Chapter 79

Chapter 79

Negotiating with U-gwang (2)

The underworld messenger looked into the Taeseong Chemicals president’s office and giggled.

[What person is that girl? Dressing up gorgeously like a gisaeng and coming and continuously chewing something click click?]

‘Ah, that’s the dabang girl chewing gum.’

[Gum? That’s a really amazing item.]

At the sound of discussing Taeseong Chemicals acquisition conditions while drinking one tea in the president’s office, even the U-gwang affiliate presidents followed in a rush.

People who seemed determined to deliberately be spiteful each requested various teas.

So the irritated President Shim called a dabang near the factory.

That was the reason the dabang girl came out for delivery from the first day of the new year.

“Person who ordered coffee~”

The dabang girl looked around chewing gum click click.

“Ahem, here.”

“Here too.”

“This side too.”

The U-gwang affiliate presidents who were glancing at the dabang girl’s back raised their hands.

When unfolding the cloth, a thermos and coffee can came out on a tin tray with a rose flower picture drawn.

President Shim politely guided toward Chairman Kim of U-gwang.

“Receive orders from this side first. Espresso double shot.”

“Es······ what?”

“Espresso double shot. I’ll treat in Italian style.”

“So how much sugar and cream?”

“Without. Amount small, taste strong, very very strong coffee.”

“Saying words really dirtily difficultly. Just the sound of giving black coffee?”

The pretty-looking dabang girl chewed gum click click and put coffee generously.

As much as five spoons of coffee in half a cup of water!

The dabang girl held out the strong black coffee to Chairman Kim of U-gwang and winked one eye.

“If hating, order coffee delivery from Italy. Next customer?”

Thanks to the dabang girl doing gutsy business, Chairman Kim of U-gwang made a hollow laugh.

“Is this Taeseong’s method? The level of treating guests is knowable.”

“On the new year holiday when the secretary also didn’t come to work, instead of roughly treating barley tea, ordering expensive dabang coffee, I see the sincerity display as sufficient?”

President Shim who requested 222 from the dabang girl smiled gently.

“Probably if hearing the acquisition conditions Taeseong prepared, you’ll be surprised at the sincerity. Chairman Kim caught a jackpot today.”

“Put away the bluff. Because thinking of standing up after drinking just one tea.”

“Oh. Looking now, there was a reason for ordering coffee bitter like soot.”

President Shim sipped the sweetly put milk coffee.

“Have to drink at least three hours. Hot water is free so pouring a lot and drinking is good.”

“It would be good to present conditions that my interest moves. Because there are quite a few affiliates left to look around within today.”

It meant no intention of wasting time.

“Girl, heard? About to sell coffee to these people for three hours. Is the delivery not piled?”

“One, two, three, four······ forty-one. I’ll use just one phone. Have to inform madam older sister that canceling delivery?”

It was a girl with fast calculation.

The dabang girl excitedly put coffee.

Like that, the discussion regarding the full-scale Taeseong Chemicals acquisition negotiation began.

* * *

The U-gwang affiliate presidents began biting and holding in every matter.

“The words of just handing over products piled in the warehouse of course even inventory, I can’t believe. Shall we calculate the dumping conditions step by step?”

“Surely the words of handing over trading partners is not the sound of just handing over contact and ending? How trying to process the bills?”

“From raw materials to transport cars. How will you dispose of movable and real estate?”

Every time calculating specifically one by one, President Shim took out documents a lot from the cabinet and handed them to the affiliate president of the corresponding remark.

“No, why handing this to me? Report summarizing orally.”

“The equipment list and safety inspection records are missing?”

“Compared to shouting loudly, the negotiation preparation wasn’t done properly?”

President Shim’s face was reddish and bluish.

There were overflowing things to refute.

It was the moment President Shim couldn’t endure at all and was about to open his mouth.

Ring!

President Shim quickly received the phone.

-Push all the annoying handover procedures as U-gwang’s share. Tell the curious person to find themselves.

Click.

President Shim took a long deep breath.

“The words that Taeseong yields is already the thirtieth.”

Those words were the sound of arguing with the U-gwang affiliate presidents as many as thirty times.

“If curious, find directly here yourself. I won’t stop.”

President Shim pointed at the documents piled like a mountain on the office desk.

The U-gwang affiliate presidents rushed over and rummaged through the documents.

“This is the raw material supply statement!”

“Oh, there’s also the bill settlement ledger!”

“Even the research report regarding Taeseong shampoo mixing ratio adjustment!”

They were precious documents that absolutely not disclosed outside.

The U-gwang affiliate presidents flashed their eyes.

Busy asking President Shim pushing the found materials.

“How was the result of changing the material mixing ratio? Is there a bit of difference?”

“I’ll ask regarding the Taeseong Chemicals sales ledger and operating profit calculation.”

“There was a new product development report regarding Taeseong toothpaste. I also want to confirm the prototype sample.”

President Shim was choked.

As the U-gwang affiliate presidents surrounded him and pecked ear-piercingly from here and there, patience seemed to wear out.

“Saying handing over all?”

“Saying yielding?”

“Find the materials and bring quickly. Quickly!”

They began demands and undercutting that crossed the line like people who caught a pushover.

It was the moment President Shim who endured and endured and veins even popped on his forehead was about to open his mouth.

Ring!

-Small gain large loss. Don’t waste precious time with arguing. If like this, Chairman Kim will leave without looking back.

President Shim was surprised and looked back.

Amid the U-gwang affiliate presidents running wild noisily, Chairman Kim of U-gwang was sitting on the sofa with legs crossed and elegantly savoring the coffee aroma alone.

-Negotiate with the Taeseong Chemicals acquisition decision maker. Why negotiating with affiliate presidents?

If there are many boatmen, the boat goes to the mountain.

-From the moment signing the negotiation documents, have to definitely receive the promise that U-gwang will take responsibility and manage everything.

That’s why Taeseong is yielding this much.

-At times like this, what? Decision maker come out! Belly open! You know?

“······Understood.”

-It’s okay even seeing hundred million unit damage. Just take care of people. Just pass the reacquisition negotiation conditions.

“Yes.”

President Shim nodded heavily.

The expression looking back at Chairman Kim after hanging up the phone was quite solemn.

Chairman Kim showed the leisure of smiling and raising the coffee cup.

“If this is the acquisition conditions Taeseong prepared, disappointing.”

“If this is U-gwang’s attitude facing the negotiation, I’m also disappointed the same.”

“Receiving whose instructions? Cha Tae-seong?”

“If the chairman, he would have said change the phone immediately. And already run before that.”

President Shim left the U-gwang affiliate presidents and sat on the sofa.

Crossed legs like Chairman Kim and drank the remaining cooled coffee.

Until then, there was no leisure to drink even one tea suffering from the U-gwang affiliate presidents’ demands.

“Chairman Kim, does U-gwang originally make decisions by majority vote?”

Whether Chairman Kim of U-gwang raised one eyebrow or not.

“Our Taeseong fully follows Chairman Cha’s decision. You saw at the year-end night too?”

Grandfather publicly declared in front of people that he’ll hand over Taeseong Chemicals to U-gwang.

The affiliate presidents didn’t refute or add complaints to that decision.

Rather, they supported grandfather and actively helped attracting investors.

“Leave only the person in charge of the Taeseong Chemicals acquisition negotiation at this place and withdraw all the rest.”

“Why should I do so?”

“With this, can we properly have a conversation regarding the acquisition conditions?”

“The person who has to watch eyes is not me but you. The person who has to persuade me is also you.”

Chairman Kim smiled.

“You received full authority regarding Taeseong Chemicals acquisition negotiation delegated from Chairman Cha? If the negotiation falls through like this, it’ll become difficult.”

“I’ll have no difficult matter. Because I wrote a resignation.”

“Resignation?”

Instantly, the U-gwang affiliate presidents who were shouting with full voice closed their mouths at the same time.

But the brief silence returned as even larger murmuring.

It was a strong number that President Shim pondered to face Chairman Kim of U-gwang.

“Do you see this?”

What President Shim fluttered was the bundle of resignations that the Taeseong Chemicals employees signed earlier.

On the topmost page, the name ‘Shim Won-cheol’ was clearly written.

“As everyone knows, Taeseong Chemicals was handed over overnight? What can I do? Have to step down.”

“Didn’t you already choose Taeseong’s youngest? Entering under that would be enough.”

“Can I who was the Taeseong Chemicals president go as a Taeseong Construction executive? Or can I demand the Taeseong Construction president position that His Excellency already recognized?”

“Hmm, then under the eldest son or second son······.”

“Would the chairman see that prettily?”

President Shim shrugged his shoulders.

“On the occasion of even writing a resignation, what would be regrettable. What meaning would I put on a company leaving anyway.”

President Shim spat out chewing with a tone full of irritation mixed.

“Decide. Whether withdraw them and have a private meeting with me, or decide by majority vote.”

“Everyone quiet.”

When Chairman Kim raised his hand, the U-gwang affiliate presidents closed their mouths at once.

A dead-like silence flowed without even one murmuring sound.

“Everyone to your places.”

Followed Chairman Kim’s order in unison.

Calm enough that it was hard to see as people who caused a big commotion until just now.

All the noise until now was a scheme to occupy an advantageous position in the Taeseong Chemicals acquisition negotiation.

“Cha Tae-seong might hand over the company by dictatorship but I’m a bit different. This is our U-gwang’s style.”

Chairman Kim twitched his chin tip.

“Continue. What’s the true intention of handing over Taeseong Chemicals at such a cheap price like this?”

“Because whether Taeseong or something goes bankrupt or not. It’s not my business.”

Oh, that’s the words I instigated to shout right away if U-gwang doesn’t believe, using them as is!

“Whether Taeseong Chemicals becomes how, whether Taeseong sees hundred million unit damage or not, I don’t know now, belly open!”

Right! Well done!

“If the Taeseong Chemicals acquisition negotiation goes over the water today, probably Chairman Cha will take the lead and command this problem?”

“Taeseong’s acquisition negotiation team led by Cha Tae-seong. Then why did you obtain the Taeseong Chemicals acquisition negotiation rights?”

“Have to have that level of authority to have a private meeting with Chairman Kim. This just take all of it!”

President Shim put down the coffee cup he was drinking with a thud.

“The acquisition negotiation that has to be done anyway, if now can obtain not only hundred million unit gain but also such precious dumps, why hesitating? I rather don’t understand that more?”

The mountain-like documents that President Shim pointed.

They were Taeseong Chemicals’ top secret documents.

“From tomorrow, have to negotiate with Chairman Cha. At least a few months, at most a few years, Taeseong will proceed with the acquisition negotiation while openly running the factory hard and selling products. Of course those documents will all be disposed of.”

“Come to think of it, why are Taeseong Chemicals’ top secret documents not in the tin cabinet but on the office desk?”

“On the occasion of writing a resignation, it was the time trying to burn them all.”

This was the bait that President Shim pondered to lure Chairman Kim.

President Shim clapped his hands.

“Lucky. If not coming today, couldn’t have obtained such a windfall. Instead, there are a few conditions.”

“Tell.”

“I hope to finish the acquisition negotiation before the resignation I submitted is accepted.”

Because there was the request to finish within today.

“There’s more. The Taeseong Chemicals people who haven’t submitted resignations yet······.”

“If guys playing saying holiday, they’d be guys whose minds are much more gone than the guys drinking alcohol there. I don’t want to take such guys into U-gwang. All dismissal.”

The whereabouts problem of Taeseong Chemicals people who couldn’t come to work on the holiday also resolved. End.

“To take all Taeseong’s stockpiled materials and top secret materials, have to use a bit of trick. Using facility inspection and defect repair or bill processing as excuse, Chairman Cha······.”

“From the time I sign the acquisition contract, all are U-gwang’s, and managed under U-gwang’s responsibility. Taeseong can’t put even one finger.”

“Then have to write that as special provisions.”

As soon as said, understood.

As expected, negotiating with the decision maker proceeds smoothly.

‘Now even if a fire occurs, can’t ask responsibility from Taeseong!’

President Shim swallowed dry saliva.

“One most important problem remains.”

“Share organization.”

As most problems in the world are so, in company acquisition too, the most important can be said to be the money problem.

“I’ll acquire all of Taeseong’s shares.”

“At least 15 billion. I know there’s no capacity in fund mobilization because of the steel business. Will it be possible?”

President Shim floated with a subtle tone.

“How about just handing over U-gwang’s shares to Taeseong and receiving cash?”

“Can’t do so.”

Chairman Kim put down the coffee cup.

“My face was dirtily crumpled, can I hand over Taeseong Chemicals prettily. No way.”

“Understood. Then 15 billion······.”

“With bills.”

President Shim’s words were blocked for a moment.

“Surely all of 15 billion?”

“Why wouldn’t it be okay?”

It was an answer shameless beyond measure.

“Seems a condition never thought of at all. No need to be so flustered······Hmm?”

Rustle.

President Shim took out the paper touched in the pocket with a trembling hand.

On that paper, it was written like this.

Make 1-month maturity, 3-month maturity, 6-month maturity, 1-year maturity bills each 25%.

If unable to fully pay the bills until maturity, substitute with handing over shares according to the bill ratio.

If abandoning bill payment and requesting Taeseong Chemicals reacquisition negotiation, follow the private loan market rules.

In the reacquisition negotiation, there is no share ratio adjustment. Only price negotiation is possible.

Until share organization ends, Taeseong holds the preferential negotiation rights.

Chairman Kim opened his eyes wide.

“What?”