Chapter 107 Condolences
Chapter 107 Condolences
Ask questions!
In a cannibalistic world, what kind of people can live a more comfortable life?
The answer, of course, is cannibalism.
An Rushong believed that Han Miyeon should have been a kind woman at first. It is said that appearance reflects the heart. If a person has been vicious since childhood, it would not be easy for her to have the intellectual temperament that she has.
Perhaps she is just a vain woman who wants to transform herself from an ordinary person to a noble lady by marrying into a wealthy family.
But reality taught her a vivid lesson, and the bloody lesson told her that even if she married into a wealthy family, she would not necessarily become a noble lady. She only had the appearance of a noble lady, but inside she was still an inferior person despised by her own family.
So, the darkening happened at some unexpected moment.
An Rushong did not mean to despise Han Meiyan, nor did he think that this woman was so vicious. Anyway, he only liked her appearance, not her heart.
What's more, he also hated Liu Taihe. Although it had been a while since Huixiu's incident, his desire to kill Liu Taihe had never faded.
Now, he also sees the opportunity.
Thinking of Liu Taihe, An Rusong couldn't help but grit his teeth. He exhaled lightly and said, "That guy Liu Taihe is mine."
Han Meiyan glanced at him seductively, then turned around on his thighs and lay face down on him.
"beep beep"
The phone, which had just been quiet for less than half a minute, started ringing again.
An Rushong took a breath, reached out to hang up the phone for Han Meiyan, then stretched out his arm and took the handheld camera on the coffee table.
Han Mi-yeon's prediction was not wrong. After Yoo Tae-min died in a car accident, there was indeed public opinion on the Internet that directed suspicion to Councillor Kong. Various revelations that were unclear whether true or false came one after another, and each one was self-consistent.
As a reborn person, An Rushong could smell the scent of water army hype from this large amount of revelations. This should not be manipulated by Han Mi Yan, but by the political opponents of Councillor Kong.
Liu Taimin's death has always brought adverse effects to the Damusan Group.
In fact, as early as after the "12093 Ministry of National Defense Procurement Bribery Case" was exposed, the stock price of Damusan Group suffered a wave of heavy losses. In recent times, as the actual controller of the group, Liu Taimin should have done a lot of things behind the scenes, which prevented the group's stock price from falling to the bottom.
However, as Liu Taimin publicly apologized to the public for the "12093 Ministry of National Defense Procurement Bribery Case" and his eldest son Liu Taiming was taken away by prosecutors for investigation, the stock price of Damushan Group plummeted again.
Now, Liu Taimin, the controller of the group, died suddenly without even having time to make a will. Both shareholders and small and medium-sized shareholders have obviously lost confidence in the future of the group, which has also led to a continuous decline in the group's stock price in the following two days. It is said that some investment institutions have downgraded the stock of Damusan Group to non-investment grade.
An Rushong suspected that as the share price of Damushan Group continued to plummet, Han Meiyan, who had a large amount of cash in her hands, might have already bought shares of the group, but if she did so, it would actually be very risky.
The Damushan Group is facing a lot of troubles now. Even if we don't consider the political factors or the crisis of broken capital chain in real estate projects, the sudden death of Liu Taimin alone is a major crisis for the Liu family.
Why do you say that?
The reason is simple, inheritance tax!
If Liu Taimin had not died suddenly, he would have had plenty of time to adjust the group's assets, whether it was setting up a family fund to hold shares on behalf of the group, or dispersing the equity so that the future heirs of the Liu family could firmly control the group's controlling rights. Both strategies would work.
But he died so suddenly that he didn't have time to arrange anything. So, whoever wanted to inherit his estate had to pay a 50% inheritance tax.
Interestingly, inheritance tax needs to be paid before inheriting the estate, which means that if you don’t pay the inheritance tax first, you can forget about getting the inheritance.
Although the Daemosan Group can only be regarded as a third-rate chaebol in South Korea, and its chairman, Yoo Tae-min, does not control all the shares of the group, his personal assets together with his equity are at least close to one trillion won.
As such, as his heir, he would have to pay hundreds of billions of won in inheritance tax to the South Korean government. Even if it was only 4 billion won in inheritance tax, it would be more than 30 billion yuan in RMB. To be honest, even if Han Miyan made a lot of money in the stock market, she certainly couldn't afford such a large inheritance tax. So, in summary, An Rusong estimated that Han Miyan's real purpose was probably not to inherit the entire Damusan Group. She probably just wanted to dismember the group and take as much cash as possible to become the super rich woman she dreamed of.
Although he had probably seen through Han Meiyan's purpose, An Rushong didn't think about doing anything about it. As he said, he had no ill feelings towards Han Meiyan, but at the same time, he had no good feelings towards the Damushan Group. Compared to disappointing Han Meiyan, he would rather watch the Damushan Group fall apart and watch Liu Taihe end up in a dead end.
Seoul police naturally launched an investigation into Liu Taimin's death. In fact, judging from the situation at the scene of the accident, it was clearly a case of intentional homicide - two large trucks of the same model, one blocking the road in front and one rear-ending the other, and afterwards, the drivers of both vehicles fled.
Even if a child were to watch this kind of case, he would know that it was not an ordinary car accident.
Most importantly, in the subsequent investigation, the police confirmed that the two trucks were stolen vehicles, and on the third day after the incident, the two suspects were also identified by the police.
But unfortunately, the police acted too slowly. When they locked in the suspects, the two suspects had already left the South Korean border two days ago, flew to Hong Kong, and then left Hong Kong for Vietnam.
The case had become an unsolved case at this point in the investigation, so on October 10, the police approved the procedure for claiming the body. As Liu Taimin's second son, Liu Taihe came forward to claim his father's body and held the relevant funeral the next day.
The Liu family has an ancestral home in Xialing. In the past, Liu Taimin lived there. On the day he had the car accident, he was preparing to go from Xialing to the headquarters of Damushan Group.
In order to show respect to the old man, Liu Taihe, who was in charge of the funeral arrangements, decided to hold the funeral at the ancestral home in Xialing.
Although they are no longer in the same political camp, and can even be said to have become mutually hostile opponents, after determining the specific time of Liu Taimin's funeral, An Rusong still decided to go there to pay his respects.
Not only him, but also the Zhao Jingsheng brothers would go there. Of course, these three guys were not really going to mourn the dead. Their purpose was to see the living people in the Liu family and see when they would die.
The Liu family's ancestral home in Xialing is very large. How large is it? Xialing is adjacent to the three hills of Duncun Cave 1, all of which are family properties. The Liu family's ancestral tomb is on one of the hills.
Even though the Damushan Group was in trouble now, the funeral that Liu Taihe organized for his father was still on a grand scale. The road from Duncun Cave 1 to Xialing was blocked. There were dozens of monks chanting sutras, and the sound of the chanting could be heard from far away.
An Rushong did not come with the Zhao Jingsheng brothers. He came alone. Nowadays, he has been avoiding appearing with the Zhao brothers in public occasions like this.
Although he harbored evil thoughts towards Liu Taihe, An Rushong would not really show them. He signed his name in the condolence book properly, handed over the condolence money in an envelope, and then went to the mourning hall to burn incense for the deceased.
Afterwards, he went over and chatted with Liu Taihe and Han Meiyan, who was wearing mourning clothes, and comforted them. Then he retreated to the condolence area and found an empty seat to sit down.
Shortly after An Rushong took his seat, a group of people came in from outside. The one walking in front was Councillor Kong in a black suit. None of the middle-aged men following him were known to An Rushong.
Different from the procedure An Rushong had taken before, Councillor Kong and his entourage brought wreaths, four in total, held up by a group of young people.
They also signed the condolence book and gave the condolence money in the envelope, but they did not stay here. They just paid their respects in front of the coffin and left in a hurry.
An Rushong guessed that people like Councillor Kong were just here for show in order to refute various rumors on the Internet.
Perhaps in the eyes of ordinary people, this attempt to cover up the truth is self-deception, but in politics, this move is very necessary. Councillor Kong came to the coffin to comfort Liu Taimin, not to prove his innocence, but to express his attitude.
After Councillor Kong and his group left, An Rushong sat for a while. Just when he was about to get up and leave, there was a sudden commotion outside. The sound was so loud, as if someone had a conflict.
In An Rushong's previous life, there were always people saying on the Internet that Chinese people love to watch the fun. In fact, people all over the world are the same, they all fucking love to watch the fun.
As the noise outside grew louder, the people who were originally sitting quietly in the condolence seats began to get restless. Some stood up and looked outside, some walked out directly, and some even stood on the rows of chairs and stood on tiptoe to look outside.
Just when An Rushong was about to lose control of his temper, a group of people rushed into the mourning hall. Just by looking at their attire, An Rushong was dumbfounded.
(End of this chapter)