One day in September '86, two photos published in the daily newspaper caused a heated discussion in Neon.

The first photo depicts the contrast between a U.S. inbound tourist and a neon staff member at the Narita International Airport bureaux de change.

This tourist, David, was here last year when he was exchanging foreign currency. The yen is 250:1 against the dollar, and now it is 156:1, which is an astonishing appreciation.

Looking at the same dollar in my hand, the yen was only half of last year. David's mouth opened wide and his expression was stunned.

As for the smiling expressions of the neon personnel behind the glass window, they were really complacent and happy.

Obviously, this is not the first time he has encountered such a situation, and Mi Guoyan's shocked expression seems to be the source of his daily happiness.

This photo also shows the pride of neon people in the appreciation of the yen.

It's much more stark than the cautious tension of the neon government.

In other words, the people are extremely welcome to appreciate the appreciation of the yen and the depreciation of the dollar. This is the exact opposite of the attitude of the neon government.

Another photo published in the Daily News, the protagonist on which is still David, a tourist from the United States.

It was evening when he looked at the photo, and David was holding a 1,000-yen bill and staring at a figure in front of the taxi in amazement.

The figure was a middle-aged man with a coded face, and the most striking thing was not his bright clothes, but the thick 10,000 yuan bill in his hand.

It happened on the street of Roppongi, when David had just finished an expensive dinner and was ready to take a taxi back to the hotel.

In his impression last year, because taxis were expensive. Neon people don't take many taxis, and most people choose the tram or subway.

However, this time the scene outside was the opposite of what he imagined, in the place where taxis were often taken, dozens of people gathered together waving 10,000 yuan bills and calling for taxis.

David relied on his status as a foreign guest and squeezed in the front. If it is not unexpected, the people around him will let him give it a hand, and he has experience in this kind of thing.

After a while, a taxi did pull up in front of David, but before he could get forward, a middle-aged man took the lead.

"Hello, please take care of me and go to Shiba Park." After that, the middle-aged man threw the thick 10,000 yuan bill in his hand on the door frame of the car with a "snap".

After doing this, the middle-aged man looked back at David defiantly, and his expression was indescribably proud.

Damn Mi Guoyan, you still want to ride on our neon people when you take a taxi, and if you have the ability, you can also take out 3 million yen to take a taxi.

"Oh~" The people who were waiting for the bus on the side waved their arms and cheered for the middle-aged man excitedly.

This scene is very uplifting, and the proud and arrogant neon man has a strong self-esteem in his heart at this time.

A few ladies even secretly sent Qiu Bo, and the middle-aged man was like a victorious general, and he was reserved and straightened his tie.

Then he threw the thick banknote at the driver's co-pilot, and sprinkled a large piece of banknote, which was very eye-catching.

"Three million yen, please~"

"Hay!" The taxi driver bowed his head and replied quickly.

Hum~ The sound of the engine faded away, leaving David staring at it all with his eyes wide open.

If he heard it right, it's three million yen! A five-minute drive from Roppongi to Shiba Park costs 3 million yen!

David didn't know if he was crazy or if the whole Neon was crazy.

Is this sure it's the neon that I visited once last year? Is this sure to be the neon man who has always been cautious and low-key and humble?

How can it be that in just one year, the whole neon has completely changed.

Three million may be a lot of money for David, but for a middle-aged person just now, it is sparse and ordinary.

The middle-aged man, whose surname is Watanabe, is a middle-level manager at Nomura Securities.

Do you know how much the transportation allowance Nomura Securities will give him this year? 300~4,000,000 yen.

This year's transportation allowance was spent once, isn't it a little too irrational?

Watanabe has irrational confidence, three or four million yen is just his transportation allowance, and his current annual salary is 32 million yen!

32 million yen, in the eyes of future generations, neon is indeed crazy.

Watanabe's one-year transportation allowance is the total salary of ordinary workers for one year, and the annual salary is ten times that of ordinary people.

This is the result of the neon government's "National Income Doubling Plan", and it is also the product of various hidden allowances.

As long as it takes three years, Watanabe does not need to speculate in stocks or real estate, and his income will exceed 100 million.

Is it magical? This is a normal income level in several major financial and securities companies.

And the Daily News directly gave these two photos a simple and heroic title.

Golden age!

From this day on, the people of all neon are discussing the various manifestations of the Golden Age.

This is just a scene in the ukiyo-e of the Bubble Era, and on the level of the general environment, the neon government is not idle.

Of the previously approved 3,636 billion yen, more than 2 trillion will be used to build neon utilities and infrastructure.

What sea-crossing bridges and undersea tunnels are all arranged.

In addition to these, redevelopment plans for metropolitan areas such as Tokyo Slang Island, Tennozu, Odaiba, Mirai Port in Yokohama, and Tempozan in Osaka are also on the agenda.

These projects are all products of this era.

At the same time, various tourist resorts have also begun to pop up like mushrooms in the whole neon.

Hokkaido Champuksu Village Tourist Resort, Kyushu Hichinan Beach Resort, Chiba Prefecture Indoor Ski Resort, Nagasaki Horan Village, Mie Prefecture Nishimada Village, Niigata Prefecture Tuerji Resort.

Some of these resorts have already started construction, and some have already set up folders.

But the most famous is the Deer Point Resort, which was built a few years before other Neon resorts and is the best in terms of size and facilities.

Since last year, Antler Resort has received more than 1 million visitors a year.

According to Shirakawa Holdings' internal estimates, the number of tourists this year is more than 2 million.

Convenient transportation, coupled with mature supporting facilities, makes Deer Angle Resort famous for its neon.

In particular, the two ski resorts are famous all over the world.

Not to mention the various sporting events, there are countless tourists who come here every year.

There are also golf courses and riding clubs in the summer, which will attract everyone to enjoy a luxurious vacation experience.

It can be said that the deer angle vacation area is almost tailor-made for people in the bubble era.

And unlike the lively scene of the people, the neon here is secretly treacherous.

After more than half a year of investigation, the accusations of neon semiconductor companies against dumping by Mi companies are true, and trade barriers also exist.

In August, when the United States was about to make a final ruling on the investigation, Neon had to start negotiations with the United States government.

In September, the two sides reached a five-year semiconductor trade agreement.

In the agreement, the Neon government promises:

The first is to monitor the export of neon enterprises to ensure that the sales price of their semiconductor products is not lower than the production cost;

the second is to cooperate with the government of the United States to determine the price of semiconductors sold by Neon Company;

The third is to standardize the sales of neon semiconductor companies in third-party countries.

This is for the export of neon semiconductors, and for the opening of the neon domestic market.

The neon government has promised to ensure that at least 20% of the domestic market will be occupied by computer and semiconductor companies in the United States.

This is completely forced to buy and sell, and the import and export of neon semiconductors have all been put on a tight spell by the United States.

Computers and semiconductors in the United States are notoriously expensive.

In the face of a minimum market share of 20%, how can the neon government guarantee it?

Apportionment! When all enterprises purchase computer products, they must ensure that one-fifth of them are rice products.

This is simply ridiculous! After Shirakawa Kaede got the neon government's notice for the first time, his first reaction was to cry and laugh.

The appearance of the living beings outside is ridiculous enough, and the neon government is also embarrassed now.

There is no way, this is a hard requirement, not only Shirakawa Electric, Panasonic, Sony, they all have to abide by.

So in the latest batch of computers, Shirakawa Electric also bought some IBM, Apple and Compaq computers here.

No one wants to use these computers because of usage habits, and they are now lying in the corner eating dust.

In fact, the saddest thing is not Shirakawa Electric, but Fujitsu, NEC, and Sharp, whose main products are computers.

They make computers at home, but because of the semiconductor protocol. But I had to use Lao Mi's computer like eating a fly.

Because of this matter, Fujitsu's Matsuka morality called more than once to complain to himself.

These magical things all happened in the neon of this era.

Because of the experience of a lot, Shirakawa Kaede is now faintly adapting.

However, the irony is that despite the signing of the semiconductor agreement, Neon's 86-year-old DRAM continued to pass in the global market, winning nearly 80% of the market share in one fell swoop.

Among the top ten semiconductor industries in the world, neon occupies six, and only three belong to the United States.

Among them, the top three are Neon's NEC, Toshiba, and Hitachi, and this kind of ruthless slap in the face makes several semiconductor companies here in Neon feel refreshed.

Let you sanction Lao Tzu, so what? It's not about eating Lao Tzu's exhaust in the global market.

And the more stressful Mi enterprises can't do it, since they can't beat others, then learn from others' strengths.

In order to expand the international market share in the semiconductor field, the people of the United States decided to learn from the experience of the Neon VLSI Institute.

They decided to set up a semiconductor manufacturing technology research alliance (SEMATECH) next year, and organized 14 semiconductor companies such as Intel, IBM, Micron, Hewlett-Packard, and Motorola to carry out concentrated research.

Putting aside the impact of this measure in the future, at least the United States has taken out 12 points of spirit to deal with the neon semiconductor companies that are pressing step by step.

So has SIC, which is also a semiconductor company, affected by sanctions?

There are some but not very big.

This semiconductor agreement is mainly aimed at Neon's DRAM business.

The SIC with processors as the target product, that is, there is no dumping, and the share in the international market is even smaller.

Because of Apple's blessing and the authorization of several semiconductor companies, SIC has only 9% of the global processor chip market.

With this share, even the thick-skinned old rice cannot open his eyes and say nonsense, accusing SIC of dumping.

Intel, which has given up the DRAM business, is jumping up and down clamoring to include SIC in the sanctions list.

However, because of Arnold and Apple, Intel's treacherous plan did not succeed.

However, in order to warn SIC to abide by the rules, the US government will also regularly review the price of SIC chips to prevent low-price dumping.

In addition to the sanctions on semiconductor companies, the impact of the yen's appreciation on the manufacturing industry is much more than that.

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