Chapter 350: A Trip to India

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"Boss, it's this morning's paper!"

"Is there any news new?" Guo Shouyun put down his knife and fork and wiped his mouth.

"60% of the headlines were from yesterday's press conference!"

After taking it and flipping through it briefly, the front page of Le Figaro made his eyes linger for a moment.

As the largest newspaper in France by circulation, her front page today is slightly different from other French newspapers.

"Hollywood's Big Six, the rising Matrix Universal, the declining MGM. ”

The article compares MGM, which spent a lot of money on filming "The Wind Whisperer" and made a huge loss, with the Matrix Group, which has annexed Universal and is thriving. And then made a name for the whole Hollywood studio. Time Warner remains the undisputed number one, even if she's in a difficult position right now. Second, Twentieth Century Fox, which is still huge thanks to News Corp. The third is the new Matrix Global. After Matrix Universal is the future giant Disney.

Although Disney is already huge, without Pixar and Marvel, her current business is still limited to animated feature films and theme parks, and she is still a short man in adult movies.

Sony Columbia after Disney, and Paramount.

MGM, who lost money and was even in danger of going bankrupt, was no longer called a giant.

"Are you interested in MGM?"

After noticing that Guo Shouyun stared at the newspaper for a long time without moving, Rebecca Mark was curious.

Guo Shouyun nodded. Later generations, whether it is the Chinese film and television industry or Hollywood, have fully proved a truth. Those who get the copyright get the world.

The more high-quality film and television copyrights you have, the greater the development potential. The best example of this is Disney and a certain fat penguin.

The former acquired Marvel and the latter acquired the starting point, making the two companies that were not too outstanding in the film and television industry almost become overlords.

Therefore, MGM's rich film library, as well as a series of classic film and television copyrights such as "Cat and Mouse", "007", "The Wizard of Oz", and "Gone with the Wind" have long been put on Guo Shouyun's own 'menu'. It's just that the strength of the matrix was weak at the beginning, and MGM was not exhausted, so Guo Shouyun just didn't do it all along.

According to his original plan, it was MGM to replace Universal's role in the matrix. But plans don't change as fast as they do, and the matrix now has Universal. MGM's appeal in his eyes has dropped a lot. But there is a chance, so I still don't plan to let it go.

"Put MGM on your work schedule, and I'll be the first to know about any big news about her in the future. After taking the test, Guo Shouyun commanded.

After losing Legally Blonde, MGM may have faced more difficulties than he remembered. So, he can't wait any longer than zero five years. Of course, not now. The matrix, which acquired Universal and Warner Music, has doubled in size and has not yet completed integration. So, he wanted to wait.

"Understood!"

After simply flipping through the newspaper in the back and not seeing anything of interest, Guo Shouyun got up and walked towards the bedroom.

"I'm going to change my clothes and I'm going to the airport!"

After the end of the acquisition negotiations with Vivendi, the matter in France has basically come to an end. According to the plan, it was time to go to India.

In India, both in this life and in previous lives, Guo Shouyun's impression of the country is that of dirty, chaotic, religious, caste system and corrupt politics. Although he also knows that there must be bias in the media propaganda. But in his previous life, he never wanted to go.

Now, flying to this country for the first time, which once carried countless legends, Guo Shouyun is still a little curious in his heart. Of course, he is also ready to be 'spicy eyes'.

A direct flight from Paris to Mumbai takes just over nine hours. Guo Shouyun's private jet, the Kunpeng, has been modified to be faster. But even so, it takes eight hours to get from Paris to Mumbai. For such a long time, Guo Shouyun naturally won't do nothing.

"This is the current situation in India?"

"It's just what I've learned in my five years in India, and it can be biased or exaggerated. But this information can be regarded as a window for the boss to know India. Rebecca Mark replied.

Looking at the information in his hand, Guo Shouyun nodded clearly.

"India is really polarized and... Very weird society!"

He couldn't think of a better adjective other than 'weird'. Although India's so-called democracy has been criticized, it has been a modern country. India should have the main characteristics of a modern state, such as the unity of laws, linguistic convergence, recognition of the concept of state, and so on.

But after seeing Rebecca's information, he realized that his understanding of India in his past and present lives was really wrong.

Although India is nominally a country, it is different from the American-style federal state, the British and French-style democracies. Or that India is not a country in the modern sense of the word, but a federation of countries. To put it more vividly, India is like the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in China.

First of all, every state in India today, equivalent to the province of China and the state of the United States, can be regarded as a vassal state in the Spring and Autumn period, and the central government of India is equivalent to the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty at that time. Each state has very great privileges in the legislation and the judiciary, especially in taxation. If you go from one state in India to another to deliver goods, you have to pay a transit tax! This is equivalent to paying a tax from the capital to Jinmen. Traveling from California to Washington State is also subject to taxes. There is no such bizarre pattern of taxation in any modern country.

Second, Indian books are not written in different languages, have different phonetics, and have different weights and measures.

The official language of India is Hindi, but nearly half of the country's population does not speak it! Moreover, every state in India has its own official language. This is not a dialect like Cantonese or Wu, but a completely different language from writing to grammar!

Imagine if the capital of Huaxia speaks Chinese, He~Nan speaks English, and Shan~Dong speaks French, you can understand the language situation in India.

In this case, education becomes a big problem. Even if you learn Hindi, you are still illiterate in a Tamil-speaking state.

If there is no unity in language, there will be cultural unity, and if there is no unity in culture, there will be no unity of the country. India in the modern sense of the word could not have been had it had not been for the legacy left by the British.

Finally, there is caste and religion, and therefore the unique Indian culture.

The whole population of India is religious, and more than 70% of them believe in Hinduism. Unlike the Chinese belief in gods, which is superficial. Indians have really carved their belief in the gods into their bones. For example, killing, Hinduism opposes killing and advocates animism. So, in India, it is not 100 percent, but more than 80 percent of the people are vegetarians.

As a result, the butcher and skinner, who were associated with killing, gradually became lowly and untouchable in Indian society. After a long period of cultural fermentation and political repression, it became a system.

This is where the caste system comes from.

Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Shudras, and kennels are the four major classes of India that everyone is familiar with. But in fact, there are thousands of sub-classes within these four strata.

Due to the inheritance of the caste system, there is no intermarriage across classes, showing genetic segregation, surname segregation, and the inability to cross occupations.

Since many professions have always belonged to different castes, they have avoided contact with each other or have sharp contradictions. People within the caste will always engage in similar occupations, while people outside the caste will never engage in this profession. This has led to the fact that many professions in India are now linked to caste, for example, engineers are from one caste, teachers are from another, propaganda is from one caste, the ancestors of doctors are from another caste, and street sweepers are still untouchable.

This kind of stratification poses a lot of challenges to the management of enterprises in India, for example, the two types of people who are engaged in finance and IT come from two different caste systems and insist on not touching each other, how can I get them to develop a financial management software together?!

The caste system has deeply divided Indian society. Violent conflicts between castes of the same caste, or because of interests or superiority. This is very common in rural India, just like the fight between the Zhang family and the Wang family, which is reflected in many Indian film themes, forming India's unique gang culture that relies on the existence of the caste system.

The caste system is contagious, and even if you do not belong to the Hindu followers, you will inevitably inherit the caste culture under the social and cultural influence of the Hindu station theme.

Caste culture, religious divisions, regional discrimination in every country, and the greater money worship of modern society have made Indian society far more complex than outsiders can imagine.

"In fact, when the boss actually gets there, you'll find out that you're hundreds of times weirder than you think now!"

Guo Shouyun nodded, "This trip to India will be arranged by you!"

Rebecca has more than five years of knowledge and experience in India than her own.

"Yes. However, I hope that the boss will give up your insistence and change the location to the 'Taj Mahal Hotel'!"

"Taj Mahal is a famous five-star hotel in Mumbai?"

"Yes!"

"Rebecca, you know the rules of Anping Company...!"

"Boss, of course the rules should be followed, but they also have to be situational. Rebecca interrupted without hesitation, "The law and order situation in India is very poor, especially in Mumbai, where the frequency of terrorist attacks is the highest in the whole of India. In addition, there are problems with drinking water and food in ordinary star hotels. Unless you wish to be in the hospital on your first day in India, it is better to stay at the Taj Mahal Hotel. ”

Looking at her serious expression, Guo Shouyun, who had words first, had no choice but to nod.

"Anything else?"

"Yes. During my stay in India, I only drank bottled water bought in large supermarkets, whether I washed my face, brushed my teeth, or drank, and resolutely did not use tap water. ”

"The hotel doesn't work either?"

"No way!"

"Isn't the Taj Mahal Hotel a five-star?"

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