Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP-Chapter 630: Only One Choice

After finishing his exchange with Lei Jun, Chen Yiyang called Gena, asking him to inquire about the Yandex search engine in Russia for him.

However, Gena has yet to respond to Chen Yiyang.

Schaefer has had better progress on his end.

After connecting with Cui Zhihao, he quickly gained the other's trust.

Thus, under Schaefer's pretense of effort, Busan's World Expo preparatory committee soon received inside information.

Italy decided to withdraw from the competition to host this World Expo, opting to compete next time.

This huge beneficial news cheered up the Koreans immediately.

Because previously, Korea hadn't considered Saudi Arabia a competitor, always seeing Italy's Rome as the biggest threat.

Now that Rome is withdrawing from the competition, Korea believes that Busan is sure to win the hosting rights for this World Expo.

So they gave Schaefer some promotional videos, asking him to pass the USBs containing these videos as gifts to the heads of various National Museums.

After obtaining the promotional videos in Korea, Schaefer realized that Busan is not far from the Imperial Capital.

So he decided to fly to the Imperial Capital to meet Chen Yiyang.

"Should I arrange some exciting activities for you?" Chen Yiyang asked Schaefer upon meeting him.

"No, no." Upon hearing Chen Yiyang's words, Schaefer straightened up and said, "I've been exhausted in South Korea these days.

The Koreans are very hospitable, wave after wave of entertainment, along with lots of celebrities."

"Who are they?" Chen Yiyang was curious.

When he previously went to Korea he didn't receive such good treatment, indicating his status wasn't high enough back then.

"I don't recognize those celebrities. But when I was about to go to Korea, a few of my little nieces asked me to get some signatures and gifts from their favorite Korean female idols.

When I ended up looking for these people, I realized that I had already met some of them in bed before.

It's really hard to explain, how am I supposed to tell my cute little nieces when I return."

"The purpose of idols is to make people believe in beauty. If it's inconvenient, just don't say it.

Chen Yiyang thought it was no big deal.

In this world, idols marketed and promoted hardly have any good people if investigated carefully.

But as long as they can keep their scandals hidden and fade away from public view after a few stable years, they've already done well as idols.

Schaefer must have been well entertained in Korea.

After receiving Schaefer at the hotel, Schaefer surprisingly expressed his desire to stay in the hotel and rest without wandering around.

So Chen Yiyang accompanied Schaefer in the hotel to watch the promotional videos given by Koreans.

Insert the USB, open the computer, play the video.

A finger from an idol star Chen Yiyang didn't recognize immediately appeared on the screen, followed by a spoken sentence.

only one choice.

Translated, it means, "there's only one choice."

Then the video continues.

More stars appeared.

No matter if they were male or female celebrities, they all only said one line.

That there's only one choice.

Not being a fan of Korean idols, Chen Yiyang surprisingly saw all of Korea's famous idols in this video.

"Well."

Chen Yiyang felt a bit awkward.

He turned to look at Schaefer.

Schaefer's expression was even more twisted.

"Did I take the wrong stuff?" Schaefer couldn't believe that Busan, such a key city in a developed country like Korea, would use a promotional video featuring pop stars saying "there's only one choice" when competing for the World Expo, a grand event aimed at showcasing cultures, technology, and future development.

This promotional video, if shown to the heads of the exhibition bureau member countries.

There would indeed be only one choice left.

Though pop culture exists everywhere, national leaders surely care about face, at least superficially aiming for humanity's future and the flourishing of civilization.

Countries should strive to develop technology and culture.

Here, culture genuinely helps human civilization's growth, not mere entertainment with male and female celebrities swaying their hips and indulging desires.

"I'll call and ask." Schaefer took out his phone and called his contact at the Korea Exhibition Bureau.

Then he received confirmation from their end.

The video wasn't taken wrongly.

This was indeed the promotional video Korea spent a fortune on for competing as the hosting city of the World Expo.

"Korean colleagues are really good at making money." Schaefer couldn't help but express after hanging up.

"What do you mean?" Chen Yiyang asked curiously.

"Think about this promotional video, it seems like they've hired so many stars, but in reality, for such a national-level project, these stars would hardly charge a fee to shoot the video; most of them helped for free. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Yet they claim it was filmed with huge expenses, how much money would they have pocketed in the process."

"Amazing." Chen Yiyang hadn't considered this perspective.

But if placed in other countries, Chen Yiyang agreed with Schaefer.

Because when officials think about such grand events as the World Expo, they consider showcasing their country's technological development and future planning.

However, it's different with Koreans.

Koreans have repeatedly allowed girl groups who dance on the edge to sway their hips in relatively serious national occasions.

Chen Yiyang felt that Koreans had an issue with their promotional strategy.

In terms of external promotion, Koreans have actually been awkward for a long time.

Because foreign promotion mainly targets ordinary citizens.

Yet most ordinary citizens, never mind understanding how many countries exist or their characteristics, knowing the name of a country is already difficult enough.

So many countries' external image is formed by accumulated stereotypes.

Japan has succeeded in this aspect.

Post-war Japan caught the wave of the rise of international pop culture.

Japanese samurai swords, the culture of mono-no-aware, various Japanese electronics, and anime successfully etched Japan into the minds of foreigners.

It portrays a nation with an abstract spirit, developed technology, well-functioning society, cleanliness, and a love for picking up trash.

These descriptions may not be accurate, but Japan indeed promoted itself.

When it came to Korea's rise, they encountered difficulties in foreign promotion.

For taekwondo, people say it looks a lot like Japan's karate, categorized under Japan.

For traditional costumes, they say they resemble Japan's traditional costumes, categorized under Japan or Huaxia.

For technology, Korea had no significantly impactful technology compared to Japan.

While in pop culture, Japan created a new cultural category with anime.

Though niche, anime is niche worldwide, which indeed makes it substantial when combined.