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Talent outflow…
It was a phenomenon where high-quality domestic personnel migrated overseas. The weaker the country, the worse it suffered from this. It was natural, after all, for people to seek better lives for themselves—and that was something developed countries could provide.
To stem this issue, nations around the world had revived the peerage system. They lavished extraordinary rights and perks upon their best players, incentivizing their loyalty. And it worked… for the most part.
In reality, the top countries were economic titans. Talents born in America stayed in America. And whatever they wanted, they bought. Be it money, land, or status—there was a price for everything. Even foreign talents.
There was even a joke that every foreign genius must have considered a US citizenship at least once in their career.
Of course, Korea wasn’t laughing. Trapped and stifled between China and Japan’s power struggles, Korea had little to offer its talents but much to demand by way of service and sacrifice. It could never compete with the US on benefits. All Korea could do was appeal to Korean players’ honor and patriotism.
Yet, for Kang Jae-Hyeok… no, for anyone...
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