Chapter 97

Chapter 97

Does the Picture Look Okay?

The moment hearing the words that came out from the recorder, the U-gwang affiliate presidents closed their mouths all at once.

A low and long sigh continued.

Someone among the affiliate presidents muttered.

“Can’t understand. Why on earth arson to U-gwang Chemicals······.”

A matter that everyone gathered here was curious about.

But a matter that no one could ask.

Because Chairman Kim’s expression was too fierce.

“Manager Jang.”

“Yes.”

“Is that all that was recorded? Do I have to directly question these bastards?”

“Older brother, I can explain all! Misunderstanding! This is malicious editing! I just chatted about rumors regarding the private loaner······!”

President Kim of U-gwang Construction set bloodshot eyes and glared at Secretary Choi.

“This bastard is like that! I didn’t know! A scheme to somehow entangle me and put a false accusation······!”

Click.

But the answer was not Secretary Choi but the recorder instead.

-Secretary Choi, if speaking. If a fire occurs at Taeseong Chemicals now, what would happen?

-P, president! Just coming from finishing the Taeseong Chemicals acquisition. The situation has changed from before. Don’t say such words.

-Why? What changed? If a large fire occurs at Taeseong Chemicals, property and life damage occurs largely. Then the media makes noise, and the Blue House’s anger falls. If so, what would happen?

-Since the acquisition merger already ended, even if an accident occurs at the chemical factory, Cha Tae-seong can’t touch now!

The sound of the U-gwang affiliate presidents inhaling breath was heard from here and there.

All couldn’t hide disgust and astonishment with serious expressions.

On the other hand, President Kim of U-gwang Construction in the recorder was giggling and laughing.

-President, if forcing the matter like this, U-gwang’s damage will be quite large. Maybe enough that anger falls from the Blue House······.

-So. If so, can older brother preserve the head position?

The U-gwang affiliate presidents let out moans.

Now couldn’t even dare to spit out short sighs.

-The nephew is just in his 30s now. Too young to rise as the next head.

-President, if a fire occurs at Taeseong Chemicals, Taeseong Chemicals will fly away emptily. There even U-gwang Securities is entangled? The damage is too severe!

-If not seeing even that level of damage! Can I even sit in U-gwang’s head position?

Silence flowed enough that not even the sound of one needle falling was heard.

In the middle of that silence, only the recorder turned whirring.

-Older brother is harboring even the poison heart to discard U-gwang Construction to obtain Taeseong Chemicals. If bankrupting U-gwang Construction like this, I become like Cha Yun-seong.

Click.

Manager Jang turned off the recorder.

“Want to continue listening?”

“With this much, no need to listen more?”

“O, older brother! O, older brother, I, I can explain all! Ju, just thought! Falling into Secretary Choi’s leading question, I briefly vain dream······!”

“Vain dream?”

Chairman Kim untied the top-class leather belt.

President Kim of U-gwang Construction became pale.

“Unjust! I just worrying about U-gwang’s present and future······!”

“Shut up.”

Smack!

When Chairman Kim swung the belt, President Kim of U-gwang Construction’s head turned.

Chairman Kim limped and swung the belt.

Smack! Smack! Smack!

Blood splashed, screams splashed, dull sounds splashed.

“Kim U-seok, until now I have appropriately tolerated your indulgence and arrogance. The reason is only one, because asking responsibility after failure is not late.”

“Kheuk! Older brother, I did wrong!”

“Your right and wrong are not important. The important is always business. You set fire to U-gwang Chemicals, and almost ruined U-gwang.”

Chairman Kim panted and glared at the younger brother coldly.

“I will ask that responsibility to you now.”

Chairman Kim threw the blood-stained belt.

“Strip even one dust in this bastard’s pocket all.”

Among people wearing the affiliate president title, there is no person who doesn’t come out dust when stripped.

Especially if a guy who even made the U-gwang Construction bribe ledger and led the lobby hard, even more.

“Stocks of course even one 10 won bill without leaving. Manager Jang, understood?”

“Yes, understood.”

The fight between brothers ended, and victory and defeat were decided.

The winner has everything, the loser loses everything.

According to that simple rule, the loser’s treatment will be processed.

Someone carefully asked.

“How much should strip President Kim of U-gwang Construction’s safe?”

“Strip until the wife and children sit on the street.”

“Older brother!”

President Kim of U-gwang Construction clung to older brother’s leg.

“Older brother, I, I did wrong! So even the wife and children······!”

“Should have thought such things before sticking a knife in my back.”

“Older brother, aren’t we blood relatives. I just······!”

“Is there a reason to see because blood relative?”

“To older brother, sister-in-law and nephews······!”

“So.”

Chairman Kim kicked the younger brother clinging to his leg.

Then walked limping without looking back.

“Would stick like a parasite putting blood relative forward and suck my blood. While dreaming of revenge for their father and husband.”

The meaning of not even bestowing a bit of mercy to blood relatives.

“What doing? Have to drag this bastard to the Seobinggo water torture room too.”

The U-gwang affiliate presidents were silent.

All looked only at Chairman Kim.

Uncle Cheol-gu looked straight at Chairman Kim.

“Would that be okay?”

“If committed a sin, have to receive punishment. Whether dies or not, not my concern.”

“Drag.”

Uncle Cheol-gu gestured.

The Central Intelligence Agency agents held President Kim of U-gwang Construction and Secretary Choi.

“Instead, hope to organize at these guys’ line so that U-gwang doesn’t get entangled more.”

“Well.”

“If only do so, I’ll take responsibility and open the future path.”

“Difficult if trying to buy the Central Intelligence Agency agent.”

Uncle Cheol-gu was indifferent.

“Even just not dragging as a flagrant offender of the assault incident that occurred in front of my eyes is seeing a lot.”

“Stiff.”

“Thank you for U-gwang’s cooperation. Will go now.”

When Uncle Cheol-gu gestured with eyes, the Central Intelligence Agency agents dragged Secretary Choi and President Kim of U-gwang Construction.

Click.

When the door closed, silence stood out particularly.

Chairman Kim looked around the affiliate presidents who were stiffly hardened.

“I’m not a person who sees prettily a dog bastard who reveals teeth to the owner. Have to collect what was fattened thanks to me. Not so?”

“Yes.”

“Strip the guys dragged earlier the same. When turned backs to me, would have made that much determination too.”

Worked for U-gwang for over 30 years.

The order to strip mercilessly until their wives and children sit on the street fell.

“Especially U-gwang’s stocks. Even those that secretly went over as borrowed names or false names to relatives. Have to recover without leaving even one share.”

“Yes, chairman.”

* * *

It was a late night in midwinter, but in front of U-gwang Group Chairman Kim’s mansion, reporters were still forming a long line.

Blowing ho ho on freezing hands and stamping feet.

When waiting endlessly with necks out looking at the scoop to catch sometime.

“Eh, people are coming out there!”

“No, U-gwang’s affiliate presidents are being escorted?”

“My god! Did these guys dig a tunnel and enter? When on earth did they enter there?”

Click! Click! Click!

In the dark night, flashes burst continuously.

The broadcast station cameras that were turned off because film was expensive also turned on all at once.

Microphones were stuck out from here and there in front of Uncle Cheol-gu.

“Where did you come out from?”

“For what reason are escorting U-gwang’s affiliate presidents?”

“Related to the U-gwang Chemicals arson?”

“What did Chairman Kim U-seok of U-gwang Group say?”

Click! Click! Click! Click!

Dazzling camera flashes burst as if eyes would go blind.

Uncle Cheol-gu only blinked both eyes stupidly.

The sign of pondering what to answer was clear, then soon smiled innocently.

“Detailed matters will be announced at the Central Intelligence Agency’s public press conference tomorrow. Then now.”

Uncle Cheol-gu fled quickly.

“The Central Intelligence Agency opens a public press conference tomorrow!”

“U-gwang affiliates are caught into the Central Intelligence Agency?”

“Seobinggo water torture room, or Central Intelligence Agency basement! Let’s follow!”

“Scoop! Newspaper front page article came out!”

The media reporters went wild madly.

The speed of camera flashes bursting became crazy fast.

The reporters followed behind Uncle Cheol-gu and went out in a rush.

“Now will become a bit quiet.”

Chairman Kim watched that appearance from the 2nd floor study.

The time when the remaining U-gwang affiliate presidents also disappeared through the next door parking lot.

Next to Chairman Kim, only Manager Jang the U-gwang Group security chief remained.

“That friend, whose affiliation and who?”

“Heard Bak Cheol-gu of the Central Intelligence Agency public security bureau. A tough guy recognized even in the Central Intelligence Agency.”

“That I know just looking at not even blinking one eye in front of me.”

Chairman Kim’s laugh was cold.

“No matter how looking, a type whose path to success is tightly blocked. How could such a tough guy come all the way here?”

“Shall I find out who is behind?”

“Enough. What stupid guy would push such a tough guy? Better to raise a hunting dog that listens well.”

“That’s so.”

“Would a guy without a backer even words work. If such a guy touches U-gwang’s shame, becomes a headache.”

“Shall I change the charge to a guy who words work well?”

“Conclusively, it would have to be so.”

Chairman Kim’s eyes narrowed.

“Anyway if the matter grows, a matter that has to go over from the Central Intelligence Agency to the prosecution.”

“Yes, no matter how flying and crawling the Central Intelligence Agency, doesn’t take charge even of the trial.”

“If a guy who understands words, would finish in the Seobinggo water torture room.”

“If a guy with that level of head, would be spinning called a tough guy with that skill?”

“Would be so. So won’t get swept up even in that U-seok guy’s eloquence and will properly beat up.”

Chairman Kim glanced at the red trace that Secretary Choi made and left.

“What else did Secretary Choi say? Is that all the recorded content?”

“What are you curious about?”

“If speaking.”

Chairman Kim stroked his chin.

“Looking and seeing, if my younger brother’s backer was separate?”

“Yes?”

“Taeseong forced a mere three-page snatch contract. Accepting unreasonable damage.”

“Those words······.”

“Taeseong who wants to eat U-gwang Chemicals of course even U-gwang Securities for free set a trap to pull me down from the head position. How? Does the picture look okay?”

* * *

I cut the field of view sharing with the underworld messenger.

‘U-gwang Group Chairman Kim.’

While purging the rebels, not only threw those guys as sacrifices to the media, but decided to strip those guys’ property and fill the empty warehouse.

Not only that.

Warned those who doubted Chairman Kim’s leadership.

While beheading those who turned backs, established an example, turned the arrow, and in the momentum even swept away the bothersome reporters at once.

‘Internal cleanup. Would have been good if went only up to there.’

The U-gwang Chemicals fire accident.

A crime planned to pull down from the head position whether Taeseong or U-gwang.

‘Pulling Taeseong into U-gwang’s sinking and pushing responsibility? If coming out like this, difficult.’

I immediately picked up the phone.

After a few signal tones, a cold and serious voice received the phone.

-Taeseong Group secretary chief Kim Yeong-geol.

“Secretary Kim, it’s Cha Jeong-hyeok.”

-What matter has the Young Master given a phone to me?

“A place to give the U-gwang Construction bribe ledger as a gift arose.”

-The U-gwang Construction bribe ledger? That as a gift too?

The voice of Secretary Kim flowing through the phone was full of wonder.

-That is for threat, not for gift.

Why trying to use that good object only for threat.

-That is my leash and shame, who would be happy receiving that?

Why no person who would be happy receiving that?

“If the Blue House, seems would be happy.”

Instantly Secretary Kim who inhaled breath was silent for a while.

Whether so or not.

“The Blue House secretary chief and security chief who are His Excellency’s closest aides. Hope to extract the lists of high-ranking officials and politicians who look bad in their eyes respectively.”

I grinned.

“In this opportunity, thinking of establishing merit and inserting into the merit discussion.”

-If merit discussion······.

“Giving the opportunity to remove the political enemies that couldn’t chase out because watching His Excellency’s eyes in the meantime, when tearing U-gwang, won’t give one large chunk as our share?”

If only the Blue House’s guarantee, can swallow whole without spending one penny.

Secretary Kim’s voice was mixed with joy and trembling.

-Young Master, I’ll come to the house right now.

Seems the picture looks okay in Secretary Kim’s eyes too.