Korean TV series: King of Peninsula 1997

Chapter 600: Well-dressed and Squinting Eyes
"President Choi," Li You didn't care about Li Mingxue's somewhat crude compliment, "After you take office next year, you can discuss more economic-related matters with Mayor Li."

"Of course," Choi Chang-di said emphatically, "Mayor Lee's ability is seen by the citizens of Seoul. Governing a large country is like cooking a small fish. I believe in him."

According to the current situation, as long as Daying Group fails to take over Daying Ocean in a short period of time, the backlash that Daying Ocean will bring to Daying Group will be already terrifying.

After all, Daying Ocean is under the control of Zhu Mengyuan, and it is clear that he does not want to leave it to Daying Group, otherwise he would not have sold part of its industries to Tianxia Group.

It would be better for Daying Group to force Daying Ocean into bankruptcy protection. This would allow Daying Ocean to default on its debts and then restructure at a low price. During the restructuring, as the theoretical parent company, Daying Group would be able to get back more than half of Daying Ocean.

However, the Korean government will not allow Daying Ocean to go bankrupt, otherwise the Korean Peninsula will be hit even harder by the financial crisis.

In fact, both Li Mingxue and Li Lianchang were somewhat surprised by Emperor Cui Chang's attitude.

After all, this kind of attitude of taking action against the chaebols right from the start could easily cause Emperor Cui Chang, who was implementing these policies, to offend people.

Only Li You knew that Emperor Cui Chang was such a person, and that knowing how to use people well was a remarkable skill.

"There is one more thing," Choi Chang-di said after expressing his feelings, "It's about the Grand Unified Democratic New Party."

Seeing that Li You was interested, Choi Chang-di explained in more detail, "Because the Grand Unified Democratic Party was born for elections, and after losing, Jung Dong-young was held responsible for the failure of the election, and the Grand Unified Democratic Party should have fallen apart together, but that congressman Cho Tae-seop was preparing to run for party leader, and even stabilized many congressmen of the Grand Unified Democratic Party these days."

"The Grand Unified Democratic Party, which had 143 members of the National Assembly before the election, still has 97 members. The Grand Unified Democratic Party has been temporarily saved."

"If he is elected as the new party leader next month, he may be able to build the Grand Unified Democratic Party into a real party."

"Cho Tae-seop used to be a member of the Grand National Party," Li Lianchang sighed, "He was a politician with great ambitions and ideals."

Ambition and ideals, without embellishment, are ambitious.

Of course, Cho Tae-seop wants to stay in the ruling Grand National Party, and also wants to rely on Lee Woo's power.

But there was nothing Li You could do about it. He would not choose this ambitious, even wolfish politician. Zhao Taixie had shown goodwill to him several times before, but the two lost contact later.

Cho Tae-seop also gained enough power in his political career over the years and left the Grand National Party at the end of last year.

"He is a legislator supported by the Tianxia Group," Li Lianchang added.

The president, the next president, and the mayor of Seoul all looked at Li You, wanting to see his attitude.

"The Grand Unified Democratic Party is an enemy, not a friend," Li You shook his head. "Jo Tae-seop is a person."

Li You paused and said, "He is very scheming, has a big plan, and has a long-term vision."

"He won't be a big threat in the next few years, but that may not be the case in ten or even fifteen years."

Zhao Taixie is a person who, perhaps due to the hardships he experienced in his youth, has extraordinary patience.

After more than ten years of career as a congressman, he has just started running for party leader and is striving to win the election in one shot. He is likely to stay in the position of party leader for ten years. After he has developed to the peak in this position, he will start to seek the next step and run for president.

It was not surprising to Li You that he was involved with the Tianxia Group.

Originally in "My Life Again", the Tianxia Group was no different from Zhao Taixie's urinal. In the end, they even pulled out Kim Gun-young's tube and sent him to the west, and then wanted to support Kim Gun-young's eldest son Kim Young-jun to come to power as a puppet.

Li You felt relieved that Jin Jianying was cooperating with this guy.

Seeing Tianxia Group getting worse and worse, I can't feel relieved, I should feel happy. "Then there is the last thing," Cui Changdi hesitated, "It's about Councillor Lu."

"Councilman Lu?" Li You frowned, "Lu Wuxuan?"

"It's him," Cui Changdi nodded, "I can't explain it, it feels weird"

"He contacted me and wanted to join the cabinet."

Even Li You was silent for a moment. I don’t know what Roh Moo-hyun and his close friend Wen Zai-yoon were thinking.

When a president of the Korean Peninsula takes office, he or she will generally need to reappoint around 300 senior political positions.

The most important of these positions are the cabinet members, such as the prime minister of the peninsula and the heads of various ministries, that is, ministers.
The ministers of 17 departments, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of National Defense, and the Ministry of Economy and Finance, are all directly appointed by the President.

The cabinet also includes senior staff of the presidential office, such as the Blue House Secretary-General, Policy Director and other core advisory positions.

The other heads of independent agencies such as the Director of the Board of Audit and Inspection, the Director of the National Intelligence Service, and the CEOs of state-owned enterprises such as Peninsula Electric Power all need to be replaced.

But Roh Moo-hyun wanted to join the cabinet
You know, the cabinet officials are the new president’s most trusted confidants.

It would be a first in the political world to allow a heavyweight politician with different ideologies to join the cabinet.

But there are also many benefits to joining.

Li You hesitated for a moment and looked at Emperor Cui Changdi, "What do you think President Cui has in mind?"

Emperor Cui Chang hesitated for a moment, but still said, "I am inclined to let him join."

"Where should it be placed?"

Emperor Cui Chang smiled with evil humor at this time, "He entered politics in Busan, so he can be considered a Busan native."

"He was the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries for a period of time during the time when President Kim Min-jung was in office," Choi Chang-di narrowed his eyes behind his silver-rimmed glasses, "Why not let him be the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries this time?"

When Li You heard this, he knew that Emperor Cui Chang had evil intentions, and a smile appeared on his face.

To put it simply.
All of Daying Ocean's businesses are inseparable from shipbuilding and shipping, and both of them are under the management of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, which is the core government department dedicated to coordinating shipping and shipbuilding policies, funds and strategies.

If it were in a stable period and there were officials with big belly fat, this department could be a great place to make money.

But at this time, promoting Roh Moo-hyun, who regards chaebols as vicious wolves and hates evil, to this position is clearly letting Roh Moo-hyun use his full enthusiasm to deal with Tianxia Group and Daying Group who want to acquire Daying Ocean.

They all knew Lu Wuxuan. He was a tough guy and not one who would be threatened. He would rather die than be humiliated. If the two sides wanted to acquire Daying Haiyang, it would be strange if he didn't seize the opportunity to take over the meat.

Li Lianchang and Li Mingxue were also beginning to feel overwhelmed.

"President Choi" Roh Moo-hyun was also Li Lianchang's former rival. Li Lianchang coughed twice and said, "I didn't realize President Choi was such a 'smart' person."

What a nasty squinting eye.
"Then it's settled," Li You couldn't help laughing. "Councilor Lu is also a capable person. I believe this appointment will satisfy him."

Although Li You estimated that Lu Wuxuan's biggest imaginary enemy was him and the Kinmen Group, Lu Wuxuan would definitely not show mercy if he had the chance to deal with the Tianxia Group and the Daying Group.

(End of this chapter)