Korean TV series: King of Peninsula 1997

Chapter 400 Black and White

The next day, Li You personally attended the Shun Yang Securities board meeting and proposed replacing the executive officer.

At first, the old directors of Shunyang Securities still gritted their teeth and asked Li You to give Chen Dongji another chance.

However, when they saw Chen Yajun, who would be the next executive officer, walk in, they all shut up.

During the voting phase, it was passed unanimously.

Li You did not show any special relationship between him and Chen Yajun in front of them. He just gave them a brief explanation and left Shunyang Securities amid all kinds of looks.

He is also invited to meet the current ruler today.

The last time Li You met Jin Minzhong, he was still at a disadvantage. This time... although the time interval was not long, Li You took another big step forward.

This meeting was held at the Blue House, not the previous private meeting, and the excuse was to apologize to the outstanding young entrepreneurs on the Korean Peninsula on behalf of the government.

But this meeting with Jin Minzhong was much more relaxed and not as serious as the previous private meetings.

This politician, whose presidential term is coming to an end, has a very calm mentality. He did not put on a high-handed attitude towards Li You because of his age or other factors, nor did he show any deliberate enthusiasm.

When Kim Min-jung saw Lee Woo, it was like seeing a peer with whom he could sit down and talk.

Li You was also observing Jin Minzhong. In the office, Jin Minzhong did not show any dignity at all. When he first entered, he was sitting in the office chair, trimming the small potted plants on the table.

The two looked at each other, and it was Kim Min-jung who greeted first, "President Lee."

With a smile on his face, he put down the scissors in his hand, raised his hand and pointed at the chair in front of the table, making a gesture of invitation, "President Li, please take a seat."

"Mr. President," Li You greeted him politely.

"I invited Chairman Lee to come here this time," Jin Minzhong said with a smile, "because I have a few things to clarify."

Perhaps it was because of his age, or perhaps it was because Li You in front of him needed Jin Minzhong to take him seriously, Jin Minzhong spoke much slower than last time, choosing his words carefully.

"The first thing is, of course, to apologize to Chairman Lee on behalf of the Supreme Prosecutor's Office," Jin Minzhong bowed his head gently towards Li You, "It is indeed their fault that they detained Chairman Lee on trumped-up charges under the instigation of the Daeyoung Group."

"It doesn't matter," Li You said calmly, "He has already paid the price."

Jin Minzhong glanced at Secretary-General Quan who was standing next to him. Both of them had smiles on their faces. They felt relieved after hearing what Li You said. At least it meant that Li You would not openly attack the prosecutorial system.

This matter was entrusted by Prosecutor General Song Xianyun. Although he reached a cooperation with Li You, he transferred Zhao Changzhi to the Supreme Prosecutor's Office and investigated the Daying Group at the same time. Li You no longer pursued the matter.

But saying that it was an investigation into the Daying Group was actually just a face-saving project, and Song Xianyun was also afraid that Li You would pursue the matter.

"There is one more thing." Jin Minzhong smiled, "Is President Li interested in talking to President Zhu?"

"Zhu Mengyong?" Li You raised his eyebrows. "He wants to talk to me?"

"Chairman Zhu does want to talk to Chairman Li," Jin Minzhong nodded, "I also hope that Chairman Li and Chairman Zhu can resolve the dispute."

Jin Minzhong sighed, "At least settle the dispute temporarily and let me have some peace."

Quiet down. Li You also understood that this probably refers to the last year of Kim Min-jung's term. Kim Min-jung hopes that during his term, there will be no major chaos in the camp, which will affect the balance of power and economic situation on the Korean Peninsula.

No matter what, Daying is one of the top three chaebols. If it is really messed up, it will be a headache for the government.

The current situation on the Korean Peninsula is very special. The Blue House is wary of the chaebols that control the peninsula's pillar industries, but it has to rely on them because the Korean Peninsula can no longer do without them and needs everything they provide.

Li You simply thought about it, then looked up at Jin Minzhong, "How does he want to negotiate?" Jin Minzhong answered cautiously, "I don't know how Chairman Zhu wants to negotiate with Chairman Li, but I can be sure that he will offer a price that will satisfy Chairman Li."

Jin Minzhong sighed and whispered, "Daying Group is not having an easy time right now. I can give Chairman Li a little help on behalf of Chairman Zhu."

Li You was a little surprised, "A small help from the President?"

Jin Minzhong nodded with a smile, "I noticed that Chairman Li has been restraining himself these days and has not expanded externally."

Secretary Quan at the door looked at his watch and pointed gently at Jin Minzhong.

Jin Minzhong glanced at him and spoke slightly faster, "Chairman Li has come to this point now, why is he restraining those people now?"

Those people refer to the unknown number of underground members under Kinmen.

Li You also laughed and shook his head. "When the people are willing to support us, it's time to continue. Now we need to accumulate strength."

Of course, he did not do nothing. He was just too lazy to expand place by place and wanted to take over the rest of the Korean Peninsula in one go.

Although it is impossible to have his own people in every town, Li You wants to ensure that the people in charge of underground forces in every city and county are from Kinmen, which is enough for the time being.

"What a popular sentiment," Jin Minzhong clapped his hands. "I have hinted to Chairman Lee before, asking him to make great efforts in Gyeonggi Province."

"Today I can clearly tell President Li," he said without any fluctuation in his eyes, "President Li can do what he wants."

"The underground of the Korean Peninsula also needs someone in power."

Li You calmly answered him, "I will."

"Such a simple answer," Jin Minzhong smiled, "but no one else can say it. I also hope that Chairman Li can keep it up, and I hope that day will come sooner."

In Jin Minzhong's understanding, he did nothing wrong.

There have always been chaebols on the Korean Peninsula. Before Lee Woo, there was the Sunyang Group, the Tianxia Group, and the Daying Group.

They also climbed up step by step in this way. Black and white are originally symbiotic. Even if Li You controls the underground, he can't do what he did more than a hundred years ago, when he intervened in politics with a butcher's knife.

In the 1930s, when the local underground forces on the Korean Peninsula were weak, some people unified the Korean underground forces. Later, they even relied on their butcher knives to constantly interfere in politics and became members of parliament.

After that, after various attacks, the underground forces on the Korean Peninsula went from being overwhelming at the beginning to being torn apart and finally completely weakened.

Later, these three huge chaebol groups replaced this underground force that covered the whole sky and the earth.

It is not a bad thing that Kim Min-jung supports Lee Woo. On the contrary, it can make them confront each other, just like now.

He helped Zhu Mengyong to mediate peace only because Jin Minzhong hoped that each of them would check and balance each other, rather than for the Kinmen Group to really work together with the Tianxia Group to destroy the Daying.

The meeting between Li You and Jin Minzhong ended. They didn't talk about much in total, but it still took quite a long time.

Li You was quite satisfied after he left the room. At least the communication with Jin Minzhong during this meeting was much better than he expected.

He didn't care whether Jin Minzhong really had this attitude or had other thoughts.

What Li You needs to do now is to keep moving forward.

(End of this chapter)