T-ara couldn't enter the main hall, and neither could Tang Jinyan. In terms of his official status, he couldn't even enter the Cheong Wa Dae.
In the current government, Tang Jinyan's status was very special. He was one of their own, but no one knew what rank he was.
At a high level, he could talk directly to the prime minister.
At a medium level, he could discuss things with the cabinet members.
To put it mildly, he could chat with the guards and put his arm around their shoulders. He could also make lewd jokes with the waitresses in the guest house. Even if he said something vulgar, no one would think that he was degrading himself.
Guest minister?
It was something like that.
In fact, there were people in the prime minister's cabinet who didn't quite understand this phenomenon.
It was reasonable to say that the prime minister should have done some recruitment procedures and given Tang Jinyan an official status. The more appropriate thing would have been to make him a Seoul city councilor.
Another option was to arrange for an important person to be directly in charge of Tang Jinyan's affairs. That way, others would be able to connect.
However, the prime minister didn't do anything. He just let it happen, and let Tang Jinyan, a weirdo with an unknown identity, stay there.
In the government, even if one didn't have an identity, one would naturally be called out for an identity.
Now, Tang Jinyan was treated as an entrepreneur with close ties to the government. The various titles people called him gradually became fixed as Chairman Tang.
In China, this kind of identity was usually called a red capitalist. If one wanted to be more formal, it would be a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
With such an existence in the prime minister's cabinet, many people in neighboring countries began to pay attention, especially when this person was Chinese.
The two Chinese leaders who came today were very interested in Tang Jinyan. Before the banquet started, they called Tang Jinyan over through the prime minister's cabinet to shake hands and talk cordially.
Tang Jinyan knew that this was a thick thigh, but he didn't dare to hug it.
He was still alive in this country. He couldn't arouse any suspicion from the prime minister's faction. That would be suicide.
He could only talk about bloodlines and history with the Chinese leaders. He focused on the cooperation project in Jeju Island. In the end, he left a group photo and returned to the side hall with regret.
"There's no need to regret."
Park Soyeon could tell what he was thinking. She gently held his hand and said softly, "You gain something and you lose something. You are already very amazing."
Tang Jinyan teased, "What's so great about him?"
Park Suk Yeon rolled her eyes at him. "In any case … no matter what, you're the most amazing man in my heart."
Tang Jinyan slowly sipped his wine and whispered: "Now that Kim Jong Un has taken over, my power has stabilized, and there's not much to deal with in Seoul.
Once this matter is over, my focus will return to Jeju Island. I won't be able to see you for a while. "
Park Soyeon glanced at Li Juli, who was listening at the side. She smiled and said, "What are you afraid of? Someone will send you off a thousand miles away."
Li Juli laughed. "We don't have time to send them off this time. We'll be very busy for the next one or two months.
Unless you happen to receive a commercial performance in Jeju Island, or receive a program filmed in Jeju Island, you can still meet them. "
Tang Jinyan pondered for a moment and said softly, "You can accept any commercial performance or program. But remember, there's one place that you can't go even if you're offered a sky-high price."
"Where?"
"Pusan."
"They … really dare to go there?"
"Kim Jong Un can't control the whole of South Korea. At least, Pusan is out of her control." Tang Jinyan explained patiently. "Kim Jong Un's biggest political enemy is based in Pusan."
"Moon …"
"Moon Jae In.
He did not have a base in Seoul's underground forces and suffered a loss during the recent election. "
Tang Jinyan smiled. "Now, Moon Jae In has copied the cooperation model between Kim Jong Un and me to Lee Kang-hwan.
I don't dare to go to Pusan even if I bring all my men with me. "
Park Soyeon sighed. "I know. We won't go to Pusan."
Tang Jinyan knocked on the head of someone beside him. "Let's beat up a Pusan guy first."
Pu Hyomin hugged her head innocently.
Her friends laughed. "Seems like Hyomin is too scared to go back home …"
Pu Hyomin smiled bitterly. Everyone was well aware of how the outside world viewed their relationship with Tang Jinyan. They felt wronged … No, actually, there was nothing to be wronged about. Over the past year, those big shots who used to look down on them with their nostrils had all treated them with great respect. Everyone knew why. Not to mention, their performance at the presidential inauguration was off the charts. When they were enjoying such treatment, they did not feel wronged.
Furthermore, judging from Tang Jinyan's attitude, if Pu Hyomin was used to threaten Tang Jinyan, the effect would be similar to Soyeon.
Thinking of this, Pu Hyomin's bitter smile disappeared. She sighed.
She deserved it. For every benefit that she enjoyed, she had to bear the negative impact. It was the same whether it was true or not.
Li Juli laughed for a while, and then suddenly thought of something. "What about Eun-thi?
She doesn't dare to go home? "
Tang Jinyan was silent for a moment, and then shook his head. "Other than Choi Jin-ho who thinks that Eun-thi is still following me, in the eyes of others, I have nothing to do with Eun-thi."
*****
The next day, Tang Jinyan took a private jet to Jeju Island. At the same time, Girls' Generation went to Japan to hold a fan meeting. Apink received the title track of their new album, "Nonono", and started practicing intensely.
T-ara began to digest yesterday's explosive increase in popularity. Kim Kwang-soo would not miss this opportunity. Various programs, variety shows, commercial performances, pictorials, and the unfinished ranking competition filled the schedules of the six girls. The Model Worker Group once again raised the banner of Model Worker and took big strides forward.
The girls went their separate ways, and Tang Jinyan was in trouble.
Kim Jong-un's inauguration as president marked an important point in South Korea. It also made Tang Jinyan's position in Seoul, and in the hearts of some people, unprecedented.
In fact, for Jeju Island, Tang Jinyan was somewhat missing.
Because his relationship with Kim Jong-un's government was mainly underground, the people did not know. Most people did not even know what Tang Jinyan was doing in Seoul for so long.
As for Tang Dynasty, Tang Jinyan naturally lost his strong control.
He was calm in front of T-ara, but in reality, he was not without anxiety. Both shareholders of Tang Dynasty, Zheng Shunchen and Qian Changming, had warned him many times.
When Tang Jinyan returned to Jeju Island, the first thing he did was to hold a board meeting.
In this first board meeting after his return, he found that there were many people who were neither hot nor cold.
It was fine if they were neither hot nor cold, but when the impeachment case came out, the situation became somewhat interesting.
"Everyone saw Mr. Tang's early work attitude. There's nothing to be convinced about."
Someone said sarcastically, "But ever since he went to Seoul on the 5th of January, he only came back on the 26th of February. His absenteeism is shocking. When have we seen a president who doesn't care about the company's affairs?
If it was for the company's affairs, there would be nothing to say. But as everyone knows, Mr. Tang is indulging in women … "
Tang Jinyan looked coldly at this small director who only held 3% of the shares and asked calmly, "So, Director Kim, what do you think?"
"I have deep doubts about whether Mr. Tang can still focus on Tang Dynasty's work. Maybe the company needs a new CEO?"
Tang Jinyan leaned back in his chair and said calmly, "How many people think so?"
Looking around, there were quite a few people who were eager to try, but no one said anything.
Su Shan's representative closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep. As long as Su Shan and Tang Jinyan were of the same mind, it was useless for these people to say anything. Of course, they would not expose everything.
Today's impeachment was just to attack Tang Jinyan's reputation. At the same time, it was also to see if it could sow discord. It would make Su Shan and many other directors who still thought highly of Tang Jinyan start to have distrust of Tang Jinyan.
Logically speaking, Tang Jinyan should give an explanation for his recent activities. If he couldn't explain it, then this attempt to sow discord was at least half successful.
Director Kim smiled. He really wanted to know how Mr. Tang Jiu, who was secretly powerful in Seoul, would deal with this kind of business conflict.
Tang Jinyan said slowly, "Since no one agrees with Director Kim's opinion, it probably means that Director Kim has some problems with his brain. Trying to play to the gallery?
That's what you said, right? "
"Pfft …" Zheng Shunchen and Qian Changming, who were calmly participating in the meeting, laughed at the same time.