"I plan to let Choi Sun-hee take over as the president of ABS TV station. She was previously the director of SA's public relations department and later took charge of the SA Welfare Foundation. Her father is the chairman of the Dong-A Group. She grew up in the Dong-A Ilbo newspaper, so she has a family tradition of learning. I feel more at ease letting her be in charge of ABS TV station," said Song Yi.

"Isn't Choi Sun-hee the secretary of the board of directors of SA? Secretary of the board is a very important position. If you transfer her away, who will take over Director Choi's job?" Xia Meiai asked.

Xia Meiai has now set her sights on the 2007 presidential election. Song Yi and the SA Group are her important allies that she relies on very much. Naturally, she is also very concerned about the personnel changes in the SA Group.

"After Shan Ji goes to ABS TV station, Zhi Yi will no longer need to continue working at SA Construction. She will take over the position of secretary of the board of directors at that time." Song Yi said.

"Well, although Zhiyi is young, she has also gained experience in important positions in the past few years. It is just right for her to take over as secretary of the board of directors. After Enxuan retires, she can just take over Enxuan's position as vice president." Xia Meiai agreed with Song Yi's personnel arrangements.

SA Group is a large conglomerate formed by the merger of New Asia Group and Eshan Group. The Song Yi family controls the New Asia subsidiaries of SA Group, and the Zheng Enxuan family controls the Eshan subsidiaries of SA Group. This is the tacit understanding between Song Yi and Zheng Enxuan.

Zheng Enxuan does not need to rush to give up her position to Zhou Zhiyi now. After Zhou Zhiyi has gained a few more years of experience on the SA Group's board of directors, Zheng Enxuan can safely hand over the position of vice president of the SA Group to her daughter Zhou Zhiyi and then enjoy her retirement.

Xia Meiai and Song Yi exchanged a few pleasantries, and then found Zhou Dongyong. Zhou Dongyong and Xia Meiai seemed to have a dispute, and Zheng Enxuan was about to go over to persuade them, but was stopped by Song Yi.

"Zhou Dongyong is a tough guy but a weak one. If he really had the courage to turn hostile, he would have come to me and yelled at me."

"He doesn't dare to gamble, fearing that I would really kill him. He made a lot of money during his two years as the president of ABS TV station, and I was merciful enough by not sending him to jail," said Song Yi.

"I have no objection to you having Zhiyi working by your side, but you should be more restrained in the company and play with women less. If you are caught by Zhiyi, be careful that your image will be shattered." Zheng Enxuan reminded Song Yi.

"Don't worry, Zhiyi is a smart person. Even if she sees it accidentally, she will pretend not to know. Haven't you noticed that now, whether she goes to your office or comes to my office to report work, she will knock on the door or call in advance. I guess she has most likely guessed our relationship, but she just doesn't want to reveal it." Song Yi said.

Zheng Enxuan suddenly realized, "I was wondering why Zhiyi agreed to work in China so readily. It turns out that he was trying to avoid me. Well, actually, I don't feel sorry for Mengxian for being with you. After all, he was so focused on work before that he ignored me for too long. Otherwise, he wouldn't have left you the chance to do it. But I still feel guilty about Zhiyi and his three siblings."

"This is the difference between the two sisters Zhiyi and Zhuyi. Zhiyi's thinking is more meticulous, just like yours. Zhuyi can't keep things secret. If she knew, Uncle Mengxian would definitely know. By then, you and Uncle Mengxian would definitely get divorced, and there would be no SA today." Song Yi felt fortunate to have survived a calamity.

Zheng Enxuan agreed with Song Yi's judgment, "At that time, Eshan was powerful and Xinya was weak, so of course you couldn't protect me. Now SA is in its heyday, and the situation is different. Even if Meng Xian knew about our relationship, he would pretend not to know."

"After all, he is still counting on Mingxuan to inherit the business from Zhiyi after Zhiyi takes over. When Mingxuan fully grows up, it will be the right time for Eshan Group to separate from SA Group."

"Come to think of it, when Meng Xian entrusted the four of us, mother and daughter, to you before he went to prison, he probably thought of this. After all, his brothers are not easy to deal with. If the Eshan Group is handed over to them, this industry will most likely be lost. By the way, I'm a little curious now, when did you start to have feelings for me?" Zheng Enxuan asked.

Song Yi's face turned red and he coughed. "It was actually at my great uncle's funeral. You were wearing white mourning clothes. That was the first time I saw you as a woman."

Zheng Enxuan glanced at Song Yi and said, "You are such a bastard. You even dared to have feelings for me during my father-in-law's funeral. Isn't it what they say, 'a pretty widow in mourning'? In fact, women are very sensitive to men's eyes. At that time, I thought I guessed wrong. After all, there is a generation gap between us."

"But I admit that Meng Xian is more far-sighted than me. After all, the Eshan Group at that time needed you to play by your own rules in order to ensure our control over the Eshan Group." Zheng Enxuan recalled that three or four years ago, she was always worried that the Eshan Group would go bankrupt or be acquired.

"This is the case that the stupid ones are afraid of the powerful ones, and the powerful ones are afraid of the desperate ones. If you hadn't blackmailed Zhong Xiaotong and applied for the special loan of 200 million US dollars in the name of New Asia Entertainment, the SA Group would not have developed so fast." Zheng Enxuan sighed.

"At that time, we had too little. Even if New Asia Entertainment went bankrupt, the worst that could happen was that we would return to the mainland and make a comeback. But that's not the case now. SA Group is huge, with tens of thousands of employees and tens of thousands of families. The responsibilities on us are even heavier, so we don't have the courage to fight to the death. That's why I am willing to let Zhou Dongyong go. If Zhou Dongyong hadn't returned the money three years ago, I would have sent him to jail for a few years," said Song Yi.

"At that time, the SA Group had not yet established itself, and you needed to establish your authority, so Li Guangxue had to die. Now you have several children, so you should forgive him when you can. Zhou Dongyong did not make an unforgivable mistake."

"In the power struggle, as long as you don't make a mistake in your stance or stand on the wrong side, greed and taking advantage of others are all minor issues. When Shin Asia went public through a backdoor listing of Shinhan Media, Choi Sun-hee held a large number of SA Group shares. She certainly wouldn't make an economic mistake like Zhou Dong-young, because she didn't care about this little money."

"But other people don't have as good conditions as Choi Sun-hee. If you change another president, he may still make financial mistakes. If the water is too clear, there will be no fish." Zheng Enxuan said.

“But the salaries of the president-level executives of our SA subsidiary are the highest among the top ten conglomerates. If you take into account salary, bonus and stock rewards, they can all buy a large apartment in The One. I don’t understand why they are not satisfied?” Song Yi believes in the idea of ​​high salaries to maintain integrity and is relatively generous to his executive team.

Zheng Enxuan smiled and said, "Song Yi, your personal assets now exceed 5 billion US dollars. You can't spend all this money in ten lifetimes, let alone a lifetime. So now that you have so much money, why are you still not satisfied?"

When Song Yi heard what Zheng Enxuan said, he was shocked and understood the root of the problem. Because he regarded SA Group as his private property, Zhou Dongyong's greed and taking more was just embezzling his money, so he was so dissatisfied with Zhou Dongyong.

He now understood why the presidents of large Korean conglomerates were so prone to financial crimes. Whether it was Chen Jianxi, Cui Anyuan or Zhou Mengjiu, they all treated the company as an ATM and tried every means to put the money in the company's account into their own pockets. Of course, this was also related to the fact that the equity of the five major Korean conglomerates was too dispersed.

Xia Meiai and Zhou Dongyong had obviously reached an agreement, and they walked towards Song Yi together.

Zheng Enxuan was about to leave when Xia Meiai called her, "Vice President Zheng, please wait a moment. I have something to discuss with you."

Zheng Enxuan had no choice but to stop. She knew that Zhou Dongyong came here to resign to Song Yi, and she didn't want to get involved in case Zhou Dongyong lost face.

"Minister Xia, if you have anything to say, just tell me. There is no need to discuss it with me." Zheng Enxuan said with a smile.

"No, no, no, this matter really needs to be discussed with you two, President Song and Vice President Zheng."

"It's like this. This month, a member of the Culture, Sports, Tourism, Broadcasting and Communications Committee in the National Assembly resigned. We need President Zhou Dongyong to return to the National Assembly to work in our open National Assembly. After all, President Zhou Dongyong is a capable person in your SA Group, so he must give a greeting to you two if he needs him." Xia Meiai said.

The South Korean National Assembly has 16 standing committees, and the Culture, Sports, Tourism, Broadcasting and Communications Committee is one of them.

Zhou Dongyong was previously the chairman of the Korea Communications Commission, and now he has returned to the National Assembly to serve as a member of the Culture, Sports, Tourism, Broadcasting and Communications Committee. It seems that there is no change in the rank, but the power in his hands is very different.

Zhou Dongyong used to be a powerful figure in the ruling party, but now he has become an ordinary member of the 300 members of parliament, and his power has been marginalized.

Zheng Enxuan knew that Xia Meiai had given Zhou Dongyong some face, and laughed, "Minister Xia, you are too polite. We SA have always supported the work of opening the National Assembly. Since President Zhou is going to return to work in the National Assembly, this is a happy event and we must support it. Before President Zhou completes the handover of his work, our SA will hold a farewell party at ABS TV station, and President Song and I will attend at that time."

Zhou Dongyong glanced at Song Yi. Seeing that Song Yi did not agree with Zheng Enxuan's proposal, he did not want to make trouble for himself. What if on the day of the farewell party, the employees of ABS TV station collectively accused him and made him lose face? Wouldn't that make Song Yi laugh?

Thinking of this, Zhou Dongyong quickly refused and said politely: "Thank you for Vice President Zheng's kindness, but it's really not necessary. I came to ABS TV station just to do my first shift. Now ABS is on the right track, and as the first president of ABS, my mission has been accomplished."

"Chairman, Vice Chairman Zheng, I will complete the work handover with Choi Sun-hee as soon as possible so that President Choi can get started on the work of ABS TV station as soon as possible." Zhou Dongyong said reluctantly.

The situation is stronger than the people now. Song Yuxi's children's marriages were arranged by Song Yi. Song Yuxi's trust in Song Yi has reached its peak. He has no choice but to give in now.

Song Woo-seok's son Song Gun-ho married Zhou Zhuyi of Hyundai Family, and his daughter Song Jeong-yeon married Lee Won, the son of Prosecutor General Lee Sang-dae. Through the marriage of his son Song Gun-ho, they became in-laws with the LG Family.

Song Woo-seok now has the support of the Hyundai family, the LG family, the SA Group, and the Attorney General. His ruling foundation is much more solid than when he first took office as president in 2003. The Song Woo-seok government is also much stronger than the Zhong Xiaotong government.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the Six-Party Talks, Song Woo-seok and the US side have reached an agreement that the US troops stationed in South Korea will return wartime command to the South Korean army in 2013.

Song Woo-seok's retaking of South Korea's wartime command has sparked heated discussions among South Korean netizens, who have praised him as an outstanding heroic president. South Korea finally no longer has to be a vassal of the United States, and has taken a key step towards becoming an independent Asian power.

Song Yi certainly supports South Korea's recovery of wartime command. If South Korea does not recover wartime command, it will not be able to proceed to the next step of reducing the number of US troops stationed in South Korea and withdrawing them to Japan or even Guam.

If South Korea does not have wartime command, once the war on the peninsula is restarted, the South Korean army will inevitably be forced by the US troops stationed in South Korea to open fire on the North, which is of the same ethnic group. At that time, the long-term peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula will ultimately become empty.

Of course, even though the deal has been reached, it remains unknown whether the US troops stationed in South Korea can return wartime command as scheduled after eight years.

If the president at the time was Ha Mi-ae or Park Dong-ho, they would have inherited Song Woo-seok's governing philosophy and would have certainly taken back the wartime command as scheduled.

However, if conservatives like Zheng Jinhui or Le Xiyi come to power, it is unknown whether they will take back the wartime command. Maybe Le Xiyi, who is afraid of death, will take the initiative to return the wartime command to the US troops stationed in South Korea. This is definitely something he can do.

So now Song Yuxi and the US are both gambling, both sides are using time to exchange space. Assuming that a progressive is elected president of South Korea in eight years, it is highly likely that the number of US troops stationed in South Korea will be reduced. If a conservative president takes office in eight years, the status of US troops stationed in South Korea will remain as stable as a rock.

Song Yuxi had discussed this issue with Song Yi before. "Except for Zheng Puxi and Quan Zhanfa, who came to power under the military government, almost every democratically elected president of South Korea has been restricted by the Americans to some extent. In fact, the root of the problem is that our South Korean army does not have its own wartime command authority, and always feels like there is an emperor above its head."

"Now the Americans need me to come forward and negotiate with Beijing to make them give up the development of mushroom bombs. If I don't ask to take back the wartime command of the South Korean army at this time, do I have to leave this difficult problem to Xia Meiai or Park Donghao?" Song Yuxi said.

"Uncle Song, if you propose to take back the wartime command at this time, the United States will be forced to agree to you. But once you step down, if the next president is a conservative, you will be retaliated wildly by the Americans and face political purges. We may not be able to protect you by then." Although Song Yi admired Song Yuxi's courage, he still couldn't help but remind him.

"I've thought about this a long time ago. I'm almost 60 years old, which is the retirement age. Now that Jianhao and Jingyan's marriage is settled, I have no regrets in my life."

"For me, I am not afraid of death, so why should I be afraid of revenge from the Americans? I really like the calligraphy your father gave me before, which says, 'It is better to take the straight path than to seek the crooked path.' I do things in such an open and aboveboard way. Why should I be afraid of revenge from Zheng Jinhui and her group?"

"I have no room for compromise on the issue of taking back wartime command. I also have the courage to 'go forward even if there are tens of thousands of people against me.'" Song Yuxi said with high spirits.

Thinking of Song Yuxi's courage to face death, Song Yi looked down on Zhou Dongyong who was greedy for petty gains. He really didn't understand why Song Yuxi chose Zhou Dongyong as his ally in the election. After all, people with different ideals cannot work together.

Song Yi took the initiative to shake hands with Zhou Dongyong and said sincerely: "On behalf of SA Group, I would like to thank President Zhou for his hard work at ABS TV. ABS TV is President Zhou's mother's home. President Zhou is also welcome to visit his mother's home anytime in the future."

"Here I would also like to wish President Zhou great success and continuous advancement in his career after he returns to work in Congress. If you need help from me, Song Yi, in the future, please do let me know. You're welcome. We are all family." Song Yi said.

Zhou Dongyong's face suddenly became much better when he heard Song Yi say that. Now there are only two years until the 2007 presidential election. He must now choose one of the three leaders of the Open National Conference, Xia Meiai, Park Donghao or Han Jinli, and join their campaign camp.

In this way, after they are elected president, he can resume his important position in the Blue House and return to the center of power in South Korean politics. Every presidential election is a major reshuffle of power among the major political parties in South Korean politics.

Although Zhou Dongyong had surrendered to Song Yi today and obediently handed over the position of president of ABS TV station, he still felt a little unwilling in his heart.

"Song Yi, things change over time. After Song Yuxi steps down, you'd better hope that SA Group will develop better and better and that you can maintain your position as the richest man in South Korea. Otherwise, I will definitely let you taste the feeling of being bullied by a dog one day." Zhou Dongyong thought to himself.

Song Yi probably guessed what Zhou Dongyong was thinking at this time, but he didn't take it to heart. Zhou Dongyong was ambitious but incompetent, and he put pleasure first and suffered later. He was not really a qualified political elite. As long as Song Yi was strong and Zhou Dongyong was weak, Zhou Dongyong would always fear him and obey him.

He didn't think Zhou Dongyong could stir up any waves. An ordinary congressman was nothing. Song Yi could directly influence more than ten congressmen. He had inherited all the political resources Zhou Zhengyong had left behind when he ran for the South Korean president. This was the biggest legacy Zhou Zhengyong left him, not the mere 10 million US dollars.

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(End of this chapter)