“It’s nice to see your face, though.”
“Uh… Uh hmm.”
My father cleared his throat as if he was embarrassed by my mother’s words. Although they are now over 60 years old, the two of them were still good friends.
‘You look great.’
My desire to have a harmonious family even when I grow older, like the two of them, has grown. With Elisa, it seemed that such a family could be created.
“Then let’s go get a nice suit tailored.”
“Do women have suits too?”
“sure.”
My mother should also pick out a nice suit.
***
Has my life ever been this smooth?
After a long time, Dokgo-gap came to me and asked me for help. It was the first time I met him since we were preparing for the general election.
“Long time no see.”
“Thank you for taking the time to meet me in the middle of a busy construction period.”
“The timing was just right.”
They weren’t as close as Seol Kyung-taek, so they kept their distance. Today, Dokgo-gap told me that he wanted to consult with me about the Dokgo Group.
‘Wanting to consult must be asking for help.’
He was the only one in the Dokgo family who was not hostile to me. I commissioned Benjamin Chung to pursue his activities, but he was not on good terms with the other brothers.
It was closer to indifference than bad relations.
‘Let’s listen to what he’s talking about.’
He opened his mouth with a polite expressionless face.
“I’m trying to liquidate the stake in Dokgo Group. If President Kim Jae-goo gives me his strength, I think things will go faster.”
“What can I get?”
“The reason I asked for a seat today is because of the promise I made with the president. Currently, Dokgo Group is still in my father’s shadow.”
He explained in detail the governance structure of Dokgo Group. Since Dokgojin was in prison, he was controlling the group as he wanted, but if Dokgojin changed his mind, he was in a situation where the management rights could be taken away at any time.
So, it was said that time was needed to change Dokgo Group’s mission and become completely independent from them.
“How long will it take?”
“At the current pace, it will take more than two years.”
“It’s taking a long time.”
“Yes. Even if I cut ties with my family, I made this place today because I want to last a long time with President Kim Jae-goo.”
yes. I took care of it, but if I took care of my family at best, I would have to lose money here.
“President Kim Jae-gu, please secure a stake in Dokgo Metal.”
“How much?”
“Currently, my father can secure 25% of the shares. I have 15% of the shares.”
Originally, his stake was only 2%. Although the stock price fell, it was evident that considerable efforts were made to increase it by 13%.
“Are you asking me to secure at least 10% of Dokgo Metal’s stake?”
Dokgo Metal had a market capitalization of 5 trillion won. Asking to secure 10% was tantamount to asking for an investment of 500 billion won.
“Or give me two years.”
It was a sighing suggestion, but I put on a trusting eye to make sure he wasn’t lying.
‘Use the eyes of trust.’
[Reliability 89%]
Reliability has risen noticeably, as if he had made a firm decision.
‘I guess he’s really thinking of breaking ties with his family.’
good night. If so, it was worth reviewing.
“Dokgo Metal is a holding company, but I don’t want to invest because Dokgo Jin’s stake is high. Instead, I’ll help create a new holding company.”
“What do you mean?”
“Cut out only the real companies. I’ll throw the rest away.”
Dokgo Gab tightly shut his mouth.
Because my proposal was no different from throwing away the entire Dokgo Group that Dokgo Jin had raised.
He opened his mouth with a serious face.
“Could you elaborate?”
It seemed that he was ready to completely abandon Dokgo Group.
‘It’s over here.’
The time has come to organize the Dokgo Group that has been terribly strangling my life.
***
‘I’ll have to hire a financial expert.’
I was also asking Benjamin Chung for information on Korean companies, but that was a bit out of his scope of work.
Information can be obtained, but interpreting it is up to the interpreter’s ability.
‘I’m going to invest in several companies in the future, but right now I’m investing in Jung-gu heating.’
But there was no way to know who was the investment expert. I would make the decision, but I needed someone who could do a proper value analysis for the company.
‘I’ll have to talk to manager Park Jae-seop.’
I borrowed 2.2 billion from him to complete the quest. I still had it with 10% monthly interest, but I forgot about it because I had entrusted it to Benjamin Chung.
‘Since it’s the Strategic Planning Department of Daebak Securities, I’m sure you have connections in the financial world.’
At Daebak Securities, the No. 1 securities company in Korea, he belonged to the most forefront department. Considering the interest I paid him, there was no reason he wouldn’t help me.
I called him after a long time.
He answered the phone 1 minute after the call went off.
{yes! president. Long time no see.}
It was a voice full of breath.
“Director Park Jae-seop, how are you?”
{Sure. Promoted to Director this year.}
I am an executive at Daebak Securities. Does this appeal to you?
“Congratulations on your promotion.”
{How is the boss?}
“Yes. I’ve been trying to see your face for the first time in a while. Could you give me some time?”
{of course. Just call me anytime.}
Aren’t we
We chatted through messages from time to time, but it had been a very long time since I met Jae-seop Park in person.
‘Now I’m Jae-seop Park, director, not Jae-seop Park.’
I hadn’t seen him in a long time and he was very knowledgeable. Confidence radiated from his expression and posture, and his tone became more entrepreneurial.
‘They say the place you stand makes a person.’
It was a different image from when he was an ordinary employee.
As always, our meeting place was the Hanseonggak Plum Room. When I met people outside, I felt comfortable using Hanseonggak.
“Director Park Jae-seop. The divine water has become clear.”
“It’s all thanks to President Kim. Thanks to that, I ate well, wrote well, and lived comfortably, and this year I was promoted. It seems things are going well since I met President Kim Jae-gu.”
Opportunities come infrequently in life. And it was only those who were prepared to seize that opportunity.
There must have been several people besides director Park Jae-seop who knew that I had made huge profits at the Daebak Securities stock investment competition.
However, among them, Director Park Jae-seop was the only one who contacted me personally.
‘There may be people who feel bad about such contact, but…’
It was the contact I needed at that time. Because I needed someone’s help to clear the quest.
He was using the eyes of trust he had acquired at that time very usefully, so he was ignorant of worldly affairs.
“Congratulations on your promotion.”
“Thank you. More than that, what did you call me for today?”
“I contacted you to introduce you to a company analyst.”
he waved his hand
“Among the people I know, CEO Kim Jae-goo is the best at analyzing. I have never seen anyone as good at investing as the CEO.”
I appreciated the compliment, but my return came from cheats, not skill.
“These days, we are focusing on the US market, so we need someone who can analyze the domestic market.”
“It’s President Kim Jae-gu’s division.”
“It’s not that grandiose. I plan to entrust him with the analysis of domestic companies.”
“Is it an employment type? Or is it an investment type?”
“We are thinking of incentives for employment types.”
He stroked his chin, deep in thought.
“Then, I have someone to introduce you to.”
“Who are you?”
“He used to work for our company, but now he’s an individual investor. As far as I know, he’s the second best stockist after CEO Kim Jae-goo.”
“Is that so?”
It was a story of considerable skill.
“Even so, I can’t reach President Kim Jae-gu’s rate of return, but if the president wants to focus on the overseas market, I can recommend it.”
“thank you.”
“And I want to invest a little more…”
It was clear that having someone in the financial industry would be invaluable in many ways. This was even more so for executives working in the Strategic Planning Department of Daebak Securities.
While he’s in the jackpot stock, he’d better share the profits.
‘Looking at how good the tie pin is, it seems like my spending has grown.’
It was difficult for those who spent too much money to go back to what they were before. They would do anything to maintain their standard of living.
To join hands with him was to obtain a source of information. That’s a pretty good source.
“You can invest about 1 billion more.”
It was a deal that was tantamount to hiring a director of Daebak Securities for 1.2 billion a year. In addition, since their assets are tied to me, they will become even more desperate.
“Is that true?”
“Director Park Jae-seop knew that he would say such a thing, so we prepared a place for him.”
“Heh heh. This is true. I don’t know what to do with the special treatment.”
“Isn’t it between us?”
When he lifted the glass, he held it with both hands. He clinked his glasses in the air and wet his lips.
There was no business in front of money.
“By the way, I have a favor to ask of you.”
“What is?”
“When the person introducing you does a company research, could you share the information you have on Daebak Securities?”
“Do you mean the internal data of Daebak Securities?”
“yes.”
“It’s not leaking out, is it?”
“I won’t leak anything.”
Park Jae-seop was deep in thought with a hard expression on his face. But even for a moment, he smiled broadly and nodded his head.
“Okay. I’ll apply from behind.”
“Thank you, Director.”
“Then, why don’t we call that friend to end our conversation?”
He also told me to remove the horns for sweet seaweed.
“Yes. You do.”
Director Park Jae-seop called somewhere.
“Yes. It’s me. Uh. How are you? It’s nothing else, the VVIP I serve is looking for someone…”
***
Director Park Jae-seop introduced me to a very nice person. Despite meeting for the first time, he was a person with a whopping 84% reliability.
‘I guess he’s a trustworthy person.’
There are people who are only loyal to their people, but there are people who are serious about everything. As a person who works in finance, it would be good to form an alliance with someone with high basic trust.
‘Things are going smoothly.’
felt good. After receiving a stock cheat from my grandfather last year, my life went smoothly. When I tried to do something, the world seemed to move to help itself.
‘This is life’s easy mode.’
For some, this may have been a daily routine, but for me, it was quite refreshing. I’ve been sincere since I was young, but I’ve hardly been rewarded for it.
Today, a 1:1 meal was scheduled with Congressman Seol Gyeong-taek, the next presidential candidate. He was quite friendly to me, perhaps thanks to our active participation in the last general election.
‘I need his help to mine what I found with the treasure map (medium).’
There was something about the word treasure that made the man’s heart beat. Perhaps the treasure is likely to be something that can make our country an oil-producing country.
Perhaps because he was busy preparing for the presidential election, Gyeong-taek Seol did not enter the Dowon Tea House until 10 minutes before the appointed time. If it was like usual, I would have come 20 minutes earlier.
Thanks to that, I had time to calmly organize my thoughts.
He chuckled with a kind face.
“Heh heh. CEO Kim Jae-goo. It’s hard to see his face because he’s busy these days.”
I also responded with a smile.
“Isn’t Congressman Seol Gyeong-taek also busy? You must be very busy preparing for the presidential election these days.”
“Don’t say anything. I still have a year left and how much work to take care of… I thought I would take a breather until I registered as a candidate, but that wasn’t the case either.”
“Are you confirmed to run?”
The selection of presidential candidates has not yet been completed. It was a law that the situation could change at any time until it was confirmed.
Seol Kyung-taek nodded.
“If there are no incidents, it’s confirmed. I think I haven’t committed any crimes in my life, but I have to be careful because not only the truth will prevail. But, isn’t it more important than breaking down Mt. Yu?”
“you’re right.”
The party to which Seol Gyeong-taek belonged was dropping him as a presidential candidate. It was completely different from the place where Han Jung-taek and Yu-san were weighed not long ago.
“Still, I plan to hold the primary within the party. So, wouldn’t it be covered a lot in the news?”
“That’s right.”
Noise marketing was also needed in politics. If there was no fight, it would not become a knight, so an opponent was needed. Not everyone was interested in politics, so constant exposure was paramount.
“Wouldn’t President Kim Jae-goo lend me his strength?”
“Didn’t you borrow it during the general election?”