China is on fire in the international arena again!
The cause of the incident can be traced back to the battle for the right to host the "2030 World Expo" held in Paris three months ago.
At that time, South Korea, whose eyes were above the top, shouted "only one choice" with an aspiring look.
But in the end, it failed miserably with 29 votes, allowing the right to host the World Expo to fall into the hands of Saudi Arabia.
As soon as the results were announced, South Korea was hit on the head, and a sense of loss filled the hearts of every Korean; Yoon Suk-yeol also had to bow and apologize to his people.
How arrogant you used to be, how embarrassed you are now, but reality will never accommodate you because of your embarrassment.
After three months, the South Koreans once again broke their defenses: the Saudi Shenbo propaganda video that caught South Korea off guard was actually filmed by China!
For the 2030 World Expo, there are three cities that will compete in the end. They are Busan, South Korea, Rome, Italy, and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
They all want to use the Expo to show the world the unique charm of their country and have dialogue and exchanges with other countries in the world.
South Korea, on the other hand, is particularly eye-catching.
Since 2014, South Korea** has been committed to Busan's bid to host the World Expo. It's just that in the past few years, the international situation has changed rapidly, and they are also powerless.
When Yoon Suk-yeol came to power in 2022, South Korea's economy was already in a very depressed situation.
Therefore, he is eager to successfully apply for the World Expo, firstly, to attract tourists from all over the world to visit South Korea, thereby stimulating South Korea's economy, and secondly, to add a strong touch to his political achievements.
Therefore, in order to win the right to host this World Expo, it can be said that we have done our best and done our homework.
South Korea** will be appointed as the first World Expo ambassador of Busan by starring in "Squid Game", a film and television star who became popular all over the world.
Everywhere in the streets, buses and subways, posters of Lee Jung-jae are placed everywhere, accompanied by audio specially made to promote the World Expo, and the whole country is immersed in the sea of ambition to host the World Expo.
Domestic publicity is far from enough, and they do not hesitate to spend a lot of money to advertise in London, Paris, New York, and nearly 50 large cities around the world.
In order to build momentum, Yoon Suk-yeol even went down in person, taking his wife Kim Jianxi to visit about 96 countries and holding more than 150 meetings with the leaders of these countries, trying to canvass for votes for the "Busan Shenbo".
It is said that in order to show their sincerity, South Korean diplomats have sent various kimchi to many countries to pull relations.
Yoon Suk-yeol also wrapped a jar of kimchi made by his wife Kim Jian-hee in a yellow cloth and gave it to King Charles, a 75-year-old British king who also suffers from edema.
Looking at the heads of these "big states", holding the kimchi jar with a confused look, Yin Xiyue is even more confident about the right to bid for the World Expo.
Later, the South Korean side received new news that Rome, Italy, which is also a competitor, intends to participate in the World Expo competition, and they will spend more energy on the bid for the World Expo in 2035.
As a result, South Korea immediately turned its attention and focused its attention on another competitor, Saudi Arabia.
But their actions of trying to crush their opponents are ridiculous.
South Korea's K-TV official posted a spoof on the Internet, in which the Korean comedian deliberately pretended to be ugly in Saudi clothing, boasting about the benefits of South Korea's hosting the World Expo, and stomping on and scandalizing Saudi Arabia.
**After the outflow, netizens from all over the world complained about South Korea, sarcastically saying that their vulgar pattern was too small.
However, Yoon Suk-yeol did not care about these evaluations, and he firmly believed that his unremitting efforts to "travel around the world", coupled with the strong support of the United States, will definitely be able to clear all obstacles and "win the championship in one fell swoop."
Therefore, when the matter was still undecided, the South Korean side could not wait to start construction and build a special venue for the World Expo in Busan.
What's even more exaggerated is that before the voting results were announced, the South Korean people actually opened champagne in advance to celebrate. Yoon Suk-yeol shouted in front of the world: Sprint towards the final victory!
South Korea's crazy move frightened Saudi Arabia. But in fact, it was all a false alarm.
In the end, Saudi Arabia won 119 votes, killing South Korea, which only got 29 votes.
Yoon Suk-yeol and the whole of South Korea were dumbfounded by this result, crying and calling their mothers to blame those countries that received the "kimchi gift" for their treachery, and hugged the thighs of the United States and Japan for support.
When everything was a foregone conclusion, Yin Xiyue did not summarize the reasons for the failure, but threw the blame and shirked the responsibility.
In fact, the eyes of the people of the world are bright.
Behind the bid for the World Expo is a contest between countries in terms of economic strength, cultural background and scientific and technological development.
Obviously, Saudi Arabia has shown a strong advantage in this competition.
As a country rich in oil resources, Saudi Arabia has the "money capacity" and can provide sufficient financial guarantee for the holding of the World Expo.
Riyadh is a city that is slightly better than Busan in terms of infrastructure and experience in hosting large-scale international events.
Secondly, Saudi Arabia is the leader of the Sunni Arab countries in terms of political influence.
With a single call of arms, it was able to bring together 57 countries in Riyadh for a conference to discuss the Palestinian-Israeli question.
In addition, in the battle for the right to host the World Expo, the most interesting comparison is the promotional video prepared by South Korea and Saudi Arabia.
The whole background of the Korean promotional video is very bright, Uncle Bird is writhing around with a group of men's and women's groups, and the picture does not show anything practical at all.
A group of Korean idols scratched their heads and sang "Only One Choice" like a mantra.
The whole ** looks too hip-hop, as if a certain KTV is opening; The background soundtrack "Gangnam Style" is even more Zhang Guan Li Dai, who is obviously competing for the right to bid for Busan, and **of** is promoting Seoul.
singing, dancing and rapping, if you want technology without style, if you want style without aesthetics, it's just superficial and can't bear to look at it directly.
In comparison, Saudi Arabia's propaganda film is really eye-catching.
Four children of different skin colors and dresses from different countries walked in immature children's voices while discussing the famous monuments of various countries in the world.
From the Eiffel Tower to the Great Wall, from the world's ancient civilization to modern technology, and the development of Saudi Arabia is cleverly displayed in front of people's eyes.
Immediately afterwards, he also introduced the concept of Saudi Arabia hosting the World Expo, that is, the whole world gathers together to work together to create brilliance, fairness and civilization, and jointly create a platform for unity.
The whole promotional film is atmospheric and shocking, and the audience can not only feel the visual impact brought by **, but also deeply appreciate the humanistic care and global feelings conveyed by Saudi Arabia through this promotional video.
While the people of the world are praising Saudi Arabia's propaganda film, they also vaguely feel that the production style and performance techniques of this propaganda film are "decent" and "Huali".
When South Korea, which was chasing after the wind and shadows, heard about it, they immediately turned on the blame dumping mode that they are good at, and complained from the air that China should not bow down to Saudi Arabia's "money ability" and help the other party make propaganda videos to suppress South Korea together.
No matter how much the South Korean side makes noise, China has always adhered to the attitude of "you don't move, I won't move", doing its own thing and letting others say it.
After a lapse of three months, after the dust completely settled on the right to bid to host the World Expo, Saudi Arabia coldly gave South Korea a "handful of salt".
Saudi Arabia unilaterally released information that confirmed the world's conjectures:The promotional video of Saudi Shenbo is produced by China!
I have to say that Saudi Arabia's move is too clever.
As we all know, China's promotional videos at the 08 Olympic Games and the Shanghai World Expo have inspired the people of the world.
Perhaps at that time, Saudi Arabia was deeply impressed by the creativity and inspiration of the Chinese.
Out of trust in the professional production strength of the Chinese team, and the need to strategically use Chinese culture in international competition, Saudi Arabia implored Chinese film and television companies to go out of the mountain.
China and Saudi Arabia have always been a strategic cooperative relationship, and we have no reason to refuse an olive branch.
In this way, the production of Saudi Arabia's promotional film fell on the shoulders of "China Film Co., Ltd. *** and "Shanghai Oriental DreamWorks Film and Television Culture Company".
As an excellent Party A, Saudi Arabia still understands professional ethics very well. They only show their "money ability", and as for the production process and content of the promotional video, they do not interfere and interfere at all.
It is precisely because of the mutual cooperation and respect between China and Saudi Arabia that there is a wonderful "Saudi Arabia World Expo Bid Promotional Video" presented in front of the people of the world. can also play in this link, and the Korean film will not be left.
But then again, there is no shame in losing South Korea's propaganda film to "Made in China". After all, there will always be a shortage of "take-it-or-leave-it" doctrines.
The Tai Chi Bagua, which symbolizes good fortune in China, was taken to South Korea and became the four trigrams of the great murderer; The big red couplets were "taken away" and became white couplets; Even the wreath has become a flower basket ...... for opening and happy events
A barren plagiarist meets a culturally rich plagiarist, and the verdict is made.
But is South Korea's loss just a propaganda video? No, it's the pattern of doing things.
Don't look at the past few years, the head of South Korea has visited many countries, but their foreign policy, as well as their values, have appeared irreparable cracks.
Since political white Yoon Suk-yeol came to power, South Korea has become a "vassal state". Almost all foreign policy decisions are made by following the United States.
They originally thought that as long as they were dependent on the United States, they would be able to smoothly integrate into the mainstream of the world, but they basically looked down on and ignored most of the developed and developing countries in the world.
But I never thought that this kind of way of dealing with things has led to very tense relations between South Korea and many countries, including China.
South Korea was originally a country with a narrow strategic depth, a relatively homogeneous economy and industry, and a high dependence on exports. If they do so and die, the offended country will naturally close the door to their needs.
And this series of operations has led to the fact that in recent years, South Korea's proud entertainment industry has been declining.
Their film industry has been reduced to a working boy for Netflix in the United States, and South Korea's top female artists can only rely on the Crazy Horse show to enter the European and American markets.
Once the economic base declines, the superstructure will inevitably be weak.
If you make a wrong move, you will lose the whole game.
Therefore, in the competition for the right to host the World Expo, Saudi Arabia won the game, and the promotional film had an absolute advantage, but the comprehensive factors behind it also made people think deeply.
Undoubtedly, South Korea's various operations have become a big laughing stock in the world.
But this incident, for them, may not be all bad.
China's "Old Tang Book: The Biography of Wei Zheng" says: Take history as a warning, and you can know the rise and fall.
It may be a blessing for South Korea to take this opportunity to have a good view of the current international situation and the world political stage, so as to make arrangements for their future development.
After all, if you want to be internationally recognized, blindly reversing right and wrong and chasing others will not help. It is even more necessary to re-examine the depth and connotation of one's own culture.
The author of this article |Mandarin tail blue.
Editor-in-Charge |Blue orange.
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