From the 16th, the afternoon of the day of the incident, with the comprehensive clarification of the number of missing persons and the identity of the victims' students, the whole Korean society felt a mountain of pressure, and it was seriously affected:

The entertainment industry has suspended activities across the board, and the entertainment market is basically one-size-fits-all; the army has also stopped ongoing military exercises and all foreign exchange activities; in terms of economy, all marketing activities have been cancelled, and the service industry has encountered freezing, among which the tourism industry has completely fallen into a state of breakdown; in terms of politics, local elections that were originally underway have also been suspended; in terms of culture and education, schools across the country have been issued emergency notices, all traditional school trips have been cancelled, and those who are already on the way are required to return to school...

Back to the accident itself, every step of the development of the matter was also paid close attention to the Korean people:

On the evening of the 16th, at the strong request of the family, the Coast Guard organized a rescue operation, but it was soon terminated by the high tide;

On the morning of the 17th, there was basically no hope for water rescue, so the government began to recruit diving volunteers from all over the country and received very positive responses. Some people even came over with their homemade small diving bells to beg to join the rescue;

On the afternoon of the 17th, South Korean President Ms. Park went to the scene in person;

During the day of the 18th, a passenger with signs of life was found, but medical methods were powerless. Considering that the mobile phones in the cabin that had contact with the outside world had also fallen into silence early, this basically means that the golden rescue time has lost its effectiveness;

On the evening of the 18th, Jiang, a teacher in Tanyuan High School who was successfully rescued but disappeared, was found hanging himself. The suicide note left before his death deeply expressed his guilt and said bluntly that he hoped to scatter the ashes in the waters where the incident occurred to atone for his sins;

On the 19th, after realizing that the rescue operation can only do its best, perhaps it is really angry, or it may have other intentions. In short, the Central Daily News fired the first shot at the government. They recorded the absurdity and incompetence of the government and the ruling party in the rescue activities, and bluntly demanded that the Prime Minister step down. Because most of these are well-known facts, and the grief of the whole country, the public opinion attack was very obvious.

On the 22nd, facing accusations from almost the whole society, South Korean Prime Minister Zheng Boon-won publicly admitted that the rescue was ineffective and bowed to the families of the victims and the people of the whole society to apologize.

On the morning of the 23rd, it was also the first seventh for most victims. The South Korean government finally released a relatively formal and accurate casualties and rescue report. 162 people were killed and 140 people were missing. Most of them were students on the Tanyuan High School study tour...

In this way, until the 23rd night, taking advantage of the concept of the first seven, the Korean entertainment industry held a comprehensive charity prayer party in the name of the Mutual Assistance Committee on the Rights of Artists to raise charity funds, and the location was selected in the Jamstone Indoor Stadium... Of course, blessings and charity funds were actually just a secondary purpose, and the main thing was to take this opportunity to resume normal commercial entertainment activities.

Otherwise, we can't just drag it on like this, right? Seven days are already injuring and unprecedented. In fact, the movie was restored to normal commercial activities as early as the third day after the incident.

However, although there are other plans, the event itself is still quite serious, so not only the artists chose to attend, but also the bosses of major companies such as Kim Jong-ming, Lee Soo-man, and Yang Hyun-shuo, and the directors of major TV stations, and the powerful figures in the circle also chose to attend.

Moreover, as the official representative, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism also sent Lee Byung-chun, the current first deputy minister who had served as the KBS director, to the platform. Even several major religious sects in South Korea have sent considerable clergy to assist the committee in this blessing activity... As Kim Young-min and others thought, if such a thing happens, who is still interested in pursuing any troubles in supporting homosexuality?

"What happened? Will anyone have a conflict with whom?" said Park Jin-young, who came a little later, felt his hair standing up all over his body as soon as he sat down at the designated seat, because he found that the guest seat was full of energy, but everyone looked solemn and had no communication, and the atmosphere completely condensed to freezing point.

"Nothing happened." Yang Xianshuo next to him pressed down his hat hard, and then tried to lower his voice. "But this is the most scary thing. Everyone didn't communicate, they dared not communicate easily, and they didn't know what would happen. It's better for anyone to have a fight with whom!"

Park Jin-young was even more panicked: "As far as this goes, nothing will happen today, right?"

"There is nothing to do if something happens!" Yang Xianshuo shook his head slightly, revealing the iconic chrysanthemum face under the hat. "Thirty hundred students are gone, isn't it normal for anything to happen?"

Park Jin-young was speechless, but after waiting for a while, he suddenly remembered a key question: "How to say donation, is it the previous arrangement? There is no major change, right?"

"It shouldn't be." Yang Juhua thought for a moment and then gave a positive answer. "At least I haven't heard of anyone changing it. Besides, the plan set by the committee is very correct. Ideol, who has not debuted for a long time and has financial difficulties, does not recommend donating independently. Then, the capable idol recommends that each person be limited to 10 million won. As for big-name artists and entrepreneurs who have been in the industry for a long time or have a high income, it is recommended that each person not exceed 100 million won, so as not to cause trouble to business operators with financial difficulties...all parties have considered it!"

"That's what I said, but I'm afraid there will be something wrong and I'll be disliked by others at that time." Park Jin-young couldn't help but interrupt the other party. "You don't know the current surge of public opinion..."

"How could I not know?" Yang Hyun-soo was speechless, and because more and more people entered the venue, his voice also raised it up with the noise around him. "It's just that there shouldn't be any more wrong. Not to mention that donating too much will make you dislike your peers. The key is that private donations are never mainstream in Korea. 100 million won or 10 million won is enough to satisfy the public... And there is another thing, this is not a natural disaster and post-disaster reconstruction. Donations themselves are of little significance to the victim's family. What's the use of donating more money? Is it meaningless to pay funeral expenses? It's meaningless! The public and the media also understand! This time, we must continue to reopen the entertainment market in the name of praying for blessings. Donations are an accompanying item. Instead of considering this, it's better to be more serious when mourning later!"

"Yes." Park Jin-young believed the other party's words after thinking for a moment... Because no matter what, the other party said that it was right, that is, in this situation, no matter how much donation is, it is meaningless and useless. Even this time, donating money to the Red Cross is just to buy some supplements for the private divers who are helping.

However, even though he understood, Park Jin-young was still upset and restless by the atmosphere around him. So after continuing for a few minutes, he couldn't bear it, so he finally got up and left for the time being and looked for someone to go to the idols' seats.

Shortly after Park Jin-young left, the core area of ​​the guest seat was probably because more and more people entered the venue, and there were finally some turmoil here. Some people had already started to whisper, and some people gradually began to discuss it publicly... It can be seen that the depressing atmosphere just now was caused by everyone's spontaneous and consistent caution, and it was not that anyone wanted to make trouble with anyone.

In this way, when the tense atmosphere relaxed slightly, as the deputy minister of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and also the highest official status here, Li Bingchun would naturally be asked by his "old friends" to say some "insider news"... So soon, this place became Li Bingchun's personal speech area.

"The ship began to show signs of overturn before 8 o'clock in the morning." Li Bingchun frowned, looking quite helpless and regretful, and his main audience was all concentrated in the row behind him. As for the two big figures next to the former KBS TV station director, one of Kim Jong-ming and the other of Lee Soo-man, they all stared at the empty stage in front of him with expressionless expressions, and seemed to have no intention of listening to any 'inside information'.

"The captain sent an order through the radio that he asked the students to stay in the cabin and not to walk around at will."

"In the past hour, many children were calling their parents, friends, sending kakao messages, etc. Most parents' reactions were consistent, that was, they asked their children to 'listen to the captain'."

"But in fact, the captain was just a fool. Not only could he not solve the problem, he wasted a lot of time. By the time he realized that the trouble was getting big and sent a signal to the coast guard, it was already 9 a.m. And he had not forgotten to continue broadcasting to the ship and ask the children to stay in the cabin..."

"Everyone should know what happened next. After receiving the news, the president made a TV speech. The coast guard immediately dispatched and the media began to pay attention... But it was too late, because in addition to helicopters, the coast guard ships with real rescue capabilities had already reached the scene of the incident, but it was already 9:40, but the time when the ship completely overturned was 9:31."

"First it overturns, then it overturns, then dips downwards, the bow rises, and then gradually sinks until the bulbous bow at the bottom of the bow completely disappears, and more than 90% of the hull is completely inclined to enter water. This process looks slow to the naked eye, but in fact it is very rapid. What's even more terrifying is that this is a steel giant beast with a mass of 7,000 tons, so this process is simply irreversible. The coast guard helicopter that arrived first had no choice but to watch in the air."

"You don't know, the coast guard was helpless. After they rushed over and the fishing boats around them, the only thing they could do was to catch those who had previously chosen to leave the cabin for private escape because of their 'disobedience'... These included the captain and most of the crew members. Not only did they put on their life jackets early, but they also did not inform the students in the cabin when the ship completely capsized. As a result, the vast majority of the 'obedient' students, a total of nearly 300 people, completely lost their last real escape opportunity."

"So, that captain is a complete murderer!"

"You can watch it, the government will never let him go!"

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"In other words." Just as Li Bingchun was talking nonsense, Li Xiuman, who had been expressionless on the side, suddenly spoke. "Does Minister Li feel that this shipwreck accident has three hundred lives and the responsibility is all on that captain?"

Li Bingchun was stunned for a moment, then immediately shook his head: "I didn't say that! But it is undeniable that this captain is the first person responsible on the legal level, and he must pay the price! In fact, from a legal perspective, we can only hold these people accountable."

"But this is not enough!" While speaking, Li Xiuman still looked at the empty stage in front of him with expressionless expression, without any intention of turning his head to look at the faces of the conversation. "Not talking about the characteristics of students, only three hundred lives, can a captain and a few crew members really bear the responsibility of three hundred lives? Minister Li, do you know how much life means to his family? Can you, the government official who talks about, really understand the ideas of those parents who have lost their closest relatives?"

"I can only say that I empathize with those parents." In the strange silence of the people around me, Li Bingchun could only answer with a gritted teeth.

"How could you empathize with it?" Li Xiuman's face finally had a vivid expression, and it was obviously mockery. "I know that my relatives are still alive through a layer of iron sheet, but I can only sit on the seawall and do nothing, waiting for my relatives to die... How could you empathize with it? You are not going to die!"

Li Bingchun's expression was already ashen, but he was speechless.

"Okay." Just then, Kim Jong-ming on the other side suddenly sighed. "Everyone feels uncomfortable. There is no need to say these meaningless words at this time..."

"Do you think my words are unreasonable?" Li Xiuman seemed to be furious today. After fighting against a deputy minister of the Ministry of Culture who had a huge influence on KBS TV, he actually started to fight against Kim Jong-ming again.

"It's the opposite." Kim Jong-ming turned his head right without showing any weakness. "I think what you said makes sense, but I think what you said makes no sense. This is not a contradiction... Is there a problem?"

Li Xiuman and Kim Jong-ming looked at each other for a while between Li Bingchun, but finally the former snorted coldly and took the lead in removing the confrontation.

"Minister Li, that captain is a person who should be cut into pieces. I believe no one will deny this." Seeing Li Xiuman showing weakness, Kim Jong-ming stared at another party calmly. "On the legal level, he, the crew and the shipping company he belongs to are the only responsible persons, and I don't deny it, at least I personally don't deny it..."

At this point, Li Xiuman on the other side snorted coldly, as if he was extremely dissatisfied with this statement.

However, Kim Jong-ming ignored him at all. Instead, he continued to explain his views to Li Bingchun under the attention of a large group of entertainment circles and some core figures in the religious circles: "But Minister Li, you have to understand that the legal responsibility is only the legal responsibility. After you said so much, you really think that everyone can ignore the administrative responsibility in this accident? And you really have to hold the responsibility accountable. Once the Prime Minister leads the Cabinet General to resign, what qualifications do you think you, a deputy minister, have to be safe on this issue?"

Li Bingchun's face was pale and he wanted to speak but stopped.

"Okay, let's not talk about your selfishness, just the four words of administrative responsibility. At 11:00 noon on the day of the incident, I publicly told the parents who had just arrived at the scene that all the staff were rescued. Are they from the Korean Security Headquarters? Whether it is a chaotic bell or the on-site command system, do you know how much psychological harm this wrong message will bring to parents? And is the message of this number of casualties always vague?"

"At night, I told the parents who received the child's message that they would go into the water and could go into the water. As a result, the call from the Blue House interrupted the rescue meeting of the civil divers. Finally, they went to eat noodles. Is it someone from the Coast Guard?"

"They came over to save people with diving clocks, and ordered them to stop them because they were afraid of taking responsibility. Are you officials from the central government?"

At this point, Jin Zhongming suddenly felt a little discouraged because he suddenly realized that there was endless information to be said.

In fact, in the memory fragments he recalls, all levels of South Korea's governments and departments seem to have been using ridiculous ways to stimulate the families of the victims and the entire Korean society... For example, there is such a thing here. It was probably 2016 that many families of victimized children actually received military service notices from their children!

Yes, yes, these middle school students should be adults as they calculate their age, and it is their obligation to serve in the military, but the premise is that they have to live, right?!

However, the Korean Military Service Department did such a sensational thing, and they issued 92 military service physical examination notices in one go, which caused a sensation in public opinion!

"The government also has difficulties." Seeing Kim Jong-ming suddenly stopped talking, Li Bingchun then interrupted helplessly.

"Everyone is an adult, who doesn't know the difficulties of the government?" Kim Jong-ming shook his head. He was about to stop the ball and became more and more angry. "It's nothing more than that, he doesn't want to take responsibility. He does more and makes more mistakes, and does less and makes less mistakes, so he just mixes with him! Is this truth, or does President Li Xiuman not understand? But have you ever thought about it? Since we all understand, why are you still full of anger at the government? You even catch a stinger of the Ministry of Culture that has nothing to do with rescue? "

Li Bingchun wanted to speak but stopped.

"I'll tell you, for two reasons." Kim Jong-ming stared at the other party helplessly and said. "One is that you are too much. The entire rescue process is basically transparent, so that everyone feels that the role of the government is so low that it may be better if it doesn't exist! Another, as President Li Xiuman said, the matter is too big. Three hundred students' lives are too heavy. Just one captain and a few crew members are not enough. Someone needs to continue to stand up and explain. If the legal responsibilities are not enough, the administrative responsibilities must be continued to be filled in, otherwise no parents or the whole society will agree! So Minister Li, ask yourself whether your words make sense but have no meaning?"

Now, Li Bingchun simply closed his mouth and no longer wanted to speak.

"President Lee." After dealing with Li Bingchun, Kim Jong-ming targeted Li Xiuman again.

"What?" Li Xiuman was not showing any weakness. "You want to say what I said, but it makes sense but it doesn't make sense?"

"Yes!" Jin Zhongming responded affirmatively. "Since you understand, there is no need to say it."

"Why don't you say it?" Li Xiuman sneered. "Can't you say it if you don't make sense? Yes, I know that it's not my turn to pursue administrative responsibilities. No matter how happy I scold you, it will have no actual effect... But if I don't have any effect, I won't be allowed to scold you? Didn't you curse me so comfortably just now? Why can't I do it?"

"It will cause you trouble." Kim Jong-ming replied earnestly and without any scruples. "It's okay for me to scold you. Some people dare not cause trouble for me, but if you do this, someone may cause trouble for you and your company."

"I don't care." Li Xiu replied coldly. "If you can make me feel more comfortable, come and ask for trouble if you want to find trouble! Minister Li, are you trying to cause trouble for me?"

Faced with this naked provocation and a obviously out of control, Li Bingchun, who was sitting between the two, simply closed his eyelids and kept silent. Kim Jong-ming was helpless. As for the people around him, they couldn't help looking at each other, even whispering to each other, and even walked around.

There is nothing to say in the first half of the party. Everyone’s mind is not on this, and the choices of several programs are very serious. The artists dare not play more. They are more sensationalized by several mcs... Then, when time reaches a certain point, the real drama is also the most attractive part that becomes the topic.

Finally, I'm going to donate money!

In fact, for things like donations, the attitude of Koreans seems very contradictory. They are both stingy and generous, valued and despised, both realistic and exaggerated, some are open-minded and admirable, and some are exquisite and inexplicable... If you have to make a general distinction, you have to distinguish between collectivism and individualism.

Among them, in the collectivist atmosphere or the concept of collectivism, they will be generous and do not seek any reputation. Sometimes people even take donations as charity as a natural necessity for life.

For example, under this awareness, many high-income groups will naturally hand over part of their monthly income to the church in proportion, and some people who trust the church will choose to donate their money to large-scale NGO organizations such as the Beauty Bank. Moreover, any company with a small scale will have a special charity department, either docking education or environmental contacts, and then organize employees to participate in collective charity activities every year and act generously!

In an individualistic atmosphere, their donations seem stingy and realistic in the other way. Artists and fans will also make news when they help donate a few bags of rice. The president of the sk, Choi Tae-won, donated 200 million won at one time, and also gave a special newspaper like Dongya Ilbo to praise it, which is also dizzy.

Of course, this issue is a big issue, and it will never be finished if it is discussed... Then, back to the moment, this donation obviously belongs to the latter, that is, purely personal donations, and the donations themselves have little meaning, so the numbers should be very small and realistic. Considering the recognition and respect of private donations by Koreans, they may still be very sensitive.

In fact, in order to prevent this, the committee had roughly communicated with the artists and entrepreneurs in the entertainment industry before, and set two very suitable standard lines, namely 10 million and 100 million won.

In this way, as the party progressed, the donation activities began in an orderly manner. At the beginning, the donation amount was actually several crews, that is, those crews that were about to continue playing the series, and the amount was basically a unified five million won... This number is actually very low, but it is also very easy to understand, because for the crew, the main function of this donation is to buy a public opinion playback license, so as to save troublesome people who say that their plot is inappropriate and harm the people.

Besides, donating money in the name of the crew and laying a bottom line number will also save some people with low donation numbers at that time.

However, it may be because the incident was too serious and the tragic level was really unbearable, so there was no amount of donation that needed to be guaranteed. In fact, after the crew submitted this wave of donations, the idols who were following the original reminder of personal donations, and there was no lower number than this. And soon, after the first round of large amounts of donations of 10 million won, many idols who were prepared were unable to bear it and started to move towards higher amounts.

First, Cho Kyu-hyun tentatively submitted a 25 million figure, and then a large amount of about 30 million won was submitted continuously. Then, starting from Bae Su-ji, the generality of the new round of money reached about 50 million won.

"What did you go to explain just now?" Yang Hyun-soo frowned and stared at Park Jin-young beside him with some confusion.

"No!" Park Jin-young shook his head quickly. "But Suji and the others did mention this matter to me. From my point of view, this kind of thing can't be stopped?"

"But why? Why are they so active?" Yang Xianshuo seemed a little nervous.

"Listen to their meaning..." Park Gorgeoush was interrupted by the screams around him halfway through his words. It turned out that there were 100 million won donations submitted in the name of the group on the stage, which was apink, and this also means that there will inevitably be a large amount of 100 million won donations on the idol side alone.

Seeing this scene, Park Gorgeoush sighed slightly before continuing to explain: "I also asked them, their meaning should be that they think things are too tragic and they should always do something, but they don't know what they can do except donate money. Since that's the case, it's better to donate more money to seek peace of mind... The main reason is that the feeling of being powerless is too bad!"

"It's because the accident was too tragic." Yang Xianshuo's face turned pale slightly, but he tightly held the donation card he had written long ago. It won't take long before someone would collect the card with the written amount and his name, and then sort it out and publish it according to the amount.
To be continued...