21. Last Competitive Race (4)
next day.
Chairman Ko Myung-jin summoned his two sons.
He, who had been strict with his children since they became adults, looked out the window with a complicated expression and said,
“At that time, I was no different from you. Although my abilities were recognized and I was successful at work, I was unable to come to my senses due to the sudden wealth and fame. “The result.”
I turned my head.
I made eye contact with Go Chang-seok.
“You were Changseok.”
“… … father. Does this mean I’m really an illegitimate child?”
“okay. But even so, I never thought of you as not being my son. If I didn’t really think so, I wouldn’t have brought you and added you to my family register on the condition that you pay me enough living expenses every month. In fact, I never dreamed that you would know this. It’s my fault. Why she hurt my wife’s heart with her infidelity, and why she wasn’t faithful enough to her family to tell you the ‘truth’. But that’s it. “Rather than feeling sorry for this situation, I’m very angry that what happened to my family became known to the world.”
The expression changed.
This place.
It wasn’t meant as an apology for the past.
Go Myeong-jin lived his whole life with an apology to his wife, but he thought there was nothing to be ashamed of for his two sons.
Both.
He gave without lacking anything.
Go Chang-beom grew up as an amateur, and Go Chang-seok went abroad to study and took an elite course.
This was possible because he gave enough as a father.
“… … .”
Go Chang-seok lowered his gaze.
The criminal who revealed his family history.
It was me.
At the thought that his father’s anger would be directed at him, he could not bear to say anything.
however.
“Changbeom.”
“Yes, father.”
The gaze turned to Go Chang-beom.
It was a very complicated problem.
Go Myeong-jin, who was furious when he first heard the article, decided to remove his two sons and all from their positions as successors. Go Chang-seok, who exposed his family’s history, or the eldest son who can’t even take care of his younger brother. The choice to hand over the company to his children seemed to be the problem. He thought that if we returned to a professional management system, the discord like today would not arise.
at that time.
A press conference was announced.
Without any discussion with Go Myeong-jin, Go Chang-beom confidently stated his position in front of the camera.
He is the eldest son born with great difficulty.
As work got busier, I had no choice but to neglect it.
So my son, who always thought he had a sore finger, suddenly grew bigger.
Go Myeong-jin said.
“I want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart. Even though you are not the main character of the rumor, you only extinguished the controversy with an explanation and did not turn the arrow on the instigator. If you use this incident as an excuse to take revenge, you could completely destroy the competitors within the company, but you probably thought that you prioritized your family over the competition. That’s why I can’t help but think of you as my son, even though you cause such accidents.”
I looked at him with a happy face.
Go Chang-beom.
His choice had a deep resonance, not as the chairman of Myungjin Construction, but as the father of a family.
“I’m so proud you’re my son.”
“… … No, father. “I just did what I had to do to protect my family.”
“okay. It’s bad, it’s bad. I plan to complete the paperwork for you to take over after me as soon as possible. Don’t change your current mindset and live a life you’re not ashamed of as the chairman of Myungjin Construction and as my son. Abi couldn’t do it as her husband, but you definitely can.”
“I’ll keep that in mind.”
I looked away again.
I shook off my emotions.
From now on, it was not the eldest son who protected the family, but it was time to punish the second son who tried to destroy the family.
“Changbeom. You stay out. “I have something important to discuss with Changseok.”
* * *
Go Chang-beom went out.
Go Chang-seok was like a cornered mouse.
Trembling, I waited for my father’s punishment.
“Changseok. This father does not know what you have done to win the successor competition. I have no intention of blaming the past. The position of Chairman Lee, who has to feed countless people, is a position that someone as immature and soft-hearted as Changbeom could never handle. So at one point, I was really thinking of handing over the chairmanship to you. “But seeing you dig your own grave makes me think that I almost made a really big mistake.”
dump.
“I’m sorry, father.”
Go Chang-seok suddenly got down on his knees.
Seeing him shaking his head and shaking, Go Myeong-jin gave him a cold look.
“This is why I’m so scared of blood. Your mother, your biological mother, was a cruel and very vicious person just like you. Just because you gave birth to me, you have been taking money from me every month, and even though the amount is absolutely unusual, I have had to keep my promise to protect my family. Even so. you are my son I raised him with that in mind, and tried to give him opportunities that were no different from those of Changbeom. “If you had defeated Changbeom without creating a problem, I would have passed on the chairmanship to you, ignoring the fact that Changbeom is my eldest son and the only child I had with my wife.”
“I’ll do better right now. So, one last chance… … .”
“It’s already late.”
Go Chang-seok raised his head.
With his face stained with tears, Go Myeong-jin did not waver at all.
“The water you spilled cannot be cleaned up. You lost the competition and could not even protect your family, so I cannot grant you the position of chairman. I will not hold you more responsible than this. So now, truly step away from the stage of competition and live a life satisfied with what you have been given as my son. If you are no longer greedy, I will immediately proceed with the inheritance process for a few small buildings for you. “You may not be as wealthy as the president, but you will never have to worry about money in your life.”
No more.
There was no room for compromise.
This was the last affection my father gave me.
Go Myung-jin wholeheartedly accepted Go Chang-seok.
Because I really thought he was my son, I tried to end the situation with a ‘complete defeat’ rather than a harsher punishment.
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That alone.
It must be a huge sense of loss for Go Chang-seok.
I had poured my whole life into becoming president, so this was no different from losing everything.
Go Chang-seok bowed his head.
I have a lot to say, though.
There was nothing worth saying.
Since I didn’t have the ability and couldn’t protect my family, I didn’t have the courage to ask for anything more.
“… … “I understand, father.”
Go Chang-seok stopped and acknowledged reality.
* * *
Come out of the chairman’s office.
I headed to the emergency stairs.
In that quiet space with no one around, Go Chang-seok sat down on the floor and shed tears.
“… … Ha, f*ck.”
I was annoyed.
From when I was young until now.
I really hated this person called my brother.
Go Chang-beom was a bully who didn’t study properly and was a truly disgusting person who boasted about his father being rich. Was that why? Ko Chang-seok always thought that he should take over the position of chairman of Myeongjin Construction, not Ko Chang-beom. He is not an unqualified person, but he is fully capable.
Go Chang-beom didn’t even want to call him brother.
If it weren’t for that older brother, the Go family would have been a little more perfect.
Every time news about Go Chang-beom came from the bottom of Daesan, Go Chang-seok made a mocking excuse and said that he was a child he gave away.
however.
The truth was different.
It was a stone he had rolled into.
My father, my mother, and even my older brother.
I found out that I was an illegitimate child.
As he got older, there were many conflicts among his family, but no one pointed out that he was an ‘illegitimate child’ even though they blushed and shouted at each other. That heart. That truth. Looking back on the situation so far, Go Chang-seok was filled with emotions that he could not handle.
Go Chang-beom did not reveal the truth.
Go Chang-seok is an illegitimate child.
That he revealed.
Even though the truth was favorable to me, I took on the misunderstanding and stigma to protect my family.
This choice was not made to impress my father.
I meant it.
A pathetic person named Go Chang-beom was different from himself in his attitude toward his family.
I cried for a while.
When the tears dried up and no longer came out, Go Chang-seok looked into empty space with a helpless face.
“What on earth have I done so far?”
at last.
It’s family.
I can’t believe I lived so vilely to take down my family.
Suddenly, I remembered the scene where my father yelled at me when I committed an affair.
If you think about it, they were the same human being.
My father or myself.
The mistakes I made during my immature days were the same.
“You really passed on great blood, father.”
What can I do?
The only thing Go Chang-seok could do was to let out his emotions with those words.
* * *
A few days after that.
Go Chang-seok quickly resolved the situation.
He resigned from Myungjin Construction, liquidated his assets in Korea, and told Myungjin Ko that he would live abroad. Of course, he intended to inherit his fortune. I felt like my tight heart would be unclogged if I had to pay rent in a building and live overseas without Myungjin Construction in sight.
Just before leaving the country.
Go Chang-seok visited Go Chang-beom.
Then he handed me a thick box.
“This is the information my brother will need in the future. He will be of great help in leading the company, and I have told my people to serve you from now on. They are useful people. “I reassured him that he was mine and that I wouldn’t ignore him, so if there was a need, he would use it as much as needed.”
“… … Are you really leaving? “What about Jesu?”
“What more can I do if I stay in Korea? Jihye Rang should stamp her divorce. From the beginning, she said that she would become the president, but she was so blinded that she went ahead with the marriage, and she had an affair, so she had no confidence in living with him. Now that I think about it, my dad is really amazing too. How do you plan on raising an illegitimate child yourself? If it were me, I wouldn’t have had the confidence or the courage to convince her mother. “I wonder if she can become president because she has achieved that level.”
A relaxed expression and voice.
Go Chang-seok, who had let go of his desires, seemed more comfortable than expected.
Go Chang-beom didn’t bother pushing him any further.
The downside of people with inwardly bent arms is that they cannot easily let go of people, no matter what mistakes they have made in the past.
Go Chang-beom was like that.
When we were competitors.
When you tried to destroy yourself and your family.
Although he was burning with hostility toward Go Chang-seok, Go Chang-seok, who had put everything aside, only seemed like family in his eyes. Besides, he says he lives abroad. There was no longer any reason to react sharply towards him.
“How are you going to live from now on?”
“How can I live? I should enjoy my life by spending a lot of money abroad. By the way, bro. “Let me ask you this one thing.”
Go Chang-beom’s expression flinched.
Than Go Chang-seok’s question.
The fact that he naturally said the word ‘hyung’ made me feel strangely unfamiliar.
“To be honest, I was completely defeated by my brother for the past year. Even if it weren’t for this incident, his father would have passed on the chairmanship to his older brother. But no matter how much I think about it, none of this is my brother’s idea. You acknowledge your brother, but to put it bluntly, he’s not that smart, right? Who are you? “Who helped you?”
I was genuinely curious.
Before leaving.
I wanted to check behind the veil.
If it were not for the unidentified mastermind hidden behind the veil, Go Chang-seok would not have been defeated like this.
“Director Kim Cheol-jin? Not him. Because he was originally mine. Then another executive? Or, a team leader-level person?”
They seemed to be reciting names one by one.
Then.
“Isn’t it Kim Hyun-seong? “It was strange to spend so much money.”
“Uh, huh?”
Moment.
Go Chang-beom couldn’t manage his facial expressions.
Go Chang-seok’s expression also hardened at that strangely reacting expression.
“for a moment.”
Hyunseong Kim.
We investigated it in detail.
However, the identity of those behind it was always ruled out.
It had to be that way.
Aren’t you a high school student?
And that too from a lowly high school student.
He couldn’t possibly think that he had lost against a guy like that.
Go Chang-seok asked with wide eyes.
“The real Kim Hyun-seong? “That Kim Hyun-seong is behind his brother?”
A voice that came out like a scream.
This is really.
It was an unbelievable truth.
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