Although the number of viewers in a cinema was not too large, it still took Cao Zhiqiang and Zhu Lin more than an hour to complete the signing and gift-giving event.

As for the audience who got the signed photo album, they can leave directly without staying any longer.

As for those who want to stay, it's not impossible, but they can only line up and walk out of the cinema first, and wait outside the cinema. They are not allowed to stay in the cinema and wait.

The purpose of this is to avoid confusion.

After all, there are too many people and the area of ​​the movie theater is limited. If there is no order and rules, it is easy for things to happen.

Fortunately, the quality of this group of spectators was pretty good, and there were not many people who were acting up and refusing to leave. Instead, they all got their autographs and photos and then queued up to leave in an orderly manner.

I have to say that at least many Tokyoites during this period were indeed of good quality and quite easy to bluff.

So after the autograph signing event, Zhu Lin moved his sore wrists while sighing to Cao Zhiqiang: "The Japanese are indeed very high-quality. In this regard, there is still a big gap between us and them. I'm afraid four or five

I won’t be able to catch up in ten years.”

Xu Qingdong also shook his head and sighed: "So, the Yamato nation is indeed an excellent nation.

Putting aside everything else, in terms of overall personal quality, it is indeed worth learning from.

If it were to change for us, there would already be a lot of people jumping in line randomly, and there would be many people who want to take advantage of others.

But look at them, they all lined up neatly, and each of them only received one copy. And basically, after they got your signed photos, they all bowed to thank you.

With this quality alone, we are not as good as them."

Hearing this, Cao Zhiqiang, who was holding a bottle of Perrier and blowing on it, frowned, put down the glass bottle and said in Chinese: "Hey, don't be fooled.

Indeed, they are indeed very qualified, I admit this, but this has nothing to do with whether the nation is excellent or not.

In fact, whether personal quality or overall quality has nothing to do with ethnicity, it is only related to education.

Japan's education penetration rate is very high. Even before the Russo-Japanese War, Japan's literacy rate was as high as 95%. By 1945, when Japan was defeated and surrendered, their literacy rate was still as high as 97.9%!

As of now, Japan's literacy rate is estimated to have exceeded 98%, which is a very scary number.

As for us, even if we carry out various literacy programs, the current national literacy rate is only just over 85%. Compared with Japan's 98%, the gap is obvious.

What's more, Japan implemented free nine-year compulsory education as early as 1947, which means that a child born in Japan, unless there is an accident, must receive at least nine years of school education.

As for us, let’s not talk about before the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Let’s talk about it now. Our country has carried out so much efforts in literacy and popularization of education, but it still has not implemented a nine-year compulsory education system, and has only barely implemented compulsory primary education.

Even if primary education is compulsory, children in many places cannot go to school due to insufficient number of primary schools and insufficient teachers.

The literacy rate is not as good as that of other people, the number of years of compulsory education is not as good as that of other people, coupled with the urbanization and per capita income is not as good as that of other people, these combined conditions create the illusion that our quality is not as good as theirs.

But in fact, this has nothing to do with nationality, but is related to education level and income level.

Only if you are literate can you understand etiquette, and only if you have enough food and clothing can you know honor and disgrace, that's all."

Sure enough, after hearing Cao Zhiqiang's rebuttal, Zhu Lin didn't say anything, but frowned thoughtfully beside him. Xu Qingdong, on the other hand, suddenly slapped his thigh and said: "Well said, well said.

, what you said is really enlightening!

Indeed, I was intimidated by their discipline and quality before, but I forgot that they were already developed countries and had left us so many years earlier.

Thinking back on it, if we could follow Japan's example and provide universal free nine-year compulsory education, and if our per capita income could be half of other people's, we would also have very high quality."

Cao Zhiqiang then smiled and nodded: "Yes, that's exactly it."

Well, Cao Zhiqiang actually knows that when Xu Qingdong said this, he was most likely just following his own words and may not really agree with it.

After all, in Tokyo, Xu Qingdong and Zhu Lin were just casual visitors, and he, Cao Zhiqiang, was a local snake.

Xu Qingdong and Zhu Lin have to rely on Cao Zhiqiang whether they are eating, drinking, sleeping, or sleeping. In addition, they also rely on Cao Zhiqiang for their careers. It can be said that Cao Zhiqiang is their big boss.

The big boss has spoken, and the employees below him must follow his words and flatter him, no matter whether they agree or not. Otherwise, they are ignorant of the ways of the world, and sooner or later they will be put in the wrong shoes.

As for whether Xu Qingdong really recognizes Cao Zhiqiang, that's not important.

In this regard, Cao Zhiqiang is quite helpless. After all, he has not experienced the prosperous China in 2023. It is difficult for a Chinese intellectual who can go abroad and see the prosperity of other countries to have the confidence and self-confidence to think that his country is very strong.

Very cool.

There is no way. In 1983, the motherland was indeed far behind the West in many aspects, especially with Japan, a model for developed countries.

At this time, China was just starting to cross the river by feeling its stones, but Japan was already at its peak.

Compared with a developed country at its peak, a developing country that has just begun to open up will feel that it is not good at anything, but that others are good at everything.

If you dare to say now that in 27 years, that is, in 2010, my country's GDP will surpass Japan's and become the second largest in the world, many people will probably look at you askance and say you are dreaming.

Yes, at this time, except for people who have not gone abroad, no one who has been to Japan will think that our country will surpass Japan in terms of overall GDP in 27 years.

Without him, people would be poor, short-minded, and lacking in energy.

Similarly, most Japanese during this period actually looked down on the Chinese from the bottom of their hearts.

This is just like the people of our country in 2023, who look down on the Bharatiya people deep down.

Although on the surface, the Japanese during this period were very friendly and friendly to the Chinese, they were based on their own sense of superiority.

This is just like the Chinese people in 2023 who are very friendly when they meet the Bharat people who come to China to travel and shoot videos, and it is also based on a sense of superiority.

Just like the Jia family invited Grandma Liu to come and treated Grandma Liu with all kinds of kindness and preferential treatment, it is not really good to you, it is just a kind of superior self-impression, and this overall sense of self-superiority and self-impression can be

It is explained to the outside world that the national quality is high, but in fact that is confusing the concept.

Whether a nation or its citizens are high-quality, it is really linked to their education level and per capita income.

As the level of education and per capita income increases, personal quality will naturally increase significantly. On the surface, it seems that the overall quality has improved.

For example, Japan's people consciously queue up and don't litter. These excellent qualities are not born like this. They are the result of a long process of reform and education, coupled with strict rules and regulations.

In fact, these things do not mean how good their national character is and how public-minded they are. If they were really that good, they would not selfishly discharge nuclear sewage into the sea.

It's a pity that not many people have the same foresight as Cao Zhiqiang and can know what will happen in the future.

Most people only look at what's in front of them, only on the surface, and don't look deeply or think deeply.

Cao Zhiqiang knows that he has the power of one person, but he is still unable to change everything.

The only thing he can do is to make more money as soon as possible, make a lot of money, and then try to bring various high-tech back to the country, and within his ability, start some public welfare undertakings like the Hope Project in advance and promote it as soon as possible

progress of the country.

Only when the country's overall progress and development accelerates can we see an increase in overall income. Only when the overall income increases can we have the power to bring the quality of the people to a new level.

From this perspective, Cao Zhiqiang still has a lot to do, and he has a long way to go.

Cao Zhiqiang had just finished his rant when suddenly a middle-aged man in a suit trotted over with a serious look on his face.

This middle-aged man is Kimura Koichi, a regular employee of Aiyin Office and the personal assistant and driver assigned to Cao Zhiqiang by Akina Nakamori.

After Kimura Hiro ran over, he bowed to Cao Zhiqiang, Zhu Lin and Xu Qingdong respectively, and then whispered in Cao Zhiqiang's ear.

"President, Miss Nakano has invited you to the Qinglan Cafe next door. You can go there at any time."

Hearing this, Cao Zhiqiang nodded calmly: "I know, I'll go over right away. You can greet my two friends for me. No, just drive them back."

Kimura Hiroshi nodded, then raised his head, looked at Xu Qingdong and Zhu Lin with a smile, and said in a bit stiff Chinese: "Hello, you two, please follow me, I will drive you back."

Cao Zhiqiang also stood up at this time and said: "Lao Xu, Sister Zhu, you are all tired, so go back with the driver to rest first. I have something else to do, so I won't go back with you yet."

Xu Qingdong immediately stood up with a smile and said: "Okay, I know you are a busy person, so you go ahead and we leave first."

Zhu Lin also stood up, nodded to Cao Zhiqiang, then said nothing, and soon left with Xu Qingdong and Kimura Koichi.

After all three people left, Cao Zhiqiang left through the side door of the cinema viewing hall.

After leaving the cinema, Cao Zhiqiang immediately put on a mask, glasses and a knitted hat, then walked quietly along the escape stairs of the cinema.

The so-called escape stairs are actually fire escapes that were later learned in China.

This escape staircase is not usually used and will only be opened under special circumstances.

Because Cao Zhiqiang is a celebrity, he can use the escape stairs after saying hello in advance.

Sure enough, after walking out of the building along the escape stairs, there were no fans outside, and he left the building easily.

After that, Cao Zhiqiang lowered his head and blended into the crowd, and soon arrived at a nearby Japanese-style cafe.

This is Qinglan Cafe.

After walking in, he said hello to a waitress wearing a kimono at the front desk and explained the purpose of his visit. The waitress led Cao Zhiqiang to the door of a small private room, and then pointed to the door of the private room.

He bowed slightly and quietly retreated.

After the waitress in kimono left, Cao Zhiqiang opened the door directly.

Sure enough, as soon as he opened the door, he saw Yuri Nakano sitting on the seat by the window, holding his chin in his hand and looking out the window in a daze.

As if he heard the door opening, Nakano Yuri quickly turned his head and saw Cao Zhiqiang wearing a mask, sunglasses and hat.

After being stunned for a moment, Yuri Nakano came to his senses and tried to ask: "Are you Morinaka-san?"

Cao Zhiqiang nodded, walked straight in, closed the door, and sat down opposite Yuri Nakano. Then he took off his sunglasses, mask and hat, revealing his true face.

"Ah!" Yuri Nakano covered his mouth, "Is it really Morinaka-san?"

Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly: "What, you think I won't come? Someone else lied to you? Then how dare you come with them?"

Nakano Yuri smiled and said: "Ah, no, it was Mr. Kimura who stopped me before and told me that you wanted to talk to me about cooperation and made an appointment to meet here.
To be continued...