Hong Kong: Rise of the Kings.

Chapter 1058 1044 [Strategy of Hancheng]

The roar of the plane——
At thirty thousand feet.

Looking out from the cabin window, the wings of the Boeing 747 aircraft were shining brightly in the sun, and in the distance there was a swamp of white fog.

This is a flight from Bangkok, Thailand to Seoul, South Korea. In the business class, the pretty stewardesses pushing various food and snack carts walked back and forth more frequently than usual. Their steps were as quiet as cats, without a sound.

Jiang Ling'er was wearing a fitted white dress, looking charming and radiant.

She never dreamed that Du Yongxiao would actually take her to South Korea and say that this was an early "reward" for her to work hard in the mainland.

Jiang Ling'er was extremely happy. Although she was reluctant to leave her precious son Tangyuan, she also knew that this trip to South Korea with Du Yongxiao was nominally for tourism, but in reality was to investigate Samsung Electronics to see if it was worth investing in.

In other words, this time she was actually on a business trip, so she had to suppress her feelings of separation and temporarily handed Xiao Tangyuan over to Jiang Muling's care, while she accompanied Du Yongxiao to Korea.

In addition to Jiang Ling'er, Du Yongxiao also brought Yan Xiong and Zhuang Dingxian on this trip as usual.

Yan Xiong is meticulous in his work, and Zhuang Dingxian is loyal. One can help Du Yongxiao with things, and the other can protect Du Yongxiao's personal safety. It can be said that they have now become Du Yongxiao's indispensable travel CP.

Jiang Ling'er gently pulled down the sun visor, feeling somewhat excited. She knew clearly that Du Yongxiao's willingness to take her to Korea this time was actually giving her a legitimate status. After all, even Du Yongxiao's nominal girlfriend Guan Jiahui didn't have this opportunity.

Thinking of Guan Jiahui, Jiang Ling'er couldn't help but feel a little jealous of this Hong Kong beauty. She was the only one who could gain Du Yongxiao's favor and public recognition. People like Huang Ying, Bai Mudan, Sakuragi Rin and others did not have such treatment.

I just don't know who is more important to Du Yongxiao, me or Guan Jiahui? Me who gave birth to his child, or Guan Jiahui who is so beautiful that she is called an enamel doll?

Thinking of this, Jiang Ling'er couldn't help but turn her head to look at Du Yongxiao, who was resting with his eyes closed in the seat next to her. Looking at his profile, she felt that he was so handsome, had huge wealth, and superior looks. Such a man might be the dream lover of all women in the world. He did not belong to any one person, nor to any woman.

What else could I be dissatisfied about if I could receive his love and have a lively and lovely child with him?
Du Yongxiao has been thinking with his eyes closed about how to take over Samsung and control LG in Korea.
The strategy for conquering Korea must be prepared in advance. Those Koreans are not fools and will not sell out the power of the group for money, so we have to think of some special methods.

In Du Yongxiao's impression, the largest shareholders of Samsung Group in the previous life were apparently Lee Byung-chul and Lee Geon-hee, father and son of the Lee family, but in fact, it was the American consortium that controlled Samsung behind the scenes.

Samsung has always been one of the companies that Koreans are most proud of. There are three things that Koreans cannot live without in their lives: death taxes and Samsung. This shows how high Samsung's status is in Korea.

However, as the core enterprise of Samsung Group in the previous life, 55% of Samsung Electronics' shares were held by foreign investors, especially American companies. This has to start with the financial crisis in 1997.

The Asian financial crisis in 1997 swept across Asia, and no country, including South Korea, was spared.

At this time, South Korea sought help from the United States, but the United States was definitely not a good bird. The United States agreed to aid South Korea, but the premise was that South Korea must open up its financial market. The most important change was that the shareholding ratio of foreign investors was increased from 50% to 100%. At this time, many Wall Street tycoons entered South Korea in a big way and acquired many shares of South Korean companies through acquisitions, mergers and acquisitions, and secondary markets. Among them, Samsung became the target of Wall Street financial tycoons such as Citi and JPMorgan Chase. They obtained a lot of shares of Samsung Group through various means.

So although the control of Samsung is still in the hands of Koreans, most of its profits are taken away by foreign investors. In this sense, it is not an exaggeration to say that Samsung works for Americans.

Rubbing his temples, Du Yongxiao felt a little tired. It seemed that extraordinary times called for extraordinary measures. If he wanted to control Samsung, in addition to taking advantage of this opportunity, he also had to create a more serious financial crisis for Samsung and other Korean companies.

It is time to invite Soros to visit South Korea. There is a lot of fat meat in the South Korean stock market, and this stock market tycoon should be happy to have his fill.

Thinking of this, Du Yongxiao also saw Jiang Ling'er with a slightly excited look out of the corner of his eye.

"Why, are you really that happy to come to Korea with me?" I wanted to say a few heartwarming words to lighten the atmosphere, but somehow the words that came out of my mouth changed their meaning and became a teasing.

Hearing Du Yongxiao say "Are you really that happy?", Jiang Ling'er raised her head sensitively and replied, "I know you didn't want to bring me here, but I was the one who pestered you. I'm sorry."

Jiang Ling'er understood men's minds very well. Her expression was gloomy when she said this, and she immediately changed from excitement to unhappiness.

Du Yongxiao coughed a few times and laughed, "Don't think too much. I was just asking casually and didn't mean to blame you. Besides, it was my decision to let you accompany me to Korea. I won't slap myself in the face, right?"

Jiang Ling'er was silent.

"Ahem, it will probably be very busy there. I can't accompany you shopping or anything. Do you mind?" Du Yongxiao quickly changed the subject and asked with a smile.

Think about it, Seoul in South Korea is a famous shopping paradise. It is even more prosperous than Hong Kong in this era. In particular, Korean cosmetics have dominated Southeast Asia at that time and are on par with Japanese cosmetics. Many Hong Kong beauties like to go to Seoul for shopping.

"Ah? How could that be!" Jiang Ling'er was stunned for a moment, then quickly shook her head: "I'm already very happy to accompany you to work in Korea, how could I dare to expect you to accompany me to play around?" As she spoke, two blushes appeared on her face.

Du Yongxiao looked at her strangely, not understanding why she was blushing.

But little did he know that Jiang Ling'er was thinking that although they couldn't go shopping together, they could live in the same room and continue to "play" on the bed at night.

Not far away, Yan Xiong and Zhuang Dingxian were sitting together.

Yan Xiong held the newspaper in his hand, but he looked up from time to time to glance at Du Yongxiao and Jiang Ling'er. Seeing the two of them "talking and laughing", he couldn't help but say to Zhuang Dingxian: "See, this Miss Jiang is really a wonderful person. I rarely see a woman who can control her godfather so well. She even brought her with her to Korea this time!"

Zhuang Dingxian looked towards Du Yongxiao and answered casually, "She is beautiful and smart. Otherwise, she can't be the Queen of Pirate Island."

"Damn, now that you mentioned that, I almost forgot that she was born a female pirate, and she is naturally wild." Yan Xiong smacked his lips and said, "There are too many gentle girls around godfather, such as Bai Mudan, Huang Ying, and that Japanese girl Ying Mulin, all of whom are of the same type. Even his official girlfriend Guan Jiahui looks like a girl next door. Only Jiang Ling'er is full of wildness, which can arouse godfather's desire to conquer her."

Seeing Yan Xiong's thorough analysis, Zhuang Dingxian couldn't help but say, "Master Yan, you know a lot about women!"

"Of course!" Yan Xiong said proudly, "Back then, I was also a famous handsome detective in Hong Kong!"

"Hehe, are you the handsome detective?" Zhuang Dingxian looked at the man with a big belly, triangular eyes, wide mouth, lion nose and handsome face in surprise, feeling that he had nothing to do with the word handsome.

Yan Xiong pinched his chin, looked at Zhuang Dingxian who was looking at him, and said firmly: "Temperament! It's mainly temperament! Back then, my temperament, Yan Xiong, was unmatched!"

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Eight o'clock in the evening.

The plane landed at Seoul International Airport in South Korea. Under the night sky, the huge airport was lit up with lights, like a dream.

In this era, the Korean city of Seoul had not yet been renamed "Seoul", and even many traditional Chinese characters could be seen everywhere in the airport. Unlike in the future, in order to eliminate the influence of Chinese culture on Korea, many Chinese characters were replaced by tadpole-like Korean.

It was originally a good thing for the awakening of national autonomy, but because Korean is a phonetic language, many misunderstandings have occurred in South Korea.

What is a phonetic script? Just like our Chinese Pinyin, there is only the pronunciation, but no specific meaning. For example, "tong-shi" can mean "coworkers, at the same time, loss, eating together", etc. Hangul is also similar to Chinese Pinyin. For example, "长", "葬", and "场" are pronounced the same way in Korean, so "会张", "会葬", and "会場" are all homophones. "会张来会場会葬 (funeral)" is ridiculous. The specific meaning of many words can only be understood in the context.

In 2009, a hilarious accident occurred on the Gyeongbu High-Speed ​​Railway under construction in South Korea due to unclear word meanings.

During an inspection of the construction site, the Korea Railway Construction Group discovered that more than 15 sleepers on the -kilometer stretch from Daegu to Gyeongju were cracked. This was a big deal, and the investigation found that the problem was all caused by a small screw connecting the rails to the sleepers.

It turned out that the company that produced the screws at the time had a misunderstanding of the production requirements, misinterpreting the Korean word "waterproof" as "water-removing", and therefore used water-absorbing materials. In addition, the on-site supervisor neglected to inspect, which ultimately led to the accident. The cracked sleepers had to be replaced, causing considerable losses to the Korean high-speed rail.

However, for the upper-class society in South Korea, many aristocrats and chaebol families have been training their children to learn Chinese characters since childhood, and everyone in the most powerful prosecutorial agency in South Korea must also be proficient in Chinese. It can be said that the abolition of Chinese characters in South Korea is only aimed at ordinary people, and Chinese characters directly separate the two classes in South Korea.

Looking at so many traditional Chinese characters in the airport at this moment, Du Yongxiao felt as if he was in Hong Kong. He knew where the airport exit was without asking specifically and left the airport smoothly.

When visiting South Korea this time, Du Yongxiao greeted Samsung's crown prince Lee Jianxi in advance.

So as soon as they got off the plane, Li Jianxi personally brought his family to greet them outside the airport.

Li Jianxi is also a scheming person. This time he did not invite anyone from the Samsung Group to accompany him to welcome Du Yongxiao, but simply brought his family here. His attitude was that of a gathering of relatives and friends, low-key but with deep feelings.

Of course Du Yongxiao understood Li Jianxi's intentions. If he let people from Samsung Group get involved at this time, Li Jianxi would lose the opportunity to develop "relationships" with Du Yongxiao alone.

It is November now, but there has already been sporadic snow in Seoul.

Li Jianxi, wearing a thick windbreaker and a top hat, waited by the private car with his wife Luo Hongxi and daughter Li Fuzhen, waiting for Du Yongxiao and others to come out of the airport.

Behind them, there were two cars parked. They were luxury cars they had specially prepared for Du Yongxiao and his friends.

Both cars are Rolls-Royces, black in color, low-key, elegant and classy.

The weather was a bit cold, and Luo Hongxi held his daughter's little hand lovingly, blowing on her to warm her hands from time to time.

"They're coming out."

Li Jianxi suddenly pointed ahead and spoke to his wife and daughter.

The two looked and saw Du Yongxiao and his group walking out with their luggage.

The weather was too cold and Du Yongxiao and his friends were wearing thin clothes.

For this purpose, Du Yongxiao took off his coat and put it on Jiang Ling'er.

Yan Xiong rubbed his nose and sneezed.

Zhuang Dingxian is young and strong, and is not afraid of the cold.

Li Jianxi waved to Du Yongxiao and shouted loudly: "Mr. Du, this way! Welcome to Seoul!" Then he hurriedly brought his wife and daughter to greet him.

Du Yongxiao saw him and waved at them.

The two sides soon collided.

Du Yongxiao and Li Jianxi first shook hands and then hugged each other warmly. To outsiders, they seemed like a pair of old friends who had known each other for many years. However, who would have known that they had just met in Bangkok, Thailand not long ago.

We are all acquaintances, so there is no need to introduce ourselves again.

Li Jianxi rubbed his hands and said, "I'm sorry, this is the weather in Seoul! It starts to get cold in November, and the first snow fell early this year! I should have told you in advance so that you could be prepared and not wear so little."

"It's okay." Du Yongxiao said this, but still couldn't help cursing the damn weather.

He had been in Hong Kong for a long time and got used to the mild climate there, so he couldn't stand the extreme cold.

"Okay, let's stop talking. It's cold. Get in the car quickly! I'll take you to where you're staying." Li Jianxi invited Du Yongxiao.

Du Yongxiao took Jiang Ling'er's arm and got into the Rolls-Royce.

Yan Xiong and Zhuang Dingxian took another car.

Li Jianxi is a thoughtful person. He turned on the heater in the car, making people feel very comfortable as soon as they get in.

The three cars drove along Seoul Airport Avenue and soon got onto the Seoul Bridge. On the other side of the bridge, the brightly lit Seoul was hazy in the fine snow, giving people a sense of tranquil beauty.

Li Jianxi originally wanted to arrange Du Yongxiao and others to live in his own home, but he has not moved out yet and still lives in the same big villa with his father Li Bingzhe and others.

A family should live together. This is what Samsung founder Lee Byung-chul often said to his children, proving that he has a strong sense of family.

So Li Jianxi had to arrange Du Yongxiao and others to stay in the largest five-star hotel in Seoul - the Seoul Hotel.

(End of this chapter)