Chapter 1254 Control, or Destroy
The reason why Chen Qing is so easy to talk about arranging work for Sung Tae Hee's brother and sister-in-law is related to Simon's strategy towards Korea.
As we all know, South Korea is a country ruled by chaebols.
This is actually a gradual process.
It is only said that after World War II, until 1993, South Korea has been in the era of military government control. During this period, the economic strength of the chaebol has continued to increase, but the power of this country is still in the hands of the South Korean government.
Then there is Kim Young-sam coming to power, this is South Korea's first literati president, and Kim Young-sam also took the initiative to attack and eliminate the military forces within the South Korean government. As a result, it actually damaged the power of the South Korean government. After all, the gun barrel Political power came out of the country, so the military withdrew from the political arena, and money began to gradually dominate the country.
Then came the Asian financial turmoil in 1997.
After the financial turmoil, a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises in South Korea went bankrupt. Under the control of IMF, the result of structural reform of the national economy is not that South Korea’s economic structure is healthier, but driven by the Matthew effect, the strong get stronger. The power of the chaebol swelled further, eventually effectively controlling the country.
The monopoly of chaebol capital has led to an extreme concentration of social resources, which has led to the overwhelming competitive pressure in Korean society. Then, a poor 260,000 newborns a year later.
Except for its per capita GDP, which ranks among the highest in the world, South Korea does not want to be like a developed country in many aspects.
Of course, these have nothing to do with Simon.
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The way of man is to sacrifice enough and give more than enough.
This is a life credo that Simon has come to embrace more and more.
For South Korea, Simon's role is that of a conqueror. However, because the present is a civilized society, and everyone is a civilized person, the means of conquest must of course be more civilized.
South Korea's chaebol rule, to put it bluntly, is actually an aristocratic family system extended from Chinese culture.
Japan is actually the same.
Since it is a family system, what Simon, the controller behind the scenes, has to do is to promote and cultivate a family that is loyal to him.
Therefore, in private, Simon gave Chen Qing a fundamental strategy for managing South Korea, not to appoint people on their merits, but to appoint people to their relatives. Whether you are a talent or not, those who follow me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish.
In fact, the same as Ukraine.
Because neither Ukraine nor South Korea will become the foundation of the Westeros system, even if it is completely messed up, it will not matter to the overall situation.
When it comes to South Korea, Simon attaches great importance to South Korea's semiconductor and other industries, but from the very beginning, his idea was that if he could not fully control it, then it would not matter if it was destroyed.
South Korea's later strong semiconductor industry strength, to put it bluntly, is not how strong South Korean companies are, but that the West has not set up many technical barriers to South Korea like China, so that South Korea can introduce related technologies without obstacles and vigorously develop the semiconductor industry.
To put it bluntly, if the relevant technical barriers are completely opened, China will replace South Korea, just like South Korea will replace Japan, which is inevitable.
Since it is not irreplaceable, the result of destruction is not unbearable.
Under this strategy, Simon does not need too much talent, and focuses more on loyalty.
Simon only wants one result: the land, gold, and women in this country are all mine!
If you can't conquer, destroy.
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Cheng Tae-hee got a job from Chen Qing, and started to get in touch with the movie circle in South Korea, which is hardly a circle. When he learned that Chen Qing deliberately placed a background title of Daenerys Entertainment on this woman, it was not a big deal at all. The Korean film circle also immediately became enthusiastic.
Daenerys Entertainment has always attached great importance to localized operations in overseas markets over the years. Many films in Europe, Latin America, and Asia have been supported. Now, it is finally the turn of South Korea.
On the other hand, Chen Qing didn't have time to care about these 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’ shareholding in Korean companies. Except for a few restricted areas, other aspects such as electronics, automobiles, and catering, etc. Complete liberalization, compared with the previous 50% relaxation in negotiations with the IMF, can be described as a one-step process.
In terms of media and entertainment, foreign capital is not allowed to enter except for traditional paper media and wireless radio and television in South Korea. In terms of cable TV, foreign capital shareholding is relaxed to 50%. Others, such as music, cinema, film and television production, artist brokerage, 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 in one go.
All are small.
Mainly, it is impossible to find a bigger one.
As for the reasons, we can look at it from three aspects: movies, TV and music.
In terms of movies, since the era of Park Chung-hee, the Korean film industry has been basically dominated by overseas films. Korean films have not won the top spot in the local box office for 20 years. For many years, the top ten annual box office in South Korea has been completely occupied by overseas films. , the local film circle is in a dispensable state.
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 show local films for 146 days a year.
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The turning point made South Korean companies see opportunities. From large chaebols to small individuals, they have established film production companies one after another. 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, and South Korea's film censorship system is still in place.
Therefore, everyone dare not let go too much.
Now, with the Asian financial turmoil, South Korea is short of money. In the next one or two years, if there is no special turning point, it will still be difficult for Korean films to succeed.
It has been so 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 strategy of 'building the country with culture' was adopted.
In addition, the Korean economy began to recover after the catastrophe in 1997. Only in 1999, Korean films not only regained the annual box office champions that had been lost for more than 20 years through "The Spy", but also quickly regained the titles that were dominated by overseas films such as Hollywood. The market divided by movies. At the same time, I also started to win various overseas awards and various scenery.
In short, 1997 was 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, the TV industry in South Korea was basically divided among the three major wireless TV stations, and Korean TV stations were not open to private ownership until 1990, let alone foreign capital. Even with this reform, foreign capital can only enter the field of cable TV. The shareholding cannot exceed 50%.
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In addition, South Korea has not promoted the separation system of production and broadcasting, so the TV field is basically dominated by the three old TV stations.
It is also after this node in 1997 that the Westeros system is expected to enter.
Finally there is music.
South Korea's music industry, just saying that a proper term 'k-pop' was born, shows how prosperous it is.
However, this is also after 1997.
Moreover, Simon, who has been quietly paying attention to South Korea, also discovered this time that South Korea's SM Entertainment, which was once said to have single-handedly promoted the rise of the 'k-pop' model, was dropped by the butterfly this time, and even Li Xiuman didn't know where he was.
Simon likes a certain name very much, and it has a sense of picture at a glance.
This is not surprising.
Still have to start with the movie.
Simon's original "Run Lola Run" was released in South Korea in 1987, but it won the third place in South Korea's annual box office that year. Then, Daenerys Entertainment rose, and the films produced almost every year occupy several positions on the annual box office list in South Korea.
These are big butterflies, enough to change too many things in South Korea in every way.
The result is that the Korean music circle has also been learning from Europe and the United States in recent years, but it lacks a certain pioneering leader. 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, give the model, and then, it's just raising Gu.
Just like South Korea's automobiles and semiconductors, why are they so developed? They also raised Gu back then.
Especially semiconductors.
In the 1970s and 1980s, lured by the huge profits of "a box of chips for a ship of ore" widely circulated in the Korean semiconductor industry, Korean chaebols with some ability flocked to the semiconductor industry. It can be called the Korean version of "big refining chips". In the end, only Samsung and Hyundai stood out, which also contributed to Samsung's later glory.
One of the reasons, in Simon's view, is actually very simple.
I chose the right path.
In particular, Samsung, when other chaebols divested and exited one after another, they clung to the semiconductor industry and did not let go. It turned out that they were in the right direction. From the lowest point in 2010 to the following 20 years, the market value has soared hundreds of times.
There is another episode in this.
Regarding the succession of the Samsung Group, the Li family did not expect that the market value of Samsung Electronics would grow so fast. As a result, it became more and more difficult for Li Kunxi to transfer more shares to his son. It can be seen that with the death of Li Jianxi, the Li family's control over the Samsung Group is shaky, and all kinds of bad things surrounding the Li family continue.
This is something.
In short, choosing the right direction is very important.
The Zheng family of Hyundai gave up semiconductors and chose automobiles during the financial turmoil and its aftermath. Later, although Hyundai is still the top chaebol in South Korea, Hyundai Motor still occupies more than 70% of the Korean market, but the entire Hyundai Group The market value of Samsung is only one-tenth of that of Samsung.
Therefore, for South Korea's k-pop, even South Korea's entertainment, and even, by extension, Simon has full confidence in the future of the entire Westeros system. Because Simon knows the right direction in many aspects for at least the next two decades.
Another twenty years will be enough for the Westeros system to become more deeply rooted in this world.
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The Westeros system begins to deploy in South Korea
At the same time as the entertainment industry, the negotiations between IMF and the South Korean government, as well as the negotiations between the Westeros system and Samsung, Hyundai and SK, are all continuing to make money.
Chen Qing quickly discovered the deliberate delay of the three companies in the negotiation process.
I know it well.
This is waiting for the results of the 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 more.
Therefore, if the IMF bailout can become a turning point, the three companies certainly don't mind temporarily going back on their word.
It's normal for business matters to fail.
Chen Qing is not in a hurry about this, she is actually waiting for the result, because she knows better than the three chaebols what will happen next.
You should know that the IMF team in this negotiation, the current chairman of the IMF from Europe, Michael Condesu, is not the main person in charge.
The negotiating team leader was named Peter Bernaster, who was from Goldman Sachs and was very close to the Westeros system. And Peter Bernast's deputy, Michael Gate, is from First Boston. It seems that he has no direct connection with the Westeros system, but in fact he was selected by Simon through Bill Spoulter's relationship half a year ago. Inserted into the imf which.
Furthermore, in addition to the IMF team, the U.S. Treasury Department also sent Deputy Treasury Secretary David Lipton to monitor the progress of the negotiations. David Lipton also brought an assistant named Philip Leibould.
Of course, my brother-in-law just came here to learn more.
But, after all, he is also the wife and brother of Simon Westeros, and even David Lipton cannot ignore it.
And this is just the beginning.
It is expected that the negotiations will be concluded, and both the team leader Peter Bernaster and Deputy Treasury Secretary David Lipton will return to the United States.
Michael Gate, currently serving as Peter Bernast's deputy, will become the IMF's representative in South Korea. In the next few years, he will be responsible for supervising the implementation of the IMF agreement in South Korea.
To be more straightforward, 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 powerful strength of the entire Westeros system, in the next few years, Simon said that which chaebol in South Korea can live, which chaebol can live, and which chaebol Simon wants to die, which chaebol will die. Can only die.
Therefore, the three chaebols deliberately delayed, let alone Chen Qing simply put more energy on other aspects.
After all, with the liberalization of foreign shareholding, the Westeros system has been quietly deployed for a long time, and there are many other things that can be done in South Korea.
And so on until Thursday, November 20th.
Starting from last Friday, after a week of endless negotiations, the South Korean authorities finally reached an agreement with the imf. The announcement of the relevant terms immediately caused an uproar in the Korean society.