Chapter 307 Good Cabbage
Chapter 307 Good Cabbage
As for the question raised by Quan Zhihui and An Rushong's final remarks, they point out that the relationship of bribery between the two parties is not permanent, and of course, it is not without reason.
To put it bluntly, this is a transaction of power for money. Those behind Quan Zhihui can only get the "dividends" they deserve if they provide enough convenience to An Rushong and his NGN company. If they do nothing or can't do anything, then this cooperative relationship will naturally come to an end.
On this point, An Rushong was very realistic and his words were very blunt, but then again, this is the normal relationship between a briber and a bribee. After all, power is time-limited and no one can stay in a high position for a lifetime. As the chairman of NGN, An Rushong has no obligation to provide pensions for those behind Quan Zhihui.
"President An is such a realistic person," after a moment of silence, Quan Zhihui looked at An Rusong and smiled, saying, "Although what you said is in line with the rules of the game, I believe that there are not many people who really like to hear such words."
"I like to say the ugly things first and then do things in a good way, and I don't like the other way around," An Rusong spread his hands and said with a smile, "If President Quan likes the kind of people who say good things first but do things in a bad way, well, I can give it a try."
Quan Zhihui smiled and then lowered her head to continue making her sushi. After a few seconds, she said without raising her head, "Has President An considered the details?"
When An Rushong heard the other party ask this question, he knew that his proposal had been accepted by the other party. However, when he looked at the overly young and bright woman in front of him, he doubted in his heart whether she was really someone who could make the decision?
"What's the matter?" As if feeling his gaze, Quan Zhihui raised his head from his busy work, looked at him in surprise and asked.
"Oh, nothing." An Rusong put aside his doubts, thinking that whether the other party can make a decision is their own business and has nothing to do with him. At the same time, he said, "Considering the previous systematic bribery scandal of Samsung, after President Lee Min-bo took office, the prosecution department will definitely strengthen supervision in this regard. Therefore, continuing to use the Samsung model to establish this equity pool will have more disadvantages. At least using the advanced or the original method of discounting shopping vouchers is likely to be targeted."
Quan Ji-hye nodded silently. The Samsung systematic bribery case had caused too much noise. Although the main institutions affected were the Korean judicial system, including the prosecution and the court system, the entire Korean civil service system was shaken. Considering the conservatives' position on this case, President Lee Min-bo would definitely use this as an excuse to rectify the judicial system after taking office.
After the rectification of the judicial institutions is completed, both the prosecutorial system and the court system will certainly have to set off a few fires in order to show the public that they have been "reborn from the ashes." Who can predict what the situation will be like by then?
Although such threats cannot deter the greed of people like Quan Zhihui, it is always better to do things more cleanly.
"According to the information I received, the Ministry of Finance seems to have prepared a new plan for the issuance of treasury bonds?" An Rushong did not continue the previous topic. Instead, he asked the other party a question.
"What does President An mean?" Quan Zhihui was stunned for a moment, then seemed to have thought of something, and she asked tentatively.
"Does President Quan know any information about this?" An Rushong asked.
"The Ministry of Finance does have this intention," Kwon Ji-hye nodded and said, "Chairman An must be aware of the problem of the sharp depreciation of the Korean won in the past few months."
An Rushong nodded, indicating that he knew about it.
"Affected by this, a large amount of foreign capital has flowed into China recently, especially from Japan and China," Quan Zhihui said. "We estimate that with the influx of these foreign funds, the volatility and borrowing costs of the domestic market will decrease, and increasing the issuance of government bonds at this time will hopefully partially offset the impact of the rising demand for national debt."
This guy spoke in a very professional manner, and all his words were about macro things. An Rushong could be sure that a large part of his background must come from the Ministry of Finance.
Kwon Ji-hye explained it very clearly. Her meaning probably has two aspects. One is that issuing treasury bonds while the Korean won is depreciating can help the Ministry of Finance reserve more foreign exchange to improve the government's ability to deal with risks. Second, issuing treasury bonds at this time can further attract the influx of foreign capital, thereby stimulating economic development.
An Rushong didn't quite understand what the other party said, but he heard one thing, that is, what the Ministry of Finance wanted to issue this time was not ordinary treasury bonds, but a foreign exchange stabilization bond denominated in Korean won.
"Are the bonds registered?" An Rushong asked after Quan Zhihui finished speaking.
"Some of it is anonymous," Quan Zhihui's eyes were shining, she had completely understood An Rushong's intention.
An Rushong didn't say anything else. He put out the cigarette in the ashtray, then folded his hands and looked at the other person calmly.
"We need an overseas shell company," Quan Zhihui stared at him for a while and said, "We need another." "I don't care what you do," An Rusong interrupted her and said, "You just need to give me an overseas account, and I will naturally find a way to transfer the money without leaving a trace. As for how to let this company buy bearer bonds, it is your business."
An Rusong is not short of money now. The money he is not short of includes two kinds of money. One kind is the money whose origin can be explained clearly and for which taxes have been paid legally. This kind of money is very clean and can be used without any psychological burden, and there is no fear of anyone tracking it down. The other kind is the money whose origin cannot be explained clearly and for which taxes have not been paid legally. This kind of money cannot be used before it is cleaned. Of course, even if it is cleaned, it cannot be said that there are no hidden dangers.
There is no truly clean method of money laundering in this world. The so-called money laundering is nothing more than creating troubles and obstacles for investigators through various means. As long as the investigators are patient enough, they can always find out everything.
The black money that An Rushong has in his hands now mainly comes from the income from game plug-ins. The Zhao Jingsheng brothers have a special company in the Philippines and their own overseas accounts. A large part of this black money is stuck in these overseas accounts.
If he had no shortage of money, An Rushong would not touch the black money. However, the cooperation with people like Quan Zhihui gave him the opportunity to use the money. Anyway, people like Quan Zhihui were collecting black money, so where the money came from was not a problem - at least it was not his problem.
Quan Zhihui's cooking skills are indeed good. At least in the eyes of An Rushong, who doesn't like Japanese food, this woman's skills are no different from those so-called authentic Japanese cuisine.
Of course, the most important thing is that this woman is good-looking. As the saying goes, beauty is a feast to the eyes. Sitting down to have a meal with such a woman will make you feel much better.
Unfortunately, he knew very well in his heart that this woman was definitely not from a noble or wealthy family. A real wealthy family kid would not personally come forward to discuss such matters. In other words, this woman was a "white glove" pushed forward by some powerful person, and she was there to do the "dirty work" for him.
It's such a pity that such a beautiful girl has become the "trash basket" of some pot-bellied old man. It's really a waste of talent.
It was almost nine o'clock when they left the izakaya. The moment An Rushong got in the car, he turned his head to glance at the slim figure still standing outside the main entrance of the izakaya, feeling a little sigh in his heart.
"Are we going back to Songquan Cave?" Luo Minzhi asked while starting the car in the driver's seat in front.
"Let's go," An Rushong retracted his gaze, tightened the fleece windbreaker he had just put on, and then said.
The car started moving, its headlights swept across the door of the pub, then it turned and slowly drove along the same route.
The car arrived at the downstairs of the Songquandong mansion. Luo Minzhi parked the car at the entrance of the building and got out first to open the door for An Rushong. Just as the latter was about to get out of the car, a cell phone rang.
He pulled his phone out of his pocket and checked the caller ID, which read "Dickie Attorney."
An Rushong hesitated for a moment, then got out of the car and pressed the answer button on his mobile phone.
It was indeed lawyer Dickie's voice on the other end of the phone. He first greeted An Rushong, and then began to introduce the progress of Huang Maoxun's case.
While listening to the phone, An Rushong waved to Luo Minzhi who was standing next to him, signaling him to park the car.
Luo Minzhi did not move. He usually sent An Rusong home first and then parked the car. The main reason was that Songquandong Mansion was not a single-family villa. Not to mention anything else, there were more than just theirs in the unit bought by Sun Manzhu. Therefore, Luo Minzhi would not leave without seeing An Rusong enter the house. This was the basic quality of a bodyguard.
An Rushong didn't think too much about it. While listening to the phone, he reached into his trouser pocket, took out a pack of cigarettes and handed it to Luo Minzhi.
The latter took the cigarette box, took out two cigarettes, gave one to An Rushong, put one in his own mouth, then took out a lighter and prepared to light the cigarettes for the two of them.
Just at this moment, Luo Minzhi seemed to have noticed something. He suddenly grasped the lighter he had just taken out in his palm, then took a step forward and rushed to An Rushong's side, blocking him behind him.
(End of this chapter)