Korean TV series: King of Peninsula 1997

Chapter 624: Want to Improve Too Much
Park Jinshan wanted to speak several times, but finally held back.

Seeing that the water in her cup was finally empty, Li Youcai slowly spoke, "What is the matter with Councillor Park coming here this time? Do you want some more water?"

How could he not know what was going on? He just wanted this second-generation politician with his eyes in the sky to bow his head.

Park Jinshan's suit trouser legs were wrinkled by her grip. She forced a smile and said, "No need to add water. I'm not that thirsty."

Park Jinshen really didn't want to continue chatting with Li You about boring questions like what to drink.

"Okay, I haven't contacted Congressman Park for a long time, and you came so suddenly this time. I think it must be something important," Li You nodded and lowered his head to drink his coffee.

"However." He paused and continued, "Councilman Park, please tell me as soon as possible if you have anything to say. I am still very tight on time."

Who was wasting time? Park Jinshan opened his eyes wide.

Her heart sank, and she felt that judging from Li You's attitude today, it was clear that he had no intention of helping.

"President Li, you should have heard about the bribery case of the Seoul City Council?" Park Jinshan frowned, "The case involved several council members."

"Hmm," Li You drank his coffee slowly and shook his head, "I haven't heard of it."

Seeing Park Jinshan's unhappy expression, Li You suddenly laughed, "It was just a joke with Councillor Park. Of course I know about such a big case."

"Chairman Li, you'd better refrain from making such jokes," Park Jinshan frowned. Even a clay person can get angry, let alone her, the leader of the current ruling party with a prominent family background.

"It seems that Councillor Park has made up his mind," Li You raised his eyebrows, "No."

If you take a step back when dealing with this kind of politician, you will be bullied. Li You knows this all too well.

Park Jinshan opened his mouth, then smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Chairman Li has already vented his anger. Can we have a good chat next?"

Li You put away his smile and looked at her coldly. "At the Grand National Party's secret meeting, it was decided that they would never have a deep bond with me again. After the presidential election, I expressed my intention to deepen cooperation with several congressmen. What role did you play in this, Congressman Park?"

"I'm here to apologize," Park Jinshan lowered his head, and suddenly let go of all his attitude, "If Chairman Li can calm down, it doesn't hurt to say a few more words."

Li You sneered: "You will never get rid of your anger by saying a few words, Councillor Park!"

"Does the Grand National Party still have any shame? When they held a secret meeting to kick out their collaborators, why didn't they think about what to do if something goes wrong now?" Li You's voice became louder. "Now they come to beg the kicked-out collaborators?"

"I know it's normal for you politicians to be two-faced, and it's normal to say something you promised to do but it's normal to say it's bullshit," Li You didn't raise his hand, but his words were no different from pointing at Park Jinshan's nose and scolding him, "Park is really..."

He shook his head. "He is not as good as your uncle, let alone your father."

Park Jinshan clenched his fist, looked at the physiques of both parties, and then loosened his fist, saying calmly: "Chairman Lee, please tell me what you want. I will try my best to convince the members of the Grand National Party at the meeting."

Li You sneered: "To be honest, even if Councillor Park didn't come today, I would have taken action. After all, the bribery of those city councillors will not only affect the reputation of the Grand National Party, but will also directly affect Mayor Li's position."

"Congressman Park doesn't need to put up with me."

After a brief silence, Park Jinshan sighed, "We did something wrong. Now you can't hold power without money."

"We have a common opponent." She looked up and said earnestly, "Jo Tae-seop."

"It doesn't matter if I'm alone," Li You lowered his eyes, "It's just Cho Tae-seop. It's easy to crush him to death."

"But Chairman Lee never did that," Park Jinshan said quickly, "Since there was a 'society', 'politicians' must exist. Chairman Lee always needs politicians to help him do things. Isn't this also the reason why Chairman Lee wanted to cooperate with our Grand National Party in the past?"

"It seems that Councillor Park is not stupid after all," Li You applauded her, "So what do you think I think now?"

Park Jinshan looked at Li You's unpredictable attitude and was unsure for a moment.

"I think politicians are hard to keep. From the beginning of my cooperation with the Grand National Party to the two presidential elections, I have invested 600 billion won in the Grand National Party. This is not counting the efforts made by Kinmen's subsidiaries. It costs money to keep employees working," Li You smiled. "Do you know how much money that much money can produce in the market?"

"This amount of money thrown to Daying Haiyang can keep it going for another two years."

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"From now on, all my opponents and the Grand National Party must stand firmly on the same front with me and do what you should do," Li You stood up and returned to his desk.

"Okay," Park Jinshan paused and said through gritted teeth, "I will be responsible for going back and convincing them."

Although she knew that Lee Woo would do it even if she didn't agree, the problem was that the Grand National Party was already in turmoil. Without strong support to stabilize the situation, she might not be able to keep her position as party leader.

This "cooperation" is not for the Grand National Party, but for Park Geum-sun herself.

In order to use the direction and interests of the Grand National Party to safeguard her own interests and status, she had to agree.

"That's easy to talk about," Li You didn't talk about ensuring cooperation or anything like that.

Most of the time, cooperation between government and business is just verbal negotiation. Anyone who keeps evidence is mentally ill.

"Does Councilman Park know about DH Financial Holdings?"

"DH Financial Holdings?" Park Jinshan frowned. "The company that acquired Peninsula Bank some time ago? Didn't the capital behind them come from Japan?"

"That shit comes from Japan," Li You laughed. "The money I used to support the Grand National Party also came from Japan."

Park Jinshan's eyes flickered, and he had some understanding. "The 'Japanese funds' that DH's financial holding company received were political donations from a certain chaebol? Yes."

Thinking of the most popular congressman recently, Park Jinshan said with certainty: "It's Zhao Taixie."

"Tianxia Group has been providing him with political funds through accounts in Japan," Li You said, spinning his expensive pen. "This smart politician used DH Financial Holdings to start making money and create his own 'chaebol'."

"Peninsula Bank, First Telecom, Daying Ocean."

Listening to the three names that Lee You read out, Park Jin-sun was also somewhat amazed at Cho Tae-seop's courage. "He is breaking the restrictions that politicians have been subject to for decades and wants to blaze a new trail."

"To save your Grand National Party, you must start by dealing with Cho Tae-seop."

Park Jinshan suddenly felt that this was not the right idea. She thought about it for a while, then sighed and nodded, "President Li is amazing."

What about helping the Grand National Party? That's all bullshit from the man in front of me.

After the Grand National Party is affected, Cho Tae-seop will lead the Grand Unified Democratic New Party to become the largest party in Congress and have the right to speak in Congress.

In the minds of Park Jin-sun and the Grand National Party members, they certainly want to take back the power of the Grand National Party, so they ignore another option.
Weaken Cho Tae-seop and the Grand Unified Democratic New Party together.

Both sides will be weakened. The Grand National Party will still be the largest party in Congress, but the power it holds will inevitably be affected. More small parties will emerge and take away some of the power.

"So Chairman Li is planning to take action against DH Financial Holdings?"

"You politicians are trying every means to keep the chaebols out of politics. Zhu Mengzhun of the Zhu family in Daying has been targeted in politics," Li You said calmly, "Then we must naturally keep politicians with evil intentions out of the business world." Park Jinshan narrowed his eyes: "Okay."

Before he finished speaking, Li You slowly opened the file on his left hand. Park Jinshan's pupils shrank slightly and asked, "What is this?"

“It is evidence that DH Financial Holdings is forcing ordinary people to sell their valuable properties, buying low and selling high to make illegal profits.”

"There are more than a hundred of them," Li You exclaimed in amazement, "and half of them are people who have borrowed money from Peninsula Bank to buy houses. Their loans are also secretly controlled by someone."

"What do you think of the impact of this incident, Councillor Park?"

"It's enough to bring DH Financial Holdings to the bottom."

"There are rules for doing business. As the leader of the real estate industry in the Korean Peninsula, we, Kinmen Real Estate, will naturally make those who violate the rules pay the price," Li You leaned back in his chair, "especially in the current economic environment, some people force unemployed people to buy their houses at low prices, making it impossible for them to survive."

Li You shook his head. "Does Congressman Park know how much a loaf of bread cost in Germany?"

Seeing that Park Jinshan didn't understand, Li You shook his head in boredom.

"The Grand National Party should be prepared and don't worry about those city councillors who accepted bribes," he said coldly. "I will naturally protect the useful people. You just need to prepare to confront the Grand Unified Democratic Party."

Seeing Li You's slightly indifferent expression, Park Jinshan felt a chill in his heart: "I... know."

"Please go back, Councillor Park," Li You said lazily, "I have not been feeling well lately, so I won't see you off."

After Park Jinshan walked out the door, she stared at the door for a long time while waiting for the elevator at the end of the corridor. She felt that she never wanted to come here again in her life.

After returning to the Grand National Party’s office building, Park Jin-sun immediately convened a meeting.

However, in order to prevent the insider, Park Jinshan only said that Li You would help. Seeing how happy these congressmen were after hearing the news, Park Jinshan suddenly wanted to laugh.
However, there were also some lawmakers who were somewhat lukewarm when Park Jinshan was holding meetings, and there were quite a few such people.

The lukewarm attitude is better, at least there is no impeachment against the party leader.

But Park Jinshan and some members of the parliament were also guessing in their hearts who were behind these people. After all, if they could be so calm, they must have found a buyer.

Fortunately, as long as the Grand National Party does not fall, they will not turn their guns on it.

It wasn't long before a new guest arrived in Li You's office.

"President Li!"

"Councilman Jiang," Li You shook hands with Jiang Wanzhe who took off his mask and hat.

This leader of the Progressive Labor Party and member of parliament, who is famous for his simplicity, does dress very simply.

He shook hands with Li You and saluted solemnly.

Li You's attitude towards him was completely different from that towards Park Jinshan. He asked with a smile, "How was your conversation with Zhao Taixie recently?"

"Not bad," Jiang Wanzhe laughed, "Since I expressed my support for him on TV, we have maintained some communication."

Li You smiled with satisfaction.

This Jiang Wanzhe is a talented person. He was the congressman who took the initiative to approach Li You more than three months ago.

In addition to him, Kim Gun-young was also a participant in the plan against Cho Tae-seop.

After meeting with Jiang Wanzhe, Li You made a deal with Jin Jianying and deliberately created public opinion against Daying Haiyang, which led to the unfavorable situation of Daying Haiyang.

So Zhu Mengyuan, president of Daying Ocean, approached Jiang Wanzhe and agreed to his conditions. Jiang Wanzhe then instigated demonstrations to protect employees' rights in the name of the leader of the Progressive Labor Party.

Zhao Taixie went to see him later and made a deal with him. In the eyes of others, Jiang Wanzhe betrayed Zhu Mengyuan and started to stand up for Zhao Taixie.

But at the beginning, Jiang Wanzhe made a good deal with Li You.

In general, Jiang Wanzhe took advantage of the benefits offered by the three parties, and he really wanted to make progress.

Now it's time for him to show his power again.

After Li You showed him the document and evidence, Jiang Wanzhe clapped his hands excitedly, "Is there such a thing?"

"How dare this ambitious guy, Jo Tae-seop, take away the only remaining properties of the unemployed employees!"

This is exactly what their Progressive Labor Party needs to show its power.

His eyes widened, "Please rest assured, President Li, I will lead the charge!"

Li You and Jiang Wanzhe did not talk any more, because these things were enough. After determining the time for action, Li You condescended to send him to the office door.

Quan Jae-jun, who was at the door, was called in by Li You. Li You glanced at his expression and smiled lightly.

"Are you surprised?" he said calmly.

"No, President-nim."

"At first I only brought you to meet him," Li You raised his eyebrows, "but I didn't expect his line to go so smoothly."

Jeon Jae-jun complimented without changing his expression, "No one else can do better than President Nim."

"You really have learned how to flatter," Li You laughed. He waved his hand and said, "Notify Lee Soo Man and Chen Runji and ask them to come over."

"Yes, President Nim."

Chen Runji was fine, but he was very nervous when Lee Sooman came, as he always felt that his little tricks had been discovered.

When Lee Soo Man arrived, he saw Lee Woo Jung telling Chen Run Ki something, "Chairman nim."

"Producer Li is here," Li You waved his hand, "I just told Representative Chen that we need the artists to make some noise."

Lee Soo Man's heart sank. SM Entertainment's boy and girl groups are now the leading idol groups in the Korean Peninsula. They have a terrifying number of die-hard fans. They have to use these people to speak out.
"President Nim, what's the matter?"

"Good thing," Li You glanced at him, "Speaking up for those who lost their jobs and whose houses were forcibly bought."

"They don't want to?"

Lee Soo Man's throat was dry, and he nodded immediately, "They will agree. The company has the authority to take over their social media accounts."

"Very good," Li You waved his hand. "The news will be exposed soon. You can come up with the copy by yourself. Make it more moving and inspiring."

(End of this chapter)