The Wall Has Truly Blown Up: A Post-Hoc Apology Can't Save Mbappé, Total Ban — From Now On Everything Must Be Blurred?! What Exactly Is Social Insurance Trying to Squeeze People Into?! Qiqi Baba TALK『Refresh Your Mind 812』20261028

This episode mainly discusses the censorship storm within the Great Firewall triggered by a joke made by Mbappé regarding Mao Zedong, analyzing the absurdity of nationwide censorship in China. Combined with submissions from netizens, it demonstrates the heavy economic burden brought by adjustments to social security policies on ordinary people and intern lawyers, pointing out that the outbreak of the Mbappé incident reflects the pent-up social grievances of the Chinese public with nowhere to vent.

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Hello everyone, welcome to Qiqi Baba, I am Qiqi. Sorry about this, I might be a little sick today, so everyone please bear with my voice, thank you. Um, the matter we are talking about today, of course, revolves around a single protagonist, and that is Mbappé. That's right, all of a sudden, Mbappé has become wildly popular worldwide. Although he was already a megastar before, he had never been popular to this extent, I think. Let's talk about the incident itself first. It actually stems from a very brief interview given by Mbappé. In it, Mbappé mentioned that his own face had previously been photoshopped by netizens onto the face of Mao Zedong, and then, because his interview went viral, netizens made a video. Let's take a look, it is truly super hilarious.

As you all know, this matter definitely exploded inside the Great Firewall. Then, actually, one of France's news programs with the highest viewership also reported on this matter, but of course, the angle was completely different.

Mbappé also directly and publicly apologized, although I feel he probably didn't know where the problem lay himself, and the statement he posted looked very much like it was written by a PR team. But regarding the whole incident, I think the funniest thing is that Weibo has an automated bot reply. Friends might not know, um, when you follow him or turn on a certain feature, I'm not entirely clear on the details. But basically, after you post a blog, it will leave a comment underneath in an AI-driven way, it's an AI reply. Let's take a look at what happens after a netizen asks about this matter.

Let's break down the outbreak of this whole incident. Uh, this interview clip was indeed just released, that's correct, it was released in the last two days. However, uh, based on Mbappe's outfit and his accessories, some netizens dug up an interview, which was an interview from April. Um, so there is a high probability that this clip is from April. Why do I say that? Because, like these celebrities, it's basically impossible for them to appear in public with the exact same outfit, down to the accessories. I'm not saying they won't wear the same clothes again. Even if it's the same piece of clothing, for example, like this T-shirt of mine, right? It will be worn again, but it might be paired with different pants, shoes, and then different necklaces, different bracelets, etc., etc. These details will actually change. It's impossible to wear an entire outfit, from accessories to uh T-shirt to pants to shoes to socks to everything, that is exactly the same; this is basically impossible. So, it's very strange that this clip was suddenly released, right? You see, it's been months, almost half a year, right? And you release it now. In addition, the secret that Mbappe himself mentioned, that he changed it to Mao Zedong, the earliest time it was posted should be three years ago. He was actually just mentioning it casually; uh, in the original video, Mbappe said he didn't know who that ape-man was, that is, who the person was before he changed it. He just said it seemed to be a dictator from China in the past, which means he didn't know the original subject was Mao Zedong, and he didn't say Mao Zedong was a dictator either; he just said it seemed to be one. I think he might have wanted to respond to the reporter's question with humor, but this is very strange because this matter has fermented to be very, very, very large by now. Especially inside the Great Firewall, basically all brands that collaborated with Mbappe have terminated their contracts, that is, in the Chinese market, including foreign brands like Nike China, which have also stopped cooperating with him, except for Lego. That's right, even Lego China has completely ignored this matter, and the official website still displays products co-branded with Mbappe, as of the time I am filming this.

And now this matter is not even targeting Mbappe himself anymore. Yes, because in China, they have even started to attack the entire Real Madrid team, saying things like this is not the first time Real Madrid has touched the bottom line of the Chinese people, etc. And then, they said this was caused by lax team management. Then, the head coach of Real Madrid responded to this matter. He said, what is happening now is a disgrace. I will always support my players, whenever and wherever. He said, Kylian was asked a question, and he answered it politely. They turned a simple joke into this, especially these people who love to mock others the most, but now they are suddenly pretending to be hurt, it's really embarrassing. He just said something when he was excited, he didn't make that meme himself, why make such a big fuss? The people who love to make jokes about these things the most are now the ones pretending to be aggrieved. I am disappointed with the reaction against him. Sometimes people are too quick to judge without looking at the full context. We need fairness, and Kylian Mbappe deserves that fairness.

Also, for translation tools like NetEase Youdao in China, you can no longer even translate the name of Mbappé. Now, I am just curious how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) managed to utter the six words "poor team management," because the only entity that would control every single person's personal speech is probably the CCP, right? Oh, everyday when people are interviewed outside, or making any casual remark of their own, what they can say and what they cannot say are all strictly controlled. This is something that probably only happens under the CCP. Don't they even realize that they are the odd ones out in the entire world? How could teams and companies in other countries ever care about such matters? However, through this incident with Mbappé, the whole world now knows that the CCP is a hypersensitive machine that completely refuses to allow even the slightest joke. Not to mention that Mbappé wasn't lying at all, because no matter how you look at it, and from whatever perspective, Mao Zedong is a dictator. It was already bad enough that you forced your own citizens to call a deer a horse, but now does the CCP expect the whole world to follow along in calling a deer a horse, right? Not admit that Mao Zedong is a dictator? How is that even possible? Now that a joke has blown up to this extent, I think calling them elementary school students is truly an insult to elementary school students. And it's not just Mao Zedong; uh, with netizens making such a fuss, there are now images of Mbappé morphed into Xi Jinping circulating. So you tell me, what's going to happen to Mbappé's matches in the future? Will they completely stop broadcasting them in China? Or will they censor him with mosaics throughout the entire broadcast?

I feel that this incident has a strong suspicion of diverting attention from social security issues, that's right. Why do I say this? Because although the social security issue has been made public for a long time, right? Uh, it has already been a week or two, but the people's resentment has not decreased with time; instead, it is growing more and more.

[Video Clip] Make up for it, make up for it, make up for my ass! My boss told me I need to pay back the social security contributions from January to October. I said we pay every month, wasn't it paid normally? He said the base amount is different now, so the contributions from January to October have to be made up. I asked how much that would be. About a hundred and something per month, and I calculated it—wouldn't that mean I have to pay back over a thousand? I don't even have money to eat, make up for what shit! I said can I just not pay it? I'll cut it off. The boss said he has already paid it, so this money has to be deducted from me. Ah! How could my boss be this fast? Netizens, please tell me, can I get this money back? He has already paid it, why is he so fast? I checked, isn't this policy just recently rolled out? His speed is way too fast! I want my money back, how can I get it back now? Ah, vast and resourceful netizens, please tell me how I can get this money back? I don't want to make it up, can I just not pay it? Brother Ou.

[Video Clip - Intern Lawyer] Boss, the boss told me that my social security is deducted from my salary, so out of a salary of 2,500 yuan, after the social security deduction, it's 1,800, leaving only 700 yuan. I work 22 days a day, which is equivalent to my salary for each day of the month being 800 divided by 22, just over thirty yuan. Um. And why do I want to pay social security? Because if you want to register your intern lawyer certificate, you must have a record of paying social security. If you don't pay social security, you have no way to become an intern lawyer. If you have no way to become an intern lawyer, you have no way to become a practicing lawyer. Every day I go to work it costs six yuan for the subway, so I'm paying, um, and then it's equivalent to twelve yuan a subway ride every day, plus buying my own food, oh, I'm paying to go to work every single day. Now, for law students, if you want to be legal counsel, you need experience, um, you also have to take the civil service exam, the competition is huge, you also have to take the postgraduate exam, and you need a master's degree just to be a judge or prosecutor. If you want to be at a law firm, just like me, you can't even afford social security, and you can't even register your certificate. I don't know why this society still needs law students? Then just cancel the law major altogether! I feel there is no need for it to exist, because law students are truly too pitiful. You go scold that little Bingxin, go scold her.

[Video Clip] People can barely survive; if I could dance, I would have already... It really exploded!

[Video Clip · Intern Lawyer] The reason I didn't go sing is because I don't know how to dance, otherwise I wouldn't be able to survive either. Yeah, I'm currently still relying on the money I made from tutoring before and what my grandparents give me. Otherwise, how would I even live? I'm not even counting it; I have zero money, and I'm paying out of pocket every day just to go to work.

So, the situation for most Chinese people is very, very poor, because this social security is just the final straw added to their already miserable lives; that's the situation. Because they really have no other options. I think this resentment needs a channel for release, and isn't that exactly why Mbappé ended up in the line of fire? Alright, that's all for this episode. My condition isn't very good today, so I hope friends can be understanding. That's it for this episode, and we'll see you next time.