The Peninsula chaebol started by rescuing Samsung's little princess.

This year's election can be described as the most chaotic in the history of the peninsula, with the main theme being that it was completely unexpected!

Who would have thought that while you were enjoying hot pot and singing, the president would suddenly be gone!

From the time the court announced the election date to the time when each faction put forward its candidates, it took less than a month!

There's no way around it; candidates need time to campaign, and a month is already quite tight!

If this drags on any longer, the banquet will be about to begin!

In the process, although Attorney Wen successfully defeated all his rivals within the party and was re-elected as the presidential candidate after two years, it also triggered internal divisions.

Hye-ja's incompetence led to a sudden increase in ambitious people. In addition to Ahn Cheol-soo, a large number of bigwigs, including Jung Dong-young, Chun Jung-bae, and Kim Han-gil, left MZ-Dang one after another.

No one expected that before the Power Party could collapse, the MZ Party, which held the advantage, would collapse first?

This shows just one example of the evil in people's hearts!

At the critical moment, Kim Jong-in, a senior figure in the party, stepped forward to support Attorney Moon and stabilize the situation.

Many of those who left joined Ahn Cheol-soo's M-League.

This led to a surge in the power of the newly established political party, making it the third largest party on the peninsula.

Because of his infamous reputation, it's impossible to find a suitable candidate right now, making Ahn Cheol-soo the second most popular candidate.

Jin Wuxing, the leader of the Party, originally planned to run for election himself, and even resigned from his position as leader for this purpose.

However, both he and another bigwig, Wu Shixun, had terrible public opinion polls.

The public doesn't care who you are anymore; they just think the Liberal Democratic Party is trash!

When they were driven to the brink, they even pinned their hopes on then-UN Secretary-General Pan Jiwen.

However, Pan Jiwen was such a clever person!

Even if he didn't hold the position of UN Secretary-General, he would never get involved in this mess.

Even if the UN Secretary-General is just a rubber stamp, it's still better than being sent to his death!

Just kidding, nowadays conservatives are like cesspools, any normal person would stay far away from them, who would want to jump in and dive in for no reason?

Seeing that Phan Ji-moon was not fooled, they turned their attention to Kim Byung-joon, who was acting as president.

As a result, Kim Byung-joon also announced that he would not run for office, which caused the morale of the conservative party to plummet.

How can a ruling party, which is supposed to be in power, not find a single presidential candidate that is convincing?

Ultimately, at the conference, they chose Gyeongsangnam-do Governor Hong Joon-pyo!

This person belongs to the "pro-Hyeko faction" within the party. He was a prosecutor in his youth and was elected as a member of parliament for four consecutive terms. His current position as governor of Gyeongsangnam-do was arranged by Hyeko.

Making this person a presidential candidate is clearly a way to scapegoat him!

Because after realizing that the election was hopeless, Power Party decisively chose someone who was unlikely to win.

If we lose, we won't blame anyone else.

It's not that I didn't try, it's just that I had terrible teammates!

Therefore, with the emergence of candidates from various factions, the election situation has become a "two strong" (Wen Lawyer and Ahn Cheol-soo), "three weak" (Hong Joon-pyo, Yoo Seung-min and Shim Sang-jung) and "many miscellaneous candidates".

Those small fry are just there to make up the numbers; they're too lazy to even write their names!

"Jun-seok, I really didn't expect you to come looking for me?"

Inside the Speaker's office in the National Assembly headquarters, Lee Sang-sik sat in a chair, carefully examining the young man before him.

"Speaker, you jest. You are now the second most important person in the Party. As a traitor who has abandoned my 'master,' I naturally have no choice but to come and serve you!"

Lee Joon-seok, born in 1985, is not yet thirty years old and previously served as a member of the Emergency Response Committee.

The reason I say "before" is because he had just resigned from that position.

As a renowned test-taker, he was admitted to the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAT) without even taking the "college entrance examination" after graduating from high school.

However, after receiving the presidential scholarship, he chose to drop out and then went to Harvard University on a government scholarship to study for a double degree in economics and computer science. He also served as the president of the Harvard Peninsula Student Association.

In 2011, Li Junxi, who had returned from studying abroad, founded an educational technology startup that developed personalized tutoring software. It was also in this year that he met the benefactor who would change his life—Huizi.

The two met at the Mapo District Education Center. At the time, Hye-ja was a member of parliament. On their first meeting, they talked for two hours.

Well, as everyone knows, the only people who can keep Hye-ja talking for so long are either rich or good-looking, and Lee Joon-seok clearly belongs to the latter.

In any case, from then on, he became "the man behind Keiko" (to be honest, she has quite a few men behind her), using various social media platforms and appearing on various TV programs to assist Keiko.

Logically speaking, a man who rose to prominence through Huizi and had such a close relationship with her should have suffered greatly in this incident.

However, after careful consideration, he firmly stood on the side of impeaching Keiko, successfully avoiding being purged.

But as he said, which master would dare to use someone who betrays his master at a crucial moment?

Therefore, he quickly found himself unable to stay in the Power Party and even considered quitting.

He came to Lee Sang-sik's place today just to try his luck one last time.

"Hahaha... Saying you're going to seek refuge is such an exaggeration!"

There's an old Chinese saying that goes, "Those who understand the times are heroes." I don't think you did anything wrong!

What you're doing is setting things right; on the contrary, it shows you're someone who hates evil!

The sedan chair was carried by many people, and Lee Sang-sik turned around and said a few good words for Lee Joon-seok.

Because of his rapid rise, he lacked a solid team.

Therefore, during this period, he took advantage of internal struggles to recruit many talented individuals and strengthen his team.

However, what was originally just an ordinary, polite remark by Lee Sang-sik suddenly became excited upon hearing it.

With a "bang," he actually knelt down on both knees right in front of Lee Sang-sik.

"Speaker, what you said is so true! Every word you said resonated with me!"

"What are you doing? Get up!"

Lee Sang-sik was stunned to see the other person kneeling on the ground. He quickly went around from the office to help Lee Joon-seok up.

"Speaker, you have no idea how touched I am!"

During this time, I experienced the coldness of the world and suffered discrimination. It is precisely because of this that I can appreciate how kind your teachings are to me, just like those of a father!

My father is abroad most of the year, and I have only seen him a few times a year since I was a child. Your figure now is as majestic as my father's in my eyes!

I heard that your daughter is busy with work and doesn't have time to take care of you.

If you don't mind, I'd like to humbly ask to become your godfather and please allow me to stay by your side and take care of you!

After saying that, Lee Jun-seok immediately banged his head on the ground, making a series of dull thuds.

This is seriously amazing!

Upon seeing this, Lee Sang-sik was even more astonished.

He had seen shameless people before, but he had never seen anyone as shameless as this before!

This level is probably no worse than Li Haorong's, right?

"Nonsense! We don't have the concept of 'adopting a godfather' on the peninsula. Get up right now!"

After mentally grumbling, Lee Sang-sik frowned and said in a slightly angry tone.

"Yes, Speaker, I know it's inappropriate, but seeing you, I simply couldn't help myself!"

Lee Joon-seok was about to say something more when Lee Sang-sik interrupted him, saying:

"Alright, we're all public officials. Is it appropriate to act like gangsters? Get up!"

"Yes!"

Lee Joon-seok, who was being supported by Lee Sang-sik, did not insist this time, but actually stood up, though he still maintained a bent-over posture.

Lee Joon-seok was so obedient and didn't care when Lee Sang-sik rejected him because he never expected Lee Sang-sik to recognize him as his godson.

At this point, Lee Sang-sik only told him to get up, but did not kick him out, which shows that the other party did not completely deny him.

"Listen, since you want to work with me, there are a few things I need to tell you beforehand!"

"Please speak!"

"First of all, don't mention the matter of your godfather again!"

Secondly, I don't have a suitable position for you at the moment, so you can work as an assistant for now!

Finally, since you've chosen to work with me, put aside your old ways and do your job well!

"yes!"

Listening to Lee Sang-sik's instructions, Lee Joon-seok nodded vigorously, looking quite obedient.

"Alright, you can go now!"

After giving his instructions, Lee Sang-sik waved his hand, indicating that Lee Joon-seok could leave.

After Lee Joon-seok left, Lee Sang-sik finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Sure enough, once I gained power, I truly witnessed the diversity of human species.

No wonder my son-in-law once said that the difference between people is greater than the difference between people and pigs!

It seems that's indeed the case!

After Lee Joon-seok left, Lee Sang-sik picked up the phone and dialed a number:

"Hey, the person you introduced is here!"

"Is that so? What does the Speaker think?"

Zheng Runhui's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"He's a bit opportunistic and clever, but he's definitely talented. I'll take him!"

"If you like it, that's fine! There are a few more people, I'll contact them later!"

"Okay, thank you for your hard work!"

"Working for Speaker and Chairman Lee is not hard work!"

Zheng Runhui said modestly.

Having boarded Li Haorong's pirate ship, Zheng Runhui, the undercover agent, did an excellent job.

He not only made significant contributions to the impeachment of the president, but he also recruited the most crucial whistleblower, Gao Yongtai.

However, precisely because of his great contributions, Li Haorong faced a dilemma when it came time to reward him afterward.

Zheng Runhui still wanted to pursue a career in politics, but his identity was truly unsuitable for it!

Therefore, in addition to giving money, Li Haorong also introduced this person to Li Xiangzhi and handed him over to Li Xiangzhi to handle.

Although Lee Sang-sik rose to power from the anti-Hye faction, he was now recruiting many disciples, so why would he care about that?

Parliamentary politics is all about making as many friends as possible and as few enemies as possible.

With Zheng Runhui as the middleman, the progress is now incredibly fast!