Korean TV series: King of Peninsula 1997

Chapter 694 Want it all

After the show, Ding Qing followed Li You to the president's office.

"This time the amount is too big." Ding Qing sighed: "Our civil servants have big appetites. I don't know how much money I have to spend to bribe them."

This was Ding Qing's way of reminding Li You. Li You just smiled and didn't rush to answer his doubts.

"Take a look," Li You threw a document to him, "This is James' plan for Jeju Island last month."

"Large-scale casino?" Ding Qing flipped through the pages roughly. "Is there anything interesting?"

"Before the millennium, casinos on Jeju Island were exclusively for foreigners. After we took over Jeju Island, the owners of eight casinos exclusively for foreigners cooperated with us." Li You explained to Ding Qing, "The eight casinos exclusively for foreigners have a total annual revenue of 120 million US dollars, and we have 50 million US dollars in our hands."

"You can imagine how much profit this will bring. This is much more valuable than running those small informal gambling houses on the peninsula."

Li You is not short of money, not only because many of his obvious assets such as the Kinmen Group have been in a state of booming development, but also because he can draw commissions from all the black industries on the peninsula. This steady stream of shady money is given away by him immediately.

"But things took a turn for the better the year before last," Li You pointed to the document in Ding Qing's hand. "The year before last, under the strong application of Jeju Island officials, the Tourism Promotion Act was revised to allow Jeju Island to build an integrated resort with a casino, and citizens of the country can enter on a limited basis."

“Although Peninsula residents are limited to entering casinos a maximum of 15 times a year, they must apply for a gambling self-discipline commitment in advance, but two points cannot be implemented.”

"I have already marked out a piece of land," Li You took out a cigarette and threw it to Ding Qing, "including the entire resort, a total of 2.3 million square meters, and we will also build hotels and theme parks. The total investment is 2.4 billion US dollars."

"As the first casino on the Korean Peninsula that allows Korean citizens to enter, it naturally has to be built in a grand manner."

Li You is clear about this point. In the future, casinos can even contribute 18% of Jeju Island's GDP. Together with the tourism industry, they are the pillars of Jeju Island. "In the future, the gambling tax alone may be hundreds of millions of dollars a year."

"Twenty-four billion US dollars." Ding Qing couldn't help but smack his lips.

“There will be some investment from the city government, but the bulk will come from the Golden Gate Group.”

After hearing this, Ding Qing stopped reminding Li You about the financial problems. Li You presented this plan to him, obviously to reassure him.

"Go back and help James more," Li You said as he and Ding Qing smoked together, "James is good at planning, but he is too harsh in actual control. In many cases, rewards and punishments are too clear and not smooth enough."

"Okay," Ding Qing agreed readily without showing any hesitation or uneasiness.

After finishing the cigarette in a short while, Ding Qing waved his hand swiftly, said goodbye to Li You and walked out.

At this time, Cui Dou Ri, who had been waiting outside, came in.

"President," Choi Doo-il, as Li You's long-time black agent, was undoubtedly very qualified, "Please find me."

"I have also contacted the National Taxation Bureau," Li You took out a business card from the business card holder on the table and slid it across the table to Cui Douri, "You go back and contact him, and use the tax data to identify those civil servants with excessively high debt ratios."

The National Tax Agency has detailed data on civil servants' salaries and asset transactions, including stocks and real estate. It even monitors and tracks financial accounts and personal overseas assets. Civil servants are also required to declare their own and their families' total liabilities every year, which is a powerful tool for screening out "poor quality civil servants."

Li You threw out another personnel file, "Just when he was demonstrating, he pulled out a personnel file, take a look."

"Choi Sung-rim, the section chief of the Jeollanam-do Education Department, owes 2.7 billion won in debt due to stock speculation?" Choi Doo-il was speechless. "President, you really have thought of everything."

Li You smiled faintly, "Why would I mobilize so many troops otherwise?"

"First, screen the officials and find out those who are easy to infiltrate."

"Even grassroots civil servants who are not high-ranking and have low monthly salaries should not be spared."

"Yes," Cui Douri nodded heavily.

Lee Woo relaxed restrictions on the underground on the peninsula, bringing unprecedented changes to the Korean Peninsula.

After all, Lee Woo has built a dam for the black forces on the Korean Peninsula for several years, and now he suddenly removes the dam.
Starting from these days, something suddenly started to go wrong among the middle and lower classes on the Korean Peninsula.

Cui, a section chief at the Jeollanam-do Education Bureau, suddenly had money to continue stock trading after he fell into debt, but the National Tax Service turned a blind eye to it.

Section Chief Li from the Gwangju Environment Bureau started receiving "environmental protection project consulting fees" this month, and received tens of millions of won every month through his wife's beauty salon. After that, he acquiesced in some illegal factories that employed illegal workers from Southeast Asia to start discharging pollutants.

The "health clubs" that have sprung up everywhere have put all kinds of unspeakable treatments on the table, and people wearing flowered shirts and Peninsula police uniforms are everywhere.

"Chairman," Choi Doo-il mentioned in his first report, "North Gyeongsang Province has made the greatest progress. Now half of the police station chiefs are cooperating with us. If there are any surprise inspections, they will notify our people several hours in advance."

Li You nodded, "What's the progress in Seoul?"

"Seoul is our base camp," Choi Doo-il said calmly without any complacency, "We already control 70% of the traditional market, and collecting sanitation management fees is an important part of our income, so we are now communicating further with the health department."

"Relaxing restrictions like this will definitely have both advantages and disadvantages," Li You reminded, "I will suppress some things, but not all of them. That would be too weird. You should also pay more attention."

"Yes."

After Li You's reminder, there were fewer "weird" things happening on the peninsula, but there were still many things exposed.

"Workers at a construction site in Daejeon used a modified excavator to attack a guesthouse."

"Governor Kim of South Gyeongsang Province was found at 7:50 a.m., burning charcoal in a vehicle by the river. According to people familiar with the matter, Kim had been threatened with bribery before his death."

Rather than saying that Li You hit the nail on the head, it would be better to say that this is the inevitable consequence of relaxing restrictions.

There are indeed many people on the peninsula who have a sense of justice, but there is very little they can do.

For a moment, the Korean Peninsula seemed to have returned to the past ten years, when the Kinmen Group had not yet risen to command the heroes, and the underground forces on the peninsula were in chaos. After so many days of turmoil, some people who were not clear about Li You's thoughts and chose to stay put gradually saw Li You's motives.

Li You used to command his own Kinmen Group, which was able to drag along the employees behind him and the people in the interest groups he had formed. Now he wants to target the middle and lower-level officials.

Li You could not miss such an opportunity. The benefits involved were not great, but it represented further control over the Korean Peninsula.

If one person guesses it, it's equivalent to everyone on the Korean Peninsula guessing it.

The news spread like wildfire across the Korean Peninsula. For a time, the affairs of the Kim family became secondary, and the "change" of the Korean Peninsula became the top priority.

The turmoil beneath the Korean Peninsula finally spread to the skies above the Korean Peninsula.

Everyone knew very well that Li You was the one leading the whole thing. Even though he did not show up and did not need to bribe anyone personally, all those local officials who usually looked down on gangs but moved closer to the gangs at this time valued Li You who was standing behind them.

However, within the Kinmen Group, the old brothers who participated in it are all proud of it.

Following the example of their superiors, they, like Li You, never shy away from the fact that they come from humble backgrounds.

Ding Qing was also one of the key figures in these days. In fact, given his status, he did not need to go out in person, but he still went to Incheon for several days as the director of the Kinmen Trade Representative.

Li You did not ask him what he had done. In short, when Ding Qing returned to Seoul, he brought Li You an unprecedented secret regulation.

Pricing for smuggling.

"Ordinary goods pay a customs clearance fee of 15% of the value of the goods..." Ding Qing smiled at Li You, "They will ensure the safety of our transportation routes. The things that drug addicts need, and even the smuggling of arms abroad, pay a special risk fee of 30%. Illegal residents in Southeast Asia and Africa will be charged 5 million won per person."

"." Li You looked at him in surprise, "You guys gave the commission so many names? Things like 'customs clearance management fee' and 'special risk fund'."

"Of course," Ding Qing said with a smug smile, "We have placed some of our people in those key frontline positions to ensure that nothing goes wrong. We must have a good name for this money."

"That's true," Li You nodded.

As the right-hand man of Li You Management Group, Ding Qing has not been personally involved in the black industry for a long time. This time he is not itching to get involved, but he knows very well that the general trend is on Li You, and he wants to make corresponding contributions again.

Emperor Cui Changdi sat in the presidential office, whispering with a woman who looked like a scholar.

The woman is Park Geum-sun, a member of parliament and leader of the Grand National Party. Of course, she also has another identity: the daughter of a former president.

Park Jinshan came here originally to discuss the name change of the Grand National Party with Choi Chang-e, but after a few words the topic turned to Lee Woo's recent big move.

Cui Changdi knew what she wanted to say, but he just shook his head helplessly, "Since President Jin Minzhong, Chairman Li has been out of control."

"At least when President Kim Min-jung was here, Chairman Lee still had to give an explanation to President Kim for the sake of face. But from President Li Lianchang to President Choi, the status of the two seems to be getting lower and lower?"

Park Jinshan said casually: "Chairman Lee's move is undoubtedly further deepening his control over the Korean Peninsula in all aspects."

"Pak Party Leader!" Choi Chang-di said sternly, "This kind of groundless speculation should not be of interest to someone like you who cares about the country."

"It seems that President Choi really trusts Chairman Lee," Park Jinshan said leisurely, "I just mentioned it casually."

"Party leader Park doesn't have to keep hinting," Choi Chang-di did not continue according to Park Jin-sun's words. He said coldly, "Party leader Park is trying to encourage me to restrict Chairman Lee and the Kinmen Group?"

"I think Party Leader Park has too many ideas in mind for wanting me to be the knife for backstabbing. Does Party Leader Park really like betrayal?"

They are all old foxes. Park Jinshan did not expect Choi Changdi to suddenly lose his temper, and the words he said as soon as he opened his mouth were so hurtful.

The word betrayal is too special for Park Jinshan.

"Of course I don't like it?" She said coldly, "Even the person who was closest to my father at the time turned away coldly. I'm afraid President Cui doesn't know how much of a blow this reality has brought to me, but the stimulation of betrayal has honed my political intuition, allowing me to more carefully distinguish between loyal and treacherous villains, and at the same time, I am not so easy to trust others."

"In my opinion, President Choi and President Lee are a little too nice to Chairman Lee and the Kinmen Group. I think you shouldn't indulge a chaebol like this, especially a young chaebol that started on its own. Now the Kinmen Group and Chairman Lee are uncontrollable, isn't it because of your indulgence?"

Emperor Cui Changdi was a little angry, but he smiled: "I have studied for a long time. President Park's support for Sunyang and Daying at that time was also the reason for the later Han River Miracle."

Park Jinshan was slightly stunned and didn't say any more about this topic.

Both parties were obviously angry, but she took the initiative to suppress it.

She took a deep breath and said, "The Grand National Party is currently undergoing a major reshuffle. I want to bring in some outsiders and explore external expansion to reshape the image of the Grand National Party, which is somewhat backward and old-fashioned in the eyes of the people."

Choi Chang-di quickly calmed down and nodded in agreement, saying, "This is good for the Grand National Party. I can support Party Leader Park."

After all, Choi Chang-e is the president, and the Grand National Party is the ruling party, and both sides desperately need each other's support.

"In order to reshape the image, I also decided to change the name to 'New National Party'."

The two sides slowly discussed some other issues, which were new problems that might arise in various aspects after the Grand National Party strived for change. There were several key situations among them that made Choi Chang Emperor frown repeatedly.

Many of the things Park Jinshan proposed were good, but he always felt that this was creating opportunities for the presidential campaign two years in advance.

The two sides discussed for two and a half hours, talking until their mouths were dry and their brains ached. The two people, each with their own ideas, didn't know how to deal with it best.

After Park Jinshan left, Choi Changdi thought about the fact that his term was not even halfway through, and sighed, "And Chairman Lee..."

"The Kinmen Group is obviously very large now. The country can no longer do without the Kinmen Group. The country also needs the Kinmen Group to support the economy of the Korean Peninsula. Various policies and interest distributions are also biased towards the Kinmen Group. Chairman Lee wants too much."

(End of this chapter)