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B.C. Lee himself had worked with Japanese businessmen and politicians to get Samsung started in those early days in the late 1930s.

Ja se tarkoitti sitä, että kun Pohjois-Pohjois-Pohjois-Pohjois-Pohjois-Pohjois-Pohjois-Pohjois-

Yleensä hänen syyänsä Samsungin aloittamiseen oli yrittää ja muuttaa sitä. Ja tämä perusvaatimolle, kuitenkin ultimatumissa, oli mahdollisuus tehdä hyvää.

It had taken 18 months to build, record quick time. Dozens of cargo ships, groaning under the weight of chemicals, construction materials and heavy machinery, had crossed the Sea of Japan and docked at the purpose-built pier in Ulsan port. But not all of the new raw materials, it seems, had been bound for the new factory.

Some of the chemicals that were brought in the country to make this fertilizer were sold to a saccharin processing firm for a $40,000 profit. This was another big industry in South Korea at the time. Saccharin, the artificial sweetener, is big business. And it seems someone has set up a rather profitable sideline. The reports about what exactly was smuggled differ, whether it was saccharin itself or the ingredients to make it.

And we're not sure if the goods were stolen from the fertilizer project, as Jeff suggests, or whether the factory build was used as a cover to smuggle in something else. But whatever happened, the point is, this fertilizer plant had nothing to do with sweeteners. And whoever was pocketing the proceeds was breaking the law. And then, somehow, word had got out.

The government made a big deal out of this. They launched a crackdown. President Park said that this was a major crime against national integrity. It became a huge scandal. The news that someone had been enriching themselves under the cloak of a project designed to lift all South Koreans out of poverty. The scandal had led to angry scenes in South Korea's National Assembly. Some politicians thought the government was in on it.

Yksi yliopistopuolueen henkilö, vanha hankalainen ja aktiivinen, jonka reputatiivinen arvo oli aloittanut tyhjentämään tyhjentämällä kolmen kallion pukkia. Kun hän olisi loppunut, hän olisi pysähtynyt lintuun, pysähtynyt sinne, missä ministerit olivat askeleet, ja laittanut kontenteja heidän yliopistoon. Ja kutsuttiin, että syö tämä Sakarin. Se, mikä oli pakossa, oli itse asiassa ihmisen pysyvät.

Jeff's being polite. What the politician actually said was eat... Well, you can guess. It still begins with an S. The secret sideline had become a national uproar. And it wasn't just politicians in the firing line. The second of B.C. Lee's three sons, Lee Chang-hee, had been in charge of the fertilizer project on behalf of Samsung. He was accused of being in on it, or at best, asleep at the wheel.

President needed to sacrifice someone, and however you looked at it, the finger was pointed firmly at him. B.C. Lee even says he will step down as Samsung chairman.

B.C. Lee's son was still sentenced to prison. Back to that misty egg-smelling opening ceremony. What B.C. Lee had hoped would be a new beginning for his business is now little more than a handover. But the whole ordeal had left Samsung with a much bigger problem. Now that B.C. Lee has stepped down as chairman, the company needs someone else to take his place.

B.C. Lee on kolme isoa. Yksi on rikossa ja on isoja kysymyksiä toisistaan. Joten kuka valitsee? Seuraavassa kerrassa Inheritancein.

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