Chapter 449: Absurd
"Friday" is a magazine specifically for women, which mostly publishes news on fashion, shopping, entertainment gossip, etc., and is somewhat similar to "Weekly Women's".
With the arrival of the bubble era, consumerism and hedonism prevailed, and these magazines aimed at women also followed the trend and focused their attention on these areas.
Look, now Nanako and the others are gathered together, eagerly discussing the new list published in "Friday".
Neon loves to make all kinds of rankings , ranging from entertainment stars to sake and bread, all kinds of rankings are included.
But the public really buys into this, they almost treat voting as their livelihood.
He makes a small investment every three days and a big investment every seven days. He is addicted to all kinds of fancy rankings and cannot extricate himself.
Valentine's Day has just passed, and magazines have published a list of the Valentine's Day gifts that girls are most looking forward to from boyfriends, as voted for by the girls.
"As expected, the number one is Tiffany's heart-shaped diamond pendant."
"The gold model costs 170,000 yen. Isn't that a bit too expensive?"
"Don't worry, Mr. Paying Bills and Mr. Paying Tributes will help us solve our problems."
"Hey~" The girls laughed together.
Damaru, who was behind him, frowned even more tightly.
"The second one is Cartier's three-link ring. No wonder it's so popular recently. It turns out it's on the list."
"It'd be best if this is in gold. It's too embarrassing to wear silver."
Most of these jewelries are available in silver or gold. The Tiffany heart-shaped diamond pendant costs RMB 170,000 in gold and more than RMB 40,000 in silver.
Cartier triple ring, gold model 136,000, silver model 23,500.
In terms of preference, the girls all honestly chose the gold model.
"Akasaka Prince Hotel's French cuisine ranks third. It seems that there are still many people who like French cuisine."
"It's the capital of romance after all, so it's only fitting to go out and have a French meal on a date~"
"That's right."
"If anyone can give me the top three on the list as a gift, then he will be my destiny~"
Nanako looked at her best friend beside her, a sly look in her eyes.
"Hey, Nanako~ The top three isn't enough, at least the top ten should be included, right?"
"That's right, besides being handsome, you also have to be rich."
The first three together only amount to 400,000 or 500,000 yen, which is enough for just one month's salary plus bonus now.
As my destiny, being in the top ten of the list is probably the minimum requirement .
Four or five hundred thousand yen! Damaru, who was sitting at the desk at the back, fell silent.
Boys need to shell out four or five hundred thousand yen for Valentine's Day. Is it because the Japanese yen has depreciated?
Otherwise, why is money so worthless nowadays?
Judging from Damaru's current situation, his family is actually not short of money.
My father, Kashiwagi, is a veteran who has followed Shirakawa Kaede, and he is now in charge of most of the logistics and warehousing in Akita.
With Kashiwagi's annual salary, let alone four or five hundred thousand, even if it was increased by twenty times, it would be no problem.
Besides, Damaru also has a salary, so he can afford four or five hundred thousand.
But he just felt uncomfortable, even though the girl he had always liked could be won over with just this much money.
Could it be that Suntory President George-san's famous quote is true? "This is the era when female college students are the most valuable!"
Dawan also reads magazines and has heard about the popular saying "Five Magical Tools for Picking Up Girls".
Luxury cars, bouquets, precious metals, high-end restaurants, high-end hotels. With these five things, you will be invincible.
Treating a girl to a full meal should not cost less than 50,000 yen, and 200,000 yen is normal consumption.
The small gift you bring should not be less than 10,000 yen, and 20,000 to 40,000 yen is best.
Three concerts a month and a movie a week are the norm.
This is just love, it would be even more amazing if it leads to marriage.
The wedding must be held in a top-notch hotel and the honeymoon must be in Oume.
The wedding house should also be Western-style, not Japanese-style.
Not to mention the extremely expensive houses, it is normal for a wedding to cost tens of millions of yen.
Then take a look at the magazines in Nanako's and the others' hands, which contain various contents on how to win girls' favor by buying gifts.
Damaru couldn't help but shudder. Is this really love?
Although he is not short of money, this kind of relationship that relies on material things is not what he wants.
And Nanako, who was originally pure and lovely, now seemed to have lost a bit of her luster in Daimaru's eyes.
He knew that it was not Nanako and the others who did anything wrong, but that the whole society was like this.
The environment and atmosphere are like this, and people in it can only go with the flow.
It was just that the things that originally existed in the news magazine suddenly appeared around him, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.
"Daimaru, go upstairs." At this time, Yamaguchi, the director of the General Management Department, called out from a distance.
"Yes!" Damaru came back to his senses and immediately nodded respectfully in agreement.
The upstairs that the minister was talking about was Shirakawa Kaede's office. Damaru understood the implication immediately.
Among the hundreds of people in the entire General Management Department, only the director knows about his relationship with Baichuan Feng.
Therefore, no one would gossip about this matter without Baichuan Feng's permission.
Daimaru stood up and quickly walked away from Nanako and the others. The latter glanced at them briefly and then continued the previous topic with her girlfriends.
Damaru came to the door of Shirakawa Kaede's office alone, straightened his clothes, and then knocked on the office door.
"Come in," a vague reply came, and Damaru pushed the door open and walked in.
"Wait for me two minutes." Baichuan Feng didn't look up and dealt with the documents in his hands.
Damaru stood there obediently, not daring to slack off in the slightest.
Although he had been running around the village following Baichuan Feng and the others when he was a child, times are different now and the rules should not be abolished.
Especially since he was born a fawn, he had to lead by example.
"Daimaru" put down the documents in his hand and Shirakawa Feng raised his head.
"President Shirakawa..." Before Damaru could finish his words, Shirakawa Feng stopped him with a look.
"Uh...Brother Shirakawa." Damaru reacted and changed his address. He knew that Shirakawa Feng didn't like to hear such a formal address in private.
"Okay, no need to stand all the time, just sit anywhere." After saying that, Baichuan Feng also stood up and sat down on the sofa in front of the floor-to-ceiling window.
After pouring him a cup of coffee, Dawan sat down opposite him.
"How have you been doing in the General Management Department lately?" Shirakawa Feng picked up the coffee and took a sip.
"No problem, I have adapted to most of the work." Damaru has become accustomed to the process of reporting work progress once a month.
Baichuan Feng nodded. Someone would report his performance to him. "Which department do you want to go to next, or which department have you been to before and are interested in?"
The next department? For some reason, Dawan recalled the scene he had just seen in the General Management Department.
"The next department I want to go to is the marketing department!" Damaru answered firmly, as if he had suddenly made up his mind.
"Marketing department?" Baichuan Feng looked at Damaru in surprise.
He thought that Damaru, who was a bit shy by nature, would like the current General Management Department more.
"Huh!" Dawan nodded. "They say the marketing department is in touch with the most essential business rules of Japan. I want to see it for myself."
As a marketing department that covers products, marketing, sales, and after-sales, you can meet all kinds of people there.
Especially the marketing planning and product sales team, which experiences various temptations every day.
It could be money, beauty, etc.
Damaru also wanted to see what kind of monsters and demons the marketing department, full of debauchery and extravagance, would encounter during the golden age.
I believe that after staying there for a while, looking back at Nanako and the others, you will feel that everything is just like that.
After hearing what Damaru said, Baichuan Feng raised his eyebrows.
This was somewhat beyond his expectations, but since he had this idea, then let him do it.
"Report to the marketing department next month. I'll greet Hasegawa-san in advance."
"Yeah!" Damaru nodded to show that he understood.
"By the way, Brother Baichuan, isn't the salary you're offering me a bit too high?"
Damaru thought of another thing, which was the salary issue.
He is a recent graduate with almost no work experience.
As a result, he got a salary of nearly 400,000 yuan right from the start, which seemed a bit too high no matter how you looked at it.
You should know that the general salary level of seniors who graduated last year was around 200,000 yuan.
Now it has almost doubled, which seems a bit abnormal no matter how you look at it.
After hearing Damaru's question, Baichuan Feng couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Daimaru, this salary is not that much.
Maybe you really should go to the marketing department, where you can see the most incredible side of Neon right now.
But such a good scene is rare, so cherish it, because you may not see it again in a few years."
"Eh?" Damaru subconsciously wanted to ask a few more questions, but seeing that Baichuan Feng didn't want to say more, he restrained himself and didn't ask.
"Go ahead and get busy. I'll take you to Keidanren's internal meeting later. There you'll see a completely different side of him."
"Hai!" Damaru bowed respectfully and then quietly left the office.
Looking at his departing back, Baichuan Feng smiled silently.
A salary of 400,000 yen might have been a lot in the past, but it is nothing now.
Faced with the fierce competition for talent in the job market, Shirakawa Electric can only follow.
Otherwise, it is hard to say whether we can recruit people in April this year.
Because of the appreciation of the Japanese yen and a series of stimulus measures taken by the government.
The overheating of the stock market and real estate is now gradually spreading to all aspects of people's lives.
Money comes too quickly and easily, so you don’t feel bad about spending it.
As for the series of stimulus measures taken by the Japanese government, have they stimulated domestic consumption?
Of course there is, but the direction is a bit crooked.
In addition to real estate, the fastest growing domestic demand is in the catering and clothing industries.
Especially the former, according to statistics from economic research institutions, the total output value of Japan's catering industry in 1987 is likely to exceed 20 trillion yen!
Do you know what the total export value ? Less than 30 trillion!
The physical manufacturing here includes a series of hot-selling products such as automobiles, home appliances, semiconductors, etc.
But now this figure is almost caught up with the domestic demand for Japanese catering.
As you can imagine, this is incredible and abnormal.
Gold foil ice cream at 15,000 yen a stick, that's just drizzle.
The "Kitanoji" gold leaf Ehota sushi roll for 30,000 yen and the 1kg Matsusaka premium beef for 100,000 yen are all sold out in the restaurant!
This is no longer luxury, it is inflated to the point of being ridiculous.
It is precisely because of these exaggerated and unbelievable prices that the catering industry can now occupy the top spot in Japan's domestic physical industry.
However, this is probably not the peak. Let’s look at the well-known companies that make products with heart…
It's really ironic~
