Breaking Up Is Better Than Divorce

Shunti (兄弟)

“It has been resolved. He is recovering in a safe place.”

I was able to get a report directly from John Brennan that afternoon.

It is said that the youngest son of Ye Clerk, who attends Stanford, overdosed on drugs while enjoying a little loose party with his friends.

He is being treated in a safe, so fully-identified hospital, and once he recovers, he can quietly return to his daily life.

“Is there any reason why you asked for help from us?”

Ask me a question about my friend.

The Discipline Inspection Committee of the Central Military Commission is the military auditing body that oversees the People’s Liberation Army of China, and it is also the state inspection body.

From the name alone, it may seem like it is in charge of inspection related to the military, but in reality, it is a place with terrible power to inspect corruption and illegal activities of military and communist officials.

Naturally, it is an institution in charge of the closest aides who are favored by the national leader.

Although it is within the United States, it is unusual for such a powerful person to turn to Eugene, an American civilian, for help instead of his own diplomat or foreign ministry-affiliated agent.

“He said that Lim, who was recently appointed as the head of the Ministry of National Security, is quite far from Ye.”

The answer comes right away. The Ministry of State Security is China’s intelligence agency, which has as much power as the Discipline Inspection Committee, and its director is also the leader’s closest aide.

Listening to John Brennan’s story, it seems that the two chiefs of the state’s most important positions, the Inspectorate and the Intelligence Agency, were handed over to different factions to keep them in check.

It’s an appropriate decision for a leader, but the problem is that the heads of the Discipline Inspection Committee and the Ministry of National Security are each aiming for the next leader.

Of course, showing each other’s weaknesses was the worst choice, and for that reason, it seemed as if he had asked a third person, Eugene, for help.

They thought that it would be a bad decision to mobilize Chinese people to avoid the eyes of the National Security Agency, which is in control of China’s intelligence network in the United States.

It means that showing his son’s wealth to his adversary is in any sense worse than revealing it to Eugene, an American.

On the other hand, it also means that they think of Eugene as a trustworthy person.

In the meantime, the person Eugene has been working on the most in China is General Ye, so it’s good enough.

The person who bought Ivanka Trump’s fashion last time and got a good share of it was also the general secretary’s family, and the cryptocurrency exchange was passed through that side.

It was a good deal. That side made a huge profit in this and that way, and Eugene was able to obtain a useful investment destination in China. In addition to that, he is putting Secretary Ye in a few big deals.

At this point, it is reasonable to regard it as a business community with Eugene as Secretary Ye. If General Ye is dismissed, Eugene will also incur considerable losses in the Chinese market.

It was a natural decision as Eugene knew the future of Chief Ye well.

“It was hard.”

“you’re welcome. It was all about making a few phone calls.”

“It’s a good thing for that.”

In fact, it is not enough to say that this incident gave a great favor to General Ye.

Rather, the fact that the opponent showed Eugene the back of his neck is much more important.

It means that General Ye showed Eugene a political gesture that he believed in you as much as he did, and his relationship with General Ye seemed to deepen from this point on.

And Eugene’s prediction was soon confirmed to be true.

“There must be a lot of difficulties in the aftermath of the corona virus.”

Although the world has been shut down due to the pandemic, Eugene’s social activities do not stop while staying in LA.

There are few guests from abroad due to the difficulty of flying to and from overseas yet, but there are enough people to meet in Korea as well.

Of course, there is no such thing as hosting a glitzy social party and gathering as many guests as before.

Instead, they invite more important people to share long stories.

“Investing is not as easy as it used to be. There are some things that we don’t pay attention to because the situation inside is messed up.”

The visitor that day was Zhang Xiwei, who runs an investment company called Pacific International.

“We are taking the investment issue you mentioned last time positively. But again, it seems that it will only be possible after the internal situation has stabilized a little.”

“Everyone is very concerned. I hope this situation will be resolved soon.”

“That’s it. Moreover, recently, our compatriots abroad are having a hard time because of the ignorant view that blames China for everything.”

“There are always people like that. Not only the Chinese people, but all Asians are suffering.”

“I bought one of these a while ago.”

Zhang Xiwei smiled and pointed to the badge on his suit.

“ah! that… … haha.”

Eugene smiled sheepishly when she saw the picture of herself engraved on Jiang Shiwei’s badge.

As hatred of Chinese people spreads due to the corona crisis, more and more people are being bullied because they are Asian.

Because of this, Koreans in the United States sometimes wear badges with Eugene’s face engraved on them, or even wear shirts with his face printed on it.

Now, Eugene’s face is barely recognizable by an American, so it’s rare to see him in a physical attack.

Then, even among Asians who were not from Korea, wearing Eugene-related fashions was spreading like a fad.

In particular, it seems that the Chinese work harder to make and wear such shirts.

Of course, all of these products are produced without consulting with Eugene, so they do not receive a penny of copyright revenue from Eugene, but they do not necessarily want to receive it.

Thanks to this, his liking for Eugene was increasing, so there was no reason to oppose him.

“I heard about what happened to Junsan-kun this time.”

Zhang Xiwei can be seen as a close aide to Clerk Ye, who is open to speaking out about a rather important secret about Clerk Ye’s son.

“I told you to tell me that Clerk Ye is looking forward to the day he will meet Kang Xungti.”

Zhang Xiwei’s visit was for the message of Clerk Ye. It is an etiquette that still holds true in this day and age, that it seems far more sincere to send a person to convey a message than to communicate over the phone.

“Brother. Thank you so much.”

In Zhang Xiwei’s words, Yujin realized that Clerk Ye wanted a deeper relationship with him.

Expressed in the Chinese way, the relationship between guanxi (关系) has deepened.

In Chinese movies, the expression “brothers” is always used.

And Koreans who call each other brother and sister even though they are one year apart in age, often do not realize that the word has a very deep meaning behind it.

In China, the title of brother means more than simply dividing the ranks by age and minority.

The position of older brother or younger brother is not important here. On the contrary, unlike in Korea, in China, age does not matter much. Rather, the word itself has a greater meaning.

For the Chinese, social relationships deepen through several stages in naming.

If you’re a little friendly, you’re Fengyou (朋友), that is, friends. For a deeper relationship, Laofengyou (老朋友), an old friend.

And finally, when they reach the chungti (兄弟) stage, they take care of each other like blood and blood.

So, for Fengyou, it is limited to those who can help each other by making a profit and loss, but when she becomes chungti, it expands to a relationship that provides maximum help without betraying like a family member.

Seo-gi Ye is saying that he feels like a brotherly kindness to Eugene, who helped his son and himself more than that from his adversary.

Of course, unlike in novels and movies, this kind of quack in the real world is a relationship that thoroughly evaluates the gains and losses.

He knew that Eugene would be helpful to him, and he could help Eugene greatly, so it meant that he would help and live like a brother.

Eugene knows the coldness of Chinese leaders better than anyone.

Those who take anything lightly for the sake of power can reach the center of power.

It is true that Clerk Ye stands at the heart of central China’s politics thanks to his father, who was a great help to the current leader, but on the other hand, it took quite a bit of sober determination to get there.

In the future, much more blood will flow in the process of becoming a leader of Chinese politics.

Eugene isn’t even sure if it would be a good thing for Ye Xi to become a future leader for peace in China or in the world.

But yes, there’s no guarantee that a competitor other than the clerk is better.

Either way, there is no doubt that they are cruel to silence.

And it is also clear that Eugene is a person who will not hesitate to make a much more horrific choice than the future that Eugene already knows in order to maintain his power.

Of course, Eugene himself does not stand in the position of a king maker who can decide China’s leader.

There are things in the world that money can do and things that money cannot solve.

Especially in countries with a closed political system, there are many things that money cannot solve.

So Eugene did not think that his wealth meant that much influence.

There are far more dictatorships or authoritarian states on the planet than there are democracies.

And although they are called democracies, there are actually many countries with rigid social structures.

In these countries, where they are ruled by dictatorships or a small number of upper classes, Eugene’s wealth is hardly anything more than a favor to the ruling class of that country.

No matter how much money Eugene makes in the future, he has only limited influence in those countries.

Of course, it is possible to exert a certain influence through radical means such as ruining the economy of the country concerned.

But even in such a case, it is impossible to go beyond the influence of the country’s leader.

This is because the leader or group in power places much greater importance on the power they have than the damage to the state.

Consider how difficult it is for even the so-called Heavenly Father to exert significant influence over a hostile nation.

Eugene is arguably the richest man in the history of the planet.

It will probably be difficult for anyone in the future to appear with more than the assets he currently possesses.

Moreover, considering that the wealth of the world’s wealthiest people up to now is difficult to call it actual wealth because it is converted into market value of shares in companies that cannot be converted into cash.

Many of Eugene’s assets include stocks, but unless he intends to seize control of a specific company, it should be viewed as an asset that can be converted into cash at any time.

Even with such great wealth, Eugene’s influence is still limited.

And maybe there is a way to overcome that limit. Little by little, Eugene was approaching to overcome that limit.