Korean TV series: King of Peninsula 1997

Chapter 639 'Large Variety Show'

Everything was going on in an orderly manner. By mid-December, although the bribery case of Roh Wu-hyun's relatives had not yet been concluded, it was nearing its end.

At this very moment, shocking news broke out in Congress, attracting the attention of people on the Korean Peninsula and around the world.

"President Li, have you watched the news?"

"Of course I did," Li You smiled happily after receiving a call from Wen Zaiyin.

"The high-ranking congressmen will also fight like street shrews," Li You watched the chaotic Congress on TV. "I ordered the media to shut up about your affairs. This matter will make them suffer."

Lee Woo added, "With the GUP and GNP going through this, I guess Cho Tae-seop won't have the time to waste on Minister Roh anymore, so Assemblyman Moon can rest assured."

"That's good."

I have to say, this happened at a really good time.

The Korean Peninsula National Assembly has established several standing committees, which are generally composed of 18 to 20 members of Congress. The chairperson is recommended by the ruling party or the largest opposition party and elected by the plenary session of the National Assembly.

The Unified Foreign Affairs and Trade Committee is of course one of them.

This time, they had a fierce argument and a "full-scale fight" while negotiating the proposal for a free trade agreement.

"I heard that the Grand National Party members blocked the entrance to the meeting hall with chairs and tables," Li You said curiously. "Member Moon, you were there. Is this true?"

"Ahem..." Moon Jae-yoon coughed twice, feeling somewhat ashamed of his reputation as a congressman. "It's true, and the members of the Grand Unified Democratic Party found a hammer and chisel from somewhere and broke into the house by force."

"And then the two sides started fighting?"

"It's mainly the Grand National Party that's causing the trouble..." Moon Jae-yoon felt that the political arena was absurd with every word he said, "They started the bill voting process without the largest opposition party being present, and they used guards to expel some opposition lawmakers who were present."

"Members of the Grand United Democratic Party rushed to the speaker's platform holding placards, and pushed, choked, and punched members of the Grand National Party."

"Finally, some members of parliament picked up chairs, fire extinguishers, and ballot boxes."

"In short, the Capitol building is now in disarray and in chaos."

Although Li You is happy to see the Grand National Party and the Grand Unified Democratic Party fighting each other, he still has to sigh that the political arena on the Korean Peninsula is indeed a large variety show with all kinds of activities.

He ended the call with Wen Zaiyin and happily watched the reporter reporting on TV.

"The conflict is escalating further!" The scene was in chaos, and the reporter spoke faster. "SBS reporters interviewed several members of parliament who came out early, saying that many members of parliament were injured in the parliament building. A member of the Grand Unified Democratic Party was sent to the hospital due to broken ribs. The microphones and voting equipment in the parliament hall were all smashed."

"MBC reporter reports that due to the fight at the National Assembly building, people have been gathering at Gwanghwamun in Seoul."

It was not until the afternoon of that day, when the number of people gathering at the Gwanghwamun rally in Seoul had exceeded 50,000, that Cho Tae-seop and Park Geum-sun appeared together in front of the National Assembly building.

Both of them looked unhappy. Although they appeared together, they were interviewed separately.

Under the angry rebuke of the nearly mad President Choi Chang-e, they could no longer blame each other as they had done in the past and had to shoulder the responsibility together.

"Congressman Cho nim! The new Democratic Party will impact the whole country"

"Park, Nim! Why did the Grand National Party block the National Assembly Hall?"

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Anyway, the answers were all the same, all avoiding the main point, which disappointed the reporters present. They thought it would be better to go outside Gwanghwamun and take pictures of the people who were gathering because of this incident.

The next day, Li You was taken to the Blue House by Choi Changdi's secretary-general.

"Mr. President," Li You shook hands with Emperor Choi Chang, "You can tell that you are not in a good mood."

"." Emperor Cui Chang's expression was very interesting. After a while, he shook his head and said, "President Li, please stop joking. This matter is still related to you."

"Follow me?" Li You's expression changed slightly.

"The proposals being voted on this time are not only about free trade, but also about the Media Law Amendment," Cui Changdi sighed. "The main content of the amendment is to allow large companies and newspapers to hold controlling stakes in television stations."

“Opposition parties such as the Grand Unified Democratic Party believe that this will intensify the monopoly of chaebols and threaten the diversity of public opinion.”

Li You understood that it was simply because of the example of Li You helping Choi Chang-di and Lee Lian-chang in their election campaigns that the opposition lawmakers, led by the Grand Unified Democratic New Party, felt that they could not let this loophole go, otherwise, with public opinion coming together, no one would be able to defeat them.

Because most of the media outlets controlled by Li You now are small media, the combined power of so many small media outlets, and the Xiancheng Group controlled by Mou Xianmin, although not controlled by Li You, are also of one mind and one body, which is why they have such a strong public opinion force in television and print media.

This is also one of the reasons why Chen Yangzhe wanted to let Shunyang Group and Xiancheng Group marry in the beginning. Although the chaebols cannot control the TV station, they can indirectly become one through marriage.

Especially a company like Xiancheng Group that integrates print media and television stations.

Although other TV stations have some shadow of chaebols, they are mostly controlled by politicians and work for them. For example, MBC is a TV station controlled by the Grand National Party.

The introduction of this amendment will not harm the Grand National Party, which already controls the TV stations, but it will actually damage the small opposition parties and force them to take sides.

Lee Yoo thought as he walked side by side with Choi Changdi towards his office, "It's obvious that Cho Tae Seob is anxious."

"Of course he was anxious. The largest opposition party, the Grand Unified Democratic New Party, was established very recently. Although some of its members may have connections with the TV station, they do not have a public opinion force that they can completely control."

Choi Chang-di added: "If Cho Tae-seop hadn't started marketing many years ago and had a very good relationship with many media, where would they get so many supporters from?"

"But I heard that Cho Tae-sub is actively contacting KBS recently."

Lee Yoo thought about it and realized that it was Moon Jae-yoon's party, the People's Power Party, that controlled SBS TV. This was the power that Roh Moo-hyun left for Moon Jae-yoon before he joined the cabinet.

The predecessor of the People's Power Party was the former largest opposition party, the Open Kuomintang, which disappeared in the river of history. After the Open Kuomintang was dissolved, Roh Moo-hyun participated in last year's election as an independent.
After losing the election, Roh Moo-hyun decided to join the cabinet and give up his status as a member of parliament, but he still integrated the former political forces for Moon Jae-yoon, including the SBS TV station controlled by the People Power Party.

However, Li You also knew that this was not Roh Moo-hyun's ability, because these powers were also inherited from the previous president Kim Min-jung. They still had a high degree of identification with Kim Min-jung, and even though he retired, he still had a large number of followers.

Some time ago, Roh Moo-hyun was embroiled in a bribery scandal. After the president of SBS TV station met with Moon Jae-yoon several times, he asked the TV station to make certain fair reports, otherwise Roh Moo-hyun's supporters would have defected long ago.

The reason why it was an impartial report instead of a report clarifying Roh Moo-hyun's situation, and why Moon Jae-yoon even had to ask Lee Woo for help in a private capacity, was because of the delicate relationship between the opposition party, the ruling party, and the TV station.

Roh Moo-hyun is currently working for the president's cabinet of the ruling Grand National Party, and the ruling party is naturally at odds with the opposition party.

Although he is a former member of the Open Kuomintang and has a close relationship with the current party leader Moon Jae-yin,.
Politics is like this, friends and enemies are only temporary, not to mention this very delicate relationship. Moon Jae-yoon can speak up for his friends, but it is undoubtedly not feasible to use the power of the party to clarify for a cabinet official.

"After saying so much," Li You and Cui Changdi sat down in the office. He looked up at Cui Changdi and said, "Is there a result?"

"Both bills will be passed forcefully," Choi Chang-di said expressionlessly, showing his tough side as the supreme leader. "It will allow large companies to hold controlling stakes in TV stations, breaking the previous ban on cross-shareholdings."

"Once this amendment is promulgated, you will inevitably be labeled as a dictator," Li You said with a grin. "In a few days, the Journalists Association and the Media Union will protest."

"We will impose certain restrictions and will not relax all restrictions. If you still want to protest, that's the case."

"Then let them protest," Cui Changdi said lightly, but in fact he was a little nervous inside, otherwise he would not have called Li You today, "Isn't President Li here?"

Li You laughed, knowing that this guy came to ask him for help, otherwise, would the current president have nothing better to do and invite the big chaebols to the Blue House for dinner?

"I don't have many options," Li You spread his hands. "To be honest, although I was able to scare many people into silence in the past, I can't control the entire industry. I'm far from that."

"It's time for these old media to step back," Choi Chang-di said. Although he was also concerned about the chaebols' excessive infiltration of the media, his concerns were not numerous.

After becoming president, he sees things more clearly. Worrying is of no use. Worrying cannot solve the current predicament unless a strong man comes out of nowhere to cleanse the entire Korean Peninsula, and then the economy of the entire Korean Peninsula returns to the 1960s and 1970s and starts over again.

Otherwise, just talk about it and don't really get involved. Now no one can be Park Kaka or Jeon Kaka.

"After the rise of the chaebol media, the voice of public opinion will indeed be divided by you," Choi Chang-di said calmly, "but this will also force those old media that are not enterprising to retreat, and force those who do not want to retreat to work hard to move forward, which is conducive to the realization of media diversification."

"What do you need me to do, Mr. President?" Li You adjusted his sitting position. "Tell me about it. Maybe I think it's a good idea."

"I need Chairman Li to find other people for me," Choi Changdi was very determined. He adjusted his glasses, "This time the chaebol needs to cooperate with the government."

Li You shook his head: "Such a simple matter... Mr. President, you don't have to ask me to come. Even if I call them, they will do something that is beneficial to them."

"Is that really what you are thinking, Mr. President?"

"I want the groups headed by the Kinmen Group," Cui Changdi paused, and then spoke again, "to give priority to purchasing advertising services from the striking media to alleviate their revenue pressure caused by the financial crisis."

Li You frowned and said, "This is undoubtedly using our money to calm people's hearts."

"This is the best way," Choi Chang-di insisted. "By passing the amendment, the chaebols will be able to directly reach into the media industry in the future, but nothing can be all good."

"President Cui," Li You laughed, "Maybe we are the people in this country who don't want to suffer any loss at all."

He shook his head. "Besides, my wife is in charge of Xiancheng Group. Do you think I need to suffer this loss?"

"I could have publicly declared that I respect media independence and announced that my companies would not participate in media mergers and acquisitions for the time being. Anyway, I already have the Xiancheng Group, and then I could have attributed the conflict to deviations in government policies."

Emperor Cui Chang frowned and lowered his head to ponder, somewhat confused about Li You's thoughts. There are many very complicated problems in the media industry. Some people are willing to risk their lives for news, and they are not easily solved.

Cui Changdi and Li You looked at each other with a serious look. He said seriously, "From your perspective, I may be a complete layman, so my ideas are immature. If President Li has any better ideas, you can also say them. It's a good opportunity for us to discuss them together."

Seeing that Li You refused to give in, Emperor Cui Chang did not try to persuade him, but simply began to test Li You's attitude.

Li You was not shy about it. He pondered and said, "First of all, President Choi should know that since mobile phones have become popular on the Korean Peninsula in the future, most young people have become real "head-down people". I don't need to say more about how huge the number of mobile users is."

Seeing that Emperor Cui Chang was listening thoughtfully, Li You continued, "Nowadays, the online communication of people on the Korean Peninsula has begun to focus on HaHaTalk. The spread of information on the Internet is far greater than that on television and newspapers."

“The power of emerging online media will become stronger and stronger.”

Although Emperor Cui Chang didn't know much about this, he had to admit that what Li You said was true.

“So what President Li meant was…”

"I want the amendment to be passed successfully, so that politicians like Cho Tae-seop will suffer, but I also don't want to benefit the camp and the world," Li You leaned on the sofa, "so there is no need to contact them. I will handle it."

Emperor Cui Changdi looked puzzled. "But once the amendment is passed, they will naturally get those benefits. If we don't contact them, they won't have to pay the price."

"That's the current amendment. Why don't we make some changes to the current amendment?" Li You looked at Cui Changdi with a smile, "What do you think, Mr. President?"

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Emperor Cui Chang was still a little dazed until Li You left. He came to his senses when his secretary came in and asked him if he wanted to have dinner.

If everything goes according to Li You's idea, television stations and print media will be submerged in the trend of the times, and only media that follow the trend and join the Internet can survive.

This is not an idea..
This will be a huge new market...

(End of this chapter)