Korean TV series: King of Peninsula 1997

Chapter 458 The Coming of War

When Li You walked out of the city hall, he still had a smile on his face.

Although Emperor Cui Chang agreed to this proposal, he must have had some concerns in his heart. After all, with Emperor Cui Chang's current status, becoming a member of parliament would be a step backward, and he should be worried about his future.

What he needs to pay attention to is Li You’s strength rather than anything else regarding the promise Li You made to him.

After a brief discussion of these, their cooperation was smoothly negotiated.

Li You also explained some things about Li Mingxue to Cui Changdi, and Cui Changdi agreed immediately. He also proposed to build momentum for Li Mingxue starting from next month, and even to let Li Mingxue participate in this year's Asian Games and World Cup.

Strictly speaking, it is still a bit early to start campaigning for Li Mingxue to participate in the mayoral election.

However, Li Mingxue has a thin resume, so it would be a good idea for him to start building his personal image earlier.

When Li You returned to the office, Li Mingxue was already standing outside waiting for him.

"Chairman Li," Li Mingxue still had that serious and old-fashioned look, and his expression did look somewhat similar to Chen Yangzhe.

After receiving Li You's contact, Li Mingxue came here to wait at the time Li You requested.

He had also embarked on the political path and became an official, so naturally he was aiming for a higher position. This was a good opportunity.

So Li Mingxue did nothing that day and came to Kinmen Group early to wait.

He also studied and thought seriously about the current situation and felt that with Kinmen's support, his chances of being elected would be very high.

His main competitor now is Zhu Mengzhun from the Daying Zhu family. Compared to choosing a young master from a chaebol family, people who want to vote will feel that Li Mingxue's coming to power is more in line with their interests.

Especially Zhu Mengzhun. Although he claims that he will not interfere in any affairs of the Daying Group and will focus on his own work, he has to naturally hold back when facing the Kinmen Group to avoid adding another rival to their Daying Group.

Even if the Kinmen Group does not resort to violence, the Daying Group does not want to rashly clash with them.

Of course, another possibility cannot be ruled out, that is, the Daying Group suddenly becomes powerful, and Zhu Mengyong leads Daying Automobile to completely drive Tianxia Automobile out of the automobile industry, and then leads the Daying Group to go to war with the Kinmen Group, using this election as a battlefield.

Li Mingxue felt that this kind of thing was impossible.

"To run for mayor, you need to be united," Li You said as he sat back down. "I will help you make up for your past experience, but you also need to appear more often in front of the public and make sincere statements."

Simply put, you have to be able to fool people.

Li Mingxue nodded solemnly. Having been in the officialdom for some time, he did have this feeling.

Li You asked Li Mingxue to come over not to say anything important. He didn't know much about the specific details of the election. He asked him to come over just to give Li Mingxue reassurance.

As for the specific matters of the election, they will be taken care of by Lee Lianchang and other members of the Grand National Party after Lee Myung-hak joins the Grand National Party.

During the whole process, Li You only needed to do two things. Besides investing money in publicity, he had to pile up political achievements on Li Mingxue. The rest could be left to these veterans.

"I have come to my senses these days," Li Mingxue said calmly, "Before he died, Chairman Chen kept telling me not to be blindly loyal to the Shunyang Chen family and to follow my own path. He kept me by his side, but in the end he asked me to leave Shunyang."

"To be fair, I do have some complaints, but if I think about it carefully, President Chen thinks highly of me. If I hadn't been taken in by him, I might be an ordinary workshop mechanic now."

"I believe in his final arrangements."

Li You smiled and said, "Even if he didn't say it, you wouldn't be blinded by Chen Rongji or Chen Dongji. There are indeed very few people who can truly see the pros and cons, but you are a smart person."

Li Mingxue's expression remained unchanged. "To be able to gain Chairman Li's trust at this time and to be able to get a chance to run for mayor, with such an important position and reward, a smart person will definitely choose you."

After finishing speaking, Li Mingxue smiled slightly, and Li You also smiled, and said with a sigh, "It hasn't been long since President Chen left, but Seoul has been turned upside down."

He sent Zhu Rongyi, Chen Yangzhe's old rival, down there, which was also considered as finding a companion for Chen Yangzhe.

Li Mingxue stood up and bowed deeply to Li You to say goodbye, "Next, I will rely on the support of the president."

Early March 2002.

The campaign outside has already begun.

But this is not the most popular issue among people on the Korean Peninsula. The most popular issue now is undoubtedly the Japan-Korea World Cup which will start in May.

The 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup was the 17th World Cup co-hosted by South Korea and Japan.

This is not only the first World Cup held in Asia, but also the first World Cup co-hosted by two countries.

The competition will be held from May 31st to June 30th at ten stadiums in ten cities in South Korea and ten stadiums in ten cities in Japan.

The final will be held at Yokohama International Stadium on June 30. Since the final is not held in South Korea, people on the Korean Peninsula, especially those in Seoul, pay special attention to the matches that will be held at the World Cup Stadium.

Even the surrounding World Cup Park and World Cup New Town have been widely welcomed.

After the entire World Cup new town was put into use, cinemas, shopping malls, sports centers, various discount stores, and it has even become a comprehensive cultural and entertainment venue.

Li Youren just sat at home and money kept flowing in.

He was sitting in his study in his pajamas, looking at financial statements, a smile on his face.

The ability to make so much money is not only due to the growing football atmosphere, but also closely related to the last policies of Kim Min-jung during his term.

Before the World Cup, the World Cup stadiums were not empty, but hosted various activities.

Various large-scale concerts and exhibitions are held here, as well as some other sports events.

The phone on the table vibrated. Li You took a glance and chose to answer it.

The person who came must have something to do when he called.

"Ms. Amy," Li You answered the phone call from the CIA lady, "How come you are free today?"

"President Li," Amy said hurriedly, "I have a business deal. Do you want to do it?"

Li You narrowed his eyes, unable to figure out what she was going to do.

"Please speak directly, Miss Amy."

"The war started last year," Amy said, "President Li should know this."

Li You was silent for a few seconds. The war that Amy mentioned should be called the Afghanistan War.

It was a war launched by a coalition of several countries against al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan in early October last year, and it also marked the beginning of the world's war on terrorism.

Although South Korea sent troops, it only provided logistical support and was not a combatant country that sent troops to the front lines.

Li You knew everything, even some details of the operation, thanks to General Yin Jijun.

After Yoon Gil-jun was promoted, he was transferred to the South Korean Army Special Operations Command.

The headquarters has a "Black Bere" special operations division under its command, and within the special operations division there is a special mission battalion known as the "special operations division within the special operations division", also known as the 707th Special Mission Battalion.

It is the commander's trusted force, composed of officers and non-commissioned officers strictly selected from the special operations division. It is divided into four groups and is usually responsible for anti-terrorism tasks.

It is usually not under the management of Yoon Gil-jun, but Yoon Gil-jun still knows most of the situation.

Although the 707th Brigade is slightly inferior to the all-weather special strike team in the Marine Corps, it is also one of the most elite special forces on the Korean Peninsula.

However, in a certain December in the future, they became clowns in the eyes of many people, and some members of Congress even wanted to seize their guns in public.

After the explosion at Zhu Rongyi's manor last year, the 707th Brigade was briefly dispatched to investigate the terrorist incident, but the order was soon withdrawn, and Yin Jijun played a big role.

After that, a part of the 707th Brigade was selected to go to Afghanistan, and their leader was Yin Jijun who worked in the Army Command.

"Miss Amy mentioned this," Li You thought of something, "Does she want to do business with the Golden Gate Company in the United States?"

The Kinmen Company over there is essentially a private military contractor.

"That's right," Amy said simply and directly, "The CIA needs some people to carry out the mission. The pay is very high, but the risk is also high."

Li You narrowed his eyes slightly, "What action?"

Even though he knew it was against the rules, he still asked.

Amy hesitated for a moment before she spoke: "The CIA is currently short of combat personnel. We need some of them to work with the coalition forces and the Afghan military to carry out a combat mission to destroy the Taliban forces."

"Codename 'Anaconda'."

She explained: "Part of the preparation for Operation Anaconda will be to teach and train selected Afghan soldiers in infantry tactics at a base in the Khost region of Afghanistan. This will be conducted by US special operations forces in order to improve their combat capabilities and adapt them to coordinated offensive operations."

"During the joint operation, if the Golden Gate Company accepts the request and goes as a CIA combatant, its main task will be to assist the CIA specialist in carrying out his confidential mission."

(End of this chapter)