Be reborn and be happy to the fullest

Although Li Shuo managed to set aside precious time to spend with his beautiful apprentice, and Cui Yunzhen was also eager to do so, the two only spent an afternoon together.

To be precise, Choi Yoon-jung's phone rang several times after they had lunch together. She didn't remind her to stop calling, but around 5 p.m., the phone rang again. This time, after Choi Yoon-jung answered the call, she seemed to be met with a rather harsh reprimand.

Li Shuo could tell that after hanging up the phone, Cui Yunzhen's big eyes were even a little moist. He asked in surprise, "How did Chairman Cui scold you?"

These phone calls were naturally from Chairman Choi, who had finally realized what was happening. Koo Young-shin had ultimately caused some trouble for the two of them.

Choi Yoon-jung pouted and said, "It's the same old story. He told me to go back and meet him to talk. He also said that I'm the future heir of SK, that too many people are watching me, and that there are unimaginable schemes and scams waiting for me..."

"Chairman Cui is right..."

Before Cui Yunzhen's gaze could fall upon him, Li Shuo abruptly changed the subject: "But that's only under normal circumstances. It's just that my precious disciple ran into me... Well, since I've already been exposed, why don't I go back with you?"

In fact, Li Shuo is not afraid to meet such chaebol leaders; on the contrary, he is very much looking forward to establishing relationships with the heads of several chaebols.

Leaving aside other companies in the Shuoguo Group, Shuoguo Construction alone has already reached a bottleneck. To continue its upward development, it will inevitably touch the interests of various conglomerates—South Korea is too small, and profitable industries have long been monopolized by conglomerates.

Therefore, Lee Seok urgently needs to form alliances among South Korean conglomerates, at least having one ally to open up upward channels for the Seok Group.

To this end, Lee Seok was willing to sacrifice huge economic benefits, such as selling a portion of Seokgo Construction's shares at a low price in exchange for investment from South Korean conglomerates, thereby forming a group of stakeholders.

“Master, I know what you’re thinking. You want to expose your abilities and worth so that Chairman Cui knows how outstanding his daughter’s boyfriend is, thereby ruling out the possibility that his woman has been cheated out of money and her virtue!”

At this moment, Choi Yoon-jung said with a smile, "But time is too tight today. Because you are my master, I hope you can appear in front of my parents in the most perfect state, so that they will know at first glance that you are my true love! For this, I need to persuade the chairman's wife first, then arrange some things with the chairman, and finally introduce you to him!"

Li Shuo shrugged: "Alright, you handle it as you see fit. I'll be ready to follow my precious disciple's orders at any time..."

"Hehe, what order? They just want you to wait a bit..."

"To me, my precious disciple's words are everything..."

The sweet words, spoken without expecting anything in return, made Choi Yoon-jung's eyes crinkle into crescent moons. However, Chairman Choi had already urged her too many times, so she could only reluctantly bid farewell to Lee Seok...

In the end, Lee Seok was unable to meet Chairman Choi of SK, but that evening he received a message from Shin Han-moon that Lee Se-ki, the crown prince of Samsung, wanted to see him and had tentatively scheduled a meeting for the next morning.

"...Although that prince is nominally the vice president of Sanxing, he has already handed over some of the group's power and is no different from the head of Sanxing. Therefore, he always sets his own time to meet with whomever he wants, so please don't mind..."

Shen Hanwen said this over the phone.

Compared to Lee Se-ki, Lee Seok is a true "free spirit": although he has considerable assets, he doesn't actually have a heavy workload, and he spends most of his personal time enjoying life. Of course, in Lee Seok's view, these are the important things.

Even so, Li Shuo still said sternly, "Why don't you say this to Li Shiji? Are you more afraid of him than me?"

"Uh, no, of course not!"

"Alright, please tell Lee Se-ki that I'm not free tomorrow. If he wants to meet, then tonight..."

In fact, Li Shuo was the one who was busy tonight: after his beautiful apprentice left, he made an appointment with Han Xiaozhou, who was currently having an affair, intending to take advantage of the situation and devour her whole.

However, he didn't want Lee Se-ki to agree, because his decision to set a meeting time meant that the two chaebol chairmen had started a "negotiation," and whoever yielded to whom would be at a disadvantage in the "negotiation." Despite being the head of Samsung, Lee Se-ki actually wanted to win over Lee Seok, which was the source of Lee Seok's confidence.

Unaware of this, Shen Hanwen broke out in a cold sweat and stammered on the phone, "President Li, you haven't met the Three Star Prince. He seems quite refined on the surface, but he actually has a very volatile temper. I heard from Jin Bian that the number of people killed for not conforming to his wishes is definitely more than a handful..."

"Please, Chairman, it's just a scheduled meeting time..."

As Shen Hanwen's voice grew increasingly pitiful, Li Shuo interrupted him, coldly stating, "Stop! You can go cry to Li Shiji, but it won't work with me. Don't forget Shen Hanwen, our relationship wasn't exactly close before..."

After saying that, she didn't give Shen Hanwen a chance to speak again and hung up the phone with a "snap".

This time, Shen Hanwen didn't call again. Seeing Li Shuo's firm attitude, he turned to Li Shiji for help. Soon, Shen Hanwen was surprised to find that Li Shiji's attitude towards Li Shuo was quite "soft." Of course, Shen Hanwen didn't repeat Li Shuo's words, but instead said tactfully, "Li Shuo has been very busy lately, and he hopes to change the appointment time," and so on. As a result, Li Shiji actually let Li Shuo choose the meeting time himself...

"Um, Chairman Li Shuo does have some time right now."

Shen Hanwen weakly agreed, and then quickly received a reply from Li Shiji: "In that case, let's meet in an hour. Let Jin Bian arrange a meeting place."

Attorney Kim is Lee Se-ki's legal advisor and is also responsible for his daily security and other matters.

"Ah, okay..." Shen Hanwen was surprised at first, then immediately agreed. However, even after he left Li Shiji's office and went outside to find Lawyer Jin, he still didn't understand why the Crown Prince of the Li family would lower his stance so much when facing Li Shuo.

"Jin Bian, the vice president has given instructions..."

"Okay, where do you think would be suitable? Did the president of Shuoguo suggest a meeting place?"

"We've already been very accommodating in terms of timing, so are we going to let the other party decide the location as well?"

"Oh, you're right. So, let's follow the vice president's usual practice and hold it at his private club in the Gangnam district..."

"it is good"

Seeing that Shen Hanwen did not leave immediately, but instead hesitated, Attorney Jin pulled him closer and said, "Do you think the Crown Prince is too lenient with Li Shuo?"

"No, no, no, I wouldn't dare question the vice president."

"Hehe, this is just a private chat between us: This time, the vice president was indeed too lenient towards Li Shuo, or more accurately, towards the Shuoguo Group, but this is based on the premise that the other party is very powerful. I only recently discovered, after collecting information on Shuoguo, that its scale in China is actually very large, which is extremely tempting for us who are eager to open up the Chinese market..."

Attorney Jin spoke eloquently: "There are also some reasons, namely the vice president's personal matters. Over the past year, the former president has gradually handed over the business to him, and he naturally has to ensure a smooth transition. The group is very large and there are many things to do. The vice president has been cleaning up the peripheral matters, but now it's time for some core members, such as the Crown Princess Lin Shiya!"

"If the vice president can complete this plan and completely swallow up the Lin family's assets, then externally, he will be a major contributor to expanding the group's power, and internally, he will have eliminated the financial faction led by the Crown Princess! This is a grand strategy that kills two birds with one stone. Li Shuo, on the other hand, has suddenly emerged and has the power to interfere with this strategy, so the vice president must make arrangements for Li Shuo in advance..."

Shen Hanwen nodded repeatedly on the surface, praising the vice president's wisdom, but in his heart he was somewhat disdainful: in the end, he just felt that the foreign conglomerate was powerful and that Sanxing could not control him. He was also afraid that Li Shuo would get involved with Lin Shiya, so he was so "committing his grievances".

Haha, this three-star prince is something else entirely—he wants to seize his wife's family's assets through various means, yet he's also trying to curry favor with outsiders, seemingly afraid of having to save his wife's family.

Shen Hanwen outwardly echoed the Crown Prince's praises and accolades, but when he turned around to call Li Shuo, his true thoughts were revealed:

"President, this is what happened...time and place..."

"...To be honest, I, Lao Shen, have never considered myself a good person. I've done a lot of dirty things in the court, but this kind of extreme character, frankly, has really opened my eyes... Before Senior Brother Jin introduced me to the Three Stars Crown Prince, I was quite fascinated by the Three Stars Legal Department. I never expected it to be like this..."

Li Shuo was silent for a moment, then smiled and said, "I can tell that what you're saying now is from the bottom of your heart. If you can't stay at Sanxing in the future, Shuoguo will always welcome you..."

He hadn't expected that simply confirming a time with the Crown Prince of the Three Stars would unexpectedly win over Shen Hanwen. Although this guy was a typical opportunist, his position within the court was still quite useful.

This seemingly opportunistic promise touched Shen Hanwen somewhat. He whispered a pledge of loyalty and then introduced the meeting place: "Chairman, the agreed location is Li Shiji's private club. Rumor has it that it not only offers the ultimate in luxury but is also a crucial node in Li Shiji's network of connections, a place he uses to cultivate talent from various industries..."

Li Shuo's heart stirred slightly as he listened, and he became interested in this place. Given the current scale of the Shuoguo Group, he was in dire need of a similar place to win over forces outside the conglomerate system, especially in China, where those forces could sometimes play a significant role.