Max-Level Son of a Chaebol Family - Chapter 91
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91. As Expected of Secretary Kim!
Having made up my mind, I turned to look at the Grim Reaper.
High-quality information to bring to Secretary Kim – you’re perfect for this.
‘Hey, Guardian Spirit. Bring me a list of those who died because of Bulgwang-dong Gasoline.’
[That’s…!]
‘Why? Those vengeful ghosts attached to that bastard will be chattering away. Or maybe a list like that can be easily checked in the Underworld?’
[That’s true, but… going to the Netherworld is a bit… *ahem*.]
This guy who went to the Underworld and even met King Yama when receiving additional settlement for my achievements.
There’s something bothering him about this, isn’t there?
Then there’s no choice.
Life really is about carrots and sticks, isn’t it?
‘That latest model television I mentioned earlier. Wouldn’t it be nice if it became your personal item?’
[…!]
‘Oh, you’re not interested in the channel control rights? Then never mind.’
Television channel control rights are power itself, granted only to those with real influence!
A television without channel control rights is like a steamed bun without filling, or underwear with broken elastic?
[I’ll be right back!]
The Grim Reaper disappeared without looking back.
No, he tried to disappear.
The Grim Reaper suddenly reappeared with a mischievous expression and said:
[Oh right, this is something even I can’t help with.]
‘What is?’
[I can find out the information, but you’ll have to be the one to write it down. See you later then.]
…Huh?
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The Secretary Office located on the 16th floor of Taeseong Group Headquarters.
Yoo Jong-tae straightened my clothes in front of the Secretary Office door.
“Wow, you look great today too. Should I come in with you?”
“No. I have something to discuss with Secretary Kim first.”
“Understood. Then I’ll wait in the corridor.”
Knock knock.
“Yes, please come in.”
“Hello, Secretary Kim.”
“Young Master Jeong-hyeok! What brings you all the way here?”
Secretary Kim, who had been working busily, jumped up from his seat.
There was a mountain of documents piled up on his desk.
“You’ve come to see the Chairman. I’ll request a meeting right away.”
“No. I came to see you today, Secretary Kim.”
“Me?”
I opened my coin purse and took out Secretary Kim’s business card.
“I know you’re very busy. But I’d appreciate it if you could spare just 5 minutes. It’s a very important matter.”
“What would you like for tea?”
The three secretaries who had been waiting for approval bustled about in confusion.
“Do you like cocoa? How about yuzu tea or honey water?”
“Wouldn’t Job’s tears tea be better for your stomach?”
“We happen to have peanut cookies and chocolate candy too. Should we heat up some soy milk or milk to go with it?”
No, that’s not it.
I shook my head.
“I’ll be leaving in 5 minutes. You don’t need to go through the trouble of preparing all that.”
“You came all the way here personally, we can’t send you away like chasing off a peddler without even offering you tea. Secretary Song.”
Secretary Kim closed the approval documents he had been reading.
“Serve the Young Master ssanghwa tea. With two eggs floating in it.”
That’s Secretary Kim for you!
When Secretary Kim gestured, the secretaries quietly left the secretary office.
Click.
And so, only Secretary Kim and I remained in the secretary office.
“A very important matter. I’m quite curious about what that could be.”
“First, I’d like to help lighten the troublesome work Secretary Kim is currently handling.”
“My work, you mean?”
“The bastards who ruined the Taeseong Family Patient Support Event. I heard Secretary Kim is investigating them?”
Secretary Kim quietly nodded his head.
“Bulgwang-dong Gasoline. Among loan sharks, he’s a particularly vile bottom-feeder.”
As expected of Secretary Kim!
He found out so quickly.
“So that Young Master won’t have to worry about this anymore, I’ll handle it properly myself.”
“Secretary Kim, your hands are tied right now. Since you gave up the Taeseong Group 5th Security Team that you directly commanded to me.”
I took out neatly folded documents from my coin purse.
There were three sheets in total.
“I prepared these out of guilt.”
“What is this?”
“A list of crimes committed by Bulgwang-dong Gasoline and his thugs, along with the victims.”
“Pardon?”
“Leave this kind of menial work to Team Leader Yoo.”
This was why I had Yoo Jong-tae waiting outside in the corridor.
“How did you find this out?”
Secretary Kim quickly unfolded the documents I had handed him.
“Crime locations and times, methods, and even evidence and witness lists. In such detail…”
Secretary Kim moved only his eyes behind his silver-rimmed glasses, reading quickly.
“This isn’t Yoo Jong-tae’s work. Even though that fellow is quite sharp, he doesn’t have this level of skill.”
I can’t exactly tell him about the Grim Reaper and my struggles!
There’s no way to explain this, is there?
“Now isn’t the time to worry about such trivial things. There’s something more important.”
“You’re right. The most important thing is ‘how to crush these bastards.’ Just give the word. I’ll follow Young Master’s wishes.”
Secretary Kim spoke calmly.
“Should we send them to the Seobinggo Water Torture Room, bury them in the wild mountain, or just break the hands and feet of those who dared to mock us so arrogantly?”
“I have no intention of wasting time dealing with petty criminals.”
“Then are you saying you’ll forgive those bastards just like that?”
When did I ever say I’d forgive them?
I never said anything like that.
“Is there any need for Secretary Kim to volunteer for hardship just to deal with such lowly bastards?”
“Huh? Well…”
“Let’s dump such annoying and irritating work on Woo-gwang.”
“There’s no reason Woo-gwang would volunteer to deal with those bastards.”
“Want to make a bet?”
Making Woo-gwang step forward first to crush Bulgwang-dong Gasoline’s gang?
I think I can do it.
Borrowing a Knife to Kill.
This is a phrase I really love.
“Those bastards caught Woo-gwang’s weakness. Woo-gwang must be quite resentful about it, don’t you think?”
“Woo-gwang’s weakness? Hahaha.”
Secretary Kim laughed.
“Young Master. I’m terribly sorry to say this, but there’s no way Woo-gwang would tolerate that.”
Secretary Kim pushed up his silver-rimmed glasses.
“If what you say is true, those bastards would probably be cold corpses by now.”
“That would be the case if it were an ordinary weakness.”
“That means…”
“What if those bastards caught hold of a real weakness and are hanging on tight?”
Bulgwang-dong Gasoline was a cunning bastard.
Unlike his thugs, he slipped out of the KCIA’s water torture room with ease.
“Woo-gwang has a lot to lose. Those with much to lose have no choice but to hide their claws until they can reclaim their weakness. Throwing around some pocket change isn’t difficult after all.”
Bulgwang-dong Gasoline was the bastard who managed to survive and later went under Namsan Leech.
The Path to Underworld Countdown wasn’t glowing above that bastard’s head.
“Hmm, for a mere loan shark to hold Woo-gwang’s fatal weakness…”
“The Wookwang Chemical fire.”
“······!”
“Was it really a safety accident?”
Secretary Kim’s expression hardened.
“On New Year’s Day, I went to tour the Taeseong Chemical Factory with President Sim. There were absolutely no flammable materials inside Factory No. 6.”
“Hmm.”
“Since it’s a chemical plant, if a fire breaks out there, it explodes big. Everyone knew this and was careful.”
“Even small amounts of hazardous materials were thoroughly managed according to safety protocols.”
“But what about Wookwang Chemical’s fire accident?”
“Large quantities of flammable materials were found inside the factory. Dangerous items that Factory No. 6 had no need to handle at all.”
Secretary Kim let out a small sigh.
“Because of that, when the fire spread to the tank, it exploded and the damage was particularly severe.”
“Could Wooguang not have known even such basic facts?”
“That’s impossible. It doesn’t make sense by common standards.”
Secretary Kim’s expression was extremely rigid.
“This was exactly why Wooguang desperately tried to block the media.”
“And Bulgwang-dong Gasoline knew this.”
The future I saw when I touched Bulgwang-dong Gasoline.
The thugs had confessed in the Seobinggo Water Torture Room, and Bulgwang-dong Gasoline had also acknowledged it.
“Let me ask you. Why did so many people from Wooguang happen to gather on the day of the Taeseong Family Patient Support Event?”
“Because rumors were circulating that Chairman Kim of Wooguang and the subsidiary executives were coming there.”
“Bulgwang-dong Gasoline isn’t stupid either, so why did he come with thugs on such a day?”
“To make contact with key figures from Wooguang who would normally be difficult to meet. Ha, it was a premeditated move.”
As expected of Secretary Kim!
Secretary Kim’s eyes behind his silver-rimmed glasses sank low.
Secretary Kim, who had been deep in thought with narrowed eyes, flashed his eyes coldly.
“So what would you like to do, Young Master?”
“I’m planning three stages.”
My past nickname was Sillim-dong Ant Hell.
One of the two reasons I got that nickname was because my specialty was digging traps, luring in prey, and fleecing them.
‘These are also the three reasons I came to find Secretary Kim. I absolutely need Secretary Kim’s help for this matter.’
I counted on my fingers.
“First, I’m thinking of stealing the weakness that Bulgwang-dong Gasoline caught.”
The reason why Wookwang had to go to extreme lengths to get Bulgwang-dong Gasoline out of KCIA custody.
I need to take that reason for myself.
Then he won’t be able to escape from the Seobinggo Water Torture Room.
“Second, we need to sink Wookwang.”
“Wookwang?”
“We caught such a decisive weakness. We can’t just waste this good opportunity.”
“That’s right.”
“Fortunately, we have one more sharply honed sword.”
“Ah! The Wookwang Construction Bribery Ledger!”
As expected of Secretary Kim!
No need to explain in detail while spitting everywhere!
“Young Master, surely you’re not going to… Wookwang’s dirty secrets…?”
“Yes. I’m thinking of making them public.”
For a moment, Secretary Kim’s eyes flashed behind his silver-rimmed glasses.
“You’re planning to make this big.”
“Because that’s the only way to force the Blue House to move.”
“I see. Secret political-business collusion behind the scenes is one thing, but if dirty secrets are openly revealed, there’s no way to cover them up. The Blue House won’t just sit back and watch.”
The government seized power through a military coup.
So they react sensitively to legitimacy and public sentiment.
That’s why they pretend to lead the fight against corruption while shouting about a clean government and a just government.
“No matter how powerful Chairman Kim of Wookwang is, he wouldn’t dare oppose His Excellency’s will.”
Wookwang was already firmly marked during the forced eviction of Guro-dong Shantytown.
Moreover, during this Wookwang Chemical fire incident, they were called to the Blue House and severely scolded.
Despite all that, Wookwang didn’t show the kind of remorse that would satisfy the Blue House.
And if decisive evidence related to the Wookwang Chemical fire is also revealed?
Grand slam home run – out!
“Third, when Wookwang sinks, we need to take advantage of that opportunity to buy up Wookwang’s prime affiliated companies at bargain prices. How about it?”
“Excellent.”
Secretary Kim couldn’t hide his satisfied smile.
“It’s Wooguang, ranked 9th in the business circles. Could there be any more appetizing and fresh prey than this?”
The moment the prey falls, a pack of hyenas will swarm in.
“Fortunately, our Taeseong has plenty of money to spare. This is all thanks to Young Master.”
Starting from Year-End Night, they received massive support and their budget is overflowing.
On top of that, they took on several major national projects and received generous government funding.
“This time we can devour not only Wookwang Securities, Wookwang Construction, and Wookwang Chemical, but even Wooguang’s prime affiliated companies! We can swallow up several until our bellies burst.”
Secretary Kim’s laughter rumbled low.
“Taeseong’s ranking in the business circles will jump up dramatically, won’t it?”
Secretary Kim’s eyes were anything but ordinary.
He had already finished preparing for the hunt.
“Young Master, shall we go to the Chairman right now? It would be better to drink the Ssanghwa Tea there.”
Secretary Kim turned his head to check the wall clock.
The 5-minute meeting time I had requested was almost over.
“The Chairman doesn’t ignore achievements. You can expect a generous reward.”
I had already gotten a firm promise from Grandfather in advance!
Right now in my coin purse, there’s a written agreement that Grandfather wrote!
-No matter how much I love my grandson, I can’t take away my own child’s rice bowl.
-Then I’ll receive something from a different company instead of Taeseong. Like a new company or a failed company. Those aren’t expensive, right?
-Oh ho, you want me to buy an unlisted company or one suitable for acquisition and merger? That’s a commonly used gifting method. Fine. I can grant you that much. Instead of Taeseong Construction stock, I’ll buy you another company!
-That company has to be transferred completely, entirely, wholly to me, right?
-So you’re saying 100% of the equity shares are yours and not to touch them? Fine, how much could an unlisted company or a ruined company cost anyway.
That written agreement was radiating such brilliant golden light.
It was so bright I was nearly blinded.
‘I didn’t write that I was planning to acquire just one company.’
Did I really get that written agreement while only looking at Yukong alone?
I have to secure what’s mine!
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