世界の五大文明
Episode 1, The Five Great Civilizations of the World
Here in Seikatsu Country, you will learn about the five great civilizations instead of the four great civilizations that you have learned about.
In the first place, each civilization was founded near a big river.
The Tigris-Euphrates, the Nile, the Indus, and the Yellow River.
In fact, there was an Amazonian civilization that developed in the basin of the Amazon River.
アマゾン川の村
Episode 2, A Long and Narrow Village
The Amazon River is different from other rivers in that it is surrounded by jungle.
Therefore, people could only live along the river.
10 km long village was built along the river.
This long village had a problem.
To go shopping, one had to travel far, sometimes as far as 10 km.
In the age of no cars, it is very difficult, isn't it?
Episode 3, A New Way to Sell
In this village, there was a man named Befgezos.
He came up with an idea to take advantage of the disadvantageous location along the river.
He built a large warehouse upstream of the river, stocked his products there, and used the river for delivery.
The large variety and weight of the books were ideal for this method.
注文方法
Episode 4, How to Order
So how do people order?
The idea was to send a pigeon with the goods.
After receiving the goods, the next order is placed by putting the order form and money into the pigeon's foot tube and releasing it.
Orders never stopped coming in and sales increased.
This was a revolutionary invention.
出荷方法
Episode 5, Shipping Methods
The shipments were loaded onto boats with a piece of paper with the destination written on it in Amazonian.
However, as the business expanded, they ran out of manpower and had to rely on migrant workers from other countries.
Since they could not read the Amazonian language, they put code numbers on the paper at their destinations so that anyone could read them.
This was called place code.
ネットショッピングの成長
Episode 6, Growing Performance
This sales method, which initially started with books, became more and more convenient, and the variety of products handled increased.
In Amazonian language, a pigeon is called pochi, and later people began to use the word pochiru to refer to placing an order using a pigeon.
Befgezos became a very rich man.
Episode 7, Other than the Sale of Goods
As the merchandising business took root, he thought of business other than merchandising.
Around this time, people began to seek enjoyment instead of goods.
Therefore, he created the U Prime Membership Program.
Members could enjoy unlimited access to picture story shows, pictures, stories, and newsletters.
It was so popular that it even caused a phenomenon called Prime Addiction.
プライムの影響
Episode 8, Prime Influence
Among the Prime, some ministars have emerged and risen to become Prime Ministers.
The term Prime Minister is derived from the term Prime Ministar.
Prime is said to be the origin of subscription.
However, subprime, which is an abbreviation of prime in subscription, is now an NG word because of the poor sense of the word.
【Next Business】
Episode 9, Next Business
His next idea was to use a large warehouse to store important documents.
It was called AWS, which stands for Amazon, Watashino, My, Soko, Warehouse.
For peace of mind, kings and rich people alike deposited their secret documents.
What was surprising was that a country far away in Asia, Zapangu, entrusted its national secrets to AWS.
Is it really safe to entrust them to a private company in another country?
The Mysterious Country of Zapangu
【Endless Ambition】
Episode 10, Endless Ambition
Befjezo's ambitions never stop.
Next, he wants to move to Mars.
He has begun construction of a tall tower that will reach Mars, but what happened to it is still a mystery.
In any case, we can only say, have it your way, since Befjezo's has more money than he can spend in his lifetime.
次回への期待
Please look forward to the day when I will be able to tell you the rest of this story.
