Korean TV series: King of Peninsula 1997

Chapter 398 Big Mac

Zhao Taixie couldn't pretend that he didn't hear these words. He shook the teacup in his hand and said, "Chairman Li is right. No one can say who is sure of such a thing."

Cho Tae-sub’s stance is actually quite strange.

He was a member of the Grand National Party supported by the Tenya Group.

The leader of the Grand National Party is Lee Lianchang again, but the Tianxia Group does not support Lee Lianchang. They only support him, Cho Tae-seop.

Instead, it was Li You and the Kinmen Group who supported Li Lianchang.

If it were in the past, it would have been fine. Tianxia Group and Kinmen Group were still in a cooperative relationship, and Zhao Taixie would have continued his contact with Li You.

Although the situation between Tianxia Group and Kinmen Group is calm now, everyone knows that it won’t be long before they become rivals, or even now they may become rivals.

"Councilman Zhao wants to intervene next year?"

"Me?" Zhao Taixie looked at Li You's seemingly serious eyes, and the corners of his mouth twitched. "Last year, Congressman Li failed to win the election because another congressman in the Grand National Party was dissatisfied and took some people out to participate in the election."

"So many votes were given to Councillor Lee at that time," he said with a sigh, "that he was unable to achieve his wish."

Zhao Taixie curled his lips and said, "If I do something like this again this year, our Grand National Party can also be dissolved."

In his heart, he felt that the next session would be his best opportunity.

He looked at Li You's expression, frowned and asked, "Will Chairman Li support Councillor Li next year?"

"Support is support," Li You waved his hand, "regardless of success or failure, this may be the last time Councillor Li runs for election."

He had a smile on his face, a smile that was very meaningful, "Always look for someone who is at the back."

Li You pointed at himself and said, "After all, I am still young and may have to go through countless elections in the future."

Zhao Taixie was stunned for a moment, then immediately came to his senses.

He also discovered that Li You really knew everything, and Zhao Taixie was not very happy with the world now. After all, Zhao Taixie was a person who wanted to go his own way, and he hated others always telling him what to do.

Who knows, he may need Li You's support in the future, Zhao Taixie sighed secretly.

Zhao Taixie smiled and took the initiative to help Li You pour a cup of tea. "Although I think it's not very convenient, I'm still a little curious."

"How much money does the Golden Gate Group have now?"

Li You took the teacup and did not give a formal answer. He just shook his head with a smile and said, "I don't know how much money I have myself."

“I’m not actually interested in money.”

Zhao Taixie choked on the tea he just drank. He coughed twice and said, "President Li is really good at joking."

After a while, the two chatted about the current underground situation in South Korea.

Zhao Taixie smiled with admiration, "No matter from which aspect, I think the Korean underground is indeed much better than before under the guidance of Chairman Li."

He sat at the table and said, "In the past, when there were hundreds of rivalries, the underground was much more chaotic than it is now. At least in the past two years, the crime rate in Seoul has dropped a lot."

Zhao Taixie said confidently, "President Kim has been able to acquiesce to Chairman Lee's development, there must be a reason for this."

"It not only brings a large number of jobs and tax revenue to the country, but also acts as an underground police force, managing areas that the government cannot control," Cho Tae-seop marveled. "It's really done well under Chairman Lee's rule."

"Councilman Zhao, thank you for your praise."

Although it was an exaggeration, Li You also knew that it was the truth.

Kim Min-joong is a far-sighted president, otherwise he would not have proposed the crucial ideas of building a nation based on entertainment and technology.

He might not have anticipated that Li You would lead the Kinmen Group to rise so quickly, but he must have seen the current situation clearly.

The merger of Kinmen Group and Li You's ascension to power both occurred at critical times.

The merger of Kinmen Group took place shortly after the financial crisis, which had a huge impact. There were not so many jobs on the Korean Peninsula, and layoffs were ongoing, forcing many adult men to get drunk and cause trouble on the streets. The bad economy also caused a surge in crime rates.

During that period, a wave of fresh blood poured into each gang. Just when crime was soaring, the Kinmen Group merged and turned a large group of unemployed vagrants into formal employees of the Kinmen Group, which then successfully operated with the help of the huge cash flow from the previous gray industry.

At that time, the crime rate in Seoul dropped sharply, which was all thanks to the new president. Kim Min-jung was of course happy, and naturally he would not allow the Kinmen Group to be disbanded again, so that such a large number of criminals would appear again and make Seoul uneasy.

Later, Shi Dong died in an accident, and Li You took over as the chairman of Kinmen Group.

It was during the North-South talks, and Li You, with the reputation of justice of "The Crucible", successfully consolidated his position as chairman.

From that time on, the Kinmen Group was no longer a large and dynamic enterprise.

And now, Kinmen has become a giant that can influence politics.

“Perhaps, in the future, the party leader of a big country will be Congressman Zhao.”

Li You broke the window paper, and Zhao Taixie smiled, "Then I look forward to the time when Chairman Li will unify the underground of Seoul."

Zhao Taixie smiled and said, "When I helped Chairman Li take over Busan, I felt that this moment was coming soon."

He still felt a little embarrassed when he thought about that time. "I didn't expect Zhu Rongyi to be so crazy at that time. He actually conspired with the Zhao Group to harm Chairman Li. Fortunately, Chairman Li saw through them."

Zhao Taixie didn't know at first that Zhu Rongyi was the mastermind. He only found out after a while after the incident. Zhao Taixie was also very anxious. Although he was not involved in this incident, it was Zhao Taixie who facilitated Li You's trip to Busan in the end.

He was also afraid that after Li You misunderstood him, he would have to face retaliation from the Kinmen Group, which would be extremely difficult for him.

It also goes against Zhao Taixie's original intention of cooperating with Li You.

Fortunately, Li You didn't care about it after the incident.

Not long ago, Zhao Taixie really put in some effort when Li You set a trap for Zhu Mengyong and dealt with Zhu Mengyong.

Although he did not publicly support Lee Woo, he went to Seoul National University to give a speech and even secretly incited college students to cry out against the injustice in front of the Supreme Prosecutor's Office.

Strictly speaking, Zhao Taixie's behavior is illegal.

"That incident is not the fault of Councillor Zhao," Li You said frankly, "Choi Ik-hyun, who was recommended to me by Councillor Zhao, is now managing the forces in Busan for me, and he is doing a really good job."

A smile appeared on his face, "It is thanks to Councillor Zhao's recommendation that Busan can become a great help to me."

He watched Li You stand up, and he also stood up to say goodbye, "I hope that President Li will not forget to invite me to the celebration banquet when the time comes."

Unifying the underground of the Korean Peninsula is not an easy task, but in fact, those who know something about it are now speculating in their hearts when Li You will accomplish this task.

After all, he has already completed a considerable part.

In fact, in the eyes of most people, Seoul is equal to 70% of the Korean Peninsula, and Busan is 30% of the Korean Peninsula.

The underground forces in these two places are already in Li You's hands. As for the gangsters in other areas, they are now thinking of asking the Kinmen Group to move into the local area as soon as possible.

The treatment in the Kinmen Group is so good. After unifying the world, there isn't so much fighting and killing. Those who want to be brave and fierce can be transferred to the security department.

However, in the following months, Li You never made any progress in unifying the martial arts world, but instead allowed the current situation to stabilize.

Compared with the underground stability of the Korean Peninsula, the open business struggle on the Korean Peninsula has reached a fever pitch.

Media smear campaigns have become commonplace, and it is not uncommon for various prosecutors’ offices to bring people to the opposing group.

The cooperation between Jin Jianying and Li You had broken down before.

Today's Seoul business community has once again returned to the situation of Shunyang, Tianxia and Daying competing for supremacy, except that this time Shunyang has become Kinmen.

The Tianxia Group and the Kinmen Group are relatively restrained. Although the media they control will smear each other from time to time and set traps and obstacles for business operations when they have time, at least they will not ask prosecutors to arrest people from the other group from time to time.

This kind of detention mostly occurred between the Daying Group and the Tianxia Group, or between the Daying Group and the Kinmen Group. As for Shunyang Chen Dongji, he had fallen into the hands of Li You. Chen Rongji shrank his neck and dared not even show his head.

Anyway, the goals of the three parties are very clear. There is no neutral person. They are all opponents and no one supports anyone.

No one wants the other party to do business well. If you do a project, I will definitely send people to disrupt it.

Compared with the Kinmen Group, the strength of the Tianxia Group lies in the fact that it has been rooted in Seoul for decades, with deep roots and extremely good connections everywhere.

The same was true for the Big Camp, but the first-generation president Zhu Rongyi had just died not long ago. Although the second-generation president Zhu Mengyong knew him, he was not skilled enough to maintain it. Moreover, the economic situation of the Big Camp was not very good now, and the previous two waves of losses were too severe.

First, the stock market suffered heavy losses due to the impact of the terrorist attacks, and then because of the bribery of officials to frame Li You, the stock lost a lot of credibility in the market.

Liu Bingxian, the former chief prosecutor of the Supreme People's Procuratorate who accepted bribes, has now been convicted and sent to prison.

The vacant position of Prosecutor General was given to Zhao Changzhi by Li You, and he was reinstated after three years.

When Zhao Changzhi returned to the Supreme Prosecutor's Office, his former colleagues specially gave him their former prosecutor general's office. Zhao Changzhi was so moved that he personally visited Li You in the evening.

Among the three major groups, the Kinmen Group has the weakest network of connections, and most of these connections are concentrated on Li You alone.

However, the Kinmen Group made a lot of money in the past, and with the help of Future Electronics and Miracle Company from Chen Daojun, the economic situation was frighteningly good. The most important thing was that the strongest part of the Kinmen Group was not the economy, but the violence that was the foundation of Kinmen, as well as the ubiquitous street personnel. The strong economic strength was only one of the pillars of the Kinmen Group.

It is difficult enough to defeat the Kinmen Group in business, but it is impossible to uproot Kinmen from the Korean Peninsula.

Daying Group.

Zhu Mengyong poured tea for one of his uncles again, with a pitiful smile on his face, "Uncle Rongxi, the camp really needs the help of all uncles now."

"Of course we can help. The camp is our Zhu family's camp. Now it is in crisis and we may want to help." Zhu Rongxi sighed and took the cup of tea. "But Mengyong, there are two key points in this matter."

Zhu Rongxi's face was calm. He took a sip of tea and put down the cup. "We have discussed this over the past few days. We all think that the reason why eldest brother didn't let you inherit everything is probably because he wanted to keep the fire alive."

This is ridiculous. Zhu Mengyong's face froze. But after thinking about it carefully, he suspected that this might be true.

"I know you may think we are talking nonsense," Zhu Rongxi said slowly, "but why did Big Brother leave Daying Ocean to Yuzhe?"

"Everyone knows about the relationship between you and Yuzhe. Big brother also handed over Daying Ocean, which is so important to Daying, to Yuzhe," Zhu Rongxi analyzed to Zhu Mengyong, "Obviously Daying Ocean and Daying Automobile are the two most important pillars of Daying Group."

Zhu Rongxi was indeed one of those who supported Zhu Mengyong, but there were many things he had to think about and say, "The first one is this question, and the second one is..."

He looked at Zhu Mengyong's expression and said directly, "Everyone thinks that you were too rash to take action against the Kinmen Group and Li You."

Zhu Rongxi sighed, "Originally I lobbied for you. Although you lost so much money after the terrorist attack, many of your uncles decided to follow me and support you."

"But because of the incident between Jinmen Group and Li You, you caused the group to suffer such a huge loss, and even damaged its reputation," Zhu Rongxi lowered his eyes, "Many of your uncles already think that you are not suitable."

Zhu Rongxi's words were very direct, and Zhu Mengyong was unable to refute them. It was only after Zhu Mengyong became the president that he gradually understood.

Being the top leader and being the second-in-command behind Zhu Rongyi are really different.

He did a very good job as the second-in-command, making Zhu Rongyi completely trust him, but now it seems that he has failed as the president.

Zhu Mengyong nodded heavily, "Since the uncles have proposed something, what should they ask for?"

He knew that these uncles must have some requests. If he belittled himself first and then made his requests, it would also make it easier for them to raise the price.

But now, as the chairman of Daying Group, he can only let them raise the price.

"Go and make peace with Li You," Zhu Rongxi said calmly, "This is the first point. Tianxia will never coexist peacefully with us. Tianxia Auto has been madly squeezing out Daying Auto's market share. We have no way to retreat in the automotive industry."

"So we can only seek peace with the Kinmen Group. We cannot have two opponents at the same time."

"Uncle Rong Xi," Zhu Mengyong rubbed his temples, "Even if I don't tell you, can't the people in the family guess it?"

"I asked Liu Bing to accuse him first, but it wasn't just a slander," Zhu Mengyong said with a headache, "What happened to my father must have been instigated by Li You."

"We know," Zhu Rongxi said calmly, "but you are too young and take hatred too seriously."

"For us, including my eldest brother, your father, hatred is the least valuable."

"If you died, but the Kinmen Group could bring benefits to the Daying Group," Zhu Rongxi said in a gentle but cold tone, "your father would definitely cooperate with the Kinmen Group without hesitation."

Zhu Mengyong looked at him in a daze.

"Brother has always been too gentle in educating you," Zhu Rongxi said without looking at Zhu Mengyong, "He didn't show you his cruel side."

"The cruel side?"

Zhu Rongxi said indifferently, "You and your brother Yuzhe are both excellent, but your father hopes that the heir to Daying Group can be a king who can maintain the status quo."

"After all, under the Korean Peninsula system, there is no place to go in the main camp, and that's how Yuzhe was selected."

"What you have to do now is very simple," Zhu Rongxi stopped talking about those things and focused on giving Zhu Mengyong advice, "Go find Li You first. We have studied Li You. Li You is a typical person who puts profit above all else."

"After Chen Dongji, who had just ended his alliance with him, came out of the Supreme Prosecutor's Office, he immediately swallowed up Chen Dongji's Shunyang Securities."

"The situation in our camp is similar to that of Chen Rongji," Zhu Rongxi lowered his head, "Chen Rongji's mother, Li Meiyu, also known as Chen Yangzhe's wife, was probably also killed by Li You."

"Didn't Chen Rongji also take the initiative to find Li You and ask for peace?"

He looked at Zhu Mengyong, whose face was fluctuating, and said, "The camp in your hands is already in danger. This is what you must do."

"Then concentrate on dealing with Tianxia Auto's squeeze on Daying Auto in the market. You should be familiar with how to do this."

Chen Dongji's performance is not ideal.

The reason is not that he is incompetent. Although he lost all his Shunyang Securities due to the impact of the terrorist attack, it was just an accident after all.

Chen Dongji has run Shunyang Securities for more than 20 years. After all, he is an experienced operator and a big capitalist from Shunyang Group. He is sure to make a lot of money in a normal stock market.

His performance was not ideal simply because he was a bit sloppy.

Late at night, Chen Dongji was still drinking alcohol, hoping to find some comfort from the numbness of alcohol.

After getting drunk, Chen Dongji staggered out of the bar.

The temperature had started to drop at night, but Chen Dongji, who was drunk, didn't feel anything, and the cold wind couldn't cool his anxiety.

The street lights flickered in Chen Dongji's eyes. He staggered and even prepared to fight with the street lights.

Fortunately, the secretary had parked the car on the side of the road. He quickly stepped forward and grabbed Chen Dongji, and followed his lead like a child, coaxing him into the car.

This second-generation Shunyang who was once high-spirited has now been crushed by the heavy reality. He indulges in alcohol every day, avoiding failure thanks to Li You.

But Li You just ignored him during this period and let him mess around in his position as the operator of Shunyang Securities, waiting for the interests of the old directors who have always supported Shunyang to be damaged and they would kick him out.

If Chen Dongji works hard, Li You will be happy because he is making money for him.

Chen Dongji walked unsteadily and was supported by his secretary back home.

The lights in the villa were still warm, but Chen Dongji just felt that the lights were dazzling.

"Turn off the lights!" Chen Dongji lay on the sofa, staring and waving his hands randomly.

The secretary agreed promptly and trotted to the switch to adjust the light.

However, his action was stopped by Chen Dongji's wife Han Zhina, "You go back first."

Han Zhina suppressed her anger. Chen Dongji's daughter Chen Yijun was looking at Chen Dongji with a worried look on her face.

Han Zhina breathed a sigh of relief only after the secretary left. She and Chen Yajun had tried to persuade Chen Dongji to sober up many times in the past few days.

But no matter how much they persuaded him, Chen Dongji still did his own thing, and even made Han Zhina and the others get used to it.

They tried to persuade Chen Dongji, who was numbed by alcohol, with all the words they could think of, but none of them worked.

As he had gone crazy while drunk a few times, Chen Dongji knew he was wrong.

He also couldn't face the worried looks of Han Zhina and Chen Yijun, so he always went back home late at night and fell asleep on the sofa drunk.

Han Zhina's eyes were full of disappointment and anger. Facing such a Chen Dongji, Han Zhina was a little unable to bear it anymore.

But as a drunk person, she had nowhere to go.

Han Zhina wanted to help him up and take off his coat, but Chen Dongji's drunken struggle made her more and more angry, and finally she slapped him in the face with a crisp sound.

"Xiba Chen Dongji!"

As the daughter of the former Minister of Justice, Han Ji-na found it hard to tolerate the fact that her husband was a loser who only knew how to drink.

Her scolding broke the silence in their home, but it couldn't wake up Chen Dongji.

There were angry slap marks on Chen Dongji's face. He opened his eyes hazily, touched his cheek, looked at Han Zhina and Chen Yijun, a trace of guilt flashed in his eyes, but it was immediately covered up by alcohol.

Chen Dongji stood up, shook his body, and fell back on the sofa, allowing the alcohol to continue to erode his dignity.

"Yejun," Han Zhina looked at Chen Dongji coldly, "Let's go live somewhere else first."

Chen Yijun sighed, stepped forward and pulled Han Zhina's hand, "But."

"No buts." Han Zhina didn't look at Chen Dongji, "I told him before Shunyang Securities was acquired that failure is not a loss, especially losing to Li You."

She held Chen Yijun's hand and said, "Don't you understand your grandfather's vision?"

"Li You even killed Zhu Rongyi. Does Chen Dongji really think he can defeat Li You? And then go and defeat Jin Jianying?"

"If he loses, he loses," Han Zhina said angrily, "He is going to destroy himself now."

Chen Yajun gently stroked Han Zhina's back with his other hand, his face full of helplessness.

(End of this chapter)