Max-Level Son of a Chaebol Family - Chapter 37

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37. I’ll Take Care of It (2)

 

I cut off the Vision Sharing with the Grim Reaper.

 

‘Good. Then should I write down a list of people to send invitations to?’

 

This isn’t the time when I was counted as one of the five big shots in the Korean Underground Finance World.

 

This is the era when the generation above me was active.

 

The age of underground powerhouses who managed to survive even the government’s crackdown and private loan freeze measures.

 

Scratch scratch scratch.

 

I began writing with the Montblanc Fountain Pen I took from my coat on fresh paper I pulled from my coin purse.

 

“Oh my, you’re writing something strange?”

 

Oh no. Was I too deeply absorbed in thinking about who would be good to invite?

 

I had no idea Mother was looking down at me.

 

“Myeongdong Peregrine Falcon, Maljuk Intersection Horse Head, Kkachi Mountain Lady Bang, Jongno Gold Tooth?”

 

“······.”

 

“What are all these?”

 

“······Neighborhood gang leaders’ nicknames?”

 

What? Why? What!

 

All the gentlemen written here are big shots recognized in their respective areas, so they are neighborhood gang leaders, what!

 

“Then what would our Jeong-hyeok’s nickname be?”

 

“······Sillim-dong Ant Hell.”

 

“What? Ahaha, that’s really funny. Wow, so this is how kids play these days.”

 

“······.”

 

I’m sorry, Mother.

 

Actually, I was called by that nickname when I was all grown up, sob!

 

“Here, this is for our Jeong-hyeok.”

 

Thunk.

 

Mother smiled brightly and set down a cup of hot cocoa with sweet steam rising from it.

 

“While I was preparing tea to take up to the study, I also made cocoa that our Jeong-hyeok likes~”

 

“······.”

 

Right now is the time when I’d have to close my eyes and drink even lye water.

 

I obediently accepted the cocoa.

 

“Thank you, Mother. I’ll drink it well.”

 

“It’ll probably taste especially good today. I put an extra generous spoonful of cocoa powder in it.”

 

“······.”

 

I can’t bring myself to refuse Mother’s sweet kindness!

 

With filial piety, I closed my eyes tight and slurped it down.

 

“As expected, kids just go crazy for cocoa, don’t they? Next time I’ll make it even sweeter for you.”

 

“······.”

 

Mother went up to the study carrying the tray.

 

Why does the coffee smell so particularly good today?

 

It’s completely different from this cocoa that’s reeking of sweetness.

 

Then a large shadow fell over me.

 

“Want some?”

 

What Uncle Cheol-gu held out was puffed rice and silver pills.

 

“Should Uncle help you out?”

 

Uncle Cheol-gu took my cocoa and downed it in one go.

 

A 3-second cut to drain it to the bottom!

 

“Ah, it’s nice and hot and sweet!”

 

Uncle Cheol-gu wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.

 

This is the same guy who drinks his coffee black and grimaced when I put chocolate in his mouth.

 

Who would have known he’d like this?

 

“Next time Uncle will buy you ssanghwa tea. With two eggs floating in it. Right?”

 

Ha, I have no choice.

 

I took out a 500 won bill from my coin purse.

 

“Job’s tears tea for me, coffee for Uncle, and the change is Uncle’s tip. Should we go raid the vending machine again later?”

 

“That sounds good. The coffee there was delicious.”

 

Uncle Cheol-gu smiled innocently and gently patted my head.

 

Just then, someone poked their face out from behind Uncle Cheol-gu.

 

“I also love vending machine coffee! Among them, sweet sugar coffee is the best!”

 

It was the quick-witted security guard, self-proclaimed number two, Security Team Leader Yoo Jong-tae who claimed to be my right-hand man.

 

“Unlike Baldy Colonel Pak, I absolutely love sweet foods. So from now on, when you need to handle sweet things that come the Young Master’s way, please call for me, Yoo Jong-tae!”

 

Yoo Jong-tae rubbed his palms together eagerly.

 

“Loyalty, loyalty!”

 

“Yeah, you eat it all. That works out great for me!”

 

Uncle Cheol-gu shook his head and returned to his room.

 

Only then did Yoo Jong-tae drop his smile and whisper in my ear.

 

“Would you like to know what I just carried to the study?”

 

“Obviously it must be work related to Taeseong Construction.”

 

“Gasp! How did you know?”

 

“Secretary Kim, who I thought would just have a cup of tea and come out, still hasn’t shown up. If they brought in a desk and chair, that says it all.”

 

“As expected! As expected! As expected!”

 

Yoo Jong-tae gave a thumbs up.

 

Then immediately let his shoulders droop.

 

“Then do you also know that I’ll be rolling around under Father for a while to help with that work?”

 

Yoo Jong-tae rubbed his hands together again.

 

“I’m someone who swore to bury my bones for the Young Master! Can’t you somehow get me out of this? I have this bad feeling that my body will be ground to powder.”

 

Oho.

 

“The Young Master’s loyal servant only serves the Young Master! Loyalty, loyalty! If the Young Master tells me to roll around, I’ll gladly roll until my soles sweat! But…”

 

That’s what you’re saying, right?

 

Click.

 

Just then, Secretary Kim opened the second floor study door and came out.

 

He spotted me and walked over with big strides.

 

“Young Master, have you been waiting long?”

 

“As Secretary Kim said, I was so absorbed in looking at this that I lost track of time. It was quite interesting.”

 

With each page I turned, I couldn’t help but let out a bitter laugh.

 

“How could anyone possibly squander that much money to this extent?”

 

There’s a limit to how much you give to subordinates, and there’s skill involved in investing. How did he manage to pick only the worst options to pour money into?

 

“He crashed and burned with stocks, and all the land he bought has little development potential. This is completely hopeless.”

 

Looking at it just made me sigh deeply along with the bitter laughter.

 

For someone who’s the younger brother of Grandfather, who grew Taeseong Chemical from a 1 billion won company to a 30 billion won company in 7 years, he’s incredibly incompetent.

 

“The overseas real estate is similar. Still, Tokyo, Hong Kong, London, and New York are somewhat better. I’d like you to dispose of everything else and convert it to US dollars.”

 

“Yes, understood.”

 

Secretary Kim took the overseas real estate documents.

 

“Your Father has been awarded the Subway Line 2 construction project.”

 

“Excellent!”

 

This was the news I’d been eagerly waiting for.

 

Why else would I have gotten rid of those parasites clinging to Taeseong Construction?

 

“It seems Grandfather is taking this opportunity to properly support our Father. Please tell him I’m grateful for his concession.”

 

“Yes, I’ll convey that message.”

 

Secretary Kim smiled warmly.

 

He knelt on one knee to match my eye level.

 

“Actually, Taeseong had been putting all their effort into the construction bid estimate for the Subway Line 2 project. They were cutting costs down to the last won to compete on price.”

 

That would have been the case.

 

Taeseong was ahead of Woo-gwang in every aspect except price.

 

“We had a vague suspicion that Woo-gwang was working behind the scenes, but we had no idea it was lobbying on this scale. And to think they were using Taeseong’s own safe to fund their generosity.”

 

It was a bitter smile.

 

“But the bribery ledger you brought completely turned the tables. So rightfully, that credit should go to you, Young Master, and to your Father, shouldn’t it?”

 

I had deliberately omitted any mention of Taeseong Chemical from the three pages I cut out for this very purpose.

 

We had to first swat away the flies clinging to Taeseong Construction.

 

Only then would our Father be able to place his spoon on the table I had so carefully prepared!

 

‘No matter what anyone says, Taeseong Construction is our Father’s rice bowl!’

 

I had absolutely no intention of cooking porridge just to feed it to those brats.

 

“Oh right, you said earlier that you had something to ask of me?”

 

“Yes, this.”

 

I opened my coin purse and took out the neatly folded paper.

 

I held the folded paper between my fingers like a cigarette.

 

“I want to invite these people to this year’s Year-End Night event. I’m thinking of sending out invitations.”

 

“Oh my. This year’s Year-End Night event is being held at Hyeonmu Hotel according to the Korea Employers Federation’s rotation.”

 

Secretary Kim clicked his tongue softly.

 

“If it were last year when it was held at Taeseong Hotel, this would have been very easy to resolve, but this time it might be a bit difficult.”

 

“The owner of Hyeonmu Hotel would be the Hyeonmu Construction President, right?”

 

“Yes.”

 

“Then it seems like this might actually be easier to resolve?”

 

How lucky!

 

“Apgujeong Hyeonmu Apartment was a huge hit, wasn’t it? They say he’s so obsessed with riding this momentum and finding a new apartment site that his eyes have rolled back?”

 

“That’s what I understand.”

 

“Well, I happen to have one – an apartment site!”

 

The apartment site that the incompetent Taeseong Construction President and executives neglected by constantly postponing construction!

 

The apartment site that was confiscated when they tried to sell it to someone else!

 

I’m talking about this land deed that Grandfather gave me as a present earlier.

 

“I’m thinking of transferring this to Hyeonmu Construction at a reasonable price in exchange for the invitations.”

 

“Since you’re disposing of it as a quick sale, you won’t be able to get the full market price. Do you really need to make such concessions just to send a few invitations?”

 

“I guarantee you. This is absolutely not a losing deal.”

 

I was confident.

 

‘This doesn’t shine golden at all. Rather, it only gives off a dark, shit-colored glow.’

 

Just as expected from an apartment site that the incompetent Taeseong Construction President coveted and embezzled!

 

Only shiny on the surface, but rotten to the core inside!

 

How did he manage to pick and embezzle only things that turned out to be worthless no matter what he chose?

 

Being this incompetent is almost a talent in itself.

 

‘When you think about it, this isn’t really a losing business. I’m planning to use this opportunity to extort a ton of money from the big shots of the former Underground Finance World and solve Father’s headaches!’

 

The shit-colored apartment site would only give me headaches if I kept it.

 

If I can turn a pile of shit into money, I should do it!

 

“Young Master, there are only three days left until the year-end night. If we’re going to send invitations, we need to dispatch them today or tomorrow at the latest.”

 

“I know that too. That’s why I’m saying I’ll sell it as a fire sale.”

 

The land deed I received, I’m the one selling it.

 

I’m fine with it, so why does Secretary Kim look like he’s dying of regret?

 

I can’t exactly say that I want to wash my hands of this early because it’s a business destined to fail spectacularly!

 

There’s no way to explain this, is there?

 

“Young Master, there’s too much backlogged work right now to review the business potential before selling the apartment site.”

 

Secretary Kim seems determined to persuade me somehow.

 

“There’s a mountain of work that incompetent fools have put off, and just dealing with that will put tremendous burden on Father. The meeting with the Hyeonmu Construction President will have to be pushed way down the priority list.”

 

“Then I’ll handle this matter myself.”

 

“Pardon? You will, Young Master?”

 

“Instead, could I borrow Security Team Leader Yoo Jong-tae for a bit?”

 

“If that’s all… very well.”

 

Secretary Kim glanced at Yoo Jong-tae.

 

“Since he’s someone I keep under my direct command, his skills are quite decent.”

 

Should I test Security Team Leader Yoo Jong-tae’s abilities this time?

 

If he can’t even properly complete the simple errand of sending invitations, he’s not qualified to claim to be my right-hand man!

 

Secretary Kim looked at me with interested eyes.

 

“I can’t even begin to guess. How do you plan to handle this? Yoo Jong-tae alone will be difficult for you. Just dealing with the Hyeonmu Construction President will be a problem.”

 

“I’ll handle that myself too.”

 

“Hmm, I’m very curious about what kind of people you want to invite that you’re willing to go through all this trouble, Young Master.”

 

Secretary Kim glanced at the paper tucked between my fingers.

 

But I’ve already decided not to hand this over to him.

 

Secretary Kim will be busy helping Father, so I should handle my own business.

 

“Just wait and see. I’ll prove with results that this invitation was worth trading for this apartment site.”

 

“Oho.”

 

“The year-end night event will turn everything upside down in Taeseong’s name.”

 

“Then I’ll be looking forward to it.”

 

Secretary Kim’s eyes flashed behind his silver-rimmed glasses.

 

His eyes were full of anticipation and curiosity.

 

“Team Leader Yoo.”

 

“Yes!”

 

Yoo Jong-tae snapped to attention with a salute.

 

“I will properly assist Young Master Jeong-hyeok and make sure this matter succeeds!”

 

I really like guys who are full of enthusiasm!

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