Korean TV series: King of Peninsula 1997

Chapter 47 Jiangnan Industry
The TV show only slightly exaggerates, because the current economic situation is indeed largely due to him, but the main purpose of the show is not to popularize this knowledge, but to further attack the Jinshui three parties.

With several people openly and covertly belittling him, as well as the naked rhetoric in the opening remarks, coupled with the words "the economic lifeline is completely 'handed over' to European and American capitalists", the Koreans, whose self-confidence has been inflated in recent years, will of course be outraged.

The next day, Li You came to the office. Long Da had already prepared the latest newspaper, and the headline on it was last night's TV program.

It’s hard to imagine how late the people in charge of printing newspapers worked last night, as last night’s program was broadcast all over the streets through newspapers today.

"The Seoul JoongAng Ilbo. Han Kang-sik's handwriting. Now he's attacking the outgoing president."

In one morning, he counted all of Jiangnan Industrial's properties, including ten nightclubs and five dance halls, as well as several bars and dance halls. These were the properties that Jiangnan Industrial had been accumulating since Zhang Jingzhe's time, and they were spread across all fifteen holes in Gangnam District.

Now these industries seem insignificant, and the land and stores added up to only a few billion, but when the government develops Jiangnan District in 2001, they will be worth hundreds of billions or even more!

But this is South Korea, and Li You must have the ability to keep them before developing them.

There are still not enough people. Even though Li You secretly instructed the team leaders not to recruit only people from Jiangnan, fewer and fewer people are willing to work in Jiangnan Industry.

Not to mention that there are countless security companies in Seoul that are trying to recruit people. The low-key Gangnam Industrial has less than 70 people now, and they are already too busy to handle the work spread across Gangnam District.

"Ding Ding Ding"

It was an unfamiliar number. Li You answered the call, "Hello?"

"Mr. Li, this is Park Tae-soo," Park Tae-soo said on the other end of the phone, "I'm sorry about what happened yesterday."

"Prosecutor Park is joking," Lee Woo was not surprised by Park Tae-soo's call, "but your friend had better leave Seocho District for the time being."

Park Tae-soo was shocked, "Manager Lee, Doo-il has no ill intentions! He is just following orders."

“But he came to the wrong place.” For Lee You, he had already planned to go to Seocho District. “This is Gangnam.”

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a while. "Representative Li, why don't you suggest a better solution, such as investing those 20 people in Jiangnan Industry?"

Li You stared at the street outside the window. "Want to join Jiangnan Industry? Let him bring his people to me for a detailed discussion. Do you think Prosecutor Park can do it just by talking?"

"Mr. Li, why don't you——"

"Prosecutor Park," Li You interrupted him, "You and I both know who I am. There's no need to imitate your minister's flowery manners. I heard that Prosecutor Park's father was also a mobster?"

Park Tae-soo and Choi Doo-il looked at each other. His father was indeed not a good person in the first thirty years of his life.

"Then what should I call you?" He took a deep breath, revealing his inherent ruffian nature. "Or maybe we can skip this process and merge them into Jiangnan Industry. Jiangnan Industry is short of a lot of manpower right now, right?"

"Prosecutor Park probably doesn't know how I got to this position," Li You crossed his legs, "so I'm very wary of outsiders. In short, the conditions are not good enough."

"what do you want?"

"I heard that Prosecutor Park's father-in-law is a famous chaebol?"

Park Tae-soo understood, "There are many chaebols of all sizes in South Korea, but he is just an ordinary businessman now. Money piled up in the sky like castles in the air cannot be called a chaebol."

"It's okay. Money is enough." Li You gave a rather surprising answer. "I want 100 million every month."

"One hundred million!?" Park Tae-soo's face changed drastically. "Mr. Li, do you know what you are talking about?"

"It's just 100 million, Prosecutor Park." Li You said calmly, "If my guess is correct, small chaebols like your father-in-law should be closely watched now."

"Want to get involved in the real economy? Do you think those giants that occupy a lot of resources will agree? Money alone is useless in Korea." Li You picked up a cigarette from the cigarette box on the table and put it in his lips.

The cigarette was lit, and Park Tae-soo answered in the rising smoke, "I will convince them, 100 million a month."

He finally agreed because Park Tae-soo still remembered the reason why he and his wife were able to go on a blind date.

My father-in-law, who had made his fortune from scratch, was thoroughly investigated by prosecutors in 1995 and fined a full billion. The bleeding father-in-law kicked out his daughter's businessman boyfriend and chose himself from the candidate prosecutors of the Judicial Training Institute.

All this is just to find a prosecutor son-in-law to protect his money.

"Very good," Li You threw the cigarette butt into the trash can, "Let Cui Dou Ri come to Jiangnan Industry. He should be able to come. We need to discuss our internal affairs."

Cui Douri arrived at Gangnam Industrial as scheduled and was a little nervous. He couldn't understand the meaning of Park Tae-soo's behavior. Giving him 100 million in a month?

Shouldn't it always be these people who hand it over to the prosecutor?

He stepped into Jiangnan Industrial, and as Long Da led him upstairs, he prepared himself mentally.

The first time he saw Li You, he lowered his head and shouted, "President!"

Long Da, who was standing next to him, was a little surprised. "Ah—you."

"I called you here to ask you something," Li You said meaningfully while sitting in the boss chair, "For example, are the employees you brought here your people?"

"Yes," Choi Doo-il lowered his head, "There are only two people who are their president's men."

"How many people do you have now?"

"There are 27 people in Seoul, not counting those two," Choi Doo-il thought for a moment, "As for Mokpo, I don't think I have many people left."

"Can you convince me?"

Cui Douri shook his head, "Probably not."

"Then get rid of him," Li You ordered Long Da, "Go and ask Wang Wu and the others to help him, and you go with them."

"Douri," Li You looked at Choi Douri who raised his head, "After the problem in Seocho District is solved, I will let Yongda take some people there, and you will follow Yongda from now on."

He nodded silently, agreeing to Li Youming's apparent seizure of power, "Specifically..."

"Ah? Me?" Long Da was a little surprised, "I really can"

"Please sit outside for a while. I have something to tell Long Da."

Watching Choi Do-il walk out, Li You cast his eyes on Long Da, "Do it well, you have the ability."

"When you go to Seocho District, look for businesses that appear to be in the same business as ours, whether they are nightclubs, game halls, or other businesses. At least ten of them must belong to Gangnam Industries."

"I will pay the money and try to go through the formal channels as much as possible. If I really can't reach an agreement, I will use other means."

"Yes, President." Long Da looked at Cui Douri outside with some hesitation, "President, can he believe it?"

Li You took off his glasses, "At least I can believe it now."

(End of this chapter)