Chapter 297 SK
Chapter 297 SK
After taking a closer look at the other person, An Rusong hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded and said, "No problem, tomorrow night."
Li Fuzhen's smile deepened. She raised her hand, made a phone call gesture, and said, "Let's call each other later?"
"Contact by phone," An Rushong said with a smile.
In his eyes, Li Fuzhen was not an outstanding beauty, at best she was above average. However, her status and unique temperament were a big plus, making this woman a top beauty in the eyes of most men.
An Rushong definitely didn't mind having a little flirtation with such a woman, but that was not the reason why he accepted the other party's invitation. After all, he was very wary of Li Fuzhen.
At this time, Yu Yuanlong was only a dozen steps away from the two of them. He had finalized the meeting with An Rushong. Li Fuzhen did not bother him anymore. Instead, she waved at Yu Yuanlong from a distance and then turned around and left.
"Brother Rusong," Yu Yuanlong walked up to An Rusong and bowed to him first. Then he glanced at Li Fuzhen's back and whispered, "Miss Fuzhen has been in trouble recently, and Mr. Bai has been deliberately keeping a distance from her."
"Oh?" An Rushong turned around, casually stretched out his hand, held Yu Yuanlong's arm, and walked towards the main entrance of the villa with him.
Bai Jinjun's attitude towards An Rusong can be seen from Yu Yuanlong's performance. This young man is Bai Jinjun's work secretary and is always with Bai Jinjun. He may not be very sensitive to other things, but when it comes to Bai Jinjun's attitude towards someone, he must be very clear.
Listen to what Yu Yuanlong calls An Rusong? Not Chairman An, nor Mr. An, but the more intimate "Brother Rusong". This shows that even in private, Bai Jinjun has shown enough attention to An Rusong, and his attitude will naturally affect Yu Yuanlong.
The call of "Brother Rushong" showed that Yu Yuanlong was very happy to have a closer relationship with An Rushong, and what he said regarding Li Fuzhen was also a means of bringing the two closer together.
"Samsung Chairman Lee seems to be in very bad health," Yu Yuanlong looked around, and then walked side by side with An Rusong, whispering, "Many people say that he may not be able to hold on for a few more years, and the person who will succeed him has been confirmed to be President Lee Jae-young."
As he said this, a middle-aged man and woman walked over, apparently preparing to leave. After seeing Yu Yuanlong, they bowed to him and greeted him with a smile. Yu Yuanlong also smiled and bowed back. After the other party walked away, he continued, "The conflict between Miss Fuzhen and President Li Zairong is already known to everyone. If nothing unexpected happens, the first thing President Li Zairong will do after taking over Samsung's affairs is to get rid of Miss Fuzhen. Therefore, in order to avoid causing President Li Zairong's displeasure, even Mr. Bai is avoiding contact with Miss Fuzhen."
"Miss Fuzhen?" An Rushong only then realized that Yu Yuanlong's way of addressing Li Fuzhen was a bit strange. What Miss Fuzhen? She's obviously a divorced young woman, okay?
However, what he should be focusing on at this time is obviously not this point, but a key point involved in Yu Yuanlong's words - Samsung Chairman Lee's health is not good? Many people think that he can't hold on for a few more years?
Of course, An Rushong also knew about the rumors that Samsung Chairman Lee was in poor health, but because the matter had nothing to do with him before, he had never thought about it carefully. But now, if he thinks about it together with his memories of his past life, this rumor is obviously untrue. In An Rushong's memories of his previous life, this old guy lived to be nearly eighty years old. When he was 74 years old, he was involved in gossip about hiring prostitutes. How could he not last more than a few years?
In the entire Samsung Lee family, although Chairman Lee did not pass the inheritance rights to his eldest daughter, his love for Lee Fu-jin is well known, otherwise the latter would not have the ambition to compete for the family inheritance rights.
From this perspective, as long as Samsung Chairman Lee is not dead, Crown Prince Lee Jae-young is unlikely to attack his own sister. At least, he will not dare to do anything too extreme.
Therefore, it was actually unnecessary to avoid Li Fuzhen like the plague because of Li Zairong's thoughts, at least that's what An Rushong thought.
"Mr. Bai is cautious," An Rusong said, nodding his head, "The internal affairs of the Samsung Lee family are complicated and can easily attract the attention of the world, so it is safest to keep a distance from them."
"Who says it's not?" Yu Yuanlong agreed.
An Rushong smiled and said nothing more.
It is true that Yu Yuanlong is Bai Jinjun's work secretary, but he probably still lacks sufficient understanding of real high-level affairs.
In An Rusong's opinion, Lee Min-bo, or more precisely, the Grand National Party, must have a close relationship with Samsung. Although Lee Min-bo himself seems to be calling for the destruction of Samsung, his relationship with Samsung Chairman Lee behind the scenes is probably quite close. That's right, Samsung's former attorney Kim Yong-cheol previously exposed the Samsung Group's organized and planned large-scale bribery of senior officials in the government, parliament, and even the judiciary. Most of the people involved were progressives, while the conservatives seized on this incident to launch rounds of attacks on President Roh's team.
But in An Rushong's view, this incident is more like a double yellow drama created by conservatives and Samsung. Both parties are performing hard, and the ones who are really kept in the dark are just those stupid and ignorant ordinary people.
Of course, this does not mean that the progressives have been slandered, nor does it mean that President Roh and his people are really so honest. As mentioned before, there are no honest people in the political arena of the Republic of Korea. Everyone is just a matter of changing the emperor and his ministers, and whoever is in office will get richer.
Therefore, if nothing unexpected happens, after Lee Min-bok officially takes office as president and basically consolidates his position, he will definitely start further cooperation with big chaebols including Samsung. After all, even the progressives who claim to restrict the chaebols have been cooperating with them. Then how could the conservatives who represent the interests of the chaebols distance themselves from them?
Walking into the villa side by side with Yu Yuanlong, An Rushong saw many people standing or sitting in the spacious living room on the first floor. It was estimated that these people were waiting to meet Bai Jinjun. A few of them looked vaguely familiar, but An Rushong took a quick glance and did not recognize them.
He did not wait in the lobby on the first floor, but, under the guidance of Yu Yuanlong, took the main elevator directly to the top floor. According to Yu Yuanlong, Mr. Bai had specifically instructed that after he arrived, he would be taken directly to the study on the top floor.
Bai Jinjun's study was in a room on the east side of the top floor. When Yu Yuanlong brought An Rushong to the door of the study, the door was opened from the inside. A middle-aged woman with short hair and a smart and capable look walked out with a smile on her face. Behind her was Bai Jinjun in a suit.
"Rusong is here," Bai Jinjun said with a smile when he saw An Rusong standing at the door, "Come, let me introduce him to you."
As he spoke, he pointed to the middle-aged woman in front of him and said, "This is Kim Ya-dam, director of SK C&C's Strategic Research Office."
"There's no need to introduce this person," he said before the middle-aged woman smiled and said, "The chairman of NGN, Mr. An Rusong, right? Although this is the first time we meet, I'm very familiar with Chairman An. In the past few months, every time I met with Chairman Cui, I would hear him mention Chairman An."
As she said this, she had already stretched out her hand towards An Rushong.
"You're too kind," An Rushong bowed slightly and shook hands with the other party.
He naturally knew what SK C&C was. This guy was a behemoth. It was one of the important tools used by the Choi family to control the entire SK Group. Although the name of this company was inconspicuous, it held more than 30% of the shares of the entire SK Group.
The "Chairman Choi" mentioned by Kim Yadan is undoubtedly Choi Tae-won, the current chairman of SK Group. Four years ago, this guy was almost sent to prison by President Roh. Finally, after paying a huge price, he was able to avoid jail and was sentenced to serve his sentence outside prison.
Because his prison term has not yet ended, Choi Tae-won cannot directly manage SK Group and can only command from behind. It is precisely because of this that the development of SK Group has almost stagnated in the past three years, especially the overseas expansion of SK Telecom, which stopped almost overnight.
Now, the progressive President Roh has lost the presidency, and Lee Min-bok has become the new president. If nothing unexpected happens, Choi Tae-won will also receive a pardon from President Lee Min-bok and regain his freedom completely.
"It's not a compliment, but a sincere word," Jin Yadan said. "I know Chairman Ahn is promoting the localization strategy of NGN software, and I also know that NGN is developing very fast. Coincidentally, SK Telecom is also promoting the implementation of its overseas expansion strategy. I think there should be the possibility of cooperation between SK and NGN in the future."
An Rusong didn't know whether the other party was being polite or testing the waters, so he reservedly gave a neutral answer: "I also hope to have the opportunity to cooperate with a powerful, large-scale enterprise like SK."
(End of this chapter)