Persuading my father to return to China, he was forced to stay as a chaebol

Chapter 487: The mayor who is a different bedfellow [please subscribe, two-in-one]

February 2017, 2, the tenth day of the first lunar month of the Year of the Rooster.

In Gyeonggi-do, Seongnam City, Bundang-gu, Yul-dong, 500 meters north of the natural park, there is an unknown residential area covering an area of ​​more than 8,000 square meters.

This place almost became the private residence of Kim Woo-jung, the founder and chairman of Daewoo Group, the second largest company in South Korea at the time and one of the 20 largest companies in the world.

It was just because the house had not been built yet. In 1999, the Daewoo Group went bankrupt first, and then Kim Yu-jung took the money and fled abroad to seek refuge. It was not until 2005 that he returned to the country to be investigated. After several twists and turns, by 2008, this mess The tail building fell into the hands of the Chengnan City government.

It took another two years, after Li Diming was elected mayor of Chengnan City in 2010, before Chengnan City redeveloped the land.

This land is adjacent to the urban area of ​​Seongnam City in the north, the Yuldong Natural Park covering an area of ​​more than 2.6 million square meters to the south, the Seohyeon Reservoir of more than 100,000 square meters to the west, and the Sinchon History Museum and Jangpyeong Mountain to the east. , Yeongjangsan Mountain and other cultural and natural attractions, it is only 20 minutes away from Gangnam District, known as the new city center of Seoul. It can be said that it has beautiful scenery, convenient transportation, and avoids the hustle and bustle of the city.

It would be a waste to build such a good place into an ordinary community. But if it were to be built into a mansion or villa area, the area of ​​more than 8,000 square meters would seem a bit small.

Finally, Li Diming decided to build three luxury houses in this place, with the purpose of selling them to the chaebols. After all, this place was originally the private residence of the chaebols.

If he really can't sell it, he has another option, which is to change it into a luxury resort. Anyway, there are many tourist attractions around here, so he is not afraid of running out of business.

Until 2014, the mansion was built, but it was not sold, and it was converted into a resort, which also failed. The reasons for failure to sell and failure are the same: customers dislike the price being too high.

This project cost 30 billion won, and it was all lost!

Because of this incident, Li Diming almost failed to be re-elected in 2014.

It wasn't until early January this year that good news finally reached Li Diming's ears. Someone was planning to buy a house! Li Mingxi!

And the process went very smoothly. The largest and most expensive of the three luxury houses was sold, and 1.2 billion funds were recovered. It was actually sold at a low price, but selling at a low price is better than not selling at all.

Immediately afterwards, the news came out that Li Mingxi and Lin Yuner were getting engaged. Only then did Li Diming know that Li Mingxi was buying a wedding house.

Li Mingxi is planning to settle down in Chengnan City!

Ever since he learned about this, Li Diming had been thinking of finding a chance to meet Li Mingxi.

First, Li Diming wanted to see if he could sell the remaining two luxury houses to Li Mingxi and get the money back, so that the minor flaws in his career would be gone.

Secondly, he also wants to make progress. He has served as the mayor of Chengnan for almost seven years. It is time for him to retire when the new term changes next year.

But he is not willing to give in! He also wants to be promoted to be the governor of Gyeonggi Province. If there is a chance, he also wants to live in a green tile and white wall. But the prerequisite for this is that someone must support him!

So far, the support he has been able to win is too little, let alone the green tiles and white walls, even the governor of Gyeonggi Province has no support for him.

But if he can catch up with Li Mingxi, then he has a better chance of getting promoted.

Until today, he finally waited for the opportunity. Li Mingxi finally came to see his wedding room.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Li Mingxi arrived at his new home with his eldest wife, Lin Yuner, and three younger wives, Lee Soon Kyu, Ham Eun Jung, and Park Hyo Min, who were not announced today.

When their car drove into the community, they discovered the biggest feature of this place-quietness.

So quiet! Although everything in the community is neat and tidy, there is not a single soul in sight. This is really... great!

What their family is most worried about is being discovered that they are a big family. So just like when Bae Zhuhyun bought a house before, the first thing she had to pay attention to was privacy issues.

This community meets their requirements very well. It is surrounded by scenic spots. Usually, except for tourists, few people come here. And this community is a luxury community with top-level security standards. There are three households in total, and two of them are not sold. go out.

The most amazing thing is that the property in this community is owned by Xinhan Real Estate, a subsidiary of Xinhan Group, and the specific security work is handled by Korean guards, all of whom belong to Li Mingxi.

So, when they live in this place, they still have to worry about privacy issues?

Soon, they arrived home.

The dark door is not gorgeous, but solemn. Tall and straight stone lions are placed on both sides of the gate, which adds to the nobility and solemnity of the entire villa and is awe-inspiring.

These two stone lions were specially bought by Li Mingxi from China.

When you walk into the door, you will see the main building, which covers an area of ​​nearly 500 square meters, is four stories high, and has a modern and simple style. In addition, the front yard of the house also has a large lawn, a small garden, a pavilion, and a veranda on the side of the main building to connect the front and back yards.

The backyard of the villa mainly includes a large garden, a pond, and a sunroom. Li Mingxi also specially cleared a third of the land for growing vegetables in the future.

As for the main building, it is modern and luxuriously decorated, not to mention bedrooms, living rooms, kitchens, bathrooms, etc. It is enough to accommodate thirty or forty people. It is also equipped with elevators, entertainment halls, audio-visual rooms, gyms, and wine cellars. , sauna, indoor swimming pool, basically everything you need.

After walking around for a while, several women were really surprised by this luxurious mansion, but at the same time, Lin Yuner frowned slightly, as if she was a little worried.

Seeing this, Li Mingxi asked curiously: "What are you thinking about?"

Lin Yoona sat down on the big sofa in the living room, then looked around, and said worriedly: "Is this house too big? If there are fewer people living in it, wouldn't it be scary to turn off the lights at night?"

Upon hearing this, Park Xiaomin nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, it's really too big, especially on the third and fourth floors. Looking out through the window from the house, there are only mountains and water. It's like living in the wild. Anyway, I don't Dare to spend the night alone in the room."

Regarding these words, Li Soonkyu and Xian Eunjing also nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Li Mingxi smiled and said: "That's because there are few people. When the servants and bodyguards are all there, you won't feel scared."

After finishing speaking, seeing that his wives still looked suspicious, Li Mingxi had no choice but to continue: "You think, in such a big house, there must be dozens of servants and bodyguards in total, right? With so many people together, and What is there to be afraid of?

Also, the reason why you think it will be scary here at night is that firstly, this is a strange place for you, and secondly, this place also lacks popularity. After staying there for ten days and a half, you won't feel afraid anymore. "

Just as he was talking, the bodyguard came outside: "President, Li Diming wants to see you."

"Who?" Li Mingxi didn't remember who Li Diming was for a moment.

"Mayor of Chengnan City, Li Diming."

"Oh, him, let him in."

"Yes."

After Bao went out, Lin Yoona asked: "Shall we avoid it?"

After she finished speaking, before Li Mingxi could answer, Li Soonkyu said to her: "Yooner, please stay here. We can just avoid it."

Does it fit?

Lin Yun'er was still a little embarrassed, but it was obvious that Li Mingxi nodded, so she didn't say anything. Seeing this, Lee Soon Kyu took Park Hyo Min and Ham Eun Jung one by one and ran to the first floor.

"Let's go! Go watch a movie in the video room downstairs!"

Seeing this, Li Mingxi and Lin Yuner smiled at each other, and then Li Mingxi took Lin Yuner to the entrance door of the main building to greet Li Diming.

Here, Li Diming had already followed the bodyguard into the house. When he saw Li Mingxi and Lin Yuner coming out of the house and standing on the steps to greet him, he was surprised and even felt a little flattered.

Even though he is the mayor, Seongnam City is just a satellite city of Seoul. The level is really not high. Logically speaking, he is not qualified for Li Mingxi to welcome him personally.

Therefore, he felt flattered, and even wondered if Li Mingxi had a good impression of him and had the intention to invest in him. Otherwise, why would he be so... Corporal Li Xian?

Immediately, he stepped up his pace and trotted up to Li Mingxi and Li Mingxi with gifts. He bowed deeply and said, "I'd like to trouble President Li and his wife to go out to greet me. I'm really sorry for bothering you. I'm sorry. It's just a small thing. It's not allowed." Respect."

Good guy!
Li Mingxi and Lin Yuner couldn't help being surprised, because this guy was fifty-three years old this year, but he looked like he was twenty-three when he was trotting just now, and his body was so strong.

Look at this person bowing, that's called a neat move!
Moreover, he also called Lin Yuner "Madam". You must know that they are not married yet, and their engagement has not even been officially carried out.

Before this, only a few senior executives from NEXCOM Group called Lin Yuner this way, because these people were all Jianghu people and did not stick to trivial matters. The rest of the people called Lim Yoona "Miss Yoona".

Today a mayor came and called her "Madam", which made her feel happy. By the way, she also saw how thick-skinned politicians are.

After speaking, Li Diming held the gift in his hand, a wooden box the size of a briefcase, in front of Li Mingxi.

Seeing the words on the box, Li Mingxi understood what was inside. Then he picked up the box and helped Li Diming up. He smiled and said: "Mayor Li is very polite, please come in."

"President, madam please."

Afterwards, the three of them entered the room. Li Mingxi greeted Li Diming to sit down, while Lin Yuner smiled and asked, "What does Mayor Li like to drink?"

Upon hearing this, Li Diming, who had just been about to sit down, quickly stood up and said, "I don't dare to bother Madam."

Such a polite person must ask for something!

Lin Yuner smiled and shook her head: "Don't bother me, can I have tea?"

"Ok, Ok."

Lin Yuner nodded slightly, then turned around to make tea.

Here, Li Mingxi motioned to Li Diming to sit down and asked with a smile: "I wonder why Mayor Li is here?"

Li Di Ming held his eyes and said with a smile: "Zhai Ming came here mainly to thank President Li."

"Thank you? Where to start?" Li Mingxi pretended to be confused. In fact, can he not find out what is going on with the house before buying it? As for what Li Diming came for, he could guess it with his toes.

Li Diming also knew that Li Mingxi was pretending to be doubtful, and Li Mingxi also knew that Li Diming knew that he was pretending to be doubtful, but he still had to pretend.

Therefore, Li Diming had to explain: "President Li, you don't know. I was the one who strongly advocated the construction of this community. At first, I thought the scenery nearby was good and the location was good. Even if the luxury house could not be sold, it could be renovated." into a resort.

But I never expected that no one would buy the luxury house because it was too expensive, and no one would buy the resort if it was too expensive. If you hadn't financed the purchase of this house, I really don't know how to explain it. "

Hearing this, Li Mingxi smiled and waved his hand: "Mayor Li is serious. I only sold such a big house for 12 billion, and I made the profit."

Li Diming smiled bitterly and said: "Aren't you afraid that it won't sell? That's why I don't dare to ask for a high price. As long as it can be sold, I can accept even a small loss."

"Oh? Listen to this, you are here to do door-to-door sales?"

Li Mingxi pretended to be surprised, and Li Diming smiled sheepishly: "I can't hide this little trick from you. That's what I meant."

At this time, Lin Yuner came over with a cup of tea, and Li Diming quickly stood up and took it, thanking him.

Afterwards, Lin Yuner sat next to Li Mingxi and asked Li Diming curiously: "Mayor Li, how much do you plan to sell it to us?"

Hearing her question and seeing that Li Mingxi didn't mean to blame Lin Yuner for speaking carelessly, Li Diming understood Lin Yuner's status in the Li family, then smiled and answered straightforwardly: "Twenty-five billion."

Li Mingxi shook his head: "It's expensive."

Li Diming quickly said: "President Li, this piece of land is more than 8,000 square meters, and we have invested more than 30 billion in it."

"Then this community is not worth 37 billion."

"Then...how much do you plan to pay?"

Li Mingxi smiled and waved his hand: "Let's not talk about such trivial matters. Let the people below talk about it. Whether it succeeds or not, it will not affect the friendship between the two of us, right?"

friendship!

Hearing these two words, Li Diming's heart trembled, and a bright smile instantly appeared on his face: "You are right!"

Li Mingxi nodded with a smile, took a sip of tea, and then asked casually: "Is Mayor Li usually busy?"

"Alas!" Li Diming sighed: "I can't say how busy I am because I have so many chores to do, but I can't say how busy I am. I'm tired but not tired. Chengnan City is a small place after all."

"I heard someone said that you and your wife have always had a good relationship?"

???

I was just about to express my frustration at not being able to find a job that suits my talent, why did you suddenly change the subject?

Li Diming was stunned for a moment, then laughed dryly and said: "The couple lives by supporting each other."

"After decades of marriage, the relationship remains the same, which is enviable."

"President Li is so ridiculous. I think President Li and Mrs. Yoona are a match made in heaven. They will definitely grow old together."

"Of course! I wonder if Mayor Li is interested in participating in a love show with his wife?"

"ah?"()?

(End of this chapter)