Hong Kong: Rise of the Kings

The meeting continued——

Du Yongxiao was talking and laughing. In the past, the Samsung prince Li Jianxi, who used to have the final say and was full of dignity in Samsung Chemical Company, seemed to be eclipsed by Du Yongxiao's light and became an ordinary middle-aged uncle.

Du Yongxiao often did not speak, but just listened silently, but when he occasionally expressed his opinion, he would attract the attention of all the participants, especially the experts from Samsung Chemical who participated in the discussion. After Du Yongxiao finished speaking, they would exchange opinions with each other in a low voice and analyze the true meaning of every word of Du Yongxiao so that they could better grasp the opportunity. Maybe Samsung Chemical could also attract investment from this young tycoon. After all, South Korea is developing rapidly now, and no one wants too much money.

Looking at Du Yongxiao's silent demeanor, several young female employees were inevitably excited and had wild thoughts.

Jiang Ling'er, who was sitting next to Du Yongxiao, saw the eyes and thoughts of those female employees clearly, and she couldn't help feeling a little proud. This is my man, who slept with him last night!

However, after seeing those female employees looking at Du Yongxiao with lecherous eyes, this time her little pride turned into jealousy again.

She had to consider her identity and could not declare her sovereignty on the spot. She could only watch these vixens, big and small, trying their best to seduce her man.

Du Yongxiao naturally didn't know about this matter in Samsung Company. He was just silently thinking about the highlight of tonight, meeting with the people from Samsung Electronics.

Du Yongxiao knew very well that Li Jianxi did not take him directly to Samsung Electronics for inspection, but brought him here. The purpose was to figure out Du Yongxiao's intentions first and weigh Du Yongxiao's ability in business.

If Du Yongxiao was just a dandy type, a nouveau riche type, then it would be easy to deal with him next. Just continue to accompany him to eat and drink, and arrange a few Korean beauties to serve him. Samsung relied on this trick to attract investment from major banks.

On the contrary, if Du Yongxiao was really as smart as the legend said, and he supported an empire by himself, then he had to be treated with caution and must not be too fancy and counterproductive.

Facts have proved that Li Jianxi's caution was right. The Samsung Chemicals group was now impressed by Du Yongxiao's amazing talent. Those senior executives who originally regarded Du Yongxiao as a nouveau riche, unlearned and unskilled, and hoped to use wine and sex to directly deal with Du Yongxiao, now re-examined Du Yongxiao one by one and treated him as the most distinguished guest.

After almost three hours of meeting---

Du Yongxiao was tired and planned to end the event. He smiled and said: "Thank you all for accompanying me to inspect Samsung Chemicals today. Here I saw the vitality of Samsung Chemicals and your abilities. If there is a chance, I hope to cooperate with you in the future. After all, investing in Samsung also needs diversification, right?"

"Hahaha! Mr. Du said it well!" Li Jianxi was also very happy that Du Yongxiao would say this, expressing his recognition of him and his management of Samsung Chemicals.

Most importantly, Du Yongxiao just said that he might cooperate with Samsung Chemicals in the future, which was not a polite remark at all.

Samsung Chemicals has developed well in recent years, and it is also the capital that Li Jianxi has always been proud of. If he can use Du Yongxiao's funds to expand the market this time and soar again, then his position in the Samsung Group will not be more stable?

Li Jianxi immediately expressed his gratitude to Du Yongxiao and his expectation for Du Yongxiao's investment in Samsung Chemicals.

Other senior executives also stood up and applauded, expressing their gratitude to Du Yongxiao.

In this way, the meeting ended in a warm atmosphere.

…

Seoul, South Korea in winter is a prosperous and cold city.

After the prosperity, it also created a cold city with the highest suicide rate in the world.

In particular, the most famous Seoul Bridge is a suicide sanctuary for Koreans. In the future, there are countless young Koreans who have lost their faith in survival and jumped on this bridge.

In the Seoul Grand Hotel——

Du Yongxiao stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling curtain with a teacup, looking at the pedestrians in the street in a hurry, and even the traffic gave people a sense of efficient operation.

Du Yongxiao took a sip of tea and sighed, "I still hate this damn weather, it's too cold!"

Jiang Ling'er hugged him from behind and leaned her cheek against his back: "Why are you cold? The room is so warm, and I'm here with you. If you want, I can help you move around and warm up."

Du Yongxiao turned around and looked at Jiang Ling'er with a playful look in his eyes: "What kind of activities? Why do I feel like you've become bad? Always thinking about that kind of thing."

Jiang Ling'er chuckled and stuck out her tongue at Du Yongxiao mischievously: "I just want to continue working hard with you to give Xiao Tangyuan another sister, so that we can make up a good word!"

"Greedy!" Du Yongxiao scratched Jiang Ling'er's nose.

The two were hugging each other and flirting, when--

Knock knock knock!

Yan Xiong knocked on the door and came in. He saw the two hugging each other and turned his head back and said, "I'm blind and didn't see anything!"

"Come back! You didn't see a ghost!" Du Yongxiao scolded.

Yan Xiong turned around and walked over with a smile and said, "I'm old, my eyes are presbyopic, almost like I'm really blind."

Du Yongxiao didn't listen to his nonsense, "What's the matter?"

"Oh, I got all the information you asked me to find. These are the Samsung executives who will meet with you tonight--"

After a pause, he said, "Samsung Electronics is the pillar industry of the Samsung Group. This time, when we heard that you might support Samsung Electronics, the people here were very happy. Almost all of them are going out tonight."

"It's not a war, why send out ghosts!" Du Yongxiao took the list and took a look. Sure enough, it was full of big names, and the first one was the famous Samsung Group founder - Lee Byung-chul!

In the photo, the emperor of Samsung Group, the real king of South Korea in the future, looked very thin and wore glasses. There was no cunning or honesty on his face that a businessman should have. On the contrary, there was only the kindness of the uncle next door.

However, Du Yongxiao had watched the TV series "The Youngest Son of the Chaebol Family" and knew clearly that Mr. Lee Byung-chul was a genius in the business world and a ruthless person who could even abandon his own son for himself.

In order, the list behind Lee Byung-chul was his eldest son Lee Meng-xi and second son Lee Chang-xi.

The images of these two young men were completely opposite.

The eldest son Lee Meng-xi had a wealthy face, and it was obvious that he was well maintained with luxurious clothes and food.

Du Yongxiao knew that although this young master had good maintenance skills, his management skills were very poor, otherwise he would not step down from the next prince in the future and become the "most useless" person in the Li family.

As for the second son, Li Changxi, he had a hot temper, big eyes and thick eyebrows, and his face was full of arrogance and domineering.

For Du Yongxiao, this kind of person is easy to deal with.

After looking at these three important figures in the Li family, the following are the senior backbones of Samsung Electronics.

Du Yongxiao looked at them one by one.

Suddenly, he was attracted by one of them.

Suspecting that he had seen it wrong, he looked more carefully.

Kim Jong-ki!

Senior lecturer at Seoul National University!

Head of the R\u0026D team of Samsung Electronics!

"Damn, how could it be him?" Du Yongxiao took the list and looked at the photo of Kim Jong-ki, who looked serious and looked like a research and development fanatic, and scratched his chin involuntarily.

"How come, godfather, do you know this person?" Yan Xiong asked curiously.

Du Yongxiao did not speak, but thought.

This Kim Jong-ki is a big deal. In his last life, he was called the "Godfather of Korean Chips."

There is a legend about a group of people in the Korean chip industry who are known as the "Kim Mafia."

Kim Jong-ki himself would not call them that, but to Korean semiconductor engineers, the "Kim Mafia," or Kim Jong-ki's students, are everywhere.

Starting in the mid-1980s, as the country's chip manufacturing accelerated, engineers who had studied under Kim Jong-ki at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) began to take top positions in the industry and teach or research semiconductors at universities and government agencies.

By the early 21st century, South Korea had become a dominant force in the global semiconductor market, with memory chips alone meeting more than 60% of international demand.

Around the world, Kim Jong-ki's many disciples have also been praised for their important contributions to South Korea's economic development.

Prior to this, South Korea only began assembling radios in 1959 and was still manufacturing obsolete memory chips in the early 1980s.

This success can be traced in part to Kim Jong-ki, now an honorary professor at KAIST. He is of medium height, with gray hair after he turned 30. He is the first professor in South Korea to systematically teach semiconductor engineering.

From 1975, when the country just started to produce the first batch of transistors, to 2008, when he retired from teaching, Kim Jong-ki trained more than 100 students and supported the entire semiconductor era in South Korea. Therefore, he is also honored as the "Godfather of Korean Chips".

"Yan Xiong!"

"Here, Godfather!"

Du Yongxiao pointed at Kim Jong-ki in the photo: "Check out this person's background, he is very important to me!"

"Yes, Godfather!" Yan Xiong didn't understand what was so important about this Korean who looked serious and had gray hair in his thirties, but since it was Du Yongxiao's order, he would do it.

At this time, Zhuang Dingxian knocked on the door and said to Du Yongxiao: "Brother Xiao, it's time."

Du Yongxiao nodded, "Everyone get ready, maybe tonight is a Hongmen Banquet."

Hongmen Banquet?

Yan Xiong, Jiang Ling'er, Zhuang Dingxian and others didn't understand.

They invested money in Samsung Electronics. Logically, the other party should be very happy and respect them. Why is it a Hongmen Banquet?

…

At the same time——

Lee's Mansion in Seoul——

This ancient villa covering an area of ​​1,000 acres is the home of Lee Byung-chul, the boss of Samsung Group.

People who can enter the Lee family are either rich or noble, or government officials. People who come out of the Lee family, whether they are cooks, gardeners, or even a dog of the Lee family, will double their value. The reason is very simple. They have served the Lee family and have been recognized by the Lee family.

At this time, in the study on the third floor of the Lee family, there was a dispute.

"Father, we must not let that Chinese invest in our electronics company!"

"Yes, father! It is said that the young man is ambitious. He founded the Du Group at the age of twenty and built such a big country. It can be seen how big his appetite is and how strong his ability is. This time, my third brother is simply inviting a wolf into the house. If he is allowed to invest in Samsung Electronics, our company may be swallowed up by him!"

The eldest son of the Lee family, Li Mengxi, and the second son, Li Changxi, said to their father, Li Bingzhe.

Usually, the two of them trembled when they saw their father, but at this moment, they were aggressive and tried hard to persuade their father.

Li Bingzhe did not even look at his two sons. He wore a traditional Korean gray loose hanbok, stood in front of the wall with his hands behind his back, and looked at a large character hanging on the wall: "Indifferent to fame and wealth, clear ambition".

After the two sons finished speaking in anger, Li Bingzhe sighed and said with his hands behind his back: "I am 68 years old this year, but I still don't understand the meaning of these four words. Who can help me explain it?"

After speaking, Li Bingzhe turned around and looked at his two sons.

The eldest son Li Mengxi and the second son Li Changxi looked at each other.

Li Mengxi, who looked rich, stepped forward and said: "What is there to explain? Isn't it just cultivating the mind and cultivating the character? I remember the next sentence is tranquility leads to far-reaching."

Li Bingzhe nodded and looked at the second son: "What do you think?"

"Me? I don't have any opinion!"

"Then do you know where this sentence comes from?"

"This-——" Li Changxi looked embarrassed. He didn't like reading since he was a child. He preferred sports. Football, baseball and golf were his strengths.

The eldest son Li Mengxi seized the opportunity: "I know, it's Zhuge Liang's "Admonitions to My Son"."

Li Bingzhe glanced at Li Mengxi: "Very good, I didn't expect you to read."

"Ahem, I have been reading all the time! I also like "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and Zhuge Liang."

Koreans like to watch "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but they are different from Japanese. Japanese people worship the hero Cao Cao, while Koreans like Zhuge Liang.

In fact, this is also related to the national history of Japan and South Korea.

Japan has always been an ambitious country that wants to invade and expand, so it worships the strong and admires Cao Cao's "I would rather let the world down than let the world let me down."

South Korea is just the opposite.

They have always been a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and later they admired Confucianism and paid the most attention to "loyalty to the emperor." Therefore, many Korean celebrities admire Zhuge Liang.

There was once a Korean drama in which the female protagonist could recite Zhuge Liang's "Departure to the Emperor" by heart in front of the elders of the big family, which immediately amazed everyone and was considered a person of high quality.

"Since you have read Zhuge Liang's "Admonitions to My Son", you should understand the deep meaning of being indifferent to fame and wealth--" Li Bingzhe's dim eyes suddenly burst into light, and his aura changed from the previous indifference to violence, giving people a sense of oppression.

The two sons who were originally aggressive immediately took a step back and exclaimed: "Father!"

"Don't think that you can lecture me just because I am cultivating my mind and character during this period! I am not old, not confused! It's not that you two kids can command and order me around at will!"

"No, no, father!"

"We didn't, we just--"

The two were terrified.

Li Bingzhe showed a wolf-like sharp eye, looking at his two disappointing sons, "As for what that Chinese man is like, we will know tonight. I know you are afraid that Jianxi will attract funds to save Samsung Electronics, so that he can legitimately inherit the group--"

"But don't forget, even if he wants to inherit, he has to pass me first!" Li Bingzhe made the final decision, "If I say he can do it, he can do it! If I say he can't do it, he can't do it even if he finds a Daluo Jinxian!"