China's prices are too expensive？ Then why do Koreans go crazy again？

　　Domestic prices are much more expensive than those of foreign countries, which is a situation that Chinese people have been entangled and spit. But the fact is that if you choose what is scarce at home to compare with what is abundant abroad, the conclusion is of course so.

　　A few days ago, a South Korean posted a video of China eating watermelons for hippos on the Internet, and then he directly showed the South Korean defense and cursed the China people for wasting.

　　In fact, there has always been such a thing as feeding watermelons to hippos, but this time it was an accident. For publicity, a fruit merchant exchanged 10 forwards for a watermelon and donated it to the zoo, so netizens opened fire and opened the forwarding volume to 16,000, which is 1,600 kilograms of watermelon as Koreans said.

　　However, compared with a country, there is no need for 1600 kilograms of watermelon to go online and take it out. Because of this, some Koreans reprimanded China people for wasting, saying that we can't afford to eat rice, and wasting fruit like this is more like a chaebol country than South Korea.

　　The real reason for all this is not the activities of merchants, but the price of fruits in Korea.

　　At the Tokyo Olympics, the Japanese revealed that Korean athletes had secretly packed watermelons in the cafeteria and taken them away.

　　South Korean President Moon Jae in is even more interesting. He carefully cut a "precious melon". At first glance, China people directly spit out "not ripe" ...

　　This is the "high domestic price" that everyone complains about, but if you compare the price of watermelon in China with that in South Korea, you will find what is really "expensive".

　　In 2023, the wholesale price of watermelon in South Korea was "wholesale". In July, it averaged 1,360 won a catty, almost 8 yuan a catty. A watermelon wholesale to a fruit shop costs at least fifty or sixty yuan.

　　This is still the time when watermelons are the most abundant. If you push it forward for a month or two, you won't be able to wholesale 2000 won a catty.

　　Ordinary people can't wholesale fruit, so how much is a watermelon in a supermarket in South Korea?

　　At present, in shopping malls like Lotte Mart in South Korea, the cheapest watermelon sells for 16,000 won for 4 kg, and it is close to 100 yuan in RMB.

　　Ordinary groups in China, who will spend 100 yuan to buy a half-baked watermelon?

　　The most expensive one is close to 70,000 won, almost 400 yuan. Even if the average selling price is about 25,000 won, just ask everyone if you might spend 150 yuan to buy a watermelon in China.

　　I can buy durian for 150 yuan.

　　Last week, I went back to my hometown. Watermelon was 1 yuan a catty, and I picked a big one for 7 yuan.

　　This price difference is the real reason why Koreans broke the ice when they saw the China zoo feeding watermelons to hippos.

　　Therefore, it is impossible to generalize such things as prices. Some things abroad are cheap, but there are also many things that are expensive. Sometimes the wages abroad are very high, but don't forget that they are also under great pressure. As a developed country in South Korea, the problem of youth pressure is being studied every day, and a Samsung can rank all Koreans from birth to death.

　　If you only covet their salary, but ignore their pressure, it is obviously one-sided.

　　There is a website that compares the living expenses of different countries called Expatistan. I don't know what they mean by this name, but there are price indexes of many countries on it, even compared to the capitals and the most prosperous cities of these countries.

　　In the statistical survey of this website, the highest price in Chinese mainland is Shanghai with an index of 165, and the highest price index in the United States is new york with an index of 251. Then we can see that the low prices in new york are mainly dairy products, clothes, gasoline and some electronic products, while the living prices in Shanghai are much lower than those in new york.

　　Some logic is actually very simple. Just think about it with your head a little and you will find yourself cheated.

　　For example, you are the owner of a fried chicken restaurant in the United States. The labor force in the United States is very expensive. Your waiter and dishwasher earn $25 an hour, but the price is very cheap. The fried chicken only costs $1. How much fried chicken do you have to sell in an hour to ensure that you don't go bankrupt?

　　Therefore, when the "1 dollar fried chicken" was in full swing, I felt that my IQ was insulted. However, many people in China have to take this opportunity to humiliate us crazily. Compared with the US imperialists, the gap between our prices is too great.

　　That's a big gap, isn't it? You have to pay 50 cents for a steamed stuffed bun, and others buy a 50-inch color TV directly at zero yuan, which is not only a big price gap, but also a big fate.

　　Finally, I think that compared with foreign prices, there is really no such big gap as everyone said online. If you make irresponsible remarks about medical care and electronic products, I can understand that China really needs to strengthen this aspect, but the price of food, no matter how cheap, dare you eat it?

　　Author: Mr. Qiong Lin. WeChat official account: Diary of the West.