Chapter 78 Mother Mountain

Chapter 78 Mother Mountain

Chapter 78 Mother Mountain

Zhao Jingsheng had difficulty walking, so he naturally couldn't see Shen Taian off personally. Therefore, the task of sending the old man away fell on An Rushong alone.

"I heard that you, Jingsheng, Chenghao and others set up a company?" Coming out of the main house, Shen Taian said to An Rushong as he walked towards the courtyard gate.

"Yes, Uncle Taian," An Rusong followed the old man half a step away and nodded in response, "We are planning to develop an online chat tool, something like ICQ."

"Is there any future for it?" Shen Taian estimated that he knew nothing about ICQ.

"It should have some prospects," An Rushong said casually, "but no one can say for sure about such things. We have to wait until the software is actually launched before we can say anything."

He would never tell the other party his real plan. This old guy was very bad. Just look at the way he treated the two Zhao brothers, and you would know that in the eyes of this old guy, those of them who worked below were not even qualified to be dogs. The kindness shown by the old guy was just a hypocritical illusion.

Shen Taian obviously didn't think much about it. He nodded, ignored An Rushong, and walked straight out.

After watching the old man's car drive away, An Rushong let out a light breath, then turned around and went back to the living room of the main house.

"What is Uncle Taian doing here?" In the living room, An Rusong sat down beside the tea table, took a pack of cigarettes from the table, and asked while fiddling with them in his hands, "Is he assigning you another task?"

Zhao Jingsheng smiled and said, "In the past two years, the Damushan Group has successively carried out many projects and applied for a lot of loans from various banks. In addition, most of its ongoing projects have been pre-sold in the form of future homes, and those who bought the houses have paid for them. Now, these unfavorable news about the group have spread, which may cause some panic, and they need to find a way to deal with it."

Well, there is no need for Zhao Jingsheng to explain in more detail. All unscrupulous businessmen are of the same character. Who can expect the Damushan Group to be more kind?
What does the crisis facing the Damusan Group have to do with the gangsters from the Southern Cave Sect? The answer is actually very simple.

In the eyes of Shen Taian and his people, the gangsters of Nanbudong faction were just doing dirty work. They arranged some people to sneak into the buyers and spread some rumors that were beneficial to the Damushan Group. If the situation deteriorated, these people could also stir up conflicts among them and create some vicious incidents of fighting and brawling. While diverting the public's attention, they could also throw dirty water on some people and make their image look like a mob.

These are just routine operations, nothing special.

After lighting a cigarette for himself, An Rusong said, "I got some news that the crisis faced by the Damushan Group this time is because Councillor Kong got into trouble and was targeted by the Supreme Prosecutor's Office?"

Zhao Jingsheng nodded and said, "This happened a long time ago."

He just said this and didn't say anything else. An Rushong felt like there was a little mouse in his heart, scratching it constantly.

"Is that all?" After waiting for more than ten seconds, seeing that Zhao Jingsheng had no intention of continuing, he took the initiative to urge, "What's going on? Tell me."

Zhao Jingsheng glanced at him and said with a smile: "Why do you care about these things? There are no good people among those officials. Besides, it has nothing to do with us."

"That's hard to say," An Rusong said first, and then said, "Brother Jingsheng, you can't say half of what you want to say. You have aroused my curiosity, but you don't want to say anything. What does this mean?"

"Okay, okay," Zhao Jingsheng said with a smile.

Now, the relationship between him and An Rushong has become very close, and he certainly doesn't mind revealing some of these after-dinner conversation topics to An Rushong.

According to Cho Kyung-seung, the struggle between South Korea's two major factions, the reformists and the conservatives, has intensified since the current president took office. Not only that, the power struggle within the conservative faction is also becoming increasingly fierce.

As a senior leader of the conservative Grand National Party, Kong Xingzhen is a good-natured guy. He has been trying to bridge the contradictions between the young and old factions within the party, like a diligent tailor.

However, although his image is quite popular among the old faction within the party, it is widely criticized and condemned among the younger generation.

Last year, Park, who was the party leader of the Grand National Party, went to participate in the campaign of Oh Si-hoon, the Seoul mayoral candidate and a member of the Grand National Party. As a result, he was attacked by an unidentified man and had 17 stitches on his face. The prosecutors were ultimately unable to find out who was responsible for this incident, but within the Grand National Party, there were rumors that the attack was directed by a party elder, and the target was obviously Yoo Hyang-ryul, the permanent advisor of the Grand National Party.

In the Grand National Party, Park is a representative of the young faction and a backbone of the conservative camp, while Yoo Hyang-ryul is the leader of the old faction. Although he also belongs to the conservative camp, his style is not so aggressive. He even agrees with some reform measures of the reformists to a certain extent.

Since the assassination of Park, the struggle within the Grand National Party has become increasingly intense. Under the instructions of Prosecutor General Zheng Xiangming, the procuratorate has been pursuing a group of people including Liu Xianglie. Kong Xingzhen, who has a close relationship with Liu Xianglie and has a more moderate stance within the party, was naturally implicated and became one of the targets.

Not only that, in his home base, Gangnam B, Kong Xingzhen is also facing challenges from outside. First, there were rumors that the reformist leader Zheng Dongyong was ready to enter Gangnam B constituency, and then there was the reformist pioneer, Jeon Hyun-hee, known as the "Gangnam Sunflower", who was concerned about the publicity of Gangnam District.
In short, Kongxing Town has had a hard time in the past six months.

This time, the Inspection Office got the news from somewhere that the Damushan Group bribed the Deputy Minister of National Defense Jin through Liu Xianglie in a national defense procurement project. At the same time, there was a long-term interest transfer relationship between the Damushan Group and Kong Xingzhen. Therefore, in this procurement project, Kong Xingzhen also exerted political pressure on Jin through his assistant Han.

The information has not yet been released to the public by the General Procuratorate, but some well-informed people have learned some inside information through specific channels.

Shinhan Financial is obviously the well-informed party, which is the most direct reason why they rejected Daemushan Group's application for loan extension. Not only did they reject Daemushan Group's application for loan extension, they even asked the other party to repay two other loans of about 200 billion won in advance.

The process Zhao Jingsheng described was downplayed and seemed uneventful, but An Rushong knew very well that the turmoil behind this matter was definitely not that simple.

In his impression, the politics of South Korea in its previous life seemed to have become increasingly complicated and cruel starting from this period.

After all, Zhao Jingsheng is not a big shot. Most of the information he knows is probably hearsay. Occasionally, he may have got some information from Shen Taian, but how credible it is is questionable.

"You, don't worry about these things." Zhao Jingsheng briefly recounted what he knew. He looked at An Rusong who looked thoughtful, shook his head and smiled, "None of those officials, congressmen, etc. are simple characters. They are all ruthless. Once you get involved with them, you can never get rid of them."

He spoke with some emotion, obviously thinking of his own situation.

An Rusong did not comment on his statement, but just said, "Uncle Taian just asked me about the company."

Zhao Jingsheng's gaze turned and fell on his face.

"I said we were just planning to develop an instant messaging software," An Rusong continued, "I didn't mention anything further."

Zhao Jingsheng nodded and said nothing more.

For the Zhao brothers now, they have been trying to keep the affairs of NGN from Shen Taian as much as possible. Because of the flower card website and Huixiu's murder, they have developed a strong sense of distrust with Shen Taian. They are worried that if Shen Taian learns about the development prospects of NGN, he may intervene again.

"Also, please convey my gratitude to Shang Xi. The Russians he helped us find are very capable," An Rusong continued. "In the past few days, the writing of the entire software has been progressing very quickly. If everything goes well, we will be able to push the test version online next Monday."

Zhao Jingsheng nodded again, but still said nothing.

An Rushong knew very well that whether it was Zhao Jingsheng or Zhao Chenghao, or even Han Meiyan who had invested some money in the project, they did not have much hope in this communication software project because they had no idea what the Internet economy was, nor what the so-called fourth industrial revolution was.

Perhaps in their eyes, this communication software is just like the Dihuo plug-in. Although it can make money, they have no idea how much they can make. This is a problem of vision, and they can't be blamed.

They didn't know, but An Rushong's heart was as clear as a mirror. Sooner or later, he would surprise everyone.

(End of this chapter)