Volume 8 Final Chapter Chapter 1155: Visiting the Li Family to Control the Economy
It was the weekend, and Nan Youqiong came to the Li family to make up for the missing etiquette.
The Nan and Li families are relatives. According to etiquette, Nan Youqiong should visit the Li family as soon as he arrives in Seoul. However, he is quite reluctant to visit the Li family. He feels too tiring to be humble and humble when he comes.
In the garden of the Li residence, Nan Youqiong bowed thirty degrees and said politely to the two rows of people opposite him: "Uncle, aunt, eldest brother, eldest sister-in-law, second sister, second brother-in-law, I am sorry to bother you."
As the guest representative of the Li family, Hong Luoxi bowed and returned the greeting, "Adelesi, welcome to the Li residence."
Nan Youqiong bowed again in return and was immediately invited into the house by Hong Luoxi. The others walked or followed him in order. Li Fuzhen walked at the end to accompany Li Xuxian who was returning home.
Seeing the happy look on her sister's face, she felt very jealous. Thinking of Li Xuxian's current worth, she became even more envious and jealous.
Originally, she thought she was very smart and came up with the plan of marrying her bodyguard, so that she could continue to stay at home with a legitimate reason, avoid the tragic fate of marriage, and leave unlimited possibilities for herself to fight for the inheritance.
But she didn't expect that the person she was committed to was actually a loser. Not only did he not bring any help, but he was also a lot of trouble and couldn't do anything. He had all the bad habits of a man and spent her money on drinking and partying outside.
On the other hand, after getting married, her younger sister did not become a housewife, but continued to be the vice president of her Cheil Industries. Within a year, she quit the position, and Nan Jiajun founded New Miracle Clothing specifically for her, giving her 80% of the shares and making her the president. After she gave birth to a child, he gave her 3% of the shares of New Miracle Group, and her father-in-law gave her another 2%...
"I'm going crazy. Why, why is this happening?"
It was clearly her who planned everything, but she didn't get any good results. How could she not be furious?
Hong Luoxi led Nan Youqiong into the living room. After some hospitality and polite conversation, he was invited by Li Jianxi to Shu's study, with only Li Zairong following him.
"Adler, is your father still so busy now?"
Li Jianxi looks a little listless, with a hunched back, but his eyes are still wise and deep. Cancer only ravages his body and has little effect on his brain. He can still consider problems comprehensively and profoundly.
At that time, after helping European and American capital, led by Wall Street, to bottom out South Korea's financial institutions, the IMF's package plan in South Korea temporarily turned to the Blue House and pointed the finger at the chaebols. Both sides were in the same boat. Any commercial bank that dared to secretly support the chaebols in trouble would be closed down directly, which made the chaebols with debt crisis lose financial assistance.
Next, South Korean local banks were asked to raise their interest rates to 30% to facilitate the entry of foreign banks. The chaebols that were short of money could only borrow money from foreign banks, and then be controlled or invested in by them.
In this way, the United States has indirectly controlled the South Korean economy to a certain extent by controlling the chaebols. This control was initially through debt relations, and the chaebols needed to rely on foreign banks such as Citibank and Vail Bank.
After achieving controlling stake in the mid-term, the capital exchanged part of the shares for preferred shares, which only had the right to dividends but no say. The control of the company was returned to the chaebol family, and the mode of control shifted from controlling stake to market.
The market is divided into two concepts. The first is the export destination. The goods produced by the consortium can easily enter the NATO-controlled areas, and then there is capital to help them deliver the goods to the end customers. The second is technical support. Whether it is advanced instruments or advanced technology, chaebol companies can easily get them, so they will be more competitive in the market.
For example, X-Star Electronics attaches great importance to R&D and has good R&D capabilities, but its rapid development is not only based on its own R&D capabilities. There is also technology transfer from Wall Street capital behind it. Silver Throat and Elk have transferred several capacitive screen technology patents to X-Star Electronics, which has also given it a lot of convenience in the field of semiconductor chips.
From the perspective of capital, the chaebols have become high-level employees. Although they do not have much say in the companies, large dividends will flow into the hands of capital every year.
From a political perspective, controlling the chaebols is equivalent to indirectly controlling most of South Korea's economy, and is also equivalent to indirectly being able to influence the votes of chaebol employees and employees of the companies that support the chaebols.
You have to know that the South Korean president is elected. Controlling the economy means controlling the jobs of a part of the voters. When the United States needs it, it is fully capable of intervening in the voting results to a certain extent.
By extension, a candidate who wants to enter the Blue House will probably find it difficult to win the election if he does not have pro-American tendencies. Even if he wins by chance, he will be very uncomfortable sitting on the throne, let alone dream of making any achievements.
This is the United States' economic control strategy over South Korea following its military control. The most fundamental purpose may be to upgrade the buffer zone, turning it into a highly intelligent "artillery position" that does not occupy military expenditures, and also a manufacturing base.
For the Lee family, as long as they put aside their patriotic sentiments, the current situation is actually very beneficial to them. They are constantly wavering between the White House, the Blue House, Wall Street, and the South Korean people. Not only have they become truly too big to fail, but they have also gained more privileges and are able to act more unscrupulously.
Before 2000, South Korea's chaebols had mixed reputations. South Koreans acknowledged the huge role that chaebols played in promoting the South Korean economy, but after that, most people became angry but dared not speak out. When the death knell was not tolling for them, they would be thankful for their luck and savor the gossip about the unfortunate people with relish, and even put themselves in the perspective of the chaebols, becoming more ferocious than the real chaebols.
Li Jianxi has a clear understanding of his family's situation. Although his health is not very good, he goes to the United States every year to hold a special shareholders' meeting to report on the company's achievements in the past year, look forward to the future, and seek support.
Without the support of capital shareholders, it would be difficult for Xingxing to get approval for several acquisitions in Europe and the United States.
This is to be humble and submissive to the outside world, and to win them over with benefits.
Internally, they used money to pave the way, rushed forward recklessly, and continuously expanded the areas involved in the "Xing" Star. The Star expanded like a balloon, and marched towards the direction of the "Xing" Republic of China.
In recent years, there have been various scandals in Xingxing, and the strategy to quell the scandals is to use money to shut up the relevant personnel and investigators, but there has been no restraint in their actions, and contradictions and hidden dangers have accumulated, and they will eventually explode.
Li Jianxi is very clear about this. Internally, he still implements the "gag" strategy. Externally, he needs to win the support of capital, so that when the situation deteriorates, there will be someone to help him.
The capital represented by Nan Youqiong, who was sitting in front of him at this moment, was the one he wanted to prioritize.
Nan Youqiong replied: "Uncle, my father has retired and no longer cares about the family business. He just teaches as a professor at the university."
"Retire?" Li Jianxi couldn't help but exclaimed.
"Yes, my father has retired and the family business has been handed over to me." Nan Youqiong bowed and said again.
Li Jianxi looked at the young Nan Youqiong in disbelief, and then turned to look at his son. If he was not mistaken, Nan Yi was only six years older than his son, only 46 years old this year, and still so young, he actually retired? He was so confident in handing over the family business to the young man in front of him ?
Li Zairong, who was standing next to him, was also feeling very emotional. His father was already 66 years old and seriously ill, but he showed no sign of stepping down. He was already 40 years old and still serving as a representative, and the positions of president or chairman were still out of his reach.
Not only that, there is a damn Li Fuzhen behind him who is watching him covetously, waiting for him to make a mistake at any time so that he can push him into the abyss and take his place.
How old is Nan Youqiong in front of me? He seems to be twenty-five?
It is unimaginable that at the age of 25 you can control the Nan Empire, which is larger than your own family. It is really enviable.
Why couldn't my father be more sensible and pass the throne to me so that he could enjoy his old age? Why couldn't Li Fuzhen just be a housewife? Why did she want to compete with me?
At this moment, Li Zairong gave himself a sad BGM in his heart.
In addition to being shocked, Li Jianxi also complained about why he asked about Nan Yi. After hearing the news, it would be even more difficult for his son to accept his arrangements, right?
[The Korean age calculation method adds one more year than our age calculation method, so please automatically subtract one from the age mentioned above.]
Li Jianxi and Li Zairong were boiling with magma in their bellies, and Nan Youqiong was not idle either. He recalled the previous conversation between him and his PaPa about the Li family. According to his PaPa, Li Zairong was not as courageous and ferocious as Li Jianxi. He was good at maintaining the status quo but not good at exploring new things. The Nan family needed someone like Li Zairong to inherit Renxing. Only if he was mediocre enough would there be a chance for your sister-in-law to return to Renxing.
Most women would choose their sons over their nephews. Even between their parents, siblings and sons, they would still choose their sons. Observe carefully and confirm that your sister-in-law is also this kind of woman. Among your nephews and nephews, she will turn Li's Xing into Nan's Xing, Nan in Nanze Chao and Nan in Nanshi.
"Li Zairong, please rest assured, the Li family will definitely be yours, and I will help your restless sister."
Three kinds of thoughts were floating in the air above the three people's heads, without mixing with each other, and they did not interfere with each other, but their spearheads were directed at the other two people.
After a while.
Li Jianxi woke up from his brief stupor with a faint smile on his face, "Adler, should I call you Adam from now on?"
"Uncle, Adam II is just an external name. The Li and Nan families are relatives. You can continue to call me Adler, which is more intimate." Nan Youqiong said modestly.
"Haha, okay, I'll still call you Adler. You've been in Seoul for a while, right?"
"Yes, I was busy with other chores and didn't come to visit my uncle the first time. I'm really sorry." Nan Youqiong bowed again.
Li Jianxi waved his hand, "It doesn't matter, career is more important. If you need to come here in person to handle it, it must be something very important."
"It's just more important to me personally. My sister wants to expand her own business in Seoul, but she is still young and needs to focus on her studies. As her brother, I can only do it for her."
"I wonder what business it is?"
"Uncle, this is what happened. My sister really likes girl groups. She is a fan of SES and Chun Sang Ji Hee. She is very concerned about their news. She accidentally learned that the SES members who have debuted for a long time can't afford to buy a house. So she did some research on the real estate situation in Seoul and learned that the housing prices here are indeed very high, and there is also the Chuanjue (full rental) rental . She thought of developing a long-term rental apartment project in Seoul."
Nan Youqiong spread his hands and said, "She couldn't come, so I had to come."
"Long-term rental apartment?" Li Jianxi chewed his food and said, "Can you tell me more about it?"
"Of course." Nan Youqiong nodded, "Uncle, it's like this. According to my research, Seoul built a large number of hotels around the Olympic Village from 1985 to 1988 in order to host the Asian Games and the Olympic Games.
These hotels have a long history, but due to the low occupancy rate, there has been no plan to renovate them. Some of them are not even well repaired and maintained. On behalf of my sister, I plan to negotiate cooperation with the hotel owners to renovate the hotels and convert the guest rooms into long-term rental properties for young people working hard in Seoul.
The leasing method will be more flexible, including daily, seven-day, half-month, monthly, quarterly, and annual rentals. The longer the rental period, the lower the discount. At the same time, the rental deposit will be the same as that of hotel rooms, with only a small amount charged. It is also possible to cooperate with banks to launch a deposit-free service for tenants with good credit. "
After listening to Nan Youqiong's words, Li Jianxi quickly realized that this was a good project, but it was also a project that would not make much profit and was not worth Nan Youqiong's personal involvement at all. Therefore, what Nan Youqiong said should be the truth, that this was his sister's business.
However, this project is very suitable for the Xingxing Group. Shilla Hotels owns many hotels built during the Olympic period. The situation is similar to what Nan Youqiong said, and the two parties can cooperate.
Li Jianxi had already vaguely guessed that Nan Youqiong wanted to cooperate, and used the cooperation on a small project to deepen the relationship between the two families. Perhaps, there was a deeper meaning. The Shilla Hotel was managed by Fujin. Sister to sister, was it me or Rong?
"Adler, the situation of several hotels under Shilla Hotel is just as you said. You and Fujima can talk about it when it is convenient."
Nan Youqiong smiled happily, "Uncle, that's great. I was just worrying about how to develop my business."
"Little fox, you are so slippery."
"You're an old man with a lot of schemes in his mind."
The two cursed each other using Lee Young-ae's ventriloquism, and then continued their normal conversation. They chatted for more than half an hour, but they just stayed in general conversation and didn't say a word of the real scripture.
Although Li Jianxi and Nan Youqiong have had contact several times, he has never treated the other party as an equal dialogue partner. He needs time to face Nan Youqiong's ideological change, and he also needs time to have a talk with Nan Yi and to get back in touch with Nan Youqiong.
After Nan Youqiong left after staying for most of the day, the Li residence did not immediately fall into peace. Everyone was lying on their own abacus, chanting the formula: "Five up five, five down five plus one; six down six, six down one back to four."
After leaving the Li family, Nan Youqiong went to Hexagon.
He has already made an appointment with Kim Geun-tae and Sun Yuanji to play cards. No matter how his luck is, he will definitely lose tonight, probably about 200 to 300 million.
He arrived early, and the other two had not arrived yet. As usual, he stood in front of the one-way window with a glass of whiskey, admiring the people dancing on the dance floor below. Sometimes he would get a good angle to see some unexpected surprises.
Shin Sung-hyun, who was standing not far away, felt that his last marketing was a failure. He was unwilling to accept that his long-term business had gone to waste. He made up his mind to wait for the right time and then take his little notebook to promote it again.
