Korean TV series: King of Peninsula 1997

Chapter 549 Affecting the Korean Peninsula

The Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas.

It remains the world's largest investment, comprising a hotel with a casino and comprehensive entertainment facilities.

At a height of more than 140 meters, guests can overlook the scenery below.

The long-haired man in a suit and tie silently looked up at the pointed-roof building. The upper part of the building was mainly earthy white, which was very consistent with the aesthetic of Venice in the sixteenth century and the Renaissance period.

Now that night has fallen, most of the people coming in and out of here are tourists and gamblers.

The hotel imitates many of the scenery of Venice, such as the Bridge of Sighs, St. Mark's Square, and the bell tower.
The hotel is filled with Venetian-style arch bridges, small canals and cobblestone roads, especially the canal on the second floor and the Venetian-style arch bridges and cobblestone roads. There is even an artificial sky that changes every twenty minutes. It can be said that everything in Venice can be seen here.

Coincidentally, Wick had good relations with some people in Italy and had been to Venice several times.

The magnificent lobby did not impress him at all. Wick, dressed in a suit and tie, walked to the front desk and politely gave his number to the receptionist.

The blonde receptionist smiled very professionally, quickly operated the computer, handed him a room card, and whispered that she wished him a pleasant stay.

"Thank you," Wick said calmly, and after taking the room card, he walked steadily towards the casino belonging to the hotel.

There is constant noise here, the ding-dong of slot machines, the clatter of chips thrown on the table, and people's laughter and exclamations.

There was some smoke in the air, and a mixture of various cigarette smells.

The people at the gambling table were either happy or worried, but Wick did not act like an outsider. He changed some chips and ordered a drink from the bartender at the bar.

Wick took the glass, sipped it gently, and slowly sat there watching the casino. This behavior was not surprising. Many experienced gamblers would look for some newbies who like gambling in this way to make a small profit.

He shook the glass. The ice cubes in the thick glass were shaking, and the dark brown wine was swirling gently, releasing a rich malt aroma.

In this extravagant environment, his heartbeat was unusually steady. Years of killing had kept Wick's emotions calm, like a bottomless lake. His eyes quickly locked on his target, Rick Solomon, who was wearing a gorgeous red and green jacket. He was now sitting at a gambling table like an ordinary gambler with a smug smile on his face.

The faint tattoo on his wrist shows that he is definitely a member of the Blood Gang.

This rapper and well-known gambler was still addicted to the gambling at the moment, behaving in an extremely flamboyant manner. From time to time, he would chat with the plump woman sitting on his lap with great interest, or wave the chips in his hand, enjoying the attention of everyone at the gambling table.

Wick came to a smoky gambling table and sat down, observing Rick, whose face was flushed. Rick laughed loudly, his luck seemed to be on the rise, and the chips in his hand were gradually increasing.

Rick flicked his wrist and the chips piled up like a pyramid, ending the game. He stuffed two chips into the chest of the woman in his arms and rubbed her a few times. The woman smiled and stuffed a note into Rick's hand.

Wick's eyes were fixed on him all the time, and he saw Rick stand up from his seat with a red face and hand the remaining chips to the waiter to exchange.

The waiter bowed and nodded, with a flattering smile on his face.

Rick, who was gambling and drinking, was already a little tipsy. He stood up staggeringly, humming a little tune, and staggered towards the bathroom.

Rick stepped into the bathroom. The tile floor was slippery and the water stains reflected the neon lights of the casino, almost making him slip.

After draining the water, his face was still flushed with drunkenness. He was immersed in the joy of winning money and didn't notice Wick following him not far behind.

He staggered into the hotel elevator, and the moment the elevator door closed, Wick reached out to stop the elevator door and squeezed in.

Rick's heart skipped a beat, his instinct telling him that danger was imminent, but the warmth of the alcohol and the excitement of winning made him numbed.

The elevator door slowly opened, and Rick stepped out of the elevator happily, but he did not sense any danger.

Wick followed closely behind with the room card in his hand. Rick relaxed his guard, opened his door, and just as he was about to step forward normally, he was pushed from behind by Wick and fell to the floor of the room.

Wick also squeezed into the door, the silencer made a dull sound, and two bullets hit Rick's forehead and heart accurately. He was about to curse, but his consciousness disappeared in an instant, and there were still wine stains and anger on his face.

The bloodstain slowly spread on the porch. Wick expressionlessly rummaged through his pockets, took out the note, and called the number on it using the guest room phone.

"This is John Wick, booking dinner for one."

After hanging up the phone, Wick pressed a gold coin against the cabinet and stood on the balcony admiring the simulated river below.

The woman who was sitting on Rick's lap in the casino knocked on the door. When Wick opened the door, the woman smiled and said, "Long time no see, Mr. Wick."

"Herri," Wick nodded, "Give Jaina my regards."

"Miss would love to dine with you in Italy, Mr. Wick."

Several scavengers entered behind her and began to deal with the bodies here. "I heard that this is a task issued by the hotel manager in New York?"

Wick remained silent, just watching the room become clean.

"We've cleaned up everything here," Holly smiled before leaving, "Miss asked me to tell Mr. Wick that the D'Antonio family will always be your friends."

"Thank you."

Simply put, the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas is backed by one of the world's largest casino and hotel management groups, the Sands Group.

This group has close ties with the three major Italian mafias.

The same is true for The Venetian, a hotel full of Italian style.

Wick lowered his head and pressed the keyboard of his mobile phone, sent a message to Winston, took out the SIM card and flushed it down the toilet.

Winston sipped champagne, happily re-edited the message, and sent it to Li You, "The target is dead, the mission is accomplished."

After reading the text message, Li You looked at Paris opposite him with a smile and signed the contract handed to him.

"In this case," Paris said with a smile on her face, "our Hilton Group will pay the penalty, but Chairman Park will need Chairman Lee to handle it."

"You don't have to pay the penalty," Li You waved his hand and handed the franchise contract to Quan Zaijun, asking him to put it away. "Chairman Park will not disturb the Hilton Group."

Paris nodded, but couldn't help asking, "Where is that?"

"Him?" Li You spread his hands. "He's gone."

"Gone?" Paris widened her eyes. After a few brief seconds, she looked at Li You's smile and also grinned.

"Glad it's gone," Paris leaned back in her chair with a sense of relief. The secretary behind her didn't understand what the two were saying at all.

I thought it would take some time before I heard this pleasant news, but I heard it today.

Paris breathed a sigh of relief, "It's a pleasure to work with you."

"Pleasant to work with."

Li You, who returned from New York, was still very busy. After leaving the Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, he had to rush to other places to sign the contracts to purchase those buildings.

When he met the representative of the Rothschild family sent by Benjamin, there was another round of greetings.

Fortunately, these property purchase contracts were easy to sign. After signing the contract with Rothschild’s representative in the United States, I went to notarize it the next day and it was done.

Los Angeles Airport that afternoon.

"I have to rush to Texas, so I won't be able to take you to San Francisco to visit the Golden Gate Security Company," Li You said as he saw Chen Yijun off to the plane at the airport. "Confirm the land for long-term lease and confirm that we can build the headquarters of the aerospace company."

Chen Yijun entered the boarding gate, and Li You did not stay long because he also had to catch the plane with Quan Zaijun.

“Chairman,” Jeon Jae-joon said with a blank look in his eyes, “Is this the businessman who’s on the go?”

He felt like he had never taken so many flights in his life.

Li You patted him on the shoulder and sat down in the VIP lounge to wait.

During this period, it acquired several buildings previously owned by the Rothschild family and signed a franchise contract with the Hilton Group for the Korean Peninsula.

The next step is to complete the registration of a private aerospace company and temporarily rent a building as an office. His cooperation with Bezos and Musk is currently just a verbal agreement. Only when his company is registered and has the ability to hold shares in each other can he truly complete the cooperation.

Li You looked at his watch and realized that he still had to wait nearly two hours before the flight.

Houston is the largest city in Texas and the fourth largest city in the United States. More importantly, this city is world-famous for its energy, aviation and canal industries. Even its official nickname is "Space City."

This place is also known as the 'Oil Capital of the World', where the research and development institutions of major American energy companies are concentrated.

This city is very suitable for Li You's goal. If he wants to rent a building here for a long time as the company's registration location, it will require a lot of money and the corresponding difficulty is also very high.

Fortunately, Bezos had built a launch base in Texas, and with his introduction, these things did not embarrass Li You.

As long as the registration and cross-shareholding are completed, Li You will no longer have to run around.

Whether it is building the actual framework of the company or recruiting various employees, you can hire someone to do it.

Even with a successful entrepreneur like Bezos helping to establish connections, it still takes some time to register a company.

Li You didn't stay in Houston for long. He just needed to send someone back after the approval.

"Jeff," Li You said while talking on the phone with Bezos, "I need you to pay more attention to the company registration."

Bezos laughed on the other end. "Don't worry, our cooperation is imminent. I will ask them to complete the registration quickly, but you have to find someone to take over."

"I know," Li You sighed, "That's it."

I originally wanted to go to Marvel Studios to lend a helping hand.

But Marvel has not yet faced its biggest crisis. It will have to wait until they go all in and start filming Iron Man before they will run out of ammunition and resources.

More importantly, Kevin Feige, who can be regarded as the reshaper of Marvel Studios, has not yet taken over as the president of Marvel. If a butterfly effect is triggered at this time, things may become very serious.

This guy has served as the producer of almost all Marvel movies. Li You doesn’t have that many things in his mind.

Four days after Chen Yijun returned to the Korean Peninsula, Li Youcai walked out of Incheon International Airport.

"President nim!"

Reporters who came after hearing the news had blocked the airport exit completely, and it was only with the help of security guards that they were able to squeeze through a path.

"I heard that you registered a private aerospace company in the United States. Is the Golden Gate Group planning to develop into the aerospace industry?"

"President Li, you..."

There were all kinds of noisy questions, but Li Youye only answered the first question.

Or maybe this was all arranged to boost the momentum of the Kinmen Group.

after all
The people of the Korean Peninsula are really keen on the aerospace industry, but they are unable to develop it due to the United States and their own industrial system. Now there is a man named Li You who has taken a different approach and registered a private aerospace company in the United States. Naturally, he wants to market this reputation well.

"The registered company has not yet been approved," Li You took the microphone from a reporter and looked at the camera, "but I am confident that it will pass the approval. In Houston, the American 'space city', I have already rented a building for a long time as my future office location."

"This is also thanks to my two good friends in the United States, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, who are also leaders in the field of private aerospace."

Li You handed the microphone back to the reporter. The security guards on both sides formed a human wall to protect Li You as he got into the car.

It was not until Li You got into the car that these reporters stopped their frantic questioning and began to transmit the materials to their own TV stations on the spot, and by the way, began to think about how to write their own manuscripts.

What does aerospace mean to the Korean Peninsula? In addition to them, the upper class people actually think more about it.

The development of space technology on the Korean Peninsula began in the late 1980s, and the Korean Space Research Agency was established to develop space rocket technology in an attempt to build its own space launch capabilities.

Of course, the development of space rockets began with the 'assistance' of the United States.

In 1, the Korean Peninsula finally produced the KSR- sounding rocket with technical assistance. Theoretically, it can be developed into a ballistic missile with a warhead of kilograms and a range of kilometers.

It's really pitiful to say that this thing has absolutely no possibility of being developed into a carrier rocket. It is just a very ordinary long-range solid rocket manufactured with the assistance of the United States. It does not involve any space launch technology and can at most be used to promote air defense missiles and ballistic missile technology.

The subsequent KSR-2 sounding rocket also has absolutely no possibility of being developed into a carrier rocket, but it has a longer range.

It was not until 3 that the Korean Peninsula successfully launched a KSR- sounding rocket that was actually developed for the development of a carrier rocket.

So last September, the Minister of Science and Technology announced again that the Korean Peninsula will invest huge amounts of money in the development of space technology in the next decade. It is estimated that from this year (2006) to 2010, a total of US$1.4 billion will be invested to develop satellites and launch vehicles, build space centers, and also carry out space technology development and international cooperation.

As a result, by the middle of this year, before they started investing, Li You had already invested.

According to the information leaked by Li You, the amount he invested in those two companies plus the money he spent on registration was close to 300 million US dollars.

Most importantly, he is also leveraging technology from private American aerospace companies.

As far as they know, both companies have technical cooperation with NASA.

Many people can't sit still anymore and are even anxious.

"President Li always brings back some big news every time he goes out," Li Lianchang rubbed his brows. "We just made a statement about increasing the investment in aerospace research funding, and he set up a private aerospace company."

There were several officials sitting in the President's office, including the Minister of Science and Technology who spoke to the public at the time.

"Minister Liu," Li Lianchang looked at Minister Liu of the Ministry of Science and Technology, "This year's funding will be approved soon. Please do not announce the specific figures to the public, but repeat the investment of 1.4 billion US dollars over five years."

"Yes, Your Excellency."

Minister Liu had a bitter look on his face. The current Ministry of Science and Technology did have some R&D capabilities, but only a little. It wanted to compete with Kinmen, which was backed by two private aerospace companies in the United States.
There is absolutely no such possibility.

The reason why the funding was delayed was that Li Lianchang was really dissatisfied with the results of the past two years.

Since the development of KSR-3 in , a lot of money has been invested in it with the approval of Li Lianchang.

But this is no longer the initial stage of US-assisted research and development. Compared with KSR-3, what has been developed now has hardly made much progress, and Li Lianchang is very dissatisfied.

The Minister of Science and Technology simply dragged it on. It would be a real disaster if the money was invested but there were still not many research results.

From now on, the president will no longer be Li Lianchang, and the new president will have to drag him out and whip his corpse repeatedly.

According to what he thought in his heart, he didn't care so much about "self-research". It would be better to wait for the United States to provide technical support, and then invest a lot of money. Not only could he gain friendship but also technology.

Unfortunately, Li Lianchang was not happy about this.

Li Lianchang also knew this man's character and did not have much confidence in the so-called self-research.

But Li You's actions gave him a new opportunity.

He still had a frown on his face, but he began to weigh the pros and cons in his mind, "Is there any possibility that the government will cooperate with Chairman Li?"

The President's secretary nodded, "Chairman Li is always willing to cooperate, so there is an opportunity for such cooperation."

"But he probably won't help us with R&D," one official added, "We can cooperate, but definitely not R&D. His company is registered in the U.S. after all, so we still have to be mindful of the impact."

"I will discuss this with Chairman Li later," Li Lianchang nodded. "Let the Ministry of Science and Technology approve the funding first, and then I'll see how far we can cooperate."

Li You returned to the Korean Peninsula in mid-July, and a few days later he received a call from Houston, saying that all the procedures had been completed.

Li You was not in a hurry to relocate his subordinates, but instead hired them locally with high salaries.

With the recommendation and support of Musk and Bezos, the complete company framework was quickly completed and was no longer an empty shelf.

At this appropriate time, Li You also officially announced the birth of Kinmen Dome Company, and Kinmen Group added another commercial aerospace company.

Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, or SpaceX and Blue Origin, invested in the dome company with technology.

Similarly, after Li You invested a large amount of money, Golden Gate Dome is now the second largest individual shareholder of both SpaceX and Blue Origin.

To simplify the complex cross-holding, each party holds the equity of the other two parties, and its own equity is also held by the other two parties.

Usually, with this kind of cross-holding, the assets of the three companies can all appreciate in value during a bull market.

The appreciation of the equity interests of each company in the other two companies in turn stimulates an increase in its own stock price, thus forming an interactive upward relationship.

If you level up, I level up and he level up too. If you fall, he and I can still help you.

"We will let our technicians support the construction of the Dome Company first," Musk and Bezos promised during the video conference.

Li You finally got this done.

In 2008, Musk's SpaceX signed a commercial space contract with NASA.

In one or two years four years from now, a cargo-type Dragon spacecraft will be sent into space and docked with the International Space Station, opening a new era of private spaceflight.

Blue Origin will focus on research on engines, propulsion and energy in the future.

Li You felt that the cooperation between the two parties would definitely speed up the pace of both parties, allowing them to continue to accelerate their progress, and he would also be able to benefit from it.

Although the two companies have not yet become successful, the funds he invested have enabled him to become the second largest individual shareholder. Once the market value rises in the future, his shares will definitely be diluted, but these technologies are what he needs, so dilution is inevitable. Even Musk and Bezos themselves cannot avoid dilution.

"It's finally done," Chen Daojun, who was attending the meeting nearby, was also quite happy.

Kinmen Electronics, formerly known as Shunyang Electronics, has been developing chips and semiconductors at an exceptionally rapid pace.

The IT industry research and development in Austin, the capital of Texas, and the Dallas-Fort Worth area are among the best in the United States, and major American integrated circuit manufacturers have also set up chip design centers here.

As long as core technology is not leaked, there is great room for cooperation between Kinmen Electronics and them.

"By the way, how is the development of the cloud platform going now?" Li You asked Chen Daojun.

The first thing he did when he went to the United States this time was to sign an investment contract with Amazon Group.

When I came back from my last trip to the United States, I specifically instructed Chen Daojun and Yin Xuanyou to start research and development on the cloud platform.

"The progress is good," said Chen Daojun, who did not attend the meeting. "We have no shortage of hardware resources, but the software resources need to be optimized."

"The current computing, network and storage capabilities are quite good. We have developed storage cloud platforms that focus on data storage and computing cloud platforms that focus on data processing. The next step is to develop a comprehensive cloud platform that takes into account both computing and data storage processing."

Li You nodded, feeling quite satisfied with their progress. "Amazon will take action soon. Let's concentrate our resources and speed up the process."

"And you guys," Li You patted Ding Qing beside him, "I have prepared branches for other subsidiaries of Kinmen in Los Angeles. You should transfer people there. Don't leave it empty."

"I know, I know," Ding Qing said with a smile.

In early August, after the Golden Gate Dome Company officially cooperated with two private aerospace companies in the United States, major media in Seoul and even the Korean Peninsula also reported on it, and the stock price of the Golden Gate Group once again reached a peak.

The reports involving Kinmen Group were still full of praise and positive publicity. "Kinmen Dome Company is the key to the exchange of aerospace technology between South Korea and the United States. The development of the aerospace industry has ushered in a new opportunity!"

But there are also some people who have come to the fore. I am talking about the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Korean Peninsula.

"The Ministry of Science and Technology said that my country's aerospace research has made major breakthroughs. We have mastered the technology of high-thrust liquid rockets and multi-pole rocket separation. We are now capable of developing launch vehicles for satellite launches. We will invest heavily in the development of aerospace technology in the next ten years. Our goal is to become one of the world's top ten aerospace powers by 2016."

Li You was grinning when reading this official report that painted a rosy picture. Who doesn’t like to read fun?

Li You thought they were overthinking the whole space race with him.

In fact, the Korean Peninsula has not yet mastered the launch vehicle and space launch technology.

The spirit of daring to brag can be said to be commendable, and he is not even ambiguous in investment. A few years ago, due to the Asian financial crisis, the economy almost collapsed and the investment in research and development was suspended. But now that the economy has recovered, he has begun to invest huge sums of money, even though there has not been any technological breakthroughs worth mentioning in the field of space technology in recent years.

Only with the help of the United States did they launch those two types of solid rockets, and in 2002 they independently developed a three-stage liquid rocket. Even the maximum flight altitude of this three-stage liquid rocket only reached 42 kilometers.

Judging from this, there is no way we can launch a satellite on our own without foreign assistance within the next 30 years.

Although Li You's Dome Company has not even recruited all the people, he is a wealthy person and has Musk and Bezos, two private aerospace tycoons who are bound to become future giants, behind him.

In less than ten years, Dome Corporation's technology will be able to destroy the Korean Peninsula to the point where nothing will be left.

By then, the Korean Peninsula will have to rush to Li You for help.

Li You sat comfortably in the office. Jun Ji-hyun was behind Li You, bending over for him to lean on, rubbing his temples with her slender fingers. The secretary, who was used to it, had a calm expression and lowered his head to report some report data in a low voice.

The private spaceflight matter had finally come to an end, and he only had to wait for various signatures.

On the other hand, at the Hilton Hotel, Chairman Park was a little tactless.

It’s not that the old guy is unwilling to hand over the Hilton Hotel. After all, the Hilton Group has agreed. No matter how unwilling he is, he can only sue the Hilton Group and ask them to pay the penalty for breach of contract.

He was just bargaining with Li You, trying to get the authorization of some low-end Hilton hotels.

Currently, the most luxurious hotel brand under the Hilton Group is the Waldorf Astoria, and there is no such hotel in the Korean Peninsula.

Li You did not plan to build so many. Even the mid-to-high-end Hilton sub-brand hotels, there are only four in the entire Korean Peninsula.

He mainly focuses on mid- and low-end hotels and expands them in some major cities.

Profit is one thing, but controlling the local area is the most important thing. Chairman Park guessed his thoughts the wrong way and probably thought that someone of Li You's level would only want a high-end hotel.

(End of this chapter)