On the way to the Westin Hotel in Myeongdong, Jung-gu, Seoul, the capital of South Korea, a row of black Mercedes-Benz cars were driving on the road.
Chu Huan was sitting in the car in the middle. Also riding in the car with Chu Huan was Quan Zaiguo, the son of Quan Doo-hwan, the most powerful man in South Korea.
In South Korea outside the car window, prosperity and poverty coexist. Pedestrians wearing suits with hurried expressions can be seen everywhere. At the same time, pedestrians with ragged clothes and dull eyes can also be seen.
Rows of tall buildings and dilapidated shantytowns.
Quan Zaiguo must have been accustomed to such an environment. In his eyes, this may be normal Seoul.
"Dr. Chu, I'm very sorry. My father originally wanted to meet you as soon as possible, but you also know that the Blue House has just experienced the Gwangju incident and there are many things to deal with, so let's go to the hotel first, tonight
My father will host a banquet at home to entertain you personally!"
Quan Zaiguo said with a smile.
Chu Huan frowned slightly. Quan Zaiguo didn't see him at the first time. Chu Huan didn't care whether he wanted to give him a blow or whether it was as Quan Zaiguo said. He really had something. Chu Huan must have
I need to make Quan Zaiguo understand something.
"It doesn't matter, I just have other arrangements later, so I can stagger things!"
Quan Zaiguo was stunned for a moment and asked: "Director Chu, do you want to handle the business in South Korea?"
In Quan Zaiguo's view, Chu Huan is a businessman after all. Since he said he had his own affairs to deal with when he came to South Korea, it should be about business matters.
Chu Huan smiled and shook his head and said: "It's not a business matter. The main thing is that I have some other friends in South Korea. After they knew that I came to South Korea, they kept telling me that we should meet each other. Originally, I wanted to meet him first.
I met Commander Quan Douhuan.
But since Commander Quan Douhuan is busy with other things now, I will go see my friends first!"
Quan Zaiguo nodded indifferently, and then asked: "Who are you friends? You don't need to go to see him in person, just ask him to come to the hotel to meet you?"
Chu Huan said with a smile: "As for who is going to see who, we still have to decide after talking on the phone first. If he is busy with things over there, it doesn't matter if I go to see him."
Quan Zaiguo just nodded and said without paying much attention: "So that's it!"
While chatting, the two of them arrived at the Westin North Korea Hotel, a top hotel with a history of more than 60 years in South Korea. This hotel was one of the first hotels to introduce Western culture to South Korea. It was the first to introduce such things as elevators and ice cream.
, the concepts of buffet and western wedding.
The buffet provided by the hotel's restaurant aria became one of the three major buffets in Seoul hotels in later generations, and it was also very popular among South Korean locals.
There are also city gates, pavilions, etc. in the hotel. Looking at these ancient buildings makes you feel like you have really returned to North Korea 100 years ago.
It is interesting to say that Chu Huan has his own real estate all over the world, but he has not purchased it in Seoul. It is not that Chu Huan does not like the real estate in Seoul. In fact, at this period, the real estate in Seoul still has great development prospects.
As far as the most famous Gangnam District in Seoul is concerned, Gangnam District has just begun to develop at this time and has only been around for ten years. It still has a lot to do.
The real reason why Chu Huan decided not to buy real estate in Seoul was because there was no need at all, as long as Chu Huan could successfully take over Dongming Timber when he came to South Korea this time.
Then the mansion of Dongming Timber President Jiang Xizhen in Longshan District belongs to Chu Huan.
Although in later generations, Gangnam District was the most famous wealthy district in Seoul, there was even a song "Gangnam Style" by Uncle Psy to mock the life of the rich in Gangnam District. In addition, in "Reply 1988", Sung Deok-sun's
After my father retired, he also wanted to move to Jiangnan District.
But in fact, for South Korea's traditional chaebols, the real top circle is actually in Itaewon District, at the eastern foot of Namsan Mountain in Yongsan District. For example, the ancestral home of Samsung's Lee family is here.
Although the base camp of Dongming Wood in Jiangxi Town is in Busan, he actually has his own villa in Yongsan District.
Pu Zhenxing had already booked a room for Chu Huan and others. After arriving at the room where Chu Huan was, Quan Zaiguo sat down on the sofa lazily and spoke proudly.
"Dr. Chu, after dinner with my father tonight, I will take you to enjoy the night in Seoul. The life here is no worse than that in Xiangjiang. By the way, I also opened a restaurant in Lan Kwai Fong in Seoul similar to Xiangjiang.
It’s almost like a private club, let’s go there to play when the time comes!”
Chu Huan smiled and nodded, and then said: "I'll call my friend first!"
Quan Zaiguo nodded casually, picked up a magazine on the table and flipped through it.
Chu Huan dialed the other party's phone number, introduced himself in English, and then said that he wanted to speak to Commander Simmons!
Quan Zaiguo, who was sitting on the sofa with a nonchalant expression just now, heard that Chu Huan was about to talk to Commander Simmons. His body straightened instantly, and then he couldn't help but pricked up his ears. At this time, Quan Zaiguo was very grateful.
My father taught me English so that I can understand the communication between Chu Huan and the other party very well!
Those who can be called commanders in South Korea are basically people from the South Korean army, but now Chu Huan is indeed talking about a North American name, and in South Korea, there is only one North American who is called a commander.
.
Simmons, commander of North American Forces in Korea!
Even the name is the same, you can’t go wrong!
Then, Quan Zaiguo hung up the phone after hearing Chu Huan exchange a few affectionate greetings with the other party. Then Quan Zaiguo put away his dandy expression and couldn't help but ask Chu Huan.
"Director Chu, you actually know Commander Simmons?"
Chu Huan nodded nonchalantly and said: "When I went to North America before, Kissinger introduced us to each other. Later, we found that we had the same interests and hobbies, and we became good friends!"
This answer is half true and half false. It is true that Chu Huan and Simmons got to know each other because of Kissinger's introduction, but to say that they have similar interests or something like that is pure nonsense. They just have the same interests.
Chu Huan invested in the South Korean Sun, and Simmons' son had some shares in it. Although it was not much, the annual income was much more than Simmons' salary!
Since we all share the same interests, we are naturally good friends!
This is the first guarantee Chu Huan has found for himself in South Korea. Politicians are not trustworthy, let alone South Korean politicians. Therefore, Chu Huan must have more chips in order to better develop his career in South Korea.
South Korea's cause.
"It just so happens that there is nothing going on at Simmons's military camp today. He will be here soon. Why don't we all sit down and chat together?"
Chu Huan sent an invitation to Quan Zaiguo, who was still stunned.
The North American troops stationed in South Korea are so arrogant that even if they committed crimes in South Korea in later generations, the South Korean government would not dare to do anything to them.
What's more, now, Jeon Jae-guo has just suppressed the Gwangju incident that shocked South Korea, and is now planning to take the throne of South Korea's president, and he does not dare to offend the North American troops stationed in South Korea.
Although Quan Zaiguo, a handsome man, also knew this, he would naturally participate in Chu Huan's invitation.
"I didn't expect that Director Chu's relationship would be so extensive. It's really surprising!" Quan Zaiguo couldn't help but exclaimed in the end.
Chu Huan smiled and said, "It's always good to have more friends!"
About half an hour later, Simmons arrived at the hotel. After seeing Chu Huan, he immediately gave Chu Huan a warm hug.
No way, just before Chu Huan came to South Korea, Simmons' son received a private estate worth millions of dollars in North America.
It’s no wonder Simmons is unhappy!
"Chu, you should have told me the specific time of your arrival in Seoul and asked me to pick you up at the airport!" Simmons said enthusiastically after letting go of Chu Huan.
Chu Huan smiled and said: "Simmons, you are too polite. I know that your life in the military camp is very busy. How can you have the nerve to let you go to the airport to pick me up during your busy schedule!"
"No, No, No!" Simmons shook his head repeatedly and said, "I can just deal with the matters in the military camp casually, but when I welcome my friends, I must not be vague!"
Chu Huan also laughed and said: "Well, when I come next time, I will definitely call you in advance!"
"That's right!" Simmons said happily: "Then we have agreed, if you don't call me by then, I will be angry!"
Quan Zaiguo stood next to Chu Huan and watched Chu Huan and Simmons chatting and laughing. He had some doubts about the relationship between Chu Huan and Simmons before, but now he had no doubts at all. At this time
He finally knew what Chu Huan's weight was.
The relationship between these two people is also very good, right?
Chu Huan then introduced Quan Zaiguo to Simmons. Although Quan Zaiguo was Quan Douhuan's eldest son, he had never met Simmons, so Simmons naturally did not recognize him.
However, after Simmons learned the identity of Quan Zaiguo, he nodded with a smile and said hello, but there was definitely no way to compare with Chu Huan!
But this has made Quan Zaiguo very happy.
Then the three of them took one of them, Park Jung-hyung, and four others to the restaurant of the Westin Hotel for dinner.
During the meal, Simmons invited Chu Huan to visit their military camp in Longshan District, and Chu Huan did not refuse.
After the meal, Simmons said that he still had some things to deal with in the military camp, so he said goodbye, and Chu Huan sent him to the hotel lobby.
Quan Zaiguo, who was supposed to accompany Chu Huan in the afternoon, also said at this time that he had some things to deal with and said goodbye to Chu Huan.
Chu Huan also did not hold back on this. After all, Chu Huan also wanted to ask Pu Zhenxing about their business in South Korea.
Chu Huan's business in South Korea can be roughly divided into two directions.
The first one is Jiaku’s business in South Korea. Jiaku’s animation, clothing, cinema, games and other businesses have already entered South Korea.
The second one is Sun Investment, represented by Li Zhenguo and Park Zhenxing.
The reason why Li Zhenguo does not appear here is because Li Zhenguo is hidden deeper in South Korea. Chu Huan does not want too many people to know about his relationship with Li Zhenguo at this stage.
Jiaku's business has a dedicated person reporting to Chu Huan, so Pu Zhenxing does not need to report, but Sun Investment's business requires Pu Zhenxing to report.
"Sun Investment's largest business in South Korea is arcade games. Now, with the support of Hyundai Group and your relationship as Chairman, our arcade chain business is already the largest in South Korea. It can bring at least 100% revenue to the company every year.
Nearly $1 billion in revenue!”
At this time, Chu Huan was very glad that he had completely mastered the arcade machine. In an era when computer games had not yet fully emerged, arcade machines were definitely a huge money-making tool.
Whether in Japan or South Korea, arcade arcade chains have become the most important alliance tool in Chu Huan's hands.
When Chu Huan asked Park Jung-hyung to contact the two brothers Zheng Mong-koo and Zheng Mong-gen of Hyundai Group, it was actually more based on the situation at the time that he wanted to bury a nail in Hyundai Group.
But now that I have temporarily resolved my grievances with Hyundai Group, I can only continue to bury this nail. Let’s talk about Hyundai Group after Zhengzhou Yong’s death!
Pu Zhenxing then handed Chu Huan a list of names and said: "In addition, Chairman, these are some of the military and political relationships we have in South Korea!"
Chu Huan took the list, smiled and said to Pu Zhenxing: "Well done. Before I came to Seoul, I had contacted the North American side. Your sister's condition has basically stabilized. If you continue to observe it for a while, she should be fine."
You can officially be discharged from the hospital. As for the hatred on your body, don’t worry about it. I came to South Korea this time just to buy Dongming Timber and the "North Korea Daily". After Fang Yirong lost the "North Korea Daily", he was basically fish on the board.
, it’s up to you to do whatever you want!”
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Hearing what Chu Huan said, Pu Zhenxing's face immediately showed an excited look, and then he knelt down in front of Chu Huan and pleaded seriously.
"Chairman, I want to ask you for something!"
Chu Huan sat on the sofa and said, "Let's talk about it first!"
Pu Zhenxing knelt there, with strong hatred bursting out of his eyes: "I hope that after acquiring the North Korea Daily, Fang Yirong will be handed over to me and let me handle it!"
Chu Huan smiled relaxedly and said: "Didn't I just say that after Sun Investment completes the acquisition of the North Korea Daily, Fang Yirong will be a piece of cake on the sticky board, and you can do whatever you want!"
After hearing Chu Huan confirm his request again, Pu Zhenxing knelt down and saluted Chu Huan and said: "Thank you, Chairman!"
Chu Huan smiled and said: "As long as you can do things well for the company, the company will definitely not treat you badly!"
"yes!"
Then Chu Huan asked Pu Zhenxing about the specific matters of Sun Investment, and then asked Pu Zhenxing to leave. After Pu Zhenxing left, Han Yang came to Chu Huan with Li Zhenguo, who had already settled in the Westin Hotel in advance.
s room.
Li Zhenguo now has his own trading company in South Korea as his external identity, but in fact Li Zhenguo's status in South Korea is more mysterious and low-key than Gao Kai's status in Japan.
"How's it going? Are you still used to it after living in South Korea for the past few years?"
When chatting with Li Zhenguo, Chu Huan became more casual.
Li Zhenguo was also much more casual than Pu Zhenxing. He sat opposite Chu Huan and said with a smile: "It's not bad, he's from here, how should I put it?"
After sorting out his words, Li Zhenguo continued: "People in this country break too many rules. They have to use honorifics when speaking. It was really uncomfortable at first, but now
It's much better. The thing I can't bear the most is what they eat.
Every time we eat, a table is set with large and small plates. People who don’t know better think they have prepared a lot of food, but in fact, at first glance, they are all filled with pickles. But they still think that their pickles are so good.
Eat, if it weren’t for the barbecue here, I feel like I wouldn’t be able to stand it!”
Listening to Li Zhenguo's complaints, Chu Huan couldn't help laughing, and said: "It would be nice to have barbecue, but you can't hold it back. If you weren't watching Pu Zhenxing in South Korea,
I’m still worried!”
Naturally, it is impossible for Chu Huan to give Pu Zhenxing absolute trust. The one who really makes Chu Huan trust is Li Zhenguo. So here, Pu Zhenxing is developing the influence of Sun Investment in South Korea, and on the other side, Li Zhenguo is also keeping an eye on Pu Zhenxing.
His behavior in South Korea made it impossible for him to go beyond it.
At the same time, Li Zhenguo also has other tasks. The president of South Korea is not a safe profession, especially after Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo stepped down, and Kim Young-sam and Kim Dae-jung who took office spared no effort to rectify them.
people.
Chu Huan's business is now so close to these two people. If there is no back-up plan, there will definitely be problems when Jin Yongsan and Jin Daezhong come to power in the future.
Therefore, Li Zhenguo is responsible for the future of Jiaku's business in South Korea.
"Kim Young-sam and Kim Dae-jung, as the leaders of the Gwangju incident, can be said to be in the darkest period of their political careers. Kim Young-sam is now under house arrest, and Kim Dae-jung is even more pitiful. Not only was he arrested
, even his eldest son Jin Hongyi was arrested and is now being tortured in prison!"
Li Zhenguo was still a little curious about Chu Huanrang's special attention to these two people. Although the two of them had a certain reputation in South Korea's political circles before, they had even participated in the election of South Korea's president.
But today South Korea is ruled by Chun Doo-hwan, and Chun Doo-hwan is the head of the army. No matter how you look at it, the political careers of these two people are over!
At this time, Kim Young-sam and Kim Dae-jung were both members of the New Democratic Party of South Korea. In 1970, Kim Young-sam, Kim Dae-jung and Lee Cheol-seung of the New Democratic Party competed for the position of presidential candidate within the party. Which year did Kim Dae-jung win?
Then Kim Dae-jung announced his participation in the South Korean presidential election, but ultimately lost to Park Chung-hee!
Even during the process of running for election, Park Chung-hee caused Kim Dae-jung's car accident, causing Kim Dae-jung to become a cripple.
After Park Chung-hee was elected president, Kim Dae-jung went into exile in Japan. During this period, he was kidnapped by South Korean agents and his body was almost buried in the sea!
After Park Chung-hee was assassinated, Kim Dae-jung returned to South Korea, participated in the Gwangju incident, and was captured by Chun Doo-hwan's men.
In November this year, Kim Dae-jung was sentenced to death by a South Korean military court for "conspiracy to commit civil strife."
However, North America believed that the wave of protests triggered by Kim Dae-jung's execution would benefit North Korea, and subsequently negotiated with South Korea.
Under pressure from North America, Kim Dae-jung was finally sentenced to life imprisonment, then to 20 years in prison, suspended, and spent a total of 2 years and 7 months in prison.
In December 1982, he was allowed to travel to North America for treatment of his leg injury and embarked on his second escape.
Kim Young-sam's situation is not much better than that of Kim Dae-jung. Although he did not go into exile twice like Kim Dae-jung, his political career was close to collapse several times.
However, although Kim Young-sam and Kim Dae-jung jointly led the Gwangju incident, their relationship was actually not good. Later, Kim Dae-jung broke away from the New Democratic Party and founded another party of his own.
Although Li Zhenguo had doubts in his mind, he did not ask them out. He was used to carrying out Chu Huan's orders without asking for specific reasons.
"Chairman, I think it is a bit unrealistic to get Kim Dae Jung out of prison, but we can use our connections to get Kim Dae Jung's eldest son, Jin Hong Yi, out of prison!"
Chu Huan nodded after hearing this. Jin Dazhong was really tough. Even with the pressure from North America, he had been in jail for more than two years. Moreover, the identities of these two people were too sensitive. In addition, Quan Douhuan
His suspicious character makes him even less suitable to rescue Kim Dae Jung.
If this person were replaced by Jin Hongyi, it would be much easier to operate.
.
While Chu Huan was chatting with Pu Zhenxing and Li Zhenguo respectively, Quan Zaiguo had already hurried back to his home.
At this time, Chun Doo-hwan had not officially become the president of South Korea, so he naturally did not live in the Blue House.
"Where is my father?"
The servant at home replied: "The commander has not returned from Cheong Wa Dae yet!"
Quan Zaiguo went directly to the phone and dialed his father's office number.
"Aren't you with Chu Huan? Why are you back?" Quan Douhuan asked in a deep voice after answering the phone and knowing that it was Quan Zaiguo.
It can be said at this time that Chun Doo-hwan has overcome the last obstacle to becoming the president of South Korea. The change in identity has also caused some changes in Chun Dou-hwan's heart.
He indeed valued his cooperation with Chu Huan. After all, Chu Huan could bring him huge wealth. But at this time, he was about to take the position of president of South Korea. This also made Quan Douhuan think that he was working with Chu Huan.
You can gain more say in the cooperation.
Therefore, although he took the initiative to call and invite Chu Huan to come to South Korea, he did not meet Chu Huan in the first place.
"Father, I just came out of the Westin Hotel, and this is what happened..."
Quan Zaiguo did not hesitate and directly told Quan Zaiguo about the meeting between Chu Huan and Simmons.
"What?"
Quan Douhuan of Blue House couldn't sit still when he heard that Chu Huan and Simmons actually knew each other and had a very good relationship.
"You wait for me at home, I'll go back right away!"
After saying that, Quan Douhuan hung up the phone.
Not long after, Quan Douhuan returned to his home by car and saw Quan Zaiguo sitting in the living room.
"Are you sure it was Simmons who had dinner with Chu Huan at noon today?" After Quan Douhuan came back, he confirmed directly to Quan Zaiguo without any delay.
Quan Zaiguo nodded and said: "You can't be wrong. Although I haven't met Simmons, I have seen his photos. He must be right!"
Quan Douhuan sat on the sofa and said with a complicated expression: "I know that Chu Huan's relationship network is very complicated, but I didn't expect it to be so complicated. Even Simmons knows him? It seems that the relationship between us and him is
We can’t continue as we said before!”
Quan Zaiguo continued: "And when I had dinner with the two of them today at noon, I heard the conversation between the two of them. Chu Huan had a relationship with Kissinger in North America, as well as many political figures, as well as the Kennedy family, the Bush family, etc.
It’s also very good.”
At this point, Quan Zaiguo asked Quan Douhuan helplessly: "Father, how could Chu Huan, a businessman from Xiangjiang, be related to so many political families in North America?"
Quan Douhuan had already thought of the reason at this time, and said in a deep voice: "How did Chu Huan cooperate with our family?"
Quan Zaiguo said directly: "Money clears the way!"
Although Quan Douhuan was dissatisfied with his son stating the matter so straightforwardly, the fact was indeed the case, so he continued: "Chu Huan can open up the understanding of our money, and naturally he can also open up the understanding of those people's money.
Well, you have to know that political donations in North America are even more serious!"
Quan Zaiguo nodded and said: "That being said, these families all have strong partners. How could they accept political donations from Chu Huan for no reason, and Chu Huan is also from Xiangjiang?"
Quan Douhuan shook his head and said: "I don't know about this, but it can be seen from this that Chu Huan's real strength is definitely not what we see now. I have also sent people to investigate Chu Huan's global status.
Business, but our people can only investigate and have a partial understanding.
But it is undeniable that Chu Huan's business is spread all over the world. Just looking at his business in Xiangjiang, one can easily analyze that Chu Huan's relationship in England is also very deep, otherwise he would not be able to acquire Jardine Land in Xiangjiang.
, but I didn’t think too much about it before.”
Quan Zaiguo was also a little confused at this time. If he went by his father's words, then Chu Huan's global influence at this time was definitely not what they had analyzed.
"Then Daddy, do you want to go see Chu Huan now?"
Quan Douhuan shook his head and said: "No, since you have told him before, I have something to do at the Blue House and only have time in the evening. If he has just met Simmons now, we will take the initiative to see him, but he will be left behind."
inferior.
and......."
At this point, Quan Douhuan's expression became serious: "No matter what kind of influence Chu Huan has in the world, as long as he wants to do business in South Korea, he must get along well with us, so we don't need to be too harsh.
initiative!"
After hearing this, Quan Zaiguo nodded and said, "I understand!"
Quan Douhuan arranged: "Okay, you don't need to worry about other things. You just need to accompany Chu Huan during his stay in South Korea. In addition, inform your family to prepare for tonight's dinner!"