Chapter 2053: Dig Their Roots
Now, Zhang Lan has vaguely understood what it means for the young Jin Xiaosan, who inherited Jin I and Jin II, to invite himself to come, this little guy is really worthy of being the heir and successor chosen by Jin II, it is said that this is the time when he should work hard to maintain his position, but he still has the energy to ponder these things.
In the past, Zhang Lan was very incomprehensible to the practices of the North Korean people, and could not understand what they thought at all, but after seeing the deep gratitude in the eyes of this old farmer, Zhang Lan finally believed in a fact that he would not have believed before: that is, in such a living environment, the North Korean people still think that they live in paradise, because they don't know what the outside world is like.
In such a difficult and difficult situation, the people of the DPRK do not complain about the government, but the DPRK government has tirelessly announced to them over the past few decades that the difficulties that the DPRK is facing now are caused by US imperialism and that it is the US blockade that has made it so difficult for us.
Ordinary people in North Korea are ignorant of what's going on outside because they can only listen to their own radio and television, and they have no channels to know about the outside world other than that. However, this is the only channel for understanding external information, which is still controlled by the government, and the government can only know what the people want to know...... Under this propaganda, as the old peasant put it, "our lives are like heaven, the happiness that our fatherly leaders bring us...... The difficulties we are experiencing right now are all caused by the blockade imposed on us by the damned Americans. ”
In order to control the minds of the people and prevent the people from having their own ideas...... Of course. In propaganda, they say that it is to prevent the invasion of Western capitalism against us...... North Korean radios have no shortwave and have a narrow frequency, allowing only Pyongyang radio broadcasts to be heard; The television set has a fixed channel and can only receive Pyongyang TV programs.
And even so, the main content of television and radio is to sing the praises of virtue and the great achievements of the great leader Kim Il Sung. Give all good things to great leaders. As early as the 70s of the last century, Kim Jong Il, who served as the Minister of Culture and Art of the Central Committee, created Juche art without contradictions and conflicts. Glorify Kim Il Sung in various literary and artistic forms. In the 80s, Kim Jong Il systematically summed up Kim Il Sung's Juche ideas of self-reliance, autonomy and self-defense, and formed a complete set of theoretical systems. The other is opposition to US imperialism. They blame US imperialism for all the difficulties they have encountered. They use this propaganda to alleviate domestic contradictions and provoke the indignation of the people at home against the United States.
Of course. In order to protect their own interests, the vested interest groups in the whole of North Korea have not only indoctrinated and guided the common people in a positive way in this way of fooling the people, but also have harsh laws.
The Ministry of State Security will be stationed in any department and unit of the DPRK, and when the era has entered the 21 st century, the DPRK is still practicing the system of joint sitting. If you hear someone say that they are dissatisfied with the government and do not report it, they will also be punished, and it is said that if anyone says something dissatisfied with the government today, the family will disappear overnight. Its horror and severity are comparable to those of the KGB.
But in any case, hunger always exists, and hunger can also make people lose their minds, and in the case of unavoidable starvation, some people are really hungry, and they feel that they are dying, and some have taken risks to cross the border to China.
But few such fugitives who cross the border have succeeded. Because North Korea also has a lot of eyes and ears in China, once they know that this person is somewhere in China by their eyes and ears in the republic. A note will be sent to the Chinese border guards and the Chinese border guards will arrest this defector. And according to the agreement between the two countries. No matter how much the border guards sympathize with these defectors who are dying of starvation, they have no choice but to send back the North Koreans who have crossed the border...... This is a major matter related to the diplomatic relations between the two countries, and no one dares to take a risk to keep these defectors behind.
In order to warn the possible defectors in the future, in North Korea, crossing the border is treason, punishable by death, and the police who come to pick up these defectors do not use handcuffs to these defectors, but after they come, they use No. 8 wire to pass through the palms of the escapees, tie their hands together and escort them back, and even after returning home, gather the relatives and neighbors of the defectors and let them see the person hanged or shot. …,
Its horror is comparable to the scum hole and the white terror of decades ago.
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"Mr. Zhang, you must think that I was hypocritical just now, right?" Long after the car drove out, Jin Xiaosan, who had not spoken since he got into Zhang Lan's car, suddenly opened his mouth and asked Zhang Lan.
Hearing Jin Xiaosan's words, Zhang Lan couldn't help but be stunned, and then nodded, "Not to mention hypocrisy, let's just say that after two generations of your grandfather and father, you have worked hard for half a century, during which you have continued to receive strong support from our country and the former Soviet Union, but after such a long time, the situation in the entire North Korea has not changed fundamentally from 50 years ago. ”
At Zhang Lan's level, there is no need to say something against your will in order to compliment others.
Hearing Zhang Lan say this, the senior North Korean officials who accompanied Jin Xiaosan in Zhang Lan's luxury RV immediately glared angrily at Zhang Lan, who was telling the truth! If it weren't for his noble status, some things were not suitable to say, I am afraid that these guys would have jumped up and quarreled with Zhang Lan.
However, Zhang Lan saw very clearly that the reason why these guys reacted violently one by one as if they had killed their own mothers was just because this sentence poked at their sore spot, and the so-called Kim family was unqualified, but it was better to say that the core layer of the entire North Korea was unqualified...... These guys here are definitely not qualified.
Others may still be afraid of the threat of these guys, but will Zhang Lan and Alice be afraid? That's a bit of a joke!
Jin Xiaosan waved his hand, signaling the escorts not to speak, and turned his head to look at Zhang Lan and Xiao Chenxi with a sincere face. "I'll tell you the truth, even I feel like I'm hypocritical for what I just said. Did what you said to the simple peasant really include it? Yes! But as you just said, instead of apologizing, we should think about why so many decades have passed. The people of North Korea are still like this, and they are still living such a miserable life...... For North Korea. The time has really come for economic reform to take place. ”
These words can really be called heart-to-heart, if you change someone, when he says these words to himself in the face of a head of state like Jin Xiaosan, I am afraid that it will immediately become "Jin Xiaosan was shocked." Wang Ba's anger was full of energy, and XXX bowed his head. But now it's Zhang Lan...... This guy is scheming deep enough, he can bear to stimulate him like this? Zhang Lan resisted the urge to touch her nose: At this time, why don't you forget to pull yourself on the boat?
"Of course." Zhang Lan nodded, and also put on a very sincere face, "I believe that what you said is true, because push away those so-called ethereal things such as morality and ideals." Returning to the most primitive interests, we can see that your Kim family is the biggest stakeholder in this country, and if North Korea's economy develops and North Korea becomes stronger, you will also get the biggest piece of the cake from it. ”
It's so straightforward, and no one has ever said it so directly before. Jin Xiaosan smiled, and his chubby head nodded. "That's right, Mr. Zhang. You're quite right, put that aside. Just to talk about the most essential things, although our Kim family and all of you who are doing it are already the largest vested interest group in the whole of North Korea, the scale of North Korea's economy limits us, and we need to get more, and we need your help. ”
It's finally a showdown. Faced with Jin Xiaosan's sudden attack, Zhang Lan actually had a feeling of "it was expected by Lao Tzu", although five minutes ago, Zhang Lan had not realized this.
"Of course there is no problem with this, we are here to help North Korea embark on the fast track of new economic development," Zhang Lan nodded, and the body that had been leaning on the back of the chair suddenly sat up straight, looking directly at Jin Xiaosan's gaze, "But I want to know, what kind of return will North Korea give us for all this?" What will you give us in return? ”
Yes, we helped you develop the economy, but the question is why do we help you so much? What's in it for us to help you? And Jin Xiaosan, you have to remember that while we are helping you develop the economy, we are also helping you to consolidate your own dominance, for this, what kind of reward will you give me? …,
In essence, businessmen and politicians are the same kind of people, and they are a group of people who pay attention to the ratio of investment and return, so for the question raised by Zhang Lan, Jin Xiaosan not only expressed displeasure, but showed a hint of joy on his face, because it means that the Alice Group has been inclined to help North Korea improve its economic situation, this most important prerequisite has been reached, and what is going to be discussed next is the relationship between the two sides of investment and harvest.
Jin Xiaosan's body subconsciously leaned forward, "Of course, for friends who really help us, we won't let our friends suffer." ”
Not only Kim Xiaosan, but also these North Korean dignitaries who were with Kim Xiaosan were also happy. Of course, they knew the meaning of Zhang Lan's action.
"First of all, we at Alice Group will set up a children's charity fund, and the main purpose of this children's charity fund is to solve the basic medical and nutritional problems of North Korean children, and we hope that the North Korean government will agree to this." Jang Lan did not directly state the conditions of the Alice group, but promised a big benefit to the North Korean government.
Hearing Zhang Lan's words, the senior North Korean officials present suddenly looked happy, because in their opinion, the assistance of foreigners? That's a good opportunity to make a fortune on your own! That's what I used to do! Zhang Lan's request made their impression of Alice Group plummet for a while: This Alice Group is not so powerful, it looks like people are stupid and have a lot of money.
Only Jin Xiaosan remained calm at this time, because he keenly felt that Zhang Lan would never put forward a proposal that was not beneficial to them, and there must be something in it that he didn't expect.
Sure enough, Jin Xiaosan's sixth induction was tested, and Zhang Lan's next sentence said what Jin Xiaosan didn't expect, "Of course." This is conditional, you can supervise all rescue and aid activities on one side, but you have no right to manage, everything is in our hands...... If you agree on that, then we can move on. ”
In other words, if you don't agree. Then there is no need to talk about the next cooperation.
The reason why this condition was put forward is because of what I have seen and heard in the past few days. Zhang Lan felt that the children of North Korea were probably the most cute and pitiful children in the world, and the children of ordinary families could not eat candy and biscuits at all; When the child is sick, the mother of the rich family will carry the child to the local overseas Chinese house and spend 5 yuan to buy a piece of candy for the child to eat...... North Korea's currency, the North Korean currency, has depreciated sharply, and because of the shortage of North Korean supplies. Sugar is a luxury, so the 5 yuan piece of candy really exists, and it is not made up...... Or spend a dollar to buy a saccharin and go home and make some sweet water for your child to drink.
In addition, Zhang Lan also heard about a certain North Korean in Sinuiju, North Korea, who has a younger brother in the Republic. Because the situation at home was really difficult, I had to ask someone to send a letter to this brother, saying, "Come quickly, if we don't come, we will starve to death." ”
So the people of this republic hurriedly applied to the North Korean government to visit their relatives. And in the name of doing trade, he brought a ton of rice and various daily necessities, and when he passed through the North Korean Customs, only a few hundred catties of rice were detained by the North Korean Customs, but the remaining few hundred catties of grain were also life-saving food for the North Korean family. My sister's little granddaughter gathered around her uncle all day long, for fear that her uncle would leave, and her granddaughter said that when her uncle came, he would have rice to eat, and when he left, there would be no more. When the countryman of the republic returned, his suits, shirts, and leather shoes were taken away by his relatives. He wears a pants vest. Wearing slippers and a trench coat, he came back.
These are the things that I have seen. made Zhang Lan feel that he really needed to help them. But helping them doesn't mean that you are stupid, if you don't put forward the last one, in the end, the North Korean people who have been helped by themselves are grateful to the Kim family father and son, then wouldn't you become a fool who beats the dog with meat buns? This kind of stupid thing should never be done...... If you do it, you will get enough rewards.
"This one, we can consider this," Jin Xiaosan gritted his teeth, he really didn't want to agree to this condition, the Americans also made similar requests in terms of supporting North Korea, didn't North Korea not agree? But the problem is that at that time, the transfer of power from his grandfather and father had never faced such a severe time as himself, and the pressure that his grandfather and father could withstand may not be able to withstand when it came to him, "What other conditions are there?" Mr. Zhang, let's talk about it together, and let's think about it comprehensively. ”…,
"Rejoice! I like to work with happy people the most," Zhang Lan nodded with a smile, and complimented Jin Xiaosan if she didn't want money, "There are only two conditions, in addition to the condition just now, there is also one condition, I need the North Korean government to choose a city as a special economic zone for pilot in a place close to my country...... Remember, it is a real special economic zone, and everything speaks by economic means, just like the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone established in China back then. ”
At this moment, the faces of the high-level North Korean government officials in the car suddenly changed: this Zhang Lan, this Alice Group, this is planning to dig up their roots! Once the planned economy is abolished, the supply system is abolished, and the market economy is implemented, how can they control the common people who have been fooled by them for decades? If the people they have been fooling for decades know the truth that they used to think is the "truth", what kind of overreaction will these angry people have?
"It can't be!" As soon as Zhang Lan finished speaking, a senior North Korean official who accompanied Jin Xiaosan stood up excitedly and said, "To do this is to take the capitalist road, which is a fundamental subversion of our country's system, even if we do not carry out economic reform, we will definitely not agree to this proposal!" ”
"Alice Group, its heart can be punished!" A more reactive senior official said.
For a long time, North Korea has been a country that implements a supply system, there is no free trade and trade, all daily necessities are regulated and controlled by the state, all commercial activities are state acts, and the daily necessities of the people's clothing, food, housing and transportation are all supplied. One of the funny examples is that before the wage reform in North Korea, the average worker was paid no more than 100 North Korean yuan, which is about 5 yuan, but even this money they couldn't spend because there was nothing to buy.
Speaking of which, a store clerk in North Korea is probably the most idle profession, and when you go to any store, you will see that there are often only one or two salespeople in a huge store. It's not because they're efficient, it's because they don't have to sell goods at all, everything is on display, and naturally there is nothing to sell. Occasionally, you will come across rationed clothes. North Koreans will bring a note, give it to the salesperson, and pick up a vest or something.
Under such circumstances, it is naturally much easier for the North Korean government to control the common people, but if, as Zhang Lan said, the establishment of special economic zones is equivalent to opening an opening in the political system of North Korea, a window to look outward, even if this opening and this window are small, it will be fatal to these vested interests of North Korea! It's digging their roots, and hell if they can agree.
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PS: It's unprecedentedly knocked out so early, hehe, I was going to knock it again, but Mrs. said, you have been talking well during this time, and since you finished writing it so early today, let's talk about it? Mrs. spoke, how dare Haitong disobey? So there's only these 5,000 words for today, hehe......... Accompany Mrs. to ~~