Chapter 593: Top Circles in Japan and South Korea
Two days later, on the evening of August 1, the Samsvng family's Lee house in Itaewon, Yongsan-gu, Shouju City.
As the first family of the Han Kingdom, the Li family naturally has more than one place to live in the capital.
Among them, the two in So-ha Hannam-dong and Itaewon, Yongsan-gu, are the two largest and most expensive in terms of area.
In particular, Itaewon has an area of 3,422.9 square meters, which is already outrageous in terms of the land area of Hanguo and the land price of Shou Yu.
On the bright side, in the whole Han Kingdom, only the green house is bigger than here. The problem is that the green house, called the residence, is actually the office space of the leader, and it is normal to have a large area, after all, it is the face of a country, which is too small and ugly.
Strictly speaking, in the core area where every inch of land is valuable. Even if he is the ruler of the Han Kingdom, the area of pure life and residence is not as large as that of the Li family.
That said, while Itaewon is now becoming one of the busiest business districts in Seoul, the name of the place is not as good as it used to be.
At the earliest, before the Japanese rebellion of 1592 and 1598, the neon people who invaded the peninsula defiled the nuns in the monastery on a large scale.
The child born to a nun who was brutally abused and conceived must be different in appearance and appearance from a pure peninsula child, and it is bound to be cruel to the eyes of others.
Therefore, the nuns gathered near the Fujuntang at that time to give birth to children and raise them, so this area is also called the "Alien Hospital".
Later, it becomes beautiful. The base where the army is stationed in Shouer.
The U.S. military's urine sex, everyone who understands it. Even Americans know what they are.
As a result, the name of "Heterogeneous Hospital" has become more worthy of its name.
Until a few years ago, the United States. The military base was withdrawn from this central area of the capital, leaving only the headquarters and headquarters behind.
The original Heterogeneous Hospital, now Itaewon, has gradually become one of the most prosperous downtown business districts in Shouer.
The name and origin are not very good, but the location is really good. Or beauty. The army headquarters will not be here until now, but the army has been withdrawn. Battalion.
The properties and mansions here are naturally very expensive, and the Li family's financial resources are only more than 3,400 square meters of residence, which can be seen.
On this day, the Li family's mansion here ushered in a grand banquet.
Naturally, it is impossible for ordinary Han people to participate, and it is impossible for them to know.
However, they also have "participation".
The way they participated was that from the beginning of the evening until 12 o'clock in the evening, all the roads leading to Itaewon were blocked, and no one except for people and vehicles with special "passes" could pass through.
On the surface, the first government announced that it was because of a gas leak near Itaewon. The army is making every effort to rescue it, so ordinary people should not join in the fun and cause trouble for everyone.
In fact, you can guess a few points when you look at the luxury cars with "special passes" that drive into Itaewon one after another.
If it is really dangerous, how can these prime luxury car license plates and their owners dare to enter.
Don't "cause trouble" to the Li family and their guests, this is the way ordinary Han people "participate".
And during this period, these people who entered Itaewon naturally came to attend the Li family banquet.
The traffic blockade near Itaewon is naturally because of this banquet of the Li family.
In Li's house.
Even with an area of more than 3,400 square meters, it is obvious that there are not so many vehicles parked here.
So all the luxury cars that came over actually just stopped at the door of Li's house, put down the people in the car and left directly.
These cars wait until the guests have left before they can come to the door and line up to pick them up.
The country is small, the area is small, the land price is expensive and narrow, and even the wealthy families here are destined to look more shabby than the rich people in those big countries.
The guests who came to the banquet could only get off at the door of Li's house and walk along the red carpet inside.
Among the many guests, Gu Maoben, the chairman of the LG Group, has changed the habit of attending various banquets in Hanguo in the past, often the finale or the last group to be present.
Today's chairman of LG Group, the sky is not completely dark. He arrived early at the Lee house in Itaewon.
Well, in fact, it is also one of the top giants in the Han Kingdom. The Gu family is here in Itaewon, and of course they also have a house.
It's not as big as the Li family's, but it's not small if the area is the first one. In fact, it only takes about ten minutes to walk.
However, tonight is a banquet, and of course it is impossible for Gu Maoben to come on foot, so it seems that it is too cheap.
His car was parked at the gate of Li's house, and after Gu Maoben and his wife got out of the car, they laughed and talked with Li Rongzai and his wife, who were in charge of welcoming them at the door, and then walked inside along the red carpet.
While walking, holding his wife's hand, Gu Mao was observing the guests who came to participate tonight.
Gu Maoben had already recognized that the couple walking in front of him were his old acquaintances, Xin Bindong, the chairman of the Letian Group, and his wife. They are also one of the five major chaebols in the country, and they are usually competitors and collaborators, and their relationship is similar to that of the conglomerates in the United States, and they are still relatively familiar with each other.
Whoever is called a Han Guo person, whether it is the system or many other aspects, Han Guo is a direct copy of the Americans.
At most, on the basis of the Americans, there are some innovations or changes that cater to the local traditions of the Han Kingdom.
The guests in the back, Gu Maoben would look uneducated because he didn't turn his head around, so Gu Maoben couldn't guess who it was.
But he felt that he and Simbindon had come so early. The other two of the five chaebols, Cui Xianzhong's Cui family and Zheng Jiumeng's Zheng family, will probably not be late.
Sure enough, after entering the venue of the dinner. Gu Maoben glanced around, but did not find the figure of the main owner, nor did he find the two beautiful daughters of the Li family.
However, he saw that Jung Jiu-meng of Hyundai Group and Choi Hyun-jong of SK Group were already at the banquet site earlier than him and Xin Bindong.
Gu Mao couldn't help complaining: [!! 】
These guys, more active than themselves, are really excessive!
As one of the five major chaebols, in this banquet, which is mainly composed of the upper-class elites of the Han Kingdom, Gu Maoben naturally belongs to the top group.
After he came in, many of the core figures of other Han clans who were friendly with the Gu family or who cooperated with the LG Group approached him with a smile, and naturally became a small circle dominated by Gu Maoben.
Just like a few of them, Simbindon.
Of course, at the moment, the main owner has not yet appeared.
In the entire banquet scene, the largest number of people in the circle was the side of the host Li Zaixi, and there were more than a dozen people around the front and back.
Of these dozen or so people, almost every one of them walked out and stomped their feet, and the circle in which they were located would be a little shocking.
For example, Li Xiuman, the founder of SM Entertainment Co., Ltd., who is already quite famous in Shou Yi and is already regarded as a big company in the entertainment industry of Hanguo, can only be in the outermost part of Li Zaixi's circle.
still laughed with the whole process, nodding to everyone with a wine glass, looking flattering.
If Li Xiuman's appearance was seen by those trainees or artists in his company, they would probably think that they were dreaming.
In fact, this is the status quo of Han - a super serious class society, where superiors to subordinates, juniors to elders, and superiors to subordinates have absolute suppression in almost all aspects, from work to life.
The owner and founder of an entertainment company naturally has supreme authority over the artists.
However, even in Hanguo, where the development of entertainment industry has been set as a national policy, entertainment companies belong to the bottom of the ecological chain of commercial companies.
When dealing with the chaebols, or the bosses and managers of large enterprises.
Li Xiuman and these people, they are the lowest level in the same batch of food chains.
Even if he was able to enter this banquet tonight, it was because his surname was Li, and he had something to do with the Li family. And SM Entertainment was recently acquired by Li Fuzhen's "Forging Craftsman" Entertainment Company and became its subsidiary.
Otherwise, a big man in the Han entertainment industry like Li Xiuman would not even be qualified to participate in a banquet of this level.
Of course, Gu Maoben didn't care about a small role like Li Xiuman, he chatted with a few people in the same circle.
I found that Xin Bindong of Letian Group came over with his small circle.
Gu Maoben stopped talking and looked at Xin Bindong.
After the two approached, the circle of the two also merged into one, and it became more lively.
But in fact, except for Gu Maoben and Xin Bindong, no one else dared to speak at all.
"Hey, Shigemoto, good evening." Xin Bindong's age is actually much younger than Gu Maoben, but his generation is the same generation, and his status is the same, so he naturally calls him by his name.
Gu Maoben smiled, "Good evening, Bindong." ”
After the opening remarks of the greetings, the younger Xin Bindong took the initiative to approach Gu Maoben and whispered in his ear:
"Is that really going to show up? I think it's all of us Han, will he come? Or did the Li family use him as an excuse to call us all here for Liwei? ”
Although the Samsvng Group of the Li family is indeed the first in the country in terms of scale and influence.
But the other four of the five chaebols are not much worse than the Li family, at most slightly inferior.
On weekdays, their status is equal, unless there is a major holiday or something important. It's rare for the big five chaebols to come together.
Even if they hold a banquet for each other, unless they are specially invited by invitation, they will generally only send their children and nephews to attend on their behalf.
The good aspects of the Confucian cultural circle, the Han people have learned a lot. In terms of bad dross, it is a full learning of the past.
In this kind of face-saving matter, unless it is facing foreigners. Otherwise, in this area, the Han people are more particular than the neon people.
"I guess it's coming. We all know that he is very "fraternal". Gu Shimoto whispered, a little uncomfortable with this feeling of whispering.
Thinking that their five major chaebols have always walked sideways in Hanguo, when do they need to speak so quietly.
The problem is that he really doesn't dare to speak out now, and if someone hears it, it will be over.
Simbindon won't, because this guy has already said something similar earlier.
"Lee Jae-se's youngest daughter has just given birth to his child. The eldest daughter is ready to give birth to her second child, and it seems that she is about to give birth. With the rumored personality of this person, it would be strange if he didn't come! Gu Maoben said.
Xin Bindong nodded, in fact, if the Li family didn't hold this banquet tonight, he planned to go to neon with Korean and Japanese nationality.
Just as he was about to speak, Xin Bindong suddenly sighed.
"What's wrong?" Gu Maoben looked at Xin Bindong looking behind him, looking a little surprised.
"Look over there, the neon messenger has arrived. Oh, and the messenger of Huaxia is also here. Xin Bindong lightly pointed to Gu Shimoto's back.
Gu Maoben turned his head at this time, and sure enough, he saw that in the gate behind him, many new guests came out one after another.
Almost all of the guests, who came later than the chaebols, were envoys from various countries.
Chinese, neon, American, several Southeast Asian countries, and even many European countries.
In half an hour, more than 20 foreign envoys in South Korea came, making the Li family's banquet even more lively, and the specifications almost caught up with the level of the Han State State Banquet.
Of course, the chaebol is a chaebol after all, and it is not as stingy as the green house, but it is not as good as the Kimchi State Banquet, which is the favorite of the Han people......
Looking at this scene, in the small circle of Zheng Jiumeng and Cui Xianzhong who gathered together, Cui Xianzhong couldn't help but sigh:
"I really envy Lee Jae-xi. We're all here, and so many messengers have arrived. On weekdays, it is necessary to let so many foreign envoys gather, unless it is the New Year's state banquet of the Qinghouse. Otherwise, there wouldn't have been so many people! ”
Among the five major chaebols, the eldest Zheng Jiumeng is not envious in his heart?
You must know that in the past, before the Zheng family was not divided internally.
The first chaebol of Han is not the Li family of Li Zaixi, but their Zheng family!
"Lee Jaexi is just lucky, he gave birth to two beautiful daughters, and he just happened to ...... I can only say that this guy, his luck has indeed been very good. Zheng Jiumeng said softly.
It was already 7 p.m., and you could tell that most of the guests had already arrived.
There were many people inside and outside the huge banquet hall and the outdoor lawn, and there were at least three hundred people in size.
Even if the Li family's mansion is large enough, it gives people a feeling that it is almost "stuffed".
I still wanted to talk a few words, Cui Xianzhong and Zheng Jiumeng came to the side of a person from the Li family, saying that Li Zaixi, the head of the Li family, invited them over.
Just now, Li Zaixi had finished the opening remarks of the beginning of the banquet, and the banquet had officially begun at this time.
Although the main lord has not yet appeared, almost everyone present is an important person in the Han Kingdom. Foreigners who are not from Han are also business tycoons or envoys, and they are all figures with great status.
You don't need to come out, everyone can have a good chat. This kind of social occasion can be said to be the top in Hanguo.
Probably only the annual New Year's state banquet of the green house can be compared with tonight.
Zheng Jiumeng and Cui Xianzhong glanced at each other, and when they looked up, they did see Li Jaexi smiling and bowing at them.
"Let's see what he has to say. Is he going to show us off? Zheng Jiumeng, who had always been a little dissatisfied with Li Zaixi, couldn't help muttering and went over there first.
Choi Hyun Jong smiled and followed, and the two walked through the crowd and found that Lee Jae-seo's side, Gu Maoben and Xin Bindong were already there.
With the arrival of the two of them, the five major chaebols of Han gathered together.
"Didn't we talk about it just now? In the West, what else is going on? As soon as he walked over, Zheng Jiumeng was the first to speak.
When they came in, they had already said hello to their master, Li Zaixi, and then dispersed and gathered into their own small circles of each other.
Zheng Jiumeng is talking about what he had just said to Li Zaixi.
Lee Jae-seo didn't seem to care about Zheng Jiumeng's attitude.
He is now a little proud, and the strong help from the United States not only allows him to sit firmly in the position of the top of the five major chaebols of the Han Kingdom.
Now it may also bring a better future to Samsvng Group and the Li family.
Zheng Jiu Meng's generation envied the sour taste of jealousy and hatred, and Li Zaixi was naturally able to ignore it.
"Bringing everyone together, of course there's something going on."
Lee Jae-seo chuckled softly and said, "It's rare to get together, I want to say a few words." ”
"What's the matter?" Xin Bindong asked curiously.
Seeing Lee Jae-xi's solemn look, he felt that it would not be a trivial matter.
Lee Jae-seo continued in a flat tone: "That's right, I talked to Mr. Smith all night last night. ”
This opening remark made the heads of the other four chaebols present suddenly solemn, and the sour taste in their hearts became stronger.
Talking to that guy all night? Wouldn't it be nice if I could do the same......
The other four people almost all had similar thoughts in their hearts.
Looking at the performance of the four, Li Zaixi felt very happy. In fact, Abel did talk to him last night. But in total, it was only half an hour of chatting, and it was purely Li Zaixi pulling the tiger skin to make a big banner one night.
"Mr. Smith is going to put up $5 billion to set up an Asian investment group, and he invited us to join in. As the name suggests, the main direction of the Asian investment group in the future will be to invest in Asia. For example, countries such as China and Southeast Asia. ”
Li Zaixi introduced the things that Abel talked about with him last night to the four of them as concisely as possible.
"Mr. Smith also told me why he chose to work with us. It's because as a local Asian, working with us is more conducive to investing in Asia. In addition, he believes in us Han people more, otherwise he can cooperate with the neon people. ”
"Everybody, I'm just here to talk about it. In addition, I will tell everyone that the Li family has agreed. Samsvng Group and the Li family will contribute US$1 billion and US$300 million respectively, for a total of US$1.3 billion to participate in the cooperation of Asia Investment Group. Mr. Smith asked me to ask for your opinions, and I can get involved if you wish. ”
"That's the way it is, now please tell me what you think, and I'll tell Mr. Smith."
After Li Zaixi finished speaking leisurely, it was not surprising that he saw a somewhat ugly look on the faces of Xin Bindong and the other four people.
Lao Li didn't care at all, but smiled happily.
Hmph, who told you that you don't have good daughters?
Lee Jae-seo knows that they are struggling, but the more entangled these peers and competitors are, the more uncomfortable they become, the more refreshed Lee Jae-seo becomes, and of course he will not help them solve such a problem!
And this question is indeed a difficult problem for Simbindon.
First of all, this Rausch Asia Investment Group, whether it is really a project but a scam, this is the question.
Wall Street has hurt the people of Han too deeply, and its reputation in the world is also very bad.
The project led by Wall Street tycoons is still the one who once cut the Han people, and even brought a few of them to almost uproot the leeks of the Han stock market.
Then they have to wonder even more about whether Abel's project wants to take them with him.
In addition, Li Zaixi is still so active, and Li Zaixi and Abel have that kind of relationship......
They really don't want to doubt.
(End of chapter)