Standalone Tokyo

Chapter 5 Self-knowledge
  It's over...at least for now.

However, the end of one thing often means the beginning of another thing. The world is hell. If people want to survive, they need a lot of resources to maintain. Both spiritual and physical materials are indispensable.

And now, Fujiwara Masato has encountered a little trouble, trouble that will prevent him from continuing to live... He has no money.

This is really an unbelievable thing. Although Fujiwara Masato had roughly anticipated this possibility when he arranged the funeral, he still did not expect that this moment would come so early.

As mentioned before, Masato Fujiwara's father left a large sum of money to the family before their divorce. Umeko Anaka said that the money was enough to pay for all his tuition fees at the University of Tokyo. After the latter passed away, Masato Fujiwara truly took control. After getting the bank book, he found that An Zhongmeizi had lied.

The money left by his father to the family can not only pay for Fujiwara Masato's tuition fees to complete his studies at the University of Tokyo. It is also enough money to open a small company with twenty to fifty employees after he graduates from the University of Tokyo. , and the company can survive well without making a profit for one to two years.

And such a huge sum of money disappeared in just one year after Anaka Meizi smoked ℃... Fujiwara Masato is sure that in addition to smoking ℃, this woman must have also participated in gambling, otherwise such a sum of money How could a huge sum of money that could fully buy half a commercial house in BJ China disappear for no reason?
  No matter what, the money is gone. The only trace it leaves behind is the record of withdrawing money one by one in the bank book. The numbers on it basically make Fujiwara Masato short of breath and quicken his heartbeat. The second role.

Fujiwara Masato has already given out the money that needs to be paid to the funeral company and the monks, and the inheritance matter entrusted to Soratani Law Firm is still going on. When it completes the process, a large amount of inheritance tax and inheritance tax will also need to be paid. Lawyer commission fees are inevitable and cannot be delayed, so Fujiwara Masato deducts them from his savings in advance and cannot spend them.

After deducting the money that has been spent and the money that will be spent in the future, Fujiwara Masato now finds that the money he can withdraw from his bank book is only 200,000 yen.

Two hundred thousand yen sounds like a lot. If converted into RMB, it would be 10,000 yuan, which is enough for an adult man who has not contracted the gambling drug to live comfortably for at least two months and at most one year.

However, 200,000 yen in Japan, a country with high consumption and low income, especially in Tokyo, a place where land is at a premium, after excluding the huge expense of rent, which can kill people, 200,000 yen can only last an adult at most. An average person lives for two months.

Of course, if you live frugally, you will definitely live longer, and being frugal means that you must be extremely frugal in eating and drinking. You can only eat two meals a day, one breakfast and one dinner. Go down, and this meal can't even be cheap Japanese ramen, because no matter how cheap it is, a bowl of vegetarian ramen still costs 600 yen, which is 30 yuan in RMB.

It seems that there are discounted bento boxes available in supermarkets, and the price is even cheaper. However, there are often problems with discounted bento boxes. They may be edible, but nutritionally they are definitely not suitable for Masato Fujiwara’s current physical condition. If he doesn’t want to lose weight, he should not enter the super frugal one. status.

In addition to food and drink, when living in Tokyo, Japan, you also need to pay for garbage fees, electricity bills, waterway light and heat bills, mobile phone bills and fixed network charges (can be deducted), and daily miscellaneous expenses (toilet paper, washing powder and other daily necessities). To put it bluntly, no matter how much you save 200,000 yen, it is really not much to live in Tokyo, Japan.

If you include the rent... To put it bluntly, even if you live in the suburbs of Tokyo, this is still a huge expense, because in addition to the rent you need to pay to the landlord, you also need to pay extra when renting a house. There is an introduction fee for the rental agency... You cannot save this money. Without the guarantee of the rental agency, you cannot rent a house. Unless you are a local and know the landlord, otherwise the xenophobic Japanese will not directly contact you. touch.

In addition to rent and introduction fees, there will also be deposits, security deposits, and gift money.

What are these fees?
  The deposit is one to two months' rent. This money is collected by the landlord to repair the damage caused to the house during the period of renting. Any excess will not be refunded, and any deficiency will have to be made up. It can also be understood as a security deposit. When you are unable to pay the rent , the landlord will deduct it from it... As for whether it will be deducted, he has already found a reason to deduct it all, then it is a matter of opinion.

The security deposit is at least one month's rent. This money is given to the guarantor, and the guarantor is usually the intermediary who introduces the house to you. In other words, in addition to the landlord, the intermediary will also charge you twice. This security deposit is your guarantee. If you default on the rent during the rental process, or owe a debt to the landlord for other reasons, the agent will take the money and give it to the landlord... As for whether the security deposit will be refunded when you check out the house, that depends on the conscience of the rental agent. and your personal abilities.

The gift money is your gratitude to the landlord. Yes, when you pay to rent a house, you need to pay an extra amount of money to the landlord to show that he is willing to rent the house to you. As for how much money is, You still need a monthly rent figure. Without it, the landlord will most likely look down on you and even turn his back on you and stop renting the house to you. Therefore, if you want to rent a house in Tokyo, 200,000 yen is definitely not enough. The first month’s rent, deposit, security deposit, and gift money alone are enough to wipe out the money, and there are even debts and debts. Money from landlords and agents.

Now Fujiwara Masato sincerely thanks the father who has been blurred in his memory. If he hadn't kept this second-floor house in a commercial street in Adachi District, Tokyo when he divorced, then Fujiwara Masato today might have to go out and wander. Of course, the greater possibility is that he chooses to use system plug-ins to become an outlaw who commits crimes crazily for money.

The only regret is that Masato Fujiwara's father did not take him away during the divorce. In this case, Masato Fujiwara would not need to appear... Well, thinking about it this way, this seems to be a problem for him now. Bad thing.

All in all, if Fujiwara Masato doesn't want to starve to death in Tokyo in two months, he must take action now and do something to make money. It is better to rely on himself than relying on heaven and earth.

First of all, put aside the plug-ins you own and think about what you can do to support yourself.

Going to work?
  Oh, it’s very difficult. In Japan, a society that looks modern but is actually a feudal kingdom, it is basically impossible for Masato Fujiwara, a high school graduate but not a college graduate, to find a job as a professional white-collar worker. Decent jobs can only be found as construction workers, porters, couriers, convenience store cashiers, and other positions that only require or do not require a high school education to be qualified.

Considering his physical weakness, Masato Fujiwara must not apply for physical jobs if he does not want to die of exhaustion or sudden death. Secondly, there are those jobs that do not require physical strength but require dealing with many people. Jobs, let alone how low their wages are, Fujiwara Masato's current social situation is not something he can do.

Masato Fujiwara is capable of overcoming his resistance to social interaction and his disgust with the hypocritical etiquette of Japanese people. Even with the life experience brought by his second life and his good-looking face, he can do these tasks well. Very good, can reach the ceiling limit in a short time.

But why did Masato Fujiwara wrong himself? He didn't want to wrong himself, otherwise, wouldn't An Zhongmeizi walk away in vain?
  Excluding these low-level jobs, the remaining choices are obvious...use your natural advantages to go into the Japanese idol circle. With Fujiwara Masato's current beauty, he will definitely be more likely to succeed than others.

However, Masato Fujiwara shudders just thinking about such a thing.

The entertainment industry, no matter which country it is in, is glamorous on the surface, but secretly dirty to a degree that ordinary people cannot imagine. The casting of movies is determined by unspoken rules, which are the most trivial and basic things. The most common thing is to follow the rules but get nothing.

And don’t think that only actresses are sneaked. In fact, male actors are also in danger. Handsome young men and sunny handsome guys are also loved by rich women and rich men, and muscular men with Chinese-shaped faces cannot escape such a fate. , because there will always be perverts who play too much with women and men and want to change their tastes and try the fun of playing with or being played by macho men... Among these perverts, there are both men and women, and they are generally bisexual.

In the Japanese entertainment industry, good-looking male stars are more dangerous than female stars. At least the latter don't need to take feminizing drugs to be played by white ghosts from the United States.

Therefore, Fujiwara Masato's idea of ​​becoming an idol star was strangled to death by himself the moment it appeared... Don't say it's just self-esteem, which is nothing worth mentioning in the face of huge wealth. In fact, you really Do you think that after you earn this money, your body can still allow you to spend it, and can you still live a normal life as a man?
  Give up being an idol star and become a Japanese cowherd?
  Are you kidding? Don’t think that being a Japanese cowherd is a job that relies on your appearance. In fact, the emotional intelligence and eloquence required are more important than your face. A good-looking face is just an entry requirement, allowing the cowherd to make money. It is still the first two, but unfortunately, Masato Fujiwara does not have these qualities now.

After thinking about it, Fujiwara Masato had to admit one thing, a fact that made him very sad.

"Alas, ordinary people with neither academic qualifications nor knowledge. Apart from relying on cheats, I can't think of any ability that can make me live a nourishing life."

(End of this chapter)