The three-star Li family, one of the most legendary families on the Nanxian Peninsula.

There is a saying in Nanxian that Nanxian people are inseparable from three things in their lives: death, taxes and Samsung. This shows the monopoly position of this enterprise in Nanxian.

The most important chaebol, headquartered in Seoul, supports one-fifth of Namxian's GDP, surpassing the GDP of Israel, Ireland and other countries, and pinning on the technological dreams of 50 million Namxian people. Since its founding in 1938, Samsung has been present in nearly 70 countries and has nearly 500 subsidiaries and offices. Samsung Life, the largest life insurance company in Nanxian. Samsung C&T has built projects such as the Burj Khalifa, the Kuala Lumpur Petronas Twin Towers, the Incheon Bridge, and the ENEC Nuclear Power Plant in the United Arab Emirates, in addition to a large amount of oil, natural gas, and new energy investment, shouldering the energy security of Namxian. Samsung Heavy Industries, one of the world's top 10 shipyards. Samsung Techwin, mainly manufacturing aircraft (military + civilian), tanks, armored vehicles. The Samsung Group has 79 subsidiaries. Electronic Equipment, Shipbuilding, Fine Chemistry, Petroleum, Insurance, Venture Capital, Hotels, Medical Centers, Property Management, Welfare Centers, Economic Research Institutes, ......

Samsung ranks first in the total market value of the Nanxian enterprise stock market, exceeding the sum of the second to seventh places, and the Samsung Group accounts for 21% of the total value of the Nanxian stock market, which is worthy of the name of the "Second Empire of Nanxian".

And all this, the original founder of such a huge business empire was named Li Bingzhe, who was born as a farmer, but his family was still rich, and he went to Japan to study since he was a child, and he still went to Waseda. After returning to China, Lee Byung-chul founded "Samsung Store" in 1938, which is the predecessor of Samsung Group. With his natural business acumen and the knowledge he learned in Japan, Li Bingzhe's business has flourished and made a fortune: from exporting flour and sugar to chemical and petroleum shipbuilding, he has done whatever he wants, and soon became one of the largest enterprises in Nanxian.

And as soon as the family has money, things will come, not to mention that the old man gave birth to 8 children, pinching his toes and counting, it is indispensable to fight for family property. The first bloody drama of the Samsung family happened in the 60s of the last century, when Lee Byung-cheol chose a successor from his three sons. At the beginning, the old man was ready to divide the three brothers equally. But I don't know what happened, but when it came, the old man suddenly changed his mind and decided that the family property would be inherited by his eldest son Li Mengxi alone. In this way, the other two sons will not do it, how can the inheritance be changed as soon as it is said?

secretly poked and thought carefully, but it was like the villain had the difference between Voldemort and Bald Qiang, their rank was simply a heaven and an earth: the second son is called Li Changxi, who is lazy and lazy, does not learn and has no skills, and has not been liked by his father since he was a child; , call home every day to ask for warmth, and is also committed to studying my father's favorite sport golf, leaving my father with a sensible baby image.

As for the boss, during the period when the old man focused on training, he directly incarnated into the most typical image of the prince in film and television dramas, where his father hired more than a dozen masters to open a small stove all day and didn't have much interest, and he made a mess of the company in less than half a year after taking over......

Samsung's shareholders ignored Li Bingzhe's love for his son, and jointly wrote a letter asking the semi-retired old man to change his decision, and the old man was forced to be in a hurry, and every day when he saw his eldest son, he was scolded for splitting his head and covering his face, but he did not make any progress. In the end, one day the old man couldn't stand it anymore and took back all the management rights of his eldest son. This harvest immediately angered the eldest son Li Mengxi. You don't treat me as your own son, and I don't think you are your own father, so you went home and collected my father's black history of tax evasion, and directly reported it to the Blue House with his real name, wanting to send my father to prison.

But the father is still the father in the end, and the little bit of caution that the eldest son wants to pit himself was all collected by his father's informant and reported it. The old man was furious and drove his eldest son out of the house in minutes...... At this point, the eldest son Lee Mengxi game over.

But the Blue House still has to have an explanation, because of his son's report, the old man was convicted by the government at the time, so the second son Li Changxi, who wanted to make meritorious contributions, stood up and squatted in prison for his father for half a year. Unexpectedly, his father didn't like him in the first place, and when Lee Chang-hee was released from prison, he found that his good brother, the third son Lee Kun-hee, had become the number one heir and sat next to the chairman's father, completely dumbfounded.

So the second son did the one thing that exposed his IQ the most - follow the example of the eldest brother to report his father.

There is no reversal: the method is just as stupid, but the end is even worse, he was sent to a mental hospital by his father, and he died in 1991...... Second son, game over.

The eldest brother and the second brother have hung up, and they have been low-key, and the youngest son Li Kunxi, who has been silent throughout the incident, has benefited from the fisherman. In 1987, when the old man kicked his legs, Lee Kun-hee directly inherited the core subsidiaries of Samsung Group, including Samsung Electronics, Samsung C&T and other core cores, and finally won the final victory of this inheritance war.

After the death of the old man, the domineering president style of the youngest son Li Kunxi began to slowly show, not only has the ability of the president, but also developed Samsung into a large enterprise that controls the economy of Nanxian in one fell swoop, and has become the biggest boss behind Samsung...... More bloody is coming: everyone knows from the distribution of the inheritance that although the boss is still alive, the old man is so sad about this cheating father, in order to save him a little face, he gave a marginal enterprise under Samsung to the boss's son, that is, his eldest grandson, Lee Kunxi's eldest nephew Lee Jae-hyun.

Although the company is small, the controlling boss Lee Kun-hee can't accept it at all, and looks at the eldest nephew everywhere, and finally accomplishes what his two brothers have not achieved - sending the eldest nephew to prison, and Lee Jae-hyun fell ill directly after he came out...... And the second brother's son Lee Jae-chan also did not end well: after his grandfather's death, he also got a piece of the pie and managed Samsung's Shinhan Media Company. But in 1997, due to poor management, he asked his uncle boss Lee Kun-hee for help, but Lee Kun-hee refused without saying a word!

The grief-stricken Lee Jae-chan's career failed, his wife and children abandoned him, suffered from depression, and finally chose to commit suicide in 2001, living to the age of 46.

But do you think that's all there is to the Li family? Then you're too naïve.

The elders of the Li family strictly control the marriage of their children. Almost all of the Li family members had to marry politically for the benefit of the family according to the arrangement of the elders. For example, Lee Kun-hee, the second-generation head of Samsung, is married to the daughter of the chairman of South Korea's largest media "JoongAng Ilbo", and until now, "JoongAng Ilbo" is still recognized as very friendly to Samsung. And now the head of Samsung, the third-generation "emperor" Lee Jae-yong is even more powerful, his ex-wife Lin Shiling is the child of the daughter of the president of the South Korean Elephant Group and the founder of the Asiana Group. As a result, a few years ago, Elephant Group encountered operational difficulties, but Samsung did not lend a hand, and then the two divorced.

The "princesses" of the Li family will even be married to rival families like the ancient royal family "Heqin". For example, the first emperor Li Bingzhe married his second daughter to the third son of the LG family at that time. The little princess Lee Yunxin, who was known as the "First Miss of Korea" back then, wanted to break through the rules of the family and fall in love freely, but the family did not agree. Eventually, she suffered from major depression and committed suicide in New York at the age of 24. The Samsung "eldest princess" Li Fuzhen also chose free love and insisted on marrying Ren Youjae, a civilian boy. But they eventually divorced.

Seeing this, some people must be puzzled, wondering how the Li family, which is so feudal, controls Samsung, a modern enterprise with many shareholders and a huge volume?

We all know that in ancient China, many dynasties had a think tank that was responsible for the emperor, just like the Qing Dynasty royal family controlled the center of the country called the "Military Aircraft Department", the Military Aircraft Department gathered the most intelligent minds of the country, directly controlled and managed by the emperor, and overrode all state organs, so that the surname Aixin Jueluo was able to obtain the highest gold content of the royal power in China.

Samsung also has a "Military Aircraft Department", its name from "Secretary Office", "Strategic Planning Office" to "Future Strategy Office", at its peak the number of employees was nearly 300, above all organizational structures of Samsung, only responsible for the Li family. What's even more terrifying is that the Samsung Secretarial Office is not only the Military Aircraft Department, but also used to be the most powerful intelligence agency in South Korea. At the time of the outbreak of the Gulf War and the death of ***, the Samsung Secretariat's Office obtained information before the South Korean National Intelligence Agency.

In addition, the secretarial office also functions as the "internal affairs office", managing all aspects of the daily affairs of the Li family members. The senior secretaries in the secretarial room are the all-powerful dark butlers you see in the movies. Whether the Li family wants to buy planes and submarines, pick stars and catch the moon, or want to eat pancakes and fruits, boil and burn them, no matter how big or small, the secretary's office will help them get everything.

In order to ensure the family's absolute control over Samsung, in addition to setting up a secretarial office, the Li family also has a very complex cross-shareholding plan. This cross-shareholding plan enables the Li family, which only holds 2 percent of the equity of the Samsung Group on the surface, to actually control nearly 50 percent of the equity of the Samsung Group.

In this way, it is quite terrifying, such a large group, half of the shares are concentrated in the hands of a few people, just think about it casually will feel extremely terrifying.

This is not the end of it, there are too many things that have happened to this big family.

After more than ten years of operation, Li Jianxi's position is becoming more and more stable, but his health is getting worse and worse, and since the 90s of the last century, he has begun to look for his successor. Of course, although it is said that he is looking for a successor, in fact, Li Jianxi's health is still quite good, and some people even quietly broke the news to the media, saying that this old man, at an age close to Gu Xi, actually came back from outside to find a small solution. I even looked for four or five at a time, and it is said that there are videos coming, so I asked you if you were afraid.

Ahem, this is not important, and then talk about the Li family.

Lee Kun-hee's wife's name is Hong Luoxi, the daughter of Hong Lianji, the former chairman of South Korea's "JoongAng Daily", a typical business marriage. Hong Luoxi became Lee Kun-hee's virtuous helper after marriage, and he usually has nothing to do but engage in charity, and he and his husband come out hand in hand to show affection, and he looks super temperamental. He and his wife had a son and three daughters, but unfortunately their youngest daughter Li Yinxin died in 2005, that is, this year. Li Yinxin is Lee Kun-hee's favorite daughter, as lively and smart as all the old children: when she was 20 years old, she owned a $191 million stake in Samsung, and her appearance was also very high, and she was rated as "the most beautiful rich daughter" by the Korean media for many years - but she is jealous of her red face, and the cause of her death is still a mystery, and it has also become the most thoughtful and terrifying plot in the story of the wealthy family, there are about three versions:

Version 1.0: Samsung's official statement is that she was in a car accident in the United States;Version 2.0: The American media found out that she was because her father did not agree to marry a racing driver, and in a fit of rage, she found a wire and hanged herself; Version 3.0: It was also a suicide, but this time the reason was more terrible - she was coerced by three brothers and sisters, hired a killer to chase her, and the pressure was too great to hang herself...... The third one basically doesn't need to be considered, it's nothing, Lee Kun-hee's own body is very tough, even if he finds an heir, it is not possible to transfer all the work in three or two years.

And didn't it say above? This little sister actually committed suicide. Because of her family's arranged marriage, she was difficult to resist, coupled with the rise of depression, and finally chose suicide. There is no intrigue and intrigue in it, but it also shows the internal survival pressure of this kind of top family.

Anyway, after the death of the little sister, there were three people competing for the family property: the eldest son Lee Jae-yong, the eldest daughter Lee Fu-jin and the second daughter Lee Seo-hyun. Although there is one less strong competitor, the remaining one king and two queens are also intriguing and fighting happily at the beginning in order to inherit the property...... In order to avoid the recurrence of the cheating story decades ago, Lee Kun-hee had to order his children to be in charge of different group businesses: the eldest son is in charge of electronics & finance, the second daughter is in charge of hotels & chemicals, and the third daughter is in charge of clothing & advertising.

Although it is still obvious to see the meaning of patriarchy, and it is obvious that there is some eccentricity, but in general, it is quite stable, and there is no complete hatred between their brothers and sisters, at least it is not like their father's generation, which directly ended up in a broken family. Just that's a big step forward.

Zhou Fangyuan was invited to a small villa of the Li family on the outskirts of Seoul. Said to be a small villa, in fact, it is not small, the most important thing is that it is quite hidden here, and the defense force is a little strong, all the way to the two, basically three steps, one sentry, five steps and one post, people have every reason to believe that if someone wants to break in, it is estimated that even guns and ammunition are very likely to appear here.

Today's invitation is not only Zhou Fangyuan, in fact, several famous big families in Nanxian China, the younger generation have received invitations, Samsung is the boss of the consortium, and his status is also a little detached.

Under the leadership of the housekeeper, Zhou Fangyuan took Han Jiaren and walked into the center of the villa step by step.