Chapter 326 Opportunity

Chapter 326 Opportunity

Chapter 326 Opportunity
In his previous life, because he was not involved in the matter and had to bear the burden of life, An Rusong had a very limited understanding of the Republic of Korea, the most powerful country in the universe. In fact, as an ordinary person, even if he had been paying attention to the situation in South Korea, he probably only had a superficial understanding of the political issues there. He could not touch or understand the deeper things.

Just like the fact that Lee Min-bo defeated Chung Dong-yong, who was personally recommended by President Roh, and won the election for the 17th President of South Korea, it seemed calm and uneventful, but in fact, behind this calmness, there were actually waves of storms and power struggles lurking.

One thing that must be seen clearly is that South Korea's politics are different from those of other countries in the world. Just like the United States, under the two-party political structure, although the political struggle between the Donkey and the Elephant is also fierce, the Republican and Democratic parties actually have a certain tacit understanding while fighting. At least before the 21th year of the st century, the relationship between the two parties was not so sharp.

But South Korea is completely different. Although there are many political parties in this tiny country, the overall competition is between the progressives and the conservatives. The relationship between these two political factions is really like that between oil and water. Not only are they incompatible, they are even highly antagonistic. It's not a life-and-death battle, but it's probably pretty much that kind of thing.

Everyone knows that being the president of South Korea is a high-risk job. Once the next president takes office, he will do everything he can to kill the previous president, or at least send him to prison. But in fact, this perception is not accurate. The actual situation is that once a progressive president wins the election, he will do everything he can to kill the conservative president, and vice versa. An interesting rule is that since South Korea has truly implemented so-called democracy, the rotation between progressives and conservatives in power and opposition has basically been a cycle of ten years.

President Roh ended up in a tragedy because he was incompetent, or was unlucky enough. The progressives lost control of the government in his hands, and Lee Min-bo, who represented the conservatives, won the election. The same was true for Lee Min-bo and Miss Park who followed him. Their misfortune was that the latter lost the conservatives' control of the government, and President Moon, who represented the progressives, got the chance to settle accounts.

So, as mentioned before, President Moon's liquidation of Lee Min-bo actually has little to do with President Roh's tragic story. The plot of sleeping on straw and tasting gall, working hard to govern the country and avenge his friend is nothing but a legendary story imagined by people. For a politician, if he takes his friend's personal vendetta so seriously, he is unlikely to win the presidency.

Ultimately, the ups and downs in South Korea's political arena actually stem from the conflicts between progressives and conservatives. The reason why this conflict is so sharp is that it is not a simple conflict of interests, but a tit-for-tat in values.

For an ordinary person, interests are obviously the most important, while spiritual things like values ​​are not so important. There are too many people in this world who are willing to abandon their beliefs for a few pieces of silver. But for a politician, especially a well-known politician, interests are of course important, but not as important as values.

why?
The reason is very simple. For politicians in Western democratic societies, the values ​​they talk about all day long are actually their so-called political ideas and political programs. At the same time, they are also the personas they create for themselves. As long as this persona exists, they can control a certain number of supporters, have a certain number of votes, and enjoy a basic base that can provide them with votes. In other words, this persona, or this political program, the values ​​they have been selling all the time, is the foundation for them to enjoy a certain political status.

As long as they have this foundation, they don't have to worry about losing their social status or not being able to save money. The few pieces of silver they throw away today can be earned back hundreds or thousands of times tomorrow with this value system. The little self-esteem they lose today can be regained tomorrow by stepping on the heads of hundreds of millions of people.

In South Korea, the two major forces in the political arena, the progressives and the conservatives, have completely contradictory political ideas, or values. In other words, if one of them wants to promote its own values, it must completely deny, at least on the fundamentals, the values ​​of the other side. This is tantamount to digging up the other side's roots. So, is it surprising that there is a sharp confrontation between the two sides?
The same thing also happened in the United States in the world before An Rushong was reborn. As the Republican Party becomes more and more conservative and the Democratic Party becomes more and more white left, isn't American politics becoming more and more lively?
Therefore, from this perspective, Lee Min-bok defeated the presidential candidate of the progressive party on behalf of the conservative party, and pushed the conservative party to the throne of the controller of the national power again after a lapse of ten years. For the Korean political arena, this is a major event in itself. During the more than ten years when the progressive party was in power, a large part of the entire power operation system in South Korea was controlled by the progressive party. From this point of view, after Lee Min-bok came to power, large-scale institutional reforms and personnel adjustments were almost inevitable.

At the same time, both KBS and MBC are state-owned TV stations. Not to mention that in recent times, these two TV stations have been frequently causing trouble for Li Minbo. Even if they are honest and obedient, when Li Minbo starts to take action, the two TV stations will inevitably accept adjustments. At that time, either Zheng Yuanzhu of KBS or Yan Jiyong of MBC will have to leave. No, according to the current situation, it is already very good for them to leave peacefully. Hmm?
Recently, Han Meiyan is seeking cooperation in the transfer of network copyrights of TV series and movies of KBS TV station, but the copyright department of KBS, which is large and powerful, obviously does not take her seriously. There are many difficulties in the negotiation, and they even want to play some unspoken rules. Haha, maybe, I can tell Han Meiyan later that she doesn't need to rush to discuss this matter. After Li Minbo officially adjusts KBS, MBC and even SBS, it will be much easier to find a way to push this matter forward.

Because Bai Jinjun was in his car, An Rusong couldn't ask Luo Minzhi to take him to the company directly. He could only send Bai Jinjun home first and then return to NGN company.

However, when the car was halfway there, Bai Jinjun received a call from Lee Min-bo's public relations secretary Sun Zhiai, asking him to rush to Lee Min-bo's private residence in Nonhyeon-dong for a meeting.

Although Sun Ji-ae is a woman, she speaks very loudly. Perhaps this has something to do with her job. If she is not aggressive enough, she cannot do her job. To be honest, during Lee Min-bo's presidential campaign, as the leading figure in the campaign team responsible for external public relations, Sun Ji-ae played a very important role. Of course, she is now getting rewards, and I believe that the rewards will be even more generous in the future.

Because the woman's voice was loud enough, An Rusong could vaguely hear some of what she said to Bai Jinjun on the phone. The woman told Bai Jinjun that a man named "Ha Jinlie" wanted to visit Li Minbo tonight. Considering that Li Minbo had arranged a meeting with Zheng Yuanzhu tonight, Sun Zhiai hoped that Bai Jinjun could come out and have dinner with him.

In Li Minbo's team, Bai Jinjun's identity and status are undoubtedly above Son Ji-ae. However, Bai Jinjun still takes official matters like this very seriously. He agreed directly on the phone and told the other party that he would immediately rush to Nonhyeon-dong to meet up with the other party in order to learn more about the meeting.

An Rusong knew that the "Ha Jinlie" mentioned by Sun Zhiai was most likely the current president of SBS TV. Although he didn't know why this guy wanted to visit Lee Minbo at this time, it was only common sense to speculate that when KBS and MBC were clearly against Lee Minbo, Ha Jinlie took the initiative to visit Lee Minbo, and he was probably here to surrender. After all, in the past few days, KBS and MBC were both holding on to the matter of Nam Joo-hong, while SBS did not make any move at all. This behavior itself was a clear statement of some kind.

In fact, the performance of the three major TV stations also shows the influence of the progressives in control of the state power over the past decade. In their public statements, the three major TV stations all claimed that they had no clear political stance. They neither supported conservatives nor progressives. They maintained an absolutely neutral stance in news reporting and current affairs commentary. But what is the reality? The three major TV stations are all state-owned. Although the Blue House will not directly appoint the presidents of the three major TV stations, let alone interfere in the production of TV programs, don’t forget that above the presidents of the TV stations, there is a board of directors belonging to each TV station, and above the board of directors, there is a Communications and Broadcasting Committee. At worst, the Blue House can exert direct influence on the Board of Audit and Inspection, and the Board of Audit and Inspection can investigate the presidents of various TV stations on a series of issues such as corruption and malfeasance.

In short, as long as Lee Min-bo enters the Blue House and becomes the new president, he can always find countless ways to liquidate the TV stations. So, don't talk about freedom of news broadcasting, there is no such thing in South Korea.

(End of this chapter)