Chapter 824: 1997, it

Four hours later, Gao Jin arrived at Seoul Airport.

It was already past 18:00 in the evening.

Song Zi, Little Ma Ge, and Gong Wei were waiting at the airport with their subordinates. Beside them were one black Chevrolet and two Mercedes-Benzes.

"Brother Hao, long time no see..."

"Long time no see."

Gao Jin hugged Song Zi, then chuckled at Little Ma Ge and Gong Wei.

"Let's go, I've booked a Chinese restaurant..."

Gao Jin got into the black Chevrolet.

The three cars sped away.

They soon arrived at a Chinese restaurant in Itaewon, went inside, ordered, and began to eat.

Not long after,

the restaurant's television began broadcasting the day's news.

"At 6:00 AM this morning, the ruling party of South Korea passed a highly controversial labor law reform plan in the National Assembly..."

"As soon as the news broke, the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions reacted swiftly. Just this afternoon, led by workers in major automotive industries like Hyundai and Kia, approximately 145,000 workers angrily walked off their jobs to hold strike protests."

The television footage kept switching.

Major streets...

Outside corporate factories...

Workers held up signs and chanted slogans.

It was very lively.

Gao Jin was surprised: "140,000 people? This union is quite impressive to mobilize so many in just a few hours." (PS: Real event)

Song Zi explained: "Actually, the conflict between Korean enterprises and workers has a long history. There have been constant clashes before, and they already went on strike once last month."

Gao Jin was even more surprised: "They went on strike last month, and now in December they are still 'defying the wind'? This government is also outrageous."

Looking at this massive strike, it's no wonder the Democratic Party would win next year's '97 election.

At this moment,

on the television, a reporter on the scene was broadcasting:

"Viewers, I am currently at the Hyundai Group strike site in Seoul. As you can see, behind me is a large group of workers participating in the strike. They are emotional and the crowd is surging..."

"The workers tell us they cannot accept such labor law reform, as it will cause them to lose job security and plunge their lives into a dilemma..."

Seeing it so lively,

Gao Jin was even more expectant for tomorrow.

It must—flow with blood!

Song Zi leaned in and whispered at this time: "Little Ma suggests we intervene in this matter to make the chaos even greater?"

Gao Jin leaned back!

Brother Hao, you thick-browed and big-eyed fellow, how sinister!

However, I like it!

Gao Jin thought for a moment, then shook his head: "Forget it. South Korea is currently controlled by powerful families and political parties, and there is the United States behind the scenes."

"Besides, in this matter, the strikers don't want to be used as guns."

"We only need to watch the show, and then when those people are in difficulty, give them some small favors."

Song Zi nodded: "Good! My thoughts are the same as yours. Stability is our greatest advantage!"

After finishing the meal,

Gao Jin made a call to Li Fujian: "I've arrived in Seoul."

Li Fujian: "Really? I'll go to the airport to pick you up right now!"

Gao Jin: "No, no, no, I'm in Itaewon."

Li Fujian: "Ah? Why didn't you tell me when you got off the plane? Didn't you say you missed me?"

Gao Jin: "Woman, you must know that love requires forbearance. I love you, but I want to finish my work so that tonight I will have more time, more intensity, and more focus to love—you."

Li Fujian: "............"

Pfft!

You dead scoundrel!

She was persuaded.

Gao Jin: "Where are you?"

Li Fujian: "Still at the company in a meeting, I'll leave right away..."

Gao Jin: "Don't, I'll come to your company. I want to see your uniform temptation... *cough cough*, I mean, what you look like at work."

After finishing the meal,

Gao Jin took his three bodyguards, Gong Wei, and headed straight for the SVN Star Group office building.

Downstairs, he saw Li Fujian, who had been waiting at the entrance for a long time.

"Oppa~~~~"

Seeing Gao Jin get out of the car, Li Fujian ran over in her high heels and threw herself onto Gao Jin.

A fragrant scent hit his nose.

"Why were you waiting downstairs?"

"I missed Oppa~~"

Hearing this, Gao Jin felt full of a sense of achievement. Look at this emotional value; it was perfectly in place.

Behind him, the three bodyguards, Gong Wei, gave a thumbs up: Brother Zu, awesome!

Gao Jin glanced at this SVN Star building, brightly lit, with everyone working overtime.

Good fellow!

They are all beasts of burden!

Gao Jin: "I still wanted to see what you look like at work."

Li Fujian: "Then it's not too late to see now."

"Let's go~~~"

Soon,

Li Fujian took Gao Jin's arm and led everyone to the 9th floor.

"I am in charge of the first market investment group..."

"These are my subordinates..."

"Everyone stand up, this is Mr. Gao..."

A group of beasts of burden stood up one after another and bowed in unison: "Mr. Gao!"

Gao Jin: "............"

These Koreans actually still bow?

What is this damn sense of satisfaction about?

Gao Jin nodded slightly, his face indifferent.

He toured Li Fujian's office again, then went downstairs with her, left, and went to eat...

After they left, a group of employees began to discuss.

"What is this person's identity?"

"The eldest lady actually has a boyfriend?"

"Probably the young master of some powerful family!"

They didn't feel much envy or jealousy, because they knew that a powerful family's young lady was simply not someone they, these beasts of burden, could look up to.

On the top floor,

the beast of burden Li Jianxi was busy. Recently, the strike had affected SVN Star, so he was a bit overwhelmed.

Hearing that Gao Jin had come, and that his daughter had brought him...

"He arched my daughter, yet he doesn't come to see me?"

Li Jianxi felt a wave of sullenness.

He didn't know that in Gao Jin's heart, he, Li Jianxi, was just—an excellent employee!

Jie jie jie~~~~

A new day,

Gao Jin woke up from the hotel feeling refreshed.

"Getting up so early..."

A fair arm wrapped around Gao Jin's neck. Li Fujian's cheeks were pink, her eyes blurred, wanting to drag him back to bed.

Gao Jin was full of righteousness: "Indulging in love is only a momentary pleasure. As a person, one should have more pursuits... Fujian, you need to reflect on yourself."

Translation: I'm going to watch the strike, don't block me!

Li Fujian: "???"

You righteous fellow, you weren't like this last night.

She was so angry she bit Gao Jin.

An hour later,

Seoul's famous central square—Gwanghwamun Square.

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Gao Jin brought his bodyguards here; it was already 10:00.

He went straight up to a high-rise building to watch from afar.

At this time, Gwanghwamun Square had been completely occupied by a surging crowd.

There were at least 300,000 workers, dense and packed.

They held up all kinds of signs.

"Defend labor rights"

"Oppose unfair bills"

"We want job security!"

"Refuse exploitation!"

"Give us our due rights!"

The police were also building a human wall. Police in riot gear stood ready, shields connected, forming a cold line of defense.

On the 15th floor,

Gao Jin held binoculars, watching the massive strike in the distance.

He waited for an hour...

Two hours...

Gao Jin yawned.

"Boring..."

"I want to see blood flow like a river... and this is it? Just this?"

"Too disappointing."

Ding Hu and the others also felt it was boring and were all yawning.

I don't know if it was Gao Jin's jinx, or if luck was at work, or if it was Li Jiacheng's luck...

Suddenly,

on the side of the parade, there was real movement.

Someone in the crowd began throwing water bottles and other debris toward the police...

After more than a minute, the police became angry.

Sure enough, these were no longer ordinary citizens; they were unruly people.

Must!

Strike with a heavy fist!

Making a tough response, dozens of tear gas canisters were fired into the crowd.

Instantly, Gwanghwamun Square was filled with smoke, the pungent smell of tear gas spread rapidly, and workers coughed one after another...

Next,

it was the fierce swinging of police batons!

Six strikes per second!

The scene fell into chaos.

Conflict, erupted!

This conflict suddenly intensified the contradiction between labor and the Blue House.

In the following days,

strikes every day, conflicts every day...

And then it rapidly spread throughout South Korea.

Moreover, the strike, which was originally limited to blue-collar workers, rapidly spread to fields such as insurance, banking, hospitals, and broadcasting services, with a large number of white-collar workers joining the strike ranks.

The number of strikers continued to climb, eventually reaching 3 million workers, almost sweeping through all regions and industrial sectors of South Korea.

Major industries like automotive and shipbuilding completely stopped production, production lines stagnated; news and television broadcasts were forced to interrupt, making it difficult for the public to obtain outside information; hospital wards were short-staffed, and the treatment of patients was seriously affected; subways also stopped operating, and urban traffic fell into chaos...

The rhythm of the entire South Korean society was completely disrupted.

Gao Jin ate melons every day.

And Song Zi took advantage of this time to lead the Eight Star Group to capture territory.

Approval rating +1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1......

Seoul approval rating 53%.

Busan approval rating 35%.

Incheon approval rating 35%.

Daegu approval rating 22%.

Daejeon approval rating 25%.

Gwangju approval rating 24%.

Suwon approval rating 22%.

Ulsan approval rating 26%.

January 6, 1997.

Gao Jin ended his trip to South Korea and returned to Hong Kong.

Actually, he could continue eating melons, but there were more important things in Thailand.

Five days later,

January 12, Gao Jin secretly took his men and flew to Bangkok, Thailand.

Financial crisis, I'm coming!

Thailand, Bangkok.

"Damn, what kind of broken road is this..."

"This is the capital."

Gao Jin, Abu, Xu Xi, Ding Hu, and others sat in a rented Mercedes, bumping along the broken road, their butts a little sore. (PS: A complaint from Fat Man Li in "Young and Dangerous 4")

Even more painful was the traffic jam.

The road was narrow, and there were many cars.

"Beep beep beep~~~~~"

Gao Jin and the others were in agony.

A new day,

Gao Jin and the others rented a helicopter to find Jiang Brother Tian Yang.

Flying over Bangkok,

heading toward the seaside.

Soon, a manor drew closer and closer.

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At this time,

Jiang Brother Tian Yang was standing in front of the villa, watching the helicopter in the sky.

"It's here!"

He tidied his clothes to avoid being rude.

The person coming was a giant from Hong Kong, and also from Hong Xing, so it could be considered a bond of incense.

As for the grudges between him and his brother Jiang Tiansheng, if the other party minded, they definitely wouldn't take the initiative to come and chat with him.

Soon,

the helicopter arrived.

Gao Jin walked down from the helicopter.

Jiang Brother Tian Yang's expression changed with surprise the moment he saw Gao Jin.

Dazzling, handsome, radiant, majestic... He felt that in all the people he had seen in his life, no one gave him this feeling.

This person is truly extraordinary!

He walked up quickly and shook hands tightly: "Mr. Gao! Long admired, long admired!"

Gao Jin smiled: "Mr. Jiang, long admired. Come to think of it, I also came from Hong Xing, and I have a bond of incense with you, Mr. Jiang."

As soon as these words were spoken, Jiang Brother Tian Yang was happy and excited, and hurriedly said politely: "It is Hong Xing's blessing that Hong Xing could produce a dragon like you, Mr. Gao!"

Both sides were enthusiastic and polite.

Then they sat down.

Beautiful women knelt on the ground, serving tea and fruit...

While chatting, they drank tea.

Gao Jin curiously asked about some situations in Thailand, and Jiang Brother Tian Yang knew everything and said everything.

At this time, Thailand's annual GDP growth exceeded 5%.

Among them, '88/'89/'90 even exceeded 10%, with the highest reaching a terrifying growth rate of 13%.

However, Thailand's weaknesses were very obvious.

It had not formed its own industrial advantages; many products relied on imports, and it was overly dependent on foreign capital. Thailand's prosperous economy was not supported by technology and industry, but relied on finance and real estate.

This was also the reason why Soros first set his sights on Thailand.

In the evening,

Gao Jin had a grand dinner with Jiang Brother Tian Yang at the manor.

Then Jiang Brother Tian Yang took the opportunity to invite Gao Jin to watch a local boxing match. Gao Jin remembered the plot in "Young and Dangerous 4," so he was very interested and gladly went.

Soon,

they arrived at the boxing arena.

Gao Jin and Jiang Brother Tian Yang sat down, directly occupying the C-position of the arena.

A boxing match had just ended...

Another boxing match was being prepared...

Gao Jin looked at the boxers, smiled, and whispered a few words to Abu. Abu looked at the two boxers warming up, nodded, and left.

Jiang Brother Tian Yang was greeting acquaintances and didn't notice this in these few seconds.

10 minutes later,

the match finally began.

Two boxers went up and started fighting.

Jiang Brother Tian Yang smiled and said: "Mr. Gao, why don't we make a bet, how about it?"

Gao Jin smiled: "Okay."

Jiang Brother Tian Yang: "I am the host, the host follows the guest's convenience, you choose who wins. As for the stakes, a small bet for fun, 5 million baht, how about it?"

5 million baht, about 200,000 US dollars, was indeed a small bet for fun.

Gao Jin smiled: "I choose the red shorts to win."

Gao Jin saw at a glance that the red shorts were stronger.

Jiang Brother Tian Yang laughed: "Then I'll take the blue shorts."

He had already had someone give the red shorts 100,000 baht to lose.

Wait a minute, I'm going to show off!

On the ring.

Bang bang bang~~~~

Suddenly,

the blue shorts were hit by a punch. The force wasn't great, but he fainted directly and fell on the ring.

Red shorts, win!

Jiang Brother Tian Yang's expression changed.

This is not what I expected.

Why did the blue one fall first?

He hurriedly complimented Gao Jin: "Mr. Gao, it seems your eye is better than mine."

Gao Jin laughed and took a sip of wine: "Mr. Jiang's eye is also very good, but in this world, relying on strength is useless. The blue shorts took 200,000 baht from me; I wanted him to lie down, so he lay down!"

Jiang Brother Tian Yang: "????"

This is my line!

Gao Jin continued to smile: "Mr. Jiang, let me share my experience with you!"

"To do big things and succeed, there must be three conditions!"

"First: Money!"

"Second: Still money!"

"Third—still money!"

Jiang Brother Tian Yang felt his lines were -1-1-1-1......

What to do?

The lines for showing off were all said by Gao Jin.

Then what should I say?

"Well said!"

Jiang Brother Tian Yang clapped and cheered: "Mr. Gao's words are truly golden advice!" ===== CHAPTER 825 =====