Reborn Tokyo Golden Age

One day in September 1986, two photos published by the Daily News aroused heated discussions in Neon.

The first photo depicts the strong expression contrast between an American inbound tourist and the neon staff at the currency exchange office at Narita International Airport.

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

Looking at the yen exchanged from the same dollar in hand, it was only half of what it was last year. David opened his mouth wide, his expression shocked.

As for the smiling expressions of the neon staff behind the glass window, they are really full of ambition and joy.

Obviously this is not the first time he has encountered such a situation, the astonished expression of the American guy seems to be the source of his daily joy.

It can also be seen from this photo that Neon people are proud of the appreciation of the yen.

It is much more vivid than the cautious tension of the neon government.

That is to say, the people welcome the appreciation of the yen and the depreciation of the dollar. This is completely opposite to the attitude of the neon government.

In another photo published by the Daily News, the protagonist is still American tourist David.

The time to look at the photo has come in the evening. David holds a thousand yen banknote and stares dumbfounded at a figure in front of the taxi.

That figure was a middle-aged man with a stamped face. The most striking thing was not his bright clothes, but the thick stack of ten thousand yuan bills in his hand.

The incident happened on the streets of Roppongi. At that time, David had just finished an expensive dinner, and when he came to the street, he was going to take a taxi back to the hotel.

In his impression last year, it was because taxis were expensive. Not many Neon people take taxis, most of them choose trams or subways.

However, the scene outside this time was contrary to what he had imagined. In places where taxis were often taken, dozens of people gathered together and waved ten thousand yuan bills to call for taxis.

Relying on his status as a foreign guest, David squeezed in the front. If nothing unexpected happened, everyone around him would give him a hand. He has experience in this kind of thing.

After a while, a taxi did stop in front of David, but before he stepped forward, a middle-aged man took a step ahead.

"Hello, please take care of me, go to Zhi Park." After finishing speaking, the middle-aged man slammed the thick stack of ten thousand yuan bills on the door frame with a "slap".

After finishing the work, these middle-aged people turned their heads and glanced at David provocatively, with an indescribably proud expression on their faces.

Damn American guy, you still want to ride on our neon people when you take a taxi. If you have the ability, you can spend 3 million yen to take a taxi.

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

This scene is very invigorating. The proud and arrogant Neon people burst out with strong self-esteem at this time.

A few ladies even flirted secretly, and the middle-aged man straightened his tie reservedly like a victorious general.

Then he threw the thick banknotes to the driver and co-pilot, and scattered a large piece of banknotes, which was very eye-catching.

"Three million yen, please~"

"Hay!" The taxi driver bowed his head and responded loudly.

Hum~ The sound of the engine gradually faded away, leaving David staring at all this with rounded eyes and a wide mouth.

If he heard correctly just now, it was three million yen! A five-minute drive from Roppongi to Shiba Park costs three million yen!

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

Are you sure this is the neon that I visited last year? Are you sure this is the neon person who has been cautious, low-key and modest?

In just one year, the whole neon has completely changed.

Three million may be a huge amount of money for David, but it is not ordinary for a middle-aged man just now.

The middle-aged man's surname is Watanabe, and he is a middle-level manager of Nomura Securities.

Do you know how much the transportation allowance Nomura Securities gave him this year? 3 to 4 million yen.

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

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

32 million yen, from the perspective of future generations, Neon is indeed crazy.

Watanabe's one-year transportation allowance is the total annual salary of ordinary workers before, 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 subsidies.

In just three years, Watanabe doesn't need to speculate in stocks or real estate, and his income will exceed 100 million.

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

The Daily News directly gave these two photos a simple and bold title.

Golden age!

From this day on, people all over Neon are discussing various appearances of the golden age.

This is just a scene in the ukiyo-e of the bubble era, and in terms of the general environment, the neon government has not been idle.

Of the previously approved 3.636 billion yen, more than 2 trillion was used to build neon public utilities and infrastructure.

All the cross-sea bridges and subsea tunnels are arranged.

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

These projects are all products of this era.

At the same time, various tourist resorts also began to pop out of the whole neon lights like mushrooms after rain.

Hokkaido Shimaku Village Tourist Resort, Kyushu Nichinan Seaside Resort Center, Chiba Prefecture Indoor Ski Resort, Nagasaki’s Helan Style Village, Mie County’s West Banya Style Village, and Niigata County’s Turki Resort.

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

But the most famous one is Antlers Resort, which was built a few years earlier than other resorts in Neon, and it surpasses Neon in terms of scale and facilities.

Since last year, Antlers Resort has received more than 1 million tourists a year.

According to internal estimates of Baichuan Holdings, the number of tourists this year will be more than 2 million.

Convenient transportation, coupled with mature supporting facilities, make Antlers Resort famous neon.

In particular, the two ski resorts built according to the terrain are famous all over the world.

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

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

It can be said that Antlers Resort is almost tailor-made for people in the bubble era.

And different from the lively scene of the folk, the Neon here is dark and treacherous.

After more than half a year of investigation, it is true that US companies have accused Neon Semiconductor of dumping, and trade barriers also exist.

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

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

In the agreement, the Neon government promised to:

One 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 US government to determine the price of semiconductors sold by Neon;

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

This is for the export of neon semiconductors, but for the opening of the local market of neon.

The Neon government promised to at least ensure that American computer and semiconductor companies occupy 20% of the Neon domestic market.

This is completely forced to buy and sell, and the import and export of Neon Semiconductor are all put on a curse by the United States.

Computer and semiconductor products in the United States are notoriously expensive.

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

apportionment! When all enterprises purchase products such as computers, they must ensure that one-fifth of them are American products.

This is simply absurd! After Bai Chuanfeng received the notice from the Neon government for the first time, his first reaction was to be dumbfounded.

The situation of all living beings outside is already absurd enough, and the neon government is also playing an embarrassing game now, right?

There is no way that this is a mandatory requirement, not only Shirakawa Electric, but also Panasonic and Sony must abide by it.

So among the latest batch of computers purchased, Baichuan Electric also bought some computers from IBM, Apple and Compaq.

No one wants to use these computers because of usage habits. They are all lying in the corner eating ashes now.

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

They produce computers at home, but because of the semiconductor agreement. But I had to use Lao Mi's computer like eating flies.

Because of this matter, Mazuka Moriyoshi of Fujitsu called and complained to himself more than once.

These magical things all happened in this era of neon.

Because of a lot of experience, Bai Chuanfeng has now faintly adapted to it.

But the irony is that despite signing the semiconductor agreement, Neon's DRAM in 1986 continued to pass the test in the global market, and won nearly 80% of the market share in one fell swoop.

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

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

Let you punish Lao Tzu, so what? It's not about eating Lao Tzu's tail gas in the global market.

And American companies, which are under more pressure from Shanda, have no choice. Since they can't beat others, they should learn from others' strengths.

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

They decided to set up the Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology Research Alliance (SEMATECH) next year, and organize 14 semiconductor companies including Intel, IBM, Micron, HP, Motorola and the US National Laboratory to carry out concentrated research.

Leaving aside the impact of this measure in the future, at least the United States has spent 120% of its energy to deal with the pressing pressure of neon semiconductor companies.

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

There are some but not huge.

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

As for the SIC whose target product is the processor, there is no dumping phenomenon, and the share in the international market is even more pitiful.

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

With such a share, even the thick-skinned Lao Mi cannot open his eyes and tell 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 the lobbying of Arnold and Apple, Intel's treachery failed.

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

In addition to the sanction of semiconductor companies, the appreciation of the yen has hit far more than that on the manufacturing industry.