[252] Impossible Alliance 2
“There was an order from the Minister and the President to end the investigation. If you were offended, he did not forget to ask you to forget it with a broad mind.”
Lee Hak-jae leisurely put a cigarette in his mouth.
“okay? The HW group here does quite a bit too. Do you think Sunyang’s request has a level of status?”
“It is easy to misunderstand that the government intervenes in the fair competition between companies.”
“Is that all?”
“Considering the status of the HW Group and the influence of Miracle Investment, it’s like a shrimp fight in a fight between whales.”
When the inspector general spoke cautiously, Lee Hak-jae furrowed his brow.
“Stop talking and answer me. okay? no?”
“It works. In the future, there will be no one to point out to the president.”
“The prosecution and the Ministry of Justice got a lot of money here and ate it up. I put a straw in it ignorantly.”
Lee Hak-jae’s blatant and vulgar expression must have bothered him. The inspector bit his lip and frowned.
Chairman Lee Hak-jae’s eyebrows twitched as he did not miss this. I even made the mistake of pouring cigarette ashes into a glass of water instead of an ashtray.
“Tell me that the memo was well received. And I’ll take care of it more than before, so you know that too.”
I don’t know if it was because he was freed from an uncomfortable position or because he said he would give me more money, but the inspector general’s expression brightened again.
“thank you. President. Then…”
Chairman Lee Hak-jae said as he jumped up and bowed his head.
“Are you still going to keep what you said?”
“yes?”
“Didn’t you say you’d get another glass when I got home?”
At the place where Lee Hak-jae pointed with his fingertips, there was a glass of water with cigarette ash on it.
“why? Don’t like this house? Does it have to be a pure sheep?”
“Oh no.”
The Inspector General quickly raised his glass and drank it at once.
Lee Hak-jae, who was looking at it, said with a slight smile.
“I can’t hate you because of this. Good job running errands. I put a box in your car, so it’s worth the kids’ snacks.”
The inspector general bowed politely and left.
Left alone, Lee Hak-jae had no time to enjoy the relief that the wolf was no longer chasing him.
“President. Director Jin Do-jun has arrived.”
* * *
Seeing the congratulatory column in the chairman’s office, it seemed as if he was peeping at Lee Hak-jae’s cobweb-like personal connections.
“congratulations. Chairman Lee Hak-jae.”
“done. It’s like hiding in a safe place, so what’s the celebration?”
Lee Hak-jae waved his hand as if he was uncomfortable with my congratulations.
“If you don’t like the position, would you like to resign?”
I looked him straight in the eye and shot him, and I flinched, but it was an instant to regain my original form
. But isn’t it a huge promotion in terms of seats? Whoever sees it, it is a zero war.”
It may not be that he accepted the position reluctantly, but these words should not come out again. The president and executives he should lead are not fools either.
If the chairman looks like a cow brought to a slaughterhouse, the group opposition from the existing management is obvious.
“Having driven a large car like the Sunyang Group, it seems like HW is the only way to handle it with one hand, right? Do you look good? No way. Even though HW Group is smaller than Sunyang, it is not at the level of a compact car, nor is it a local corner store.”
Chairman Lee Hak-jae waved his hand again. This time it meant something different.
“Stop pinning. It was because I was embarrassed to hear so many congratulations today. I never felt complacent and never thought I was relegated. I am afraid that I will be able to do well, and I am even afraid. I can’t even sleep these days.”
“Have you been doing it for a while now?”
“I mean it.”
An indifferent expression that lacks even a rat’s tail as an earnest look. Since he doesn’t show his emotions, you should read his sincerity in his tone of assertion.
“I believe.”
“If you want a chance, looking for people is just like your grandfather.”
Seeing the small smile on my lips, I smiled.
“I will take it as a compliment.”
He erased the smile that had been shown for a very short time and said.
“A while ago, a friend from the Ministry of Justice visited. He apologized and said he would not bother me anymore.”
“CEO Oh Se-hyun ran around a bit.”
“I should at least say thank you…. That man is nowhere to be seen.”
“Stakeholders say that it is a burden when they see professional managers often… You should be packing your bags by now.”
“load? also?”
It’s the most surprised expression I’ve ever had with me today.
“yes. He will return to Kota Kinabalu. He told me not to call him no matter what.”
“okay? The agent is gone, the real shareholder… no, the owner remains.”
He raised his hand and pointed at me.
“Because I am different from CEO Oh Se-hyun. It never takes away the watchful eye. Hehe.”
“How is this different from rumors? I heard that Sunyang Financial Group was not involved except for major personnel issues.”
“I got it for free because my grandfather passed it on, and this is a company I bought one by one with money like my blood. It is on a different level.”
“okay. I will be very careful not to waste money like your blood.”
“That’s not all. If we cannot verify the chairman’s managerial ability here, we will not be able to give you the position of chairman of the Sunyang Group, as promised.”
“If you want to keep that promise, you have to take the cruiser first. Say it out loud after that.”
There was more fighting spirit than trust in their eyes looking at each other.
“Did you bring all the secretarial staff?”
“okay. I’m probably packing things up now. I told them to erase what they want to erase and take care of what they want to take care of because there shouldn’t be any pods caught later.”
“Weren’t there any employees who wanted to stay in Sunyang?”
“It was quite. But I was persuaded. Those who want to stay have a history of ignoring them when I contacted them. So that’s what I’m sorry about. But if everyone stays where they left, it’s obvious that you’ll only get noticed, right? I have to take care of it.”
“I think their loyalty will go deeper. I was pardoned.”
“Hey. no such calculation This is loyalty.”
Chairman Lee Hak-jae glared at him and brought up another story.
“What do you think about this general election?”
“Isn’t it one mana one election?”
“why?”
As if trying to check the eyes that read the situation, he asks questions about it even though he knows it. It’s not hard to tell what you already know.
“The aftermath of the impeachment of the president is so strong, it must be a landslide victory for the ruling party.”
“A landslide victory? Some extent?”
“More than half.”
I’m a bit surprised this time.
“Didn’t you catch too many? The ruling party is now a mini-party. The third party with only 47 seats, but more than half?”
“The huge opposition party is in the process of setting up a tent in Yeouido and gathering votes for sympathy, leaving our company in good shape. They put on such a show because they feel the crisis with their skin, but it’s already too late. I would never have imagined that impeachment of the president would be the best campaign marketing tool for a mini-ruling party.”
With the general election just around the corner, the opposition party set up a tent in the empty field, saying, “It is a feeling of committing a grave sin against the people.” This is the so-called tent party. It had to be. The stigma of ‘Chattegi Party’ was so thick, and after the impeachment of the president, a storm raged.
It was a drastic measure that the tent company tried by being on the defensive to the extent that it was generally predicted that they would not be able to win even 50 seats in the general election.
In the sense of ‘the party is making a completely new start from the stigma of being a corrupt party and a party with vested interests’, a tent party was set up in an empty lot in Yeouido where the Small and Medium Business Exhibition Center was located, and opposition party lawmakers went to work in a tent.
What is absurd is that they rented the site of the old small and medium-sized business exhibition center where the tent office was set up for 50 days and paid 42 million won as the total rent, but at the time, the ruling party rented the office building at 25 million won per month.
They spent their taxes on the wrong place to seek sympathy from the people.
My prediction that Lee Hak-jae was more than half of them was still in disbelief, but he also admitted one thing.
“There is no one to follow you in predicting the situation, so you have no choice but to trust that judgment and move. So, do you hate the ruling party?”
“no. I throw just enough to avoid being penalized for not showing sincerity. It’s an election that was won anyway, and the current ruling party doesn’t seem to give big favors to large corporations like us.”
“okay? Then I won’t spend any unnecessary money.”
“no. Instead, isn’t there an opposition party that has set up a tent and sat down on the road? I’ll send you a few boxes of cup noodles.”
“Let’s bet on a guy who’s about to lose?”
“You know why? The opposition party that makes a show right now is not always a pro-chaebol party. There is nothing wrong with them because they always repay what we gave them.”
Chairman Lee Hak-jae nodded.
He asked me to confirm what he already knew, because I am the owner of this company. A person who considers this to be the bare minimum of courtesy.
“I know that because I will sprinkle it in moderation. Do I have to get approval for all of this?”
“It can’t be. Better not to dip your toe in anything illegal and pretend you don’t know. Even if he gets caught later, the owner has to get out of the way.”
“Shameless bastard. Say something even if you’re sorry. Hehe.”
As we laughed and exchanged jokes, the secretary knocked on the door.
“President. It’s time for the president’s meeting. What should I do? Shall we postpone it?”
I shook my hand lightly at the secretary who spoke cautiously and stood up.
“no. My business is over. It’s the first presidents’ meeting presided over by the new president, so don’t be late. I hate bosses. He’s the president, and he shows up late because he’s in shape.”
Chairman Lee Hak-jae also reached out to me as he stood up to attend the meeting.
“Don’t come too often. I am very concerned.”
I said holding his hand.
“President.”
“What? Do you still have any nagging left?”
“Among the automotive projects, there will be an acquisition of Alfa Romeo. We have reached the end, so please review it carefully. haha.”
* * *
As the two brothers reviewed the report, their expressions hardened.
In the end, Vice Chairman Jin Young-ki, who lacked patience, threw the report away first.
“Are these bastards even jumping out?”
Jin Young-ki’s shouting made Vibrator take his eyes off the report.
“You cleverly erased the middle ring. Will this be a headache?”
The conclusion of the report was that it was not possible to identify some of the links between affiliates with a controlling stake and that the establishment of a holding company would be possible only after next year.
“I have to sue that bastard Lee Hak-jae and all the bastards in the secretariat who worked under him. Do guys who resign and go out dare to shit?”
“calm down. We have to work this out. In order to investigate them, you have to step by step, starting with the transfer of the controlling stake, but are you going to advertise to the world that it is an expedient gift?”
At the words of his younger brother, Jin Young-ki wrinkled his face even more.
“so? You want to just watch it like this?”
“Once the general election is over and a decision is made on whether or not to impeach the president, then let’s come up with countermeasures again.”
“hey! What do we have to do with them?”
“Let’s think. Prosecutors shaved their hands What we can use as a weapon is, after all, the political sphere. Let’s move them and shake the HW group. There is the National Tax Service and the Financial Supervisory Service Fair Trade Commission. If people can’t do it, I’ll have to hit the company.”
“shit. Waiting for a fictitious day and continuing in vain. What the hell is this!”
When his father was alive, Jin Young-ki, who had seen everything being resolved with a single word of instruction, was frustrated and almost burst into tears when he didn’t get things resolved as quickly as he did back then.
“That would mean that our position is not strong. I can’t help it. Everyone did. Cheongil Group, Hwasun Group… How much did everyone suffer in the 2nd generation system? Look at Daehyun Group. It’s still noisy.”
“We need to quickly elect a president and seize him. Then move in perfect order.”
Vibrator frowned at his brother’s words.
Suddenly the conversation takes a strange turn. Election of the president?
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