Seoul, Korea.
On a street in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, where a large number of nightclubs, karaoke bars and bars gathered, it was around two o'clock in the morning. Under the background of the economic crisis, probably in response to a certain theory that the worse the economic situation, the more active the entertainment industry will be. This street has just experienced It had been a busy night, but now it felt a little calmer.
The few late-night guests who were still wandering through the streets occasionally noticed that a karaoke bar near the street entrance that had been crowded a few hours ago was now closed.
This curiosity was only fleeting.
Fortunately, it only passed by in a flash.
If someone tried to check and successfully entered, not to mention all the drinks they drank that night, the urine in their bladder would probably be frightened out.
In the three-story singing hall, the first two floors were already packed with people, half standing and half lying on the ground. They were intimidated by the people around them and did not even dare to cry out in pain too hard.
The new leader of the Black Star Society, Park Byung-ho, walked through the chaotic crowd. Even though he had been fierce and fought hard before, seeing this situation, he was inevitably a little shocked. He couldn't help but mutter, "All of them have broken hands." Broken foot is too cruel. How will it end next
We walked all the way to the third floor, to a spacious VIP box with gambling equipment. Just as we entered the door, we happened to see a burly man shouting at the top of his lungs and rushing toward a slender figure.
Pu Binghao was about to call for help, or even scold the people on his side who were facing each other in the box. How could he let a woman get in with such a look, but in the end, the slender figure just walked past him silently like a civet cat, cunningly A punch hit the most vulnerable part of the strong man's chest and abdomen.
Park Byunghao knew very well that the slightest pressure on that spot would hurt on weekdays, but for a tough girl who would beat her own people even if they disagreed with her, such a touch would definitely be enough to make the other party drink.
Sure enough, a figure in black clothes suddenly stepped forward and then retreated. The strong man, who was nearly 1.9 meters tall, let out a weird "ho ho" sound and bowed down like a shrimp.
Glancing at the indifferent woman who retreated to her own group and picked up a baton, ready to be used at any time, Park Byunghao thought of those guys downstairs who were unlucky enough to lose their hands and feet. He secretly took a breath and was about to attack the man on the other side. The group of people shouted, and a middle-aged man in his forties who was surrounded on the opposite side saw him appearing and shouted loudly: "Park Binghao, you are attacking by surprise. You are so shameless."
Park Byung-ho calmed down his expression and looked at the other party: "President Kim, if I remember correctly, we have talked three times before. There is an old saying in the Republic of Korea that only three things can make a difference, right?"
The middle-aged man who was called Chairman Jin gritted his teeth and said again: "Not counting just now, Park Byunghao, we are competing. If I lose, everything here belongs to you. If I win, you must immediately leave."
Pu Binghao almost laughed, and understood the reason for the scene just now. He shook his head and said: "President Jin, I have given you the opportunity." He spread his hands and gestured around: "I am already here, do you think I need to compete with you? ?"
"If you don't agree..." The middle-aged man hesitated a little, suddenly reached into his pocket, and took out a mobile phone in the sudden vigilance of the Black Star Club: "...I, I will call the police."
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It's not just the Black Star Club, it can be seen that the group of minions standing next to the middle-aged man were stunned for a moment, and then they all showed a somewhat embarrassed expression.
Everyone was not sure how to react when a sudden pop made everyone tense up again.
In this circle, everyone is still very familiar with the sound of the silencer.
Looking around again, everyone discovered that President Jin, who had just threatened to call the police, fell to the ground with a plop. Looking down, there was a strange-looking blood hole above his nose near his right eye.
In the silence, the young girl who had just pulled out a pistol because someone took out her mobile phone put the gun back into a holster on her waist, and took her coat from the hands of the Eastern European girl with a tattoo that spread to her neck. On the way, while muttering a few words in Chinese, another girl in black with a ponytail translated at the same time: "Miss Cao hates people who are dishonest," and then turned to Park Byung-ho: "Miss Cao is tired, let's leave first ”
Upon hearing this, Park Byunghao immediately showed a gentle smile, noticed the blood stains on Cao Minyuan's coat, and asked with concern: "Minyuan, are you injured? Why don't you check it first?"
The girl with the ponytail translated, and said to Park Byunghao at the same time: "No, thank you Mr. Park."
After saying this, the three girls, who were not weak at all among a group of fierce men, passed through the crowd who actively separated and left the box.
Returning to her high-rise apartment in Sinsa-dong overlooking the Han River, Cao Minyuan had already put aside what happened tonight, took a hot shower first, and asked the two subordinates who lived with her to help deal with the inevitable problems. The injuries were not serious, most of them were bruises, and there were only a few broken skin on the hands. This made the two girls who watched Cao Minyuan show off her power tonight a little more worried.
It was just a bit cruel to break the arms, legs and feet of so many men.
However, no matter how brutal it was, it couldn't be as clean and crisp as the last headshot. The two girls had watched the whole process and felt that the middle-aged man was really too shaky and unruly.
Finally call the police
Funny
You know, the attack here may be a bit heavy-handed, but there is a large-scale drug manufacturing factory in the basement of that small building. If things break out, who will suffer the more serious consequences
While admiring her, the two girls helped Cao Minyuan, who was lying naked by the floor-to-ceiling window, to massage her with medicinal wine. They didn't send them away until Cao Minyuan squinted her eyes and took a nap before waking up again.
It was almost six o'clock in the morning.
Turning her head and looking out the window, Cao Minyuan saw a faint fish belly white appear on the horizon. Cao Minyuan was stunned for a moment, inexplicably thinking of the man she had met last time. His theory about what should be taken for granted, and some of the things mixed in it, made her feel very... Weird words.
Then last night.
To put it bluntly, it's a battle for territory. They have been quietly preparing for it for a while and suddenly launched it last night.
It seemed that after meeting someone, Cao Minyuan felt that her mentality had changed, so last night...a few hours ago to be precise, when she calmed down, she inevitably felt that she might have gone too far.
But what the hell.
This life has been sold, she just needs to do what she has to do.
As for…
If you shouldn’t think too much, then don’t think about it.
I changed my mind and thought of my brother who was in New York, USA. It was six o'clock in the morning here in Seoul. What time was it there
It should be close to five o'clock in the afternoon.
It's daylight saving time over there now, with a difference of 13 hours. It's 13 hours ahead here. Over there, to be precise, it was still five o'clock in the afternoon yesterday.
get out of class will be over soon.
Originally feeling sleepy, Cao Minyuan waited patiently for a while. After six o'clock, she touched the mobile phone next to her and dialed a number.
After a while, the call came through.
"Xiaoyang, it's me... Well, I'm in South Korea, Seoul now... Don't worry about this, how are you studying recently?" At this point, Cao Minyuan changed from Chinese to English, and awkwardly talked to her brother: "We use English Try it... Well, it's not bad... And study, you have to work hard, I will contact your teacher at any time, if you don't make progress, I will fly to New York to beat you... "
She talked a lot about trivial matters, but she was actually not a good talker, even to her closest brother. She just told him to study hard and give an explanation to his parents in the future.
After hanging up the phone, he pulled a blanket next to him and fell asleep casually.
I was woken up by an Eastern European girl named Nora. It was around ten o'clock in the morning. Miss Chen wanted to see her again. She quickly cheered up, washed up, changed her clothes and hurried out.
Still somewhat curious, what happened this time
The meeting place was in Itaewon, in the restaurant of a very luxurious hotel.
Entering the restaurant, she was taken to a dining table in the corner by the window. Looking out through the glass window, the view here was much better than that of her apartment by the Han River. It even felt like she could see all the mountains at once. .
Chen Qing was on the phone. She and Lin Guili, who brought her over, waited patiently for a moment. After Chen Qing closed the line, she walked over and still greeted the man respectfully, but this time she did not bow like the last time she saw the man. .
I remember he didn't like it very much.
After being scolded, I unknowingly got rid of this habit. I even originally planned to study Korean hard, but for some reason I gave up this idea.
Anyway, there is a translator by her side. As for herself, she doesn't like to talk too much, and she only plans to master some language for daily communication.
"Sit down," Chen Qing put the phone in her hand, waited for her to sit down, and said with a smile: "You guys did a great job last night."
Cao Minyuan just nodded slightly.
This is what she should do. However, even if she has been hypnotizing herself into taking things for granted, even if she is already in some kind of abyss from which she cannot extricate herself, she still does not think this is a glorious thing.
Chen Qing didn't expect much response from her, so she praised it, took the menu from the waiter who came over, ordered one for herself, and handed it to her.
Cao Minyuan glanced at the Korean-English bilingual menu in her hand. She actually wanted to say the same as Chen Qing, but after thinking about it, she thought it might not be appropriate, so she pointed at one casually.
The waiter showed a slightly strange expression. When Chen Qing saw this, he smiled and said a few words in Korean before the waiter left.
Chen Qing didn't explain anything to her, and went straight to the point: "It's like this. You have been to Europe and you should know some of the situation. It just so happens that Europe is also planning to develop its business here in the near future. Let me talk to you first. Of course, you should communicate the rest by yourselves."
Cao Minyuan nodded and paused, thinking that Chen Qing on the other side definitely didn't want to get involved too much. After all, she was a person on the shore and there was no need to go into the water, so she didn't ask any more questions.
Then they talked about some seemingly trivial things, and Cao Minyuan also roughly knew what Chen Qing was thinking from the fragments of her words.
She is a very smart woman.
This cooperation with Europe will involve the three main financial sources of the underground forces. As long as they can be well connected, the Black Star Society will develop and grow in a very short period of time.
Lunch lasted half an hour.
After seeing off Cao Minyuan, Chen Qing did not leave immediately, but sat there and looked around.
Cao Minyuan didn't know what this place was, and it was certainly impossible for Chen Qing not to know.
This is the most luxurious Grand Hyatt Itaewon in Seoul. Most heads of state will stay here when they visit South Korea.
Now, this hotel is an industry of the Westeros system, along with a large area of undeveloped land next to the hotel. Next, certain renovations will be carried out here, and at the same time, the largest private estate in central Seoul will be built on the adjacent land.
The good news has been notified to my boss, but to them, this can only be considered a small matter.
Chen Qing also thought it was a trivial matter.
In comparison, SpaceX's Falcon 1 rocket recently launched successfully, and even South Korea is very noisy. Public opinion is certainly not one-sided, especially in South Korea. South Korea's economy is still in turmoil, but someone is spending money on research and development. Private rockets seem more like a willful move by a super rich man who has too much money and no place to spend it.
But what the hell.
After sitting here for a while, Chen Qing got up and rushed to a meeting in the afternoon.
Regarding the integration of Daewoo Electronics and SK.
The main topic was layoffs.
Of course, it is impossible to completely retain the electronics departments of Hyundai, Daewoo, and SK. The three companies have been compressed into one. The previous total of 140,000 employees will eventually be cut off at least half.
In addition, there are overseas investment plans.
Shifting the industrial chain to cheaper regions such as China is an inevitable trend for the Korean electronics industry.
However, semiconductors are excluded.
Speaking of this matter, even people in China have tried to test Chen Qing, but this is not something she can decide. Even her boss cannot do it casually because it involves the West's technological blockade of China. grand strategy.
Regarding semiconductors, the West’s blockade against China is not actually an absolute ban, but it requires at least two generations. That is to say, compared with the most advanced processes, China can only introduce technology that is two generations behind at most into China.
Semiconductors are inherently huge systemic industries. In related fields, no one in Europe, the United States, Japan, and South Korea can monopolize all technologies. They can only cooperate with each other to jointly build the current industrial structure. If China wants to introduce it, in the final analysis, it will also be controlled by the West. Not only that, but also coupled with the gap between two generations behind and the huge investment of billions, it is really not cost-effective.
Therefore, at least in Chen Qing's view, there is no need at all.
It would be better to buy directly.
Actually, of course Chen Qing knows that doing this will mean that China's semiconductor industry will always be stuck. However, if you want to make a breakthrough, it is not something that can be solved with determination and motivation.
China's economy is still not prosperous at the moment. For at least ten or twenty years, instead of pouring a lot of money and resources into the semiconductor industry, which is destined to not have much future for China, it is better to invest in other more urgent fields.
As for the future, we can only discuss things in the future.