At the same time as the Daewoo Group collapsed, a small gang called the Black Star Society in a corner of Seoul that the Korean public paid little attention to also encountered its own disaster.
Yoon Dong-ki, who is 53 years old and has been "struggled" in his own circle for most of his life, never imagined that he was just a small threat to a film company and wanted to use South Korea's film quota system to clean up a sum of money that the gang had received. This actually led to disaster.
A real disaster.
In just a few days, all venues under the Black Star Club, whether it was nightclubs or game halls, brothels or casinos, were all sealed in the blink of an eye. Not only that, all the core bank accounts of the Black Star Club were also frozen. Some people have already left Seoul to avoid the limelight.
When all this happened, Yin Dongji almost thought about it and didn't understand what went wrong.
Could it be that small film company called Showtime? How is that possible
Even if that company has investment from Hollywood entertainment giants like Daenerys Entertainment, as the other executive said, this is South Korea after all, and they are local snakes. Such a world-class oligarch, even if he couldn't think of investing in such a small film company, how could he have trouble with people like them who were involved in the black field.
Even if it is difficult to get through, how can it be so efficient
The Korean government is not run by Daenerys Entertainment!
However, that's what happened.
When the entire Black Star Society was jumping up and down because of this, trying to find a way to solve the problem, on the night of March 17, they spent a lot of money to entertain a prosecutor at a private club in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam District. In the early morning, they just sent the prosecutor to the hospital. As the car left, Yin Dongji and the four younger brothers who were following him were attacked.
Waking up from coma again, Yoon Dong-ki found himself in an apartment in Gangdong District, eastern Seoul.
Except for the swelling pain in his head after the attack, Yin Dongji had no restrictions on his body. However, after understanding his situation, the middle-aged man who had fought fiercely before immediately felt a chill down his spine.
This was a house where he used to house his young lover and illegitimate son.
Now, he was alone here, the women and children had disappeared.
Where have people gone
In the midst of confusion and fear, Yin Dongji suddenly heard the phone ringing. He grabbed the phone with a slight trembling. On the other side was a hoarse male voice whose voice had obviously changed: "Mr. Yin..."
As soon as he opened his mouth, Yin Dongji roared fiercely: "Where is my child? I'm warning you, I will kill you. I will kill you. You, whatever you want, don't hurt my child."
This voice and look were both stern, but in a blink of an eye, they turned into stern expressions and inner feelings.
The person on the other side waited calmly for Yin Dongji to finish venting, and then continued: "Mr. Yin, you have two choices now. Have you seen the rope hanging from the ceiling? Or, you can end it yourself. Or, all your relatives, whether they are openly or openly Whether it’s in public or in private, I’ll settle it with you, think about it, you have five minutes.”
Yin Dongji listened to the emotionless voice on the other side, and his right hand holding the phone trembled significantly, and asked: "Who are you?"
"Mr. Yin, you should understand that you touched someone you can't afford to offend."
"I... I'm sorry, I, can we meet, the matter can be solved?"
"The most meaningless thing in the world is an apology. Only the weak will seek so-called apology to comfort themselves. Mr. Yin, 30 seconds have passed. The five minutes I mentioned are that you must hang yourself where you should hang. "
Yin Dongji subconsciously glanced at the black rope hanging from the ceiling again. His thoughts were racing for a moment. His first thought was to escape. He didn't want to die. Immediately, he thought of the words of the man opposite him. If he was not willing to... die, not to mention whether he could escape, his wife and three children in Jiangnan District, as well as the mother and son who were supposed to be in this apartment , maybe, they all have to die with him.
Holding the phone tightly and being silent for a moment, Yin Dongji finally spoke again: "How can I believe your promise?"
"You just have to believe it."
"Can you tell me where I went wrong?"
"You won't forget what you just did recently, right?"
Yin Dongji was still a little unsure: "Which company is Showbox Production Company?"
"Two minutes have passed, Mr. Yin."
This is obviously the default.
Yin Dongji was silent for another moment, and finally said again: "I have to make a guarantee, I don't believe you."
This time, there was no response from the other side.
However, Yin Dongji knew that the call had not been hung up. Unknowingly, even though it was still early spring, Yin Dongji found that sweat had penetrated his close-fitting woolen sweater. The hand he was holding the phone continued to tremble.
He doesn't want to die.
After a stalemate like this for a while, the other person spoke again: "Last minute, Mr. Yin."
Yin Dongji finally couldn't stand the suffocating psychological pressure and suddenly roared again: "No, I don't want to die. I'm warning you. I already know about that company. If you hurt my family, I will kill them." The owner of the company.”
With such harsh words aside, Yin Dongji dropped the phone in his hand, jumped up suddenly, and rushed straight to the door.
As soon as he opened the door and entered the dark corridor, Yin Dongji felt as if he was suddenly hit by a car and flew out more than two meters in embarrassment. He fell to the ground. The severe pain in his waist made him react. This was Being kicked.
A lot of force.
Then he felt someone approaching from both sides of the corridor and tied him up neatly. Before he fell into unconsciousness again, Yin Dongji faintly heard a voice in his ear. The voice on the phone just now was no longer hoarse, but it was easy to distinguish, and the words spoken by this voice made Yin Dongji regretful and despairing: "It's such a pity, that rope was your way of survival, and now you are completely useless ”
…
Moscow.
The earth rotates, and here in Eastern Europe it is the morning of March 18th, which is Wednesday.
Kremlin: After last year's heart surgery, even though the doctor told him to get more rest, Yeltsin still got up early.
He called his daughter during breakfast and confirmed again: "Is Westeros really unwilling to come to Moscow?"
"Father, they said they don't have time recently."
Yeltsin was silent.
The Asian financial turmoil that started last year spread to Europe. Due to the panic withdrawal of a large number of foreign capital, the Russian economy, which had not recovered, began to deteriorate rapidly again, to the point where government employees could no longer afford to pay their salaries, let alone the general public. .
Yeltsin had previously wanted to let industry giants such as the National Gas Company use a sum of money to come up with emergency measures, but unfortunately he was opposed by his own appointment of the prime minister.
This is obviously the attitude of the oligarchs.
Things couldn't go on like this. Yeltsin knew that his time was getting less and less, so he came up with the idea of changing the prime minister, at least to one who was more obedient. Even if he could take over from him next, it would be better.
Sergey Kiriyenko was one of Yeltsin's quietly chosen targets.
Although Kiriyenko is only 36 years old this year, in the eyes of most people, this young politician not only has rich political and business experience and impeccable personal abilities, but is also a low-key and pragmatic young man in Moscow with many factions. There is a kind of person who remains neutral.
What Russia needs should be this kind of new blood.
As long as Kiriyenko can help him survive Russia's current financial difficulties, perhaps it will not be impossible for him to succeed him in the presidential election three years later.
Thinking of this, another image of a short middle-aged man quickly appeared in Yeltsin's mind.
This is also a person with very outstanding abilities. To be precise, in Yeltsin's view, he should be more capable than Kiriyenko.
Ah.
How could the person chosen by Simon Westeros be mediocre
The problem lies here.
If a puppet of Simon Westeros is really created, even if he knows such a sensitive inside story, it may never be exposed. However, even if it is confirmed that his posthumous reputation will not be very good, deep down in his heart, Yeltsin does not want to Become the eternal sinner of the Russian nation.
However, when thinking about himself and his family, Yeltsin had to face reality.
A very cruel reality.
In any case, he did not want to be liquidated after he lost power. In this land, in recent decades, liquidation has been the most popular thing. Even Stalin could not escape it. He did not feel that he was better than Stalin.
That's why I want to meet Simon Westeros.
Yeltsin wanted to interview the young man who stood at the top of the world's wealth pyramid face to face. At least... even if he had no choice in the end, some things could not be exposed no matter what, because then he would be truly ruined.
It's a pity that the other party did not agree to his invitation.
Seeing her father stop eating in silence, Tatiana hesitated a little and said, "Father, I saw a piece of news yesterday."
Yeltsin looked up.
Tatyana said: "Regarding Simon Westeros, yesterday, Westeros Company issued a statement that it plans to reduce its holdings of 3 billion U.S. dollars in Igret Company stock."
Yeltsin did not respond after hearing this, but felt a little sad in his heart.
The Westeros system currently has tens of billions of dollars in funds hoarded, and now, casually, it is another 3 billion. And he is openly talking, hoping that the blood-sucking oligarchs will come up with emergency funds, which is only equivalent to 1 billion. Only US dollars.
Moreover, if Simon Westeros can come to Moscow as a guest, even if he makes some symbolic investment, and does not expect to be like the small border town in Ukraine, this benefit will be enough to stabilize Russia's economic situation.
Thinking of this, Yeltsin suddenly felt that Simon Westeros was probably waiting for him to make a decision.
However, this choice was too difficult for him.
Tatiana paused for a moment, then saw that her father did not respond, and continued: "I want to say, father, in the Westeros Company's statement, this fund is planned to be used for reinvestment, as well as the 3G plan."
Only then did Yeltsin react and asked: "Is there any problem?"
"The key is the 3G plan," Tatiana said, "Father, you should have read the relevant information."
Yeltsin nodded.
Of course I have. In addition to the obvious ambition, Yeltsin also vaguely saw the potential purpose of Simon Westeros's vigorous promotion of the 3G plan.
The assets of the Westeros family are too huge and continue to grow. In order to avoid increasing pressure from public opinion in the future, even the traditional Western model of avoiding inheritance tax through charitable funds has also become a problem for Simon Westeros. It didn't quite work, so the young man deliberately set this 'great goal'.
Because it is very expensive, it can easily cost billions to tens of billions of dollars, and some future projects may even reach hundreds of billions.
This gave the Westeros family's huge wealth a suitable direction to flow to.
Wise man!
I just don’t know whether Simon Westeros came up with such a plan himself, or whether it was provided by the think tank team behind the Westeros system.
If it was his own idea, Yeltsin would be even more impressed.
That young man just celebrated his 30th birthday some time ago, and the Yeltsin family secretly sent him a birthday gift. Not to mention, at just 30 years old, he has such a long-term vision and vision, which is really admirable.
Seeing her father nod, Tatiana organized her words a little, and then said: "What I mean is, father, the position Simon Westeros is in now, at least, the position he has placed himself in, is very high, very High, it is far from being limited to a simple national level. It is said to be for the entire human race. This is a bit empty for everyone else. However, it should be practical for Westeros, so I think we don’t need to worry about it at all. so many."
Only then did Yeltsin understand his daughter's intention in mentioning this matter.
The matter about a short middle-aged man was first reported to him by Simon Westeros through his daughter, so Tatyana was also an insider.
Moreover, hearing what Tatiana said at this time, Yeltsin understood that his daughter wanted to promote certain things.
only…
After another moment of silence, Yeltsin finally asked: "Tanya, where do you think I should put him in a more appropriate position this time?"
"How about the Minister of Energy?" Seeing her father relent, Tatyana immediately replied. She had obviously considered it before explaining: "Since my father wants to transfer Kiriyenko to be the prime minister, it just so happens that he can take over the other person's position. Moreover, the Ministry of Energy It’s also very important for us.”
Yeltsin shook his head: "The Ministry of Energy is indeed important to us, but he is not suitable."
Tatyana took a look at Yeltsin's expression and recalled that her father had privately read through that man's files countless times in the past two years since the year before last. She roughly understood and asked tentatively: "Father, do you have a more suitable position? "
Yeltsin nodded, but did not give his daughter an answer.
Someone from the KGB.
Everyone knows what kind of organization this is.
In addition, for more than a year, Yeltsin has continuously assigned relevant tasks to the other party, and that person has done an excellent job. Therefore, it is more appropriate for the other party to control Russia's Federal Security Service, which was adapted from the former KGB.
In fact, Yeltsin, who noticed certain attributes in someone's character, came up with this idea since last year when that person risked his anger by sending his mentor, former St. Petersburg Mayor Sobchak, to seek refuge abroad.
The problem is, that's the Federal Security Service.
If the other party is really Simon Westeros's puppet, raising the other party to this position doesn't mean that Russia will have no secrets from Simon Westeros.
only…
Thinking of what my daughter just said, I thought about the current situation of myself and my family.
Now, is there any choice