My Peninsula 2007

Chapter 436 Report
The study on the second floor of the Niwangsan Villa.

Wearing pajamas, An Rusong picked up his buzzing phone, glanced at the number displayed on the screen, and subconsciously looked towards the study doorway.

Seeing that the study door was tightly closed, he pressed the answer button and put the phone to his ear.

The call was from Li Shiying. She told An Rusong that she had called earlier, but he hadn't answered. She was worried that he might not be able to answer the phone, so she waited until now to call again.

As for why she called, it was because the man named Nam Jong-hoon had delivered Min Soo-jin's loan agreement. He not only delivered the loan agreement but also a large amount of cash, including the money that she and Min Soo-jin had previously returned, as well as the 1.3 million won that An Ru-song had just given her.

During the phone call, Li Shiying described in detail what happened when Nan Zhongxun came over, and finally asked An Rusong what to do with the money.

Throughout the call, An Rusong barely spoke, only humming "uh-huh" at most. It wasn't until Li Shiying asked what to do with the money that he finally spoke, saying, "Keep it for yourselves."

He paused, then seemed to remember something and said, "What's the name of the agency Min Soo-jin is signed with? 'Vivid MGMT'? Ask her if she wants to terminate her contract with the company."

He had barely finished speaking when he heard a soft rustling sound from the other end of the line, followed by Min Xiujin's voice: "If possible, I'd like to terminate the contract with them immediately, but when the contract was signed, they..."

"You and Shiying are still living together?" An Rusong interrupted her, asking in surprise.

At his question, there was silence on the other end. After a moment, Min Soo-jin's anxious voice rang out again: "I... I don't have a place to live for the time being, so... if you don't want me to live with Se-young, I will move out as soon as possible."

“No, no need, you can just live together,” An Rusong said, rubbing his chin with his other hand. “Well, since you want to terminate your contract with ‘Vivid MGMT’, you don’t need to worry about the rest. I’ll take care of it for you.”

"Thank you," Min Soo-jin said softly.

"Okay, that's fine then," An Rusong said in a deep voice, and then hung up the phone.

After hanging up the phone, An Rusong stared blankly at the screen for a while, thinking about Min Xiujin and Li Shiying. These two women had lived together for a period of time and might continue to do so in the future. So, when he went over next time... hehe!

Thinking about all this made him feel hot and bothered, and he just wanted to leave the villa immediately and go to Li Shiying's place to spend the night.

However, considering how much he had exerted himself last night, he decided to suppress his impulse for the sake of his health. After all, the two girls were right there and couldn't run away, so why rush?

He lit a cigarette, clicked the mouse to activate the computer screen, and opened his NGN software with ease.

As soon as the NGN software successfully logged in, a series of "beep beep" sounds rang out, just like on QQ, all of which were messages from friends.

An Rusong quickly browsed through the messages, filtering out the less important ones, and finally opened a friend chat window labeled "Zhongtai Ge".

This "Zhongtai Brother" is Jin Zhongtai. He sent a small file to An Rusong through NGN. It was a Word document.

NGN software now has a file forwarding function, but due to limitations in network speed and server capacity, large files cannot be forwarded, but a Word document can be forwarded without any problem.

An Rusong clicked the file download button, then opened his browser and searched for the name "Min Xiujin" on Yahoo! Search.

Not bad. Among the search results, it was easy to find some photos of Min Xiujin. An Rusong smoked a cigarette while browsing through the photos with great interest.

Previously, when he was in the private room at the Jeonju Central Hall, he only saw Min Soo-jin's face but didn't pay much attention to her figure. Now, from these online photos, he can finally see her true appearance.

To be fair, as an advertising model, Min Soo-jin's figure is quite outstanding; at least by An Rusong's standards, she would score over 85 points.

Hmm, thinking about the advertising model industry, a few names suddenly popped into An Rusong's mind. In his previous life, among the well-known Korean models in China, Son Yoon-joo seemed to be the most famous, but since his rebirth, An Rusong had never actually heard of her. The one who was truly famous now was Kim Ah-ran, who seemed to be the leading lady of "Styleonme".

"Ding!"

Just then, a soft sound came from the computer speakers, reminding An Rusong that the file he had just downloaded had finished downloading.

He composed himself, clicked the "X" on the opened browser, then located the file and opened the Word document he had just downloaded.

The document sent by Kim Jung-tae contained the investigation results of the 55th Division regarding the Kang Woo-ree incident, as well as the conditions reached between the 171st Infantry Brigade and Kang Woo-ree's family. The entire document was more than 40 pages long and recorded the process in great detail.

An Rusong patiently read the document from beginning to end and finally figured out the whole thing.

Perhaps due to pressure from Kim Jung-tae, the 55th Division did not conceal anything about the incident or the individuals involved in its report. According to the report, Kang Yoo-ree served in the 124th Artillery Battalion under the 171st Infantry Brigade. Among those who bullied Kang Yoo-ree, the highest-ranking officer was a man named Park Se-yong, an artillery observer with the rank of second lieutenant.

According to the information provided in the supplementary notes, in addition to being a second lieutenant, Park Se-yong has a deep background in the 171st Infantry Brigade. His father, Park Soo-woo, is a lieutenant and also holds a position in the 171st Infantry Brigade.

The report states that Park Se-yong bullied Kang Yoo-ri for a long time because of a romantic dispute between them. To be precise, they both fell in love with the same female soldier, which led to conflict and ultimately the tragedy.

An Rusong naturally didn't believe this explanation, but the reason for the bullying was no longer important.

The subsequent process was similar to what An Rusong had learned before, and he didn't look at it carefully. He only focused on the content of the negotiations between the 171st Infantry Brigade and Jiang Youli's family.

Just like the choices the South Korean military makes when faced with scandals, after the Kang Woo-ree incident, the 171st Infantry Brigade's first thought was not to deal with the soldiers and officers who committed the violence, but to cover up the scandal. Therefore, when negotiating with Kang Woo-ree's family, they provided very generous compensation, paying 4.06 million won in compensation alone, which is equivalent to 29 US dollars.

This number may not seem very high, but it must be made clear that the treatment of South Korean soldiers has been declining over the past few years, especially during President Roh Tae-yong's term. After deducting inflation, the income of South Korean soldiers was almost halved compared to when President Jeon was in office.

Reduced benefits mean reduced death benefits. Although the exact amount of death benefits for South Korean soldiers is not yet finalized, it is certainly less than $10 on average. In comparison, the death benefit for a U.S. soldier stationed in South Korea who dies during their service is only around $37.

Most importantly, in addition to paying the compensation to Kang Woo-ree's family, the 171st Infantry Brigade also paid hush money equivalent to 2.6 million won. It was these two payments that prevented Kang Woo-ree's family from continuing their protests.

As for Pei Yina, according to the report, she received compensation and then retired from the military.

After Kang Woo-ri's family learned the true cause of his death, the 171st Infantry Brigade did contact them. As a condition for calming the situation, the other party made new demands: as compensation, the 171st Infantry Brigade needed to pay them 20 billion won in cash in one lump sum, and also severely punish the perpetrators.

20 billion won in cash, that's nearly 150 million US dollars. Well, even disregarding the amount of money, the 171st Infantry Brigade would never accept the second request alone.

From the moment the Jiang Youli incident was exposed, the 171st Infantry Brigade's handling principle was clear: to cover it up and prevent the scandal from being exposed. It was precisely for this reason that they were willing to pay so much money to Jiang Youli's family.

Now, Jiang Youli's family is making trouble again. How much money they want is secondary; their main demand is for the perpetrators to be severely punished. If the 171st Infantry Brigade accepts this, then this matter will definitely not be covered up. Since it cannot be covered up, what else can the 171st Infantry Brigade and Jiang Youli's family talk about?

Because the two sides could not reach an agreement on these two conditions, Jiang Youli's family began to seek help from all sides, wanting to expose the matter.

At the end of the report, there was a note by Kim Jung-tae, in which he stated that the 55th Division had officially intervened in the matter and would do its best to negotiate with Kang Woo-ryeok's family and meet their demands as much as possible in order to ensure that the impact of the incident would not be amplified.

An Rusong understood what this meant. To put it bluntly, the 55th Division could make greater concessions to Jiang Youli's family on the issue of compensation, but they probably had limited room to back down on the issue of severely punishing the perpetrators.

An Rusong closed the document, let out a soft breath, stubbed out his cigarette, and replied with an "OK" GIF in Jin Zhongtai's chat window.

(End of this chapter)