Chapter 138

Chapter 138

Golden Light Proposal

‘Going crazy. What is all this golden light?’

Because said secret and suspicious proposal, naturally thought separately wrote conditions on the note and sent.

But what’s this?

‘For a business of putting out as much as 7% of U-gwang Group holding company shares, too dog sound itself?’

Nevertheless the golden light note flashing noisily.

How to interpret this.

“Young Master, why the expression so? Something meaningful content on the note?”

“Nothing particular. Just wrote dog sound.”

“Dog so······ what?”

Because President Shim opened eyes round, showed the note instead of explaining in detail.

“Haa.”

President Shim made a hollow laugh.

But the mouth corner was hung on the ears.

“The meaning that U-gwang completely surrenders to the Young Master?”

Looking at the context seems so.

‘Why particularly chose such words and wrote?’

Rather write surrender.

What is the unknown bark bark, woof woof again?

‘Looking at the golden light so dazzling, seems something very important cipher-like?’

So.

Living and living, first time seeing a crazy guy who wrote two characters bark bark, woof woof so desperately?

No, please just save?

“Ah······! The Young Master doesn’t know what happened at the Blue House new year luncheon.”

President Shim looked around.

Then whispered small putting to my ear.

Regarding Kim Dae-sik’s eccentric behavior held at the Blue House new year luncheon and how the president treated him.

‘Aha, seems to know now why Kim Dae-sik particularly wrote such words and sent.’

Caught the feeling!

“The intention of probing me. Cunning.”

A trick whose inside is clearly visible.

So curious.

“No separately conveyed words besides this note?”

“Said if thinking of joining hands with U-gwang contact. Will wait.”

President Shim killed the sound even more and said small.

“Heard what Taeseong can do U-gwang can also do? Secret matters U-gwang one level above Taeseong.”

“Where did the confidence come from?”

“So raised the middle finger and snorted saying don’t play and came.”

President Shim grumbled.

“Somehow these bastards, with such U-gwang Group stocks as bait······.”

“Seemed very curious who Taeseong’s sponsor is.”

“······How knew?”

“President Shim brought six copies of the contract in not even 30 minutes.”

“Yes?”

“A matter that doesn’t make sense commonly. How many employees attached, how much damage seeing.”

I tapped President Shim’s document bag and snorted.

“A matter that was delaying day after day tenaciously not to lose the affiliates somehow. Too many attached to obediently hand over just because received a bit of threat.”

“Where was that ordinary threat? If former Taeseong Construction Chairman Cha Yun-seong’s statement revealed in front of the reporters······.”

“Looking now President Shim also quite naive.”

I clicked my tongue.

“If that bursts, have to enter large-scale purge to the extent state affairs paralyzed. Not a matter the Blue House would welcome.”

“Yes, would have spread to a big matter that the country turns upside down. So U-gwang gut burning saying cleaning up······.”

“Eh, no.”

I shook the index finger left and right.

“This if the Blue House phones one call, not even one line of article goes out in newspaper broadcasts.”

Now is the military dictatorship era.

‘Why I didn’t reveal the U-gwang Construction bribe ledger and secretly flowed to the Blue House.’

The figures entangled in the U-gwang Construction bribe corruption are not easy.

Of course high-ranking administrative officials, even military and National Assembly, broadcast related entangled matter.

All would kill with one heart one mind to cover own shame.

“Would Kim Dae-sik not know that?”

“No, knowing that why······?”

“So the meaning that there is separate inner intention. Don’t know looking at sending the note like this?”

“······.”

President Shim closed his mouth.

An expression of completely not knowing.

“Why do you think I contacted Secretary Kim?”

“Well bringing Chairman······.”

“Really seems no person whose head properly rolls toward politics in Taeseong.”

President Shim closed his mouth.

A serious expression.

“Then why did the three chairmen respond to such threat? Agreed to burn the statement and hand over the affiliates?”

“Because a matter whose conclusion was fixed from the beginning.”

Anyway a matter to experience once, and resolve once.

Starting from the marriage, Taeseong Chemicals, U-gwang’s affiliates, and even the distrust and suspicion that permeated in a series of processes.

“This is U-gwang’s conclusion.”

I quietly retrieved the note held in President Shim’s hand.

“U-gwang pointed the anonymous sponsor as Taeseong’s background, and wants to ride the same boat.”

I folded the note neatly and put in the coin wallet with a whoosh.

“Somehow U-gwang seems firmly misunderstanding?”

“What misunderstanding?”

Listening to President Shim’s words will know.

“Seems there is a separate great person U-gwang guessed as Taeseong’s sponsor. Uhuhoot!”

This fun.

There are as many as three reasons that certainly point.

“Resentful? As expected good that cut and refused sharply from the beginning.”

“I am thinking of accepting U-gwang’s proposal?”

“No, why? Said there is separate inner intention? If careless, unluckily even our Taeseong entangled and see failure number. Know what U-gwang situation lately.”

Afraid of maggots can’t make soy sauce?

“A rare opportunity to obtain U-gwang Group shares 7% for free. Then have to catch.”

“Surely intending to reveal appearance in front of them tempted by mere shares 7%······?”

“Eh, no.”

I shook the index finger left and right.

“Whether U-gwang steps on empty legs or not not my business. No need for me to step forward and take charge of all dirty work.”

“What intending to do?”

“Since U-gwang entrusted the lifeline to me, intending to repay that expectation. Simple?”

“How is that a simple matter?”

President Shim pressed his own brows tightly.

“Now the political and business world is charging and chewing U-gwang saying will eat that fuss. The Blue House turning away, of course media and broadcasts even the people’s public opinion turned backs.”

President Shim sighed low as if lamenting.

“With this matter U-gwang the chairman stepped down, affiliates snatched, only affiliates to media and money launder remaining and fell to the government’s trumpeter and political funds laundry place.”

“So. Just good.”

Where is a better condition than this for me to use.

“If pushing all the work troublesome for Taeseong to process stepping forward to the front to U-gwang enough?”

“Yes?”

“Politics not done alone like business not done alone.”

President Shim moved his mouth like a goldfish.

Whether so or not.

“Thinking of opening a living path for U-gwang.”

“Would that be possible?”

“Of course. Not a particularly difficult matter.”

“······Of course U-gwang’s executives even Chairman Kim father and son helpless? Both hands raised white flag surrender state?”

“U-gwang not collapsed yet. With that level opening breathing is easy as eating cold porridge.”

U-gwang neatly put the affiliates in my arms, and put out as much as 7% of U-gwang Group shares.

Compared to that I just endure not particular effort end.

Such a thing just writing a few notes enough.

“If pretending not to know like this anyway U-gwang Group shares 7% is scrap paper.”

The reason Kim Dae-sik made the decision to close eyes tightly and hand over blood-like shares to me.

“But if lowering one lifeline and U-gwang revives, a sturdy ally arises for Taeseong.”

A lone general hard to survive.

That was not only the political world.

Throwing one scheme to open a breathing hole is nothing.

‘Affiliates to hand over anyway, readily handed to buy my favor. Enduring several tens of billion units damage.’

Kim Dae-sik, like.

‘Quite big bowl. Residual head rolls quite well. Finds own living path well?’

Who is Kim Dae-sik?

The only successor of a Republic of Korea business world ranking 9th group.

Would have been raised prettily supported from young.

Such a man kneeling to the president to save the company and crawling like a dog and picking up and eating food fallen on the floor?

He was a big shot figure who later grows U-gwang into a business world ranking 4th company.

‘Born is born.’

A company collapsing anyway.

Instead of holding that alone and diverting property behind, willingly giving limbs and forming an alliance and seeking a living path.

This was Kim Dae-sik’s gamble betting U-gwang’s future.

“Contact U-gwang. Thinking of the proposal said positively.”

I put the coin wallet in the pocket with a whoosh.

‘With the U-gwang Chemicals fire U-gwang finished generational change.’

If Chairman Kim U-gwang, probably the talk wouldn’t have communicated well.

A great person who is self-righteous and front and back different so a guy shady in many ways.

‘Kim Dae-sik who led U-gwang’s golden age rose to the head position 20 years earlier than the past.’

Somehow detached the heavy industry that was U-gwang’s headache for 20 years.

Instead only U-gwang’s core main force affiliates remained.

‘If Kim Dae-sik······ perhaps seems can become a quite okay business partner.’

Kim Dae-sik was a person who prioritizes gain over emotion, survival and alliance over grudge or pride.

So I also thinking of responding to his gamble.

‘Will save.’

There is a believing corner too.

If U-gwang Group shares 7%, would become a very sharp knife.

What how overturning the board with mere 7%?

Don’t know sound!

When was there even 1 share of U-gwang Group shares that could pull down up to here?

A knife changes a lot depending on who holds and when how uses.

‘If showed signs of hitting the back of the head ungratefully after opening breathing for a dying guy a bit······ then just chew to the bones without seeing circumstances enough.’

I gauged the profit obtainable by saving U-gwang in the head.

And also calculated the profit obtainable by killing U-gwang.

‘Good? No matter how hitting the calculator only gain?’

As expected knew from when the golden light flashed?

“Young Master, shall we return to the office now?”

“Eugyak!”

President Shim hugged me up with a whoosh.

As the body suddenly floated, surprised I held President Shim’s necktie like a rope.

“Kek! Young Master, keuheok!”

“Ah, sorry.”

Quickly released the necktie pulled.

Yu Jong-tae pulled me out from President Shim’s arms with a whoosh.

Yu Jong-tae who hid me behind his back glared at President Shim with fierce eyes.

“Neck, hang?”

Suddenly?

“Surprised the Young Master. Even dying okay.”

This friend, took to Cheonggye Mountain too often?

“Kekkek, too much. When Young Master Seong-jun hugged, put hand around the neck like this.”

“Uwa, the remark just now really no conscience.”

Yu Jong-tae looked at President Shim as if iron face.

“How can think of receiving equal treatment with father. Flabbergasted.”

“Ahem! If thinking of the merit of receiving seals on six copies of the affiliate acquisition contract, can hope this level of reward?”

“The subject who put one spoon on the table the Young Master all set dropping airs!”

Yu Jong-tae shot mercilessly.

“Remember. The Young Master’s loyalty number two is precisely me Yu Jong-tae! President Shim at best number three sound. Okay?”

“Whether who becomes number two is a matter to know attaching?”

President Shim also didn’t step back.

“Young Master, since decided to accept U-gwang’s proposal, if something how about digging into U-gwang’s weaknesses as much as met to threaten?”

“Naturally have to.”

Yu Jong-tae flinched.

Digging the weaknesses of large companies and major figures while wandering the back alleys was Yu Jong-tae and security team 5’s mission.

President Shim straightened his shoulders proudly.

“Young Master, the matters related to affiliate acquisition also process together with Yu Jong-tae? Or me?”

“President Shim, affiliates six, okay?”

“If number two, have to be able to do this level lightly.”

Oh!

I raised a thumb.

“President Shim, the best!”

“Uahahat! As expected I worthy of becoming the Young Master’s closest aide rather than that useless Yu Jong-tae there?”

President Shim smiled looking at Yu Jong-tae with arrogant eyes, and Yu Jong-tae trembled and bit his lips.

“Team Leader Yu, if have something called conscience know even number three is grateful.”

President Shim held my hand as if to show.

“Young Master, shall we go to the office? Team Leader Yu, what doing? Right away particularly select guys proficient in background investigation of political and business world big shots······.”

Growl.

This.

Skipped two meals from morning meeting the protest group people and preparing this and that.

“Emergency! Right now the closest restaurant! Have to select a place where children’s menu is provided!”

President Shim looked around.

“Don’t know U-gwang side restaurants well. By any chance anyone have a delicious restaurant list?”

“I have!”

Yu Jong-tae raised a hand.

“Lately my hobby is precisely inquiring and putting delicious restaurants outstanding with children’s menu.”

Team Leader Yu smiled.

“As expected I better?”

* * *

Lights off U-gwang Group headquarters chairman’s office.

Honorary chairman Kim U-gwang alone sitting on the reception room sofa with eyes closed.

On the table one empty whiskey bottle and two alcohol cups left alone.

Honorary chairman Kim U-gwang had no words with both hands put on the cane.

“Father.”

Kim Dae-sik who dealt with the reporters and returned to the chairman’s office late.

Without looking back at the son honorary chairman Kim U-gwang opened his mouth.

“What inner intention?”

“Father, remember I spoke about Taeseong’s anonymous sponsor the other day?”

“······Remember of course.”

“In the Republic of Korea a schemer who weaves a board designed so meticulously and sophisticatedly and delicately to the extent of persistent, I have never seen or heard until now.”

“That I also agreed.”

“Think such a big shot tactician can suddenly fall from the dry sky with a thud?”

“Hmm.”

“This no matter how flying and crawling genius weaves this level of board alone? A matter that doesn’t make sense. The scale itself not ordinary.”

“So. Then surely······.”

“Yes.”

Kim Dae-sik nodded.

“Certainly a force moving in unison with a certain purpose is plotting a conspiracy.”

Kim Dae-sik and Kim U-gwang.

The father and son were serious.

“The Blue House. His Excellency moved underwater.”