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Netizens who know something about the South Korean chaebol have probably heard of Lotte Group and its founder Singh Ho.
Around the black history of the Korean chaebol, if you want to take stock of its popularity, probably Singh Hao ranks second, and no one dares to rank first.
The transnational "two family slaves", "eating soft rice upside down", created the Lotte Group, which was once among the top 500 enterprises, after becoming famous, the father and son fought for power, the father and son shared a woman, the whole family fought for the family property to the court, and dared to roar in court when judged...... One by one, one by one, Singh Hao and his family staged an extremely twisted live-action Korean drama!
Singho
At the time of Singel's birth, the Korean Peninsula was still suffering under Japanese colonization. He has many brothers and sisters, and poverty is the first life problem in front of him.
In order to get ahead, Singhao got on a ship to Japan at the age of 20. This trip to Japan said that he was going to study abroad, but in fact he did not expect to change his class by studying. The cost of his school is all earned by his own part-time job. All he could do was sell newspapers and milk for a very small income.
He's looking for an opportunity. Japan is an extremely xenophobic East Asian country, and its hearts are bound to be different from those of our race, and they have vividly interpreted it. Although he came from the Korean Peninsula, a Japanese colony, he was not well received by the Japanese.
However, Singhao's tenacity is unusual for ordinary people, and he is probably very talented in human relations, and he is also a good material for doing business. After more than two years in Japan, he found a "patron" and gave him a sum of money to start a business - in 1944, he founded his own food processing factory.
However, his entrepreneurial journey was not all smooth sailing. The wheel of the times is rolling into the abyss of World War II, and under its crushing, Singhao's efforts are like a grasshopper shaking a tree, and his factory is reduced to ashes in the artillery fire before it can operate normally.
With such a heavy setback, Singhao was not defeated. Not only did he pay off his debts, but he also quickly made a comeback after World War II, starting a new business in 1948 and establishing a chewing gum company, the first cornerstone of what would become the world-famous Lotte Group.
At that time, Xin Gehao wanted to become bigger and stronger in Japan, and it was not enough to rely on personal efforts, he had to rely on the big tree to reach a higher level. How to break into Japan's upper class society and use the power of the powerful to develop itself? The fierce-eyed Singhao soon found a shortcut.
He has a crush on a Japanese woman named Hatsuko Shigemitsu. The other party's family background is very special, and his uncle is Japan's wartime foreign minister Shigemitsu Aoi.
After Japan's surrender, Shigemitsu Aoi was included in the list of Class A war criminals, and it was only under the dual protection of the United States and Japan that he was able to escape responsibility, and it did not take long for him to re-enter the political arena to show off his might.
In order to climb up, Xin Gehao is really cold, and even the hatred of the country and the family can be left behind. Probably he has a lot of personal charm, and the first son of Chongguang was chased by him. And before he "married into a wealthy family", he had a wife and children. Therefore, in order not to commit bigamy, he also took time out of his busy schedule to divorce.
Singhao can bend and stretch, is willing to rely on women to eat soft rice, and also changed his name and surname, and gave himself a Japanese name: Shigemitsu Takeo, with his wife's surname. Probably he wanted to integrate more into Japanese society in this way, but his Korean ancestors were difficult to look at under the nine springs.
His unscrupulous "efforts" are very effective, and the resources obtained through Chongguang Hatsuko have indeed made his career flourish.
It was himself who really made Xin Gehao's career take off. In 1967, the time when Japan and South Korea resumed normal diplomatic relations was precisely the time when the South Korean government vigorously supported the development of the domestic economy.
Seeing that there were business opportunities in his hometown in South Korea, Xin Gehao immediately "returned to his hometown" and established a company. He continued to use his networking skills in South Korea, taking on three "nobles" – all of whom were South Korean presidents.
Park Chung-hee, Chun Doo-hwan and Lee Myung-bak all had close relationships with Singh-ho. With the help of the President of South Korea, Singhao's career has developed in many fields. His business empire gradually took shape, and Lotte eventually grew into the Lotte Group, which ranked fifth on the power list of South Korea's chaebols and was also on the list of the world's top 500 companies.
So far, Singh Hao has climbed to the pinnacle of his life. However, he seemed to feel that his life winner was not perfect enough, and began to toss all kinds of tosses.
Shady chaebols
probably finally remembered that it was disgraceful to eat soft rice at the beginning, and Xin Gehao, who owned the Lotte Group, could argue with Chongguang Chuzi. He first raised a junior behind his wife's back.
Beauty pageant champion Xu Meijing walked into Xin Gehao's field of vision. This girl is a model selected by Lotte Group itself, more than 30 years younger than the big boss, and the old cow Xin Gehao has really eaten "tender grass by the nest".
He is quite good to this little lover, or the little lover has the means to deal with men, anyway, he gives money and resources, so that Xu Meijing has achieved a class leap.
Although Xu Meijing followed him without a name and gave birth to a daughter to him, in the end, "the bitterness came to an end" - the old man divorced Chongguang's first son and helped her to be his third wife (it is also said that they never registered their marriage, in short, it is a little confusing).
With a big family, many women around him, and several children under his knees, Xin Gehao's life soon ushered in a new stage: before he died, his children began to worry about how to divide the family property.
This "battle for succession" can be described as a bloody battle. The highlight is between Singhao's two sons. The eldest son Xin Dongzhu and the second son Xin Dongbin were both born to him and Chongguang's first son.
Originally, Xin Gehao thought very well: Japan's Rakuten Group gave the eldest son, and South Korea's Lotte Group gave the second son, and everyone had a share. However, reality proved that he was thinking too simply.
First of all, Singhao originated in Japan, and Rakuten in Japan against Lotte in South Korea is the parent company against the subsidiary. In the beginning, Rakuten Japan was stronger in terms of strength, and it had more resources such as connections. He gave Rakuten to his eldest son, which is in line with the tradition of inheriting the family property from the eldest son, and there seems to be no problem, but the root of the bane is still buried.
South Korea's economic take-off has also brought away South Korea's Lotte, and now things are embarrassing. South Korea's Lotte, run by the second son Xin Dongbin, has sales more than ten times ahead of the eldest son Xin Dongbin's Japanese Lotte.
One has the title of "prince", the other has a brilliant record, and if the brothers don't fight, then you may have to wonder if they are Xin Gehao's species.
So, the eldest son shot first, secretly increased his holdings of South Korea's Lotte, and wanted to control South Korea's Lotte, after the second son found out, he sued the "royal court", when Lao Tzu's Xin Gehao saw that the eldest son dared to destroy his arrangement, he pushed the eldest son to the end and drove out of the core of the group.
The second son, Xin Dongbin, is not satisfied with killing the eldest brother, and then wants to pull down Lao Tzu Xin Gehao, and wants to change the management of the entire Lotte Group!
The reason for this is probably that the father and son have different philosophies. Xin Gehao and Xin Dongzhu are both conservatives and like to appoint family members in the company, while Xin Dongbin is very disgusted with this kind of operation and prefers to use professional managers.
When Xin Gehao understood the ambition of his second son, he wanted to unite with his eldest son to fight back, but it was too late, and the second son gave him an honorary title and kicked him out of the board. In this regard, Xin Gehao once said in public that he would "never forgive" his second son.
Of course, neither Singhao nor his eldest son are fuel-efficient lamps, and of course they will struggle. It's a pity that Chongguang's first son is between the two sons, and he is more partial to the second son, when the struggle is white-hot, she personally went down, mobilized the connections at hand, united many bigwigs to exert pressure, and finally pushed the second son Xin Dongbin to the throne of victory.
The taste of victory, it is difficult to say whether it is bitter or sweet. Because when they are fighting for family property, Lotte Group is also facing a crisis.
Zhang Ziyan's case
In 2009, South Korean actress Zhang Ziyan used her life to accuse the darkness of the South Korean chaebol. She was forced to provide special services to the elite of high society. Although her suicide set off a storm on the Internet, it could not shake the chaebol that buried her life.
In 2011, Zhang Ziyan's suicide note was announced, involving dozens of South Korean elites, among which the names of Xin Gehao and Xin Dongbin were prominently listed. When the shameless father and son humiliated a young girl together, Singh Hao was almost 90 years old.
After the Zhang Ziyan incident, the image of Lotte Group is difficult to regain its former glory. The public saw the "scenery" under the fig leaf of the Lotte Group.
South Koreans are also gradually noticing the Japanese background of the Lotte Group. The historical baggage that has existed between Japan and South Korea for a long time has also played a role here, causing the public to resentment towards the Lotte Group.
Lotte Group once had the ambition to break into the Chinese market, but on the one hand, it was a long-term "water and soil disobedience", and on the other hand, the "THAAD" incident in 2017 completely angered the Chinese people.
At that time, Lotte Group was said to be suffering a loss of 110 billion won per month. Eventually, Lotte Group had to withdraw from China.
Also in 2017, the 96-year-old appeared in court in a wheelchair, along with his two sons, Xu Meijing and her daughter. This is a spectacle in the Korean chaebol circle.
Although the reason for the trial had nothing to do with the Zhang Ziyan incident, all the Xin family members present were accused of violating laws and disciplines. Singh Hao roared at the court, shouting at the South Korean judge in Japanese, "Who dares to sentence me!"
South Korea's chaebol is so arrogant, where is the law and justice in South Korea?
In the end, he was symbolically sentenced to four years in prison, but the execution became a formality because of the so-called physical health.
He was still living comfortably outside until 2020, when he was 99 years old.
epilogue
The chaebol does not accumulate virtue, does not cultivate self-cultivation, and is full of handles, and only relies on power and money to resist external attacks, but this defensive ability is limited after all.
The situation is complex and changeable, and the slightest carelessness will lead to a whole body, which will eventually lead to a fire and the building will collapse. How far can the Lotte Group go? At that time, what can the sinful Xin family rely on?
Reference:
1. Overseas Network "All the founders of South Korea's five major chaebols have passed away, Korean media: the end of an era" 2020-01-19
2. People's Political Consultative Conference Network "Brothers Fight for Power, Father and Son Oppose Lotte Group Staged Heir Dispute" 2015-08-05