Chapter 137

Chapter 137

U-gwang’s Decision

I flicked a finger.

Tak.

‘Underworld messenger, to the chairman’s office.’

[Understood!]

The underworld messenger disappeared with a slide like smoke.

The field of view changed.

This place was in front of the chairman’s office located on the top floor of U-gwang Group headquarters building.

In the corridor in front of the chairman’s office grandfather and honorary chairman Kim U-gwang smiled and shook hands.

“Long time no see.”

“U-gwang, why lost so much weight not seeing? Have to eat meals and go around.”

“You seem eating well until the belly bursts and going around. Matters unraveling well?”

“Thanks to.”

Taeseong ended up eating six of U-gwang’s affiliates.

No, if counting even Taeseong Chemicals total seven.

Honorary chairman Kim U-gwang smiled bitterly.

“Conscience-less bastard. Have to poke so in front of oneself?”

“Doing conscience sound. When saw the Taeseong Chemicals acquisition contract I also thought the same.”

The act of trying to tear Taeseong Chemicals at a cheap price beating with promissory notes was also a conscience-less act.

“Pitiful. Ended up unable to eat U-gwang Securities and Construction for free.”

“Okay. Instead ate six more expensive heavy industry affiliates for free.”

“Well, that is a matter to know watching.”

A meaningful remark.

“The meaning of delaying day after day and eventually not stamping the acquisition contract?”

“Well. Said a matter to know watching?”

Honorary chairman Kim U-gwang shrugged his shoulders.

But after guessing the inner meaning looking at the sticky caught smile.

“Taeseong, how long do you see this regime lasting?”

“Don’t know how long this regime goes but know that if informing this matter to the Blue House your son and company will eat candy from this regime right away?”

“What meaning is that?”

Grandfather tapped the black document file tucked under the arm.

The document file Secretary Kim brought, and I put in grandfather’s hand.

“Why is your son Dae-sik meeting alone with our President Shim in the chairman’s office?”

“Surely······!”

Color suddenly disappeared from honorary chairman Kim U-gwang’s face.

Bang!

Honorary chairman Kim U-gwang opened the chairman’s office door without even knocking.

In the chairman’s office reception room Kim Dae-sik and President Shim were shaking hands.

“How did this become?”

“Father, late.”

Kim Dae-sik smiled bitterly.

The answer President Shim smiling widely did instead.

“Chairman, agreed to finish the acquisition of all six affiliates within a month.”

“Kim Dae-sik!”

“Father, this was really an unavoidable decision. Will explain the details separately later.”

Kim Dae-sik handed a neatly folded paper.

“Heard a statement former Taeseong Construction President Cha Yun-seong wrote. Said will reveal this to the media what choice.”

“Surely the reporters and ruling and opposition politicians spread flat in front of the company······!”

“Became so. Anyway affiliates His Excellency nailed to hand over.”

“But didn’t even say hand over right away. A matter that would have closed eyes pretending not to know if not caught more.”

Honorary chairman Kim U-gwang snatched the paper from the son’s hand and read down.

“This stupid child!”

The paper crumpled with a whoosh in honorary chairman Kim U-gwang’s hand.

“Playing along with such clumsy blackmail threat. You still far.”

Honorary chairman Kim U-gwang threw the paper largely crumpled with the palm in front of the son’s face.

Tak.

“Read directly.”

Kim Dae-sik picked up the paper bundle that hit his face and fell.

Kim Dae-sik who was reading down one character each bit his teeth.

“What is this?”

Kim Dae-sik crumpled the paper with a whoosh and threw at President Shim.

But President Shim lightly avoided moving only the head.

“Now me, dare mocking U-gwang? Not once but twice!”

“What mocking. Said cutting sharply from the beginning. This is President Cha Yun-seong’s reflection.”

“Until the end······!”

Kim Dae-sik who was pointing at President Shim turned eyes and glared at grandfather.

“Chairman Cha, absolutely won’t forget this humiliation and shame now. How looking down on U-gwang so······!”

“No need to get angry so. If the statement Yun-seong wrote, I brought.”

Grandfather held out the black document file tucked under the arm.

Kim Dae-sik walked with big strides and snatched like an eagle.

It was unmistakably the younger grandfather’s statement.

“Damn, didn’t know even had evidence that U-gwang Construction handed bribes to the central intelligence director and army security commander besides the statement regarding high-ranking official bribe requests······!”

Kim Dae-sik swept his face.

Only a bitter smile remained in the place the palm passed.

“Younger uncle also quite fearless. Extended hands to the central intelligence director and army security commander secretly from father.”

“The damned bastard if dying die alone, determined to roll even the family.”

The one whose expression hardened looking at the documents was the same for former chairman Kim U-gwang.

“Was even regarding the central intelligence director and army security commander written in the U-gwang Construction bribe ledger?”

“Why asking that to me? Ask your younger sibling.”

“Cha Tae-seong, did you directly offer the U-gwang Construction bribe ledger to His Excellency?”

Grandfather shook his head.

“If His Excellency knows where that money came from, the one who becomes troublesome is the same for Taeseong.”

“Yes, as an accomplice Cha Yun-seong would have been dragged to the central intelligence too. His Excellency’s anger would have headed to Taeseong.”

Right words.

So deliberately endured the trouble of copying the ledger separately and handed the bribe list and amount records to the Blue House security chief and secretary chief.

‘On the other hand handed part of the original ledger to the central intelligence director and security commander. If them, great people who would thoroughly confirm even handwriting inquiry.’

Grandfather sighed.

“I don’t want my younger sibling dragged to the central intelligence either, and don’t want your son dragged to the Blue House either.”

“Interests match.”

“So can derive the conclusion similarly?”

“Of course have to.”

Grandfather and Chairman Kim U-gwang grinned at the same time.

“Let’s burn.”

“Burn it.”

Chairman Kim U-gwang pointed at the tin trash can with the cane tip.

Grandfather took out a silver Zippo lighter from his bosom.

Whoosh.

The two companies’ big shot representatives looked at the flame burning in the tin can.

“Taeseong, held my only son as hostage and threatened?”

“The one who held the affiliates to hand over to Taeseong as hostage was your son.”

“So handed over the affiliates.”

“So burned the statement.”

The two chairmen laughed at the same time.

“Thanks to you became able to protect the one remaining younger sibling.”

“The problem your only younger sibling caused first.”

“Thinking of tacitly approving the sons’ management rights fight?”

“Fortunate became able to protect the son’s management rights?”

The two chairmen let out bitter smiles.

In the meantime the documents changed to ash hard to recognize the form, and the flame subsided small.

“Kept the promise.”

“Let’s finish with this.”

Kim Dae-sik let out a hollow laugh, and President Shim made a satisfied smile.

“Then I will go now. Because the work to process right away increased a lot.”

President Shim tapped the document bag with the affiliate acquisition contracts taken care of.

Seemed the buttocks twitching at the thought of taking this right away.

“Grateful for Chairman Kim’s active cooperation, will give this as a bonus.”

What President Shim handed was my <​Dedication for U-gwang Fire Victims> that Kim Dae-sik trampled with shoe feet.

“Thankful for the favor. Then I also have to hurry. Because U-gwang seems to have to bet life on media play now.”

Kim Dae-sik received and took care readily.

“As President Shim said the picture was just good. If packaging well, seems can properly take care of U-gwang’s image.”

Kim Dae-sik looked body heating at the thought of solving the work right away before the reporters completely leave.

Click.

Like that the two who concluded the affiliate acquisition contract left, and only two remained in the chairman’s office.

“Taeseong, since came up to here anyway, drink one cup of alcohol and go.”

“I don’t do daytime alcohol.”

“Heard when flew Taeseong Chemicals, stuck alone in the study pitifully and sipped five bottles of whiskey?”

“Ahem!”

“Taeseong, I just got torn six affiliates with eyes open.”

Grandfather closed eyes tightly.

Because clearly know who took care of the six affiliates U-gwang got torn.

“Then shall we drink just one bottle and go? Whiskey?”

“Yes, whiskey.”

Honorary chairman Kim U-gwang took out whiskey from the glass cabinet.

Grandfather slightly watched eyes then hesitated and said.

A very sorry appearance.

“Heard Yeong-seon’s marriage place decided?”

The woman who was engaged to our father was named Kim Yeong-seon.

In the past because father died early she married the divorced first son of Cha Yun-seong and connected the marriage ties with U-gwang.

“Thinking of tying with Director No’s nephew.”

“If Director No, by any chance Blue House security office operations deputy chief?”

“Yes, the army security commander’s right arm.”

The connection with U-gwang that was connected by marriage promise with Taeseong completely cut with this.

* * *

Cut the field of view sharing with the underworld messenger.

“Young Master, succeeded! Received signature seals on all six contracts! Hahaha!”

President Shim lifted the document bag with a proud face.

‘Good!’

Finally obtained in hand!

Even the acquisition of U-gwang affiliates finished.

“Luck was good. Didn’t even think the matter would unravel so well up to this.”

President Shim slightly pulled out the contract from the document bag.

“The threat properly worked.”

As expected a document where golden light burst out.

All that falling affiliates to me!

Not once or twice stripping companies, but at this moment the chest always pounds?

‘Ate for free!’

The joy of harvest.

“Heard a lot of rumors that Chairman Kim Dae-sik is not ordinary with extraordinary head rotation and excellent skill so tensed, but look at this.”

At the end of the golden light document signature seal was stamped with a stylish handwriting.

The gaze President Shim looking at me was flashing excessively to the extent of burdensome.

“Now the Young Master also became a proper chaebol chairman.”

Eh?

Chaebol chairman.

“Me?”

“Of course. How many affiliates attached under the Young Master. Naturally have to hear chairman sound.”

Not once or twice ate companies for free, but at this moment the chest beat as if bursting.

‘Never heard chaebol chairman sound even once.’

Even if I became a big shot of the Republic of Korea underground finance,

Even if the companies I acquired and split and resold reached thousand units,

Even if the size of the investment company I established grew as much as a chaebol group,

I have never heard chairman sound until now.

I was always only called boss, or Sillim-dong ant hell.

“Then shall we go together with me right now?”

“Where?”

“Have to make business cards.”

President Shim winked one eye.

“A gift.”

“Enough. What matter an eight-year-old kid handing business cards.”

Had to refuse the unexpected gift.

But didn’t refuse even that heart.

Pointlessly the chest tickled, and the mouth corner kept twitching.

“At mere age eight ended up leading six heavy industry affiliates, moreover defense industry companies. Sincerely happy beyond measure to share this glory. Congratulations.”

President Shim politely bent his waist 90 degrees, and I put both hands together and bowed a belly greeting.

“President Shim also suffered a lot until now.”

“Hahaha, from now on hardship end, happiness start.”

Not?

‘Have to convert the system to defense industry and turn the factory, control the employees, pierce the clients, prepare for the oil shock, spur technology research. Work is a mountain so will become busy without time to open eyes.’

But President Shim was laughing largely as if having the whole world.

“Have to form the acquisition negotiation group, wrangle for several hours at the negotiation table, hold nerve wars hitting the calculator. Thinking of doing that at least several months, at most several years, this is really ate for free? Uahahat!”

The reason President Shim laughed even leaning the waist back.

“Company acquisition is a matter that teeth grind just thinking. Usually light eyes and tenaciously bite and hang not to see even one damage. Even avoiding only that work stress drops sharply. Uahaha!”

So I also smiled brightly.

“Thanks to President Shim the time and effort wasted with acquisition merger dropped sharply. As expected President Shim, the best!”

“What did I do. All the Young Master’s skill.”

President Shim whispered small in my ear.

“Our Young Master also well weaves large boards that shake the political and business world, and well draws pictures to appeal to the media. Moreover even threats well. Where on earth learned such?”

······In the back alleys?

Can’t say this honestly.

No method to explain what?

“Would have gathered at least five times the damage flew at Taeseong Chemicals.”

President Shim looked very glad.

“Hehehe, isn’t it that I couldn’t sleep properly for two months resentful because of that? From today will stretch both feet and sleep in!”

Even if not up to sleeping in, if sound sleep can understand.

Insomnia is an overwork death row free pass ticket?

“Really received signature seals on all six affiliate acquisition contracts in not even 30 minutes?”

“Whose board woven. I believed! Knew it would become like this!”

Well?

The gentleman whose lips were drying tightly while charging in putting U-gwang’s union forward applying saliva to the mouth and lying.

But since obtained the acquisition contracts of six affiliates as if to show.

Can’t even argue what.

“Young Master, but Chairman Kim Dae-sik secretly handed a quite suspicious proposal.”

Secret and suspicious proposal?

President Shim lowered the body tightly and whispered in my ear.

“Heard U-gwang also wants to form a close relationship with Taeseong’s sponsor.”

“Dream is big. Empty mouth?”

“No way.”

What comes as a set with requests.

Bribe.

“Heard will put out 7% of U-gwang Group shares.”

No, what crazy guy carelessly takes out the sound of putting out as much as 7% of the holding group shares?

‘This is no different from the sound of obediently handing over own lifeline?’

President Shim slightly held out a note.

If telling to bark will bark. Woof woof! Bark bark! Just save!

No, who threatened holding a knife saying will kill?