On April 28, Song Tianhao celebrated his first birthday. Koreans don't hold a full-month banquet, but they do hold a one-year-old birthday party.

Song Yi, who followed the local customs, held Song Tianhao's first birthday party at the Shilla Hotel that day. Song Yi's parents, Kim Tae-hee's family, and Liao Yu and her daughter all attended the party.

On the day of the banquet, the Shilla Hotel's security measures were very strict. Although reporters were invited to attend the birthday party, guests on site were not allowed to record videos or take photos.

In addition to the relatives and friends of both parties, there were many distinguished guests at the banquet, including the first lady of South Korea, Jeon Sook-ryong, the wife of Seoul Mayor Park Dong-ho, the wife of SK Group Chairman Song So-young, the family of Hyundai Group Chairman Zhou Mengzhun, the family of SA Group Vice Chairman Zheng Enxuan, the Minister of Justice Ha Mi-ae, the Chief Prosecutor of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, Le Xiyi and his wife Xin Minjing, etc. There were more than a dozen members of the National Assembly alone, and the Seoul City Councillors were somewhat embarrassed to show up.

The Samsung family also sent representatives to attend Song Tianhao's first birthday party, including sisters Chen Fuzhen and Chen Xinyu, as well as Samsung Crown Princess Lin Zhiling, who rarely appears in public.

There are relatively few representatives from the Korean entertainment industry, including directors Kwak Jae-yong, Bong Joon-ho, Ryu Seung-wan and Lee Byung-hoon, the director of the TV series "Dae Jang Geum".

In addition to these big directors, Cha Tae-hyun, Yoo Jae-suk, Sung Yu-ri, Ko Hyun-jung and Kim Jong-kook also attended the banquet.

Yoo Jae-suk and Sung Yu-ri guest-hosted today's one-year-old party, Cha Tae-hyun attended as a representative of the Dragon Year Club members, and Kim Jong-kook was responsible for singing at the one-year-old party.

Chen Xinyu is a simple-minded girl. Seeing Gao Xianzhen for a rare occasion, she took the initiative to go up and chat with her former cousin-in-law.

Chen Fuzhen stood with her cousin Choi Sun-hee. She looked at Sung Yu-ri who was hosting the first birthday party. "Song Yi still knows how to avoid suspicion. None of Jun Ji-hyun, Son Ye-jin and Song Hye-kyo showed up, and did not embarrass the hostess Kim Tae-hee."

Cui Shanji glanced at Chen Fuzhen. After the divorce, Chen Fuzhen's figure became more plump, and it seemed that she was often taken care of by Song Yi.

"He didn't embarrass Kim Tae-hee today, but he embarrassed Samsung a little. If you knew that Gao Hyun-jung would also attend the banquet, you and Xinyu might not have attended. Xinyu is a heartless girl, she kept chatting with Gao Hyun-jung. Your sister-in-law Lin Zhiling didn't dare to stand with Gao Hyun-jung, for fear that this scene would be written into the newspapers by reporters." Choi Sun-hee said.

Chen Fuzhen raised her eyebrows, she was a little unhappy, "Sister Shanji, you are also a member of our Samsung family, why do you feel that you are gloating?"

Cui Shanji was not happy. Since she got married, she had a mediocre relationship with Chen Fuzhen. If she hadn't known that Chen Fuzhen was also Song Yi's woman, she would not have bothered to improve her relationship with her.

"Fuzhen, the reason I can stand at this banquet today is because I work for Song Yi, and I have nothing to do with the Samsung family. I have never gained any benefits from Samsung, so there is no need for me to maintain the reputation of the Samsung family."

"Look, your sister-in-law Lin Zhiling also went out of her way to curry favor with Song Yi for the sake of the Elephant Group's business. I know Song Yi very well. He has always liked young socialites like Lin Zhiling who have outstanding figures, looks, and temperament. If he can really win the favor of your sister-in-law, get close to her, and make Jae-yong a cuckold, I will definitely be happy to see it happen." Cui Shanji covered her mouth and laughed.

Chen Fuzhen saw Lin Zhiling and Song Yi chatting and laughing, and she couldn't help feeling jealous, but she refused to give in. "Sister-in-law comes from a famous family and has a good upbringing. I believe she won't do such a shameful thing. Unlike some people, who, in order to covet wealth, can even send their wives to the bed of adulterers."

Cui Shanji used to be a little afraid of Chen Fuzhen, but now she will not give in to her, "Really? Some people are still not divorced, but they are hooking up with men who have girlfriends. Is this also a family inheritance? Rich people spend more money than ordinary people. For something like this that is consensual, there is no need to laugh at each other, right?"

"You--" Chen Fuzhen rolled her eyes at Cui Shanji in anger. She didn't know how much Cui Shanji knew about what happened between her and Song Yi, so she felt guilty all of a sudden and had no time to worry about Lin Zhiling's affairs.

Over there, Lin Zhiling held up a wine glass and walked up to Song Yi and Kim Tae-hee with ease, praising the baby for being cute and handsome, and for perfectly inheriting his parents' looks.

Song Yuanhao looked at Lin Zhiling in front of him curiously and tried to stretch out his hand. After failing to touch Lin Zhiling several times, he awkwardly retracted his chubby hand and revealed an innocent smile.

Lin Zhiling has a son and a daughter. Her daughter, Chen Yuanzhu, was born not long ago. She also likes children very much.

She was infected by the baby's smile and smiled, "You know what, Chairman Song and Director Jin's child looks quite like Fuzhen's son Yuanzhong, especially when they smile, their eyebrows are particularly similar."

Kim Tae-hee's heart paused. She had met Chen Fuzhen with children many times before. She recalled the appearance of Chen Fuzhen's son Chen Yuanzhong and knew that Lin Zhiling was right.

Moreover, Song Yi's niece Song Miao also met Chen Yuanzhong at that time. Chen Yuanzhong, who was still in the stroller at the time, showed great enthusiasm towards Song Miao. Those who didn't know would think they were siblings.

Song Yuanying and Song Yuanhao, the siblings, have been very close to their cousin Song Miao since they were born. Isn't this proof of the power of blood? If Song Yuanhao and Chen Fuzhen's son Chen Yuanzhong look alike, could Chen Yuanzhong be the child of Song Yi and Chen Fuzhen? After all, Chen Fuzhen divorced You Zaishi in a hurry, and she has not planned to remarry in these years.

Although she had some guesses in her mind, Kim Tae Hee's expression did not change. She responded with a smile, "In fact, all children look similar. Last time I saw Guangmo and Zhiyi's daughter, she looked quite similar to my sister's child Yuanying. When their outlines open, you can see the difference."

When Song Yi heard Jin Taixi's answer, he cursed Lin Zhiling in his heart. He didn't know if Lin Zhiling really saw something, and she just mentioned it casually. Chen Yuanzhong and Song Yuanhao are half brothers, so what's so strange about them looking alike?

He never underestimates his wife Kim Tae-hee's intelligence. Maybe Kim Tae-hee has already doubted it now. She should ask her sister Kim Hee-won for help and find a way to verify her guess.

Seeing that Lin Zhiling seemed to have something to talk to Song Yi about, Kim Tae-hee took the baby to find her sister Kim Hee-won.

Song Yi was a little anxious. If Kim Hee-won and Kim Tae-hee got together, today's incident would be difficult to resolve. However, he couldn't just abandon Lin Zhiling now.

"Chairman Song, I heard that you suggested to my father that we move the production line of Daesang Group to Kaesong Industrial Park. This will help our Daesang Group's seasonings gain production cost advantages to resist foreign food seasoning giants."

"However, since its establishment, the production conditions of the Kaesong Industrial Park have been up and down, and sometimes there have been water and power outages. Although the relationship between South Korea and North Korea has entered a honeymoon period, the Wenshan Station and Kaesong Station of the Inter-Korean Railway have also been opened to traffic."

“However, if affected by the international situation, once North Korea closes the Kaesong Industrial Park again, it will bring irreparable losses to our Elephant Group. As the owner of the Kaesong Industrial Park, can SA Group guarantee that the interests of our Elephant Group will not be harmed?” Lin Zhiling asked somewhat aggressively.

Song Yi patiently explained, "The Kaesong Industrial Park is about to start the second phase of the project. In the second phase, in addition to Korean companies, clothing companies from mainland China will also move into the industrial park. THK, the clothing brand founded by Tae Hee, will also build a factory in the Kaesong Industrial Park to expand its production scale."

"Not only that, in order to solve the worries of enterprises entering the park, our park is prepared to work with each company to purchase insurance for them. If the park experiences water, power, or work stoppages, the insurance will pay out claims, which also solves everyone's worries. Of course, the earlier a company moves in, the sooner it can enjoy the discount on insurance premiums," said Song Yi.

Lin Zhiling thought for a few seconds, "If that's the case, I will persuade my father to place our Elephant Group's new production line in the Kaesong Industrial Park. If my father takes people to the Kaesong Industrial Park for a field trip, please ask Chairman Song to arrange for someone to help with the connection."

Song Yi reminded, "Mrs. Chen always mentions 'our Elephant Group'. If Brother Zairong hears this, he will inevitably think too much."

Lin Zhiling looked at Song Yi in surprise. She was only invited by Kim Tae-hee to attend the opening ceremony of THE Art Museum, which is why she started to interact more frequently with Song Yi and his wife. Strictly speaking, she and Song Yi were not even friends, and Song Yi's reminder was not in line with social etiquette.

She answered, "My father only has two daughters, my sister and I, and there is no male in the family who can inherit the family business. As the eldest daughter, I can't help but think more about the future of the Elephant Group."

"In our Samsung family, women are not allowed to participate in the management of the company, so it is not our turn to consider the affairs of the Samsung Group. After all, a case like Fuzhen is an exception. Everyone says that Xinyu is the chairman's most beloved daughter. In fact, in my opinion, Fuzhen is the chairman's most beloved daughter." Lin Zhiling glanced in the direction of Chen Fuzhen, her eyes full of envy.

"Really? Then according to what you said, when Chairman Lin Yuchang is no longer energetic, and you and your sister are unable to return to Elephant Group to take over the business, will Chen Zairong tacitly agree that Elephant Group should be inherited by him and turn Elephant Group into a subsidiary of Samsung Group?" At this time, Song Yi did not forget to sow discord between Song Yi and Chen Zairong.

By saying this, Lin Zhiling was already hinting at Song Yi's narrow-mindedness, and at this time she did not forget to sow discord between her and Chen Zairong.

Song Yi said sincerely, "Mrs. Chen, if you say that, you really misunderstood me. Although I have dealt with Jae-yong several times, and although he has repeatedly tried to compete with me, I didn't take it to heart for the sake of Chairman Jianxi."

"Just like two years ago when I went to Jae-chan's house to discuss something, Jae-yong made up stories and insisted that I had an affair with Sun-hee, and then took Jae-chan home to catch us in the act. Fortunately, the misunderstanding was resolved in the end, otherwise I would have lost such a good partner like Jae-chan."

"That was the critical period for Shinhan Media to go public. Chen Zairong did this just to cause a quarrel between me and Jaechan, and then block Shinhan Media's path to going public."

"Mrs. Chen, even though you and Chen Zairong are still on good terms and you have given birth to a son and a daughter for the Chen family, if one day you and Chen Zairong fall out, Chen Zairong will swallow up the Elephant Group without mercy."

"Gao Hyun-jung also gave birth to a son and a daughter for Zhou Rongzhen, but she was still kicked out of the house by Chen Mingxi. If I hadn't stepped in to help, she wouldn't even have had the chance to visit her children. In a truly wealthy family, there is no such thing as blood ties."

"When Chen Jae-chan went bankrupt, he asked his uncle, Chairman Jianxi, for help. As a result, Chen Jae-yong wanted to team up with Jin Nanyong to take over Shinhan Media. Mrs. Chen, do you think what I said is really impossible to happen in the future?"

"As the saying goes, if you don't plan for the future, you will have immediate worries. Daxiang Group is also a very important business partner of our Sohan.com. We naturally hope that Daxiang Group can continue to operate in a sustainable, long-term and stable manner, which is beneficial to our Sohan.com. From this perspective, I should be a potential ally of Mrs. Chen."

"If one day you and Chen Zairong have a disagreement and you can no longer live together. If Chen Zairong really wants to take over the Elephant Group's assets, Mrs. Chen is welcome to contact me at any time and I can lend a helping hand," said Song Yi.

Lin Zhiling was a little confused. "Chairman Song, including the four years you spent studying at Yonsei University, you have only been in Korea for ten years. Why do you seem to have such deep hostility towards our Samsung Group?"

Song Yi smiled and denied, "Mrs. Chen, it's unfair for you to say that. First, I have no hostility towards Samsung Group. On the contrary, I respect Chairman Jianxi very much. Among Asian companies, I have three business leaders that I respect very much, namely Chairman Akio Morita of Sony and Chairman Chen Jianxi of Samsung. They are both hailed as the business gods of Japanese and Korean entrepreneurs."

"Our SA Group has also cooperated with Samsung. For example, Samsung Everland participated in the backdoor listing plan of New Asia Media Real Estate Group. Now Samsung Everland is also an important shareholder of our SA Group."

"In addition to this, your sister-in-law Chen Xinyu is now also the vice president of the game development department of our SA soft company. The new game that our SA soft will launch in June was also developed by her."

"If you count Chairman Chen Jae-hyun of CJ Group, Chairman Chen Mi-kyung of CJ Entertainment, and President Chen Jae-chan of SA Planning. I have a good relationship with most members of your Samsung family. How can you accuse me of being hostile to your Samsung Group?" Song Yi retorted.

Lin Zhiling was blocked by Song Yi's words. Song Yi seemed to have a good relationship with the Samsung family's side branches, but an average relationship with the Samsung family's direct line, except for some female family members.

"The reason you intervened in Zhou Rongzhen and Gao Xianzhen's custody lawsuit was to get Gao Xianzhen."

"The newspapers have long reported that you are a fan of Ko Hyun-jung's dramas. At that time, you had just arrived in Korea and were learning Korean by watching Korean dramas. It was at that time that you became fascinated by Ko Hyun-jung. Finally, after Ko Hyun-jung got married and retired from the film industry, you bought some wine and got her drunk. Unexpectedly, your long-cherished wish came true in the end." Lin Zhiling said unconvinced.

Song Yi was a little speechless. Some unscrupulous media in South Korea really have no bottom line and fabricate all kinds of fake news.

"My mother is Korean, and our Bianzhou is also the city with the largest number of Koreans in China. Growing up in such an environment, do I really need to learn Korean through Korean dramas? Then some websites also said that I slept with female artists under the SA Group. I numbered all the female artists and then summoned them to sleep with me according to the date. How can you not believe such reports?" Song Yi felt angry and amused.

When Lin Zhiling heard what Song Yi said, she felt that he had some truth in what he said. This was how gossip was in the entertainment industry. The audience only wanted to hear a version that everyone liked, and it didn't matter whether it was the truth of the matter or not.

"In fact, I also think that it was SA Group's business rivals who deliberately threw dirty water on Chairman Song. In fact, I have known Chairman Song for a long time, but Chairman Song probably didn't know me at that time."

"In 1996, I was admitted to Yonsei University with the highest score in the region. In 1998, I married Jae-yong with the introduction of my family. Later, Jae-yong went to Harvard to study, and I had to give up my studies and go to the United States to take care of his food and clothing."

"I spent the happiest two years of my life at Yonsei University. When I went to the library to read, I noticed President Song who was there almost every day."

"At that time, President Song was a weirdo in the eyes of us girls because he never dated girls during college and rarely socialized. He was the first to go to the library and the last to leave it every day."

"Chairman Song's current image is really very different from that in his student days. When chatting with classmates from Yonsei University now, they all regret that they missed out on this untapped gem, Chairman Song, when they were studying, otherwise she would have been the wife of a chaebol chairman now," said Lin Zhiling.

Song Yi was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Lin Zhiling had met him before. She was his junior in college. However, the two of them seemed to have never spoken to each other during school.

The wedding of Chen Zairong and Lin Zhiling was very grand. They held a grand wedding at the Samsung Museum of Art. The guests attending the wedding included three former South Korean prime ministers, the former president of Seoul University, and many others.

Song Yi said sincerely, "When I was in college, I basically had a buzz cut, didn't care about my appearance, didn't like to dress up, and came from a border state in China. In front of the girls in the same school, I was like a country bumpkin who had never seen the world. It was normal that no girl dated me."

"The reason why I spend all day in the library is that I am actually relatively poor. Although my father is a university professor and my mother is a bank employee, the income gap between Chinese and Korean workers in the 1990s was still very large. I can only spend all day in the library to reduce ineffective social interactions, save money, and not add financial burden to my parents."

"So, it's really not a missed opportunity. If I had a girlfriend in college, I probably wouldn't have studied advertising so deeply, and I wouldn't have been promoted several levels to become the head of the planning team within two years after graduation."

“No pain, no gain. Without the platform of Shinhan Media, there would be no SA Group and no me today.”

"For example, if time goes back to 1996, and you met me reading a book in the school library, would you be willing to write me a note, leave your contact information, and date me?" Song Yi asked Lin Zhiling.

Lin Zhiling didn't expect Song Yi to ask this, her face slightly reddened, "You can't start your life over again, and there's no point in making assumptions. Even if I was dating President Song at that time, I probably wouldn't have been able to graduate from college because I wouldn't have been able to get past my parents. When they choose a son-in-law, they pay more attention to the other party's family background and require a good match."

In fact, Lin Zhiling was asked a similar question by her college classmates, because Song Yi was much better than Chen Zairong in terms of height, appearance, wealth, and personal ability. If Chen Zairong did not have the halo of the prince of Samsung, Chen Zairong would have been completely defeated by Song Yi.

"Mrs. Chen is right. At that time, I was still a poor boy who had not made any fortune. I would never be able to marry a rich and beautiful woman like you. As far as I can remember, we didn't even talk to each other in college." Song Yi said.

Lin Zhiling was slightly stunned. She actually wanted to tell Song Yi that they had a brief conversation, but she did not refute it. She talked briefly about work with Song Yi and then left.

Cui Shanji walked over at this time and asked what Song Yi and Lin Zhiling were talking about. She felt that Lin Zhiling was in a heavy mood when she left.

"I'm trying to steal Chen Zairong's girl and try to trip him up. A gentleman's revenge is never too late. Chen Zairong has been provoking me again and again. Does he really think I have no temper?" Song Yi replied.

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