Humor is the best weapon, facing the deliberate difficulties of others, being able to fight back in a clever way and making the opponent feel ashamed. Zhu Rongji was a master of using humor, and in different public occasions, Zhu Rongji was always able to easily defuse all kinds of deliberate difficulties and fight back the enemy's malice.
In one of his speeches, Zhu Rongji frequently made witty remarks, and applause came from the audience from time to time, and this short three-minute period became the highlight moment of Zhu Rongji's life.
Zhu Rongji
Western countries believe that there is widespread inequality between men and women in China, and Zhu Rongji shared this issue in his three-minute speech at MIT, and the applause at the bottom was continuous.
First of all, Zhu Rongji expressed: "Although there is a tradition of preferring sons to daughters in Chinese society, we have various women's and children's organizations, and many women play an important role in society, such as this lady next to me, who has played an important role in the WTO negotiations." ”
Applause immediately rang out, and Zhu Rongji expressed again: "Many foreigners cannot distinguish between the premier and the vice premier, China pays attention to the order, and the premier is in front of the vice premier, but in this negotiation, Ms. Wu is the premier and I am her vice premier." The interpreter finished the passage, and the laughter of the people resounded in the audience.
Finally, Zhu Rongji appeared and said: "I absolutely obey my wife's orders at home, and I don't have a penny on me, and it is up to my wife to go out." ”（4）
The audience was completely ignited by Zhu Rongji, and the people laughed loudly, and in the applause, Zhu Rongji stepped off the stage.
Zhu Rongji's wisdom lies in the use of two extreme examples to fully show the change in women's status in China, in the family, China is no longer the previous family status disparity, many Chinese men are "tracheitis", often listen to his wife's words, Zhu Rongji generously admitted his status.
Zhu Rongji and his wife
At the same time, the financial power of the family has long been not completely in the hands of men, women can independently distribute family property, and women who hold financial power can influence men in many aspects. In their careers, Chinese women have also begun to make important contributions, and in the field of diplomacy, Chinese women can also be seen.
Like Ms. Wu, she played a huge role in China's resumption of World Trade Organization negotiations, which fully demonstrates that Chinese men and women are equal. Zhu Rongji showed the status of Chinese women with a few humorous jokes, and even in the family, the status of women is much higher than that of men, and men often become obedient.
In addition to this incident, on what occasions did Zhu Rongji show his humor?
One of Zhu Rongji's most important achievements during his presidency was to return Sino-US relations to the right path and to enable China to successfully restore its seat in the World Trade Organization.
During his visit to the United States, Zhu Rongji was repeatedly targeted by Western countries, and in the face of the media's deliberate difficulties, Zhu Rongji skillfully used his own diplomatic rhetoric and added his own humor to constantly defuse them.
In 1999, Zhu Rongji was asked by a reporter in the United States why he continued to visit the United States at the prescribed time when there were the most problems in Sino-US relations, and whether it was reflected in China's position as the weakest in Sino-US relations.
Zhu Rongji replied directly:
I didn't want to come... I don't want to come to the United States for fear of being beaten by Americans with blue noses and swollen faces. Before coming to the United States, US Ambassador to China Shanmujie returned to the United States to visit these cities.
Before leaving, Ambassador Shanmujie told me that when he returned to the United States, he would be prepared to be beaten to the ground and his face was swollen. Ambassador Shanmujie also gave me a kind advice that when I arrived in the United States, I must "smile and smile" always.
I replied to Shanmujie at that time: 'You are an American, you may be beaten to the nose and face is swollen, I am Chinese, I am worried that my smiling face will turn into a bloody face.' ’
Zhu Rongji's answer is typical of humor that does not show its sharp edge.
During Zhu Rongji's visit to the United States, the local Chinese held a grand cocktail party for Zhu Rongji, during which they naturally discussed several key issues of Zhu Rongji's visit to the United States, including the espionage case that just occurred. The United States received a tip-off that China had secretly sent spies to steal U.S. state secrets.
However, repeated investigations have not found actual evidence. However, this matter has intensified, and the US media have set off discussions about Chinese spies, and one of the tasks that Zhu Rongji needs to accomplish this time is to eliminate the distrust of Americans about Chinese spies.
So, when the Chinese asked Zhu Rongji about espionage, Zhu Rongji replied: "Remember, when you return to China, don't bring back anything, so that you will not be investigated." ”（2）
This sentence reflects that Zhu Rongji's humor varies from person to person, and he can adjust the scale of his jokes according to the transformation of the object, and for the Chinese, Zhu Rongji can incarnate as an intellectual elder, slowly induce, and let the Chinese world dispel their doubts. He used this family-like form to tell the local Chinese how to seek their own safety and not be targeted by investigation, so that the Chinese felt warm.
Zhu Rongji also used this sentence to send a signal to the outside world in the United States that China would not use such means to obtain the secrets of other countries, still less would it encourage local Chinese to organize themselves to provide intelligence for China.
One of the most crucial aspects of the Chinese government's attitude toward overseas Chinese is to protect the safety of Chinese people's lives, and when Chinese people's lives are violated, they can stand up and at the same time will not push Chinese people into the fire pit. It is difficult to define in the United States whether the espionage case is assigned by another country and for what interests it will betray state secrets.
Zhu Rongji answered a reporter's question
Once the seeds of this kind of espionage are planted, it is difficult to pull out, and the views of other countries on China will not easily undergo a fundamental change, so Zhu Rongji has done his utmost to dispel the doubts of the Chinese and Americans.
Of course, Zhu Rongji's remarks are very useful, and since Zhu Rongji's visit to the United States, the reports on the espionage case have obviously decreased, and many media have stopped paying attention to this matter. However, it has left behind the strict review of Chinese by American universities and research institutes, and many technologies have not been developed in China since then.
The highlight of Zhu Rongji's visit to the United States in 1999 was to meet with Brynton at the White House, and at a subsequent public news conference, Zhu Rongji directly said at the beginning:
"As Prime Minister, I just took office on March 19 last year, and this is the first time I have held such a press conference, and my heart is beating faster. I don't have him (Clinton) experience, he's very experienced with you, I don't. Therefore, if I say the wrong thing, please be merciful in your pen and hide evil and promote good. ”（2）
Zhu Rongji and Bryington
On this occasion, Zhu Rongji did not excessively improve his own status, but was willing to laugh at himself, lower his status, regard himself as an inexperienced official, deliberately show his weaknesses to the American people, let the Americans feel superior first, and then relax their vigilance.
Powerful people are able to have big hearts, often able to release their shortcomings to opponents, these shortcomings are also deliberately designed, but only play a confusing role, but it is such a small trick, often play a huge role in diplomatic occasions.
In their dialogues, Zhu Rongji and Clinton already had good communication, and being able to achieve such success is inseparable from Clinton's cooperation.
At this time, Zhu Rongji praised Clinton and praised clinton, which would also make Clinton willing to continue to communicate. The originally solemn and tense venue instantly turned Zhu Rongji into a relaxed atmosphere and drew a beautiful prospect for Sino-US relations.
Zhu Rongji and Clinton
Zhu Rongji's humor not only ran through Zhu Rongji's entire diplomatic career during his current visit to the United States. He went out of the world on behalf of China's leaders, causing many foreigners to abandon their previous stereotypes of China and accept Zhu Rongji's Chinese humor. Zhu Rongji used humor as the line to thread up the overall pattern of China's diplomacy.
When Zhu Rongji visited Canada in 1993, at the opening ceremony of the Bank of China in Canada, he said: "The Chinese government has 20 billion US dollars in reserves in this bank, and the Bank of China itself has more than 30 billion US dollars in reserves, so this bank will not fail." ”
After saying this, he went on to add: "If you are not satisfied with this bank's service, you can write to me and I will dismiss the president." ”
Instantly, it caused everyone to smile again, and seeing that everyone was happy, Zhu Rongji said: "However, if you think that the bank's service is doing well, you must also write to me so that I can promote him in time." ”（1）
This is a key step for the Bank of China to go out of the world, and as an introducer, Zhu Rongji pointed out the nature of the Bank of China at the beginning, so that Westerners can rest assured that the Bank of China cannot fail, because it is from the beginning to distinguish it from commercial banks in Western countries.
The fate of the Bank of China and the Chinese government is actually tied together, and the Chinese government has Chinese government money in the bank of China, and the Chinese government is the biggest customer of the Bank of China. So even in the face of an economic crisis, the Chinese government, as its biggest customer, has the ability to save Chinese banks.
These are all the messages that Zhu Rongji wants to convey to Canadians, gradually changing their cognition, and also slightly showing the superiority of the Chinese system, and depositing money in Chinese banks is the safest means.
After introducing the biggest characteristics of the bank, Zhu Rongji took the bank president to open the shabu. Let the Canadians be dissatisfied and directly talk to him, and a single sentence will narrow the distance between Zhu Rongji and the Canadians, so that the Canadians will feel that Zhu Rongji's heart is toward them, that he has lost money, and that Zhu Rongji is even more uncomfortable.
Zhu Rongji also hopes to show the West that China is also actively embracing the world, and that China will actively adopt some advanced business technologies and achievements; after all, banks are the financial services industry, and China will not make exceptions and will certainly serve every customer.
Bank of China
Finally, Zhu Rongji naturally hopes to be recognized by everyone, and the service of the Bank of China can win the love of canadians, and Zhu Rongji will also be proud. The reason why everyone is so popular is that before this, many Westerners discriminated against China, believing that Chinese dull, insensitive, and not flexible.
Now a humorous and funny Zhu Rongji is standing in front of them, and it is difficult for them to change for a while, but they can feel the humor that Zhu Rongji wants to show, and they can respond positively. Zhu Rongji just wants to use this method to convey a lot of key information with ease and humor, and it is precisely because of humor as a lubricant that Westerners will better accept the information That Zhu Rongji wants to convey.
Zhu Rongji is well versed in this way, did not shout the slogan of Equality between Men and Women in China, did not put out a bunch of complicated data, and used two small stories to make everyone present remember deeply. Zhu Rongji did not dryly tell his own story, but paid attention to the tone and spacing, and cleverly threw out the baggage.
The greatest feature of Zhu Rongji's speech is that he directly throws out his views at the beginning of the speech; this time, Zhu Rongji first made clear the Chinese Government's practice of equality between men and women, and the example that followed just testified to Zhu Rongji's statement.
Equality
Compared with some people who are only humorous for the sake of humor, Zhu Rongji's entire expression is full of logic and is related back and forth, and can draw strength and knowledge from Zhu Rongji's expression. At present, more and more humorous diplomats are taking up their posts on China's diplomatic front, and they are active in every place on the diplomatic front, using humor to convey China's voice.
Whether Zhu Rongji is visiting the United States or visiting other countries in the world, he can put humor through it, every smile is the best entry point, and everyone will like to smile and greet each other. Zhu Rongji used his own humor cells to infect one foreigner after another, bringIng China to the world and contributing his own strength to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
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