Chapter 149: Change
"Here's what to do...... Chairman of CMZ Investment Holding Group Co., Ltd. Ji Mingzhe nim delivered a speech!
On June 5, Ji Myung-cheol held a press conference at the company's headquarters to give a detailed explanation and social announcement on the South Korean government's special law on the establishment of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province and the development of an international free city and the group's investment of 50 billion US dollars for the development of Jeju Island.
"Click...... Click......"
Ji Mingzhe walked up to the rostrum with steady steps, saluted with Liu Zaishi, and then walked to the press table in the middle of the rostrum. More than 200 reporters at the scene raised their cameras and pressed the shutter continuously, the scene was full of sounds, the dazzling camera lights kept flashing, and the camera crews of various television stations also aimed the camera lenses of the live broadcast at the center of the rostrum. Yes, the press conference was televised live so that South Koreans who were interested in the event could watch the event live from their homes.
"On behalf of all the staff of the group company, I would like to express my gratitude to all media friends for coming!
Ji Mingzhe bowed to all the participants in the audience, and another light flickered.
"When I returned to South Korea for development, I had the idea of doing my part for the motherland, and at the beginning of investing a large amount of money, I also sent people to visit the great rivers and mountains of our country, and then I did not hesitate to invest funds in all parts of Korea, because I knew that my motherland needed this investment, and I think everyone present should be very clear about the situation of our country at that time, so I think it is very appropriate to do a small part for my country. ”
Everyone in the audience applauded. These people are very clear about the situation when Ji Mingzhe returned to South Korea to invest, and even reported it.
"But there's one thing I've overlooked...... That's the beautiful Jeju Island of our country! Our government has worked tirelessly to improve the living standards of our people, but the sudden financial crisis has hit our country hard. When I learned that those greedy and despicable foreign speculators had plundered our country and people of all their hard-earned hard-earned money, plunged many families into misery and lost the lives of many innocent people. So I came back, and I came back to do my part for the country. ”
Chi Mingzhe lied on stage in front of the people of the whole country without a red face and a heartbeat, pretending to be a patriot, but he often pretended to be too much and would be punished.
"I want to interrupt!
A middle-aged man stood up from a relatively remote position at the back of the venue, and the scene was in a commotion. Many reporters picked up their cameras and shot at him. The man looked a little smug and raised a folder in his hand.
"What's the matter with you?"
Chi Mingzhe, who had a calm face, "chuckled" in his heart, and a bad premonition appeared strongly in his mind, and he suddenly remembered the inexplicable dream he had on the plane, and he didn't understand why he remembered that dream at this time.
"Could it be that dream some kind of omen?"
But he is sure that it is not what will happen to Park Ji-yeon, but what will he face soon?
"Aggrieved, suffocated...... Yes, that's what I feel in my dreams, is this what I'm about to face?"
The feeling in that dream made him very disgusted and angry. Ji Mingzhe's eyes instantly brought cruelty, and he decided that if this person let him experience that unpleasant state of mind, he would kill his whole family. Quietly glanced at Jin Zaiyong, who was standing quietly on the edge of the venue, and the other party nodded lightly.
Ji Mingzhe faced so many media on the scene. He could only resist the urge to tear the middle-aged man apart, revealing his snow-white teeth and a smile on his face.
In the office of the President of the Blue House. Roh Moo-hyun was watching the live TV broadcast of the press conference with his assistant, and the sudden episode made him stunned for a moment. Feeling that something was going to happen, he asked his assistant for a cigarette. After lighting it, he slowly exhaled the smoke, and he seemed to have forgotten that he had quit smoking for many years.
"Interesting!"
This phrase came from the offices of many South Korean chaebol leaders.
"Someone is going to take revenge!
Samsung's Lee Kun-hee and son Lee Jae-yong are also full of questions, sitting on the sofa in the office and staring at the TV screen.
At the same time, many South Koreans who watched the press conference at home were also staring at the TV at home, and this sudden change made them very interested, and some even wished that Ji Mingzhe would make a fool of himself, which is also part of the social mentality of South Koreans - "hating the rich".
"What I want to ask is that in '97, you were just an ordinary student who hadn't graduated from college, where did you get the money to invest in South Korea, and the amount was huge. ”
Ji Mingzhe's head buzzed, he had a premonition that the other party was going to say something, his first pot of gold was obtained by speculating on the Korean won, if this was poked out, it would definitely cause the world to fall apart in South Korea, he didn't believe that there was no chaebol involved in this speculation in South Korea, it was just a good cover-up, and he remembered that he had cleaned up the beginning and the end, how did the other party find out, but at this moment he knew that he must not panic, nor can he show cowardice.
"Sir, about my family history, I think this is a personal privacy, I will not disclose it here, and today is a press conference about our company's investment in Jeju Island, please don't interrupt for no reason, otherwise I will think that you are deliberately making trouble, and the on-site security will ask you out, understand? Now please sit down! Let's continue!"
Many reporters at the scene originally thought that there would be some big news that would be broken by this jumper, but they didn't expect to ask Chi Mingzhe about his family history, although everyone is interested, but this is also someone else's privacy, who will say it. As all the reporters looked at the middle-aged man with mocking expressions, he raised the folder in his hand.
"I have a document here that shows that in '97, you once invested a sum of money in an investment company called "Blue Bird" on Wall Street through two offshore companies, right?"
The man grew more and more proud. Without waiting for Chi Mingzhe to answer, he faced the reporters attending the meeting again. Said loudly.
"That Wall Street investment firm was involved in speculation against our country's won. In other words, Chairman Chi, like those greedy and despicable foreign speculators, is one of the main culprits who have caused our country's economy to suffer a lot. ”
As soon as the words ended, the audience was in an uproar, the participating reporters asked questions one after another, and the flashing lights kept flashing, and Ji Mingzhe on the rostrum turned a deaf ear to the reporters' questions, still smiling and not saying a word. subsequently
"I understand now, you're really here to make trouble, security! He's not welcome here!"
Several security guards who were on standby immediately pounced.
"Stop...... What are you going to do?...... This is retaliation...... ...... with the surname pool I have exposed your true colors and exposed your despicable face...... You let it go......"
"Knock ......"
The door of the venue was closed again, but the scene was already a mess, and the reporters not only talked about it, but they all looked at Ji Mingzhe on the rostrum, waiting for his explanation.
"Well, I don't want to explain it clearly, everyone must think that what that guy said is true, and now I'll tell you about it. Of course, after I'm done. You can ask questions. ”
Ji Mingzhe's mind was spinning rapidly, and he decided to confuse the matter first, and wait for Jin Zaiyong to check the information in that person's hand before deciding, whether to give a detailed explanation in the newspaper media.
"I'm going to kill his whole family. will not let go of any of them, as well as those who are behind the scenes. ”
Under the press stage, Ji Mingzhe clenched his fists. I hated that guy and the person behind the scenes to the extreme.
"I did come up with a sum of money. ”
The discussion below immediately became louder, and Ji Mingzhe signaled silence to the audience before continuing.
"My father had just died, and I was very sad! Later, my classmate Martin came to me, he wanted to ask me to borrow money to invest in business, I didn't think much about it and agreed, as for whether he invested in that Wall Street company or speculated in our country's currency, I don't know at all, you believe it or not, anyway, I am innocent, just now that person is obviously making trouble, you think, I was just a poor student, where did I get the money to speculate, my classmate asked me the money I borrowed, or sold the property left by my father to lend it to him. Do you understand that?"
As soon as Chi Mingzhe finished speaking, the reporters below asked questions.
"Excuse me......"
"President Chi ......"
There were too many people asking questions, and in the end, Ji Mingzhe specially selected a reporter from the Chosun Ilbo to answer the questions.
"I want to ask you, President Nim, it's strange why you sold the property your father left you in the first place, and only because your classmates borrowed money from you. ”
The subtext of the reporter's line Everyone present understands that no one will sell their property in order to lend money to others, and there is a big problem here.
"You may not know how hard I was at that time, how hard my father's death hit me! I spent a whole week in a bar with my classmates, and I just wanted to use alcohol to forget all my pain, and many times I was drunk and unconscious. ”
Ji Mingzhe's eyes were a little red, and he took out a handkerchief and wiped it from the corner of his eye, indeed a few tears were squeezed out by him, and then his voice was low.
"In the beginning, there were many classmates who accompanied me, but then many people couldn't stand this daily drinking, and in the end, only Martin was left with me, comforting and encouraging me, he was my best friend and the only one at NYU, and I am very grateful to him. So when he borrowed money from me, I didn't even think about it and said yes. ”
Ji Mingzhe continued without waiting for everyone's reaction.
"The main reason why I sold the property that my father left me was not because I wanted to lend money to others, but because I wanted to leave the place where I used to live, and leave that sad place so as not to see things and think about people, can you understand my feelings? Besides, the money from the sale of the house is not used in my own hands for the time being, so why don't I lend it to my good friend? Okay! Please continue!"
The reporters at the bottom have stopped a lot, as if they are infected by Ji Mingzhe's emotions and the sad stories he tells, or maybe they are thinking about some ideas, thinking about what kind of questions they are going to ask in order to get big news.
"Please this ...... It's from JoongAng Daily...... Just ask!"
Ji Mingzhe has always asked other people's newspaper reporters to ask questions, and his own newspaper reporters have ignored them for the time being, which also makes the reporters of "Han Nation News" and "Jingxiang News" think of something, so they are not so active in asking questions.
"Chairman Ji, Nim, I want to ask you when you returned to Korea, and when you invested a huge amount of money, where did the money come from?"
I can give you a detailed answer to this question. ”
Ji Mingzhe pursed his lips, as if he was sorting out his thoughts, half loudly,
"I made two films at that time, you should all know, you should know what the box office was at that time, I remember everyone reported it. Part of my money came from the tiered proceeds from the box office, and the other part was lent to me by my classmate Martin who persuaded his family. ”
As soon as the words ended, the reporters raised their hands again, and a reporter from Dong-A Ilbo was given the opportunity to ask a question.
"President Nim, you just said that some of the money was from the box office of the movie, we believe, but the other part was lent to you by your classmate Martin, what is going on?"
"Here's the thing, my classmate Martin's family is very rich, all of them are in business, the reason why he asked me to borrow money was because he had a conflict with his family, and his family cut off his financial resources, so he asked me to borrow money to prove himself, and finally he did prove himself, and eased the relationship with his family, and heard me say that he wanted to return to China for development and contribute to his country, so he took the initiative to persuade his family to lend me a large sum of money, and I am very grateful to him for this!"
"How much money did I lend you?"
"A whole two hundred million dollars!"
"Wow......"
"So much money to borrow ......"
"That's a lot of money......"
The reporters below began to talk again, and the whole scene seemed to be filled with countless flies "buzzing!" Flying everywhere, Chi Mingzhe's brain was about to explode, and he wanted to get angry with a splitting headache, he was quite tired after talking nonsense for a long time, and he was also very tired, but he couldn't relax at this time, he had to fool this in advance, and he would talk about it later.
"Of course, there is interest in borrowing money. ”
Chi Mingzhe waved his hand to suppress the reporters who wanted to ask questions, and received it again.
"The interest of 200 million US dollars is 100 million US dollars, of course, they are willing to lend me money for the sake of my classmate Martin's face, not to mention 200 million US dollars, such a huge amount of money, don't you say?"
This can be regarded as explaining the sudden change in front of me, and most of the Korean viewers in front of the TV also believe it, of course, there are some who are skeptical, but in any case, this matter is temporarily fooled.
Roh Moo-hyun in the Blue House asked his assistant if he could find out anything about this matter, but the assistant's answer made him a little disappointed, and he told Roh Moo-hyun that it is very difficult to find out about this matter, unless it costs a lot of money, but maybe it is very possible to find nothing in the end, and if this thing is true, who will really leave a handle for people to investigate, Roh Moo-hyun had to give up after thinking about it for a long time. There are many people who have the same idea, but after consulting professionals, they have dispelled this idea.
"Okay guys, it looks like today's press conference can only go here, I'm tired, I'm sorry!"
Liu Zaishi was already waiting on the edge of the rostrum, and as soon as Ji Mingzhe finished speaking, he rushed up, apologized to the reporters in the audience, and then announced that the press conference was over early.
"Check ...... Find out who is going against us, Brother Yong! No matter what the cost, find out to the end for me. ”
"Don't worry! ”
Ji Mingzhe's mobile phone rang at this time.
"Ms. Xuan?"
"Yes, President Chi, I watched the TV just now, I have a message that I don't know if you are interested in, but I need some help from you!"
"No problem! We are friends, of course we need to help if we are in trouble, you can say it!"
"I know who's in trouble with you. ”
"Tell me, what help do you need?"
"Can you bring us another sum of money for the Hyundai Group?"
"No problem!"
Ji Mingzhe's face was expressionless, but he couldn't suppress his tyranny in his heart. (To be continued.) )