Nearly two hours later.

Zhu Lincai wore a blue dress, accompanied by the female store manager, and came to the rest area with a ruddy face.

After coming to the rest area, Zhu Lin found Cao Zhiqiang, who had finished reading two magazines and was reading the third magazine.

"Yo, it's over?" Cao Zhiqiang put down the magazine with a smile and stood up, and asked Zhu Lin, who was flushed, "How do you feel?" ”

"Very good." Zhu Lin said very happily.

"They tried on a lot of outfits, changed a dozen pairs of shoes, and paired them with a couple of pieces of jewelry.

I'm tired, but it's all beautiful.

And they took pictures of each of my outfits, and they said they could let us get them when we got back. ”

"Really? So good? Cao Zhiqiang pretended to be very surprised and said, "How can you change so many clothes?" And also take pictures of you? ”

Zhu Lin smiled and said, "I'm also very curious, and I asked Miss Miko, that is, the store manager."

She said that she liked my body and wanted me to try on the clothes here and become a model.

She also said that these photos of me trying on clothes are only for their internal reference, not for public use, and not for commercial use, as long as I agree, I can be rewarded with a few sets of clothes in return.

I didn't think it was okay to be a model, and besides, they promised not to announce it to the public, not for commercial use, and they could give me a few sets of clothes, so I agreed.

So, there are a lot of clothes to try on, plus makeup and photoshoots, the time is delayed, so you are in a hurry, right? ”

Cao Zhiqiang casually glanced at the female shopkeeper next to him, and then shook his head at Zhu Lin with a smile: "How come, I eat and drink here, and I read newspapers and magazines, and I am not bored at all."

But then again, don't you know Japanese? How do you communicate with them? ”

Zhu Lin glanced at Cao Zhiqiang angrily: "Didn't you say it, I can order English, and the store manager can also speak English, so we all communicate in English." ”

"Oh, yes, yes, yes!" Cao Zhiqiang hurriedly patted his forehead, "Look at me, forget about this stubble." ”

Immediately afterwards, Cao Zhiqiang asked Zhu Lin: "By the way, why did you wear this out?" Didn't change back into your clothes? ”

Zhu Lin smiled: "This is the last set of clothes on me, I was going to go back to change clothes, but the store manager told me that this is the last series, and it is best to let me wear it out for you to see, so as not to regret it, so I came over." ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Lin stretched out his arm and spun around in a circle: "How is it, is it good-looking?" ”

Cao Zhiqiang hurriedly smiled and nodded: "It looks good, it looks really good, you look good in whatever you wear!" Of course, it looks especially good in this set! ”

Zhu Lin smiled and shook his head: "You are still a great poet, so you praise people?" ”

Cao Zhiqiang smiled and said: "Straightforward praise can show my sincerity even more, this is the straightforward expression of my heart, what do you think?" ”

Zhu Lin rolled his eyes again: "I knew I wouldn't wear it out for you!" ”

Cao Zhiqiang smiled: "Okay, you go back and change your clothes, we have to go to other places, if you don't leave, it's time for lunch." ”

Zhu Lin nodded: "Okay, then you wait a minute, I'll go change my clothes." ”

Speaking of which, Zhu Lin left accompanied by a saleswoman.

However, the female shopkeeper did not follow, but stayed with a smile.

The reason is, of course, that there was an agreed relationship before.

After Zhu Lin completely left the lounge, the female shopkeeper hurriedly closed the door of the lounge, and then came to Cao Zhiqiang and bowed, then raised his head and smiled: "Sir, we have done it according to your requirements, and then you can look ......"

"Give me the bill." Cao Zhiqiang said calmly.

The female shopkeeper hurriedly smiled and handed over the bill that had been written a long time ago.

After Cao Zhiqiang took it, he simply took a look at the front category accounts, and finally simply turned to the bottom of the general ledger.

After looking at the amount on the general ledger, Cao Zhiqiang immediately frowned.

Finding that Cao Zhiqiang frowned, the female shopkeeper said: "Sir, the price is a little higher, but we are all clearly marked, and we are all the most expensive products in the store."

Among them, those jewelry necklaces alone are not cheap, not to mention the matching clothes in limited editions.

At this price, we have already given a discounted price.

After all, we are a luxury here, which is different from ordinary clothing. ”

Cao Zhiqiang raised his eyes and looked at the female shopkeeper, and said with a faint expression: "You think too much, I frowned, not because the price is too high, but because the price is too low." ”

Speaking of this, Cao Zhiqiang put down the bill and said with dissatisfaction: "The total price is only 86 million yen? Only $350,000?

That's not enough for me to buy a limited edition watch!

Please, you are Hermès, synonymous with expensive.

When you're done, you're going to get me all this foolish stuff?

I don't believe you're the only ones here.

Are you sure you gave my friend the most expensive goods? ”

Indeed, 86 million yen would be $350,000 if converted into dollars.

In this era, 350,000 US dollars is indeed a very high number for ordinary people, but in fact, it is just like that, anyway, Cao Zhiqiang doesn't think this number is outrageous.

You know, this is Hermes.

In Cao Zhiqiang's impression, Hermes's limited edition suits can't start with 1.8 million.

As a result, I worked here for a long time, with several sets of costume jewelry, or is it the most expensive here, and it's all about the money?

What about fools?

It seemed that seeing Cao Zhiqiang's dissatisfaction, the other party immediately smiled bitterly and said, "I'm sorry, sir, we have indeed given your female companion the most expensive style in our store."

Let's put it this way, the most expensive spot that our store can currently have, but we have all gone through the style that can match your female companion, and this is really the only point.

Of course, if you don't mind waiting, we can go to the main store and request a special model for you.

If it's a custom-made model, the price is yours, even if it's millions of dollars, it's no problem.

In addition, there are only a few watches in the world worth 86 million yen.

At least in Japan, I don't know of a single watch worth 86 million yen. ”

Obviously, the last sentence of the female shopkeeper was somewhat ridiculed, probably because she thought that Cao Zhiqiang couldn't afford it, but she insisted on pretending to be a big-tailed wolf here.

The other party's caution, Cao Zhiqiang can naturally hear it.

But what he wondered was, was there really no watch worth $350,000 here?

Not really?

You must know that in Cao Zhiqiang's previous life, those limited edition watches, such as Patek Philippe, Rolex, etc., millions of dollars of famous watches abounded.

But here, she said that in the whole of Japan, there are no watches worth 350,000 US dollars?

If others say this, Cao Zhiqiang will think that the other party has little knowledge.

But this female shopkeeper, but the manager of the Hermes store, can never have only this knowledge.

Just kidding, to be a manager in a luxury store, some necessary luxury knowledge must be understood, otherwise, the customers who come here to purchase are either rich or expensive, in case of casual chat with you, you are timid, and the damage is the brand image.

Thinking of this, Cao Zhiqiang did not sneer at the first time, but frowned, picked up the bill again, and looked at it carefully.

It doesn't matter if you look at it, you can find that a lot of the jewelry in it is white gold and diamonds.

During this period, Henan's man-made diamonds had not yet flooded, the diamond myth had not been broken, and diamonds were still very valuable.

Not to mention platinum.

And this is also an exclusive collection of jewelry for the Hermès brand, which carries a brand premium in its own right.

With these pieces of jewelry alone, the price will not be low.

Not to mention those diamond-encrusted bags.

So why do these things add up to only $350,000 so little?

Suddenly, Cao Zhiqiang slapped his head and came back to his senses violently.

Yes, he forgot about the time limits.

This is 1983, not 2023.

At this time, a dollar is worth a lot.

If calculated according to purchasing power, or according to gold as an anchor, then $1 in the 80s is probably equivalent to $33 in 2020, that is, an increase of 33 times!

Even if you make it up and count it thirty times, it's amazing.

Because of this calculation, $350,000 at this time is equal to $10.5 million in 2020!

In other words, these things on the bill, in 2020, are equivalent to 10 million US dollars, which can definitely not be said to be a bargain.

No wonder, at this time, the term millionaire was still popular in the United States.

At this time, there are a million dollars, and he really deserves to be a rich man.

After all, the current one million is equivalent to the later thirty million, and ordinary people will not have to worry about eating and drinking all their lives.

Cao Zhiqiang should have thought of it a long time ago, after all, the situation in China at this time is similar.

At this time, the official exchange rate of RMB to US dollars is about 2 to 1, and in China, the legend of 10,000 yuan households has just begun to become popular.

That is to say, if you can have 10,000 RMB in China at this time, you will be a proper rich person, and there is no one in ten thousand.

It's just that Cao Zhiqiang's money came too quickly and easily, and he had already exceeded 10,000 yuan and began to move towards 10 million yuan households.

This is just the money Cao Zhiqiang earned by singing and selling books with his personal talent, not counting the money given by the state.

Also, Cao Zhiqiang's movie "Love in the Rain", which came to Japan to be released, had a total box office of only 9.75 billion yen.

Compared to 86 million yen, it is only 113 times more.

The problem is that the box office of "Love in the Rain" has been released for nearly two months, breaking the historical record of Japanese film and television, and even the legendary movie "ET the Extra-Terrestrial" has been defeated.

And with such a high box office of 9.75 billion yen, according to the rationed box office, half of it, and then according to 15% of the rationed box office, Cao Zhiqiang himself can finally share the money, which is only a pitiful 731.25 million yen, which is converted into US dollars, only 3.0468 million US dollars.

That's 8.7 times the amount of this bill!

However, how much effort did "Love in the Rain" take, and how much black technology was used to use the same methods as the previous life?

But the luxury clothes in this store, just a few outfits from one store, easily sold one hundredth of the total box office of the highest-grossing film in Japanese film history so far.

If you look at the share you can get in that movie, the sales of the products in this Hermes store have reached one-eighth of the share income you got from making movies before!

No matter how you look at it, it can't be counted as less.

It seemed that Cao Zhiqiang began to be silent, and the female store manager smiled slightly: "Sir, if you think the bill is too expensive and you really can't afford it, it doesn't matter, you just need to give us a hard fee."

After all, there are so many of us who serve your female companion, and we have to put on makeup for her, try on clothes for her, and ask a professional photographer to take pictures, which is not cheap.

If you can really buy all of these combinations, then of course no problem, our service is a gift.

But if you don't buy it, you can't save on this service fee.

After all, there are some people who can't save me.

For example, the photographer's money, you must conclude that they are not from our store, but I asked them to go to a nearby photo studio temporarily, and they are still very professional, and the fee is not low. ”

As soon as he heard what the other party said, Cao Zhiqiang came back to his senses and smiled at the other party: "What do you think?" Whoever says I don't buy it, I just think the price is too low, and since you think I'm pretending, so be it, I want all the things in this bill. ”

Speaking of this, Cao Zhiqiang put down the bill and stood up, took out his credit card casually, and said in Chinese: "Come, swipe my drop card!" ”

"Huh?" The female store manager was stunned for a moment, obviously didn't understand what Cao Zhiqiang just said, but she felt that this sentence was a little familiar, as if it was a Thai sentence?

Seeing that the other party looked confused, Cao Zhiqiang said again in Japanese: "I mean, let's swipe the card." ”

The female store manager smiled: "Okay, please come here." ”

Soon, the female shopkeeper took Cao Zhiqiang to the front desk, and then swiped it on the POS machine that looked like a cash register.

Soon, the screen on the wired POS machine flickered, and then it began to click and print the receipt.

This also proves one thing, that is, the card was swiped, and Cao Zhiqiang really paid.

Seeing this, Rao is female store manager is well-informed, and she still subconsciously gasped.

You know, even in Hermès stores, it is rare for sales to exceed 80 million yen at one time.

Anyway, after the female store manager came to this store to take office, this is the first time she has encountered such a high roller.

Well, the era when Japanese people were shopping everywhere and extravagant, in fact, was the situation after 1985.

At that time, because the yen began to appreciate sharply, the purchasing power of the yen became stronger, and the domestic real estate bubble boom and other reasons, many Japanese people became rich instantly, and then they began to wave yen banknotes and began to buy at home and abroad.

But until then, the Japanese were still very conservative, and their savings rate had always been the largest in Asia, far higher than in China.

That's right, in 1983, the Japanese had the highest savings rate in the world, but they weren't really keen on spending.

The reason is that after the war, Japan had a hard time, and everyone was accustomed to being industrious and thrifty.

Even if the economic situation improves later, it will be difficult for many people's consumption habits to change for a while.

It was not until after 1985 that the Japanese began to change their consumption concepts and started the explosive buying mode due to various reasons, but it was still incomparable with the advanced consumption model in Europe and the United States.

Therefore, even a classic luxury store like Hermès, or a signature store in Ginza, rarely sold more than 80 million yen at a time before 1985.

It can be said that just Cao Zhiqiang's order is equal to the sales of this store in the past half a year.

This is not an exaggeration.

After all, the purchasing power of the yen in this era is still very strong, and the price of luxury goods in this period cannot be compared with that of the later period.

After the payment was over, Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly, and said to the female store manager: "Miss Meizi, I have already paid the money, wait for you to follow the plan, don't show your stuffing!" ”

Hearing Cao Zhiqiang say this, the female store manager named Miss Meizi hurriedly smiled and said: "Don't worry, I will package all the outfits that your female companion has tried, and then give it to her in the form of model rewards, and the price will be very low, I promise not to let her know the truth, but ......"

"But what?" Cao Zhiqiang asked.

The female store manager said: "However, I can hide it here, but after she goes back, if she knows the true price of these goods from other channels, then I am not responsible." ”

"Well, don't worry, you don't have to be responsible." Cao Zhiqiang smiled, "Let's not say that she didn't have a chance to know the true price of these clothes in a short time, even if she really knew, it would be nothing."

Anyway, after a long time, she will try to accept it! ”

The female store manager smiled slightly: "I see, I understand everything." But sir, can you take off your mask and let me see my face? I always feel like you're somebody. ”

Well, after coming in, Cao Zhiqiang has been wearing a mask and has never taken it off, no wonder the female store manager wants to come and see it now.

"I'm sorry, I refuse." Cao Zhiqiang shook his head.

Just kidding, he's a star now, and in Japan, many people know this face, so you must not take off your mask.

This is different from Zhu Lin.

Although Zhu Lin's image on the screen is also very famous, after all, for the majority of Japanese, she only has this movie, and her influence is limited.

Although the quality of "Love in the Rain" itself is good, the biggest feature is that the famous singer "Forest Aoizumi" is the leading actor.

In other words, most people go to see it in the name of "Green Springs in the Forest", after all, after Cao Zhiqiang sings in the name of "Green Springs in the Forest", he rarely shows up, and has always created a sense of mystery.

If this kind of mysterious character design was placed on an ordinary singer, it would have been cold a long time ago, but Cao Zhiqiang is different.

Since his debut, every song has been a hit, and as soon as it came out, he rushed into the top ten of the weekly list of the public trust list, and finally his own songs fought with his own songs, directly dominating the top ten of the list.

Not only that, Cao Zhiqiang's songs have sold more than all other Japanese singers.

For example, the Seiko Matsuda, who ranked 11th on the weekly list of the public trust list, sold less than a fraction of Cao Zhiqiang's tenth song.

In other words, although Cao Zhiqiang has not been in Japan for a long time, and he didn't even show up much at the beginning, he relied on his own strength to conquer all the Japanese audiences, and suddenly rejuvenated the lifeless Japanese music scene.

Yes, many commentators believe that it was the emergence of "Aoizumi in the Forest" that brought the lifeless Japanese music scene back to its peak in the sixties, and even surpassed the sixties.

Many people believe that "Morinaka Aoizumi" is Japan's Michael Jackson.

Even many people think that in the current Japanese music scene, whether old or young, whether male or female, one is counted as one, and no singer can compete with "Morinaka Aoizumi".

So much so that the current situation is that as long as "Forest Green Spring" releases a new song, all other singers will avoid the edge and dare not release a new song at the same time.

This led to Cao Zhiqiang's new song and his direct opponent.

That's called an invincible lonely snow.

It can be seen from this that Cao Zhiqiang's popularity and prestige in Japan at this time are terrifying.

Let's ask, in this case, how dare Cao Zhiqiang show his true face in ordinary times.

(End of chapter)