Chapter 136

Chapter 136

Checkmate Hit with Blackmail

Kim Dae-sik glanced at the reporters and the union who still had no thought of leaving the conference hall.

President Shim proposed.

“Shall we share the detailed story in the chairman’s office?”

Whoosh!

Kim Dae-sik tried to snatch the paper I was holding instead of answering.

But the quick-witted security guard Yu Jong-tae was one step faster.

Before long blocking in front of me and gripping Kim Dae-sik’s wrist.

“Quite bold. If assaulting a child in front of the reporters, tomorrow morning newspaper articles will all be plastered with U-gwang.”

“Not letting go of this? Who hits that hitting.”

Kim Dae-sik tried to pull the arm, but Yu Jong-tae didn’t budge.

“That damn statement, have to confirm directly with my eyes?”

President Shim immediately turned his back.

“Will know the dialogue as up to here. Team Leader Yu, let’s return to the company now.”

“Wait! Leaving like this?”

“Understood Chairman Kim’s meaning sufficiently this much.”

“Seems nonsense that doesn’t work this time too?”

“Think as want. Then the detailed content can confirm in newspaper broadcasts.”

“······Really saying will announce to the media?”

“Is there a reason not?”

President Shim shrugged his shoulders.

“Thinking of announcing to the media too, sending up to the Blue House too, or even posting on university wall posters, or scattering newspaper advertisements.”

“Wait a moment! Why suddenly doing this? When sending such a document held by a child, you also aiming media play······!”

“Media play?”

President Shim raised his eyebrows.

“Didn’t think that if we only determined, could have scattered that to the media long ago and made U-gwang troublesome?”

“Kuh!”

“If held out that when public sentiment left due to the U-gwang fire incident, when His Excellency turned his back, the effect would have been truly amazing. Or the Blue House new year luncheon.”

“······There would have been a reason couldn’t hold out that. Because not wanting President Cha Yun-seong dragged to the central intelligence?”

“Such central intelligence! Good. Shall we try once? We will end losing the construction company president already dismissed and demoted, but U-gwang will be precisely you, Chairman Kim dragged?”

“I am a person unrelated to such bribe ledger. Even if the central intelligence makes non-existent sins as much as want······.”

“Who said dragged to the central intelligence? The place you will be dragged is the Blue House!”

“······!”

Kim Dae-sik froze.

“Why, think Taeseong can’t even do that level?”

President Shim snorted.

“When the U-gwang Construction bribe ledger went up to the Blue House, former Chairman Kim of U-gwang had to contribute private property and resign from the head position, and even hold a national apology press conference so much His Excellency was greatly angry. Why do you think?”

Eh? This is the words I said when settling with grandfather?

To recite again only changing the particles.

“If such is revealed, the Blue House can’t help but draw the large-scale purge knife. Seems a situation seen a lot somewhere? Heard of Koreagate?”

It was a corruption incident where a Korean lobbyist scattered a lot of bribes to US political and government high-ranking.

“Heard if cutting all those people, state affairs will be paralyzed? Aigo what to do this. All because of one document that came out from U-gwang’s labor-management agreement. His Excellency will see U-gwang who can’t even properly do the trumpeter role quite prettily.”

President Shim sneered.

“Perhaps tomorrow newspaper headline article will not be the dramatic negotiation conclusion of U-gwang labor-management, but news related to Republic of Korea corruption eradication. Let’s try once, mud fight!”

“······Please go up to the chairman’s office.”

“Enough. What do I do going there?”

“Said doing U-gwang affiliate acquisition negotiation.”

“Wasn’t that a talk His Excellency already decision finished? Chairman Kim’s share is only when stamping the acquisition contract, dropping airs quite enormously.”

“······.”

“Team Leader Yu, let’s go! Rather asking His Excellency will be faster.”

“Will stamp, the seal!”

Kim Dae-sik pressed the stiffened eye corners tightly.

“However due to too sudden proposal no prepared contract yet so first dialogue······.”

“If contract, I prepared and came?”

President Shim lifted the document bag and patted bang bang.

Kim Dae-sik looked with sick eyes.

“Thorough.”

“Experienced already when acquiring Taeseong Chemicals yet anew.”

“Seems President Shim’s specialty is snatching passage of affiliate acquisition negotiation.”

“Why? Shall I proceed faster faster like a Korean?”

President Shim opened the document bag and took out six copies of the contract.

“First do the signature seal on the contract then dialogue.”

“Surrender.”

Finally Kim Dae-sik raised both hands.

“Will hand over the affiliates. Understood sufficiently this much.”

“Have to apologize to our Young Master too.”

Kim Dae-sik swept his face as if very tired.

“Kid, sorry. I was a bit rude. Wanted to confirm the document, not intending to hit you.”

“Will accept the apology.”

I held out the reflection I was holding to President Shim.

While putting the reflection in the document bag, President Shim looked back at Kim Dae-sik.

President Shim was smiling meaningfully.

“Thought well. Anyway what His Excellency ordered to hand over, even if delaying day after day only more disliked hairs stuck.”

“How U-gwang ended up disliked hairs stuck to His Excellency······! Haa, enough. Please go up now.”

“Good. Let’s finish the negotiation within 30 minutes.”

“U-gwang’s six affiliates whose dog’s name······! Haa, enough.”

Kim Dae-sik staggered and went up to the chairman’s office.

I smiled faintly looking at the two representatives going far.

‘A great person who did a line drawing a thick line in the Republic of Korea business world history, but still the 37-year-old greenhorn chairman appearance showing.’

Kim Dae-sik was a person who pulled U-gwang that was business world 9th up to business world 4th.

‘Should have confirmed properly first. Even if a fight going in losing, what use lowering the tail so powerlessly like this.’

Didn’t know would be hit again and deceived earlier?

So asked.

“Team Leader Yu, how did contacting Secretary Kim go?”

“Said will report to Chairman and come this way right away.”

“The object requested?”

“Whose request.”

Yu Jong-tae grinned.

“Said thinking of organizing U-gwang’s six affiliates within today, firmly answered will bring even canceling all schedules.”

Yu Jong-tae slightly rolled up the sleeve and confirmed the wristwatch.

“If the car not blocked, will take about 20 minutes from Taeseong Group headquarters to here.”

“Hmm.”

“Who knew the negotiation would finish so quickly? This perhaps arriving only after the acquisition negotiation of U-gwang’s six affiliates ends?”

Yu Jong-tae made a hollow laugh.

“So this is why the words of snatching passage specialty come out.”

“If receiving anyway, have to receive quickly.”

That was my private loan recovery principle.

“Kya, President Shim kept grinding teeth because of Taeseong Chemicals all along. For U-gwang ended up handing over all the regrettable affiliates unexpectedly. Would have wanted to drag time tenaciously.”

“We also saw quite damage while urgently disposing Taeseong Chemicals? If owed debt, have to recover more than that.”

That also was my private loan recovery principle.

‘How much asset damage saw while Taeseong Chemicals stepped back?’

I counted with fern-like plump and small fingers.

“Movable property not cleaned up in time billion units, calculating promissory notes and bank and private loan interest at least ten billion units damage endured.”

Trying to block the Taeseong Chemicals fire and save people.

But ended up Amitabha again due to U-gwang Construction’s arson.

‘So in this opportunity just repaid more than received.’

In Yu Jong-tae’s eyes looking back at me, respect and joy overflowed.

“Then U-gwang ended up urgently disposing six affiliates at once. The expected profit even catching small several tens of billion units?”

“Probably no time to divert of course movable and real estate even employees?”

“Iya, another successors will enter our company enormously?”

Yu Jong-tae rubbed palms and laughed uhuhoot.

Quite a mean and sly laugh.

“Shall I dig pits in Cheonggye Mountain in advance? Shall I fly a plane to the Middle East?”

“Uhuhoot!”

“Uwa, Young Master. The laugh just now looking extremely mean!”

Finally this moment coming.

‘Why I planned U-gwang sinking plan stage 3.’

-First, catching U-gwang’s weakness.

-Second, revealing U-gwang’s shame and sinking.

-Third, gathering U-gwang’s affiliates.

There were really many words and many troubles until now.

Now if only finishing the signature seal on that acquisition contract, U-gwang’s affiliates fall into my hand.

“Jeong-hyeok!”

Said even a tiger comes if saying its words.

Grandfather rushed into the conference hall hurriedly.

“No, why an eight-year-old kid took the lead in the union protest! Anywhere hurt?”

“Was waiting!”

Too glad so ran with both arms open.

Of course Secretary Kim!

“Secretary Kim, brought the documents I said to bring?”

“Of course.”

Secretary Kim took out a thick document file from the document bag.

Grandfather who smiled broadly and knelt one knee and opened both arms hardened on the spot.

But I was busy turning the thick document file.

‘Now not the time to leisurely hug grandfather and do ujjujju?’

Because threw blackmail threat where the acquisition of as many as U-gwang affiliates 6 is at stake.

“Besides the statement the younger grandfather of Taeseong Construction wrote, this and that extremely many?”

“At that time the Young Master boasted. Said will tear U-gwang’s affiliates on the condition of burning the statement.”

At the part of burning the statement grandfather dropped his mouth open.

Probably because the content I settled with grandfather before floated up.

-Then intending to put that in Chairman Kim’s hand? If wanting to be threatened leaving the younger grandfather forcibly, do so.

Secretary Kim asked.

“Like?”

“Of course. Whose skill. This really can’t pull or put?”

As expected Secretary Kim!

Processing even uninstructed work so properly!

The worry that the younger grandfather’s statement alone insufficient also for a moment.

“With this level even if the president runs wild saying will detach U-gwang signboard today and use as doghouse nameplate enough?”

“Prepared with effort for today.”

“Secretary Kim, the best!”

“Glory. To hear praise from the Young Master.”

Secretary Kim smiled gently.

“Please entrust often from now on too. Will support certainly doing best.”

“Secretary Kim, whose secretary are you?”

Grandfather grumbled small.

“To me always only nagging but glory sound comes out because raised one thumb?”

“To such Chairman didn’t raise the thumb even once.”

“Such a thing! I can also raise, thumb!”

But grandfather ended up not raising the thumb and turned his head abruptly.

“What did well that will receive thumb from me? Have conscience, Secretary Kim?”

“Don’t know how reassuring grandfather came up to here.”

I put the document file Secretary Kim handed in grandfather’s hand.

“Enough. Such give to Secretary Kim.”

Grandfather turned his head abruptly.

Lips pouted.

“Grandfather, President Shim will be waiting in the chairman’s office.”

“Why President Shim also came out to U-gwang union protest?”

“Well because came to settle the acquisition of six U-gwang affiliates within today.”

“What? Settling the acquisition within today? No, how?”

“······Threatening?”

What? Why? What!

“Who doing what? Threat? President Shim did, or received?”

“Said if not handing over the affiliates quickly will reveal the younger grandfather’s reflection to the media, the young chairman was dragging President Shim to the chairman’s office?”

“Reflection? Not the statement?”

“Eh, no way I have the statement.”

I didn’t lie.

“What I handed earlier is the reflection the younger grandfather sent. The letter separately conveyed to our father saying sorry in many ways for rolling Taeseong Construction.”

“What?”

Grandfather blinked eyes.

“Ha, hahaha. Hahaha. Hit U-gwang’s checkmate with blackmail.”

Grandfather hit his knee with a thud.

“Now U-gwang is in the position of prostrating flat and begging His Excellency. Even if caught one more trivial pretext, right before collapsing with a thud. The time to watch the body somehow. So checkmate.”

“Looking into, not particularly blackmail either?”

I tapped the document file forcibly put in grandfather’s hand.

“So requested like this. Only circumstantial evidence and certain even physical evidence strictly different.”

“But if revealing this to the media, not only U-gwang but our Taeseong also troublesome the same. Don’t want even Yun-seong entangled.”

“So burn in front of grandfather taking responsibility and watching.”

If obtained all obtainable, evidence destruction essential!

“If don’t like, don’t. That side U-gwang Group head stepped forward. To match the grade as negotiation representative, shouldn’t I step forward as representative?”

“No! What seat that is that fearlessly!”

Grandfather said cutting sharply.

“U-gwang got torn raw seven affiliates! If carelessly even retaliation what to do!”

Grandfather couldn’t endure and stood up with a whoosh.

“Even if reddening faces I redden, even if settling I settle!”

Grandfather tightly held the document file and shook.

“Of course evidence destruction I also do! Will take responsibility and process the finish certainly so even Yun-seong not dragged to the central intelligence!”

“Our grandfather the best!”

I raised thumbs with both hands.

Grandfather put a hand on the waist and burst into hearty laughter largely.

“Secretary Kim, saw? You one thumb, I two!”

* * *

When grandfather visited U-gwang Group chairman’s office.

There was a person limping and coming holding a cane from the opposite corridor.

“Long time no see, Cha Tae-seong.”

It was the former U-gwang Group chairman.