Chapter 232: Old Friend

For this classic cartoon that once set a record of being broadcast on Fuji TV in Japan and achieving a national average rating of 30%, and the highest rating once reached 40.7%, it has become an insurmountable height in the history of Japanese TV animation, Downing's confidence is still very sufficient.

However, when he contacted Fuji Television, he found that things seemed to be a bit tricky, because his old rival Toho was actually the majority shareholder of Fuji Television, and in June 1957, two Japanese radio stations, "Nippon Broadcasting" and "Bunka Broadcasting", together with Toho, Shochiku, and Daiei film companies, jointly applied for the establishment of TVB.

Just when Tang Ning was worried about the affairs of the TV station, Han Xuewei suddenly came to him in a hurry, crying: "Tony, no, my cousin was detained by the country, saying that he was a Taiwanese spy, what should I do?" ”

Tang Ning asked with some curiosity while comforting Han Xuewei: "Don't worry, your cousin must be fine, but how did you know about this?" ”

At this time, Han Xuewei slowly calmed down and replied: "It was the inquiry message sent by the liaison Wang Dali, so what I only knew, it seems that after my cousin was detained, he claimed to be a member of the Terekin team, and then Wang Dali came to ask us if this matter is true?" ”

Hearing this, Tang Ning is not in a hurry, since he can let the investigation, then Yan Zhen should not be a big deal for the time being, speaking of which, Yan Zhen is also to blame, now the situation in the country is so tense and the atmosphere is so weird, you still dare to return to China, it will be a ghost if nothing happens, fortunately he went back this year, if it is a few years later, when it is time to catch up with the Great Revolution. It is estimated that he didn't even have a chance to verify his identity, so he had to be criticized as a reactionary, but fortunately, he still remembered what he had told him about the Terekin group, and he had also done several things to convince the country by pretending to be Takeda Nobuo in the past two years, otherwise it would be too late when he knew his news.

So Tang Ning reassured Han Xuewei and said, "Since that's the case." Then it's completely fine, you send an identity certificate, just say that your cousin is a member of the group lurking in Taiwan, and then find a reason to ask him back, stay in Okinawa for the time being, and don't go back. ”

A few days later, Tang Ning had just finished negotiations with Fuji TV, and suddenly got the news that Yan Zhen had successfully returned to Okinawa, so he went directly back to Okinawa to appease his old friend. Fortunately, several years have passed since his assassination, and things have slowly faded, but it is better not to leave Okinawa for the time being.

After the two met, Tang Ning asked, "Brother Yan, why did you suddenly remember to run to China?" I thought you'd go to Taiwan. ”

Yan Zhen took a sip of wine, and then sighed: "Hey, in the United States, thanks to your care, life is actually quite good." But maybe when I'm older, I always want to go back to my hometown. As a result, I didn't expect that I, a communist who was recognized by the party-state as a communist at the beginning, would be regarded as a Taiwan spy. ”

Tang Ning comforted: "You too, don't say hello to me before you go back, I am much more familiar with the domestic situation than you, and now the domestic situation is too chaotic." Although there was no war, it was not much easier than it was during the civil war, and it was criticized for not paying attention, and according to my estimate, it could be even more chaotic in another two years. ”

Yan Zhen nodded: "En." You're right, I also think it may be more chaotic in a few years, but in fact, the current situation is not very good, it is said that people have starved to death in some places, but the official does not allow them to report, so not many people know about it. ”

Tang Ning pinched his fingers and calculated, well, it's 1959 soon, isn't it almost three years of natural disasters, although later generations have different opinions on whether there have been large-scale starvation deaths in the past three years, but the three-year difficult period from 1959 to 1961 is always right, but he has not experienced it after all, so he does not dare to call some things accurate, so he said cautiously: "I heard that because of natural disasters, the drought in many places in China at the beginning of this year was particularly serious. (From March to June 1958, severe drought conditions occurred in most of Yunnan, southern Sichuan and Guizhou, the two vast areas, southern Fujian, eastern Hunan, northern Jiangxi, western Zhejiang, central Heilongjiang, most of Jilin, central and western Liaoning, and the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.) It seriously affects the sowing and growth of crops. There has been no rain and snow for more than 200 consecutive days in the central and eastern parts of Hebei Province, and 266 small rivers and 1,384 reservoirs in Jilin Province have dried up, which is a major drought unseen in nearly 30 years. During the year, the drought affected 22.36 million hectares of farmland in 24 provinces and autonomous regions. )

Yan Zhen shook his head and said, "Three points of natural disasters and seven points of man-made disasters." (2,000 words of harmony omitted below)

Tang Ning also sighed with emotion, and then seemed to remember something, and asked again: "No, Brother Yan, with your ability, you shouldn't be caught so easily." ”

Yan Zhen said with some embarrassment: "I blame me for this, I heard that the living conditions in North Korea are very good, so I planned to go around, but I didn't expect that even if those border guards were hungry, their vigilance was still so high, and they were caught if they didn't pay attention." ”

In the eyes of modern people, North Korea is a poor and backward country, and the people are living in hunger, but in fact, North Korea was once rich, and after the Korean War, North Korea's economic development and social stability have even surpassed China and South Korea in per capita GDP for a period of time. Especially during the three difficult years in China, Chinese fled to North Korea, which is exactly the opposite of the current situation of North Koreans fleeing to China.

The level of economic development of the DPRK before the 80s was not inferior to that of the socialist countries of Asia, and even not inferior to that of South Korea. In 1960, North Korea's per capita GDP was $253, while South Korea's was only $82, less than one-third of North Korea's. In 1970, North Korea announced its socialist industrialization, mainly heavy industry. Until 1978, the per capita GDP of Chinese was only 245 yuan, but North Korea had reached about 600 US dollars.

The Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and the government have repeatedly raised workers' wages, lowered commodity prices, and reduced taxes several times, eventually exempting all taxes except customs duties. North Korea also implements free housing, free education, and free medical care to provide security for all aspects of people's lives, and since 1975, the country has generally implemented 11-year compulsory education.

Compared with other socialist countries, the construction of socialism in post-war Korea has its own peculiarities. First, the status of intellectuals has always been very high, with the same status as workers and peasants, unlike China, which belittled intellectuals after 49 years. Second, the DPRK has not experienced any major political movements, and the people's hearts are relatively pure. Third, there is strong assistance from China and the Soviet Union. (To be continued......)