Chapter 65: The New Year's Banquet (Part II)
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Turning around, the snowflakes that sporadically crossed the body fell leisurely, a long skirt with a long skirt, a black flat hat and a black veil the size of a palm fell, and the bangs covered the corners of the forehead, the wind was slow, the corners of the skirt were swaying, and the beautiful woman who was like a black pearl looked at herself with a smile.
Seeing him turn around, her expression was a little stunned, she wrinkled her nose, and her elegant face with light makeup looked a little playful because of this action, and there was a certain indescribable charm: "Hey, I haven't seen you for a while, you don't recognize me?"
Ahn Jun-hyuk came to his senses and smiled: "How dare you be small, Lord Hwang Jin-yi!" As he spoke, the look that originally had a little thought left had already surfaced with a faint warmth.
"Ha, it's amazing now, I dare to tease my sister!" The woman raised her foot and made a gesture to kick over as if she was angry, but the corners of her skirt moved, seeing An Junhyuk's gradually warm eyes, the woman's expression couldn't hold back anymore, and she laughed out loud, delicate and bright: "Hmph, even if you kid has a conscience, pretend not to know ...... if you are not developed"
After a few hard words, after arriving at the most sluggish, he still turned into a step forward and hugged gently after a long absence: "Long time no see, Junhyuk!"
The faint aroma was in his nose, listening to the murmuring greeting, Ahn Junhyuk also replied with a soft smile: "Long time no see, Sister Hailin ......"
This woman is naturally Ha Ji Won.
After more than half a year of absence, the power of time has not eroded and decayed on her, but is like a washed river, sweeping away the mud and sand. The impurities are worn away, and some of the inner ones are more dazzling than before, and when they are put outside, there is a certain charm that makes people's hearts shake.
It was simply a hug of friendship, just a touch, looking up and down at the charming woman in front of him, Ahn Junhyuk smiled: "I saw you just now, but there were a lot of people around you, so I didn't bother." β
"Hey, it's just a bunch of self-righteous so-called successful people. What's not to bother. Ha Ji Won pouted. His expression was still a little unhappy, "After all, you didn't take me to heart, you really treat me as a good friend, you should take the initiative to help me block those flowers and butterflies." harm me in order to deal with them. His face stiffened with laughter. β
Ahn Jun-hyuk couldn't laugh or cry. I had to raise my hand and admit defeat: "Okay, good, it's all my fault!"
He was not surprised at all that Ha Ji Won appeared at this banquet. Although I have been busy with my career for most of the past six months and have not had time to contact, I still have concerns about the current situation of some of my only friends in the entertainment industry.
Ha Ji Won starred in "Hwang Jin-yi" at the end of the year, and the ratings were very popular after the broadcast, and with this drama, her popularity, which was originally a little sluggish because she had no good works for a year, suddenly returned to the peak. Such a popular actress will inevitably be a popular figure at various leisure banquets and parties, even if it is organized by the government, of course, the original intention is to invite them to come over as a vase, after all, it is a casual nature, a group of successful people take time to have fun, there is no need to be too masculine, there must always be some femininity as a foil and buffer.
This kind of thing is also quite good for the career of actresses, no matter which country, which industry, the role of communication is an important part of the foundation of success, and the more people you know, the more opportunities you have.
After a few jokes, the slight diaphragm that I hadn't seen for more than half a year suddenly dissipated.
Looking at Ha Ji Won's thin dress, Ahn Jun Hyuk beckoned to the waiters behind the door on this side of the corridor, motioning for them to bring a coat over. As one of the few service organizations in China to enter the International Hotel Alliance, Shilla took care of the needs of customers quite carefully, and after a while, the waiter came back and respectfully handed over a coat.
Steep hands helped Ha Ji Won put it on, and seeing that her face finally stopped trembling because of the cold wind, An Junhyuk shook his head and said, "I was going to contact you after the banquet, besides, if you want to meet and make a phone call, why do you have to run over, what if you get sick from the cold?"
Hearing this, Ha Zhiyuan rolled his eyes: "It's simple, you're a big boss now, who knows if you call you, you still ignore me!"
"How is that possible!"
"Hmph, I don't know what kind of virtue a man has?" Ha Ji Won pouted disdainfully.
Ahn Junhyuk spread his hands helplessly, knowing that she still had a grudge against him for not taking the initiative to contact him for most of the year. It's also my own fault, after the career began to flourish, it was inevitable that the interpersonal relationships outside the business would be negligent, and some time ago, I happened to read the newspaper, only to find that Kim Jong Kook had temporarily bid farewell to the music scene to serve, but he didn't know what to do, and he didn't even receive a call. Thinking of the good friend who was enthusiastic about helping him when he debuted, and even did not hesitate to surrender himself to attend the debut stage, he was very disappointed in him.
Thinking about it like this, the justifications that originally came to my lips were indescribable.
The two were silent for a moment, and then Ha Ji Won waved his hand like a self-abandonment: "Forget it, forgive you, men are all the same, and they don't care about anything else if they focus on their careers." β
As she spoke, she didn't know what she had thought, and her expression was faintly sad.
Thinking of Kim Jong Kook, Ahn Jun Hyuk, who was going to ask her how Su Ji Sub was doing, immediately dispelled his thoughts when he saw this.
Things around me are always changing faster than people think, the entanglement between Ha Ji Won and So Ji Sub seems to be still vivid, the woman in front of her is shrunk on the sofa with light and shadow, gently shaking the amber wine, and the blurred and poignant picture of the figure still clearly exists in my mind, and the relationship that I don't know if it has sprouted seems to have faded away with the passage of time.
Regardless of whether her little grief is because of Su Ji-sub, this is obviously not the time to mention it.
Ha Ji Won, who has always had a strong personality, only revealed the weakness of the grievance for a moment, and then took it back, and the two smiled and said something about the recent situation during the time of parting, the snow was still flying in the sky and earth outside, and the brightly lit hall behind him was still noisy, as the main focus of the banquet, Ahn Jun Hyuk could not leave for too long, and after chatting for more than ten minutes, he was ready to go back.
"Hey, don't ignore people for a few months this time, and if you do that again, I will really ignore you in the future. β
Before parting, Ha Ji Won said with a serious expression that it was like a child making awkward words, Ahn Jun Hyuk was amused. finally felt guilty, so he nodded and said, "No, I'll call Sister Zhiying in a few days, and we'll get together together." β
"That's pretty much it. Ha Ji Won smiled with satisfaction, and the two returned to the hall, she waved her hand, pressed the black gauze flat hat she wore obliquely, and retracted her bold appearance when facing him, shaking her waist, and seductively burrowed into the crowd. There was talk and laughter with a few young entrepreneurs who hurriedly approached the set. Went to the other side.
There are also a few actresses over there, such as Kim Hee-sun, Lee Hyo-ri and others, but they don't have any friendships, and they haven't even said a word before. Ahn Jun-hyuk also took a few looks-it's not ten or twenty years ago. The entertainment industry says it's not big. To say that it is not small, if there is no intersection in the career in the circle, it is actually difficult to get together to enhance the relationship.
Looking at Ha Ji Won from afar, he coped with the entanglement of "flower butterflies". While going to the circle of actresses over there, I greeted Lee Hyo-ri, Kim Hee-sun and others, although the "flower butterflies" have not dispersed, but on such a formal occasion, they can help each other together, and there will probably be no accidents, Ahn Junhyuk will not watch it anymore. Living in this society, these are inevitable, fortunately, everyone wears a mask, Ha Ji Won's charming and enchanting appearance is a mask, even if he has to wear one when facing outsiders.
As I said before, the world is like an oven, and everyone can't help themselves!
Thinking about it, he casually put the empty wine glass in his hand on the tray raised by a passing waiter, Ahn Junhyuk smiled and walked over to a gray-haired middle-aged man who saw him in the distance and was waving to this side.
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"Hey, how was your little lover talking?"
Finally sent away those few reluctant young entrepreneurs, Ha Ji Won just breathed a sigh of relief, came to the long table full of food, just picked a grape and stuffed it into the red lips, a fragrant wind wrapped around the front, turned his head, it was Li Xiaoli who was facing away from the crowd and squeezing his eyebrows.
"What a little lover. Her face turned red, the sweetness of the grapes overflowed her mouth, she covered her mouth slightly, and calmed down while spitting out the grape seeds, before she rolled her eyes and said, "He and I are friends, don't talk nonsense." β
"Y-huh?"
Li Xiaoli, who was dressed in bright clothes, dragged his voice meaningfully, and his expression was very ambiguous, "This kind of relationship between friends is really good, someone has been paying attention to others since the beginning of the banquet, and just saw that people were leaving, so he ran over upside down, what a touching friendship, oh?"
"Hah!"
Ha Ji Won exhaled weakly, too lazy to defend her nonsense.
It's a pity that Li Xiaoli was not ready to let her go, so he came to her side tiredly, took a plate casually, forked something in it, and quietly bumped into her: "Seriously, if you look at the right eye, hurry up, don't always be reserved to the most and regret it later...... Don't roll your eyes, it's a matter of experience, do you see Kim Hee-sun?" she winked behind her.
Although he was very powerless about her actions, Ha Ji Won still turned his head, not far behind the two, wearing a beige long skirt, looking very elegant and pure Kim Hee-sun, was smiling gently and laughing with a young man, although the two did not get close, but everyone attended similar occasions a lot, and they could see a little clue - at least whether that smile was polite or not, it could be seen at a glance.
"Is that ......?" Ha Ji Won was a little curious.
Lee Hyo-ri shrugged: "An entrepreneur named Park Joo-young, Kim Hee-sun is probably a little interesting. See, this is a smart woman, if you feel it, don't pretend that you treat everyone equally, maybe you will scare the good man away, you have to let him know your mind......"
"Ah, that's not the case. β
"Alas, I'm still young!" Li Xiaoli shook his head and sighed.
Ha Ji Won couldn't cry or laugh: "Hey, I'm older than you!"
"It's only a few months, what does it mean?"
The two huddled around the long table, laughing and talking to themselves. Although the relationship between each other is usually average, but on this occasion, the actresses are generally more united, the two are close in age and have similar tempers, but they are a little closer than others, and occasionally joke.
Seeing Ha Ji Won's disdainful and obedient appearance, Lee Hyori is face hated for iron: "That Ahn Jun Hyuk is the most sought-after in the circle, you can see for yourself, the other guys look at him with a look in their eyes and can't wait to burst into flames, you have the conditions to get close to him, but you don't know how to cherish it, it's just extravagant and distressing!"
Hearing this, Ha Ji Won took a closer look, and sure enough, he saw several other actresses. Pay attention to Ahn Junhyuk's side frequently.
However, she knew a little bit of the inside story, and when she found out the thoughts of those actresses, she showed a sneer: "Hehe, they have no hope." β
"Huh?" Lee Hyo-ri perked up, "What do you mean, you've already done it?"
"What, I mean he and ......" said, Ha Ji Won, who noticed that he was almost leaking, quickly swallowed the inside story that was almost blurted out. But that's just that. It's enough for Lee Hyo-ri to associate with. The sexy actress known as the "Chocolate Goddess" was stunned, and after a while, she collapsed her shoulders in frustration: "Alas, it turns out that there is also a master......"
"What kind of expression do you have? Do you want to chase him?"
"Why can't you do it?" said Li Xiaoli. It's very free-spirited: "I like his talent very much." I like all the songs he wrote for Baek Ji-young, Yoon Mi-rae, and Bigbang, and if it weren't for the kind of relationship you had with him, I would have gone up and talked to him before!"
Although he is also more bold. However, Ha Ji Won still couldn't adapt to Lee Hyori's straightforwardness, and was stunned for a while, before he looked at Ahn Jun Hyuk, who had already entered the circle of a group of middle-aged and elderly people and was talking to those guys who seemed to be politicians, shook his head and said: "I can't understand your thinking, it's right that he is talented, but ......" Thinking that the other party had ignored her good friend for most of the year, she said forgiveness, but in fact, she still had a pimple, but she was afraid of friendship, and finally did not say anything about it.
In her opinion, it must be very tiring to talk about feelings with such a career-oriented man.
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ββ¦β¦ Personally, I certainly have no objection to political transparency, or to banning public servants from stock trading, or even to his so-called network of citizens' demands, but his left-wing tendencies are too serious, and his ideas of change are quite dangerous. Chaebol politics is indeed a drawback of our government, some parties rely almost entirely on the support of the chaebol, and party cadres are also clinging to the nepotism of the chaebol, entangled interests, and disregard the overall situation when something happens, but he wants to destroy the chaebol in one go, this kind of thinking is impossible under any circumstances, and this will shake the foundation of the existence of the entire Republic of Korea!"
In this small circle outside the crowd, Ahn Junhyuk sat on a sofa and listened to the emotional discussion of the old man opposite, and next to the old man, several other middle-aged and elderly people who were also dressed as politicians slowly nodded in agreement.
"Yes, the chaebol plays an extremely important role in our economy, and after 99 years of experience, and in the Daewoo crisis, who can guarantee that the situation will not collapse completely? We admit that his ambition is very great, he is for the whole people, for democracy, but he should not ignore the constraints of reality, this kind of political thinking is very immature. β
"It's just immature, it's just naΓ―ve!" said a middle-aged man with a serious expression, "What kind of Northeast Asian equilibrium theory he put forward has made the United States extremely dissatisfied, what does it mean to be integrated and equilibrium and independent? This kind of argument is almost equivalent to him openly refuting the legitimacy of the ROK-US alliance, how can the party deal with itself? Do you want to learn from the north and reorganize communism? It's ridiculous!"
"Yes, what makes the party even more ashamed is that he just made a statement in the past and put forward the theory of the equalizer of Northeast Asia, but later he realized that something was wrong, and immediately said that the United States is the 'equalizer' of the situation in Northeast Asia.
Noisy and noisy, a condemnation!
Ahn Joon-hyuk just listened quietly, and the "he" mentioned by these people was none other than the current president, Roh Moo-hyun.
If you don't go into the game, you can't appreciate the current drastic changes in South Korea's political scene, and after hearing the conversations of these people, Ahn Jun-hyuk realized that Roh Moo-hyun has gone to the opposite side of almost everyone.
The main reasons for this are the economic and political reform of the chaebol and the Northeast Asian equilibrium theory.
The core of this plan was to ban the leading role of the chaebol in South Korea's economic development and eliminate business nepotism in the system.
And now the open Kuomintang is also increasingly repulsing the core of the second half of his body, because the elimination of business nepotism is not only aimed at the chaebol, but a full-scale reform of the separation of politics and business, which shakes the basis of the existence of the party - the election needs funds, and how can the party survive without the sponsorship of commercial organizations?
As for the Northeast Asian equilibrium theory, it is even more terrifying.
This argument encompasses a series of changes in the military, diplomacy, international status, and even ideology. The "equalizer theory" is, firstly, to seek military independence, tear up the agreement of the "Southern Triangle Blockade Line" (the United States, Japan, and South Korea, no one needs to say much about the blockade), and establish an independent national defense force, and secondly, to break away from the influence of US diplomatic propositions and make South Korea a neutral and coordinator of the situation in Northeast Asia, especially on the inter-Korean issue and the Sino-Japanese issue.
However, South Korea wants to break away from the South Korea-US alliance and destroy the Southern Triangle. Become an "equalizer". It is impossible to do so with the current strength, and it is necessary to look for the support of another military bloc of sufficient weight, and in Northeast Asia, it is willing to support this opposite position. There is also only the "Northern Triangle" (China, North Korea and Russia).
Let's not mention the polar bears that are now too busy to take care of themselves. Two other countries in the Northern Triangle. They are all communist camps, and if this kind of military and diplomatic closeness is opened, then political ideology will inevitably cause a chain of changes. When the time comes...... The only possibility is to trigger a wide-ranging ideological onslaught in South Korea.
Who would dare to undertake such a thing that shakes the party and the country's foundation?
Roh Moo-hyun didn't dare, so he later self-destructed the Great Wall and explained that the "equaliser" in Northeast Asia could only be the United States.
As a result, the Chinese and DPRK sides had just been actively promoting Sino-ROK and DPRK-ROK relations because of the "equalizer" theory, but they were kicked in the face by the ROK unawares, and it was no wonder that they could have a good face, and the bilateral relations that had just warmed up almost fell to the freezing point.
Listening to the accusations of several people around him, Ahn Junhyuk was silent, many things were not something he could mention now, and he was also thinking about it, they did not shy away from talking about these things in front of him.
Thinking like this, he looked at the gray-haired middle-aged man sitting next to him - Moon Jae-in!
Moon Jae-in, a left-wing stalwtman, the man behind Roh Moo-hyun's ascension to the presidency, one of the leaders of the Democratic Party of the New Millennium, is currently the head of the Blue House Secretary's Office. A rather capable civilian politician, the actual political philosophy is not clear for the time being, mainly because he does not hold important positions in the party.
However, looking at the attitudes of several people around him, it is obvious that he has a certain amount of influence between the two parties.
Sitting silently on the sofa, Moon Jae-in, like Ahn Jun-hyuk, listened to the words of those people silently, until a long time later, before he spoke: "Okay, I understand what you mean, I'll take Ahn Jun-hyuk up first." β
As he spoke, he made a gesture of invitation to Ahn Joon-hyuk.
Ahn Jun Hyuk nodded, smiled apologetically to the others, and followed.
The two of them slowly broke away from the crowd one after the other, entered the main building along the golden hall corridor, walked into the elevator, and waited for the elevator door to close, Moon Jae-in, who had always had a serious face, turned his head slightly and showed a smile to Ahn Junhyuk: "Ahn Junhyuk, let you smile." β
Ahn Joon-hyuk shrugged, "It's okay, I don't understand these things." β
"Huh. He smiled, ignored the so-called ignorance, paused for a moment, and sighed: "It is an eventful time at present, and no one wants to see the current situation, but the differences are irreconcilable, and his insistence on going his own way will not have any other possibilities than to make the two parties constantly isolated and isolated from the people and the country." So their words are a little more intense, and it is understandable. β
Ahn Joon-hyuk was noncommittal.
Moon Jae-in was not surprised by his wordless attitude, and said to himself: "After a while, I will resign from the position of secretary and head of the office and carry out party work with peace of mind, and there will probably be not much time for cooperation in the future, and today I will take Ahn Junhyuk Xi to listen to them, I just hope that Ahn Junhyuk Xi can understand the situation more clearly......"
β¦β¦ Is that really ......?
Ahn Jun Hyuk looked at the screen of the elevator beating numbers, and was silent, the main reason is probably the change of the left wing, what did this smell...... The so-called tree fell and scattered, Yin Shang 600 years, wise and martial like a king, and only burned a deer platform when he died.
What a change of mind!
In silence, the elevator went up to its destination, and Moon Jae-in stretched out his hand to signal Ahn Joon-hyuk to go over by himself, and then stopped in the elevator and prepared to leave.
Striding out of the door, looking at the deep corridor in front of him, Ahn Jun-hyuk reflected their eyes, which were also as dark as an abyss, he did not take any further steps, but turned around, looked at Moon Jae-in, who was also looking at him in the elevator, and paused, "Can I know what they are going to do?"
Inside, Moon Jae-in was stunned for a moment, and then a hint of joy flashed in his eyes, but he said vaguely: "It hasn't been negotiated yet, but there is a precedent ......"
Precedent...... Hey, the examples of previous sessions, Roh Tae-woo, Kim Yong-san, Kim Dae-jung...... None of them ended well!
It seems that the opening up of the Kuomintang is preparing to follow the precedent and force Roh Moo-hyun to quit the party to protect himself.
Between the thoughts turning and the lights falling, Ahn Jun-hyuk bowed slightly to Moon Jae-in: "Another day, I will visit the Moon Mansion!"
With his movements, Moon Jae-in also bowed slightly:
"It's an honor!" (to be continued......)