Chen Qing rushed to Showbox's headquarters in Yisam-dong, Gangnam District. As soon as she entered the small building where the company is located, she saw a mess in front of her. It had obviously been smashed.
Dusk is falling, many people have not left yet, and the small building is brightly lit.
After hearing the news, Showbox President Quan Zhengting and Vice President Cheng Taixi came out with the remaining employees. Chen Qing looked over and saw that both Quan Zhengting and Cheng Taixi were fine, but Chen Qing vaguely remembered Cui Zaixian's name. The left side of his face to the corners of his eyes was covered in black and blue, and there were a few others who were also more or less stained.
Quan Zhengting came to Chen Qing and immediately bowed deeply: "Miss Chen, I'm so sorry, I failed to take good care of the company."
Cheng Taixi also stepped forward. Although he was not as humble as Quan Zhengting, his expression also looked apologetic and anxious.
Chen Qing waved her hand and glanced at the others: "Go off work if you have nothing to do. There's no need to stay here."
Everyone hesitated a little, not because they didn't want to leave, but because they were more or less afraid, worried about being attacked again on the road. It wasn't until Quan Zhengting and other senior executives came forward to explain that they dispersed.
After making some arrangements, Quan Zhengting and Cheng Taixi brought the few remaining executives to the fifth floor. The two men, two women and four bodyguards Chen Qing had just brought were guarding the door of a conference room like door gods, with It was a bit oppressive, but at the same time, it made everyone feel at ease.
Chen Qing was sitting at the large conference table in the conference room, drinking coffee leisurely, with Lin Guili standing next to her. After a few people came in and motioned for them to sit down opposite, Chen Qing put down her cup and asked Quan Zhengting, "What exactly is going on?"
Quan Zhengting did not answer the question directly, but first said: "Miss Chen, Taixi said that she wanted to call the police, but I stopped her. I thought it would be best to contact you directly."
Chen Qing nodded and waited for Quan Zhengting to continue.
Quan Zhengting said: "It happened more than a week ago. It was... the Black Star Society, a gang. They contacted me before and hoped to participate in investing in several movies we were making. I refused. Then, What happened today just happened.”
Chen Qing raised her eyebrows slightly: "You just refuse?"
Quan Zhengting said quickly: "Of course not, Miss Chen. I also revealed some inside information about our company to them." After saying that he realized something was wrong, Quan Zhengting glanced at Cheng Taixi next to him, and quickly added: "Of course , is the kind of inside story that can be revealed, I told them that Showbox has investment from Daenerys Entertainment and also has a cooperative relationship with SK Entertainment, which is owned by the SK chaebol."
Chen Qing said with a bit of ridicule: "It seems it didn't work."
Quan Zhengting bowed to Chen Qing again: "Sorry, Miss Chen, I didn't expect them to do this."
Chen Qing tapped her fingertips on the warm coffee cup for a moment, then asked: "Black Star Club, tsk, what a tacky name, how much do you know?"
The Quan Zhengting inquired about it and said: "The Black Star Club is a gang here in Jiangnan District. The leader is named Yin Dongji. He is about fifty years old. He has been in prison twice. He has more than a hundred people under his command. He is currently considered a gang. In a state of laundering, they run nightclubs, game arcades and other businesses on the surface, but privately, they do a lot of gangster business. This time they just want to launder money by investing in our movie, and of course I can't agree to it."
After hearing what Quan Zhengting said, Chen Qing couldn't help but raise her eyebrows: "Is a small gang of more than a hundred people so arrogant, coming to destroy someone's company in broad daylight?"
Quan Zhengting shook his head: "Ms. Chen, more than a hundred people are already a very big gang. We in South Korea have been vigorously cracking down on gang forces since the 1970s..."
Chen Qing was too lazy to listen to Quan Zhengting's subconscious defense of South Korea's image in front of her, and interrupted: "Black Star Club, Yin Dongji, right?"
Sensing Chen Qing's impatient tone, Quan Zhengting quickly shut up and nodded again.
Chen Qing stood up: "I know about this. Let's disperse. Oh, Taixi, you come with me. I won't live here in Jiangnan District recently."
Quan Zhengting and others stood up together and followed Chen Qing out. After a slight hesitation, he suggested: "Miss Chen, do you need to leave some people to watch the company?"
"You make your own arrangements."
Quan Zhengting and others escorted Chen Qing downstairs, and watched three identical black Mercedes-Benz cars drive away arrogantly. They looked at each other in confusion, but also felt relieved.
If this aunt takes action, there will definitely be no follow-up.
As for how Chen Qing would handle this matter, although they were curious, it was not their turn to care.
Inside one of the Mercedes-Benz cars.
Cheng Taixi waited for Chen Qing to make a few calls very efficiently, obviously to give instructions about what happened just now, to investigate the so-called Black Star Society. It was not until the car passed the Han River that he found the opportunity to speak: "Miss Chen, Simon, how is he doing recently? ?”
Chen Qing was holding the Nokia phone in her hand and thinking about what had just happened. When Cheng Taixi asked about it, she smiled and said, "That's good. I was doing scientific research a few days ago."
Thinking of what her boss said about doing scientific research, Chen Qing couldn't help but curl her lips.
Cheng Taixi was naturally confused. After thinking for a while, he asked tentatively: "Is it... the 3G plan?"
In fact, Cheng Taixi also knew very well about sending a group of women to Mexico that weekend at the end of February. Many of the women were contracted actresses under Showbox. She was just a little regretful about not being able to go with them. Of course, she couldn't think of some of them at this time. aspect.
I remembered that a foundation related to the Westeros system recently established a life science research institute in Seoul.
Probably because he wanted to keep a low profile, it was a very inconspicuous piece of news. He only noticed it because Sung Tae Hee had been paying close attention to someone.
Chen Qing couldn't help but want to laugh. She thought it would be a bad idea to expose her boss, so she didn't talk to Cheng Taixi and nodded perfunctorily: "Yes." Seeing that the woman next to her looked like she was listening attentively, she thought about it and gave it to her. He sweetened it up and said: "The boss will go to Asia at the end of the month to see peach blossoms. He should come to Seoul this time. You have been working hard to make yourself more beautiful recently."
Cheng Taixi was a little embarrassed, but nodded: "I know."
Today is already March 10th, and the end of the month is not far away, so I can’t help but look forward to it.
Chen Qing did not talk to Cheng Taixi about the fact that she had a group of goblin opponents. While chatting with Cheng Taixi about trivial matters, her mind returned to the incident just now, and an idea was unconsciously sketched in her mind.
Returning to the mansion in Itaewon, Chen Qing immediately wrote another email to her boss who had just had a video call.
I received a reply the next day, with only one word: Yes.
In the past year, the Westeros system has penetrated South Korea very smoothly, not only at the economic level, but also at the political level and even the media level.
The intelligence team of the Westeros family has also successfully taken root in South Korea.
Things are far less complicated than most people imagine.
You only need to set up a regular survey and consulting company as a shell, find the right manpower, and with sufficient financial support, a network can be woven quickly. In addition, after completing the takeover of the businesses related to several major chaebols, a team of attendants dedicated to the Westeros family was quickly formed in South Korea. This mainly includes two aspects, one is waiters and the other is security.
The security part is also the establishment of professional security companies, and by directly obtaining some security outsourcing orders from several major chaebols, the relevant companies can quickly get on track and at the same time achieve the effect of being invisible in the market.
It seems that you already have everything you need.
However, this little incident today made Chen Qing discover an oversight.
Some underground forces also need to be developed.
In this world, there has always been light and darkness, white and black.
If you are an ordinary person, you can just stay where you are, but for the Westeros system, if Simon is a purely civilized businessman, maybe an ordinary gangster who comes to make a scene can make people At a loss. Some people may want to go to the police if they have difficulties, but this is only for ordinary people.
Therefore, the Westeros family has its own private army, its own intelligence network, and also its vassal underground forces.
As for South Korea, Chen Qing felt that since his boss's attitude towards this country was to conquer this country without reservation and to eat it completely, of course this part cannot be missing.
Someone has to do the occasional dirty work.
In the following days, South Korea suddenly became very lively again, and the core of the excitement this time was the Daewoo Group.
The first to speak out were a series of financial institutions in the United States.
Financial giants such as Citigroup, Morgan, Goldman Sachs and Cersei Capital suddenly issued a statement in the Wall Street Journal, stating that due to concerns about the potential debt risks of Daewoo Group, each company will immediately stop providing loans, including loans, to the chaebol. Financing and other financial services, and at the same time recovering debts from Daewoo Group.
The incident happened suddenly, and many people were confused.
However, the market reacted immediately. After all, it was the second largest chaebol in South Korea. It was suddenly blocked by almost the entire Wall Street, which directly caused the stock prices of all companies related to the Daewoo chaebol to plummet, and also dragged down the Korean stock market, which was not completely stable. fell, and the South Korean won fell again.
The entire Southeast Asia, which was already restless, is in turmoil.
Countless people eagerly began to inquire, what happened? !
The answer spread quickly.
An answer that left everyone speechless.
The Daewoo Group's disaster was caused only by the fact that the head of the Daewoo Group, Jin Yuzhong, secretly sent people to eavesdrop on Simon Westeros.
There are no specific details, but you can probably imagine it.
Then, Simon Westeros got pissed off.
This big move of killing the monkey to show the chicken was very effective. Many people who knew the truth of the matter and found that they had had similar thoughts felt their scalps numb, but they were glad that they did not implement it.
After understanding the truth of the matter, everyone had to face another problem.
What should we do now
Simon Westeros went berserk, and the news was really big. Although the Daewoo Group's misfortune was immediate, it depends on the situation, because the detailed inside story was only spread in a small and sophisticated circle, and no one dared to announce the truth rashly. , Therefore, for those who do not know the truth, it is inevitable to think too much and speculate whether there are any big thunders in the Korean economy that everyone does not know about.
In short, if it is not resolved as soon as possible, it will inevitably lead to another domino effect.
The first person who couldn't stand it was Jin Yuzhong himself.
Because Jin Yuzhong knew very well that Daewoo Group had huge problems. The media's exposure of Daewoo's financial situation years ago actually only revealed part of it. In the past, because he couldn't hold on anymore, Jin Yuzhong even chose to abscond in fear of crime.
This time, it's the same.
However, Jin Yu, who once again had the idea of absconding, glanced north, south, west, and east, and found that even if he escaped to the African jungle, he would probably not be able to avoid being caught by a super rich man, let alone fleeing to the United States. That would be called surrendering.
Coupled with the extreme pressure from Blue House to other South Korean chaebol leaders and even creditors, Kim Woo-jung completely gave in on the third day when the incident broke out and actively tried to contact Simon, hoping to apologize and calm the incident. Of course, this time Kim Woo-jung also wanted to Of course, a plain apology is useless, so I have already made plans to give away the entire electronics department of Daewoo Group.
It's a pity that even if the Blue House followed suit and made peace with him, he still wouldn't get a chance to talk to Simon at all.
By the end of this week, the stock prices of Daewoo Group-related companies had almost halved. At the same time, the South Korean government received another batch of insider information involving Daewoo Group's serious financial problems. After a secret meeting, Chen Qing made a decisive decision to take over Daewoo urgently.
Not only that, the South Korean General Prosecutor's Office also issued a restraining order against Kim Woo-joong on suspicion of financial fraud, illegal loans, etc., and launched a comprehensive investigation into Daewoo Group.
The reason why the South Korean government acted so resolutely was not only because it had a large amount of conclusive evidence quietly provided by the Westeros system, but also because after Kim Dae Jung communicated with Simon, he received a definite promise from a certain super tycoon that he would help with the aftermath.
The premise is that the Daewoo chaebol ceases to exist.
To put it bluntly, the South Korean authorities have no choice.
Because this is not a problem of the Daewoo family at all. Everyone knows that the problems that Daewoo has exist more or less in other chaebols. Once Daewoo's problems cannot be solved neatly and neatly, South Korea's IMF bailout agreement last year, in which it almost gave up control of the entire country's economy, was deemed to have been in vain.
Therefore, whether they are angry at Simon Westeros for not leaving any room, or they are sad for the death of other Korean chaebols, all parties have reached a tacit agreement to sacrifice Daewoo in order to appease the anger of a certain young tycoon and in exchange for preventing the Korean economy from falling into the abyss again. .
What's more, even after the sharp decline, the total market value of the entire Daewoo system has been less than US$10 billion, but this is only the book value. Normally, book value is often on the high side, but this time, it was seriously low. After all, a skinny camel is still a camel. If everyone could share this camel, many people would have a full meal.
As for the entire Daewoo Group's debt of up to US$70 billion, this seems to be a problem.
However, everyone knows that the next focus is to ensure the rights and interests of some overseas creditor institutions. This part is only more than 20 billion US dollars. Once negotiated, it does not need to be repaid in one go. The remaining more than 40 billion US dollars of domestic debt will be largely Some of them come from major banks in South Korea.
This part of the loss will naturally be borne by the state.