In the first eight months of this year, China's cosmetics exports to South Korea increased by about 190% year-on-year**
I don't know much about cosmetics, but the example of *** should make similar sense.
In my hometown, there used to be a culture that people thought that Hong Kong's things were good.
Yes, the kind that brainless believes.
From the tape recorder and Walkman at the beginning, to the big brother later, the BB machine.
When it was a little more convenient to go to Hong Kong, everyone began to bring medicine. Relying on the empty bottles of medicine brought back by overseas Chinese when they visited relatives in the past, everyone searched for medicine in Hong Kong according to the map. Twin Flyer Potion, Heart-Warming Oil, Activating Oil, and a bunch of other things I can't name. People of my parents' generation admired these Hong Kong medicines. Every time I hear that someone goes to Hong Kong, I have to ask him to bring back all kinds of medicines, which don't work at all, and my mother says that it's a good thing to give away if you don't need to give it away.
Even later, there were people who brought toothpaste and shampoo from Hong Kong.
But then I found out that after those things faded away from the aura of Hong Kong, they were essentially very ordinary products.
But because our culture is not confident, or because Hong Kong culture was very strong for a while, everything in Hong Kong has its own aura. And when our self-confidence gradually recovers and we can look at each other, we will naturally find that they are like us, eating grains, greedy for small and cheap, talking foul, and no one laughs at anyone. The things they use are essentially the same, and even today they seem to be a bit old-fashioned.
In the same way, the cultures of South Korea and Japan have been overwhelmingly strong for us for a long time. All kinds of Japanese and Korean stars, Korean combinations, Japanese and Korean movies, variety shows, have long dominated our entertainment channels. All kinds of Japanese and Korean clothes, cosmetics, and skin care products have always been the representative of fashion. Japanese and Korean anime and games are the childhood memories of a generation.
And when we slowly come back to our senses, you will find that many of the things we chased before were IQ taxes that were harvested because of cultural weakness.
When everyone tends to be equal in mentality and can normally examine each other's products, it will return to the normal product logic, fight product strength, fight **, fight publicity.
At this time, you will find that the world's factories are not built in all aspects, and we can also play cosmetics very well. When everyone's things are about the same, when it comes to cheapness, we haven't been afraid of anyone.
Recently, there was news that 370,000 people from Hong Kong entered Shenzhen this weekend, all of whom came to buy things. This wave of reverse shopping has intensified since the liberalization, and the number of Hong Kong people coming here every week has been rising. Eat, drink, and have fun, and finally bring back a large bag and a small bag.
I estimate that in a few years, our product strength will become stronger and stronger, science and technology will become more and more developed, the economy will continue to improve with cultural status, and they will begin to become stronger than Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan, and they will start to be proud of using our things. When the time comes, come to China to eat a hot pot, eat a few glutinous cakes, drink a cup of milk tea, listen to a cross talk, and stay in a farmhouse for one night. will turn into capital that they can go back to brag about.