Korean TV series: King of Peninsula 1997

Chapter 607: Jo Tae-sub, gossip
Even after returning to Seoul, the news that Li You adopted a little girl did not spread. Even the women living in the manor did not know much about this girl. They only knew that her name was Li Shiya and that she was very shy.

After Li You came back, he went to the headquarters of Hyunsung Daily the next day, which was rare.

Although the Xiancheng Building is only a few blocks away from the Kinmen headquarters and is next to Kinmen Real Estate, Li You rarely went there in the past.

"Please," Mou Xianmin poured him a cup of coffee.

Li You took the most ordinary iced Americano with a smile, "Xiancheng Daily is really consistent from top to bottom. When it comes up, I see everyone holding a cup of coffee."

“Americanism runs in the blood of office workers,” Mou Xianmin chuckled, “not to mention people working in journalism.”

The couple chatted for a while, and Mou Xianmin took the initiative to bring up other things, "During the time you were in Jeju Island, there was a lot of movement in the political world."

"I paid some attention to it," Li You nodded, "mainly the commotion caused by Zhao Taixie."

As the largest media, Xiancheng naturally has extensive information channels, not to mention such things that are laid out without any concealment.

"The reporters below really wanted to publish some articles," Mou Xianmin said with a sigh, "but I've suppressed it for the time being."

Compared with ordinary people, journalists can have a more thorough understanding of current political trends and major political parties due to the special nature of their profession.

"Recently, some media have sided with the Grand Unified Democratic New Party," Mou Xianmin said helplessly, "The Tianxia Group and the second largest party have joined forces, and we really can't stop them."

Under the current situation on the Korean Peninsula, it is impossible for the media to not have politicians they support and politicians they oppose.

By the same logic, the opposition and support are nothing more than a division of interests.

As Li You's legally married wife and the helmsman of Xiancheng Daily, Mou Xianmin has undoubtedly taken advantage of many media interests.

However, due to the current situation, they have been unable to take any action against the Xiancheng Daily or even the Kinmen Group. Now that there is a big force taking the lead, they will naturally flock to it.

There is nothing strange about the political stance of these media. It’s just that they feel that the interests are not divided cleanly.

However, judging from the current situation, everyone who is accustomed to the previous way of interacting with each other in the media still feels surprised and baffled.

The reason for this is that the media’s stance is too clear.

Logically speaking, when a media company or a journalist on the Korean Peninsula is close to a political party, it is basically a silent expression.

For example, frequently publishing articles attacking opponents.

But this time, several media outlets have clearly and publicly stated that they support the Grand Unified Democratic Party.

Li You shook his head, "Zhao Taixie is a capable person, I am not surprised."

"Aren't you worried?" Mou Xianmin had a smile on her face, and it was obvious that she was not worried at all.

"There's nothing to worry about," Li You said, holding his coffee. "Jo Tae-seop never rushes to do things. He always does things step by step, steadily and carefully."

"He may have his sights set on the next election or even the next one."

"We should also make arrangements in the political arena," Mou Xianmin sat down and suggested to Li You, "The only important political forces available at present are Mayor Jiang and Mayor Li in Busan, and a few members of the Grand National Party. Other places are middle and lower-level officials who are insignificant to the political situation."

Li You put his arm around her and added, "In fact, Busan's Jiang Changyuan's term as acting mayor will expire soon, and he has already started preparing for the election."

"I know," Mou Xianmin said with some concern, "Now you have everything you need in other aspects, but in the political world, it's almost blank."

It’s no wonder that Mou Xianmin is worried, what she said is true.

Although the Grand National Party won this year's parliamentary election and became the ruling party with the right to speak in Congress, what followed was that people's hearts began to disperse.

The strong cohesion generated by the election last year began to disperse, and people began to have their own thoughts.

The number of congressmen who supported Lee Woo, the "public enemy in politics," was originally a minority, and the others were only forced to stand on the same camp with Lee Woo because of the "anti-Grand National Party alliance."

The political power that Li You can now mobilize has indeed begun to decline sharply.

As for Emperor Cui Chang who was not mentioned.
After all, he is the president of the Korean Peninsula. Supporting him during the election is one thing, but after winning the election, he will be the president. Policies and the like may favor the Kinmen Group, but he still has to ensure overall integrity.

Otherwise, if there is a leak in the future, Emperor Cui Chang might be arrested and imprisoned on the charge of "interfering in government affairs".

"Zhao Taixie is not in a hurry, so why should we be in a hurry?" Li You patted Mou Xianmin's shoulder casually, "There is no need to be so anxious. The advantage is on me."

"We just need to take it step by step and expand steadily. Do you think these politicians are idealistic and clean?"

Li You smiled disdainfully, "Now we have the 'Anti-Li You Alliance', and later we will have the 'Pro-Li You Alliance'. The most important thing for us now is not to win over these existing politicians, but to continue to build and expand our pillar industries."

Seeing that Li You had his own plans, Mou Xianmin didn't say much.

Come to think of it, Lee Youguang has taken in a huge amount of US dollars with Kinmen Securities during the crisis of more than a year. Even if he threw money into the political arena and "gifted" the congressmen in a big way, giving tens of billions of won to each of the 300 congressmen would only cost a small part of it.

In the entire Congress, except for Roh Moo-hyun's group, 99% of the other members are not clean.

"That's right," Mou Xianmin smiled with narrowed eyes, "You have nothing but money now."

"But as for Zhao Taixie," Mou Xianmin changed the subject, "we still need to target him. He is now unscrupulously recruiting students. This situation cannot continue."

Not only did Zhao Tae-seop begin to make waves in the political field, he even began to win future support. After all, he is a person with lofty political aspirations and will not always seek help when he encounters difficulties.

Tianxia Group
The help he received was only some funds and a title. It seemed that there was the second largest chaebol behind Zhao Tae-seop, but in fact, the political support that Tianxia Group provided to him was only the initial one.

Cho Tae-seop is 54 years old this year, which is the prime of his life in the political field. In the next 20 years, he will be able to develop his own new forces.

These new forces came from the lectures given at the university that Zhao Taixie invited Li You to watch.

From that time on, Zhao Taixie began to recruit people and build his own team.

Seoul National University, especially the elites in the law department, are his target.

Of course Li You knew why Zhao Taixie did this.

Although the current political arena on the Korean Peninsula seems to be in opposition between the ruling Grand National Party and the opposition Grand Unification Democratic Party, which divide all political power.

But in fact, apart from the Grand National Party and the Grand Unified Democratic Party, there are no less than thirty other political parties that can be named.

In addition, there are some non-partisan figures like Roh Moo-hyun who have withdrawn from their own parties.

It seems very fair and just, and it also allows more talented politicians to participate in state affairs, but
When someone is not appreciated but wants to make a difference in politics, they will go out and form their own party and disrupt politics. The first time Li Lianchang participated in the election, he failed because the congressman in the Grand National Party who failed in the presidential candidate election withdrew from the Grand National Party with his own faction of congressmen and took away a large number of Li Lianchang's votes.

What Zhao Taixie is doing now is screening and promoting his future confidants, the kind of loyal confidants.

"We really can't let him continue, otherwise Seoul will become his talent selection base," Li You agreed with Mou Xianmin.

In addition to the strict hierarchy of seniority and juniority on the Korean Peninsula, school background is also an important factor in dividing people.

Korean society places a lot of emphasis on the school one attends, and even uses that to spontaneously divide people into different factions.

These people from different universities, even within the same political party, will form factions in order to fight for power. The current ruling Grand National Party has three main factions: Seoul University, Yonsei University, and Korea University. Among them, Li Lianchang, who just retired from the presidency, is the leader of Yonsei University.

By doing this, Cho Tae-seop has made all the prosecutors and politicians who graduated from Seoul University become his loyal juniors, and that is not acceptable.

"Jo Tae-seop is walking a path that everyone knows, but no one is actively exploring," Li You said softly. "Everyone is aware of the divisions in the university, but no one is willing to deepen politics and factions in the school."

"Once Cho Tae-seop does this, everyone will flock to him, because those older party members are already experienced in politics, and they are used to changing their minds and adapting to new situations."

"And the students, whether in terms of ideas or vitality, cannot be compared with those old guys who have been active in politics for a long time."

"Cho Tae-seop has united the future stars of Seoul National University for many years. We should unite the future stars of other universities to compete with him and fight for the right to speak in the future."

After talking about politics for a while, Mou Xianmin took the initiative to move forward and changed the subject, "That little girl"

"Adopted, adopted," Li You said helplessly, "You have to ask them one by one."

"Oh," Mou Xianmin agreed, but couldn't help but asked, "Where was he adopted from?"

“Jeju Island Laboratory.”

"Ahem." Mou Xianmin's originally coquettish voice was not choked up, "Laboratory?"

"Yes," Li You glanced at her, "Does she have superpowers? Isn't she amazing?"

She was a little surprised, "So young? It's already been done?"

"That's not the case," Li You shook his head, "She was created."

After learning about Li Shiya's background from Li You, Mou Xianmin became a little cautious. She asked uncertainly, "Is this girl really okay?"

"I don't know," Li You shook his head, "so I'm having someone build another small villa in the manor."

Mou Xianmin finally breathed a sigh of relief. After all, he was a child who couldn't control his own abilities, even if his life story was a little pitiful.
People will also be afraid.

She patted her belly, looking rather worried. She wanted to suggest getting a check-up, but was afraid that Li You would get angry.

Li You noticed her actions but did not say anything.

Mou Xianmin looked at his half-smile, a little embarrassed, and patted Li You, no longer caring, "Are you superpowers not the same species as us?"

"No," Li You shrugged, "Tonight?"

"Tonight!" Mou Xianmin stared at him.

"Shit!" In Daying Group, Zhu Mengyong angrily threw things in his office, "Are these people idiots?"

"You're telling me that Daying Ocean, a company that lost nearly 5 trillion won, is now getting better?"

The executive director who came to give the report could only nod and bow, not daring to say anything.

"Five trillion won!" Zhu Mengyong was really annoyed this time. "Give the monkey an annual salary of 100 million won. Even when it evolves into a human, it won't be able to earn that much!"

The executive director's mouth twitched and he lowered his head even deeper.

After a long while, the executive director raised his head and asked awkwardly, "What about Zhu Mengyuan's matter? Will it continue?"

"What a lie!" Zhu Mengyong waved his hands in annoyance. "Who would care about his little shit at this moment?"

"It's not made up," the executive director coughed and took two steps forward, "I heard that Mrs. Lin and an actress."

Zhu Mengyong frowned as he listened to the executive director's gossip and looked at him strangely, "Really?"

"It's true."

Zhu Mengyong sneered, "My elder brother found a good wife, and after the divorce, he seamlessly found an actress. If I tell him about it, I'll see if he can save his face."

That afternoon, the news was revealed by various media.

In the ocean of daying, Zhu Mengyuan didn't care about the divorce at all. After all, women were just stumbling blocks to progress, not to mention the woman who wanted to use his money to subsidize her parents' home.

just now
"Really?"

Unlike Zhu Mengyong, when Zhu Mengyuan asked this question, no one dared to respond.

He, the eldest son of a chaebol family, and an actor are of the same kind?

"It seems to be true," Zhu Mengyuan's face was gloomy, but he did not make any move to vent his anger.

After a long while, Zhu Mengyuan snorted coldly, "It's just a despicable method to attack one person."

"Ignore it."

Zhu Mengyuan's words almost made everyone who had their heads down raise their heads.

Can this be tolerated?

When Daying Haiyang's condition improved a little, Zhu Mengyong, his second brother, started to panic.

Zhu Mengyuan narrowed his eyes. Out of respect for Zhu Mengyong, the president of the camp, all the families had not intervened in the camp's ocean affairs.

Now that Daying Group has been unable to take over, Zhu Mengyuan is ready to take the initiative to provoke more sharks that smell blood.

If you can’t pull Li You and the Kinmen Group down, just look for more small sharks.

(End of this chapter)