Chapter Seventy-Four: A Tacit Conspiracy
Later, due to the outbreak of the financial crisis in South Korea, the entire Korean company fell into an extremely dangerous situation, and the Daewoo Foundation was the most severely affected by the crisis. Due to the large spread of the stall and the blind confidence of Kim Woo-jung himself, the export-oriented Daewoo consortium soon fell into a situation where cash flow was unsustainable, so Kim Woo-jung borrowed heavily from overseas banks, and when the crisis broke out, the liabilities of the entire Daewoo consortium exceeded 80 billion US dollars, more than twice the net assets. Not long after this kind of debt-ridden days, Jin Yuzhong himself made a move that shocked the world, abandoning everything and going into exile in Japan, and directly leaving a big mess behind.
He can ignore the Daewoo Group on the verge of insolvency, but the South Korean government can't ignore it, because the influence of the entire Daewoo Foundation on the economy and the people is too great, so the South Korean government spent more than 60 billion US dollars to support the Daewoo Group, or let some of the companies go bankrupt, or let some companies be merged, and finally it took several years to finally euthanize the Daewoo Group smoothly.
When Zhong Shi thinks of this history in the future, and then thinks of the current scene, where can he not understand? Taking advantage of the outbreak of the Korean financial crisis and Kim Woo-jung's arrogant personality, some forces or consortia used funds as bait to half-force and half-seducingly let the entire Daewoo consortium obediently fall into the trap.
Now, only one question remains, what role did these white men on the other side play in this global sensational bankruptcy?
"This gentleman, it doesn't seem like it's your business now, right? Please don't interfere with it. "I saw that Zhong Shi spoke fluent English. The middle-aged man didn't dare to slack off, and after bowing his head and consulting with Jin Shan, he said loudly to Zhong Shi.
Kim Sun-hyeong himself did not know English, and unlike his eldest brother, who died young, he studied in Japan and was fluent in Japanese. At this time, he turned slightly sideways, crossed his arms in front of his chest, and a pair of eyes that were already small and narrow narrowed into a slit, obviously intending to watch the follow-up of this matter with a neat and tidy posture.
While Zhong Shi was negotiating with the other party, several traders hurriedly took towels. Wrap in ice. Put a face on Park Do-woo. These are common items in bars and are not difficult to find. Kim Sun-hyein just looked at it coldly, and didn't say anything to stop it.
"It's really not my problem." Zhong Shi nodded, and said an answer that surprised the middle-aged man. "It's just that this gentleman is my temporary translator. If he continues to abuse himself like this. I'm afraid he won't be able to help me for some time to come. At least for my own sake, I'm going to stop him from doing this stupid self-harm. β
Hearing that this was the reason, the middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief. Stretched out his hand to Zhong Shi and said, "You can rest assured of this, we will arrange a suitable translator for you, I am Gao Xiuming, the head of the management section of the automobile manufacturing department of Daewoo Group, I don't know what Mr. Lu Dao is called?" β
"Bell Stone." Zhong Shi touched his hand slightly, and then quietly withdrew his palm, "I don't know who these gentlemen are?" As he spoke, he pointed to a few white men who had been watching coldly.
Gao Xiuming's face suddenly became unnatural, and his lips squirmed for a long time before he said slowly: "These are the guests of our Daewoo Group, and they happen to rest here. I'm really sorry for what happened just now, which made Mr. Zhong smile. β
"It's really not gentlemanly! Is that right? Mr. Stevenson? Zhong Shi turned his head sideways, with a sneer on his face, and said to the white people who had been staying out of the matter.
Hearing his undisguised taunt, one of the several white men suddenly changed his face. Generally speaking, it is impossible for a well-cultivated white man with a chivalrous spirit to sit idly by in such a situation, let alone an Englishman from an empire on which the sun never sets.
However, before Mr. Stevenson could speak, Gao Xiuming hurriedly said, "Mr. Zhong, you should have misunderstood, what happened just now is not about these gentlemen. In fact, they were just our guests and were not involved in it. β
"Really?" Zhong Shi glanced back at Gao Xiuming and said seemingly casually, "If Mr. Gao doesn't mind, can you let me have a few words with these gentlemen?" Don't worry, I'm just talking about ordinary things, because I'm old acquaintances with this Mr. Stevenson. β
Gao Xiuming is very strange, he was originally dealing with Park Do-woo's affairs, why did he transfer to several white people after half a day? He didn't dare to make a claim, so he hurriedly walked over and negotiated with Jin Shan to measure it.
Unlike Ko Xiuming, Park Do-woo and others, Kim Sun-hyeong has a fairly high level of knowledge of high-end brands, and he recognized Zhong Seok's shirt early on as the kind of French-style, specially customized clothing in the Champs-ΓlysΓ©es clothing store, without a LOGO, this kind of clothing costs at least more than 10,000 US dollars a piece, and people who can wear this kind of clothes are either rich or expensive.
In addition to Zhong Shi, several other traders wore clothes that were either Armani, DG or Versace, all of which were Italian high-end clothing brands.
The reason why Kim Shan Xie was able to recognize these brands, in addition to his usual ears, was also because he once had a girlfriend of a fashion designer, and under the influence of this girlfriend, Kim Shan Xie's understanding of high-end clothing brands has reached a high level.
After weighing it in his heart, and looking at Park Do-woo who was sitting on the ground and moaning a few times, Kim Sun-hyup nodded slightly. He is also reluctant to make a big deal of it, especially if the other party is a foreigner and the details are unknown.
It is important to know that the South Korean media are happy to write articles about the successors of these big conglomerates who are bullying others, and these articles may extremely distort the facts, describing these noble sons as heinous and unforgivable, and then portraying the other party as the oppressed and weak, how they are suppressed and exploited and inhumane, and so on.
I have to say that this kind of article is very marketable and can arouse the sympathy of the masses the most. Don't talk about Kim Sun-hye, even his father Kim Woo-jung. If this kind of article is written, it is possible to be forced to come out to clarify or even apologize, because Koreans are a rather paranoid group, and even if they know that something is wrong, some people will insist on it, and some people will even disembowel.
Therefore, at this time, Kim Seon-hye's most hope is that before the reporters do not react to the news, they will calm down as soon as possible.
"Who are you, I don't know you!" Seeing Zhong Shi coming over, the white man named Stevenson was stunned, and then waved his hand at Zhong Shi. Flattened denial.
Stevenson was a tall white man. He is about thirty years old, with blue eyes and black hair, wearing a pair of glasses, and there is an inexplicable confidence in his gestures. Several other white men sat around him. Apparently led by him.
Zhong Shi smiled slightly. I don't care. He sat down next to them with a big grin, picked up a bottle of beer that hadn't been opened yet, and shook it at the others. Said: "Billy. Kim didn't come with you? You must know that he is an authentic Korean, and he should be more familiar with the situation in Korea than a few of you. β
Suddenly, the faces of several people changed. After several people looked at each other, Stevenson asked tentatively, "This gentleman, I don't know what you are talking about." If you talk nonsense, be careful that I'm not being kind to you. Between the words, there was already a cold chill.
Stevenson and the others wondered at this time, it was precisely because they were not famous that they were sent to South Korea to investigate. If it were like Billy. If a character like Kim appears in South Korea, he will definitely be targeted by people with intentions. For this reason, they also found a newly registered company as a cover, hoping to completely hide their identity.
Who would have thought that after a thousand calculations, it was still recognized, and this person said Billy as soon as he came up. Kim's name obviously knows them well, and it can even be said that he is a person along the way.
Sure enough, Zhong Shi didn't care about their slightly threatening remarks, but instead opened the beer on his own, and after taking a big sip of it, he said slowly: "Don't think that I don't know where you came from. In fact, I'm doing the same thing as you. It's just that your peers are so conspicuous in Bangkok that we're now like rats crossing the street. Don't worry, I won't reveal your identity, it's not good for me. β
In this way, Stevenson could not understand what Zhong Shi meant. I saw him squint his eyes, look at Zhong Shi from head to toe, and only said after a long time: "So, what do you want?" β
"It's nothing, just say something for my friend." Zhong Shi pursed his lips, pointed to Park Do-woo on the side and said, "It seems that those Korean idiots are quite concerned about you, I believe this shouldn't be a problem." Koreans are really paranoid, and if they knew who you were, I don't think they would treat you like a guest. β
Listening to Zhong Shi's half-soft and half-hard words, Stevenson knew that it was difficult for them to get out of this matter, but he was not good at it, and it was impossible for Zhong Shi to be at his mercy because of a few words, so he lowered his head and thought about it, and then raised his head and said, "These are not problems." In order to curry favor with us, the kid surnamed Jin hit his subordinates, and your people came to persuade him to fight, but the result was asking for his own hardship. We can handle all of this, but this guy, after talking about it for a long time, I still don't know ...... you are."
Zhong Shi smiled and stretched out his hand: "Zhong Shi, currently in Hong Kong." β
"Hong Kong?" Stevenson's eyes lit up, and he quickly said meaningfully, "It's a good place, I'm sure we'll meet again soon." β
"I prefer Korea to Hong Kong." Zhong Shi didn't seem to understand the meaning of his words, and his expression was a little confused, but he quickly added, "I believe that Julian. Mr. Robertson thought so, too. β
As soon as these words came out, Stevenson and the others' faces changed. Obviously, the other party didn't take them seriously at all, and even thought that only Robertson, the founder of their Tiger Fund, was qualified to talk to Mr. Zhong on an equal footing. (To be continued......)
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