Korean TV series: King of Peninsula 1997

Chapter 290: Cho Woo-gyu's Defection

The next morning, Zhao Yugui went to Seoul with the necessary documents and seals. In addition to Zhao Yugui himself and his driver, he was also accompanied by his secretary and several "bodyguards".

As soon as they entered the busy streets of downtown Seoul, the driver slowed down at Cho Woo-kyu's instruction.

The sunlight shone through the car window, dappled onto his slightly nervous face.

Zhao Yugui looked out the window for a while, his eyes occasionally sweeping past the window. There were tall buildings and busy traffic, everything was familiar and unfamiliar.

It wasn't until he saw the sign for a public toilet on the side of the road that he began to feel nervous.

He patted the seat and said, "Stop for a minute. I need to go to the bathroom. I'm a little nervous."

When the driver heard this, a hint of hesitation flashed across his face. This was not the instruction he had received, but when he looked at Zhao Yugui's slightly pale expression, he felt that it was not an act.

"Please go ahead, President," the driver said with a smile, parking the car steadily on the side of the road, "I'll park the car here and wait for you."

Zhao Yugui got out of the car and glanced at the bodyguards in black suits who got out of the car behind. They were either standing or leaning, seemingly casual but always paying attention to Zhao Yugui. Zhao Yugui turned around and walked silently towards the toilet.

The bodyguards leaned against the car and chatted when they had nothing to do.

"Tell me, why did Councillor Jin let him be the chairman?"

"Your question is not an idiotic one. A councillor cannot be the president himself. He cannot show his face in public, so he naturally has to find an obedient puppet. How can he not find a president?"

"Chairman Zhao is really honest," the bodyguard who asked the question glanced at the toilet door, "He has been obediently listening to Councillor Jin for so many years."

"You think he's honest, but he's just that honest," someone sneered disdainfully, with a hint of amusement in his tone, "Everyone can enjoy themselves with the money. We've only been his bodyguards for a few years, and he's had a lot of female secretaries around him."

"On a day like this, I can do it."

"I heard that he was not as good as us at the beginning. He was just a street thug who caught the eye of Councillor Jin."

"If that's the case, no wonder he's such a good dog."

Several bodyguards sent by Kim Yong-soo to monitor Zhao Yugui chatted for a while. As time passed quietly, several bodyguards began to realize that something was wrong. Zhao Yugui seemed to have been inside for much longer than ordinary people.

"Why haven't you come out yet?" The man who had just sneered looked at his watch. "Are you scared to death by the Kinmen Group?"

Someone laughed and said, "You never know. What if there really is such a timid person?"

"It's better to go in and take a look," the bodyguard who was originally sitting in the passenger seat was older. He frowned and said, "Don't let any more accidents happen. We won't be able to explain ourselves."

"I'll go," a bodyguard with some scars on his face nodded, "I'll also pee while I'm at it."

"You kid," the older bodyguard smiled and pushed him.

But rather than saying that he went to see what happened to Zhao Yugui, it would be more accurate to say that he simply wanted to go to the bathroom.

The bodyguard who entered the room saw that there was no back door in this public toilet. After he went to the toilet leisurely, he called out to Zhao Yugui, "President?"

The bodyguard opened several doors of the single rooms, but the door in the farthest corner could not be opened. The bodyguard smiled and said, "Are you in there? President Zhao, we are very worried about your safety."

Zhao Yugui was standing in the single room in the corner of the toilet. When he heard the bodyguard's shouting outside the door, Zhao Yugui breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's me," Zhao Yugui stood inside with a cold smile on his face, his voice calm and composed, "Wait a moment, I'll be there soon."

"Got it," the bodyguard yawned, "We'll wait for you outside then."

As soon as the scar-faced bodyguard went out, he was somewhat surprised to find that his fellow bodyguards were no longer outside the car.

He complained, thinking that this group of colleagues entered the car without waiting for him, "Ah Xi. This group of people."

When Scarface walked to the black car parked on the side of the road and gently knocked on the window, he found that it was not the case at all.

The car window with anti-peep film slowly lowered, revealing a strange feeling. A man with a fat face was seen sitting in the car with cold eyes and a warm smile on his lips.

But this is totally different from what his colleagues look like. Scarface works with them day and night and is very sure that this person does not exist.

"What's going on? Who are you?" The scarred bodyguard wanted to take a look at the license plate number in confusion. Suddenly, he heard hurried footsteps behind him, followed by a force attacking him from behind, pressing his head into the lowering car window.

"Damn it, what are you doing?" Scarface screamed and struggled to resist, but as the car window rose, his neck was pinched by the window.

"Be quiet," said the old man with a face full of flesh. His voice echoed in the small carriage, and his face was full of unhappy wrinkles. "We have to hurry up and take our vacation. We don't have time to continue to argue with you."

Lao Mao picked up the hammer, and as he lowered his wrist, the hammer fell heavily on the head of the scarred-faced bodyguard with a whistling sound. The blow on the head of the scarred-faced bodyguard made his originally frightened eyes turn blank in an instant, and then he collapsed and was supported by Wang Wu behind him.

After knocking the bodyguard unconscious, Lao Mao lowered the car window again. Wang Wu quickly stepped forward, grabbed the back of the bodyguard's head, and dragged him out forcefully, into the garbage truck parked behind.

The car started up again, the tires vibrating slightly in the heat wave. Wang Wu sat back in the car and looked out the window at the scene outside. "The four of us just came back from Thailand, and you're thinking about the paid vacation the president mentioned?"

It was the Yanbian F4 who led Che Qicheng and his group of North Korean defectors to obtain identity cards in Thailand. After Che Qicheng and his group obtained their identity cards and went to the United States, the four of them were not in a hurry to come back. Li You gave them a short vacation and let them play around in Southeast Asia during this time.

The skinny guy in the driver's seat looked at the rearview mirror cheerfully. Lao Liu, who was behind him, was driving the rumbling garbage truck. He asked Wang Wu, "Where should we dump these black suits after we kill them? Or Incheon Port?"

"It doesn't matter," Wang Wu said nonchalantly. He leaned back in his seat with an indifferent look in his eyes, as if he was not talking about human lives but garbage on the roadside. "There are only four people anyway. Throwing them into the Han River is not bad."

"The garbage truck is still a bit ostentatious," Wang Wu thought for a moment, his eyes cast towards the passing street scene outside the window, "Let's go to the car scrapyard first, and ask them questions according to the instructions of the president, and then dispose of it after that."

"Drive slower, let Lao Liu catch up."

After the car and the garbage truck drove away, Zhao Yugui came out of the toilet reluctantly, still looking a little uneasy.

Zhao Yugui stood outside the toilet door, his eyes wandering on the empty roadside. Only when he saw the car that was supposed to be carrying the bodyguards leaving did his eyes calm down.

Zhao Yugui knocked on the car he was riding in and found that the secretary and driver were gone. There was only a taciturn man who looked very inconspicuous. Zhao Yugui felt a chill just by looking at him.

"Get in the car and sit tight," his voice was without any emotion. Last time, Jin Jiunan drove a truck into the Shunyang Building, and this time he had just been called back from the countryside. He glanced coldly at Zhao Yugui and didn't say anything else.

Zhao Yugui trembled involuntarily, his heart pounding.

Zhao Yugui smelled the bloody smell in the car and did not dare to make a sound. He just held on to his briefcase containing documents and seals, "Please drive." Jin Jiunan silently started the car and drove him to Kinmen's headquarters in Jiangnan.

After getting off the car, Zhao Yugui stood in front of the Kinmen Building. The glass curtain wall was still as clean as new, shining brightly in the sun. The Kinmen Group regularly hires people to clean it to ensure its image is intact.

Zhao Yugui was startled by the car driving away behind him when he was stunned. He walked towards the gate of Kinmen Group with heavy steps, and every step seemed to be stepping on cotton.

Because he didn't know whether it would work this time. What if Li You changed his mind and wanted to take over Qianming Group alone, wouldn't he become Li You's puppet again?

Being a puppet is fine, but Zhao Yugui is not sure whether he can make more money or live with more dignity.

His eyes swept across the scene in front of the door. Office workers were coming and going, and the receptionist who saw the guests out was also dressed beautifully.

As I stepped into the lobby, a fragrance hit me in the face. The receptionist was dressed in a neat uniform, smiling, and speaking in a sweet and professional voice, "Welcome to the Golden Gate Group, sir, do you have an appointment?"

Zhao Yugui is lustful, but he doesn't dare to overstep the boundaries now. He doesn't even dare to offend the cleaning lady at Kinmen. The tension in his heart reaches its peak at this moment, and his throat is a little dry. "Yes, yes."

He stammered in response, still doubting himself inwardly.

The receptionist was used to seeing all kinds of people these days. She looked at Zhao Yugui and asked, "Who are you visiting?"

"Chairman Lee, nim," Zhao Yugui said dryly, "Chairman Lee and I agreed to sign a contract."

The receptionist glanced at the briefcase Zhao Yugui was holding and smiled even more charmingly, "Mr. Zhao?"

"It's me," Zhao Yugui nodded repeatedly.

"The president's secretary has already told us," the receptionist nodded slightly, "Please follow me."

The receptionist escorted him to the elevator and kindly reminded him, "Mr. Zhao, please do not go through the main door of the president's office. Go through the secretary's office instead."

The secretary's office and the president's office are connected. Normal staff members dare not knock on Li You's office door directly. They have to inform the secretary in advance.

The elevator door closed, the receptionist's face disappeared, the number in the elevator began to slowly rise, and Zhao Yugui's mood also fluctuated.

When the elevator door slowly opened, a corridor with simple yet exquisite decoration spread out before his eyes.

There is an extremely clean carpet under your feet, and on the walls on both sides are portraits of senior executives, as well as corporate planning maps and corporate philosophy.

Finally, he walked to the door marked Secretary's Office and took a deep breath, trying to calm his heartbeat.

Zhao Yugui knocked on the door of the secretary's office and pushed the door open after hearing the response from inside.

The secretary's office was not small, even comparable to his office in Qianming Group. There were two desks in it, but one of them was not being used for the time being.

The lights in the room were soft. The secretary behind the desk stood up and nodded slightly, "Zhao Yuguixi?"

After confirming the identity, the secretary smiled and said, "The receptionist downstairs has informed me through the hotline. I will go and inform President Nim first. Mr. Zhao, please sit here for a while."

Zhao Yugui nodded repeatedly, "Thank you for your help, Mr. Secretary."

"It's just my job," the secretary shook his head, stood in front of the door leading to the president's office, knocked, and entered after being granted permission.

In less than two minutes, the secretary came out and looked at Zhao Yugui with a smile, "Mr. Zhao, our president invites you in."

Watching the secretary open the door, Zhao Yugui suppressed his inner fear and walked into Li You's office with somewhat hurried steps.

After entering, Zhao Yugui saw Li You sitting at the desk smoking.

He immediately bowed more than 90 degrees, his head almost reaching the ground, his voice full of awe, "President-nim! I'm Zhao Yugui."

Li You raised his head from behind his desk, staring directly at the 'chairman' of Qianming Group with sharp eyes.

There was a sense of oppression in the air. Zhao Yugui did not receive a response and began to feel suffocated, but he knew that he had to remain calm at this moment.

The air was filled with a faint smell of cigarettes. Li You smiled and said, "Welcome to Seoul, Zhao."

Zhao Yugui bowed his head repeatedly, revealing a hint of restraint and respect in his movements, "President Nim, you can just call me Yugui."

"I'm afraid you're too old," Li You said, holding a cigarette, looking at Zhao Yugui in front of him, and he was a little impressed by Kim Yong-soo's ability to control people.

Look at how Zhao Yugui has been trained like a dog, even though he is an untrained and ignorant dog.

"Sit down," Li You's voice sounded deeper and more powerful in the smoke, and he pointed to the leather sofa in front of the desk.

Zhao Yugui felt a little relaxed after he sat down, but the inferiority and awe still lingered in his heart, and the uneasiness was even more lingering.

Zhao Yugui was just about to adjust his breathing and start his story when Li You waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, Yuguixi, don't you want to see your daughter?"

Li You smiled and said, "You sent her to Seoul for protection a few days ago."

Zhao Yugui looked worried, "I really feel sorry for Huaying."

"Your daughter probably misses you too," Li You looked at him with a smile, "I have already told her protectors to bring her here. If Mr. Zhao wants to take her away later, that's fine."

Zhao Yugui's heart trembled. "Go back" was not a good word at this moment.

He lowered his head quickly and said, "President Nim, don't worry."

Not long after, a black car stopped at the Kinmen Group building again, and Yoon Ji-woo got out with the little girl in the back seat with a calm face.

The security guard at the door recognized her and said, "You are the one from that day."

He saw the Kinmen Security sign on Yoon Ji-woo's body and grinned, "So we are colleagues now."

Yoon Ji-woo nodded silently and looked up at the building he had been to.

Come to think of it, she has joined the Kinmen Group for so many days, and this is only her first time coming here. How long will it take for her to take revenge?

(End of this chapter)