Hong Kong: Rise of the Kings

Du Yongxiao looked at the female boss in surprise, and just as he was about to refuse, a voice said, "Then can I come along?"

Damn!

There are groups for this kind of thing?

Du Yongxiao turned his head and saw a man with glasses in his thirties. He was very thin and wore glasses. He exuded a strong Japanese atmosphere, but his accent was that of a real Korean.

The female boss pouted with dissatisfaction. She had deliberately seduced Du Yongxiao because he was handsome, but she didn't expect to seduce a man with glasses.

"Okay, you three, follow me!" The female boss took them to the inner room without caring whether Du Yongxiao was willing or not.

Du Yongxiao wanted to refuse, but when he saw the man with glasses, he suddenly seemed to think of something. The other party was too familiar, and he really looked like the same person.

In order to verify his guess, Du Yongxiao told Jiang Ling'er that he would be back soon.

Jiang Ling'er was looking through those videotapes. She had no idea that this kind of video rental store had a secret space with some secret videos hidden. She nodded, "I'll wait for you here!"

Du Yongxiao nodded and looked around. Many men were pretending to watch videotapes at the moment, but many were secretly looking at Jiang Ling'er. There was no way, because Jiang Ling'er was so beautiful and sexy.

Du Yongxiao was not jealous, but felt honored.

The female boss led the three people into the inner room. Du Yongxiao followed behind and smelled the strong perfume emanating from the female boss.

This perfume was not cheap, but a brand name. It seemed that the female boss usually did not dress up.

Du Yongxiao observed the wretched man and the man with glasses.

The wretched man followed the boss's wife closely, staring at the other's big butt and sniffing hard to smell the perfume.

The man with glasses looked serious. He didn't look like he was going to do something dirty, but rather like he was participating in some international competition.

The room inside was not too big, but very clean, like a place for the female boss to rest.

After entering, the female boss skillfully opened the cabinet and took out a stack of colorful American life films.

The cover of the videotape was very hot and exciting.

The wretched man couldn't wait to look through the videotapes.

In this era, the pornographic culture in Japan had not yet risen, and "Aji in the Laundry Shop" had not swept Japan. Many Japanese people did not know how profitable this kind of small photography was, because the ones circulated were basically European and American series.

The man with glasses looked at the videotapes but frowned and said, "I don't want to watch these."

The female boss was already unhappy with him, so she said, "You watch these, which ones do you want to watch?"

The man with glasses: "Didn't you say American life movies? I want to watch those life movies with American cars."

The female boss was stunned for a moment, then chuckled: "So you like to watch the kind of things done in cars, take your time, get used to the normal ones first, and I'll get you some exciting ones when I have time!"

"No, you don't understand what I mean!" The man with glasses explained, "I want to study American cars. I have basically watched all the American movies that have been released, so I want to find a videotape to watch!"

When this sentence came out, not only the female boss was stunned, but even Du Yongxiao was stunned, looking at the man with glasses in surprise.

The man with glasses looked serious and didn't seem to be lying.

The wretched man who was flipping through the videotapes sneered: "Hey, what on earth do you do? You actually come here to find American movies? And the kind with cars-——"

The man with glasses opened his mouth to explain, and finally spread his hands and said, "Forget it, you continue!" After saying that, he turned and left.

The female boss didn't care about that and was about to ask Du Yongxiao to watch it together.

Du Yongxiao turned around and caught up with the man with glasses and said, "Friend, please stay!"

"What's the matter?" The man with glasses turned around, adjusted his glasses, and looked at Du Yongxiao vigilantly.

"Oh, let's talk about some things outside." Du Yongxiao made an invitation gesture.

The man with glasses looked at Du Yongxiao seriously and felt that he didn't look like a bad person, so he nodded and said, "Okay."

Du Yongxiao invited Jiang Ling'er to join him and found a coffee shop nearby.

Because there are US troops stationed in South Korea, coffee shops are very popular.

In addition, Asians in this era generally worship foreigners, especially Koreans who are controlled by the US military. The worship of the strong has also changed their lifestyles. Many Koreans have begun to like drinking coffee and eating bread. Coffee takeout is even more popular in this era.

The coffee shop is very warm.

The boss is very good at doing business and knows to install heating so that he can attract more customers in the cold winter.

Du Yongxiao took off his heavy coat and Jiang Ling'er helped him hold it.

The man with glasses looked at Du Yongxiao with envy. Anyone who has a beauty like Jiang Ling'er around him would be envious.

The men who were drinking coffee nearby couldn't help but glance over here, their eyes full of obsession with Jiang Ling'er's beauty.

"Now my last name is Du, Du Yongxiao! From Hong Kong!" Du Yongxiao took out his business card from his arms and handed it to the man with glasses with a smile.

The man with glasses didn't care at first, but after taking Du Yongxiao's business card and glancing at it, his face suddenly changed. He looked at the business card and then at Du Yongxiao, as if confirming something.

Du Yongxiao looked at the other party: "If I guess correctly, you should be an executive of Hyundai Group, right?"

The man with glasses was startled: "Do you know me?"

Du Yongxiao smiled slightly: "You should know that I have been very close to Hyundai Group recently--"

Du Yongxiao only said this sentence and stopped talking.

The man with glasses looked at Du Yongxiao with complicated eyes, carefully put the business card into his arms, took a sip of coffee, and seemed to be thinking about something.

After a moment, he put down the coffee and looked up at Du Yongxiao: "Mr. Du, I am very happy to meet you. Yes, I work for Hyundai Group. My name is Li Mingbai!"

Du Yongxiao was determined and looked at the future leader of South Korea, a senior executive of Hyundai Group.

There was a saying in Dongda University, "Follow people, follow Quan Douguang, recruit people, find Li Mingbai, make friends with people, and marry people, marry Yin Xiyue!"

To be more straightforward, following Quan Xiaojiang can eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks. If you follow him to rebel, he will share the money with you if you succeed. Even the monthly salary of those centrists is directly paid for a year. He extorted 1 billion from the chaebol, 800 million to Park Chung-hee's family, 100 million to his subordinates, and only 100 million for himself.

It can be said that Quan Douguang is definitely a good brother like Liangshan heroes.

Not to mention General Moon, his story with the old man who jumped into the sea is almost a legend. The two of them are so loyal and affectionate that they can write a book.

And the slightly brainless General Yoon, who launched a doomed military operation for his wife and became an international laughing stock, but his love for his wife was earth-shaking.

As for the General Lee who was rated as "eagle-eyed and wolf-looking". His road to fame is even more legendary, because he is the most famous "working emperor" in South Korea so far.

Lee Mingbai was born in Osaka, Japan in 1941. In 1945, Japan announced its unconditional surrender and the Korean Peninsula was liberated. Lee Mingbai returned to his motherland with his parents. His father worked on a ranch and his mother started a fruit business, but poverty followed him all the time. At that time, Lee Mingbai, the fifth child, almost gave up high school enrollment in order to support his second brother who was admitted to the Seoul University Business School. At that time, Lee Myung-pak met a mentor. In order to realize his dream of continuing to go to school, he promised his mother that he would not ask for a penny of tuition from his family, and his mother allowed it. He barely paid the tuition with the money he earned from collecting garbage every morning, and finally entered the night school of "Dongye Commercial High School" with the first place and ranked first for three consecutive years, and obtained a high school diploma.

After graduating from high school, Lee Myung-pak continued to pick up waste to earn tuition and studied hard. He used the reference books he bought cheaply at the Cheonggyecheon second-hand bookstore in Seoul to review and was admitted to the College of Business at Korea University. In his third year of college, he was elected as the president of the Business School Student Union. He was arrested by the authorities for initiating a student movement to oppose the unequal "Korea-Japan Friendship Agreement" and served six months in Seoul Seodaemun Prison.

In 1965, after Lee Myung-pak graduated from university, many companies turned him away because he had a "criminal record". Lee Myung-pak wrote a letter to then-President Park Chung-hee to protest the government's unreasonable employment policy. After going through twists and turns, he entered the small and medium-sized enterprise "Hyundai Construction Company" for employment. His innate diligence and the courage to ask questions made him promoted to team leader within two years of joining the company, and promoted to director at the age of 29. In 1977, Lee Mingbai, who was only 36 years old, was promoted to president of the company.

Since then, he has served as the leader of 10 subsidiaries of Hyundai Group for more than 20 years.

While his career was on the rise, he also accumulated a lot of private property. According to the current standard market price of assets, it exceeds 33 billion won (about 270 million yuan), making him the richest "entrepreneur".

The brilliant experience made Lee Mingbai a legend in the Korean business community, known as the "myth of the salaryman" and a veritable "working emperor".

Later, Lee Mingbai entered politics in 1992 and began to slowly march into the throne of the Blue House until he defeated his opponents after 2000 and ascended to the throne, becoming one of the few poor leaders in South Korea.

"Excuse me, what position is Mr. Lee in the Hyundai Group now?" Du Yongxiao asked curiously.

Li Mingbai was stunned for a moment, his expression was a little unnatural, "Ahem, that, I just resigned now."

"Huh?" Du Yongxiao was stunned, and looked at Li Mingbai intriguingly, "How could this happen?"

In his impression, this General Li had a very comfortable life in Hyundai Group, and even sat in the position of president, which also paved the way for his future political career.

"Because of some reasons, um--" Li Mingbai concealed and picked up the coffee.

Du Yongxiao suddenly seemed to remember something, "It can't be because of Mr. Zheng Tai, right?"

Li Mingbai was stunned and looked at Du Yongxiao: "How do you know?"

Du Yongxiao smiled.

It turned out to be a butterfly effect.

If I hadn't come to Korea, hadn't met Mr. Zheng, and hadn't forced Chung Ju-yung to agree to build a car production line in Korea, maybe the person in front of me would still be living a comfortable life.

Unfortunately, because of Du Yongxiao's arrival, the original historical trajectory was broken.

Because Zheng Tai made a big mistake, the original company was taken back by Hyundai Group.

But the third son is surnamed Zheng after all, and he is the descendant of Chung Ju-yung, so he must be reassigned a new position.

Looking at the entire Hyundai Group, the only position suitable for him is Li Mingbai's position.

In this way, Li Mingbai, who had just taken the throne of president, was driven out and replaced by Zheng Tai.

For the arrogant Li Mingbai, how could he bear this? He had served Hyundai Group for so many years, but he was replaced at any time, and the person who replaced him was a useless dandy.

So Li Mingbai resigned in anger, trying to save some face.

But Chung Ju-yung, who was angry, would never consider the "feelings" of a subordinate and approved it directly!

In Zheng Zhouyong's view, Li Mingbai is a talent, but he is too sharp. This kind of person needs to be beaten hard, and this is the opportunity.

Li Mingbai is very smart and understands that he has become a test subject and the other party is waiting for him to give in.

If nothing unexpected happens, Li Mingbai will go back to work in the company after a period of rest. After all, this is the country he has built and he cannot give up easily. But he did not expect to meet Du Yongxiao here tonight.

Li Mingbai has long heard about the "grievances" between Du Yongxiao and Zheng Zhouyong, or the Hyundai Group.

He knew more clearly that if Du Yongxiao had not dealt with the third son of Zheng, a chain reaction would not have started and he would have become an outcast.

He really loved and hated Du Yongxiao.

But he also knows that Do Yongxiao is not simple. He acquired Daehan Bank and is eyeing Samsung Electronics and Hyundai Motors. Such a strongman is like a nine-five-year-old king wherever he is placed.

Li Mingbai admired strong men very much, so he did not dare to underestimate Du Yongxiao at all. On the contrary, he still had a vague respect or fear.

"I'm very sorry. Although I don't know the specific reason, maybe your resignation has something to do with me!" Du Yongxiao knocked on the table and looked at Li Mingbai and said. "In addition, I admire you very much. Your work in Hyundai Group is very good. Since you are leaving now, why not let me compensate you -"

"Uh, what do you mean?"

Du Yongxiao smiled slightly: "What I mean is that I invite you to join our Du Group and serve as the leader of the automobile production line here. What do you think? Think about it?"

"Ah?" Li Mingbai looked at Du Yongxiao and was shocked.

Du Yongxiao looked at the other party's reaction and was very satisfied.

It would be strange not to be surprised to be recruited by a strong man like himself.

In fact, Du Yongxiao has considered it very clearly. Whether it is Liu He or Soros, he will eventually leave South Korea. Who will take care of the Korean car companies and Samsung Electronics?

Du Yongxiao originally planned to train Jin Xuan'er, but now it seems that this girl is not the material.

To run this kind of thing, you still need capable people to do it, and Li Mingbai is the best candidate.

Just imagine, how can a person who can be hailed as the "myth of the salaryman" and the "Korean working emperor" be a weak person?

Seeing that Li Mingbai was still hesitating——

Du Yongxiao smiled and said: "Of course, you can refuse! To be precise, I think you are a talent and I admire you very much! If you can join the Du Group, then maybe you will be the first leader of our group stationed in South Korea in the future, regardless of Whether it is a car company or other companies, such as semiconductors, hotels, department stores, chemical factories, etc., they all need outstanding people like you to be responsible -"

Du Yongxiao spoke calmly, but directly revealed the Du Group's layout and ambitions in South Korea.

Li Mingbai's heartbeat quickened and his eyes glowed.

Doesn't what Du Yongxiao said mean that he, Li Mingbai, is likely to be the general manager of the Du Group stationed in South Korea in the future?

In ancient times, they were princes, generals, and ministers who were entrusted with lands and kings!

Like him, even if he works in Hyundai Group for a lifetime, he will only be a president at most. But if he joins Du Yongxiao, then -

After all, Du Yongxiao is Chinese and he wants to go back. Doesn't the Du Group have the final say here? No one is holding you back!

"Mr. Du, what you just said...are you serious?" Li Mingbai asked tentatively.

Du Yongxiao smiled, took a sip of coffee, and looked at Li Mingbai seriously: "Of course it's true, if you want, you can go to work tomorrow! You will accompany me to formally negotiate with Hyundai Group! By then, you can let everyone Everyone who looks down on you knows how awesome you are!"

Li Mingbai was extremely excited!

He has always dreamed of having such a scene!

Now--

It can actually come true!

Thinking of this, Li Mingbo did not hesitate, stood up and bowed to Du Yongxiao: "Thank you, Mr. Du!"