The reason why Chen Qing is so easy to talk to in arranging work for Cheng Taixi's brother and sister-in-law is related to Simon's strategy towards South Korea.
As we all know, South Korea is a country ruled by chaebols.
This is actually a gradual process.
Let’s just say that after World War II, until 1993, South Korea was under the control of the military government. During this period, the economic strength of the chaebols continued to strengthen, but the power of this country was still in the hands of the South Korean government.
Then Kim Young-sam came to power. This was South Korea's first civilian president. Moreover, Kim Young-sam also took the initiative to eliminate military forces within the South Korean government. As a result, it actually damaged the fundamental power of the South Korean government. After all, the barrel of a gun As a result, the military withdrew from politics, and money began to gradually dominate the country.
Then came the Asian financial crisis in 1997.
After the financial crisis, a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises in South Korea went bankrupt. The IMF took over control and the country's economy carried out structural reforms. The result was not that South Korea's economic structure became healthier, but that driven by the Matthew effect, the strong became stronger. The power of the chaebol further expanded and eventually they effectively controlled the country.
The monopoly of chaebols has caused extreme concentration of social resources, and the penetration of foreign capital has extracted a large amount of development dividends from the Korean economy, which has ultimately led to extremely high competitive pressure in Korean society. As a result, South Korea once had the world's first average working hours, and it was close to the bottom of the world. The fertility rate in South Korea, which had a population of over 50 million, was only a pitiful 200,000 newborns every year.
In addition to its GDP data, which ranks among the best in the world, South Korea does not look like a developed country in many aspects.
Of course, this has nothing to do with Simon.
Natural Selection.
as well as.
The way of man is to make more than enough losses but more than enough sacrifices.
This is a life creed that Simon increasingly believes in.
For South Korea, Simon's character is that of a conqueror. However, since we are now a civilized society and everyone is civilized, the means of conquest must of course be more civilized.
South Korea's chaebol rule, to put it bluntly, is actually the aristocratic family system extended from Chinese culture.
Japan is actually the same.
Since it is a family system, what Simon, the controller standing behind the scenes, has to do is to promote and cultivate family members who are loyal to him.
Therefore, in private, Simon gave Chen Qing a fundamental strategy for running South Korea, which is not to appoint people on their own merits, but to nepotism. No matter you are talented or not, those who follow me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish.
In fact, it is the same as Ukraine.
Because neither Ukraine nor South Korea will become the foundation of the Westeros system. Even if they are completely messed up, it will not matter to the overall situation.
When it comes to South Korea specifically, Simon attaches great importance to South Korea's semiconductor and other related industries. However, from the beginning, his idea is that if he cannot completely control it, then it doesn't matter if it is destroyed.
To put it bluntly, South Korea's subsequent strong semiconductor industry strength is not due to how strong Korean companies are, but because the West does not have as many technical barriers to South Korea as China does, which allows South Korea to introduce related technologies without obstacles and vigorously develop the semiconductor industry.
If relevant technical barriers are completely opened, China's replacement of South Korea will be as inevitable as South Korea's replacement of Japan. Since it is not irreplaceable, then the consequences of destruction are not unbearable.
Under this strategy, Simon does not need too many talents and focuses more on loyalty.
Simon only wanted one outcome.
The land, gold, and women in this country are all mine!
If it cannot be conquered, then destroyed.
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Cheng Taixi got a job from Chen Qing and started to get in touch with the film industry in South Korea, which was barely a circle. When he learned that this woman was deliberately assigned a background title of Daenerys Entertainment by Chen Qing, it was not a big deal. The Korean film community immediately became excited.
Daenerys Entertainment has always attached great importance to localized operations in overseas markets in recent years, and many films in Europe, Latin America and Asia have been supported. Now, it’s finally South Korea’s turn.
On the other side, Chen Qing has no time to pay attention to such trivial matters.
With the arrival of a new week, on Monday, November 17, the South Korean government officially promulgated a bill to lift restrictions on overseas investors’ shareholdings in Korean companies. Except for a few restrictive fields, other areas such as electronics, automobiles, catering, etc., will be one-time Complete liberalization, compared with only 50% liberalization in previous negotiations with the IMF, can be said to be achieved in one step.
In terms of media and entertainment, except for South Korea’s traditional print media and wireless radio and television, foreign investment is not allowed to enter. In the cable TV field, foreign ownership is relaxed to 50%, while in other fields, such as music, theaters, film and television production, artist management, etc. , it is completely liberalized and foreign capital can hold 100% of the shares.
With the promulgation of the decree, in the next few days, the Westeros system signed more than a dozen companies in related fields.
The scale is small.
Mainly, it’s impossible to find a bigger one.
As for the reasons, we can look at them from three aspects: movies, television and music.
In terms of movies, since the Park Chung-hee era, the Korean film industry has been basically occupied by overseas films. Korean films have not won the local box office championship for 20 years. In many years, the top ten annual box office in South Korea have been completely occupied by overseas films. The local film industry is completely dispensable.
The turnaround only started last year.
In 1996, the Kim Young-sam government formally established a film quota system to protect the Korean film industry, stipulating that Korean theaters must screen local films 146 days a year.
This turn of events has allowed Korean companies to see opportunities. From large chaebols to small individuals, they have all established film production companies. After all, the 146-day quota is placed there. If you invest in any small film, you can hope to get a good return.
However, the quota system is in place, but South Korea’s film censorship system still exists.
Therefore, no one dares to let go too much.
Now, with the Asian financial crisis, South Korea is short of money. In the next one or two years, if there is no special turnaround, it will still be difficult for Korean movies to get ahead.
This was the case in history.
In 1996, Korean films implemented a 146-day quota system. However, it was not until 1999 that Korean films began to explode. The background was in 1998. Kim Dae-jung, the new president of South Korea, not only abolished the censorship system of Korean films and adopted a classification system, but also promoted The strategy of 'building a nation through culture' was adopted.
In addition, the Korean economy began to recover after the catastrophe in 1997. In 1999, Korean movies not only regained the annual box office championship that had been lost for more than 20 years through "The Spies", but also quickly regained the box office title that had been lost to Hollywood and other overseas countries. A market divided by movies. At the same time, I also started to win various overseas awards and various scenery.
In short, 1997 is the best time to enter the Westeros system.
If you miss it, it will be very difficult to penetrate the Korean film industry.
Let’s talk about TV.
Before 1997, South Korea's TV industry was basically divided between the three major wireless TV stations. South Korea's TV stations were not opened to private ownership until 1990, and foreign investment was even more unthinkable. Even with this reform, foreign investment can only enter the cable TV field. The shareholding cannot exceed 50%.
In addition, South Korea has not yet promoted the system of separation of production and broadcasting. Therefore, the television field is basically dominated by three established TV stations.
It was also after this point in 1997 that the Westeros system was expected to enter.
Finally, there's the music.
South Korea's music industry is so prosperous that it only once gave birth to the proper term 'K-POP'.
But, this is also something after 1997.
Moreover, Simon, who has been quietly paying attention to South Korea, also discovered this time that South Korea's SM Entertainment, which once single-handedly promoted the rise of the 'K-POP' model, was dropped by the butterfly this time, and even Lee Soo Man did not know where it was.
Simon likes a certain name very much, and he has a picture of it at a glance.
This is not surprising.
Let’s start with movies.
Simon's original "Run Lola Run" was released in South Korea in 1987, and it ranked third at the Korean box office that year. Then, Daenerys Entertainment emerged, producing films that occupy several positions on South Korea's annual box office list almost every year.
These are big cultural butterflies that can penetrate every aspect of a society, enough to change too many things without even realizing it.
The result is that the Korean music industry has also been learning from Europe and the United States in recent years, but it lacks a certain pioneering leader and can only be regarded as a little kitten. Like movies, the most popular one in the Korean music circle is still one A batch of international pop singers.
Of course, these are not problems for Simon.
The so-called 'K-POP' is, after all, just a variant of the Western 'Teen-POP' combination model. Buy more small music companies and provide a model, and then it will just be a trick.
Just like South Korea's automobiles and semiconductors, why are they so developed
Especially semiconductors.
In the 1970s and 1980s, due to the huge profit temptation of "a box of chips for a ship of ore" widely circulated in the Korean semiconductor industry, South Korea's moderately capable chaebols all flocked to the semiconductor industry. It can be described as the Korean version of "big chip refining". In the end, only Samsung and Hyundai stood out, which also contributed to Samsung's subsequent glory.
One of the big reasons, according to Simon, is actually very simple.
Chosen the right path.
Especially Samsung, when other chaebols divest and exit one after another, they cling to semiconductors and refuse to let go. The results prove that they are in the right direction. With the rapid development of the electronics industry, relying on the gains brought by semiconductors, the market value of Samsung Electronics has increased from 1997 to 2017. From the lowest point in 2004 to the following 20 years, the market value increased hundreds of times.
There is also an episode in this.
Regarding the inheritance of Samsung Group, the Lee family did not expect that the market value of Samsung Electronics would grow so fast. As a result, it became increasingly difficult for Lee Kun-hee to transfer more equity to his son. Later, everyone also It can be seen that with the death of Li Jianxi, the Li family's control of Samsung Group is shaky, and all kinds of troubles surrounding the Li family continue.
This is something.
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In short, it is important to choose the right direction.
The Zheng family of Hyundai gave up semiconductors and chose cars during the financial crisis and its aftermath. The result is that many years later, although Hyundai is still the top chaebol in South Korea and Hyundai Motors still accounts for more than 70% of the market in South Korea, The market value of the entire Hyundai Group is only one-tenth that of Samsung.
Therefore, Simon is very confident about Korean K-POP, even Korean entertainment, and even, by extension, the future of the entire Westeros system. Because Simon knows the right direction in many aspects for at least the next twenty years.
Another twenty years would be enough for the Westeros system to become even more entrenched in the world.
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While the Westeros System began to lay out the Korean entertainment industry, negotiations between the IMF and the Korean government, as well as negotiations between the Westeros System and Samsung, Hyundai and SK, were continuing.
Chen Qing soon discovered that the three companies were deliberately delaying the negotiation process.
Knowing everything.
This is pending the outcome of negotiations between the authorities and the IMF.
After all, although the promises given by the Westeros system are tempting, everyone is not a child. Everyone knows what this cooperation means.
Therefore, if this IMF bailout can be a turning point, the three companies will definitely not mind temporarily going back on their word.
It is normal for business matters to fail to be negotiated.
Chen Qing is not anxious about this at all. She is actually waiting for the results because she knows better than the three chaebols what the results will be next.
You should know that Michael Camdessus, the current chairman of the IMF from Europe, is not the main person in charge of the IMF team involved in this negotiation.
The leader of the negotiations is Peter Bernast, who comes from Goldman Sachs and is very close to the Westeros system. Peter Bernast's deputy, Michael Gate, came from First Boston and seemed not to be directly related to the Westeros system. In fact, he was selected by Simon six months ago through Bill Spurter's relationship and was selected in advance. Inserted into the IMF.
Furthermore, in addition to the IMF team, the U.S. Treasury Department also sent Deputy Treasury Secretary David Lipton to supervise the progress of the negotiations. David Lipton also brought an assistant named Philip Raybould.
Of course, my brother-in-law is just here to gain experience.
But, after all, he is also the brother-in-law of Simon Westeros, and even David Lipton cannot ignore him.
This is just the beginning.
It was planned that once the negotiations were concluded, Peter Bernast, the team leader, and David Lipton, the deputy finance minister, would both return to the United States.
Michael Gate, who is currently Peter Bernast's deputy, will become the IMF's representative in South Korea and will be responsible for overseeing the implementation of the IMF's agreements in South Korea in the next few years.
To put it bluntly, in fact, the Westeros system is responsible for supervising the implementation of the IMF agreement in South Korea.
To be more straightforward, coupled with the strong strength of the entire Westeros system, in the next few years, which chaebol in South Korea Simon said can live, which chaebol can survive, and which chaebol Simon tells to die, which chaebol will There is no choice but to die.
Therefore, the three chaebols deliberately delayed, not to mention Chen Qing simply put more energy on other aspects.
After all, with the liberalization of foreign shareholding and the Westeros system that has been quietly laid out for a long time, there are still many things that can be done in South Korea.
This continues until Thursday, November 20th.
Starting last Friday, after a week-long round-the-clock negotiation, the Korean authorities finally reached an agreement with the IMF, and the relevant terms were announced, which immediately caused an uproar in Korean society.