It was only 20 minutes ago that Dok-go-jeong was sentenced to 35 years in prison, but there was no emotion on Dok-go-gap’s face.
‘Amazing poker face.’
Even when others were whispering in court, even when Dok-go-jeong and I met eyes, he was always expressionless. It felt different from the people in the Dokgo group who expressed anger or made faces full of superiority.
He looked down at his wrist.
“I have about an hour left.”
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Jaffrey took his seat next to me and made eye contact with the two bodyguards. 1:2 It was an unfavorable situation, but since it was in front of the court, there was no chance of a fight.
“What would you like to do?”
Unlike Dok-go-jeong, his calm attitude stimulated curiosity. It was the attitude of saying come if you want to come and don’t if you don’t like it.
“If you come to me suddenly like this without an appointment…”
“What are you going to do?”
“When you ask for a meeting, isn’t it the first thing you introduce yourself?”
He opened his mouth with an expressionless face.
“There are a lot of eyes. I don’t want to see you shaking hands. I’ll see you in 15 minutes at the Hanseong-gwan plum room. I’ll wait for 10 minutes.”
Dokgo Gap turned around and went down the stairs.
‘After all, I didn’t introduce myself.’
It was clear that I firmly believed that I knew myself. When I was researching the Dokgo family, I had already investigated it.
‘Just in case.’
I took out my cell phone and called home.
{Yes. president.}
{Transform with magic power!! Freeling, the magical girl who defeats the villain!}
Following Seo Kang-jae’s voice, Ha-yeon’s voice was heard. It was like impersonating the main character of a magical girl cartoon movie that I am obsessed with these days.
“Please wait around the Hansung Hall in Seocho for the blue team.”
{Seocho Hanseonggwan? Is it a Korean restaurant?}
“That’s right. I’m going into the plum room.”
{All right. We will respond immediately.}
Given the personality of Dokgo Gab, it would be unlikely, but they decided to prepare for an armed conflict.
I checked the internet in the car heading to Hanseonggwan. Already, the Internet was noisy as a result of Dok-go-jeong’s decision.
At the forefront was reporter Min Chul-ho.
[‘Murder teacher’ alone. only 35 years? A society where serial killers come out alive.]
[Dokgojeong, 35-year old sentence. “The teacher’s evidence is certain.”]
[35 years in prison, who is the presiding judge Kim Man-jae?]
There were also quite a few articles about Chief Judge Kim Man-jae. By now he should be back at home, sweeping his chest. Because it was a case that emerged as a social issue, the public’s interest was great.
‘If I had collected milk here, I would have been socially buried.’
Unlike before, the power of netizens was amazing. It wasn’t difficult to shake off a person’s identity. There is also a petition bulletin board where people’s opinions can be immediately conveyed to the president, so they have become more sensitive to public opinion.
Rumors of an affair between Dok-go-jeong and an idol group member also gained momentum again. I really liked the fact that Dokgojeong’s name filled up 1/3 of the real-time popular articles.
He is now a known criminal.
‘I feel refreshed inside.’
Even if you are released, you will not be able to lead a normal life. It was a fall fit for a criminal.
“(Arrived. Boss.)”
Since Benjamin Chung started calling me boss, my title among bodyguards was unified as boss. When I first met, I wasn’t the president, but now I’m the president, so I’m used to hearing that title.
“(I’ll let you do valet parking.)”
I left the valet parking and entered the front door with Jeffrey.
“Welcome. Boss. Did you make a reservation?”
“This is the plum room.”
“I will guide you.”
The staff member smiled warmly and guided us to the plum room. It was a room located in the most remote corner, and the way to go was decorated with an aquarium, which was pleasing to the eye.
An employee knocked on a large door embroidered with antique patterns.
“Boss. Your party has arrived.”
“Let it in.”
“All right.”
When the door slid open, there was a single person sitting inside.
‘Obviously, when I saw you just a while ago, I was with two bodyguards…’
“Have the bodyguard wait outside.”
It was good that he wore the GPS-equipped watch given to Song Woong. My heart rate is also transmitted through the watch, so Titanium Security will rescue me if something happens.
“(Mr. Smith. Could you wait in the hall?)”
“(All right.)”
After sending Jaffrey away, I sat across from Dokgo Gap.
He ordered the staff.
“Set it up, don’t come in until called.”
“All right.”
Immediately, the side dishes and food were spread all over the table.
“Would you like a drink?”
“it’s okay.”
“All right.”
“Have a nice time.”
The waitresses set up a table and left.
There was no alcohol. Do you mean we drink to open our hearts about how good we are? It was just a place born out of curiosity about a person called Dokgo-gap.
When the door closed, only me and my briefcase were left in the room.
“Let me formally introduce it. It’s called Dokgo Gap of Dokgo Oil. I’ll omit the business card.”
“I’m Jaegu Kim.”
A full statement was made, but there was no handshake. They knew very well that they weren’t friends yet.
“Eat it.”
Dokgo Gap said while holding a spoon. Instead of answering, he held out a bowl of rice.
“Could you change it?”
“You are very careful.”
He changed the rice and soup with an expressionless face.
‘but. If you’re going to deal with it, there’s no reason to deliberately choose a place with a lot of people.’
After confirming that Dokgo-gap put the rice in his mouth, he started eating.
We ate without speaking.
Being in a room with the second generation of a conglomerate, especially a potential successor candidate, and eating without saying anything was unthinkable before.
But now I feel at ease.
‘What do I lack?’
There was a lot of money, and people were getting it. He was also investing in resources lacking in Korea, and recently discovered a silver mine.
The lack of human resources was still a problem, but time would gradually solve it.
“He made a fuss.”
“What do you mean?”
“This war.”
His nonchalant eyes turned to me.
“It’s not a war.”
“The takeover of Dokgo Commerce. It was completed successfully.”
“What does that have to do with me?”
“I know you are the actual owner of the best property.”
What is to come has come. I thought I would get caught someday, but it was faster than I thought. After dealing with the poison fixation, it was worthwhile to cover it up by spinning around.
he put down the spoon I put a piece of well-chopped rib in my mouth. The sweet seasoning spread in your mouth. It was very tasty, but not much different from the ribs I made.
‘Should I open a rib restaurant later?’
“There’s no way a person who was penniless after being released from prison could have planned something like this by himself.”
His gaze followed him tenaciously.
“If you tell me what’s behind it, Kim Jae-goo will be removed from this job.”
“What if it’s this time?”
“Someone is attacking Dokgo Group.”
So, are you saying that you will deal with the people who attacked Dokgo Group this time? In order to catch the head, it means that the end will look after it.
“I just need you to tell me who is the ringleader.”
‘I’m the captain.’
But you don’t have to tell me. There is no need to scrape it to make a boil. And even more so in this situation where the two of you are alone.
It didn’t seem necessary to call the blue team.
“I want to minimize the damage.”
“…”
“If you catch the captain, the minnows will disperse.”
It’s okay to get to the point, but he was spinning his words around as if he thought I was recording.
Although it was true.
‘It’s definitely one level higher than Dokgojeong.’
It was a situation where the other person could also record, so it was impossible to pour out the words I liked.
However, information was obtained.
‘As long as I am the ringleader, a fight with Dokgo Group is unavoidable.’
It meant that since I started a war with them, I had to put an end to it.
It was confirmed that this man sitting in front of him was also an enemy.
I hoped that it might be someone who could stand on the same side, but unfortunately it was in vain. Even if he betrayed his family, he could be trusted if he had eyes of trust.
‘And they suspect someone is behind me.’
Using that would buy them time to prepare for an attack.
He frowned, pretending to be worried.
“I will think about it.”
“When you’ve made up your mind, contact us here.”
Dokgogap held out a piece of paper with a phone number written on it. He was definitely a different person from Dok-go-jeong. Just looking at him personally and using honorifics and treating people, he was a different person than Dokgo-jeong, whose bowl was the size of a bowl.
So I had to be more careful.
I received the paper he held out.
“All right.”
***
After cleaning up the dokgojeong, I felt at ease. But it wasn’t over. A new event occurred due to Daehan Market’s acquisition of Dokgo Commerce.
After a long time, I met Im Han-ul and had a drink.
“Congratulations. Kim Jae-gu. He was properly punished.”
“thanks.”
“Come to think of it, you were imprisoned unjustly, are you going to claim damages?”
“I applied.”
That way those involved will be punished. It was true that Dok-go-jeong manipulated the situation and put me in prison, but without helpers, things wouldn’t have gone that far.
So it was only natural that they should be punished together.
‘I don’t know what will happen because I’m a civil servant.’
Still, at least I thought it would be nice if there was a disadvantage in the personnel evaluation.
Im Hanul raised his glass.
“Good job.”
“Thank you. For trusting me when I was having a hard time.”
He lightly clinked glasses and poured soju into his mouth. I was pleasantly surprised by the strong smell of alcohol.
It is said that alcohol is sweet when the condition is good, and the sweet taste drifts from the tip of the tongue.
“Kheu. This is the taste.”
Pork belly went into soju. Since the war with the Dokgo family was not over yet, we couldn’t eat in an open place, so we chose a meat restaurant with a room.
Im Hanul grilled the meat hard and put it on my plate.
“Oh, I have something to tell you.”
“What?”
“We decided to launch the service next week.”
“Oh. Are you going to partner with a large company in earnest? Will the value of my stake go up a bit?”
“Sure. Investor.”
“Puha.”
Im Han-ul suddenly smiled for business and laughed. he said, rubbing his hands.
“Thanks to your introduction, things went well.”
“Thanks to the good technology. If you need more investment, tell me anytime.”
“Shit. You sound like a rich man when you say that?”
“I have a lot of money.”
“It’s okay. I have to take care of my family, but don’t overdo it.”
no. It’s a lot more than you think…
There was nothing to disclose assets between friends, so he just smiled.
“If it’s still difficult, tell me anytime.”
“Thank you for your words.”
He was a friend who helped me get out of hell when I was having the hardest time. A friend who made me believe that there is still recognition left in the world.
He was a precious person to me.
“Oh, did you start dating Ellie?”
“Puheup.”
I was taken aback when she suddenly brought up the story of Elisa.
“No. All of a sudden?”
“Elisa asked how you were doing. When were you coming to New York?”
“Why are you dating?”
“Okay. Look at you panicking. It seems like people are living now.”
Lim Hanul sipped his drink and smiled meaningfully. I was kind of nasty and wanted to give it a shot, but I decided to hold back.
“Elisa is not the kind of person who contacts others to ask how they are doing. She’s a very busy kid.”
“Miss Elisa is busy.”
Building your own business from the ground up was not an easy task. It was all the more so to establish a position in the clothing industry, which is already a saturated market.
It has established itself quite well in the US, but has not yet launched in other countries.
‘I think it would be okay to launch in Korea.’
A brand for sophisticated young people.
Her brand covered everything from glamorous party wear to sophisticated business casual. Since the business casual line gave a point to neat clothes, it seemed that there would be quite a demand in Korea as well.
“Why didn’t Elisa launch in Korea?”
“Maybe it’s because I’m busy with the US business.”
“is it.”
Young people who are interested in fashion will definitely like her clothes.
I thought it would be quite effective if I added it to the Savanna Market direct purchase item.
‘I’ll have to tell you later.’
***
Since my work in Korea was finished, I boarded a plane heading to New York.
I was receiving brief reports every day from Fred Balman. Reportedly, the basic furnishings for the security mansion have been completed, and discussions with Triton Green regarding the placement of bodyguards are underway.
‘It’s convenient to have an aide.’
I pushed the first seat back as far as I could and leaned against it. It was so comfortable that it couldn’t be compared to the economy class I sat in last time I came to Korea.
At that time, someone spoke up.
“(Isn’t this Mr. Kim?)”
I looked up and saw Hugo Evans standing there smiling.
“(Mr. Evans?)”
＜ What am I missing? ＞ end