Chapter 58

Chapter 58

Appearance of the Big Shot (2)

I was curious.

To think an amazing figure that I only met in books or documents will soon arrive here.

It was just amazing and surprising.

‘Why did the President call Father? And that to a private drinking place?’

He’s a busy gentleman so it’s not that time is left over.

So I asked.

“Is it correct that he called our Dad not Grandfather? Is it certain?”

“Secretary Kim also asked back twice to Mayor Gu and confirmed. The chairman wasn’t invited.”

So it couldn’t help but be puzzling.

‘Father doesn’t match the level to attend the President’s drinking place.’

If it’s the President of this era, even our Grandfather who is the head of Taeseong Group was an opponent who had to bow his head and crawl on his knees and struggle.

Our Father who is green young and merely the president of Taeseong Construction?

Even a secretary of the Blue House secretariat wouldn’t meet him.

‘Calling a subordinate who doesn’t even match the level to a drinking place means the business is certain. What on earth is that?’

Yu Jong-tae whispered small.

“Since called, one can’t make His Excellency wait. Immediately an emergency dispatch fell, and we were in the middle of moving all related materials and setting so that we can report immediately if necessary.”

If it’s materials that our Father and the Taeseong Group security guards prepared, it would be construction materials regarding Subway Line 2.

‘No. That would be sufficient with receiving a report from Mayor Gu. It’s the sound that there’s a more important business that he wants to confirm directly from Father.’

Then a black limousine appeared on the Hyunmu Hotel entrance road.

Immediately the Blue House security guards’ control became even more thorough.

The Seoul Mayor and ministers etc. who were waiting in the lobby also quickly ran out and began standing in a line in two rows.

‘Hey, guardian deity!’

[Yes.]

I shared the field of view with the underworld messenger.

* * *

A vivid scene unfolded to the extent that the thought that it’s the same as seeing in front of the eyes came.

That much it meant the underworld messenger was also showing interest.

The owner of the limousine who lined up the Seoul Mayor and ministers in two rows.

He couldn’t help but recognize who he was at once.

‘The President and closest aides have arrived!’

The limousine stopped at the Hyunmu Hotel main gate entrance.

Click.

The Blue House security guards ran and guarded the surroundings while covering.

A man with a sleek appearance opened the passenger seat door and got out.

I know who he is.

‘It’s the director of the Central Intelligence Agency.’

When the CIA director tried to quickly open the rear door, the opposite rear door opened first before that.

“Step back. I’ll escort His Excellency.”

The Blue House security chief with a fierce appearance growled and said.

The CIA director stepped back one step.

Only then did the Blue House security chief dust his clothes collar and walk back with heavy steps and open the rear door.

“Your Excellency, we’ve arrived.”

“Yes.”

The highest-grade leather shoes stepping on the floor sparkled with polish without a speck of dust.

The suit pants hem wrinkles were caught like a knife.

Wearing a black long coat surrounded with highest-grade mink fur that glossily flowed.

The President got out of the car.

‘The best big shot of this country!’

The President of this era wasn’t a mere 5-year floating power holder.

It was literally an era of absolute power where at one word of the President, reclaimed land is filled, mountains are pierced and tunnels are made, and factories have to be built and reported even by borrowing foreign loans.

‘This tension, this excitement. This is a feeling I’m feeling after a really long time.’

To think I’d feel the sentiment that I only felt when a rookie again.

‘Perhaps because he’s the only President that I didn’t experience directly.’

So it was more interesting, and so the eyes went more.

‘But he’s a person unrelated to me. The paths we go are different.’

In this life too, there won’t be a matter of meeting, or getting entangled.

The President shook the coat hem.

“Your Excellency, you’ve come!”

When the President revealed his appearance, the Seoul Mayor and ministers who gathered in two rows bent their waists 90 degrees and greeted loudly.

“We’ll escort inside!”

“Hmm.”

The President lightly nodded.

He looked around the surroundings with a sharp gaze.

As a result of the Blue House security guards’ control, the Hyunmu Hotel from the hotel main gate to the lobby was completely open without even an ant.

“Let’s go.”

The President walked with large strides while arranging his clothes.

It was a gait overflowing with confidence.

Like that, maintaining the long line of two rows, the big shot level figures of this country began walking matching the President’s stride standing at the front.

‘The shit military discipline is properly caught. Even if a division commander comes, he wouldn’t catch this much knife angle.’

Of course it would be so.

Even if the army division commander of course the army chief of staff comes, in front of the President of this era, he can’t even present a business card.

Because he was the absolute power holder and military dictator of this country.

Ding.

The elevator door opened.

The President entered with large strides and rode the elevator.

Even though the boarding capacity was still left generously, only 3 people could ride with the President.

The Blue House security chief and Blue House chief of staff, and the director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Ding.

The elevator began going up quickly.

The Blue House security operations section chief said.

“On the next elevator, the Seoul Mayor, Minister of Finance, Minister of Construction, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Minister of Foreign Affairs will go up.”

The Blue House security even designated the elevator boarding order.

‘I can clearly see how this government rolls. Power lining up.’

Visible power ranking.

This seemed like the action guideline of the absolute power holder.

If the Blue House security operations section chief, the rank is lower than the Seoul Mayor of course the ministers of each ministry.

Yet everyone was obediently following the operations section chief’s order.

Even no unsatisfactory complexion or small resistance.

‘Not even resistance, only full of worry. Why are they all so tense and struggling at a private drinking place?’

Mayor Gu was also equally tense a lot.

From earlier, he was only fiddling with the paper envelope he was holding and sweeping his dry lips with his tongue.

The Blue House security guards grinned.

“The remaining people please wait at this place now. Even cold water has up and down, you have to go up in order. Isn’t that so?”

Of course, among these, the ones assigned the latest order were Father and President Oh of Hyunmu Construction.

‘At the drinking place, even more matters will happen. If preparing roughly, it seems we’ll be chased out without even pulling the principal?’

I realized why the Taeseong Group security guards packed Subway Line 2 construction materials and came to the drinking place.

I clenched my fist tightly.

‘If I weren’t a seven-year-old child. It would have been good if I directly negotiated. This is a bit regrettable.’

The slightly rising regret was also brief.

I recalled a more important task than that.

‘It’s a drinking place that the President invited. Have to block Father from being disgraced first.’

No. One mustn’t waste this lucky-like opportunity so trivially.

‘This time, of course firmly stamp an eye stamp on the high person, and properly solidify Taeseong Construction’s position?’

I’ll take care of practicality instead of honor!

This was the belief that I who lived in the shadows chose.

‘Good. Let’s make a picture that the President would be tempted by once.’

A President who values national prestige enhancement and face.

A President who likes talent and economic development.

Just in time, we have information that the President would pay attention to, a matter that would easily resolve if the President steps forward!

Moreover, this was a board where I could also fill my personal greed.

‘So that Mother can attend the first gathering new year family meal place with shoulders straightened and confidently, it seems I can also make a good-looking situation?’

The news that Taeseong Chemicals might fly because of Mother would have entered the family’s ears.

Can’t hear the curse of a woman who attached leading with a child, a woman who blocks a man’s path in front of the face.

‘If the sound that Father had a private meeting with the President comes out, the other siblings won’t be able to look down on Father either.’

Unless hearing the envious sound that a path to success opened for Father.

Father who was born as a late child of a second wife, and wandered only the provinces and Middle East for a long time so has no solid foundation.

In contrast, the other family members have properly occupied one seat each of Taeseong’s important affiliates.

But even such siblings wouldn’t have had a drinking place at a private meeting with the President!

Good! Let’s try once!

“Team Leader Yu, will you call Secretary Kim for a bit?”

If it’s Secretary Kim who is Grandfather’s closest aide, he would know about the President much better than me.

Of course, he would have properly prepared countermeasures for that too.

So it seems the Taeseong Group security guards packed documents like that.

* * *

“I don’t know.”

At Secretary Kim’s answer, I lost words to say.

Yu Jong-tae went out to the corridor skillfully and volunteered for guard duty so only Secretary Kim and I remained in the room.

“I’m only puzzled why His Excellency invited to the drinking place.”

It was a bewildering answer.

Secretary Kim, I was believing!

“Looking at the drinking place proposal coming not through Chairman Cha but through Mayor Gu, I’m guessing it’s because of the Subway Line 2 construction.”

Deep worry was thickly on Secretary Kim’s face.

“So it’s a quite difficult situation. Since there’s no matter that comes to mind, the preparation is also insufficient.”

Secretary Kim was in a sharper state than usual.

“The outside situation is not very good in various ways. For that reason, I can’t leave the seat for a long time now, so please understand, Young Master······.”

“Wait a bit.”

Where did I take off the outerwear? Eh, I don’t know!

I picked up the memo paper prepared in the hotel room.

I picked up the shit ballpoint pen that was next to the memo paper and began scribbling down quickly.

Secretary Kim checked his wristwatch and hardened his face.

“Young Master, there’s no time to be like this here now.”

“If there’s no matter that comes to mind so the preparation is insufficient, it means there’s no countermeasure either. So wait a bit. Countermeasure, I’m writing now.”

“Countermeasure······ you say?”

I held out 3 neatly folded notes with numbers 1 to 3 written on the outer side.

“I wish you’d convey this to Dad.”

“What is this?”

“Expected answer sheet.”

Secretary Kim received the notes.

“Why did you write numbers on the outer side?”

Because the memo paper is small so the letters don’t all enter.

There’s another reason.

“I marked so as not to confuse by expected question.”

“May I confirm the content?”

“Of course. However, whether to live my trust, or resolve curiosity. The choice is Secretary Kim’s share.”

“Then knowing it as permitted.”

Secretary Kim unfolded the note without hesitation.

It was a completely different choice from Yu Jong-tae who chose credit instead of curiosity.

“You abandoned my trust and chose curiosity. Won’t you regret?”

“Regret is when I take wrong information to the person I serve and ruin the matter.”

Secretary Kim politely greeted.

“Sorry to the Young Master. Even if resenting, even if disappointed, I’ll gladly receive.”

As expected. I like it.

It was satisfying.

‘Secretary Kim mustn’t make the same choice as Yu Jong-tae. Because Secretary Kim is a person who mustn’t stop at an errand boy.’

Secretary Kim began reading the notes frantically.

The speed of reading down became faster and faster.

After reading all up to the 3rd note, Secretary Kim lifted his head and looked back at me.

It was a shocked expression.

“All this the Young Master······!”

Secretary Kim washed his face dry.

“Really unbelievable. How is this the insight of a preschool child··· Huff!”

It was a reaction unfitting for Secretary Kim.

“If it becomes like this as is, there would be nothing better.”

Secretary Kim clenched both fists tightly.

“If luck is good, Taeseong has a high possibility of sole bidding, if luck is better, even taking the remaining national projects.”

It should be so. Have to make it so.

This was a golden opportunity to catch a big fish.

Opportunity has to be caught when it comes!

‘The note I wrote shining with golden light is something I’m seeing for the first time.’