Chapter 1601: Criticism
The 2015 Forbes Korea Rich List and Celebrity List were both released in March.
The first place on the double list is Park Ji-hoon, which is a rare situation in decades.
The celebrity list is aimed at celebrities in the fields of movies, TV dramas, variety shows, songs, sports, etc., and evaluates their sales volume, media exposure, relaxation activities, and professionalism in four areas. Although Park Ji-hoon did not participate in many relaxation activities, "The Battle of Mingliang" and "Ghosts" were too popular.
The rich list puts Park Ji-hoon and Park Min-ah in the first place.
The vast majority of Park Ji-hoon's companies are private, and there is no way to know about the distribution of shares between him and Park Min-ah. Moreover, even his specific net worth is difficult to assess, only set at more than $24 billion, and the brand and platform have not yet become popular in the world.
Lee Kun-hee, who has always dominated the top of South Korea's wealth list, has finally been replaced, although some netizens have long discussed that Park Ji-hoon's personal wealth should have surpassed Lee Kun-hee, but when it was actually announced, it still became the search headline of major portals for several days.
The most important point is that Park Ji-hoon was not born in any chaebol!
That's what's really hotly debated.
Although just like the depreciation of words such as "beauty" and "national", the word "wealthy" has also begun to depreciate with the marriage of a group of actresses, but the chaebol is different, there are only 5 real chaebols in South Korea, Samsung, Hyundai, SK, LG and Lotte, the total assets of these 5 together account for nearly 57% of South Korea's economic output, its influence can be imagined, but also restricts the emergence of competitors.
Therefore, the appearance of Park Ji-hoon has to be said to be an outlier.
His rise is also unique, after all, no artist has ever achieved such an achievement.
It's not that the major consortia have not suppressed him, but first, he has Shen Huiying to escort him, and his popularity is too high, and he has gradually attracted the attention of the people; second, he has developed too fast, so fast that people can't react, and there is almost no direct competition between the initial business and the major consortia; second, he is good at taking advantage of the situation, the most obvious is to borrow the momentum of Samsung, when he acted as Lee Kun-hee's thug to attack Lee Jae-hyun, it can be described as a sensation, and it has become the talk of many "wealthy families" after dinner, and it is precisely at that time that he has risen rapidly.
Another point is that a lot of his industries are overseas.
Now vigorously developing the country, it is immediately under pressure from some competitors, such as Lotte.
This time he became the first on the Forbes rich list, not to mention being regarded as a thorn in the side of all the wealthy families, but there are indeed many jealous people who frequently attacked him during his time abroad.
In fact, in his opinion, this Forbes rich list has no meaning at all, and it may not be accurate.
In the 2015 Forbes South Korea Rich List, Lee Kun-hee's net worth is $13.3 billion, but this is not necessarily the case, and the rich people behind him may not be able to reach this number, but they don't want to, or dare not surpass him.
Lee Kun-hee is a very strong and domineering person, and during his administration, almost the entire Samsung was his word! However, it is precisely because of this that the Samsung Group has leapt from a second-rate enterprise in South Korea to a world-class giant.
Everyone knows it, and Park Zhixun is only a high personal net worth, but the wealth he controls is far inferior to the latter ones, just like a child holding gold.
The most important point is that Shen Huiying will retire in June!
Since March, various small actions have been taken against Park Ji-hoon himself and his industry, even with the deterrence of Shim Hye-young.
However, Park Ji-hoon has a lot of demeanor, and he still continues his own itinerary, shooting out of the air and resolving it easily.
Some people have reported his investment in Southeast Asian countries in the media, slandering him for not investing in China, and in the context of poor employment, it is easy to be criticized and even boycotted. This kind of thing is very common in South Korea, and even "my child has not been admitted to university, and the company wants to give me a subsidy" can be one of the conditions for canceling the strike, so what can't be done?
Park Ji-hoon did not explain and directly counterattacked, but pulled Samsung, Hyundai and other groups into the water.
These groups have an earlier layout in Southeast Asia and have invested more.
It's a repeat move, but it works.
Quietly, all the criticism on the Internet disappeared.
I don't see Samsung and other consortia expressing their dissatisfaction with Park Zhixun, as if they have suffered this dumb loss.
There are also small actions from all sides, almost useless Shen Huiying, Park Ji-hoon still copes with ease.
It is much more mature than before, and it already has its own power.
Among the big conglomerates, it is not that there is no attack on him, but it is not the fiercely competitive Lotte Group, but Zheng Mengjun, the sixth son of the founder of Hyundai Group, Zheng Zhouyong.
He has been mixed in football and politics, and in 2012 announced that he would run for the presidential election at the end of the year.
The result, of course, was failure.
One of his best known stories was in the 90s, when he won the right for South Korea to co-host the 2002 World Cup with Japan through a power struggle within FIFA.
For that alone, he is indeed something to be proud of, and it has also accumulated political capital for him.
During the 2002 World Cup, he even bribed the referee to get South Korea to the semi-finals.
Since then, he has been showing off this matter in private as capital, believing that he is a hero of the country, so he has the matter of running for president.
Needless to say, don't *** beat.
This year, he will run for mayor of Seoul.
He fell in love with Park Ji-hoon's popularity and influence among the general public, and once proposed marriage to Shen Huiying but was politely refused, and then went to Singapore to "meet by chance" with Park Zhixun, wanting to introduce a relative of his granddaughter to Park Zhixun, but was refused. So, he had a direct showdown, wanted to form a political alliance with Park Ji-hoon, and promised various benefits, on the condition that Park Ji-hoon and Shim Hye-young help him be elected mayor of Seoul.
Not surprisingly, he was rejected by Park Ji-hoon again.
Park Ji-hoon was able to get the land of Kowloon Village, and Park Won-soon also contributed, so how could he support Park Won-soon's competitors?
Besides, he doesn't look down on Zheng Mengzhun as a person.
As a qualified politician, personally doing bribery is tantamount to dirty hands, and those who don't understand it will retire after success, but they will hype it up in private, how can such a person be elected mayor of Seoul!
Therefore, he made a feud with Zheng Mengzhun.
Zheng Mengzhun deliberately waited until Shen Huiying retired before making a move, and at this time the election results had been announced, and he lost by an absolute vote, and his hatred was even stronger.
Park Ji-hoon's company, which used political power, to set up obstacles and accuse Park Ji-hoon of tax evasion...... It's old-fashioned, but it's also very effective. In his opinion, there is no one who does not evade taxes and evade taxes if he appears on the rich list, and he will definitely check one by one!
As a result, Park Zhixun was fine, but Hyundai Heavy Industries and himself were investigated, and there was also a wave of voices on the Internet that ridiculed his past, such as bullying the widow of his fifth brother Zheng Mengxian, accepting political donations, etc., and some of them were deducted from him.
His political experience is still insufficient, and he does not find that almost no chaebol people respond to him, including Lotte.
Shen Huiying is retired, but she is not a rootless duckweed directly appointed by the president, but she climbed up step by step, with an incomparably strong foundation, and countless protégés and subordinates in the procuratorial system.
After being investigated for a week, Zheng Mengzhun had to be silenced.
Similar things are almost one after another, and commercial competitors have also taken advantage of the opportunity.
In the past six months that Park Ji-hoon has been abroad, the criticism he has encountered can be called the sum of the past few years.
However, he also managed to show his means and strength.
These are just some hyenas, and the real big tigers are all watching and waiting for them. As long as he has a slight decline, these "tigers" will rush up.
Shen Huiying's retirement still has a great impact after all.
However, Park Ji-hoon's easy means and emerging strength made these "tigers" have to be afraid of them, and they have never made a move under each other's watch.
It's like a surf, although there are many winds and waves around him, but in the end it is just the scenery under his feet.
Returning, not only is it undamaged, but it carries a boundless reputation.
Popular all over the world, the momentum is incomparable!