Chapter 165

Chapter 165

The Heart Wanting to Protect

President Shim was making an expression of not believing.

“Saying not handing over automobile and heavy equipment to protect Taeseong Automobile?”

“Yes.”

“By any chance fearing big Young Master ruins?”

“······.”

Can’t say not!

President Shim smiled as if awkward.

“Actually big Young Master a bit lacking in business sense compared to sincerity and motivation.”

Can say that a bit?

Somehow everything big uncle touches ruins and transfers one by one.

Taeseong Automobile and Heavy Equipment of course even Taeseong Pharmaceuticals.

“Surely thought I would try to make big uncle drink water aiming at the next head seat?”

“Keuheum!”

Iya, seems can’t say not?

This old man, said pointed wrong.

“Oil shock will come soon.”

Not much left.

“Big uncle and the executives under him ignoring that warning the whole time.”

How many family attached to Taeseong, how many businesses leading, how many businesses spread.

Too tight time to prepare for wintering at the large company level.

“After U-gwang collapsed big uncle as if determined trying to grow the size doing aggressive investment. Goal Samhwang Automobile?”

“Heard will make Taeseong Automobile the Republic of Korea’s largest scale automobile company.”

“Ambition good, guts good, ability of executives under also good. But exactly one.”

I sighed small.

“Timing not good.”

So heart not at ease.

“If really oil shock bursts how think will become?”

“Compared to the previous oil shock heavy industry will receive large blow.”

“In the meantime oil dependence heightened, heavy industry industry scale also grew incomparably.”

The larger the size the larger the blow self-evident principle.

“If according to big uncle’s plan···, if merging even U-gwang Automobile and Heavy Equipment here and growing Taeseong Automobile’s size recklessly···, how much the blow received when oil shock bursts expect?”

“No way stopping at the level of staggering.”

President Shim who was flicking abacus beads in the head for a moment naturally made a suffering sound.

“Hard to avoid bankruptcy. Maybe even other affiliates like dominoes.”

Yes, for exactly that reason right after the oil shock big uncle stepped down from the Taeseong Automobile president seat.

Because Taeseong Automobile’s deficit swelled like a snowball.

“If the size to feed and raise much larger in a situation reserves bottomed due to indiscriminate investment and mergers and acquisitions···, no way to clean up.”

“So I deliberately didn’t put out automobile and heavy equipment.”

To protect Taeseong.

“Right after declaring next head competition. If big uncle and Taeseong Automobile collapse what matter think will spread?”

“Naturally succession fight will full-scale.”

“In a crisis situation of chain bankruptcy because of oil shock anyway pointing knives at each other and starting internal strife?”

The matter that happened after big uncle stepped down from Taeseong Automobile in the past.

Taeseong began dividing into eldest son and second son.

Like that Taeseong plummets from business world ranking 5th to business world ranking 198th in 5 years.

Taeseong’s dark period everyone worried whether would disintegrate in the air like this.

“Young Master, then better?”

What on earth?

“Said crisis and opportunity like one side of a coin.”

President Shim smiled meaningfully.

“The golden opportunity to blow away the most powerful competitor candidate?”

“Saying blow away big uncle and blow away even Taeseong Automobile and Heavy Equipment together?”

I laughed overwhelmed.

“Cleanup will somehow.”

Would be so.

Even in the 21st century the Republic of Korea’s automobile industry didn’t die.

“If automobile industry to the extent of chain bankruptcy the government will devise countermeasures at the national level.”

This damn too big to fail!

This also one of the harms of politics-business collusion.

But thanks to that the Republic of Korea’s automobile industry could survive.

“Won’t automobile industry integration measures come down? If so rather than large Taeseong small and medium automobile companies will become acquisition targets first.”

History flowed as President Shim predicted.

‘Certainly the next regime prevented irrecoverable bankruptcy of automobile companies. Using the automobile industry integration measures called the 5th Republic’s blunder.’

I know all the series of situations how the collapsing Taeseong Automobile surged.

‘President Shim achieved technology alliance with a German automobile company, and acquired Saebom Automobile at a bargain price and Taeseong Automobile revived.’

If a breakthrough to solve Taeseong Automobile’s crisis already finished conceiving long ago.

President Shim said with a serious expression.

“So the Young Master instead of worrying about Taeseong Automobile’s cleanup, only ponder how can win in this bloody battle.”

President Shim’s eyes already looking at the next head competition scheduled 10 years later.

“A winner-takes-all fight. Losers not even allowed the leisure to worry about the group’s future.”

Like the U-gwang Group brothers’ fight.

The U-gwang Construction president set fire to the U-gwang Chemicals factory to pull the older brother down from the head seat.

Even accepting the damage from the U-gwang Chemicals fire.

“Maybe this an opportunity that can avoid fratricide, that is an opportunity heaven gave. Heaven’s luck.”

A hollow laugh burst unknowingly.

“That the heaven’s luck President Shim sees? Even clearly knowing will blow Taeseong Automobile and Heavy Equipment······.”

“Then will cut Young Master Dae-jun’s neck with the Young Master’s hands?”

“No thought of that.”

I shook the head.

“Pointing a knife at family? Just to have Taeseong? That really unsightly.”

“Who points a knife at family because wanting to point?”

President Shim sighed small.

“Young Master, the head seat only one. Opportunities to take the upper hand without staining hands with blood rare.”

“Everyone points knives at own family making such excuses.”

Chaebol group management rights dark fights mostly so.

Gangster territory fight bloody battles usually so.

The lesson I also learned bone-chillingly carving knife scars and betrayal wounds all over the body so.

“That human offspring? Human trash.”

“In the Young Master’s view may seem whether sounds of right mind.”

Of course the problem because sounds of right mind.

Would I who went around back alleys from young not have seen such?

Saw plenty.

Enough for teeth to tremble, teeth to grind.

Because after the master designated me as successor I also was thrown into such fight boards.

“Since jumped into the chaebol group succession fight will have to follow this floor’s rules. Survival of the fittest and winner-takes-all. Can’t avoid fights and only obtain fruits.”

“Who said that rules?”

I poked my chest with the index finger.

“I no thought of following those rules.”

“Young Master.”

“If telling me to choose only one between Taeseong and family, I thinking of choosing protecting my family without hesitation.”

What hoped to catch again when I was dying not money and honor.

Only hoped to meet my family again.

“Didn’t the Young Master also accept the chairman’s proposal preparing for such fights?”

“I said will prove ability and performance, when said will jump into group faction fights and cause internal strife among family?”

Grandfather emphasized several times.

-Can’t give to the guy who forgets being family!

-Whoever sits in the head seat we one family!

-Among family have to help each other and live!

I stood up from the seat and walked to the seat President Shim sat.

Only then our eye levels became the same.

“I same meaning as grandfather. Taeseong one family.”

“Will become a difficult fight. Anyway the Young Master rose on the ring hanging handicaps dangling compared to other competitors.”

President Shim’s eyes were sunk low.

I know why President Shim making such eyes.

Because President Shim also would have gone through in-house politics dark fights via new employee days and rose to the president seat.

“Already prepared such long ago.”

That an unfavorable fight both grandfather, me, President Shim know.

But both grandfather, me prepared accepting that.

“But won’t retreat. No words of abandoning family in my dictionary.”

Looked straight at President Shim’s eyes.

“Big uncle also my family.”

I don’t want big uncle yielding the head seat to the younger brother and found as an unnatural death body by the lakeside one day.

“Anyway will walk a thorny path, there wearing heavy shackles, carrying luggage.”

“If that weight family willingly.”

Only hope President Shim also prepares to walk the same thorny path as me.

May that too big greed.

“Other family won’t know the Young Master’s resolve.”

“Don’t care.”

“Won’t show tolerance to the Young Master either.”

“Never hoped.”

“Rather will become the Young Master’s weakness. Will become the pretext for attack.”

“So have to protect with best effort. Because that precious.”

President Shim lamented low.

“Stubborn.”

“Then compromise leaving family?”

I smiled small.

“Fights enough doing outside.”

“Young Master.”

“Rather than doing rice bowl fights among family in that time I will grow my rice bowl, my company larger.”

I shrugged shoulders.

“Have complaints?”

“Complaining acting so soft like that. The Taeseong Group head seat······.”

“What special that. If regretting enough making with my hands and sitting.”

“······.”

Me who came up from the bottom of the back alleys even with empty hands.

If wanting to sit in the chaebol company head seat enough making with my hands and sitting.

“I confident. Growing larger than Taeseong? Nothing can’t?”

In the past when doing loan king my specialty that.

-Reviving collapsing companies and growing large and reselling.

Rare more savory investment destinations than this.

“I have that level ability. How, even now shall open a chaebol group launch ceremony bundling 7 affiliates?”

I winked one eye.

“Then shut up and only believe me and follow?”

“Ha······!”

“Like Taeseong my family, confident can protect President Shim like my family. Dislike?”

“Who said dislike?”

Whoosh!

As soon as I held out a hand grabs with a whoosh.

No, grabbed my hand and pulled and tightly embraced me.

“Young Master, can’t seduce people so recklessly going somewhere.”

“So, came over?”

“If the Young Master determined and seduces helpless. Look. Knowing clearly I went over again?”

“With empty mouth? So easily?”

“Eheo, confiscate the just comment. Especially absolutely can’t seduce women like this.”

“······.”

Worrying about women to me the most useless worry?

Even in the days going well in the past only one woman in my fate?

“Already caught this person’s hand why seducing again to use for what?”

President Shim grumbled small.

“Surely not already forgot the oath of being together to the end then?”

“Then promised the dummy president seat of our company.”

“Then this time what’s different?”

“Since words came out how about sitting in the U-gwang Automobile and Heavy Equipment president seat?”

“······!”

President Shim who opened eyes round soon smiled faintly and retorted in a playful tone.

“This time also dummy president? Changing position from investment company to automobile company?”

“Not position change but promotion appointment?”

“······!”

“This time have to give a proper affiliate president seat.”

“······Sincere?”

“When saw me joking with company matters?”

I grinned.

“Originally arms bend inward. I the style of openly favoring if taking care of my people?”

“Also receive bribes and flattery?”

“Of course. The world originally bribes and requests! Smoothly with oiling evenly up and down!”

If like Uncle Cheol-gu would have trembled.

President Shim skilled in in-house politics stabbed something deeply into my mouth.

Sucking smooch smooch and eating was herbal medicine.

“Growth tonic. If eating this height grows sprout sprout sprout! Specially made for the Young Master.”

Was there even such tonic in our office.

To receive all bribes from President Shim who is stiff like iron heartstring.

A matter of living long in the world and seeing.

“If promoting one more time this time dummy chairman.”

“Dummy chairman? Lived and lived first hearing dummy chairman.”

“If bundling defense industry affiliates and seating in the chairman seat dummy chairman. The head seat only one?”

“Eueok!”

President Shim laughed and made the motion of holding the back of the neck.

This quite not believing appearance.

“Why? Can take dummy president but can’t take dummy chairman? Ability quite not? No ambition?”

“I a man with ambition! Covet the dummy chairman seat!”

This sincere!

President Shim raised a thumb and winked one eye.

“Then okay even matching Chairman Cha saying same chairman?”

Ambition with clear goal.