Chapter 1254

The reason why Chen Qing is so good at 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 plutocrats.

This is actually a gradual process.

After World War II, until 1993, South Korea was under the control of the military government. During this period, the economic strength of the chaebol continued to strengthen, but the power of the country was still in the hands of the South Korean government.

Then, Kim Yong San came to power, which was the first literati president of South Korea. Moreover, Kim Yong San also took the initiative to crack down on and eliminate the military power within the South Korean government. As a result, it actually damaged the power of the South Korean government. After all, power came out of the barrel of the gun. As a result, the military withdrew from politics, and money gradually began to 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 closed down. Under the control of the IMF, the result of the structural reform of the national economy is not that South Korea's economic structure is more healthy, but that, driven by the Matthew effect, the stronger the stronger, the more powerful the chaebol is, and finally it actually controls the country.

The monopoly of chaebol makes the social resources extremely concentrated, foreign capital infiltrates and draws a large amount of development dividends from South Korea's economy, which eventually leads to ultra-high competitive pressure in South Korea society. As a result, South Korea once had the average working hours of the world's first, as well as the ultra-low fertility rate close to the bottom of the world. South Korea, with a population of more than 50 million, even had a poor second rate every year More than 100000 newborns.

In addition to the world's leading GDP data, South Korea is not what a developed country should be.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Simon.

Natural selection.

And.

The way of human being is more than enough.

This is Simon's growing belief in life.

For South Korea, Simon's role is a conqueror. However, because today is a civilized society, we are all civilized people. The means of conquest, of course, need to be civilized.

The chaebol rule in South Korea, to put it bluntly, is actually the aristocratic system extended from Chinese culture.

The same is true in Japan.

Since it's a family system, Simon, the controller behind the scenes, has to promote and cultivate a loyal family.

Therefore, in private, Simon's fundamental strategy for Chen Qing to run Korea is not to appoint people on their merits, but to appoint people on their own. No matter whether you are talented or not, those who follow me will prosper and those who oppose me will die.

It's just like Ukraine.

Because neither Ukraine nor South Korea will be the root of the westero system, even if it is completely screwed up, it does not matter the overall situation.

When it comes to South Korea, Simon attaches great importance to the semiconductor and other related industries in South Korea. However, from the beginning, his idea is that if he can't completely control it, it doesn't matter to destroy it.

South Korea's later strong semiconductor industry strength, frankly speaking, is not the strength of South Korean enterprises, but the fact that the West did not set up many technical barriers to South Korea as China did, which enabled South Korea to introduce relevant technologies and vigorously develop the semiconductor industry.

If the relevant technical barriers are fully opened, it is inevitable that China will replace South Korea, just as South Korea will replace Japan. Since it is not irreplaceable, the result of destruction is not unbearable.

Under this strategy, Simon doesn't need too much talent, but focuses more on loyalty.

Simon only needs one result.

The land, gold and women of this country are mine!

If you can't conquer it, destroy it.

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Cheng Taixi got a job from Chen Qing and began to get in touch with the film circle in South Korea, which is hardly a circle. When he learned that Chen Qing had deliberately placed a background title of danylis entertainment in this woman, the small Korean film circle immediately became enthusiastic.

Denise entertainment has always attached great importance to the localization operation of overseas markets in recent years. Many films have been supported in Europe, Latin America and Asia. Now, it's finally Korea's turn.

On the other hand, Chen Qing has no time to pay attention to these little things.

With the coming of a new week, on Monday, November 17, the South Korean government officially promulgated a bill to lift the restrictions on the shareholding of South Korean enterprises by overseas investors. Except for a few restricted areas, other areas such as electronics, automobile, catering, etc. were completely liberalized at one time, which is one step ahead of the 50% restrictions in the negotiations with the IMF.

In terms of media and entertainment, except for the traditional paper media and wireless radio and television in South Korea, foreign investment is not allowed to enter. In addition, in the field of cable television, foreign ownership is relaxed to 50%. In other areas, such as music, cinema, film and television production, and artist brokerage, foreign investment can hold 100%.

With the promulgation of the law, in the next few days, westrow signed more than a dozen companies in related fields.

They're all small.

The main thing is, it's impossible to find a bigger one.

As for the reasons, from three aspects of film, TV and music.In terms of film, since the era of Park Chung Hee, the Korean film industry has been basically occupied by overseas films. For 20 years, Korean films have not won the local box office champion. For many years, the top ten box offices in South Korea have been completely occupied by overseas films, and the local film circle is completely in a dispensable state.

The turnaround only started last year.

In 1996, Kim Yong San's government formally established a film quota system to protect the Korean film industry, stipulating that Korean cinemas must show 146 days of local films every year.

This turnaround has given South Korean enterprises opportunities, ranging from plutocrats to individuals, to set up film production companies one after another. After all, if you put the 146 day quota there and invest in small films casually, you can hope to get a good return.

However, with the quota system, South Korea's film censorship system is still in place.

Therefore, we dare not let go too much.

Now, with the Asian financial turmoil, South Korea is short of money. In the next year or two, if there is no special turn for the better, it will still be difficult for South Korean films to make their debut.

That's how it used to be in history.

In 1996, the 146 day quota system was implemented in South Korean films. However, it was not until 1999 that South Korean films began to break out. In 1998, the new president of South Korea, Kim Dae Jung, not only abolished the censorship system of South Korean films and adopted the grading system, but also promoted the strategy of "building a country through culture".

In addition, South Korea's economy began to recover after the disaster in 1997. Only in 1999, South Korea's films not only regained the annual box office champion lost for more than 20 years through "life and death spy", but also quickly regained the market divided by Hollywood and other overseas films. At the same time, he also began to win various overseas awards.

In a word, 1997 is the best time to enter the westrow system.

If you miss it, it's very difficult to penetrate the Korean film industry.

Let's talk about TV.

Before 1997, South Korea's TV industry was basically divided up by the three major wireless TV stations. South Korea's TV stations did not open up to private ownership until 1990, and foreign investors could not think of it. Even in this reform, foreign investors could only enter the field of cable TV, and their shareholding could not exceed 50%.

In addition, South Korea has not yet promoted the separation system of production and broadcasting. Therefore, the television field is basically dominated by three established TV stations.

It was also after this node in 1997 that the westero system was expected to enter.

Finally, music.

South Korea's music industry, just to say that a proper term "K-pop" was born, shows how prosperous it is.

However, this is also after 1997.

Moreover, Simon, who has been paying close attention to South Korea, also found that SM Entertainment in South Korea, which once promoted the rise of the "K-pop" model, was lost by the butterfly this time, and even Li Xiuman didn't know where it was.

Simon likes a certain name very much. He has a sense of picture at a glance.

Not surprisingly.

Let's start with movies.

Simon's original "Lola Run", which was released in South Korea in 1987, won the third place at the box office in South Korea. Then, danelis entertainment rose, and the films produced by danelis entertainment could occupy several places in the annual box office list of South Korea almost every year.

These are cultural butterflies that can permeate all aspects of a society, and can change too many things unconsciously.

As a result, South Korea's music industry is also learning from Europe and the United States in recent years, but it lacks a pioneer level leader. It can only count as three or two kittens. Like movies, South Korea's music circle is most popular with a group of international pop singers.

None of this, of course, is a problem for Simon.

After all, the so-called "K-pop" is just a variation of the western "teen pop" combination model. It's just to buy more small music companies and give the model. Next, it's just to raise the poisonous insects.

Just like South Korea's cars and semiconductors, why they are so developed was also a problem in those years.

Especially semiconductors.

In the 1970s and 1980s, under the temptation of huge profits of "a box of chips for a ship of ore" widely spread in the semiconductor industry of South Korea, chaebols with a little bit of ability in South Korea rushed into the semiconductor industry. It can be said that the Korean version of "refining chips". In the end, only Samsung, Hyundai and other companies stood out, which also created Samsung's later glory.

One of the big reasons, in Simon's opinion, is actually very simple.

The right way.

Samsung, in particular, has been clinging to the semiconductor industry when other plutocrats have been divested. The result shows that it is in the right direction. With the rapid development of the electronic industry and the gain brought by semiconductor, the market value of Samsung Electronics has risen hundreds of times from the lowest point in 1997 to the next 20 years.

There is also an episode.

As for the succession of SamSung group, Li Jiagen didn't expect that the market value of Samsung Electronics would grow so fast. As a result, it became more and more difficult for Li Jianxi to transfer more shares to his son. Later, everyone saw that with the death of Li Jianxi, the control of the Li family over SamSung group was tottering, and all kinds of bad things around the Li family continued.That's what I'm going to say.

[Reading welfare] pay attention to the public.. number [bookfriend base], draw cash / count money every day when reading a book!

in short, it's important to choose the right direction.

In the aftermath of the financial crisis, Hyundai's Zheng family gave up semiconductor and chose automobile. As a result, many years later, although Hyundai is still the top chaebol in South Korea, and Hyundai still occupies more than 70% of the market in South Korea, the market value of the whole Hyundai Group is only one tenth of that of Samsung.

Therefore, for K-pop in South Korea, and even entertainment in South Korea, and even further expansion, Simon has full confidence in the future of the whole westero system. Because Simon knows the right direction in many ways for at least the next 20 years.

Another 20 years is enough to make the westero system more entrenched in the world.

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At the same time that westero system began to lay out the South Korean entertainment industry, the negotiations between IMF and the South Korean government, as well as the negotiations between westero system and Samsung, Hyundai and SK, are continuing.

Chen Qing soon discovered the deliberate delay of the three companies in the negotiation process.

You know it.

This is waiting for the outcome of the negotiations between the authorities and the IMF.

After all, the promise of the Westeros system is attractive, but we are not children. Everyone knows what this cooperation means.

Therefore, if this IMF rescue can be a turning point, the three countries certainly do not mind the temporary backwardness.

It's normal for business to fail.

Chen Qing is not worried about this. She is also waiting for the result, because she knows better than the three plutocrats what will happen next.

You know, the IMF team for this negotiation, Michael kantsu, the current chairman of the IMF from Europe, is not the main person in charge.

The negotiation leader, Peter bernast, from Goldman Sachs, is very close to the westrow system. Michael gate, Peter bernast's deputy, is from First Boston. It seems that he is not directly related to the westero system. In fact, half a year ago, Simon was selected by bill spatter and put into the IMF ahead of time.

In addition, in addition to the IMF team, the U.S. Treasury sent David Lipton, Deputy Treasury Secretary, to supervise the progress of the negotiations. David Lipton also brought an assistant named Philip Leibold.

Of course, my brother-in-law just came here to see.

But, after all, it's Simon westrow's wife and brother, and even David Litton can't ignore it.

This is just the beginning.

In the plan, after the negotiation, Peter bernast and Deputy Treasury Secretary David Litton will return to the United States.

Michael gate, who is now Peter bernast's deputy, will be the IMF's representative in South Korea and will be responsible for supervising the implementation of the IMF Agreement in South Korea in the next few years.

To put it bluntly, the westrow 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 whole westero system, in the next few years, Simon said that which chaebol in South Korea can live, which chaebol can live, which chaebol Simon let die, which chaebol can only die.

As a result, the three chaebols deliberately procrastinated, and Chen Qing simply put more energy into other aspects.

After all, with the liberalization of foreign ownership, there are still many things that can be done in South Korea under the westrow system, which has been quietly laid out for a long time.

So it goes on until November 20, Thursday.

From last Friday, after a week of endless negotiations, the South Korean authorities finally reached an agreement with the IMF, and the relevant provisions were published, which immediately triggered an uproar in the South Korean society.