Hong Kong: Rise of the Kings

The plane roared——

At an altitude of 30,000 feet.

Looking out from the cabin window, the wings of the Boeing 747 aircraft shone brightly in the sun, and there was a white fog in the distance.

This was a flight from Bangkok, Thailand to Seoul, South Korea. In the business class, the cute stewardesses pushing various food and snack carts walked back and forth more frequently than usual. Their steps were like cats, quiet and without a trace of sound.

Jiang Ling'er was wearing a well-tailored white suit, graceful and bright.

She never dreamed that Du Yongxiao would really take her to South Korea, and said that this was an early "reward" for her to work hard in the mainland.

Jiang Ling'er was very happy in her heart. Although she was reluctant to leave her baby son Xiao Tangyuan, she also knew that this time she followed Du Yongxiao to South Korea for tourism in name, but in fact she was investigating Samsung Electronics to see if it was worth investing.

In other words, this time was actually a business trip, so she had to bear the feeling of parting and temporarily handed Xiao Tangyuan to Jiang Muling to take care of, and she accompanied Du Yongxiao to South Korea.

In addition to Jiang Ling'er, Du Yongxiao also brought Yan Xiong and Zhuang Dingxian as usual.

Yan Xiong is meticulous and Zhuang Dingxian is loyal. One can help Du Yongxiao with work and the other can protect Du Yongxiao's personal safety. It can be said that they have become an indispensable CP for Du Yongxiao's travel.

Jiang Ling'er was a little excited when she gently pulled down the sun visor. She knew clearly that Du Yongxiao was willing to take her to Korea this time, which was actually equivalent to giving her a name. After all, even Du Yongxiao's nominal girlfriend Guan Jiahui did not have such an opportunity.

Thinking of Guan Jiahui, Jiang Ling'er couldn't help but feel a little jealous of this Hong Kong beauty. She was the only one who could be favored and publicly recognized by Du Yongxiao. People like Huang Ying, Bai Mudan, Ying Mulin and others did not have such treatment.

I just don't know who is more important in Du Yongxiao's mind, herself or Guan Jiahui? Is it the one who gave birth to his child, or the beautiful Guan who is known as the enamel doll?

Thinking of this, Jiang Ling'er couldn't help but turn her head to look at Du Yongxiao, who was resting with his eyes closed in the seat next to her. Looking at his profile, she felt that he was so handsome, had huge wealth, and had a superior appearance. Such a man might be the lover of all women in the world. He did not belong to any one person or any woman.

I can get his love and have a lively and lovely child with him. What else can I not be satisfied with?

Du Yongxiao has been thinking about how to take down Samsung and control LG in Korea with his eyes closed.

The strategy for Korea must be done in advance. Those Koreans are not fools and will not sell the power of the group for money, so some special methods must be thought of.

In Du Yongxiao's impression, the largest shareholders of Samsung Group in the previous life were Lee Byung-chul and Lee Jian-hee, the father and son of the Lee family, but in fact, it was the American consortium that controlled Samsung behind the scenes.

Samsung has always been the most proud enterprise of Koreans. Koreans cannot do without three things in their lives: death tax and Samsung. From this, we can see how high Samsung's status is in Korea.

However, as the core enterprise of Samsung Group in the previous life, 55% of Samsung Electronics' shares were held by foreign investors, especially American companies. This has to start from the financial crisis in 1997.

The Asian financial crisis in 1997 swept the whole of Asia, including South Korea.

At this time, South Korea sought help from the United States, but the United States was definitely not a good bird. The United States agreed to aid South Korea, but the premise was that South Korea must open up its financial market. The most important change was that the shareholding ratio of foreign investors was liberalized from 50% to 100%. At this time, many Wall Street tycoons entered South Korea in a big way and acquired many shares of South Korean companies through acquisitions, mergers and acquisitions, and secondary markets. Among them, Samsung became the target of Wall Street financial tycoons such as Citi and JPMorgan Chase. They obtained a lot of shares of Samsung Group through various means.

So although the control of Samsung is still in the hands of Koreans, most of its profits are divided by foreign investors. In this sense, it is not an exaggeration to say that Samsung works for Americans.

Rubbing his temples, Du Yongxiao felt a little tired. It seemed that extraordinary times required extraordinary means. In order to control Samsung, in addition to taking advantage of this opportunity, he had to create a more serious financial crisis for Samsung and other Korean companies.

It's time to invite Soros to come to Korea. There are also many fat pieces in the Korean stock market. This stock market tycoon should be happy to eat his fill.

Thinking of this, Du Yongxiao also saw Jiang Ling'er with a slightly excited look from the corner of his eyes.

"Why, are you really so happy to come to Korea with me?" He wanted to say a few warm words to adjust the atmosphere, but somehow it changed its taste and became a teasing.

Hearing Du Yongxiao say "I'm really so happy", Jiang Ling'er raised her head very sensitively and replied: "I know you didn't want to bring me here, it was me who pestered you, sorry."

Jiang Ling'er understood men's thoughts very well. When she said this, her expression was gloomy, and she immediately changed from excitement to unhappiness.

Du Yongxiao coughed a few times and laughed, "Don't think too much. I just asked casually and didn't mean to blame you. Besides, it was my decision to let you accompany me to Korea. I won't slap myself, right?"

Jiang Ling'er was silent.

"Ahem, it will probably be very busy there. I can't accompany you to go shopping or anything. Do you mind?" Du Yongxiao hurriedly changed the subject and asked with a smile.

Think about it, Seoul, South Korea is a famous shopping paradise. It is more prosperous than Hong Kong in this era. Especially Korean cosmetics have dominated Southeast Asia at this time, and are on par with Japan. Many Hong Kong beauties like to go shopping in Seoul.

"Ah? How could it be!" Jiang Ling'er was stunned for a moment, and then quickly shook her head: "I'm very happy to accompany you to work in South Korea, how dare I expect you to accompany me to play everywhere?" As he spoke, his face lit up. Two red clouds.

Du Yongxiao gave her a strange look and didn't understand why she was blushing.

But little did she know that Jiang Ling'er had thought that although the two could not go shopping together, they could live in the same room and continue to "play" on the bed at night.

Not far away, Yan Xiong and Zhuang Dingxian were sitting together.

Yan Xiong held the newspaper in his hand, but he raised his head and glanced at Du Yongxiao and Jiang Ling'er from time to time. When he saw the two of them "talking and laughing," he couldn't help but said to Zhuang Dingxian: "See Wei, this Miss Jiang is really a wonderful person. I rarely see a woman who can control her godfather to death, and she even brought her with her to Korea this time!"

Zhuang Dingxian looked at Du Yongxiao and replied casually: "She is beautiful and very smart. Otherwise, she would not be the queen of Pirate Island."

"Oh, when you said that, I almost forgot. She was a female pirate, and she was born with a wild spirit." Yan Xiong said, "There are too many gentle girls around my godfather, such as White Peony, Huang Ying, and so on. There is the Japanese girl Sakuragi Rin and others, all of the same type. Even his real girlfriend Guan Jiahui looks like a girl next door. Only Jiang Ling'er is so wild that she can arouse the desire to conquer her godfather. "

Seeing Yan Xiong's lucid analysis, Zhuang Dingxian couldn't help but said: "Master Yan, you are very knowledgeable about women!"

"Of course!" Yan Xiong looked proud, "I think I was also a famous handsome detective in Hong Kong back then!"

"Ahem, are you the handsome detective?" Zhuang Dingxian looked at him in surprise with his big belly, triangular eyes, wide mouth and lion nose. He felt that he had nothing to do with handsomeness.

Yan Xiong pinched his chin, looked at Zhuang Dingxian who was looking at him, and said firmly: "Temperament! The main thing is temperament! Back then, my temperament, Yan Xiong, was unmatched by anyone!"

…

Eight o'clock in the evening.

The plane landed at Seoul International Airport in South Korea.

Under the night, the lights of the huge airport flickered like a dream.

In this era, Seoul, South Korea has not yet changed its name to "Seoul", and many traditional Chinese characters can even be seen everywhere at the airport. Unlike the future, in order to eliminate the influence of Chinese culture on South Korea, many Chinese characters have been replaced by tadpole-like Korean characters.

It was originally a good thing to awaken the national consciousness of independence, but because Korean is a phonetic alphabet, many unlucky things happened in South Korea.

What are phonetic characters? Just like our Chinese Pinyin, we only have the pronunciation, but we don’t know what it means specifically. For example, “tong——shi” can mean “colleague, at the same time, at the same time, in pain, with the same food” and so on. The proverbs are also similar to Chinese pinyin. For example, the words chief, funeral, and field all have the same pronunciation in Korean, so president, funeral, and venue are all homophones. "The president comes to the venue to bury (send a funeral)" sounds ridiculous. Many words can only be understood in context. specific meaning.

In 2009, a dumbfounding accident occurred on the Gyeongbu High-Speed ​​Railway in South Korea, which was under construction because the meaning of the word was unclear.

When the Korea Railway Construction Group inspected the construction site, it was discovered that more than 150,000 sleepers in the more than 100 kilometers from Daegu to Gyeongju were actually cracked. This was a big incident. Investigation found that the problem all stemmed from a small screw connecting the rails and sleepers.

It turned out that the company that produced screws at that time misunderstood the production requirements and misunderstood the Korean word "waterproof" as "water release", so it used water-absorbent materials. Coupled with the on-site supervisor's negligence in inspection, this accident eventually resulted. All cracked sleepers must be replaced, causing considerable damage to South Korea's high-speed railway.

However, for South Korea's upper class society, many aristocrats and chaebol families train their children to learn Chinese characters from an early age, and everyone in South Korea's most powerful prosecutorial agency must also be proficient in Chinese. It can be said that the abolition of Chinese characters in South Korea only targets ordinary people. , and Chinese characters directly distinguish the two classes in Korea.

Seeing so many traditional Chinese characters at the airport, Du Yongxiao felt as if he was in Hong Kong. He knew where the airport passage was without asking, and left the airport smoothly.

When he came to South Korea this time, Du Yongxiao greeted the Samsung Crown Prince Li Jianxi in advance.

So when they got off the plane, Li Jianxi personally took his family to greet them outside the airport.

Li Jianxi is also a scheming person. This time he did not invite anyone within the Samsung Group to accompany him to welcome Du Yongxiao. Instead, he simply brought his family over. His gesture was that of a gathering of relatives and friends, low-key but deeply emotional.

Of course Du Yongxiao understood Li Jianxi's intentions. If people from Samsung Group were involved at this time, Li Jianxi would lose the opportunity to develop a "relationship" with Du Yongxiao alone.

It's November now, but here in Seoul there are already scattered light snowfalls.

Li Jianxi, wearing a thick windbreaker and a top hat, waited beside the private car with his wife Luo Hongxi and daughter Li Fuzhen, waiting for Du Yongxiao and the others to come out of the airport.

Behind them, there were two cars parked, which were luxury cars specially prepared for Du Yongxiao and the others.

Both cars are Rolls-Royce, black, low-key, grand and high-end.

The weather was a bit cold, so Luo Hongxi held her daughter's little hand distressedly and helped her breathe to warm her hands from time to time.

"They're coming out."

Li Jianxi suddenly pointed to the front and said to his wife and daughter.

The two looked over and saw Du Yongxiao and his group walking out with their luggage.

The weather was too cold, and Du Yongxiao and his group were wearing thin clothes.

For this reason, Du Yongxiao took off his coat and put it on Jiang Linger.

Yan Xiong rubbed his nose and sneezed.

Zhuang Dingxian was young and strong, but he was not afraid of the cold.

Li Jianxi waved at Du Yongxiao and shouted loudly: "Mr. Du, this way! Welcome to Seoul!" Then he hurriedly took his wife and daughter to greet him.

Du Yongxiao saw him and waved at them.

The two sides soon met.

Du Yongxiao and Li Jianxi shook hands first, and then hugged warmly. To outsiders, it seemed like a pair of old friends who had known each other for many years. Who knew that the two had just met in Bangkok, Thailand not long ago.

Everyone was an acquaintance, so there was no need to introduce again.

Li Jianxi rubbed his hands and said, "I'm sorry, this is the weather in Seoul! It starts to get cold in November, and the first snow fell early this year! I should have told you in advance so that you can be prepared and not wear so little."

"It's okay." Du Yongxiao said this, but he couldn't help cursing the damn weather.

He had been in Hong Kong for a long time and was used to the mild climate of Hong Kong, so he couldn't stand it when he suddenly encountered extreme cold.

"Okay, no more talking, it's cold, get in the car quickly! I'll take you to where you live." Li Jianxi invited Du Yongxiao.

Du Yongxiao took Jiang Ling'er and got into the Rolls-Royce.

Yan Xiong and Zhuang Dingxian took another car.

Li Jianxi was also a thoughtful person. The heater in the car was turned on early, and people felt very comfortable as soon as they got in the car.

The three cars drove along Seoul Airport Boulevard and soon got on the Seoul Bridge. On the other side of the bridge, the brightly lit Seoul was hazy in the fine snow, making people feel a sense of tranquil beauty.

Li Jianxi originally wanted to arrange for Du Yongxiao and his family to live in his own home, but he has not moved out yet and still lives in the same big villa with his father Li Bingzhe and his family.

A family should live together, which is what Samsung founder Li Bingzhe often said to his children, proving that he has a strong sense of family.

So Li Jianxi had to arrange for Du Yongxiao and his family to live in the largest five-star hotel in Seoul - the Seoul Grand Hotel.