127 episodes. What kind of people want to gather
“Uh-huh, I can’t stop laughing after meeting my teacher.”
Yang A-Kwan continued speaking with an angry laugh.
“I caught that bastard of mine a week ago. Until then, I didn’t even think that I was playing with my hands in the private gambling room I manage.”
“You’ve caught it. He’s a great man with one hand.”
“Don’t say anything. The staff must cut off the CCTV every second and check it before finding it. The money he swept around the business was about HK$300,000.”
That money is about 45 billion Korean Won.
You are a big human being, how dare you cheat on a karma managed by the highest faction of the Triad.
“But why are you trying to test your skills against such scam gamblers who aren’t even professional gamblers?”
Can you cheat in a competition?
Absolutely impossible
A lot of pro gamblers and casino experts will keep their eyes open.
The human eye can sometimes see through the situation faster and more accurately than watching CCTV in seconds.
“There’s a saying in sports that if you don’t get fouled, it’s a skill. At least he never got caught while playing at the table, so I thought he was superior to any other gambler on the field. Here it is.”
It’s not wrong, but I thought it was because I didn’t know any casino gamblers.
The gambling house he runs also handles card games such as poker and blackjack, but he probably isn’t very good at it.
Why would a professional gambler who is skilled enough to win international competitions go to a private gambling house?
“Then am I successful?”
“Of course. How can we further test who wins the field against Liaoshin?”
“What do you plan to do, Liausin?”
Are you going to throw it into the sea with fish rice?
Or is it buried in the ground?
“I’m planning to release it after I cut off my nails, so I won’t be able to go near the gambling house in the future.”
Also, a triad is a triad.
There’s a saying that you cut off your hand so easily.
“Why don’t you give me a chance to make up for it?”
“Remember? How do you say it?”
“At that time, I heard that you were a gambler who had been active in Macau for a long time. Then you don’t know the situation in Macau casinos well. About that gambler or dealer, etc.”
Information is power.
I’m by Henry’s side and, above all, I’ve definitely learned that.
“Hmm, that makes sense. Even our kids don’t know much about Macau’s casino industry.”
“You do that? They say that seeing blood before an important day is bad luck.”
“I will. Do as you please, Master.”
“Thank you for listening to my request.”
“What do you say? You don’t need to say anything like that, as I was persuaded by your broad perspective. Rather, I’ll be asking you to win this time like a horse race. Hahahaha.”
Yang A-gwan smiled wildly as if it felt good just thinking about it.
“But who am I to win?”
According to the Grandson’s Warfare Act, it is said that if you are timid, you will burn a hundred battles.
My abilities are cheats in gamble, but there’s nothing wrong with knowing.
“I don’t know about that either. There’s something that happened to me this time around, so I guess we’ll find out only on the day of the tournament.”
“Then, other than that, please find out about the participants’ information.”
“Are you thinking of winning?”
“If possible, wouldn’t that look better?”
“I’m trying to cool things down once in a while. Hahaha.”
Winning is also going to be a cool win.
My weakness has already been taught to me by Henry before.
kidnapping and intimidation.
If I do it thoroughly, I can’t lose.
“Instead, please make sure that I protect myself.”
“I mean. I’ll attach my personal bodyguards to you. It’s made up of the best experts in the industry, so don’t worry. Whether it’s a gunfight or a sword fight, you won’t be able to touch a single hair of yours.”
Oh my gosh, I’m scared for nothing when you say things like that.
‘Yeah, if you don’t plan on going to war, you can’t even play 14K and Hwaseunghwa.’
No matter how important it is, the interest is not directly at stake, so there is no way to stop it.
‘By the way, what kind of people are going to gather…’
I need to get the benefits I can get from them.
It’s already enough to win Yang’s favor.
***
All participants of the Macau International Convention are prepared to use the exclusive aircraft provided by the Macau Casino Association.
Although the competition was not disclosed to the media, it was because it was a protocol that considered the status of the participants.
However, among them, there were two people who entered the country through general airlines without receiving the benefits provided by the association.
“Deputy Minister, is it really okay to participate in the casino competition?”
Son Young-seok laughed at the young man’s words.
“Isn’t it a private event that only VVIPs who received invitations can attend? Who knows?”
“Then why didn’t you use the dedicated plane that the casino prepared for you?”
“Chief, think about it and tell me. Is there anything to advertise that you are participating in a casino competition? If you use a regular airplane, you may be exposed to going to Macau, but you won’t know that you are going to the competition.”
“Sin, sorry. I was short.”
Son Young-seok let out a long sigh and grabbed his shoulder.
“Calm down. There was information that a lot of people in power from Asian countries will participate in this tournament. Since you’re a part of this resource diplomacy project, you should build a good relationship with them.”
“Yes, yes.”
“You know that your father fell over while joking around with the GL group, right?”
“I heard……”
“VIPs don’t just leave people who can’t work properly. It’s because of his bloodline that your father can continue to be in the community after all.”
“Yeah, I know.”
“But you’re not doing well this time, are you? Then you and your father are all the same. There will be no more bloodlines and nothing else.”
“……”
Jang Min-soo curled his lips and shook his head.
Son Young-seok patted his shoulder as if to relieve tension.
“Still, I’m a close friend of your father, so why don’t you tell me this before I go to South America. Think of it as a real battle and learn well.”
“Thank you, Deputy Minister.”
“Because I’m in Macau, I’m calling the vice-minister a little bit.”
“Yes, sir.”
“It would be good to take this opportunity to keep an eye on what’s going on in the big water. The downside is that you get stiff when you’re nervous. That’s all because you’ve only studied. So your field of view is narrow.”
“I will watch and learn a lot next to you.”
Still, Jang Min-soo was showing all the signs that he was nervous on his face.
Son Young-seok shook his head briefly and clicked his tongue inwardly.
‘He’s got a head enough to get on with construction on his own, but he’s too big. It’s only because there’s no distribution like that.
A typical schoolboy type who has a head of study but no work.
It was the evaluation that Son Young-seok made for Jang Min-soo.
‘I don’t know if I can leave Asia and Australia to this guy… What’s his bloodline, huh?’
I was a little worried, but then shook my head.
After all, he drew all the big pictures himself, so he thought that studying only small chores might be suitable for worms like Jang Min-soo.
‘No problem at all.’
***
“Chief Kang, what’s going on tonight?”
Koh Sang-moon greeted Kang Jun-ho in a gown at home.
It was because he came suddenly with an urgent report.
“Sir, Vice Minister Son Young-seok of the Ministry of Knowledge Economy and Jang Min-soo, Manager of Korea Gas Corporation, departed today together.”
“You two went together? Where?”
“Identified as Macau.”
“Macau? Why there?”
“The exact reason has not been confirmed, but there are some guesses.”
Kang Jun-ho took two photos from his arms and put them on the table.
Koh Sang-moon looked at the person in the picture and nodded.
“This is the face I’ve seen in the case of Indonesian palm oil. It’s the eldest son of the Chairman of the Salin Group, isn’t it?”
“Yes, this is Sigite Sutan Salin.”
“Who is this person?”
“I am Minister of Energy and Resources Komilov of Uzbekistan.”
“What do you know about the Ministry of Energy and Resources? The Salin Group in Indonesia also has a huge influence on politics, so did you go to meet these people for a resource diplomacy project?”
“It’s speculation, but it’s true. We’ve confirmed that Sigit Sutan Salin and Komilov also went to Macau. By the way, Indonesia and Uzbekistan are both places we’ve marked as the most likely countries.”
“Then I’m sure it is. But Jang Min-soo is in charge of Asian and Australian projects, so say so. Why did Son Young-seok go together?”
Kang Jun-ho took out a document that appeared to be an e-mail printed out from his pocket.
He brought in a photo and e-mail printout, not a report, so we could guess how urgent he was.
“I have learned something from Sigit Sutan Salin and Komilov.”
“What is this? Macau Casino?”
“Yeah, it turned out that both of them went to Macau by charter plane. And the charter plane was prepared by a Macau casino.”
“Originally, casinos offer charter flights to VVIP customers, don’t they?”
“But at the beginning of the year, it is rarely launched right after the Lunar New Year holidays. Usually, even if they play, they spend their vacations during the Lunar New Year holiday.”
“Hmm······”
“So I looked at the international airlines and chartered planes weren’t the only ones.”
“……?”
“I confirmed that about 50 people were booked around the same time. That is the only tournament invited directly from Macau casinos. Obviously, an unofficial international tournament is held in Macau. It is also for VVIPs.”
Koh Sang-moon took the picture he was holding and put it down as if he only knew now.
“He went to other places besides Uzbekistan and Indonesia to do business.”
“Yes, and in the process, it will also be for the purpose of informing Manager Jang Min-soo about the lobby. Because he is still young and inexperienced.”
“Then if you go here, you’ll get a picture of where those humans are aiming.”
“The problem is that I can only enter after receiving an invitation, so I came to the manager in a hurry.”
“Okay. I’ll take care of that, so you’re ready to go to Macau.”
“All right.”
After Kang Jun-ho left, Koh Sang-moon poured a glass of liquor and headed to the side of the living room.
He wet his lips slowly, looking at the quiet garden under the soft lighting.
‘Jang Hak-Jun… Even on the same boat, I can’t believe it until the end.’
Even after several months had passed, information on the resource diplomacy project had not been shared at all.
The group’s keynote office was mobilized to find areas with strong development potential and companies to be acquired, but the government repeatedly told them to wait, and time was passing sluggishly.
So I had to come up with a different idea.
I thought that if I stayed still, I might cover up all my faults and become a bullet catcher.
There was a history of failing once and going against his heart, so I decided that maybe that side was more convincing.
‘You have to figure out what the big picture you drew over there is first. That way, you can prepare for it or hit the back of the head in reverse.’
Koh Sang-moon was growing suspicions about the resource diplomacy project.