Korean TV series: King of Peninsula 1997

Chapter 461 It’s Time to Capture Shunyang

After the World Cup, the campaign for the mayoral election began for some time.

Li Mingxue has appeared in front of the citizens many times, and he has left a very good impression on the citizens of Seoul.

In fact, in Korean society, whether it is the top elites or the grassroots people, they are all very afraid of chaebol family members entering politics, and will even do everything they can to restrict the careers of chaebol family members entering politics.

For example, high-level elites band together to attack members of chaebol families who are in politics, and then the lower-class people try not to vote for members of chaebol families.

Avoid the situation where a family is openly involved in politics and business.

Most presidents of all generations were members of the military or the judicial system. Li Lianchang, who will run for election at the end of the year, once served as a Supreme Court Justice.

Even Roh Moo-hyun, a candidate with a low level of education, is a lawyer.

In fact, many members of South Korea's chaebol families are involved in politics, but none of them go far. The one who has gone the furthest is Zhu Mengzhun, the sixth son of Zhu Rongyi, the former chairman of the Daeyoung Group. He is now a nonpartisan member of parliament and is preparing to run for mayor of Seoul.

He also took advantage of his brother Zhu Menghuai's fame in football to create a lot of momentum.

At present, many citizens have become somewhat tolerant of his chaebol family background, and at least have hope of making further progress.

It's just that Li Mingxue's ability has impressed everyone. If he hadn't already decided to represent the Grand National Party in the Seoul mayoral election, there would really be many people willing to win him over.

He expressed his concerns about the environment in Seoul in recent years and proposed protecting the environment and carrying out a green revolution.

Lee Myung-hak even made the Green Revolution his own campaign promise, rather than using what the Grand National Party had prepared for him.

The reason why Li Mingxue made this choice is that he has done research in this area and has full confidence.

In one of his speeches, Lee Myung-hak said that he had become an environmental destroyer for the development of the Korean economy at that time.

Many years ago, when Li Mingxue was working at Shunyang Group, he was in charge of an important project alongside Chen Yangzhe.

When the Cheonggyecheon Expressway was being built, the heavily polluted Cheonggyecheon was covered up and turned into an underground waterway.

Now, at the beginning of the 21st century, the Cheonggyecheon Expressway, which was built with a quick-success mentality, has now become a symbol of ugliness. Li Mingxue even mocked himself, calling himself a "bulldozer" and bowed to apologize to the general public, saying that it was after years of reflection that he made up his mind to make changes.

Fortunately, the people of Seoul really bought into this.

Now that South Korea's economy is recovering and everything is thriving, people have begun to gradually forget the economic problems during the financial crisis.

They have suffered from entertainment propaganda in recent years and have begun to move closer to various entertainment and cultural industries. At the same time, they have also paid more attention to their living environment. No one wants to live in a garbage dump.

Li Mingxue said that as a business operator, he used to pursue huge projects and maximize profits, but if he could become the mayor of Seoul, he would have to protect and improve the environment as a government official, a city manager and decision maker to create a relaxed and comfortable living environment for citizens.

“As the first mayor elected in the 21st century, I feel that whoever takes office should turn Seoul into a green city and make it a world-class metropolis.”

After finishing a lecture, Li Mingxue wiped his sweat and came to the backstage, "President."

Li You was waiting for him here, and Li Mingxue also said that he had something important to tell Li You.

Lee Myung-hak shows Lee You the Cheonggyecheon restoration plan.

During the two months of the World Cup, Li Mingxue was not idle. Apart from watching the football occasionally, he stayed in the study day and night just for this plan.

Cheonggyecheon is a river that bears witness to the 500-year history of the Joseon Kingdom and holds a high position in the hearts of the people of the Korean Peninsula.

It was only in the 1940s that the riverbed of Cheonggyecheon began to be covered with mud and garbage, and was seriously polluted by dirty wooden sheds erected haphazardly along the river and sewage discharged from surrounding areas.

Such a large amount of sewage flows in the city center, and the stench it emits makes the surrounding residents miserable, and even the overall image of the city is damaged.

Twenty years ago, when Li Mingxue had just followed Chen Yangzhe, he helped Seoul build an asphalt road, covering the smelly Cheonggyecheon Stream. Now there are shops on both sides, making it a commercial street. Li You looked at his plan calmly.

The restoration plan for the entire Cheonggyecheon Stream has a total length of 8.1 kilometers. It will involve the relocation of more than 60,000 stores and 1,500 stalls along the route, and even requires the removal of nearly half of the original road, which is nearly 6 kilometers long.

This is still the preparatory work. After the river is revealed, more than 20 bridges and a dozen fountains will be built. Li You even saw a square and a cultural hall that explains the history of Cheonggyecheon in the project planning.

"What is the total investment?" Li You hesitated to turn the page and looked at Li Mingxue.

"It may cost up to 400 billion won."

"Four hundred billion" Li You coughed.

Four hundred billion won is equivalent to more than 2 billion yuan, or 300 million US dollars.

According to his plan, this money was allocated by the Seoul City Government.

Li You looked at him and smiled, "Just when the economy is getting better, you are so generous."

"The World Cup Park has proven," Li Mingxue said confidently, "that citizens attach great importance to their living environment. Moreover, the World Cup Park now receives more than 50,000 visitors every day on average."

"I think you know how much benefit this has brought to your World Cup New Town."

Li You nodded. There was nothing wrong with what he said.

The most important thing about environmental engineering is not the benefits it can bring itself, but its impact on the surrounding economy.

Li You even thinks that if the Cheonggyecheon Stream is built, the housing prices on both sides of the river in Jung-gu, Seoul, where it is located, will rise significantly.

Not to mention that it is Jung-gu in Seoul, which has the richest cultural heritage and is part of Namsan, a leisure space for Seoul citizens.

Although in South Korea, Jung-gu is known as the old capital center, and the three districts of Gangnam are called the new city center, the housing prices are still lower than those in Gangnam.

But houses built close to mountains and rivers are always popular among many citizens.

Not only that, there will also be various additional industries near the tourist attractions.

Li You caught these things and just handed the documents back with a smile, "This way, the members of the Grand National Party will not be able to find any fault with your ideas."

Li Mingxue lowered his head modestly, "This has been my long-cherished wish."

"What I want to do," Li Mingxue looked at Li You earnestly, "is to turn the name Li Mingxue into the brand of 'Li Mingxue'."

"Use business means to build a personal political brand," Li You narrowed his eyes and looked at him. At this moment, Li Mingxue already had the demeanor of a future 'CEO president'. "Good idea."

Li Mingxue still had the same expression, but what he said next caught Li You's attention again.

"President," Li Mingxue waved his hand to let the secretary in the room leave, but Li Youmo behind Li You stayed.

Li Mingxue took out another document and pushed it across the table to Li You with an extremely serious expression.

"President, it's time to take all the Shunyang into your pocket."

Li You raised his eyebrows, took the document seriously, and did not rush to open it.

Today, Li You has taken over Shunyang Electronics, which has been renamed Future Electronics, and Shunyang Securities managed by Chen Yajun.

(End of this chapter)