Korean TV series: King of Peninsula 1997

Chapter 276 Celebration Banquet

When Choi Chang-di saw Lee Woo and Mou Hyun-min approaching, he smiled and said, "Chairman Lee and Director Mou are here."

Choi Changdi has had little communication with Lee Woo recently and has devoted himself to the busy work in Seoul. To be honest, he is really a good official.

Both of them have become much more low-key. Cui Changdi's wife Chen Huarong no longer has her previous high-profile attitude. Instead, she quietly withdrew from the Shunyang dispute and watched the two Shunyang brothers fight to a bloody pulp.

"Mayor Cui," Li You and Mou Xianmin greeted Cui Changdi, "Why don't you see Representative Chen?"

"She hasn't been feeling well recently, so she didn't come." Actually, it was Emperor Cui Chang who didn't allow Chen Huarong to come. For him now, he had to completely abandon the title of 'Shunyang's son-in-law' in order to go further.

After hearing Cui Changdi's explanation, Li You smiled and skipped the topic. Instead, he separated from Mou Xianmin and sat next to Cui Changdi.

He tugged at his collar and asked, "Why is Mayor Cui sitting here alone?"

"Speaking of which," Cui Changdi said with some inexplicable meaning, "this matter is still thanks to Chairman Li."

"Thanks to me?" Li You raised his eyebrows. "What's going on?"

"You and I are close," Cui Changdi smiled, "and you are close to Councillor Li, so naturally Councillor Li wants to win me over."

“But I was on better terms with President Kim.”

He shook his head slightly. "President Li is an entrepreneur and can have his cake and eat it too. But we officials cannot tolerate having connections with both sides."

"So that's how it is." Li You was silent for a while, "This really brings bad luck to Mayor Cui."

Emperor Cui Chang shook his head. "It's a blessing in disguise. No one is bothering me now. I feel quite at ease."

Li You nodded slightly, and then mentioned the purpose of his visit, "Mayor Cui, how is the World Cup Park?"

"World Cup Park?" Emperor Cui Chang looked at Li You and said, "Could it be that the new World Cup town is about to be completed?"

"Not really," Li You waved his hand, "It will take about half a year."

"I thought this was similar to our World Cup Park," Cui Changdi said with a smile, "I knew that the construction period of the new town could not be so fast."

He thought about the recent progress report and told Li You truthfully.

"The progress of the World Cup Park may be much slower than that of the new town," Cui Changdi said helplessly. "The idea was good at the time, but it is too difficult to implement in reality."

"The first thing we did when we started was to deal with the garbage dump that had been formed since 1978. Chairman Li should have known about this before?"

"I've learned a little bit about it," Li You nodded, "Didn't they say they became two mountains of garbage?"

"The two 'stinking mountains' on Nanji Island," sighed Emperor Choi Chang, "are the main places for dumping domestic and construction waste throughout the city."

"Later, the garbage piled up more and more, forming two garbage mountains that were more than 90 meters high, covering an area of ​​more than 500,000 square meters and weighing 92 million tons."

He coughed. “It cost us a lot just to sort out these two mountains of garbage.”

Although Li You knew about this, he had never paid attention to how the garbage mountain was handled. He frowned and asked, "Mayor Cui said, 'tidy up'?"

"Yes, we are sorting them out," said Emperor Cui Chang, with a bit of bitterness on his face. "In fact, from the 1970s to the past few years, we have been unable to deal with these two mountains of garbage. We cannot invest so much money to completely remove them."

"So the city government's construction and environmental departments came up with a plan. Starting in 1994, the city government laid plastic film on the mountain, filled it with new soil, and then sent people to plant grass on the mountain and trees on the hillside and at the foot of the mountain year after year."

"After the World Cup Park project began, we built more than six kilometers of water barriers, dozens of water storage pavilions and hundreds of biogas channels around the two garbage mountains," said Cui Changdi. "This is to utilize the biogas generated by the garbage and purify the polluted water source."

"We also built a seepage water treatment plant and a heat supply station between the two garbage mountains, which can also serve as a heating source in the future."

Li You nodded somewhat awkwardly. He didn't really understand imagination, but since the experts were building the park in this way, maybe it would be beneficial?
Cui Changdi saw the meaning of Li You's expression and felt helpless. "It's not that we are lazy, but this is the best solution at the moment."

"So what's the situation now?" Li You was a little curious.

"Two parks with different themes have been built, and the remaining two are expected to be completed in April next year," Cui Changdi introduced. "Chairman Li can visit them later to learn more about the details."

Li You nodded. "Since the construction period is similar, we have to instruct our people to reach a cooperation agreement as soon as possible."

"Of course," Choi Chang-di nodded. "The World Cup New Town is related to Seoul's economic development, so we must pay great attention to it."

At this time, after greeting most people, Jin Minzhong walked to the center of the banquet hall, clapped his hands, and then raised his glass.

"Everyone," Kim Min-jung smiled, and everyone's eyes were on him, waiting for him to speak, "Those who came here today are the elites of our Republic of Korea."

He raised his glass to the people around him and said, "It's an honor to win the award, and it's also an honor to receive your congratulations."

Applause broke out all around, and Jin Minzhong smiled and said, "I came here today for something very important, and I would like to ask for your opinions."

Li You and Mou Xianmin beside him looked at each other and knew that this was probably the reason why Jin Minzhong was so high-profile today.

"Everyone knows," Jin Minzhong said calmly, "the relationship between the North and the South has eased, but I think our relationship should be closer."

The first half of the speech was still like a speech, talking about what both sides should do and how they should coexist peacefully.

In the second half, Kim Min-jung said the key point, "We will deepen cooperation with North Korea and start to jointly build the Kaesong Industrial Park."

He glanced at the faces of some entrepreneurs and said, "Kaesong is the capital of the Goryeo Kingdom. The two sides will jointly build a development zone in North Korea with the nature of a special economic zone."

"President Nim," Chairman Jin of Tianxia Group asked, "Who owns the jurisdiction?"

“It is under the jurisdiction of North Korea.”

Jin Minzhong said calmly, "The estimated scale is 60 square kilometers, and the investment amount has not yet been calculated."

He continued, "We Korean companies will move into this economic development zone to provide jobs for North Korean workers and deepen the relationship between our two Koreas."

"The South Korean side provides capital and technology, the North Korean side provides land and labor, and the two sides cooperate in construction."

Jin Minzhong's face became solemn, "I hope this park can symbolize our beautiful wish for the reunification of the North and the South." Many people secretly complained that building this park at this time was no different from throwing money away. Jin Minzhong clearly wanted to use their money to build his own reputation.

The scene fell silent for a moment. Jin Minzhong smiled and looked around the scene. "I understand your concerns, but to be honest, you don't have to worry. If you have any questions, just ask."

It was still President Jin, who frowned and said in a steady and powerful voice, "President Jin, I still want to know... What can we get?"

"Just a cheap labor force?" He shook his head. "Excuse me, we have plenty of people willing to work in the Republic of Korea."

In response to Chairman Kim's question, Kim Min-jung simply replied calmly, "This is a serious matter, and I don't think you should refuse."

Looking at the thoughtful crowd, Jin Minzhong knew that his attitude had been clearly conveyed. He spoke again, "After the meeting today, I will gather the reporters downstairs and hold a press conference to tell them about this decision."

After a long while, Chairman Jin suddenly laughed and said, "Since President Jin has confirmed it, our Tianxia Group can cooperate."

Chairman Jin showed a completely different attitude from before, and then everyone followed suit, saying that they would also contribute to the construction of the development zone.

"Chairman Li," Jin Minzhong specifically mentioned Li You's name, "Jinmen Real Estate's business has been very good recently. Are there any construction teams that are idle?"

Li You looked directly at Jin Minzhong and shook his head slightly, "President Nim also said that Jinmen Real Estate has been too busy with business in the Korean Peninsula recently."

"That's right," Jin Minzhong nodded to show that he understood, and then picked a few real estate entrepreneurs and asked them in detail one by one before ending the topic.

The following time was relatively relaxed. Jin Minzhong disappeared after a while, and with him disappeared Chairman Jin of Tianxia Group. Many people guessed that these two old foxes might be performing a double act.

Chairman Kim spoke like that just to show Kim Min-jung's toughness, and he may have gained a lot behind the scenes.

"They are all old foxes." Li You narrowed his eyes and dealt with the enthusiastic businessman in front of him with a smile.

"What did President Jin Jianying gain from this?"

"I'm not sure," Li You smiled, "but I think it has something to do with taxes."

Li You actually guessed correctly.

Jin Minzhong and Jin Jianying reached a cooperation in private. Jin Minzhong will use this matter to issue some policies to exempt part of Tianxia Group's taxes.

It is said to be exempted, but in fact the money invested is equivalent to taxes. However, the actual taxes are a considerable amount of money, much more than the money invested in the development zone by the world.

To put it simply, just like the charity dinner that Li You once attended, this method can offset part of his personal taxes.

Jin Jianying can offset part of his corporate tax through cooperation with the development zone.

In the private box, Kim Min-jung and Chairman Kim were drinking wine.

"President Jin," Jin Minzhong raised his glass and clinked it with President Jin's, "We cooperated well just now."

"Mr. President, you are too kind," Jin Jianying said with a smile, "It's a win-win situation for both of us, so we should cooperate well."

But Jin Jianying changed her mind and said, "President Nim wanted to give Li You some benefits, but he refused. President Nim has no opinion?"

The only people who dare to tease Kim Min-joong so openly are probably the presidents of the two major congresses in Seoul.

Jin Minzhong smiled and said, "What can I say? This only shows that Chairman Li is a smart man. He won't touch things that he can't touch now."

"That's right," Jin Minzhong nodded. "He has just reached a cooperation agreement with the United States. If he rashly intervenes in the relationship between the North and the South, I'm afraid both sides will dislike him."

As night falls, the night in Seoul reveals a kind of indifferent prosperity in the silence.

In the dormitory of the Kinmen Security Training Camp, Yoon Ji-woo sat on the bed, leaning against the wall. In the dim light, only her outline could be vaguely seen.

The dormitory was eerily quiet, with only the sound of the television echoing.

There was no light on in the room, only the TV screen was flickering, sometimes reflecting Yoon Ji-woo's face, making the room look a little eerie.

There was no expression on her face, as if she was accustomed to this loneliness and silence.

She watched the show on TV with a blank expression.

Although today's training has ended, the sharpness in Yoon Ji-woo's eyes has not diminished in the slightest.

The reason why there was no light in the room was because she liked to relax herself in this semi-light and semi-dark environment.

Yoon Ji-woo sat on the sofa, staring at the TV with empty eyes, her thoughts drifting somewhere unknown. News images flashed on the TV screen, but did not attract her attention.

After more than a month of training, Yoon Ji-woo has changed.

She now knows a lot of things that she never knew before.

For example, where is the fatal part of the human body, how to kill effectively, etc.

What also puzzled her was the training in various etiquettes. This aspect was quite difficult for Yoon Ji-woo, and she was beaten many times for this.

Yoon Ji-woo thought of the cold and beautiful woman who trained her and felt puzzled. This woman didn't seem to be much older than her, but she had become like that.

She relaxed for a long time before getting out of bed and turning on the lights in the dormitory one by one.

The light shone on Yoon Ji-woo. She was wearing a simple sports tank top that fit her body lines, revealing the results of more than a month of exercise.

The light danced on her abdominal muscles, and the lines of her arm muscles now appeared smooth and powerful.

Yoon Ji-woo stood in front of the mirror, looking at herself, who was no longer in her usual decadent state.
She never tried to change herself, but seemed to be changed under coercion.

I just don't know how long it will take to train before I can 'work'.

After looking at herself for a long time, Yoon Ji-woo reached out to unbutton her clothes and walked into the bathroom.

(End of this chapter)