After all of them were reborn, who would still be an actor?

Chapter 657 A Second Round of Arrests for the Masses, Le Tian Runs Away
Li Mingyang's business focus is in the Gangnam district, involving film and television, girl groups, and nightclubs.

The sex industry in the Spider Cave not only deviated from his business plan, but also damaged his reputation.

Regarding the matter of the united gang, Song Duyuan, as one of the people in charge, was one of the few who knew Li Mingyang's thoughts.

Lee Myung-yang needs a gang to protect the victims in Cheongdam-dong.

The victims of Cheongdam-dong are truly marginalized victims who are ready to step out at any time to protest, sit in, or go on hunger strikes.

The ten major conglomerates are involved in the real estate projects in Cheongdam-dong over the next five years. What if the victims in Cheongdam-dong come out and cause trouble?

With everyone gone to protest, who will do the work? Besides, the government also needs to put on a show, so a work stoppage is inevitable.

The impact of the Cheongdam-dong victims on Gangnam District is too great.
Without the protection of gangs, police, prosecutors, lawmakers, and the media, these victims, after being divided, intimidated, and lured, are just a disorganized mess, left with no choice but to accept their fate.

The gang was nominally in charge of managing nightclubs, but in reality, they were providing insurance for the victims in Cheongdam-dong.

Too many people have crossed the line on Yanbian Street, and the government will conduct a large-scale cleanup!

These people are not well-liked by the locals.

But the victims of Cheongdam-dong were victims of policy, and their story even made it into the news of mainstream media in China, Japan, and South Korea, becoming a hot topic of discussion at Tokyo University...

After careful consideration, Song Do-won accepted Lotte's proposal.

“If Lotte takes a step back, then we’ll take a step back too. The idea of ​​a showdown is not good; it’s too much of a waste of time. I suggest a ring fight, a free-for-all of 30 people, starting tomorrow night.”

"That's a good suggestion. Let's find a warehouse and start fighting right there."

"Go empty-handed; the compensation is quite expensive."

"How about we set up a bookmaker and take a gamble?"

"That's a great suggestion. We can learn from foreigners and do live streaming and online betting to earn even more money."

“You guys are underestimating the police. It’s like a boxing match. Just set up a live betting booth and that’s it. If you don’t have a place, you can use my waste paper warehouse.”

"Haha, if you put it that way, I'm not sleepy anymore. By the way, do you want to borrow someone? I have a professional boxer here."

“I have a lot of good fighters at my chain of boxing gyms.”

Song Do-won's proposal was approved by most people. Lotte's second son was actually reluctant to agree, but under the persuasion of Samsung's agent, he finally agreed.

Just as everyone was happily planning the upcoming melee and allocating the slots for the dealers...

On the other side, at a large hotel in Cheongdam-dong,
The gang leaders, who had just finished their welcome-back feast, were surrounded by the police and all of them were taken away in custody.

Less than six hours after being released from prison, he ate a meal and went back in...

Lee Soo-sung, the only one who wasn't arrested, was cursing under his breath and immediately called Kim Jae-joon to question him.

Kim Jae-joon, however, said that it was Lee Myung-yang who made him do it.

Upon hearing this, Lee Soo-sung immediately praised Kim Jae-joon for his outstanding efficiency.

They caught them quickly and well; not a single one escaped...

……

Kim Sae-ron drew a black and white design sketch of Mitsuha Miyamizu.

Li Mingyang filled in the colors and finalized the color design.

Although it is just a single image, with the refinement of professional illustrators, countless female protagonists can be derived from it.

With the establishment of Mitsuha Miyamizu, Your Name officially entered the fast lane of production.

The pressure on Li Mingyang suddenly lessened, and he became too lazy to act!
Since Yanbian Street has the power to annihilate the Spider Cave, this place is his.

Around 3 PM, Lotte and Song Do-won were still discussing the melee.

Prosecutor Zhang arrived at the meeting place and distributed a notice to everyone present.

The three commune groups—Electricity Commune, Natural Gas Commune, and Water Resources Commune—demanded additional payment, doubling the original price.

Song Duyuan also received a copy.

This notice infuriated many people because the three companies had just raised prices last year.

Everyone here is rolling in money; even if water, electricity, and gas were doubled, it wouldn't amount to much.

But this rise in living costs, which is so closely related to our lives, stems from deep-seated resentment!

Song Duyuan thought he was just watching a show, but Li Mingyang told him to sign and forced everyone present to sign as well.

No signing, no talk of anything, keep fighting!
The agreement was almost finalized, and no one wanted to lose more than they gained, so they agreed and signed the papers.

However, to everyone's surprise, including Song Do-won's.

Li Mingyang had no intention of stopping. That night, the power went out in the Spider Cave, plunging it into darkness.

Not only is there a power outage, but also a water and gas outage!
The generators are all malfunctioning.

Night, light snow is falling.

Dongyang Building, 19th floor, Your Name Animation Department.

Li Mingyang was intently drawing Tachibana Taki at his workbench, sweating profusely as he worked.

call……

Finally finished drawing, Li Mingyang looked at the Tachibana Taki he had spent more than four hours drawing. The face was a little crooked and the overall proportions of the figure were a bit off.

It's a minor issue; I'll have Kim Sae-ron fix it later.

He had been worn down by drawing and gave up resisting.

"Director Li, Lotte would like to invite you to their anniversary dinner." Song Duyuan said quickly when he saw that Li Mingyang had finally finished his drawing.

"Go ahead and go."

"Director Li, you keep changing your mind, it's making things very difficult for me... Are we still going to have the big melee tomorrow night?"

"Go ahead and fight, whatever you want. Do whatever you want, the final interpretation is up to me anyway," Li Mingyang said indifferently.

Song Duyuan hesitated for a moment, then leaned forward half a step and said in a low voice, "Director Li, you can't handle the Spider Cave. Their intention is to let us in, and Le Tian doesn't object, which is already quite remarkable..."

"Yes, that's quite rare. The second son reacts faster than the eldest."

"The Second Prince is in charge of Lotte in South Korea. He's more approachable than the First Prince, understands South Korea better, and is very decisive... I think the current outcome is for the best. The forces in Yanbian Street are complex and ruthless. Once they expand outwards, it will be difficult to control. They're just using you..."

Song Duyuan spoke earnestly.

"Old Song, I know you're very thoughtful and knowledgeable. As for me, I still don't really understand how many bosses there are in Yanbian Street... Wait, I need to take this call."

Li Mingyang answered the phone, listened for a while, and laughed, "If you don't smash it, and he doesn't smash it, do you expect me to smash it? This is a pledge of loyalty. Whoever doesn't do it gets out. That's it."

After hanging up the phone, Li Mingyang asked Song Duyuan, "Where was I?"

"How many gang leaders are there in Yanbian Street..."

Li Mingyang continued the conversation from where they left off.

Song Duyuan explained the complexity of the Spider Cave and the history of Yanbian Street to Li Mingyang.

We talked for over an hour.

Song Duyuan's phone rang. He picked it up and heard a string of curses directed at his ancestors.

It was only at this moment that he realized this, while he was explaining it to Li Mingyang.

Li Mingyang has already smashed up all the shops in the Spider Cave.

It was pitch black, and the police, knowing it was the work of people from Yanbian, just stood outside watching the show, showing no intention of rushing in.

Then he got into trouble and had to go to the police station for a chat.

"Director Li, you're making me take the blame..."

"They've all gone in. If you don't go, do you expect me to go to the police station?"

"Director Li is joking. I'll go right away."

"Go to the police station at Garibong Cave to cooperate with the investigation. After that, talk to the police station leaders about renting the station. That should save a lot of money."

"I see……"

"I estimate that you won't be able to reach an agreement in one or two attempts, so be prepared to go several times."

"..."

……

The leaders of the gangs were all imprisoned for the second time!
More than 300 businesses in Pansidong were cut off from water, electricity, and gas, and were also vandalized and splashed with paint.

The first company that couldn't stand it wasn't Lotte, but Samsung.

Samsung has said they're done. They can take their time fixing it, and they'll come back when they're done.

As the Spring Festival approached, the Spider Cave was struck by bad luck.

The IS nightclub in Gangnam District was booming, and the Shilla Duty Free Shop was seeing a surge in customers. Samsung didn't want to waste time in the Spider Cave.

Lotte doesn't want to waste time in the Spider Cave, but it can't run away like Samsung, after all, it has the biggest market share.

It was only at this point that everyone realized that Li Mingyang had no intention of negotiating; he wanted to swallow the Spider Cave whole!
"Expose his scandals! What the hell? Do you really think I wouldn't dare to mess with him?" Xin Lao Er said coldly.

"President, you can't... He's been stirring up ethnic conflict lately. We finally managed to steer the tide towards the China-South Korea conflict, and if we start exchanging barbs with him now, we'll be in a very passive position. It's peak shopping season now... The council will definitely protest." "I feel... why are we so passive... unable to do anything..."

"Li Mingyang's initial visit to South Korea was just a temporary measure. He still wanted to return to his country, so he rarely showed up and only hung out with CJ... I don't know who wanted to destroy him. If we exposed anything bad about him, Dongda University would exaggerate it, especially the Cheongdam-dong incident."

Xin Lao Er calmed down. Li Mingyang had no more scruples. The root cause was Dongda University's exposure of the Cheongdam-dong incident, which severely damaged Li Mingyang's reputation.

This led to the subsequent issue of stance, and even added fuel to the fire, escalating to the point of selling G for awards.

Xin Lao Er couldn't understand at all whether these people from Dongda University were mentally ill.

He was embroiled in a bitter feud with Lee Myung-yang and never considered targeting the currently showing film, Seoul Spring.

Why suppress a movie that can make money for itself?

"The Cheongdam-dong incident is a turning point. He has no worries about going back now, and he's reckless. Exposing him would only give him an excuse to start a war, or perhaps he's been waiting for us to expose his involvement in organized crime and instigation... so he can wage a media war against us. He has CJ's media resources, and if we fight him in a media war, we'll only be the ones who suffer..."

Xin Lao Er gave a helpless bitter smile, "If they don't want it to be exposed, then so be it. What do we do now? I can't just do nothing. I don't really care about saving face, but this old man has to save face!"

"I have a suggestion, but it's quite difficult to implement..."

"Tell me."

“Li Mingyang wants to go to the Little Days Film Market, so we’ll send him there…”

"Heh, Seoul Spring is easy, I can send it over with a phone call, but he's making an animated film, Your Name, no less. He's really going to bombard the Japanese film market. I can't be the first to stick my neck out."

"As long as Li Mingyang doesn't break the rules in South Korea, or if he does, there's nothing that can be done. The best way is to shift the blame eastward, send him to a lowly place, and let those conglomerates have a headache!"

Xin Lao Er crossed his arms, his brow furrowed in worry. After a moment of contemplation, he looked up and asked his classmate and confidant, "Li Mingyang doesn't want it to be screened in Japan, but rather the kind of treatment that comes with a live-action version of 'Your Name.' Do you think the Japanese side will agree to that?"

"Fifty-fifty."

"That high?"

“The symbols of the nation... If the University of Tokyo doesn’t recognize them, then it’s 100% true.”

Xin Lao Er frowned slightly, "You mean this 50/50 split is his idea, and has nothing to do with anyone else?"

"Yes."

……

He discussed the matter with his confidants for several hours.

Xin Lao Er suddenly realized that Li Mingyang was looking for an enemy, and Le Tian was the enemy he had his eye on!
Therefore, Lotte decisively withdrew from the Spider Cave and then ordered a vertical bombing of the Spider Cave, a well-known Korean folklore site.

The police department conducted the largest crackdown on prostitution in Pansidong in recent years!

Police raids, television exposure, tips from "heroic citizens," sealing off property, and arrests of over 800 people...

They uprooted the sex industry in the Spider Cave, leaving no room for anything else.

Lotte wanted to move to another location, so he simply blew up the Spider Cave.

It has both appearance and substance.

The good news is that the Spider Cave is now their territory.

The bad news is that the chaebols have moved on, so he's left to play by himself...

Lotte's decisiveness exceeded Li Mingyang's expectations.

This forced him to revise his plans.

He originally planned to use Lotte as a breakthrough point for the conflict between the Japanese and Korean people, but Lotte's departure disrupted his plans.

Within South Korea, the largest domestic enterprise is Lotte.

Lotte has two versions: Lotte in the notebook and Lotte in Korean style.

Lotte Holdings, a subsidiary of Japan, controls Lotte Group, and Lotte Group's profits are all channeled to Japan.

Song Duyuan happens to have this kind of information, it's readily available, and we can use it anytime!
"Damn it, you ran fast! If I'd known you'd be such a coward, I should have just blown it up. Now where am I supposed to find a good target to attack..."

Inside the meeting room, Li Mingyang smoked a cigar and drank red wine, his face full of regret.

It was only at this point that Li Xiucheng and Song Duyuan realized just how crazy Li Mingyang was.

They never expected that Li Mingyang would target Lotte and launch a full-scale attack on Lotte!
To their even greater shock, Lotte had actually escaped, hiding far away in the Jiangdong Ward...

"Boss, what do we do now? We've got the territory for the Spider Cave, but reopening it is going to be a real hassle..." Li Xiucheng said.

"Reopening is just the beginning. The property rights are in their hands. No matter what we do, we're still working for them..."

Without property ownership, conglomerates can raise rents at any time.

In the end, I'm still just a wage earner.

Chaebols have the power to demand exorbitant prices, which is why Samsung and Lotte went bankrupt, and other chaebols all fled.

Instead of worrying about it every day, it's better to just give it to Li Mingyang.

The bombing before leaving was a warning; the chaebol could do it again at any time.

The Korean government's crackdown on pornography is all show and no substance... Otherwise, the crackdown wouldn't have made pornography even more prevalent, with the concentration of W-type drugs in the Han River exceeding the standard.

"I'm handing over the Spider Cave to you two to manage. How long will it take for you to recover completely?" Li Mingyang posed a question to the two of them.

This job seems incredibly lucrative.

Both of them shook their heads; they couldn't figure it out.

Because the name 'Spider Cave' was chosen by the conglomerate, not by anyone else.

Before long, a new Spider Cave will appear, and the old Spider Cave will only become a relic of the past...

The term "Spider Cave" is forbidden to be used by conglomerates; they are not even qualified to use it.

Li Mingyang swirled the wine glass, his thoughts swirling with the wine. After a long time, the wine in the glass calmed down.

In the end, Li Mingyang drank it.

Lotte has talented people, and he also has experts here.

Li Mingyang took out his phone and called Dapeng.

……

Hengdian, the One-Punch Man film set.

Dapeng felt superfluous.

It's been more than three days since filming started, and he still can't get used to the One-Punch Man crew... because nobody takes him seriously. Apart from Lao Wu occasionally talking to him, nobody pays any attention to him.

Everyone was busy with their own things, completely immersed in their own world.

Making simulation models, props, armor...

Analyzing online novels, studying scripts, compiling jokes...

Storyboarding, 3D simulation, stunt doubles for test shoots...

He wanted to join in, but it was difficult; his words carried no weight.

Guo Fan, who came with him, integrated quite quickly, doing a little bit of everything and showing interest in everything.

At least he made a fortune with the Far Cry series, becoming a big-name director with hundreds of millions in revenue, but he has no real power or influence in this industry.

"Dapeng, how about we go to a club and have some fun? It's the same whether you're here or not," Xiao Shenyang said listlessly, looking at the busy others.

"You keep talking about clubs all the time. You're not the kind of person who works hard. Stay away from me. We're not on the same wavelength."

"Hey kid, getting all temperamental. Don't force yourself into circles you can't fit into. Do you know why this production crew treats you like you're invisible?"

"What?"

"These people are all from the Beijing Film Academy. See that girl touching the model? That's the daughter of the bandit leader Zuo Shandiao. And that young man in the pink sweater, who looks like a fool, is my cousin's son. He just got into the Beijing Film Academy last year... Even Guo Fan is from the Beijing Film Academy."

"No wonder they all look so much like those traitors from back in the day... Old Wu, this isn't right! Director Li doesn't get along with his alma mater!"

"One-Punch Man is the masterpiece of the Beijing Film Studio gang. The best shortcut to success is to use the same group of people and do it again!"

"Hey... I'm readily available, why do you insist on bringing up Lao Wu? Lao Wu is good at producing, but he's prone to getting confused when making movies!" Da Peng remarked with a sense of unease.

"Xiao Wu is a true academic, with a high ceiling. He can win awards and pursue a career in politics. The rest of us are just ordinary folks who can't make it onto the stage. We can only make comedies."

"What's wrong with making comedies? Making money is the only important thing."

"Xu Zheng's Lost in Thailand is pretty awesome, right? It's aiming for 2 billion yuan at the box office. Just you wait, it'll definitely get taken down later... That's how it is in China. You have to follow the path of the big shots to succeed, that's true success."

Xiao Shenyang has been acting strangely lately. Da Peng rolled his eyes at him, took out his phone, and prepared to ask a girl to go see the sunrise.

I had just opened WeChat when Director Li called.

Dapeng blinked, and in a flash, he darted out from the corner and arrived at the props and models area, the place with the most people.

"Hey, Director Li!" Da Peng said loudly with a fawning expression.

"What? You want me to go to South Korea, and bring Xiao Shenyang along too?"

"No way! I'm willing! I'm willing! Wherever Director Li tells me to go, I'll go. Even if he tells me to die, I won't even flinch!"

Da Peng's words drew a lot of eye-rolls from those around him; it was utterly shameless...

(End of this chapter)