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“nice to meet you. Chairman Jung.”
It was the first words of the chairman of Aram Group, who came to the meeting place in a wheelchair.
“Thanks, eh, well taken care of, I could, I did.”
The president can’t even move properly and stutters as to how much his brain has already contracted.
However, in his eyes, he could feel the force of a person who had reigned over 100,000 employees.
I said with a grin inside.
‘Of course, yes, it’s in the palm of my hand.’
The moment I cut off the seed supply, it’s just a fleeting brilliance.
In fact, I am the absolute leader holding the lifeline of the president.
I bowed my head and said.
“I’m glad it was helpful.”
“Actually, my memory, these 7 years ago, stopped at about, standing still, I was surprised.”
The president looked at me and said.
“It’s only been 7 years, this much, growing up.”
The first dungeon came out only 9 years ago.
But in those 9 years, I have grown rapidly and now I have created a group.
It was a growth rate at a level that is hard to find in its origins.
It is not unreasonable that the president is surprised.
Seven years ago, it was the time when only the mid-sized company label was put on.
“I was lucky.”
“By the way, I want to ask you one thing.”
“You tell me.”
“Is this stuttering thing, can’t you fix it?”
I said with a smile.
“I am not a doctor. I’m just a merchant who’s been lucky enough to get some good stuff.”
“That’s a pity.”
“However.”
I said with a meaningful expression.
“Isn’t the future unknown? Because no one knows when a new material will come out and change people’s lives. I wouldn’t think it would be strange if something came out of the dungeon that regenerates body parts right away.”
“That’s right.”
“For now, let’s wait while enjoying the Black Blessing.”
Honestly, this is bullshit.
As far as I know, there is no material that completely regenerates the lost parts until just before I die.
Of course, there may be other things that I didn’t know about in my previous life, like the cultivation method of the Black Blessing.
Anyway, the reason I hit this prank like this is to make my value stand out more to the president who came out of the abyss with the black blessing.
I don’t know what the future holds, so to make the friendship with me more important.
“Okay, yes. By the way, Chairman Jung.”
“Yes. President.”
“To my son, I heard, but demand, too, too much, too much, I think, don’t you think?”
taken from noblemt l
Min Chang-gyu offered many things in return for the continuous supply of seeds.
But I declined the offer one after another.
Then, in the end, Min Chang-gyu pushed the last bastion to the negotiating table.
“Aram, Holdings, Equity, Iran.”
It was the stake in the holding company that controlled the entire Aram Group.
I said with a smile.
“I don’t think it’s overkill at all.”
taken from noblemt l
Most of the chaebol families held at most 10% of the total stake in the group and, in extreme cases, only 2~3%.
The complex governance structure through circular shareholding is the only way to maintain the group’s control even with such a small stake.
And it was the holding company that played a key role and the starting point of the circular shareholding.
A method in which a holding company owns a stake in an affiliate and that affiliate takes a stake in another affiliate.
In fact, the holding company was the core of the chaebol, with no room for negotiation, to the extent that the person holding more than half of the stake becomes the owner of the group.
“And I didn’t ask for it, was it? Because Min Chang-gyu suggested it to me.”
The president’s eyebrows twitch.
“You’re good at joking, sir.”
The chairman pointed out that the word was a counter-proposition and, in fact, led to that proposal.
I took it casually.
“It was nothing.”
“Five percent, you say? That’s 10% of the total stake we, the family, own.”
The Min family owns about 50 percent of the total stake in the holding company.
Of course, there is bound to be a sense of rejection.
If it exceeds 5% for me, it will fall below the 50% required to secure management rights.
“I am not just asking for it. You live with a small premium. Roughly… It’s going to be about five billion dollars.”
“That 500 billion, just, 500 billion, not, you know well, right?”
From the point of view of the chaebol, the last bulwark that will never be sold no matter how many times the company is raised unless the company goes bankrupt.
“Of course I do. But if you ask me like that… .”
I put my hand in my arms and took out a black blessing seed and said,
“You must know that these seeds are more than just money.”
The supply is limited and the number of people who want it is inevitable.
“Yeah, seeing it, it’s something that will eventually be frozen, Jenga, unraveled.”
I said with a casual expression.
“It would be. But that is not now, is it?”
The chairman was silent for a moment at my words.
“Business, good job, military.”
“thank you. Even though it’s called a minister, if I buy the stake, I will remain as an ally of the president forever. I accepted the holding company stake offer not for money, but to build a strong relationship with Aram Group.”
This was sincere.
The Aram Group continued to remain as one of Korea’s leading conglomerates until his death in his previous life.
Even when Min Chang-ho, who was evaluated as incompetent, completely took over the management.
“There is an easier way than that. Chang-gyu, hey.”
“Yes. father.”
“Hyoyeon, how old are you?”
“I am 26 years old.”
“Okay, that’s good.”
The president looked at me and said.
“If Hyoyeon gets married, it’s not 500 billion won, but that, Lee Sang-do, hand it over, G.”
That’s why I avoided the FKI.
Aside from my abilities, if I get married with me, who has no relatives, the whole Jung-in group will come in. Who wouldn’t be greedy for that?
Not one or two older presidents have made similar proposals.
And my answer is always the same.
“I have no intention of getting married.”
“Hmm… Sorry, sir.”
The president was silent for a moment.
“Two percent.”
It’s finally time for the real deal.
A deal with the real owner, not the heir blinded by earnestness.
“4 percent.”
“great. So, 3 percent. More than this, never My body, as important as it is, is one thing, the Aram group.”
I say it like that, but when the seeds that I gave to Min Chang-gyu run out, it is certain that they will come rushing to them.
No matter how important a chaebol with trillions of money is a stake in a holding company, it doesn’t make sense to give up everything because of a few hundred or several thousand.
But what… Can you do it like this?
taken from noblemt l
My goal in the first place is to be close with the Min family and their influence, so pushing too hard will only lead to backlash.
taken from noblemt l
Moreover, if it is 3%, it is close to the figure I was aiming for.
It is just the right level as a sample that this level should be required to receive a stable supply of seeds from me.
“good. Accept it.”
“great.”
I said shaking hands with the president.
“Then, I wish you all the best. President.”
* * *
The revival of the chairman of the Aram Group, who almost stepped down from the front line, caused a huge wave.
It’s nothing else, and it’s because we overcame dementia, which was considered an incurable disease by mankind.
Of course, he still stutters and has difficulty moving, but the fact that communication and accidents are possible is a miracle from the point of view of ordinary people.
“President! What kind of treatment did you receive?”
Reporters gathered in front of the Aram Group headquarters surrounded the Aram Group chairman, who was traveling with bodyguards.
Their concern is not the Aram group, but the resurrection of the president itself.
The last time the president appeared in public before the resurrection, he was seriously ill to the point of nodding his head helplessly with a blank expression on Min Chang-ho’s words.
“It doesn’t matter, G. no. Rather, tell me, I hope, I may have given it to Mingyu.”
The president said in a stammering voice.
“Jeongin Group. Jung In-soo.”
At the president’s words, the reporters said with a surprised expression.
“Chairman Jeong In-soo?!”
“Did something come out of a new dungeon?”
At that time, a reporter said with an apologetic expression.
“By the way, you recently bought a 3% stake in Aram Holdings from Jeongin Group, didn’t you?”
The sudden sale of shares in the holding company and the sudden resurrection of Aram Group chairman.
In addition to that, Jung In-soo said that there is no one who can stand against him when it comes to dungeon items.
“Is this something to do with it?”
At the reporter’s words, the chairman said with a calm expression.
“No more, I have nothing to say. Ask yourself, Joe.”
* * *
“Nerve paralysis? If that was the case, the result of the experiment was a one-shot solution. oh But right now, the stock is so small.”
At my words, another group president spoke in an urgent voice.
– I, Chairman Jung, don’t do that, huh? Were we all just this?
It’s just this, right?
I’ve only seen your face a few times.
– I’ll give you as much money as you want. If only my daughter could fix it.
“This is true. Money isn’t the problem now, there are so many people who want it… Besides, this is not a certified item yet, and it takes time to go through the formal process.”
Korea, heavily damaged by snow white fruit, conducts safety diagnostic tests on all dungeon items.
Is it safe to use for a long time, and what effects are there?
Of course, since it is the first time you encounter something, it will take a long time to diagnose.
That’s why the president just mentioned my name and made a fuss about it.
Because it’s not something that went through formal procedures.
However.
– What’s so important about that procedure? It’s enough just to figure it out on our own. is not it?
“It is.”
-… I heard about the Aram group. You said you sold your stake in the holding company?
“Yes.”
-Is it because of that?
“It’s more about friendship. Friendship between the Aram group and the Jeongin group. If I own a stake, I have no choice but to pray for the Aram Group to prosper, haha. Oh, of course, that rain… .”
I said with a smile.
“It also includes the health of the executives. If the management is sound, the operation will be successful.”
-Ummm… .
The hesitant president.
It was a natural reaction.
I am the chairman of the Aram Group, and I need to have it right away so that I can fix what the eldest son has caused, so I sold the stake in the holding company.
It may not be easy to give out what you have.
But it doesn’t matter.
“Anyway, there are so many people who want it right now, so it will be difficult right now.”
The more desperate people are, the more they have no choice but to vomit out what they have.
Just pick the best one among the suggestions that come to me.
“But sooner or later, foreign guilds contracted with me will come in, so wouldn’t the supply and demand be stabilized at that time?”
-okay?
“Of course, it’s still not an amount that will please everyone.”
-Ummm… I know for once.
After the call, I said with a smirk.
“Didn’t you say you were going to say sorry to me?”
The people who passed by with a light heart when talking about hunters, dungeons, and the future at the FKI, now contact me and ask for help.
I said with a smile.
“Present. I will accept any offer you like.”
* * *
As the price of the Black Blessing skyrocketed, the Jeongin Guild and other Korean guilds turned on their eyes and searched for it, but even so, there was a limit to the yield.
In the first place, Black Blessing is a very rare flower like the bizarre cultivation method, and even if the guilds went around the dungeon, most of them were in vain for a few days.
However, fortunately, the Black Blessing forms a colony and blooms, so once a colony is found, dozens of seeds can be harvested at a time, thanks to which the guilds treated the Black Blessing Colony as a dungeon lottery and searched for it.
In any case, I provided the seeds gathered in that way to the people I chose, including the president of the Aram Group, as a top priority, and I took huge profits from them.
Someone has a stake, someone has a thing, and someone has a person.
All of these were different in shape, but they had one thing in common.
It’s the things that I would never have yielded to anyone normally.
“Ahh.”
so it’s so sad
All of this can only be enjoyed for a limited time.
Already overseas, hunters who rush into the dungeon to obtain this black blessing have already been producing black blessings little by little through various routes.
Of course, it’s dangerous because they don’t know how to attack, and even the guilds who know the strategy are producing for a few days as the basic black blessing is insignificant compared to mine, but the more people try and jump in, the more the production increases.
“Let’s move quickly.”
I’m going to rip a little bit more quickly.
Then I got an extension phone call from the secretary.
“received.”
-Chairman, an American investment company has requested the purchase of seeds.
“okay? For what?”
– That’s the president’s cancer.
“cancer?”
Since when has cancer been a neurological disease?
“It has no effect on cancer… ?”
-that is… It doesn’t matter, so I’ll ask for one. to offer anything.
It’s sad, but it’s the wrong way around.
I think I asked for it with the feeling of grabbing straw… .
“Hmm… ”
I’m desperate, so I’ll vomit a lot.
But the moment I realize that it doesn’t really work, I’ll turn into an enemy.
Besides, my goal right now is Korea, not overseas.
“Reject it. It has not been proven effective against cancer and, above all, in insufficient quantities.”
-All right.
As soon as the call is over, the phone rings this time.
“I’m busy, I’m busy.”
Should I sign a foreign guild contract or reject a seed request, even two bodies are not enough.
“hello?”
– Chairman, I’m fine.
It was Yoon Sang-deok.
“uh?”
This was Yoon Sang-deok’s direct cell phone.
I couldn’t even check properly because I’ve been calling so frantically.
‘I should be careful about this.’
Wouldn’t it be a big deal if you make a mistake?
For example, answering this call in a place where it shouldn’t be.
-… What are you doing?
“no. Think about something else for a second. What happened?”
– I have been asked if I can get the seeds.
you’re finally here
People looking for and now knocking on the door of the black market.
“Who are you?”
– It’s on the British side. I was originally a snow white fruit vendor, but I think someone inquired if I could get it there.
I said with a smile.
“okay?”
-Yes.
“How about mass production? Have you come up with a quantity you can sell?”
The mass production method was simple.
In the secret dungeon, the first black tiger hunters feed the monsters seeds and kill them after a certain period of time.
Using the characteristics of the warehouse disguised by the secret dungeon, the corpses are secretly loaded onto the truck and laid out on the floor of the secret factory prepared by Yoon Sang-deok.
– It took more time for the flowers to bloom than I thought, so I collected about a thousand.
not a large quantity.
That’s just enough for 30 people to last a month.
However, it is meaningful enough that it is the first mass production.
“Security sure?”
-of course. You can rest assured that only my direct merchants are mobilizing.
“good.”
That would be no problem.
“If the customer wants it, we have to sell it. very very expensive Instead, put the condition. I’ll try to save it once. However, if you rescue them and spread the rumors, the deal is over. Because if something stolen is caught, it is impossible to work any more.”
And the same goes for other countries.
To get each other to keep secrets from each other and to get more money.
I said raising the corners of my lips.
“Isn’t the black market really like that? A place where you can get everything except those that don’t exist. But it is such an expensive, secret and dangerous place. Don’t look at me and bite me.”