Korean TV series: King of Peninsula 1997

Chapter 469: Sad Ceremony

"President Kim has declared Daegu a special disaster area. Although the criminal has been arrested," Li Lianchang sighed, "he has ordered an immediate investigation into the tragedy. The South Korean government and the Blue House government have set up a joint investigation team and will definitely find out the truth of the matter."

"What else does Chairman Li plan to do in Daegu this time?"

"Nothing," Li You shook his head. "I bought a hospital and wanted to form a cooperative relationship with Keimyung University here. I didn't expect something like this to happen before I even started."

Li Lianchang nodded with a bitter expression.

"Don't worry, Congressman," Li You looked at the dusty Li Lianchang and comforted him, "You will feel much better after this period of time."

"President Kim has just informed me," Li Lianchang nodded heavily, "I will express my condolences to the victims and their families on his behalf."

"He's upset too," Li You shook his head. "He's going to step down in a few days, but something like this happened. It has a certain impact on his reputation."

After the accident, Daegu City began a five-day period of citizen mourning from the next day, and public institutions in the city flew flags at half-mast.

The Daegu subway arson incident caused considerable panic in South Korea.

Even on the second day after the accident, the flow of people in all busy areas of Daegu dropped sharply, less than half of the usual level.

In Seoul, the capital of South Korea, subway passenger flow is only about half of the usual level.

Li You and the director of Dongshan Hospital met rarely, and they finalized the cooperation matters in ten minutes. The specific contract details were left to the lawyers of both parties to discuss and draft.

As for Chen Runji, he will stay here for a while longer.

"President," the current director of the Network Information Department is Park Min-young, who was absorbed into Future Electronics by Lee Woo at that time.

At first, she was only in charge of the Public Opinion Department. Later, the Public Opinion Department was merged into the newly established Network Information Department. She was not only responsible for online public opinion management, but also began to test various information software internally.

The chat software developed in-house by Future Electronics is expected to be launched soon.

When she was contacted by Li You, she was a little surprised, "What's wrong?"

"During the fire, I saw many victims and their families asking for help on the online forums," Li You sighed. "Kinmen has already sent local personnel from Daegu. You can announce this online and also contact the families. We can help them on another level."

"Yes, President!" Park Min-young's eyes lit up, he was worthy of being her idol.

After Lee You returned to Seoul, he would attend the presidential inauguration ceremony on the 25th five days later.

According to the law, the qualifications and powers of the former president expire at midnight on the 24th.

So in fact, starting from midnight on the 25th, Li Lianchang officially became the new president of South Korea.

The entire process started with former President Kim Min-jung's farewell speech on the morning of the 25th and ended with the dinner in the evening.

With Li You's identity, he cannot escape any of them and needs to participate in all of them.

And because of the Daegu subway arson incident, all ceremonies today have been simplified.

What makes the new President Li Lianchang very sad is that just yesterday, the day before he took office, the North test-fired a missile into the surrounding waters, and the situation is still unknown.

The two met privately before the ceremony, and Li Lianchang was obviously uncomfortable.

In fact, the official inauguration ceremony only lasted 50 minutes.

Just starting from 8 o'clock this morning, music such as "Ah! Republic of Korea" and "Young People in Dreams" were played at the scene.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Kim Min-jung delivered his resignation speech, which was very sincere.

"Serving the people is my greatest pride in life," Kim Min-jung bowed to the audience, "I am extremely pleased to step down and retire at this moment."

At 10 am, there was another one-hour large-scale song and dance performance with the theme of "New Republic of Korea".

The official inauguration ceremony did not begin until one o'clock in the afternoon.

More than 3,000 people from Yeouido National Assembly Building, National Assembly Square, the Peninsula's upper class and dignitaries from all over the world participated in the ceremony, tens of thousands of citizens watched the ceremony, and it was broadcast live around the world. The ceremony was solemn and grand.

In addition to foreign dignitaries and special guests, more than 10,000 seats are reserved on both sides of the front row of the stands at the inauguration site for ordinary citizens who apply to visit the ceremony through the Internet. Even those who arrive at the ceremony early can sit in the front row to watch the inauguration ceremony.

This is how Li Lianchang expressed his importance of the electronic political strategy proposed by Li You.

It is also a counterattack against those who attack his noble character and are not close to the people.

Even the official media interviewed a 60-year-old man in the front row, who was a loyal supporter of Li Lianchang. "In order to see the new president up close, I came very early and was lucky enough to find a seat in the front row."

What he expressed more was that he was very happy to see the new President Li Lianchang trying to get closer to the common people. After all, many people in the past attacked Li Lianchang for his noble birth.

So, under the shadow of the big boy and the missile test launch, the ceremony of Li Lianchang's inauguration as president officially began.

The inauguration of the president has attracted the attention of citizens across the peninsula. As long as they have free time, almost everyone is watching TV.

The ceremony proceeded step by step according to the procedure, with opening declaration, national tribute, prime minister's speech, and then Li Lianchang taking the presidential oath.

Then there were salutes and congratulatory songs, and then the president gave his inaugural address. Throughout the entire process, Li You, who was sitting in the front row, kept clapping with a smile on his face.

"I am sworn in here today." Li Lianchang said with a serious face and slow speech, "I would like to take this opportunity to express my deepest condolences to the victims of the Daegu subway fire and my sincere sympathy to their families."

He mentioned this matter in his opening remarks and said that he would definitely conduct an inspection on subway safety. He also showed everyone how seriously he took this matter. Many foreign guests applauded and decided to strictly inspect subway safety issues when they return.

Next came the relations between countries, and then the economy, basically explaining his ideas.

After all this is over, Li Lianchang still has various important things to do.

He does have a lot on his schedule today. After his inaugural speech, he will also formally receive foreign envoys, which are formal talks.

It was not until the evening dinner at the Blue House that Li You saw Li Lianchang again. The atmosphere at the dinner was much slower and no longer hurried.

However, the two didn't talk much when they met. Li You gave some blessings and Li Lianchang just expressed his gratitude.

Although everyone knows that the two have a good relationship, they still cannot show it in public.

Li You was not idle during the dinner. He found Zhu Mengyong and Jin Jianying, and called Chen Rongji and Chen Dongji over to discuss fundraising for the victims of the Daegu arson case.

They took the lead in raising money for the victims.

The other four were quite interested. Although this matter itself had little to do with them, they could gain a good reputation and only had to pay a small amount of money, which was really nothing.

The ceremony officially ends after the dinner.

Li You is now an entrepreneur with close ties with the government. Even the close relationship between him and Li Lianchang has spread to the ears of neighboring countries, and many people in neighboring countries have begun to pay attention to him.

Li You's identity has officially gone international.

Not only that, after Li Lianchang took office as president, the Korean Peninsula entered a more critical five years.

Everyone knows that the situation on the Korean Peninsula is about to change.

When Kim Min-joong was in office, he mainly liked to maintain a triangular balance among companies and did not like one company to dominate the market.

Therefore, the weakened Shunyang was saved by him, and the Tianxia Group, which was supposed to expand wildly, was suppressed.

In order to fill the gap left by Sunyang among the three major chaebols, Kim Min-jung deliberately allowed Lee Woo to develop. Lee Woo's Kinmen lacked business background, so he allowed Lee Woo to take charge of the underground of the Korean Peninsula and form an alternative chaebol.

No one knows what Li Lianchang will do in the future, but Li You and Li Lianchang are undoubtedly deeply bound together.

Li You offered advice and support in various ways, so how could he not make an agreement with Li Lianchang in advance?

The situation of the three major chaebols is about to change.

Once the situation between these three parties changes, many forces in Seoul will have to carefully consider which side they should take.

Especially Li You, who has a particularly "violent" personality and is the kind of person who would send people to kill people at will.

Although Li You thinks he is quite gentle, they don't think so.

Look at what this guy did. If Li You's character had anything to do with gentleness, they would have eaten him directly.

After the dinner, Li You returned to the villa. Li You saw Li Mingxue wearing a mask in his living room. Li Mingxue, who was going to run for mayor of Seoul in May, stood up quickly and said, "President."

"Here you are," Li You looked at him with a smile, "Do you have a plan for President Li's inauguration?"

Li Mingxue expressed his sincere gratitude, "Yes. I also want to thank the president for giving me this opportunity."

"No need to thank me all the time," Li You sat on the sofa and waved for him to sit down, "You should prepare for the election well, and I will take care of the public opinion and publicity for you."

He smiled and said, "You should see how much this stuff helps the campaign."

He was referring to the role it played in presidential campaigns.

Li Mingxue did not sit down, but bowed deeply.

"Okay," Li You waved his hand, "It's so late, I know you just came here to find some peace of mind."

"Don't worry."

Li Mingxue took a breath and nodded respectfully, "President Nim, I'm going back."

Li You did not stay long, but watched Li Mingxue leave before slowly leaving the living room and going to the study.

Li Mingxue walked out and laughed after walking for a long time.

He waved his fist in the air, looked up at the sky and laughed for a long time, then let out a long sigh.

I've been holding back a breath for many years, and now I'm finally letting it out.

(End of this chapter)