The theory of returnee espionage has been upgraded again! Hu Xijin continued to criticize Dong Mingzhu, and his remarks came out of netizens' "frying pot"

Who would have thought that what made Gree's "Iron Lady" Dong Mingzhu deeply involved in controversy was not the collapse of Gree Electric Appliances and the strange friends of Yin and Yang, but the sentence "There are spies in returnees, so they don't need it"!

The "returnee espionage theory" has escalated again, and more official media have spoken out to comment, and the famous commentator Hu Xijin even directly issued an article, asking Dong Mingzhu to apologize to the returnees by name! The public opinion turmoil intensified, and for a time the "critics of Dong Mingzhu" and "those who support Dong Mingzhu" fought hotly, and even some private enterprises were named......

Why did Dong Mingzhu say that? Is the "returnee spy theory" really justified?

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It was not his peers who "ruined" Dong Mingzhu, but himself

I believe that if you often pay attention to the Internet, you will probably have some impressions of Dong Mingzhu's posture in the field of public opinion, she can be regarded as upright and free and easy between her and the boss of the same "coffee position", and she is not afraid of offending people at all when she speaks.

No, Dong Mingzhu made another remark at the Gree shareholders' meeting and directly pushed himself into the whirlpool of public opinion.

At the shareholders' meeting, Dong Mingzhu said that Gree executives should be younger, and then mentioned the employment rules of Gree Group by the way.

This can be regarded as in line with Dong Mingzhu's consistent "Iron Lady personality", if the words stop here, at most it will only make netizens guess whether Gree has planted a heel in the "good-looking, incompetent" returnee high-achieving students before, but then Dong Mingzhu's words made many people feel quite shocked.

She even bluntly said that there were spies in the returnee faction, and she didn't know who was a spy and who wasn't, so she simply didn't use it!

You must know that now that the economic growth network is developed, studying abroad is no longer affordable for the president and boss, and the international students have a considerable scale, and directly labeling such a huge number of returnee students, it is conceivable how much public opinion offensive Dong Mingzhu will endure.

As soon as this incident came out, netizens immediately fried the pot, and many returnees who have studied abroad, or students who are now working as "liuzi" in a foreign university, can't sit still.

I left my hometown to go abroad for further study, my elders were under economic pressure at home, and I was under mental pressure outside, and I finally returned to China after completing my studies, but in the end I was said by the boss of a big factory that "I may be a spy"?

They collectively condemned Dong Mingzhu on social platforms for being naked prejudice against international students, even if there are really so few people with bad intentions, they must not just beat all returnees to death with a stick.

Moreover, our country's labor law is clearly written in black and white, and workers enjoy the right to equal employment.

Public opinion intensified, and in the end, it even alarmed the official media to comment on it, and the Beijing News bore the brunt of the article to make a current commentary, saying that Dong Mingzhu's "espionage theory" violated common sense.

Then more official media came out of the scene, saying that Dong Mingzhu's words were very wrong, and the well-known big V Hu Xijin's article directly pushed Dong Mingzhu to the forefront.

Big V Hu Xijin was named twice in succession

At noon on April 24, Hu Xijin posted on Weibo, although he seemed to be calm, but between the lines was a strong condemnation of Dong Mingzhu.

Senior media people like Hu Xijin know that speaking straight and straightforward is Dong Mingzhu's characteristic, but Dong Zong's sharp comments before were basically about business and enterprises, just like connotating peers on various occasions more than once, that is, fighting a war of words with the opposite company.

If you really want to talk about the company's management ability and leadership ability, Dong Mingzhu is definitely level online, otherwise he would not have been elected chairman by unanimous vote.

So Hu Xijin has never had any opinion on the straightforward "Iron Lady" Dong Mingzhu, but this time it is completely different, this time Dong Mingzhu's "espionage theory" has offended the reputation of the entire returnee group, and even violated the relevant policies of the state.

So he bluntly said in the article that Dong Mingzhu "crossed the line" this time, and felt that Dong Mingzhu should come forward to apologize for her inappropriate remarks.

But if Dong Mingzhu will apologize for her remarks, then she will not be the current Dong Mingzhu.

Even if the official media criticized and the big V named him, Dong Mingzhu, as the party concerned, did not give any explanation for his words and deeds, let alone apologize to the returnee group.

A day later, Hu Xijin, who "didn't wait for Dong Mingzhu to apologize", once again posted a name, this time he changed his words, no longer said Dong Mingzhu's remarks alone, but compared other large private enterprises.

From mobile phones to home appliances, from technology companies to e-commerce platforms, many well-known head companies have been named, Hu Xijin means that these companies that have done well have not rejected returnees, alluding to Dong Mingzhu's inappropriate words and deeds.

However, when the article was issued, the style of painting in the comment area was almost one-sided in favor of Dong Mingzhu, and some netizens found that Hu Xijin once bluntly said on social platforms, "The voice of catching spies is getting louder and louder, and he is becoming more and more cautious about foreigners, how can he open up to the outside world"!

For a while, not only did there be more people who supported Dong Mingzhu, but even Hu Xijin himself was asked by netizens to "apologize for Dong Mingzhu"!

Returnees are tantamount to traitors?

Dong Mingzhu, as the boss of Gree and the person who has led Gree for decades, it is normal for her to have her own set of rules for "how to use people in Gree Group", and no one will condemn or question Dong Mingzhu because of this.

But as a public figure, Dong Mingzhu's denial of the entire returnee group because of "espionage" is inevitably biased, after all, espionage is a matter of character, not an industry.

Dong Mingzhu's vigilance against "returnee spies" has not been a day or two, and Dong Mingzhu made a speech on this issue at the 2023 China Brand Festival.

She did not directly say that there were spies among the returnees at the time, but made it clear that Gree has its own corporate culture - "no returnees, even if the returnees are excellent".

Some people will use Qian Xuesen, Deng Jiaxian and other returnees to attack Dong Mingzhu, thinking that according to Dong Mingzhu's theory, these national exploits will also be labeled as spies.

But the fact is that Dong Mingzhu does not deny the "returnee group", she once personally admitted that "the returnee group is very good".

Moreover, the "returnees" in the middle of the last century and the current "returnees" cannot be classified at all.

At that time, the meritorious figures really gave up the favorable conditions abroad and returned to our poor and difficult country with knowledge and technology, and it was not money, reputation, or foreign "expulsion" policy that supported their return, but it was all patriotic enthusiasm.

How many people are studying abroad now to "gild their academic qualifications" and find jobs in safe and powerful countries?

On the whole, Dong Mingzhu herself did not deny the entire overseas study group, but her words were indeed a bit radical in public, and there are still many returnee students in China who contribute their strength in all walks of life in society, and are using the knowledge they have learned to make the country go faster and better.

If all enterprises are like Dong Mingzhu, what should these real "returnee elites" do?

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