[267]Secret Gallery 5
Returning to Korea, I waited for the genuine appraisal to end.
As soon as the appraisal is over, Oh Se-hyun will be passing money around in New York to transfer money to the Virgin Islands account.
In my heart, I hoped that even one elaborate forgery would come out, but by the end of the two months, I was informed that all of them were genuine.
And I also received a call from Oh Se-hyun, who grumbled.
– hey! 6 billion remitted. I spent a lot of money washing it. Don’t do anything to lose, do well.
“Thank you. uncle.”
– Is my job done? am i going back now?
“Korea… isn’t it?”
– of course. I need to take a break while looking at the clear sea.
“Didn’t you rest well in New York?”
– Hey. I couldn’t even play because I was doing what you asked me to do!
“Ah yes. die and get some rest. When you go, buy plenty of presents for your aunt at the duty free shop. You must have been very angry because you had been away for a long time.”
A sigh came through the phone.
– You should get married too. You’ll find out in thirty years or so. It is not because the husband who has been away for a long time has to buy a lot of presents because he is away. I live because I am going home.
I ended the call after listening to the middle-aged man’s lamentation about his situation.
The stage is now set and the main performance must begin.
First, I called Vice President Jang Do-hyung.
“There is something you need to find out by mobilizing all your connections in Yeouido and Myeong-dong, including Sunyang Securities.”
Perhaps because of my serious expression, Vice President Jang swallowed dry saliva.
“Probably, I will intensively purchase shares of the Sunyang Group in the names of many, especially the shares of the electronics and heavy industry construction trading company.”
“yes? What! Are you saying that someone is attempting a hostile M&A?”
“no. The purpose is simply to secure stock. More than 600 billion won will be moved, so it will definitely stand out.”
I swallowed dry saliva again.
“Is it 600 billion? whoever?”
“I mean find it.”
“Ah yes.”
“Many borrowed-name accounts will move. We need to track them down, can you?”
Illegal transactions must be found in an illegal way.
It is clearly illegal to obtain the personal information of the account owner who is buying Sunyang Group stocks in large quantities by mobilizing personal connections of each securities company.
However, Vice President Jang Do-hyeong did not sound sick.
After going through a crisis, I realized that everything we do is directly related to survival.
If you cross the river of no return and survive to the end, you can claim the kingdom of wealth. It is trivial to commit lawlessness to obtain a kingdom.
“No problem. It’s not looking for ants, isn’t it a transaction of 600 billion won? Even if it’s a hundred people, 6 billion, and that’s all Sunyang Group shares. This is definitely noticeable. I will get the full list.”
“You must find it. Then I will make all of those stocks mine.”
Grandma can’t make a new account for 600 million won. I will definitely use the existing borrowed-name account, and the account contains stocks that have already been secretly swept away, not 600 billion won.
How much would it cost if I robbed my grandma’s pocket?
As another month passed, the stocks of major affiliates of the Sunyang Group began to rise little by little.
The fact that she brought a large amount of money of about 600 million dollars to Korea in one month means that there is a great talent under her grandmother. If you tap on the borrowed-name account, he will also appear.
It takes quite a long time to accumulate share price gains unnoticed. Great talents also had great patience. The rise in Sunyang Group’s share price was swept away so slowly that it did not appear in the economic news.
“Isn’t it difficult to find borrowed-name accounts?”
Unlike me, who was worried, Jang Do-hyung, executive director, was relaxed.
“It takes time, but figuring it out is not a problem. When hundreds of borrowed-name accounts are rotated, a pattern is seen. Besides, it is not that difficult because I am only looking at a specific item, the Sunyang Group.”
“Are you sure?”
He asked again, but Jang Do-hyung nodded without hesitation.
“I am confident. You don’t have to worry.”
He’s a man who’s spent his whole life on this floor, so you have to trust him.
Shall we move slowly now?
* * *
Standing in front of the gate gave me a new feeling.
It was a house I had visited quite often, but it was the first time since my grandfather’s funeral.
I wished that the owner of this house would always be my grandfather, but in reality it has turned into Mrs. Lee Pil-ok’s house.
I pressed the doorbell and the door opened. Usually, I drove to the front door, but today I walked in slowly. The trees and flowers in the garden, which I had never noticed before, were well maintained, and the soft light of stone lanterns illuminated the summer night.
I didn’t see anything like this when I went for a walk with my grandfather. It’s fresh now, but since the grandfather I walked with isn’t here, the beautiful garden is sad.
When I opened the front door and entered the living room, an angry grandmother was scolding the workers.
“You let anyone in without my permission? Are you crazy?!”
People didn’t know what to do, so they only bowed their heads.
My grandmother met my eyes and said with clenched teeth.
“Where do you come in here? Can’t you go back?”
After all, she is a grandmother who has no affection. Of course, blood was inherited, but instead of warm words, they always sent cold eyes.
Besides, I have intact memories of my previous life.
This old woman is just my grandfather’s wife rather than my grandmother, and she is a complete stranger who tried to kill me.
I smiled and said.
“I have something to tell you quietly, so go to the study.”
“noisy. Can’t you just go out?!”
It is impossible to show a polite grandson to a grandmother who shows such an attitude. It inevitably leads to the main topic.
“I’m a customer who bought something worth 600 million dollars, wouldn’t it be nice to have a cup of tea? I bet it’s not very common to have a customer who agrees to all of those tricky conditions.”
When I saw the face of my grandmother, who was completely white, I felt sorry for her. It’s a big deal if you fall like this even though you’re old. I have to find the stocks in the borrowed-name account, and I have to find the money I’ve been trying to get.
Fortunately, as for her health, her pale complexion, befitting a confident grandmother, was all.
“Isn’t there a need to expose all the transactions between grandma and grandson in front of everyone listening?”
“You… You…”
I said to the kitchen lady, pretending not to see the grandmother who couldn’t speak properly.
“Could you bring me a cup of coffee? To the study.”
Without looking back, I entered the study. Grandma, who can’t understand what I mean, will surely follow.
It was a place where I talked a lot with my grandfather, but it was unfamiliar because there were things I had never seen before. It seems that the smell of the grandfather’s body has disappeared as much as the grandmother’s hand.
I took a seat and waited for Grandma to come in. He glared at her as he was about to sit in Grandpa’s chair.
“I’m going to talk about something important, so if you can, sit down facing each other, right? I’m not here to report to my superiors. Can you guess what I mean?”
Biting her lip, the old woman turned around and sat across from me.
“What do you want to say?”
“Aren’t you already guessing?”
“This guy! How dare you be arrogant?”
It’s fun to see how far that upright ego will last. It must be completely destroyed today.
“Would the people of the world have imagined it? The hostess of Daesunyang Group sold the paintings and filled the gallery with forgeries. It will be a real big scandal.”
“joy! I can’t even understand what nonsense you’re talking about.”
“Have you not caught on yet? Or are you pretending not to know? The deal with New York’s Wentworth Art Gallery is a trap I dug. Bet Potter is a puppet that plays with my rhythm. The $600 million in the price of the painting came out of my own pocket.”
“…….”
“Grandma. It’s already over. In my hand is a secret contract signed by my grandmother herself. It also remembers the secret account number of the Virgin Islands. At times like this, it’s not a matter of pretending you don’t know what to do, it’s first to check what the other person wants.”
“noisy. Where did you hear the rumors and come and threaten me?”
He’s glaring at me pretending to be bold, but he can’t help his trembling fingertips.
I threw the copy of the contract I brought in front of my grandmother.
“Since the foundation owned assets worth hundreds of billions of won were sold and ate, embezzlement paintings were smuggled out to the United States, so setting up a smuggling overseas ghost company and siphoning the money is a violation of the Foreign Exchange Management Act. I assure you, at this level, Grandma won’t have to shop anymore. I will have to spend the rest of my life in a shroud.”
“Yes… You bastard…!”
“Grandma doesn’t know this grandson well, right? No, do you know? That I am the same as my grandfather without blood or tears? I have no hesitation in putting my grandmother in court with my own hands and sending her to prison. Do you know what?”
When the word “prison cell” was mentioned, the grandmother began to shake her hands even more.
“It’s not because my grandmother tried to kill me with a truck. Because I keep trying to take away what my grandfather gave me.”
Grandma’s white lips trembled. I would never have imagined that the truck incident would come out of my mouth.
“My grandfather knew everything. But you buried it saying it was your fault. It was like that to me too. forgive grandma So I erased it from my memory. But I can’t help it because they tried to push me out of the Sunyang Group. I must see the end.”
Grandma didn’t say anything for a while, as if she had read my meaning from my stiff expression and tone.
Maybe it was time to come to my senses.
After a while, the grandmother opened her mouth and showed her original appearance again.
“so? What do you think you can do with me? Even if you try to expose the evidence you have to the whole world, it won’t work as you wish. The power of Sunyang Group is not held by you, but by my son. Not a single article will appear on the newspaper broadcast.”
“You have a wonderful son.”
As if he couldn’t hear my sarcastic words, the son’s strength continued.
“Rather, it was you. Virgin Islands? I’m going to make that account yours and get you arrested. I’ll make you a bastard who stole 600 million dollars.”
It’s not even possible.
It may be possible if the uncles mobilize all their connections and spend money on the media to silence them.
While the grandmother made this fight into a fight between me and my uncle and shed blood, all she had to do was arrange the borrowed-name stocks and run abroad.
But there’s one thing that even Grandma can’t think of. Not everything is simple. Several things intertwine to produce the result.
Since there is no social experience, there is no way to have the eyes to read the whole thing.
“Even if all the assets of the Sunyang Group were slashed, the media would not be stopped. Because it turns into a political fight.”
Grandmother didn’t understand what I was saying and just frowned.
“I will leave this to the opposition, not to the media. The opposition party that lost in the general election is only looking for a case to attack the ruling party of the government. But my grandmother used the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs that does smuggling. Do you think the opposition is just watching this? There will be a special prosecutor and a hearing.”
Again, the grandmother’s expression changed.
“No matter how much money the opposition politicians take from Sunyang, they don’t cover it. They have to live too.”
I laughed at the bewildered grandmother.
“It will be fun, right? The country will be noisy because of my grandmother. Hehe.”
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