Chapter 2: If you want to get rich, pay the rent first!

Woo woo woo...

While Naoki Nagayama was letting his thoughts wander, the hot water he had boiled earlier was ready. The stomach that had just been washed couldn't drink things that were too cold or too hot, so Naoki put the water aside and waited for it to cool down.

Then he took out the notebook he used from under the TV cabinet and started writing down one item after another:

Naoki Nagayama

Basic situation: Age 18, height 175, physique thin and weak, looks quite handsome, education high school, currently working part-time at a convenience store.

Family background: Grandfather Hayato Nagayama is a Yamaguchi-gumi executive (still alive); father is the second son Ken Nagayama, who runs an izakaya after splitting from the family and is not favored by the grandfather; mother Nanako Nagayama, has an older brother who inherited the family business and a younger sister who is a top student (junior high school).

Strengths: Young, possesses the general trend of the next 30 years, exquisite Java programming skills.

Weaknesses: Low education, not wide connections, neither the predecessor nor the current self is an extroverted personality.

Residence: Renting a house, monthly rent 50,000 yen.

Assets: 20,000 yen.

Looking at it this way, the choices for getting rich through hard work are very limited. Basically no capital, the programming he is best at... C++ has just come out, Java hasn't even appeared yet, the internet is in its budding stage, wanting to make money... it's still too early...

Sure enough, he can only get rich overnight!

Having the general trend of the next 30+ years, wanting to get rich overnight is still very easy:

Can borrow a loan from a bank, then buy land, mortgage the land to borrow again, and then buy land, becoming the Li Ka-shing of RB?

In two years, it will be an economic bubble. Why not scrape together a sum of funds, speculate in foreign exchange first, then enter the stock market, add some leverage, and as long as you retreat completely before the bubble bursts, you can earn enough money in a few years for others to spend for several lifetimes...

Or, according to the global development trend, enter as a shareholder before several unicorns emerge, and wouldn't it be good to let other big shots who haven't emerged yet work for you?

At worst, hoard a few hundred or a thousand when Bitcoin first comes out, and wouldn't you be a proper billionaire by 2016!

"Who said that the methods to get rich overnight are all in the criminal law? Clearly, the methods to get rich overnight are all in my brain!"

Looking at the records in the diary, Naoki Nagayama felt a bit emotional.

"With a flying dragon riding on the face, how can I lose?"

However, these methods seem to require a sum of start-up capital. What should he do?

Working part-time is impossible; besides, having not gone for 3 days, the convenience store job must be lost.

In addition, Naoki Nagayama looked at the assets of 20,000, thought about the calendar, and then thought about the previous memories, suddenly feeling a bit worried.

Today is already the 9th, the rent is 50,000. Can he pay the rent at the end of the month~

"Knock knock knock"

Outside the door is the landlady, Mrs. Makino.

"Nagayama-san, I made a little extra lunch, do you want to come down and eat together?" Mrs. Makino was very concerned about this tenant who was about the same age as her son.

"Just discharged from the hospital, you shouldn't have prepared ingredients yet, right? Today I made light udon noodles."

Indeed, he hadn't prepared...

Plus cleaning, bathing, and thinking about the path ahead, it was already noon after a series of operations. Once reminded by Mrs. Makino, his stomach was already growling.

Sure enough, he is a young man, his metabolism is fast.

Naoki Nagayama felt a bit happy silently and showed a smile to Mrs. Makino outside the door:

"Hai, that's truly thank you very much! I was just worrying about what to do for lunch!"

"Then Nagayama-san, come down quickly, Nakai-san is also downstairs!"

"Hai, arigato~"

Genta Nakai, also a tenant renting at Makino's house, but he was about to graduate from Hitotsubashi University and was currently happily looking for a job. The travel expenses given by the companies were quite sufficient, and every day he was either on the way to an interview or being entertained by a company, drinking freely at an izakaya.

A bachelor who never cooks, he gave meal money to Mrs. Makino to manage dinner.

"Nakai-san," Naoki Nagayama greeted him when he saw him.

Genta Nakai should have woken up from a hangover today, with bloodshot eyes and a not-so-good complexion.

"Nagayama-san, good noon." Then he seemed to remember something.

"Sure enough, Nagayama-san is a die-hard fan of Momoe Yamaguchi. It's a pity that Princess Momoe retired like this..."

Naoki Nagayama could only mutter to himself, "You are really opening the pot that shouldn't be opened!"

Just at this time, Mrs. Makino came with two bowls of udon noodles on a tray.

"Nakai-san, you can't say anymore, Nagayama-san finally recovered."

"Hai, hai, sumimasen~"

Seeing the udon noodles handed in front of his eyes, Naoki Nagayama hurriedly thanked her.

"Arigato, Makino-san, thank you for taking care of me~"

"Eh? Nagayama-san wouldn't be so polite before..."

The landlady seemed a bit surprised; the Naoki Nagayama of the past was a quiet person who rarely spoke beyond nodding or shaking his head, avoiding words whenever he could.

"Maybe after experiencing some things, I've opened up a bit."

Genta Nakai interjected at this time: "Sure enough, after experiencing something, one's horizons will change, whether it's life and death or something else..."

Naoki Nagayama also smiled. Sure enough, after experiencing life and death, it was normal to have some changes.

"I'm starting."

The meal was eaten heartily, and Naoki Nagayama's satisfaction was almost overflowing from his cheeks.

It wasn't that Mrs. Makino's udon noodles were particularly delicious, but after crossing over, having his stomach washed, and then eating simple liquid food in the hospital for a day or two, his hungry appetite was suddenly filled. The satisfaction of taste and the joy of rebirth were fully added to this meal.

"Too delicious, Makino-san, it was truly satisfying!"

The landlady was all smiles when she heard this sentence.

"Ara, Nagayama-san, it couldn't be better if you like it!"

"Hahaha, it's simply the most delicious udon noodles I've eaten in my life!" Naoki Nagayama silently emphasized the tone on "in my life".

"Ah, if Nagayama-san continues to praise, it will make people feel embarrassed~" The landlady was even happier.

Genta Nakai, who was eating udon noodles on the side, was confused. Are we eating the same kind of udon noodles? It's the same as before, and it's not that delicious...

Soon everyone finished the udon noodles. After Mrs. Makino cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks, she also served two cups of tea and then busied herself in the kitchen.

Genta Nakai and Nagayama were drinking tea and chatting leisurely at this time.

Originally, Nagayama wanted to help, but seeing Genta Nakai and Mrs. Makino's take-it-for-granted appearance, he had to sit down and drink tea.

It has to be said that in the culture of this period, the family status of men was really high.

"Nagayama-san has changed a lot. After coming back to life, what plans do you have for the future?" Genta Nakai looked at him.

"Haha, after all, I stayed in the hospital for 3 days... However, the part-time job at the convenience store before is probably gone. I don't have any direction yet?"

"That's true, they must have already found a new person. However, there are many job opportunities now. If you submit more resumes outside, it should be easy."

A full person really doesn't know a hungry person's hunger... Is there any comparability between a Hitotsubashi University graduate and a Shizuoka high school graduate...

Even in the bubble era, the employees who were scrambled for by all enterprises, given sufficient travel expenses, and even provided with famous watches, high-end suits, and apartments were graduates of prestigious universities.

The bottom-level part-time workers were still very miserable.

For a country boy like Naoki Nagayama, the convenience store job was already a reliance for life, and the future career development path was also very broad... In the future, he could also be promoted to resident clerk, store manager, general manager (laughs).

At this time, Mrs. Makino was almost done and walked over:

"If it's a convenience store job, Nagayama-san, as long as you apologize seriously, you will definitely be forgiven!"

Uh... This should be a traditional skill: apologize properly, bow, and if it really doesn't work, do a dogeza, and then you will definitely be forgiven!

"Hai, Makino-san, even if I can't work at the convenience store, I will apologize properly. After all, leaving without saying goodbye caused trouble for the store manager."

Naoki Nagayama secretly added a sentence in his heart, "However, I can't continue to work part-time, I will definitely not go!"

The landlady showed a gratified expression, as if looking at her child who had returned from the wrong path: "That's the best! Ganbatte, Nagayama-san!" ===== CHAPTER 3 =====