55 – 55. Star Chaebol (4)
“A list to kill?”
President Seo Tae-han opened the document he received from me.
It was a piece of paper that was only folded in three tiers, so it didn’t look bad when unfolded.
However, the report I received had the title of the report from the first cover and clearly indicated which department it was created by, but the document I was given had nothing on the first page.
It just feels like a plain white t-shirt.
I couldn’t write it down anyway for security reasons.
The important thing is the next chapter.
“You will know when you see it. Please pass it on.”
President Seo Tae-han glanced at me with meaningful eyes and then turned the blank page.
There were names, positions, ranks, and even departments clearly listed.
“…This??”
“I told you just now. “It’s a list to kill.”
You won’t know everything.
However, some of the people at the top may be familiar.
These are people I have become friends with after drinking a few times.
“The people here… Are they the same people I know?”
A quiet but heavy voice.
It may be a threatening voice to some, but I am his son.
When I made a voice like this, I knew better than anyone else why it was happening.
“That’s right. This is a list of high-ranking officials at FBS broadcasting stations. “You probably know the top part well, but you probably don’t know the rest.”
FBS broadcasting station.
It was one of the large broadcasting stations that controlled the Republic of Korea and ran ‘social sniper’ programs.
In my reality, there was no broadcasting station like this.
There is a broadcasting station called FBS here?
“But why do I have to kill these people?”
I responded by asking why he was asking such a question.
“Of course, when this broadcast broke out, they were the ones who approved or implicitly tolerated the broadcast.”
“What?”
A huge crack appeared on President Seo Tae-han’s forehead.
Oh. Be scared.
Even though he is my father, he gives me a real impression.
President Seo Tae-han trembled with his hands and pursed his lips.
“Director Jeong… This guy is definitely the one who contacted me before the broadcast and told me that something like this would happen? “I want to stop it, but the political circles are saying they can’t stop it.”
I wanted to say something here.
You said earlier that you don’t trust people?
But that will only make you angry, right?
What I need now is President Seo Tae-han’s recognition.
The whole reason for giving gifts is to gain recognition.
“Of course it was a smoke screen. “Isn’t this a good scene to step out of later?”
President Seo Tae-han glared at me.
“…What is the reliability?”
“It’s 100%. “I was preparing even before the broadcast started.”
This is lame.
How was I supposed to know it would be broadcast?
I was the one who was most surprised.
But wouldn’t he be seen as a capable son if he mixes in the appropriate phrases?
Oh? But there is a premise.
That list is facts.
How do you call it a fact?
Of course, I used Director Hwang Jae-ha to find out.
When I found out that he had connections to the broadcasting station, I told him to do a complete search.
From program planning to production, directing, etc.
We look at everything one by one to see who participated, how decisions were made, and who gave approval.
And who suppressed the internal voices of opposition, and who pretended not to notice?
It took some trouble to find out?
I didn’t say Director Hwang was great for nothing.
I said with a calm expression.
“Even if I tried to persuade my father with words here, it would be meaningless. I only gave you the information, and it’s up to you to make your own judgment. “Your father has better information than me, right?”
Moving without knowing the answer and moving without knowing the answer have different results.
If you dig up the people on that list, you will quickly find out that the list I gave you is real.
Still, it was worth the effort to figure it out over the weekend.
Let’s sleep.
Shall we finish this soon?
“FBS is a big broadcasting station. I don’t know how the sword will come to our group in the future. “If we kill them all now, they won’t be able to harm our group in the future.”
“…”
There was no word.
It must be confusing.
It was only a few days ago that a broadcast about the son becoming the world’s bad guy was about to air.
I would have been worried that it would immediately have a negative impact on the group, but they completely turned the situation around.
But that wasn’t the end. The broadcasting station had even hunted down those who were against the Seohwa Group in advance, so it would be even more strange not to be confused.
Oh?
Of course, the expression means to kill, not to actually kill.
What does it mean to kill an office worker?
It means removing the seat.
It is up to the father to make personnel changes to those in important positions, whether to move them to worthless positions or to relegate them to local areas.
Seo Tae-han looked away from the list.
Then he looked straight at me and opened his mouth.
“..No way.”
“Yes?”
A moment of silence.
And then the voice follows.
“..No.”
President Seo Tae-han, who slurs his words.
I wonder what it is.
Don’t you know that if you don’t talk while talking, you’re in trouble?
President Seo Tae-han put the list down on the table.
“I’ll make sure to check this. “Good job figuring it out.”
“Not much to say. “But father.”
“?”
I pointed to the list with my eyes.
“Can’t you put that down yet?”
“Why?”
“Is there more left behind?”
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President Seo Tae-han’s expression changed in a bizarre way.
“What more is left?”
I answered with a bright smile this time.
“If there are people who need to be killed, shouldn’t there also be people who need to be saved?”
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President Seo Tae-han, who sent his fourth son, checked the name on the list again.
“Director Jeong, this bastard..”
Crunch.
My teeth were ground.
Although no verification was done, there is no way my son would have made this list without any reason.
In addition to Director Jeong, there were quite a few names I knew.
They were the ones who gave money periodically through the chief secretary.
Since the group’s advertisements alone do not bring anything to personal pockets, we have been filling our pockets deep to prevent incidents that could explode in the media.
“But you hit me in the back?”
From a company’s perspective, it was impossible not to manage these guys.
Of course, the basis is the public relations office.
The public relations office holds a tight grip on broadcasting stations and media outlets to control the level of news stories that may break out, prevent them in advance, or induce cover-ups.
However, public relations offices are ultimately office workers.
There are clearly limits.
So, the chaebol family takes a somewhat different approach and silences them.
I thought things were going well so far.
Why suddenly?
Now?
For what?
Under whose instructions?
There are all kinds of speculations.
However, Seo Tae-han decided to decide the order.
First, whether the list given by Woojin is true or not.
The reason is as follows.
If Woojin really moved with the intention of causing harm to Seohwa Group as listed, retaliation must be ensured.
“But.. This guy is really Woojin..”
I was going to ask you earlier.
In the end, I spoke in a slurred voice, but the question rose to the top of my throat.
Did you really predict this and make your move?
This question.
When we met a few days ago, I told President Seo Tae-han that I was honest and that I trusted people, so I would just stay quiet.
But this list.
It didn’t stay still at all.
No?
Did you say you prepared before the broadcast?
Since when?
Woojin was preparing to kill his enemies for Seohwa Group?
Seohwa Group has many enemies.
That will be the case for all conglomerates.
However, when chaebols meet, they always smile and exchange only good words.
Even though he always holds a sharp knife behind him.
It’s the same this time too.
Media? Broadcast?
It’s just a shell.
There is definitely someone.
Whether it is a conglomerate, a politician, or an individual, there must be someone who instigated this incident.
“..But, aside from that.”
Suddenly, President Seo Tae-han burst out laughing.
Purge.
That too, the high-ranking officials of the broadcasting station.
It is not impossible.
President Seo Tae-han could have applied enough pressure and produced results.
Even if it wasn’t right away, it was possible to eliminate the people on the list one by one.
But.
Have you ever thought about that?
There are cases where people are hostile to the Seohwa Group.
For various reasons.
Public opinion is like that.
I came from the political world.
The prosecution has begun an investigation.
Even if they don’t report it first, it will be made public sooner or later.
And so on.
Every time something like that happened, it was resolved in a good way, even if it meant taking a hit.
Because we will continue to see each other in the future.
“But they’re going to completely purge it like this?”
It’s not that I didn’t think about it.
It is just difficult to realize.
Root.
I just left it because it was difficult to pull out the deeply embedded roots at once.
If you vaguely touch a specific person, you can turn people you are close friends with into enemies, so it has been resolved in a positive way.
But what is this list?
Couldn’t it be possible to weed out all those who were hostile and never showed hostility like sweet potato stalks?
There is no reason not to do it.
Power is used in times like this.
President Seo Tae-han made up his mind.
As long as the facts are confirmed, I will throw them all out.
And.
“Have you even prepared an alternative?”
The next chapter has a list to weed out.
Right away,
People who need to sit in empty seats.
People who opposed this broadcast when it was planned.
It was a list of people who were friendly to Seohwa Group.
“..hehehe. “Does this really feel like I got punched by Woojin?”
At that moment, President Seo Tae-han remembered a conversation he had with his father.
Next of Seohwa Group.
The future of Seohwa Group.
“Yeah.. Maybe..”
President Seo Tae-han recalled the proud face of his fourth son.
And I was looking forward to the dinner that would be held this evening, where father and son would gather together, and three generations would be together.