Korean TV series: King of Peninsula 1997

Chapter 635 Rejection, Incident

On November 14, Willump complained to Li You on the phone, "Although he has some skills, I still don't trust him."

"I'm not being racist, but I don't think he can make this place great again."

Ten days ago, the next US president was elected and will take office next year.

"Especially at this point in time," Willump said confidently, "with the federal government being hit hard by the subprime mortgage crisis, we urgently need someone who understands economics to lead us back on track. Can he really do it?"

"How about you come?" Li You said with a smile.

“Me?” Willump grinned, but then his eyes lit up as he thought about it. “Honestly, what do you think of me?”

Li You laughed twice and praised him casually.

Willump was somewhat tempted, but the presidential election had just ended and it was unclear what the next election would be like, so he put the idea behind him.

He was discussing some business details with Li You on the phone.

To be precise, I am learning from Li You.

After all, the current Kinmen Group is much stronger than the Willump Group in terms of scale and market value.

Willump doesn't think he is an arrogant person. He still admires smart people, such as Elon Musk, the business star recommended to him by Li You last time. He thinks the two of them can become close friends.

The growth of Kinmen Group in the past ten years can be called a miracle, so he naturally looks at Li You, the chairman of Kinmen Group, with a different eye.

In the past two years, he has also done some research on the development history of the Kinmen Group. Unfortunately, Li You himself did not write an autobiography, so he could not learn more.

The phone call ended very quickly. After all, there was a time difference between the two parties and time was precious.

Li You also had an appointment with a guest and couldn't chat with him for long.

After so many days, Li You finally agreed to meet Zhao Taixie.

As for what Zhao Taixie thinks, it is none of his business.

Soon, the secretary knocked on the door and announced, "Chairman, Councillor Cho Tae-seop is here."

"Invite him in."

When Zhao Taixie saw Li You, he also felt that Li You, whom he hadn't seen for nearly a year, had lost a lot of his edge in public.

This change in temperament made the meticulous Zhao Tae-seop subconsciously ignore Li You's appearance.

In fact, Li You is almost 31 years old now, and it would not be right if his appearance remained exactly the same as before.

But the good thing is that this is the Korean Peninsula. It will be extremely difficult to transform from 50 to 20, but it will be easy to transform from 20 to 50 or 60.

"Chairman Li," Zhao Taixie bowed slightly and saluted Li You.

"Please take a seat, Councillor Zhao," Li You did not stand up, but just returned the greeting casually.

Looking at Li You's rude appearance, Zhao Taixie showed no expression on his face, but a hint of anger still emerged in his heart.

No matter what, he is the leader of the Grand Unified Democratic Party and a man who can firmly sit in the top two in Congress. How could he be so temperless?

Fortunately, Zhao Taixie was very good at cultivating his qi, and he just suppressed his anger slightly in his heart. The displeasure caused by Li You's rude behavior was also gradually suppressed by him.

Zhao Taixie sat opposite Li You, his face calm, "I came to Chairman Li today because I want to discuss cooperation with Chairman Li."

Li You looked up at him and suddenly laughed, "Councilman Zhao is really not frank enough."

"If I were as frank as Roh Moo-hyun," Cho Tae-seop said calmly, "I would have lost my temper with what Chairman Lee did just now."

"Not being frank is not a bad thing. President Li doesn't have to single me out."

"What kind of cooperation does Councillor Zhao want to discuss?" Li You said slowly, "I can tell you in advance that no matter what kind of cooperation it is, it may not be possible to reach an agreement."

"So Councillor Zhao should not hold out too much hope."

Zhao Taixie frowned and said, "President Li really doesn't care about Daying Ocean's affairs at all?"

"Daying Ocean?" Li You said casually, "Member Zhao, don't mention it. I really don't care much about it."

"Shipping is an industry that will not disappear in the next 100 years," Zhao Taixie said, clearly unconvinced. "It is impossible for Chairman Li not to see clearly."

"My eyes don't work well."

Listening to Li You's somewhat ridiculous words, Zhao Taixie suddenly laughed speechlessly, "President Li is not willing to give me even a little possibility of mutual cooperation?"

"Cooperating with Councillor Zhao is nothing but intrigue and deception. Councillor Zhao, don't blame me for saying this. I just said it to make myself feel better," Li You told him casually, "No matter what kind of cooperation it is, cooperating with Councillor Zhao is too risky and is not a good choice."

Zhao Taixie narrowed his eyes and looked at Li You for a while.

"If you have nothing else, Councillor Zhao, please go back," Li You waved his hand.

Zhao Taixie suddenly stood up and bowed: "Goodbye, President Li."

Li You laughed and said, "Bye bye."

There was no smile on Zhao Taixie's face. He nodded and turned to walk out.

After Zhao Taixie left, Li You sat in his seat and made a phone call.

"President Li?"

Zhang Shuozhou was a little surprised when he received a call from Li You. He didn't expect Li You to call him on his own initiative. At the same time, a little alert arose in his heart.

"Councilman Zhao came to see me," Li You laughed, "What happened with the Grand Unified Democratic New Party?"

Instead of listening to Zhao Taixie's half-truths, it is better to ask directly someone who may know the truth.

"Councilman Zhao?" Zhang Shuozhou was stunned. "I really don't know this."

"The Grand Unified Democratic New Party has been very stable recently, Chairman Lee can rest assured."

"Don't worry," Li You smiled slightly, "Then I'll take advantage of Councillor Zhang's good words."

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Shuozhou, who was in doubt, hurriedly asked his secretary to investigate what Zhao Taixie was doing recently. Zhao Taixie, who had just left Li You's office, returned to the underground parking lot of Kinmen Group. Secretary Han Zhixian and assistant Jin Zhenyu were standing by the car waiting for him.

Seeing him coming out of the elevator, the two of them hurried forward, and neither of them asked Zhao Taixie why he came out so soon.

Coming back from Li You in such a short time, to put it nicely, it means that they are not on the same page. To put it bluntly, the two of them may have had a falling out and don't want to maintain any dignity.

Compared with Jin Zhenyu, who had been following Zhao Taixie for a short time, Han Zhixian knew Zhao Taixie's character too well. The man who adopted her since she was a child was an extremely rational and indifferent man from the beginning. She didn't ask much, but just opened the car door and waited for Zhao Taixie to get in.

"Why don't you ask?" When the car drove onto the road, Zhao Taixie asked, then shook his head and laughed, answering himself: "There's really no need to ask, my expression is so obvious."

"Did the congressman and Chairman Li have an argument?"

“Hehe…” Zhao Taixie smiled and didn’t want to talk. He couldn’t say that he had just made the suggestion and was rejected before he even said the way of cooperation.

"There was no quarrel, just a very calm conversation. Chairman Lee and I have different perspectives on the current situation, and there is no basis or conditions for cooperation," Zhao Taixie explained casually, "There is no possibility of cooperation between the two sides."

"Never again?"

"No."

Jin Zhenyu, who was driving, looked serious and asked, "So what should we do now?"

"Chairman Jin Jianying hopes that you will fall under the control of Tianxia Group. You cannot ask him for help this time. There is no hope for you from Chairman Li either."

Jin Zhenyu sighed, "So is it that we can only look for the Daying Group?"

"Daying." Zhao Taixie hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Let's go to Daying Group and meet Zhu Mengyong."

On December 4, prosecutors and the media suddenly turned their guns on Minister of Oceans and Fisheries Roh Moo-hyun.

"Minister of Oceans and Fisheries Roh Moo-hyun's brother Roh Gun-pyeong was detained in Seoul Detention Center by prosecutors for accepting bribes"

"Prosecutors said that among the evidence they found, Roh will be accused of using Roh Moo-hyun's identity to accept bribes while intervening in Nonghyup's acquisition of Sejong Securities in 2006."

"MBC reporter reports that Lu Jianping has a history of accepting bribes. As early as 2003, he accepted a bribe of 30 million won from the president of a construction company. He was eventually sentenced to one year in prison with a two-year reprieve."

"In this case, Lu Jianping used his relative status to accept bribes, which violated the Law on Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes. This case has nothing to do with Lu Jianping's previous bribery case and is two independent cases."

"The show is about to begin," Li You said to Mou Xianmin beside him as he watched the reports on TV.

With the due date approaching, Li You has been staying at home most of the time in the past two months.

"It sounds like someone is doing something to him," Mou Xianmin rubbed his eyes, "Who did he offend?"

"Him?" Li You looked at Roh Moo-hyun's face that flashed across the screen. "He has offended too many people."

"But the ones who want to kill him the most are probably Zhao Taixie, Jin Jianying, and Zhu Mengyong. The one who doesn't want him to die the most is Zhu Mengyuan. Roh Wuxuan is too stubborn, and his identity as the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries has become increasingly important in the Daying Ocean Incident."

"Is it because he stands on Zhu Mengyuan's side?" At this point, Mou Xianmin was becoming more and more lazy to think.

"No, it's because this person is very opposed to Zhu Mengyong and Jin Jianying. He thinks that if Daying Ocean falls into their hands, Daying Group and Tianxia Group will expand further."

"So what does he think of us?"

"He is also against us, but he doesn't have enough power," Li You spread his hands, "This person has no willingness to submit. If it were someone else, they might first cooperate with Daying Group and Tianxia Group to support a group to compete with our Kinmen Group and weaken us, the strongest.

But he will only deal with them one by one, and will not give in or ask for cooperation from any party.”

"Given his personality," Li You shook his head, "it may be difficult for him to escape unscathed from this incident."

"This must be what Zhao Taixie wanted to talk about last month."

Li You sighed, "Just wait and see, this matter will become very big."

Daying Ocean
Roh Moo-hyun did a really good job. He alone was holding back the Daying Group and the Tianxia Group, as well as Cho Tae-seop.

The bribery case spread across the Korean Peninsula on the day the incident occurred.

The amount of bribes received by Lu Jianping this time was far more than the last time. You should know that the last time it was only 30 million won. But this time, according to the prosecution, Lu Jianping was suspected of colluding with local people to force the state-owned Agricultural Cooperatives to acquire the troubled Sejong Securities, and Lu Jianping received a bribe of 3 billion won.

Of course, people on the Korean Peninsula were shocked and talked about this matter.

Some people are cursing their family's corruption, but more people just can't believe it and think that the brother is the brother and Roh Moo-hyun is Roh Moo-hyun himself.

After all, he is well-known as a 'clean man' and 'commoner politician' on the Korean Peninsula.

He was just a poor boy who had never been to college. Before he entered politics, he spent nearly ten years passing the judicial examination and had his own law firm. When he ran for president, he once shouted a slogan: "Anyone who engages in corruption will be ruined."

But he probably didn't expect that this sentence would be used on himself.

Just as his supporters and opponents were arguing among the people, the media and politicians on the Korean Peninsula began to take sides and confront each other.

Even during his last presidential campaign, he announced three plans: "political transparency," "stay away from money," and "manage your relatives."

"If he can't even do the simplest point, how can he do the first two points as an official?"

This is what opponents have proposed.

Zhao Taixie may admire Roh Moo-hyun, a man who puts justice above all else, but their goals and methods are different, so they cannot get along.

Li You was of course aware that Cho Tae-seop's move against Roh Moo-hyun was not only for political gain but also to force Roh Moo-hyun out of his position as Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, but he did not want to force him to death.

This way they can do whatever they want in the acquisition of Daying Ocean.

But a group of congressmen and local officials led by Moon Jae-yoon began to fight back to prove Roh Moo-hyun's innocence.

Both the ruling and opposition parties are engaged in a war of words over one person, which is a unique scene on the Korean Peninsula.

It was not until the second incident broke out in December that the supporters of Moon Jae-yoon and Roh Moo-hyun were completely devastated.

Park Won-chul, president of Taekwang Industrial, was also arrested for tax evasion and bribery.

The problem is that he is also one of the persons involved in the Sejong Securities bribery case.

The bribe list he confessed to also involved Minister of Oceans and Fisheries Roh Moo-hyun and his family, triggering the "Park Won-jeol" corruption case.

On the Korean Peninsula, when a politician loses the trust of his supporters, he loses everything as a politician. A politician without supporters will have nothing.

Whether in the media or on the Internet, the wind direction began to change suddenly, and the voices tending to believe that Roh Moo-hyun was no longer innocent immediately gained the upper hand. This time even the supporters began to turn against him, and the morale of the troops within the Moon Jae-yoon faction began to unsettled.

Being attacked by such concentrated fire, the situation was quite bad for Moon Jae-yoon and Roh Moo-hyun.

It was as if these two things were bombs that had been planted long ago, just waiting to be used at this moment.

Under such circumstances, it is almost certain that Roh Moo-hyun will be forced to resign, and even if the facts are true, he may even be sentenced to years in prison.

(End of this chapter)