Chapter 54

Chapter 54

Golden Light Document

Chairman Kim walked limping toward President Kim of U-gwang Construction.

Each step stepping leaning on the cane was heavy.

Chairman Kim’s voice was heavier than that.

“Chairman Cha said he was thinking of only taking the child and raising it and sending the mother back. But in the midst of that, he came to know the tricks someone played and pushed out the younger brother, and also resolved to break off the marriage with my daughter.”

Chairman Kim’s gaze stuck like a blade.

“Why did you do that?”

President Kim of U-gwang Construction closed his mouth.

Instead, he spun his head tightly on how to make excuses to safely settle.

“Don’t talk nonsense. Speak as is. What relation does this matter have with you?”

How far should I speak.

The mouth didn’t fall easily.

“Making the Japanese technical advisor return to Japan is another thing. Why did the sound of not associating with U-gwang again come out?”

“That is Taeseong playing tricks in the middle······.”

“What tricks?”

Again there were no words to say.

It seems certain that Taeseong played some tricks on the Japanese.

There’s circumstantial evidence but no physical evidence.

“A misunderstanding in the middle······.”

“What misunderstanding?”

There was no way President Kim of U-gwang Construction could answer.

He even missed without being able to have one conversation with the Japanese.

“Yesterday’s year-end night. That cold gaze that the political and business world figures were sending to U-gwang?”

“That······.”

“Do you know how many protest calls came to me?”

“Sorry. That later······.”

“You’re saying you can’t even explain this properly.”

Chairman Kim pulled down his tie.

“You ruined my daughter’s marriage, ruined the relationship with political and business world figures, ruined the technical agreement, and it seems you even ruined the Subway Line 2 construction.”

Chairman Kim started wrapping the untied tie around his fist.

“Should I overlook a guy who can’t even do the explanation he’s told to do properly, and just rolls his eyes thinking of making excuses?”

Chairman Kim clenched the fist with the tie wrapped tightly.

President Kim of U-gwang Construction stepped back frightened.

“I, I can explain!”

“Shut your mouth.”

“It’s all not a big deal! The Subway Line 2 construction bidding hasn’t even started yet······!”

Thud!

At Chairman Kim’s fist, President Kim of U-gwang Construction’s head turned.

Chairman Kim flew his fist while grabbing President Kim of U-gwang Construction’s collar.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Blood splattered, spit splattered, dull sounds splattered.

President Kim of U-gwang Construction flopped down on the floor instead of clashing with his older brother.

“This Subway Line 2 construction, I’ll definitely bring it for U-gwang! You know, right, that I’m a guy who somehow makes results and brings them!”

Chairman Kim’s fist stopped abruptly.

President Kim of U-gwang Construction shouted desperately.

“Whether the process was how, if proving with results, that’s it, right! If the business is fine, other things can all be settled!”

Chairman Kim’s cold gaze stuck down on the back of President Kim of U-gwang Construction’s head.

“A subway penetrating Seoul City! 180 billion construction! If shaking the bean crumbs of subway stations and reserve land, the political and business world figures absolutely can’t turn their backs on U-gwang!”

President Kim of U-gwang Construction shouted as if vomiting blood.

“I’ll prove with skill, I’ll take responsibility with results! Asking for responsibility after completely failing is not late! Subway Line 2 construction, please believe and entrust!”

Heavy silence flowed.

Even the breathing sound was heavy so the tick-tock sound of the wall clock was heard annoyingly.

“Ruining the matter like this and just asking to believe covering it up?”

It was a cold voice.

“You acted out yesterday without distinguishing heaven and earth, and still haven’t come to your senses.”

Chairman Kim untied the leather belt this time.

President Kim of U-gwang Construction turned pale.

“The decision maker of the Subway Line 2 construction is Mayor Gu! The responsible person for management and supervision is also Mayor Gu!”

The hand of Chairman Kim who had raised the belt high stopped abruptly.

President Kim of U-gwang Construction shouted urgently.

“Whether the political and business world figures chatter, whether Taeseong turned their backs, whether the marriage broke, whether investment money flocked to Taeseong, nothing is decided yet! The person who decides that is exactly Mayor Gu! If Mayor Gu raises U-gwang’s hand, the game ends!”

President Kim of U-gwang Construction’s words became faster.

“I’ll do my best without distinguishing means and methods and roast Mayor Gu first! There’s more than half a month left until the Subway Line 2 construction bidding so it’s still early to give up! It’s not over until it’s over!”

Crash!

Chairman Kim threw the belt hard and smashed the flower pot by the window.

White porcelain fragments and soil grains scattered messily.

“Get out.”

“T, thank you, older brother!”

“Team Leader Song, drag this bastard out immediately.”

“Yes, Chairman!”

The U-gwang Group security guards approached President Kim of U-gwang Construction.

“I’ll return on my own feet··· Ugh! Let go of this, you bastards! Ugh!”

President Kim of U-gwang Construction was dragged out.

Bang!

The U-gwang Group chairman’s office door closed.

When the U-gwang Group security guards released their strength and fell away, President Kim of U-gwang Construction staggered and finally fell to the floor.

“Damn it.”

A curse came out naturally.

Teeth ground and strength entered the fist naturally.

Secretary Choi who was waiting outside the chairman’s office door approached with a surprised expression and held out a handkerchief.

“President, blood······!”

“Damn!”

President Kim of U-gwang Construction wiped the blood with the handkerchief roughly.

The corner of the mouth was torn, and the nosebleed didn’t stop.

“Subway Line 2 construction, no matter what happens, I have to win it. Otherwise, it seems I’ll die first immediately.”

If not winning the Subway Line 2 construction, how the older brother would come out was clear to the eyes.

Because of being scared of that, he tried hard roasting by circulating bribes to high-ranking officials of the political and business worlds until now.

“From the beginning, I didn’t think of winning by clashing with Taeseong with skill. But just because there’s skill doesn’t mean winning the construction. The world turns with the logic of strong and weak anyway. If something happens, just press with force.”

President Kim of U-gwang Construction who stood up abruptly walked with heavy steps.

Secretary Choi followed behind and asked worriedly.

“President, what do you intend to do?”

“Let’s go to the city hall.”

“City hall?”

“Have to meet Mayor Gu. If just pulling Mayor Gu to my side, there’s nothing to fear.”

“Until now we couldn’t even attack Mayor Gu with bribes and pressure, will that be possible now?”

“I heard that Mayor Gu recently has very severe stress with the matter of changing the Subway Line 2 route. He said the route that former Seoul Mayor Yang Taek-seok conceived doesn’t suit his heart at all and he’ll make it a complete blank slate. Have to dig into that gap.”

As much as the mind was urgent, the steps also became faster.

“Let’s take the position of a construction company that shares the will with Mayor Gu. Have to present joint cooperation that can look at the same direction as Mayor Gu, dream the same dream, and work together.”

“Joint cooperation?”

“If a construction company with rich site experience participates from when deciding the route map, trial and error can be reduced, and the political burden can also be shared. If it’s Mayor Gu who set his will on politics, he’ll be tempted.”

President Kim of U-gwang Construction clenched his fist tightly.

“Actually, even if not luring Mayor Gu immediately, it doesn’t matter. Because we have the last method.”

President Kim of U-gwang Construction had a corner he believed in.

Sssss.

Something like dark and transparent smoke followed behind President Kim of U-gwang Construction and Secretary Choi.

Because right after the year-end night event ended, they received the order for close surveillance.

This was Cha Jeong-hyeok’s hidden card, the corner he believed in.

* * *

I saw the scene that the underworld messenger sent well.

I thought while rolling around on the Hyunmu Hotel bed.

‘Hmm, it’s certain that the president of U-gwang Construction has a corner he believes in. What is that. If it’s the last method that can win the subway construction even if not luring Mayor Gu······.’

There’s something that comes to mind.

‘As expected, is it the Taeseong Chemicals fire accident?’

With this accident, 23 people died, and 166 people were transported to the hospital.

The president who was greatly angry at the enormous human and property damage called Grandfather to the Blue House.

After that, Grandfather had to make a national apology, and established the Taeseong Foundation by contributing 3 billion won of private assets.

He stepped down from the chairman position for a while with the meaning of self-reflection, and the Subway Line 2 construction went over to U-gwang.

Rustle.

I took out a small well-folded paper from the coin wallet.

It was the statement that Uncle Cheol-gu wrote in his own handwriting.

A paper that still flashes with golden light and is not ordinary even looking again.

‘Hey, guardian deity.’

[······Why?]

‘Also dig a bit behind the Taeseong Chemicals suspects written here.’

[Digging behind that sly and mean guy?]

‘Can’t miss that guy either.’

[Is conscience well? At this rate it seems I’ll die from overwork······.]

‘Oh, the underworld messenger also dies again? I came to know a new fact?’

[······I’ll go and come.]

The underworld messenger disappeared smoothly.

Rolling around on the bed all day, a laugh came out naturally.

The mind and body can’t be this comfortable.

In the morning breakfast buffet, at lunch hotel Japanese food, at dinner hotel Western food.

“This is exactly a hotel staycation. Ah, good.”

There’s no separate life of a lucky unemployed person.

The best thing about becoming a child is exactly this.

No need to rub eyes and get up at the time others commute and go to work.

No need to worry about meals under the protection of parents.

No matter of life being in danger entangled in money fights, knife fights, territory fights, power fights.

“A child’s matter is eating well, sleeping well, playing well, too good.”

Actually, in the past, there was only the thought of wanting to grow up quickly and become an adult.

The money a child can earn is like an ant’s tear.

‘The world of the back alleys. The life of a child without a guardian was quite harsh.’

I had to sell gum, or pickpocket, or beg, or at least watch the net for thugs or gangsters.

There was no house so I often slept rough at subway stations or parks, and in winter there were countless days of secretly hiding and sleeping in warehouses or boiler rooms and getting caught and running away.

‘It was a life where one couldn’t survive without begging for goodwill from others. My childhood was miserable and dirty day by day.’

The more I recall, the more it’s a time that makes one shudder.

I don’t want to experience such a terrible matter twice.

‘But now it’s different. Parents are all alive, eating and sleeping at the hotel, while Mother receives a massage I’m loafing like this.’

No one hits me even though I’m loafing without working!

Wow, this is exactly heaven, itself!

It was a life unimaginable in the back alleys.

‘Still, I was the side where the breath opened a bit while entering under the master.’

What did the master say seeing me looking for something edible by digging through the trash can?

-Tsk tsk, a guy with really poor eyes. At a glance trying to pick up and eat the bread with rat poison sprinkled saying it’s good? Follow me.

-Have to learn letters and arithmetic at elementary school to use something. Why rotting a good head like this.

Thanks to that, I was able to enter elementary school late.

Thanks to the master sticking back money and preparing a fake family register.

Until then, the resident registration or family register system wasn’t completely established so there were many gaps.

Officials wrote by hand, and there were quite a few people whose records were omitted this and that.

Jump!

I stood up from the spot.

Since the body is comfortable, useless miscellaneous thoughts increased.

If hitting cold wind, the mind will become clear.

“For mood change, as expected, a walk!”

The Hyunmu Hotel garden had the Christmas tree prettily decorated and the promenade and garden properly maintained so it was quite pretty.

To the extent that last night when seeing it, the thought of wanting to look around once more in the bright day came.

I put on the outerwear and came down to the first floor of the hotel.

‘Uh······?’

I was startled seeing a familiar face entering the Hyunmu Hotel lobby.

‘Master!’

Why did the gentleman who should be at the pawnshop around now come all the way here at this time?

‘······Uh?’

From the paper envelope that the master was holding, golden light was bursting out flashing.