“How about making it louder?”
“You mean louder?”
“Yes. I’m going to say it loudly with a red flag.”
“But then the image of our group…”
“If you don’t have the confidence to do that, shouldn’t you be quiet?”
He laughed, but Dokgo-jin couldn’t say anything. The bill he is currently promoting is a bill called the ‘Employment Flexibility Promotion Act’.
The word is employment flexibility, but it was a bill that would make it easy to fire regular workers to make employment flexible. Through this, they were claiming that they would secure competitiveness over American companies and create a society where career interruptions could easily find employment by increasing jobs, but in reality this was not the case.
It was a bill to secure cheap and outstanding young manpower and to easily let out those who lost their competitiveness due to age.
Large corporations with a long history had a lot of older people, and even though their productivity was similar to that of assistant managers, they received higher salaries.
It was not an extenuating factor that, in his youth, he returned the weekends while following the unreasonable orders of his superiors and was left there. If you don’t need it right now, you should be able to export it easily to create a place.
This could reduce labor costs. They could have raised their starting salaries, used them for as long as they needed them, and easily fired them when they no longer needed them.
From the company’s point of view, there were opportunities to challenge more fields. If there is a business you want to try, you can create a division, hire it, and if it fails, send it out.
It was the desire of entrepreneurs.
However, the arguments of the opposing party were not easy. They continued to oppose it, talking about the problems that employment flexibility would bring. Thanks to this, the bill was still at a standstill.
When interest diminishes, the mass media beats me up, so I’ve become annoyed to even speak against myself.
“It’s not fun if you’re doing a big job and it’s clumsy and noisy. Isn’t anti-corporate sentiment already prevailing?”
“sorry.”
The dissatisfied eyes of the corporate heads focused on Dokgo Jin. Even if raw meat was Dokgojin, he was just a member of this group.
He bowed his head toward Mt.
“Don’t appeal. It’ll make noise.”
“yes···.”
After the third son, the second son was also on the verge of losing. When that happened, all he had left was a single-handed glove.
Yu-san narrowed her eyes and looked around at everyone.
“Did you say that the Taesan Group was targeting us? Is it true that they are targeting us?”
“Yes, it is.”
I couldn’t die alone. I don’t know how far Taesan was aiming, but if he had brought that much money, he wouldn’t have been targeting just one group.
“Who is close to Taesan Group?”
“Wasn’t Chairman Hwang Yong-nam an alumni of Chairman Lim Chul-hyun?”
“Kuhm.”
At those words, Chairman Hwang Yong-nam cleared his throat.
‘You’re like a raccoon. You’re trying to hand over the work.’
But it was already too late. Because Yusan was looking at him with a soft smile.
“Get a good grasp of the situation.”
“all right.”
He smiled at Yusan Mountain and glared at Dokgojin.
‘To tell me to clean up the sh*t I’ve built.’
But I couldn’t reveal it now. Because everything had to be dealt with after the situation was over.
***
An intelligence came in from Dok-go-gap that Dok-go-eul’s appeal had been cancelled.
‘There’s no way Chairman Dok Go-jin suddenly canceled it… Is this an order from Mayor Mun Mun-taek?’
Someone was moving behind.
“Boss. I have received the contract.”
Paperwork, including land contracts, poured in front of me. Next to Benjamin Jung, Lee Shin-ae and Yang Dong-yoon stood with a recalled expression.
Lee Shin-ae opened her mouth.
“The contract is over, so now you can go to register. Shall I call a judicial scrivener?”
“No. It’s okay. Let’s settle the bill first.”
“Hey. He’s the boss after all.”
Yang Dong-yoon rubbed his hands together and smiled broadly.
‘Let’s deal with busy things first.’
Didn’t you know he was innocent?
The purchase of the surrounding area of the village, including land and buildings, has been completed. The house could not be vacated right away, so the negotiations ended with vacating it until two months later.
The smell of manure filled the hometown village, which I visited to look around the purchased land.
‘There’s a problem with the system that leaves this alone.’
Only Yang Dong-yoon would know what method he used, but it was impossible to live while smelling such a smell. It is said that the sense of smell is a part that gets tired quickly, but it would be terrible to smell manure as soon as you open your eyes in the morning.
Perhaps because the bodyguards were around, people only noticed, but did not think of coming.
“Isn’t that Kim’s son?”
“who?”
“Ah. That guy who went to prison for embezzlement.”
“Oh, and you have a nice appearance. You’re taking other people’s money and driving a car like that?”
Rumors are like sandbags. Because it is impossible to pick up all the things that have been blown and scattered once.
Rural people were insensitive to the latest information. Even if there was a broadcast about my injustice in the media, not everyone who saw the article that I was the culprit watched the broadcast.
‘I have no intention of making excuses.’
They were all people who would soon become strangers anyway. It had nothing to do with where and how they lived.
Except for the chicken farmer Mr. Kim and a few people.
I came here today to meet them. I had called my father, and he had asked me to see him face to face and explain it to him.
The road was not good, so I parked the car at the entrance of the village, left one person behind, and walked into the village with the rest of the bodyguards.
The town was a bustling atmosphere. Everyone seemed to have gone out to find a new house, except for a few elderly women.
They glanced at us, muttered, and left. I thought that if I had come alone, I might have been harmed.
‘It would be good to run an orchard because there are many fields.’
Lands where I used to play when I was a child. Memories of getting caught and scolded while doing watermelon frost came to mind. I never encouraged him to do frost first, but it was difficult for an elementary school student to refuse a friend’s request.
At that time, it was a good time. If I got caught, I would be scolded, and my parents would come later and ask for the price.
Finally, we arrived at the poultry farm Mr. Kim’s house. As we got closer, the smell of chicken poop lingered. It was a familiar smell of the countryside, but everyone slightly frowned, probably not to the bodyguards.
“No, who is this?”
Mrs. Choi of the chicken farm house found me and gave me a happy face.
“Honey. See me. Jaegu, the son of Mr. Kim who was at the mart, is here.”
“Huh? Jaegu?”
Mr. Kim came out from inside wearing a loose padding. He smiled brightly when he saw me.
“Jaegu. It’s been a while. It’s hard to see your face these days.”
“Yes, mister. Long time no see.”
“Who are the people next to you?”
“They’re bodyguards.”
“A bodyguard?”
It seemed like it would be too long to explain in detail.
“I heard you dug the ground.”
“Yeah. That’s right. My body isn’t the same these days… It’s hard to sell land, but there was someone who offered to buy it all at once, so I sold it. I was going to discuss it with your father, but I didn’t have time for that.”
“What about the discussion?”
“These days, the smell in the neighborhood is so bad that I can’t live there.
It wasn’t intentional, but it happened because of me. It was embarrassing, but it had already happened.
“So that’s how it happened. You’re not very sad, are you?”
“It’s a bit sad.”
It was a town full of childhood memories. I felt a little lonely, but since my parents’ shop went bankrupt, I haven’t attached myself to it.
“Ah. Mom! Parents at other houses also do houses for their sons. I’m not asking you to do everything, but I’m asking you to take care of a little money because I’ve got a lump sum this time.”
“No work.”
“Don’t do that. Now my child is going to elementary school, but I have to go to a senior school to make connections.”
Turning around at the familiar voice, my elementary school classmate was holding onto her elderly mother with her family. Unlike the neatly dressed family members, the old mother’s clothes were old and worn out.
“There’s no such thing as a child who doesn’t even come to the ancestral rites.”
The old woman shook her head and turned around, wearing skinny pants with her knees sticking out.
“I’ll be back soon, Mother. It was because life was so difficult up until now.”
“That’s right. It’s because my mother didn’t inherit anything, so I didn’t have time because I was working two jobs to live far away somehow.”
“Hyung-joo. He said he wanted to see his grandmother.”
At that, the woman’s expression softened slightly.
A woman with a greedy face pushed her child on the back, but the child hid behind the woman’s legs as if the grandmother was awkward.
“What’s wrong? Brother-in-law.”
“I’ve never seen his face, so he must be awkward.”
“I’ll come often if I have time.”
“It’s done. No work.”
“A nobleman who has only a few days left to live! How long do you say you live?”
“Come on. You spoke well.”
As the voices of the two raised, the child burst into tears. Mr. Kim, the owner of the chicken farm, clicked his tongue and shook his head.
“Since word came out that the land was sold this time, there are not one or two houses like that. Farming children is really more difficult than farming.”
Mr. Kim looked at the grandmother with sad eyes, but my gaze was fixed on my elementary school classmate.
[Crazy bastard. Where is the money to lend you?]
When I was about to make my first investment after coming out of prison, I remembered what he said to me.
It seemed like the time had come to return the word.
As I approached them, three bodyguards followed me.
“Why don’t you take it for free money? Don’t do that…”
As we got closer, the boy who had been screaming loudly and was about to hit his mother lost his voice.
With his creeping voice, he looked at Jaffrey and the guards.
“Who… who are you?”
“Hey. Long time no see?”
I took off my sunglasses and met his eyes. His pupils dilated greatly.
“Ki… Kim Jae-goo?”
“Uh. How are you? No. I don’t think you’re doing well, judging from how you bully your mother.”
I took a microfiber cloth from my pocket and wiped my sunglasses. I didn’t have to clean it, but I just wanted to.
“Yeah… what are you doing here?”
“Me? I just came to look around the grounds.”
“What are those people behind?”
“My bodyguard.”
He was about to say something, but shut his mouth. As Jaffrey took a step to the side, he shrank.
“Why is this suddenly?”
“I remembered what you said to me the other day when I asked to borrow some money.”
“What… what is it?”
“Crazy bastard. Did you come to collect your elderly parents’ retirement savings because you have nothing to offer?”
“what?”
His face turned bright red.
“You bastard. You’re living off embezzlement money!”
“Didn’t you know he was innocent?”
“what?”
“If you don’t watch the news, you don’t know what’s going on in the world, and you can’t make money because you don’t know what’s going on in the world.
“Ayu. Jaegu. Don’t do this.”
His old mother intervened. She had no special feelings. With her in between, I met eyes with my classmate.
“I earn money with my own hands and live with my parents. Do you live like this? Aren’t you ashamed to see your children?”
“What does it matter to you…”
Also, the bodyguards are good. The expression on his face was one that he would attack at any moment, but he controlled his anger by looking at Jaffrey’s notice.
“Oh, I’m going to buy my parents a building in Gangnam this time.”
At those words, the classmate’s old mother opened her mouth. His face turned red.
“Don’t lie! Where do you get your money from?”
“Is it me who bought this land?”
“Do not lie.”
“Come to think of it, the name on the contract… I thought it was the same name. No, how are you?”
“Because business has been good this time.”
I could see the desire in the old mother’s eyes. She, who had not been able to say a word until just now, slapped her classmate on the back.
“Ah! Why?”
“I didn’t inherit a single penny from Jae-gu. They said he bought my parents’ building. I even gave you the deposit, so why should I be treated prematurely!”
“No. Mother. That’s not it.”
“You ugly bastard! Why are you blaming me for being ugly!”
This time he was beaten without a sound. It was funny to see him go back, but it was time to finish his work and go home.
Mr. Kim, the poultry farmer, was also staring at me with his mouth wide open.
“Was that Kim Jae-goo you?”
“Yes. It’s me.”
***
After that incident, calls from alumni poured in.
The alumni who needed to be contacted had already secured their numbers, so they decided to cancel their existing numbers.
‘Even if I leave it alone, it will only attract dung flies.’
It was a number that I kept alive in case someone would contact me first, but since it had been almost 10 months since I was released from prison, I thought I could cancel it now.
‘I really need to look into one of my parents’ buildings.’
Now, under the pretext of giving living expenses of 10 million won each, they were providing cards that could be used freely. However, it was clear that his parents would gain confidence if they had their own building.