Chapter 166. South Korea's difficulties
In fact, earlier on, Moon Hae-ri expressed his view that he "hopes for the end of the South Korea-US alliance" in an interview, and believes that this situation is a very abnormal state of affairs in international relations.
Considering that Moon is widely regarded as a representative of South Korea's concept of "balanced diplomacy", his remarks reflect that the dissatisfaction of the pro-North left in South Korea with the United States has reached a critical point and wants to bring in Chinese forces to counterbalance the United States.
However, it is interesting to note that the occasion on which Wen Haili made such remarks may have upset the relevant parties. According to the report, Moon Jong-in suddenly asked the Chinese representative during a foreign-related meeting, asking the latter "whether China will provide a nuclear umbrella for South Korea." This would undoubtedly be an embarrassment for all parties involved. Judging from the current public opinion reports, our official has not made a clear response to this, and Wen Haili himself definitely knows that our country will not make a light commitment on this kind of issue.
In 2010, South Korea was sanctioned by the United States, and although it was not subject to tariffs, it was forced to cut its steel exports to the United States from nearly 4 million tons to 2.7 million tons to meet the import quota allocated to it by the United States, and the tariffs on automobiles, which were supposed to expire in 2014, were unilaterally extended by the United States for 20 years.
In July 2013, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that it would impose a 456% tariff on some steel imported from South Korea, and then made a big fuss about the issue of military spending, overturning the agreement reached after nearly a year of difficult negotiations, requiring South Korea to significantly increase the proportion of military spending.
After reading it carefully, Ang Lee looked at Han Lao and asked: Han Lao, I am enthusiastic when I read this report, but what is the problem with my entertainment industry?
Han Lao took a sip of tea and said leisurely: You are so smart, how could you not guess it, tell me, what do you think.
Ang Lee said with a smile: It is not difficult to see that the Americans' approach can be described by the words "inch by inch". Wen Haili, or the South Korean side, has been constantly making concessions to the United States, hoping that the United States will be able to let South Korea go after it is satisfied. And when South Korea's anger reaches a critical point, it is foreseeable that South Korea will make fewer and fewer concessions to the United States in the future, even if the United States can now intimidate South Korea by withdrawing its troops or no longer giving underwriting or umbrellas.
Han Lao nodded and said: "There is more!
Ang Lee said: There is also Wen Haili actually hopes to play the Chinese card to balance the United States, which is a simple means of shopping around, but it is obvious that South Korea's dependence on the United States is too strong, and he will not abandon the United States, otherwise once the United States launches economic sanctions against South Korea, the South Korean economy is likely to return to the primitive society, and it is obvious that the United States only says this, so they put forward such shameless conditions and are not worried about South Korea's resistance.
Han Lao nodded and said: The analysis is in place, but do you see any benefit to you?
Ang Lee thought for a while, his eyes lit up and said: I know, now the United States is lying on South Korea to drink blood and eat meat, and all the scientific and technological fields in South Korea have been affected by the United States, so the only thing South Korea can do now is to ensure its own entertainment industry, so as to make time to alleviate the crisis from the United States.
Han Lao nodded and said: The children can be taught, in fact, there is another thing, if they invest in South Korea now, they will definitely welcome it with both hands, the United States has too strong control over them, and now the people of South Korea are full one by one, and they plan to escape from the control of the United States, so he can only find China and Russia, but it is obvious that Russia, like the United States, is Caucasian, and the Korean people are not convinced.
Ang Lee said with a smile: South Korea's domestic economy has reached this point, and the old man who came yesterday threatened me, fuck, you see that I don't pull a layer of skin off them.
Han Lao said with a smile: I took a closer look at your development ideas, and you seem to be imitating the development of South Korea!
Ang Lee said with a smile: What is imitation, I am plagiarism, you see why South Korea is so popular now, it is not because they first brought those little fresh meat to the fire, so that people rushed to chase after it, followed by Korean clothing, Hallyu has become the first choice of young men and women, the must-have clothing, followed by cosmetics, don't you see that the Korean makeup industry is also entertainment with fire? Finally, there is the manufacturing industry, why Korean things are so popular in China and even Asia, isn't it because they have more fans? When the Korean Wave becomes a fashion, it also greatly drives their tourism, in fact, there are only a few scenic spots in South Korea, and people go there to travel, isn't it because Korean actors are popular in China?
Han Lao nodded in agreement and said: You kid is really smart, if you succeed, you can compete with South Korea alone, but the biggest shortcoming here is that your movie can't fail, once your movie loses three times in a row, your company will be in crisis.
Li An smiled, this old man is not dead for a thief, the old man is really not ordinary, he can often see things to the point, and he can see the key point at once.
Ang Lee said with a smile: You can rest assured that I know what to do, and I can guarantee that as long as I live, China's film industry will definitely be able to stand on top of the world.
Han Lao smiled happily and said: I am very happy to see that you have so much confidence, I hope you can do it, my old bones will not live for a few years, if you don't understand anything, you can come and ask me, I can help for a few years!
Li An smiled and said: You will definitely live a long life.
Ang Lee chatted with Han Lao very happily, the two of them chatted for more than two hours, basically Han Lao said, Ang Lee was listening, and it can be said that Ang Lee has benefited a lot at noon today!
When Li An returned to the company with a smile on his face, He Wen came over with a mysterious face and said to Li An: A Korean came today, very polite, I said that you went out, he was waiting for you in the living room, and he didn't let me call you, saying that he was afraid of disturbing your affairs, so he waited inside, and he had been here for two hours.
Li An smiled and knew that the fat sheep had been sent to the door, Li An smiled and said: You go and tell him that I am back, but I don't like Koreans, let him go!
He Wen said with a serious face: Do you know who is coming?
Li An asked with a puzzled face: Who!
He Wen said with a serious face: The adjutant of the South Korean Embassy in China, the future South Korean ambassador, you'd better not be cold, can you surpass a country if you are powerful?
Ang Lee thought for a moment and said, "Okay then!"
After speaking, Li An pushed the door and walked in.
After a while, a well-mannered man in a suit and glasses, about 40 years old, pushed the door and walked in.
The man said with a smile on his face after seeing Ang Lee: Director Li, hello, my name is Zhou Hua and I am the adjutant of the South Korean Embassy in China, I am very happy to meet you, I also have an identity as your fan, I like every step of your company's movies, this is a great company.
Ang Lee stood up and stretched out his hand and said: Thank you for your compliment, South Korea is also a great country, and your nation also has an excellent history.
Isn't the flower palanquin carried by everyone to say good things? And don't want money, but the most important thing is not to lose the courtesy of the Chinese.
Zhou Hua stretched out his hand and shook Li An's hand and said: I have long heard that Director Li is the Tianjiao of the young generation of China, but I didn't expect you to be so polite, which makes me very honored.
Li An also smiled and said: Adjutant Zhou praised you, you can be in a high position at a young age, you are the real Tianjiao, come, please sit.
Zhou Hua sighed in his heart when he saw that Ang Lee didn't eat his high hat, it seems that this time he is going to bleed heavily, this young director is really not easy to fool.
Zhou Hua sat on the sofa and looked at Ang Li and said, "Has Director Li ever been to South Korea?" There are many beautiful places in our country, the scenery is charming, and the local people are all hospitable.
Seeing this endless compliment, Li An said directly: I don't know what happened to Adjutant Zhou coming over today? I will have a meeting later, you can tell me if there is anything!
Zhou Hua said with an embarrassed face: Actually, I came here today because of a reluctant request, please be sure to agree.
Li An said with a smile: If you have something, you can say that we Chinese are also very hospitable, especially like to help friends, please say.
Zhou Hua said: I know that there was a Korean actor before, and no one hurt you in his eyes, so I want to invite you to travel to South Korea, and I will definitely treat us with hospitality to make up for our mistakes and let you feel the enthusiasm of our Koreans.
Ang Lee said with a smile: Actually, it's all trivial, I don't care about it, let me go to South Korea, I have too much work and no time.
Since you are subtle, then don't say it, I'm not in a hurry, I'm still here to play with me.