Chapter 415 Introduced Korea and Exported Hallyu
After arriving in Seoul, everyone had breakfast in a five-star hotel in Gangnam-gu. The breakfast was mainly Western style, and there were also rice, kimchi, and dai sauce soup that East Asians liked to eat.
The person in charge of Xingchen Technology's Korean branch is Li Qi. He is a Korean born in Jilin. He has been in South Korea for almost twenty years and is an expert in South Korea.
"Studying in South Korea is not an easy choice. The survival pressure here is too great." Speaking of Li Qi's study abroad experience in South Korea, Luo Jia asked with a smile: "Do you know which country has the highest suicide rate in the world at present?"
Everyone answered that it was Neon. After all, everyone knew that Neon society was extremely depressed and everyone lived a life wearing a mask.
It is also often seen in the news that Neon people like to jump off the tram track, and they also specifically choose the rush hour of get off work. There is also the legendary suicide forest. Couples come out of the lover's hotel, gently walk into the depths of the forest, and commit suicide by the way.
"In the past, it was neon, but now, the country with the highest suicide rate in the world is South Korea." Li Qi shrugged and said: "Not only that, in 2018, South Korea and the birth rate had fallen below a little, officially becoming the last in the world's birth rate."
"It may be hard for everyone to imagine that as a developed country, South Korea is crazily immigrating from abroad. In 2017 alone, more than 19,000 immigrated to North America, and the number of immigrants around the world exceeded 100,000, creating a ridiculous record of crazy migration from developed countries."
"You know, most immigrants run from underdeveloped areas and go to developed countries. There are only Koreans. They run around. I heard that the most in the ghost places in Africa is Koreans except for Chinese people. They are willing to give up their life in South Korea and go to poor areas. There is no reason for this. The society is highly inclined, the pressure is too great, and life is so tiring. There are even crazy Koreans who go to the Middle East to spread Christianity. I heard that several of them were killed by terrorist organizations."
After hearing Li Qi's words, everyone opened their eyes wide. In movies and TV, South Korea is always very bright and beautiful. In the prosperous Jiangnan nightlife, even men will paint themselves with exquisite makeup, as if they are a cowherd. However, in the real world, only Koreans can experience the suffering of South Korea.
Luo Jia waved his hand disapprovingly, "I don't care about the Korean issue at all. I only know that today's South Korea has a comprehensive standard of living beyond our country. Based on the principle of seeking truth from facts, everyone must not be deceived by those unscrupulous public accounts."
"What is Korean pork too expensive, fruit too expensive, ordinary people have a hard time living, it's all nonsense. Fruits are indeed not cheap, but their income is higher. And if you buy watermelons in China, ordinary watermelons cost one dollar per pound, and 8424 costs at least four dollars per pound. The quality is different, and the price is naturally different. This is the reason no matter where you go."
"Students must remember that if the rise of the Chinese nation needs to tramplify South Korea from a developed country, then tramplify it to death!"
"This time I brought you to Korea, not to let you chase stars, but to let you see our neighbors with your own eyes, learn their experiences, avoid the mistakes they have made, and there is another most important thing to learn their experience in cultural aggression."
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After breakfast, everyone began to act separately. The Wen brothers and Li Qi, the head of the Korean branch, will go to Jiangnan University to meet with Professor Cui Yingtai, but Luo Jia did not go. After all, the boss will always appear at the last critical moment.
Another group of people was led by Shen Lang, and the Xingchen University team was in charge of culture and entertainment. This time they came to the Korean entertainment industry to inspect and acquire a company, the largest Korean entertainment brokerage company, SM.
Some people may think that there is nothing to learn in this small place in Bangzi Country. People who hold such ideas may be a little arrogant because not long ago, the Korean entertainment industry invaded China.
In the East God Qi, Girls' Generation, many Korean groups or idols who cannot name their names are popular in our country, with vigorous Korean songs everywhere in the streets and alleys. That era has just passed and is not far away from us.
Any Chinese should face up to the fact that our cultural industry has not only been invaded by the West, but also been invaded by South Korea!
In the end, how did we end the Korean wave craze?
It’s not that we beat them back in the cultural field, but that we rely on the authorities’ ban on South Korea. Assuming there is no ban on South Korea, today’s young Chinese people may still listen to whose music they are listening to.
"Sometimes I often can't help thinking, if my ancestors have spirits in heaven, they will feel embarrassed to learn that their unworthy descendants are worshipping a group of Koreans, right?" Luo Jia joked with his classmates.
Shen Lang, who hadn't spoken much, suddenly frowned and whispered: "Teacher, I think Korean entertainment is essentially a cultural invasion of North America in our country."
Luo Jia was suddenly stunned, and everyone opened their eyes wide and looked at Shen Lang in confusion. This conclusion was too amazing, and even Luo Jia felt puzzled.
After pausing for a moment, Shen Lang said with a relaxed expression: "In my opinion, Korean entertainment itself is an imitation of North American entertainment. In terms of music style, almost every group is electronic music and hiphop. This is very European and American. The only thing worthy of praise is that Korean artists are more skilled and work harder on the stage than European and American stars. They often sweat all over their bodies after a performance..."
Shen Lang was calm and talked freely, using many examples to explain his views. The artist's makeup and even tattoos can be found in European and American culture. Therefore, in Shen Lang's view, the so-called Korean entertainment only imitates European and American culture. In essence, this is the Western cultural invasion of China.
If Shen Lang only observed that Korean waves were essentially Western culture wearing vests, that would be fine. However, Shen Lang is Shen Lang, and his vision and judgment have always been extremely sharp. A few minutes later, he made another more shocking point.
"I don't think Korean wave is a bad thing. At least Korean wave still has some promotion effect on East Asia." Shen Lang said: "It's like shooting oneself in the foot. Although the West has successfully nurtured the secondary culture of Korean wave and the Korean wave has also successfully invaded our country, at the same time, the West never expected that they themselves were backfired by Korean wave and impacted the white supremacy they promoted."
After hearing Shen Lang's words, everyone's eyes lit up. Korean waves were impacting white supremacy? This view is very novel.
Shen Lang frowned, "Maybe everyone has noticed that for many years, in those Hollywood movies, Chinese people have always been short and chubby, flat facial features, and not three-dimensional enough."
"Maybe I felt the threat of our star world. Recently, Marvel was about to shoot the first Chinese superhero in history. However, looking at the casting of the young, I was really not happy. The convex cheekbones, small eyes, and thin lips were exactly the same as Yang Ersao in Lu Xun's works. After so many years, Western cultural elites have changed one after another, but they still spared no effort to discredit our Chinese nation."
"Look at how many of our relatives and friends around us really look like that?"
"The image of Chinese people established by the West is not a real Chinese at all. From an anthropological perspective, it is a typical group of Southeast Asians!"
Swish ~
The bus suddenly became an uproar, and everyone made a sudden enlightenment expression, recalling European and American movies and TV. The Chinese people in it were indeed very different from those in reality, but were closer to the image of Southeast Asians.
Some people may object that in the American drama Walking Dead, the Chinese named Glenn is quite handsome. However, Glenn's setting in the drama is not Chinese, but a Korean.
Zhang Qidou curled his lips, "I remember the Chinese boss who runs a restaurant in Man in Black 3. Not only is the image that Brother Lang said, he is short and fat, has a flat face and small eyes, but also mocks the Chinese restaurants for being unhygienic and moral, and even alien creatures are regarded as ingredients by Chinese restaurants. This is simply a joke about us Chinese eating dog meat."
Everyone was talking about it. Everyone had watched the movie, but before, everyone did not think about the direction of racial discrimination. Now, after careful recall, the image of Chinese in Western movies has been really badly criticized. The West has always used the image of Southeast Asians to pretend to be China.
Shen Lang continued: "Don't bother with the popularity of Korean entertainment, at least it made the Western people suddenly realize that the image of East Asians is essentially different from Southeast Asia."
Shen Lang talked about his views and understanding. The bus had already arrived at the destination at this time, but Luo Jia asked the car to park on the side of the road to wait without disturbing Shen Lang's wonderful performance. At the age of fifteen, he was getting better at thinking in a different way, and his thinking pattern became more and more jumpy, which made the teacher Luo Jia feel very pleased.
Everyone thought it was Korean wave, but Shen Lang saw the shadow of Western cultural invasion from Korean wave. Luo Jia was right. In this world, only culture is the ultimate hegemony.
In short, Shen Lang's point of view is very clear. No matter whether it is black cats or white cats, as long as they can catch mice, they are good cats. Korean waves are relatively good in the world, at least they can fight than the Chinese entertainment industry. They can do nothing in the Chinese entertainment industry, let alone export culture.
Since Korean waves are close to China, they are an object worthy of research. No matter what the results are, we will study them first. Taking advantage of the economic downturn and buying the largest entertainment agency in South Korea is the first step in Shen Lang's entire plan. It is not to ask for those Korean stars, but to have a complete set of systems and talent training mechanisms.
In the end, the bus stopped outside the SM company's door, and Luo Jia did not enter with Shen Lang and the others. He was afraid that he would be present and the young people would not be able to let go.
Looking at Chen Qingyue and Gu Beiyin, who had grown into a graceful lady, followed Shen Lang from left to right, Luo Jia couldn't help but sneer up and chuckled. The young man had a future. In terms of women, Shen Lang was much better than his teacher.
"Let's go, let's go on the street." Luo Jia turned around and said to the Minister of Security Xu Chunbiao.
Chapter completed!