Chapter 397 Sandstorm
Chapter 397 Sandstorm
"The sandstorm from the Inner Mongolia desert in China will arrive in the Seoul area today and tomorrow. According to the observation of the meteorological observation department, the scale of this sandstorm is the largest in history. It indicates that China's damage to the environment has reached its peak."
With a slight "click", the TV that was broadcasting the news program was turned off, and the screen fell into darkness.
On the sofa opposite the TV, An Rushong stood up with a pack of cigarettes in his hand, walked lazily to the floor-to-ceiling window, and looked out at the dim courtyard through the obviously dusty glass.
As just reported on TV, today Seoul was hit by the first sandstorm since the beginning of spring this year, and it was a sandstorm with a large impact range and scale. The sandstorm affected not only Seoul, but the entire South Korea, no, to be more precise, a large area including the entire Korean Peninsula. According to the meteorological department's estimate, this sandstorm may even have an impact on Japan, which shows how large its scale is.
Ever since the meteorological department observed this sandstorm, the domestic Internet in South Korea has been filled with accusations against the northern superpower. At the same time, media from all sides have held the same argument, that the reason why the Republic of Korea is suffering from sandstorms is entirely due to the northern superpower's unscrupulous destruction of the environment. According to the media, the northern region of the northern superpower has been completely desertified, and the sand and dust are blowing from there.
As a reborn Chinese, An Rusong certainly knows how outrageous this kind of public opinion guidance is. One thing that needs to be admitted is that the country has not done enough in terms of environmental protection these days. The main reason is that after half a year of weakness, the Chinese people have long been afraid of poverty, hardship, and even hunger. Therefore, in the past ten or twenty years, the country’s top priority has been to fill everyone’s stomachs and make them richer day by day. As for environmental issues, the country has not taken care of them.
But when it comes to the sandstorm in Seoul, I guess the main responsibility cannot be blamed on the big country, because the real reality is that the real starting point of this sandstorm is Mongolia in the north of the big country. The desertification there is much more serious than in the north of the big country. A cold air flow from the north can roll up overwhelming sand and dust in the Mongolian desert.
Of course, the Korean media will not report such facts, because Koreans like Mongolians, and Mongolians also like Koreans. Most importantly, it is in the national interest of Korea to maintain the people's antipathy and even hostility towards the northern giant. Therefore, whether the conservatives or the progressives come to power, the direction of public opinion guidance has never changed.
Just like in the past decade, even though the progressives were in power, the public's favorability towards the northern superpower has not improved much. However, after the conservative president Lee Min-bo took office, he further demonstrated a friendly attitude towards the northern superpower.
Just last night, the Blue House made an official response to the issue of the Olympic Games held by the northern superpower. As the new president of South Korea, Lee Min-bo made it clear that he would attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games as scheduled. He also said that the Olympic Games should not be involved with political issues.
As someone who has a close relationship with Lee Min-bo, An Rusong knows that the Blue House was under a lot of pressure to make such a response. Of course, he also knows that the reason why Lee Min-bo made such a statement and actively sought to improve relations with the northern superpower after taking office was not because he had any good feelings towards the northern superpower, but because in his economic development plan, if he wanted to significantly boost South Korea's economic growth during his term of office, he could not do without the increasingly prosperous market of the northern superpower.
It can be said that Li Minbo does hold a pragmatic stance on diplomatic issues, and ideology is not within his consideration.
Don’t think that these political things are useless to businessmen like An Rushong. On the contrary, politics always serves the economy. Therefore, there are certain business opportunities hidden in every political decision.
Let's not talk about anything else, just talking about Korea's cultural exports. In An Rusong's previous life, when Lee Min-bo was in power, Korean entertainment culture was introduced to China on a large scale. Those Korean dramas and those girl groups that are familiar to Chinese people were basically known to Chinese people during this period. Therefore, it is certain that if you invest in companies like SM at this time, you should be able to get very good returns.
Just as An Rushong was looking out the window and daydreaming, someone knocked on the door of the living room from outside. He turned around and saw a young man in a black suit standing outside the open door. This was the bodyguard Jenny brought with her.
"Mr. An, the Mr. Jin Zhongtai you mentioned has arrived," the young man said when he saw him turn around, "Besides himself, there are two other people."
"Please let them in," An Rushong nodded.
The reason why Jin Zhongtai came here today was that he had previously agreed with An Rushong. They had to deal with two things. One was the intervention of the National Army Air Force Maintenance Command in the drug trafficking incident of the US troops stationed in South Korea, and the other was the issue of An Rushong's military service.
After getting An Rusong's reply, the young man turned and left. After a while, An Rusong saw a camouflaged military jeep slowly driving into the small road in the courtyard. Judging from the logo, it should be a Kia.
The car drove straight to the downstairs of the villa. When the door opened, two people, a man and a woman in military uniforms, got out from the left and right sides of the rear of the car.
The man in military uniform was Jin Zhongtai. As for the woman, due to the dust, her appearance could not be seen clearly. She was only wearing a black military uniform, a black hat with a brown briefcase in her hand. The young man who came to ask for instructions walked out of the villa and led the two in.
An Rusong turned around only after seeing the three people disappear downstairs. He walked back to the sofa, threw the cigarette in his hand on the coffee table, straightened his suit, put on a smile, and walked towards the living room door.
Just as he walked to the door of the living room, he heard footsteps coming from the corridor. At the same time, Jin Zhongtai's voice said, "Even if the real estate market is not good now, in a place like Inwangsan, a villa like this would cost tens of billions of won. Tsk tsk, Rusong is so young and started from scratch, but he was able to create such a big family business in such a short time. It's really..."
Listening to the other party's praise, An Rusong stepped out of the living room door and came to the corridor outside. In the corridor, Jin Zhongtai and the woman in military uniform were following the young man towards this side. Jin Zhongtai's words just now were obviously meant for the woman beside him, but the woman obviously didn't listen seriously. She turned her head to look at a room passing by - it was a gym in the villa, which was filled with some fitness equipment.
"Brother Zhongtai!" Seeing Jin Zhongtai coming towards him, An Rusong greeted him with a smile, "Welcome, welcome."
"Haha," Jin Zhongtai laughed heartily, then he passed the young man in front of him and walked quickly to An Rusong. He stretched out his hand to him and exclaimed, "Rusong, your house is so luxurious. In my opinion, even the mansion of Samsung Chairman Lee in Hannam-dong may not be much better than yours."
Well, An Rushong's house is indeed luxurious, but compared with one of Chairman Li's four mansions, it is really not even a little bit inferior. That is a top-notch mansion worth over 40 billion. Oh, of course, price is one thing, the problem is that you may not be able to buy that place even if you have money.
However, in the face of the other party's praise, he did not show modesty. He just shook hands with the other party, looked at the woman who was looking at him curiously, and asked: "Who is this?"
"Ah, this is Lieutenant Lin Yaen, the national communication secretary of our Maintenance Command," Jin Zhongtai hurriedly introduced him.
"Hello, President An," Lin Yaen stepped forward, she extended her hand to An Rushong, and said with a smile, "President An, you can call me by my name, or you can call me Yaen."
"Hello, Miss Yan," An Rushong shook the other person's hand and said with a smile.
I don't know if it's because of the military uniform, but Lieutenant Lin Yaen looks too pretty. That's the kind of purity that best fits the aesthetics of Asians. When looking at her, An Rusong can't help but think of that sentence. Ah, Chaga
However, even though the lieutenant was extremely handsome, An Rusong's hand was loosened at once. Then, he turned to Jin Zhongtai and said with a smile, "Come on, Brother Zhongtai, let's talk in the living room. By the way, what would you like to drink?"
Jin Zhongtai was not polite. He walked towards the living room and said, "Rusong, I won't be polite with you. The red wine you prepared that night was very good. Do you have any more?"
"Of course," An Rusong gestured to Lin Yaen again and asked, "Where is Miss Yaen?"
"Well, if it's red wine, I can drink some," Lin Yaen said with a smile.
An Rushong smiled at her, then turned to the young man next to him and motioned for him to bring the wine over.
Inviting the two into the living room and asking them to sit down on the sofa, An Rusong spoke first. He asked, "Just now I happened to see on the news that the headquarters of your Aircraft Maintenance Command is going to be relocated?"
Jin Zhongtai sat on the sofa, deliberately bouncing his butt on the cushion. After hearing An Rusong's question, he said, "Yes, this was confirmed last year. We plan to move to Gwacheon City in Gyeonggi Province before the end of the year, but the news has only been announced now."
(End of this chapter)