Korean TV series: King of Peninsula 1997

Chapter 335: Humiliation at the Banquet
Under the gazes of everyone in the banquet hall, Che Wenshu slowly walked up to Li You.

She is the daughter of the former Chief Justice of Asan City and has inherited her father's legacy. Although she is not a Chief Justice now, the reputation her father brought her is still very strong in Asan City.

In other words, there is really no end in sight for the fight between Lee Young-soo and the father and daughter. After so many years of operation, how could they be defeated by him alone?

Che Wenshu is not yet forty years old, but in her early thirties. However, there is a sense of hostility in her eyes and eyebrows, and she looks like a very harsh person.

Cha Wenshu smiled and extended her hand, "Chairman Li, nice to meet you. I am Cha Wenshu from the Asan City Court."

"It's Judge Cha," Li You shook hands with her gently, and their handshakes were more distant than others. "This time, the Kinmen Group came to Asan to cooperate with the city government, and I hope Judge Cha will support it."

"President Li, you are joking," Che Wenshu took back her hand and smiled slightly, "In Asan City, does President Li still need our help now?"

"I'm afraid that in the future, Asan's economy will have to rely on the Kinmen Group. We Asan people are just the stars surrounding Chairman Li."

Che Wenshu's words were full of thorns, and Li You did not tolerate her.

"The Kinmen Group and Asan City are mutually beneficial. After all, supporting the cooperation between Kinmen and the city government is also for the future of Asan," Li You said with a smile, "I just don't know if Judge Che supports it?"

"Why don't you support it?" Che Wenshu frowned, "Does President Li think we have other ideas?"

Li You knew what she wanted to say, but he didn't say anything. He just smiled faintly, "Mayor Li and I have basically reached an agreement. Judge Che can ask Mayor Li in person."

Che Wenshu looked at him for a while, nodded slightly, and said no more.

While Cha Moon-sook went to communicate with other guests in the banquet hall, Li You was making a phone call in the corner of the banquet hall. It was Zheng Jae-joong who called.

"President, things are going very smoothly," Zheng Zaizhong said with a little excitement, "Most of the gangsters in Asan City have been recruited by An Wuzhu. I suspect he has contacted them privately in advance."

"Not bad," Li You said lightly, "Let him work harder."

"And the Bong Sang-pil you asked me to find," Zheng Zaizhong glanced at the uncle and nephew in front of him, "We found him."

"Are you sure it's the one I want?"

"..." Zheng Zaizhong turned his head and looked at them carefully. "According to what you said, their ages are basically the same, and they just lost their mother not long ago."

"I asked him why, and he said someone killed his mother."

"Bring them to see me tonight," Li You was silent for a moment, then said slowly, "Remember to ask An Wuzhu to come as well."

Zheng Zhongzhong was stunned, not knowing what this had to do with An Wuzhu.

After hanging up the phone, Li You narrowed his eyes, and the gaze behind him was very obvious.

"Has President Li finished his call?" Che Wenshu's voice came from behind again, "Shall we have a formal chat?"

Li You turned around lazily, pulled over a chair, sat down and leaned back, and saw Che Wenshu holding two glasses of wine and handed him one.

Li You didn't take her glass of wine, but took a glass from the table, took a sip slowly, and smiled slightly, "Who are you?"

His direct words obviously confused Che Wenshu. When she raised her eyebrows, the hostility between her eyebrows became stronger. "So, President Li looks down on us in Asan?"

Li You turned his head slightly and sneered softly, "It's not that I look down on Asan. I don't have the deep-rooted local discrimination like Seoul. I just simply look down on you."

Che Wenshu narrowed her eyes slightly, stared at Li You for a long time, and did not continue speaking.

Li You didn't finish the wine in his glass before he looked at Che Wenshu who was holding two glasses of wine and said, "You are a judge in Asan, not even a chief justice. What qualifications do you have to speak nonsense in front of me?"

"Just because of your father, the former Supreme Court Justice who never shows up?"

Li You shook his head in disdain, "A bunch of rabble, they think they are so powerful."

He waved his hand, "Stay away from me."

"Chairman Li is determined not to cooperate with us in Asan," Che Wenshu's eyes narrowed even deeper.

"Go away," Li You said without even looking up, "Is that enough?"

Cha Wenshu was furious, her chest heaving with anger, "Chairman Li's choice must have been wrong in Asan."

She placed the glass of wine that she was about to hand to Li You heavily on the table beside her, and the wine in it trembled and a few drops spilled out.

No one heard the conversation between Che Wenshu and Li You, but they clearly saw the arrogance displayed by Li You and Che Wenshu's anger.

It would be fine if there was laughter and joy during the conversation.

But the current situation is forcing officials to take sides, whether to choose Kinmen Group Chairman Lee Woo and Mayor Lee Young-soo, or the Asan Seven-member Council headed by Cha Moon-sook.

The so-called Seven-member Committee was also what Li You had asked An Wuzhu about before. From the literal meaning, it can be seen that this organization was set up by seven high-ranking officials in Asan.

Originally, many people thought that maybe by dividing the interests, the two sides could still coexist peacefully, but looking at Li You's attitude, it seems that he has no intention of coexisting with them.

There are many people who want to make friends with Che Wenshu, but there are even more people who want to make friends with Li You.

A local organization in Asan that doesn't even dare to reach out to the outside world cannot be compared with the king of Gyeonggi Province.

What's more, Asan is close to Gyeonggi Province, and they are afraid of angering Li You and being purged at night.

Many people's eyes began to become eager. If Asan couldn't make it, there were so many other cities in Gyeonggi Province to choose from. Why should they hang themselves on one tree?

Li You glanced around. Although many people wanted to join him, seeing his indifferent look, many people who had been peeking at their conversation avoided their gazes. Li You, on the other hand, acted indifferent. Although he had no expression on his face, he nodded to some people.

Mayor Lee Young-soo arrived at the perfect time. He laughed, obviously having seen what had just happened. Lee Young-soo drank his wine swiftly, "Thank you very much for Chairman Lee's support. I didn't expect Chairman Lee to be so outspoken."

Li You laughed, "I'm still young. Mayor Li won't think that I will become an old man who cultivates his character and has no sharpness."

Li Yingzhu then patted his head. Li You's previous expression was just like those old foxes he had seen. He subconsciously overestimated his age and experience. He paused and his eyes fell on the other side of the banquet hall, where Che Wenshu was talking to someone else.

Li You followed his gaze and saw Che Wenshu frowning in the corner, having a serious conversation with the middle-aged man. Li You asked, "Who is that?"

"Prosecutor Ko Im-doo is Cha Moon-sook's friend."

"Can Cha Moon-sook represent him?"

Li Yingzhu retracted his gaze, smiled and shook his head, "No, Cha Wenshu only represents those who are not as high-ranking as her. The others are equal to her."

Li You took a sip of wine thoughtfully. "If I exchange interests with him, what will he choose?"

Li Yingzhu thought for a moment, "They are all fence-sitters, and they will follow whoever feeds them. I think he will honestly vote for Chairman Li." He thought of An Wuzhu who had already voted for Li You, and sighed again, "How is President An doing?"

"He just reported to me," Li You said with a smile, "President An is making rapid progress."

Li Yingzhu suddenly smiled and said, "It seems that President An is still very aware of the current situation. President Li should also be careful of him. This person is likely to become a traitor."

Li You weighed the empty wine glass and shook it casually, "For a leader of Asan City, betrayal means death."

Li You said such words in front of the mayor of Asan City without any scruples, which can be regarded as treating Li Yingzhu as his own.

Li Yingzhu felt that Li You's character was not simple. He looked Li You up and down for a long time before smiling and changing the subject. "President Li, how do you think they should deal with this?"

Li You didn't even look at Che Wenshu and the others over there, but just said lightly, "Just deal with it as it should be dealt with. The absence of tigers in the mountains made the monkeys the kings. Now that there is a tiger, it's not okay to jump around."

After hearing this, Li Yingzhu felt relieved.

Although after the cooperation was reached, the bigger the business of Asan Kinmen Group was, the better Lee Young-soo would develop in the future, at least Lee You would generally not interfere in the political affairs of Asan City, but it was different for Che Wenshu and others.

He still remembers all those things he did in secret to disobey Li Yingzhu's orders.

He looked Li You in the eye seriously, "I've probably read all the plans for those projects."

He was referring to the hot spring project plan that the people from Kinmen Culture showed him today.

"Does Mayor Li think it's appropriate?"

Li Yingzhu sipped his wine and pondered for a long time before speaking, "No doubt, they are all suitable, but I still feel that something is wrong."

Li You was a little surprised. He had also seen those plans. Judging from the capabilities of a group of newly recruited and deployed employees, they were even more perfect than Li You had expected.

He was a little curious, "What's wrong?"

"There's just one thing," Li Yingzhu said with a smile, "I think we still need to make something more localized. Kinmen Culture's plan is good, but it's too stereotyped."

Li You narrowed his eyes slightly, knowing that he had not realized one thing.

For the people of the peninsula who attach great importance to "localism", even the urban areas are completely different.

Many of those plans were designed based on scenic spots in other places, and then hot spring elements were added.

This is obviously not accepted by the locals, and it also does not allow other people from the peninsula who come here to feel the different flavor from their local area.

Frankly speaking, Li You doesn’t care much about this, but if he wants to make money, he still has to care about it.

Li You nodded and quickly thought of someone. He smiled and said, "It just so happens that the person I called earlier can be helpful."

"Before?" Li Yingzhu was stunned and looked at the crowd not far away. "President Li, are you talking about President Jiang?"

Li You waved at President Jiang who was looking over, "As someone who has run so many hot spring restaurants, I think he might have a better understanding of the localization of hot spring projects."

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After a while of communication, President Jiang pointed at himself in shock, "Me?"

Looking at the two powerful men in front of him, President Jiang couldn't help scratching his head, "How can I do this?"

"Just tell us your ideas and refer to theirs," Li You patted President Jiang on the shoulder encouragingly, "They are also talented in planning. You can tell them to wait for their ideas to come out and see if they can attract customers."

After President Jiang left in agitation, Li Yingzhu looked at Li You and said, "President Li, how about we go in and have a couple more drinks? There should be some people coming to see us."

Li You laughed. These people might have originally belonged to Che Wenshu. Li Yingzhu obviously wanted to take advantage of Li You's presence to give Che Wenshu and the others a hard time. He put down the empty wine glass in his hand and said, "I'm happy to do that."

"I heard that you talked with Li You for a long time today?" After the banquet at the City Hall was over, Che Wenshu returned home and was immediately called to the study by her father Che Binghao.

"Yes." Che Wenshu lowered her head and stood in front of the desk. The old man in front of her still had some influence.

Che Binghao waved his hand and said, "You are so old now, don't stand like a little girl anymore, sit down and talk."

Cha Moon-sook and Cha Byung-ho do not have a good relationship. Cha Byung-ho knows his daughter's true nature and what kind of person she is, but Cha Moon-sook thinks that Cha Byung-ho is a hypocritical good guy.

She sat down silently, and Che Binghao spoke again, "How do you feel? This is the first time I meet such an important person."

"Not good," Che Wenshu said stiffly. "Very arrogant."

Che Binghao remained silent for a while before he looked at Che Wenshu a few times, "Are you and Li You having a conflict again?"

"The Kinmen Group and we have irreconcilable conflicts, and are natural rivals."

"Do you think you can resist Li You's chariot?" Che Binghao sneered, "It's like a mantis trying to stop a chariot."

Che Wenshu's lips slowly showed a smile, but after a while, it slowly faded away. "So what if you try to stop a chariot with a mantis arm?"

It was because of Che Binghao's disdain for her being a judge that Che Wenshu gradually went to this extreme.

Che Binghao originally wanted to ease the situation, but seeing Che Wenshu's attitude, Che Binghao, who was always a gentle gentleman outside, became angry. He waved his hand in a rough voice, "Get out."

Arriving at her own study in the villa, Che Wenshu called her secretary in. She was a new secretary and looked a little frightened.

"Nan Shunzixi, have you dealt with those things?"

Secretary Nan Shunzi nodded hesitantly, then shook her head.

Che Wenshu's pent-up anger rose, her expression became very ugly, and she asked coldly, "What's going on?"

"What's the name of that human rights lawyer? Cui Zhenai, right? Didn't she handle it properly?"

"No." Nan Shunzi opened her mouth, "She has dealt with it. It's her son who is missing."

"You can't find a child?" Che Wenshu was furious. "Let those dogs down there go find him!"

"No more," Nan Shunzi said weakly.

"what?"

“No more, Your Honor,” Nam Sun-ja lowered her head, “They were all taken by Ahn Woo-su.”

(End of this chapter)