35. The price of a past life (7)
The day I met Kim Hyun-seong.
Before leaving the chairman’s office, Kim Hyun-seong stopped, turned to Chairman Yoon Byeong-ho and said these words.
“The Chairman must have researched me thoroughly, but when Golden Circle first requested me, I had no background whatsoever. Cheonil High School, Myungjin Construction, Jeonghan Ilbo, etc. It means that the people who give me strength now were once unrelated. A high school student set a goal of ‘revenge’ and stood before the president in less than three years. “If you think that you can overcome all these problems through force, think back on what I have accomplished.”
I laughed.
Even when faced with the chairman of the Taeyang Group, Kim Hyun-seong did not flinch in the slightest.
“And my demand is a threat, not a deal. The Golden Circle has become the Sun Group’s most critical weakness, and the only way to survive is to abandon its son. I’ll give you just one week. “If you don’t send me a clear message responding to your demands within a week, I will assume there is no transaction.”
I took a step back.
As the door closed with a bang, Byeong-ho Yoon showed a puzzled expression.
After raising the Taeyang Group to a certain level, have you ever received direct threats like this?
There wasn’t.
At least the trading partners came in on an equal footing, or bowed first, but Kim Hyun-seong had the audacity to make only a one-sided threat and disappear. The problem is that it makes a lot of sense. The picture of putting pressure on the heavens, the possibility of Kim Pan-ho being elected, and the negative public opinion seething around Yoon Hyun-min. As Chairman Byung-ho Yoon, who has witnessed the rise and fall of numerous companies, he was fully aware that such bad news was dangerous even for the healthiest company.
And above all.
Kim Hyun-seong’s last comment remained in my mind.
As soon as a nobody high school student decided to seek revenge, he faced himself for the first time in three years.
He was a guy who would succeed no matter what he did.
The way of the world is that it is more difficult for someone who has nothing to keep up with the steps of someone who has than it is for someone who has nothing to achieve more. Hyunseong Kim broke that framework. If Kim Hyun-seong dreamed of success or another goal rather than revenge. Did he fail it? With the will and energy that produced such results, Chairman Byung-ho Yoon could confidently say that he would never fail. Even if he failed, it was clear that Kim Hyun-seong would have achieved meaningful results at the time he reached the finish line.
but.
“… … “The demands are too harsh.”
I couldn’t accept it.
Rather than ending with a father abandoning his son, Kim Hyun-seong’s request was more cruel than that.
So I called my son.
A reason to protect my son, and the bare minimum of hope that I can protect my son.
I hoped for that.
And when Byeong-ho Yoon saw that his son had returned without a single success, he cut off his paternal love.
* * *
next day.
Taeyang Group released an official statement.
[This is Chairman Byung-ho Yoon. We are fully aware of the fact that there have been some negative stories recently regarding the Taeyang Group. As a result of actively responding to the investigation, it was confirmed that there were no charges against my son and director Hyun-min Yoon, an executive director of Taeyang Group. However, I do not believe that Kim Hyun-seong, who represents the current victims, and Lim Cheol-hyung, CEO of Mirae Investment & Securities, framed the case without any basis. Taeyang Group will actively provide explanations to prove that the reasons given are wrong, and we believe that we are responsible for causing this turmoil in the first place and would like to resign from Director Hyunmin Yoon. We sincerely apologize for causing trouble.]
his remarks.
It caused a huge stir.
On the surface, he appeared to deny the charges and step down, but people knew the message hidden behind it.
-This is Chairman Byung-ho Yoon’s official position.
-Isn’t resigning from an executive director position saying there are no charges the same as saying there is actually a connection?
-People who know the internal circumstances of the Taeyang Group are excluded. Unlike other heirs of conglomerates, Yoon Hyun-min is the only one who has proven his ability as a successor. However, the fact that Director Yoon Hyun-min is being pulled down from his position even though he was found not guilty would mean that Taeyang Group has a good reason to do so.
Conspiracy theories arose.
In fact, Yoon Hyun-min is really behind it, but the conspiracy is to end the Eoyeongbuyeong situation in order to bury it.
That was the truth.
Byung-ho Yoon knew that the official position would create a ‘conspiracy theory’, but he accepted the issue as suggested by Hyun-seong Kim. Conspiracy theories end up just being conspiracy theories. Since Kim Hyun-sung and Lim Cheol-hyung promised not to bite any further than that, it will end in a way that tarnishes the group’s image.
And of course.
Taeyang Group’s actions attracted all attention.
People who were looking for the culprit and identifying the heavenly people turned to the Taeyang Group and uncovered the truth about Yoon Hyun-min.
A direction that preserves everyone’s lives except for Yoon Hyun-min.
South Korea was still a crucible of chaos.
* * *
Outside the iron gate.
Hyunmin Yoon had no idea what was happening beyond that.
Yoon Hyun-min, who was dragged away by the bodyguards, took off his blindfold and found himself trapped in a room without a window.
Bang bang bang!
“Open the door, open the door!”
There was glass in the door.
It was a structure that allowed you to check the hallway, and it was probably made of tempered glass, so no matter how hard you knocked on it, no cracks formed.
“You don’t know who I am!? I’m Hyunmin Yoon! “I am Yoon Hyun-min, the successor to the Taeyang Group!”
Suddenly, I screamed.
A day passed like that.
My voice was all hoarse, and my body had no strength because I couldn’t eat anything properly.
It was then.
A voice was heard outside the door.
“young master.”
“you!?”
I jumped up from my seat.
It was a familiar face.
He was a secretary serving my father, and Yoon Hyun-min spoke in an urgent voice.
“What kind of situation is this? “Why am I trapped in a place like this?”
“Things have become difficult. As Heaven’s members rebelled on a large scale, the Chairman had no other option to protect the Sun Group. sorry. The chairman told me to stay here for just three years. At that time, I will solve it somehow… … .”
“이런 개새끼야! 3 years. “What nonsense is that!”
The conversation did not continue.
The secretary sighed and, after saying those words, walked away.
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Yoon Hyun-min called Whale Whale’s assistant.
Even though his throat was torn and the fishy taste of blood came out, the secretary did not show up from that day.
I found out later.
This place.
This is the place where I will have to spend the next three years.
The truth is that it was a mental hospital.
* * *
I looked blankly at the door.
At first, I didn’t know where this place was, but when I saw doctors and nurses coming and going, I realized it was a mental hospital.
I was shocked.
Byeongho Yoon.
His father loved Yoon Hyun-min terribly.
As if he would pick a star from the sky, he has given Yoon Hyeon-min anything he wanted ever since he was young. So he didn’t want to disappoint even more. By managing a good image externally and receiving excellent grades, he wanted to prove to himself that he was someone that everyone had no choice but to acknowledge, not that his father had no choice but to select ‘Yoon Hyun-min’ as his successor.
however.
You abandoned yourself.
Being told to stay in a mental hospital not for a day or two but for a whopping three years was like telling me to die.
Buck, buck, buck.
Scratched the skin.
The pupils trembled anxiously.
This was a reality he couldn’t accept, so even though he shoved rice into the food tray, he didn’t even put it to his mouth.
‘why? why? why!’
My mind was filled with questions.
How did things end up like this?
Where did it go wrong?
Golden Circle.
The group was clearly groundbreaking.
Hyunmin Yoon has watched people with money since he was young, and the desires of people who can do anything with money are divided into three categories. Either they show a desire to possess greater power, or they are so irritated that they turn to forbidden areas such as drugs. If not, make it a joy in life to see the second generation grow up like you.
That’s how the Golden Circle was born.
Because I know how dependent those in power are on their children, and because my own father was like that too.
I knew from experience that if there was a way to conveniently and reliably care for one’s children, those in power would flock to it, no matter how much they paid. Was that a wrong choice? no. There is supply and demand in the world, and the demand sufficient to create the current Golden Circle proved that it was the right choice.
then.
Was it a problem that Kim Hyun-seong was targeted?
That’s not it either.
At that time, Kim Hyun-seong was really nothing.
When Kim Hyun-seong’s existence was identified and his life was analyzed in detail, I felt a sense of disappointment after confirming that he had a background that is commonly referred to as a dirt spoon. If you ignore such opponents, the Golden Circle cannot function properly. If creating the Golden Circle and targeting Kim Hyun-seong were not the problem, what problem did the current result of being locked in a mental hospital come from?
Buck, buck, buck.
I lost my mind.
The longer he spent time in the mental hospital, the more Hyunmin Yoon scratched his skin as if it would peel off.
People who haven’t experienced it don’t know.
A room with nothing in it.
A room with only one bed and a bathroom is enough to make even those who pursue a minimalist life put their tongues out.
Occasionally passing doctors would watch from the window as if watching a monkey.
The rations that were thrown out seemed like a good diet, but Yoon Hyeon-min, who had lived a glamorous life, rushed like a monkey at the zoo and couldn’t eat the food. His eyes narrowed. He gradually became thinner, and he was no longer the tall man that people looked up to. He was suffocated by the fact that his secretary had not come to visit him even once since that day, and that he might have to stay for three years.
Hyunseong Kim.
He was a devil.
Kim Hyun-seong did not intentionally send Yoon Hyun-min to prison.
Even if Yoon Hyun-min is identified as the mastermind behind the Golden Circle, he will pay a huge price and spend the rest of his life in prison. The background of the Taeyang Group will guarantee him a luxurious life. It was clear that enough money would be poured into the prison camp, and the prisoners would stoop to get at least some soybeans. And when he was about to be forgotten from people’s memories, he might come out as a special envoy citing absurd reasons.
so that.
Prison was ruled out.
Hyunmin Yoon instinctively knew that fact.
The fact that he didn’t even try to ‘record’ himself when meeting him was actually a signal that he was hoping for a different ending.
‘You have to hold on.’
Buck, buck, buck.
My eyes turned red.
I can’t die like this.
I can’t go crazy like this.
Kim Hyun-seong, even if it’s just to get revenge on that damn bastard.
I had to survive.
If my father had promised me 3 years even under bad circumstances, my life in a mental hospital would not be permanent.
I crawled on the floor.
I ate the rice on my plate.
After I finish eating.
Buck, buck, buck.
Scratched the skin.
In my head, I imagined getting revenge on Kim Hyun-seong.
Like someone once did.
There was nothing he could have done differently.
* * *
How much time has passed?
The time here was different from outside.
It felt as if I had stopped, and as I stared blankly at the ceiling, I suddenly felt as if bugs were crawling all over my body.
“Ugh, wow!”
I screamed.
From then on, I had to be sedated.
I couldn’t survive without the drug’s power penetrating my blood vessels, and when I closed and opened my eyes, it felt like time was erased. I had no idea how much time had passed outside. However, the newly filled tray every time just makes you feel the passage of time.
increasingly.
My will has weakened.
The strong will that promised revenge gradually collapsed as each day was spent under the influence of drugs.
Then one day.
When I opened my eyes with a hazy mind.
“long time no see.”
The devil who made him like this was right in front of his eyes.
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