Chapter 237: A Just Cause
"President Li, it's so lively inside, why are you still alone on the balcony enjoying the breeze?" Chen Dongji's voice came from behind. As one of the representatives of Shunyang, he was naturally invited to come. "Just now I saw that you had a good contact with the people in the north."
Li Youzheng was leaning on the railing with both hands. When he heard him talking, he turned around lazily and saw Chen Dongji holding two glasses of red wine and handed him one.
Li You took it, clinked glasses with him, and they each took a sip. He smiled slightly and said, "Don't you and your elder brother get along well in front of them?"
Chen Dongji's face flickered, and he smiled stiffly, "We should be more restrained outside. We can't let the joke spread to the north."
Li You laughed, "At least half of the Koreans here know the jokes between you two."
"What can we do?" Chen Dongji spread his left hand, "I won't give in, and neither will he."
"It can be seen," Li You raised his glass towards him, "Representative Chen still understands his own situation."
"Because we all know that the person who gives in will end up in a terrible situation, and now is not the time to get out of it."
Chen Dongji took a sip of wine and said, "In fact, since our father made the public announcement, there has been no way out. We can only be forced to move forward by Tianxia Group and Daying Group."
"You are responsible for this," Chen Dongji snorted coldly, "You and Daojun took Shunyang Semiconductor and escaped leisurely, watching our two families fight to the death."
"There is no Shunyang Semiconductor now," Li You laughed, quite complacently, "it's called Future Electronics."
The two of them didn't say anything else on this topic. They just raised their glasses and clinked them together, drinking the wine in their glasses. They looked like friends.
The two men placed their wine glasses on the waiter's tray. Chen Dongji leaned on the sofa with him, adjusted his glasses with his hand, and watched the waiter leave.
He said faintly, "If I knew you were so powerful now, I would definitely recruit you as my son-in-law a long time ago."
"Me?" Li You smiled and shook his head. "The match you Shunyang was looking for was not a match for me at that time."
Chen Dongji stared at Chen Rongji and said slowly, "In fact, we, the second generation of Shunyang, are not the kind of people who like to follow the rules."
"When he got married, Shunyang hadn't become fully established yet, so he found a woman whose family was in the loan shark business."
"When I got married, it was the Minister of Justice who took a liking to Shunyang. He married his daughter to me."
"Not everyone has discerning eyes," Chen Dongji suddenly smiled. "The term 'equal status' is a topic that has been laughed at many times in ancient vernacular novels. It was reflected in the story of Liang Zhu in ancient China."
"When we were young, we always thought that these things were insignificant and not worth mentioning. Only when we reach a certain age will we understand that the eternal rules have their own reasons."
"Besides, back then," Chen Dongji narrowed his eyes behind his glasses, "I'm not being nosy, but your future father-in-law, Mou Zhengxiong, is also a man who insists on marrying someone of equal status. He decided to marry his daughter to you after you became successful."
"I know," Li You said frankly, "In the beginning, it was Hyun Min who helped me all the time. I am not a person who forgets my roots."
"Did Shi Dongchu help you?" Chen Dongji's question became sharp.
"From the beginning, it was an equal transaction between him and me," Li You shook his head. "Getting something in a transaction and giving something in return after helping someone are two completely different things."
"That's true," Chen Dongji said, his eyes stopped on Chen Rongji in the banquet hall, "This vice president of Shunyang Group has to pretend to be like this in this kind of occasion. He is really diligent."
Li You glanced at Chen Rongji, who was talking to the people in the banquet hall with a smile on his face. He looked like he was not arrogant. "Why doesn't Representative Chen call him Big Brother?"
"I still prefer the title of vice president," Chen Dongji shook his head slightly, "I want him to be the vice president for the rest of his life."
"That's right." Li You smiled calmly.
Thinking of this, Chen Dongji looked at Li Youhao for a while before changing the subject, "After the listing of Kinmen Group, the momentum is very good, and the market value has been soaring."
Li You said calmly, "It's just newly launched recently."
He looked at Chen Dongji, "I think Shunyang Securities' shares are good. Are you interested in cross-holding with Kinmen Securities?"
"Shun Yang Securities and Kinmen Securities?" Chen Dongji looked strange, "Do you know how big the gap is between the two?"
"You should know how much I spent to buy back Shunyang Securities from Chen Daojun. Your Kinmen Securities is at best a small securities company."
Chen Dongji suddenly found that he had a financial illness. At this time, it was not a question of how much money he had.
He frowned, "Are you going to help me?"
“I want a piece of the pie, too.”
Li You proposed to cooperate with Chen Dongji. Chen Dongji wanted to agree very much, but he also knew that this kind of cooperation would be like courting death. After all, even the common interests of both parties have not been determined.
So after listening to Li You's answer, Chen Dongji laughed instead, "Can you compete with Chairman Jin of Tianxia Group?"
"I don't know," Li You shook his head, "but everything depends on human effort."
"Then tell me, what do you like about Shunyang?" Chen Dongji was a little curious about what could attract Li You to return to the battle for Shunyang.
Li You turned his head and looked out the window, then said calmly, "I have my eyes on Shunyang Motors, which is owned by Chen Rongji."
"Shunyang Automobile?" Chen Dongji looked surprised.
There is no other reason, it’s just because Shunyang Automobile is now the least valued company in Shunyang Group.
Although Chen Yangzhe attached great importance to it during his lifetime, he even regarded it as an important weapon to attack Daying, because Daying was originally a car manufacturer.
But as Daying personally got involved in the Shunyang dispute, Shunyang Automobile fell silent.
"You don't want to fight the Daying Group, do you?"
"They have a tight grip on the auto industry."
Li You understood that as he gained a deeper understanding of the power of the chaebols on the Korean Peninsula, he understood more clearly the horror of these groups.
There are not many groups that can truly be considered chaebols on the Korean Peninsula today. The ones with Seoul as their base are Soonyang, Daying, and Cheonja.
Shunyang Group can almost be seen as a combination of Hanjin in its previous life and part of Samsung. It made its fortune through Shunyang Logistics and Shunyang Commodities, and then expanded into various fields.
Shunyang Properties is a real estate and construction business.
At first glance, Daying Group can be seen to be similar to Hyundai Group, with businesses in car manufacturing, shipbuilding and real estate.
Tianxia Group was developed based on another part of Samsung, and mainly engages in various light and heavy industries.
If the Kinmen Group continues to develop, it will have to face Shunyang and Daying, which operate many real estate businesses.
With Shunyang falling apart, the biggest rival is undoubtedly the Daying Group.
"The development of the Kinmen Group will inevitably lead to more intersections with various parties. The Daying Group will always be our biggest rival."
"Okay," Chen Dongji agreed with a smile, "I'll arrange for us to sit down with President Jin of Tianxia Group later?"
"no problem."
Seeing that Li You didn't object, Chen Dongji's smile became more sincere, and he happily invited Li You, "Let's go in and have a couple of drinks. Let's celebrate our brief union."
Li You had no objection, "Okay."
Although it is not known what Chen Dongji and Li You talked about on the balcony, it took them almost half an hour to return to the banquet hall together, and they were still laughing and chatting all the way.
Even when they returned to the hall, they still sat together, drinking and chatting.
Li You's attitude surprised and shocked many of the guests present.
Although the Kinmen Group is quite large, it can openly get involved in the internal struggles of Shunyang without fear of being squeezed into a meat pie by Daying and Tianxia.
Accidents as they were, they always sighed in their hearts that a newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger.
"Did you see the look in their eyes?" Chen Dongji sneered, "One or two of them are clearly eyeing Shunyang's assets, and are almost drooling over them, but they still don't dare to enter the market to compete."
Li You sipped his wine leisurely. "They are just weighing the pros and cons. It's not that bad."
He glanced at Chen Rongji who was not far away. The anger in the eyes of this eldest son of Chen Yangzhe was almost overflowing. Just as he was thinking this, Chen Rongji strode towards him, with no sign of limping at all.
He’s going to come over and talk to you. Chen Dongji smiled and patted Li You gently. “Do you need me here?”
"No need," Li You waved his hand gently, "I also want to see his attitude."
"No problem," Chen Dongji smiled and glanced at Chen Rongji who was approaching, then stretched his legs and left.
As soon as he walked to the corner, some people came up to flatter him and tried to get some words out of him. Chen Dongji happily joined them in chatting.
Li You took a sip of wine nonchalantly, seeming not to care about Chen Rongji's arrival.
"Has President Li made his choice?"
As soon as Chen Rongji came over, he asked directly.
"What choice?" Li You narrowed his eyes and looked at him. "The benefits are enough over there, so I'll stand over there. Multiple-choice questions are chosen by children."
Chen Rongji glanced at Li You, thinking of the previous conflicts, and sighed softly, "You should know how powerful Tianxia Group is. After Shunyang collapsed, no one could compete with it. If the Kinmen Group stood on its side, it would be nothing more than courting disaster."
Having said that, Chen Rongji's eyes became a little stern, and he frowned at Li You.
Li You smiled calmly, "Haven't the world and the camp already set their sights on Kinmen?"
To be honest, it was the Tianxia Group that reminded him. At that time, Zhao Taixie remotely controlled Kim Seok-hoon to go to the prison to provoke Lee Jong-gu. It was obviously a signal from the Tianxia Group behind the scenes.
Since you've been targeted anyway, you might as well just jump in and share some of the benefits.
Chen Rongji looked at him coldly, shook his head after a while, and turned away.
Chen Dongji, who was not far away, walked over quickly and looked at his back with a smile in his eyes. "Shunyang Securities and Kinmen Securities can have cross-holdings and work closely together."
He said with a smile, "Just consider it a celebration of Chairman Li and Chen Rongji drawing a clear line between them."
Li You smiled lightly, "Representative Chen, don't be too happy too soon. What if they offer a high price?"
Chen Dongji grinned, "We'll talk about it when the time comes."
While chatting here, Chen Rongji was not idle either, but found President Jin in the banquet hall.
As the chairman of Tianxia Group, Jin Jianying is naturally in high spirits recently.
In Li You's eyes, he looked very similar to Minister Li, except that Jin Jianying was a little older.
Seeing Chen Rongji coming, without Jin Jianying saying much, the people around him left tactfully, leaving only his two sons.
Jin Jianying looked at Chen Rongji, who looked unhappy, and asked, "Why did Vice President Chen have time to come to see me?"
He did not show any friendliness, "Are you not afraid that Chairman Zhu of Daying Group will be worried?"
Chen Rongji glanced at him with a calm expression, "President Jin, do you know that Chen Dongji and Li You of the Kinmen Group have just reached a cooperation agreement?"
"Li You from Kinmen Group" Jin Jianying subconsciously glanced at the banquet hall, wanting to verify the authenticity of the matter. The eldest son Jin Yongjun next to him was the first to discover the figures of Chen Dongji and Li You, and deliberately pointed out the direction.
Jin Jianying glanced over there without any extra expression.
"Is Vice President Chen here to stir up trouble?"
"Whether it is provocation or not, you know it in your heart," Chen Rongji said coldly, "I just came here to remind you."
Watching him leave, Jin Jianying curled the corners of his mouth and smiled contemptuously.
I wanted to use this matter to test my two sons again, but I felt that the occasion was not appropriate, so I just shook my head and put the matter out of my mind.
After the banquet, Chen Rongji and Chairman Zhu Rongyi of Daying Group sat in the hotel room, which was also a room vacated to accommodate some distant guests.
After listening to Chen Rongji's story, Zhu Rongyi fell silent for a while before he asked, "Kinmen actually joined Chen Dongji's camp at this time?"
He tapped the armrest of the chair gently. "Although Li You is young, he is always calculating. He must have other plans for this matter."
Zhu Rongyi glanced at Chen Rongji and smiled heartily, "Nephew Rongji, don't be so nervous. We are allies now, and it's not a problem for me to help you deal with another Kinmen Group."
As he laughed, the smile on his lips slowly faded, and he said lightly, "But you must remember that you can't do anything ungrateful."
Chen Rongji's expression remained unchanged. "Of course I know that, President Zhu."
"That's good," Zhu Rongyi leaned back in his chair coldly, closed his eyes slightly, and thought about what to do. "Even if the Kinmen Group joins forces with Chen Dongji, they can't give him any support in a short period of time. This matter is not urgent."
Chen Rongji whispered, "Then President Zhu, when do you think it would be best to take action against him?"
"I heard you say that he was very close to the guests from the north?"
Chen Rongji nodded, "I heard that it was Secretary Quan beside President Jin who introduced the guest to Li You. It is said that there is some joint action."
"The Kinmen Group and the guests from the north are doing joint operations?" Zhu Rongyi raised his eyebrows. "It's impossible to do business in the north. Nine out of ten times, they just need the underground manpower of the Kinmen Group."
"It's probably some dirty work that can't be told."
He smiled slightly, "Go and ask about this matter. If there is a chance to intervene, wouldn't it be a legitimate reason?"
(End of this chapter)
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