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Chapter 163: Chaebols and Hidden Rules [Two-in-one, please subscribe]

The Lotte Shin family is the sixth of the top ten chaebols in South Korea. The Lotte Group's businesses cover food, retail, tourism, petrochemicals, construction, manufacturing, finance, services, film and television, and many other fields. Its annual turnover exceeds 6 billion US dollars, which is very impressive.

However! When someone mentions Lotte, the first thing that comes to people’s minds is not how powerful the Lotte Group is, but the unspoken rules.

In March 2009, South Korean actress Zhang Ziyan committed suicide by hanging herself, leaving behind a suicide note in which she accused her agency of forcing her to accompany clients nearly 3 times, even on the anniversary of her parents' deaths, and of being beaten if she disobeyed.

At the same time, Zhang Ziyan also wrote down a list of people who had hurt her in her suicide note.

The list includes 31 top South Korean figures, including entertainment company representatives, media reporters, journalists, directors, media people, entrepreneurs, and financiers.

A total of 13 people were exposed, led by Shin Kyuk-ho, chairman of Lotte Group, who was years old at the time, and his second son, Shin Dong-bin, vice chairman of Lotte Group.

It is also said that the father and son always did that together, and they also tortured Zhang Ziyan inhumanely. This kind of despicable human nature is simply outrageous.

When this incident was exposed, it caused an uproar not only in South Korea but also in public opinion around the world.

But so what? The chaebols in South Korea are the equivalent of Mr. Huang in Goose Town, and there are no "Zhang Mazi" in South Korea.

So in the end, the matter came to nothing. But from that time on, the terms "chaebol" and "hidden rules" were tied together by the Xin family.

But then again, although the Xin family father and son did not receive any punishment in the "Zhang Ziyan incident," the humiliation was real. Everyone has to have dignity, let alone a powerful chaebol.

Having lost face once, you cannot lose face a second time, so what should you do?

Abandon evil and promote good? That's impossible!
No women? That's even more impossible.

However, the father and son did learn some lessons from the "Zhang Ziyan incident", which is: they will not play with their daughter celebrities anymore.

Because this female star, even if she is a small star, has a certain influence. Especially after a young star commits suicide, it will definitely attract many people to find out the truth.

Wouldn’t this make it easy for a second “Zhang Ziyan incident” to happen?

Anyway, there are plenty of beautiful women in the lower class. Why bother staring at female celebrities?
There is a saying: A dragon gives birth to a dragon, a phoenix gives birth to a phoenix, and a mouse’s son will dig holes.

Shin Kyuk-ho is worse than a beast, Shin Dong-bin is worse than a beast, so can there be any good people in the third generation of the Shin family? Can Shin Dong-bin's son be a good person?

Like his father and grandfather, Shin Yong-jun also loves beautiful girls.

Knowing that he has this hobby, those around him who want to curry favor with him or have something to ask of him will naturally cater to his preferences and send all kinds of beauties to him.

He has played with girls of all kinds, including white-collar workers, doctors, nurses, teachers, and flight attendants, and he is tired of them all.

After much thought, he still wanted to play with his celebrity daughter, but he didn't dare to violate the family rules. So he could only play with his trainee daughter.

The trainees basically have no fans, but their looks and figures are close to those of celebrities, making them good substitutes. Most importantly, they are young, each one more youthful than the other.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Shin Yong-jun arrived at the Lotte Hotel in Myeongdong accompanied by his subordinates.

As the president of this hotel, it is normal for Shin Yong-jun to come to the hotel, but he is not here to work tonight.

According to his own assistant, several executives from entertainment companies have prepared a lot of good stuff for him tonight, ensuring that he can have a great time.

"Are they all here?"

"Everyone's here."

"Then let's go up."

"Yes."

At the same time, in the backstage dressing room on the top floor of the hotel, more than 30 girls were waiting for the party to begin.

They come from five different agencies and are all trainees, including Kwon Eun-bi and her group, who also call themselves trainees.

This was what President Han Dabao specifically told them before they came.

It was said that the reason was that the variety show "Hi! Girl" only allowed girls who hadn't debuted to participate. Anyway, their group had no fame, so even if they lied, no one would know.

The party hadn't started yet, and no one asked them to rehearse or perform, so the trainees from various companies gathered together to chat, completely unaware of the approaching danger.

"Click~"

Suddenly, the door to the dressing room opened, and a well-dressed, bespectacled man in a suit walked in. He smiled, bowed slightly to the girls, and said, "Hello, I'm Bu Shiren, the assistant to the hotel president."

Assistant to the president?

Upon hearing this, the girls quickly stood up and bowed to him.

"Welcome to tonight's banquet. I have two things to tell you. The first is that our guests are of high esteem. I hope you will perform at your best when you take the stage. Is that okay?"

Of course you can! Who can say no?

Seeing the girls nodding, Bu Shiren nodded in satisfaction, and then continued, "Second thing, as I said just now, tonight's guests are of high status. People of high status are sensitive to their identities. Therefore, I need you to temporarily hand over your phones to me to prevent you from secretly photographing the guests. I hope you can understand."

Hand in your phone?

Hearing this, the girls became nervous. In an unfamiliar environment, mobile phones are their only means of contacting the outside world, which can bring them a great sense of security.

If they hand over the phone and something bad happens, they will be helpless.

"Hello, Assistant Bu!" Just as the girls were debating whether to hand in their phones, a little blond girl with a chubby face suddenly raised her hand and politely said to Bu Shiren, "Excuse me, can I make a call first and then hand in my phone?"

"Of course, as long as you give me your phone for safekeeping before you go on stage."

Seeing that Bu Shiren had a smile on his face without a trace of displeasure, the girls suddenly thought that they might have been overthinking it.

Then, the little blonde girl took out her cell phone and made a call in front of everyone.

"Deputy Minister Sun, the hotel asked us to hand in our phones. I'll turn them off in a moment, so if you need to find us, don't call."

This "Deputy Minister Sun" was the deputy director of their company's trainee department. He was a very nice person and usually took good care of them. At the same time, Deputy Minister Sun was also the leader who brought them to the hotel today.

After taking them to the dressing room, Vice Minister Sun went out, saying that he was going to meet some friends and would be back soon.

In fact, the purpose of her call was to tell Vice Minister Sun that the hotel asked them to hand over their phones. If Vice Minister Sun thought there was no danger, she could hand over her phone without worry.

Upon hearing her words, Vice Minister Sun on the other end of the phone immediately said, "Just hand over your phone if you're asked to. The person coming to tonight's party is indeed very special." The blonde girl nodded in understanding. After the call ended, she turned off her phone and handed it in.

Seeing this, the trainees from the same company also handed in their phones.

With them taking the lead, Bu Shiren quickly collected all the girls' cell phones.

After locking the girls' cell phones in a cabinet, Bu Shiren took out his own cell phone, opened the chat software, clicked on the pinned friend, and started a video call.

"Okay, everyone stand up! Smile and look at the camera."

???

What do you mean? Do we need to take pictures before the performance?
The girls all stood up in a daze and gave a polite smile.

Seeing this, the man with glasses smiled, and then started taking pictures of the girls from left to right.

The first person to be photographed was Concubine Kwon!
Tonight she deliberately wore a black halter dress, paired with shawl hair and black high heels.

Although it is a suspender, it is not very revealing. However, her figure is so good that she wears a long skirt that is not revealing not only elegantly but also sexy.

Being photographed from head to toe by a stranger, who looked a bit like a gentleman, Eunbi Kwon felt both disgusted and a little nervous.

Although she knew she would not be in danger tonight, she still couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

"Yes!" As soon as he finished filming, Bu Shiren suddenly nodded respectfully and said yes, then said to Quan Enfei: "You step out and wait a moment."

Queen Eun-jeong was stunned for a moment, then she realized that Bu Shiren was still wearing Bluetooth headphones, so she quickly nodded and took half a step forward.

Afterwards, Bu Shiren didn't say anything else, but immediately went to take pictures of others.

Faced with this situation, except for Quan Enfei, the rest of the girls were a little panicked. Because this was too abnormal!
They were here to perform, but what was going on? Why did it feel like some big shot was selecting a concubine through the camera on his phone?
"You, get out of the queue!"

"You step out too!"

"you!"

"And you!"

There were more than thirty girls in total, and in the end, five were selected, including the blonde girl who had just called. They came from three companies: Quan Enfei's own family, the blonde girl and the tall girl's family, and the other two girls' families.

"That distinguished guest wants to see you. Please follow me. The rest of you will continue to wait here."

Go meet that distinguished guest? Of the five girls whose names were called, except for Quan Enfei, the other four looked at each other nervously.

They suspected that the distinguished guest might have taken a fancy to them and wanted to take advantage of them.

When they thought of this possibility, how could the four girls dare to follow Bu Shiren?

At this moment, Quan Enfei, who had adjusted her skirt and hair, walked towards the door and said to the other four girls, "Let's go quickly. Don't keep them waiting. We can't afford it."

Can't bear it? I think you can't wait to be seduced, right?

Because Queen Kwon not only did not look nervous but was also very proactive, she was misunderstood.

But no matter what, the other four girls had no other choice at the moment.

Their phones were confiscated, leaving them unable to contact the outside world. If they disobeyed, they would be surrounded by their own people. Even if there were more than 30 of them, let alone the four of them, it would be easy for them to deal with them.

Oh! Let's take it one step at a time. I hope the other party is not a bad person.

Afterwards, the four little blonde girls followed Concubine Kwon Eun-bi with uneasy feelings.

Bu Shiren brought the five girls to the next door. When they opened the door, there was a porch. Quan Enfei and the others could not see what was going on inside.

After passing through the entrance, they realized that they were not in a "banquet hall" at all, but a private room of about 100 square meters!

There is a bed, a sofa, a stage, a steel pipe and a large screen in the private room.

At this time, there were six men sitting on the sofa, including Han Dabao, Deputy Minister Sun and other executives from five brokerage companies.

Apart from these five people, Shin Yong-jun is in the C position.

Seeing the five girls, Han Dabao, Deputy Minister Sun and the other three all looked awkward and unnatural.

Seeing this, the last glimmer of hope in the hearts of the blonde girl and others was shattered. Their faces turned pale, their eyes filled with fear and despair.

Only Concubine Kwon, although with a slightly nervous expression, was the calmest.

Seeing this, Shin Yong-jun became interested. He chuckled and looked at the girls and said, "Hello, I'm Shin Yong-jun, the president of Lotte Hotels. What are your names? Introduce yourselves!"

At the end of his words, he locked his gaze on Concubine Kwon's face.

Quan Enfei's heart was pounding, but on the surface she said with a cold face: "Hello, President Xin, my name is Quan Enfei."

Not only did he have a sour face, but he also didn't say any honorifics!
"Heh!" Xin Yongjun sneered, then glanced at Han Dabao with dissatisfaction.

Han Dabao shuddered inwardly and glared at Concubine Quan En: "How dare you! Concubine Quan En! Watch your attitude! Who the hell are you to speak to Master Xin like that?!"

Looking at her former boss who used to pretend to be a good person, Quan Enfei couldn't help but sneer, and then pretended to be helpless and said: "With this attitude, there is nothing I can do even if you don't like it."

Seeing how confident Quan Enfei was, the four girls next to her were stunned, and at the same time felt a little guilty for having misunderstood her just now.

Over there, Xin Yongjun laughed out loud in anger: "Haha! I just like this kind of noble character, it suits my taste!"

As he spoke, he picked up the sieve on the coffee table in front of him, revealing the six dice underneath. He then said to Concubine Quan with a smile, "Here are six dice. If you can fit one in, I'll give you 100 million. If you can fit all of them, I'll make it a round number, 1 billion. What do you think? Do you want to come? The four of you can also do it. Who goes first?"

Faced with such humiliation, Concubine Quan's face turned red with anger, while the four people next to her turned pale with fear.

"Haha! Don't you dare? Do you want me to find someone to help you?"

"If you ask me, I'd better find someone to help you!"

"who?!"

(End of this chapter)