Chapter 106: 1/3

Because Cui Yongheng was furious, the temporarily convened management meeting ended in nothing, Zheng Xuntuo, who arrived in a hurry, finally persuaded Cui Yongheng to stop him after being slapped a few times in the chaos, and then announced a temporary adjournment, assigned tasks to all the executives present, ordered to pay close attention to J.H's movements, and hurriedly drove them out of the conference room.

Cha Seung-jae and other FHN managers left after the last, and the two sides staggered past each other, not squinting at each other.

The partners who once worked together to create the largest brokerage production company in the entertainment industry inevitably parted ways as time passed.

When everyone was gone, Zheng Xuntuo poured a glass of water for Cui Yongheng, who was still panting, and then sat silently in front of him.

Cha Seung-jae can guess what Cui Yongheng is throwing a tantrum at tonight, and Zheng Xuntuo can naturally do it, but he doesn't know how to persuade Lu Dao, because this kind of thing, there is no room for him to intervene, so he can only wait for Cui Yongheng to say it himself.

Sure enough, after being silent for a long time, Cui Yongheng, whose breathing gradually calmed down, but his expression was still gloomy, slowly spoke: "Two hours ago, my father called me......

“…… What did Chairman Choi say?"

"What else can I say!" glared at him angrily, Cui Yongheng loosened his tie irritably, "scolded me severely, saying that I was making trouble for him...... xi.bar...... How the fuck did I know that Ahn Joon-hyuk was going to get an anti-monopoly xi.bar.seak.gi......?

Then there was a series of unbearable curses, after being vented. Only under Zheng Xuntuo's soft reassurance, he gasped and continued: "Before the meeting, I communicated with a few uncles, and I realized that Lu Dao's father had such a big temper for Lu. The Group's most important task this year is to enter the Chinese market, and the business that can make progress in China is in addition to the Group's most advantageous energy business, which is telecommunications. Since the first half of the year, Dad has personally led SKT's overseas work, and is currently in contact with Unicom companies in Chinese mainland. Preparing to acquire shares of Unicom. Taking advantage of this springboard to enter the communications industry, it is said that there have been some achievements, and China Mobile is in an absolute leading position in the mobile field on China's side. Unicom would also like to see our experience in value-added services. Help them compete for the market!"

"But the political situation in China is complicated. "Speaking of which. His entire brow was tangled, and it was obvious that what he had learned was difficult for him to accept. "The Unicom company that Dad negotiated with is a state-owned asset of the Chinese government, and it is very demanding when it comes to choosing partners...... On the other hand, if the Ministry of Information and Communications and the Fair Trade Commission had accepted J.H.'s application for an antitrust investigation and sent an investigation team to investigate SKT, the scandal would probably have undone most of Dad's efforts for half a year...... Ahn Joon-hyuk this bitch, fuck!fuck!"

Looking at Cui Yongheng, who grabbed his hair and began to grit his teeth and curse again, his squinted eyes revealed anger and ruthlessness, Zheng Xuntuo suddenly felt a chill in his heart, I don't know if it was an illusion, he vaguely saw a trace of panic and anxiety under the hideousness on the other party's surface!

The situation is more complicated than he thought before, and the sword called anti-monopoly stabbed by Ahn Junhyuk seems to be far more threatening to SKT than he expected!

He is not in such a position that he is too strategic to judge the importance of the Chinese market to SK Group, but the importance of this development decision can be seen just by Chey Tae-won personally leading SKT's development efforts in China.

Ahn Joon-hyuk...... What a good time!

…… Was it a mistake, or was he paying attention to SKT for a long time?......

The question came to mind, but Zheng Xuntuo couldn't find the answer, because he didn't know Ahn Junhyuk at all, and he hadn't even come into contact with that young man in person, and a lot of information specific to his personality and style of acting naturally couldn't be judged!

He suddenly felt that he and Cui Yongheng didn't even see what An Junhyuk looked like, so they hurriedly sued each other, maybe they were really too underestimated......

He is not surprised that the Ministry of Information and Communications and the Fair Trade Commission are likely to accept Ahn Joon-hyuk's two applications for antitrust investigations, which is not based on precedents and evidence collection, as published in the media, but depends on the attitude of the current ruling South Korean government towards the chaebols.

The current South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun is the third leader after Kim Yong-sam and Kim Dae-jung to vigorously promote the process of democratization. South Korea's chaebol was born in the Park Chung-hee era and rose to prominence during the Fifth Republic (during the terms of Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo), and three successive presidents with close ties to the chaebol connived at the chaebol's expansion and dominance in the country.

Until Kim Yong-sam came to power, through a series of anti-corruption struggles, the influence of the chaebol in the political circles was dealt a blow for the first time, and then his successor Kim Dae-jung, because he witnessed the disadvantages of the chaebol brokerage rule model to the country during the Asian financial crisis (the blind expansion of the Daewoo Group, the problems left over from the collapse of the financial turmoil, brought a huge burden to the South Korean government), and also continued Kim Yong-san's policy tendency.

This anti-chaebol policy tendency, which has been succeeded by the current president Roh Moo-hyun for one term after another, has been under strict government surveillance for more than a decade, and the chaebol has been passive every year on average.

In particular, Roh Moo-hyun, in his first year in office, aimed the butcher's knife at SK Group, and that year Chey Tae-won, Choi Jae-won, Son Gil-sung and other SK Group executives were arrested one after another, and then at the end of 2003, they aimed the butcher's knife at LG and Lotte.

However, that round of blows, the most of which ended in failure, the leading role of the chaebol in the economic field was stronger than he expected, and every time he made a move, he certainly caused some losses to the chaebol, but the losses were more than small and medium-sized investors, as well as the downstream industrial chain that relied on the chaebol's breath, and the actual reform did not achieve any results.

However, it is obviously impossible for Roh Moo-hyun to abandon the chaebol economic reform plan promised in his election manifesto, for example, last month he raised his sword again to kill the Hyundai-Kia Motors Group, which split from the Hyundai Group, and Jung Mong-gu was arrested!

These not-so-secret secrets flowed through my thoughts, and I was silent for a long time. Zheng Xuntuo looked at Cui Yongheng, who cursed for a while, and gradually quieted down: "What are you going to do?"

Cui Yongheng didn't answer him, silently closed his eyes, as if he was struggling with something.

After a moment, he raised his head:

"It's not what I want to do...... his voice was a little dry, "it's what my father wants me to do......!" But I'm really not reconciled......"

At the moment of "............", Zheng Xuntuo didn't know what kind of expression to do......

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In the morning, after days of rain, it finally moved away from the Han River basin. Under a clear blue sky. Patches of smog floated above the roaring Han River, and the rising sun had just risen in the east, and the fiery red light shone brightly, and the golden red color pierced through the mist. All over the newly awakened city.

Time passed through the last few days of May. Early June. J.H. held high the banner of anti-monopoly and the news of shaking SKT has spread overwhelmingly throughout the country. The scope of influence of the incident is no longer limited to the entertainment field, and has begun to attract the attention of economic people to a deeper extent.

In the past few days, a number of newspapers and TV stations have reported on this incident, specific analysis, because of the lack of next progress, not too many people have spoken, but these reports have completely reversed the previous J.H's disadvantage in public opinion, SidusHQ's accusation of J.H disrupting the market, under this bombshell, almost no one cares, even if it is occasionally mentioned, most of them are as supplementary information for the beginning of J.H and SKT's grievances!

As a result, the joint investigation team stationed at J.H. Company hastily concluded the investigation as early as the 29th, and withdrew from J.H. without even holding a press conference to announce the results of the investigation.

“…… According to the analysis of professionals, the Romance Association and the Cultural Promotion Agency are all waiting for the response of the Ministry of Information and Communications, the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy, and the Fair Trade Commission to J.H's application for antitrust investigation. According to a relevant person, if the three institutions accept J.H's anti-monopoly investigation against SKT, then SidusHQ, which is controlled by SKT, may be implicated and the application submitted by it will be unreasonable, and the association and the promotion agency must take into account that SidusHQ's accusations against J.H are likely to be instigated by SKT to suppress ......"

The large office echoes Yuna's crisp reading voice, and the girl has received professional oral instruction, and her voice may not have an advantage in singing, but at this time, she speaks Seoul Mandarin in a straight and round manner, which is really pleasant.

Ahn Jun-hyuk raised his head to look, then shook his head and continued to browse the documents in front of him, sometimes signing or rejecting.

Yuna came over early in the morning, and by the way, she brought a large stack of newspapers received by the front desk, and when she heard Ahn Junhyuk casually say that she was too busy with work to read the newspaper, the girl volunteered to read it to him, of course, she probably didn't understand the content of it.

“…… According to the author's inquiries and understanding, the SKT anti-monopoly case has not yet reached a unified opinion within the three institutions, and a member of the Fair Trade Commission, who did not want to be named, said that the committee had met with the relevant persons in charge of J.H, SM, and YG yesterday, and confirmed to the parties that the committee had received the application, and asked for opinions on 'SKT's abuse of market position and manipulation of monthly music subscription prices'. However, the member said that there were still divisions within the committee, and as far as he knew, the same was true of the other two bodies, and the specific official statement was pending further consultations......

“…… Although the official decision has not yet been released, the power of the J.H antitrust investigation application has begun to emerge, since the news was released on the 28th, in the past three days, SKT's stock trading volume has fallen sharply, and the closing price of the last trading day in May fell by 9%. A commissioner from the NICE credit rating agency said that this performance is quite dangerous, and the decline in trading volume shows that investors are paying close attention to the results of the antitrust application, and if the application is accepted by three institutions including the Fair Trade Commission, SKT shares may appear to sell panic......

"So far, the author has not contacted the two parties, and it is unclear whether the attitude of J.H and SKT towards this antitrust case has changed, and we will continue to pay attention to the follow-up developments!" (To be continued......