During these three months, with the support of JPMorgan Chase, Comet Capital successfully acquired about 10% of the shares of Walt Disney Company, and then continued to purchase outstanding shares to increase Comet Capital's stake in Blizzard Entertainment by 5%, reaching 32.6%.
After returning to Japan, Ayumi Hamasaki, with the support of Avex Music's president, Matsuura Seito, released a new album "Duty". The two songs "My All" and "Dearest" given by Zhang Junfeng became the main songs of the new album. Perhaps because of the high quality of the songs, the album's sales have been rising steadily since its release. In less than half a month, it has exceeded 1 million. According to the current trend, if it continues to ferment for a period of time, it will exceed 2 million, or even 3 million!
Such an outrageous result really shocked the senior executives and contracted singers of Avex Music. Before this, they had never thought that the album performance of Ayumi Hamasaki would have such a big breakthrough in such a short period of time. Even those veteran singers who have been famous for a long time can't guarantee that each of their albums will be of good quality and that the sales of their albums will be better and better! ...
While Avex Music was celebrating for Ayumi Hamasaki, Ayumi Hamasaki carefully packaged several special albums that she had signed, and then attached a special letter to one of the albums. She then gave it to her assistant, asking her to send it to several singer friends at SM Entertainment in Korea and Zhang Junfeng of Comet Capital through an overseas shipping company.
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When female singers like Lee Hyori and Lee Jung-hyun who had previously gotten along well with Ayumi Hamasaki received gifts from her and heard the news that Ayumi Hamasaki's album was selling well, they all showed envious looks.
"I'm so envious of Ayu (Hamasaki)! It's been less than two years since her official debut, but the sales of her three albums have exceeded one million. I'm so envious!" Ok Joo-hyun, the youngest member of the group, said frankly. The others nodded in agreement.
Fortunately, as the captain, Lee Hyori has a cheerful personality. She smiled and comforted several people, saying that she wanted to continue to maintain a friendship with Ayu (Ayumi Hamasaki) in the future. Then they must work harder to avoid a big gap with each other, or even catch up with each other and become the first-class singers and girl group in Korea~!
After all, a good relationship between friends is mostly based on the equal status of both parties. If these friends are doing so badly, how can they have the face to continue to associate with Ayu (Ayumi Hamasaki)? ...
In the office of the chairman of Comet Capital, when Zhang Junfeng saw a document package handed over by Wu Xiuying, which was said to be sent from Avex Music in Japan, the pretty face of Ayumi Hamasaki subconsciously emerged in his mind.
After unpacking the document package, there was a CD signed by Ayumi Hamasaki and a letter. Just when Zhang Junfeng was complaining that he couldn't understand Japanese, he found that the letter was actually written in English.
The content is roughly that the two songs Zhang Junfeng gave her before are really great, and they have become the key tracks of this album, which are quite popular in Japan. In addition to expressing her gratitude to Zhang Junfeng, she also tactfully said that after she is done with this busy period, she will come to Korea to sing his songs for a night in her free time at the end of the year~!
After reading the letter, Zhang Junfeng smiled knowingly. In the face of Wu Xiuying's puzzled look, he asked her to find a CD player so that they could listen to this special "gift"! ...
Weekend, at the five-star Li family’s mansion.
Zhang Junfeng brought his wife and children to attend the Li family's gathering as usual. After greeting Li Jianxi, Hong Luoxi and others, he went to one side of the living room with Li Jianxi and Li Zairong to chat with each other while watching the news.
Li Fuzhen sat together with Zhang Dongxian, Jin Shiling, Li Shuxian and others to discuss some interesting things in life when raising children. When they talked about the interesting things, they all laughed out loud at the same time.
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As time went by, Zhang Junfeng and others saw an interesting scene on TV. As many domestic companies complied with the Blue House's corporate restructuring reform system, the originally bloated large companies gradually laid off their inefficient companies in the past two years. A large number of employees lost their jobs and they began to protest on a small scale.
Even at a rally organized by the trade union, employee representatives gave speeches on the stage, denouncing the many loopholes in the rules and regulations issued by the Blue House, which resulted in these dismissed workers being unable to find new jobs and causing problems in their family's lives.
Some radical elements in the audience shouted that they would take the form of a march to protest to the Blue House and express their legitimate demands.
However, the subsequent performance of the Blue House spokesperson was not satisfactory. Not only did he not give a direct answer to how to deal with such social problems, he only kept calling on the employees who lost their jobs to trust the authorities, saying that they would come up with reasonable solutions to help them overcome the current difficulties.
However, when reporters at the scene asked about specific solutions, the spokesperson was too guilty to answer directly, which disappointed many people.
Li Jianxi, who had been watching TV and appeared relatively calm, could not help but snort coldly at this moment, "Isn't this result caused by Mr. Da Zhong himself? If he hadn't insisted on promoting corporate restructuring and reform, how could those guys have lost their jobs?"
"The most ridiculous thing is that these guys thought that Mr. Da Zhong was a 'good guy' who stood on their side. They were sold out and kept in the dark. It's really pitiful to think about it~!"
Hearing what Li Jianxi said, Li Zairong smiled and nodded in agreement.
In fact, the Five Star Group also took advantage of this corporate restructuring to get rid of the lifetime employment system. At the same time, as the Five Star Group's future development direction focuses more on the development of high-tech industries, the number of jobs required is also decreasing.
The same situation has of course occurred in other companies. It is precisely because of this that the employment environment in Korea has gradually become tense. A good job does not mean that you can work until retirement. When you are old and unable to do the job, the company has the right to dismiss you and replace you with a more capable and younger employee.
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Perhaps it was a moment of emotion, or perhaps it was because he was surrounded by his own people, Li Jianxi told Li Zairong and Zhang Junfeng about the experience more than ten years ago. For example, when the great commander Chun Doo-hwan, who relied on powerful military force to ascend to the throne, was in power, how dare those people shout like that? Even the heads of large enterprises and chaebols who looked more respectable and awe-inspiring did not dare to show their teeth at that time, and even almost became the other party's ATMs~!
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Listening to Li Jianxi's recollection of the past, Zhang Junfeng secretly complained in his heart, Commander Quan is so powerful, he must have robbed money from you to pay his subordinates' salaries~!
The lowest rank was private, and he was paid for 10 months at a time, and the second month was paid as usual. How could the soldiers not follow him? During the Gwangju Unlimited Fighting Tournament, he hit six sticks in one second. He really got along well with the people!
However, when Zhang Junfeng thought of this, a flash of inspiration suddenly came to his mind. Although Commander Quan and Commander Lu, who succeeded him, were liquidated after leaving office for some reasons, they are still safe and sound now, but their lives are a little more miserable than before.
At the beginning, these two great commanders promoted quite a few young people, and most of the people in official departments were their students and former officials.
If he could establish contact with these two great commanders in the past two years, or even bring them to his side, then when Mr. Wu Xuan comes to power, with their power, the other party would not dare to act rashly! Of course, this kind of thing must be done secretly, otherwise once it is exposed, he and Comet Capital will be "stealing a chicken but losing the rice"!
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On Tuesday morning, Zhang Junfeng, who was working normally at Comet Capital, received a call. It turned out to be from the health hospital under the Five Star Group. The call said that his grandfather Zhang Fushan's condition suddenly worsened and he needed to be hospitalized and arranged for special personnel to take care of him.
In addition, the doctor at the hospital also said that if Zhang Junfeng is free, he should come over, as Zhang Fushan has something important to tell him.
Zhang Junfeng was a little dazed when he heard the bad news. He originally thought that even though his father had Parkinson's disease, which was incurable, his arrangements were quite thoughtful, and the medical staff would regularly give him special examinations and had not found any problems. He thought that the old man could hold on for a long time.
Unexpectedly, bad situations sometimes come unexpectedly without giving people any chance or time to prepare.
After hanging up the phone, Zhang Junfeng immediately called Wu Xiuying, and the two of them drove to the hospital with security guards.
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When Zhang Junfeng and others arrived at the hospital, they found Zhang Fushan lying on the bed with a somewhat dissatisfied look on his face. After seeing Zhang Junfeng coming, he started to complain, "You came just in time, you little brat. I want to go back and live there. It's so boring here. There's no one to chat with~!"
Hearing Zhang Fushan say this, the caregivers beside him looked quite embarrassed. If Zhang Fushan was just an ordinary old man, they would not spend so much energy to take care of him.
Previously, the most experienced chief physician of the neurology department in the hospital turned down other appointments to see the old man, and made a detailed analysis and proper arrangements. However, it was obvious from the old man's attitude that he was not going to appreciate it!
Zhang Junfeng smiled helplessly, "Look at what you said. If you just go back to live there, there will be no problem, but the medical conditions there are naturally not as good as those in the hospital. Your condition has worsened further. It will take a lot of time to send you from there to the hospital~!"
Hearing what Zhang Junfeng said, old man Zhang Fushan was silent. After a long while, he sighed. After letting Zhang Junfeng drive the others out, he had something important to talk to him alone.
After seeing everyone else leave, Zhang Fushan sighed and said in a dark tone, "I know how long my old bones can live. Now is the time to tell you some secrets of my family. I'm afraid that if I don't tell you, if my symptoms become more serious in the future, I may not have the chance to tell you."
"The main reason why our Zhang family has been able to run a private lending business in Myeongdong for decades is that we have the secret support of the top military officials in Goryeo!"
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
"Old man, I once graduated from the Army Officer School and joined the army..."
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Zhang Junfeng was stunned when he heard the old man talking about the past. If he remembered correctly, the Army Officer School had produced some great figures. The former Commander-in-Chief Quan and Commander-in-Chief Lu both seemed to have graduated from this special school.
Thinking of this, Zhang Junfeng suddenly asked subconsciously, "So you shouldn't be acquainted with that Quan Kaka (Sir)?"
Hearing Zhang Junfeng's sudden behavior, Zhang Fushan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and shook his head, "I didn't expect that you, a bastard, knew something about that period! It's just that the person I know is not him but that 'Lu Baima'!"
"Part of the funds for our Zhang family's lending business comes from his family. Every year we give them a certain amount of profit as dividends. In return, they will help us deal with some difficult guys and even help collect some difficult-to-collect debts. The cooperation between the two parties is quite harmonious."
"…But in 1997, Quan Kaka and Lu Baima were both liquidated. At that time, we were also considering how to deal with it later, and even whether those guys would follow the clues to find marginal figures on our side. Fortunately, the two of them did not reveal a single thing, and no one was implicated. Our Zhang family was able to escape safely…"
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After listening to Zhang Fushan's chatter for a long time, Zhang Junfeng finally understood the whole story.
Zhang Fushan, who is upright and grateful, hopes that Zhang Junfeng will take over the family business in the future and hand over a portion of the profits to Lu Baima and his family every year as agreed before, so that he, the old man, can feel at ease.
Hearing his father's exhortation, Zhang Junfeng's mouth twitched. Good man, when he encountered trouble in starting a business, the old man didn't say a word and cheated to get on the stage. If he had known that his family had such a large network of people and connections, why would he have been so frustrated? Didn't you see that Choi Tae-won, the chairman of SK Group, relied on marrying Lu Baima's daughter to gradually expand SK from an unknown small company to a top-level large enterprise comparable to Hanjin Group and Yuetian Group in just over 10 years? The power and influence of Lu Baima can be seen.
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In response to Zhang Junfeng's disdain and complaints, old man Zhang Fushan laughed shamelessly, and then said shamelessly, "You are my grandson, Zhang Fushan. If you can't solve that little difficulty by yourself, what else can we expect you to achieve? You might as well be a comfortable prodigal son and live your life in a muddle!"
"......" Zhang Junfeng snorted coldly in dissatisfaction. This old man was still as cruel as ever. Even at this time, he still did not forget to say harsh words to hurt his heart. He was really unparalleled.
Fortunately, although Zhang Junfeng was angry, he still took the other party's advice to heart. Moreover, he was still worrying about how he should contact the two retired commanders. Now it seems that his father has provided him with a great opportunity to contact the other party. Next, he only needs to plan carefully, and it is very likely that he will be able to directly contact the commander Lu.
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While Zhang Junfeng was chatting with old man Zhang Fushan, Song Minyan, who had received the news, also put down the company's affairs and rushed over. After entering the ward, she saw Zhang Junfeng, the major shareholder, was also present. Song Minyan, who was about to ask, stood at the door for a moment, a little at a loss, not knowing whether to go in or out?
Zhang Fushan saw Zhang Junfeng suddenly stop, so he followed his gaze and found Song Minyan standing at the door of the ward. He smiled and waved at her, "Song family girl, now that you are here, what are you doing standing at the door? Come in!"
Hearing Zhang Fushan's call, Song Minyan looked at Zhang Junfeng again. Then she walked in with her head held high, "Grandpa Zhang, are you okay? The doctor said the situation was quite serious, so I rushed here as soon as I received the news..."
At this point, Song Minyan looked at Zhang Junfeng with a guilty conscience, and was relieved to find that he didn't show any signs of being angry. Although Zhang Junfeng was silent now, he scolded her badly last year.
This also led to Song Minyan being a little nervous every time she saw Zhang Junfeng, fearing that she had not done something well and angered Zhang Junfeng.
Seeing Song Minyan getting a little nervous and looking at Zhang Junfeng frequently, how could Zhang Fushan not understand what was going on? He just snorted coldly, and then said in a dissatisfied tone, "This is not the company, don't be afraid of him. If this bastard has any objections, I will beat him up~!"
Zhang Junfeng, who was about to speak, immediately shut up and looked at Zhang Fushan with resentment. This old man was still biased as always. His body was already in such a state, and he still wanted to beat himself? What a sin!
After a while, Zhang Junfeng, who felt bored, said hello to the two and left in a hurry. He felt relieved that someone was taking care of the old man. When he had a rest on the weekend, he would bring his wife and children to visit him and keep him company.
He came alone to visit, and it seemed that he would soon have a quarrel with the other party for various weird reasons, so it was better not to torment each other. (End of this chapter)