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Chapter 581 The Privileged Class
  Park Junlong stood up, first took off the tie around his neck, and then took off his suit jacket. Feeling relaxed for a while, he sat down again.

Park Junyong opened the conversation and said: "Korean gasoline vehicles are not only being squeezed out of their living space by a number of Chinese brands of traditional gasoline vehicles and losing their original automobile market, but they are also suffering from strong competition from new energy vehicle brands. The biggest competitor among the latter is Tesla in the United States.

The market positioning and pricing of Korean gasoline vehicles in the mid- to low-end market coincides with the inevitable fierce competition from these car companies.

The price of Korean cars in the Chinese market is generally between RMB 10 and RMB 30. In this price range, there is no other car brand selected by consumers more than any other.

Even if Korean cars try to create a mid-to-high-end car brand, they are obviously unsuccessful and cannot compete with Japanese mid-to-high-end car brands.

Equus, Genesis, Genesis, GMT, these so-called Korean mid-to-high-end car brands, let alone foreigners, I am afraid that even Koreans have rarely heard of them.

As for Japanese mid-to-high-end brands, there are the famous Infiniti, Lexus, and Acura. Not only that, Japanese cars are not only available in various sizes, but also have a certain market.

Nissan's GT-R sports car, even if it is not a super sports car, is infinitely close to a super sports car, or even an entry-level super sports car. It is the ultimate dream of countless men for cars. "

Xin Yanxiu smiled knowingly and said: "Fortunately, our Lotte Group does not have a car manufacturing plant. Otherwise, we would be the real headache."

Park Junyong said eloquently: "The Korean shipbuilding industry is also having a hard time. In recent years, in addition to a lot of shipbuilding orders being taken away by China and Japan, Korean shipbuilding workers are generally demanding higher wages. Treatment. For this reason, a strike will be staged from time to time.

Even the high value-added LNG ships in the Korean shipbuilding industry are not immune, but their profits are getting smaller year by year.

Whether it is the entire Korean automobile manufacturing industry or the entire Korean shipbuilding industry, it is impossible not to use related steel materials from Karuizawa Heavy Industries. "

Xin Yanxiu added: "Lotte Group does not have a shipbuilding industry. I think the other major chaebols in South Korea will not only have headaches, but also have trouble sleeping at night."

Park Junyong predicted: "If it is like what you said, it will be very interesting if the national sentiment of Koreans explodes because of this matter."

Xin Yanxiu shook her head and said, "You! In your heart, you really don't think of yourself as a Korean!"

Park Junyong clarified: "Today, Song Eun-hee said this about me, that's all. Who told me that I am of Japanese and Korean descent, and my biological father is Masao Ishihara, the chairman of the Karuizawa Group, one of Japan's top ten chaebols? Why, You said that about me too?"

Xin Yanxiu, who also has Japanese blood in her body, apologized: "I misunderstood you."

Park Junyong said bluntly: "You don't have to go to the streets to protest. Talking about being anti-Japanese every day is patriotic. My view on patriotism is very simple. Obey the law and pay taxes according to the law."

Xin Yanxiu pursed her lips and smiled and said: "You have also created some jobs for South Korea. Even if it is not much, it is still a contribution. Furthermore, you have consumed a lot. As a privileged class, everything you say is right."

Park Junlong blurted out: "To say that the real privileged class in South Korea is your Xin family ancestor Xinghao. Back then, he shouted loudly in Japanese in the court, who dares to judge me? That's awesome."

Xin Yanxiu said expressionlessly: "You can do it too!" Park Junyong said bluntly: "I can't, and I don't dare. If I really commit a crime, and it is exposed by the media and I'm being punished, I can't clean it up. I will still go through a process of bowing and apologizing first.

What happens next! If it really goes to court, you still have to appear in court to receive the due trial. Finally, according to the old rules of South Korea's privileged class, they are either sentenced to probation or directly pardoned by the president.

According to my level, since I am not the president of a major chaebol, I generally fall into the former category and have been given a suspended sentence by the court. "

Xin Yanxiu laughed and said, "Why don't you give up?"

Park Junyong pointed out: "It's like you don't know it? Even among ordinary people in South Korea, they all know it. This has been an open secret for a long time."

While Xin Yanxiu did not deny it, she said thoughtfully: "It seems that ordinary Korean people will most likely take to the streets to hold large-scale anti-Japanese gatherings in the future.

Karuizawa Heavy Industries is the first target to bear the brunt. We at Lotte Group can completely stay out of this matter. Otherwise, our Xin family will definitely be regarded as accomplices. "

Park Junyong once said: "If a certain car manufacturer or shipyard in South Korea is going to collapse in the future, wouldn't your Lotte Group have a good opportunity to buy at the bottom?"

Xin Yanxiu looked very calm and said: "You mean that Lotte Group will take the opportunity to fish in troubled waters."

Park Junyong said without joking: "Even if you don't do this, there is no guarantee that other Korean chaebols without related companies will not do this."

Xin Yanxiu did not retort: ​​"What you said is correct. However, whether it is Lotte Group or our Xin family, I can't say anything. I can only be a bystander.

At that time, the executives of Hyundai Group companies will either shirk their responsibilities or be vague. In short, they were full of grievances when facing the protesters.

It neither dares to use the steel from Karuizawa Heavy Industries nor offends the demands expressed by the protesters. There is no better way than to speak less and bow more.

If they are really pushed into a hurry, in order to express their so-called sincerity, they will take an automatic salary cut so that they can respond. "

Pu Junlong said with a smile: "It would be such a waste if you don't go out to work."

Xin Yanxiu responded lukewarmly: "Don't make fun of me. Can you not think of things that even I can think of? You will only think more than me."

Pu Junlong's smile remained unchanged and he said: "After I have settled down from shorting South Korea's steel sector this time, I will accompany you on a trip, take a vacation, and stay away from the right and wrong here for a while. Whether it is a protest or a strike. ...It has nothing to do with us.”

Xin Yanxiu said seriously: "Forget it. While you have such a free time in the future, let's hurry up and make a baby! I will actively prepare for pregnancy from now on, so as not to keep your mother pushing me to have a baby."

(End of this chapter)