Korean TV series: King of Peninsula 1997

Chapter 546: Rival in Previous Life
Both Bezos and Musk are straightforward people. After just a few phone calls, the exchange meeting of mutual visits was confirmed.

Including Li You, they will go to Bezos' Blue Origin company tomorrow.

Li You returned to the hotel in the evening and leaned on the sofa, browsing his phone.

"It is reported that the murderer of the women in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province has been arrested."

The blockade of public opinion is useful, but for Lee Woo, who is at the top, he can fully grasp the news on the Korean Peninsula even if he is in a foreign country.

He sent the TV video to Choi Doo-il who was on the Korean Peninsula. Without him saying anything, Choi Doo-il called him.

"Chairman, this matter has been suppressed by the National Intelligence Service and the police," Cui Douri is also a trainee of the Kinmen Talent Development Institute, and now he is much calmer when doing things.

Although the industry he is in is rather special and is not included in the courses taught by experts and elites.

But just like how Lee Myung-hak insisted on using the corporate governance law to build civil servants in the city hall and wanted to be the 'CEO of Seoul', Choi Doo-il, the black second brother, also borrowed a few points.

"The criminal, Kim Kwang-il, is from the north," Choi Doo-il said softly, "They made quite a scene on the Han River Bridge, and a policeman was shot."

"The people should have been sent to the ship back to the north now," Cui Douri paused, "and judging from the latest news from the north, Jin Guangri's father should have recovered."

There is nothing unexpected about Li You, this is a normal trajectory.

However, he will not have many good years left. Soon, Kim Kwang-il's father will get into trouble again, and Kim Kwang-il will escape to the north again, and finally be shot in the head in Hong Kong.

"How's the reaction from the people down there?"

"It's normal," Cui Dou Ri was still very happy. At least there was no trouble. "The rules were not broken."

He knew that Li You didn't care about the murderers, he only cared about whether the newly established rules were being eroded.

"This time we gave face to the National Intelligence Service and the National Police Agency," Li You checked his watch. "There won't be a next time. If anyone dares to kill people indiscriminately on our territory again, we will kill him and let the underground people on the Korean Peninsula see."

"As for those commercial areas for dignitaries and the like, we don't need to care about them if they are not our territory."

“Only those who know how to pay can be protected by us.”

"Yes," Choi Do-il agreed, "Also... President, there is one more thing."

"There's some movement in Busan."

Li You raised his eyebrows, "Pusan? In Busan, Jang Do-sik and Song Rina are the two people who manage the underground forces. Did they make a mistake?"

"That's not the case. They did a good job," Cui Douri said. "The problem is mainly with Cui Yixian."

Cui Yixian.
Li You hasn't seen this guy for a long time.

As the first fence-sitter in Busan to surrender to Lee Woo, Choi Ik-hyun is quite capable, but he is too smooth.

"What's up with him?"

"Jang Do-sik and Song Rina think he's a little weak," Choi Do-il frowned slightly, "They think Choi Ik-hyun always maintains this smooth attitude, which is not helpful for our expansion in Busan."

Li You threw his phone and wanted to laugh. It was obvious that Zhang Daozhi and Song Rina wanted to expand, and they were dissatisfied after being suppressed by Cui Yixian.

Busan is a very large city on the Korean Peninsula.

Li You now controls the underground forces on the Korean Peninsula, but in reality
Many small places are not under his control. Some are looked down upon by him, and some are divided to give living space to those gangsters and hooligans.

There are also some places that pay large sums of money to Kinmen and do shady business after obtaining Kinmen's permission.

There are many such places in a port city like Busan.

"Let these two guys behave themselves," Li You shook his head. "Don't even think about eating the mosquito meat. Just divide it up."

"Also remind them that there will be a big move in Busan soon, and they will be well fed."

Li You recalled the conversation he had with Zhu Mengyong some time ago.
Judging from the time, Zhu Mengyong should be taking action against his closest elder brother soon.

"Understood," Cui Dou Ri said solemnly, "I'll tell them right away."

After the call was hung up, the doorbell rang on time. Li You sat on the sofa and shook his head, pointing at the door handle.

The lock clicked open by itself.

After pushing open the door, Chen Yajun walked in with a smile on her face, but found that the person who opened the door for her had already sat back on the sofa.

Li You looked at Chen Yijun and said, "You came quickly."

"Of course," Chen Yijun puffed out his chest, "Our Chairman Li wants to introduce me to some people on Wall Street, so of course I have to come as soon as possible."

She was wearing a white sweater. The soft fabric fit her slender waist and shoulders. Her cuffs were rolled up to reveal her slender wrists, and the sweater bulged out when she straightened her chest.

Li You waved his hand, and Chen Yajun hurried over and was pulled into Li You's lap to sit on. Because the hem of her short skirt was just a few centimeters above her knees, her fair and slender legs fell on Li You.

She kicked off her high heels casually and leaned over, "Why did you think of calling me over?"

"You want me to sleep with you?"

As she spoke, she simply tied up her long hair, which was originally loose, and fixed it on one side with a pearl hairpin, revealing her fair neck. The earrings on her earlobes were still shining brightly under the dim wall lamp.

"Shun Yang Securities no longer exists. It's now Kinmen Securities," Li You held her up by the waist. "I asked you to come here because I want you to broaden your horizons and not stay in that small piece of land on the Korean Peninsula."

The shadows cast by the wall lamp on the other wall began to overlap, and the sound became louder and louder.

Li You waved his hand casually and closed the curtains of the floor-to-ceiling windows. Chen Yajun, with a flushed face and moist eyes, did not notice this, but instead put his arms around Li You's neck more enthusiastically.

She didn't forget her ultimate goal.

"Welcome..." Bezos glanced at Chen Yijun who was holding Li You's arm without leaving a trace, "Chairman Li, this is..."

"I am the executive officer of Kinmen Securities," Li You smiled, "I have gained a lot of insights today."

"Oh," Bezos nodded, "I understand."

He walked ahead and said, "Blue Origin's headquarters is in Kent, Washington. We're leaving now, and Musk will go directly there after getting off the plane."

The luxury car that Bezos is equipped with is not that expensive. Even when driving on the road in Washington State,

It didn't attract many people watching. They only looked at it with envy for a short while, and then left the convoy.

Bezos was in one car, Li You and Chen Yajun were in one car, and there were bodyguards in two cars in front and behind. There was no one else.

"Washington" Chen Yajun was initially curious about the local customs and culture here, but after watching for a while he became bored.

Instead, I was very concerned about the city of Kent where I was going.

As a large city with convenient transportation in Washington State, Kent's most important industry is logistics, warehousing and transportation.

The second is the aerospace industry. "I looked at the information," Chen Yijun raised the front and back partitions and curled up comfortably on Li You's shoulders, "Kent City's aerospace industry began to develop because of Boeing."

"Almost." Li You learned a little bit, "A few decades ago, they opened a large-scale production plant and established a scientific research and aerospace center."

He gently stroked Chen Yijun's ear and said, "Bezos placed Blue Origin's headquarters here. There must be a reason for this."

"By the way," Chen Yijun tucked his scattered hair behind his ears, "Mr. Musk's SpaceX, its headquarters is in Los Angeles, California?"

"Musk's company is in Hawthorne, a city under Los Angeles."

She was a little curious, "Is there a headquarters for Golden Gate USA in San Francisco?"

"To be precise, it's the American Kinmen Security," Li You nodded, "Do you want to go and take a look?"

"It's so close," Chen Yijun said with anticipation, "Let's go take a look on the way."

Li You nodded and agreed to her little request.

It's just some little tricks, Li You doesn't care.

When they arrived in Kent City, the sun was already rising slowly in the sky, and its golden light was shining on the headquarters building.

Blue Origin's headquarters building is a bit unremarkable. It is an ordinary building without any special shapes.

Bezos led Li You and Chen Yijun through the steel and glass doors with confident steps, and their footsteps echoed in the now empty hall.

In the center of the hall, a huge globe rotates slowly, and various medals and historical photos are hung around it, telling the story of the company's creation.

Most of them are about Bezos.

But there are really not many people coming here, so no one sees these things.
Musk, who was standing on the hanging place, looked up, saw them, stood up, and walked over quickly.

"Welcome to Blue Origin!" Bezos laughed.
Musk hugged her. Although they had just met, they were both very outgoing and friendly.

Musk looked at Li You with curiosity, "Is this Chairman Li?"

"It's me," Li You shook his hand, "I'm looking forward to this exchange with you."

"Me too," Musk said with a smile, "thank you for your attention, too."

Musk has made a lot of money from investments, but his current private aerospace company is not only failing to make a profit, but is also burning money continuously.

Although due to his genius arrogance, he felt that it would be feasible in the future, his funds were indeed running out. Not long ago this year, he invested a full 100 million US dollars into it, which was most of his fortune.

Considering the $100 million invested when it was founded and the investments made in recent years, the company is on the verge of running out of money.

You know, he is still the chairman of Tesla Motors, and its business conditions are getting worse and worse.

If it weren't for the other projects he invested in that were still barely helping him to make a profit, his financial situation would have collapsed.

At this time, a young investor from the Korean Peninsula appeared. Not only did he have a lot of money, but he also would not interfere in the company's development. This was what he was looking forward to the most.

After saying hello, Musk started chatting with Bezos in front of him. They were looking forward to the aerospace achievements that might be seen in the future and exchanged a lot of computer knowledge. However, the two of them talked very little about the investment content that Chen Yajun was most concerned about.

The voices of the two people chatting in front of Li You suddenly became louder.

"Don't mention it," Musk said bitterly. "In March of this year, my SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket failed on its first launch."

He sighed and said, "There's not enough money to spend."

“Last year when things were good, the company also acquired a 10 percent stake in Surrey Satellite Technology.”

"This private satellite manufacturing company focuses on various small satellite businesses."

"What caused the launch failure?" Bezos walked them down the corridor.

"The specific cause was an aluminum bolt that was corroded by seawater before launch and cracked, which caused the pipeline to leak oil and catch fire after the launch of the first-stage rocket, and then failed."

Musk shrugged.

In fact, this failure destroyed his dream of launching a rocket quickly and successfully.

"It's okay," Bezos comforted him, "My Charon can't be considered a success, it can only be considered as not crashing."

"Jeff, when are you going to do it next time?" Musk turned his head and looked at him. "This year?"

“Yes,” Bezos nodded. “Probably in November or December.”

"Remember to invite me," Musk said with emotion, "I have to go and see it."

Li You and Chen Yajun were at the back and didn't interrupt, just listened quietly.

They really didn't know much about aerospace technology and couldn't join in their conversation.

But Li You has something that these two people don’t have, that is a large amount of cash flow.

"There's one more thing," Musk said, a little depressed, but also a little hopeful. "I kind of want to move the company to Texas. Texas does not levy state personal income tax, the regulatory environment is much more relaxed, and it also strongly supports the aerospace industry. I think it can make us an important milestone in the future development of the aerospace industry."

Walking through every floor of the building, the conversations between Musk and Bezos are always filled with passion for space exploration and expectations for the future.

Some people even had sparks in their eyes and started discussing passionately and creatively.

When Bezos led them into the research center, the instruments and equipment in the laboratory were arranged in an orderly manner, and the researchers in white coats were concentrating on conducting various tests and research.

But the display may be everywhere, including here.

Bezos pointed to a huge simulator and explained: "This is our latest development, which can simulate some conditions in the space environment."

In the center of the display area, there is a huge transparent screen, which plays a video of the company's recent successful launch.

Although it was not a success, Bezos still proudly introduced the video, "This is our first real launch mission. Although we failed in the end, it does not prevent us from bravely taking the next step."

After the visit, they came to the conference room together. After a brief exchange, Bezos took out an electronic screen with complex data and graphics. He explained in detail the company's scientific research direction and the phased results it has achieved, and cited the benefits of investment.
After hearing these words, Chen Yajun, who was standing next to Li You, felt a little dizzy.

She couldn't remember all the data that Bezos reported continuously.

Seeing the smile in Bezos' eyes, Li You clapped his hands helplessly and looked at Musk, "Elon, what do you think?"

"I certainly hope to cooperate with Blue Origin," Musk said frankly: "It does have what we have, and we lack what it has."

"Cooperation can lead to win-win results."

"That's right," Bezos returned to the serious topic, stroking his bald head, "But if we want a three-party partnership, we still have to go to California to see Elon's company and carefully negotiate the contract."

"Go get ready," Bezos told his secretary, then pulled Elon and Li You together, "Let's go have a meal first."

(End of this chapter)