On the morning of January 7, 1989, Emperor Showa passed away.

On the afternoon of the same day, senior Japanese government officials held a meeting to discuss the year name adopted after the new emperor ascended the throne.

At 14:36 ​​on that day, then Chief Cabinet Secretary Keizo Koburi held a press conference and officially announced that he would use "Heisei" as the New Year's name.

Japanese society thus began to enter a month and a half "self-repair" state.

The so-called self-sacrifice is a state in which Japanese society as a whole enters self-discipline.

For example, in this national mourning situation, the people will cooperate with the tense atmosphere and spontaneously reduce celebrations or entertainment activities, and even weddings will be affected.

As a result, the prosperity of singing and dancing life suddenly came to a sudden stop, and the entire Japanese society showed a scattered dying spirit, which also aroused the dissatisfaction of many left-wing citizens.

However, on the contrary, mainland Chinese students in Japan live very happily and feel comfortable in body and mind.

For nothing else, it is because almost at the same time, the "Mainland Mutual Aid Association" has begun to operate substantively.

Although the formal registration procedures have to be waited for a while, the office has been rented and Ning Weimin's funds have been in place.

So some people, led by President Zhang Liling, submitted their application for employment has been approved and they have officially started working.

In addition, others can also start earning membership points by cleaning the office and other auxiliary work.

For example, helping the Mutual Aid Association design emblems, compile a booklet of "Tokyo Study Abroad Life Guide", or providing the information you know and life tips you have, you can also start with the people around you to help the Mutual Aid Association develop more members.

All of these things are rewarded with points.

In addition, Ning Weimin himself is also a generous person, and he thought that some special benefits should be provided for these first members.

For this reason, he specially distributed part of the money from the funds he donated and decided to give everyone 50,000 points.

In this way, the first batch of members who joined the club accidentally received a big red envelope as soon as they entered the door, and immediately had the ability to consume in Ning Weimin's "big knife industry".

So they immediately solved many problems in life.

For example, second-hand clothing, small furniture, small appliances, and bicycles, these are the things that international students need the most and are especially popular with everyone. After taking it back, you can immediately improve your living situation.

Moreover, since things are cheap, the highest price is half that in the store, and the points are still being paid, these compatriots have the feeling that the little rich man spends money like soil and the things are like nothing.

This is called comfortable to use and enjoyable to buy. No one doesn’t miss Ning Weimin’s good things.

Especially when compared with real store shopping, this kind of material exchange has another special feature, that is, there is always a sense of surprise that you can discover your baby at any time.

Since the old goods in the big knife industry are all things that Sun Wufu and others get from others by free transportation of garbage. All the goods are almost all individual items, and they may be sold once and there will be nothing left.

Moreover, the warehouse goods in the entire big knife industry are arranged in a messy and complicated manner.

Although it is divided into categories, the styles and brands are messy, and the new and old things are different, which is dazzling.

Choosing things here is like shopping in a trust store in China. It requires eyesight and energy, and time passes without realizing it.

It naturally makes people feel like treasure hunting experience.

For example, Yao Peifang.

Now she is also a potential newcomer who is Xiaohong in the Japanese film industry, so she often has to attend public places and has more opportunities to be on the camera.

But she is not yet able to endorse clothing brands. It is not a small amount for girls' clothing, accessories, and leather bags.

Although Ning Weimin also gave her some things, it was definitely a drop in the bucket and not enough for her to use.

Fortunately, the big knife industry has collected a lot of clothing and leather bags and accessories, and the Japanese are also careful to keep their personal belongings.

If these things are sold for secondary sales, the price is too cost-effective.

Especially women's clothing, which is not as lenient as men's suits, so the price is almost the same as that of a free one.

In fact, Yao Peifang has already chosen two famous brand leather bags, three pairs of high heels, and several sets of dresses that can be barely worn on formal occasions.

In addition, there are several special Disney cards and two Swatch women's watches.

So much so that she didn't finish her points, and she also subsidized more than 100,000 yen for her extra points.

But it doesn't matter. For her, spending money here is equivalent to making money.

Otherwise, if you don’t spend it here, you have to spend it in other clothing stores, and the price will be even greater.

The things she bought here actually saved her millions of yen.

And An Wen, when she never came to Japan, she envied the lifestyle of roasting a few slices of toast, eating a fried egg, and pairing it with juice or coffee in the morning.

However, there is no such thing in China. It is available in Japanese stores, but the cheapest one for a baked toaster costs 8,000 or 9,000 yen.

She originally wanted to save money by working to realize her wish of a petty bourgeoisie, but she didn't expect that such a niche thing was discovered in the Big Sword Industry Warehouse.

And there are as many as three, one of which looks particularly beautiful, but it is actually cute red.

She fell in love with her at first sight, but she only used 2,800 points to be exchanged.

This kind of wish that I thought it was difficult to realize suddenly became the joy of reality, and I am afraid that only those who have experienced it personally can understand it.

Therefore, this kind of redemption process that looks for treasures is addictive.

These members of the mutual aid association are reluctant to leave as long as they come once.

Most people think about coming from all the time. Since they are here, they have to look at the warehouse.

For nothing else, people subconsciously are afraid of losing, fearing that they will miss a product they need in particular, and may disappear next time.

And even if I have been here once, I will still think about when I will come next time when I go back, because it is really cost-effective.

So, the warehouse of this "big knife industry" is very important for the establishment and development of the mutual aid association, and it can be said to be a cornerstone.

Not only will existing members have a stronger sense of belonging to mutual aid, but they will be more motivated to work for the mutual aid association, but it will also be beneficial for developing new members among the existing international student groups.

Because anyone who has been with him once will be moved by this kind of visible and tangible benefits.

There is no need to doubt whether it is cost-effective to join the club.

For this reason, in just about ten days, the mainland fellowship mutual aid association received almost 100 applications for membership.

This fully demonstrates how popular it is to join the Mutual Aid Association among the mainland students, and how powerful Ning Weimin is to let everyone get fucked.

And it is completely predictable that when this group of new members also joins and they will develop other people to join the association, the mutual aid association will expand at a speed.

But to be honest, although many members have already started to worry about Ning Weimin in private at this time, they are afraid that more and more people will come to his warehouse to exchange, and sooner or later he will not be able to withstand it.

But to be honest, people who can think like this are not enough to understand the economic situation of Japanese society or the business principles. That is completely unfair.

As for Ning Weimin, not only did he not suffer any losses, he also took a big advantage.

Why do you say so?

Because first, the oil crisis from 1974 to 77 and the Plaza Accord in 1985 continued to hollow out Japan's industrial production capacity, resulting in a large number of factories closing down and a large number of workers losing their jobs.

Things that cannot be sold have become worthless "trash" and can be found everywhere in Japan, especially in Tokyo.

At the same time, the blown economic bubble has led to the escalation of consumption in Japan and the surge in rents.

In 1989, the per capita GDP of the United States was US$22,900, and the per capita GDP of Japan was US$25,300, which was higher than the United States.

Japan has become the richest country in the world.

At this time, even ordinary people were used to buying big brands and luxury goods.

Everyone is rushing to shop at high-end shopping malls like Ito Yokado and Mitsukoshi Department Store. If you buy things, you may not be high-end enough, and your behavior of waste and luxury is becoming more and more serious.

No one cares about bargains, even if the quality is good, they will be easily discarded because they are not suitable for their wishes.

Just like Uniqlo's products, they are not easy to sell during this period.

Especially in terms of real estate, rents also rise with housing prices.

To put it bluntly, if you do old goods business, when you enter the city center, you can't even find a place where you can open a store.

This is why Japan's flea markets are only found in "slum areas" like Katsushika and Adachi.

This is why Japan did not even have a decent, somewhat large-scale medieval shop in this era.

This is also why, in the future, the largest discount store in Japan's finals, Do Quixote, had a business scale of up to 5 billion yuan per year, but it could not leave the suburbs of Tokyo.

You should know that this store began to rise in Japan in the 1970s with cost-effective consumption, specializing in selling stock late goods and expiration foods.

Because things are cheap, they are called "thief market" and mean that the goods in the store are so cheap that they are stolen, and are very popular among low-income people.

In 1980 and 1982, the store owner Takao Yasuda even established two companies to engage in the wholesale of finished goods.

However, the expansion of this store was like this during the bubble period and no longer had the ability to expand to the outside world.

To put it bluntly, Tokyo was extremely rich at this time, but it was not valuable, and it lacked corresponding customer sources and shopping malls.

There is a Japanese word called "Ji'an", which means super cheap.

So for Ning Weimin, he didn't have to worry about where to get supplies. There were too many super cheap things, but he lacked a channel to digest these supplies.

After all, there are street stalls in a Japanese flea market that can’t sell a few items, and it’s very troublesome to move around and have to bargain with others. How can I get it so convenient to give these mainland compatriots so much?

That's right, he is doing charity and donating money to the mutual aid association, but from another perspective, his unpaid contribution is not really unpaid contribution.

To put it bluntly, this mutual aid association is actually equivalent to a guild in an industry.

Then think about it, what kind of power does a social group that can unite most mainlanders in Japan have?

To put it the most practical, the members absorbed by the Mutual Aid Club will definitely become Ning Weimin's stable source of customers in the future.
To be continued...