Korean TV series: King of Peninsula 1997

Chapter 476: Earning Money and Winning People’s Hearts

No matter how strong the friendship was, Li Lianchang would not dare to do this.

The military and politics have never gotten along well, especially those politicians who first experienced the military government period. Now they are in high positions and have always been wary of those senior generals.

After that, anyone who wanted to interfere in military affairs would be severely punished.

Li Lianchang thought for a long time, clapped his hands suddenly, and decided to pass the matter to someone else.

And he was someone that both he and Li You were very familiar with.

As troops continue to head to Iraq, the upper echelons will of course begin to divert the public's attention, especially the young people.

Of course, Li You thought so too, so he asked Kinmen Entertainment and SM Entertainment to quickly launch a new idol group.

Two weeks later, a group called TVXQ emerged.

After TVXQ officially debuted, their first single did not receive much attention at first, after all, they were a new group.

But with Li You's special support and as they appeared on TV more and more times, this idol group that filled the gap in the market for boy bands gained more recognition. They won their first music program championship with their single.

Even the first album released in the next two months quickly reached number one and became one of the best-selling albums in 2003.

This achievement is not without reason.

TVXQ is the leading second-generation Korean wave group and caught up with the times this year. The entertainment industry at that time was in need of fresh blood, and elementary and middle school students in East Asian countries also lacked an idol of the era. With such a favorable timing and location, TVXQ reached its peak as soon as it debuted.

However, without the support from various companies, this is far from the results they should have now, or this is not the time for them to become popular.

The strategy was successful. As soon as this boy band was launched, it attracted the attention of most young people.

More young people began to pay attention to idol groups rather than the Iraq War which had nothing to do with them.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li You also sponsored a sum of construction costs to the Seoul Metropolitan Government.

As the new mayor of Seoul, Lee Myung-hak will certainly not have just one project to reform the public transportation system after taking office.

His next move was to push forward the construction of Seoul's new City Hall.

Fortunately, there is a new boy band and the reputation of improving the public transportation system.

Although many people in the community said, "There are so many things to do, but they are thinking about building houses for themselves first," Li Mingxue still resolutely decided to build a new city hall.

In fact, considering the space saturation problem of the old city hall, previous mayors, including the very popular Cui Changdi, also made plans to build a new city hall, but each time they were shelved due to pressure from public opinion. This dilemma has lasted for decades.

In Lee Myung-hak's opinion, since the old city hall has no way of accommodating all the current government departments, they can only be scattered throughout Seoul.

These civil servants are unable to cooperate with each other and will waste each other's time. It is precisely because of this that the efficiency of civil servants in serving the people will continue to decline.

Therefore, he felt that building a new city hall was not only for the benefit of civil servants, but also for the benefit of all citizens.

In particular, when Li You proposed to sponsor the construction of a new city hall in Seoul, Li Mingxue agreed without hesitation.

Li You and the Kinmen Group are no longer the penniless selves of the past. The money in his hands now really begins to become a string of numbers that are difficult to count, especially the currency of the Korean Peninsula makes this number seem even larger.

All he had to do now was to rush into various places waving money.

Whether it is Seoul City Hall, the Prosecutor's Office, the National Assembly Building, or even the Blue House and the military.

As long as he can get in, Li You will definitely go.

It is indeed easy for him to violate taboos by doing this, but Li You doesn't care about that. Li You is now strong both at home and abroad, and no one can get concrete evidence at present.

The only pity is that he failed to replace the Chief Prosecutor with Cho Chang-sik, whom he supported, when Lee Lian-chang came to power. He could only remain as Chief Prosecutor in the Supreme Prosecutor's Office. He was only one step away from becoming Chief Prosecutor, but Cho Chang-sik failed to take that step in six years.

After officially signing the contract with Li You for Golden Gate Group to sponsor Seoul City Hall, Li Mingxue was alone, but his brain was divided into several parts and he began to study various projects.

The public transportation reform has been carried out vigorously and many roads have been repaired, but the most important Cheonggyecheon viaduct and covered road cannot be completed quickly even though they have been blocked. It is the most troublesome section of road.

As long as these are demolished and dual lanes are built on both sides, the public transportation reform can be basically completed, and the original natural appearance of Cheonggyecheon Stream with its continuous flow can also be restored.

Li You is also looking forward to seeing to what extent the restored Cheonggyecheon Stream can boost the surrounding economy.

However, the small vendors setting up stalls in the surrounding area are the biggest obstacle to the progress of the project.

The surrounding merchants left the market early, and even most of the stores were bought by Li You. They are now empty. Only a small number of people are left who rent other people's stores to do business, or do business in their own stores. They all pay taxes and do business normally.

However, these roadside vendors illegally occupy city roads to do business and do not pay taxes, which is clearly an illegal act.

But despite this, Li Mingxue could not ask the market management department to forcibly ban them according to law. Although they were engaged in illegal operations, it also concerned their right to survival.

That’s thousands of roadside vendors.

Even in the beginning, because of the road closure, some vendors showed various extreme emotions, which put a lot of pressure on the police officers who were maintaining order.

In the end, it was Li Mingxue who discussed with Li You and they finally came up with a good direction.

After Lee Woo acquired the baseball team in Daegu, he then bought the Dongdaemun Stadium in Seoul.

This sports field has been abandoned for a long time, but it is no problem to use it as a location for these vendors to set up their stalls.

Li Youyi originally wanted to renovate the stadium and gain profits from the sports boom.

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According to calculations by data analysts at the Kinmen Group, no matter how developed the sports industry is, it will take several years for Li You to recover the cost of the sports field that he plans to build using a free model.

But if it is transformed into a market and each vendor is charged a certain monthly stall fee, the cost can be recovered in even one or two months.

The Kinmen Group can also take this opportunity to further win over these small vendors.

In the future, it may be comparable to the current Beidaemun Market.

Of course, the Bukdaemun Market has over 10,000 stalls, and even covers several streets. The newly opened Dongdaemun Market is certainly far behind.

So the Seoul City Hall and the Golden Gate Group announced the next day that they would transform the Dongdaemun Stadium into a brand new market in Seoul, hoping that vendors would actively move in.

He also stated that the construction of Dongdaemun Market will be benchmarked against that of Bukdaemun Market.

The situation did not go beyond Li You and Li Mingxue's expectations.

Dongdaemun Market has only been open for a week, but it has already become quite famous.

Xiancheng TV also filmed an exclusive documentary about Dongdaemun Market, introducing the market's development prospects and the current cultural construction in the market. Citizens from Seoul and even the surrounding cities in Gyeonggi Province rushed to shop.

The merchants in the market no longer have to worry about being subject to strict regulation by government departments, and their sales are increasing day by day. Even if they need to pay a stall fee every month, they earn more money than before, so they are of course very happy.

Besides, they were still grateful to Li You and the Kinmen Group in their hearts. After all, the environment of setting up stalls on the roadside was much worse than here. Sometimes they couldn't even go to the toilet, because once they put the stall here and went to the toilet, someone else might push their stall away and occupy their stall, or their stall might be stolen. If they pushed the stall away, they wouldn't be able to occupy it today.

Even in the cold and autumn seasons when business is slow, Dongdaemun Market is still crowded with people.

Even the night market is more lively.

(End of this chapter)