On the first day, the deceased was dressed in new clothes and covered with a white quilt. Candles and incense were placed on both sides of the spirit tablet. A sign "Ji Zhong" was posted at the entrance of the mourning hall, and a lantern with the words "Jin Diao" was hung on the door, so that everyone knew that a funeral was being held here. Modern Family issued an obituary on this day to inform Zhou Zhengyong's friends.
The next day, a professional undertaker will help the deceased clean the body, put on funeral clothes, and put raw rice soaked in water into the mouth, which means rebirth in paradise.
A screen was set up in front of the coffin, on which was placed a portrait decorated with black silk ribbons, with candles and incense on both sides. On this day, the modern family will begin to receive guests from outside to mourn Zhou Zhengyong.
On the last day, after a simple memorial service and farewell, Zhou Zhengyong will be sent to the crematorium near the hospital for cremation, and then buried in the family cemetery.
Therefore, most guests chose to pay tribute to Zhou Zhengyong on the second day of the funeral. On March 25, the largest number of reporters gathered outside the Eshan Hospital. All members of the Hyundai family were on high alert and fully prepared.
Eshan Hospital also urgently allocated more than a dozen intensive care units for Hyundai family members to rest and meet guests. After all, they would be spending the entire day receiving visiting guests.
Zhou Shulan said to Song Yi, "I will return home after my uncle's funeral. I am worried about your sister-in-law taking care of Miaomiao alone in China. I feel relieved to see that everything is going well for you in Korea. Tae Hee is a good girl, you should cherish her and don't let her down."
Song Yi nodded. "Once I'm done with things in Seoul, I'll be back in June. I'll definitely not delay Miaomiao's enrollment. I'll help Liao Yu settle the household registration issue then."
Zhou Shulan has now gotten used to Song Yi calling Liao Yu by her full name. The two of them work in the same company, and it would feel weird to his colleagues if Song Yi called Liao Yu "sister-in-law" at Shinhan Advertising.
Among the five chaebols, the Gu family of LG was the first to arrive. LG Chairman Gu Bon-sung and Gu Kwang-mok came to pay tribute to Zhou Zhengyong. Gu Bon-sung is the third-generation chairman of LG Group and the soul of LG Group's internationalization. LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics have been fighting fiercely both domestically and internationally. However, every handover of the chairman of LG Group is very harmonious, which can be regarded as a clear stream among the Korean chaebols.
Gu Bon-sung's only son was in a car accident in 1994. LG Group also has a tradition of passing down the family line to males rather than females, so Gu Bon-sung began to focus on training his nephew Gu Kwang-mok. Gu Bon-sung brought Gu Kwang-mok to Zhou Zhengyong's funeral, which was undoubtedly to show other chaebols that Gu Kwang-mok was the heir.
Zhou Mengxian had a lot of dealings with Gu Bensheng when he was managing Hyundai Electronics. Zhou Mengxian introduced his daughters Zhou Zhiyi and Song Yi to Gu Bensheng.
Song Yi knew that the predecessor of LG Group was LG Chem, and LG's battery technology was very strong. Song Yi was interested in developing electric vehicles in Korea, and batteries were an indispensable part of electric vehicles, so his enthusiasm for Gu Bensheng was not surprising.
Gu Guangmo was a little puzzled and asked Gu Bensheng, "Uncle, why didn't President Mengxian introduce his son to you, but pushed Song Yi to the front instead?"
Gu Bensheng thought for a moment, "I heard that the plan of splitting Hyundai into three parts was proposed by Zhou Mengxian, so that Hyundai Group could avoid bankruptcy. Since Song Yi can serve as an executive director of Eshan Group, he also appears on the list of the Hyundai family's funeral committee this time."
"Perhaps Zhou Mengxian realized that he didn't have time to train his son, so he pushed Song Yi and Zhou Zhiyi to the front as his spokespersons. I heard that Zhou Mengxian donated a gymnasium to the north and named it after Chairman Zhou Zhengyong. I guess Zhou Mengxian's troubles are not over yet." The experienced Gu Bensheng made his judgment.
Ju Guangmo was taught, "Then how should I deal with Song Yi?" Ju Guangmo is two years younger than Song Yi. The two had just exchanged contact information. He is also the second second-generation top chaebol that Song Yi has met in South Korea. The first one is Chen Fuzhen.
Gu Bensheng thought for a moment and said, "You have just joined the group and you are not responsible for any important work. Asan Group and LG do not have any cross-business and there is no room for cooperation. Just treat us as ordinary friends."
After the LG family arrived, SK Chairman Choi An-won and his wife Song So-young came to express their condolences to Zhou Zhengyong's family. Song So-young is the eldest daughter of former President Song San-gong. She is 40 years old and still looks charming.
Song So-young is also a beautiful and smart girl who graduated from the University of Chicago. Choi An-won was later imprisoned, and Song So-young was also responsible for managing SK Group.
Unfortunately, Choi An-won later met the strongest mistress, Kim Hee-young, who was a psychological counselor and had been with Choi An-won before divorcing her husband. Perhaps Kim Hee-young had already grasped the mentality of men that a wife is not as good as a concubine, and a concubine is not as good as a secret lover.
After Song San-gong's accident, Choi An-won felt that the former president's father-in-law was no longer useful. Kim Hee-young decisively divorced her American husband, and Choi An-won was deeply moved. He divorced Song So-young and bought a luxury house in Hannam-dong for Kim Hee-young. Kim Hee-young is known as the "Hannam-dong Lady" in the Korean celebrity circle.
However, Song So-young refused to divorce and expressed her willingness to raise Kim Hee-young's illegitimate daughter. When her three children grew up and became senior executives of SK Group, and it was a foregone conclusion that they would take over SK Group, Song So-young decisively dumped her scumbag husband Choi An-won and took away the huge assets of 66.5 billion won.
Among the Korean chaebol families, Jung Eun-sun and Song So-young are the two women Song Yi admires the most. After her husband got into trouble, the former took on the family responsibility alone and maintained the Hyundai Group. The latter dared to love and hate, and after years of forbearance, she successfully kicked out her scumbag husband. Moreover, when she was young, Song So-young was definitely a beautiful woman with temperament, and she was in line with Song Yi's aesthetic point.
Song Yi and Song Suying chatted briefly and talked about the origins of the Pujiang Song family and Song San Gong. The two presidents of South Korea, Song San Gong and Song Yuxi, were both branches of the Pujiang Song family.
Song Suying thought that Song Yi wanted to take the opportunity to curry favor with her to get to know the retired President Song Shangong, and shook hands with Song Yi. "In this way, President Song and I are distant relatives."
Song San Gong was the first democratically elected president of South Korea. During his tenure, the Seoul Olympics were held and diplomatic relations with China were established. However, his evaluation during his tenure was average, and he was considered to be an escort for the military dictator's full war tactics. In addition, he concealed huge political donations of hundreds of billions of won during his tenure.
He was investigated by the government in 1995 and later pardoned. This has become a feature of South Korean politics, where the former president is convicted and then pardoned by the incumbent president.
The root of the problem is that the South Korean president cannot be re-elected. In order to avoid being purged after stepping down, he grants amnesty to the former president so that the successor president can be tolerant of him and continue the fine tradition.
When Song Yi heard Song Suying say that they were distant relatives, he shook his head and said, "No, no, no, strictly speaking, Mrs. Cui should be my senior schoolmate. I also graduated from Yonsei University."
Song Suying attended Yonsei University for college. After graduating from college, she went to study abroad at the University of Chicago and Stanford. She met Choi Anwon while studying at the University of Chicago.
Song Suying was very surprised. She had graduated from Yonsei University many years ago, unless Song Yi had paid attention to her before.
Song Suying's attitude suddenly turned cold, and she nodded in Cui Anyuan's direction, "I am just a figurehead in SK Group, and I can't say much. If General Manager Song wants to discuss business cooperation, I'm afraid you've made the wrong decision."
Song Yi smiled, "Senior sister, what you said is too distant. It is a great pleasure to have friends coming from afar. I really am just entertaining you with the mentality of welcoming a friend."
Song Suying looked at Song Yi's handsome face, which overlapped with a figure deep in her mind. "When I was studying at Yonsei University, a Chinese professor taught me this sentence. His last name also happened to be Song."
When Song Yi heard this, he was immediately amused, "Isn't his name Song Mingzhe? In the early 1980s, he was a visiting scholar at Yonsei University, teaching modern history. Song Mingzhe is my father."
When Song Suying heard this, she covered her mouth in surprise. She didn't expect that she and Song Yi had such a connection. She immediately changed her attitude, "Then you should call me Sister Suying."
When Song Mingzhe was teaching at Yonsei University, he had a good reputation, was knowledgeable, and had an elegant appearance. Many girls wrote love letters to him at that time. However, Song Mingzhe made it clear that he was married, had a good relationship with his wife, had two children, and lived a happy life.
Song Yi brought Song Suying to Zhou Shulan and told her that Song Suying was Song Mingzhe's student at Yonsei University. Zhou Shulan was also surprised and was very enthusiastic about Song Suying, and planned to treat Song Suying to dinner before leaving Korea.
Song Suying persuaded Zhou Shulan, "Logically, I should be the host and invite Professor's wife and President Song to dinner. After seeing Professor's wife, I understand why Professor Song insisted on returning to China."
Song Suying and Song Yi exchanged contact information and returned to her husband Cui Anyuan. Cui Anyuan was a little impatient, "Song Yi and his mother are just a branch of the modern family. Why waste half a day on such people? If you have that time, you might as well have a good exchange with the wives of Chairman Zhou Mengjiu and Chairman Zhou Mengzhun. Otherwise, why did I bring you to the funeral?"
Song Suying originally wanted to tell Cui Anyuan about the relationship between her and Song Yi, but the joy on her face disappeared in an instant.
Since Song Shangong lost power, Cui Anyuan's attitude towards her has been getting worse day by day. Cui Anyuan, who used to cook for her at the University of Chicago, is no longer a thing of the past. She also lost the mood to share with her husband and lowered her head, "Okay, I'll go right away."
South Korea's chaebols made their appearances one after another, with the chairmen of major conglomerates taking turns to appear. I don't know if it was a coincidence, but in the evening, the Samsung family finally made its appearance.
Samsung Electronics Chairman Chen Kun-hee, his wife, son Chen Jae-yong, and daughters Chen Boo-jin and Chen Xinyu all appeared at Zhou Zhengyong's funeral.
Samsung is currently the largest chaebol in South Korea, and there are many grievances between Samsung founder Chen Bingzhe and Hyundai founder Zhou Zhengyong.
As Chen Jianxi's most beloved youngest daughter, this was Chen Xinyu's first public appearance this year. Facing so many cameras, she was still a little uncomfortable.
When Chen Jianxi walked into the funeral hall, the huge hall felt a little quiet. Other guests in the funeral hall couldn't help but greet Chen Jianxi, which showed his strong aura.
Chen Zairong and Chen Fuzhen were both dressed in black, but Chen Xinyu was dressed in white, including a white suit, white high heels, and white stockings.
Chen Fuzhen is already a rare beauty among the chaebols, but Chen Xinyu's beauty is even more outstanding, with a pure face and an extremely proud body curve. It can be said that she is a real-life version of an angel's face and a devil's body. The third generation of the Zhou family can't help but look at Chen Xinyu frequently.
Chen Jianxi and his family walked up to Zhou Mengjiu and said, "Please accept my condolences." Then he walked to Zhou Zhengyong's portrait and bowed nine times respectfully. Chen Fuzhen saw Song Yi and couldn't help but taunt him, "President Song, long time no see. How was the glass of red wine last time?"
Song Yi felt a headache when he saw Chen Fuzhen. He didn't expect Chen Fuzhen to be so vindictive. Song Yi put Chen Fuzhen, Liao Yu and Song Hye Kyo in the same group. As a result, he sent a message to someone and it turned out to be a group message.
New Asia Entertainment had just opened, and Chen Fuzhen came to take revenge and poured a glass of red wine on him. Who knew that Chen Fuzhen would not forget to mock Song Yi at Zhou Zhengyong's funeral today, embarrassing him.
Chen Xinyu looked at Song Yi curiously. She rarely saw her elder sister Chen Fuzhen targeting someone like this. In Chen Xinyu's eyes, Chen Fuzhen was extremely arrogant. Even if there was any misunderstanding, she was too lazy to explain. Moreover, Chen Fuzhen was very brave. In order to pursue true love, she married her bodyguard brother-in-law. She was an idol in her heart.
Song Yi smiled faintly, "No matter when, I can drink the red wine that President Chen personally poured for me, the taste is always different and it leaves a deep impression on me."
When Chen Fuzhen heard this, she exclaimed, “You——” If other people heard what Song Yi said, they might misunderstand their relationship.
Chen Xinyu heard the conversation between the two people nearby, and her mouth formed a cute O shape in surprise, "Sister, you and him?"
Chen Fuzhen knew that Chen Xinyu might have misunderstood the relationship between her and Song Yi, and she became even more depressed. "Don't worry, even if all the men in the world died, I would never fall for this bastard."
Song Yi nodded and shook hands with Chen Fuzhen. "Great minds think alike. Let's reach a consensus. Let's high-five. Come on, give me five!"
Chen Fuzhen's face was dark, "I'll slap you!"
Song Yi looked regretful and said to Chen Xinyu, "It seems like your sister doesn't want to high-five me. How about you take her place?"
Chen Xinyu stuck out her tongue. She didn't dare to do such a rebellious thing in front of Chen Jianxi.
Song Yi looked at Chen Xinyu. Samsung's most beloved little princess was indeed innocent and lively, and had not accepted the harsh beatings of society.
She originally registered an account on a Korean social networking site to share her private life with other chaebol daughters, and soon she had more than 100,000 followers.
Chen Xinyu had never experienced the hardships of life, and she thought sharing was just a part of her daily life as an ordinary person. However, this kind of life without the intention of showing off her wealth caused her to be criticized by the Korean people. Chen Jianxi also ordered her to close her account and sent her to study in the United States.
Later, she met her boyfriend Zhao Wenyu at a racetrack in the United States. They fell in love secretly, but were discovered by Chen Jianxi, who ordered them to break up. It was embarrassing enough for Chen Fuzhen to marry a bodyguard husband. If his most favored youngest daughter also married a poor boy, it would be terrible.
Chen Xinyu escaped from her family's control, found her boyfriend, and asked them to get married secretly, so that her parents would have no choice. However, Zhao Wenyu still had a backbone and said that he would not agree to a marriage without the blessing of his parents. In order to make Chen Xinyu give up, he met a new girlfriend.
Chen Xinyu was devastated because she had been so successful since she was born without encountering any setbacks. So after the emotional setback, she was devastated and finally chose to hang herself in the bathtub of her luxury apartment in New York.
Song Yi certainly couldn't bear to let Chen Xinyu repeat such a tragedy, so he said to Chen Xinyu, "Chairman Chen brought you out because he hopes you can get to know other heirs of the consortium. In fact, Gu Guangmo of LG Group is very good, young and handsome. Do you want me to introduce you to him? Anyway, Samsung and LG have already formed a marriage, which is called a closer relationship."
Koo Ja-hak, the second generation of LG Group, married Chen Suk-hee, the third daughter of Chen Bing-chul. Koo Ja-hak had been working at Samsung before. Later, LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics became competitors, and Koo Ja-hak returned to work for LG Group.
"I don't want to!" Chen Xinyu refused directly. She asked Song Yi curiously, "President Song should not be married yet, right? Don't you have to bear the family responsibility and marry into other consortiums?"
Song Yi shook his head. "No, I already have a girlfriend. The elders in the family know it. And even if they arrange a marriage for me, I have a way."
Chen Xinyu was very interested and prepared to learn from the experience. "Is there any way?"
Song Yi said: "If they must arrange a marriage for me, and it is the kind that I cannot refuse, then I will get married first, and the two of us will agree to be nominal husband and wife and live our own lives. I will slowly accumulate strength, and when I can get rid of the control of the family, I will choose to divorce and then marry the woman I love."
Chen Xinyu questioned: "If this is the case, President Song's girlfriend will be very sad, right? What if she can't wait that long?"
"Can't wait that long? Then I decided to pretend to be a playboy and fall in love with a female star, and then make my marriage partner unable to stand my cheating and take the initiative to file for divorce with me." Song Yi joked.
Chen Fuzhen couldn't help but sneer when she heard the increasingly fantastic content of Song Yi and Chen Xinyu's chat. "President Song still needs to pretend? You are a playboy. Okay, President Song went to Disneyland in Japan for vacation with his girlfriend Kim Tae-hee on Valentine's Day. Who are you going to send that Happy Valentine's Day text message to?"
When Song Yi heard this, his voice suddenly turned cold. "Chen Fuzhen, you actually hired someone to investigate me? You are violating taboos by doing this! Aren't you afraid of my revenge?"
There is a tacit understanding among the five major conglomerates in South Korea that they generally will not use business means such as wiretapping to deal with each other. What Chen Fuzhen did is undoubtedly an overstepping of the line.
Chen Fuzhen looked at Song Yi with regret in her heart, but she refused to give in. "If you don't want others to know, then don't do it. And at that time, you were not a member of the modern family!"
Song Yi laughed and said to Chen Fuzhen: "Do you know what I hate most about you? I hate your inexplicable sense of superiority and your condescending attitude."
"What's so great about you? Except that you have a rich father! Samsung Electronics is so big, but all its shareholders are foreigners."
"Although my company, Song Yi, is small, it does not accept any foreign investment. Hyundai Group also has the lowest proportion of foreign investment among the five major conglomerates. No matter how poor I am, I will never call Americans dad!" Song Yi's sarcasm was at its peak.
Chen Fuzhen couldn't help it when she heard Song Yi say that. She picked up her bag and was ready to throw it at Song Yi. Song Yi's ridicule made her unbearable! Chen Jianxi, who was far away, saw the movement here and said sternly, "Fuzhen! What are you going to do at Chairman Zhou's funeral?"
Chen Zairong stood behind Chen Jianxi, "Father, Fu Zhen seems to have always been at odds with Song Yi. Fu Zhen has such a good temper, but she can get angry in public. It seems that Song Yi has offended her badly."
Chen Jianxi squinted at Song Yi and memorized his appearance. "Song Yi, right? Help me check his information and see what caused their conflict. If possible, find a way to make his own company go bankrupt. I will not allow anyone to provoke our Samsung family in Korea."
Song Yi didn't know that Chen Jianxi had noticed him, and his action at the funeral also added a lot of obstacles to his agency of the online game "Legend" in the second half of the year.
After he knew the whole story, he couldn't help but whip Chen Fuzhen hard on the back a few times to vent his anger.
Chen Fuzhen and Chen Xinyu returned to their father. Chen Xinyu secretly glanced at Song Yi. For some reason, she always felt that Song Yi had different characteristics, and was different from her childhood friends. Two chapters are finished, 5,600 words, full of sincerity, please subscribe, please reward, thank you for your support! (End of this chapter)