Chapter 348 Double Act

Chapter 348 Double Act

Chapter 348 Double Act
Li Minbo smiled and did not answer the question. He took a few bites of food with chopsticks, then turned to An Rusong and said, "Did you release the report about Li Yuanjun on NGN?"

The news pop-up window of NGN software has its own underlying logic for screening hot news and pushing it to the list. In other words, what kind of news and which news is hot news can be pushed to the list are all screened out and pushed to the list by the algorithm logic of NGN software. The whole process is not controlled by humans - of course, this is what NGN company said to the outside world, and it is also the unified statement of all similar websites and software today. As for what exactly this algorithm logic is and whether the news push process is really not affected by human factors, people who know the business and those who don’t know the business know it well.

Li Minbo has always been paying close attention to the development of NGN, and he certainly knows what the news pop-ups on NGN are all about.

"Yes," An Rushong nodded and said.

Li Minbo smiled and asked, "Why did you think of targeting him?" He gestured with the hand holding the chopsticks, "There shouldn't be any intersection between you and Li Yuanjun, right?"

An Rushong glanced at Bai Jinjun opposite him. From the question raised by Li Minbo, it can be seen that when Bai Jinjun told An Rushong about the conflict between Li Minbo and KBS TV station, the former was not aware of it, otherwise he would not have raised such a question.

"It's just a coincidence," An Rushong did not hide it. He briefly recounted the incident of Jin Kangmin beating Li Shiying, and also talked about the role played by Li Yuanjun in it.

"It's not that I have a strong sense of justice and want to fight for justice," he said with a smile after briefly describing the incident. "It's mainly because a friend of mine has been working on an Internet-based film and television broadcasting platform project for some time. The main function of this project is to provide users with online on-demand services for film and television dramas and variety shows on the Internet. Due to the limitations of the platform's operating mechanism, my friend must obtain the online copyrights of film and television dramas and variety shows from various film and television companies and TV stations, including KBS TV station."

At this point, he paused, took a sip of water from the glass beside him, moistened his throat, and continued, "When my friend was negotiating with KBS TV station, he was often harassed by Vice President Li Yuanjun. Some of the demands he made were not only unacceptable, but also humiliating to my friend. So, this time I have this opportunity, of course I have to create some trouble for him."

Li Minbo listened with great interest. After An Rusong finished speaking, he smiled and asked, "If I'm not mistaken, Rusong's friend should be a woman, right? Well, she should be a young and beautiful woman."

An Rushong just laughed and didn't respond.

"Do you have any evidence?" Li Minbo asked, "I mean, do you have any evidence for the things you revealed on NGN?"

"Yes," An Rusong said, "This guy does things without any scruples. It's not too easy to find relevant evidence."

Li Minbo nodded and said, "Li Yuanjun has been working in the media field for nearly 30 years. His influence is still very significant. So, although NGN has a good development momentum, it is better not to provoke him unless it is necessary."

Hearing him say this, An Rusong blinked, and just as he was about to turn his gaze to Bai Jinjun opposite him, he heard Li Xiangen, who was sitting at the other end, say, "I don't think so."

His simple words attracted the attention of several people at the table.

"The more influential and important a person is, the more he should be careful in what he says and does, and be virtuous and trustworthy," Li Xiangen said with a serious expression and righteous words. "For someone like Li Yuanjun, where does his influence in the media field come from? There is no doubt that his influence comes from the trust of the people in him, not from his wrongdoings."

As if to enhance his persuasiveness, he patted the table with his hand and raised his tone a bit: "If we didn't know about the ugly things he did in the past, it would be fine. Now that we know about it, we can't pretend that we know nothing, and we can't just ignore it and let it go easily." "Rushong," Li Xiangen turned his eyes to An Rushong and continued, "If you have evidence of Li Yuanjun's illegal behavior, you can hand it over to the Central Investigation Office later. You can go to Prosecutor Ha Changmin, and I will contact him for you."

The Central Investigation Bureau is a specialized agency under the Supreme Prosecutors' Office. Its full name is "Central Senior Staff Investigation Department". As the name suggests, it is an agency specifically responsible for investigating illegal acts of senior public officials. As the vice president of KBS, a state-owned television station, Li Yuanjun is also considered a senior public official. To investigate his illegal and criminal acts, it is natural that the Central Investigation Bureau should be responsible.

As for the prosecutor Ha Changmin mentioned by Li Xiangen, if nothing unexpected happens, he should be someone who stands on the side of Li Minbo or Li Xiangen. As long as An Rushong hands the relevant evidence to this person, the other party will probably immediately launch an investigation into Li Yuanjun.

"In fact, I have always believed that the broadcasting organizations and news media in the Republic of Korea lack the necessary supervision and management," Li Xiangen continued. "Ten years ago, the pro-North Korean faction formulated the policy of 'building a country on culture', proposing to invest 1% of the annual fiscal revenue into national policies to support cultural-related fields. Over the past ten years, the three major TV stations, including KBS, MBC, and SBS, have received a large amount of policy support funds relying on this policy."

After a pause, he changed the subject and said, "I don't mean to deny the correctness of the 'culture-based nation' policy, but one thing that cannot be ignored is that while the pro-North Korean faction formulated support policies, they did not come up with corresponding supervision policies. This lack of supervision and restraint has created the most fertile soil for the growth of corruption and depravity. Therefore, it is not surprising that scum like Lee Won-jun appeared in KBS TV station. I can even conclude that there are many people like Lee Won-jun in media organizations such as KBS, SBS, and MBC. And if we want to clean up these scum and termites, it is far from enough to rely solely on the exposure of the news media. We should also establish a necessary and effective supervision mechanism."

Sitting quietly on the side, An Rushong listened quietly to the big boss's lengthy criticism of the "culture-based nation" policy and the corruption of several state-owned television stations, but in his mind he vaguely understood three issues.

First, the brothers Li Minbo and Li Minbo are acting. The former seems to be not very concerned about Li Yuanjun's scandal, but in fact, his true attitude is shown through his brother's words. Obviously, in Li Minbo's plan, he did not intend to wait for Li Yuanjun's scandal to continue to ferment, but planned to directly introduce the procuratorate to solve Li Yuanjun, who is Zheng Yuanzhu's right-hand man, through judicial means.

As Lee Won-jun is the vice president of KBS TV station, as long as he is taken down for corruption, then Zheng Yuanzhu, as the president, will certainly not be able to remain unscathed. Even if he is not involved in Lee Won-jun's corruption case, he will certainly not be able to continue to sit in the position of president of KBS TV station afterwards.

Second, judging from what Li Xiangen said, Li Minbo's plan is obviously not just to use the Li Yuanjun scandal to launch a personnel purge at KBS TV station. He has a bigger ambition, namely: to establish a regulatory system specifically for media organizations. Once this system is really established, the embarrassing situation he faced before will obviously not happen again.

Why did Lee Min-bo prepare to adjust KBS TV station at the beginning of his term? Undoubtedly, the most direct reason is that KBS TV station nominally maintains political neutrality, but uses its special status as a media organization to frequently guide public opinion and criticize the Grand National Party and Lee Min-bo. The reason why KBS TV station dares to do so is nothing more than because they refuse supervision from government agencies under the guise of news neutrality and freedom of reporting.

Just as Li Xiangen said, in South Korea, all media organizations, including the three major TV stations, lack supervision and management. They have their own circle and a set of operating mechanisms that are not subject to government supervision. It doesn't make much difference to them who the president is, and they also lack awe for the owner of the Blue House.

Now, Li Minbo has realized this drawback, so he plans to establish a relevant regulatory system to put shackles on media organizations.

As for the third point, it was even simpler. Since the Li Minbo brothers chose to play this double act in front of An Rusong, it meant that their trust in An Rusong was not that deep. What was certain was that if only Bai Jinjun was present, the brothers would definitely be more direct when talking about the Li Yuanjun scandal.

But this is also normal. Think about it, how long has Bai Jinjun been following Li Minbo, and how long has An Rusong been following the latter? The most important thing is that in the few years of following Li Minbo, Bai Jinjun didn't know how many handles Li Minbo had in his hands. Therefore, the trust between them was actually based on knowing each other well.

In comparison, An Rusong was much "cleaner". At least, there was no shady thing done by Li Minbo. Moreover, he was not a government official and had no intention of entering politics. He was just a businessman and a wealthy man. Li Minbo did not have many means to restrain him, so it was natural that there was a lack of mutual trust between the two.

(End of this chapter)