Chapter Seventy-Four: Guiding Public Opinion
"Singapore didn't even have an army at that time, and he still begged the British army to withdraw two years later to maintain local law and order, and after the official independence of the country, the first thing Lee Kuan Yew did was to deprive Chen Liu's envoy of his citizenship rights and declare Nanyang University illegal, do you know why?"
"Why?"
"You can see how big Singapore is, it's less than half the size of Hong Kong Island, and it's surrounded by Muslims, Sikhs, and Hinduism. It is not easy to survive in the cracks, so he must take his own path. He needs the people to have more sense of national identity, and he needs to bring in foreign investment to revitalize Singapore. And he belongs to the Straits Chinese, integrated into the local second generation, received Western education, Chen Liuzhi is the first generation of Chinese! ”
In the future, there is no need for Wang Yi to explain, he also knows the development of history, this is a historical case, it is a long story, and it is also a sensitive topic that Singapore does not dare to mention.
Chen Liuenvoy is a native of southern Fujian, and his family was poor when he was a child, ranking sixth. When he was a teenager, he studied in the school of patriotic overseas Chinese Chen Kah Kee, and later came to Nanyang to work in Chen Kah Kee's company.
In the past, whether the Chinese went out to the East or the West, they had some family resources, mainly for the purpose of studying. Most of the people who went to Nanyang were poor families, who had created a huge family business through their own efforts and hard work, and they were also the most united group of Chinese.
However, at this time, the Chinese had been divided into two factions, and the well-educated second generation was called Straits Chinese, who had integrated into the local society. Chen Liu made these self-made traditional Chinese, with a deep motherland complex, during the Anti-Japanese War enthusiastically donated money and materials, and even many old people sent their only son back to China to join the army, and the "Nanqiao Mechanic Anti-Japanese Monument" on the road to Myanmar in southern Yunnan tells this lingering history.
Chen Liu, as the president, was influenced by Tan Kah Kee, and also wanted to set up a university, but not in China, but in Singapore, so he wanted to keep the blood of Nanyang Chinese and avoid being assimilated. And led to the donation of 5 million yuan, which is a huge amount of money, enough to build ten libraries in the local area. The local Chinese have enthusiastically donated, from the rich and noble, down to thousands of rickshaw porters, and the women in the brothels have responded to the call and donated all the proceeds from the charity sale to the foundation to prepare for the establishment of the university, all so that the Nanyang Chinese can receive more education.
At this time, it was the 50s, and the British government naturally disagreed, but they were no longer able to govern it, and they just turned a blind eye. He simply set up Nanyang University Co., Ltd. to run the school in this name, and invited the internationally renowned literary master Lin Yutang to be the president.
Of course, this is also a stain on Mr. Lin's life, and if he doesn't protect it in the evening, he will no longer fall into the complaint, and there are too many slots.
At the same time, Lee Kuan Yew is seeking more political status for the Chinese, and the Federation of Malaysia is full of Muslims, so naturally he doesn't want to see you, a Chinese-dominated group, so he simply kicks out of the Federation and plays independently.
But Lee Kuan Yew is under great pressure and has lost the protection of Malaysia, so how will he go in the future? 75% of the population is Chinese, but all I think about is the motherland on the mainland. Singapore was a poor dick at the time, what did you want, a palm-sized place capable bird? If you want to develop, you have to rely on foreign capital, and you must let more people receive English education, otherwise when foreign capital comes, no one can do the work of foreign companies.
At the same time, India, Pakistan, Myanmar, the Philippines and other countries have established independent countries, and Hong Kong Island has also established Chinese universities.
If you want to be stable, you must maintain the stability of the surrounding environment, the official language is Malay, and the status of Chinese is even inferior to Tamil, and there are only 10 primary and secondary schools in the whole city that teach Chinese. De-sinicization is also to enhance the sense of identity of the people.,Now it's an independent state.,It's not a former colony.,The way to play is different.,You Chen Liuenvoy still relies on himself to be the president and only promotes Chinese education.,Blatantly engage in confrontation.,How can you be tolerated?
Another thing that is particularly important is that Nanyang University not only learns Chinese, but also learns Wen. The spirit of leather, this really touched the eyebrows.
From a Chinese point of view, Lee Kuan Yew has done it, but from the perspective of Singapore as a whole, he is right.
What can a little fart country do? It is the truth to survive in the gap between the left and right, and then make a lot of money in a muffled voice, so this only overseas Chinese regime is gradually distancing itself from the motherland. Of course, he also has his own hard times, he has been scolding both the East and the West, insisting on not being a subordinate existence, and angrily brushing his sense of existence, but a small country is a small country, and no matter how cruel he says, he is still a cat, not a tiger.
Thinking of this, Chen Bo gradually understood what Wang Yi meant, in his position and a certain government, subjectively Singapore is indeed like a traitor, but it is also forced.
"Don't look at it as a projectile land, it is also a military fortress and an important economic town. The six-hour flight from Singapore is his economic radiator, including Yan Kyoto. Wang Yi said, "You can keep a low profile in China, that's right." But foreign countries must be high-profile, Singapore is very important, all cargo ships from the Middle East, Africa, and Europe must pass through the Strait of Malacca, the logistics are developed, the economy is developed, and the conditions for the development of the Internet are born, and the motherland needs you to take the city down. ”
"This is a political task?!"
"No, this is what the motherland expects from you, and the local Chinese will be happy to welcome you."
What an old fox, these diplomats are all good at tricks, Chen Bo said in his heart.
"But I'm just an Internet guy."
"But you're the only one who has gone abroad to develop the Internet business, don't tell me you don't understand how influential the Internet will be in the future." Wang Yi said, got up and walked to the desk, hugged a notebook, opened the web page on the computer, and said to him, "You come to see these." ”
"Well, I don't know Japanese." The screen is full of fake words, except for the logo of Yahoo.com, you let me see a ghost?
"But it doesn't matter, just because Japanese people don't like to talk about politics, that doesn't mean they don't pay attention. Yahoo now has more and more right-wingers steering public opinion under news commentary, which is very bad for us. The Internet will become another propaganda media platform after television and newspapers. I hope you understand the stake between this, because Prime Minister Koizumi's China policy has brought relations between the two countries to a freezing point, and even I can't see him now. ”
Wang Yi said with a serious face, there is a shadow of the United States behind the relationship between the two countries, Japan is a defeated country in World War II, and it does not have much right to speak, and it maintains an offensive and defensive alliance with the United States, so it is wearing a pair of pants.
"I see, do you want me to use ant search to guide correct public opinion?"
"Yes, that's right."
"It's technically easy to solve, I can add a sub-column of real-time hot comments, but I can't control the content of the comments." Chen Bo's meaning is also very simple, I will provide you with the position, but I am not responsible for the water army.
"I'll do this."
"Well, don't go too far, you understand the truth that things must be reversed better than me, it's best not to do it through functional departments, find a reliable third party." Chen Bo doesn't want his website to completely become a five-cent concentration camp, and every government will do a war to guide public opinion, even if it is as powerful as Lao Mei, there is also a cent party. It's just that he won't directly roll up his sleeves and go into battle, secretly engaging in small actions through various foundations.
Since Chen Bo is on the boat, he must have the consciousness of being on the ship, which is also a reciprocation. No matter which website it owns, it is a new media platform, and I am only responsible for product development, and how to play it depends on the performance of the sailors.
"Of course," Wang Yi nodded approvingly and then said, "I suggest you think about the matter of Singapore, after all, you are compatriots whose blood is thicker than water, and if you don't go, someone else will go, and it will not do you any good to push them into the arms of your opponent." Fortune 500 companies outside of Asia have branches in Singapore, and Google, Yahoo, etc. also have offices. ”
"Let me think about it." Chen Bo didn't answer immediately, now is not the era of mobile intelligence, the influence of just a few websites is limited after all, and Singapore's control is much more powerful than that in China, and it is not easy to bring rhythm there.
"Okay, then you go back to rest first, and I'll arrange a car to pick you up tomorrow." As soon as he finished eating, Wang Yi issued an eviction order, Chen Bo did not feel unhappy, but breathed a sigh of relief, dealing with politicians was more tiring than businessmen.
Because you know what a businessman needs, but you don't know how big a politician's heart is.
"What do you think of Lee Kuan Yew?" Sitting in the car on the way back, Chen Bo asked Alisa.
"Courageous, able to bend and stretch. In the first half of his life, he went to Sinicization, and in the second half of his life, he won over the Chinese, and at the age of 40, he began to learn to speak Mandarin. ”
"In this way, it's just a wallgrass. Whoever mixes well will be close to whomever he wants. ”
"The sorrow of a small country, everyone wants him to be a vassal, what should you do if it's you?"
What can I do? People are swordsmen, I am fish and meat, I am now a high-level horse boy, a spear head stretched out of the country, Chen Bo said in his heart. There are many overseas businessmen who serve the country like this, such as the one who went through great trouble and spent a lot of money from a Ukrainian shipyard to buy a pile of scrap iron shells. If it were him, he would definitely do it, this is a national complex that cannot be broken.
How to quietly lay out chess pieces in Singapore has become a problem for him to consider, and the Kuala Lumpur branch is now about to relocate, what will he do after he goes? How to do it! And the prices in Singapore are also much higher, and many things have to be reconsidered, and they can't be solved in one sentence.
The good thing is that there are not many Internet start-ups in Southeast Asia, and computers are also exclusive to the social elite and the middle class, since the elites receive Western education, English and French are not a problem, they are the main force of all the 30 million Internet users in Southeast Asia, so they are also visited by the websites of European and American companies.
For such a crazy thing as starting a business on their own, they are not even as passionate as the Japanese, compared with the domestic rush to fight into this blue ocean, Europe is a weak chicken, not to mention Southeast Asia.