[252]Impossible Alliance 2
“There were instructions from the minister and the president to close the investigation. “If you were offended, you never forgot to ask me to forget you with a big heart.”
Hakjae Lee leisurely put a cigarette in his mouth.
“okay? The HW group here is also pretty good. “Do you think Sunyang’s request has the same status as Saengkal?”
“If we are not careful, it is easy to create the misunderstanding that the government is intervening in legitimate competition among companies.”
“Is that all?”
“If you think about the status of HW Group and the influence of Miracle Investment, it’s like a shrimp fighting a whale.”
When the Director of Inspection spoke cautiously, Hakjae Lee frowned.
“Answer me without talking back. Is it okay? no?”
“Okay, that’s okay. “There will be no place to criticize the Chairman from now on.”
“The prosecution and the Ministry of Justice received a lot of money from here and wasted it. “I left the straw in there too.”
Perhaps because Lee Hak-jae’s blatant and vulgar expressions irritated him, the Director of Inspection bit his lip and frowned.
Chairman Lee Hak-jae’s eyebrows twitched as he did not miss this sight. I was so angry that I even made the mistake of putting cigarette ashes in a glass of water instead of an ashtray.
“Tell them I received the memo. And you know that I will take care of you with more care than before.”
I don’t know if it was because he was relieved of an uncomfortable position, or because he said he would receive more money, but the inspector general’s expression brightened again.
“thank you. President. then… .”
When he got up and bowed his head, Chairman Lee Hak-jae spoke.
“But you still have to keep your word once you say it, right?”
“yes?”
“Didn’t I say that I would get the cup again when I got home?”
Where Lee Hak-jae pointed with his fingertip, there was a glass of water with cigarette ash in it.
“why? Don’t you like this house? Does it really have to be a pure yang?”
“Oh, no.”
The inspector general quickly picked up his glass and drank it in one gulp.
Hakjae Lee, who was looking at that scene, smiled slightly and said.
“This is why I can’t hate you. Good job running errands. “I put a box in your car, so just pay for the kids’ snacks.”
The Director of Inspection bowed politely and left.
Lee Hak-jae, who was left alone, did not have time to enjoy the relief that the wolf chasing him was no longer there.
“President. Director Jin Do-jun has arrived.”
* * *
When I saw the congratulatory messages filling the chairman’s office, I felt like I was getting a glimpse into Director Lee Hak-jae’s web of personal connections.
“congratulations. Chairman Hakjae Lee.”
“done. “Why are we celebrating when we are hiding in a safe place?”
Hakjae Lee waved his hand as if he was uncomfortable with my congratulations.
“If you don’t like the position, you should resign.”
He flinched when I looked him straight in the eye and shot him, but it was an instant before he regained his original form.
“I know very well what it feels like to be a civil servant who has been demoted to a local area. But isn’t it a huge promotion in terms of position? No matter who sees it, it is a prize.”
He may not have accepted the position of chairman reluctantly, but such words should never be said again. The president and executives he must lead are not fools.
If the chairman looks like a cow dragged to the slaughterhouse, the collective backlash from the existing management is obvious.
“You’ve driven a large car like the Sunyang Group, so you think you can handle the HW with one hand, right? Looks easy, right? It’s impossible. “Even though HW Group is smaller than Sunyang, it is not at the level of a compact car nor is it a local corner store.”
Chairman Hakjae Lee waved his hand again. This time it had a different meaning.
“Stop scolding. She did it because she was embarrassed after hearing so many people congratulating her on this day. She’s never been taken lightly and she’s never felt like she’s been demoted. She is afraid, even scared, of whether she will be able to do it well. “She can’t sleep these days.”
“Are you going to kill me now?”
“I’m serious.”
An indifferent expression with no trace of earnest eyes. Since he is not a person who shows his emotions, you have to read his sincerity in the way he speaks.
“I believe it.”
“I’m just like your grandfather, looking for people when he sees an opportunity.”
I smiled slightly as I saw the small smile on my lips.
“I will take it as a compliment.”
He said, erasing the smile that appeared for just a moment.
“A little while ago, a friend of mine visited the Ministry of Justice. “He apologized and said he wouldn’t bother me anymore.”
“CEO Se-Hyeon Oh was running around a bit.”
“I should at least say thank you… . “You can’t see that guy.”
“Shareholders often say that it is a burden to see professional managers… “You should be packing your bags by now.”
“load? also?”
This is the most surprised expression you’ve ever seen with me today.
“yes. He is returning to Kota Kinabalu. “He told me to never call him again no matter what happens.”
“okay? The agents are gone and the real shareholders… No, the owner remains.”
He slowly raised his hand and pointed at me.
“I am different from former CEO Oh Se-hyun. We never take our eyes off you. “Hehe.”
“How is this different from the rumors? “I heard that you were not involved in Sunyang Financial Group except for major personnel issues?”
“I received it for free because it was passed down to me by my grandfather, and this is a company that I bought each and every item with my own money. “It’s on a different level.”
“okay. “Be very careful not to waste your money.”
“That’s not all. “If you cannot verify the chairman’s management ability here, I will not be able to give you the promised position as chairman of Sunyang Group.”
“If you want to keep that promise, you must first take possession of Sunyang. “Speak loudly later.”
The way they looked at each other was full of fighting spirit rather than trust.
“Have you brought all the secretarial staff?”
“okay. They’re probably packing up their bags right now. “I didn’t want to get caught in trouble later, so I told myself to erase what I wanted to erase and take care of what I needed to take care of.”
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“Were there any employees who wanted to stay at Sunyang?”
“There were quite a few. But I was persuaded. Those who want to stay have a history of ignoring me when I contact them. That’s why I’m sorry. But it’s obvious that if you stay where everyone else has left, you’ll just get noticed, right? “I have to take care of it.”
“I think their loyalty will deepen. “I have been pardoned.”
“Hey. There is no such calculation. “This is loyalty.”
Chairman Lee Hak-jae glared at me and then started talking about something else.
“By the way, what are your plans for this general election?”
“Isn’t it just one election?”
“why?”
He asks knowingly, as if trying to check his ability to read the situation. It’s not difficult to tell people what you already know.
“The fallout from the president’s impeachment is so severe that it will be a landslide victory for the ruling party.”
“A landslide victory? Some extent?”
“More than half of the majority.”
This time he seems a little surprised.
“Aren’t you catching too many? The current ruling party is a mini-party. “It’s the third largest party with only 47 seats, but more than a majority?”
“The major opposition party is abandoning our normal party and setting up a tent in Yeouido to gather sympathy votes. They put on a show like that because they feel the crisis with their skin, but it’s already too late. “I would never have imagined that impeachment of the president would become the mini-ruling party’s best election marketing tool.”
With the general election just around the corner, the opposition party pitched a tent in the middle of nowhere, saying, ‘We feel like we are committing a grave sin against the people.’ It is a so-called tent party. It had to be that way. The stigma of being a ‘chat-chat party’ was very strong, and the fallout from impeaching the president was severe.
It was a drastic measure that the tent party tried out of defensiveness to the extent that it was widely expected that it would not be able to win even 50 seats in the general election.
To signify that ‘the party is making a completely new start from the stigma of being a corrupt party and a party of vested interests,’ a tent was set up in an empty lot in Yeouido where the Small and Medium Business Exhibition Center was located, and opposition party members went to work in the tent.
What is absurd is that they rented the site of the former small and medium-sized business exhibition hall where they set up a tent company building for 50 days and paid 42 million won in total rent, but at the time, the ruling party’s rent for the company building was 25 million won per month.
Tax money was spent in the wrong place to seek sympathy from the public.
Lee Hak-jae still looked in disbelief at my prediction that he had a majority, but he also acknowledged one thing.
“No one can follow you when it comes to predicting the situation, so you have no choice but to trust that judgment and move. “So, are you joining the ruling party?”
“no. Just throw in enough to avoid being disadvantaged for not showing sincerity. “It is an election that everyone won anyway, and it is unlikely that the ruling party will give major preferential treatment to large corporations like us.”
“okay? Then I won’t be spending unnecessary money.”
“no. Instead, isn’t there an opposition party that is setting up a tent and sitting on the road? “I’ll send you a few boxes of cup ramen.”
“Let’s bet on someone who is sure to lose?”
“Why are you doing this when you know? The opposition party that puts up a tent and puts on a show right now is not always a pro-chaebol party. “There is nothing wrong with it because they always repay what we give them.”
Chairman Hakjae Lee nodded his head.
The reason he asked me to confirm something he already knew well was because I am the owner of this company. This is a person who considers this to be the minimum courtesy.
“I know because I will sprinkle it in moderation. “Do we even need to get approval for all of this?”
“It can’t be. It’s better to not step into illegal activities and pretend not to know. Even if they are caught later, the owner must escape.”
“Shameless guy. Please at least sound sorry and say it. “Hehe.”
While we were laughing and joking, the secretary knocked on the door.
“President. It’s almost time for the presidents’ meeting. What should I do? Shall we postpone it for a bit?”
I stood up, waving lightly at the secretary who spoke cautiously.
“no. My business is done. This is the first presidents’ meeting presided over by the new president, so you can’t be late. I curse at the bosses. “He’s the chairman and he’s showing up late because he’s on form.”
Chairman Hakjae Lee also stood up to attend the meeting and extended his hand to me.
“Don’t come too often. “I’m secretly worried.”
I said, holding his hand.
“President.”
“What? “Are you still nagging me?”
“Among the automobile projects, there will be the acquisition of Alfa Romeo. We are nearing the end, so please review carefully. haha.”
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The expressions of the two brothers who were reviewing the report became increasingly stern.
In the end, Vice Chairman Jinyoung-ki, who was impatient, threw away the report first.
“Are these bastards jumping out and beating the drum?”
At Jinyoung-gi’s shout, Vibrator took his eyes off the report.
“You cleverly erased the middle link. “Isn’t this going to be a pain in the ass?”
The conclusion of the report was that some of the links between affiliates of the controlling stake could not be identified and that the establishment of a holding company would only be possible after next year.
“I have to report that bastard Lee Hak-jae and all the secretaries who worked under him. “Do those people who resign and leave dare to poop?”
“calm down. We have to solve this. “In order to investigate those guys, we have to take steps to start with the transfer of controlling shares, but are you going to advertise to the world that this is an expedient gift?”
Jinyoung-ki’s face wrinkled even more at his younger brother’s calm words.
“so? “Let’s just watch like this?”
“Once the general election is over and a decision is made on whether to impeach the president, then let’s take measures again.”
“hey! “What do we have to do with them?”
“Let’s think about it. The prosecution shook their hands. In the end, what we can use as a weapon is the political world. Let’s get them moving and shake up the HW group. There is the National Tax Service, the Financial Supervisory Service, and the Fair Trade Commission. “If people don’t work, you have to quit the company.”
“shit. Waiting for a false day and continuing to make futile attempts. “What on earth is this?”
When his father was alive, Jinyoung-gi, who had seen everything resolved smoothly with just a word or a single instruction, was so frustrated that he couldn’t solve anything like he did then, to the point of bursting out of his stomach.
“It probably means that our position is not strong. I can’t help it. Everyone said that. Cheongil Group, Hwasun Group… . How much did everyone suffer under the second-generation system? Look at Daehyun Group. “It’s still noisy.”
“We need to quickly elect a president and take control. “That way you can move smoothly.”
Vibrator frowned at his brother’s words.
Suddenly the conversation takes a strange turn. Election of president… ?
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