Chapter 1748 What kind of developing country is this?
Sandy arrived at the newspaper office crying. Many people in the newspaper office were also affected by the recent social unrest and were depressed. Because they understood that the current situation was caused by their newspaper office, but the result was not what they wanted to see.
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Most of the readers of the "Christian Science Monitor" are elites, and it is a newspaper published for high-level leaders and upper-class society in the United States. The newspaper staff does not have many people, but they always insist on having their own opinions, and they naturally need to conduct in-depth analysis of the current social unrest.
Report.
"Sandy." The editor called Sandy over, "In the current turmoil, many people have proposed the idea of completely boycotting rabbits and imposing sanctions on them from various aspects such as politics, military, and economy. Go and interview some authoritative people.
I need in-depth reporting and insights on this."
Sandy took on this task. He collected materials from government officials and scholars through phone calls, emails, and personal visits. He came to the conclusion that 'comprehensive sanctions and the like are all tactics used against weak countries.'
For a country as big as Rabbit, economic means are the only solution.'
As for the economic boycott, an American reporter wrote a report a few years ago - If you don't use products made from rabbits within a year, the conclusion is that all aspects of food, clothing, housing and transportation will be very difficult. If you don't buy rabbit products, your living expenses will be
will rise straight up.
And today, has America become more dependent on rabbit commodities?
The results of the preliminary investigation made Sandy very happy... Currently, in the U.S. market, among all kinds of clothing, food, housing and transportation products, 'rabbit manufacturing' has actually seen a sharp decline. For example, in terms of clothing, Vietnam manufacturing has begun to occupy a large market.
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Companies in Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Africa have developed greatly in the past decade or so. Rabbit has many competitors in low-end products. In the United States, you can still buy a lot of American products in terms of food and clothing.
The United States has developed agriculture, and basically all fresh food and grain are produced domestically. The food processing industry is also made locally. Even many Chinese supermarkets and Vietnamese supermarkets known for their low prices are selling American products. Daily necessities and furniture are all made in the United States.
Among the Fortune 500, American companies also have a huge advantage. Apple, HP, IBM, Cisco, General Motors, Ford, Pepsi-Cola, Coca-Cola, Boeing, Lockheed, DuPont, 3M, Johnson & Johnson. These super companies are still extremely powerful.
, and make huge profits.
Sandy wrote in his article: "Many economists and business leaders believe that the manufacturing industry in the United States is still on the rise. It is not a rebound after the previous economic crisis, but a structural long-term lead.
In the current era of globalization, it is difficult for one country's products to dominate the U.S. market. The division of labor and transfer of global industries have given us more choices. So if there is no rabbit manufacturing, we can substitute products from other countries."
After writing this report, Sandy himself felt very happy. He felt that he had broken some kind of curse, and that a long-standing view was no longer correct. Times have changed, there are no rabbits, and the American people
Life won't get any worse because of it.
After writing the manuscript, Sandy planned to do some polishing and send it to the editor. But before that, he decided to go out for a big meal to relieve the tension of the past few days. For this reason, he even hooked up with a female editor of the newspaper.
At dinner, at the table he would inevitably mention the work he had just completed.
"Oh..., you mean we don't need to panic at all about the country on the other side of the world?" The female editor seemed interested in Sandy's views and asked with a smile.
"Of course." Sandy showed off some of his survey data and interview materials. "Rabbit has always claimed to be a developing country. I think we need to be vigilant against them, but there is no need to panic. We are still the most populous country on the planet.
Great country.”
"Really?" The female editor snorted and smiled. She rolled up a piece of bacon on her plate with the fork in her hand and asked, "Do you know the Smith Field Food Company in the United States?"
"What?" Sandy suddenly lost his temper. As a newly-appointed trainee reporter, he really didn't know much about food companies.
Seeing Sandy being silly, the female editor opposite became happy and interested in being a teacher. She continued: "Smith Field Food Company has four pig factories, more than 800,000 breeding pigs, and 40 pork processing plants.
Annual slaughter exceeds 15 million head."
"Oh... that's amazing." Sandy could only exclaim, "This must be our American company, right? I knew we were the best."
"Smith Field Food Company is indeed great. It is the world's largest pork producer and its products are sold all over the world. But just a few years ago, it was acquired by a company owned by Rabbit." The female editor shrugged slightly, expressing her helplessness.
"Ah..., this sounds pretty bad." Sandy also stirred the bacon on his plate. He thought it was very good just now, but now it tastes like crap.
Americans also have a sense of honor. In fact, to unite a big country, a strong sense of cohesion and identity is always needed, otherwise it will be a mess. When the American flag was flying around the world, Americans were proud and humorous, able to accept criticism from the outside world, and were willing to
helping others.
And now... I'm sorry, the glory of victory in the Cold War only lasted for more than ten years, and everything has changed. Sensitivity, suspicion, restlessness, these new traits have appeared in Americans. The United States is still strong, but it has become increasingly fierce in the face of many challenges.
It's becoming increasingly overwhelming.
Many people think that rabbits are the only ones in the world who don't accept American values. Don't be ridiculous, there are many countries that don't deal with Americans. For example, when OPEC was created and the United States was rectified, it was not just the Middle East.
Are you a big oil tycoon? So don’t think that the whole world listens to the old Americans.
At the dinner table, the female editor continued her education: "In the clothing industry, Made in Vietnam is indeed seizing the market for rabbits. But the most powerful textile industry in the world is still rabbits.
Moreover, Rabbit is not the simple 'world factory' in the past. In fact, it has become a 'world market'. Its exports and imports have an increasing impact on the world. Even the United States cannot leave that huge population of 1.4 billion.
need.
And Rabbit not only exports physical goods, they also make more and more financial investments. For example, you want to ask me to go to the movies later, right? We are going to the AMC movie theater chain, and the movies shot by Legendary Pictures
Movies, they're not just made in America anymore."
Sandy was shocked, "They were also acquired by Rabbit's company?"
"This is news from many years ago," the female editor said.
"Fuck!" Sandy couldn't help but cursed, "A developing country actually came to acquire our big company. What kind of developing country is this?"
The female editor laughed and said: "Do you think Rabbit can only make gadgets like clothing, food, toys? People have stopped focusing on developing such low-level industries for a long time. Now even the British are looking for Rabbit to repair nuclear power plants. In this world
There are fewer and fewer things they can't do.
In the past, the United States was strong because it had the largest unified market in the world. If other countries wanted to make money, they had to sell their goods to the United States, so American standards would naturally prevail around the world.
But now a larger market is forming in the East. I believe that in ten years, we will be the ones asking for rabbits. The biggest mistake in the United States is probably to think that rabbits are kind and easy to bully. Just like you are thinking now.