Back to 1979: Sending the Educated Youth’s Wife Back to the City

Chapter 176 Screen Familiarity
Fang Mingche interviewed three compatriots working illegally in Tokyo, but rejected their request to stay in Tokyo to work.

The basic salary of Wu Mingju and Qin Tian alone is 2000 yuan (in RMB)! The travel agency can't afford a third employee in Tokyo at the moment. And for the time being, it exists in the form of a makeshift team, and there is no need for a third person.

Don't forget, Qiu Yin is still in London. The per capita income in the UK is slightly higher than that in Japan, and Qiu Yin's basic salary is 1250.

To put it bluntly, with the current scale of the travel agency, these three overseas staff have to earn their own high salaries, and the travel agency headquarters in the capital cannot afford it.

If Qiu Yin's business is going well, she will need an assistant. Even if it is only 850, she will need to prepare. Therefore, Fang Mingche will definitely not put one more person in the overseas office unless it is necessary.

He and the people stationed abroad also made this clear.

Therefore, if these three people want to join the travel agency, they should return to China and start as tour guides. If they do well, they may have the opportunity to be promoted to deputy team leader.

The Japanese language group already has two group leaders, so there is no need for a third one. Even if a deputy group leader is promoted in the future, it will only be after a branch office is opened in China or Japan.

Unlike the English group, if they don't go to the UK, they can go to the United States and other English-speaking countries. Therefore, there can be more people with the same rank as Qiu Yin.

Actually, the Japanese language group is not short of people now. However, if there are ready-made people who know Japanese and are willing to come, it would be great.

Therefore, even if he couldn't find three people at once, Fang Mingche interviewed them all. Wu Mingju naturally did the language ability test.

Qin Tian listened to the conversation and felt that he had come early. If it were now, his language advantage would be gone.

"You three can go back and think about it carefully. Once you've made up your mind, you can contact Wu Mingju or directly contact people in China. There should be a second group of Japanese speakers after National Day, and we need one or two people who know Japanese."

This time Fang Mingche really didn't want to use the two peaches to kill three warriors trick. He really just needed so many people for the time being.

As for the additional cars added by the Japanese group, we still have to rely on two overseas teams to send back the orders.

The three people all changed their expressions. Didn’t they say that one would visit a talented person three times in order to find him a talent?

When Wu Mingju sent them out, he spread his hands in the face of this question and said, "It's a different time now!"

Fang Mingche didn't go out to play that day. He sat on the sofa and looked at Wu Mingju's collection: Yamaguchi Baihui's photo album in 1976. There were more than ten bikini photos in it.

This girl was a goddess for both Chinese and Japanese movie fans in the 80s! However, the dubbed Japanese TV series have not yet been broadcast in China. Therefore, the young and old men in China who were fascinated by her will have to wait for about two years to see her.

But in Japan, she is already very popular. The sales of this photo book are said to be quite good.

This girl is also very thin when she is dressed, and has a lot of flesh when she is undressed. She is quite healthy, not the kind of pale, thin and young.

"Dad, I'm back." Yanyan's voice came from the stairs.

Yanyan is now dressed like Chibi Maruko-chan and is taking off her sun hat.

She followed the little girl next door to visit a place similar to the Children's Palace nearby. Qin Tian drove there with her.

Previously in China, the two of us visited the Children's Palace in the capital. We have already booked it for Yanyan to learn dancing, playing the piano, and practicing calligraphy when she turns five next semester.

As for what dance to learn, you’ll have to wait until you’ve learned it.

For children in the middle class, six interest-based classes a week are enough.

Fang Mingche quickly put the photo collection on hand and locked it in the cabinet. Don't look back. Yanyan went home and told Ayan: Dad saw the picture of my sister wearing very little clothes.

In fact, there are swimming pools in the capital now, but the girls' swimsuits are very conservative. Besides, Yanyan doesn't know.

When the father and son went to Nara to soak in the hot springs, they both wore disposable yukatas provided by the hotel. They were similar to the short pajamas they wore. Well, I will take my little girl to the swimming pool again next summer vacation.

When Yanyan came upstairs, Fang Mingche had already put away the photo album. Then he listened to the little girl chattering about her experiences.

"You think it's better than what we have back home? That's normal. They are richer so they have more energy to do these things. But they learned a lot of things from our Chinese ancestors. When we have more time and better material conditions, you can come back and take a look."

"Oh." Yanyan added: "I also competed with Japanese children in paper cutting, and I won."

This is what the little girl learned from the people in the handicraft cooperative. When she was bored following her father and mother to set up the stall, she would practice with small scissors and red paper.

"So, we are definitely no worse than others."

Yanyan thought for a moment and said, "Besides, the handicrafts we brought here are very popular here."

"Yes."

Fang Mingche and Yanyan's trip to Japan ended on August 8. When they returned, it was just the father and daughter. They helped Qin Tian bring back the clothes he brought but couldn't wear, and also helped Wu Mingju bring back some Japanese specialties.

At this moment, Tokyo's second order has been completed. Qiu Yin's first order has also been shipped, and they are just waiting for the final payment.

It was Gao Xiang who drove to pick them up, so he paid for the expenses on the way.

"If the final payment from London arrives in August, then this month will be quite substantial."

Normally, the three tour guides made a profit of 15,000 yuan. After receiving the final payment from Tokyo in July, plus the advance payment and final payment from London, that was more than 20,000 yuan! He could get more than 100 yuan in commission!

Fang Mingche said: "If it can run normally, this number will remain for some time. Moreover, we can do multiplication in fool-proof mode in the future." So they keep recruiting new members and opening branches.

Gao Xiang smiled and said, that’s true!

As for why he came to pick up people today, there were obviously three drivers, and there were more drivers who were learning to drive. That was naturally because the drivers who were learning to drive did not have a driver's license. Two of the three drivers were taking passengers for fun, and one was on vacation.

Gao Xiang volunteered to get the car keys from Lin Yan. He also learned how to drive and took the driving test.

Fang Mingche asked, "Has Wei You's admission letter arrived?" International calls were very expensive before, so he had never made any calls except to report his safety and notify his return flight. So he didn't know whether Wei You had been admitted or not.

"He's here. He took four years to get into a technical secondary school. He didn't disappoint me by studying while working. But Xiao Gang didn't make it, so he plans to repeat a year." Gao Xiang replied. Only after he finished speaking did he realize the reason why Fang Mingche asked this question.

"If Wei You fails the exam, do you plan to let him go to London?"

Wei You arrived after New Year's Day, just over a month later than the first group.

Fang Mingche nodded. "That was my original plan. Let's ask him later and let him make his own choice."

Gao Xiang said: "It's really hard to choose."

I finally got admitted, but it was only a technical secondary school. But it was a technical secondary school after all!

But on the other side of the scale, you can be directly assigned to London with a starting salary of 850.

Gao Xiang said: "According to the current pace of development, the people we recruit this time may not be enough."

"Let's train them in a step-by-step manner. If Wei You doesn't want to go, then let Fei Ming, who works odd jobs in the English group, go. Lingzi won't move for now, as no one can replace her as the office director."

Gao Xiang said, "Yes, the only one who could replace him was Wei You. The others were too inexperienced and had not experienced much. After that, Lingzi would definitely work hard to bring out someone who could take over. Otherwise, even if there is an office in the United States, it would still not be her turn."

The car was parked in the small side yard, and Yanyan went straight to Lin Yan as soon as she got out of the car.

She hugged her mother's legs and said, "Mom, I missed you so much out there!"

Lin Yan said: "Mom is also thinking about you."

The girl was too heavy for her to carry, so she had to lead her inside.

As for Fang Mingche, it would certainly not be convenient for him to give Lin Yan a hug in front of his nephews and nieces in the yard.

After being away for two weeks, he naturally missed A-Yan. The two exchanged glances, and Fang Mingche touched the heads of Fang Jian and Fang Fang who came forward.

"Where's Changchang?"

"Sleeping like a pig in the house."

Fang Mingche said, "I bought some souvenirs for you in Tokyo and Nara. I'll find them for you when I open the box later."

After a trip, he would always bring back some souvenirs. Although he spent foreign currency, he still had to spend it. Moreover, he tried to pick small items that were cheap, good quality and cost-effective.

This time, my youngest son was about to turn 100 days old. Lying in the rocking chair, he was only wearing a bright red bellyband with a lotus pattern.

Lin Yan thought the bellyband pattern her mother made for Yanyan was pretty nice, so she copied it. Yanyan looked at her brother's bulging belly, "I'm afraid it will be duang duang when he moves."

It's all meat! You can tell at a glance that they have a good food diet.

Fang Mingche and Lin Yan couldn't help but laugh after hearing her words. It was just breastfeeding, but Lin Yan's meals were indeed very good.

Yanyan said that, but she never tried to see if her brother's belly would rise and fall when pressed.

Fang Fang brought in some hot water, "Dad, Yanyan, wash your faces."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work Fangfang."

Fang Mingche and Yanyan each took out a towel to wash their faces.

After washing and waiting for Fang Fang to bring it out, Fang Mingche asked about the preparations for the Hundred Days Banquet.

"Everyone has been notified according to the list you made. We booked the restaurant at Boss Cui's place for the day. Some people also asked why we didn't go to Qin Mu's Cantonese restaurant, saying that the venue there is bigger and more impressive, and they are willing to give a discount."

Fang Mingche then told Lin Yan about how Qin Mu and his cousin Cao Ze had tried to use 35 yuan to forcibly buy % of the travel agency's shares, as well as the subsequent developments.

Lin Yan was surprised and asked, "In addition to Han Ping and Ming Cheng, there are also retired soldiers secretly protecting us mother and son these days?"

She thought that Mingche's intention was to let the two live in the west room.

"Yes."

Lin Yan remembered that she had always thought Qin Mu was a good person, and couldn't help but say: "I thought he was a good person. Then why do we still bring foreign tourists to the Cantonese restaurant?"

"The money and goods have been paid, and everyone should just keep doing the show."

He did not stop the act of taking money to bring customers, not wanting to make things so awkward that it was hard to deal with. Although the Wang family and the Qin family had conflicts, they were still able to get along on the surface. And the scene that day could also be said to be a friendship even if the deal was not successful.

The quality of the food at Qin Mu's place is still OK. Moreover, if it stops, it will also be a loss for the travel agency, tour guides, and drivers. Only a private new store like this would be willing to give a 20% commission. Those century-old stores are unwilling to give it.

Lin Yan snorted after hearing his explanation.

"His cousin even threatened to attack us."

"That's what Third Brother Wang meant. He said it would be best to create discord between the Qin and Cao families. There must be other things we don't know about, so there's no need to ask so many questions."

After hearing that it was Wang Dezhi's idea, Lin Yan didn't say anything else.

Wang Dexian and Yang Mei came later to have the welcoming banquet together. When he heard the number Gao Xiang reported privately, he was immediately happy.

"Then I can get two thousand every month!" Although I can't get it, it's for the purpose of making money.

Wang Dexian has become simple again recently. His third brother also said that he is not as politically sensitive as Xiao Fang.

Gao Xiang nodded, "Yeah."

"Did Xiao Fang tell me how much money he plans to give out as dividends at the end of the year?"

They definitely can't count on the National Day. They need to buy two replacement commercial vehicles before the end of November. Their company's business is also expanding, and they can't spare the cars for receiving foreign guests. Besides, it's a bit cheap to use such ordinary commercial vehicles to receive foreign guests. But there's nothing they can do, they have no money!

Who wouldn't want to live a more luxurious life if they have money? At least get a few air-conditioned cars. (The Ministry of Foreign Affairs didn't have a decent car until the Queen of England visited China in 1986, and had to borrow Mr. Huo Yingdong's Rolls-Royce.)
The same is true for travel agencies nowadays. Throughout the summer, each tourist is given a paper fan, but there is no air conditioning. Fortunately, as long as the car is moving, there is wind.

Gao Xiang said: "He said he would take out 12,000, which is a good deal."

Wang Dexian can get one twelfth of the dividend, which means 1000 yuan. Oh, no, he also needs to deduct the rent he paid for him and the money for the lining of his down jacket. But he still has about yuan.

His heart was immediately excited. Who would complain about having too much money? Han Xin said that the more soldiers the better.

The old man asked about this a few days ago. He got 3,000 yuan, which is pretty good. It is almost equal to his basic salary for the whole year.

Moreover, the big part is still in the account, and he can continue to make money. The key is that the old man only took out two thousand yuan at the beginning, and he was praised and valued by his superiors.

Fang Mingche said, "You came at the right time. Take these photos back and show them to Grandpa Wang and Third Brother Wang."

He handed over photos of bustling Tokyo in a brown paper bag.

Wang Dexian and Yang Mei opened it and exclaimed from time to time, "This gap is too big. No wonder the old man said that General Liu and Minister Geng were shocked when they went to the United States in May. The United States should be more prosperous than this."

Fang Mingche smiled. I wonder if Minister Geng's secretary was shocked? He should have been there.

Fang Mingche retracted his divergent thinking and told them that he wanted to keep half of the profits in Japan and look for land and house in Tokyo.

Wang Dexian said: "I think it's okay. The real estate data you provided over the past two years also shows that Tokyo's housing and land prices are rising. And at least we can save on rent."

Fang Mingche nodded. He also felt that there would be no problem in convincing the Wang family.

Yangmei said: "Oh, it looks so beautiful. I also want to go and have fun."

"As long as the organization approves you to go, there will be no problem."

Nothing happened on August 8th. Seeing that the weather was cooler, Fang Mingche took Yanyan and Fang Fang on his bike, and asked Fang Jian to ride Lin Yan's bike, and they all went to visit the alleys of the old city together.

In an alley near Tiananmen Square, Fang Mingche passed by a middle-aged woman. He felt that she looked familiar.

Who is this? He stopped the car, put his feet on the ground and looked back.

Fang Fang, who was sitting on the back of the bicycle, asked, "Dad?"

"Oh, nothing, I saw someone I know." But he couldn't remember who it was.

While taking a shower at night, Fang Mingche finally remembered. Wasn't that Liu Xing's grandmother?

It's Liu Xing in "Home with Kids". The lady Sun Guitian who plays his grandmother is not a professional actress, but she got into the acting career because of a courtyard house.

When Feng Xiaogang was preparing to shoot "Party A and Party B", he needed to borrow a regular courtyard house. At that time, Sun Guitian's neighbor recommended her courtyard house. As a thank you and also because it fit the character image, Feng Xiaogang gave her the role of the second aunt. Ms. Sun thus entered the entertainment industry, specializing in playing the role of the eldest sister and aunt, and gradually became a household name.

It is said that her courtyard is next to the Forbidden City, which is indeed very close to her own small side courtyard. It is normal to meet her on the road.

Fang Mingche had seen this Siheyuan on the Internet in his previous life. This Siheyuan was bought this year. It was a formal Siheyuan with one entrance, smaller than Grandpa Gu's two-entry courtyard, but much larger than his own small side courtyard.

How much did she pay for it? Oh, 26,000. It is said that this lady made 20,000 by selling New Year cards during the Chinese New Year. It is a rare item nowadays, so it is very popular once it is sold.

He made 20,000 yuan in one go! Then he borrowed another 6,000 yuan to buy the courtyard. (This is a verifiable example of the same time and similar location. Therefore, the price of Fang's courtyard is reasonable.)

I really admire this lady. She is very bold and daring, and she has hit the right investment rhythm. The key is that selling New Year's cards is simply a stroke of genius!
While he was taking a shower, Yanyan, Fang Jian, and Fang Fang were having a pajama party with Lin Yan in the main room. Well, actually, it was just one adult and two children taking a shower and listening to Yanyan's description of the photos she brought back.

Fang Mingche printed out a few more representative photos of the father and daughter. The siblings would take them back and explain the situation to their family.

Yanyan pointed at the toilet in the photo and said, "Guess what this is?"

"What is it?"

I can guess the snow-white washstand next to it, but I have never seen this before.

Lin Yan guessed based on the shape and the washstand next to it: "Isn't this a toilet?"

Yanyan nodded, "Yes, Mom, this is called a flush toilet. After using it, just press the button and everything will be flushed away. It's more convenient than the toilet in our house."

Yanyan didn’t say that it was her first time going in, she couldn’t find the squat toilet, and ran out to ask again.

Fortunately, her father knew it at once. Otherwise, he would have to call Uncle Wu upstairs to ask him, which would have been embarrassing.

Fang Jian was stunned. "The toilet is so clean?"

Here, my father flushed with water from a bucket and nothing could be seen. He thought it was too particular. I didn't expect the Japanese to be even more particular.

He looked at another photo of a high-rise building and asked, "How many floors does this building have? What if there's a power outage? What will happen to the people on the top floor?"

(End of this chapter)