"Dae Jang Geum", as MBC's Wednesday-Thursday drama, will premiere on December 18, with two episodes broadcast every day and four episodes per week.
Wednesday-Thursday dramas are a type of Japanese and Korean TV dramas. In Japan and Korea, starting from Sunday, they are represented by the sun, moon, fire, water, wood, earth, and gold.
Therefore, the TV series broadcast on Mondays and Tuesdays are Monday-Tuesday dramas, and the dramas broadcast on Wednesdays and Thursdays are Wednesday-Thursday dramas.
MBC was originally going to air the urban drama "The Three Musketeers" starring Kim So-yeon, Lee Jung-jin, Son Ji-chang and Ryu Jin during the Wednesday-Thursday drama schedule. Now all of MBC's TV dramas have to give way to "Dae Jang Geum".
MBC has released the trailer of "Dae Jang Geum" in advance. The long-awaited actress Ko Hyun-jung plays the beautiful Queen Yoon, and Emperor Seongjong is about to sentence Queen Yoon to death in the first episode.
"The deposed Empress Yin was vicious by nature, greedy and tyrannical, committed many evil deeds and sins. Considering that she was the biological mother of the Yuanzi, I showed her extra mercy and hesitated for a long time, failing to deal with her earlier. Unexpectedly, she caused the state affairs to be in turmoil, leading to this. I hereby order her to be executed at home on August 16th."
The eunuch's voice was trembling as he announced the decree. Gao Xianzhen, who played the deposed queen, wore plain clothes and sat with her head bowed in front of the red medicine bottle. She looked so calm.
This short trailer of less than two minutes has already aroused enough curiosity among drama fans, and fans recognized Gao Hyun-jung.
The "Dae Jang Geum" crew has set up an official homepage and discussion forum inschool, where fans can speak freely.
"Is this beautiful queen Hyun-jeong unni? Is such a good queen also to be sentenced to death?" 1L commented.
"That's right. Even though Hyun-jung is such a good wife, Zhou Yong-jin still divorced her without hesitation. Once a man stops loving someone, he can be more heartless than anyone else!" 2L stood up for Gao Hyun-jung.
"Do you think Shin-Asia Films did this on purpose? Letting Ko Hyun-jung play Queen Yoon who was sentenced to death, isn't this a slap in the face of her ex-husband and ex-mother-in-law?" 3L commented.
"Who knows? Posters of Gao Hyun-jung endorsing LG Communications are all over major shopping malls in South Korea, but they are not seen in Shinsegae Department Store. This mother and son are really petty!" 4L did not forget to complain about Chen Mingxi and Zhou Rongzhen.
"Hyun-jung unni only starred in the first episode? She acted so well, why didn't she star in more episodes?" 5L felt sorry for Ko Hyun-jung. "Dae Jang Geum" was Ko Hyun-jung's test work for her comeback.
"The heroine of 'Dae Jang Geum' is Kim Tae-hee. If Ko Hyun-jung plays an important supporting role, she might steal the limelight from the heroine. How could Shin Asia Pictures tolerate such a thing? You know, Kim Tae-hee is the chairman's wife!" 6L analyzed clearly.
"Don't talk nonsense upstairs. ShinAsia has different arrangements for each of its artists. Next year, ShinAsia Pictures will produce 4 TV series, including the costume drama "Queen Seondeok" starring Ko Hyun-jung. This is Ko Hyun-jung's first leading role after her comeback, and the screenwriter of this drama is also Kim Young-hyun." 7L seems to be an insider of ShinAsia.
Perhaps it is because the popularity of "Dae Jang Geum" is so high that it has reduced the tension of the upcoming South Korean presidential election.
December 19th is South Korea's presidential election day. Today is a national holiday in South Korea. Voters can go to 13,400 polling stations across the country to start voting today.
Among all the seven presidential candidates, Song Woo-seok, the candidate of the ruling Millennium Democratic Party, and Lee Chang-hui, the candidate of the opposition Grand National Party, have been far ahead in the campaign. The two have similar support rates, but Lee Chang-hui still maintains a slight lead.
In response to issues of concern to Koreans in areas such as economy, peninsula and politics, Song Woo-seok and Lee Chang-hui both proposed different policy platforms, hoping to win the support of voters.
In terms of economic policy, both agreed to continue to restrict the import of foreign rice to protect local agriculture. They both advocated adjusting the annual interest rate of agricultural loans from 4% to 1%. However, the two disagreed on the key issue of the Korean economy - the chaebol family.
Song Yuxi believes that the government should reform and strengthen supervision of large conglomerates, while Lee Changhui is more conservative and believes that some restrictions on chaebol families need to be gradually lifted.
In terms of diplomacy, Song Woo-seok will continue Zhong Xiaotong's "sunshine policy" to ease relations with North Korea and strengthen economic cooperation with North Korea. The share prices of Asan Group and New Asia Media Real Estate Group have been rising for several consecutive days, and the Korean people expect these two companies to play a greater role in economic cooperation with North Korea.
Lee Chang-hui has a tougher attitude towards North Korea. He argues that South Korea should not provide assistance to North Korea unless it abandons its nuclear weapons.
During the campaign, Song Woo-seok proposed moving the capital. He planned to move South Korea's administrative capital from Seoul to near Daejeon before 2010 to promote economic growth in the central region and solve Seoul's big city problems.
Lee Chang-hui was firmly opposed to the move of the capital, as he believed that it would cause a rapid drop in property prices in Seoul, bringing a devastating blow to Seoul's economic development.
At this time, Zhou Mengzhong, the presidential candidate of the National United 21 Party, announced his withdrawal from the presidential election and turned to support Song Woo-seok of the Millennium Democratic Party. After Song Woo-seok and Zhou Mengzhong joined forces, it had a positive impact on the election, and Song Woo-seok's support rate began to surpass Lee Chang-hui.
Li Changhui was very annoyed. "The whole world knows that Zhou Mengzhun will not be elected as the president of South Korea. He insisted on announcing at the last minute that he would join Song Yuxi's camp to influence the voters' vote. It's really abominable!"
After Lee Guangxue lost the election for mayor of Seoul, he joined Lee Changhui's campaign team and served as the chairman of the Grand National Party's election strategy committee. He certainly knew who had instructed Zhou Mengzhun to do this.
"Zhou Mengzhun announced that he would give up the election at this time. Song Yi must have persuaded him. Although this guy is not very prominent, he has a great influence in the modern family."
As the chairman of the Korean Football Association, Zhou Mengzhun helped South Korea successfully bid for the 2002 World Cup, and through various means helped the South Korean team achieve a historic result of reaching the top four in the World Cup. He still has a certain appeal among the Korean people.
Although the Hyundai family had agreed to support Song Woo-seok's presidential campaign at Zhou Zhengyong's funeral, Zhou Mengzhun's mentality changed after the South Korean team won the World Cup semi-finals, and he was nominated by the National United 21 Party to participate in the 2002 presidential election.
Zhou Mengzhun knew that his support rate was not as good as Song Yuxi and Li Changhui, and he did not expect to win the election. His giving up the election at the last moment and choosing to join Song Yuxi's camp was a political gesture. He was waiting for the right price to gain more benefits.
In order to win over Zhou Mengzhun, Song Yuxi promised Zhou Mengzhun that if he was elected president, Zhou Mengzhun would serve as the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and be responsible for the three aspects of culture, sports and tourism.
Song Yi revealed to Zhou Mengzhun his plan to acquire Manchester United. Song Yi said he knew the evidence of corruption of Blatter, the current FIFA president.
If he succeeds in buying Manchester United, then as a representative of a European top club, Song Yi will ask FIFA to investigate Blatter's corruption case and support Zhou Mengzhun's campaign for the chairmanship of the National Football Association.
The conflict between FIFA and Europe's top clubs is equally acute. Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Inter Milan, AC Milan and other top European clubs have repeatedly expressed their intention to form a European Super League to compete with the Champions League.
Zhou Mengzhun is worth a lot of money, with personal assets exceeding 1 trillion won (6 billion yuan). He has no greater pursuit of personal wealth, he cares more about political success.
He thinks that if he can be elected as the president of FIFA, he can use his position as the president of FIFA to demonstrate the influence of his diplomatic work. Then, if he has made achievements as the president of FIFA and returns to the Korean political arena, he may be able to realize his dream of becoming president.
Zhou Mengzhun even thought of a slogan for his campaign for FIFA president: "I am Zhou Mengzhun, a billionaire with a net worth of $1 billion. I am not short of money, and I don't need bribes! Between the honest Zhou Mengzhun and the corrupt Blatter, who would you choose?"
Although many members of the Grand National Party attach great importance to Song Yi, the arrogant Lee Chang-hui still cannot help but underestimate the role Song Yi played in the election of the Democratic Party in the new millennium.
"Song Yi's three-pronged strategy of mobilizing public opinion through the inschool website is almost exhausted. If I am elected president, the first thing I will do is to order inschool, Naver, Daum, and Yahoo Korea not to support any party in the presidential election." Li Changhui hates these websites.
While Li Changhui and Li Guangxue were discussing countermeasures, Song Yi was also persuading Song Yuxi and Zhong Xiaotong to make a clean break.
Now, Chosun Ilbo, Dong-A Ilbo, Naver, and Yahoo Korea have all disclosed that Zhong Xiaotong's three sons were involved in corruption.
Zhong Xiaotong has expressed his support for Song Woo-seok on several occasions in public. He said: "There is no illegal donation or political pressure involved in this presidential election, and the government's management of the election is fair. This is the first fair election in South Korean history. Song Woo-seok will be a good and clean president. Please vote for him."
Now, Chosun Ilbo, Dong-A Ilbo and KBS TV station have bluntly pointed out that the reason why Zhong Xiaotong is eager to push Song Woo-seok to power is that he hopes the new president will let his three sons go, just like Yeltsin's family was pardoned after he abdicated.
Song Yuxi is obviously unwilling to come out and cut ties with Zhong Xiaotong, and he stated that he would investigate the corruption cases of Zhong Xiaotong's three sons after taking office. This means that Song Yuxi's betrayal of Zhong Xiaotong may cause a split in the New Millennium Democratic Party.
Song Yi smiled, "Uncle Song, you are already fifty-seven years old this year. If you haven't learned to betray by the age of fifty-seven, you really can't be considered a qualified politician."
Xia Meiai, who was standing next to him, couldn't stand it any longer. She felt that Song Yi was being a little aggressive. "Song Yi, how could you talk to Representative Song like that?"
Park Donghao knew that Song Yi was right. If he did not cut ties with Zhong Xiaotong at this time, it would likely give voters a bad impression that the new president would protect corrupt officials from the previous government. How could voters believe that Song Yuxi dared to take action against chaebol families and strengthen supervision of large conglomerates?
However, Park Dong-ho knows Song Woo-seok better. Zhong Xiaotong appointed Song Woo-seok as the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries and encouraged him to participate in the party election of the New Millennium Democratic Party. For Song Woo-seok, Zhong Xiaotong is the mentor who promoted him and has shown him great kindness.
If Song Woo-seok could choose to betray Zhong Xiaotong, he would not be the Song Woo-seok that Park Dong-ho has been following for so long.
"Uncle Song, do you think this is just a presidential election? This is a life-and-death struggle! Do you think Li Changhui will let Zhong Xiaotong and you go after he takes office?"
"You now represent not only yourself, but also the millions of people who support you. We all prosper together and suffer together."
"If I fail in the election, I can reduce my investment business in South Korea and shift the focus of investment back to the mainland to survive. But once Li Changhui is elected president, will he let Zhong Xiaotong and you go? How many South Korean presidents can spend their old age in peace after leaving office? Even if you don't consider yourself, don't you consider Brother Jianhao and Jingyan?" Song Yi said.
Song Woo-seok's wife Jeon Suk-ryong also added fuel to the fire, "Woo-seok, Gun-ho and Jung-yeon haven't gotten married yet. Last time, Song Yi said that Chairman Jung Eun-sun's second daughter, Zhou Zhuyi, will graduate from Ewha Womans University next year, and he wanted to introduce them to each other. Don't just think about yourself, think about the children too."
Song Yuxi attended Zhou Zhengyong's funeral, and he also met Zhou Mengxian and Zheng Enxuan's two daughters and one son at the funeral. However, Zhou Mengxian focused on introducing his eldest daughter Zhou Zhiyi, who was studying at Seoul University, and did not have a deep impression of the second daughter Zhou Zhuyi. After all, Zhou Zhengyong had passed away for more than a year.
He knew that Zheng Enxuan's eldest daughter Zhou Zhiyi was currently dating LG's prince Gu Guangmo, and the two had reached the stage of discussing marriage. It was heard that they had bought a wedding house in Puhai City.
Song Jingyan, the daughter of Song Yi, got a job at IDG Capital through Song Yi's connections. Song Jingyan and Zhou Zhiyi, who have lived in Puhai for many years, naturally became good friends. Zhou Zhiyi also came to visit Song Jingyan's home.
When Quan Shuliang saw Zhou Zhiyi, her eyes lit up and she wanted to introduce her to her son Song Jianhao. Later, she gave up when she heard that Zhou Zhiyi was Gu Guangmo's fiancée.
If Song Jianhao marries Zhou Zhuyi, then Song Yuxi will be married to both the Hyundai family and the LG family at the same time, and the relationship between Song Yuxi and Song Yi will be further improved. Therefore, Quan Shuliang and others around Song Yuxi are willing to promote this marriage.
At this time, Xia Meiai gave Song Yuxi an idea, "Representative Song, you don't have to publicly express your request to investigate President Zhong's three sons. In fact, Song Yi has already prepared a ready-made reason for you to show the difference between your position and Zhong Xiaotong's."
Song Yuxi's expression changed after hearing this, "Song Yi has already prepared it? How come I don't know? Councillor Xia, please tell me in detail, I am still confused now."
Xia Meiai glanced at Song Yi and said, "Representative Song, have you forgotten that the real culprit of the Hwaseong serial murder case that caused a lot of controversy some time ago was arrested?"
"There is now a petition on the Blue House website with more than 500,000 signatures, demanding the execution of Lee Chun-jae. It is well known that President Chung does not agree with the death penalty, and the death penalty has been abolished in name only during his term."
"Then you might as well make your position clear now. If you are elected president, you will urge the court to re-examine the case of Lee Chun-jae. It is necessary to impose more severe punishment on inhumane criminals like Lee Chun-jae in order to deter bad guys and serve as a warning to others," Xia Meiai suggested.
Song Yuxi hesitated. "But the Korean judicial community now advocates the abolition of the death penalty. If I go against the judicial system as soon as I take office, wouldn't that be bad?"
Xia Meiai graduated with a master's degree in law from Hanyang University and became a judge after passing the Korean judicial examination. In her more than ten years as a judge, she has always made every judgment with a cautious attitude. She certainly knows the controversy that may be caused by sentencing Lee Chun-jae to death.
Song Yi immediately understood what Xia Meiai meant, "Uncle Song, Councillor Xia means to let the public think that you support sentencing Li Chunzai to death. As for whether or not to execute the death penalty, you can decide after you take office."
"If there is not much resistance from the judicial system, we can do a favor. If there is too much resistance from the judicial system, then we will delay it for two years. People are forgetful anyway. Li Chunzai is now sentenced to life imprisonment, and life imprisonment is a more severe punishment. We are not violating our campaign promises," said Song Yi.
When Song Yuxi heard what Song Yi said, he shook his head, "Aren't you playing word games? It's better to take the straight path than to seek the crooked path. We should do things in an upright manner and not take these crooked paths. Otherwise, what's the difference between us and Li Changhui, Li Guangxue and others?"
Park Donghao thought for a moment and said, "Song, how about we change our thinking? You might as well tell the voters directly that whether you can be elected president or not, you will push the court to re-examine Lee Chun-jae's case and demand his execution."
Song Yi and Xia Meiai looked at each other. Isn't this the same as Xia Meiai's proposal? Song Yuxi came to push the court to try Lee Chun-jae's case. Isn't the initiative to sentence Lee Chun-jae to death still in the hands of the judge? After all, the current president cannot interfere with the judiciary openly, and South Korea is also a country with separation of powers.
Song Yuxi agreed with Park Donghao's point of view, "Donghao is right. Whether I am elected president or not, I will push the court to re-examine the case of Lee Chun-jae. Song Yi, you made a good movie!"
Song Yi is very modest. "It's mainly the credit of the director and actors. I just did a small part."
Song Yuxi nodded at Song Yi and said, "Too modest is actually pride. Congressman Xia, you are a judge by profession, and I hope you can return to your original profession. Please consider the positions of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and Minister of Justice. I hope you can tell me the answer as soon as possible, because I still need to consult with other people in the party."
Xia Meiai knew that today's secret talk was over. "Don't worry, I will think about it today."
Song Yi and Xia Meiai left Yixin Teahouse together, and Yixin Teahouse in Dalindong became a regular place for Song Yuxi to meet people. Song Yuxi was reluctant to talk about important things with Song Yi at home, as he was worried that conservatives or intelligence agencies had installed monitoring equipment in his home.
Xia Meiai got into her Equus, and when she was about to leave, she rolled down the rear window, "President Song, I have something I want to ask you, would you mind getting in the car and talking about it?"
Song Yi was a little surprised. He signaled his driver to follow Xia Meiai's special car, then opened the door and sat next to Xia Meiai.
"Chairman Song, Representative Song just asked me to choose between the Chief Justice and the Minister of Justice. Which position do you think I am more suitable for?" Xia Meiai bent down and asked humbly. Xia Meiai was wearing a black suit and her short hair made her look very capable.
"Councilor Xia, this seems to be a choice between two options, but in fact there is only one option. In fact, the question now is not which position you are more suitable for, but which position Uncle Song wants you to go to." Song Yi still counts on Xia Meiai to deal with the Korean prosecutorial system, so he is naturally willing to give some advice.
“If Uncle Song really wanted you to be the Chief Justice, he would have designated you as the Chief Justice when he mentioned the Lee Chun Jae case.”
"If you were the president of the Supreme Court, you would have to push for Lee Chun-jae's execution. Wouldn't that put the problem and pressure back on Uncle Song?"
"In my opinion, Uncle Song will definitely give the position of Chief Justice to a member nominated by other factions of the Millennium Democratic Party or other cooperating parties. So of course you have to choose the Minister of Justice. This is actually a small test from Uncle Song for you." Song Yi analyzed.
Xia Meiai felt that Song Yi's analysis made sense. "Then I'll call Representative Song later and tell him my decision."
"Councilor Xia, don't be so anxious. If you were to hit him right away, why would Uncle Song ask you to consider it? You have to show that this is the result of your careful consideration." Song Yi said.
"Now Chief Prosecutor Lee Sang-dae of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office is retiring, and the Prosecutor General will also be replaced. In fact, if Congressman Xia becomes the Minister of Justice, all the strong figures in the prosecution system will leave, and you will have a lot to do!" Song Yi said meaningfully.
Xia Meiai's heart moved. Song Yi would not say this to wake him up for no reason. Song Yi meant to support her to take action against the Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office. After all, the Korean prosecution system is the only one in power.
Almost every president is liquidated by the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office upon leaving office. Xia Meiai certainly knows the reason. This is the Americans cleaning up the disobedient South Korean presidents.
Seeing that she was about to arrive home, Xia Meiai invited Song Yi to her house for a private talk. "President Song, I have some excellent Chinese tea at home. Let's drink and talk. I have something else I want to ask you. My husband is not at home."
Song Yi glanced at the female driver in front of him, only to see that she didn't seem to hear Xia Meiai's words and was concentrating on driving. He hesitated for a moment, but he did have something to ask her, so he agreed to go to Xia Meiai's house for tea.
While Song Yi and Xia Meiai were discussing the Lee Chun Jae case, 23 million inschool users in South Korea received a news pop-up.
The headline of the news was eye-catching, "Song Woo-seok supports the execution of Lee Chun-jae, and Lee Chang-hui's two sons escaped military service."
Chen Fuzhen, who was working in front of the computer, also received this pop-up window. She knew that this pop-up news was Song Yi's final blow to Li Changhui. Inschool users did not need to click in to read the specific content, because they were already inclined to Song Yuxi. It can be said that the result of the 2002 South Korean presidential election was already decided, and Song Yi won again this time . Thank you for your monthly votes!
(End of this chapter)