Korean TV series: King of Peninsula 1997

Chapter 229: Tentacles Reaching Out to the Church

"Don't you know people well?" Li You looked at him and was not surprised by his words.

Li You laughed and said in a low voice, "What is the reputation of the church now?"

Pastor Li shook his head bitterly, with a wry smile on his face, "The reputation is already ruined."

"Why don't you show up?" Li You threw the pen he had just used into the pen holder. "You can't just pretend to be deaf and dumb."

Pastor Li raised his head and stared at Li You, his voice trembling, "President Nim, since you said that, I guess you have an idea."

Li You waved his hand and said, "You are just a pastor of the Charity Church anyway. Since the Charity Church is rotten now, why don't you come out and publicly step on it?"

"What do you mean?" Pastor Li's face was uncertain, "Let me cut ties with the Charity Church?"

"What else?" Li You narrowed his eyes and looked at the embarrassed Li You in front of him. "To be honest, after the movie is released, the Charity Church will suffer a more serious blow. Now that it is still rotten, we should get out of it early and then step on it back."

Li You tapped the table lightly. "Your current connections are still useful. When your reputation is ruined along with them, will anyone still call you a pastor?"

Pastor Li sighed, "President Nim really has me in his hands. What exactly do you want to do? What should I do after leaving the Charity Church?"

Li You didn't rush to answer, but just looked up and down at Pastor Li, "It happened to be the incident at the Gwangju branch of the Charity Church."

"I have already bought that school. Why don't you publicly announce the closure of the Church of Compassion and create a brand new church that upholds kindness and justice?"

He clapped his hands in a relaxed manner, calling Pastor Li back to his senses, "I have my current reputation as a guarantee. You go and treat those children well and develop the new church."

Li You's idea was very simple. Not everyone was willing to treat these children well. He might as well take advantage of this opportunity to let Pastor Li, who wanted to maintain his position, come. He could even slowly extend his tentacles into many churches through Pastor Li.

"I understand, President-nim."

Pastor Li nodded and said, "Now it seems that this is indeed the best solution."

He was very aware of the current situation. After all, in recent times, quite a number of pastors from the Charity Church had resigned and left, and some even wanted to switch to other churches, but were not accepted.

And now the reputation of the Charity Church has not yet been completely tarnished, but it has already become like this.

As long as the reputation of the Charity Church is ruined, the reputation of these pastors will also be ruined.

For a pastor, the most important thing is reputation. Once the reputation is ruined, if you are recognized on the street, you will be pointed at and talked about, and you may even not be accepted by your peers.

Unless you run away to a place where no one knows you and live in anonymity.

But the Korean Peninsula is so small that you can always meet someone who knows you wherever you go.
The counter-stepping proposed by Li You is the best solution these priests can find.

Li You did not mince words, "I can let you take charge of the specific ideas, and even let Jinmen Entertainment and Xiancheng Daily cooperate with you in publicity and promotion. If you want, you can also appear on TV shows."

His eyes were cold. "But I hope to see a church that is governed. Do you understand?"

Pastor Li nodded silently, and after a long while he spoke, "I will contact some pastors after I return and propose this to them."

"There is one more thing that Pastor Li should pay attention to," Li You said with a laugh, "A pastor should do what a pastor should do. You can continue to hold charity dinners like the ones you held before, but people like Li Jiangshuo should not appear in the church."

"To ensure this, church information is turned in regularly."

Pastor Li nodded and said nothing more.

He also knew this. After all, he had been a pastor in the Mercy Church for more than ten years. He knew very well how the Mercy Church was rotten from the root.

He said simply, "The name of the church"

Li You looked at him for a while, smiled and shook his head slightly, "You are a pastor, you are better at coming up with names like this than I am."

A few days later, Pastor Li gathered a group of pastors and openly "rebelled" against the Charity Church.

Hyunsung Daily and Seoul JoongAng Ilbo publicized the incident immediately, and other newspapers followed suit, all finding some pastors for interviews.

For a time, people on the Korean Peninsula were all watching with great interest the quarrels between church pastors.

Pastor Li appeared on the interview program of Xiancheng Daily and answered many questions from the host. After the program was broadcast, he attracted a lot of support from people.

After watching that episode, Li You found Pastor Li very interesting. If he thought so, let alone ordinary people.

It must be said that Pastor Li’s ten years as a pastor were not in vain. Apart from hosting the charity dinner for the Seoul Charity Church, there is really no other black spot for him.
If I have to say one thing, it would be that I did not educate my daughter Sarah Li well.

Speaking of this mentally abnormal girl, under Li You's persuasion, Pastor Li and his wife took her to the hospital for a check-up, and it turned out that she did have some mental illness.

Fortunately, after a period of treatment, she has gradually recovered to normal. Pastor Li led the pastors who were willing to join the new church to Gwangju.

But the people of Gwangju were much less accepting of them. On their way to the Charity School for the Deaf and Dumb on foot, the pastors suffered some attacks, but they did not fight back or retaliate, stressing the need for atonement.

When they arrived at the school gate, many pastors were injured.

"Teacher Jiang," Pastor Li stood at the front, his body still stained with rotten fruits and rotten eggs. He looked at Jiang Renhao standing at the door with a sad face, "We are the ones who atone for the children's sins."

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The two chatted for a while before Jiang Renhao waved to the people around him and said, "They are all pastors who publicly rejected and opposed the Charity Church. Everyone has misunderstood."

“Who knows if they are the cat crying over the rat?”

"No," Jiang Renhao patted his chest, "They are all pastors chosen by President Li, and they are all innocent and kind people."

These people made way doubtfully. In their hearts, Li You and Jiang Renhao were the few people they could trust in this school or the students of this school.

These pastors settled down in the school, took the initiative to find Jiang Renhao to learn sign language, and truly began to integrate into the local environment.

Pastor Li himself returned to Seoul a few days later. He was still responsible for various matters of the new church and could not stay in Seoul for long.

They are all very useful tentacles of Li You and cannot be used only in Gwangju.

In Korea, the Lunar New Year is a day to worship ancestors.

It is based on ancestor worship and filial piety, and is a sacred time for ancestral spirits and descendants to celebrate the festival together.

During the sacrificial process, the great-grandfather should be the center.

Even if the descendants have separated, as long as they belong to the same great-great-grandfather in the family tree, they are still considered the direct descendants of this great-great-grandfather and should gather together to worship.

The sacrificial procedure must be strictly arranged according to the family tree, and according to seniority and age, people must burn incense, drink wine, bow, and kowtow to their ancestors in turn.

Early in the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, Li You and Li Zeyi rushed to Jeonju together.

They were all dressed in dark suits, looking extremely solemn, but they didn't wear the suits for long because the ritual required them to wear traditional Korean clothes.

After changing clothes, Li Zeyi took Li You to meet a few elderly people who were guarding the clan land.

On the way, they met Li Liuhua who also came to Jeonju.

"Aunt Liu Hua," Li You greeted her with his head down.

“Li You,” Li Liuhua greeted him with a smile, “When you return to Seoul in the next few days, come to our house and have some drinks with your Uncle Yin.”

Although he was about to visit General Yoon Gil-jun's house, Li You knew as soon as he heard that Yoon Gil-jun wanted his help with something.

He nodded and agreed, "Sure."

"This is your first time here, so you may not be familiar with the place," Li Liuhua pointed ahead, "We'll be at the place for sacrifice soon."

Arriving at the ancestral home for the worship, Li You, dressed in Korean clothes, pushed the door open and walked in, and the scent of wood filled his nose.

The furnishings in the house are simple and elegant, and a large incense table is filled with offerings.

Li You took a quick look and found that raw food was usually placed on the east side and cooked food on the west side.

Red food should be placed on the east, white food on the west; rice should be placed on the left hand side, soup on the right hand side; the fish head should face east and the fish tail should face west.

The incense burner is filled with smoke, emitting a faint fragrance.

As the drums sounded, the solemn sacrificial ceremony officially began.

After the sacrificial ceremony began, the elders who were guarding the tribal land wore traditional costumes and took their positions one by one.

Li You followed behind Li Liuhua, bowed, and offered incense to the ancestral tablet as the recitation sounded.

After the sacrifice, Li You changed back into his suit and went to another part of the house with Li Zeyi.

There, Li Zeyi, who was equivalent to the clan leader, officially recorded Li You's name in the family tree. In name, Li You was now Li Liuhua's distant nephew.

(End of this chapter)