Korean TV series: King of Peninsula 1997

Chapter 552 Feast
After a whole afternoon and evening of joy, Li You stood up and glanced out the window. It was already past evening and it was completely dark.

Li You left the four girls lying limp on the big bed and went downstairs wearing his clothes.

The fluctuations in crude oil prices caused by the problems in Iran have now been almost eliminated, and the price of a barrel of crude oil has been stabilized at around US$60.

But the problem in the north has just begun. As Li You expected, this problem will never end and will continue for many, many years.

According to the normal trajectory, either the two sides provide food and various supplies in a friendly manner and coexist peacefully, or they stand firmly on the side of the United States and jointly impose sanctions.

Strangely enough, every time there is a presidential election, there is always trouble in the North, forcing the presidential candidates to always prepare a public response strategy.

For example, during the last election, it was discovered that the North had begun researching nuclear weapons. This time, as the election was approaching, the North directly conducted a nuclear test.

Li You raised his hand slightly and used his telekinesis to call the cigar from the shelf. After lighting the cigar, he began to think about this election.

Emperor Cui Chang and Li Mingxue.
Only after the two of them have completed the internal election within the Grand National Party will one of them represent the Grand National Party in the presidential election.

He had already decided to support Emperor Cui Chang and had discussed this with Li Mingxue privately. This election was just for him to accumulate qualifications.

Choi Chang-eung is good at playing the peacemaker and doesn't even take sides in the Grand National Party, so it is not too difficult for him to maintain a balance on the peninsula issue.

In addition to one of them, the other candidates include Roh Moo-hyun, who lost to Li Lianchang in the last election, and Joo Mong-joon, who stabbed Roh Moo-hyun in the back at that time.

Two familiar faces, plus Choi Chang-eol, who has been accumulating popularity since leaving office as mayor of Seoul, make up all the candidates in this election.

"The Zhu family of Daying." Li You thought of the name Zhu Mengzhun and narrowed his eyes slightly, so this should be the reason why Zhu Mengyong came to him to express his attitude.

"Want to use this presidential election to exchange for Daying Ocean's interests and ask me to help him?" Li You bit his cigar, "Good idea."

The phone screen lit up, Li You just glanced at it casually and answered the call, "President Nim."

"Chairman Li," Li Lianchang had held meetings for several days, all of which were to discuss strategies toward the north.

There's no way, 'Little Boy' is too famous.

He rubbed his brows and said, "The Foreign Minister will leave tomorrow and go to the United Nations headquarters to discuss this incident with the other four countries in the Six-Party Talks."

"I heard that the US has even drafted a sanctions plan," Li Lianchang sighed, his eyes bloodshot, "It's really hard to stand firm now."

When you live under someone's roof, you have to bow your head, even if it's a country.

Li Lianchang had no choice but to say, "We don't have any good ideas for the current strategy."

"It's nothing more than a statement of condemnation, and then the Minister of Foreign Affairs will make a speech," Li You repeated softly, "Is that right?"

"There is no other way," Li Lianchang said frankly, "so we want to work hard on aerospace technology, at least to be able to fly farther and higher, and to have countermeasures to break free from the chains and threats of others."

Li You raised his eyebrows. This showed his true colors and he came to ask him for help.

"I saw that the Ministry of Science and Technology just announced that it would invest a large amount of money in research?" Li You said calmly, "It's good to have research results. We still need to ask them to work harder."

"The world's aerospace technology is so advanced, and the standards have been there for many years. If they still can't figure it out, we should think about whether they have tried hard enough."

"." Li Lianchang was speechless, and coughed twice after a while, "They... I believe in the researchers in our country, but we really started too late."

"If possible, Chairman Li's Dome Company, please make it bigger."

Li You sighed deliberately, "I'm afraid it's not convenient for Dome Company to openly provide direct help to our country's aerospace research. After all, it was established in the United States."

"The difficult progress of space research is related to national dignity and military strength. Direct assistance is absolutely impossible."

Li Lianchang remained silent. He understood what Li You meant. The little technology that the West had been providing to the Korean Peninsula over the years was all from the 1950s and 1960s. Even when the Korean Peninsula began to develop its own technology, it was forced to sign the so-called "Missile Agreement", which imposed restrictions on range and payload.

This is also one of the reasons why we have achieved almost no results after twenty years of independent research.

After a revision in 2001, the upper limit of the ballistic missile range was allowed to be 300 kilometers, and the payload should not exceed 500 kilograms.

Within two years, the KSR-3 launch vehicle was developed, with significant improvements in flight distance and payload.

The Dome Company established by Li You in the United States is originally a commercial aerospace company. It also needs the help of two American private aerospace companies and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration behind them. If it has technical exchanges with them.
Li Lianchang sighed, "Does that mean we can only have business dealings?"

"Instead of buying their stuff, why not buy what the Dome will research in the future?" Li You chuckled. "What do you think, Mr. President?"

Li Lianchang smiled bitterly and shook his head. "I'm afraid it's not your turn to say this to me, President Li."

"I have no intention of running for re-election, let alone seeking re-election. I will have to tell future presidents about these matters."

Li You laughed, "That's true."

"After this presidential election," Li Lianchang changed the subject abruptly, "Park Jin-sun may become the leader of the Grand National Party."

"Park Kaka's daughter," Li You said with a sigh. This Ms. Park is very ambitious. "It's not too much to be the party leader."

Li Lianchang was a little surprised. He didn't expect Li You's attitude to be so calm. "She has a strong desire for control. After she becomes the party leader, I'm afraid it will be difficult to push someone to the next election."

"The next one." Li You narrowed his eyes and shook his head. "The next election will be in 2012."

"Let's talk about things back then."

Seeing that his words were full of confidence, Li Lianchang didn't say anything more.

During the past few years of his term, he had thought about checking and balancing Li You, but the timing was not right, and he was not sure of the ability to do so. Now he has the last year of his term next year, so he just left it at that.

"Mr. President, please have a good rest," Li You looked at the sky outside the window, "There have been many incidents recently, so please take care of your health even when you have a good rest."

"Thank you for your concern, President Li," Li Lianchang said a few polite words and hung up the phone.

The burnt cigar filled the living room with the smell of burning cedar wood. Li You stretched and floated to the gym.

Li You turned on the lights in the gym in the villa. Various fitness equipment were neatly arranged and shone under the lights. He casually hung up his pajamas, revealing the solid muscles in his upper body. Each solid muscle was as clear as a sculpture.

Unfortunately, Li You frowned slightly during the exercise. These things were already considered light for him.

He sat cross-legged in front of the dumbbell rack and closed his eyes.

The heavy dumbbells soon began to float in the air, slowly rising and falling in rhythm with his breathing.

The air was subtly distorted by his telekinesis.

As his thoughts changed, the dumbbells began to come to life, jumping up and down in the air, drawing arcs.

Until every corner of the gym was filled with his telekinesis, more equipment began to rise and sweat began to flow down Li You's back.

For his current telekinesis, these weights are enough for him to exercise.

Under Li You's telekinesis, the equipment began to operate quickly and accurately. Telekinesis was an extension of his body and could respond to his intentions in the most direct way.

With his eyes closed, Li You's breathing gradually became deeper and more powerful. Every exhalation was accompanied by a strong sense of rhythm, in sync with his heartbeat and resonating with the dancing exercise equipment in the gym.

As the training progressed, Li You's control over telekinesis was becoming more and more refined. Several dumbbells intersected and met in the air without colliding.

His body and mind reached a wonderful unity. His breathing and muscle contractions were perfectly synchronized with his thoughts. He could feel the power deep in his heart growing and expanding little by little.

However, the degree of growth was very weak and slow, but Li You was indeed training according to the training methods in the movies and TV shows of his previous life. Perhaps the differences in the world made seemingly identical abilities not consistent.

He had no choice but to maintain his daily training routine. Fortunately, this method could still serve as some exercise now.

As time went by, the equipment in the gym began to slowly stop working, and the last dumbbell fell gently to the ground with a crisp sound, announcing the end of this training session.

"It's still a little short of what I expected," Li You sighed. His control became more refined, but the upper limit was improved very little.

He can now float into the sky, but he cannot move at high speed in the sky. The upper limit of his telekinesis is not enough to maintain stability during high-speed flight.

He left the gym and went upstairs while the four girls were still sleeping.

Li You shook his head, took a shower and returned to the living room. He called the housekeeper and ordered food from the menu.

He glanced at the taciturn housekeeper standing in front of him, "How many years have you been in the Korean Peninsula?"

There are now six female geishas in this villa. They were all girls brought back from Japan at that time and are now in their twenties.

These people, who were trained at a great cost at the time, were not only proficient in assassination, singing and dancing, but also had first-class cooking skills. Four of them lived in the villa. Li You did not like to hire a nanny or a chef at home, so he simply left the daily life to them. The other two were usually responsible for the protection of Mou Xianmin and Li Youmo, and now they also came to the villa with them.

The girl, whose face became more beautiful, lowered her head and said, "Master, we have been here for seven years."

"Seven years." Li You smiled and shook his head. "It's been a long time indeed."

He handed the menu back to her, "Go do your work."

Li You has been looking for a suitable location these days. He is planning to buy a suitable manor in Seoul, or if not, build one.

Although it is a single-family villa now, it is still located in the inner part of Jiangnan District, where there are many people and eyes.

Only after this manor was established could it be called the Li family, and only then could the steward be called the head of the family.

The dishes were not complicated and were served quite quickly. Li You waved his hand and asked another butler to call for help.

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When Li You sat at the dining table, he felt the atmosphere was a little weird.

The light from the chandelier shone on the long table in the restaurant, which was quickly placed with exquisite tableware by the butlers and even decorated with fresh flowers.

Li You gradually figured it out. He sat at the end of the long table, watching this strange scene with a smile in his eyes.

These four people.
They were still immersed in dreams just now, but now they have quickly dressed up. In such a short time, the four women, who should have had their own charm, with blushing faces and messy hair, now have more delicate makeup on their faces.

Although I didn't pay much attention to my clothes, maybe it was because there was really no time.

You can tell from the leader, Mou Xianmin, that he behaves elegantly but with a subtle sense of competition.

Is this a preparation for a silent contest?

Li You smiled and took the initiative to pick up his chopsticks, "Eat quickly, you are also united against me, you are tired after working all afternoon."

"Ah!" Even Mou Xianmin, who had a good mental state, felt a little broken at this moment, not to mention the other three people, and Li Youmo alone.
She didn't believe that this was not intentional.

"Okay, okay," Li You waved his hand.

While they were eating helplessly, Li You sat in the main seat, looking calm. He raised his head imperceptibly, his eyes lingering on them one by one.

They were more restrained during the meal. Those who were close to each other talked in low voices and laughed, and it was normal for them to pass food for each other.

While eating, Li You took the opportunity to talk about his idea of ​​building a manor.

They looked at each other, all a little surprised. Only Chen Yijun was okay, after all, the Chen family's Zhengxinzhai was one of the best manors on the Korean Peninsula.

It is still under the name of Chen Yajun's uncle Chen Rongji, but because Chen Rongji is in prison, the one who exercises the power of the head of the Chen family is the incompetent Chen Xingjun.

"Manor?" Mou Xianmin subconsciously looked at the other three people and spoke thoughtfully.

"We always have to have a manor," Li You poured himself a glass of red wine, "It represents our heritage."

"Also, regarding the apartment buildings that Kinmen Real Estate has recently built," Li You said casually, "I have kept all the top floors. You can discuss it later and divide it among yourselves."

"But all these penthouses are similar, they have everything you need and they are big enough."

"How about." Chen Yijun hesitated for a moment, "You go buy Zhengxinzhai?"

She immediately added: "If you are not satisfied with the layout of Zhengxinzhai, you can tear down the building and rebuild it. It won't take long."

"Jung Shin Jai's location is the best in Seoul. It was built when Sunyang was at its peak," Chen Yijun put down his chopsticks and said softly, "The golf course, garden, and parking lot are all very good after renovation."

Li You raised his eyebrows, thinking that this girl was truly a filial daughter, as she would sell out her grandfather's hard work just like that.

He pondered for a moment, and when he thought of what Chen Yijun had said about the "best location in Seoul", he became somewhat tempted.

This Zhengxinzhai is the most powerful in Shunyang. It was built by Chen Yangzhe when he dominated the business world of the Korean Peninsula. Whether it is the location or anything else, it is the best in the Korean Peninsula.

"I'll have someone do some research," Li You said with a smile, "and thank you for your idea."

"It's just a small matter," Chen Yijun smiled, "Then there should be one for me, right?"

Mou Xianmin's breathing became a little heavier. She was mentally prepared and let Li You do whatever he wanted. But Chen Yijun
Li You shook his head and laughed, pointing at Chen Yajun. In fact, he had originally wanted to keep one room for each of them. If he really bought Zhengxinzhai, even if he didn't want to use the old house, he could tear it down and rebuild a building. There would be at least dozens of rooms, which would be more than enough.

I just didn't expect Chen Yijun to say that, but it's pretty good that Chen Yijun said that...

This will save him from being the "bad guy" and using political tactics to govern the harem.

Li You smiled and waved his hand, "It's still a mess, let's talk about it later after we confirm it."

"But I haven't paid attention to Chen Xingjun recently. Where did he go to make his fortune?"

"Where did you go to make a fortune?" Chen Yijun repeated the words with some sarcasm, "As far as I know, Chen Xingjun has not been active since he divorced his wife. He rarely comes home, holding on to the money you paid him for the Shunyang acquisition."

Li You nodded, understanding what was going on.

Li You looked around and found that they all put down their chopsticks. He coughed twice and said, "Don't stop. We can talk about things, but we still have to eat and gain weight where we need to."

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After being rejected twice before going to bed, Chen Yijun's room was still empty. She was pulled away by Mou Xianmin to discuss something. Li You finally squeezed into Jun Ji-hyun's room, who didn't dare to object.

Today is the day when the Seoul Hilton Hotel reopens. As an important part of Lee Woo's reconstruction of the underground world of the Korean Peninsula, he personally attended the event to show his importance.

This event was held in a grand manner, and Li You had specifically instructed that it should be held in this way. During the live broadcast on TV, various media outlets exaggerated the event.

If I didn’t know, I would have thought that Li You drove the Hilton to the north.

In the office of the chairman of Daying Group, Zhu Mengyong and Zhu Mengzhun were sitting on the sofa drinking tea, watching the pictures on TV and chatting casually.

"Li You built this hotel so grandly, there must be some other problem."

As the only person from the Zhu family in Daying who entered the officialdom, Zhu Mengzhun was not sure what Li You was trying to do.

"Who is he trying to prove by being so high-profile?" Zhu Mengyong didn't understand. "The market value of Hilton Group is not even a little bit lower than that of Kinmen Group. This cooperation..."

The two of them didn't think about gangs or anything like that and quickly changed the subject.

"I went to hint to Li You the other day," Zhu Mengyong frowned, "to use this presidential election in exchange for his help in taking back Daying Haiyang."

"Judging from your reaction, his reply was not very good," Zhu Mengyong did not have any dissatisfaction. As a member of a chaebol family, he could not even think about becoming president. This time he ran for election mainly to split the votes and exchange interests.

"He's very tough," Zhu Mengyong sighed, "as tough as ever."

"But without his help, it's not realistic to take down Daying Haiyang." Zhu Mengzhun shook his head. "You know what Big Brother is capable of."

They were silent for a while and turned their eyes to the TV again. Lee Woo-jung was giving a speech on the TV, saying that Hilton Hotels would expand on the Korean Peninsula and open more sub-brand hotels.

"Hotels like Hilton are quite expensive even for low-end sub-brands," Zhu Mengyong was puzzled as he listened to Li You's announcement. "The Korean Peninsula is so small, aren't they digging their own graves if they open so many hotels?"

"He may not be doing this for money," Zhu Mengzhun stared at Li You's face on TV. "Although Li You does some things that are not in line with common sense, he never takes risks and never seeks credit. Even outsiders will admire him. But this time he is cooperating with the Hilton Hotel project..."

There were only two brothers in the office, and they were not just being polite in front of Li You, but they really didn't understand.

It is not shameful to study the powerful, not to mention that they have never been arrogant. Ever since their father and Daying Manor were blown up into the sky, they began to study and observe Li You's movements. Now Li You can be said to be dominating the Korean Peninsula, and the two brothers, one business and the other political, are studying Li You's movements everywhere.

They also analyzed Dome Company’s recent aerospace business and figured out Li You’s purpose.

Even the smuggling business in Incheon has attracted the attention of the upper class of the Korean Peninsula. After all, large quantities of tobacco and meat are constantly flowing into various parts of the Korean Peninsula through Incheon, especially into the cities of Gyeonggi Province, which have made great profits.

But these are not replicable, they have no way to imitate them.

The United States does not have so many private aerospace companies for them to cooperate with. There is only one Bezos and Musk in the world. If you rashly invest in a private aerospace company, you will only become a prodigal who loses hundreds of millions of dollars at the first failure.

But they really don't understand this hotel. It doesn't make money and has no strategic significance. What is its purpose?

After much thought, until the TV show ended, they still had no idea what practical effect such ostentatious promotion of the Hilton Hotel would have.

"Let's continue to be friendly with him for now," Zhu Mengzhun paused, "It's still some time before we start campaigning, so there's no rush."

There was a flash of reluctance in Zhu Mengyong's eyes, but he still nodded.

If they are unwilling, they should certainly feel unwilling.

Everyone knows that it was Li You who attacked the camp and brought blood and tears to the Zhu family. Not only did they never retaliate, but they have been trying to make friends with Li You.

In terms of age, Zhu Mengzhun is Zhu Mengyong's younger brother.

But Zhu Mengzhun has always been the one who can remain rational and sober, including the research on Li You, which he was the first to start.

"If you and Lee Woo maintain your current relationship, Seoul will be balanced, and the Korean Peninsula will be balanced."

"The old man Jin Jianying is seriously ill. Even though he is submissive to Li You now and pretends to be harmless to us, he will be more cruel than anyone else when he wants to drag others down with him after he has dealt with his own affairs before his death."

"That target is unlikely to be us."

While chatting here, Li You walked into the secret base on the top floor of the Hilton Hotel.

He waved his hand and called Park Chan-young, who had been following behind him obediently, over, "Chairman Park has maintained this place well."

This was also the gathering place of the mutual aid association back then. It has not been used for a long time since Han Jiangzhi's death.

"Yes," Park Chan-young looked at Li You timidly, "At that time, Deputy Director Park instructed that the new mutual aid association should serve you. Naturally, we dare not move without your order."

Li You turned on the light, glanced at the red light, and sat down on the sofa. The sofa was very clean and it was obvious that it was cleaned frequently.

"after."

Before he could finish his words, he saw Quan Zaijun walking in indifferently, grabbing a woman's hair, "President nim."

Li You frowned, the woman's face was hidden by her loose hair, "What's the matter?"

"She tried to sneak up," Quan Zaijun said coldly, grabbing the woman's hair.

"Yeonjin!" Park Chanyoung panicked, turned around to look at Jeon Jaejun, then looked back at Lee Woo, "Chairman nim, Yeonjin didn't mean it."

"Yeonjin." Li You narrowed his eyes and thought for a while before he remembered who this was. She was the girl who led the bullying of Wen Dongen when he recruited Quan Zaijun, and the daughter of Park Chanyoung.

He glanced at Park Yeon-jin and raised his eyebrows when he saw her enduring the pain without saying a word.

"What are you doing here?"

Park Yeon-jin opened her mouth and said, "I"

She stole a glance at Jeon Jae-joon.

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Li You was speechless for a while, thinking it was a trivial matter. It turned out that this woman was still love-brained and couldn't let go of Quan Zaijun for so many years. She was worthy of being the one who gave birth to a daughter for Quan Zaijun behind her husband's back.

He looked at Quan Jae-jun again, his expression was indifferent and he seemed to be doing his job properly. It was their security responsibility not to allow outsiders to approach Li You without Li You's permission.

Park Yeon-jin was sneaky, so naturally she had to be taken down.

"Take her out," Li You simply waved his hand.

In his heart, he secretly pondered, "I wonder what the ending will be for this love-minded, perverted, dark woman who is always in love and now has a killer, Jeon Jae-joon."

Only Li You and Park Chan-young were left here, and he had no interest in staying here any longer. "Don't let anyone come up here in the future."

"It's President Nim."

Li You walked in front and took Park Chanrong down to the banquet hall where the opening banquet was held. Many people also came to show their support.

"Chairman Lee"

"President Nim"

There were voices of greetings all along the way. Li You just nodded slightly and walked through the crowd. Seeing that Li You had no intention of speaking, these people naturally did not dare to come up and talk to him.

Li You walked straight to the innermost part and saw the core group of people who came to support the event.

The two deputy prosecutors general, Park Tae-soo and Yang Dong-chul, and the chief prosecutor of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, Cho Chang-sik, all brought with them several trustworthy prosecutors.

Seoul Mayor Lee Myung-hak and Choi Chang-eol, who has already announced his intention to run for president with all his strength.

These people are Li You’s most core network in the judicial and political circles.

Li You raised his glass towards them. Everyone's eyes were focused on him. He calmly watched the crowd in the banquet hall quiet down.

"Welcome, everyone." Whether it was a coincidence or intentional, the light behind him cast a long shadow on the intricately carved wall, and a huge outline was faintly visible on the wall.

Li You pursed his lips lightly, then drank the champagne in the glass, and the feast officially began.

(End of this chapter)