When the introduction of the kiss scene came out, I couldn’t stand it and stopped playing it. I couldn’t see any more.
‘Looking at it is more embarrassing than filming it.’
My face heated up.
When I read the video’s description, I could see why she didn’t talk to me.
[(He probably doesn’t even know that this teaser video was uploaded.)]
It was followed by a playful emoticon.
‘It’s like Della Foster.’
I remembered her smiling face with a playful face.
B (Who is the man? I think he is an Asian.)
B (Isn’t it a Korean actor?)
ㄴ(There are a lot of handsome guys in Korea. I’m also into K-POP these days.)
b (Are you a Korean singer?)
I was also embarrassed by the comments that inferred my identity.
‘I’m just an ordinary person.’
It’s only been two days since it was uploaded, but it has already received close to 10 million views.
‘It’s also Della Foster.’
It was a ripple effect worthy of a large-scale singer whose number of followers on Stargram approached 140 million.
Shame was my share.
At the end of the evening, I called Benjamin Chung to receive a report, and a bodyguard stepped inside.
“(Boss. A guest has come.)”
It was already past 10 o’clock. Elisa doesn’t rest at the hotel and there’s no way she’ll come here at this time.
“(Who are you?)”
“(It’s called Dokgogap.)”
Why did Dokgo Gap come here at this time?
“Can I go in now?”
Benjamin Jung nodded his head at the question. Seo Kang-jae noticed and moved all of the essential bodyguards to the waiting room.
There’s nothing good about being known to the enemy.
“(Should I let you in?)”
“(Uh. Take out the bodyguards and tell them to come in.)”
What can you do when you come in alone?
After a while, the real Dokgo Gap appeared.
“Sorry for the late night.”
“Sit down for now.”
We sat facing each other on the sofa. Seo Kang-jae brewed green tea and set it down in front of him.
“What are you here for?”
He opened his mouth with that expressionless face.
“I would like to propose an alliance.”
don’t be too nervous
It was embarrassing that Dokgo-gab came in the middle of the night, but it was even more embarrassing when he proposed an alliance.
“Alliance. What do you mean all of a sudden?”
“I came to know that there is a relationship with the Carver Company.”
Are you saying that they figured out that Elisha had arrived? I never tried to hide it, but it didn’t feel too good to be watched.
‘I’m also monitoring, so it’s common for each other.’
I thought I was crossing the line by interfering with my dating history, but I thought maybe he was talking about the contract with Alec Carver.
‘Have you been caught buying real estate? That would be a headache.’
I couldn’t read the expression on Dokgo Gab’s face. Dok-go-jeong and Dok-go-eul did get angry, but they didn’t show any expression.
‘I don’t know what the hell he’s thinking.’
His reliability, as seen through the eyes of trust, was 67%. It’s on the same level as strangers, so they didn’t come to cheat on me, but they were too low to form an alliance with.
I decided to send it around in moderation.
“How did you know?”
“There is a way to know everything.”
I knew this house was being watched. That’s why he was able to visit me late at night without asking me.
“Chairman Dok Go-jin ordered me to form an alliance?”
“I came here on my own. To cooperate with President Kim Jae-gu.”
“I’m not the boss.”
“J&H Corporation. Isn’t it a company created by taking the initials of the president and his daughter?”
As expected, I set up a company under my real name, and it was soon discovered. It was fortunate that the Paper Company had not been caught.
“I know that President Choi Ji-hoon came here as well.”
“This really interests me.”
I thought I would blink, but there was no reaction.
“What is Carver Company trying to do in Korea?”
“Is there a special reason for a company to expand its business scope?”
“Most of Korea’s land is mountainous, unsuitable for farming. The population density is high, so land prices are high compared to the vast US land. In addition, the cost of fuel consumed to run agricultural tools is high.”
He tapped his leg with his finger.
“Is there any reason to enter the Korean market?”
“Korea is the world’s 9th largest GDP country, but it has no resources, but it continues to grow with its outstanding human resources. Where there is money, there are opportunities. Is there any reason to give up the Korean market?”
“Shouldn’t we look at cost-effectiveness in business? Why should we choose Korea when Southeast Asia is much more advantageous in terms of rice, the main crop?”
“Maybe I didn’t make a choice.”
When I let go of the pretension, Dokgo-gap smiled softly. I was a little uneasy when the iron mask-like man suddenly smiled.
“There’s no way you can invest that much to enter a market you didn’t choose.”
invest? I invested in Carver Company.
What are you talking about?
“I have come to know that Carver Company chose President Kim Jae-goo to enter the Korean market.”
This is worse than it looks.
It seemed like he did a lot of research, but his reasoning was going in a strange direction.
“If I ask you to make an alliance with your bare mouth, you will refuse.”
He put the 007 bag he had brought on the table. It was the perfect size for bills.
‘Did I bring it knowing that I would receive a bribe?’
If so, that was a short-sighted idea. If it’s money, it’s because it’s so much that it’s overflowing.
He unlocked the bag’s lock.
“There’s no way a person dealing with a trillion-unit budget will regret the money.”
Click. There were several sheets of A4 paper in the bag.
“This is all I can give you right now.”
I picked up the paper. The first page was the cover, and from the second page the contents were written.
‘Dokgo Group has an alliance?’
Even though it is a conglomerate, it was strange that it was quiet until now even after causing so many incidents.
“It was a good idea to mobilize the press and press it. Had it been done quietly, it would have been quietly buried.”
‘How many are these? That’s four people.’
The faces in the documents were chaebol owners belonging to the 50 largest corporations. Besides, there was one familiar face.
‘Mayor Moon Jang-taek.’
He was the mayor who was a professor at the Department of Korean Literature at Seoul National University. He was popular with the public, especially women, for his noble figure like a scholar. He had a stubborn stance on strengthening Korea’s national power, and the position was that exchanges with foreign countries were selling out the country.
‘Is the Moon Market the center?’
It is said that the political and economic personnel are closely related. Rather than just exchanging bribes, it seems that people with like minds set up separate precepts.
“Not even half of what I just gave you. The real bigwigs didn’t even tell you.”
Dokgo Gap’s unwavering eyes stared at me. He felt like an emotionless organic cyborg.
“I can give you some inside information. I’m not part of that group myself, but I’ve heard from my father.”
“Are you all right?”
“You don’t have to worry about that. I’ll take care of my body.”
Maybe he pulled out a list of traitors or his own competitors and showed it to me. Although the reliability was not at the level of a scammer, he still had to be vigilant.
I also needed time to do my own research.
Dokgo-gap put down a piece of paper on the table and stood up.
“If you stay away for too long, you might get suspicious, so I’ll leave. When you’ve made up your mind, please contact me at the address on the note.”
The paper had an internet link written on it.
‘Is it Telegram?’
It was a good sign that he too cared about tracking.
“Think about it, then.”
Dokgo Gab bowed his head slightly. He immediately left the building without waiting for my answer. When I gave the signal to let him go, the bodyguards opened the way at appropriate intervals.
The big gate opened, and Dokgo-gap joined with his bodyguards who were waiting.
The door is closed.
‘To come in the middle of the night and deliver something like this.’
It might be a trap, but it was worth investigating. Because there was a way to figure out the opponent without dispatching people.
Called Benjamin Chung.
“Did you call. Boss.”
“Please research information about these people and their messenger history.”
I handed over the data I received from Dokgo Gab.
“All right.”
Having a hacker was convenient in many ways.
I wish there was a program that extracts only the necessary parts from Korean sentences…
‘Come to think of it, a native Korean programmer was nearby.’
Han Kyung-ah’s face came to mind.
Looking at the clock, it was already past 11 o’clock.
‘It must be morning in New York now.’
It was a good time to call.
***
Lim Cheol-hyun clenched his fists.
It was a time when I believed that as the chairman of the Taesan Group, I had lived a decent life. But now, as the chairman, it is time to bow before others for the sake of the company.
“You made a good decision.”
His son, who normally wouldn’t even come home to work, encouraged him. I didn’t know when he was going well, but he was a guy who gave me strength when things got tough.
‘I wish I could inherit the family business.’
If left alone now, the company could stumble. Since cash flow is important in business, if the flow is blocked, it could be withdrawn with less money.
As long as Dokgo-jin was misunderstanding something, it was clear that if left alone, he would fall into a pit.
‘I can’t sell my son’s friend without knowing how the situation is going.’
He threatened to cut ties if he left the house, but he was the only son. Kim Jae-goo was a friend of such a son, and he was a man with a pulpit.
He did not want to be hated by his son by pretending to be with Kim Jae-gu.
‘I don’t know why he thinks I’m behind him.’
He was a guy who survived even after defeating Dokgo Group and Chuck. If holding hands, it would be better to hold his son’s friend rather than the noisy Dok-go.
“Don’t be too nervous.”
“What about tension? You seem to be more nervous.”
Lim Chul-Hyun laughed as he looked at each other.
It wasn’t a good thing, but thanks to that, I was able to see the rich man’s face again and smile, so it was a blessing in disguise.
The voice of the moderator was heard over the broadcast.
[I will meet Chairman Cheol-hyun Lim of Taesansansan.]
“Don’t go.”
“father.”
Lim Cheol-hyeon, who was heading for the podium, stopped.
“You will do well.”
He squeezed his mouth into a smile.
“of course.”
As he stepped onto the podium, President Lim Chul-hyun was showered with flashes of baptism.
***
When Chairman Lim Cheol-hyun’s sincere remarks and sincere apology added a bit of public opinion, people’s hearts were moved.
It wasn’t even the president’s direct order.
Those involved were dismissed
Aren’t you cutting your tail?
B said that he would return 30% of his annual salary to society, but he seems to be sincere
It’s different from someone who is silent
Who? Dokgo?
ㄴDoggo shut your mouth hahahaha
I just don’t know when
The criticism of public opinion on the Internet naturally turned to the Dokgo group. It was because one of the two groups that drew attention for similar corruption made a sincere apology.
Thanks to this, the contract between Daehan Market and Taesan Products was able to proceed without any problems.
Hanul said he was grateful and bought Andong soju and snacks and visited the house. I couldn’t ignore my friend who was constantly expressing my gratitude, so I tipped my glass over the group meeting as a snack.
“I didn’t know you would return the salary.”
“He said you should do what you have to do right. Thank you for giving me a chance.”
“What is a good friend?”
Drinking Andong Soju reminded me of my grandfather. My parents are abroad, but I wanted to visit them even by myself.
‘I haven’t been able to see you recently on the excuse of being busy.’