# 267
The Legend of Return
Chapter 267. At the gallery (1)
“CEO. Stuff got messed up.”
“what? Are you having trouble? No, until yesterday, didn’t you say you were going to sign a contract today?”
“you’re right. By the way… it looks like a new buyer has appeared.”
“It’s not even a penny or two. Buyers come out so easily for 100 billion won? Who are you? Is this someone we know?”
“no. They are completely unknown people.”
“You must buy that thing! certainly!”
“They say they are negotiating with a new buyer.”
“Ask the acquisition team to buy time. I’m coming!”
“I will prepare the vehicle right away.”
‘No, who the hell is clinging to? Didn’t you smell it?’
Jeon Joo-hee, the eldest daughter of Yantai Motor Group chairman Junmyeon-gu, bit her lip.
In the meantime, the Hwarang, which I put a lot of effort into, was put up for sale.
The sale was carried out along with all the works he owned.
The sale was due to the aftermath of the sudden financial crisis and the failure of the Hwarang representative’s family to invest.
Art prices plummeted.
The mortgaged works became cheap.
A few months ago, the gallery was worth at least 200 billion won.
However, when it was driven to the brink of the auction, it came down to 100 billion won.
Jeon Joo-hee, who kept her eyes open and worked hard.
I didn’t know that all shares in the group were inherited by my younger brother.
Only hotels and resorts were left behind.
It was because of the will of the late chairman Jeon Joon-young, who disliked the division of family shares due to strict family customs.
Even when I was chairman Seondae, it was difficult because the group was divided into various groups.
Even if it wasn’t up to the chaos, there was a lot of invisible strife.
It was former chairman Jeon Joon-young, who had many children.
Knowing that, Chairman Jian Gu arranged all inheritance in advance.
He drove his only son to major affiliates.
Jeon Joo-hee was hungry.
The distribution was tighter than the five information.
Still, Oh-jeong passed on useful things to her daughters.
However, the solidarity fell short.
Jeon Joo-hee prepared this time with the wealth she had accumulated.
Acquisition of the gallery was the goal.
If the crisis passed, I could have doubled or tripled the profits.
There were quite a few rare works hidden in the gallery.
I was acquainted with the owner of the gallery, so I found out for myself.
The price of the building was also good.
“I don’t know who it is… If you touch my rice, I won’t let you go!”
Jeon Joo-hee was greedy even though he did not read the book.
The inheritance share of the daughters of the solidarity group, which was so shabby compared to the daughters of Oh-jeong.
I wanted to make my own fortune.
In particular, the gallery had to be accepted.
Chairman Seondae was not interested at all, but it was the dignity of cultural life itself, which is indispensable to the upper class in Korea.
Oh Jeong-ui’s wife was the number one art asset owner in Korea.
It was unacceptable as the daughter of a solidarity group that never fell behind in the chaebol rankings.
I didn’t want to hear that I was the son of a miser who only knew money.
Crucially, painting works were the best means of tax evasion.
In many ways, paintings that are not valued were essential collectibles for chaebol wives.
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“How are you? Do you like Seollan-ah?”
“It’s good, but…”
“Mom, are you okay?”
“Yeah~ It gets a lot of sunlight, and the works I own are all masterpieces.”
“yes? Seolran has always had eyes to see~.”
Professor Chang Chan-woo, who I saw at the Hongin University Painting Department alumni meeting, praised me.
I recently got a call from my mother.
The wife of Professor Chang Chan-woo, an alumnus, said that it was difficult for her to put the gallery she owned this time.
I owned a school foundation, but my eldest son was running a business and ate it up.
As a result, Professor Jang Chan-woo’s wife said that he had to urgently dispose of his assets.
Professor Chang Chan-woo, who heard of her mother’s success, sent a buy opinion.
I found out about it through Attorney Joe.
It was a fairer gallery than I thought.
Aurora Gallery located in Gangnam.
It was a small(?) building with 7 stories above ground and 5 stories below the ground.
It was small compared to the large art galleries owned by the groups, but it seemed useful nonetheless.
There was no better place for my mother to come to Seoul and spend time.
The building was reconstructed a few years ago, so there was nowhere to be seen.
Mining was great too.
“professor.”
“Taesan, why?”
“I want to see the works I own.”
The value of the building is around 70 billion at best.
The sale price is currently at 100 billion won.
Professor Chang Chan-woo will calculate the rest as works.
“These are works that I personally would like to sell unless they belong to a real gallery. These are works that will be a hit in just a few years.”
I sincerely felt sorry for Professor Chang Chan-woo.
“Then what should I do…”
The sad mother.
Still, there was no mention of lending money.
She was a good mother to do business with.
“I thought I would be ruined because of my brother-in-law. School corporations are also intermittent. If you make a mistake, you will be handed over to the company.”
“Isn’t that the property of a religious foundation?”
“It used to be. However, it was separated from the Hongin Foundation. My father-in-law is the chairman of the board.”
“I see…”
According to my memory, Hongin University did not collapse.
Maintaining its legacy, it has established campuses in the provinces as well.
It seemed that there was an internal problem that I was not aware of.
“And this gallery belongs to my mother-in-law. The previous chairman said that he took care of me well.”
“You must be rich.”
“At one time, there was even a saying that you couldn’t step on Gangnam without his permission. It was a local Toho from generation to generation.”
There was a legend, ‘You can’t pass if you don’t step on the land of our house’.
If it was also in Gangnam, there was nothing to say.
In the past, Gangnam was a land of rice fields, but even then it was expensive.
ding.
I took the elevator and went down to the lowest floor of the 5th basement floor.
“This is the storage room.”
“Sturdy.”
“It is under constant surveillance. There is no elevator going to this place without permission. And the door is very thick. Even if there is a fire, the flames do not reach this place. It cost 10 billion won in construction alone.”
His wife is Professor Jang Chan-woo, who is quick to invest in wealth.
“I’m really sorry.”
“…..moan. you know my heart Just in case, don’t be greedy even if you become the son-in-law of the group. I couldn’t have it, so I only got sick.”
“yes~.”
A son-in-law is only a child of his wife’s family since ancient times.
She was on a different level from her daughter-in-law, who was called a family member.
Ttttttttttttttttttttttttts
Professor Chang Chan-woo presses the password.
It seemed that only the pattern was not a son-in-law.
slither.
The thick iron door opened.
“Isn’t it cool? Humidity and temperature are perfectly controlled.”
Ten billion didn’t seem like a joke.
It seemed that great care was put into the reconstruction.
then what one
What my son rolled up and ate.
“Oh, how beautiful!”
My mother, an artist, exclaimed.
“Kill? It’s a poop price now, but these are paintings by painters from the Joseon Dynasty, such as Yoon In-geol, the son of the head of the village. I saved that it was sold at the museum…”
At the entrance, there were several masterpieces, including landscape paintings and drawings of wild tigers from the Joseon Dynasty.
At a glance, they were masterpieces.
“I got a ticket.”
“Phew…… The stupid brother-in-law tricked my mother-in-law and took all of this as collateral. You stupid bastard doesn’t even know how far this goes!”
“Then you can’t sell it privately?”
“of course. If I had known, I would have sold it through acquaintances and paid off the debt. But the idiot passed it through the barrel!!! cadet!”
There seemed to be a lot of things piled up in the house of the brother-in-law and in-laws.
“Isn’t it just annoying? Who buys this in bulk? If it goes to the court auction, there will be an uproar, right?”
There was a lot more work than I thought.
At a glance, there are more than a hundred pieces of work that make money.
It was rare for a tall man to buy this for tens of billions of won.
In particular, the upper class in Gangnam, who are keen on rumors, have now collected cash and dollars to prepare for the second IMF.
It was not a good time to sell paintings.
If you go to an auction, the works will be hit with each other and become shit prices.
The Korean painting market was not as big as I thought.
“All the seizures can be released before the auction begins. And if you write a contract, there’s no problem. That’s why I called Seolran out of pity. If this spills out, it’s really worth the shit. You have to save a few pennies to pay off your debts.”
“Oh, is this the work of Professor Hwan-Gil Kim?”
“Yeah… that’s right.”
“Wow! Will this be auctioned off too?”
“So crazy! The price has been skyrocketing since a few years ago and this idiot ate all of this….”
Ho! This is the work of an artist I know, Kim Hwan-gil.
In the 2018 Hong Kong auction, several paintings by master artists who received billions of dollars were caught.
This is also worth billions of dollars in the future.
It is still a hot picture value, but it will more than triple in the future.
When you buy, you make money unconditionally.
“Seolran-ah… save my spirit. My mother-in-law runs all over the place, but she can’t sell it. Who is holding more than 100 billion these days? I heard rumors that you are doing well. loosen it up a bit What do you like about classmates?”
“That’s…”
My mom looked at me with a hint of words.
I frowned and closed my eyes.
I have already decided to buy it, but the price has not been decided.
I spent a lot of money, so I didn’t have much money in my hand.
The corporate investment invested in purchasing universities and general hospitals was untouchable.
I had to buy it with my mother’s pocket money.
“Can I take a look at your work?”
“okay. Take a look.”
After getting permission from the professor, I went inside.
The collections were clearly separated.
Korean and Oriental paintings, Western paintings, Korean and foreign artists, and even abstract paintings were neatly hung on the wall.
“Is this better than I thought?”
Compared to overseas masterpieces, these works are inexpensive, but all works contain the spirit of masters.
In particular, in Korean oriental paintings, there were a large number of works imbued with the spirit of classical scholars.
I could see why rich people who know painting are obsessed with it.
It was good to gauge the level of gain of the painter just by looking at it.
Looking at the works containing the deep insights of the painters, I felt at ease.
– Preparing Karma Points.
– The gods recommend buying.
“Now, even purchase recommendations…”
Many of the people who drew this picture must have become immortals.
Many of the outstanding painters who made their name were scholars.
It was natural that they would have become immortals with the good deeds they accumulated.
It seemed that they wanted me to own them, knowing that their work was valuable.
More reasons to buy.
My mom was also thrilled.
It seemed like a good place to display my paintings.
Even these days, if I was bored, I drew pictures for mental training.
They were famous enough to cause a commotion wherever they were put out.
I had no intention of selling or displaying it recklessly.
Bubbly.
I moved my feet while looking at famous paintings.
It wasn’t that wide.
Time passed quickly as we turned around.
“???”
At that time, several works stacked on the floor caught my eye.
They were placed so that the back side of the painting was visible instead of the front side.
I felt strange.
something pulled me
“Professor, what are the works piled up on the wall here?”
“They are all forgeries.”
“yes? Forgery?”
“My mother-in-law went on a trip to Europe a while ago and bought it at a flea market. I wanted to give one if I liked it, but that too was labeled. It’s hard to deal with, so I’ve left it for now… uhhh.”
“is it so?”
More curiosity aroused.
He said that among the things he bought at the flea market, there were often great masterpieces mixed in.
I approached the overlapping picture.
And I picked up one piece.
“ah!”
At that moment, I thought I was losing my liver.
“W What are you doing here???”
