Korean TV series: King of Peninsula 1997

Chapter 690: The Eve of Waves
Dozens of minutes later, Li You sat back in his seat.

He glanced at the secretary standing beside him and asked, "President Jin is still in the lounge?"

After getting a positive answer, he waved his hand and said, "Go and invite President Jin over."

The attitude that Li You has shown in recent times is that he is unwilling to interfere in the internal strife of the Tianxia Jin family.

But in the eyes of everyone, this is just a high-sounding rhetoric. Li You's ambition for the Tianxia Group's assets is almost out in the open.

If it weren't for Cho Tae-seop's ambiguity, Kim Sung-jun wouldn't have come to see Lee Woo.

Logically, he and Zhao Taixie were holding something that could kill each other, so they should trust each other, but in fact, they did not trust each other at all.

Both sides also understand each other's style of doing things. In Zhao Taixie's eyes, Kim Sung-jun can conspire with him to murder Kim Gun-young. In Kim Sung-jun's eyes, Zhao Taixie is a cold-blooded politician who will do anything to achieve his goals.

In this case, rather than trusting each other, it would be more accurate to say that both sides are afraid that the other side will kill them.

Kim Sung-jun stood in front of Li You with this thought, not trusting Zhao Tae-seop but not being able to betray Zhao Tae-seop.

Li You didn't say anything at first, but just looked at him with a smile, which made Jin Shengjun feel a little uneasy.

"President Li," Jin Shengjun bowed slightly humbly, "Thank you for taking the time."

"Long time no see, President Jin."

Li You waved his hand and motioned Jin Shengjun to sit down. "Actually, I'm very curious about what President Jin's purpose is."

Jin Shengjun, whose butt just touched the sofa, almost stood up again. He felt relieved when he found that Li You was just asking calmly. He glanced at Quan Zaijun, who was ordered by Li You to come and threaten him. When Quan Zaijun looked at him coldly, he quickly looked away and said, "Chairman Li, I came here for Peninsula Bank."

"Peninsula Bank..." Li You looked at him playfully, "I just came back from Peninsula Bank."

Without waiting for Jin Shengjun to reply, Li You spoke again, "President Jin came to see me for the 15% of Tianxia Group's shares in Peninsula Bank. I know this, so let's not waste each other's time."

Jin Shengjun was stunned. He didn't know why Li You saw him and then sent him away.

"This"

"President Jin," Li You said meaningfully, "Do you think I don't know what you and Zhao Taixie did?"

Jin Shengjun subconsciously curled his hands, but still tried hard to restrain himself from revealing any flaws.

"Whether you admit it or not, the facts are there, but why do you think I didn't just crush you to death?"

"Besides, I rejected Jin Xiya before you." Li You smiled and said, "Why is that?"

"Tianxia Group cannot change its owner at the moment. At least it still has to be controlled by the Jin family. This is the reason."

He reached out to his descendants, but found that Yan was not among them. "I know that people outside are thinking that Li You is going to intervene in the internal strife of the world, and that Li You is going to support a puppet."

"That's too much talk, but it really doesn't matter to me who it is," Li You waved his hand, and Quan Jae-jun quickly handed him the cigarette.

Li You lit up a cigarette, took a puff, and then said slowly: "It is much better for me to hold on to this 15% stake than to use it to support one of you."

Jin Shengjun, who wanted to win Li You's support, felt a sore throat. He thought of many situations, such as Li You asking for trillions of dollars in industry, or...
There are just too many situations.

Now, Jin Shengjun doesn’t know whether he should be happy or sad.

In fact, it is better for Li You to keep silent for his current situation. After all, this can give them a chance to compete fairly. But for the long run of Tianxia Group, it is bound to be a big hand that controls a large number of shares and stirs up trouble in the group.

It is easy to guess what will happen in the future. There will definitely be a group of people in the group who will defect to Li You, and a "Golden Sect" will emerge. The concepts of eldest son and second son will all be a thing of the past.

After all, judging from the current situation, the probability of Li You's arrangement succeeding has reached 90%.

Jin Shengjun was anxious and eager to go back and discuss with his team.

Before he said goodbye and left, Li You stopped him and said, "President Jin, you should also be more careful."

"It's better to stay away from Cho Tae-seob."

The panic in Jin Shengjun's heart that had just been suppressed by anxiety rose again. He nodded stiffly and left.

As Jin Shengjun walked on the road, he was thinking about where he had made a mistake when he did things before. There was no way that Li You's people were in the manor at that time. The more Jin Shengjun thought about it, the more frightened he became. Was it that there were people from the Kinmen Group inside the manors all over the world over the years, or was Li You just trying to sow discord among people?

After much thought, Jin Shengjun still felt that there was a problem with the hospital director.

After all, it was the dean who decided what kind of drug that left no trace was injected into Jin Jianying that night and how to determine the cause of death.

"It's always a flaw..." Jin Shengjun showed bitterness, but Jin Jianying had just died not long ago, and getting rid of the dean would be too conspicuous.

Jin Shengjun sat in the back seat of the car, his hands clenched into fists in annoyance.

His eyes swept out the window, his pupils suddenly shrank, and he patted the driver's seat repeatedly, "Stop, stop!"

The car stopped at the side of the road. Jin Shengjun opened the window and stared at the news on the big screen outdoors.

"The director of Tianxia Hospital was found dead today after jumping off a building. Meth was found in his office."

"The fact that the attending physician of former Tianxia Group Chairman Kim Gun-young was a drug addict has dealt a heavy blow to the public's confidence in the Peninsula's medical care."

Since Jin Shengjun and the dean had always been in private contact, he even saw the news of the dean's death on the news.

Jin Shengjun took a deep breath and tried to calm his pounding heart. Who was it?
Over there, Li You was also watching the news on TV in his office.

"Zhao Taixie's hands are really quick, but will Jin Xiya realize that he is planning to use Jin Shengjun as a scapegoat?"

Just as Li You was thinking about it, the cell phone next to him rang. He looked at it casually and saw that it was a call from Zhao Taixie.

"Chairman Lee, I'm Cho Tae-seop."

"I know, Councillor Zhao."

"Chairman Lee should have seen the news on TV," Zhao Taixie's voice sounded very confident, "I want to meet with Chairman Lee and talk about this."

Li You laughed: "What do you want to talk about, Councillor Zhao? It's not clear over the phone?" "It's not clear," Zhao Taixie said calmly, "You and I both know what it is, Chairman Li."

"I'm not that amazing," Li You said with a smile, "Councilman Zhao, please don't put such a hat on my head."

"Chairman Li," Zhao Taixie sighed, "Why are you so aggressive? I just want to communicate with Chairman Li and try to make peace."

Li You laughed: "Since Councillor Zhao has said so, I will not refuse anymore."

"At the Golden Gate Club tonight, Councillor Zhao must come early."

Facing Li You's reversal of power, Zhao Taixie sighed helplessly, but still agreed, "Then I'd better obey your command, President Li."

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Taixie sighed again, looked at the meeting arrangement of the Grand Unified Democratic New Party in front of him in the evening, and had to make changes to the itinerary.

He was not a person who liked to sigh, but since he met Li You and encountered setbacks everywhere, this had become a habit. He had not taken care of the Grand Unified Democratic Party for a long time, and now there were a lot of things to deal with. The Grand Unified Democratic Party was originally an alliance party, and he was also worried that if he did not establish his prestige for too long, he would lose control of the Grand Unified Democratic Party.

The Grand Unified Democratic Party is not only a foundation for Cho Tae-seop's own rise, the most important thing is that he has used the huge political influence of the Grand Unified Democratic Party to tie up countless people from the political and business circles. For Cho Tae-seop himself, the Grand Unified Democratic Party cannot afford to lose even a moment.

But he had no right to refuse the meeting with Li You.

Originally, they thought that the two of them would naturally set a time and have a whole afternoon for them to meet, but who knew that Li You deliberately skipped the afternoon and set the time in the evening.

Just when he was worrying, Zhao Taixie received another call.

Zhao Tae-seop was not surprised by the call from Kim Sung-jun, who had just seen the news of the dean's death.

Jin Shengjun's voice could be described as panic: "Member Zhao! Why are you doing this now?"

This tone made Zhao Taixie frown. He said expressionlessly: "When else will we start?"

"Isn't it the most important thing for you to help me fight for Tianxia Group?" Jin Shengjun sat alone in the car, and even drove the secretary out. "What's more, if you do this, what will Xiya and Yongjun do?"

"My father has only been gone for a short time. At this critical moment, the dean, his attending physician, has had another accident?"

"President Jin, I think you shouldn't pay attention to this matter now," Zhao Taixie said directly without further ado: "If President Jin is dissatisfied with me, he can seek support from others and see who will enter the quagmire of Tianxia Group at this time. You should think about how to compete for the position of chairman in the group as you said."

Facing Zhao Taixie's warning, Jin Shengjun grabbed his hair that was fixed with hairspray, took a deep breath, but still didn't say the threatening words in his heart, "I know."

Li You felt that he had been cultivating his character in recent years.

However, if he were put into a movie about gangsters, police and prosecutors, his behavior would probably turn him into an out-and-out super villain.

This idea became even more obvious when he met with Cho Tae-seop, the leader of the largest opposition party, at the Kinmen Club.

Seeing Li You smiling, Zhao Taixie whispered, "What happy thing did the president think of?"

Li You didn't stop picking up the food. He ate slowly and leisurely. After a while, he started to talk about the movie scene he thought of.

Zhao Taixie listened quietly and said, "Just as the president said, if we were characters in a movie, we would probably be villains."

"Look at us," Li You pointed at himself and then at Zhao Taixie, "Even though we have come this far and look like glamorous upper-class people, the bad things we have done have been magnified countless times because of our 'upper class'."

"However, villains can be divided into major villains and minor villains."

"It's like I haven't done those bad things myself, but I'm standing on the shoulders of countless gangsters across the Korean Peninsula, instructing them to do things."

"After saying so much," Li You swallowed the food he was chewing and took a sip of wine to moisten his throat, "So why do you think Councillor Zhao is still willing to see you?"

Zhao Taixie sighed and lowered his eyes: "The president also wants to distinguish between big and small villains."

"It seems that Councillor Zhao knows very well, but you still came." Li You laughed and said, "Have you made a decision?"

Zhao Taixie remained silent.

Li You laughed again: "It seems that Councillor Zhao has made a decision."

Li You has given enough opportunities to Zhao Tae-seop, a radical and corrupt idealist.

"We've talked a lot about off-topic topics. Councillor Zhao, what do you want to talk about today?"

Zhao Taixie looked at the untouched chopsticks in front of him and suddenly burst into laughter.

His original intention was to persuade Li You to share the Tianxia Group with him, but of course not in the literal sense.

He just needs Tianxia Group as a backing for his political career, and he doesn't want any economic benefits.

According to Zhao Taixie's idea, he can now easily kill Kim Sung-jun, and Kim Yong-jun will be sent back to prison, and the most difficult Kim Hee-ya has also fallen into the trap.

This was more than he would have gotten from a 15 percent stake, but now it looked like his words had failed before they were even spoken.

The thought of completely submitting to Li You had never occurred to him.

"Many things can no longer be said if the time is missed," Zhao Taixie sighed, "because the situation has changed, and it will no longer make any sense. Fortunately, today's communication with President Li also made me realize that there are many things that cannot be accomplished just by wishing."

Li You shook his head: "I know what Councillor Zhao originally believed. You are too idealistic. That can never be achieved in this country."

The two seemed to be talking about different things, but Zhao Taixie inexplicably thought of his own youth.

With the idea of ​​purging the country, he made a deal with Kim Gun-young and left the prosecution system to become a politician.

Five years, ten years, primary elections, re-elections, constantly cultivating power in the political circles, then drawing on the power of the Tianxia Group to cultivate its own financial power, and finally clearing up the entire country.

Zhao Taixie shook his head. What a pity.
Zhao Taixie's voice dropped, and he couldn't figure out when he started to change and when he started to fail. "I can never do it."

Li You looked at him quietly, feeling a little regretful in his heart. This is the power of the political quagmire on the Korean Peninsula to change people.

"I can't go back," Zhao Taixie quickly came back to his senses and smiled openly, "No matter what it was like before, I still believe in my ideals now."

"So..." Li You raised his glass and gestured to Zhao Taixie: "Today, we are just friends who talk about our innermost feelings, that's all."

(End of this chapter)