[011] Big change 3.
“Scalability is definitely YS. We can completely sweep the metropolitan area, Gyeongnam and Honam. Passports can absorb tickets only in Daegu, North Gyeongsang Province, and parts of the metropolitan area of Gangwon-do, so I think the next one is almost certain.”
The CEO of Sunyang Construction, which Chairman Jin trusted the most, expressed his opinion first as if holding a gun.
“Who is the DJ?”
“Of course, unification as a DJ is possible, but he has a weakness. Suffering from the red complex, he is more likely to yield this time. I promise to take a kick and I will concede.”
“Any other opinions?”
Everyone looked at each other and signaled agreement.
Chairman Jin burst out laughing.
In this way, everyone firmly believes in the unification of the two Kims. Not only these. How many of the people do not believe in the unification of the two Kims?
There was no doubt that all the influential people that Chairman Jin had met so far believed in unification. Only the young grandson did not believe in unification. Of course, you may think this way because you do not know the political situation and trend at all.
But the reason was correct. The young grandson sees through human greed accurately.
The presidents of key affiliates fell into tension for a moment because they did not know the identity of Chairman Jin’s smile.
Are you satisfied?
Or is it pathetic?
However, it was not possible to ascertain the authenticity of the statement by the president who followed.
“Today ends here. Everyone open your ears and scrape in as much information as you can.”
Chairman Jin ended the meeting with a smile on his face.
***
Now is the time to do what you’ve been putting off.
No, rather than putting it off, I hesitated and should I say that I was afraid? But it was something I had to face.
First of all, I asked the tutor first.
It would be difficult to reject my words, since there is no such thing as loafing around without doing anything for expensive tutoring.
“I have an outdoor class this Sunday.”
“Outdoor classes?”
“yes. To Dangjin on the west coast.”
“Dangjin? What is the West Sea all of a sudden?”
“It is said in textbooks that it is the only place in Korea that faces the sea only to the north. Do you want to see for yourself?”
It’s really hard to make an excuse, but you won’t be able to refuse.
By checking homework for just 30 minutes a day, Sunyang Group earns the salary of new employees. In order to maintain this kind of honey part-time job, I have no choice but to pay attention to myself.
“That’s right. let’s go.”
“Teacher, can you drive? Do you have a license?”
“uh. I have a license, not a closet license.”
“Then I will ask my father for tea. Teacher, please allow only outdoor classes.”
A smile spread across the tutor’s lips for an instant. How common is the opportunity to drive a dignified foreign car as a college student?
Parental permission was easily obtained.
I believe that school and study were everything, so I would have wanted to spend a lot of time watching the sea.
“Do-jun, tell me honestly. Why do you want to go to Dangjin?”
It was a time when there were no navigators or smart phones. The private tutor, who had been driving slowly using milestones as a navigator while looking at a national map booklet, quietly asked if I had gotten used to driving.
I already have an answer ready for you.
“Actually, I have a friend who transferred school. I want to meet that friend.”
“okay? Then why didn’t you tell the truth?”
“If I tell you the truth, what kind of friends are you, what do your parents do, why did you transfer school… aren’t you going to ask me a lot? It’s annoying too.”
“Ugh! Are you all grown up? Enough to bother talking to your parents?”
you bastard It’s not all grown up, it’s getting old.
After that, I talked to the college students and chatted with them to soothe the boring time, and I entered Dangjin before I knew it.
The past of 30 years ago, which existed only in faint memories.
Now I am experiencing the miracle of those memories unfolding in front of my eyes.
A landscape where no signs of West Coast development are visible.
The rattling of a car that you can feel with your body on an unpaved road.
Instead of a beach full of pensions, it is a hole-in-the-wall store for only a few anglers, although the name is Super.
I burst into tears when I entered the neighborhood where I lived, where few apartments are visible.
I experienced the mystery of memory again.
Seeing the barbershop at the entrance of the neighborhood reminded me of my childhood hair style, and the beauty salon made me vividly remember my mother’s youthful appearance.
When I pass the front gate of the school, I vividly recall the faces of my friends and teachers that I have never thought of after graduation.
So I went to the house where I grew up, searching for memories.
“teacher. Could you wait a minute? It’s right there.”
“But have you been here? How well do you know the way?”
“My friend explained it in detail several times.”
After briefly answering the tutor’s questions, I quickly got out of the car.
My heart started beating like it would burst at the sign across the street. [Yoon Laundry]
I couldn’t take my steps off easily.
Will I be able to see my parents in person?
What if I accidentally call you father? To him, I’m just a child he’s never seen before…
My biggest fear was something else.
What should I do if I run into the person from my previous life, Hyunwoo Yoon?
Wouldn’t something very mysterious happen like in a movie?
You can’t just imagine.
I took a deep breath and took a slow step.
The figure of the father seen through the window of the laundry. I couldn’t help but burst into tears again at the sight of a young father and mother sorting through the steam from the steam iron.
I leaned against the laundry wall and waited for the tears to dry.
I held my heart firmly and opened the laundry door.
The old door creaked and the two men’s eyes locked on me.
“Hey…”
“Huh? A kid I couldn’t see. Are you here to pick up the laundry?”
What should I say?
“My baby’s booties flow all over. It must be a kid from my neighborhood.”
Regret came when I saw my mother closely watching over me.
I’ll be patient a little longer.
If you had come to me when you were a bit older and an adult, you could have provided practical help.
My mother, now in her late thirties, looked ten years older.
The hardships accumulated on the faces of the two are now visible.
“Are you lost? Why are you not talking?”
I couldn’t hold back any longer, so I hurriedly opened my mouth.
“Isn’t this Jinwoo’s house? Yoon Jin-woo?”
I thought I had come to the wrong house and tried to leave. It will look most natural.
“Jinwoo? It’s not?”
“Ah yes. sorry.”
When my father tilted his head, I quickly lowered my head and said,
“Honey, do you know Jinwoo?”
“well. Shall we ask the locals? Is Jinwoo among your friends at school?”
For a moment, it felt like an electric current was flowing through my body.
Are you local?
no way?
“Hey there… Who is the local?”
“local? She is our only daughter. He must be the same age as you…. You don’t live here. My daughter is so pretty that there is no one who doesn’t know this neighborhood. haha.”
Only daughter local.
I didn’t hear it wrong. I, Hyunwoo Yoon, did not exist.
I ran out of the laundromat as if running away. If I had delayed a little longer, I would have collapsed.
***
“Why? Wasn’t it at a friend’s house?”
“yes? oh no That’s right… I didn’t have any friends.”
“Then wait longer.”
“no. are you okay. Just go up.”
I looked out the window to avoid the eyes of the tutor who was looking suspiciously at me.
“teacher. I’m a bit tired, can I get some sleep?”
“okay? You must be tired. sleep well I’ll wake you up when I get home.”
“Thank you.”
I leaned back on the sheet and closed my eyes as I looked at the laundromat moving away.
I didn’t think about what happened.
Rebirth? return? possession? time travel?
I did not want to investigate or analyze these causes and their consequences.
You just have to accept the result. It’s because I can’t change this strange result that has already happened anyway.
And as a result, the only thing left was that my memories were all that I had with my parents.
stole the flowing tears The tutor who found me in the room mirror didn’t say anything and only speeded up.
The tears I shed when I was young, but it must be because I looked too pitiful to ask why.
***
I opened my notebook and sat there blankly for a while.
The details of the future recorded so far may be useless.
The very existence of the country has already brought about great changes.
My only daughter took the place of Yoon Hyeon-woo, who should have been born.
There is no need to use a grandiose butterfly theory. I don’t know if the future will change just with the heart of Chairman Jin Yang-cheol, who already likes me.
If the future changes, it may mean that the powerful weapon I have is meaningless.
shit.
In the future, actions, words, and plans must be more careful and cautious.
The big stream of the future should not change so that I can get what I want in it. The world will not change, but only the Sunyang Group must change.
It’s not easy. This is because the Sunyang Group has a great influence in Korea.
Complex thoughts swirled in my head, but I remembered the fact that hadn’t changed, and tears welled up again.
Hyunwoo Yoon, the existence of ‘I’, does not exist in this world. There are only primitive emotions imprinted in my head. This feeling will also weather and fade little by little, and in that way, Yoon Hyeon-woo will disappear completely.
I wiped the tears from my eyes and closed the notebook.
The past must be let go.
Let’s just think about the future.
I will live as a perfect Jin Do-jun in order to sit in the position of Sunyang Group Chairman. It’s going to be a rough road, but…
“Wait a minute.”
A sound burst out without my knowledge.
I put my finger on it and recalled the memory.
“Youngjun, Haegyeong, Gyeongjun, Sookyung, and Taejun…”
Thirteen.
Including myself, Chairman Jin Yang-cheol’s grandchildren are exactly thirteen.
But why is the number twelve in my memory?
who’s the missing one?
I took out a note from the drawer. I began to rummage through the dense record of memories once again, retracing what I had missed.
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