Max-Level Son of a Chaebol Family - Chapter 19

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19. Chairman Cha’s Will (3)

At Chairman Cha’s gesture, Secretary Kim immediately sat down across from him.

“Secretary Kim, is this your doing?”

Chairman Cha tapped on Wookwang Construction’s Bribery Ledger.

【Since Wookwang Construction’s available funds are severely insufficient, the funding needed for lobbying is not from Wooguang but from Taeseong’s······.】

Secretary Kim’s eyes naturally narrowed.

It was a File Binder tied with string.

They could have cleanly removed the relevant pages, but they deliberately left traces of erasing 3 pages.

“This wasn’t accidentally torn. Someone intentionally cut it out.”

“That intention hit the mark. I absolutely must see those missing pages.”

Where and how did Wookwang Construction stab Taeseong!

Where, from whom, and how much of the necessary funds did they extract!

“We’re returning to Headquarters.”

Thump thump thump!

Chairman Cha’s footsteps leaving the Taeseong Hotel Coffee Shop contained unquenched anger.

Secretary Kim and Director Go followed behind Chairman Cha.

“Secretary Kim, the guy who wrote this ledger. Where is he now?”

“I understand he was dragged to the Seobinggo Underground Interrogation Room.”

“Bring him before me. I need to hear it directly from his mouth.”

“Yes.”

It was something he had promised Young Master Jeong-hyeok anyway.

That problem would now be solved with just one Telephone call to the KCIA in the Chairman’s name.

Chairman Cha ground his teeth.

“So there’s a Brat who joined hands with Wooguang and stabbed me in the back. Do you have any suspects in mind?”

Secretary Kim didn’t open his mouth easily.

There were only clues, with neither circumstantial evidence nor proof.

“There’s no choice. Since Water is leaking from the jar in my Home, I have no option but to plug the leak first.”

Chairman Cha’s orders came down.

“Immediately summon all subsidiary presidents! Call an emergency meeting! In two hours, at the Headquarters Conference Room!”

Secretary Kim’s complexion visibly hardened.

How could the schedules of the president and executives be free?

It meant it would be difficult for them to come running immediately just because the group chairman called.

But when Chairman Cha was pushing forward, the presidents had no choice but to come running in their stocking feet.

“Contact the Secretariat and tell them to start making calls right away! From Taeseong’s Headquarters to all the subsidiary companies! And don’t forget to remind them to bring this year’s Accounting Books when they come!”

“Yes.”

“We’ll also pull strings with the Media and politicians! Make contact with the informants we’ve planted in Wooguang and check anything that needs to be addressed!”

“Yes.”

“I’ll assign Director Go and the Security Team Kids to you. Secretary Kim, handle this personally by any means necessary!”

“Yes, I’ll do that.”

Chairman Cha’s nickname was the Flame Bulldozer.

Once he made up his mind to do something, he would charge forward with fire in his eyes.

If there was a rock in front of him, he would break the rock; if there was a river, he would swim across it, borrow a boat, or build a bridge – he was the type who had to cross it no matter what to be satisfied.

When such a man resolved to catch thieves and declared war, things were naturally bound to escalate.

‘Time is too tight. There’s less than a month left until the subway construction bidding!’

With no immediate leads, to put all the subsidiary presidents under suspicion and search through everything thoroughly… damn it!

Even mobilizing the Legal Department, Accounting Department, Audit Department, and General Affairs Department, it wouldn’t be easy to find loopholes.

When someone was determined to betray, the basics included making Double Books to hide the stench.

If they turned the entire group upside down like this, the noise would never end.

That person at the Blue House wouldn’t look favorably on it either.

The thought of whether it was necessary to make such a risky move before the construction project that Taeseong Construction’s future depended on was brief.

‘Still, what needs to be done must be done!’

Chairman Cha’s mind hadn’t changed.

‘Thirty years! Is there anyone among the current presidents who hasn’t worked with me for at least 30 years? There isn’t!’

Chairman Cha trembled with a sense of betrayal.

That’s how much he had trusted and cherished them.

As much as they had shared the hardships of the old days, they had enjoyed the prosperous times together now.

He had entrusted them with respectable positions, generous salaries, and even company stocks.

‘Even if I kick them out when the time comes, I’ll give them a chance to surrender quietly! There’s at least that much loyalty between me and those bastards!’

This was the reason Chairman Cha immediately summoned the board of directors.

He had a bitter taste in his mouth.

A long sigh naturally escaped him.

“That bribe money. Even a rough estimate puts it over 2 billion won. Woo-gwang spent every penny they had and didn’t have jumping into the steel business 4 years ago – there’s no way they’d have that kind of spare funds. It’s all from Taeseong’s… damn it!”

The more he thought about it, the more his insides boiled with rage.

Secretary Kim cautiously opened his mouth.

“Chairman, there’s a simple way to narrow down the scope and solve this easily.”

“What is it?”

“Who sent this Account Book to you, Chairman?”

“…!”

Chairman Cha’s expression hardened.

Even his heavy footsteps stopped as he stood firmly in place.

“Don’t tell me…!”

“I have a feeling Young Master Jeong-hyeok has the page you’re looking for, Chairman.”

“That child is only seven years old!”

“Yes, which makes it all the more impressive. He blatantly hid only the most important information for all to see. What do you think his intention was in readily handing over this ledger to me?”

The reason he could readily hand over such an Account Book claiming it was a bribe.

The composure to speak boldly to his chaebol grandfather while holding his mother’s hand and walking away.

‘He’s definitely no ordinary child. I have no choice but to join hands with this little Young Master.’

To search through all of Taeseong Group’s subsidiaries with a fine-tooth comb, the Secretariat would have to work themselves to death alongside them.

With the Chairman’s impatient nature, they’d have to confirm overtime work for at least a month before the subway construction bidding began, working like dogs until they dropped.

So Secretary Kim spoke with unusual emphasis.

“Chairman, if we can just get our hands on these missing pages, you won’t have to suspect the entire board of directors who have shared your trials and tribulations for 30 years. Once we find the leak, we can simply plug it up.”

He was right.

“We can greatly reduce the time and effort needed to root out the traitor. We won’t have to mobilize all available personnel to thoroughly search through the subsidiaries’ Accounting Books. Wouldn’t all that just be a waste of time and money?”

Chairman Cha looked up at the sky and let out a long sigh.

He recalled how he had just pressured Lee Su-jin, telling her to leave the child behind and find her own way to survive.

He also remembered how his grandson, whom he met for the first time today, had walked away holding his mother’s hand without looking back.

‘This seems to have really caught them. If they were going to hand over those back pages willingly, they wouldn’t have cut them out so blatantly in advance.’

This was the reason Chairman Cha was sighing.

It involved a subway construction project worth a whopping 180 billion won, Taeseong’s hole that looked to be worth at least 2 billion won, and a 30 billion won business deal with Wooguang.

Of course, Chairman Cha’s pride was also at stake, having firmly refused the marriage proposal!

“I’m craving a cigarette terribly today.”

“Here you are.”

Director Go immediately offered a cigarette.

He lit his lighter and lit Chairman Cha’s cigarette.

Secretary Kim silently waited for Chairman Cha who was smoking.

“Phew…”

Chairman Cha chain-smoked five cigarettes straight on the spot.

After blowing out thick smoke for a long while, Chairman Cha turned to look at Secretary Kim.

Secretary Kim immediately bowed his waist.

“Please leave this matter to me. I will go find Young Master Jeong-hyeok and definitely obtain those three pages of classified information.”

“Good, then I’ll entrust this matter entirely to Secretary Kim. I’ll give you my full support, so resolve it quickly.”

“Yes.”

Secretary Kim spoke while keeping his waist bowed.

“Chairman, may I ask you one thing?”

“What is it?”

“The 180 billion won Subway Line 2 construction project and the 30 billion won cooperative business with Wooguang. If you absolutely had to choose one of the two, which side would you abandon?”

Chairman Cha furrowed his brow.

“Why should I have to abandon those things? There’s no reason Taeseong can’t handle the subway construction, and there’s no reason to give up the 30 billion won business either.”

“But don’t worldly affairs ever go as planned? There are always ‘what ifs,’ aren’t there?”

Chairman Cha didn’t answer.

Instead, he turned his back.

“It won’t be too late to decide that when the time comes. Right now, the priority is finding out how much they robbed from Taeseong’s safe, what bastard was involved, and since when they’ve been stabbing me in the back. Finding that out and crushing them comes first.”

“Understood.”

Secretary Kim left.

Chairman Cha watched his retreating figure intently, then irritably crushed out his cigarette butt.

‘So it’s better to give up the marriage with Woo-gwang and accept that mother and child?’

Chairman Cha’s eyes sank deeply.

‘If it’s certain that Woo-gwang really stabbed Taeseong in the back······.’

The 30 billion won project that was pushed forward on the premise of marriage with Woo-gwang.

Just thinking about it made his stomach burn.

* * *

I took Mother’s hand and headed to the court first.

‘Just because you write a contract and pay the balance doesn’t mean it’s all over. I absolutely can’t let my guard down until the official court registration is complete!’

The government needs to officially recognize the rights to my home!

“Done!”

I completed the registration procedures smoothly without difficulty.

Mother kept her eyes wide open the whole time.

“How can you apply for property registration so skillfully when even Mom doesn’t know how to do it?”

“······.”

Oops.

The place I constantly went in and out of while doing private loans was the court.

During my low-level days when I had no money, I desperately went around getting registrations to somehow save on legal fees.

There’s no way to explain this?

“Where on earth did you learn this kind of thing?”

“······Playing house?”

“Do kids these days apply for property registration when playing house? And when did you learn to read Korean?”

“······.”

My answers are getting more and more awkward, aren’t they?

Making long-winded excuses and watching other people’s reactions isn’t my style.

I played dumb.

“How much has the world changed these days? Do you think it’s the same as when you were little, Mom?”

“······.”

Originally, the generation gap is an eternal excuse.

Next comes natural topic changing!

“Let’s go see Our House! I want to see the Swimming Pool!”

Now that it’s become my house, I should solve the problems I’ve been putting off.

‘What’s the reason that house alone flashed golden like an Incandescent Light Bulb? There must be some hidden secret. I smell money!’

My intuition says so.

‘Of course, Exorcism is a bonus.’

Snap.

When I snapped my fingers, the Grim Reaper rose up smoothly like smoke.

[…Don’t you think this is really too much, humanly speaking?]

Come to think of it, I really used him quite thoroughly yesterday and today.

‘That’s why I called you! From now on, it’s your venting time!’

Only then did color return to the Grim Reaper’s pale complexion.

[I really like that!]

‘Let’s go torment some Ghosts!’

[…]

After all, insubordination is a capital offense throughout history, but passing down the pressure is an eternal tradition!

‘There must be at least one ghost who knows the secret of that house. Find that guy!’

I originally had an amazing ability to detect the signs when it came to anything involving dirty money.

This somehow feels like slush funds that are secretly traded in the shadows, with well-laundered origins!

My intuition is kicking in!

Or maybe not.

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