介绍:
Heyang: For those who worship in the Apple Chapel, the iPhone 7 is the item of ultimate desire. But a company policy in central China’s Henan province goes as this: any employee who buys an iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus gets the boot. Why is the company sticking its nose in the employee’s phone-purchasing decision? Guys, what’s going on here?
Hongling: Well, according to a report by Henan based Hnr.cn or映像网, a notice was released by the company on Sept. 18 which reads “Our company forbids all employees from using or buying the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. Whoever is found in violation of that rule will be immediately forced to resign”. The notice also called for employees to stop buying other U.S.- and Japan-made products, and to support domestic products instead. And also the company theory here is that “If we have some disposable income, and if conditions allow it, let’s use the money to take better care of our parents’ health. Let’s pay more attention to our kids’ growth, to the value of life and to the prosperity of our country.” So maybe instead of buying a phone I guess.
Ryan: Yeah, I don’t know, I mean hahahah (Heyang: This is completely outrageous for you Ryan), ah, yeah. I think my eyeballs did a full rotation backwards in my skull when I read this, um and I think it’s—I mean I’m all about people loving their country, I think that’s great, but at the same time too, I think competition and buying the phone that you choose andspending the money that you work hard for, the way you want, not having to worry about losing your job, that’s some security everybody should have. And you know I always kind of been skeptical myself about the iPhone. I’ve had I think a four, and that’s about it, and it was a good phone. But by no means am I like, worshipping at the ‘Apple Chapel’, we are getting married at the ‘Apple Chapel’, I don’t know, people probably done it. But um, I don’t know. Heyang, actually so if you are in this company, you might be in trouble.
Heyang: Ok, just say a little bit more about that why then.
Ryan: Well, so Heyang has been, I think she’s been dealing with a relic phone for so many years. It was all derelict. She made it work, but um she finally decided to step out the cave a little bit, look outside, and suddenly someone dropped an iPhone 7 in her hand and she’s like ‘Technology!’. And she’s still learning how to use it, but it’s a great phone, and uh it’s really cool. She totally deserves it because she’s been using such an old phone for so long. But that being said, how would you feel? Heyang, you just got this phone, do you think this company is justified if you are working there? Getting rid of you because you got this phone.
Heyang: And judging by how much I put out to purchase that phone. First of all, it’d better be good, I’m still trying to learn the functions right now, and it is not easy for a cave woman like myself, and further I haven’t gotten the previous one, so it’s a big leap for me. So you know, I’m very happy that I got this new thing. But, if my boss is judging me by the handbag I get, or my phone or what the lipstick that I’m wearing today, I feel why are you interfering with my personal business when I can delivery my A game at work, and I follow all other company rules. I’m a star employee, why does it matter what phone I get? And here I don't comprehend what the company’s explanation at all. I don't get it at all. Because it says it’s anti-Japanese aggression, well that’s apparently one of the explanations that you know you need to love your country more, you shouldn't be using foreign products especially given the history between China and Japan during the Second World War. And what’s up with the iPhone then? The iPhone is made by Americans and guess what during the II World War? We were close allies with the Americans, so judging by that logic, we have every right to use the iPhone it feels. So the logic does not hold, and what’s up with like being nice to your parents because you don't use an iPhone? So you don't use an iPhone, so you don't by an iPhone, you will spend that thousands of yuan on your parents instead? Who guarantees that? Too many loopholes in that thinking. So don't get it at all.
Ryan: Yeah, you know I’ve been called idealistic before, and that’s ok, cause I like being idealistic. But at the same time, you know, I do understand there’s history between a lot of different countries in the world. But we often talked about how we are globalizing, and how we are all moving in a direction that is kind of like human beings are coming together, on so many fronts on what we buy, and what we like and how we do things. And I think there’s beauty in that but some people are scared. But at the same time, I think the future of humans in general, lies in us taking steps forward together? I think that doesn't mean not loving your country, but at the same time, not barring your employees from buying a phone based off of things that happened in the past. And I know it’s not the so distance in the past, but at the same time, we shouldn’t live in the past. I believe in a bright future, again idealistic, and everybody being able to buy that iphone they so desire.
Heyang: Or whatever other phones you so desire. It’s up to you, why does the company have anything to do with this. And it’s sounds like the company could be very smart about grabbing public attention about this, because we’ve seen numerous stories that create controversy online, also a lot of backlash about emotionally black mailing people in ‘you have to’ supposedly love your country in some stipulated way by some stranger. Why does that make any sense to any people? Anyway, this kind of argument has also received a lot backlash online, despite supporters as well. So here, I think it’s a guarantee to talking point for people, and what better way is that to get a little bit more publicity for company even if it’s a negative one. Is that the case?
Hongling: It is possible that they are just being very sneaky, but I’m very happy that I didn't mention the company’s name in our show (Heyang: Exactly). And also, what Heyang just said about emotionally black mailing people, there’s a thing that I was always trying to follow, trying really hard just by myself. Moral code is for yourself to follow, not for others. You are not using your moral code to regulate other people’s action. That is the first thing, and also, for those of you who think you can boycott like import products in a way to support your country, I have some figures for you. In 2015, the import from America to China cost is like 116 billion yuan, and the export is 482 billion, that is to say if everyone in China listens to you and tries to boycott things from America, it will cost our country like hundreds of billions of dollars or yuan. It’s just not the thing you wanna do. So stop being unreasonably patriotic, or you think you are loving your country, but actually, you are just making a very small-minded case here.
Ryan: At the end of the day, buying an iPhone 7 doesn’t mean you don't love your country, it just means that you love apple products and you also love your country. And Niuhongling so eloquently well put that we live in a globalized economy, so if you think that just buying domestic products is going to benefit China, I don't think,Based off figures that’s true, so well put.
Heyang: And also in a globalized age, when you’re if you’re trying to boycott some of these foreign brands. They are often manufactured in China, and think about the millions of migrant workers that work their heart out, sweating in those factories to put that phone together, are you boycotting against your fellow compatriots? That’s a question for you.
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