A photo auction was held at a gallery in Seoul.
＜Charity Auction for Cheon Tae-soo’s Photos＞
The auctioneer introduced photographer Cheon Tae-soo to the audience.
“We invite Cheon Tae-soo, president of Angel Capital, who is a genius photographer and a competent manager! Please welcome everyone with applause!”
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Chairman Chun stepped up to the podium.
“Hello, this is Taesoo Cheon. The host introduced me as a genius photographer, but I was embarrassed and didn’t know what to do.”
After the greeting, Chairman Chun’s expression darkened.
“As everyone in the know knows, I’m having a hard time with my son these days.”
He was talking about his son, Chun Young-jin, the general manager, who went missing on a business trip to Hong Kong for market research.
Of course, Chairman Chun knew that his son was dead.
It was Chairman Chun himself who told the triads to take care of Chun Young-jin as they pleased.
But the public didn’t know anything, so I was acting.
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Tears welled up in Cheon Tae-soo’s eyes as he coughed and held back tears.
Then the presenter next to him handed him a handkerchief.
Chairman Chun wiped his eyes with it and continued.
“Although it is difficult with family problems, it has not prevented us from postponing our plans to help our neighbors in need. So, as scheduled, we held an auction today. everyone! Please extend a warm hand to the underprivileged in Korea! I, Cheon Tae-soo, will be with you!”
clap clap clap-
Cheon Tae-soo came down from the podium receiving applause from the people.
And then the real auction began.
All of the entries in today’s auction were photos taken by Chairman Chun himself.
He started studying photography with an interest in photography five years ago.
And since three years ago, a photo auction was being held, and it was a charity auction in which all proceeds were donated to Angel Island.
“Everyone, pay attention. We reveal the first work of the day!”
The host introduced the first photo.
“This is a work that contains the friendly yet mysterious scenery of Mt. Seorak. The starting price is 1 million won.”
Auctioneers began shouting prices with pickets.
“One million won!”
“Two hundred!”
“Five hundred!”
“Ten million won!”
“Two thousand!”
Then someone called the amount in billions.
“1 million!”
Then the host shouted at the auction participants.
“100 million won came out! Any more?”
Then someone charged a higher amount.
“200 million!”
Oh oh-
Auctioneers were in awe.
“Yes, 200 million won came out! Any more?”
No higher amount came out.
earth- earth- earth-
The moderator hit the auction stick.
The first painting was sold for 200 million won.
Several experts present frowned at the fact that Chairman Chun’s photos were sold at an excessively high price.
Even the work of a famous photographer with decades of experience was difficult to record at such a high price.
The fact that amateur-level photos are traded at exorbitantly high prices was to completely muddy the water on this side of the floor.
But I couldn’t figure out anything.
All proceeds from the auction will be used for patients receiving medical treatment in Angel Island.
You may get hit by public opinion if you go wrong.
“I will introduce you to the second piece. This work is from Namsan Park…”
The auction continued.
And all of Chairman Chun’s works were auctioned off at hundreds of millions of won.
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Chairman Chun’s home in Seongbuk-dong,
heh heh heh-
Chairman Chun’s tortuous laugh echoed in the study.
He was watching the progress of the auction through a monitor.
In fact, Chairman Chun has never even visited the gallery where the auction is held today.
The person who appeared there was not the real Chairman Chun, but a ‘fake’ who looked like him.
Chairman Cheon selected people who looked similar to him, trained them in plastic surgery and performed vocal cord imitation, and used them as his substitutes.
Except for very special occasions, doubles were being sent out for both formal and informal events.
He doesn’t even go out of the house these days.
In the past, he was also a very active person.
I liked meeting people, talking about business, and playing golf.
I also liked to drink and hang out with girls after working out.
But now, my hobby has been reduced to just one.
It was ‘money’.
His only pleasure was locking himself in his study and tapping his calculator to see how much his assets had increased.
Then, when he feels cramped, he secretly goes out to the mountains or fields to get some fresh air, accompanied only by his bodyguards.
The photos taken at that time will open an auction.
heh heh heh-
It felt so good to see a picture he took roughly sold for hundreds of millions of won.
It is said that all proceeds from the auction will be donated to the Archangel Sword, but the Angel Sword ended up in President Chun’s pocket.
However, the public who does not know that are praising Chairman Chun as a model of ‘Noblesse Oblige’.
It was really sweet to earn money and gain public sympathy with the photos taken for fun while enjoying the air.
‘So sweet!’
And the reason why the picture was sold at a high price was obvious.
None of the auction participants bought photos at high prices to help neighbors in need.
It was all flattering to borrow money from Chairman Chun.
To borrow a large sum of money, you must first give hundreds of millions of won.
Chairman Chun was collecting interest from his predecessor for the price of the photo.
Truly, this is how money attracts money.
‘fun!’
To be honest, hundreds of millions or billions of won to Chairman Chun is not even child’s play.
However, whether it was 100 billion won or 1,000 won, making money through tricks was a really good thing, regardless of the amount.
thiririri-
The phone rang.
There were several telephones on President Chun’s desk, and the direct line connected to the construction site of Angel Island rang.
From noble mtl dot com
‘already?’
Cheon Young-soo seems to have wiped out the triad.
Or, on the contrary, were they captured by them?
You’ll know which one it is when you pick up the phone.
“hello.”
-Chairman, did you stay up all night?
As expected, the person who called was Chun Young-soo.
“Oh, yes. Are things going well?”
– Removed all the rats.
“uh! okay?”
Chun Young-soo delivered the very welcome news.
However, it was not yet clear whether the reports were real or false.
Chairman Chun waited for Chun Young-soo’s next words.
-Now, be at ease and come to Angel Island. and···. Don’t forget to buy Taiyaki when you come.
Chairman Cheon smiled brightly at the sound of ‘Taiyaki’ that came out of Cheon Young-soo’s mouth.
“I get it! Good job, son!”
Chairman Chun hung up the phone and ran straight to the bookshelf.
Then, out of the hundreds of books on the bookshelf, I gently pushed one in.
through-
Then the bookshelf opened to the left and right, revealing a secret space.
There was a safe in it.
Tiririririk-
Tiririk-
Chairman Chun carefully turned the safe dial.
Make no mistake.
It was a special safe that was designed to incinerate the items inside if the dial was turned incorrectly or the safe was shocked.
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The vault door opened.
Inside were two old notebooks.
Chairman Chun took only one of them out of the safe.
And closed the safe again.
‘My treasure!’
Chairman Chun had his wealth hidden all over Europe and South America.
A log cabin in a rural village in Norway
A warehouse on the beach somewhere in Brazil,
An abandoned tavern in downtown Chile.
Gold and cash were hidden there.
And the addresses were written on two notes.
Chairman Cheon, who likes diversified investments, was always concerned about having two notebooks in one safe.
So today, I was thinking of hiding a notebook in the underground facility of Angel Island.
‘Where am I going to put this?’
Chairman Chun put the notebook in his briefcase and then took it out again.
I usually don’t carry a bag.
But I can’t leave this important thing in the hands of others.
hmm-
After thinking about it for a while, I decided to just hold it in my hand.
‘Because I told you to treat things as if they were less valuable.’
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doo doo doo-
The helicopter in which President Chun was riding arrived at Angel Island.
Cheon Young-soo was there to meet him at the heliport.
Chairman Chun stepped out of the helicopter and spread his arms toward him with a bright smile.
“Good job!”
“No, Mr. President! I just did what I had to do.”
“As expected, you’re too dignified, so there’s no cute corner. Manager Kim! Give it to me.”
The chief of staff ran to Chairman Cheon with a thick brown envelope in his hand.
Chairman Chun received it and handed it to Chun Young-soo.
“Taiyaki!”
“thank you.”
Chun Young-soo, who received the Taiyaki, guided Chairman Chun to the construction site.
They passed a tower crane and reached a one-story building.
There was an elevator that went down to the basement.
Chairman Chun said to the bodyguards.
“You guys are waiting here.”
“Yes, Chairman.”
Chairman Chun had the bodyguards wait outside the building and went inside with only the chief of staff.
The existence of an underground facility cannot be informed to a single bodyguard.
It would be the end if the secret of the angelic island leaked out.
In the past, even if information was leaked, it was possible to bribe the media to stop it, but now, once it spreads on the Internet, it cannot be picked up.
When the construction was complete, the plan was to bury all the workers and site managers in the ground.
‘Because the dead don’t talk.’
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ugh-
chin-
The elevator reached the floor.
This was the floor where the field office was located.
Chairman Chun had nothing to do in the office.
I immediately moved to the opposite elevator and went down deeper underground.
ugh-
chin-
We finally arrived at the deepest part of the underground facility.
Squeak-
The elevator door opened.
But there was a man standing outside.
Originally, this was an off-limits area even for site managers.
Chairman Chun was surprised and asked him.
“Who are you?!”
“I don’t know who I am.”
He was Minhyuk Choi.
He said to Chairman Chen.
“Guide me to where the slush fund is.”
grunt-
Chairman Chun desperately resisted ＜control＞.
However, ordinary humans could not resist magic.
He pulled his cell phone out of his jacket pocket.
I told you to guide me to the place where the slush fund is, but he took out his cell phone.
It was obvious.
The number of the room where the slush fund is stored is stored in the cell phone.
Choi Min-hyeok ordered Chairman Chun again.
“Unlock your phone.”
Whoa!
It resisted ＜control＞ and made a last resort.
Elixir consumption increased dramatically.
However, it was not at all a burden to Choi Min-hyuk.
closely-
Chairman Chun gritted his teeth.
He bit so hard that blood formed between his teeth.
However, no matter how desperately he resisted, the result could not be changed.
Chairman Chun was completely ‘burned out’ and even his eyes were unfocused.
Then, I unlocked the cell phone that was locked three times, including fingerprint, pattern, and password.
Choi Min-hyeok ordered Chairman Chun again.
“Open the file containing the location of the slush funds.”
Chairman Chun opened a document file.
Then Choi Min-hyeok snatched the phone and checked the contents.
＜A/08/23/2786＞
＜A/11/07/4989＞
＜A/06/45/3345＞
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A smile spread across Choi Min-hyuk’s lips.
‘okay!’
Inside the file, the locations of dozens of rooms where slush funds were hidden were all listed.