Korean TV series: King of Peninsula 1997

Chapter 526 Strange People

April 7th morning.

The three men walked off the plane talking and laughing, with no intention of following orders.

They had just finished a long and bumpy flight, but their bodies had been genetically modified, with strong muscles and extremely flexible joints. Even after staying in the cabin for several hours, they did not feel stiff at all.

"Really?" the man walking in the second position complained, "They asked us to go on a mission, but they didn't even buy us first-class tickets."

"Okay, noon, I won't treat you unfairly," the leading man stretched out his arms, "Think about how much those medicines are worth, don't you know?"

"That's right," Park Jung-noon grinned, "but I haven't been back for a long time."

"Brother Mingyi, I feel like there's no change."

Zhang Mingyi glanced at him helplessly, "What changes can you see at the airport?"

He turned around and reached out to pull the third person, "Go faster, Park Yangxi."

As the youngest member, Park Yang-seok quickly began to assess his surroundings as soon as he stepped off the plane, but there was really nothing at the airport that required their attention.

He instinctively dodged Zhang Ming's outstretched hand. Pu Yangxi came back to his senses and nodded silently, "Yes."

"By the way," Zhang Ming patted him and looked at Park Zhengwu, "Remember to keep your boxes safe. You two both know the consequences of losing them."

On the evening of April 7, Li You met Pastor Li in his office.

Pastor Li was dressed very formally. He had not come to see Li You for nearly two years.

Although he still lives in Seoul, he spends most of his time preaching with the pastors around him and personally recruiting believers.

Coming to the power center of the Golden Gate Group again, with its office located in the most prominent high-rise building in the city center, Pastor Li felt
Now Li You's power can reach every corner.

The glass curtain wall outside the window reflected the dazzling sunlight, and Pastor Li saluted Li You respectfully.

Especially in his neat suit, he didn't look like a pastor. He didn't have any dignity of a pastor at all. Instead, he looked more like a practitioner in the financial industry.

For Li You, he had already placed Pastor Li on the Korean Peninsula as a chess piece.

He also hopes that in the future, the church he invested in can become a hidden weapon to influence public opinion and people's hearts.

However, faith always takes time and cannot be achieved in one day.

"Why isn't Pastor Li wearing clergy uniform?" Li You spoke first with a smile.

Pastor Li walked closer, with a hint of worry in his eyes.

Although his footsteps were barely audible on the soft carpet, every step he took still made him uneasy.

"President, you are joking. Those clothes are not formal enough," Pastor Li said in an unsteady voice. He smiled bitterly and said, "This time..."

Seeing his hesitation, Li You sat behind the large desk, tapping his fingers on the tabletop and took the initiative to speak, "Is the church in trouble?"

Pastor Li nodded. He considered the weight of Li You's words and felt that there was no intention of blaming him.

Only then did he raise his head and look at Li You. He felt that Li You's eyes were deep and could see into the deepest part of people's hearts.

"What's going on?" Li You's voice was calm, which somehow brought peace of mind to Pastor Li. "Tell me, what is it that makes you, a pastor, so anxious?"

Pastor Li narrowed his eyes and thought about his wording, then took a deep breath and began his narration.

He mentioned some recent unusual movements in the church, such as some believers' remarks beginning to go beyond the scope of doctrine, and even rumors that some people were trying to use the power of the church to achieve their own personal goals.

Pastor Li sighed and said, "These people don't know your relationship with the church, and some of them have even begun to reach out to me."

Li You could hear the worry in his words.

As a pastor who knows the consequences of a polluted church, it is understandable that Pastor Li is afraid that these changes will threaten its purity and its status in the hearts of the people.

Li You listened with a calm face. He looked at Pastor Li for a few times.

He knew the priest's loyalty and was aware of his abilities.

This is a senior pastor with great preaching ability.

"This is easy to handle," Li You nodded, "Give me the name list, and I'll have someone go say hello."

Li You waved his hand, "I will support you in taking the necessary measures."

"But be sure to proceed with caution and not draw unnecessary attention."

Pastor Li breathed a sigh of relief, a trace of gratitude flashed in his eyes, and then he looked out the window and asked carefully again, "Actually, there is one more thing."

"Anything else?" Li You looked at him, "What's the matter?"

"You know," Pastor Li said with a wry smile, "Christian churches on the Korean Peninsula are very enthusiastic about overseas volunteer services, that is, overseas missions."

"In the past few years since the church was founded, we have followed the previous model and sent pastors to Moldova for short-term volunteer service. Later, we also sent pastors to Vietnam, India, Uganda and other places."

"This includes Afghanistan," Pastor Li said helplessly.

Pastor Li looked ashamed. “Until now, we have built several houses there for preaching.”

"You guys are really..." Li You shook his head in surprise, "you are really brave."

"In fact, it's not just us," Pastor Li pursed his lips, "We've been competing fiercely with another church recently, and many people who came to worship have been pulled away because they are more famous overseas."

Li You nodded thoughtfully. There are many churches on the Korean Peninsula, and to say there are hundreds is not a small number, but not many of them can actually make it work.

"What is your name?"

Pastor Li was quite helpless. "The Spring Water Church was founded in Seongnam City, Gyeonggi Province in 1999. After the release of "The Crucible", they also took the opportunity to reap a lot of dividends, especially at that time they had a strong overseas publicity and a large number of church members."

"To be precise, they reaped the most benefits from the church corruption case brought about by The Crucible."

Li You nodded gently, "Spring Water Church..."

"What do you want me to help you with?"

"That's right," Pastor Li said, looking more energetic. "I know the president has people stationed in Afghanistan and Iraq. Can we send pastors there?"

"It's not going far," Pastor Lee added, "It's just bringing comfort to those who are in the midst of war, whether they are soldiers or whatever."

Li You touched his chin and said, "It's not bad to go there in the name of comforting the soldiers."

On the contrary, he felt that it was indeed possible. After all, the second batch of Marines transferred back from Iraq had already had retired soldiers joining Kinmen security one after another.

But the 707th Brigade in Afghanistan is still firmly stationed there, and he can't find any opportunity to poach people.

The 707 is better at carrying out urban counter-terrorism than the Marine Corps.

"Of course you can," Li You nodded gently, "but I also need your help here."

"Please speak, President," Pastor Li quickly stood up, thinking there was something interesting going on.

"You should know that Kinmen Security has reached an agreement with the military. Retired Marines in Iraq can work for Kinmen Security," Li You said to Pastor Li, "but the elites stationed in Afghanistan have always been part of the 707th Brigade, and they have never been rotated."

"It's just right that when you go to Afghanistan, go meet Lieutenant General Yoon Gil-jun who is stationed there," Li You crossed his arms and looked at him, "I'll tell him that I'll give you the opportunity to preach in the army."

"I don't ask you to really convert those soldiers into believers. I just need you to make them want to go home and have a good impression of the Kinmen Group."

Pastor Li suddenly understood and nodded repeatedly, "This is what we pastors need to do most."

He bowed again and asked President Li to rest assured that we will complete this task well.

"How many people do you plan to send?"

"I will go there myself," Pastor Li thought for a moment, "and maybe bring six or seven pastors and some volunteer believers."

"Okay," Li You simply finalized the matter.

He first told Choi Doo-il to use the ubiquitous underground members to investigate the Spring Water Church.

However, it was discovered that the Spring Water Church was just as Pastor Li had said. When "The Crucible" was released and the Crucible incident broke out, the founder of this church keenly seized the opportunity and attracted many believers from Gyeonggi Province.

Their doctrine is clean and ordinary.

At that time, because of the incident at the Gwangju School for the Deaf and Dumb, Li You ordered Pastor Li and his men to focus on preaching in the vicinity of Gwangju, and neglected Gyeonggi Province, which allowed the Spring Water Church to take advantage of the situation. "I see," Li You frowned.

"President," Cui Douri felt something was wrong, "Did this church offend the president?"

"That's not the case," Li You really couldn't let Cui Dou Ri take action against this church openly.

The name of Spring Water Church is simple, but that doesn't mean it is simple.

The word "church" means so many things on the Korean Peninsula.

"Send someone to keep a close eye on him," Li You instructed Cui Douri, "check the founder of the Spring Water Church to see if he has any bad intentions."

"Yes, President."

Li You hung up the phone, looked at the sky outside gradually getting dark, and sighed silently.

He stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, turned on his cell phone again, and called Yin Jijun who was far away in Afghanistan.

The floor-to-ceiling windows are like a transparent barrier, separating the bustling Seoul from the quiet office.

The call was connected. After a brief commotion on the other end, it should be Yin Jijun who left the table. "Our President Li is not the kind of person who calls for no reason. What's going on this time?"

Li You chuckled twice, "Then I'll just say it straight?"

"Tell me about it?" Yin Jijun said directly, "With our relationship, we can certainly do everything we can."

"But I'm in Afghanistan right now. If it's something in Seoul, there's probably nothing I can do to help you."

"It's really not about Seoul," Li You said in a relaxed tone, "It's about Afghanistan."

He explained: "The vice admiral also knows that Kinmen security is now closely related to the Marine Corps."

Li You paused and said, "I hope to extend this close relationship to the 707th Squadron."

“So you were waiting for me here,” Yoon Ji-jun laughed, “But this is easy to say, but also difficult to say.”

Sitting on the sand in Afghanistan, Yin Jijun said with a hint of thought in his voice, "Many members of the 707th Squadron have served much longer than ordinary soldiers, including ordinary marines."

"Look, over the past year or so, the members of the 707th Brigade stationed in Afghanistan have not been rotated."

“It may take two years here before I can go back to my country for rotation.”

"Another point," Yoon Ji-jun was silent for a moment and then explained, "If the 707th Squadron is in Seoul, they will only follow the command of the commander. I was granted the authority because I brought them out to carry out a long-term mission."

Li You understood these reasons and then asked, "This should be the difficult part, then where is the simple part?"

"It will be easy once they return home," Yoon Ji-jun spread his hands, his eyes reflecting the sand dunes of Afghanistan, and began to elaborate on his statement, "Just like what you heard before, although I only have the command here, I may have to award medals when I return. I can just discuss it with the commander at that time."

"What's more, these retired soldiers of the 707th Battalion are no longer ordinary conscripts, they are professional soldiers."

Yin Jijun said, "When veterans retired, they all turned to security work. Otherwise, after such a long military career, there would not be any other jobs suitable for them."

Li You nodded and understood what Yin Jijun meant, "Then wait for the rotation time?"

"Okay," Yin Jijun agreed readily, "It will probably be two years in July this year, and I'm ready to return home."

Li You's fingers gently slid across the cold glass of the French window, and his voice was calm, "There is one more thing that may require the general's help."

On the other end of the phone, Yin Jijun probably greeted someone. Turning back, he was a little surprised, "Oh? To lend a hand?"

Li You smiled and said, "Some pastors here want to go there to preach. Please take care of them, Lieutenant General."

"."Yin Jijun was silent for a while, weighing the pros and cons in his mind.

"Preaching." Yin Jijun was a little speechless. "Let me put it bluntly. Those who come here to preach are all mentally ill."

"They are tired of living if they can spread their religion to Afghanistan."

Li You also smiled and shook his head. "It's not like the lieutenant general doesn't know what kind of people these churches on the Korean Peninsula are."

"But there is another reason why I allowed them to go," Li You said softly, "I wonder if, in addition to preaching to the locals in Afghanistan, they can preach to the soldiers stationed in Afghanistan?"

"The lieutenant general also knows that there are still many conscripts in the Korean army in Afghanistan. They don't have the strong will of the soldiers of the 707th Battalion."

"Okay," Yoon Ji-jun agreed after a brief thought, "I still have the final say on this matter, but you have to be careful and don't go too far."

"I always know."

"But when my soldiers arrive at your place," Yin Jijun laughed, "they will be treated the best."

"Oh?" Li You raised his eyebrows, "The Marine Corps is not the Vice Admiral's direct line?"

"I still remember that the Vice Admiral thought the Marine Corps was better."

"." Yin Jijun coughed twice, "This is not a conflict. Besides, I have been leading these people for almost two years, so of course I am closer to them."

Li You then discussed with Yin Jijun for a long time, mostly about various security issues in Kinmen.

This general, who has been in the army for more than 20 years, helped Li You with advice on everything from training mechanisms to salary and benefits.

"By the way," Yin Jijun mentioned before hanging up the phone, "didn't you invite Liu Hua and Mingzhu to your New Year's Eve party? Thank you for that. I'm not a very competent husband and father."

What he was talking about was something that happened a few months ago. During the New Year's Eve, Li You invited a lot of people, including Yin Jijun's wife and children, of course. What's more, Li Liuhua was his elder in the Jeonju Li family.

"You have done your best for the country," Li You smiled, "Lieutenant General, don't blame yourself."

“Bullshit,” Yoon Ji-jun rolled his eyes, “I don’t want to be a forced ‘voluntary garrison’.”

Their conversation ended in a hopeful tacit understanding.

Li You hung up the phone and cheered for the bright lights of Seoul outside the window.

It was certainly not a sudden thought for Yoon Ji-jun to mention his wife and children, and Li You didn't think so either.

"We still need to take better care of them," Li You thought as he looked out the window.

With so many people from all walks of life following Lee Woo on the Korean Peninsula, he certainly has to give back.

There are now at least a dozen shell companies that have no specific business and their only function is to collect money and share the money.

Money has been distributed to Yin Jijun's family, but the stock shares can no longer be increased. Yin Jijun's status is there, and even if the shares are registered in the name of his wife Li Liuhua, he cannot take too much, as that would become a crime against others.

Money, power and sex, the most commonly used things to win people's hearts, are of no use to Yin Jijun's family.

Li You looked out the window for a while and shook his head helplessly.

He looked at his watch and it was time to go to the dinner.

There is also a dinner with Mou Zhengxiong tonight.

Things to discuss were simple. After all, I had been engaged to Mou Xianmin for several years, and it was time for us to officially become husband and wife.

"President," the secretary bowed his head, "the lady is here to see you."

Although there are many women who come and go here with Li You, only Mou Xianmin is generally called Madam, while the other secretaries are addressed by their titles.

This can be regarded as fulfilling the agreement with Mou Xianmin, leaving the big one to her.

"Why don't you go with Uncle Mou and wait for me?"

Li You looked at Mou Xianmin for a few seconds. She had luxurious makeup and looked more majestic. She was no longer the girl who had just graduated and returned from overseas.

Especially when her medium-length hair is tied up, her face looks more heroic.

"This is a marriage negotiation," Li You smiled, "You are being so tactful. Aren't you afraid that Uncle Mou will be upset?"

"What does he have to be depressed about?" Mou Xianmin chuckled. "It was just a simple discussion, but he insisted on making it so grand."

"Look at what you said, there's nothing wrong in making it more grand," Li You put his phone inside his suit, and Mou Xianmin walked forward and took Li You's arm.

Jeon Jae-joon in the underground parking lot had also made preparations early. Today's matter was very important and he couldn't mess it up.

(End of this chapter)