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While top representatives from each country...
were convening at the UN to discuss global peace-keeping and security,
despite the lack of any official recognition,
the self-appointed G's from around the world...
are convening for the peace-keeping and security of global youths,
hence the Non-Summit Meeting.
(Episode 137)
We shall begin the session.
I'm the Chairman of Non Summit Meeting, Jun Hyun-moo.
- I'm Secretary General Yoo Se-yoon. - I'm Chairman Sung Si-kyung.
- We are Junyoosung! - We are Junyoosung!
(Welcome representatives.)
It's time to discuss the diverse issues that each representatives wants to discuss.
We discuss all global issues.
Agree or Disagree, What is So Important?
This is the issue brought up by France's representative, Aurélien.
With the French presidential elections coming around April, the leading candidates,
are becoming a topic of discussion because of their wives.
I would like to hear your thoughts on this topic.
(Candidates are mired in a scandal due to their wives.)
The French Presidential candidate, François Fillon...
hired his wife as his aide.
She is said to have been paid by parliamentary funds.
How much did they say it was? I think it was over 1 million dollars.
What's interesting is, Fillon's wife was not the one who was in the wrong.
- Fillon is the one who was in the wrong. - Is that right?
(I was the one who wanted to work with my wife.)
(My wife did the jobs that was required of her.)
(And her pay adequately reflected this.)
Emmanuel Macron's wife is a lot older than him.
She's 25 years older than him and it has become a topic of discussion.
However,
- there are also rumors that he has a male lover. - This is difficult.
Whether he's gay or not...
I'm not sure how this may influence the campaign.
It would be a problem to have a lover when you have a wife.
- That is a problem. - It is a problem.
(I know that there a lot of people who are curious about my private life.)
(Luckily, I have never given my wife a monthly salary.)
The First Lady's job is to support the President and be a model to their citizens.
The role of a first lady is just as important as the role of a president, right?
I would like to hear your thoughts on this.
Do the public have a right to know...
about the private life of the First Lady?
Or don't they?
We're asking whether you think the First Lady should be considered a public figure.
We do vote and elect the President.
The First Lady just stands next to him.
Do we have to hold her to the same standards?
All right. Do you think we have a right to know?
In 1, 2 and 3. Press the button.
We should know.
Okay. The representatives have pressed in agreement.
Guillaume, Lucky, Mark and Alberto have pressed the button.
(The vote is 5 for and 6 against.)
I think if it affects the development of the nation,
then, it should be considered governmental corruption.
That's why we need to know who is next to out leader.
I believe we have a right to know.
Because the President's spouse...
has power.
- We didn't vote the First Lady into power though. - The wife...
- Right. - We only voted in power a president or a prime minister.
We didn't vote in a first lady.
Beneath this argument,
I believe we are delving into the life of a private citizen. I'm against it.
- Well... - It's not that the First Lady doesn't have a choice.
From the moment they decide to run as a candidate,
We believe that this is a family decision.
The couple should discuss this decision together.
If her husband is going to run,
it's something they have to decide on together.
When they start campaigning,
we might not know a lot about the First Lady.
We can decide on whether we think that person is a good or bad person.
- This person... - Look at President Obama,
look at Hillary Clinton and look at Bernie Sanders.
- Even though we don't know a lot about their spouse... - They can still run.
What people are forgetting is, we're not picking a president here.
If you look at the US,
you can see that Michelle Obama campaigned a lot as well.
When they voted for President Obama, they weren't just picking him.
People were voting for President Obama's family, too.
But more important than that,
- the First Lady wasn't voted into power because she wanted to, right? - Right.
In the case of the President, he is the representative of that nation.
So, we need to know about that person's private background.
But when we get into his family or the First Lady,
- she's... - Shouldn't she know?
I think the difference is...
- The public doesn't have a right to know. - But...
There is a difference here.
The reason why I think the public has a right to know is...
Although, I don't know how it works in other nations,
but in the US, the First Lady...
can influence the President.
- She can also influence policy as well. - Right.
In Hillary Clinton's case, it was health care. She helped out on a healthcare bill.
In Michelle Obama's case, she was brilliant at making policy.
A lot of people said...
Michelle Obama was more popular than President Obama.
There was a lot of news articles on that.
There was a lot of talk about how she could run to become the next President.
Michelle Obama.
- There are talks about that. - She could challenge herself.
If I'm being honest,
I feel like we get too much information about the First Lady of the United States.
For example,
we heard a story about how Michelle Obama makes kimchi at home.
To be honest, I don't have a lot of interest about what Michelle Obama eats at home.
- We have a lot of interest. - That's our favourite news article.
- You should press like. - I do have a lot of interest.
- It is interesting. - Some people eat galbi.
The reason why news articles like this comes out is because, a lot of first ladies,
- want to influence policy. It's a way to influence policy. - Right.
We have a serious problem with obesity.
Inside the White House, she made a garden.
She grew vegetables inside the garden.
She was telling everyone how we had to eat more healthy.
That's how she ended up talking about making her own kimchi.
She prefers kimchi over burgers.
The President and the First Lady are the representatives of the nation.
- They are the role models of a nation. - That's right.
In the case of India,
the public figures didn't want to reveal their private lives to the public.
They wanted to keep their private lives private.
However, even if they say they themselves are not corrupt,
they spread their fortunes around under their wife and children's name.
So, in India, we made a new law.
It's the Right to Information Act.
The public has a right to know about the politician's family's lives.
It's because they want to know...
what these people do and how much tax they pay.
We need to know for the country to be transparent.
- That's too much. - Wouldn't that cause discrimination?
The President is not the only one who is a public servant.
There are other people, too.
Then, do we have a right to know about every public figure's family?
Or does that only apply to the President?
These people make a promise at the start.
We will continue to develop the nation.
We will work for all the citizens.
If they have patriotism in their hearts,
then I think they should be transparent about all of this.
When you vote for a president, do you vote for an individual person,
or do you want to vote for a perfect deity.
A president is someone who acts as a leader of a nation.
It's a job.
- You're right. - When you apply for a job,
- do you have to reveal everything about your family? - Right.
- Right. - Also, I'm curious, why do you quibble over the wife?
If you want to criticize someone, blame the parents or their ancestors.
- Xinlin, you're right. - So,
- You're right. - Where is the line?
- I didn't know that this was such a polarizing topic. - This is...
- It's a polarizing topic. - It's like this,
it is going to be the same for the First Lady of China.
Unlike the President's uncle or distant relative,
- the First Lady will be meeting the leaders of other nations. - Right.
They have to act as diplomats.
So, shouldn't we know a little about who this person is?
(Xinlin versus Mark)
But, that's a personal decision.
There are First Lady's who want to influence policy.
And there are some First Lady's who don't want to.
Shouldn't we know more about the First Lady...
who wants to influence politics?
- Right. - We should know if they are going to do politics.
If I want to be a public figure, than I should naturally reveal everything.
Nik and Mark believe that we only need to know about the First Lady...
and we should protect the privacy of the other family members.
- Firstly, we shouldn't make children public figures. - Right, not children.
In the US, if the president has young children,
there is an unwritten rule put in place.
- There is a rule. - An unwritten law.
This is how we think of it,
a child cannot influence policy. They have no political power.
We believe that we need to protect the privacy of that child.
Right now, President Trump has a young son.
He keeps appearing on the news.
A reporter wrote about him.
It was a criticism about Barron Trump.
Because of what was written, the news media was criticized.
People remarked that he was just a child.
- They didn't think he should get criticized. - I see.
I think this situation would be different in every country.
In some countries, the president doesn't have a wife, right?
- For example, the President currently living in the Blue House... - Yes.
was voted because of this reason,
- since she didn't have a spouse, they voted for her. - True.
But look at it now, her friend has caused a huge controversy.
- So, I want to know, how far do we have to go? - Right.
- Do we need to know about the public lives of their friends, too? - Right.
Even if the President cheats on his wife, I believe we don't need to know.
- We just need to know what kind of person they are. - Turn it off.
(Okay.)
(You're on our side now.)
I mean that's their personal lives. Do we really need to know how much they eat?
- Do we need to know where they shop? - It's not important.
As long as it doesn't effect their work,
- You're right. It doesn't matter as long as they do their job. - Right.
I also personally believe that we don't need to know about their personal lives.
But when we look at their personal lives,
- I think we need to discuss about where the line should be drawn. - I agree.
When you talked about President Clinton,
The reason why he was indicted for impeachment...
was because he had publicly said that he hadn't cheated.
(I'm going to say this again,)
We need to clarify on where the line is.
As I see it, we only have one point.
We just need to know whether this person did anything illegal.
That's the point.
Did the President, his wife and his family...
commit a crime.
In that case, I believe that they need to publicly open up about everything.
All right. When Hillary Clinton was the First Lady of the United States.
She worked with an official policy, right?
- Right. - She played a huge roll in the healthcare bill.
I'm sure it's different in every country.
I think the roles of the First Ladies are changing.
Let's discuss what kind of roles the first ladies in your countries have.
The wife of the Premier, who we consider to be the highest-ranking spouse.
In China, we call the first lady "mother of the nation".
Xi Jinping's wife, Peng Liyuan,
used to be a national singer.
She's famous for her beautiful and graceful image.
That's why when she became the first lady,
she went on diplomatic meetings abroad.
In France, we call the first lady "premiere dame".
However, it's not an official position.
It's a traditional one.
Also, when Hollande became the President,
he was not married at the time.
Therefore, his girlfriend...
was treated as the First Lady.
She would be the First Girlfriend.
- Right. - The First Girlfriend.
Although she wouldn't be the first.
Instead of a first lady...
The First Lady isn't a public figure in Japan as well.
To prevent giving off a negative image,
First Ladies in Japan were careful not to become publicized.
However, Prime Minister Abe's wife, Akie Abe,
is the complete opposite of past First Ladies.
She has opposing views to those of Prime Minister Abe...
and has been acting as an opposition party within the family.
- An opposition family within the party. - She made it official.
Also, she used to...
perform as a disk jockey.
She was a disk jockey?
(The First Lady dropped some beats?)
Drop the beat!
She was a DJ for a radio program.
I see.
(Xinlin gives a sigh of relief.)
I thought you meant for EDM.
(Beats)
(The first DJ)
She was a publicly active figure at the time...
and even opened an izakaya that year.
- An izakaya? - The First Lady did?
Yes. She opened up an izakaya.
I'd like to visit an izakaya run by a first lady.
Is it called "Abe"?
Wouldn't "Nabe" be better?
We'll call it "Abe Nabe".
- "Abe Nabe". - Here you go.
When foreign dignitaries visit,
they'd be received at that izakaya.
As far as I know.
Wait, in Switzerland,
isn't there a collective presidency between seven executive members?
- Yes. - Are there seven first ladies?
Yes, that's right. There are seven executive councils in Switzerland...
and each of them take one-year terms as president.
The current president is a woman,
and we have a First Gentleman this year.
However, in Switzerland,
the First Lady or the First Gentleman...
don't have a prominent role. You can say they have no role.
That's because the President doesn't have any power to begin with.
(A factual blow)
That's because in Switzerland,
- He has no power. - the presidency is a ceremonial title.
They just needed someone to visit leaders in other countries.
(Laughing)
Because there's no one to send?
Yes, that's why they created a title for president.
In Germany, with Chancellor Merkel,
- does that mean you have a First Gentleman? - Right.
In Germany, the first lady and the first gentleman both...
do not have large political roles.
In the case of Chancellor Merkel, her husband is Joachim Sauer.
He really doesn't want to become a public figure.
- He always says, "Merkel does her job. I do mine." - That's respectable.
That's why in the 2005 inauguration ceremony,
he watched the inauguration on television in his lab.
He didn't attend.
Maybe he doesn't love her?
- Not at all. - What if they separate?
He's showing that he has nothing to do with her job.
Even when they go traveling together,
Merkel would take a private jet,
but her husband would take a regular flight.
Separately?
Yes. They take it separately because he doesn't believe he is...
in the position to take...
money or treatment from the government.
- That's incredible. - That's nice.
That would mean Chancellor Merkel would be in the jet, while...
- her husband takes a commercial airline. - That could be a cause for fights.
He was given the nickname, "Phantom of the Opera".
Whenever there are events at an opera, he always attends.
He likes the opera.
Shouldn't he buy his own tickets then?
That's true.
The German people have a lot of trust...
- in Merkel's husband. - That's amazing.
There are no marital problems between the two, right?
- That could be possible. - There might be.
When you look at pictures of them traveling together,
- it looks like they're in love. - That's amazing.
In Pakistan, there was a first gentleman, and there are...
many interesting stories about him.
Benazir Bhutto was the prime minister of Pakistan for two terms.
Her husband borrowed the influence of his wife...
and got into a lot of corrupt dealings.
- Since his wife is the Prime Minister. - Right.
- He used his wife's power. - At the time, he was called...
"Mister 10 Percent".
He took 10 percent in bribes?
- Yes. - He took that much?
- He took 10 percent of all government projects. - That's too much.
He was in prison for about five years because of it.
Surprisingly, he became a presidential candidate in 2008.
- Really? - He did?
- Perhaps because he served his time? - Right.
How strange. Why would people vote for him?
In Pakistan, people don't vote for the candidate but the party.
People didn't even imagine that he would be the party's candidate.
They could have overlooked it.
Many first ladies work hard to set an example...
in political society.
Are there any First Ladies who were respected...
- as much as the President? - Respected and loved.
Former President Franklin Roosevelt's wife,
Eleanor Roosevelt was very popular.
Franklin Roosevelt was in office during the Great Depression...
and the Second World War.
It was a very difficult period,
and President Roosevelt had polio.
I believe she acted as the President's...
eyes and ears during that difficult time.
She did a lot of great deeds...
and was called the "First Lady of the People".
In France,
former President François Mitterrand's wife,
Danielle Mitterrand, was a unique person.
She had created her own humanitarian organization,
she even met the Dalai Lama.
And she really cared for the Kurdish people.
She was known as the "Mother of Kurds".
The Mother of Kurds...
Conversely, there have been First Ladies who started controversies.
The current First Lady of Mexico...
caused a lot of controversy over her purchase...
- of a 7 million dollar, 1,411-square meter mansion. - Really?
It was a 7 million, 1,411-square meter mansion?
Yes. It's incredibly huge.
However, when the people saw this,
there was an outcry over her spending...
the people's taxes to buy a mansion.
However, before she became the First Lady, she was a very famous actress.
She said she purchased the mansion with the money she had earned...
throughout her 25-year career as an actress.
- She bought it with her own money. - It turned out...
that the house was contracted to...
a railroad construction company that had ties with the government.
- That's shady. - Again, people were saying that it was a part of a corrupt deal.
It seems suspicious.
(A citizen's group started a corruption tour.)
(The tour included buildings that were symbols of corruption.)
(A core itinerary of the tour was the Casa Bianca.)
What about Melania Trump?
Melania Trump has become a controversial topic...
as she's still hasn't moved into the White House...
because she has a son in school.
She hasn't taken on any of the...
traditional roles of a first lady, including...
appointing staff, florists, and interior designers for the White House.
She hasn't appointed any of them.
Such delays have caused a lot of controversy,
but there have been some feminists who admire what's she's doing.
They say the role of a first lady was traditionally...
- too feminine. - I see.
Melania is a very independent person.
There are people who think it could be a positive change.
In Italy, one first lady caused a bit of controversy,
and she was Burlusconi's second wife.
Her name is Veronica Lario, and she was a theater actress.
Burlusconi fell in love with her after seeing her in a play.
He divorced his wife and married her.
He fell in love before he even divorced.
Interestingly, she was always against Burlusconi's policies.
Burlusconi was known to appoint very attractive women...
to government offices.
His wife criticized him over that many times.
What's funny is Burlusconi went to an entertainment award ceremony...
and made an excessive compliment to another woman.
Did he say he fell in love with her?
He said to this woman at the ceremony,
"If only I wasn't married,"
- "I'd be with you in a heartbeat." - That's the worst.
In the same event, he said to another woman,
"I would go anywhere as long as I'm with you."
- That's very smooth. - It's very Italian.
His wife got really angry and wrote a letter to the leading print media.
She wrote that her husband should make a public apology.
She requested a public apology,
- and Burlusconi did make the public apology. - Really?
How would one make such a public apology?
- "I'm sorry." - Burlusconi himself...
sent a long letter to the newspaper.
- But, on the same day... - Having a president...
apologize to the first lady in the public paper is quite something.
(I sometimes act irresponsibly due to my playful and self-deprecating character.)
(I may make thoughtless compliments, but I've never proposed to anyone but you.)
(Veronica, please accept my apology.)
(This apology is only a part of all the love I have for you.)
Soon after, he became involved in a sex scandal.
Because of it, she demanded a divorce,
- and they are currently divorced. - Is that so?
She receives 1.7 million dollars a month for child support.
Really? 1.7 million a month?
- She initially demanded more than that. - 1.7 million?
The court decided on 1.7 million.
She must have been really mad.
Not only presidents, but their family members...
often stand in the spotlight.
Is there anyone notable who created a buzz?
Japan's former Prime Minister Koizumi’s son, Kotaro,
became famous for being very handsome.
He even debuted as an actor because of it.
- He actually debuted? - Yes.
In 2013, he was cast as the main character...
and caused a major buzz.
Since then, he's been continuously appearing in various works.
In a sense, you can even say that he was more successful than his father.
- He's become that famous. - Is he that handsome?
- He's really good-looking. - Is he a good actor?
- He's a good actor too. - Really?
- Yes. - That's good.
Does he have the same kind of hair style?
- No. - Does his eyebrows droop?
(Shaking his head)
No. This may sound offensive, but...
he doesn't look like him.
He doesn't look like him?
- He doesn't take after his father? - Yes.
He's really good-looking.
(Kotaro Koizumi and former Prime Minister Koizumi has a slight resemblance.)
Donald Trump's daughter, Ivanka, has a lot of fans,
but there's been a controversy over her business.
Ivanka has her own clothing and jewelry brand...
which is sold in various department stores.
Recently, one department store...
announced that they will no longer be selling her products due to the low sales.
Seeing the announcement, President Trump criticized the move on Twitter.
He criticized the department store for treating his daughter unfairly.
A senior adviser in the White House...
said on a television interview,
"People should all go to department stores..."
"and buy Ivanka Trump's merchandise."
She said this on air.
She even said that she'll go and buy them after that interview.
- It was a promotion. - It intensified the scandal...
because people don't take kindly to public statements...
that help business profit.
- It's a commercial. - Right.
- It was product placement. - Was it intentional?
Go buy Ivanka's stuff is what I'm going to tell you.
I hate shopping, but I'm going to get some for myself today.
I'm going to give a free commercial here. Go buy it today, everybody.
You can find it online.
There was a 2010 controversy in Italy.
Burlusconi's second daughter, Barbara Burlusconi,
was the CEO of Burlusconi's soccer team,
AC Milan.
The problem was she started dating Brazilian soccer player, Pato, at the time.
Pato was initially a really good soccer player,
but after he started dating her,
he was spotted in events with the rich and famous.
He'd take pictures and drink...
at the best parties, and...
his performance started to drop.
As the problem continued,
he was about to be contracted to...
France's Paris Saint-Germain,
but Barbara stopped it.
- He's hers. - She didn't want her boyfriend being sold off.
"My boyfriend isn't for sale."
Although it wasn't stated publicly,
the rumors says that she stopped it from happening.
However, they're broken up now.
- They all do. - Did they eventually buy him?
He went back to Brazil, and they...
didn't want to do long-distance.
It's not easy.
The daughter of Mexico's President became an issue...
when our President at the time...
went to a book fair. There, he was asked a question.
"Please tell us three books that changed your life."
However, the president couldn't answer the question.
Instead, he gave a very awkward, silly response.
People started making fun of him.
In response, his daughter wrote on social media,
"You stupid, lowly people!"
"You're criticizing my dad because you're jealous of him!" She posted that.
There's someone like that in every country.
It sounds familiar.
It stirred a controversy.
As you all know, we call the wife of the President, the First Lady. As the first,
instead of putting themselves first,
they should put the country and the people first.
That would be an exemplary role for them.
That's all for this week's "What is important?"
(Non Summit Meeting)
It's time to meet our Non Summit representative.
She is known for her scissor-hand like ability to transform any hairstyle.
She's the positively charming optimist, it's the Hair Designer Cha Hong.
(The 137th Representative, Cha Hong)
- Hello. - Welcome.
(Everyone welcomes her with smiles.)
- Hello. - Hello.
- You're very elegant. - Yes.
Please have a seat.
(The floor is seated.)
- Please introduce yourself. - Yes.
Hello, I create beauty for a living. I'm Hair Designer,
Cha Hong.
- Welcome! - Welcome!
(Welcome)
Cha Hong has been selected by the global cosmetic brand,
- L’Oreal, - Yes.
as a world-class hair designer.
She is an acclaimed hair designer.
Everyone here has all different kinds of hairstyles.
- Yes. - Do you see any noticeable problems?
Anything that needs fixing?
- She was looking at me. - Goodness.
- Yes. - What do you think?
(Which one of the panel has problematic hair?)
First, I'd like to say that everyone here is very charming.
- Thank you. - You all have defining characteristics.
However, it looks like Oogi...
- has hair that reminds me of burnt broccoli. - Okay.
It looks a bit damaged.
I think you should try to get some hair treatment.
- It looks a bit damaged. - Do the ends of his hair look damaged?
Yes, it has the texture of damaged hair.
- It's still charming in its own way. - Thank you.
It's charming in its own way.
Also, I'd like to talk about...
Guillaume.
I'm a real fan,
you have a hairstyle...
that makes me think that...
you're trying to hide the fact that you don't have a lot of hair.
- Yes. - She's sharp.
I think it might be better for you to let it show like Jude Law.
- Really? - Yes.
- Open it up. - It would be nice to expose more of your handsome face.
Jude Law does have an open hairline.
- Yes. - That's right.
- Are you suggesting he go bald? - It looks rather bushy.
Go bald? I don't think that would be a bad idea.
I tired it.
- Wouldn't it look like he has a big head? - It would be charming like a monk.
You can try that later.
For now, if you want to look a little younger, you can hide the face a little.
Are you saying he looks old?
- Well, it's fine. - He isn't young.
I'm okay with that.
You can be honest.
It's all right for handsome men to look older.
Hyun-moo, did you match your outfit to your hair color?
I matched the color to a burgundy tone.
It's very charming, so since it will be spring soon, you could go...
- a little brighter. - She says it to everyone. I'm disappointed.
You weren't even looking at me.
You were looking at him while talking about me.
What about me?
(Zahid requests a consultation.)
Zahid, your hair makes you look like...
you're in your 40s.
It's hair for men in their 40s!
But he's younger than me.
The hair is what makes him look older.
He was born in 1988.
Right. He does look like a prominent CEO,
- He's in his late twenties. - but it makes you look about 10 years older.
Personally, I like...
looking older than my real age.
It was a real success.
(It was a real success.)
- It was a major success. - You succeeded.
You chose the right concept.
We should begin talking about hairstyles.
In the next segment, we'll talk about people...
with unique hairstyles from around the world.
"The Battle of Hairs, Who Made the Most Fuss?"
- Let's begin. A lot of people don't know this, but...
Tina Turner is 100 percent Swiss.
- Really? - Yes.
She's 100 percent Swiss?
What's up with her hair?
Her hair has been described as a lion's mane.
Are you sure she's not wearing a fur coat?
- Isn't she a US citizen? - Actually, she's been...
living in Switzerland for a long time.
Three years ago, she gave up her US citizenship for a Swiss one.
(She was a US citizen for 72 years.)
Tina Turner has homes all around the world.
- The soccer player, Mario Balotelli, - Yes.
has some of the most amazing hair styles.
He's tried a Mohawk hairstyle.
He dyes is hair a lot. He even died it in the colors of the Italian flag.
- Right. - I remember.
He did do that.
- There's another soccer player named Djibril Cisse. - Cisse.
He was a player before Balotelli.
- Right. - Look at that.
He had really unique hair styles.
I think he wanted to become a hair-trend leader.
In Mexico, there's what we call cholo culture.
- Cholo? - It's a hair style that was created by people...
who live near the border with the US.
Really?
- Are those hair pieces? - It's really unique.
Where do those sideburns begin?
Isn't that vegetable root hair?
- Use it to wrap meat. - It would warm the face on a cold day.
- Really? - You really are optimistic.
Mexico is always warm.
It's become a recognized style...
and people who have that hairstyle are called cholos.
In India, there was the caste system.
Brahmins in the upper caste...
wore their hair in a particular way.
They wore it like so.
They shaved the head, leaving only a tail.
The hair was only for people in higher castes.
Younger people call this hairstyle, "Antennae Hair", to mean...
it receives energy from the heavens.
In the US, Lady Gaga would be the most notorious for hair.
- Lady Gaga. - She does it with style.
Every time she appears in public, she surprises people with innovative hairstyles.
(Lady Gaga is the icon of innovative hairstyles.)
How does she lie down?
- It's amazing. - It looks like a hat.
I wonder how much gel she wears.
Is that even her own hair?
That looks like a wig.
The ribbon hair was actually very popular for a time.
They made a smaller version of the ribbon.
- It's cute. - It's pretty.
We have a Chinese version of Lady Gaga.
She's a singer called Jolin Tsai.
Her most famous hairstyle...
- is the Medusa hair. - Medusa.
That's incredible!
She's famous for her fancy wigs and hairstyles.
There's also a Japanese version of Lady Gaga called...
- Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. - I'm getting scared already.
On the left, her hair is shaped like hands.
On the right, her hair is like metal sheets.
- Wow. - That's crazy.
She also has bat hair...
- Cute. - and firework hair.
I feel so sorry for the hair designer.
Yes, the hair designer has to work hard.
Si-kyung, you're also a singer. Have you also done this?
The genre of my music is a little different.
What would you have wanted to see?
I think the metal sheet hair would look good on you.
(You'd look good with metal sheet hair.)
I see.
A ballad artist with metal sheet hair...
- That's not bad. - It's perfect.
It might really set up a good mood.
- Yes. - It's an expression of his vibrations.
(The one and only...)
(sweet metal sheet ballad artist.)
(It'll guarantee another popular period for him.)
Let us show you some more shocking hairstyles.
Even the image of politicians can change when they change their hairstyles.
Let's start with Trump.
So, what is it about Trump's hair...
Trump is probably the only politician who won with his hairstyle.
Actually, way before Trump even became a politician...
(Oh my goodness)
- Way back then... - That's...
It's been an issue way before he became a politician.
- Also, there's so many... - That's cheating.
pictures and articles of what his hair looks like...
such as a doll...
Some people even say it looks like a sushi.
But I think the corn one was the funniest.
As a professional, was his hair done in a salon?
Trump is...
very well known for having his family cut his hair for him.
Also, he's been working hard to take care of his hair loss for a long time.
That's right. He doesn't have a lot of hair here but I didn't know.
That's why he doesn't cut his hair short...
and use it to place it over his head, so it looks fuller.
That's what he does with his hair.
That's so...
But if he continues with that, he's like Lady Gaga.
(A politician version of Lady Gaga!)
In Germany,
Angela Merkel is famous for being so old-fashioned.
She was much worse in the past than she is now.
But after Claudia Schiffer, her personal stylist,
offered her help,
- she changed her hairstyle to what it is now. - She looks much better.
- For some reason, people always look sour in their before pictures. - Yes.
- She looks so gloomy. - Yes.
If she was smiling in the before picture, we wouldn't have seen the difference.
But, back then,
she couldn't help but look sour because of her old-fashioned style.
That bang style is really charming.
It's called choppy bang and is currently in style right now in Korea.
- It's... - Anyway, Merkel is a hard working politician.
Anyway, Alex is going to tell us about his upperclassman?
Yes.
He's the Switzerland version of Kim Jong-un.
You can't leave out his signature hair.
In a hair salon back in London, there was an advertisement that stated,
"Do you not like your hair today?"
"For this month only, men's cut is 15% off."
On that advertisement,
they put Kim Jong-un's picture there.
But several days later,
the North Korean embassy went to that salon to make a complaint.
- Really? - That's how this got on the news. It went viral on the internet...
- and eventually, this salon got really popular. - That was unexpected.
In Japan, the hairstyle of former Prime Minister Koizumi,
it was called the "Lion Hair".
- Lion Hair? - Yes. It costs 80 dollars to do that hairstyle.
- That much? - Yes. They say it was also popular in the US...
and like Richard Gere's...
- They said he looked like him. - Richard?
- Their hair color... - It looks similar.
- Koizumi looks... - I can see the similarity.
Even Gere acknowledged their hair looked similar when he was visiting Japan.
Anyway, they say he was able to be successful because of his trademark hair.
For us, we have Berlusconi...
We're talking about him too many times today.
He was actually bald. But in 2009, he got a hair transplant.
He was extremely satisfied with the procedure.
After his procedure, he went immediately to the press...
and told them he felt like he was in his forties again.
- I see. - He looks the same.
In our country, Peng Liyuan is known for her elegance.
She's always wearing her hair up in a tidy fashion.
Chinese girls copy her hairstyle.
- It would take an hour and a half to do that hairstyle. - That?
- An hour and a half? - Yes.
- Why? - Do you put in a lot of pins?
Well, you have to dry the roots,
make the shape, affix the shape.
Although it looks simple, she spent a lot of time on that hair.
- I heard some politicians also came to you to do their hair? - Really?
Some time ago, a politician...
wanted to change their hairstyle to look...
dependable and finally came in after calling to make an appointment many times.
For two hours,
they were trying to decide whether to part the hair on the right or left...
Whether it should be 1cm or 2cm shorter. They discussed this for 2 hours.
They wanted to look more dependable?
Yes. And to that person, everything depended how the hair was parted.
In Zahid's case, he looks like a very dependable person, doesn't he?
From his hair, he looks 80% dependable.
(His hair makes him look 80% dependable.)
I have a question. In China and Korea,
why do politicians dye their hair?
- To cover up their white hair. - Yes.
They don't want to look old.
Is that why? Okay, then.
(Easily solved)
We'll move on.
- That was simple. - Yes. Moving on.
Let's talk about hair products used around the world.
In Germany, they invented a machine called shampoo-jet.
It's a chair-like machine.
It was the first machine to shampoo and wash your hair for you.
- It's automatic? - Yes.
- That machine? - Anyway,
there's only one of it's kind back in Germany.
I'm not sure why it never became a success.
It couldn't beat the feel of the hands?
- Yes, it feels better. - Actually, there are a lot of those machines...
- but none of them can wash the hair very carefully... - Yes.
They can't even massage the scalp.
With her experience, how well do you think she can wash people's hair?
How many heads have you done?
I would do more than 70 people a day.
- Did you say 70? - Yes. That was when I was learning the ropes.
But because I was good at it, there were people who'd insist on me doing their hair.
- I'm sure. - She's pretty good at bragging about herself.
- Yes. - Okay.
Back in America, in the 80s, there was this very strange machine...
It was called Flowbee.
- Flowbee? - Flowbee was something...
you could use at home to cut your hair instead of going to the salon.
- Hair clippers? - You'd attach it to a vacuum cleaner and...
while your hair gets sucked in there,
you could cut your hair so it's the same length...
- Oh, you use the vacuum to straighten your hair? - Yes.
That sounds like it'd hurt.
But it wouldn't look so good.
Your head would look like a Lego.
Even now, when you see people with ugly hairstyles,
people tease each other by saying, "Did you use Flowbee?"
In France, they invented the hairdryer...
(France invented the hairdryer.)
and the shampoo you can use without water.
- Dry shampoo. - Yes.
- Dry shampoo? - France was the first one to invent those things.
He's right. You can't talk about the history of haircuts without France.
Even the hair dyes were made by the French.
But people usually go study abroad to Japan or London to learn about hair.
But recently, it's not in trend to go study abroad for that.
Due to the popularity of Korean styles, there are many coming here to learn instead.
- That makes me happy. - Yes.
I'm sure you were all surprised by the cultural difference when you first came here.
But have you felt any cultural difference when you went into a hair salon?
- It's very different. - I'm sure.
- Is it? - It's so much more better than the barber shop back home.
- I'm sure. - Also, the European hairstyle...
and Korean hairstyle are very different.
So there were many times I wasn't satisfied with my haircut.
- Especially the sideburns. - Sideburns?
The sideburns are very important for us men.
I take extremely good care of it by shaping it long everyday.
- But when I came here, - They snipped it off?
they didn't even ask and snipped it off up to here.
- Oh no. - But lately, they ask you.
Right now, they're more considerate but back then, they'd snip it off.
(Even now, it makes him angry.)
Until recently, Japan had this rule that men should...
- only go to barber shops and women should only go to hair salons. - Really?
- Really? - Yes. In 1978,
the government made that law.
Back then, hair salons were for beauty...
so men couldn't go in there to get just a cut.
But when Prime Minister Abe when to a hair salon in 2015, there was an article.
It questioned the law that prohibited men from...
going to hair salons to get their haircut.
Everyone was surprised to find such a rule existed.
They didn't know about there was such a rule.
That's how the Prime Minister got rid of that law later.
But it was surprising.
In China, getting your haircut is very cheap. It's less than 10 dollars.
When I first came here, I didn't understand why it was so expensive here.
That's why I would go to the cheapest salon and get my hair cut there before.
But while I was doing this program,
the makeup artists would always tell me,
"I wish Xinlin would get a nicer looking haircut."
They'd always say that.
That was really stressful.
So that's why I went into an expensive salon.
I got my hair done and came to work.
But they said the same thing.
"I wish Xinlin would get a nicer looking haircut."
- How much was it? - About 18 dollars.
It was only 18 dollars?
- It's really expensive back in Switzerland. - Everything's expensive there.
In Zurich, getting a men's cut is...
about 62 franc. That's about 70 dollars.
- That's pricey. - Also, in Switzerland,
men don't curl their hair.
They thing curls are for girls only.
In the rural areas of Pakistan,
they sit under a big tree, prop up a mirror,
and start cutting their hair.
That's how it always was.
- And it cost around 10 to 20 cent to get a haircut. - Really?
- It's a rural area. - I would go everyday.
- It's practically for free. - Because it's done by the street,
there's no electricity. You can't use a hairdryer.
That's why this became a big issue recently.
They would literally put their hair on fire so it becomes warm...
so that they could brush it better.
- What is that? - What are they doing?
- No way. - No, don't do that.
It's really effective.
- It's really popular. - Are you sure he's alive?
- How is this possible? - They're using a real fire.
- You sure he's not dead? - That costs 10 or 20 cents?
- No, he's not dead. He's asleep. - This looks fake.
- Is he breathing? - Yes, he is.
Shouldn't we put a hot dog on top of his head?
With this, you can change your hairstyle however you want.
(Even if you only have fire, you can transform.)
If you have had any memorable Korean hairstyles, please share them with us.
I originally have curly hair. When I came to Korea,
I saw everyone with straight hair.
- So after a lot of thought, I decided to do a straight perm. - You did?
- So I did it. - What?
But the result was a little...
You look good.
- You don't look bad. - Hey, it's Lee Byung-hun.
- You look like an idol. - People weren't too thrilled about my look.
- It's not bad. - So basically,
I think it's best to go with your natural look.
- That style made you look sexy. - You tried to do Lee Byung-hun's hair?
- That layered look was in trend back then. - Yes.
When I first came to Korea,
the drama, "Boys Over Flowers", was in trend.
- So I tried Gu Jun-pyo's hair... - No...
- No, you didn't. - Zahid, please don't...
I really did it.
- You look like him. - Yes, you do.
You don't look bad.
- That's... - Was that 20 years ago?
You look so much older now.
(F4 Reformed)
When you were younger...
Cha Hong brought us a topic.
- Please read it for us. - Yes. "With my positive energy,"
"I have the power to change criticism into compliments."
"I've also been given the nickname, "Queen of Optimism"."
"I always think about the best of every situation. Am I abnormal?"
- I see. - Yes.
Are you always so optimistic?
- Yes, I'm very optimistic. - Have you ever been pessimistic?
There were times when I was pessimistic,
but if I think about it, those times weren't that bad after all.
Today, you kept smiling during our talk.
- Yes. - You seemed really happy with your life.
- Yes. - I see.
It makes you want to tease her and bully her.
What do you think about the present situation of our country?
This country already has 5,000 years of history.
This is just a small bump on the road. I believe we can get through this.
Yes, I believe in that.
When did you start being so optimistic? Were you always this way?
I was actually really introverted. I would have trouble speaking...
but the good things about introverts are that...
they're very good at observing people.
So, after finding a good point about a person, I would always...
approach them and compliment them. As I did that,
I started to think well of people and my personality started to change.
Compliments?
- Can you give Xinlin a compliment? - Yes.
That comma shaped hair really suits you.
- Thanks. - Yes. And your coy smile is very cute.
- Thank you. - Yes.
Let's take in some of her positive energy.
- Take it in. - Yes.
- I have a complex. - With what?
I have no muscles.
You have no muscles?
But actually, older women don't really like muscular men.
Instead, they tend to find thin and lanky men like you really cute.
- So I think you'll be fine. - He should find an older woman?
- Yes. - I only went out with older women.
(She plucked out his positive points.)
- What about Nik? He's very pessimistic. - Yes.
- Is Nik a pessimist? - He's the King of Pessimism.
- He's very... - It'll be fun to see you take on Niklas
- But... - Pessimism versus optimism.
But I think it's very great that...
although he's pessimistic,
he has a very positive body.
(Bombardment of positive compliments)
Is that so?
He looks very optimistic.
How do you feel about meeting such an optimistic person?
My mother is also an optimist.
She really tires me out.
It's just like when Batman met Joker.
They're going to meddle with each other.
(The match between the Pessimist and Optimist.)
- This is great. - All right.
- Moving on... - Do the MCs also have any inferiority complex?
- Us? - Hyun-moo, don't...
you have some?
I'm actually not really that cheesy...
but people have this bias that I am.
I'm very light and honest.
Is that so?
(She gave up on being optimistic.)
You said you were the Queen of Optimism.
How could you end it with, "Is that so?"
- It depends on the person. - I was thinking...
- Is that true? - Yes.
- Is that so? - I was taking some time to think.
- I suddenly feel insulted. - No, I didn't mean it like that.
- Let's start thinking about the topic. - Is this how you're going to end it?
"I always think about the best of every situation. Am I abnormal?"
We'll now begin our debate on this topic.
Unlike Cha Hong, there are some people who think about the worst of each situation.
Let's hear what our members have to say.
People who think about the worst case scenario first...
Please press the button. In 1, 2 and 3.
- Wow there's a lot. - I knew Xinlin would press it.
As expected, Guillaume is optimistic.
I worked as a professional gamer in Korea since I was little.
Back then, I had the most numbers of anti-fans.
But this friend I knew said this to me.
He said, "People without anti-fans are people who haven't succeeded yet."
- That's a nice one. - After that, I...
was fine with being the professional gamer with the highest number of anti-fans...
and I was somewhat proud of that title.
Because it meant I was more successful than the others.
- I would think like that to console myself. - Like Justin Bieber.
I have to think of the worst case scenario first,
so I can prepare myself for the worst.
I thought about what I would do...
if I ran out of money,
lost my return ticket back home,
or ran into a visa problem,
Three months after coming here,
I ran out of money. I almost had nothing left.
One of my worst case scenario happened.
It's because you were worrying about it.
If you didn't worry about it...
- But I... - So it wouldn't have happened if he didn't worry about it?
Basically, it happened because you worried about it.
If Christian thinks about it, it'll become real.
(Christian's Imagination Becomes Reality)
Because I thought about it beforehand, I was ready.
- I had a Plan B. - He had a Plan B.
- He was able to solve it. - People always think it can't happen to them.
But it can always happen.
- Yes. - Don't a lot of Japanese think like that?
- They're always worrying and preparing themselves for what might happen. - Yes.
They're always worrying and preparing themselves. If they want to start something,
- They take a long time? - Yes, they take a very long time to do it.
They have to think about everything.
When you start something, you have...
to think about if you can handle the problems later on.
I think it's right to think about it before you start.
- I see. - People should live more responsibly.
As an investor,
I always have to think of the worst case scenario.
For example, let's say there's a man who wants to start a business.
He's currently working as a businessman in a stable company.
But when he thinks of all the problems...
that will occur after he quits his job,
he will be only focusing on the risks.
Because he's only thinking about the risk and gets afraid,
- he'll never try to go for it. - I always thought people would think like me...
but they think very differently from me.
Really?
This is what I think.
The greater the expectations, the greater the disappointments.
That's why you shouldn't think about the best situation.
If you think of the worst case scenario, you won't be disappointed when you fail...
because you knew it wouldn't have worked anyway.
The atmosphere became very dark thanks to you.
- It's so negative. - You should just live being disappointed.
- Just be disappointed. - Yes.
Wait, but there's this saying I really like.
"Love as if you've never gotten hurt from love."
I really like that saying.
When you try to do something,
if you think positively, you think a lot more about being successful...
whereas if you think negatively, you only think about it failing.
You start to lose your motivation for doing anything.
But even if I try hard to think about the best possible outcome,
that only last for several hours or a couple of days.
After that, I suddenly think about...
how this won't really work.
This won't work and that won't work...
- Nothing will work. - It's not going to work anyways.
- But... - But thinking of the worst case scenario...
- and living like a pessimist are two very different things. - He's right.
I agree with you but it's different.
But although I feel like there were always hard times...
You know how they say God's greatest gift was the gift of forgetfulness?
If I look back on it, they all seemed like good memories.
They're all good memories that made me who I am today.
You have such a positive outlook.
But that could be dangerous too. In France, there's this saying...
(Aurélien's French proverb)
It means you shouldn't sell the fur of the bear before you kill it.
Basically, I'm...
trying to kill the bear but it's not dead yet.
But you've already sold the bear fur.
You're already asking for the price.
But, I actually experienced this.
When I first started working with hair,
people around me would always say being a hair designer didn't suit me...
and that I shouldn't even try for it.
They'd say that because I had a severe case of atopic dermatitis.
The doctor would say I shouldn't do it because it involved working with chemicals.
He said it would irritate my skin and make it worse.
They were so against it that I started to think these kinds of thoughts to myself.
I should just aim to become a...
good ordinary hair designer. When I decided on that,
I became much more comfortable with myself.
I wouldn't compare myself with others anymore and eventually things all worked out.
(Her positive optimism was connected to her success.)
We're going to be talking about the power of optimism today.
Let's talk about people or situations that succeeded...
with the power of optimism when everyone said it would fail.
There's this Japanese comic book called "Slam Dunk".
- Well, that artist... - Takehiko Inoue.
sent in that comic to the editors when he was in college.
But back then, the editor scoffed at him, saying,
"Who's going to read a comic book about basketball?"
That's what he said.
But he replied, "It's because you don't know anything about basketball."
"When people learn about basketball, this will be a hit."
He told him he would make it big.
And as you all know, he became really famous and known worldwide.
He was very successful with that comic book.
There was this person called Captain Sully who created the "Miracle on the Hudson".
- They even made a movie after him. - Yes.
He was a pilot...
but while he was flying the plane, there were some mechanical problems...
and everyone's was about to die.
But he stayed calm and optimistic...
and thought to himself that he could save everyone,
and he landed the plane on the Hudson River...
and managed to save everyone.
Even after he saved everyone,
- people would constantly question his method. - What if it didn't work?
But he was able to act accordingly and do it.
It was amazing.
Wasn't he Canadian?
- I'm not... - Are you talking about Tom Hanks?
- I don't know. - Are you sure he's not Canadian?
- The pilot is... - Maybe you're mistaken...
He was actually a famous US citizen.
They changed several laws because of him, too.
Roger Federer is a tennis player who won a lot of competitions.
But it was really meaningful for him to win...
the 2017 Australian Open Tennis Championship.
Right now, Federer is 35 years old.
He's practically really old for a tennis player.
Last year, he injured his knees and couldn't play tennis for six months.
And it's been five years since he last won a grand slam.
There were many people who thought Federer's time was over.
So when Federer won the championship,
I really felt that I could die happy now.
- He's amazing. - He really is.
Have you ever met Federer?
I've seen him once.
- You did? - How did you see him?
He has also seen Kim Jong-un.
- How do you meet these people? - What'd he say to you?
When I was living in London, I went to a Wimbledon match.
(I went to a Wimbledon match.)
So you saw him from far away.
- You went to see his match. - I see.
Nik, you have to say something, too.
Say something about the power of optimism.
No one in Germany believed in Albert Einstein.
- Go on. - Einstein wasn't able to speak until he was four years old.
And he couldn't converse with people until he was seven.
Everyone would tease him at school...
and all the teachers would think he was very dumb.
Eventually, they kicked him out of school.
But eventually, when you think genius, you think of Albert Einstein.
That's why he gives a lot of German students a lot of hope.
- Doesn't that give you hope, too? - Me?
- Yes, you. - I'm not bad at studying. I just choose not to do it.
(Everyone uses that excuse.)
Everyone uses that excuse.
The King of Pessimism has spoken.
- That was funny. - In France, there's the Eiffel Tower.
There were a lot of people who were against its construction.
There were a lot of...
artists and intellectuals who were against it.
They argued that...
the scenery would look much better without the Eiffel Tower.
- But now, it's the symbol of France. - It created the term "Eiffel Tower Effect".
It means that although you don't like certain things in the beginning,
after time passes by, you start to grow fond of it.
That's kind of nice.
In Mexico, there's this TV program called, "Los Supercivicos".
It means "Citizens of Justice".
There are three men on that program.
They take the issues in Mexico...
and offer up different solutions to solve it.
But it's really funny. For example, there is a huge...
sinkhole in the middle of the road.
But the city wasn't fixing it.
- So people would keep tripping and falling in. - That's dangerous.
So those three men went to the sinkhole, filled it up with water,
and took a bath.
He took a bath in the sinkhole?
- He's criticizing the government? - Yes.
They'd film that and show it on TV.
Later on, when they saw it on TV, they were surprised...
and finally fixed it.
- Also... - That's pretty effective.
in Mexico's subway,
people don't really give up their seats for other people.
One of those three men dressed himself up as Jesus...
- Jesus? - Yes, he dressed like him and went into the subway.
He'd go to those people and spray them with holy water...
just like this and say,
"I've fixed your legs so stand up."
They'd stand up because people would stare. And when they stood, he'd yell,
"It's a miracle!" This made people think about it.
(Spraying holy water)
(Stand up.)
It seems like something you'd think up, Se-yoon.
Yes, I really like this type of thing.
It'll be funny for you to do that.
Anyway, just like what we've talked about before,
are there any handicaps who recovered with the power of optimism?
There's a very famous singer called Andrea Bocelli.
He sang "Time to Say Goodbye".
When he was 12, he got hurt playing soccer...
- and lost his sight. - Yes.
His sight was already bad.
In Italy, there's this very famous singer called Zucchero.
He was good friends with Pavarotti.
Because they had to send Zucchero a demo tape,
Pavarotti asked Bocelli to sing instead of him.
After recording it with Bocelli, they sent Pavarotti the tape.
But Pavarotti said that instead of him,
Zucchero should sing together with Bocelli.
- He thought it sounded better. - What a compliment.
Eventually, Zucchero recorded with Pavarotti...
but when Pavarotti was busy, Bocelli took his place.
- I see. - That's how...
That's how he got gradually popular.
But now, his albums are always sold out when he releases them.
In America last year, there's this person...
who got popular from Nike's "Just do it" campaign...
called Kyle Maynard. For the last 32 years,
he lived a hard life without any hands or feet.
But he lived so passionately and was very optimistic.
This person can do all kinds of sports.
He can play American football,
do MMA, do wrestling, and all kinds of things.
And he's the first person without any hands or feet...
to have climbed Mount Kilimanjaro.
He's really awesome. He gives people a lot of hope.
That's amazing.
In China, it became a big issue when 21 people with hearing disabilities...
gathered together to do a dance called the "Thousand Hand Bodhisattva Dance".
Those 21 people lined up...
so they could see everyone's face...
and hand movements when they danced.
Because they're deaf, they can't hear the music.
So they would look at the teacher's sign language as they danced.
It was very beautiful.
- Wow. - That's amazing.
- They can't hear the music, right? - No.
- Wow. - That looks amazing.
- Wow. - Look at all those hands.
That's great.
Are there any researches about optimism and pessimism?
In 1939, a professor named Wendell Johnson...
did a controversial experiment.
He wanted to see if criticism and compliments had different...
influences on people. So he gathered together 22 orphans and...
either kept criticizing them or complimenting them.
The children that were criticized...
Although they didn't stutter their words at first,
after continually getting criticized, they started to stutter their words.
- These children grew up to develop a speaking disability. - Oh my...
It became a huge issue.
- They call his experiment "Monster Study" because... - That's not right.
- it was inhumane of him to experiment on those kids like that. - That's horrible.
Italy also did a lighter research on this topic.
It's a method to make people feel more optimistic.
They find that without sleep,
- we were prone to act more optimistically. - Without sleep?
At a casino,
they analyzed the behaviors of a gamer and came to this conclusion.
After they would play games all night,
they would gradually shift away from stability...
and began to become more optimistic.
Basically, they would become lazier.
They'll start to think everything will work out.
- They start to get careless? - Yes, according to the studies, that's what happened.
- But if you don't sleep... - On social media,
I read that when you're naked,
you get along and are more optimistic...
- What? - What are you suddenly talking about?
It just came to me...
Anyway, there's this study that shows that being negative isn't always a bad thing.
On TV, a brain scientist...
said pessimists tend to have good memory...
and greater artistic creativity.
- Is that so? - So personally, I think...
- Nik should... - Yes?
do something in the creative field.
- Oogi... - I'll think about it.
When you're stuck with him,
you get so stressed out from being with him.
In an Australian university,
they did a research on 53 English comedians.
They observed very funny comedians and just funny comedians side by side.
The very funny comedians lived to be around an average of 63.
The rest of the comedians lived to be around 73 years old.
They lived 10 years longer.
- Very funny comedians live a short life? - Out of...
- What about this super funny comedian? - What about this guy?
You should be worried.
- I wanted to tell you. - Actually, I'm afraid of tomorrow.
(I'm afraid of tomorrow.)
A Parisian economy professor...
did this research.
Although French people were well off,
why were there were more depressed people...
compared to people in other countries?
He stated it all originated from our education system.
Because French children are taught from a young age...
to be pessimistic...
and depressed by the adults.
That's why they become more unhappy.
They learn from the adults.
I'm curious about how each country thinks of themselves.
Are the people of my country are optimistic or are they pessimistic?
- If you think the people of your country are optimistic, raise your hand. - Yes.
Optimistic. In 1, 2 and 3.
India, Mexico and the US...
- There's been a study done by Hong Kong... - Hong Kong?
Yes, Hong Kong. They stated...
that Mexicans have the happiness gene inside them in that article.
Can you share some of that with Nik?
If I could, I'd be more than happy to...
He doesn't want any.
According to the article,
things like economic power and wealth have nothing to do with happiness.
Instead, things like the weather and genes have an influence on your happiness.
They picked Mexico as the happiest place.
For us, our culture has always...
been about pride and optimism.
- About pride for the country. - Yes.
Because we were always big, we were always optimistic.
Our economy is rapidly developing into one of the greatest in the world.
And in 2008,
while everyone else was having economic troubles, we were the one growing bigger.
That's why we can't help but be optimistic about the future.
Indians are also very optimistic because...
we believe in reincarnations.
We have this belief that people are reincarnated after their death.
If there's a problem with my current life,
it's because I did something wrong in the past.
If my life right now is not that good,
if I work hard...
and stay optimistic, I can gain a better life later.
Italy is one of the fairly optimistic countries in Europe...
but it's not really optimistic if you compare it to the whole world.
There was a recent survey...
It asked if you thought the year 2017 would be much...
better than the year 2016.
India and China both had more than 50 percent...
who thought it'd get better.
But Italy only had 20 percent who thought so.
France only had 14 percent.
- We're just... - There's not much difference.
Most people think it won't get any better.
The French have a saying...
that the national sport is pessimism.
Is that France's national sport?
Their national sport is to be pessimistic?
It's not fencing?
- It's being pessimistic. - Yes.
That's why we...
tease the optimists a lot.
- Optimists are always teased and made fun of. - Is that right?
He's such an optimist. He's such an optimist.
No, not like that. We actually have a nickname for them.
We call them bisounours.
Bisounours was originally a cartoon.
Basically "bisou" means "kiss"...
and "nours" is how a baby pronounces "bear".
Putting that together, it means "kissing bear".
- What's that? - They look like such happy bears.
They look so cute.
I see. They call them that to say they're childish?
- They use that to say you're naive? - Yes.
The world isn't like the world of the "kissing bears".
It's a much harsher world.
In Japan, it's a habit to say "I'm sorry".
- It's a habit to say that? - Yes.
That's why I can't really call the Japanese optimistic...
But I think it also shows in our language.
Yes, language influences your perception.
Normally, in Korea,
you ask, "Want to go play?" like that.
But in Japan, they ask, "Won't you like to play?"
- That's so negative. - Yes.
"Won't you like to drink?"
- I see. - Using the language like that really influences how you think.
Also, since our country is an island, we're always considering other's feelings.
When you do that, you always have negative thoughts.
We have a proverb that says...
that other people's suffering is our happiness.
- Other people's suffering? - Is that true?
- Happiness? - That's so mean.
- That would taste sweet. - Is that sweet?
I want to ask the other Europeans...
about what they think about Switzerland.
- Do they think it's optimistic or negative? - They...
- They're neutral. - They're neutral?
- Because they're... - They're no fun.
They're just so so.
I think Switzerland is very pessimistic.
- Why? - Because Switzerland...
You can say we have an inferiority complex.
Because Switzerland is a very small country,
neutral, and not a part of the European Union.
- Germany, Italy, and France are all very strong. - It's surrounded.
- That's why it has an inferiority complex... - Think about it differently.
If you compare yourselves with the French, you're always better at everything.
- You're well-mannered. - It's true.
You're better at everything than the French.
- Why is he... - What...
He just accepted it saying it was true.
But because it's small?
Yes. Because it's small. And if you look at history,
it fought a lot with France and Germany...
And you don't have any ocean.
(He got one on me.)
Tell us about the famous pessimists of your countries like Aurélien or Niklas.
Nik wrote there was someone even more pessimistic than him?
We're probably on the same level.
- Who is it? - Such negativity...
In Germany, he was acknowledged as the pessimistic philosopher.
He's called Schopenhauer.
He really hated humanity.
He said the world wasn't bad...
but people were evil.
He went on to write a book that garnered the nickname "Bible of Negativity".
That book went on to influence a lot of very famous people.
For example, it influenced Nietzsche, Norman,
and it even influenced Albert Einstein.
Alain de Botton is a Swiss-English writer.
He also went to do this show on BBC...
and stated pessimism was a method to earn happiness.
He said this because the present society...
is always teaching us that you can be successful in anything you do.
- But it's impossible to be successful at everything you do. - I agree.
Rather than have people think anything is possible,
he thought it'd be better for people to be a...
little more pessimistic.
Vittorio Sgarbi is a art critic,
politician, and TV personality.
He's a very pessimistic person.
Every time he appears on TV,
he's always fighting, swearing, and being so negative.
He's the first person in history to ever curse on TV.
It happened in 1979.
But because he made such a good impression...
and had a lot of connections,
he was appointed as the Minister of Culture.
Anyway, just like what Alain de Botton said,
our society is always giving us false promises that everything will work out.
And I'm sure there are a lot of policies...
- that were built on false promises. - Yes.
If you look at the news and media,
especially when there is a political or social issue,
they always say there's more jobs being created...
and try to sound hopeful when that's not really the case.
I can't help but worry during those times.
Canada's been saying they were going to provide the basic income to the citizens...
since a long time ago but they still haven't fulfilled their promise on that.
That's why this time, Ontario...
is trying to try to revive that program.
But I don't think it'll work this time either.
They're just giving the citizens false hope.
In Japan,
Prime Minister Abe has a plan...
called the "100 Thousand Dollar Active Plan".
It's a plan to make everyone in Japan work.
He's trying to get women more involved too...
and creating a policy around that.
But people are criticizing it for being so unrealistic.
Just like that "working ant principle",
when there's 100 ants,
there will be 20 of those ants who would be lazy.
It's unrealistic to think every single citizen...
will do their best to work hard.
There will always be lazy ants.
India has an election every five years.
During that time, politicians are always promising such ridiculous things.
They sound very hopeful.
For example,
they say if they win, they'll give students bikes,
iPads, and cellphones...
They're obviously lying.
But people believe what they say.
When they promise they'll give it to 100 people,
later, they only give it to five people...
- and gather together to take pictures... - They're showing they kept their promise?
Because so many people don't keep their promises,
we have a website where you can check the status of...
what people promised.
If someone makes a pledge or promise,
it goes right on that website.
- It appears right under their pictures. - They must hate that.
All the promises they made appear under their profile...
and are categorized into "completed", "in progress", "not in progress", and so on.
(In progress, Completed, Shaky, Canceled, Credibility)
Angela Merkel is also well known for her optimism.
For example, when we started to have that refugee issue,
to appease the German citizens,
she said she wouldn't raise taxes.
She also said there wouldn't be any increase in crimes,
and tried to persuade them they could live together.
She was very optimistic.
But because of terrorist activities throughout Europe...
and because she didn't keep any of her promises,
Merkel's ratings have dropped significantly...
- and she lost a lot of credibility. - I see.
I'm sure everyone had some tough times in their lives.
- And I'm sure there were ways in which you overcame those times. - Yes.
Were there any words that gave you strength to overcome those times?
I'm sure everyone had some tough times in their lives.
- And I'm sure there were ways in which you overcame those times. - Yes.
Were there any words that gave you strength to overcome those times?
For me, there's this famous saying...
that describes how there's always one good thing with the bad.
"It can't get any worse than this."
Instead of using positive words, the French...
- like to make a satire of their situation... - Make fun?
Yes. They...
say, "It could have been much worse".
"Do you think that was bad?"
- "No, there's even worse." - It could be worse.
- Can it get worse? - Yes.
It's sort of like how we say, "When you think it's late, you're already too late."
"Don't worry. It could have been a lot worse."
I think I'm a very optimistic person...
but I always use this phrase, "It's good that it stopped there".
- It's good that it stopped there? - Yes.
For example, if I miss the bus,
I think to myself that even though I missed the bus, I'm lucky it's not raining.
- Even if you miss the bus, - That's...
you're lucky because you can call the taxi.
This is just like what I said before but...
"I missed the bus. Great, now it's going to rain."
It's like this.
French people are so...
"It's probably going to rain now too."
"I'll probably trip over a rock sometime soon."
" That probably was the last bus." "It's acid rain."
But those words can make you kind of happy too.
- It can be comforting. - Yes.
I personally like this phrase...
In Japanese, it's "nantoka naru".
Basically in Korean, it means "things will work out".
I really like that phrase.
No matter how bad the situation is,
when you think things will work itself out and that something will happen,
you don't panic or freak out...
and can remain optimistic.
- And... - He's laughing.
I used to live in Japan too.
The Japanese don't use that phrase.
They just say "shouganai".
Yes. It means that nothing can be done about it.
- That's the complete opposite. - That's why I said I personally like it.
In my personal opinion,
it's not helpful. It doesn't help.
I don't need to hear it.
- It's not helpful. - Right.
Rather than it being not helpful, I just don't believe it is necessary.
He doesn't believe it is necessary.
If I was in a negative situation,
and I told this to someone else. That person would...
tell me various ways to solve my problems.
In my case, however, I'm not telling him this because I want to hear a solution.
For the person listening, it might be very annoying.
Another case might be, I took a test and did a very bad job.
And the person who I told might say, "You'll do better next time."
I'd think to myself, "If I can do better next time, I would've passed this time."
- If I had actually tried. - Right.
That's why when someone complain to you about their problems...
or they tell you their thoughts,
- you don't have to say anything. - Just listen to what they say.
- We just want someone to listen to us. - Right.
- That's true. - Everything they say...
- They're just saying it. - Don't try to solve it.
When you share something, it lightens your heart.
I would like to tell Nik something,
Nik is very young, right?
I believe that Nik is going to be very successful.
That really sounded like something his uncle would have said to him.
Give him some pocket money.
- Say that to him as you give him pocket money. - Give him pocket money.
- Right. You should give him money. - Right.
(Lucky bought Nik a jacket as present.)
Since you are the Queen of Optimism, could you say say something, including Nik?
Could you say some words of comfort to him?
- I don't need any. - She's very optimistic.
I know it won't really make much difference, but please say something.
- Say some words to help him. - Well,
I found this phrase while reading a book.
"What comes out of me will return back to me."
If I release positive energy, the energy will go to another person...
and it will return to me later on.
You sound like a monk.
Everyone around me seems to be saying, "I'm old."
But if you look at it, this moment is my youth, right?
- What about your hair loss? - Does it come back?
I'm not sure. I know I've lost some hair.
But this is what I'm feeling in my thirties.
Whether it is my thoughts, my emotional sensitivity has gotten better, too.
Se-yoon, you have the most hair at this moment.
I'm going to lose it all later on anyway.
I'm going to lose all my hair later on.
I won't have any hair either.
- Won't you have any hair here? - Right.
- Right. - Yes.
This was Cha Hong's issue on the 137th episode,
"I always think about the best of every situation. Am I abnormal?"
She says laughter is the best at making you happy, right?
With the meaning of positive energy,
Zahid will show his clapping laughter.
He will show us his positive energy.
- We'll share this with Cha Hong and the audience. - You're learning something.
- Right. - They sit down and do this for hours.
- Shall we do it together? - Okay.
- In 1, 2 and 3. - In 1, 2 and 3.
(Clapping)
(Please receive the positive energy.)
You're good. You're really good at this.
Could you tell us how you felt about coming on today?
When you look at a fashion show, at the backstage during the men's section,
there are a lot of good-looking men there, right?
When I do their hair, I feel incredibly happy.
That's the kind of feeling I received.
(Thank you for sharing your positive energy.)
I would now like to adjourn our Non Summit Meeting.
We'll try better than our best next week as well.
Until the day we all become normal
After meeting the Queen of Optimism,
- we hope your sadness and worry will disappear. - I'm already worried.
Don't be sad No No No
You're not alone No No No
We will now adjourn.
(An emergency situation)
(Kim Jung-nam was murdered by his brother in Malaysia)
This was the first foreign assassination that happened in Malaysia.
- Many Chinese people are really interested in this incident. - This was a shock.
Pope John Paul II.
The bullet hit 1mm away from his heart.
He lost consciousness.
(Cut the head of the politician)
(Attempted assassination of Fidel Castro)
(Prepared a poisoned cigar)
(He stopped smoking after that.)
(Assassination attempts around the world)
(Block B's Tae-il and Park Kyung)
I want to return to my school days.
The new semester has started.
We had to wear a uniform back then.
the student should have a choice.
(Uniforms cost a lot so it will make students feel deprived.)
(Students shouldn't feel like there is a gap between the rich and poor.)
Even if there is a difference, I think it would be a better thing to teach them.
(Isn't uniforms gender discrimination?)
I'm sure there are some men who want to wear a skirt.
(It would take longer to dress up in the morning when you're not wearing a uniform.)
(You have to pay attention to what you wear until you die.)
(There is always a lively debate.)
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