retreat and build a net, do what we can do ourselves, it is enough, and leave the rest to the will of God, what do you say? ”

An Ping smiled: "You are very optimistic, but I am a party member and do not believe in the feudal superstition of providence." ”

"How is this feudal superstition?" Cao Zhiqiang smiled, "Providence, or fate." The essence of our country is actually a civilization, and as long as the core of civilization does not fall, even if it is backward for a while, it will rise again sooner or later.

Japan doesn't look good now, but it's actually a fire cooking oil, and it's a congenital deficiency, strictly speaking, it's a colony of the United States.

However, the current Japan is too arrogant, has forgotten its colonial identity, and even wants to break away from the shackles of the suzerain, which is the way to take trouble.

So, Japan's disaster is just around the corner.

You see, in a few years, this country will be beaten half to death by their suzerain, the old rice country, with a stick, and then there will be a long period of stagnation.

At that point, it's time for us to start catching up.

All in all, don't be fooled by the apparent prosperity of this country.

In the final analysis, this is a country with no autonomy, a colony of the United States.

And this attribute remains the same, all prosperity is the moon in the water, and it all depends on the face of the suzerain.

We're different.

Although we are very poor now, we are an independent and sovereign country, and we have swept away all the hardships, and we are light, and our size is not comparable to that of Japan.

So, don't be dazzled by the momentary strength and weakness.

We have such a large territory and population, abundant resources, unified culture, and relatively simple ethnic structure, which are the benchmark conditions for a modern and powerful country.

Japan, on the other hand, is too far from our fundamentals.

Even if Japan's current livelihood economy is indeed very good, it is actually nothing in terms of the competition between major powers.

The future is ours after all, and we must have confidence in ourselves.

Or to put it this way, our comparison target is only the United States, as for Japan, it is just a dog, who is stronger than whom, what is there to compare? ”

"Huh." An Ping smiled, "You seem to look down on this country very much, but this country is obviously ahead of us in many fields, and it once beat us out of temper, if it wasn't for the death of the rice guys, it is likely that we will be wiped out." ”

"Nonsense." Cao Zhiqiang pouted, "It's not that I look down on Japan, not to mention their technological leadership now, but in fact, it is the result of deliberate feeding by the United States, let's just say that the War of Resistance against Japan back then, even if Japan didn't make a move against the United States at the beginning, he couldn't kill China."

The reason is simple, the strength is too weak! ”

"Yo-heh." An Ping looked at Cao Zhiqiang and smiled, "The tone is not small, the Japanese Empire back then was one of the main forces, and it was still too weak?" ”

"Of course." Cao Zhiqiang smiled, "Actually, when it comes to the *** back then, if you really talk about comprehensive strength, even if you add it all, you can't beat one United States, let alone add the Soviet Union, Britain, France and China."

So judging from the conspiracy theory of who benefited and who was the most suspicious, World War II was fundamentally carried out by the United States.

For example, Germany and Japan, which one was not milked by the United States back then, no, was it fed?

raised wolf cubs, bit the old Britain and France, pulled the older generation of the country off the horse, and he could come to power as the boss.

It's just a pity that the idea of the United States is very good, and the actual implementation went wrong, but I didn't expect not only to feed myself, but also to raise the monster of the Soviet Union, which is the current Cold War model of the two powers.

But you look at it, this model of two powers competing for hegemony will not last long, at most at the beginning of next year, the Soviet Union will collapse, and then become the dominant country in the United States.

At that time, no, you don't have to wait until then, now at this time, Mi Guo is already impatient and has to wait to kill dogs and eat meat.

So a country like Japan is actually very sad, don't look at the small life now, but sooner or later you can pull the list, and sooner or later you will be slaughtered and eaten.

To put it more figuratively, now this country is a pig in captivity.

When there is no fat, it is fine when the owner is not hungry, but once the owner is hungry and the pig is fat, it is time to kill the pig and eat meat.

Do you really think it's good for such a country? ”

"What's your point of view?" Xu Chun, who had been silent next to him, couldn't help but say, "It's too alarmist." ”

"yes." An Ping also said seriously, "President Cao, being optimistic and confident is a good thing, and blind confidence is arrogance." ”

Cao Zhiqiang looked at An Ping, and then at Xu Chun, who also looked serious, moved his mouth, and just wanted to continue debating.

But soon, he shrugged his shoulders in boredom.

Also, there's a point in arguing with them about this, even if they win.

What's more, it may not be possible to win, after all, now is not the confident era of attacking the boss in 2023, but the era of inferiority complex in 1983.

Few people can have an eye before and after, and if they have not personally experienced the strength of the country, they naturally do not have that kind of arrogance and confidence.

In this period, if you want to say how strong your country is and how great its potential is, it will be despised and ridiculed.

The backbone of the country and the nation has been broken for a long time, and now most of the Chinese people have not straightened their waists and habitually admired foreigners.

Even the professionals of the two special departments, Anping and Xu Chun, only feel heavy, a kind of mourning for the struggle of a weak country, and do not have the mentality of a big country that suppresses small bullies.

So, what is there to fight for, what is there to fight for.

The Tao is not the same, for these two people, it is enough to make good use of them.

Thinking of this, Cao Zhiqiang smiled: "Okay, don't talk about this, but you two have to pay attention, don't show such a heavy expression of worrying about the country and the people all day long."

Remember, you two are ordinary college students, my secretary, and you have come to meet abroad.

So, be happy, even if it's babbling, just don't have a heavy face.

You are so worried about the country and the people, anyone who sees it will be suspicious.

As I said before, behave more like a young man who likes to pursue fashion and novelty, be lively, worship the foreign and flattering, so that you will not be suspected, understand? ”

An Ping and Xu Chun glanced at each other and nodded together.

Immediately afterwards, Anping and Xu Chun's faces changed, no longer the original frowning and pursing their mouths worried about the country and the people, but changed their eyebrows and danced, as if they were surprised to see everything and excited to see everything.

"That's right!" Cao Zhiqiang snapped his fingers and said with a smile, "This is like words!" This is in line with the characteristics of the times. ”

After speaking, after seeing Sada Masashi and them coming over with ice cream cones, Cao Zhiqiang took the initiative to stand up: "They are back, let's go, let's continue to eat and eat, be sure to let them do their best to be the landlord." ”

Next, Cao Zhiqiang and others continued to go shopping with the Sada brothers and sisters.

And after receiving Cao Zhiqiang's instructions, An Ping and Xu Chun no longer had heavy expressions, but they were both excited and lively, as if they were fresh and curious about everything around them, and they kept pulling Reiko Sada and Sada Shiori to ask questions.

On the contrary, Cao Zhiqiang did not participate in it, but got together with Masashi Sada and chatted while shopping.

Cao Zhiqiang is not interested in the so-called advanced electrical appliances and fashionable clothes, he is more interested in all kinds of tape records.

Cassettes and vinyl records are just that, but what attracts Cao Zhiqiang the most is actually CD records.

When I asked Masashi Sata about it, I learned that the original CD record and CD player had been commercialized in Japan as early as last year, that is, they were launched on the market.

It's just that because the current CD player is too expensive, and the CD is too expensive, the CD at this time is generally the enduring kind of classical music.

Like pop music, cassettes and vinyl were still the mainstream at this time.

Among them, cassette is a more popular music medium, and vinyl records are slightly more upscale, generally played by petty bourgeoisie and above, but all in all, vinyl records are not unusual.

In addition, the price of cassettes in Japan at this time was also very high.

Taking Sada Masashi as an example, he released a single cassette at this time, and the price of a cassette was about 3,500 yen, which was calculated according to the exchange rate of 120 to 1 yen from yen to RMB1 at this time, which was about 29 yuan per tape, which was more than five times the price of a tape in China and nearly six times.

Blank tapes are cheaper, but they also cost 1,500 yen, which is equivalent to 12.5 yuan per plate.

In other words, if Masashi Satta releases a single tape for 3,500 yen at market price, he will have a premium income of 2,000 yen left aside the price of the 1,500 yen tape.

It seems that the price of a cassette of a pop song in Japan is very high, but there are also many organizations waiting for a share.

According to Masashi Sada, the Japanese record industry is already very sound, especially the share ratio, which is basically fixed.

Masashi Satta has a premium of 2,000 yen because he has recently become a popular singer, and most singers have a premium of 1,000 yen, that is, it is common for a tape to sell for 2,500 yen.

Generally speaking, singers can get 0.5% of the selling price, and only popular singers, such as Akina Nakamori and Masashi Sada, can reach 1% or more.

For example, Masashi Sada now, he can get one percent of the selling price now, which is 3,500 yen, and he can get 35 yen.

Lyricists and composers, however, get more than 2 percent of the price, or 70 yen, respectively.

If the lyrics and composers are made by one person, they will be combined and you will get 140 yen.

Even if you compose lyrics, compose music and sing a dragon, you can only get five percent of the selling price, which is still before tax.

For example, if the songwriter and singer are both the same person, then he can get 175 yen, which is equivalent to 1.45 yuan!

From this point of view, being a singer in Japan is not much different from being a singer in the mainland.

Of course, this is Cao Zhiqiang's personal situation.

After all, he has his own record company in the mainland, and he has the final say on the release of records, so of course he can get a high share for himself.

If it is replaced by other ordinary mainland singers, at this time, it will definitely not be possible to get a share of the model by releasing a tape in the mainland.

The reason is very simple, the record distribution model in the mainland at this time is not a sharing system, but an appointment system, that is, the record company finds a singer to sing, and then how many records the singer releases, the profit has nothing to do with the singer, at most the results are good, and the singer will be given more bonuses.

The song you sing, more than a million cassettes have been released in China, and the record company can give you a reward of 10,000 yuan, which is already very conscientious.

For example, Li Lingyu later, she recorded an album in the mid-80s and sold 8 million copies, but only got a bonus of 40,000 yuan.

Therefore, if other singers from the mainland come to Japan and become popular, it will indeed be more profitable.

But for Cao Zhiqiang, if he follows the sharing model of Japan, even if he becomes a popular singer like Masashi Sada, he will not really get much money.

Unless, as in the mainland, he has his own record distribution company in Japan, and he can make his own decision on the release of records.

But unfortunately, this idea is also to think about it.

Because Japan seems to be very Western, in fact, xenophobia is very serious, especially if he is a Chinese.

Unless he marries a Japanese wife, and then starts a record company here in the name of a Japanese wife.

Or, find a particularly reliable Japanese partner to open a company in Japan in the name of a joint venture company, and the president must be Japanese.

In any case, it is very troublesome for a foreigner to make the most money here in Japan.

Unless he's an American.

But the problem is, he's not!

I don't want to be either.

(End of chapter)