Max-Level Son of a Chaebol Family - Chapter 76

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76. Taeseong is One Family

 

Crash bang!

 

Kim Gap-yong, kicked by Bulgwang-dong Gasoline’s foot, rolled across the hospital corridor.

 

“You’re not going to pay back my money? Huh?”

 

“It’s only been a month and a half since I borrowed the money, why…!”

 

“The interest has already doubled the principal.”

 

“What? This is really too much!”

 

“Private loan interest is all like this, what can you do about it. If you find it annoying and dirty, don’t use private loans in the first place.”

 

Bulgwang-dong Gasoline flicked his earwax.

 

“Pay back my money quickly. If you don’t want to see something really ugly. You know what my nickname is? I’m Bulgwang-dong Gasoline.”

 

Bulgwang-dong Gasoline poked Kim Gap-yong’s chest with his finger.

 

“Don’t you think something really interesting would happen if I barged into your workplace?”

 

“What the hell are you trying to do…!”

 

“I’ll leave what might happen to your imagination. Whatever you imagine, you’ll probably face something even worse than that. I guarantee it. You’ll be kicked out of your workplace starting today. Heh heh heh.”

 

Bulgwang-dong Gasoline laughed arrogantly and peered into the hospital room.

 

Then Kim Gap-yong quickly ran over and blocked the front of the hospital room with his whole body.

 

“Stop thinking about doing anything reckless. If I get kicked out of my job, it’ll be harder for you to collect the money.”

 

“Why wouldn’t I be able to get my money? What do you think insurance is for?”

 

Bulgwang-dong Gasoline smiled wickedly.

 

“If I barge into your workplace and collect your severance pay and insurance money, I can recover my money all at once, right?”

 

“What are you talking about right now…!”

 

“Originally, it’s the natural order for people to be born and die. Since you’re going to die anyway, wouldn’t it be better if it helps the household finances?”

 

Bulgwang-dong Gasoline stuck his hand into his pocket.

 

“It would be good to listen when I’m talking nicely. This is the last warning.”

 

“I’ll, I’ll report you to the police!”

 

“Go ahead. But do you have evidence? Heh heh heh, you’re using your head for strange things. Instead of using petty tricks, just pay back my money. Okay?”

 

Bulgwang-dong Gasoline cracked his neck left and right.

 

“After your job, the hospital will be next. Didn’t you say the hospital bills were already overdue? If I really decide to cause a ruckus, your daughter will be kicked out of the hospital immediately and end up on the street. Would that be okay? Keke.”

 

“No!”

 

“Where did you say your workplace was?”

 

“You can’t! I said you can’t!”

 

Bulgwang-dong Gasoline snapped his fingers with a sharp sound.

 

“Ah, right. Taeseong Chemical! Okay, got it. Just wait for me.”

 

Bulgwang-dong Gasoline swaggered away.

 

Kim Gap-yong leaned against the wall, breathing heavily.

 

“What the hell is he planning to do!”

 

Kim Gap-yong gritted his teeth.

 

He couldn’t hide the expression of someone driven to the edge of a cliff.

 

“Honey.”

 

Someone placed a hand on Kim Gap-yong’s shoulder.

 

It was his wife.

 

“It’s about the hospital bills again, isn’t it?”

 

“I’ll figure that out somehow. Don’t worry too much. You just need to focus on Ye-rin.”

 

Kim Gap-yong took his wife’s hand.

 

“You’re suffering so much because you married such a worthless husband. Taking care of a sick child is hard enough, but you also have to glue doll eyes, paste paper envelopes, and peel garlic in your spare time.”

 

“Honey.”

 

“President Sim told me. Taeseong Construction offers internal loans to employees buying apartments. I want to pin my last hope on that.”

 

“Getting a loan is difficult. The competition will be fierce too. It’ll be hard.”

 

“I don’t know. Nothing to lose, right? Who knows? If we live earnestly, maybe even a mouse hole will see sunlight someday. I may not know about other things, but I’m confident about giving my best effort.”

 

“Honey, your nose is bleeding!”

 

Kim Gap-yong pressed the handkerchief his wife gave him against his nosebleed.

 

“I should get going now. I just stopped by briefly during lunch break.”

 

“Are you working all night again today? Ye-rin will wake up soon, so at least see her face before you go.”

 

“Tell Ye-rin that I probably won’t be able to come this weekend either because I have holiday work.”

 

Kim Gap-yong smiled bitterly.

 

“Tell her I love her, that I received the drawing well, that our daughter is the best.”

 

Kim Gap-yong hurriedly left the hospital.

 

Each heavy step was mixed with sighs.

 

Above Kim Gap-yong’s head, the Death Countdown showing [4 hours] was blinking.

 

He headed not to the Taeseong Construction site, but to the Taeseong Chemical Factory.

 

* * *

 

‘Ah!’

 

I was forcibly ejected from the blue rippling scene.

 

It was because Kim Gap-yong, who had been shaking hands with me, let go.

 

“Young Master, it was nice meeting you. The factory line is running and I can’t be away from my post for too long, so I’ll head back now.”

 

Kim Gap-yong bowed politely and turned around.

 

‘It cuts off like this? No way! Grim Reaper, show me more of what comes after!’

 

I was curious about the rest of the story.

 

I hadn’t seen the most important part.

 

‘What happens at Taeseong Chemical after 4 hours, what becomes of Team Leader Kim, how things ended up this way – I haven’t properly seen any of it!’

 

If I made contact with Team Leader Kim again, wouldn’t I be able to continue watching?

 

In my urgency, I reached out toward Kim Gap-yong.

 

President Shim caught my staggering body.

 

“Young Master, are you alright? Your breathing suddenly became rough, and your complexion doesn’t look good at all.”

 

“Team Leader Kim!”

 

“It seems like it’s because of the chemical smell…”

 

“Wait a moment! Team Leader Kim!”

 

“Yes?”

 

Team Leader Kim, who was about to return to the workshop, looked back.

 

“I have something to tell you! So just wait a moment…!”

 

“Whoa, Young Master! If you move like that, you’ll fall!”

 

President Shim quickly caught me as I swayed.

 

‘Grim Reaper, I’m more curious about what comes after! You have to show me at least that much!’

 

That was when it happened.

 

Blue light rippled before my eyes again.

 

It felt like I was being sucked into the blue vision.

 

* * *

 

BOOM!

 

A tremendous explosion sound coming from nearby.

 

Looking through the window, I saw the Taeseong Chemical Factory engulfed in flames.

 

President Shim, who had been sitting across from the Wookwang Acquisition Negotiation Team in heated discussion, shot up from his seat.

 

“Damn it!”

 

President Shim rushed out of the Conference Room like lightning.

 

“Call the Fire Department first! Get people evacuated safely! Hurry! Move quickly!”

 

The Wookwang Acquisition Negotiation Team, who had been nitpicking and questioning every detail, also ran after him in shock.

 

“What’s happening?”

 

“Which factory exploded and for what reason?”

 

President Shim shouted angrily.

 

“We’re going to check that right now!”

 

President Shim saw flames rising high and flickering above Factory No. 6.

 

People were supporting and carrying out burn victims.

 

On the Open Ground, injured people lay scattered, groaning in pain.

 

There appeared to be well over 50 of them.

 

“Evacuate the injured to the Parking Lot! Move all the Raw Material Transport Vehicles outside too!”

 

Someone covered in soot came running to report.

 

“Team Leader Kim from Factory 4 and Work Team No. 1 are in danger!”

 

“Why are the Factory 4 people involved!”

 

The fire was at Factory No. 6, not Factory 4.

 

“As soon as they heard the explosion, Team Leader Kim from Factory 4 and the Work Team No. 1 people came running and rescued several injured people! Now they’re saying they need to rescue the people who are still collapsed inside…”

 

Crash!

 

At that moment, a tremendous explosion erupted.

 

And so Taeseong Chemical’s Factory No. 6 was completely consumed by flames, billowing black soot.

 

* * *

 

The blue shimmering scene before my eyes faded away.

 

I broke out in a cold sweat.

 

‘Damn. Just how many people died and got injured?’

 

It was something I had vaguely anticipated when the Grim Reaper had placed Death Countdowns and orange arrows above people’s heads.

 

‘They said 23 people died and 166 were transported to the hospital from this accident.’

 

The scene of black smoke shooting high into the sky and flames spreading in all directions was vivid.

 

It was a hellish scene where people’s wails and agonizing screams rang piercingly in my ears.

 

‘Still, the number of injured seemed significantly lower compared to the Taeseong Group report. It must be because they reduced factory operation rates and sent most Taeseong Chemical employees to Taeseong Construction as the acquisition intensified.’

 

Unlike my coldly settling reason, my heart was boiling hot.

 

Precious lives had been lost in vain.

 

Innocent people were suffering.

 

I closed my eyes.

 

‘It was an accident serious enough for the Blue House to be greatly enraged and summon the group chairman.’

 

My heart grew heavy, and my mind became complicated.

 

“Young Master?”

 

Kim Gap-yong and President Sim were looking at me with worried expressions.

 

“Oh my, you’ve turned completely pale.”

 

“Even cold sweat! Are you really not seriously ill?”

 

I shook my head.

 

“No. I’m fine.”

 

“Young Master, shall we head home now?”

 

“President Sim, just in case, how about we stop by the hospital first?”

 

I waved my hands dismissively.

 

“I’m really fine. I mean······.”

 

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

 

Just then, I could hear the murmuring of people who had been watching us.

 

“What’s going on? Team Leader Kim said we need to return to the workshop quickly, so why isn’t he coming?”

 

“It looks like a kid came to see him. Could that kid be Team Leader Kim’s?”

 

“No, that would be his daughter. She should be hospitalized at Taeseong Hospital right now, right? That’s a kid we don’t know.”

 

“Is that so? Now that I look at him, he really does look like a handsome young master from a rich family with noble bearing.”

 

Our eyes met.

 

‘Ah······!’

 

Above their heads, the letters [10 days] were still glittering.

 

They shone like stars above the heads of more than ten people.

 

‘Are these the people who rushed into the burning factory with Team Leader Kim to save their colleague?’

 

They had honest faces.

 

These were people who had given up their holidays and worked hard.

 

Eyes filled with small curiosity and deep fatigue were looking at me.

 

When our eyes met, they just smiled and waved their hands slightly.

 

I checked the name tags attached to their chests with overlock stitching.

 

‘Choi Beom-seok, Lee Cheol-yong, Park Jin-seop, Song Won-gil, Oh Dae-man, Kang Woo-jin, Go Seong-hak, Kim Kyeong-ho, Jeong Il-gun, Park Man-su, Choi Yeong-jun, Go Dae-yeong, Yoon Hyeon-oh, Lee Gyu-hyeok.’

 

President Shim was right.

 

They were Taeseong’s pride.

 

I repeated those names once more in my mind.

 

“I think this is all the Chairman’s fault! That damn rice cake soup!”

 

President Shim clicked his tongue.

 

“I knew this would happen! He insisted on making you eat rice cake soup in front of all those people! I was already worried, so I even brought digestive medicine!”

 

President Shim, who had been crouching down to examine me, suddenly stood up.

 

“This won’t do. I think you’ve gotten seriously sick. We need to go to Taeseong Hospital right now!”

 

“Wait a minute! I said I have something to discuss with Team Leader Kim!”

 

I desperately grabbed Team Leader Kim’s work uniform.

 

Team Leader Kim seemed surprised, his eyes wide open as he didn’t know what to do.

 

“Pardon?”

 

“You don’t need to worry about the hospital bills!”

 

He threw his whole body to save the Taeseong Chemical family.

 

“Taeseong is one family!”

 

I like men with loyalty.

 

“I want to support the hospital bills for our Taeseong family!”

 

Team Leader Kim tilted his head.

 

“Pardon?”

 

Team Leader Kim had been making only confused sounds since earlier, as if he couldn’t understand what was happening.

 

I turned to look at President Shim.

 

“You said so earlier. That Team Leader Kim’s daughter is sick and benefiting from the company’s medical insurance. That it’s difficult because surgery can’t be scheduled.”

 

I decided to help Kim Gap-yong.

 

‘To be honest, I had Kim Gap-yong in mind from the beginning when I brought up the Taeseong Hospital donation. For three reasons.’

 

First, since he was someone with sufficient motive for crime, I planned to persuade him not to cause the Taeseong Chemical fire.

 

Second, since I announced it in front of Taeseong’s subsidiary executives, I planned to highlight and make Taeseong Chemical stand out.

 

Third, since Uncle Cheol-gu’s rough paper was golden, I thought of it as taking out insurance just in case.

 

‘But now I feel like none of that matters.’

 

I want to help him.

 

My heart was moved.

 

That’s all.

 

“I want to help Team Leader Kim. Would that be wrong?”

 

“What could be wrong with that? It’s New Year’s money to begin with. That’s originally for Young Master to use wherever you want.”

 

President Shim smiled brightly.

 

President Shim gently patted the shoulder of Kim Gap-yong, who was still bewildered.

 

“You seem to have very good luck this year. As it happens, today Young Master Jeong-hyeok declared in front of the Chairman and subsidiary executives that he would help Taeseong family patients.”

 

“What?”

 

“You’ll be able to see it later from the placard hung at Taeseong Hospital. The subsidiary executives of Taeseong participated with one heart and mind in helping Taeseong family patients.”

 

“Wh-what on earth······.”

 

“He’s saying he’ll help you with the donations collected that way.”

 

Only then did Team Leader Kim’s mouth begin to gradually open wider and wider.

 

“N-no way······!”

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