Chapter 255 Returning Home
It was clearing up after the snow. On the Lingdong Expressway, which had just been reopened to traffic, a black Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle was driving rapidly from southeast to northwest.
In the car, the person in charge of driving was Luo Minzhi, and in the back seat were An Rusong and his sister An Rubin. Their destination for this trip was their hometown in Gangwon Province. After all, tomorrow is the Gregorian New Year, so they I have to go back to participate in the ancestor worship ceremony at home.
Rubin was sitting on the right side by the window, with headphones in her ears and looking out the window, where she was lost in thought. Beside her, An Rusong sat with his legs crossed, flipping through a newspaper in his hand with relish.
This is a "Central Daily News". Its front page headline contains a policy plan released by President-elect Li Minbo. In this plan, Li Minbo formally proposed his so-called "747 Economic Development Plan." . According to the promise of this plan, after he takes office, the economy of the Republic of Korea will achieve leapfrog growth. To be more specific, the average annual economic growth will be no less than 7%, and within 4 years, the Republic of Korea will be among the best in the world. Among the seven largest economic powers.
It is foreseeable that with the announcement of this policy plan, there will be cheers in South Korea. After all, the people who support Li Minbo currently account for the majority. There have even been popular petition messages on the Internet. President Roh was asked to step down quickly so that President-elect Lee Min Bo could take office early.
What does it mean to be welcomed by everyone? This is what everyone expects!
However, what is interesting is that in this so-called policy plan, An Rusong only saw the promise made by President-elect Li Minbo to the people, but did not mention what kind of measures he was prepared to take to realize this promise. specific measures. In other words, he just made a wish to the people, but he did not say how to realize this wish. However, those who support him seem to have no doubt about it, as if Li Minbo's promise will be fulfilled.
Hey, if people can elect a good president just by looking at promises, An Rusong feels like he can also run for president. He can propose a "141 Development Plan" to develop the Republic of Korea from the most powerful country on earth in four years. As the most powerful country in the universe, wouldn’t this vision be even more powerful?
After driving for two and a half hours and entering the Gary Mountains, Rubin became obviously nervous. She took off the headphones from her ears. After hesitating for a while, she took the iPodnano2 that Sun Manzhu had bought for her before, along with the All the mobile phones she used were put into her schoolbag. She was worried that her parents would punish her if they saw these things.
An Rusong had already taken a nap before, and now he was very energetic. Seeing his sister's uneasy look, he smiled, reached out and rubbed her head, and said, "Why are you hiding everything?" Get up, are you afraid that your parents will scold you? It’s okay. If your parents scold you, you will blame me for everything, and I will support you.”
Rubin bared her teeth and smiled at him, but her smile was a little forced.
An Rusong did not persuade her anymore. Some things always have to be experienced by oneself. Whether it is setbacks or injuries, they are all part of growth.
Just as I was thinking about this, the phone in my pocket rang, and a call came in.
An Rusong rubbed his sister's head again, then took out his phone and looked at the caller ID on the screen.
The call was from Bai Jinjun. An Rusong didn't dare to neglect and quickly pressed the answer button.
"Rusong, are you home?" Bai Jinjun's voice sounded warm and friendly on the phone. Perhaps because of his age, this guy always has such an approachable temperament.
"Uncle Jin Jun, I just entered Mount Gari," An Rusong replied with a smile, "I should be home in another ten minutes."
"Is the journey going well?" Bai Jinjun asked next.
"Thank you for your concern, Uncle Jin Jun," An Rusong changed the phone to the other hand and said, "Everything goes well on the way."
"That's good," Baek Jinjun said, "In this case, I have a good relationship with Councilor Li Shouliang of Sokcho City. I have called him before. If you need help with anything in your hometown, you can contact him directly. We are all our own people, so don’t be polite.”
"Thank you, Uncle Jin Jun," An Rusong thanked him quickly. To be honest, he was really moved after hearing Bai Jinjun's words.
Whether it was Li Minbo or Bai Jinjun, they were all trying to win over An Rusong. At this point, An Rusong himself could feel it. Fundamentally speaking, the reason why people win over him is not because they really like him as a person, but because they value the NGN company he controls. This is also very clear to An Rusong.
But...how to put it, people with high emotional intelligence do things that make people feel comfortable, very comfortable, and whether it is Li Minbo or Bai Jinjun, they are obviously people with high emotional intelligence, at least An Rusong feels that It is much easier and more comfortable to get along with them than with Councilor Kong and Nan Xuyu.
Of course, feeling is one thing, but choice is another.
Although An Rusong has a good impression of Li Minbo and Bai Jinjun, and is willing to choose to stand in the opponent's camp at the appropriate time, he is absolutely bound to be firmly bound to the opponent's chariot. Don't do it. His position is that as long as Li Minbo stays on the throne for one day, he will support the other party for one day. When the other party leaves office, he has already left office. How can he still need support from NGN? Isn't that a waste of resources?
"I've already said, you're welcome, we're not outsiders," Bai Jinjun chuckled and said, "Okay, that's it. If you have anything to say, come back and I won't bother you anymore."
"Okay, Uncle Jin Jun," An Rusong said.
After hanging up the phone, An Rusong didn't put the phone away. He held the phone in his hand and turned to look out the window, but he was thinking about the events of his previous life.
In his memory, in the world of his previous life, when Lee Min-bo came to power, his public support was indeed very high. He claimed to have created the history of South Korea. However, shortly after he took office, his once high public support dropped. It fell like an avalanche. The direct reason seems to be the signing of the US-Korea Free Trade Agreement, which involves a beef import issue.
In recent years, the mad cow disease has been very serious in the United States. As a major beef consumer, South Korea has imposed import restrictions on beef from the United States three years ago.
During the years when President Lu was in power, he was not good at economics, poor at politics, and did a terrible job in anti-corruption. In short, he has achieved very few achievements. But on diplomatic issues, Cheong Wa Dae has done a very good job, including easing relations with the North, including relations with the United States, and so on.
Take the matter of beef imports as an example. Despite various threats and pressure from Washington, President Lu never relaxed the import restrictions on U.S. beef.
After Li Minbo came to power, it took only seven days for the U.S. beef import restrictions that President Roh had insisted on for a whole term to be completely lifted.
This incident triggered a large-scale demonstration in South Korea that lasted for 40 days and was attended by nearly one million people. Lee Min-bo was called "Modern Lee Wanyong" and the number one Korean traitor by South Koreans. The foreign policy towards the United States is also called the diplomacy of humiliation.
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Affected by this incident, just three months after Li Minbo came to power, his public support plummeted from 50% to just over 15%. In the end, even if he stood up and apologized for his American beef incident, he was still unable to restore his plummeting public support.
However, what can I say about public support? It cannot be said that it is not important, but there is really no need to take it too seriously, especially for the current Lee Min-bo, as long as the Grand National Party remains within the National Assembly. Occupying an absolute advantage, the so-called public opinion cannot do anything to him. Therefore, in An Rusong's view, it is still very necessary to hold Li Minbo's thigh tightly in the next few years.
At the northern foot of Mount Garry, after the Mercedes-Benz got off the highway, it bumped for another seven or eight minutes. In front of the narrow and bumpy road, a rusty iron sign appeared standing on the edge of the road. On the iron sign, the words "Yuantongli" could be vaguely seen. words.
Only a dozen meters away from the iron sign, a blue Lexing tractor was parked on the roadside. Two young men wearing thick cotton clothes were walking out of a small square house on the roadside. Carrying a whole head of Chinese cabbage.
Although South Korea's per capita GDP has exceeded US$20,000 today, the phenomenon of unbalanced economic development also exists in this country. Just like Wontongli, it belongs to Sokcho City, but it is nearly a hundred kilometers away from Sokcho City. It is absolutely rural, a so-called backcountry. Over the past few years, South Korea's rapid economic growth does not seem to have brought much change here. Looking out over the villages and towns from the intersection, all you can see is a field of gray dilapidated houses.
Seeing two young men carrying cabbage, Rubin lowered the car window, put her head in and shouted: "Brother Chengyu, cousin Cheng!"
Hearing her shout, the two young men stopped what they were doing and looked towards the side of the car. However, when they saw Rubin in the car, their faces became a little more confused. Obviously, they failed. Recognize Rubin.
Come to think of it, when Rubin first arrived in Seoul, she was just a down-to-earth firewood girl. She didn't even need to speak. As long as she stopped there, others could tell that she came from a backward area. . But now, her whole person, both in terms of temperament and clothing, was completely different from the An Rubin back then. How could the two young men recognize her.
When Rubin greeted the two young people, An Rusong also saw each other. From the memories left behind by his predecessor, he could find information about the two young people.
(End of chapter)