Chapter 634: "Patriots Must Eat Good Meat"
Phoebe is in a car with Sunny, Seo Hyun, Hyoyeon and Jessica, and everyone knows that Phoebe finished filming the movie in the United States. At the same time, www.biquge.info also knew that she was about to go to South America to compete, but she didn't immediately ask Phoebe about it, after all, the MV will be filmed for two days, and two days later, they will go to South America with Phoebe to bless Phoebe who is about to embark on a journey, and of course, by the way, she can also show her face in front of the world media. In addition, the three-star princess Lee Yunxin participated in the competition with Phoebe, so the attention of the Korean media will inevitably be attracted.
At this time, they did not go back to the dormitory directly, but this time the company was very generous, saying that it was to celebrate the completion of the movie by Phoebe and Taeyeon, and specially asked Kim Doo-seok to take everyone out to eat beef.
However, Xu Xian felt a little unbearable about this, she has been studying Ban Ki-moon's biography recently, and the ideas in the book have made her very impulsive to take the world as her own responsibility, so after the car ran for a while, she couldn't help but say: "Now the economic crisis is a difficult time for the whole country, or we should not eat beef too publicly, right? β
Everyone looked at each other, and recently the media often advocated that everyone should be frugal and tide over difficulties together, so although everyone was not particularly supportive, no one refuted Xu Xian's words.
At this time, the driver broke the silence and said with a smile: "Little girl, do you know what the economic crisis means?"
Xu Xian nodded and said: "Because the Americans are always fighting, they owe a lot of military funds and have not repaid, plus the Americans are always speculating in real estate, and in the end, the banks have collapsed, and even if we export things, we can't make money." β
Phoebe said that it was fortunate that Barbara was not here, or she would have to laugh out her big teeth if she heard it.
But Phoebe thought about it again, and now it seems that something similar to Titan happened in Girls' Generation, that is, the kind of problem with liberal thoughts, but unlike Titan on the other side, the sisters of Girls' Generation, the bottom is still because they read the media reports. Phoebe uses a metaphor for this: when you are looking at the abyss, the abyss is watching you.
Phoebe understands that both Titan and Girls' Generation members have been misled by tendentious reports from the outside world, but this is nothing, Phoebe thinks that the most dangerous thing is that over time, people will think that new ideas will be their own, so they will gather evidence to further prove that their ideas are right, even if the idea comes from the abyss.
Phoebe wants to get rid of the Korean label on Girls' Generation, and then make Girls' Generation a world-class group, so this kind of obviously tendentious reporting is Phoebe's enemy - even if it affects the minds of her sisters, it is also an enemy.
But the problem is that this enemy is invisible, but it can be felt but cannot be seen or touched, and the most important thing is that Phoebe can't shoot at this enemy casually, although she will not easily leave traces and clues for people to follow, but the problem is that after many times, sooner or later she will be targeted.
Just like the FBI, although the relationship with Titan is not bad now, Phoebe knows that some people in the FBI have only temporarily sealed what she has done with Titan, and if there is a need in the future, she can restart the investigation at any time.
And here in South Korea, for other reasons, Phoebe has to be careful.
As we all know, the Korean political circle is divided into the Japanese gang and the American state, and then subdivided, the Japanese gang is led by the forces from Gyeongsang-do in the east, and the north and south Gyeongsang-do almost occupy the largest area in Korea, and similarly, the population here is also the largest.
The area of North and South Jeolla Province is second only to North and South Gyeongsang Province, and since almost all of the landing sites of the US military are in Jeolla Province, there were more people in Jeolla Province who served the US military in those years. In fact, the northern and southern Jeolla provinces in the west will naturally compete with the Gyeongsang-do forces, and then like the Guangzhou tragedy that happened before, it has actually explained what Gyeongsang-do's attitude towards Jeolla Province is.
If you count it, Phoebe's maternal grandfather also belonged to Jeolla Province, because her grandfather also worked in the transportation unit of the U.S. military in Korea, and learned English through it.
At the same time, as we all know, South Korea's political model is the chaebol political model, and the chaebol has developed and grown with the support of political forces, among them, the four major groups of Samsung, LG, Lotte and the past Daewoo are basically Gyeongsang-do forces, while Hyundai and Hanjin belong to the peripheral forces of Jeolla Province. In addition, South Korea's procuratorial organs are also the most powerful in Jeolla Province, because when the political ecology of South Korea was re-established, the Americans deliberately left the judicial part of the separation of powers to the Jeolla Province forces, which is why almost every South Korean president has not ended well. In fact, the dispute between the East and the West has long been like fire and water, and even once the people of that faction cooperate with the people of the other faction, they will be regarded as traitors.
In fact, the United States deliberately created this situation in South Korea, and it is even more happy to see such a result.
It is also worth mentioning that another reason why Daewoo was hit by Kim Dae-jung back then was that they were the Japanese chaebol who made the most trouble, and the Jeolla Province forces did kill Daewoo in order to cooperate with the Americans.
Having said all this, it is natural to talk about the Saman Company, if it is really to talk about it, the Samman Company is actually the periphery of the Gyeongsang-do forces, but since it is a joint-stock brokerage company, and the time when the Saman Company was established was during the reign of Kim Dae-jung, the president of Jeolla Province, it was necessary to compromise with the Jeolla Province forces in order to develop the Saman Company. As a result, many Jeolla Province forces were recruited into the board of directors, and Kim Young-min was pushed out by the Jeolla Province forces to fight Lee so-man.
This is also the reason why Lee so-man was once forced to flee to the United States -- because he absorbed too many Jeolla Province forces, and the Saman company was also a continuation of the East-West dispute, and as mentioned earlier, South Korea's supervisory agency was the territory of Jeolla Province, so if Lee so-man did not run......
Sometimes, it's not because you're involved in politics that you're being hit by others, it's because your very existence represents politics and you're going to be hit.
The new president of South Korea also belongs to the Gyeongsang-do forces, but his person is different from the vast majority of Gyeongsang-do people, he can bypass Jeolla Province and deal directly with the Americans, and during his tenure as the mayor of Seoul, he really has a very good relationship with Jeolla Province, so the problem is actually quite complicated.
As for the forces that belong to the families of the members of Girls' Generation, well, because Kim Young-min himself wants to be a qualified manager, he is still quite wise in choosing people, and the vast majority of the members' families belong to the Gyeongsang-do forces, that is, the Japanese gang, or the Eastern faction.
In fact, Phoebe's understanding of South Korean political power was not at the beginning, after all, in the past, she had limited access to information, and the quality of information was poor, so she couldn't distinguish these backgrounds at all, but with the success of Titan, she obtained a higher level of secrecy than the president of the United States, and she had a channel to understand many things.
Therefore, Phoebe is not worried about the development of Girls' Generation in South Korea at all, because whether it is the board of directors of the company that has been purged by Lee so-man and Kim Young-min, or Girls' Generation, it is actually recognized by the largest political and economic force in South Korea.
What should be particularly explained here is that the Japanese gang in South Korea is not not pro-American, they are also pro-American, but these people were in a middle-level and high-level position when Korea was ruled by Japan, and they have an innate advantage over the American gang, and in addition, the Japanese and South Koreans are also closely connected with them, which makes the Americans very uneasy about them, and this makes the Gyeongsang-do forces want to please the Americans and do more work than the Jeolla Provincial forces; but in the same way, the Jeolla Provincial forces of the American gang are not as superior to the Japanese gang in terms of South Korea's economic and trade development with Japanγ
But no matter what, Phoebe's idea of wanting to take off the Korean label of Girls' Generation will not change. Neither the American nor the Japanese could interfere with her plans. Even Phoebe has to worry about whether the new president will show his intentions through girlhood, after all, the lights out incident half a year ago was a lot of cover to help him clean up the Jeolla Province forces. But the problem is that if the president does it too deliberately, it will inevitably lead to a more pronounced political label on Girls' Generation, which Phoebe cannot tolerate.
As for some people's doubts, why did the South Korean president investigate the Lee family of Samsung before, and aren't they also Gyeongsang-do forces? This is very simple, the chaebols sometimes bet on both sides when they support politicians, so it is not particularly strange that they have been liquidated and warned because of this.
Well, the introduction of the political background will be put aside for the time being, after all, on the surface, idol artists have nothing to do with politics.
After hearing Xu Xian's idea of wanting to share the fate with the people at this time, Phoebe felt the emotions of the people in the car and found that everyone, including Sister Sun, was more supportive of this, which made Phoebe become vigilant.
Perhaps to others, Phoebe is always thinking about small things, and really doesn't look like the leader of a large group, such as when Titan appeared to be sympathetic to animals and the first South Africans. In Phoebe's view, that's the big problem.
If Girls' Generation invests too much energy in sharing the fate with the Korean people, it is obviously not conducive to her plan to get Girls' Generation rid of the Korean label. Because there are two in one, and it's the same thing that's happening in Iapetus.
Therefore, it is necessary to make the sisters understand that eating meat and eating good meat is a personal right, and should not be linked to political feelings.
However, such a statement is indeed too heartless, if there are really media reports, Girls' Generation is really not easy to explain in South Korea.
Therefore, Phoebe decided to use the market economy consciousness to find a good excuse for her sisters who still want to eat beef.
So when Xu Xian finished talking about his understanding of the economic crisis, Phoebe immediately said: "Xiaoxian, your idea is not right, and if everyone saves money according to what you said, it will be very bad for South Korea." β
"Phoebe!" Xu Xian suddenly frowned and looked at Phoebe, she really didn't expect that Phoebe would have to give herself a "lesson" as soon as she came back.
And some of the other sisters frowned, and some of their eyes lit up, only Phoebe in the group could talk about Xu Xian, and when Xu Xian and Phoebe argued, they never won once.
Even the driver of the car glanced at Phoebe with interest - forgot to mention that the driver of this car was Kwon Min-jung, who used to be Kim Doo-seok's assistant, and after Kim Doo-seok became the general agent, he became the second agent.
"Before talking about your mistakes, I want to talk about the reasons for this economic crisis, some of my sisters know, some don't know, those who know are in a mood to listen to me for the time being, and if you don't know, please listen to me carefully, maybe after the release of our new album next year, we may participate in some quiz programs, and we may be able to use it then. β
When everyone heard this, they immediately nodded, at least, Phoebe was also studying at MIT in the United States, and this alone was enough to make her words taken seriously.
"Since the dollar from the gold dollar to the petrodollar, the value of the dollar will be reflected in the settlement of oil futures, last year to the first half of this year, the sharp rise in oil futures, so that the United States has to issue a large number of dollars, but the issuance of dollars needs bank guarantees, which makes the banking industry face a large backlog of funds. And when the economy is easing, once the banks have a large backlog of funds, they will relax the loan review. In fact, Phoebe's statement is very one-sided, and it is only analyzed through the data of oil and the US dollar. However, if an idol artist can say such things on TV, I am afraid that even senior economic people will think that at least this idol artist is still a little knowledgeable.
After waiting for her sisters to digest what she had just said, she said: "In the same way, because the value of the US dollar needs to be reflected through the settlement of oil futures, the US dollar is a currency that needs to be circulated all the time, and the circulation means that money is transferred from one person's hand to another person's hand, and in the process of transfer, the latter will provide services or goods to the former. As I said earlier, because the banking industry has relaxed the loan review, so that the bank does not have to accumulate too much money in their hands, but also because of the relaxation of the review, it is easy for the borrower to be unable to pay interest to the bank in a timely manner, which has caused a result, that is, the bank cannot provide interest to the deposit account, which can easily lead to the deposit leaving the bank, and after the situation is aggravated, there will be a run, and once the run occurs, it will be difficult for the bank to maintain. β
Phoebe waited for everyone to digest it again, and first smiled: "It doesn't matter if the sisters don't understand, I'll give you an example, and you will understand." Let's talk about the bank first, we compare the human body to a bank, eat to a loan, if we don't eat well, or even can't eat enough, it will cause physical weakness and even illness, and then we can only stay in the dormitory to rest or even be hospitalized, unable to participate in the trip, my sisters all know what will happen if we don't participate in the trip, one is that the company will give us less money, on the other hand, the outside world will also talk about us, and the most important thing is that after the body collapses, we will be very uncomfortable, and even feel that life is better than death. The reason for all this is that when I ate before, I didn't pay attention to hygiene, didn't pay attention to whether I had enough to eat, and didn't pay attention to "food hygiene" is the main cause of this economic crisis. β
According to past experience, Xu Xian knew that Phoebe would definitely lead the topic to what he had said, so Xu Xian pouted and whispered, "It's also safe to eat pork belly......"
After hearing Xu Xian's words, Jessica, who was sitting next to her, turned her around with her arm: "Listen to Phoebe first." β
Phoebe naturally heard Xu Xian's words, but she didn't care, and continued: "Let's talk about why the problem in the United States will affect South Korea." Suppose you have a hydropower plant, and you need water from the reservoir to generate electricity. It is said that one year when there was a drought, the cities and farmland downstream of the hydropower station were facing severe water shortages, so the reservoir had to release a large amount of water, even if the water upstream into the reservoir became less and less. Finally, one day, the water level of the reservoir is no longer enough to support the power generation of the hydropower station, but there is still no new water source to replenish it, so the downstream cities and agricultural land are not only facing the problem of water shortage, but also the problem of lack of electricity at night. In this metaphor, water is South Korea's export, electricity is South Korea's domestic economy, and water reservoirs are South Korea's financial and banking industries. β
At this time, Kwon Min-jung couldn't help but speak: "Phoebe is right, because the Americans have a problem, South Korea's export problem has become very bad, whether it is an export to the United States or an export to Japan." β
Everyone looked at Quan Minzhong speechlessly, and Quan Minzhong continued unconsciously: "So the second example given by Phoebe is very good, didn't President Li start discussing further economic and trade cooperation with the Chinese, the market in the world is not very good, only China persevered, the financial crisis in 98, China is also the only country in the world that persists, so new water sources must be found in China." β
Xiao Yuan couldn't help but say, "Brother Minzhong, we're listening to Phoebe speak." β
Quan Minzhong reacted at this time, it was not his friends who were pulled in the car, but a group of little girls, and suddenly coughed a little embarrassed: "Phoebe, you continue, I won't say anything." β
Phoebe replied with a smile: "Well, what Brother Min Zhong said actually makes sense, but sisters should remember that if you really participate in a program that discusses this content in the future, don't say where South Korea should go to seek the market, this issue should not be discussed by us artists." β
The others in Girls' Generation nodded, and the company often warned them not to talk nonsense, but sometimes they still couldn't tell what they could say and what they couldn't. And Phoebe is really good at this, and she never has a problem listening to her.
And Quan Minzhong was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but look up at Phoebe in the rearview mirror, and at the same time said: "Yes, I forgot about this, you pay attention, Phoebe is right, you can't say what I said just now." β
Kwon Min-jung knows that the company's meaning is actually to ask artists to say what has happened, but not to say what has not happened or may happen. In fact, to put it bluntly, you can say that you have seen someone say this or that on the Internet about what has happened, but you can't make any form of statement about what has not happened.
And Phoebe had already figured out these from some of the restrictions of the company, so she also nodded, and said to her sisters: "After knowing the cause of the economic crisis, let's talk about why I think what Xu Xian said is wrong." β
Xu Xian suddenly pouted and rolled his eyes, and sure enough, Phoebe targeted himself again. But she also knew that she must have thought something wrong again, and she just hoped that Phoebe wouldn't hit herself too hard this time.
"It's quite selfish to think about saving after the economic crisis, and on the surface, it's sharing the fate of the people, but in fact, if everyone does it, it will exacerbate South Korea's economic problems," Phoebe said. I have just told my sisters about the cause of the financial crisis, but in the final analysis, it is that the liquidity of money is blocked, and modern society is basically like this, the value of money is reflected in the flow, not in the holding. β
The sisters furrowed their eyebrows noncommittally, but Sunny nodded.
Phoebe added: "If we consume, we can make the money flow, not stagnate, you know, if we eat beef, then we can make the cattle farm get income, and the cattle workers get income, on the one hand, the cattle farm will continue to supply high-quality beef, and on the other hand, it will also allow the cattle workers to get paid and also enter consumption, if they also want to save and save the money, it will lead to liquidity problems again." Of course, it also helps the rotisserie to stay afloat, and they also have employees there. As for eating pork belly, you can do the same, but don't forget that raising cattle is more expensive than raising pigs, and if you lose money, you will lose more. So, it is right to advocate saving, but meaningless saving is very harmful to the country. Even to expand this idea a little, if we spend money to buy better products, it will make the company invest in research and development of better products, and at the same time, the employees of the enterprise can also get income, so there is nothing wrong with saving itself, but there is no need to save everywhere. β
"Flutter~" Jessica couldn't help but laugh out loud when she heard this, not because she felt that there was something wrong with what Phoebe said, but because she also heard it, and Phoebe really wrapped Xu Hyun in the end.
Others had the same thoughts, and even Xu Xian himself became a little embarrassed and said, "Why do you have to count me down at the end every time." β
Phoebe shook her head and said, "Because only you just said that you should save, if Sister Sun said so, I would say the same about her." β
"Hmph......" Xu Xian snorted.
Sunny smiled and said, "Okay, okay, in that case, for the sake of Korea, let's eat beef today." β
"Yay~~"
Kwon Min-jung was also a little shocked at this time, because at the beginning, like Seo Hyun, he was very supportive of the idea that the people would work together to overcome the difficulties, but after Phoebe's explanation, he suddenly felt that those who wanted to save everywhere actually wanted to drag South Korea into the abyss.
To sum up Phoebe's words, it is: to be patriotic, you should eat good meat.
But he felt a little awkward.
couldn't help but glance in the rearview mirror again, Quan Minzhong couldn't help but ask: "Phoebe, what you just said is very reasonable, but don't forget, now the Internet and the media are advocating to tide over the difficulties together, if you really say this on TV, isn't it good?"
Phoebe shook her head and said: "That's no problem, many people are complaining about the reduction in wages and the difficulty of finding jobs, since we know why they have reduced wages and it is difficult to find jobs, why don't we tell them?
Phoebe actually knew that if this matter was widely discussed, it would probably cause a rift in Korean society.
Several people in Girls' Generation didn't understand what Phoebe's last sentence represented at this time, but Kwon Min-joong vaguely understood Phoebe's hint: The company can indeed make a new publicity plan for Girls' Generation in this matter.
If that happens, Girls' Generation will definitely be regarded as a "star who really thinks about the people" by some people, and there will be a lot of these people, and it is a good contrast to run to the United States to develop in the face of an economic crisis like WG......
Again, for Phoebe, she won't care about anyone who is not close to her, even if her actions will bring harm to some people, she will not feel the slightest guilt...... In many cases, it only takes a small spark to cause a prairie fire, and human society is not as peaceful and peaceful as it seems, the key question is whether there is a pair of eyes that are good at finding the ignition point.