Korean TV series: King of Peninsula 1997

Chapter 95 Disagreement
"I've already told Pastor Li," Li You stood outside the gallery door, looking at Mou Xianmin in front of him, "The painting will be sent to the gallery, so I'll trouble Miss Mou to keep it for me."

The depressing atmosphere in the car disappeared between the two of them. Mou Xianmin nodded slightly, "President Li, come and get it whenever you want. I can also buy it at the market price."

Li You smiled calmly, "This painting is just a gift for Miss Mou. We will wait and see what happens in the future."

Mou Xianmin was stunned for a moment, and when she came to her senses, Li You had already got into the car.

She couldn't help but mutter to herself, "Gift."

In the moving Bentley, Yoon Hyun-woo secretly glanced at Li You who was lowering his head through the rearview mirror several times.

"Why are you looking at me?" Li You looked up and startled him.

"I'm sorry, President." Fortunately, Yoon Hyun-woo held the steering wheel tightly.

"There's nothing to be sorry about," Li You shook his head, "I'm just curious why the atmosphere between Miss Mou and I is so weird?"

Yoon Hyunwoo nodded stiffly while driving.

Li You smiled maliciously and said, "Think about it yourself."

It’s not necessarily that Yoon Hyun-woo couldn’t see it, he just didn’t dare to say it.

Mou Xianmin wants Li You to work in the real estate business steadily and transform himself into a real estate businessman. With the help of Xiancheng Daily, he will naturally be able to succeed.

Shunyang was already on the verge of collapse, and other chaebols were ready to divide Shunyang.

Li You could quietly climb up while other chaebols were dividing up Sunyang. By the time they found out, Li You had already climbed to the top of the mountain with the protection of Hyunsung Daily.

But a lean camel is bigger than a horse, and it will take a long time for Shunyang to fall. Li You needs to wait patiently for the opportunity. This is Mou Xianmin's idea.

Li You has some understanding of the future plot, and he would rather take a more dangerous but higher-rewarding path.

When they merge together, they will become thorns in the eyes of the chaebols and they will also have to face the intrigues after the merger.

But this route is faster, and the Kinmen that emerged after the merger will be stronger. Li You also wants to use Kinmen to get a share of Shunyang.

In Mou Xianmin's eyes, the risk of their merger was too high.

Li You’s attitude was very clear: if he disagreed, they would go their separate ways.

He didn't think any more and said, "Go to the north gate."

The vehicle drove into the Beidamen Market. The employees at Beidamen had already memorized Li You's license plate number, which was considered a pass. The Bentley drove unhindered to the store where Ding Qing and his friends often gathered.

It was dinner time and the aroma of meat coming from the barbecue restaurant could be smelled from a distance.

Li You took off his tie, threw his suit jacket in the car, and called Yin Xuanyou, "After parking the car, go in and eat by yourself."

Ding Qing, who was also wearing a white shirt, rolled up his sleeves. Unlike Li You, he also wore a loose tie. He and Li Zicheng stood at the door of the barbecue restaurant waiting for Li You.

Ding Qing raised his hand, his face flushed, "Brother! Why didn't you tell me you were coming?"

Li You walked up to him and hugged him. Ding Qing smiled and said, "Go in and have something to eat. We'll have a good drink."

Li You and Li Zicheng, who had a smile on his face, patted each other on the shoulders and walked to a table inside and sat down.

"Ah!" Ding Qing raised his glass and shouted, "What did I teach you?"

A clever fat boy immediately shouted, "Welcome President Li!"

"Welcome President Li!"

The shouts in the barbecue restaurant continued one after another until Ding Qing raised his hand and pressed down, and the sound gradually died down.

"How's it going, Li You?" Ding Qing raised his glass. "I just taught you yesterday. I wanted to give you a surprise next time we meet, but I didn't expect you to come today."

Li You picked up his wine glass and clinked it with his, "What a great scene, I'll give you one next time too?"

Ding Qing laughed twice, "Okay, Jiangnan Industrial has more brothers than here, so let's make the scene bigger."

Yoon Hyun-woo on the side silently poured wine into the two people's empty glasses.

Li Zicheng brought out several plates of fresh beef from the kitchen, "It's good when President Li comes. The good meat is in the back."

"I'll do it!" Ding Qing grabbed the tongs and grilled the meat with a smile. After the meat was grilled and oozing with oil, Ding Qing passed it to Li You, "Try it. I always go to your place for Chinese food. It's a relief that you come to Beidamen to eat this time."

Li You and Ding Qing were drinking and eating meat. "How is Beidamen doing recently? Is it going well?"

"Smooth as hell," Ding Qing chewed his meat, "Li Zhongjiu in the Tiger Clan is like a mad dog now, and he's determined to snatch a trump card from our Beidamen."

Li You kept moving his hands. He took the barbecue tongs from Ding Qing and grilled the meat for him. "Is this the attitude of wanting to see who's better?"

"Yes," Ding Qing looked at Li You with some doubt, and drank a glass of wine, "Gou Zhongjiu, this is not a martial arts novel, why are you risking your life like this?"

Li You smiled, passed him a piece of meat, and then looked at Li Zicheng, "What do you think, Brother Zicheng?"

Li Zicheng and Ding Qing are both much older than Li You, but Li Zicheng didn't expect Li You to call him that. He was a little confused for a moment, "Uh"

Ding Qing's eyes lit up, "Zicheng, if Li You calls you, just respond."

"Don't worry about it so much," Li You waved his hand, "You two are much older than me. As friends, we can't always call each other president. Just call each other by our names."

Li Zicheng picked up the wine glass and drank it all, "Good Li You."

"I don't think Li Zhongjiu is just being impulsive and wants to fight to the death with our Beidaemun. It is very likely that he has other reasons."

"What's the reason?" Ding Qing said with a smile, "Could it be that he has become the nominal president of the Tiger Clan and wants to make some achievements?"

Li Zicheng thought of what he had talked about with Section Chief Jiang yesterday, and glanced at Ding Qing with a strange look. Seeing Li Zicheng's eyes, Ding Qing drank a glass of wine in confusion, "Could it be that I was right?"

Li You and Li Zicheng looked at each other. Both of them understood each other's thoughts. In fact, Ding Qing might also understand it, but he would not point it out.

"Come on," Li Zicheng thought of the reason why Li You suddenly visited tonight, and he lowered his head slightly, "Just tell him briefly and he will understand."

"Hurry up," Ding Qing pretended to be dissatisfied and pushed two glasses in front of Li Zicheng, filling them up one by one. "I'll punish you with three glasses to make you mysterious."

"Then let me tell you," Li You smiled helplessly, "Brother Ding, do you remember the time we talked about Shi Dongchu and Li Zhongjiu in the Tiger Clan splitting up openly?"

"I remember," Ding Qing thought about it, "Why, Li Zhongjiu is not convinced and wants to make some achievements for Shi Dongchu?"

For Li You, he was well aware of what would happen in the future and understood that Shi Dongchu was laying the groundwork for the future distribution of power in Kinmen.

Li Zicheng had Section Chief Jiang who had been keeping an eye on Shi Dongchu and passing on information to him, so naturally he would be able to understand it in advance.

Only Ding Qing was kept in the dark, but he was not stupid and got to the truth in just a few words.

"Do you think Shi Dongchu and Li Zhongjiu did it intentionally or unintentionally?" Li You slowly guided Ding Qing, "If they did it intentionally, why?"

"How can I guess that?" Ding Qing stared, his eyes red and bloodshot clearly visible, "They must have done this on purpose. If things really went wrong, would that son of a bitch Li Zhongjiu let Shi Dongchu live?"

"Then I'll just tell you straight out," Li You saw that he was anxious and decided not to keep him in suspense any longer.

"Hurry up and tell me," Ding Qing rolled up a piece of meat and stuffed it into his mouth, "tell me clearly."

"We can't keep doing this business forever. Not everyone is like Shi Dongchu, who can still have a loyal and devoted young man like Li Zhongjiu to support him when he gets old." Li You sighed, "What if we get old?"

Ding Qing narrowed his eyes, "You mean to whitewash?"

"Whitewashing is one of the steps," Li You waved his hand, and Yin Xuandian lit a cigarette and handed it to him.

Li You took a puff and exhaled the smoke, "What if our two factions, plus Tiger's Industry and Dixin Entertainment? I mean merge first and then whitewash."

Ding Qing's eyes lit up, "So when merging, there must be a priority. Li Zhongjiu is competing for priority."

"That's right," Li You sighed, "To be honest with you, I have already met Shi Dongchu today."

Ding Qing took the cigarette handed to him by the employee and took a deep puff. "I guess you are not here to lobby."

"Of course not," Li You said seriously, "Shi Dongchu is very cunning. He asked us to solve the status problem ourselves."

"This old guy," Ding Qing snorted, "he knows that he will be the most indispensable leader after the merger, so he did this."

Li Zicheng stared at Ding Qing, hesitated for a long time and then said, "But this opportunity is indeed rare."

Section Chief Jiang originally sent him undercover with the purpose of dismantling Beidaemun, and that was two years ago.

But since he discovered that Shi Dongchu had no intention of merging, Section Chief Jiang's goal changed.

He is now obsessed with getting them to merge so that he can disintegrate the merged aggregate.

This kind of thing would not be decided by him alone. There must be more people behind Section Chief Jiang.

Li Zicheng fought with Ding Qing all the way up, and seeing that the goal of merging seemed to be within sight, he became a little hesitant.

After two years of living together day and night, how could he betray Ding Qing without changing his expression or heart beating?
He lit a cigarette, and the three men took turns smoking. Seeing this, the employees around them took turns to make excuses.

Ding Qing said sullenly, "I understand. Without Shi Dongchu as the leader, this force would never be established."

"He's been around for so many years," Ding Qing took a sip from his glass, "and has a lot of connections. I guess he started worrying about this a few years ago. The position of president will definitely go to this old guy."

"This old guy is not satisfied with being the president himself, and he even pushed his subordinate Li Zhongjiu to compete with us for the position. It's obvious that he wants to take us for granted."

"The main reason is that we have no choice," Li You sighed, "So what if we know?"

"Think about the future," Li You threw away the cigarette butt in his hand, "We are just two allies, but we can support each other to develop to the present point. What about those other small forces?"

Li Zicheng nodded. "After the territory of Seoul was divided up by large security companies, every vacant piece of territory means the disappearance of a security guard in a small store."

Li You looked at Ding Qing who was silent, "What's more, there are Busan and other country bumpkins who are eyeing Seoul at any time."

"Even if it's a large-scale security, what can it do?" Li You made no secret of it. "Just like me and Jiangnan Industrial, we were working for a powerful prosecutor not long ago. You should know that."

"Isn't it the old guy who was killed?" Ding Qing almost burned himself with the cigarette butt in his hand. "I know, the person I found hit him."

"In addition to prosecutors, there are also chaebols," Li You lit a cigarette for him, "and congressmen from various factions."

"Who among them doesn't want to use a large force like us as their hidden glove?" Li You said coldly, "To put it bluntly, don't they just want us to be their dogs? They say that we are the ones who take people's lives at will.

That's because we were pushed into a corner. It would be fine if we killed a small figure, but if we really killed a congressman, do you think other congressmen will immediately gather their forces to take over Jiangnan Industrial?

If we can kill this congressman today, we can kill that one tomorrow. Once this precedent is set, every congressman will want to get rid of us.”

Li You glanced at Li Zicheng who lowered his head, and lit another cigarette. "They can fight each other, but we are going to kill people on our own initiative?"

He sneered and didn't say anything more.

Ding Qing took a deep breath, his eyes gleaming fiercely, "You are right, only after the merger can we confront these bastards head-on."

He looked at Li You, his eyes full of ambition, "Did Shi Dongchu say that we can rob at will?"

"I did," Li You nodded, "but there are conditions. You can't use real fire."

He blew out a smoke ring. "Shi Dongchu hopes that through friction and competition, we can maximize our potential and at the same time, we can compete for the second, third, fourth and fifth place."

(End of this chapter)