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EMBA class for prostitutes
Dongguan has dealt with prostitution and prostitution, and the Chinese people have discussed a lot. In fact, prostitution is a very old profession that has existed throughout dynasties. During the Republican period, prostitutes were most prevalent in Beijing and Shanghai. Many people have heard of the Bada Hutong in Beijing, and I have seen many of the famous prostitutes in the south, but from the perspective of today's people, they are really not very good, and I don't know how they got into this business.
At that time, what did the prostitutes call their clients? When a master comes, when he sees that he is a soldier, he is called a military master, when he sees that he is a cultural person, he is called a master, and if he touches someone who can't understand it, he is called uncle, and he says that you are here, uncle. Note that the master here can't read the soft voice, but must read it twice. The uncle (softly) in Beijing dialect is a bit swearing, such as "your uncle".
From the 50s to the 70s of the last century, there were no prostitutes in China, and the prostitutes were swept away by the new regime and all went to "become new people". After the reform and opening up, there was a resurgence in Guangdong, because it opened up early. When there were prostitutes at the beginning, they thought that Chinese society was a river and lake, and the people who came were all big brothers, and the feeling of big brothers and big brothers was very kind. After a few years, the economy began to improve, and there were more and more rich people, and it was a bit inappropriate to call it big brother again.
What's that called? It's called the boss. So, as soon as the guests came, they were called Boss Zhang and Boss Li. This change in the identity and title of prostitutes actually coincides with a quiet change in socio-cultural psychology. Since the 90s, everyone has seen that there has been collusion between officials and businessmen everywhere. Recently, the central government has been vigorously fighting corruption, and those corrupt officials colluded with businessmen and were entertained by businessmen to pornographic places. Whoever comes is called a leader. This shows that prostitutes are the most able to judge the situation and have a high political consciousness.
There have been some phenomena that have been very interesting over the years. In China today, people call each other teachers on any TV show. Putting it aside, this is a term for writers to ridicule each other. At first, it made you uncomfortable, but after a long time, you became uncomfortable if you didn't call you teacher. Therefore, in recent years, prostitutes have also changed their clients to teachers.
You see, from the big brother, the boss, the leader, the teacher all the way, all the way to change. What is it that causes these names to change? It's culture. It is an interaction between culture and business. I think these prostitutes are actually giving a lively EMBA lesson to the business school students. In the past, our business schools were all about theory, but later we found that Western business schools, especially American business schools, like to talk about cases, and the British and American legal systems also pay attention to case law, giving you examples one by one, and after studying, you will master a hundred cases, and you will make your own judgment on new cases. It can be said that these prostitutes have given a good cultural lesson to the Chinese EMBA class.
Three bad cultures
Chinese culture is very complex, and it is difficult to explain in one or two sentences, but I still want to try to summarize a few important points in Chinese culture.
The first is the heroic culture. Chinese always look forward to the emergence of a tyrant, and once China loses centralized power, it will fall into chaos, such as our Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period and the Republic of China period.
Why? Because the biggest leader didn't appear, and when he did, the society became more stable. This is our heroic culture. Therefore, when Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, who were peasants, rebelled, they would say, "The prince will have a kind of Xiangning", that is, what is so great about you, I am also a hero.
The second is a culture of intransigence. I often encounter this situation in my life, and some people say that I am not negotiable. This mentality makes it difficult for Chinese to benefit from negotiations and often suffers losses. Our way to resolve differences is either to fight hard, or to admit defeat, and in any case, we will go to extremes. The Chinese negotiate only after people hold a gun to the back of their necks. No one wants to negotiate from the heart, and they don't know how to find a middle point, and the two sides make peace. As a result, in this uncompromising culture, social transaction costs are extremely high.
The third is the culture of shirk. If you have something to do, push it out first, don't look for me, I didn't do it. In life, the most classic picture we see is that in the park, a toddler suddenly falls, and the grandparents must rush over, and they must find something to rely on, and they must rely on the ground where there is no place. I've seen countless old ladies holding their grandsons and patting them, saying that it's all about it, it's all about it. This is tantamount to giving the child a very bad signal from an early age - if something happens, he must push out the responsibility first. This makes us a nation that will not apologize, and the general impression to outsiders is that the Chinese will not apologize.
When I was a child, I didn't apologize, and I never apologized, and in the end, I was screwed by the teacher to apologize. Two people quarrel, and in the end, it is often these two people who stalk their necks and say, "I'm not right, but you're not good either." This is already an apology. You see, foreigners are very good at apologizing, and they often apologize with high heels and low apologies, such as fathers apologizing to their sons, and husbands apologizing to their wives. There is no distinction between husband and wife, but according to Chinese tradition, men are always considered to be a head taller than women.
In the West, it is not uncommon for husbands to apologize to their wives. But the Chinese will not, and the Chinese will say at most "this matter will be pulled down in the past." Understand, as long as your husband says, "This matter has passed, it will be pulled down", that is already apologizing to you, you can quickly get off the donkey and stop not being unforgiving. This culture of shirking by the Chinese has led to a serious lack of reflective spirit, and when something happens, we must first find the reason from others, never take responsibility for ourselves, complain about others, rely on the leadership or rely on the system, in short, we must first clean ourselves up. (This article is reprinted from the official account Jingjia Reading) This is the biggest obstacle to our society moving towards civilization.
The power of inclusion
Culture can bring everything in. For example, our catering is unique in the world, and even Chinese themselves can't say those strange words. For example, what's the difference between stir-fry and stir-fry? The difference is so subtle that Chinese cooking jargon could be a book.
What kind of cooking do Westerners have? It's very rare, but it can go a long way. Not long after the reform and opening up, Beijing's first KFC opened at Qianmen, and the queue was endless. And then McDonald's came too. Today, there are tens of thousands of McDonald's and KFC in the world, and if you go abroad and are not familiar with life and are not sure where to eat, you can go to these two and you will never be fooled. I tried it in Turkey, and when I tried it, it was no different from the one in Beijing, and it was no different from the American one, just a little more curry.
If you look at McDonald's and KFC in China, there are fried fritters, egg drop soup for breakfast, and now there is mapo tofu rice bowl. If you think about it, how long has it been since KFC and McDonald's entered China? I think in another thirty years, we'll have to squeeze them right. A hundred years later, China's KFC and McDonald's are all cooks whipped up spoons. That's the power of inclusion.
On the other hand, we seem to be constantly changing ourselves, but in fact, we let you in first and then quietly change you. We generally say that the Chinese nation is a big family, mainly of the Han nationality, but all the living habits of the Han people are all learned. You used to sit on the ground, but now you sit on a chair; your original clothes were wide robes and big sleeves, but now they are all tight-fitted; you used to eat separately (in the Ming Dynasty, you still had separate meals), and the Qing Dynasty people let us eat together.
Everyone eats around a table, and the people of the Ming Dynasty think that it is a barbaric way of eating, and they should eat their own food at one table. Japanese people now eat one meal per person, and everyone sits at the same table. If we really follow the way of eating in the Ming Dynasty, we are really not used to it today. If you think about it, ten people eat at ten tables, one by one, no matter how you look at it, it feels like you're in the number.
The endless reverie of cultural export
Culture is the biggest force of social change, and if you don't understand that culture is the background in which you live in society, you won't be able to do anything. That's why the government is talking about exporting our culture today.
Americans rely on Hollywood blockbusters to export their values and ideas. I've traveled to many countries around the world, and everywhere I went, I found restaurants run by Chinese. I think that if we export our culture through restaurants, it will definitely be more effective with half the effort. The Chinese restaurants we see around the world today are generally small, cluttered, and not of high grade. I went to Munich this year, and they told me that there was a very good Chinese restaurant, but it was a bit expensive. I asked if Chinese don't go much, and he said that basically all foreigners go.
When I went there, I found that the dishes were all very traditional Chinese food, but the layout and way of serving the food were very Western. I think it's a really good place to export culture, and there are a lot of foreigners who enjoy the environment. In fact, as long as you make a person fall in love with the food of your country from the stomach, he will definitely have endless reverie about your country.
