Chapter 57

Chapter 57

Appearance of the Big Shot (1)

At Taeseong Group Chairman Cha’s house, the phone rang without rest.

Ring!

“Hello?”

Chairman Cha was receiving the call directly.

This was an important call that couldn’t be postponed even to the wife or housekeeper.

“You’re saying you want to invest in Taeseong Construction? Good. Of course. This Subway Line 2 construction, our Taeseong will definitely win it.”

Investment explanations went for a long time.

While hanging up the phone, Chairman Cha smiled contentedly.

“Living, even this kind of day comes. Every time expanding the business, I was busy going around borrowing money. Hahaha.”

“Chairman, are you thirsty? Have some honey water.”

Thud.

Chairman Cha’s second wife, Cha Seong-jun’s mother, put down a teacup with warm steam rising.

“What kind of call comes all day. The chairman only says important calls. If you tell a bit, does it hurt?”

“It’s precious investment calls saying they’ll help Taeseong.”

In this world, there’s no person who easily pays their own money.

That’s what Chairman Cha who does business knew best.

So he couldn’t help but respond sincerely.

“What happened at the year-end night that investment calls are pouring? You threatened me and the kids not to even think of going saying we’d see a rough appearance.”

“We almost saw a rough appearance. But strangely the matter resolved well. Thanks to a very bold and flashy sponsor attaching to Taeseong.”

Chairman Cha burst into a hearty laugh.

“The skill is so good that I can’t even speak. Not enough to deliver 3 billion in cash to Secretary Kim, he called the big hands and made them invest as much as 15 billion in Taeseong in an instant.”

“F, fifteen billion!”

Madam inhaled breath.

“My goodness, how much is all that?”

“Exactly half of Taeseong Chemicals. That’s the investment money that our sponsor pulled in overnight.”

“Who is that?”

“I don’t know. I only know that they’re actively pushing Taeseong.”

Chairman Cha picked up the honey water with steam rising instead of lowering the corner of his mouth that rose a lot.

“Suddenly like a person who fell from the sky, he changed the board in an instant. I don’t know, but it’s not ordinary. It’s clearly a big shot’s skill.”

“Big shot? Is it a person who dipped a foot in politics?”

“Well. Looking at the cash mobilized, it seems finance side too. Anyway, this is the skill of a person who saw the board big and wide and long. That much is clear.”

“What on earth did that sponsor do that it’s like this?”

“The method used is high level. U-gwang used bribes on high-ranking political and business world figures but the sponsor chose the method of pulling their money.”

“Isn’t that the same? In the point of pulling powerful ones to their side, it’s the same?”

“Solving the same purpose with a completely different position is amazing.”

Slurp!

“Let’s look from the high-ranking figures’ position. The bribe that U-gwang handed is already money in their pocket. Whether receiving the request or not, there’s nothing to regret. On the other hand, if money that came out of their pocket enters our Taeseong, the story changes. If our Taeseong collapses, they lose.”

“Ah!”

Madam clapped her hands.

“Gain is natural, and absolutely don’t want to see loss?”

“Yes. A reason to definitely push our Taeseong arose.”

Thud.

Chairman Cha put down the teacup with honey water.

“This is a very difficult matter. Are high-ranking political and business world figures easy people? He seduced such people and drove them to invest competing.”

“How did he seduce?”

“The selection of the shill was very amazing.”

The shill that Taeseong attached at the year-end night was an opposition party assemblyman.

That also only stopped at turning the arrow of the threatening letter to another place.

But the sponsor was different.

Boldly, he pulled in the big hands of underground finance and made the year-end night into an investment place.

Chairman Cha stroked his chin.

“If it’s a person who plays this kind of trick, it’s clearly a person who has one skill. No matter how much I count on fingers, there’s no such skilled person. Who on earth······.”

“Hohoho, who cares. What’s important is that they’re pushing our Taeseong hard. Just looking at such a sponsor eyeing, our Taeseong will do better from now on.”

Madam smiled covering her mouth with her hand.

Chairman Cha’s hearty laugh also didn’t stop.

After the two spouses laughed for a long time like that, Chairman Cha glanced and said.

“Yesterday I broke off the marriage with U-gwang, and officially announced Seong-jun’s wife and child.”

“What?”

Madam was so surprised that she dropped her mouth open.

“No matter how much I pestered to cancel the marriage, you said it’s a matter with 30 billion Taeseong Chemicals at stake and absolutely won’t do!”

“Seong-jun wants it. He says he can’t abandon his wife and child, what can I do. Instead, I decided to hand over Taeseong Chemicals.”

“Well done!”

Chairman Cha blinked his eyes with a dazed expression.

“I thought you’d run wild saying what if handing over Taeseong Chemicals to pass to Seong-jun?”

“I don’t know company matters. But I know well that a woman has to enter the house well.”

Madam crossed her arms.

“U-gwang chairman’s youngest daughter, I really didn’t like her as our Seong-jun’s pair.”

Chairman Cha couldn’t hide an absurd expression.

Because the wife seemed not even thinking of blame and scolding for ruining the 30 billion marriage.

“Will it really be okay? The U-gwang side will stir the madams and give you face. The position might become very awkward.”

“Face? If a woman talks nonsense in front of me, I just pull out all the hair from the start.”

Madam snorted.

“Who has the guts to pick a fight in front of me? You know I’m a person who can’t see that appearance prettily.”

“Ha······.”

“No need to even go to hair pulling. Once I throw the teacup I was drinking and flip the table, they all run away and disappear.”

Madam glanced and added.

“Ahem, Inwang Mountain Fairy Bodhisattva said the compatibility of U-gwang’s daughter and our Seong-jun is the worst. If tied with that kid, Seong-jun won’t avoid short life and unnatural death or something.”

“Again, again, again!”

“Inwang Mountain Fairy Bodhisattva is the best shaman who even matched our country’s national fortune?”

“Nonsense of a shaman who doesn’t work!”

“Look at the result only. Honestly speaking, from when the sound of engaging with U-gwang’s daughter came out, Seong-jun only went out, it’s a fact, right? I didn’t properly see my son’s face for 7 years.”

Madam trembled.

“Inwang Mountain Fairy Bodhisattva said our Seong-jun and Lee Su-jin are a match made in heaven! I didn’t know that either! Even now when I think of that money envelope······ Ugh!”

Madam stood up abruptly.

“I’m going to see our son and my precious grandson! Don’t stop me!”

“What? So suddenly? What if the kid is surprised?”

“There’s no kid who doesn’t flip eyes at candy and chocolate cake for a child! I’ll pack only sweet things and go and definitely hear the sound ‘Grandmother is a good person!’! Just watch!”

Madam ran out without looking back.

Chairman Cha shouted greatly.

“Soon I’ll call all the family and do a meal welcoming the new year together! No need to hurry that much······!”

But the wife had already opened the front door and jumped out after.

Chairman Cha clicked his tongue.

“Tsk tsk tsk. Anyway, just charging in and seeing is the same even at that age.”

Ring!

Just in time, the phone rang.

“Hello?”

-Chairman, it’s Kim Young-geol. A big matter arose.

“Big matter? Why are you this fussing unfitting for you?”

-Just now a call came from Mayor Gu. His Excellency said to have a drink together with Young Master Seong-jun.

“What? That’s a big matter!”

Chairman Cha couldn’t hold back and stood up abruptly.

Already a pale face.

“What on earth to do with this matter? No, why is His Excellency calling Seong-jun separately? What crime did a kid who just returned commit! Surely not U-gwang’s retaliation?”

The more he thought, the more only bad imaginations grew.

It was an era where the Blue House’s will was the highest priority.

“Where? The place saying to do a drinking place!”

-It says Hyunmu Hotel.

“It won’t do. I have to go too!”

It wasn’t the time to leisurely talk about meals now.

Chairman Cha hurriedly put on the outerwear.

“Go Manager, start the car! Take the deodeokju and let’s go to the Hyunmu Hotel immediately!”

“Yes, understood.”

* * *

I turned the Hyunmu Hotel promenade several times alone.

With every step I took, I carefully thought about the bank that the master talked about and the investment company I want to establish etc.

By the time the walk ended, my mind was also organized to some extent.

‘As expected, when rolling the head, a walk is the best!’

I finished the walk with light steps and entered the hotel lobby.

‘Uh?’

Cars began entering the hotel main gate in a line.

As soon as the cars stopped, the people who jumped out like springs were the Taeseong Group security guards.

They hugged large document boxes and ran busily.

Very tense expressions and urgent steps.

“Ah, Young Master!”

The Taeseong Group security guards discovered me and ran over with delight.

“Where is Mother and you came out alone? Did you get lost?”

“Aigo, look at the cold hands. Cheeks are also frozen solid. How long have you been like this?”

“It won’t do. Newbie, properly escort our Young Master to the hotel room and come! Quickly!”

The Taeseong Group security guards fidgeted with anxious expressions.

“In my heart, I want to escort the Young Master and buy even one cup of warm ssanghwa tea.”

“But now an important matter competing for every moment arose.”

I opened my eyes round without realizing.

“An important matter competing for every moment?”

“Ah, every moment! It means a very urgent matter.”

Am I like this because I don’t know the word, or because I don’t know the situation.

“What matter is it?”

“That’s a national secret so I dare not inform······!”

National secret?

“E, even if looking with such pretty eyes, it won’t do!”

“Young Master, quickly enter the hotel room and stay.”

“Soon Blue House security guards will rush in and control this place and organize people.”

Blue House?

Suddenly bigger and bigger big shot level words popping out, my eyes couldn’t help but get bigger too.

Then a familiar high-class sedan arrived.

Father and Secretary Kim got out of the car.

“Young Master, you mustn’t call Father. He’ll be busy now.”

The quick-witted security guard, self-proclaimed number two, Yu Jong-tae security team leader who claims to be my hands and feet put down the document box he was holding on the floor and just hugged me up.

“I Yu Jong-tae will escort the Young Master. Kids, don’t omit materials and quickly carry them.”

“Yes, Team Leader. Then I’ll leave the Young Master in your care.”

Yu Jong-tae hugged me and walked with large strides.

Only after confirming left and right by rolling eyes did he whisper small in my ear.

“Shall I secretly inform the national secret?”

“Yes!”

“Mayor Gu called. His Excellency the President said to have a drink together with Father.”

“Yes?”

President?

I was truly surprised to the extent of being startled.

‘Why is the President popping out here? Is he really coming here? To the Hyunmu Hotel? Suddenly? No, why?’

This was a matter I hadn’t anticipated at all.

Then black vehicles began entering the Hyunmu Hotel entrance road in a line one after another.

“The Blue House security guards have arrived. From now on they’ll control the hotel. Young Master, if staying here you’ll get in trouble so let’s go up to the room.”

The faces of the people getting out of the black sedan procession entering in a line one after another were very amazing.

Yu Jong-tae lowered his voice more and said.

“Speaking in the order of entering the hotel lobby, Seoul Mayor, Blue House chief of staff, Minister of Construction, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Minister of Finance, Minister of Foreign Affairs.”

Yu Jong-tae exclaimed lowly.

“Following behind that are the vice ministers and vice minister assistants of each ministry. Flying and crawling figures are popping out in a line. To the extent of confusing whether this is the Blue House conference room or a private drinking place?”

I agree.

Even the amount of documents they’re holding is not trivial.

‘But why are all the documents brought shit-colored?’

Yu Jong-tae said.

“The Minister of Foreign Affairs brought embassy people. Hmm, where was it. I remember it was the Middle East side.”

Middle East? Oho!

Information that could firmly attract the President’s attention came to mind.