146: One glance and see (3)
“But how did Manager Jang know about that?”
Manager Yang asked Cheol-woo. This must be a state-level secret, but I doubted that Cheol-woo knew it in detail.
“I was there at the time of the incident. Someone made me go all the way to the Pharaoh Hotel and almost die.”
“Big, big!”
Deputy Ahn coughed and took a cup of coffee and looked elsewhere. In retrospect, it is thanks to him that his relationship with Linda continued.
“Well, this must be a poisoned apple. If you swallow it fresh, it will kill your life.”
“Oh! Come to think of it, is it really a shaky situation?”
Deputy Ahn trembled at Deputy Kwak’s words. I began to realize that this was a matter of power struggle and interests in East Asia beyond Korea.
“In addition, even if the construction is completed successfully, after that, we will have to build an angle with casinos in Macau or Southeast Asia. Because you won’t be just sucking your fingers while talking about something like a fair competition or something for a huge amount of money.”
“But is it common sense to leave such a big job to us?”
Manager Yang raised an objection to Cheol-woo’s words. It was unlikely that the president would come up with an answer to this.
“after! Inspiration… No, Chairman Kang was too greedy. Those who put money into the now burnt-out Pharaoh Hotel will only hope that hotels and casinos reopen and get their money back safely. After that, it doesn’t matter what happens…”
“You don’t need someone to buy you that much money to take out your investment, right? But what idiot would pay for it?”
“We need to find an idiot who doesn’t know this behind the scenes. Before that, we need to get the hotel and casino back to normal…”
It was said that they would entrust it to the Planning Team 3. If they make a mistake, they might have to take all the responsibility for it…
“Still, I think this is a bit of an overstatement, isn’t it? It’s not like we’re doing business alone. At least Daeyoung’s group would have to agree to touch Pharaoh, but it’s not easy for both groups to agree, right?”
Deputy Ahn raised a reasonable doubt for some reason. As he said, it was beyond common sense that the two sides reached an agreement without the working-level staff.
“If it’s a top-down approach…, would Chairman Kang and the secretary’s office not even think about it and promoted him first?”
Cheol-woo blew away reasonable doubts with a single blow. When did you make the decision to be a chaebol? It was common for them to just agree among themselves and unilaterally notify the working group.
“Damn it. Will I end up writing my resignation like this? I can’t go to jail at this age…”
“Yeah, go… a cell? ah, maybe? That’s it…”
Deputy Ahn did not believe Yang’s words after hearing his words to himself. No matter how far-fetched the plan was, they didn’t think the company would pose such a risk to them.
“It’s a way to catch people. You know this has never happened before? Even one of my classmates quietly wrote their resignation after covering up their sins like that. Otherwise, because of the threat of eating beans as a fraud charge… The guy now goes down to the fat and fry the chicken. That’s how the guys above survive. You put everything on the guy below and kick him out.”
“··· Is that true?”
Deputy Ahn looked at Cheol-woo with a shocked expression. A familiar job he had been working at suddenly felt unfamiliar.
Cheol-woo looked at him and quietly nodded his head. He also experienced firsthand that the larger the organization, the more selfish and cunning the humans within it.
“Then what should we do now, do we have to resign as a group?”
Deputy Kwak asked with a firm expression on his face. There was a look on his face, like a determination to assume the worst case scenario.
“Yesterday I obviously refused. Then, the above order was arbitrarily forced. The fact that it was a promotion is a trap, but it must mean that the superiors are under great pressure from the outside to ignore the internal affairs. It means there is no way out.”
“It’s a force that even the president can’t do… Oh my God!”
The two managers shook their heads. The more I thought about it, the more serious the situation became.
I never dreamed that such a crisis would come during my corporate life. I didn’t think I would worry about rough waves because I was on a large ship, but I felt like I was suddenly in the middle of a huge storm.
The thrill of being a director had long since disappeared. What does it mean to write your resignation as soon as you get the title of moving?
“I would like to take this seriously. And if we first lay the plates and then draw in as many other forces as possible…”
“Do you have any plans?”
Manager Yang leaned his head towards Cheol-woo. This wacky, unscrupulous grasshopper was well aware that he sometimes showed his genius wits.
“Not now. You should think about it slowly while eating a sweet cake.”
“…Damn, why is his cake again…”
It was an explicit request to buy. ‘If you didn’t like it, would you resign or get caught?’ It sounded like a hallucination in my ears.
The two deputies were also looking at only the two managers with their eyes shining brightly. He was saying with both eyes that this was a very important spell.
“If it’s that important, you pay for it! Ay!”
Manager Yang, who was grumbling, got up from his seat and walked to the cashier. As if he didn’t want the wallet to come out of his pocket, he kept crawling inside.
crack it! Hmmm!
Cheol-woo, who broke up with the three of them, came to Querencia. He needed some time to think by himself, even for a moment.
With the refilled coffee and freshly wrapped cake in front of him, he stared blankly out the window. How do I weave this together so that I can fuck the raccoon dog and the rest of them all at once? was thinking about
‘Hmm! Warrior, call Hwaryeong.’
[Connected.]
He made up his mind in a short time and contacted Hwaryeong first. She must have received something from her dad or brother by now.
“Hello, tell me the password first!”
“···, I love you!”
“Cool! Anyway, I was just about to call…”
When she heard Cheol-woo’s answer, she laughed out loud. The mere sound of the sound coming over her phone was a clear picture of her lying on her couch and giggling.
“Did you hear the news too?”
“yes! I think you are going to do something stupid.”
“Who will notify you?”
“My brother called me! But, he said the decision was made by the president. To keep me from revolting…”
She, too, seemed to know roughly what was going on. However, after hearing Chul-woo’s detailed explanation, the road ran wild.
At first, I thought it was Chairman Cha’s greed or whim. Using that moment, she thought her brother was just trying to get her slush funds out safely.
However, after listening to Chul-woo’s explanation, it was a very risky gamble. It was a gamble with a much higher probability of being ripped off than the odds of winning.
“So, what plans do you have?”
“Well, it looks like the board has been laid, so I’m thinking of making the board bigger and sweeping all the stakes.”
“Is that possible, in the yard where even the next presidential candidate is entangled…?”
“What do you know about that? Those who deal with the public would be cut off if they caught just one pod…”
“Does that mean your opponent will jump over and over? Those people, at least in Korea, are those who have no fear in the world, right?”
“What will they do to me?”
“I heard it, and it is. Ho Ho!”
Wherever money is, people with money, power, and violence are bound to get involved. They kept each other in check and sometimes cooperated, fighting for money.
Sometimes money instigates violence and, conversely, power incites violence. At first glance it seemed that money and power were above violence, but violence was always the final solution.
Politicians often say that the last resort in negotiations is war. But war was the easiest negotiating tool.
However, as both sides may suffer damage, it has been postponed to a later priority. If there was only a guarantee that neither side would take any damage, the only thing he could draw without hesitation was the card of violence.
In this way, money was the material for realizing violence, and power was only the right to use violence. However, he did not think that he could do anything to Cheol-woo with that violence.
He was neither without money nor without power. Politicians had enough ability to survive even if they fell under the law.
In the meantime, there was nothing that would be absurdly collapsing even if the united front was unfolded with her. And during that time, she wasn’t the only one to wait patiently.
“If you get a job, how far are you planning to go?”
“If I go on my own, of course, I have to dominate everything. Anyone who gets in the way will be wiped out.”
He said it like it was natural. She didn’t even think of it as a very hopeless thing.
“Do you know, by any chance, Park Ji-young?”
“Who are you talking about, that loan shark?”
“Five! Do you even know?”
“I heard from Chairman Kang yesterday. But why Park?”
“He is the water. All the money that came in this way or that way yesterday came from that inspiration pocket.”
“So what are you going to do?”
“Who are these guys who put money in that inspirational pocket?”
“…is that inspiration also pro-Japanese?”
“You are too quick to judge. okay! Park is the source of funds for Korea’s Japanese side. At least 70% of the money that inspiration rolls across the East Sea. It is the reality of this country that they are even choosing the next presidential candidate with that money.”
she said confidently. It was a very surprising story, but Cheol-woo was not disturbed at all.
“What, aren’t you surprised?”
“Should I be surprised by that? I wasn’t interested, but I was just guessing…”
Digging for American secrets through the Warrior, I came across a lot of things related to Japan. Since information was collected based on Cheol-woo himself, information centered on Northeast Asia naturally became the main target.
Japan has long been lobbying the United States with huge amounts of money. In fact, American politics and Japan’s ruling party were at the same time.
Among the funds being rolled out by Japan, many of the slush funds of American politicians were also mixed. And there were many American politicians who put pressure on Korea on behalf of Japan to get the money.
“Sheesh, Kim is leaking. Anyway, if you touch the inspiration of Park, you will rise from the political arena. If they bite like a herd of dogs, there will be no chaebol who can stand it…”
“Everyone must have tasted that inspirational money.”
“It’s been a while since I spent money. Maybe we’ve been doing that before we were even born?”
“therefore? A lot of Japanese funds went through Park’s hand in hotels and casinos, and what is happening now is taking the lead in recovering the money that was inspired by it. Are you talking about this?”
“yes! That’s why we and that group had no choice but to reluctantly agree…”
“Didn’t you agree with your mouth?”
“I will. There’s got to be some sort of reward, but there’s a good chance we’ll use it all!”
“Okay, okay!”
He graciously accepted her opinion. She didn’t show it, but she was worried about him in her voice.
“Be careful, because there is no way your opponent will lose your money.”
“OK got it. I will engrave your words!”
“Then say the password again. hurry!”
“I love you! I love you!”
“oh! It is against the law to speak twice in one phone call. Only one passcode is allowed per call!”
“Cut it off!”
“hey! Jang Cheol-woo. this child… Drop!”
In anger, she interrupted the conversation she was about to protest. It was strangely cute to see her furious.
“It’s the inspiration of Park…”
Cheol-woo repeated his name. If there is only one target, it will be much easier to hit them all in one queue.