Korean TV series: King of Peninsula 1997

Chapter 284: Despite the display
"Sorry." Jack smiled, but there was a subtle alienation in his smile. Jack used his smile to block a girl who was trying to approach him.

He was politely rejecting an ordinary-looking girl's advances, "I have a date."

"You have an appointment?" The girl looked at him suspiciously. "I see you've been sitting here alone for a while."

"It's true," Jack smiled at her and pointed to the stairs. "Look, she's here."

He turned slightly and pointed in the direction of the stairs, where a figure gradually appeared.

The girl looked back following Jack's gaze and saw a figure slowly walking down the stairs.

She paused, then turned around with amusement, "Do you know who this woman is? Are you using her to deceive me?"

"She is the secretary of the president of Qianming Group."

"Really, it's her." Jack nodded at her politely and finally persuaded the confident girl to give up, although after she left, she and her companions continued to point and talk in this direction.

Perhaps because Jack at the bar was too eye-catching, and Jack had just pointed at her, the secretary actually found a seat next to Jack and sat down.

After the secretary sat down next to Jack, his eyes searched the bar and finally fell on the slightly upturned corners of Jack's mouth.

Jack raised his glass towards her with a smile on his face. He finally showed a genuine smile. "Well, please forgive me for my offense just now."

There was an unquestionable sincerity in Jack's words, and his smile was like the warm sunshine in spring, making people feel comfortable and at ease. There was no trace of acting at all.

"Just now?" The female secretary leaned sideways on the bar, and as she raised the glass to her lips, she glanced at the girl over there, smiled slightly, and responded to his greeting, "You used me to block her from chatting up you?"

"Don't be so direct," Jack moved closer to her, "Would you like to have a drink together?"

The secretary thought for a long time, thinking that since Zhao Yugui was still upstairs waiting for the congressman, she couldn't be caught, so he clinked his glasses with Jack.

After the two of them had a few drinks, the secretary gradually became a little drunk.

Although Jack had been drinking with her, his eyes kept wandering in the shadows of the nightclub, trying to find something.

Under the flashing neon lights, the sound of wine glasses clinking was crisp and pleasant, and the secretary's cheeks were lightly flushed, and she looked drunk.

She leaned unconsciously on the bar, her eyes blurred, occasionally meeting Jack's gaze, then quickly moving away.

The air was filled with a mixture of the smell of cigarettes and alcohol, as if dripping out liquid haze. Everyone in the nightclub seemed to be immersed in their own joy.

Jack was sitting at the bar, thinking about how to investigate next, when he saw a man wearing a hat and a mask walking in from the back door. Two bodyguards in black suits separated the man and wanted to escort the man up the stairs.

The man's figure looked particularly strange under the colorful lights, and his behavior revealed that he was probably not young.

The two bodyguards in black suits walked with steady and powerful steps, and were also good fighters.

The bodyguards skillfully separated the crowd to form a passage leading to the stairs. The man walked straight up the stairs without any hesitation and disappeared at the entrance of the spiral staircase.

Jack held the wine glass, and the amber liquid inside reflected a strange light as it shook.

His eyes lingered on the stairs where the man disappeared, and he secretly weighed every next step in his mind.

"What kind of person is that?" Jack deliberately complained, his voice carrying a hint of provocation, "You come to a nightclub and cover yourself up so tightly."

"He's not here for fun," the secretary said with some understanding in his eyes, "He's a big shot."

"Big shot?" Jack raised his eyebrows and did not comment.

He snapped his fingers, signaling the bartender to bring another drink to the secretary, "How big can it be?"

"Pochuan City is so big," the secretary said drunkenly, with a hint of intoxication on the corner of his mouth. He took a sip from the wine glass and said, "Who do you think he is?"

There was a hint of teasing in her voice, as if she was enjoying the secret that was about to be revealed.

Since Li You did not pass the information provided by Zhao Yugui to Jack, he did not know who this was, but now after listening to the secretary's hint, he had an idea.

Jack's eyebrows slightly raised, and the secretary's words were like a ray of sunshine penetrating the fog.
Pochuan City is so small, there are only a few people at the top level, and there is only one person who has a good relationship with Qianming Group on the surface.

"Councilor Kim Yong-soo?"

Jack's words almost sobered the secretary up. She squinted her eyes and said with a trembling voice, "How did you know?"

She stopped drinking, the glass hanging in the air, her eyes wandering between the two of them, as if trying to comprehend this sudden truth.

Jack smiled slightly, a sly glint in his eyes.

"Of course I guessed it," Jack glanced at the watch on his hand, his eyes fell on the metal case of the watch, reflecting his deep eyes, "Aren't Councillor Jin and Qianming Group the ones who best represent Pachuan City?"

Councillor Jin and Qianming Group, these two names kept intertwining in Jack's mind.

"That's right." The female secretary was confused, "otherwise I wouldn't have taken this job."

There was a hint of confusion in the secretary's words, and her eyes gradually became lost in the mist of alcohol.

Seeing that the time was right, Jack asked softly, his voice inviting, "I heard there are a lot of new people coming here recently?"

"What newcomers?" The secretary patted the bar, "They are all bad guys. Bad guys."

As she was speaking, the secretary leaned over the bar. Her head lightly touched the bar with a dull sound, and she fell drunk.

Only when she was drunk did a smile appear on her lips, as if living a life of drunkenness and dreams was often an attempt to escape the helplessness of reality.

Jack smiled and shook his head, "Sweet dreams."

He took out some money from his pocket and gently placed it on the bar. After paying for the two people's drinks, he left the bar. He did not wait in the nightclub, but left Qianming Nightclub directly.

The car outside was still parked full. Jack knocked on the car window, and Jiang Zhentai, who was about to fall asleep, woke up suddenly. Fortunately, Lin Zheling, who was sitting in the back, was still energetic.

After opening the door and letting Jack in, Jiang Zhentai wiped his face and stared at Jack with Lin Zheling, "Did you find anything?"

"The most powerful and prestigious councillor in this city," Jack confirmed with him, "is his name Kim Yong-soo?"

Jiang Zhentai flipped through the information. "Councilman Jin played a vital role in the economic revitalization of Pacheon City, so his reputation is so high."

“He has helped boost a lot of local business.”

"He did push it forward," Jack nodded. "This nightclub should be supported by him, or Qianming Group should be supported by him."

Jiang Zhentai coughed and said, "We are here just to check if there is any drug trafficking here, not to ask you to investigate these networks."

"We really didn't find any drug dealers," Jack said confidently, "but I'm sure they must know some information about Zhang Mingjun's gang."

"I got it from the secretary," Jack said with a smile, "I was just trying to trick her, but I didn't expect I could get anything out of her." "There are indeed quite a few 'newcomers' joining Qianming Group recently."

"Should we ask President Li about this?" Jiang Zhentai hesitated. "If he is a 'newcomer' in this area, he may know more about it than us."

"Let's not disturb President Li at this time," Jack stretched, "Let's go back and rest."

"Oh, right," he fished in his suit's inner pocket and pulled out a photo, "This is a photo of the methamphetamine that was seized when Zhang Mingjun was arrested."

Lin Zheling sat quietly in the back seat. Ever since Zhang Mingjun defected, although most of the products were sold to the Korean Peninsula or other countries, a part of them still flowed to North Korea to corrupt the people. He certainly knew what it was like.

Jiang Zhentai came closer. The red pill in the photo looked particularly bright under the dim car lights.

"This is what they made." Jiang Zhentai exclaimed in amazement.

"We will split up tomorrow. I'll stay here, and you two will look for the person who sells this thing in Pochuan City."

Qianming Nightclub, in the third-floor box.

The atmosphere in the box now is completely different from the hustle and bustle outside.

Kim Yong-soo, who is in his fifties, has a frown on his face, a frosty look on his face, and a cold look in his eyes.

The suit he was wearing was very expensive, but the collar of his shirt was torn open. He held a lit cigarette in his hand. In the smoke, Kim Yong-soo's face looked a little distorted.

Facing him, Zhao Yugui, who was in his thirties and in the prime of his life, bent his back and seemed particularly uneasy under such oppression.

Zhao Yugui avoided his gaze, trying his best to avoid causing greater anger from Kim Yong-soo.

"What you did really opened my eyes!" Jin Rongzhu said gloomily, his words revealing deep disappointment and anger.

Zhao Yugui nodded repeatedly and kept saying sorry, but he never raised his head to look at Jin Yongzhu.

The music in the box was muted and the air was filled only with the smell of cigarettes, making the atmosphere suffocating.

But Zhao Yugui was very familiar with it. It was not the first time he had experienced such a scene, and it was not the first time that Jin Yongzhu got so angry.

Anyway, it’s not like he was discovered that Zhao Yugui was secretly colluding with Li You, so nothing else matters.

After Kim Yong-soo scolded him, he finally calmed down a little. He looked at Zhao Yu-gyu coldly, and the expression on his face became even more indifferent.

He blew out a puff of smoke lightly and finally said the first sentence after venting his anger, "Why don't you let people fight back?"

There was a reason why Kim Yong-soo got angry. Because they refused to join the alliance, the people from the Kinmen Group smashed many of their stores on some unfounded grounds, but Cho Woo-kyu didn't let anyone fight back.

"Congressman nim," Zhao Yugui said bitterly, "We still have Zhang Mingjun to deal with. We have already provoked the Kinmen Group before we even joined the alliance. We can't offend them any further now."

"The Golden Gate Group has gone crazy now"

"What's wrong with you?" Jin Rongzhu stared at him. "I think you're the one who's crazy. If he attacks the gangs that haven't joined the alliance, won't the others panic? You should stand up and recruit the rest of the gangs to fight him instead of being a coward."

Zhao Yugui sneered in his heart and decided to be the boss. Not only that, but he also wanted to be the boss thoroughly.

Jin Rongzhu calmed down by smoking a cigarette, and then said slowly, "Zhang Mingjun? Zhang Mingjun is nothing."

"He used to kneel before me and beg me to help him pick up monks from North Korea, like a dog," Jin Rongzhu snorted, "What's really important is not him, but Jin Zhexiu behind him."

"The reason why I asked you to delay Jang Myeong-jun was because I told Kim Cheol-soo about it," Kim Yong-soo looked at Cho Woo-gyu angrily, "We both feel that if this continues, Jang Myeong-jun will be out of control."

Zhao Yugui was silent for a moment, "Member Nim, how about I contact him?"

"You can't do anything about it," Jin Rongzhu said coldly, "This matter must be Li You's problem."

He threw away his cigarette butt and took a sip of the wine in the glass. "Shit, I am President Jin's man. How dare Li Lianchang's men provoke us like this?"

Jin Rongzhu called Li Lianchang directly and told him these things in a cold voice.

After hearing this, Li Lianchang fell silent. He didn't understand why Jin Rongzhu felt that he was in control of Li You.

He gave a slight hint, "Why don't Congressman Jin go ask President Jin?"

"You want me to go to the president for this kind of thing?" Jin Rongzhu was a little annoyed. "Member Li, are you doing this on purpose?"

Li Lianchang narrowed his eyes. Kim Yong-soo was a distant relative of Kim Min-jung who had been developing in Pocheon City. Now he dared to talk to him like this.

"Give me some face, Councillor Lee," Kim Yong-su slammed the table and said, "Tell Lee Woo to stop what he's doing. We have things to do here too."

"What's more, don't forget that the economy of Pochuan City is supported by Qianming Group."

"If you want to talk about business matters, everyone can sit down and talk."

Li Lianchang laughed, "Member Jin, I think you need to think about some things on your own."

He didn't give Kim Yong-soo another chance to speak, but hung up the phone and dialed Li You's number again.

"Councilor Li?" Li You answered the phone at home.

"Chairman Li," Li Lianchang said with a smile, "Member Kim Yong-soo of Pachon City called me and said that people from Kinmen are causing trouble in Pachon City?"

"Why," Li You raised his eyebrows, "he came to you to ask for mercy?"

Li Lianchang sighed, "That can't be considered a plea. It's really hard for President Kim to support such a thing."

Because Li You didn't know that Kim Yong-soo was supported by Kim Min-jung before, he was a little surprised when he first heard Li Lianchang mention it, "Kim Yong-soo was supported by Kim Min-jung?"

"Why, President Li doesn't know?" Li Lianchang said with a smile, "They are distant relatives."

Pocheon City is right next to North Korea. One of the reasons why Kim Yong-soo is so arrogant is that Kim Min-jung deliberately indulges him in order to develop Pocheon's economy.

After all, the obvious industries cannot be built at all, and those companies are unwilling to settle in Pochuan City.

In order to develop this border city in Gyeonggi Province, the Qianming Group was supported to improve the local economic level through gray industries and collusion between officials and businessmen.

It is even possible that Kim Min-jung already knew that Kim Yong-soo had teamed up with the drug-making organization, so he hinted to Lee Woo beforehand to let him take down the underground forces in Pacheon City to avoid dirtying Kim Min-jung's own hands.

"I really haven't thought about it," Li You shook his head, "and I haven't found any relevant information."

"That's normal," Li Lianchang consoled him. "Your forces are good at investigating small clues. It's understandable that you don't know about this kind of thing that is very secretive in the official sense, without the old man telling you."

"I'm not calling you to ask you to show mercy," Li Lianchang said with a smile, "just let your men do it."

(End of this chapter)