Chapter 10: Dangerous Games
The barbecue was bubbling loudly, Ah Jiu ignored Park Canrong's stinky fart, and said, "How is my uncle's situation recently?"
"Oh, this, I was trying to tell you. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ info" Park Chanyoung swallowed the meat in his mouth and said: "The development is very good, there has never been a political party of media people in South Korea, my father picked this head, not to mention, those old directors, retired officials of the forgiveness cultural department, are very positive responses...... By the way, and an acquaintance of yours. β
"My acquaintance?" Ah Jiu frowned and said, "What acquaintances can I have, South Korean officials, how many do I know?"
"It's not an official, it's a director. Park Chanrong grinned and said, "It's your little wife's fiancΓ©'s father, Jung Kyung-ho's father, Jung Ye-young." β
Ah Jiu's brows furrowed even tighter, Park Canrong pretended not to see it, and said deliberately: "He's an old man, he doesn't seem to have much ability, he turns out to be the vice president of the director's union, and his prestige is great, my father got in touch with him, but he helped a lot." So my dad asked me to tell you, which means to give him the position of vice chairman......"
Pu Canrong looked at Ah Jiu's face carefully, and said, "Boss, don't be angry, my dad doesn't know about your relationship, it's okay, I'll go back and tell him, forget it." β
"Don't," Ah Jiu waved his hand and said, "The old man is enthusiastic to help, we naturally have to give something in return, things are one yard at a time, and it's not good to mix them up." Besides, the fiancΓ© is a fact, strictly speaking, there is nothing wrong with this matter, and I can't help but blame it when I think about it...... Okay, don't think about our private affairs, I said that the uncle's opinion is the main thing about the affairs of the party, and the words still have to count, so the uncle will take the idea. β
"That's okay," Park Chanyoung nodded, pursed his lips, and couldn't help but say, "Boss, don't blame me for being too talkative, it's only when I am a brother that I say this-are you really at ease with Xiuying's sister-in-law?"
Ah Jiu glanced at him and said, "What do you say?"
"That's the way it is. Park Canrong hesitated for a moment, thought about it and said what he thought directly, and said, "Boss, I'll just say it." As a bystander, I am also the one who has the most contact with my sisters-in-law...... To be honest, I can feel that the other sisters-in-law love you, but sister-in-law Xiuying...... I get the feeling that people who are more likely to like you for money and power than you, if one day ...... Hey, what do I say, we didn't have that day, it's okay, it's okay, my head is blocked! β
Park Canrong waved his hand and said, but Ah Jiu smiled and said, "I understand what you mean, but in fact, I really don't care about this matter." Ah Jiu opened two bottles of sake, handed one to Park Canrong, took a sip of it himself, and said, "Canrong, do you know what a man is?"
"Man?" Park Chanrong thought to himself, of course I know what a man is, those who bring a handle are men, and those who don't bring a handle are women. But he pondered that Ah Jiu couldn't speak so plainly, and he couldn't guess his mind for a while, shook his head, and said, "Boss, I don't understand what you mean." β
"Actually, I only recently realized that my father told me. Ah Jiu smiled and said, "It's the last time I went to Dubai, when we were drinking, the old man gave him." β
"What did the old man say?" Park Canrong was very interested in Lao Jiu, who had never met before, and he had heard a lot of rumors, and he was also very curious about being able to give birth to a son like Ah Jiu, and it was said that what kind of behavior did the character who was more powerful than Ah Jiu behave like: "Tell me quickly, how does the old man define it?"
"If he hears you call him old man, he has to beat you. Ah Jiu scolded with a smile, took a breath, and said, "The old man told me a story, a story about lions. β
"Lion?"
"Yes, lion," Ah Jiu nodded, "He once went to Africa, hunting, and saw a group of lions in the car. At that time, it was a situation where a strong lion bit an elderly lion and bruised his body, and the old lion could not live. Most of the female lions of this group of lions submitted to the new king, but one stood in front of the old lions and stopped the strong ones. β
Park Canrong smiled and said, "I didn't expect this lion to have a ...... of affection and righteousness."
Ah Jiu continued: "Do you know what happened next?" Park Chanrong shook his head, and Ah Jiu continued: "The old lion who was protected bit the female lion who protected it, and the female lion was furious and left it, and the old lion was bitten twice, and then limped out of the territory of the lions, and finally died alone by the river. β
The smile on Park Canrong's face disappeared, and he looked at Ah Jiu in confusion.
"The old man said that he admired this lion very much, do you know why it did this?" Ah Jiu explained: "The grassland is full of enemies, whether it is a lion or a cheetah, no one can survive alone, this defeated lion, its fate has been doomed, it will die no matter what, and if the female lion follows it, it will also die, so it chooses to accept its fate, and would rather be hated than let the female lion stay in the lion group to live." β
That's what it means to be a man. Ah Jiu sighed, patted Park Canrong on the shoulder, and said, "Canrong, do you know why I didn't want to develop the biker party before?"
"I don't know," Park Chanyoung asked anxiously, "I've always wanted to ask!"
"Canrong, think about it, if you and I go to work and do business, even if we play with underground racing cars and gamble a little, how many years do you think it will take for us to get to where we are today?"
"This ......" Park Chanrong pondered for a while, calculating in his heart, and finally shook his head and said, "Maybe ...... forever"
"You're right, in this hierarchical society, we will never be where we are today. Ah Jiu pointed to the buildings that had been completed next to him, and said: "These, and those over there, this large area of buildings, shopping malls, this is money that you and I can't imagine normally, we will never be able to earn it, do you know why? β
"Only by taking an unreasonable path can we possibly cross this level. But think about it, along the way, are we still the same us? We have come into contact with many people, involving many people, Kim Byung-se, Cheong Wa Dae, and that Mr. Choi, all kinds of chaebols, which is the fuel-efficient lamp? We want to have an equal dialogue with them because we have chips in our hands, and if one day, we don't have enough chips, we have to go down from this table, and at that time, have you thought about it, even if you want to abandon everything and return to us who have nothing, return to go to work honestly and be a little white-collar worker, if that time comes, do you still have such a chance, and will they give you this opportunity?"
Park Canrong's face changed, and he felt a chill all over his body, which he had never thought about and never had.
Ah Jiu looked into his eyes and continued: "There may not be people who are icing on the cake, but there will definitely be people who fall into the well. We took an unreasonable path, a road that we walked on the heads of many people, and now we seem invincible, but that's because we have the chips, and I'm still at this table. Who can guarantee that you will be able to do it for the rest of your life? The president is still changed every four years, and besides, we are a gangster? If one day we are replaced like those who have been replaced by us, we are the old lion, fate is predestined, so this is a dangerous game, we can not have the slightest slack, you must always remember that we are not chaebols, we are not politicians, we are the underworld, we are detonators, we are explosives, we are dangerous, everyone is afraid of us, but we are not necessities, anytime, anywhere, we can be abandoned by either side, this is the situation we are facing. β
"Why don't I care, can you understand now? If one day, I have to face the fate of that lion, I don't want my female lioness to die with me, I want them to live well, even if it's a so-called betrayal. β
Park Canrong nodded and said, "Boss, I understand what you mean, what you say makes sense...... But boss, do we, do we have to do this? Aren't we already in transition......"
"Transformation is a fart!" Ah Jiu scolded at the head: "If you turn around, where can you go? Even if we transform, we do business, in South Korea, this acre and three points of land, can you be bigger than Samsung, can you be bigger than Lee Jae-yong? We are the underworld, he still needs us, where he is afraid of us, if we do business, in his circle, it will be like ants and elephants, people will play with us every minute!" Don't have this illusion, we have taken this road, no matter how whitewashed, you and I, in the eyes of these people, will always be bikers!"
"Then what should we do, boss, you also said that the president still has a ...... for a change"
"What should I do?" Ah Jiu smiled and said, "Don't be too discouraged, although it's difficult, it's not impossible to do, isn't this in the midst of hard work?"
Ah Jiu took a bite of meat and said, "Didn't I tell you just now, when you are a detonator, you may be discarded at any time, but what if you are an atomic bomb? At that time, you will be worth a lot." It's not okay to be a little hooligan, you have to be a big hooligan, like the Yamaguchi-gumi in Japan, the mafia in Italy, that's what we're aiming for, to make yourself indispensable, so that you're worthy. β
After speaking, Ah Jiu turned around and took a document bag and handed it to Park Canrong, saying, "For example, take this thing, take it and get it in a week." β
"What is this...... Park Chanrong opened the document bag, took out the contents and looked at it, it was an approval, an approval for the shooting gallery. This is not new, shooting and archery are South Korea's Olympic gold medal-winning events, very popular in South Korea, there is a shooting range in the general resort, but look down, Park Chanrong almost didn't scream, is this still a shooting hall, this TM is an arsenal! People's shooting halls are all BB bullets, and then it's steel bullets, and the best is a shotgun or something......
Park Canrong looked at Ah Jiu, and Ah Jiu said: "This is what the big hooligan means, legally possessing illegal things, you don't have to use this thing, but you have to have it, understand?"
"Well, Ming, understand," Park Chanrong nodded stunnedly, but his heart seemed to be clouded......
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Sheff stayed for only one day before returning to China. Her current work in China has just begun, and she has no special background, so it is still a little difficult to develop, but fortunately, her reputation in Taiwan is quite good, and her appearance conditions are outstanding, and it is not difficult to get a job, but there is no way to get a coffee position, and she has to boil it slowly. Ah Jiu offered to help her think of a way, although he has no power in the country, even if he has a relationship, it has little to do with the entertainment industry, but if he gives up his face, he can still give Xue Fu a chance to star in one or two movies, but Xue Fu refused, she wanted to separate work and feelings, and she also promised Ah Jiu that if the work can't be done, she won't do it, come back to him, and let him raise it...... Xue Fu's attitude was very resolute, there was no room for negotiation, and Ah Jiu didn't say anything anymore, letting her like it.
During the construction of the intelligence network, Long proposed more than a dozen times that he wanted to help Ah Jiu 'share his worries', but he refused. Although Ah Jiu undertook this mission, he didn't want to be confused with Oolong or Qianlong anymore, and since he had announced his retirement, he didn't want to wear that set of clothes again. This task was not chosen by him, but he did it only because he was in this environment and had already been stained, and there was no room to hide.
Beicun's 'investment' will soon come to an end, and Ah Jiu also plans to start renovating his house. Originally, he was not in such a hurry, but it was only when Xue Fu came this time that he realized that he did not have his own house and scheduled this matter in advance. In the stage of the design of the drawings of the North Village, he set aside the location of his house, the location is in the original abandoned park, the area of the Ferris wheel, Ah Jiu has long seen that it is good, the terrain is very hidden, the Ferris wheel is so high and so big, it is well hidden, from the front of the North Village, it is a blind spot of vision, build a house, basically invisible, in the urban environment, it is quiet in the middle of the noise, and the area is not small, it is more than enough to build a castle, and the helipad or something is not a problem. He is not very good at design, so he asked Philip Stark, the designer who helped Jobs design the yacht, to help design a house, and he gave some advice by email, which is a collection of Chinese and Western, Korean and Japanese, and the characteristics of the building, and the effect is quite satisfactory. The decoration has been completed, and I still need to buy some furniture and electrical appliances to fill it, and it just so happens that Girls' Generation has finished playing the first song, and I have a few days to spare, so he dragged Sunny, so-young, and Taeyeon over to see the new house.