Chapter 81

Chapter 81

This Works? (2)

It was puzzling.

‘The merits and karma accumulated in this world are settled in the underworld after death to determine the next life. I knew it that way?’

[Right. So this has to be seen as a very special exception.]

The underworld messenger nodded.

[Heaven’s net is vast and loose but never misses.]

It means that heaven’s net is large and wide so seems sparse but never escapes from that net.

[You decided to save human lives even accepting damage. That is also merit.]

The underworld messenger said.

[His Majesty promised that the merit you accumulated today will return as a several times more valuable reward soon.]

Wait. Wait a minute.

‘I haven’t seen damage yet?’

No, the sound that even in the underworld they saw me pitifully for processing Taeseong Chemicals with bills and handing over?

Ridiculous.

‘Ha, originally borrowing debt and investing is the scariest law. Have I seen one or two houses that went bankrupt after borrowing debt full with soul pulling and all-in on coins, all-in on stocks, all-in on real estate? Would U-gwang be different?’

Really, do I have to explain even to the underworld messenger that the second oil shock will burst soon?

The short-term bills U-gwang paid, the sound that can’t repay even if no fire.

Less than a year left until the oil shock, how will U-gwang eat Taeseong Chemicals for free.

‘Why did I even pull in U-gwang Securities and catch as collateral?’

Because intending to eat Taeseong Chemicals of course even U-gwang Securities for free.

This seems not counted as calculation because life price doesn’t enter.

The sound of seeing this level of trap as not evil but a trick of legitimate competition.

Oho, got the sense!

‘Anyway, can’t see setting a trap using future information as a sin.’

The underworld messenger nodded obediently.

[You saved 23 scheduled deaths and 166 scheduled sufferings with this matter. His Majesty regards this as very satisfied.]

The human damage of the Taeseong Chemicals fire accident.

The underworld messenger was talking about this.

[Whether how in this world, in the underworld, the preciousness of human lives is regarded as the highest above all. The reason His Majesty forced the real-time settlement of merit that can be called a special favor.]

Good?

‘Then from now on if I save others, King Yama settles merit in real time, this?’

[Yes. His Majesty said, ‘Saving others is the path that saves you, and letting others live will be the path that lets you live.’]

The underworld messenger smiled contentedly.

[So His Majesty said will gift you one very special connection.]

A special connection.

[Originally it would have been a connection string that absolutely couldn’t be reached. Specially chosen as a connection with a big shot who can give large help to the matter you want to achieve.]

Tempting.

Connections with big shots are hard to obtain.

People each want to connect strings with big shots, but connecting strings with them is ultimately meeting among themselves.

Without a very special opportunity, meetings with people one notch higher don’t easily occur.

Suddenly the conversation exchanged with King Yama in the underworld came to mind.

-That luck thing, if only obtaining, lotto 1st place, if only marking, test perfect score, getting hit by a money lightning while walking the road is common, what such thing?

-Hahaha, living, occasionally might obtain such a windfall. But can’t live only hoping for such matters every time. The life of the human world is not such a thing.

-So asking.

-When you received heavenly punishment. Every matter you did was hindered every time? But this time it will be the opposite.

-Oh!

-Good connections gather, large and small opportunities arise from there, and if luck follows timely, life will be quite enjoyable. That is precisely great fortune.

King Yama emphasized once more.

-So please form connections carefully. The fortune of the human world originally derives from connections.

I stroked my chin.

‘A noble person who calls great fortune. A big shot who can give large help to the matter I do in the future, and a connection string that originally absolutely couldn’t be reached. Who is that?’

The underworld messenger smiled gently.

[A connection that heaven prepared. Will know soon.]

The underworld messenger disappeared smoothly like smoke.

“Young Master.”

President Shim called me.

What he held out to me was a three-page contract.

‘Wow! Enormous golden light!’

Even when I wrote it with the typewriter earlier, it clearly didn’t shine this brightly to this extent.

But after Chairman Kim of U-gwang signed here, it suddenly flashed this much.

‘This works?’

This was a bit amazing.

I’ve seen immediately emitting golden light from the notes I wrote.

But emitting brighter golden light after signing and sealing on the contract like this was the first time.

Suddenly became curious.

“When writing the contract regarding U-gwang and Taeseong Chemicals acquisition merger earlier. Is there something added?”

“If something added······ yes, there is one.”

“What is that?”

“A matter not discussed with the Young Master, but thinking of doing more certainly while putting an unreasonable number, added one more line.”

“One more line?”

I examined the special provisions of the contract.

Come to think of it, there was one more clause written in handwriting attached.

Taeseong does not exercise pressure such as urging regarding bill delinquency until maturity, but instead processes the collateral U-gwang Securities substituting with the reacquisition negotiation conditions.

President Shim explained.

“Only replaced the word private loan market rules that the Young Master wrote with our side’s language.”

Does the brightness of the golden light change even because of that one word?

Interesting.

“The Young Master is still young so the phrase ‘process the collateral U-gwang Securities substituting with the reacquisition negotiation conditions’ how terrible a clause it is won’t hit.”

It hits.

I secretly hid it under the words of processing according to the private loan market rules, and you just wrote it openly as a clause, that’s the only difference.

“U-gwang is a large company ranked 9th in the Republic of Korea business world. If trying to gather all affiliate sales of U-gwang into Taeseong Chemicals and repay the bills, nothing can’t be done. But.”

“The words that U-gwang will process Taeseong Chemicals’ bills as the lowest priority?”

“Yes, as much as the bill amount is large, if a problem occurs, the room for the Blue House to intervene is clearly large. U-gwang had an attitude that no need to process Taeseong’s bills urgently.”

Even if no fire at Taeseong Chemicals, U-gwang will see Taeseong Chemicals’ short-term bills lightly and leave hands empty and invite disaster.

The reason I deliberately brought up the private loan market rules and tied with bill transactions.

‘The method is different but the goal we aim for was the same. Yet the value of this contract differs because of this one clause?’

I looked down at the contract shining brightly with golden light.

‘If possible, following the rules of the bright place, using a legal method is better.’

Thinking about it, seems correct.

Legal things have less probability of aftermath compared to illegal or expedient.

Also can be easily recognized by others.

‘Learned a good thing.’

I was very contented.

Enough that President Shim who excellently performed this matter looks pretty.

“You worked hard. Especially this last special provision, it fits my heart perfectly.”

I put both hands together and did a bow belly greeting.

“Really thank you for giving important teaching. The rules of chaebol companies. Thanks to that, learned certainly and go.”

“Clever. Even discerning my hidden meaning······. Taeseong’s future is really reliable.”

I asked subtly pretending not to know.

“Just in case, when my prediction was wrong. Didn’t you worry about being treated as a bastard who colluded with U-gwang and handed over Taeseong Chemicals for free? At that time, difficult to prove President Shim’s sincerity toward Taeseong.”

“You thought I worried about that?”

President Shim knelt one knee to face me.

“I believe the chairman. So didn’t worry about such things.”

It was a soft gaze and mild expression.

“The chairman is a person who knows well the methods that chaebol companies mainly use when eating companies going bankrupt for free. With just a few words of pulling in U-gwang Securities, would have immediately discerned my meaning.”

“Ah······!”

“Actually, what I worried about was the Young Master.”

“Me?”

I blinked the round eyes slowly.

At a glance, didn’t understand.

“If my prediction was correct, that is, when U-gwang faithfully repays the short-term bills to acquire Taeseong Chemicals.”

I saw U-gwang eating the short-term bills as basic, but President Shim was assuming U-gwang faithfully repaying the short-term bills as the basic premise.

“What would be the reason Taeseong forms a proper acquisition negotiation team and fights enduring the blood battle on the table for at least a few months, at most a few years. Because keeping in mind that if a company loses credit, loses many things.”

Credit.

A word not treated preciously in the back alley world.

“I thought U-gwang wouldn’t try to eat Taeseong Chemicals for free even defaulting U-gwang Construction. Because of that, Taeseong’s damage from using expedients was very regrettable.”

The value of the word credit for chaebol companies active in the bright place seemed used with a different weight from us.

I was overlooking this.

“But when actually facing the U-gwang side people, it became bitter thinking that 15 billion is an amount that can even put down over 40 years of friendship, and even the company’s credit.”

15 billion is about 750 billion in 21st century prices.

In front of such money, what is 40 years of friendship?

“Actually, the Young Master’s bait was so good. Enough that not only Chairman Kim of U-gwang but even U-gwang affiliates and I were all caught. It was a bold number.”

President Shim gently grabbed my shoulder.

“Fierce obsession toward the goal, guts charging without fear and bold means, and sharp insight piercing the opponent’s intentions there.”

President Shim smiled very contentedly.

“Excellent. Enough that the age of eight is unbelievable. This Shim Won-cheol will protect the Young Master.”

“Then the test is all over now?”

“······You knew?”

“You worked hard. Putting unreasonable numbers matching the eye level of an eight-year-old child.”

President Shim’s pupils shook roughly as if an earthquake occurred.

“This I ate one hit.”

“You were half-believing half-doubting. Nevertheless, forced the matter following my meaning.”

If the judgment that a person who would treat me matching ability didn’t stand, I also wouldn’t have revealed the hidden meaning.

“The fact of proceeding with the negotiation watching my intentions, I’ll accept as the meaning that there’s ability to support the back corresponding even if I make you do any matter.”

President Shim cut the words in the middle of the negotiation with U-gwang and ran to me.

Intending to watch what choice I make.

The sound that even while being pecked by as many as forty U-gwang affiliate presidents, was leisurely enough to probe my insides.

So couldn’t help but give additional points.

‘No way grandfather would readily hand over full authority regarding Taeseong Chemicals acquisition negotiation to a person without this level of ability. Second uncle wouldn’t have coveted that much either.’

President Shim was a person who acted slyly even in front of second uncle.

Revealing insides clearly in front of me who is just eight years old can only be seen as quite intentional.

Such a man revealed the meaning of working for me so couldn’t help but be glad.

“How were you intending to cover this matter?”

“Since the trap was set by the Young Master, the driven hunt I was thinking of doing. Just stir a lot so U-gwang can’t easily repay the short-term bills.”

Hmm?

“Anyway, have to properly block the cash flow of U-gwang which is just before fund tightness. If bills start puncturing from here and there, won’t avoid chain bankruptcy. Intending to sit U-gwang at the reacquisition negotiation table like that.”

Somehow a comment that would come out from the back alleys······.

Even without doing so, U-gwang has no choice but to come out to the reacquisition negotiation place soon.

‘This is. Can’t speak about the Taeseong Chemicals fire, can’t confide that the oil shock bursts within 1 year, can’t guarantee that at that time Taeseong Chemicals of course even U-gwang Securities will be offered crying. There’s no way to explain?’

Anyway, this active posture that doesn’t miss opportunities, I like it!

Knock knock.

President of U-gwang Construction opened the secretary’s office door with a base smile.

“From the moment signed the Taeseong Chemicals acquisition merger contract, all materials, all objects, all property here are all U-gwang’s. Outsiders get out now?”

It was U-gwang’s expulsion order.

President Shim was making an expression of ‘you met well just in time!’

“Chairman Kim says will issue bills in the name of U-gwang Construction. Is it okay?”

President Kim of U-gwang Construction crumpled his expression with a whoosh.

Because no way it would be okay.