In January 1989, the book "Japan Can Say Not" co-written by Japanese congressman and novelist Shintaro Ishihara and Sony founder Akio Morita was published and listed.

The book boldly predicts that although the world has always been led by the United States after the war, in the 21st century, Japan will probably be led by Japan!

Therefore, the United States should stop expecting Japan to fall below it, and Japan should be tougher against the United States.

The book even quotes the conspiracy theory that is widely circulated in Japan - the reason why the United States uses atomic bombs against Japan rather than Germany is because of racial discrimination.

But the reality is that the atomic bomb was successfully tested in July 1945, and Germany had already surrendered for two months.

Emperor Showa, who had lost his mind at this time, was the highest leader of Japan at that time, in order to avoid unconditional surrender, he agreed to "one-strike peace theory".

Japan therefore launched a suicide attack to hit American warships with an airplane.

Despite the huge price, it still ended in failure and became the only country in the world to be bombed by atomic bombs and two atomic bombs.

In short, this book full of rejection of self-reflection, bullying the weak and fearing the strong and self-righteous, quickly became a hot topic once it was published. After it was spread to the United States, it caused an uproar.

The vocal news of criticism from abroad is growing, and many well-known people and historical experts who have read this book are shocked and shocked by their views, which has triggered a big discussion around this book.

A year later, an American writer who had long criticized Japan published a book called Japan As-Anything But-Number One.

It has to be said that in this world, the Japanese are actually a special country with outstanding prominence in both "good" and "evil".

At the same time, the Japanese did not realize the "speciality" they had.

They are always naive... or say, shamelessly indulging in the fantasy of "Japan is a flawless and excellent nation", and firmly believe that they can travel freely in the world, and that the sins they have committed will be forgotten by the world over time.

Let’s not talk about the past, even in Japan under the current bubble economy, this blind and optimistic narcissistic mentality has become a fatal weakness of Japan.

In fact, behind the Japanese who think they are rich and full of blind confidence, they have always paid attention to their achievements, but they turn a blind eye to various problems in their own country.

In this era, Japan was immersed in the prosperous era of cooking oil, shouting "The Japanese and Japanese systems are very excellent", "You can buy the entire United States by selling Tokyo", and "Japan is the center of the future world economy."

But I can't see the survival troubles of ordinary Japanese people working 400 hours more than Western workers every year, living in a narrow house, working for 10 years, and spending an hour every day to go to work and taking an hour to go home after work.

Ordinary families like Yujiro Zuo and Miyoko live in a social environment full of illusory bubbles and consumerism flooding. They believe in all praises for Japanese society and the beautification of Japan's economy, but they never know the dangers of increasing the gap between the rich and the poor and the financial trap, and they only have blind optimism about the future.

Otherwise, how could Zuo Hai Yujiro dare to bet on his family's future to borrow so much money?

From a certain perspective, this is undoubtedly a tragedy of the times, and they are victims of the times.

Of course, in this era, Japan is more exaggerated than them, and some people who run farther on the wrong path are.

Some people are even quite lucky. Not only do they not feel the contradictions and distress of life because of the economic bubble, but they dare to participate in speculative games in a "stud" way, they once became the darling of the times and the speculative hero in the public's minds, and their value soared.

But the glory at this time cannot make these people successful forever. It can only aggravate the arrogant and domineering part of their temperament, allowing them to do more ridiculous and unreasonable crazy actions under their arrogance.

It is just in line with the old saying, forgetting one's sake, too much is not enough...

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One day at the end of January 1989, Ning Weimin, who was able to go home to bed in the early morning due to social engagements yesterday, slept until around 10 o'clock in the morning before getting up.

He opened the window and drove out the stuffy air in the house, allowing the breeze and bright sunshine to spread in.

The light was bright. At first glance, I looked over the bushes in the garden and could have been basking in the sun with my child in my arms.

Ning Weimin put on his clothes and walked downstairs. The maid at home didn't have to give any instructions and put the toast into the oven.

And put today's morning newspaper on the table in the restaurant.

Ning Weimin likes to tear toast slices every morning, leisurely coated with butter, and served with half-cooked scrambled eggs, bacon and juice, and read newspapers while eating.

Especially recently, Japanese society has become very lively, with eye-catching news everywhere.

Whether it is political news, economic news, or entertainment gossip, they are many highlights, which makes Ning Weimin enjoy the breakfast reading newspapers.

"Corrupt politics! Director of Economic Planning Minister Hatan Harada was exposed! Resigned from blame!"

Now, Ning Weimin just opened today's "Daily News", and such a sensational title came into view.

He opened his eyes wide and looked at the title, read the content quickly, and realized that the news was actually a follow-up to the Ruikeli incident in Japan on June 18 last year.

Japanese human resources and media company Ruikeli bribed several politicians with unlisted stocks. The price rose by 5 times after the stocks were listed. These politicians made huge profits by selling their stocks.

The opposition party seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to pursue and fight relentlessly, resulting in more and more Liberal Democratic Party members and senior government officials being exposed for scandals.

In December 1988, Miyazawa-Kiichi Miyazawa-chan, who was involved in the scandal, was forced to resign.

On December 27, then Prime Minister Takeshita had to reorganize his cabinet, but just three days later, the new Minister of Justice (Tetsu Tanikawa) was exposed and resigned, resulting in the phenomenon of domino resignation.

As the year 1989, the scandal still showed no sign of ending, but became more and more intense.

The head of the Economic Planning Department in the newspaper today is clearly another politician who has fallen due to this incident.

It has to be said that after Takeshita took office, Japan's economic bubble had not yet burst, and the political bubble of the Liberal Democratic Party burst first.

This is not counting. Looking further, the conflicts between the Japanese people and the Japanese government on the "self-repeal order" have become a greater joy to make Ning Weimin happy.

It turns out that since Emperor Showa got up, the Japanese people's reaction was fine during the first two days of mourning.

Although most normal programs on TV are stopped and have been played in a 48-hour loop, all public entertainment activities are stopped, and entertainment venues are closed to greet guests, Japanese citizens still basically meet the requirements of "self-restraint".

However, if this kind of thing lasts too long, the people will not be able to stand it.

Just like the principle of "it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality", the Japanese people are used to living a life of wine and food every day, and for many Japanese people, it is difficult for them to adapt to this sadness.

Look, the people will stop doing it after the whole nation has been mourning for a long time.

First, NHK received thousands of protest calls in just one day, demanding to "watch programs other than the emperor."

As customers in major Japanese DVD rental stores increased dramatically, sales rose to four to five times that of normal.

In addition, practitioners in the customs industry are just cursing.

These people began to go to the Japanese government, and no one wanted to affect their livelihood because of the emperor's fart.

So when Emperor Showa was buried, someone destroyed the funeral and planned an explosion, demanding that the emperor be held responsible for his war crimes.

The completely different reactions of the people to Hirohito's death seem to indicate Japan's conflicting situation this year - in a prosperous period, but the crisis is hidden.

Then think about it, these bizarre events are like absurd and interesting jokes. How could he not be happy when he fell into Ning Weimin's eyes?

Of course, I think it's even more exciting than the farce of playing monkeys.

But then again, the entertainment version of this day, which should have been more interesting, has made him less relaxed from the news about the art world.

Because the newspaper disclosed such a piece of information, it said that Jiaochuan's Jiaochuan office is about to spend money to shoot two movies.

One of them is adapted from the long historical novel of the same name created by Hitomi Koro Hitomi, which tells the story of the famous Japanese Warring States general Kenshin Uesugi and Shingen Takeda.

Another is an emotional story "Under the Aurora" with the theme of Siberian hunter and an Eskimo dog fighting against natural challenges together.

The specific news content was not only surprised by Ning Weimin's efforts to invest in two movies by Jiaochuan Office, but was willing to spend 2.2 billion yen to invest in "Heaven and Earth" and spend 1 billion yen to invest in "Under the Aurora", but more importantly, the candidates for the directors of the two movies also surprised Ning Weimin.

Because the director who invested in "Heaven and Earth" was actually Haruki Kaorikawa himself, while the other "Under the Aurora" was the famous director Mitsusaki Kinji who had emotional grudges with Keiko Matsumoto.

In Ning Weimin's opinion, someone who should have been completely banned by Fog Studio and Songzhu Film.

A person who should have been no longer able to direct a big-scale film.

What's going on?

Why is this guy Shenzuo so lucky? Is he holding a new thigh again?

Jiaochuan Haruki is also very interesting. Is this going to be against the Fog Studio?

And... where did they get so much money? How could they have such courage?

The investment in a "Heaven and Earth" actually exceeds that of "Crazy Legend"?

Ning Weimin opened his eyes wide and looked at the relevant news of the entertainment version. At that moment, Jiaochuan Haruki's face, which was once full of smiles, and the angry face of Xin Er Fukasaki, flashed through his mind in turn.

He really couldn't understand it because other people in this era were not like him, and they knew exactly how the Internet would bring rich copyright benefits in the future.

If they rely on the current movie operation model, wouldn’t they be afraid that if they lose money, they will not be able to recover the production cost?

This is really strange. He always felt that this matter was not that simple. It was impossible to take such a risk based on Jiaochuan Haruki's own strength, just like a desperate move.

From the perspective of business logic, it cannot be explained at all.

There is no need to be so blatantly helping Kinji Mizusa to offend the Mizu Studios, which are increasingly speaking in the industry...

But then again, Ning Weimin was afraid that he would not have the time to think about this matter carefully and figure out the whole story.

Because just as he felt completely lost his mind and was in deep thought with the newspaper in his hand, his cell phone rang.

"I am Takahashi, where I am visiting Yamato, good morning! President Ning!"

It turned out that it was called by President Takahashi of Yamato Tourism Meguro Branch.

He was the first person to help Ning Weimin open the business situation of trolley suitcases.

On weekdays, I have drunk and eaten in private many times.

Although it cannot be said to be a friend or a business for official business, in the cooperative relationship between the two parties, President Takahashi is indeed the closest partner to Ning Weimin.

So Ning Weimin also replied happily, "Good morning, President Takahashi."

"Oh, did I wake you up?"

President Takahashi said as if he noticed Ning Weimin's voice.

"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm having breakfast."
To be continued...