Chapter 530. Madou High School (1)
“How was it?”
“…He’s a great guy. I laughed and said it without even looking at it, but my hamstrings tingled like when I first met you.”
“Cluck. You looked good.”
Kang Joong-hyun, unable to control his emotions, visited the head office of Ohjung Group right after the meal.
Personally, I had a good relationship with Chairman Lim Seong-cheol, leaving the East and West.
Joongbu Ilbo and Ojeong had no roots at all.
Leaving behind in-laws, he made today’s success by enduring the wind and waves along with the history of the Republic of Korea.
Moving seats, Kang Joong-hyun made an appointment with one phone call.
“I had no fear at all. He is the only one who fits the saying that there is nothing scary in the world for a young guy.”
While drinking green tea served by his secretary, Kang Joong-hyun revealed his thoughts on meeting Jang Tae-san.
The feeling of the first impression like the monster of the rebels did not go away easily.
An unfathomable destructive instinct hidden deep within the pupil.
It contained the arrogant killing spirit of a beast that no one would tolerate whoever stood in its way.
In fact, at the time of the first meeting with Chairman Lim Seong-cheol, it was stronger than the first impression.
“be careful. That guy sees me as a pawn in the chess game.”
“yes? Tongue brother?”
Chairman Lim Seong-cheol’s joke-like words sent a chill down Kang Joong-hyun’s spine once again.
These were the words of the owner of Ohjung Group, which has grown into a world-class electronics company after leaving Korea.
A mediocre bar exam trainee was not something I dared to think of as a comparison target.
It was Chairman Lim Seong-cheol who had the power to bury any company or person socially if he put his mind to it.
Ohjeong scholarship students are scattered all over the Republic of Korea.
Jang Tae-san sees Chairman Lim Seong-cheol, who is laying such a solid foundation, as a pawn in the chess game.
Kang Joong-hyun did not easily understand Chairman Lim Seong-cheol’s words.
I was sure he was a dangerous guy, but I didn’t think he was a great man enough to make even Chairman Lim Seong-cheol nervous.
“Isn’t that like a joke?”
“That’s…”
“My son was black.”
“???”
“It’s about kids these days. Can you hear it properly? Junhyung was taken by him.”
“Isn’t Jang Tae-san a loss if you don’t get along with Junhyung?”
“That’s common sense for ordinary people… It doesn’t work for him.”
‘Such nonsense…..’
Junhyung Kang recalled his nephew.
It was Lim Jun-hyung, the crown prince who would become the next emperor of the business world.
Except for marriage issues, he is a person who is careful not to cause a noticeable social controversy.
He has a clear mind and inherited many of the business talents of Chairman Lim Seong-cheol.
Although he was called the crown prince, he was famous for not being choosy in his daily life.
No one could ignore such Lim Jun-hyung.
It was evidence that he secretly acknowledged that he was the only successor to Oh Jung who could act as chairman Lim Seong-cheol’s power.
Instead, he was a big ambitious man who had ambitions contrary to his appearance.
He embraced his people broadly, but he was cold-hearted towards his enemies.
Judging from Lim Jun-hyung’s personality, it was certain that he would become a major obstacle in Jang Tae-san’s life.
“I asked you to be friendly with me.”
“To my nephew?”
“No, Taesan to him.”
“What do you mean by that again…..”
“Chairman Kang, these days I don’t feel very good. What is it? I got down on my knees to ask my Junhyung to look after me.”
“Mmm.”
Kang Junhyung couldn’t believe it even after hearing it with both ears, so he let out a heavy moan.
Looking at Chairman Lim Seong-cheol’s expression, it wasn’t really a joke.
“Hug me, like a thousand days, our five-year-old can be smashed by that guy.”
“Yes? Noon?”
this didn’t make any more sense
Although a lot of stocks were transferred to foreign investment capital, it was never enough for one young friend to do anything about it.
The weight of a stock stock was no joke.
One individual’s strength was impossible to compete with.
“You know that Robert Ryan, the emperor of Wall Street, is behind Mount Jang, right?”
“I know.”
“The two of you are closer than you think.”
“Still, investors on Wall Street are wolves with cold blue blood. Since Taishan County has excellent investment skills, wouldn’t it be useful to use it for a while?”
“It’s the opposite.”
“Yes?”
Kang Joong-hyun surprised me several times today.
“You know where you shouldn’t go and speak out, right? I’m telling you because it’s family. Wash your ears and listen carefully.”
Chairman Lim Seong-cheol’s warnings always flowed out as if there was nothing special.
However, if you take the word lightly and fail to keep your promise, you will be struck by a big thunderbolt.
Kang Joong-hyeon, who was well aware of that fact, straightened his posture.
“Anyway, Jang Tae-san seems like the largest shareholder in Robert Ryan’s funds.”
“!!!”
“I met you when I came to Seoul before. After carefully collecting this and that information… It’s almost certain. Much of Robert Ryan’s money is Jangtaesan’s slush fund.”
Chairman Lim Seong-cheol with a confident look.
gulp.
Kang Joong-hyun swallowed dry saliva.
The US Federal Reserve printed and distributed dollars to revive the US economy.
Stocks, including real estate in each country that had been stagnant due to overflowing liquidity, soared.
Europe, the only one struggling, started printing money.
Japan followed suit.
Much of that money went through Wall Street and spread around the world.
Currently, the center of all finance is Wall Street, not London or Hong Kong.
And the person who became the biggest hand to such Wall Street was Robert Ryan.
“Am I really?”
Kang Joong-hyun couldn’t believe Chairman Lim Seong-cheol’s words and asked again.
Information circulated that Robert was receiving a little help from Jang Tae-san, who had excellent investment techniques.
Anyone can see that it was common sense.
“Did you see me joking?”
Chairman Lim Seong-cheol’s eyes became serious and asked.
“Ah…”
“I don’t know the exact amount, but the two are tightly intertwined. Don’t you know that Jang Man-soo was smashed by the US government’s threat for touching Taesan?”
“Did something like that happen?”
It was a super secret that even the JoongAng Ilbo did not know about.
“Choi Byung-bak is also a guy who can’t do anything about it. So, be careful when making connections in the future. I don’t want to mess with our group for nothing.”
If Chairman Lim Seong-cheol, who even mentions the president’s name lightly, asked for it this far, there was no need for two words.
Jang Tae-san was more of a monster than Kang Joong-hyeon had guessed.
“By the way, what did he say?”
“yes?”
“No matter how much I think about him, there seems to be something magical about him. I throw out one word at a time, but that’s all right. Didn’t you say something?”
“…..”
Kang Joong-hyeon couldn’t bear to reveal it with his mouth.
A piece of impure heart that began to wriggle and raise its head from one day.
There was nothing good for Chairman Lim Seong-cheol to know that.
Chairman Lim Seong-cheol had a lot of influence on the growth of the center of that heart.
“None. We promised to have another meal next time.”
“okay?”
Chairman Lim Seong-cheol nodded.
Beneath the table, Kang Joong-hyun clenched his trembling fists.
I was the one who drank the most sweet water in the vested interests of Korea, but now I wanted to turn it over.
Just like Jang Tae-san said, before I die…
My brain, wanting to think properly like a human, suddenly lifted my head like a child’s heart.
***
I ran my fingers through my ears.
Today, too, my right ear was very itchy as if someone was talking about me.
“So, all of you entering the prison this time should understand and follow the efforts of the Chief Justice, several Supreme Court justices, and respected seniors. That is the etiquette that younger Korean lawyers should abide by.”
words are too long
March 3, 2011.
Opponents of law school appointments as prosecutors, who performed hotly at the entrance ceremony yesterday, were silent today.
It was a one-day rebellion.
The defense strategy of vested interests and seniors was meticulous and powerful.
The instigators were immediately notified of their referral to the disciplinary committee.
The trainees who had only studied in the library or in Sillim-dong all their lives were scared.
Having lived without knowing hunger, they suffered a KO loss right away with a single punch from their vested interests.
I had to listen to the special lecture sitting on the chair in the lecture hall where I sat yesterday.
Life at the Judicial Research and Training Institute was more painful than what I had only heard about (?).
The place of study began even before the afterglow of passing the exam and the excitement of the entrance ceremony had subsided.
Even at the training center, half were divided.
I’m in my 2nd half.
About 1,000 students from Class 1 and Class 2 were divided into 16 groups.
The naming sense killed it.
Each class was divided into Civil A B, Criminal A B, Prosecutors A B, Lawyers AB.
It was a hard name that I couldn’t even enter because I was afraid that someone might not be a court organization.
I left my house early in the morning and rode the Olympic Highway and entered Ilsan via Freedom Road.
The Judicial Research and Training Institute was close to the freeway exit, so traffic was not very inconvenient.
The training center was crowded with people from the morning.
More than 2,000 people, from seniors of the 41st class who did not go to practice, to judge trainees, lived in a small space.
I parked and entered the classroom.
Oh my goodness….. From 9:00 in the morning, the first period of compulsory self-study began.
I almost cried for the first time in a long time.
I didn’t take the bar exam for this.
Fortunately, the scenery was awesome.
Spring is starting to come after winter has receded.
The Judicial Research and Training Institute, which is connected to the lake park, also blew a soft wind that dampened the momentum.
Even in that environment, I saw people who were crazy about their studies.
From the first day of the full-scale lecture, the national first-aid test masters were studying with the materials handed down by their seniors.
There was not a single word spoken in the quiet classroom.
It felt like I had entered a prestigious high school where only study bugs lived, not a university.
Kang Hyeon-soo was right when he said that the Judicial Research and Training Institute is located in Madu-dong, Ilsan, so it is called Madu High School.
This place was like a habitat where non-human Madou, who are crazy about studying, spend time to continue evolving.
The only thing I could hear was the occasional knocking of bookshelves.
It was the first day of the first semester, so most of them were wearing suits.
It wasn’t the dull and heavy clothes like yesterday, but they were dressed with care.
But I was different.
He wore jeans with ripped knees and a checked shirt and cardigan.
I was the only one in the class who bounced.
At first glance, I felt that people passing by were looking at me strangely.
A special lecture at the grand pulpit that started shortly after.
The director of the Judicial Research and Training Institute spoke passionately for two hours from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
From the basic attitude of a lawyer to the behavior of a lawyer.
The words were translated word by word, but I thought I was going to die.
It was more boring than school lectures.
After I was exhausted, I ate lunch.
The cafeteria is just… It was like a school cafeteria.
The taste that has only the basics and lacks the creativity of taste or the splendor that stimulates the tip of the tongue.
It has become a meal you receive as you give it again.
All the trainees, who said they were flying and were long, put rice on the tray without making a sound.
I ate 1 meal and 3 side dishes without saying anything.
The fact that I had to repeat this for two years was bleak.
The afternoon schedule was the same.
A one-hour lecture on etiquette for students at the Judicial Research and Training Institute followed.
The content was simple.
It was about saying good-bye to the judges, professors and seniors, because you never know when you might run into them.
Time was given for a cup of coffee, and the last special lecture was held in the afternoon.
The instructor at the training center took the microphone.
This person also ran non-stop for two hours without a break.
There was no break time.
All the trainees pretended to be focused to avoid being filmed from the start.
Everyone knew that a few judges and prosecutors could be put in as long as the training center’s advisor was enough.
There was no rebellion left at all.
Like smart trainees, he gave up quickly.
“You all know what I mean, right?”
“Yes…..”
“The lecture starts in earnest tomorrow. Childish behavior caused by short observations in youth can be forgiven once in a while. Everyone wants to be successful, right? But… when you get into the game, those mistakes are a fatal flaw to your success.”
Fearing that someone might not have been a judge, the threat is high-level, not like a threat.
The instructor of the training center slowly looks around.
It is not a professor at the training institute, but a teacher in the student leadership department who is notorious in high school.
The trainees were also very nervous.
It felt like a real high school student.
Madou High School freshman Jang Tae-san and his friends.
They also sat in groups.
“Thank you all for listening to the boring special lecture. Let’s all see it during the lecture.”
The instructor bowed his head briefly.
clap clap clap
To the reluctant applause, the professor exited.
“Haa…”
“Umm.”
It was only then that he groaned like dogs untied from leashes everywhere.
It was the scene of a collective mental breakdown.
All the shoulder pads that had been piled up until yesterday were all worn down.
The Judicial Research and Training Institute was the starting point of another competition.
The trainees, who mistook it for something, were hit by the first wave and collapsed.
In order to become the upper class of power, it was a floor where not a single mistake was allowed.
Pyramid competition structure in which another wall blocks the front after breaking through a wall.
A famous line from the drama ‘SKY Fortress’, which hit the nation in 2019, came to mind.
You trained, not educated!
In the name of collective intelligence, the Judicial Research and Training Institute was an authorized place to train lawyers.
I was warned that if I didn’t listen to my seniors, I would be expelled.
The starting point of the judicial cartel that is entangled like a Möbius strip.
The warning imprinted today will hold you back for the rest of your life.
It was like living.
A tightrope walk between legality and illegality.
Although the subject of legal ethics openly existed, it was obvious that most of them would not live as textbook legal professionals.
It was also taught here that you can become a powerful person who can dominate others only when you step on and step on them.
The sigh soon disappeared.
And the hot energy that slowly started to fill up.
Excessive heat, enough to fill the main auditorium, radiated from all over the place.
It was as if everyone had confirmed once again that they were competitors, not colleagues.
The will to fight each other.
Soon, the air in the auditorium was filled with the energy of human desire and aspirations for the future.
But I was an exception.
I watched them burning their will to fight from the back seat.
It was pitiful.
I was the only one who vividly remembered one death and was enjoying freedom in this space.
One day will come when you will clearly taste that the seat of power won in competition is also an illusion.
I have seen the misfortune of the president, the pinnacle of power, several times.
I wanted to realize as soon as possible that today was a happy time in my life.
I hoped that all of them would be able to stop at least once by looking straight ahead.
And when I looked back, I begged the gods to give me a blessing to breathe.
Everyone here was a child, a brother or a friend of someone they loved who deserved to be happy enough.
Tadadak.
Then a group of people jumped up onto the podium.
A force that doesn’t look ordinary.
Everyone who was absorbed in their studies focused on them at once.
The moment I saw them standing on the podium, a forgotten memory from my high school days came to mind.
Ah! Shit!
They are…..
The Legend of Return Part 2
