The Chaebeol’s Youngest Son Chapter 268

[268]Snake Head 1

“What a nonsense!”

I shouted loudly, but my grandmother couldn’t look me in the eyes.

It’s not because you believe me. This is because you cannot decide whether it is right or wrong.

The best way to escalate an incident is to use politics, but the grandmother does not know how politics work. In this way, she is just an ordinary old woman who has never really read the news or newspapers.

“Can I tell you one more thing? “The really worst case scenario?”

If it were my uncle, there would be no need to say this. If you pretend, isn’t it pretending?

“The moment the opposition party explodes in the National Assembly that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was involved in the smuggling of art works by Sunyang Gallery, this turns into a diplomatic issue between Korea and the United States. Even the United States would never have thought that a country as big as Korea would engage in something like smuggling, right? Her grandmother must have taken advantage of that.”

Could this be your grandmother’s idea? Someone must have told me.

“Now the United States has caught one of the pods against our country. The United States does not cover this. I’ll start my research at the Wentworth Art Gallery… . “I would say the pictures are all fake.”

“The picture is real!”

“I know. But who would believe the words of Soonyang Gallery, which is prone to smuggling? The special prosecutor will begin examining all of the Sunyang Art Foundation’s collections, right? Then, instead of the paintings secretly sold, the forgeries they own will come pouring in, and Wentworth Art Gallery’s claims will become true.”

Sunyang Gallery has fake paintings.

This will become global news, and the art industry will be turned upside down. Then, customers who have secretly purchased Sunyang Gallery’s paintings until now will not remain silent.

Now there is no way to stop international lawsuits from lining up.

“Oh, by the way, it’s in the contract, right? The penalty is three times the transaction amount of $600 million, well… . It’ll be okay, right? “The insurance company will take care of it.”

My grandmother, I finally realized how big this thing was going to get. His tightly clenched hands did not stop shaking.

“Did you do this just to get a penalty?”

“No way? There are many ways to make money. So didn’t I tell you? “At a negotiation table like this, the priority is to find out what the other party wants.”

“Well, so? “What do you want?”

“Let me tell you one more thing. He who holds the sword’s hilt does not need to first say what he wants. If you want to know what I want, start by telling me what her grandmother can give you. That’s the order.”

There is no need to say more. There’s still more to find out. Something I really need to find out.

“I’ll give you time to think. Either call a smart subordinate to discuss it, or call your proud son to discuss it. So that… . “The country won’t be in trouble.”

He would also have known that the guy who got up from his chair and left the study first was a strong guy. Before coming out, I said one last thing to the frozen grandmother.

“Well, isn’t it too mean to not even give him a cup of coffee when his grandson is here? “Are you a grandmother?”

I slowly walked back out of the house, looking around the garden.

Assistant Manager Kim Yun-seok and his employees, who had been waiting anxiously, saw me and hurriedly got out of the car and ran over.

“Recruit more people. Starting today, we need to check who comes and goes from this house. If someone I don’t know appears, I follow them until the end. We need to identify every single person. “You understand, right?”

“yes. “Director.”

“Then please help me.”

Whoever comes the fastest, that person is Mrs. Lee Pil-ok’s brain.

* * *

Mrs. Lee Pil-ok, who was pacing around the study with her lips bitten, picked up the receiver. She knows that she can’t do it on her own to sort out this confusing situation.

“Director Cheon. Urgent. “I need you to come home right now.”

About thirty minutes after she contacted him, a middle-aged man showed his face.

“Is there a problem? Chairman.”

“Ah, I moved to Cheon. Come on.”

Director Cheon rushed over and had to listen to Chairman Lee Pil-ok’s story without even having time to drink a glass of water.

“Jin Dojun? Are you saying this was all a trap set up by him?”

“I guess so. “Look at this.”

Mrs. Pil-ok Lee presented a copy of the contract.

“He was holding that thing. “I don’t think he’s lying.”

Cheon Sang-pil, director of Sunyang Arts Foundation, frowned as soon as he saw the copy of the English contract. He knew with just a glance at the contract, which he had reviewed dozens of times, that it was not fake.

“Did you say you would spread this to the opposition party?”

“okay. “They even threatened me, saying it would be a special prosecution, a hearing, and a diplomatic issue.”

“Not the media but the opposition party? Well… . haha.”

Director Cheon Sang-pil burst out laughing, as if he was dumbfounded.

“You’re a smart guy. He knows how to use the weapon in his hand to the greatest effect.”

Mrs. Lee Pil-ok’s eyebrows rose.

“Did I just call Director Cheon to praise him?”

“sorry. Jin Dojun stabbed me to the core and stopped… .”

As Director Cheon bowed his head and closed his mouth, there was silence in the study.

Ms. Pil-ok Lee, unable to endure the long silence, opened her mouth.

“Tell me one thing. “If he leaks this to the opposition party, will diplomatic problems really escalate?”

“Domestic problems are more serious than diplomacy. There will be no better opportunity than this for the opposition party that lost the general election. “Even if it’s a problem that didn’t exist, we will do our best to make it worse.”

“Me, even though the mistress of this ship’s eyes are open and blue?”

“There is a by-election next year. If the opposition party wins then, it can destroy the ruling party’s majority. “Right now, the ruling party is just two seats ahead, so a reversal is possible.”

“Is this because what he said is true?”

“Unfortunately, that is the case.”

“okay. “Go out.”

“yes. Chairman. “Let me meet Jin Do-jun.”

“Of course you should. “Don’t even think about seeing my face until you solve it.”

Director Cheon Sang-pil bowed his head to Mrs. Lee Pil-ok, who did not even look at him, and left the study.

* * *

“Hey, you bastard. What a player. Are you digging a $600 million trap to catch grandma?”

After listening to my story, Chairman Lee Hak-jae stuck his tongue out.

“Your grandmother is in big trouble now. This is something that Sunyang Group’s power cannot cover. It will be impossible to avoid appearing at the prosecutor’s office in a wheelchair, and if the opposition party chirps, you will be sentenced to prison. The only way out is probation or sick bail. It’s missing. “Hehe.”

“Should Sunyang Arts Foundation be closed down?”

“That’s a bonus.”

Chairman Hakjae Lee stopped laughing and said.

“But I don’t know how many years it will take to get to the third trial. After the by-elections next year, your grandmother’s case will fade away… . What if all the shares in it are liquidated? “You get nothing.”

“We have to finish it before we go to trial.”

“Is there any way?”

“There is a grandmother’s troubleshooter. “Let’s take a look at this person.”

He handed out a printed photo. It’s not clear because it was taken at night, but the face is recognizable.

“Do you know anything? “Who is it?”

Chairman Lee Hak-jae looked at the photo carefully and thought for a while.

“ah! This friend. cloth… Sangpil. That’s right, I’m Director Sangpil Cheon.”

“Do you know someone?”

“okay. It’s been quite a while since you quit this friend? He was a director of an arts foundation, maybe?”

“Where are you from?”

“It was the group’s legal team, but I was transferred to the foundation. He was a smart friend, but he quit after only a few years of working. “I understand you quit because you were pushed to the fringes?”

“The legal team must be a lawyer.”

“Maybe so? But why this friend?”

“As soon as I declared war on my grandmother, he was the first to run.”

“okay? “So that friend is your closest associate?”

“It must be the brain. “Just like when my grandfather was in trouble, the first person he turned to was the chairman.”

Chairman Hakjae Lee chuckled as he looked at my hand pointing at him.

“If you cut off her limbs, Mrs. Lee Pil-ok will be unable to move. “She doesn’t have any extra limbs.”

“You have one head, right? Director Cheon is the brain. “If you have extra, you’re in trouble.”

Chairman Hakjae Lee shook his head.

“Toxic guy. “Her grandmother, you’re going to cut off her head and stick it in your hands?”

“why? “Isn’t it true that Director Sangpil Cheon has as much power as Chairman Lee?”

“Power is relative. The power to control the Sunyang Art Foundation instead of the puppet-like grandmother is not much different from when I was Sunyang’s second-in-command. No, it’s bigger. “I have the tail of a dragon, and Isa Cheon has the head of a snake.”

done. I got all the information I needed.

“Cutting off a dragon’s tail requires a large expedition to capture the dragon, but cutting off a snake’s head requires just one digger. That’s the limit of the snake’s head.”

“Is there a landman?”

“yes. There is a fearsome landman. “Hehe.”

Chairman Hakjae Lee waved his hand.

“Stop going. “When I look at you, I can’t tell how lucky I am that I have a dragon’s tail.”

* * *

– Jin Do-jun?

A strange phone call came out of nowhere, and I felt it for a moment.

This guy has a snake head.

“Yes, but.”

– Ms. Lee Pil-ok, I would like to meet with you about Jin Do-jun’s grandmother… . Could you give me some time?

For a moment, I forgot about my grandmother’s habit of putting off all the headaches and hassles to her subordinates.

When it comes to issues this big, it’s natural to hire someone who can solve it right away, and that person is the brain, not the arms and legs.

“I don’t know who it is, but let’s start with the bare minimum of courtesy. Who are you? you?”

I must make sure that the snake’s head knows that the sword’s hilt is in my hand.

– Oh, I’m sorry. My name is Cheon Sang-pil, and I am the former director of Sunyang Arts Foundation.

“Cheon Sangpil? As far as I know, there is no one named Cheon Sang-pil among the foundation directors. Who? you?”

– ah… . I forgot the word ‘in the past’. haha.

Among snakes, it belongs to the serpentine family.

“great. Assuming you are her grandmother’s agent, think carefully about how much you need to bring, coordinate your opinions with her grandmother, and then contact her again. “I’m hanging up.”

I hung up the phone, but it seemed like I could hear the snake’s head muttering, ‘Where did the little guy get his food from?’

Now it remains to be seen how big the bowl of my grandmother and the snake head is.

* * *

I rented a room at the Sunyang Hotel. It was because I thought it would be easier if there was no one around for the snake to be able to joke around freely.

Cheon Sang-pil, who appeared to be in his mid-fifties, had a sharp look that did not match his snarky appearance.

“nice to see you. Director Jin Do-jun. “This is Cheon Sang-pil.”

“This is Jin Do-jun. “Please sit down.”

“You know something. I knew you would prepare a secret room like this. haha.”

“I tried imitating a drama with a chaebol character. “I’m glad you like it.”

When he sat down and saw the coffee cup on the table, he laughed again.

“In times like these, wouldn’t a glass of whiskey be more appropriate than coffee?”

“If I like the numbers you brought, I’ll bring you a box of Balvenie whiskey.”

“As expected, you know something. “Today, I look forward to taking off my belt and having a big drink.”

“Let’s stop drinking kimchi soup and start by listening to the numbers we brought.”

Cheon Sang-pil’s expression, which had been laughing heartily, hardened in an instant.

“I’m here to hear what you want. If it’s just numbers, I can’t see any reason to sell such a big trap. The person who spent 600 million dollars on trap digging wants money? “Stop joking.”

I spoke to him who looked straight into my eyes.

“I guess I wasn’t able to convey my thoughts clearly because of the sudden call.”

“Now it makes sense. “Okay, what do you want?”

“What you want is the numbers. It just wasn’t the number I wanted. “Director Cheon Sang-pil, I meant to bring the number you want.”

At that moment, Cheon Sang-pil was unable to say anything slyly or even send a sharp look. He just blinked.

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