[128] Straight 3 after jab
“Isn’t that too modest? you are more than that Why is my nephew so insecure?”
My aunt showed incomparable friendliness and stroked my back.
“You are still young. You don’t have to set your limits like that already. Anyway, let’s put this story aside. More than that, you have divorce papers. How would you like to use it?”
“To my grandfather…”
“I know that. You mean to push through the divorce papers and take care of what you have to take care of?”
“yes. But ask for one more.”
“one more? what?”
“Sunyang distribution. Aren’t you preparing for the hypermarket now?”
“Hyper? Oh, you mean a large discount store.”
“yes. A huge amount of money was invested in it. Moreover, Sunyang Distribution is an unlisted company, so make it your parent company. The stake in the department store hotel is also passed on to them. So, you have to assume that Auntie got her hands on all the cash business in the group. It’s like a group bank.”
“Will you give me that?”
When she thought that she would eat all the affiliates with the most active fund circulation, her aunt was overcome with excitement.
“Aren’t department stores and large discount stores the same structure anyway? Only the quality of the products handled is different. My aunt has already managed a department store well, and even divorced, so that’s what I have to get. Completely separate affiliates with Sunyang Distribution as the parent company. Then you can see that the foundation has been secured.”
My aunt swallowed with a gulp.
“If distribution is made the parent company, I only have to hold distribution stocks, and if the rest is transferred with company money, it will be neatly finished?”
“yes. Since you’re only moving your pocket anyway, you can separate the series without spending money. A win-win?”
My aunt hugged me tightly.
“Whether it’s Gong Myung or Zhang Liang, no matter how smart you are, you won’t be able to reach my nephew’s toes.”
I was embarrassed, so I slipped my aunt away.
“Meet your aunt starting with your grandfather. My uncle… No Oh, the representative will meet my uncle. I’ll scare you first, so aunt strike the final blow.”
“Are you scared? how?”
“You have to realize that if you are not your aunt’s husband, you are nothing. CEO Oh is a natural at scratching the insides of others.”
* * *
“Mayor Choi. Rumors have spread all over the world. He said he intends to properly sell the ticket while holding flower plaques in both hands.”
“what? Who is it?”
“I heard that you often meet alone with Chairman Dae Hyun-joo these days? What are you trying to do?”
attitude is already different. Mayor Choi is in the process of realizing the nature of power. I experienced a balance of power in which hundreds of times the money lined up in front of a handful of power.
I thought the father-in-law’s money moved power, but in reality it was the opposite. Chairman Jin, the father-in-law, simply put thousands and tens of thousands of times the money on the balance.
Oh Se-hyeon started to get angry at Mayor Choi’s gaze looking down at him.
“I only met Chairman Joo because of the construction of the new town that will start next year. Ah, this time, CEO Oh should also leave. Because our calculations have already been done with the DMC. Yes?”
“If you make a private contract with the New Town Daehyeon Construction, there will be a lot of talk. Don’t get me wrong. Our HW is not interested in apartments.”
“HW? Ah, Daeah Construction also changed its name. Are you the head of the HW Group now?”
“Ajin’s chairman Song Hyeon-chang is the total leader. I am just the CEO of the holding company.”
“Now that I know the genealogy, I only tell you about it. I thought I came to Newtown again to ask for a spoonful…”
Oh Se-hyeon sighed and opened her mouth.
“When I said to get rid of the Sunyang Group ticket, I meant to erase the image of a person from a conglomerate family. I didn’t ask you to transfer from Sunyang to Daehyeon Group.”
“Let’s stop talking presumptuously. I will take care of my own business.”
He doesn’t even hide his displeased expression. I think of myself as a very strong person. Because it is the prerogative of those in power not to hide, to hold back, or to hide.
“If you still don’t know, it’s hopeless. Hey. Mayor Choi. You’re just a toy for Chairman Zhu. A toy that you play with for a while and throw it away when you get tired of it.”
“what? How dare you say such a thing!”
The hand holding the handle of the sofa trembled, but Oh Se-hyun did not stop.
“Just for fun, blowing a lot of air into you and shaking it around. It’s your father-in-law, Chairman Jin. That’s all. I have too much and my life that is waning is nothing more than a prank on my heartbroken inspirations.”
“Close your mouth!”
“If Chairman Jin abandons you, Chairman Daehyun will also be bored and throw you away. Do you think Chairman Joo would be interested in redeveloping that apartment?”
Mayor Choi changed his expression coldly. He wasn’t excited anymore.
“throw away? who abandons whom? Does Chairman Jin have a knack for throwing away people twice? Where do you dare to flirt without knowing anything?”
“what?”
“President Jin has already abandoned me. That moment when I ran for mayor of Seoul. There is only a legal link between the father-in-law and the son-in-law, but the old man and I are already strangers.”
Oh Se-hyeon fully understood why Mayor Choi was taking such a different path. If you feel like this, you can never go back. Until you get a bigger shock….
“It’s one thing to erase from your mind… Did I just say that? The legal link remains. Then, if you break that link, you’re throwing it away twice. If that cuts off, you’re really done. Don’t you know that the scholarship students in Sunyang are holding back because of that ring?”
Mayor Choi’s complexion changed. Could something like that happen?
“The moment that link is broken, people who want to hunt you will flock from Yeouido to Seocho-dong. Now instead of the contractors who bring money to this room, only arrows will fly?”
Oh Se-hyun stood up from the chair. That’s enough advance warning.
“Mayor Choi, I came here because I was worried that I might spark up because of you. I’m trying to die, but there’s no way to stop it. When you go, go quietly alone. If sparks fly, I won’t stand still.”
Leaving Mayor Choi with a dazed face behind, Oh Se-hyeon left City Hall.
I also felt a little bit sad. I may miss out on some more during the remainder of my tenure.
* * *
“What is this?”
Chairman Jin opened the file presented by Jin Seo-yoon.
“It is the divorce papers. Divorce by agreement.”
“It comes quickly. Why did you have to worry so much about cleaning up that little guy?”
“father! I have only three sons. Aren’t you supposed to think of the children?”
“What’s there to notice about a grown-up child? And that they don’t care what their parents do? Isn’t Choi, a bastard who only cares about bringing her mother’s department store luxury goods and being hugged by girls?”
“father!”
When Jin Seo-yoon screamed, Chairman Jin began to look at the documents carefully while laughing.
“But why is there no date? Get it stamped and deal with it right away, even tomorrow.”
“I will take care of it on the day the term of office of the mayor of Seoul ends. Let it be known that the incumbent mayor is divorced. It’s obvious that the newspaper broadcast will make a fuss, but it’s a disgrace to the family. So do the kids.”
Chairman Jin threw the divorce papers and started glaring at his daughter.
“Don’t even think about going crazy. He is also a virtuous fellow for being a member of the National Assembly in the electronics factory constituency. I can’t stand it when I think that he shares everything I give you.”
When Jin Seo-yoon read the sincerity of his father’s words, his courage welled up.
“I have no intention of going crazy. I’m sick of it now. I brought a stupid man here, but seeing what he’s doing is hopeless. Now, I plan to live while looking at my children.”
“Aren’t they guys like Abbie?”
Jin Seo-yoon is a father, but he is sick of it.
In my daughter’s body, I’m the grandson, but I’ve never treated her kindly just because she’s Choi.
“He looked like me. Father doesn’t know because he’s not interested.”
“I get it. What kind of bullshit are you?”
Looking at her father’s softened attitude, Jin Seo-yoon seemed to know how much she hated her husband. Even though it was her father who married such a man.
Maybe because of that fact, I hoped that I would have a sorry heart.
“Then, as you promised, will you proceed with the separation of the affiliates?”
Chairman Jin felt sad when his 50-year-old daughter stared at her with twinkling eyes like a child.
How did I become so immature? It is painful to know that the biggest mistake is the one who has always embraced and raised him in his arms.
“I get it. It will take some time to secure and process the stock. I’ll start as soon as you get Choi Seo-bang’s stamp on the divorce paper.”
“By the way, Father. There…”
“What else is left?”
“Since it’s the same affiliate as a department store, distribution is also bundled together.”
Jin Seo-yoon cautiously brought out the words, but President Jin realized at once what she wanted.
“Are you saying that you know that Sunyang Distribution will start a new business next year?”
“…”
When Seoyoon Jin hesitated, Chairman Jin waved his hand.
“Stop being greedy. It’s not something you can touch.”
“You know that I took charge of the department store and the business performance improved. Large discount stores have the same structure as department stores, except for the quality of the products they sell. I… I am confident that I will do well.”
“It takes more than one or two complicated things to tie that up. To hand over Sunyang’s shares to a department store, this is the level of a merger…” “
No. You can make distribution a parent company. It will be much easier if I transfer the controlling stake in the department store hotel to distribution and I take the distribution stake. Since distribution is an unlisted company, it is not difficult to defend management rights. If it’s not enough, you can do a paid-in capital increase.”
I couldn’t take my daughter’s words lightly. It is easy, avoids taxes, and is advantageous for defending management rights. In addition, since it is the same category business, it is possible to avoid suspicion of expedient inheritance even if it is grouped together.
Chairman Jin looked at his daughter with surprised eyes and said.
“Is that kind of head spinning too? Heh heh true.”
“How many times have I told you that I am much better than my brothers? Trust me.”
When Jin showed a positive response, Jin Seo-yoon thought that he was one step closer to his goal and seemed to fly away.
* * *
“Put your seal on it. I am grateful because I am considering your situation and will submit it to the court after the next election. However, there is no guarantee that you will be re-elected.”
“Woah honey. This is…”
“There is no divorce among public officials in our country. Divorce is fatal to the election, so I will follow the legal process after the election. Instead, from now on, we will be separated. I’ll pack my things and leave within this month.”
Mayor Choi’s hand holding the divorce papers trembled. Unbelievable!
I never dreamed that what Se-hyeon Oh had said as a warning a few days ago would come true.
“Don’t even dream about alimony or anything. When you married me, all you brought with you was that body. This house is also in my name, and you’ve never brought a ten-won note with you during your marriage, so you won’t be mean to fight over alimony, right?”
It feels like being hit hard in the back of the head with a club.
I couldn’t hear what my wife was saying, just buzzing in my ears.
“Woah honey. No, Seo Yoon-ah. Why are you like this all of a sudden? Divorce over fifty? Why should we divorce?”
“reason? Are you asking because you don’t know? Why am I doing this?”
When Mayor Choi saw his wife with fierce and cold eyes, he remembered the distant past.
The moment he met the chaebol’s daughter for the first time, he was so intimidated by the gaze looking down at him that he couldn’t even make eye contact. It was the memory of the day we met.
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