Chapter 549 Japanese Consumption Level

According to information Xiaojiu has learned, there are currently two versions of the Japanese yen: the new yen and the old yen.

The new yen was announced by the Japanese government in 1946, while the old yen was announced by the Japanese government in 1871.

The new yen was announced by the Japanese government during its economic reforms. Its symbol is "¥", its abbreviation is "yen", its face value is 100 sen, and its coins are available in denominations of 1 yen, 5 yen, 10 yen, 50 yen, 100 yen, and 500 yen. Its banknotes are available in denominations of 1000 yen, 2000 yen, 5000 yen, and yen.

Given the current level of consumption, small denominations of Japanese yen and 1,000 or 2,000 yen are common, while 5,000 and 10,000 yen are less so.

However, inside the safes she robbed, she found countless large denomination Japanese yen notes, each a stack of one hundred high-value banknotes.

Therefore, there is reason to believe that this type of high-denomination currency is often used to pay for large-amount purchases.

She didn't dare use large denominations yet; she counted out fifteen stacks of 10,000 yen bills, with 100 bills per stack, which was one million yen. Fifteen stacks would be 15 million yen.

This doesn't even include the 20 stacks of 5,000 yuan each. A stack of 100 bills is 500,000 yuan, so 20 stacks would be 10 million yuan.

The two currencies alone amount to 25 million, no wonder the government is still issuing arrest warrants.

Who knows if this money has been recorded and numbered? How could I dare to use it?

She even suspected that the money was used to buy weapons. Damn it, who keeps so much cash in their safe?!

The small denominations of cash added up to nearly one million, and this money was all old currency, unlike the twenty-five million which were all new currency with consecutive serial numbers.

She dared to use the old currency, but not the new currency.

In addition to cash, these safes also contained important documents, transaction information, audio and video recordings, and gold.

There were over a hundred pounds of gold.

However, apart from the old currency, she could not use any of the others, nor dared to use them.

Data shows that from 1955 to 1973, in less than 20 years, the average monthly income of Japanese people rose from 22,000 yen (about 1,350 RMB) to 145,000 yen (about 8,700 RMB), more than seven times.

Currently, the wages of ordinary workers are just at the middle range, with those at the bottom struggling between 40,000 and 70,000.

For someone like Xiao Jiu, receiving a monthly subsidy of 20,000 yuan in the cafeteria is already considered exceptional care from the school.

Even though it's just a part-time job, they provide me with a place to live.

Although she had never seen the money and still needed to pay for her daily meals, she didn't have to pay tuition or accommodation fees, so it's no wonder that little brat coveted it.

With money in hand, she wouldn't hesitate to buy all sorts of street food.

Fast food items range from twenty to fifty yuan.

Hamburgers range from 10 yuan for the cheapest option to 30 yuan for the most expensive. Combo meals are priced according to the portion size, with the most expensive reaching 80 yuan.

If you go into a barbecue restaurant, the minimum charge per person is 100 yen.

At He Shi Restaurant, drinks are all-you-can-drink, but they start at around 200 yuan.

There are many noodle shops in Japan, with prices ranging from 20 to 30 yuan, but the portions are very small.

The bread ranges in price from 5 to 15 yuan and is usually eaten for lunch, so it is very small.

A plate of sushi costs more than 5 yuan. Doesn't that sound cheap?

However, there are only one or two pieces per plate, about one bite each.

Rice dumplings are about the same price as sushi, and occasionally when you come across a steamed bun shop, the price starts at six yuan and caps at ten yuan!

The supermarket also offers bento boxes, priced between 15 and 60 yuan per box, but the portions are very small; one box is simply not enough for an adult man.

Compared to prices in later generations, Xiao Jiu feels there's at least a twenty-fold difference.

The money she has could probably keep her from ever having to worry about food and drink for the rest of her life!

Considering that Japan entered the bubble economy era in 1986, and that the bubble economy collapsed in the 1990s, the economy began to stagnate, the whole society became stagnant, young people had no money and no motivation, and began to lose hope for the future.

Before that, this money must be spent.

How do you throw it?

It's actually quite easy to explain. Since there's no internet connection, even if you're going to spend a large amount of cash and it gets noticed, the time it takes to circulate can alleviate your anxiety.

From Friday to Sunday morning, she spent a total of 100,000 yen, and of course, she disguised herself when she went shopping.

With the change I got, I bought a lot of snacks and takeout food.

So she bought a large box of lunch boxes and a large box of food storage containers, washed them clean, and took them with her to buy food.

The food I bought is packed and stored in the space, and it looks just like it was when I ate it, which is convenient and hygienic.

However, by comparing the food she bought, she found that the portions were really small and not economical at all.

After eating a bowl of noodles, you still need to eat rice dumplings or sushi to feel full.

If it's barbecue, a meal costs 200 yuan, which might not be as filling as two bowls of noodles.

Japanese cuisine isn't as flavorful as Korean cuisine; they use very little oil, let alone chili peppers.

What was that saying again?

My mouth tastes so bland!

At this moment, she misses their great Chinese cuisine terribly.

Spicy and savory, pan-fried, stir-fried, steamed, or boiled—there's always one that suits your taste.

Unlike here, where raw food actually has a place, she simply cannot accept it.

Unfortunately, the food I cook doesn't taste the same as what a professional chef makes.

They still have to rely on the spicy hot pot broth in the space to cook year after year, it's really pitiful.

So even though she spent 100,000 yuan, she still had to eat spicy food that she liked in order to enjoy every day.

After taking the bus back to Yokohama in the afternoon, I went to a hot spring.

I got back to school at four in the afternoon.

There are no evening self-study sessions in the high school section, but she still has to go to work early tomorrow morning. On Sunday afternoon, there are also many people coming and going in the cafeteria to prepare ingredients.

Returning at this time wasn't unusual. After helping to register and store the ingredients, the canteen staff had already gone home.

As she carried her dirty clothes to the water pipes outside the cafeteria to wash them, she always felt like someone was spying on her. When she turned around, she only saw the security guards patrolling not far away.

She frowned slightly. This security guard looked unfamiliar. Was he new?

That evening, she ate a box of supermarket fast food, drank a bowl of mung bean porridge, tidied up the warehouse, locked the door, and went into the space to take out her books.

After the time was doubled, she had more time in the space.

This allows for better utilization and enables exceeding the target.

But to her surprise, at 11:30 p.m., when all was quiet, she heard a rustling sound coming from her door lock.

Xiao Jiu was exceptionally sensitive to sound. She paused in her flipping through the book, listened carefully, and realized that the sound was indeed coming from the door lock.

She frowned slightly, recalling the middle-aged security guard who had been staring at her intently during the day.

Holy crap, did we run into a psychopath?

To prevent him from breaking the lock, Xiao Jiu immediately left the space and glanced at the window with the curtains tightly drawn.

Fortunately, this is the first floor, so the warehouse windows are fitted with security bars.

After confirming that the person couldn't escape, Xiao Jiu took a deep breath at the door and carefully pulled open the latch behind the door little by little.

While the other person was still bent over fiddling with her door lock, the door was suddenly pulled open. Before she could even see clearly, Xiao Jiu grabbed her and threw her into the spatial dimension...