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Chapter 1144: The Trip to Nanyang (Second Update, Please Subscribe)

1969, Ssangmun-dong, Dobong-gu, Seoul.

In the room, several children were sitting in front of the TV, staring at the pictures on the screen.

Although the sound coming from the TV was in Mandarin and there were Korean subtitles below, the children were more focused on the pictures, and their eyes were filled with fascination.

In the past half month, the Legend of White Snake has become popular throughout East Asia, from Southeast Asia to South Korea, from Japan to Malaya and Singapore. Every time it is broadcast, all the television sets are packed with audiences.

This costume drama produced by Asia Television has been sought after by all parties since its release. Of course, what they don’t know is that the script synopsis of this TV series was written by Li Yian.

The reason for filming such a costume drama is also for publicity. After all, Nanyang cannot always only present its modern side to the world.

Nanyang also needs to present a classical side, so costume dramas became an option. But deciding what kind of costume drama to shoot became a very difficult matter.

Among many costume dramas, Li Yian finally chose "The Legend of the New White Snake".

In fact, the reason for choosing "The Legend of the New White Snake" is not only because the story of White Snake is familiar to the world and can easily resonate with all walks of life. It can be said that people in the entire Chinese cultural circle are very familiar with this story.

They are more likely to accept the story, and this will influence them in a subtle way, which is the real purpose.

If we were to shoot a TV series like "Heroes of the East", it would be purely to make things difficult for ourselves, and we can't awaken the national consciousness of other countries like South Korea.

Therefore, compared with the previous film, "Legend of White Snake" became the best choice. It can spread culture and will not cause other negative impacts.

This negative aspect refers to Nanyang’s cultural output. Nanyang needs to expand its influence through appropriate cultural output.

Although the filming of this TV series was very crude due to the special effects, it was still well received by the market.

It is not only very popular in places like Hong Kong Island in Southeast Asia, but even in South Korea and Japan, many people love this TV series, including the theme song.

Even though there are not many televisions in South Korea and Japan, wherever there are televisions, there will always be crowds of people in front of the TV when "Legend of White Snake" is broadcast.

People just watched TV, watching the wonderful TV series on TV. The only regrettable thing was that the actress who played White Snake was not Zhao Yazhi, who is only in kindergarten now.

Of course, people of this era didn't know any of this at all, they were just immersed in this wonderful story. Of course, Zhu Hong's role as Bai Suzhen became the goddess in the hearts of many people, and she became a hit at the age of 18.

"I have waited for a thousand years, I have waited for a thousand years, and I have no regrets..."

As the ending theme sounded, the group of children reluctantly turned their eyes away from the TV, discussing the previous plot and speculating about tomorrow's plot.

While the children were discussing the plot, Zheng Guilu, who had just returned home, handed his coat to his wife, loosened his tie and asked.

"Where's Baoer?"

"I'm watching TV upstairs with Xiyan and the others."

Nodding, Zheng Guilu said:

"Just send the meal to the study later. I have some things to do."

After that, he carried his briefcase and went into the study. Unlike his elder brother who opened a factory, Zheng Guilu joined Samsung C&T after graduating from Overseas Chinese Middle School. As an overseas Chinese in Handang, he was valued as soon as he entered the company. In just six years, he was promoted from intern to section chief. Although he had just squeezed into the middle level, he had experienced multiple levels including ordinary member, director, agent and department head.

A 50-year-old section chief is rare in Samsung C&T. Most people attribute his promotion to his status as a Tangqiao. Because he is a Tangqiao, he is valued by Nanyang representatives. Like many Korean companies, % of Samsung C&T's shares belong to Nanyang Capital, and there are many Nanyang Capital representatives on the board of directors. Compared with Koreans, they prefer to employ Tangqiao.

They even regarded Tangqiao as a bridge to communicate with South Korea. In Korea, Tangqiao understood Tang people better than South Koreans, and understood South Koreans better than Tang people did. This was their advantage. It was also because of this that there were not many section chiefs like Zheng Guilu, who was only 24 years old and graduated from high school, in the whole of Seoul.

In order to prove himself, Zheng Guilu spends a lot of time on work every day to ensure that his work is impeccable.

"The key is to expand overseas markets and earn dollars!"

Zheng Guilu wrote the word "dollar" on the paper forcefully, and then wrote about textiles, toys and other products. Samsung has a textile factory, but the products produced are mostly self-produced and sold. Now South Korea has to rely on imports for everything. Although Seoul now has thousands of factories, the products are mostly import substitutes, and only a very small number of companies produce export goods.

"It's really meaningless to earn Korean won, only US dollars have a future!"

While talking to himself, Zheng Guilu's pen never stopped. He kept writing his suggestions, ranging from setting up a garment factory for export, to exporting labor abroad, to cooperating with construction companies in Southeast Asia, and so on, which eventually formed a complete report.

And what is the core of this report?
That is, while developing import-substitution industries, we are also engaging in foreign trade to "earn dollars"!
Only the US dollar can promote the development of Samsung.

While Zheng Guilu was racking his brains to come up with his plan to "earn dollars", at the Seoul airport, a group of officers in military uniforms were passing through customs. Although they were led by a major general, they did not receive any preferential treatment.

As we all know, the officers nowadays are just a bunch of poor people, they have no status and no money, and the same is true for generals. But unlike ordinary people, they have the opportunity to go abroad.

Not only do they have the opportunity to receive training in the United States, they also have the opportunity to receive training or visit and exchange in Southeast Asia. This group of officers went to visit Southeast Asia. Such an opportunity is still very enviable.

Soon, the group boarded the plane, which was only a coach class plane, and it was a Borneo Air C717. Although the national airline of South Korea was founded twelve years ago, Korean Air, which only had a few planes, did not open any international routes at all. The few international routes that South Korea had were all opened by Borneo Air.

"Division Commander, the plane will take off soon."

"Um,"

Nodding, Park Chung-hee looked out the window - a simple airport, foreign planes. This is South Korea!

Poor and backward. When the words "poor and backward" appeared in Park Chung-hee's mind, the plane slowly took off. The plane took off from Tokyo, transferred in Seoul, and then transferred in Wanbu, and then flew directly to Chang'an.

This is also a sign of Korea's poverty - there are not even direct flights to Southeast Asia.

There was not much Park Chung-hee could do about this. He just sighed in his heart about the failure of South Korea's construction over the years. However, when transiting through the north of the bay, his target was set on the north of the bay. Unlike South Korea, the construction here was faster, although not as fast as Fukuoka - Fukuoka enjoyed the war dividends of the peninsula war, but what about the north of the bay?
They benefited from the investment from Southeast Asia. The capital from Southeast Asia promoted the development here. This was true in Kyushu, Hong Kong Island, Malaya, Mindanao and other places. Even South Korea was no exception. The capital from Southeast Asia helped South Korea out of the most difficult period after the war.

However, investment in Nanyang also brings about a problem – Nanyangization.

The Nanyang style represented by Chinese language and characters has become popular in South Korea. Even in elementary schools, there are more and more Chinese character classes. Almost no one is willing to learn Korean, and there is no motivation to learn it, because learning Chinese language and characters gives them the opportunity to go to Nanyang.

As for what is broadcast on TV, it is also Nanyang news and Nanyang TV dramas, and what is played in the cinema is also Nanyang movies.

However, because Koreans were too poor, not many families had televisions, and not many people could afford to watch movies, but the music played on the radio was Nanyang songs.

"Nanyang!"

Park Chung-hee repeated this word in his mind with a frown on his face. The plane flew south all the way. When he arrived in Nanyang, like many people, Park Chung-hee couldn't help but look out the window. Unlike other people who were surprised to see the Changan skyscraper, he just stared at Changan silently without showing much emotion.

Ten minutes later, Park Chung-hee and his entourage walked out of the airport. The liaison major from the South Yang Ministry of National Defense who came to greet them asked them to get on a military bus and said something to them.

"Welcome everyone to Nanyang. Let's take a good rest today. Tomorrow, we will go to visit the First Mountain Tour."

Park Chung-hee, the commander of the 7th Division, came to Southeast Asia for a visit and inspection, and the focus of the inspection was the construction of mountain troops in Southeast Asia. Although Southeast Asia is a tropical rainforest area, it is also mountainous, so there is a mountain brigade in its organization, which is very instructive for South Korea, a country with many mountains. Moreover, Southeast Asia's mountain troops are trained by German officers who once served in the German mountain troops.

Park Chung-hee quickly stood up and said politely:

"I'm sorry to trouble you."

His Mandarin was spoken with a Northeastern accent, which surprised the receiving officer.

“Have you been to the Northeast?”

"I am really ashamed that I served in the puppet Manchukuo army during the Japanese colonial era."

The receiving major took a look at the major general and said, "There are many generals in the Korean army who have served in the Japanese army or the puppet Manchukuo army."

"That's all in the past."

Then they changed the subject. The military bus was driving along the road. Along the way, more than a dozen South Korean generals and officers were amazed at the prosperity of Chang'an. Even Park Chung-hee looked like Liu Laolao entering the Grand View Garden.

The officer who received them acted as a tour guide, introducing the names and heights of the buildings along the road from time to time. For many foreigners, especially those from Japan, South Korea and other places, they like tall buildings the most.

In their eyes, high-rise buildings are a symbol of modernization and prosperity, so all they had to do was introduce them to the buildings, because the military had its own reception standards at corresponding levels. Eventually, these people were arranged to stay at the Pacific Hotel, which is slightly lower in grade than the Peace Hotel and other hotels in Chang'an, but it is also a five-star hotel.

After the group settled in, the generals and officers in the guest room were all amazed by the facilities in the room.

They were amazed by the Simmons mattresses, flush toilets, even the televisions and 24-hour hot water, as if all these were not available in Korea.

In fact, South Korea also has these, but they definitely do not belong to these officers.

As the general with the highest rank in the visiting group, Park Chung-hee was able to have a room alone. He was in the room, standing by the window, staring out quietly. Although dusk had not yet fallen, he just stared at Chang'an outside the window, at the skyscrapers, and the ships in the distance. Most of those ships were container ships, an invention of Nanyang!
Watching all this, Park Chung-hee said softly.

"It took them only thirteen years to build such a prosperous city in Nanyang, and the "Nanyang Miracle" shocked the whole world. We Koreans can do the same. Why can't we do it? We Koreans are no worse than the Tang people!"

While repeating this in his mind, Park Chung-hee's eyes were filled with a kind of expectation, or hope, that was hard to conceal. He hoped that one day Seoul would be as prosperous as Chang'an, and South Korea would be as rich and powerful as Southeast Asia.

"Yes, you are right. We Koreans are no worse than the Tang people. If they can do it, we can do it too!"

Kim Jae-gyu, who was traveling with him, said that although he was the vice president of the Army University and had the rank of brigadier general, Park Chung-hee was the actual division commander and his status was much higher than his.
However, the relationship between the two was very close, not just a simple colleague relationship. Kim Jae-gyu was from the same hometown as Park Chung-hee and was 9 years younger than him, but the two became classmates in the military academy.

Because of my age, I naturally have to call him a junior in front of him.

Nodding slightly, Park Chung-hee looked at Kim Jae-gyu and said:

"Yes, we can definitely do it, but we have wasted too long!"

In fact, compared to the military inspection in Nanyang, Park Chung-hee hoped to inspect the economy here and explore the secret of the rise of Nanyang economy.

"For South Korea now, developing the economy is the most important thing. If the economy does not develop, then even if there is an army, South Korea can only barely maintain its existence. Once the US troops withdraw, North Korea will immediately invade. By then, South Korea will inevitably be doomed to perish. After all, the hungry people will never support us. They will definitely turn to North Korea."

Listening to Park Chung-hee's analysis, Kim Jae-gyu nodded in agreement, but said with some regret:
"Yeah, but unfortunately we are just soldiers. Even if we find out about this, we are powerless to change it!"

After saying that, Kim Jae-gyu sighed weakly. At this time, Park Chung-hee just stood by the window, staring out of the window silently. Only the strength of his hand holding the windowsill seemed to remind the owner of something.

On this day and this night, Park Chung-hee, who came to Southeast Asia for the first time, could not fall asleep for a long time. All he thought about in his mind was Korea and how to make Korea get rid of poverty and become prosperous!
However, the next day, he was still full of energy and went to the mountain troops' training camp to observe the training and personally participated in it. Like other soldiers, he looked extremely focused...

(End of this chapter)