Korean TV series: King of Peninsula 1997

Chapter 641 Determines Destiny
Li You delayed for so long because he was waiting for the situation of Daying Ocean to deteriorate further, to the point where even if Daying Group swallowed up Daying Ocean, it would not be able to revive it in just a few years.

After this year, the financial crisis will lead to a slowdown in global trade growth, and shipping demand will continue to be weak. After acquiring Daying Ocean, Daying Group will indeed be able to control the people's livelihood industry of shipping, but this industry will also require a huge investment for Daying Group, and the decline of the industry will bring about various complex problems.

Since Zhu Mengyong wants to take back his own property so much, then let him buy it.

Without any delay, Li You contacted Zhu Mengyong in person and invited him to meet before Lu Wuxuan and Wen Zaiyin left.

"How come President Li is in the mood to invite me for tea?" Zhu Mengyong said in a normal tone without expressing too much emotion.

"I'm not interested. I have something to talk to you about."

Li You didn't use any honorifics when talking to Zhu Mengyong. He told him directly that he had something to talk to him about. Zhu Mengyong didn't show any displeasure, but agreed readily. After spending so much time with Zhao Taixie, he was also a little tired of the intrigues. It was better to keep it simple: "Okay, see you tonight."

Roh Moo-hyun and Moon Jae-yoon could not hear what Joo Mong-young said, they could only hear what Lee You said.

If someone else used this attitude, they would think it was impolite, but since the person calling was Li You, it was okay.

However, Wen Zaiyin couldn't help but ask, "Does Chairman Li usually communicate with Chairman Zhu in this way?"

Li You put down his phone and shook his head: "It's just that I'm too lazy to waste my breath this time. In the past, I still had to be polite."

After finalizing the matter in front of Roh Wu-hyun and Wen Zai-yoon and chatting with them for a few words, Li You first saw Roh Wu-hyun off from the manor.

Wen Zaiyin did not leave with Lu Wuxuan, but stayed to have further communication with Li You.

"Jae-yoon," Roh Moo-hyun added to Moon Jae-yoon before leaving: "Absolutely not."

Wen Zaiyin nodded silently at the door and shook hands with him to say goodbye.

On the way back to the study, Wen Zaiyin kept thinking.
Zhao Taixie covets money and desires to use power to control power, but what does Li You want in this matter? Is he really just trying to deal with Zhao Taixie?
"What does Chairman Li want?" Wen Jae-yoon returned to the study and looked at Li You with sharp eyes.

Li You looked at him calmly and saw the difference between Wen Zaiyin and Lu Wuxuan.

"If I say it's Tianxia Group, will Councillor Wen believe it?"

"The world?" Wen Zaiyin looked doubtful. He frowned and looked at Li You. "But the world..."

He couldn't even finish his words and shook his head repeatedly, "I admire Chairman Li very much. I also know that Chairman Li took over Shunyang, which made the Kinmen Group leap to the top of the peninsula, but the Tianxia Group is not the Shunyang Group. Although Jin Jianying is ill, he is not the same age as Chen Yangzhe."

Li You shook his head and laughed, "Why can Councillor Wen predict the future?"

Wen Zaiyin took a deep breath, not sure whether Li You was serious or joking, but he decided not to ask any more questions.

"President Li," Wen Zaiyin, who had just sat down, stood up, "I have something else to do..."

"Councilman Wen, please take a seat," Li You pressed his hand down, "We haven't finished talking about Zhao Taixie and Zhang Shuozhou."

"Councilman Moon has not been in politics for long," Li You smiled, "He probably doesn't know how Zhang Shuozhou got to the top."

Wen Zaiyin adjusted his glasses nervously and said, "I'd like to hear more details."

"Politicians still have their admirable qualities. At least in terms of shamelessness and ingratitude, most people can never compare to them," Li You leaned against the sofa. "Zhang Shuozhou is a villain who has achieved these two points to the extreme. It is precisely this kind of villain who can thrive in the political arena."

"Villain." Wen Zaiyin listened to Li You's words of "deprecation" of politicians and felt that they were surprisingly appropriate: "Chairman Li is right."

"Fourteen years ago, the North Sun suffered from a serious heart disease. It was Zhang Shuozhou who commissioned Park Cheol, an authority on thoracic surgery, to go to the North to perform heart surgery."

Lee Woo whispered a story that seemed out of place. "As a citizen of the Korean Peninsula, Park Cheol naturally felt very embarrassed, but under the pressure of Jang Seok-joo, Park Cheol had no choice but to take his young son Park Hoon to the north."

"Unexpectedly, after the operation, Zhang Shuozhou not only did not arrange for Park Cheol and his son to come back, but abandoned them and used this achievement to become a new member of parliament."

Li You slowly told this story to Wen Zaiyin, who frowned and asked, "What about Park Chul and his son?"

"At that time, they stayed in the north to live, but later..." Li You shrugged, "I don't know."

"But I know another thing," Li You took out a photo from the drawer and did not show it to Wen Zaiyin, but turned his back to him, "Park Cheol's son Park Xun escaped back last year and is now living in Seoul and has opened his own clinic."

Wen Zaiyin's face was serious. He didn't feel sorry for Park Chul and his son, but was thinking about the deep meaning of Li You's words, "The chairman wants to use this method to deal with Zhang Shuozhou."

"But will this really be useful to Zhang Shuozhou?"

"It would be useless if you got it, but it is useful to me."

Wen Zaiyin said seriously, "In that case, how do you want me to deal with him, President Li?"

Li You smiled and said, "Zhang Shuozhou and I haven't fallen out yet, why should I deal with him now? Could it be that leader Wen is anxious because of the evil things he did?"

Wen Zaiyin paused and shook his head gently: "President, please stop teasing me."

"For people like Zhang Shuozhou, climbing up the ladder is the most important thing," Li You whispered to Wen Zaiyin, "I told Councilman Wen about this just to give you a heads-up. For now, let him lead the reformists in the Grand Unified Democratic New Party to become independent."

Wen Zaiyin felt that maybe it was because he was old, or maybe it was because Li You was not a person from the judicial or political circles, which made him, a politician, confused everywhere.

Wen Zaiyin was puzzled, but he could only say, "Since President Li has a complete idea and has nothing to arrange for me to do, I will go back first."

"Regarding Zhao Taixie's matter," Li You said lazily, "I will talk to Zhu Mengyong about it. You just need to coordinate with Minister Lu."

Wen Zaiyin still stood up solemnly and stretched out his right hand: "We will definitely do our best to do what Chairman Li wants us to do."

Before leaving, Wen Jae-yoon silently looked at Li You's still young face and sighed in his heart.

He was just over 30 years old but he had already taken control of the Kinmen Group and became the undisputed giant on the Korean Peninsula. What should he do in the future?
Li You just smiled and said, "Councilman Wen, please go back. I still have to go see my family, so I won't see you off."

"President Li, please stay."

When Wen Zaiyun left, he was still thinking, "If Zhang Shuozhou is overthrown in the future, then the congressmen he brought with him may join their People's Power Party."

At this time, Wen Zaiyin sighed again, "No wonder President Li told a story. What's the difference between this and making a pie in the sky?"

Behind the bedroom window, Li You watched Wen Zaiyin walk toward the manor parking lot and shook his head with a smile. "Are you fooling me again?" Mou Xianmin sat on the bed behind him.

Li You laughed and said, "That's not fooling people. It's just stating the facts of one thing. It's all up to them to fill in the blanks."

"Have you ever imagined what he imagined?" Mou Xianmin rolled his eyes.

“It’s not a bad idea,” Li You waved his hand. “People like Wen Zaiyin will figure it out soon.”

That night, when Li You met Zhu Mengyong in a club, Zhu Mengyong was already sitting inside waiting.

After not seeing each other for a while, Li You felt that Zhu Mengyong had aged five years.

Instead, Zhu Mengyong looked Li You up and down for a long time before shaking his head and sighing, "President Li is still as charming as ever."

He got into the topic almost the next second, "What is the Golden Gate Group planning?"

Li You said calmly, "We are planning something, but they are all insignificant things. They cannot be compared with Daying Group's acquisition of Daying Ocean."

Zhu Mengyong narrowed his eyes, "President Li invited me this time, it's impossible that he wanted to get a share of the Daying Ocean."

"President Zhu, don't worry," Li You poured him some tea, "Have you eaten before coming here?"

"Ate."

"That's a good way to help digestion," Li You said slowly, "Social feasts are the beginning of cooperation. Even primitive tribes would dance around the fire and eat barbecue together when they united."

Li You wanted to meet Zhu Mengyong. Cooperation was the main theme, not just to chat about family matters.

But seeing Zhu Mengyong like this, he knew that Daying Group was not going well in the acquisition of Daying Ocean, so he would try to persuade Zhu Mengyong a little more.

After drinking tea for a while, Zhu Mengyong sat in his seat helplessly.

He also realized that Li You's purpose was to tie him up here and temper him.

But the more Li You was like this, the more he dared not leave. If it was some crucial cooperation, wouldn't he get into trouble if he left?

"It's easy to guess, actually." Li You poured the last cup of tea and finally put away the tea set. "Today, I invited President Zhu to drink tea, in fact, it is also for Daying Ocean."

"I was just wondering when you would mention Daying Ocean," Zhu Mengyong sighed and pondered, "But the Daying Ocean incident has been going on for almost two years, and President Li has not expressed his position for such a long time. I don't think he will join us this time to compete with our Daying Ocean like Tianxia Group."

"Of course not," Li You put down his cup and clapped his hands. "The society of the Korean Peninsula cannot do without shipping. If the shipping industry is not doing well, it will directly affect the Korean Peninsula."

"This is also the reason why we dare not take drastic measures against Daying Ocean," Zhu Mengyong laughed bitterly. "According to our capabilities, we have some means of attack, but since Daying Ocean is already on the verge of collapse with its shipping industry, this creates two problems."

"If we take more direct and faster measures against Daying Ocean, the shipping industry will be in for a real earthquake, but we have to take it slow."

“That’s how it became what it is now.”

"Under the current situation, it's no wonder that Chairman Zhu and Cho Tae-seop are working together."

"Zhao Taixie?" Zhu Mengyong listened to Li You suddenly mentioning Zhao Taixie, "President Li, is he here today for him?"

He had heard that Zhao Taixie and Li You were secretly at odds with each other and had even fought a secret battle.

It is said that Zhao Taixie lost very easily, so Li Youlai came today to kill him completely?
Li You nodded and said, "Yes, I came here for Zhao Taixie."

"Zhao Taixie is not an honest man," Li You drank his tea nonchalantly, "President Zhu, do you want to give up on him?"

"Give up on him?" Zhu Mengyong laughed. "Then..."

"I can convince Roh Moo-hyun to instruct the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries to relax some of the protection of Daying's oceans."

Zhu Mengyong stopped smiling and asked, "President Li wants to help me acquire Daying Ocean?"

Li You laughed, "President Zhu didn't misunderstand me, this is what I meant."

"Just a Zhao Taixie." Seeing Zhu Mengyong's uncertain expression, Li You said with a smile: "President Zhu, don't you think that he can help you all the time just because he is powerful now?"

"Politicians are always politicians," Li You's smile turned into a sneer: "Don't forget, he is still guarding Jin Jianying's money."

Zhu Mengyong has always been a profit-oriented person. If Li You can convince Roh Moo-hyun, who is a stubborn person, to give up Cho Tae-seop, who is a politician who plays both sides, it doesn't matter. Anyway, their Daying Group is deeply tied to the Millennium Democratic Party and has no shortage of political power.
From this point of view, the two have a natural basis for cooperation.

After thinking about it carefully, Zhu Mengyong raised his eyebrows, "Chairman Li saved Roh Moo-hyun two months ago. Is this also the reason? To deal with Cho Tae-seop?"

"Almost," Li You smiled softly.

Although cooperation with Lee Woo would definitely be like courting disaster, after all, the two have almost no common interests, and Lee Woo is just unilaterally paying the price to deal with Cho Tae-seop.

The problem is that if Li You doesn't speak up, and even has to protect Roh Wu-hyun, with Roh Wu-hyun, the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries, around, Daying Group can neither acquire Daying Ocean nor touch Roh Wu-hyun. This is a pure loss-making business.

Zhu Mengyong felt that he could not miss this opportunity. Anyway, it was Zhao Tae-seop who paid the price and it had nothing to do with him.

He looked at Li You strangely, then shook his head and smiled, "How did Zhao Taixie offend Chairman Li that he had to be chased and hacked all the way by Chairman Li?"

"It's not an offense," Li You shook his head.

It's not an offense, so why is he targeting me like this? When Zhao Taixie saw that Li You wanted to protect Roh Moo-hyun, he didn't do anything more.
Zhu Mengyong laughed out loud, and after a long pause, he chuckled and said, "Zhao Taixie is dispensable to me. I only cooperated with him temporarily because he told me that he had a way to deal with Lu Wuxuan. Now that he is too arrogant and an eyesore to Chairman Li, let's end the cooperation."

Li You knew exactly what Zhu Mengyong was thinking. "Let's use tea instead of wine, President Zhu. We have a pleasant cooperation."

"It's a pleasure to work with you, President Li."

The two men clinked their glasses with a smile, deciding the path of a politician.

(End of this chapter)