Chapter 153: $80 Million Gamble



She glanced at Chen Xinyu and found that her clothes were neat and tidy, and there were no signs of intimate contact on her body. She knew it was probably a false alarm.

"Xinyu, what you said is nonsense. I know Song Yi. Although he is a little lustful, he certainly wouldn't dare to touch our Samsung family. If he was so ignorant of the consequences, he would not have been able to build such a big company in Korea." Chen Fuzhen said.

"Ouni, you don't believe me anymore? I am your biological sister, and Song Yi is just an outsider. Do you believe me or Song Yi?" Chen Xinyu became even more annoyed when she heard Chen Fuzhen trying to excuse Song Yi.

Chen Fuzhen knew that Chen Xinyu was indeed angry, and quickly comforted her sister, "Okay, don't be angry. I am your sister, I will definitely stand on your side without a doubt. You know me, I always help my relatives and not others."

"What? You make it seem like I'm being unreasonable." Chen Xinyu complained that Song Yi was an old-fashioned person who actually stipulated in the "Employee Handbook" that female employees cannot wear hot pants.

Chen Fuzhen almost laughed out loud when she heard Chen Xinyu say that. In fact, Chen Jianxi also disliked Chen Xinyu's dress, thinking that her dress was fine at home or on vacation abroad, but it was not dignified enough to wear in Korea, and it was not in line with Chen Xinyu's status as a lady from a noble family.

Although Chen Jianxi didn't like it, he had no choice but to do something to Chen Xinyu who did what she wanted. Who knew that Chen Xinyu was actually scolded by Song Yi in the company. For the first time, Chen Fuzhen felt that sending Chen Xinyu to Xinya for internship was a good thing.

"Really? Then Song Yi was indeed wrong. Was this employee handbook recently released?" Chen Fuzhen asked Chen Xinyu.

"That's not the case. Song Yi issued an employee handbook as soon as he founded Xinya Network Co., Ltd. He also discussed the terms of the employee handbook with the company's union members, and the union also agreed with Song Yi's approach." Chen Xinyu curled her lips and said unhappily.

"Huh? Xinya actually has a union?" Chen Fuzhen was very surprised. As a Korean company with foreign capital background, she thought Song Yi was very opposed to establishing a union within the company.

There are two major trade unions in South Korea, namely the National Confederation of Trade Unions of Korea (KCTU) and the right-wing trade union federation, the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU).

These two unions are equally powerful, and almost all Korean companies have joined these two unions. For example, LG's union joined the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, and Hyundai's union joined the Democratic Confederation of Trade Unions. These two major unions in South Korea have a significant influence on South Korea's politics and economy, and strikes have become commonplace.

South Korea learned this from the United States. South Korea's Trade Union Law clearly prohibits trade unions from organizing activities for the purpose of political movements.

"The Shin-Asia Labor Union has not joined the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions or the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions. It is more like an administrative department of the company, providing some welfare benefits to the company's female employees and families with children. After all, Shin-Asia's salary and benefits are already far higher than those of companies in the same industry." Chen Xinyu explained.

Chen Fuzhen felt that this was right. How could Song Yi tolerate the Democratic Confederation of Trade Unions or the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions reaching out to the Shin-Asia Enterprise to dictate to Song Yi?

Samsung Electronics has always been known in South Korea for its generous salaries and benefits, and has always taken a tough stance against labor unions. Since its founding in 1969, Samsung Electronics has never faced the threat of a strike.

Chen Jianxi had warned the leaders of Samsung's labor union that anyone who delayed the production of Samsung Electronics would be a sinner for Samsung. If anyone organized a strike by Samsung Electronics workers, all the union leaders who participated in the strike would be fired by Samsung and would not be hired for life.

In Chen Jianxi's words, "How many of these union leaders in South Korea are truly working for the welfare of workers? They take advantage of the blind obedience of grassroots workers to extort benefits from corporate management. Once they have made a lot of money, they will be satisfied and stop, regardless of the lives of grassroots workers."

Chen Fuzhen found that Song Yi and Chen Jianxi had a lot in common in terms of business management. When this thought came to her, her father Chen Jianxi was known as the god of Korean business and was regarded as the symbol of the Korean economy. How could she think that Song Yi could be compared with Chen Jianxi? "Since Song Yi is not making things difficult for you alone, then forget it. There is no need to argue with him." Chen Fuzhen comforted Chen Xinyu.

"I'm not angry about Song Yi's criticism of me, but about my colleagues' different treatment of me. After I finished studying the employee handbook in the company today, I found that my dress code did not comply with company regulations many times, but my supervisor and colleagues in the same group turned a blind eye to me. No one reminded me. I suspect they did it on purpose, just to laugh at me." Chen Xinyu looked aggrieved.

Chen Fuzhen now understood that Chen Xinyu had high expectations for her job. Although Chen Xinyu did not expect to make a few friends in the company, her colleagues knew that she violated the company regulations but were unwilling to remind her, which made her embarrassed in front of Song Yi, which really made Chen Xinyu feel a little disappointed.

Chen Fuzhen knew that Song Yi must have informed the executives of Xinya Network, so the attitude of Xinya Network’s employees towards Chen Xinyu was to avoid her and not to bother with her.

If Chen Xinyu only went to Xinya Network for gilding her skills and could not learn any useful knowledge, then what was the point of her internship? Chen Fuzhen was very worried.

"By the way, what job are you responsible for in the company?" Chen Fuzhen asked.

"I am currently affiliated with the game production team, developing an online game for the company, and I am a planner." Chen Xinyu replied.

Chen Fuzhen is interested. Has New Asia started developing new online games? "What kind of games?"

“Racing—” Chen Xinyu hadn’t finished her words yet, she quickly changed the subject, “Ouni, I can’t tell you, I signed a confidentiality agreement with the company. Before the game is officially released, our game development team cannot reveal the game’s content to the outside world.”

Chen Fuzhen heard Chen Xinyu say, "I work in the hotel, culture and tourism industry, which has nothing to do with the Internet. Are you still worried that Eunnie will snatch your company's projects? Xinyu, do you need to keep this secret from me?"

Chen Xinyu looked apologetic, "Ouni, this is the first online game of our Xinya Network, and the general producer of the game is Song Yi. This shows how much importance the company attaches to this game project. Please don't make things difficult for me, okay?" Chen Xinyu acted coquettishly towards her sister.

When Chen Fuzhen heard Chen Xinyu say this, she immediately felt relieved. If it was a game project that Song Yi was personally responsible for, Chen Xinyu would have joined the game production team and was also responsible for planning.

According to Chen Fuzhen's understanding of Song Yi, Song Yi would definitely not give Chen Xinyu a salary for nothing and support Chen Xinyu in the company. Then Song Yi would definitely make the best use of Chen Xinyu's talents and let Chen Xinyu participate in the entire process of game production as much as possible. Every penny of Xinya's salary was not taken in vain.

Racing game? Chen Fuzhen thought that Xinya Network was going to launch a 3A game similar to "Need for Speed". Chen Fuzhen knew that Chen Xinyu loved racing. When she traveled to Europe, she often went to the F1 stadium to watch the game. She also always hoped that the F1 Grand Prix could be held in Korea.

If Xinya Network is really planning to launch a racing online game, it would be most appropriate to transfer Chen Xinyu to the game production team.

Chen Fuzhen and Chen Xinyu also talked about the retail business of Xinya Network, but Chen Xinyu didn't know anything about it. Chen Fuzhen sighed. Her elder brother still expected Xinyu to go to Xinya Network to get some business intelligence. According to Xinyu's personality, she might have to help count the money after Song Yi sold her out. On June 13, the Chinese team faced Turkey, the last opponent in the group stage. At the end of the game, the Chinese team lost to Turkey 0-3.

Now no fans are going to criticize Song Yi, because Song Yi made it very clear on inschool that no matter which Chinese players score a goal in any future World Cup, they can get a $1 million goal award sponsored by Song Yi personally.

Song Yi's conditions have been very relaxed. You can't say that the Chinese team will not be able to enter the World Cup in the next 20 years, right? On June 14, the World Cup group stage ushered in the last day of the game. The South Korean team, ranked first in the group, faced the Portugal team, ranked second in the group.

Although the South Korean team ranked first in the group, the outside world was generally more optimistic about the Portuguese team led by Figo, and the odds before the game also tended to favor Portugal to win by a small score.

However, the game did not go as the Portuguese had expected. In the 27th minute, Joao Pinto tackled Park Ji-sung and was sent off with a red card. In the 65th minute, Lee Yong-pyo was pushed down by Beto, and his two yellow cards turned into a red card and he was sent off again. The Portuguese players found that the situation was not good. The 9 to 11 numerical disadvantage made them passive all of a sudden.

Because Poland, the team in the same group, is already leading the United States 3-0, as long as Portugal can maintain a draw, it will qualify as the second in the group. However, the Koreans obviously want to prove themselves against Portugal.

In the 70th minute, Park Ji-sung received a pass from his teammate in the penalty area, stopped the ball with his chest, volleyed the ball with his right foot, and shot with his left foot, eliminating Portugal with a very spectacular goal. Together with the United States team in the same group, Park Ji-sung advanced to the top 16 of the World Cup.

As soon as the game ended, Kim Heung-soo was ecstatic. He ran wildly on the lawn outside Song Yi's villa wearing Park Ji-sung's autographed jersey.

Kim Tae Hee looked at her brother and tilted her head helplessly, "Hyung Soo looks like an idiot."

Song Yi watched Kim Hyung Soo imitate Park Ji-sung's goal-scoring move with a football, and envied the young Kim Hyung Soo for being able to enjoy the pure fun of football. "I have to say, it's great to be young!"

Kim Tae Hee snorted, "OPPA, you are only 26 years old this year, please don't make yourself sound so old, okay?"

Jin Hengzhu sprinted the ball on the lawn for a few times, and then ran to Song Yi with anticipation, "Brother-in-law, can you take me to meet Park Ji-sung? I want to take a photo with him as a souvenir. I think Park Ji-sung will definitely become the number one star in Asia."

Song Yi remembers that after the World Cup, Park Ji-sung joined Hiddink to coach PSV Eindhoven, and Park Ji-sung's transfer fee also set a record for Asian players. After the contract with PSV Eindhoven ended, Park Ji-sung joined the European giants Manchester United.

The contract between Park Ji-sung and PSV Eindhoven seemed to have gone through some twists and turns and was put on hold for several months. Perhaps New Asia Agency can get Park Ji-sung's agency contract?

"No problem. After the South Korean team's World Cup game is over, I will take you to meet Park Ji-sung. Even getting the signatures of all the players on the South Korean team is not a problem." Song Yi took the responsibility. With Zhou Mengzhun around, these were not a problem.

During the group stage, Song Yi invested nearly tens of millions of dollars in football betting, and the current profit is about 70 to 80 million US dollars, which is enough to buy a Gulfstream G550. The next knockout stage is the highlight.

On June 15, South Korea faced Italy in the 8/1 finals. Song Yi had bet all of $80 million on South Korea to draw with Italy 1-1 in regular time. This was also Song Yi's last big bet during the Korea-Japan World Cup.

The odds of South Korea beating Italy 1-1 in regular time were 13.5, and the bookmaker had to pay out $1.08 billion for a $80 million bet. Although Song Yi placed his bets in a dispersed manner and used an overseas account, the bookmaker would certainly notice the large amount of foreign exchange funds flowing in and out of South Korea.

For the bookmakers, paying out 1.08 billion U.S. dollars would be enough to cause them serious damage, and Song Yi had no intention of just taking advantage of one bookmaker.

If Song Yi doesn't give up while he is ahead and continues to bet on the match between South Korea and Spain, it is hard to say whether South Korea and Spain can even last until the penalty shootout.

In April 2002, among the odds offered by European bookmakers, France and Argentina were the favorites to win, with odds of 5.0. Italy ranked second with odds of 6.0, second only to the defending champion France. Although South Korea qualified with two wins and one draw, fans were still overwhelmingly optimistic about Italy's qualification. Otherwise, the odds of South Korea defeating Italy 2-1 would not be as high as 13.5.

On the afternoon of the 15th, Song Yi was a little uneasy. Although he knew that this was a game where the result came first and the process would be performed later, he was still worried about what accidents might happen during the game.

Song Yi had no intention of staying in the company to watch the game. Today was Saturday and the Dragon Boat Festival, and there was no one else in the huge company. Jin Hengzhu, Jin Zhongguo, and Cha Tae-hyun went to watch the game together.

Song Yi wanted to find someone to watch the game with to relieve the huge pressure in his heart. He also didn't want to go back to Chengbeidong early. Sisters Jin Xiyuan and Jin Taixi knew Song Yi too well, and he didn't want to pass on this nervous mood to them.

Song Yi suddenly remembered Chen Zaichan and his wife who had invited him to watch the game at their home. It seemed that he had no other more suitable place to go in Seoul.

Song Yi called Chen Zaican and explained his purpose. Chen Zaican was slightly stunned. He originally thought that Song Yi and Kim Jong Kook went to watch the game together.

"Is it inconvenient? It's okay, I just don't want to stay in the company and watch the game alone. I'm a little nervous because I bet on the South Korean team to win." Song Yi asked.

Chen Zaican laughed and couldn't help teasing Song Yi, "What's there to be nervous about? I also spent 2 million won to bet on the Korean team to win. How much did you bet to make you so nervous?"

Song Yi didn't elaborate, "Forget it, I'll go over and meet you first. Do you have beer at home?"

"Yes, there are food and drinks, just come over." Chen Zaican reminded Song Yi.

When Cui Shanji learned that Song Yi came to her house to watch the game, she couldn't help but think about it. She didn't know whether Song Yi understood her hint of inviting Song Yi to watch the game, and today was the weekend, and she happened to send her daughter to her parents' home for vacation. Now she and Chen Zaican were the only ones at home.

Last time Chen Zaican went to Busan to watch a game, she asked Song Yi to come to her house to watch the game, but Song Yi declined. Now Chen Zaican is at home at night, and he came to watch the game again. She is a little confused now. Is Song Yi interested in her or not? Song Yi didn't expect that his sudden impulse would make Cui Shanji more nervous than him.  The plot of the World Cup will end tomorrow. I reviewed the game again. By the way, the referee is really black      (end of this chapter)


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