Chapter 872: Secret Conversation at the Drinking Party
Hyundai Merchant Marine is located in the headquarters building in Seoul, and at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Zheng Mengxian instructed his assistants: He has to leave work, and he will come to the headquarters tomorrow to deal with something.
"That's good, President Zheng." The female assistant said with a slight bow. In my heart, I was extremely surprised, and I knew that President Zheng was a workaholic, so why did he leave at four o'clock this afternoon. Could something be happening?
Regardless of what his assistant thought, Jung Mong-sin met Park Hong-gi under the headquarters building of Hyundai Asan Group and went to the villa at 181 Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul.
Tonight, he needs to hold a celebratory reception in this villa for Jinghua's successful acquisition of Hyundai Semiconductor's TFT LCD business.
Inside the car, the atmosphere was a little silent, even a little tense.
Park Hong-gi turned back from the passenger seat and said in a low voice, "Chairman, Jung Mong-gyu and Jung Il-hyun, as well as two executives of Hyundai Motor Group, were taken away by the prosecution for investigation. Now is a good opportunity to stop them. ”
Zheng Mengxian nodded slightly, thought for a while, and asked, "Hongji, how much money do you think Jinghua can come up with to help us?" ”
Park Hongji hesitated for a moment and said, "It's not easy to say, maybe it would be nice to have $100 million." Both he and Chairman Zheng knew very well that Lu Jing was unlikely to directly participate in the Zheng family's infighting, and the best plan was to provide financial support.
"Herein lies the problem. $100 million is a drop in the bucket for the huge Hyundai Motor Group. Zheng Mengxian sighed lightly and muttered depressedly.
Hyundai Motor Group's assets amount to more than $30 billion. There's only so much that $100 million can do. To defeat Zheng Mengjiu and assist Zheng Shiyong and Zheng Mengkui father and son in the struggle for control of Hyundai Motor Group, he needs to prepare at least $3 billion.
I don't know what to do. How much support Lu Jing can give him.
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In a luxury villa somewhere in Seoul, a middle-aged man slowly came out of the room with an old man in his arms. "Dad, I'll go talk to Zheng Meng first."
The old man squinted at the sunset on the edge of the sky. Said: "I didn't go to see the dream first. I want to meet the young man from Jinghua. He recently turned Seoul upside down. ”
The middle-aged man snorted. In the past few years, the father and son have been depressed. He was not very happy to see a young man so outstanding in his heart, and said disapprerovingly: "Dad, do you think the matter between Li Jianxi and Zheng Mengjiu is that he is making trouble behind him?" I don't think so. ”
"If it's not him, who else could it be? Recently, the only person who Meng first contacted was Jinghua. Seoul has spread all over the city, but you don't know the way? The old man said unhappily, "Needless to say, follow me to No. 181, Samseong-dong, Gangnam District." ”
The middle-aged man didn't dare to say more, and helped his father to sit in the black Rolls-Royce that was ready.
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"President. Zheng Mengxian, Lu Jing, and Zheng Shiyong will have a secret conversation at the villa at No. 181, Samseong-dong, Gangnam District, tonight. Kim Woo-young, Lee Kun-hee's main assistant, walked into a small, quiet conference room and whispered.
Li Kunxi lightly put down the document in his hand and said, "I will officially resign as chairman of Samsung Group in front of the public next Monday." He paused.
Jin Yourong said in a deep voice: "Please rest assured, there will be no problems." ”
Lee Kun-hee smiled, and only then did he reply to Kim Woo-young's words just now, "You know all about it, what kind of secret talk is it?" ”
Jin Yourong hesitated for a moment and said, "President." I think they may be plotting to manage Hyundai Motor Group. Whether or not we want to undermine their intentions. ”
Li Jianxi waved his hand gently, "Zheng Shiyong is seventy-four years old this year, right?" ”
Kim Woo-young didn't quite understand what Lee Kun-hee meant, and replied honestly, "Yes." He will be seventy-five years old in a few months. ”
Lee Kun-hee said: "Zheng Shiyong is fifteen years younger, and there may be hope for success in what they are planning." You underestimate Zheng Mengjiu too much. ”
Jin Yourong was stunned. I understood what Chairman Lee meant.
Li Jianxi said again: "You make an appointment with Lu Jing, I want to meet him." I've heard Yixin mention him recently. ”
"Good one, President." Jin Yourong said in response.
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"Little Spirit. Let's go, it's time for us to go. Wu Xuan. Li Muqing, aren't you two going? "In the presidential suite of the Renaissance Seoul Hotel. Lu Jing closed the laptop in front of him, smiled and asked the two people sitting at the round table beside him chatting.
"Jinghua's celebration party, what am I going to do?" Li Muqing's charming electric eyes glanced at Lu Jing, and said with a little surprise: "Why did you ask Zheng Meng to help you organize a drinking party first, it's really strange?" ”
Wu Xuan smiled, stroked the long hair of her shawl, and said, "He, he's going to support Zheng Mengxian." To say that after his success, we can both have a lot of benefits. Tianchen Entertainment can basically run rampant in South Korea. Lido Hotel may also increase its market share in Seoul's high-end hotels. ”
"Ahh ”
Li Muqing is wearing a pink slim T-shirt and denim shorts, with slender curves and hot sexy. Laughing like a silver bell, there is a twelve-point charm.
"I do my best." Lu Jing walked over and held Li Muqing's shoulder, and gently helped Wu Xuan brush the hair around his ears, "Wu Xuan, aren't you going too?" ”
Wu Xuan leaned on Lu Jing's hand and laughed softly: "What am I going to do?" Isn't it enough to have a spirit with you? The reception was not interesting. I'll go to beauty with Li Muqing later, and I'll have some supper by the way. ”
Wu Xuan was wearing a white shirt and a black skirt, and her towering breast-peak had a feeling of tearing, and she was dressed as a beautiful urban girl.
Looking at the beautiful faces of her and Li Muqing, Lu Jing felt a faint sense of satisfaction in his heart. Each of them deserves to be cherished and loved by him. Not everyone will follow him wholeheartedly. He was lucky to meet them.
"Okay, then I'll go with Xiao Ling. Come back in the evening to drink and chat together. When parting, Lu Jing hugged Li Muqing and Wu Xuan respectively, and then took a car with Ding Ling to the villa prepared by Zheng Mengxian.
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Zheng Mengxian helped Jinghua prepare a celebration reception at the villa at No. 181, Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Hanseong. Employees of Jinghua Korea, employees of Hehua United Transport's Seoul office, and senior executives of Hyundai Semiconductor were invited.
At the same time, some members of the Zheng family appeared at the reception.
Lu Jing and Ding Ling were intercepted by Park Hongji as soon as they entered the reception, "Mr. Lu." I'm really sorry, Mr. Zheng Shiyong is not in good health. So I wanted to talk to you first. President Zheng is also there. ”
"Okay, take me there." Lu Jing nodded slightly. This is to be expected. The 74-year-old cannot be expected to attend a full drinking party.
Park Hong-gi smiled gratefully and led the way in front of him by half a step. Lu Jing and Ding Ling said a word and left with Park Hongji.
This villa has three floors. The living room on the first floor is resplendent and spacious, making it ideal for a cocktail party. At this time, there were already a lot of costumed guests. Some were fetching food, while others were gathering together to gossip.
Lu Jing followed Park Hongji up the stairs to the second floor, and then walked straight for more than a hundred meters before walking up to the third floor at a corner staircase. There is a red carpet at the staircase on the third floor. Guarded by two black-clad bodyguards. Walking through a hall and into a secluded small living room, Lu Jing saw Zheng Shiyong, Zheng Mengxian and others.
"Mr. Lu is here." Seeing Lu Jing coming in, Zheng Meng stood up first, took two steps, shook hands with Lu Jing with an elegant smile, and then introduced the old man in green shirt sitting on the sofa, "This is my uncle Zheng Shiyong, my father's right-hand man." He is the former chairman of Hyundai Motor Group and the former chairman of Hyundai Group. ”
"Mr. Zheng, hello." Lu Jing bowed slightly and said. He still has a lot of respect for such a legendary old man.
Zheng Shiyong had a good impression of Lu Jing in his heart. He didn't hold it up, and he owed half a courtesy. "Mr. Lu, hello."
Zheng Mengxian pointed to a shorter and fat middle-aged man: "This is my uncle's son Zheng Mengkui." Previously, he served as vice president of Hyundai Motor Group. ”
Lu Jing greeted politely.
Zheng Mengxian went on to introduce a slightly younger middle-aged man in the room, and said, "This is my eighth brother Zheng Mengri. He had the best relationship with me. Originally, it was to help me master the Hyundai Financial Group, but last year, a consortium led by American International Group (AIG) took over Hyundai Investment Management Co., Ltd., Hyundai Investment Trust & Securities Co., Ltd., and Hyundai Securities. He was at home. ”
"Hello. Mr. Lu. I didn't expect you to achieve so much at such a young age. Zheng Mengri said with a smile, his attitude was very enthusiastic.
"I was lucky enough to have a little bit of success. Mr. Zheng is overrated. Lu Jing said modestly. Looks like. Zheng Mengxian said that Zheng Mengri had the best relationship with him, and it was not a lie.
After a few words of greeting, Park Hongji brought in a pot of tea, and then sat quietly aside.
Zheng Shiyong said slowly: "Mr. Lu, something happened to Hyundai Motor Group. Mengkui and I are preparing to return to Hyundai Motor Group, and both Mengxian and Mong Ri support my decision, and I want to ask Mr. Lu what he means. ”
Lu Jing smiled and asked Zheng Mengxian, "Can Chairman Zheng introduce the relevant situation?" "His coming here today for a cocktail party is part of his attitude.
Zheng Mengxian smiled and helped his glasses, and said, "Let's ask Mengkui to talk about it!" ”
Zheng Mengkui did not refuse, and said: "The current situation is that Zheng Mengjiu's father and son and their executives firmly control the management of Hyundai Motor Group. However, now that Zheng Mengjiu's father and son have been arrested by the prosecution, our opportunity has come. We can convince some of our shareholders to support us, but that would require us to invest at least $3 billion in lobbying shareholders and acquiring the relevant shares. ”
Lu Jing's eyebrows furrowed. $3 billion! It's really a lion's mouth. At most, he is ready to invest $100 million in Zheng Mengxian to help Zheng Shiyong's father and son seize power.
Zheng Shiyong added: "Mr. Lu, we can raise $1 billion. If you can invest $2 billion, we'll have six or seven points of certainty of success. I guarantee that your $2 billion will be used to buy a stake in Hyundai. Secure your earnings. Of course, I need your support for our return to the management of Hyundai Motor Group. ”
Lu Jing rubbed his eyebrows, pondered for a while, and said, "Zheng Mengjiu's father and son will be released soon!" How are you going to deal with it? ”
How can the head of a big chaebol like Hyundai Motor Group be imprisoned, at best, for show, and he will definitely be released on bail soon. The law, after reaching a certain level, is just a piece of waste paper.
Zheng Mengkui frowned in displeasure. He felt that Lu Jing was an excuse. It seems that this kid can't come up with $2 billion at all.
Zheng Shiyong was silent for a while. He had thought about such a situation. If Zheng Mengjiu comes out to re-dominate the Hyundai Motor Group, with Zheng Mengjiu's control of the Hyundai Motor Group, he will not be able to compete with Zheng Mengjiu at all.
However, Zheng Shiyong quickly told Lu Jing his countermeasure. (To be continued......)