Hearing Zhang San's good attitude, the four major conglomerates all turned to look at the Lotte representative.
The Lotte representative was stunned. "No, you weren't like this when I called you. You blocked me without saying a word. Where did that unruly Zhang San go?"
The modern representative continued.
"Mr. Zhang, people in our country are very interested in cost-effective financial products. We would like to inquire when Cost-Effective Payment will introduce cost-effective financial products to our country?"
"Ah, we don't have any plans to enter the Korean market for the time being."
Lotte represents joy, but this won't work either. What's the use of a good attitude if the other party won't agree?
The Hyundai Group representative's face darkened. "You're really asking for it, aren't you?"
“Mr. Zhang, you may not know this, but it was not just our Hyundai Group that made this request to you, but the five major South Korean conglomerates.”
"Oh, are you done? I'm hanging up now."
Beep beep beep...
Before the representative could answer, Zhang San hung up the phone.
Although the Lotte CEO appeared to be frowning, he was inwardly laughing hysterically.
The Hyundai Group representative angrily slammed his phone on the table.
"Hmph, you don't know what's good for you!"
The other conglomerates were also a bit unhappy. This generous payment was disrespectful. Didn't he know that the five major conglomerates were the real kings of Korea?
Since that's the case, then don't blame them for being impolite.
"Then let's completely ban Huasuan Pay."
"agree."
"agree."
"No objection."
Me too.
That evening, Samsung removed the overseas version of the Huasuan Pay app from its app store, while SK Telecom cut off all Huasuan Pay apps within South Korea from the internet.
At first, South Koreans thought their phones were broken, but as more and more people discovered the problem, they realized that Huasuan Pay had been blocked in South Korea.
"Damn it! I still have money in my Alipay account!"
"Me too!"
"Don't even mention it, even the Douyin coins in my Douyin Wallet are all unusable."
Why?
"Because Douyin Wallet is actually a payment option embedded within Douyin."
"No, I'm asking why Huasuan Pay is being blocked?"
Fortunately, the overseas version of TikTok has not been banned, perhaps because the conglomerates still want to give Xingchen Group a glimmer of hope.
South Koreans flocked to the official TikTok account to inquire about the problem.
Douyin (TikTok) officially released a statement.
What I'm saying is that our payment system is definitely working fine. You see, it works perfectly well in China and in Xiao Ri. It's just that you Koreans can't use it. Sometimes, you should look for the reasons within yourselves, okay?
When Koreans asked on TikTok, it seemed to be true; only Korean payment platforms like Huasuan Pay were blocked.
At this time, a Douyin account with the ID "Mr. Lin, a helpful netizen" posted a video.
The video speculates that this is because South Korean conglomerates wanted to create their own affordable financial products, but didn't want to pay such high interest rates, so they blocked the affordable payment system and created their own, leaving the South Korean public with no other choice.
After the video was released, it inexplicably went viral, and then more and more people started to come out and corroborate it.
“I work at Samsung Financial, and I’ll let you in on a little secret: it’s true. Samsung is already developing similar financial products.”
"Yes, yes, I work at LG, and LG is also developing similar financial products."
“I work at Lotte. Lotte didn’t have a bank before, but now they’re preparing to enter the banking industry.”
"So, everyone understands now, right? This Mr. Lin's inside information is the truth. We are just lambs to the slaughter in the hands of the tycoons."
"Damn it, this is too much!"
"What can you do about it if it goes too far? This is Korea, the chaebols are the real deal! Even the president isn't as powerful as the chaebols!"
"Ah! Life is completely hopeless! Why was I born in Korea and not in China?!"
When the five major conglomerates learned the news, they experienced for the first time what it felt like to be wronged.
I swear to God!
They developed wealth management products because they were planning to launch them on Huasuan Wealth Management, but the negotiations fell through.
Rakuten: I entered the banking industry simply because I heard that banks are easy to exploit, and it has nothing to do with Huasuan Payment.
Gradually, public opinion was steered towards the theme that the South Korean people were just cattle and sheep raised by chaebols.
"Although I know that we are just cattle and sheep raised by chaebols, it still makes me feel uncomfortable to be so blatantly exposed."
"Yeah, let alone China, I feel like everyone's life is better than ours."
"Life in South Korea is so depressing."
At this point, Mr. Lin, a kind-hearted netizen, posted another video.
The video contains an ancient Chinese poem.
"When autumn comes on the ninth day of the ninth month, my flowers bloom and all others wither. The fragrance fills Chang'an, and the whole city is adorned with golden armor."
Korean netizens were completely baffled.
"Can anyone from X University come out and explain what this means?"
"I don't know either. How could a Korean like me possibly understand these ancient Chinese poems?"
"I'll go ask the netizens in China."
After being informed by Chinese netizens, the Koreans were extremely excited.
It turns out that the Celestial Empire had encountered the same problem as the Koreans before, namely the dominance of powerful clans. The Five Clans and Seven Noble Families almost controlled the entire country, and even the emperor's power could not compare to theirs. This was during the most powerful Tang Dynasty.
But later, a man named Huang Chao appeared in the Celestial Empire. He was a genius who could compose poems at the age of five.
Yet, this genius failed the imperial examinations every time he took them, while those who passed were always inferior to him.
After some investigation, he finally understood that those who passed the exam were all from prominent families. As a descendant of a merchant, no matter how highly educated he was, he had no hope. Even if he were lucky enough to pass, he would only be a low-level official for the rest of his life.
At this time, a severe drought struck the land, leaving countless people starving and destitute.
With his family's wealth and resources, Huang Chao gathered a group of refugees and launched a rebellion, eventually marching all the way to Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty.
After that, he did something that will go down in history.
That is, they took the family genealogy of the five surnames and seven clans, and from the ninety-nine-year-olds to the toddlers, they wiped them all out, leaving no one behind.
Although Huang Chao was quickly wiped out by the Tang army, from then on, no prominent aristocratic families ever appeared in the Celestial Empire again. Even if there were any, they were all kept hidden.
After the Korean people understood the meaning behind this poem, they wanted to ask, "Where is our Korean Huang Chao?"
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