Hong Kong: Rise of the Kings.

Chapter 1119 1105 [Emperor Retired]

After the December 12 coup, Quan Douguang was not promoted, but instead pushed the acting Minister of the Central Intelligence Agency, Li Xixing, to replace Zheng Shenghe's position (Army Chief of Staff and Martial Law Commander).

1980年2月6日，郑升和以内乱帮助罪被起诉。3月，全斗光升为中将。4月14日，全斗光被崔圭夏任命为中央情报部长署理（因现役军人不能做部长而挂上“署理”之名）。

At this point, South Korea’s two major intelligence agencies, the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Command, were both controlled by Quan Douguang.

Although Chun Doo-gwang had seized military power, he did not completely seize political power. At this time, South Korea had just been freed from the dictatorship of Park Chung-hee, and a large number of democrats were released. The democratic forces were in the ascendant, and the so-called "Seoul Spring" situation emerged. The three most active politicians were the three Kims, the president of the Republican Party, Kim Jong-pil, the president of the New Democratic Party, Kim Young-sam, and the democratic movement activist Kim Dae-jung. Various student and worker movements also sprang up like mushrooms after rain.

The democratic forces directed their attacks directly at the leader of the new military, Chun Doo-kwang. On May 1980, 5, a student rally and demonstration took place at the Seoul Station Square, demanding the removal of Chun Doo-kwang and the lifting of martial law before May 15. However, due to the advice of Kim Dae-jung and others to act cautiously, the demonstration was cancelled that day, which was called the "Seoul Station Return."

On the same day, Chun Doo-kwang's party also proposed a "national law-breaking investigation plan" and a "power-based illegal wealth accumulation plan", intending to suppress the democratic movement, take over the government in an all-round way, and rebuild Park Chung-hee's military dictatorship.

The first conference room of the Blue House was filled with flowers and green bamboos. In front of the majestic painting of Mount Paektu, Chun Doo-gwang convened the Republic of Korea's first "Korea and International Economic Situation Seminar" to the outside world.

In addition to Quan Douguan hosting the meeting, Korean leaders from all walks of life attended the meeting, including those from the political, military, business and other circles.

In addition, in order to highlight the international nature of this conference, Quan Douguang also specially invited many foreign entrepreneurs to attend the discussion, including business people from the United States, Britain, France, Germany, as well as Japan, Thailand, Singapore and other Asian countries.

Among them, the American who was invited seemed to be an official of considerable background. He was arrogant and even Quan Douguang and others were respectful to him. The British and French also fawned on him.

As a representative of Hong Kong, Du Yongxiao was also invited to attend the meeting and sat in the guest of honor seat very close to Quan Douguang, second only to the business tycoons from the United States and the United Kingdom.

The slogan of this conference is "In line with the international situation, follow the economic path of the Republic of Korea!"

The meeting listened to the South Korean Minister of Trade and Industry's proposal on comprehensively rectifying and regulating the orderly development of state-owned resources, discussed and approved in principle the "Notice of the Ministry of Trade and Industry on Comprehensively Regulating and Regulating the Order of State-owned Resource Development", and clearly restricted the development and exploitation of land, minerals and other resources under the monopoly of South Korean chaebols.

In order to ensure the smooth passage of the meeting's decision and to deter the chaebols, Quan Douguan specially nominated General Lu Taiyu as the inspector of this movement. Anyone who violates the rules will be severely punished by him.

In other words, Jeon Doo-kwang inherited Park Chung-hee's high-pressure dictatorial policies, relying on the military to control domestic resources and not giving the chaebols any opportunity to embezzle them.

As Quan Douguan's best partner and close comrade-in-arms, General Lu Taiyu not only has a high prestige in the army, but also has a better reputation among the people than Quan Douguan.

And unlike Jeon Doo-kwang who was indifferent to democracy, Roh Tae-woo had reservations about South Korea's democracy and freedom, which provided a buffer between the military and the democratic class and laid the foundation for the future development of democracy in South Korea.

The following meeting also discussed South Korea's most pressing food crisis and unemployment rate.

As we all know, due to South Korea's geographical environment, food production is not very high, and the country often relies on imports of rice, cotton, wheat, etc. to maintain balance.

The current international situation is grim. Europe and the United States have begun to export grain to Africa, and South Korea's grain import prices have continued to rise. At the time when Park Chung-hee was assassinated, international grain prices had reached an alarming price.

Quan Douguan pleaded with the visiting Americans, British, French and other European and American countries in an earnest tone to lower the price of food, and it would be best if they could sell the food aid to Africa to South Korea.

In the words of Quan Douguang: "What is bought with money is always better than what you give away!"

This statement may be rough, but it makes sense.

However, the reason why Europe and the United States aid Africa is for reputation, not all for money. But Quan Douguang said so, and both sides are willing to reach an agreement and re-examine food prices.

Regarding the unemployment rate in South Korea, Quan Douguan consulted the Korean chaebol bosses present and asked them if they had any way to expand their staff.

After the financial crisis, those big bosses are now cutting costs, so how can they recruit more employees?

Finally, this question was thrown out and the meeting decided to solicit public opinions.

In Quan Douguan’s words, this is democracy and freedom enough!
The tone was full of sneer.

Democracy and freedom mean unemployment and hunger.

The last item was to listen to a research report by Hong Kong business representative Du Yongxiao on investing in Korea and developing the Korean economy.

Before the meeting, Quan Douguan contacted Du Yongxiao privately, told him the specific content of the conference, and urged him to make an important speech as a representative.

Du Yongxiao thought carefully and decided to use investing in South Korea and developing the South Korean economy as the theme of the research. On the one hand, it was to whitewash his invasion of the South Korean economy, and on the other hand, it was also to provide some guidance on the future situation of South Korea.

Du Yongxiao's research report avoided the main issue and first tactfully explained that he had a good impression of South Korea, which was why he invested huge sums of money in the top ten South Korean groups, including Samsung, Hyundai, Lotte, LG, etc.

In the words of Du Yongxiao: "I can see the future. These companies will be the pillar industries of South Korea and the heavy-duty companies that are indispensable to South Korea. My investment in them is equivalent to investing in South Korea. I love South Korea, so I am willing to invest money."

Immediately afterwards, Du Yongxiao made shocking remarks about the three driving forces of the South Korean economy.

It is said that in the future, the Korean economy will make great strides in semiconductor electronics, hotel tourism, and entertainment industries.

And South Korea will become an emerging tourism and entertainment center in Asia.

Du Yongxiao's affirmative tone and determined attitude surprised Quan Douguang and others.

They couldn't understand why Du Yongxiao was so sure?

Semiconductor electronics are easy to deal with. After all, the global situation is there and all countries are vigorously promoting the development of semiconductors. Otherwise, Du Yongxiao would not have snatched Samsung Electronics from the Samsung Group.

The problem is South Korea's hotel tourism industry and entertainment industry, how do you say this?
There is nothing special about the tourist attractions in South Korea, except for Gyeongbokgung Palace and Jeju Island. Who would come here to play?
It is right to say that Japan is the tourism center of Asia. After all, when people from all over the world travel to Asia, the first place they think of is Japan.

As for entertainment——
Quan Douguan and the others didn't know what to say. Korean movies, TV dramas, songs and dances, etc. are simply not up to standard. Where did Du Yongxiao get the courage to say such things?

Watching Du Yongxiao talking, the Koreans, who originally had no good impression of Du Yongxiao, felt for the first time that Du Yongxiao was so friendly. In order to elevate Korea, he even said such nonsense as tourist center and entertainment center.

Du Yongxiao certainly knew what these people were thinking, but he knew even more clearly that South Korea would indeed have a huge boom in the tourism and entertainment industries in the future.

A movie like "Autumn in My Heart" and "My Love from the Star", several girl groups and boy groups have made the Korean wave sweep the world, thus boosting the Korean tourism industry and replacing Japan as the center of Asia.

Even if the butterfly Du Yongxiao appeared and flapped its wings, it could not change this fact.

Since it cannot be changed, Du Yongxiao pointed it out and reaped a lot of dividends. So in the end, Du Yongxiao decided to invest money in Korean movies and TV series, and was ready to set up an entertainment company, recruit members of girl groups and boy groups, build tourist hotels, etc.

Du Yongxiao's words stunned the bigwigs at the scene.

No one expected that Du Yongxiao was not just talking casually, but really wanted to do it.

After Du Yongxiao finished talking about his investment plan, he asked other bigwigs at the scene who were willing to work with him.

The Americans, British, and French immediately backed off.

They won't waste money.

Japan, Thailand and Singapore are simply taking a wait-and-see attitude.

The bigwigs in South Korea also shook their heads, saying that the risk was too great and they dared not follow.

Only LG Group Chairman Gu Bonmoo chose to believe in Du Yongxiao again and was willing to cooperate with Du Yongxiao.

LG's statement caused an uproar in the audience. No one expected that there are companies in South Korea that are not afraid of death.

At this time, Samsung Group President Lee Geon-hee also raised his hand and expressed his willingness to follow Du Yongxiao and invest in Korean films, television, and entertainment industries on his own behalf.

Samsung's involvement directly pushed the scene to a climax.

This also surprised Du Yongxiao, and he had to re-examine Lee Jianxi, the future emperor of Samsung. He was indeed very far-sighted, or in other words, he was a gambler like Gu Bonmoo.

And they are all betting on themselves to win.

The fruitful results achieved in this meeting undoubtedly made Quan Douguan somewhat excited. When the meeting ended, he immediately called out to Du Yongxiao who was walking out of the meeting room side by side with Gu Benmao and Li Jianxi.

"Hello, Mr. Du." Quan Douguan smiled and used the most sincere tone when he shook hands with Du Yongxiao and greeted him. After all, Du Yongxiao was his "big brother" behind the scenes.

Du Yongxiao smiled slightly on his serious face, patted Quan Douguang's hand gently, and said with a smile: "General Quan's meeting was very successful this time, especially the series of policies you formulated are eye-opening!"

Quan Douguang smiled and said, "Alas, there is nothing we can do about it! In the past, we only knew how to fight in wars, but now we are learning how to govern a country. I don't know if the policies are good or not, but I am afraid that I will anger the people and lose the support of the people."

Du Yongxiao smiled slightly: "Modest. General Quan is a genius, both civil and military, which is cause for celebration."

Quan Douguang smiled and said, "Whether we can succeed depends on the help of foreign friends like you, Mr. Du. The development of the Korean economy cannot be separated from your help. With you, it will be even more powerful!"

"No, no, no, this is just icing on the cake." Du Yongxiao said modestly.

As they were exchanging pleasantries, General Lu Taiyu suddenly came over, whispered a few words to Quan Douguan, and then looked at Du Yongxiao.

Quan Douguang's eyes showed a trace of surprise. After listening, he looked up at Du Yongxiao and said, "Did Mr. Du notice Mr. Thomas in the United States during the meeting just now?"

Du Yongxiao nodded, "Is that right, Thomas, the Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs of the United States?"

"That's right, he is the special guest of our meeting, and he wants to see you now..." He looked at Du Yongxiao carefully, trying to see what he was thinking.

Du Yongxiao nodded slightly, his expression calm, not giving Quan Douguang any chance to "investigate" and said, "It would be nice to meet him! The deputy minister is not an insignificant official."

Quan Douguan was stunned and didn't know what to say.

……

Following General Lu Taiyu, we turned several corners in the spacious and magnificent corridor and finally arrived outside a lounge. Lu Taiyu grasped the golden handle and pushed open the magnificent wooden door, but he stayed outside.

Du Yongxiao knew that in South Korea, these Americans were actually the emperors.

Especially a Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs like Thomas, who was not very well-known in the United States, is like the emperor of the emperors when he comes here.

After all, South Korea's economy needs the support of the United States.

It is precisely because of this that Quan Douguan and Lu Taiyu are so respectful to Thomas.

The lounge was spacious and solemn, with a rotating black sofa. U.S. Deputy Secretary of Economic Affairs Thomas sat in the main seat, biting a cigar and looking at a document in his hand with an arrogant and disdainful attitude.

Thomas raised his head upon hearing the voice, then pointed at the chair and said in a masterly manner: "Du, huh? Sit down!"

With just this one sentence, the Americans' high-handed attitude towards South Korea is clearly revealed.

"Du, I'm very curious, what is your purpose in investing in so many Korean companies?" After Du Yongxiao sat down, Thomas looked at Du Yongxiao with contempt.

It seems that Du Yongxiao had touched their big pie, so Thomas came to hold him accountable.

Du Yongxiao ignored him. Is it true that only you Americans can have a piece of the Korean pie, but not me?
Although thinking this in his heart, Du Yongxiao did not dare to take it lightly and chose his words carefully, "I just said it in the meeting, I love Korea, so I will invest in Korean companies."

"Hahaha!" Thomas laughed, his eyes full of sarcasm. "Du, you are a smart man, why do you have to use this trick to deceive children? You love South Korea? You are Chinese, and your country has only been at war with South Korea for less than 30 years!"

Facing Thomas's sarcasm, Du Yongxiao just smiled and said, "It's a different time now. Whether I love Korea or not, only I know it."

Thomas looked at Du Yongxiao for a few seconds and then smiled: "If you tell a lie a thousand times, even you will believe it. God, I don't know if I am an idiot or someone is mentally retarded."

Du Yongxiao: "I love Korea, so I invested in Korea. I also love America, so I also invested in America! For example, Phoenix Pharmaceuticals, Paramount, MGM, Coca-Cola, Microsoft, etc. The total investment is as high as tens of billions. So--"

Du Yongxiao looked at Thomas who was shocked and asked, "Am I mentally retarded or an idiot?"

(End of this chapter)