Korean TV series: King of Peninsula 1997

Chapter 507 Seeking Skin from a Tiger
After returning to Kinmen, Li You immediately plunged into the busy work of the new year.

Jeju Island's tourism projects have been open for some time, and although business and profits are indeed growing faster than a money printing machine, some problems have been exposed.

But they are all minor issues, mostly management issues.

This was just a small matter. What's more, Jeju City Mayor Jiang and Long Da patted their chests and assured Li You that this matter would be resolved immediately and Li You didn't need to spend any more time on it.

But incorporating Shunyang Group into Kinmen is a huge task.

What's more, there are various large projects in the industry that are currently being operated, and they all need Li You's review in the end.

Time really is money, and it is countless money.

As for the Kaesong Industrial Park, Li You finally agreed to divide up some of the work and transfer it to the Kaesong Industrial Park. However, they were all the simplest jobs, simply named "electronics".

In the teahouse, Zhao Taixie and Jin Yongjun met.

One is a member of parliament who made a deal with Kim Gun-young and was supported by Kim Gun-young.

The other is Jin Jianying's eldest son, and currently one of the candidate heirs to Tianxia Group.

The purpose of these two people sitting together is obvious.

"How do you say that?" Zhao Taixie smiled, his attitude as gentle as ever, "It's hard for people to have smooth sailing while moving forward."

"Even Li You," Zhao Taixie smiled, "didn't have a good life in the first twenty years. He only turned into a dragon after he got the chance."

"What awaits him are gang fights, intrigues within the Kinmen Group, and assassinations later on."

Zhao Taixie was trying to persuade Jin Yongjun, or at least it seemed like he was trying to persuade him.

But obviously Jin Yongjun didn't listen to his words.

"But Li You is indeed different from many people," Jin Yongjun looked at Zhao Taixie very seriously, "He is now indeed a person who stands shoulder to shoulder with my father and Chen Yangzhe."

"It's not just that. There are too many people in the Korean Peninsula who believe that Lee Woo has a different destiny," Jin Yongjun said with some envy. "You also know the situation in our Korean Peninsula. Too many people believe in these things."

Zhao Taixie laughed in silence. He has always been the one who doesn't believe in these things, otherwise he wouldn't have jumped from Deputy Prosecutor General to Member of Parliament.

"President Jin also thinks that Li You is lucky?"

Jin Yongjun was silent for two seconds, "I haven't asked him."

"Don't blame everything on luck," Cho Tae-seop said earnestly, "Some things can indeed be said to be luck, but success does not rely solely on luck."

"Look at the Shunyang Group after it was acquired. It has begun to regain vitality under the leadership of Li You. It is no longer the Shunyang Group that was depressed after Chen Yangzhe's death." Zhao Taixie narrowed his eyes behind his glasses. "Now that the two of us feel that it is promising to work together, let's not count on illusory luck."

"Li You seems to be doing well these days, which makes many people think that it is his luck, but in fact," Zhao Taixie shook his head, "even if Chairman Jin was not sick and hospitalized, Chairman Jin would still give up those shares of the oil market."

"Li You was sure of this matter, so he quickly changed his target and pointed the gun at Sunyang," Zhao Taixie felt that he had never said so many words to his deceased family members before. "Many things only seem to be smooth sailing, but there have been countless undercurrents behind them."

"Before Chen Rongji was imprisoned, who would have thought that Li You had in his hands a piece of evidence that he had hired someone to kill someone, and that he had kept it for nearly four years?"

"He arranged all these things long ago and nipped any possible trouble in the bud," Zhao Taixie said with some amazement in his heart. "No matter what Chen Rongji is like, he still has the background of Shunyang. But in front of Li You, he was taught a lesson like a rookie."

"Chen Rongji's health has always been poor, and it's unclear how many years he can live."

“Everything we do is ultimately for our future.”

Listening to what Zhao Taixie said, Jin Yongjun was not surprised that he had such a high opinion of Li You. This was not the first time he had a secret conversation with Zhao Taixie in these days.
"Councilman Zhao is right about this matter. I know this truth," Jin Yongjun pursed his lips. "Councilman Zhao, my brother has been..."

Jin Yongjun hesitated for a moment, "The recent movements are very...honest."

He used the word 'honest'.

Zhao Taixie calmly poured him a cup of tea, feeling a little disdainful in his heart, thinking that he would not intervene.

He guaranteed that Kim Young-jun and Kim Sung-jun would definitely be the next Chen Rongji and Chen Dongji, and the Tianxia Group would become the Shunyang Group.

"What we have to do now is not to fight for power," Zhao Taixie looked at Jin Yongjun solemnly, "but to do everything you can. If you have any questions about the group, feel free to ask me."

"After you do everything you can, and you are the eldest son," Cho Tae-seop reminded him, "President Kim will naturally favor you."

"This has nothing to do with our personal relationship, but is a major political and business issue."

Cho Tae-seop added: "You can also see that the Golden Gate Group is still getting stronger step by step, and now its strategy is moving to the next step."

"If he continues to be powerful, not only will business be controlled, but even politics will be constantly influenced by him."

Zhao Taixie poured out the herbal tea in his cup, replaced it with a new cup of tea and took a sip. "Tianxia Group is one of the few companies that can compete with him in the future."

"But the prerequisite is that the inheritance of your Tianxia Jin family can be completed smoothly, and it won't fall apart and another Shunyang will appear."

"So, Congressman." Kim Young-jun understood this, but was still a little worried, "Are you asking me not to care about Sung-jun's affairs?" "Sung-jun xi" Zhao Tae-seop looked at Kim Young-jun and felt a little unhappy. It seemed that what he said before was in vain. Kim Young-jun was still worried about the threat posed by his younger brother.

Although he wanted to intervene in Tianxia Group and help Jin Yongjun, who was a piece of shit in his eyes, to move up, he didn't want to be a nanny.

"If you're really worried," Cho Tae-seop said, changing the subject, "at least let me know before you do anything."

After knowing these things first, he was also prepared for the future.

Jin Yongjun didn't think much about it, but promised with a scorching gaze, "Thank you for your support, Councillor. I will inform Councillor Zhao in advance."

The response was so fast, it was like he came here just to say this.

As Kim Young-jun walked away happily, Cho Tae-seop looked at his back quietly with no expression on his face.

Compared to this side, Kim Sung-jun's situation is much worse.

The world energy he was in charge of, especially the oil industry, which was originally a major sector of the world energy, became increasingly difficult because of the events in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Not to mention that what’s happening over there is spreading to other oil-producing countries.

So many international energy companies now want to grab a piece of the pie from there, and since they are American companies, they naturally have an advantage.

Jin Shengjun had only one solution, which was to set a high price. However, if he set a high price to extract crude oil, the price of oil sold domestically would have to rise. Otherwise, after adding the extraction cost and transportation cost, it would be a pure loss.

But over in Kinmen, although the crude oil extracted from Suriname is priced the same as international crude oil, the extraction and transportation costs are pitifully low, so the price can be lowered.

No matter how you fight a price war, you will lose.

Jin Shengjun propped his head on the desk, his head hurting.

But he did not blame Kim Gun-young. He was already satisfied because Kim Gun-young treated him and Kim Yong-jun equally.

What to do? Jin Shengjun frowned. Should he cooperate with Li You?

He recalled his meeting with Li You that night, and then recalled Li You's subtle suggestion that he could support him in his bid for the position of chairman of Tianxia Group, and he couldn't help but shudder.

Are you kidding me? Who dares to cooperate with Li You?

Sun Yang’s fate is still vivid in his mind. Jin Shengjun still knows his own limitations and knows that he cannot defeat Li You.

Kim Sung-jun stood up somewhat irritably and looked outside at Seoul. After nightfall, the lights of Seoul looked particularly brilliant.

Just when Jin Shengjun's eyes were deep and about to calm down.

A sudden and hurried knock on the door interrupted his thoughts. The door opened and the secretary appeared in the office in a hurry.

"Representative nim!" The silence in the room was broken by the arrival of the secretary. The hurried footsteps echoed in the spacious space, and the secretary quickly rushed to Jin Shengjun's side.

Jin Shengjun looked dissatisfied. He turned his head and glanced at his secretary, and found that the secretary's face was solemn and there was a bit of tension in his eyes.

Jin Shengjun looked at him steadily, wanting to know what was going on.

The secretary turned the phone screen upwards and handed it to Jin Shengjun with a serious expression.

Jin Shengjun took the phone and looked at the always-on screen, which displayed a photo.

The photo shows his close friend and beloved relative Jin Yongjun, and the background looks like a small teahouse.

"What's wrong?" Jin Shengjun was a little uneasy.

"The people we sent to follow Representative Kim Young-jun found that he went to this tea room to meet someone," the secretary explained. "Within ten minutes after Representative Kim Young-jun left, another person came out."

Jin Shengjun was silent for a while, staring at Jin Yongjun who was dressed in a suit and smiling.

He slid his thumb lightly and moved to the next photo.

On it was the square-faced and righteous Zhao Taixie.

Jin Shengjun's eyes narrowed instantly, his fingers trembled slightly, and a chill surged in his heart.

He understood what the photo meant.

It turns out that while he was still hesitating and afraid that introducing outsiders would be detrimental to the Tianxia Group, his elder brother was now preparing to unite political forces to launch an attack on the right of succession.

Jin Shengjun's eyes turned cold, now that his elder brother had found a powerful ally.
He also needs to find his allies.

"Both are trying to get the skin of a tiger," Jin Shengjun's eyes flashed with a barely perceptible anger and determination, "Let's see whose tiger is more ferocious."

"Big brother."

(End of this chapter)