Max-Level Son of a Chaebol Family - Chapter 17

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17. Chairman Cha’s Will (1)

Cha Tae-seong, the owner of Taeseong, called the Flame Bulldozer.

He was robust and had an imposing build that belied his age.

With piercing eyes, broad shoulders, and a voice like a train whistle.

He was someone whose eyes and words carried weight.

Chairman Cha raised his hand.

“Coffee here! No, wait. Bring me Ssanghwa Tea with two eggs floating in it.”

I glanced down at the sweet-smelling cocoa.

As expected, cocoa isn’t worth paying money for.

If anything, Ssanghwa Tea that’s good for the body and stomach would be better.

“Oh my, my child! How can you look exactly like Seong-jun!”

Chairman Cha lifted me up and sat me on his lap.

“I can tell just by looking at your face. There’s nothing more to question. Try calling me Grandfather once. I’m your grandpa.”

Honestly, I was a bit bewildered.

‘What’s this? Chairman Cha isn’t someone who would welcome me like this on first meeting? It would make more sense if he got angry and chased me away so I couldn’t even come near.’

I looked back.

Secretary Kim nodded with great satisfaction, and Mother smiled somewhat awkwardly.

‘There’s no need to make an enemy of someone who’s showing goodwill and welcoming me.’

I smiled brightly and answered as politely as possible.

“Yes, Grandfather. It’s nice to meet you.”

“Oh my. What a good child. What’s our baby’s name?”

“Cha Jeong-hyeok.”

“Yes, yes, Cha Jeong-hyeok. Ta-da, Grandfather bought these gifts for our Jeong-hyeok.”

When Chairman Cha gestured, a muscular giant who appeared to be about 2 meters tall approached.

Dressed in a suit, he was carrying an armful of gift boxes both large and small.

“I didn’t know what my child would like, so Grandpa prepared various types.”

“Thank you, Grandfather.”

“Your father is currently abroad so he couldn’t come with me. But you’ll be able to see him soon. I’ve already sent people to go drag him back immediately.”

“Really? Thank you, Grandfather!”

I excitedly gave a deep bow right away.

‘Perfect. I’ve been harassing the Grim Reaper whenever I got the chance to mess with Father’s dreams anyway.’

That’s how dreams work.

If you just dismiss them as nightmares and ignore them, they become trivial matters.

But if Chairman Cha sends people to use force, the story changes.

“Then I can spend this Christmas with Father?”

Is it too tight on time?

“I’ll give it a try!”

“Wow! Grandfather is the best!”

I gave a thumbs up.

I definitely wanted to prevent Father from dying in a plane crash on New Year’s Day.

Chairman Cha burst into hearty laughter.

“Oh my. Did I buy too many toys? Director Go, put those on the table over there.”

“Yes, Chairman.”

“Jeong-hyeok, why don’t you unwrap the presents over there? I need to have a brief conversation with your Mother. Secretary Kim, help him open the presents.”

“Yes, Chairman.”

I moved to the side table.

Of course, I left behind the cocoa that was giving off a burnt smell, thinking this was the perfect opportunity.

Swoosh.

I pushed the gift boxes toward Secretary Kim.

“You heard what Grandfather said, right? Just unwrap these.”

“······.”

All my attention and focus were completely directed toward the other table.

Snap.

As soon as I snapped my fingers, the Grim Reaper appeared smoothly like smoke.

‘It’s eavesdropping time.’

[Why bother?]

‘I don’t want to miss a single word.’

[······.]

The Grim Reaper no longer asked or questioned anything and raised his voice as if it were natural.

Somehow his face was covered with fatigue.

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Chairman Cha glanced at his wristwatch.

“Since I’ve already received a report, there’s no need to go into details. Five minutes should be enough.”

He was saying that he would only spare five minutes for Mother.

“I’m not interested in whatever pathetic circumstances you’ve been through. What matters is that the child is my grandson, and what’s more important is how you’ll raise my brat from now on.”

Chairman Cha gulped down the hot Ssanghwa Tea.

Trembling, he then gulped down the ice water placed beside him.

Crunching on ice, Chairman Cha asked.

“I heard you nearly died from coal briquette gas poisoning? Is that why you came to find me?”

“Yes. As I mentioned, I thought I should let you know about the child’s existence. Jeong-hyeok needs to enter elementary school soon, but he hasn’t been registered in the family register yet.”

“Come to think of it, you cut ties with your maternal family.”

Chairman Cha nodded readily.

“Good. I’ll have him registered in the Cha Family register. We’ll handle all the trivial matters ourselves, so you don’t need to worry.”

“Thank you, Chairman.”

“That aside.”

Chairman Cha said.

“Are you planning to use the child to get your foot in the door of the Cha Family?”

“No.”

Mother shook her head.

“I’m well aware that Seong-jun is engaged to Wookwang Group’s daughter.”

“Right. There’s a lot of business entangled in it. Marriages between chaebols may break due to business reasons, but they don’t break due to emotional reasons. Even if illegitimate children are born.”

“······.”

“It’s a matter involving 30 billion won worth of business. You understood this and stepped back gracefully. The child is the child, and marriage is marriage.”

In this era, 30 billion won was a huge sum equivalent to 1.5 trillion won in the 21st century.

Chairman Cha glanced at me sideways.

“I should have just taken the money envelope back then. If I had, I wouldn’t be struggling like this with empty hands.”

Chairman Cha gestured to the giant man who had brought the gifts.

“Now that I know, I can’t send away the person who bore my grandson empty-handed. Director Go.”

“Yes, Chairman.”

“Give this child a couple of apartments in Gangnam and a commercial building in a good location that can provide rental income to live on.”

“Understood.”

“This should be more than enough compensation for bearing and raising my brat for seven years. You’ve had a hard time.”

Chairman Cha spoke curtly.

“So now don’t worry about the child, and you should go find your own path in life.”

“What?”

“Remarriage, I mean. Ah, since you never registered the marriage, you’re clean on paper. With this much real estate, you could live comfortably being cherished by a decent family.”

“That’s…!”

“If you won’t back down at this point and insist on clinging to that 30 billion won engagement, I’ll have no choice. Even your maternal family that cut ties with you will get dragged into this. This is a warning.”

I absolutely couldn’t stand to hear this.

I jumped up abruptly.

“Mother, I’m sleepy!”

I jumped down from the chair.

I stood next to Mother and gave a polite bow.

“Chairman Cha, it was nice meeting you today. And I don’t need the toys, so please take them back.”

“Chairman Cha?”

Chairman Cha quietly looked into my eyes.

“Why? What don’t you like?”

“I thought it was a gift saying let’s get along well from now on, but it turned out to be charity food telling us to take this and get lost. Do you think I’m a beggar?”

I turned to look at Secretary Kim.

“Uncle, about that bribe. I gave it hoping we could get along well, but since things have turned out this way, there’s nothing I can do. Just consider it charity food.”

It was telling him to take this and get lost.

“Children are children, and marriage is marriage, so business should just be business. To think you’d run a business by selling your child—I didn’t know you lacked ability to that extent. Mother, let’s go.”

“I’ve booked a room at Taeseong Hotel. I also moved your luggage from the inn, so let’s go upstairs.”

Chairman Cha smiled broadly.

“I can’t let my child sleep in such a shabby place. You were kicked out of the Guro-dong Shanty House and have nowhere to return to right now.”

“Why wouldn’t we have a home? We bought a house today, didn’t we?”

Chairman Cha looked back at Secretary Kim.

This must not have been in the report.

“If it’s a house you can get with just ten million won, it’s obviously another shack.”

He doesn’t even hide that he conducted a Background Investigation.

It wasn’t worth responding to, so I dug into my ear with my pinky finger.

“I’ll take your words to heart. Please tell Father to have a good marriage.”

I flicked away the earwax and smirked.

Chairman Cha looked down at me with somewhat strange eyes.

“Jeong-hyeok, you need to think carefully. Will you really follow your mother like this?”

“Of course.”

“You’re young so you might not understand yet, but your future will be very different depending on which parent you choose. If you choose your father, you can live comfortably without worrying about money for life, but if you follow your mother, a life of hardship is obvious.”

“So what?”

I raised the hand I was holding with Mother high up.

“No matter how good money is, would I abandon the Mother who gave birth to me and raised me? Do you want to take in and raise such a worthless brat?”

I snorted derisively.

“I wouldn’t even consider such a despicable person, but Chairman, you have quite the stomach for it.”

I bowed my waist deeply.

“I’ll give you a proper farewell. Form a 30 billion won in-law relationship with your business partner and live well, eating well for a thousand years with longevity and prosperity.”

I walked out without looking back.

Mother had a very troubled expression and kept looking back.

I pulled Mother’s hand along.

“Mother, if you bow down and go in like this, married life will only be difficult. You didn’t take the Money Envelope, right? You did well! That kind of thing becomes a weakness later!”

Just look at the Wookwang Construction bribery ledger I snatched.

Pull some strings for subway construction bids, turn a blind eye here and there, and your pockets get nicely lined.

But that became the weakness that tightened around their own necks.

“Don’t worry. I’ll make sure Mother lives in luxury.”

I winked with one eye.

“You trust me, right?”

I have that much ability.

If the problem is that they’re displeased because we came empty-handed, then it becomes easy.

‘This side has 180 billion won worth, no, plus an additional 2 billion on top of that!’

With this much, even that stiff Chairman Cha will soften up nicely.

Nothing greases relationships as smoothly as bribes, after all.

‘Did you think I’d naively hand over the ledger just like that? What reason would I have to trust you on first meeting?’

That’s exactly how much I can give as a bribe.

I grinned while touching the pages of the ledger I’d stashed away beforehand through my pocket.

‘Only suckers would play all their cards at once.’

As I was leaving Taeseong Hotel holding Mother’s hand.

The Wookwang Construction President entered the hotel lobby leading a group.

The faces I saw looked familiar.

‘Leading people related to Subway Line 2 and brazenly visiting Taeseong Hotel? This is practically a declaration of war. Seeing this sight, Chairman Cha must be quite upset inside.’

How lucky.

I was planning to create and show this kind of situation myself.

To think things would work out so smoothly without me having to lift a finger!

‘When whales fight, the shrimp makes a fortune, as they say.’

Enraged whales will rush like suckers for any weapon that can kill their opponent.

In other words, it’s a chance to sell for much higher than usual!

So I can’t help but hum a tune.

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