Chapter 39

Chapter 39

Obtaining the Invitations (2)

Yu Jong-tae entered the Hyunmu Construction president’s office.

He politely bowed at the waist and greeted.

“I’m Yu Jong-tae, team leader of the 5th team affiliated with the Taeseong Group security department.”

“I called you because I was curious what the intention was of suddenly coming and conveying this kind of note to me. If you’re teasing me, it won’t be fun.”

“No way. I came to convey this.”

Yu Jong-tae took out several documents from the document envelope and held them out.

Confirming that, President Oh of Hyunmu Construction opened his eyes wide.

“This is······!”

It was Suseo-dong land.

It wasn’t a geographically very good place, and the land pyeong was small for constructing a large complex apartment, but still, it’s Gangnam land.

President Oh of Hyunmu Construction turned to look at Yu Jong-tae.

“I heard Taeseong Construction’s fund situation is very bad these days not even doing construction and playing while sprinkling money up and down. It seems it has come to the point of having to sell even Gangnam apartment sites, not other places?”

It was a sneer.

“Did President Cha of Taeseong Construction send you? When we barely built apartments while selling apartment sites, they sneered so much, but that side is even worse than us? No wonder Taeseong Construction’s stocks are dirt cheap!”

President Oh of Hyunmu Construction deliberately shook the apartment site documents.

It was to shake Yu Jong-tae’s heart.

“I hear President Cha of Taeseong Construction is going around meeting bank presidents saying he’ll sell the land? To the point of even sending a person to me. It seems money is running short a lot these days?”

But Yu Jong-tae answered in a leisurely voice.

“Please don’t misunderstand. It’s not disposing of that because Taeseong Construction’s fund situation is bad.”

“You’re joking.”

“That’s not land owned by Taeseong Construction. It’s personally owned land.”

“What?”

President Oh of Hyunmu Construction confirmed the Suseo-dong land once more with surprised eyes.

“······Huh?”

That land is what Grandfather prepared as my share.

It’s also land whose name was turned over by the former president of Taeseong Construction saying he would divert and sell it in advance.

“I thought Taeseong Construction received all the development permits to build apartments. Who, why, sent something like this to me?”

“······.”

Yu Jong-tae’s pupils turned slightly.

It seemed he was gauging how far and how much he could answer.

“······.”

In the end, Yu Jong-tae chose to hold out the note written 2 without delay.

Clearly he wouldn’t know what was written inside the note because he didn’t look.

‘It’s not a bad choice. A guy faithful only to the entrusted matter is better than a guy who arbitrarily releases unpermitted information.’

In my second note, it was written like this.

This is a goodwill and bribe that I am sending to Hyunmu Construction. I will receive only exactly at the market price. Rather than who the land owner is, aren’t you more curious why I’m handing over this land so cheaply?

President Oh of Hyunmu Construction opened his eyes round.

“You’ll sell this at the market price?”

Yu Jong-tae’s gaze flashed.

Then he nodded with a more leisurely attitude.

“It’s not a proposal handed without knowing Hyunmu’s circumstances.”

“Yes. If you clearly knew our Hyunmu’s circumstances, you would have called a price more expensive than the market price. Why only receive the proper price makes me doubtful?”

Originally, a person whose circumstances are urgent and who is anxious has no choice but to do a losing business.

That was the reason President Oh of Hyunmu Construction was tilting his head.

“No matter how I think, we and Taeseong Construction don’t have a particular point of contact. So there’s no distance to yield in business either.”

Currently, the largest construction company in South Korea could be said to be Taeseong Construction.

Taeseong Construction greatly made a name while restoring Seoul City after the war.

Taeseong also built the bridges of the Han River, and of course public offices and roads as well as schools and hospitals.

Compared to such Taeseong Construction, Hyunmu Construction was a bit behind in weight class.

“When receiving conditions good only for one side to this extent, there are exactly two things to suspect. Fraud, or bribe.”

So I specified in advance in the note that it’s a bribe.

But President Oh of Hyunmu Construction frowned his brow.

“But why would Taeseong give us a bribe? It’s a position where we should do the solicitation.”

“You said fraud or bribe? I clearly revealed that I’m affiliated with Taeseong Group from the beginning when I came here. Would such me commit fraud? How would I handle the aftermath?”

“So it’s a bribe?”

Yu Jong-tae nodded with a serious expression.

“Instead, I want to exchange for invitations for a few guests to invite to the year-end night event.”

I revealed the purpose of this mission to Yu Jong-tae from the beginning.

It’s fine even if chased out for acting without sense, but it’s troublesome if he can’t bring the invitations.

“Invitations?”

President Oh of Hyunmu Construction read the note again wondering if he misread it.

Even rubbing his eyes, it was the same.

The characters saying he’ll sell at the market price wouldn’t change.

“You’re selling Gangnam apartment sites cheaply saying you’ll exchange for just a few invitations that can attend the year-end night?”

It was an expression as if the money calculation doesn’t work at all.

“These days because of Gangnam development, even if you sleep one day and wake up, land prices rise crazily? Is this really right? You’ll bear this kind of loss just for such a reason?”

Yu Jong-tae exaggeratedly let out a long sigh.

“As President Oh also knows, we could have sold it much more expensively than the market price using Hyunmu Construction’s circumstances. But the reason we don’t do so is······.”

“The reason?”

“Because we hope the Hyunmu Hotel will generously accept the guests we requested.”

Yu Jong-tae closed his eyes tightly and handed the last note.

Decide. Apartment site or invitations. I will follow President Oh’s will. 3 minutes of time to worry is enough, right?

President Oh of Hyunmu Construction couldn’t hide his bewilderment.

“You’re telling me to decide this within just 3 minutes?”

Yu Jong-tae’s gaze flashed again.

“3 minutes! No more! We’re also busy people.”

“It’s a matter with Hyunmu Construction’s apartment business at stake! To review the business feasibility, you have to give a generous 3 days!”

“3 minutes! It’s a matter of exchanging for just a few invitations.”

President Oh of Hyunmu Construction crumpled his brow tightly with his arms crossed.

It was an expression of ‘Who has time left?’, but what was in hand now was the Suseo-dong apartment site.

The position that had to squeeze out nonexistent time and go find the land owner and earnestly request to sell was the Hyunmu Construction side.

President Oh of Hyunmu Construction asked rapidly da da da da.

“You said it’s a bribe? What’s the scheme? Is it really fine with just a few invitations? The conditions are too good. Who in Taeseong is acting so favorably toward me? No matter how I think, there’s no person who would hand it over this generously?”

“······.”

When President Oh of Hyunmu Construction pressed as if he would grab the collar and shake, Yu Jong-tae burst out nervously.

“Ah, really! It’s just exchanging for a few invitations! No matter how I look, we’re the ones losing, what’s so difficult about this decision.”

Yu Jong-tae pushed his stomach forward.

“If you don’t like it, don’t!”

President Oh of Hyunmu Construction looked back and forth between Yu Jong-tae and the Suseo-dong documents in hand.

A groan was naturally coming out.

Yu Jong-tae deliberately looked at his wristwatch as if showing off.

“Already 30 seconds have passed. Tick tock tick tock!”

Pressing annoyingly while making tick tock sounds with his mouth.

It was so blatantly teasing that I who was watching couldn’t help but make a hollow laugh.

‘I didn’t inform anything, but he’s handling it quite skillfully with sense.’

Suddenly the words that Secretary Kim had said came to mind.

-It will be hard with only Yu Jong-tae. Even dealing with the president of Hyunmu Construction right away will be a problem.

But unexpectedly, Yu Jong-tae was handling it leisurely well.

‘Certainly, with only the identity of a Taeseong Group security guard, it’s difficult to deal with the president of Hyunmu Construction.’

So I deliberately wrote the notes.

Because Yu Jong-tae, a Taeseong Group security guard, volunteered to be a ‘errand runner,’ President Oh of Hyunmu Construction suspected the proposal but didn’t deny it as fraud.

If a mere Taeseong Group security guard had come to sell Gangnam apartment sites, he would have been treated as a fraudster and chased out at once.

“President, this seems like an opportunity that won’t come again!”

“Compared to the bribe of the apartment site, the solicitation is just a few invitations! The scale is greatly tilting?”

“This is clearly Taeseong’s goodwill! Is there a need to strike away the hand extended first?”

The executives cheered.

Favorable reactions poured out here and there.

“The apartment site is certain. These days, you absolutely can’t obtain land like this.”

“It’s a place that has already obtained the development permit from Seoul City.”

“Here, we can start construction immediately even now.”

“We have the sales proceeds. We can pay the full balance even today and receive the land.”

Hyunmu Construction had a lot of money thanks to the great success of the Apgujeong Hyunmu apartment sales.

“2 minutes have passed. Tick tock tick tock!”

The Hyunmu Construction executives burst out nervously in one voice.

“Stop pressing a bit!”

“We’re also doing our best now!”

The Hyunmu Construction executives flicked the abacus beads crazily fast.

The scale of the apartment to be built on the relevant site, land price, apartment construction unit price, sales price, promotion costs, of course short-term borrowings and bank loan interest.

Reviewing even in a simplified manner in that short time.

“Ding! 3 minutes have ended! If you can’t draw a conclusion, please return the documents you’re holding.”

It was Yu Jong-tae’s final pressure.

Finally, President Oh of Hyunmu Construction raised both hands.

“Invitations, take them!”

“Thank you.”

Yu Jong-tae smiled brightly.

Then he took out a contract from the document envelope and held it out to President Oh of Hyunmu Construction.

“The person who sent me here today likes documents more than words, things with thumbprints stamped more than little finger promises, and official documents more than IOUs very much.”

“······.”

Yu Jong-tae tapped the signature and seal part with his fingertip.

“Please sign and seal here and even press the thumbprint firmly. The deposit by today, the balance by the date written in the contract.”

President Oh of Hyunmu Construction who received the contract let out a hollow laugh.

“In my life, this is the first time seeing a case of doing a snatch contract like this while purchasing an apartment site. In the meantime, the contract is properly made. Oh dear, it feels like being played by ghost play.”

President Oh of Hyunmu Construction pretended to be leisurely and handed the contract to an executive.

“You go back now. We’ll carefully review the contract on our side and give a definite answer in a short time······.”

“Should I have included even this in the 3-minute ding?”

“······!”

Yu Jong-tae smiled annoyingly.

“Understood. Then this transaction is as if it didn’t happen······.”

“3 minutes, count exactly!”

President Oh of Hyunmu Construction snatched the contract he was about to hand back.

He placed it on the desk and quickly scanned it with his eyes.

“Tick tock tick tock! Already 30 seconds have passed.”

The Hyunmu Construction executives also clung next to President Oh and read the contract down, then burst out nervously.

“Really, stop pressing a bit!”

“We’re reading until our eyeballs fall out now!”

“Even if stamping the seal when stamping, we have to review at least whether there are toxic clauses or special agreements before stamping!”

“Of course, such conditions don’t even seem visible!”

Yu Jong-tae looked at his wristwatch while ticking annoyingly.

“3 minutes. Ding!”

“Take it! I said take it!”

President Oh of Hyunmu Construction held out the contract nervously.

It was a contract with the signature and seal as well as the thumbprint certainly stamped.

Yu Jong-tae politely bowed at the waist and greeted.

“I hope we don’t argue about gains and losses later because of this matter. Anyway, it’s a matter that started with goodwill and bribe, and the decision was made under the agreement of President Oh and the Hyunmu Construction executives.”

I liked Yu Jong-tae’s that last wedge just now very much.

Anyway, I was planning to cause a big ruckus at the year-end night event.

President Oh of Hyunmu Construction dry-washed his face with a very tired face.

“Since I handed over the invitations, they are also my guests. There’s no matter of treating guests coldly, so don’t worry about that and get out now. Dealing with you makes me tired to death.”

“Thank you. Then I’ll see you next time.”

Having obtained a satisfactory definite answer, Yu Jong-tae leisurely exited the Hyunmu Construction president’s office.

* * *

‘Good!’

I cut off the field of view sharing.

“Uhu hut.”

A laugh naturally came out.

Uncle Cheol-gu who was squatting side by side with me against the parking lot wall picking and eating hardtack turned to look at me.

“Little kid, didn’t you just smile very insidiously?”

“I smiled because the steamed bun is delicious?”

I blew on the steamed bun as if showing off and took a bite.

The soft red bean filling and the fluffy steamed bun skin were extremely delicious.

Yes, exactly this taste!

“Young Master!”

The quick-witted security guard, the self-proclaimed number two, the capable Yu Jong-tae who volunteered to be my limb ran over as if flying.

In both hands, four luxurious-looking invitations were held contentedly.

‘Oot, golden invitations!’

Wow, they’re flashing this much even from that far.

Anyone who sees would think he’s carrying the Olympic torch.

“Team Leader Yu!”

I was waiting earnestly enough to stand up abruptly upon seeing.

Of course, the invitations!