Korean TV series: King of Peninsula 1997

Chapter 608 Return, Busan Mayor Election

"Loyalty!" A group of soldiers saluted Li You.

Li You waved his hand and asked the soldiers standing in front of him to put down their hands.

Li You looked carefully at the soldiers in front of him and Zheng Zaizhong who was leading them.

Zheng Zaizhong is no longer a security guard, but a serious professional soldier in the international arena.

As a former member of the Marine Corps and having participated in combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq with the US military, it is no doubt that he has extensive practical experience.

The personnel structure of Zheng Zaizhong's team is different from that of Che Qicheng's team which is still stationed in the United States. Che Qicheng's team is an international team which includes special forces from various countries, while most of the members of Zheng Zaizhong's team are from the Marine Corps.

Although their combat effectiveness is much weaker than that of Che Qicheng's team, their advantage lies in that they are a group of native Korean people who were born and raised on the Korean Peninsula. They are willing to do any job and are willing to work for the Kinmen Group. Most of the European and American members of Che Qicheng's team only regard this as a job and are pure mercenaries.

"You've become a lot darker," Li You patted Zheng Zaizhong's shoulder, "You don't have to go back to the United States anymore, stay in the Korean Peninsula and work."

"Yes!"

"Don't be so serious," Li You waved his hand gently, "I'll give you a break, go and have fun for two days."

Only after settling this group of loyal soldiers did Li You return to the villa.

After a glass of red wine in the evening, there was another fierce battle.

The moonlight flowed through the window onto the floor, and the stockings hooked on the ankles, making a slight tearing sound.

Mou Xianmin pressed her knees against her chest, and seeing that her knees were trembling a little, Li You's fingers sank into the soft flesh of her calves, slid to the pit of her knees to support her calves, and helped her take off her curled stockings.

Mou Xianmin kept raising her legs, rubbing against Li You and resting her chin on Li You's collarbone.

After a while, Mou Xianmin carefully put down his legs.

The second battle is coming.

The next morning, Kang Chang-won, who was in the crucial period of his campaign for mayor of Busan, came to the manor and met Lee Woo in the study.

"Chairman nim," Jiang Changyuan is currently the acting mayor of Busan, but he encountered difficulties when running for the official mayor, so he came to Li You for help, "The Grand Unified Democratic New Party in Busan is very powerful, and it is not easy for me to compete for this position."

This is not what Jiang Changyuan, Li You and Zhu Mengyong of the Daying Group did reach an agreement. The Millennium Democratic Party members supported by Zhu Mengyong would withdraw from the election for mayor of Busan.

But there is nothing to be done about it. The Tianxia Group supports the Grand Unified Democratic New Party, and the Tianxia Group has also intervened in the affairs of Daying Haiyang, and is in cahoots with Zhu Mengyuan of Daying Haiyang.

The Grand Unified Democratic Party is led by Cho Tae-seop, so naturally, it will compete for this matter. If it wins the position of Busan mayor, it will also inject vitality into the Grand Unified Democratic Party, which has been temporarily put together. By uniting, they may really be able to drive the Dae-young Group out of Busan.

When Li You saw that Jiang Changyuan's first words when he arrived here were so urgent, he knew that Jiang Changyuan might be in bad condition.

"After President Choi took office this year, the Grand National Party has become very popular," Lee You sighed softly, "but you are a nonpartisan person."

Li You chuckled and said, "The Grand Unified Democratic Party is constantly building momentum now. As a non-partisan, you naturally become a target." In fact, Busan is a very special city. When running for president, this is the conservative Grand National Party's stronghold. The Grand National Party's vote share here has always been over 60%.

But when it comes to mayoral elections, it all happens that the conservative Millennium Democratic Party’s turf is the winner.

But they are all conservatives after all, and there is an important reason why the Grand Unification Democratic New Party, a reformist party, dares to attack fiercely.

"Conservatism can no longer save Busan. The current traditional port economy has even fallen into a transformation dilemma," Li You told Jiang Changyuan. "The citizens are not fools. Although they are not sensitive to politics, they can't make money, so they know that changes are needed. If someone leads the way, they will naturally get great support from the citizens."

"By the way," Li You asked him, "Does the Busan political circle reject you?"

"Not yet," Jiang Changyuan shook his head. "The Busan political circle is indeed very hostile to people from the Seoul political circle interfering in Busan, but I am not one of them."

"There are less than two months left until the election day on June 4th," Li You thought for a moment, "We want to stabilize the situation."

Li You came up with a good idea.

"You should know that President Choi is going to lift some of the bans on imported beef, right?"

This incident will cause considerable public opinion, and the cause is still an illness problem many years ago.

"Yes," Jiang Changyuan nodded. "When President Choi visited the United States, he sent back news that the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry will announce the end of the four-year ban on imports of American beef in five days."

"Don't comment on this," Li You reminded him, "Stay away from this aspect. If you must say something, just say you disagree."

Although he meant to go against Emperor Cui Chang, Li You was well aware of how much of a turmoil the lifting of the beef ban would cause.

Hundreds of thousands of people working in the shipping industry on the Korean Peninsula have had a hard time because of shipping issues. If agricultural workers are also involved...
Agricultural practitioners on the Korean Peninsula are not honest farmers. They took the initiative to challenge the US beef ban, and the million-person march was imminent.

"The citizens of Busan don't care whether what you do is reasonable or not. What they want is a captain who can steer Busan through its current predicament. There is no need for so many drastic reforms. All you need is 30% forward-looking policies, 20% charlatan temperament, and half emotional value to create a space for victory."

"The temperament of a charlatan." Jiang Changyuan was stunned by what Li You said.

"I happen to have a family church under my command," Li You said softly, "and I have opened several churches in Busan. There are quite a lot of believers. You can take some time to win over the hearts of the people and learn the compassionate temperament of the priests."

Jiang Changyuan nodded, and his expression seemed a little more relaxed after hearing what Li You said.

In fact, Li You was also a little angry. If the Millennium Democratic Party had withdrawn from the election, the Grand National Party would have also withdrawn from the election for his sake. But Cho Tae-seop came out to cause trouble for him. Running for mayor of Busan does not require so much thought.

Even the mayor of Seoul is stable and no one can shake Li Mingxue's position.

But this time the battle for the mayor of Busan was not a clear-cut battle. It was not that complicated to begin with. Cho Tae-sub suddenly turned this election into a quagmire.

After agreeing to provide campaign funds and manpower to Jiang Changyuan, Li You returned to his seat and slowly thought about how to "repay" Zhao Taixie.

(End of this chapter)