Translator: Khan
Editor: Aelryinth
“Then, we'll leave . ”
“Yes . ”
I looked out the window in the back of the car . The outside landscape moved back from the country office to the country road . I was silently reminded of that line . 'Oh, that's weird . '
Well, then, Secretary Seo in front of me opened his mouth .
“Boss . ”
“Hmm?”
“Well…”
Secretary Seo glanced at me in the rearview mirror and hesitated and told me, “Please talk to me . How was it? What was the luxury villa where the rich got together like?”
I looked at my wrist . Now it was half past eleven . Secretary Seo had waited here for more than four hours . It must have been boring . “First, it was not a luxurious villa . ”
“Is that so?”
“It was a luxury cruise floating on the Bukhan River . ”
“Aha . ”
“It was good . The drinks were expensive, the food was delicious, and there were many famous people . ”
Secretary Park, who had been silent at the time, added, “Lee Nyeon was there . ”
Secretary Seo exclaimed in astonishment, “Really?”
Lee Nyeon was not affiliated with our company, but she was one of the top stars, comparable to Oh Hyun-joo . I asked in amazement, “Really? I didn't see her . ”
“Yes, boss . When you went inside that cabin, I was on standby outside… a beautiful woman was coming by, and I turned around and saw it was Lee Nyeon . ”
The top actress must have been aboard the luxury s.h.i.+p . 'Why was the actress there…'
As I was thinking that, Secretary Seo said, “Wow, I envy you, boss . Please take me next time, not Secretary Park . ”
Secretary Seo seemed to be serious . 'I took Secretary Park for a reason…'
I said with my arms crossed, “Well… I don't know if I'll come back here . ”
“Why? Didn't you like anything?”
“No . It's not that I don't like it . It's just… It's just that I don't fit in there . ”
“Well, in terms of money, you're as good as them, aren't you?”
“That's right, but…”
That was all I had to say, and I said nothing more . When I closed my mouth, Seo didn't ask any more questions . I didn't need to explain any more . Secretary Park would tell him everything he wanted to hear when I was away . I thought again about the meeting that had just happened . 'It was very unusual . '
At the meeting where I was introduced, I was greeted with surprise .
“Ah, this is Han Sang-hoon, the main character of the storm, right?”
“Does every company you touch succeed so well?”
“That's what our people say . A genius has appeared in the market . ”
“That's right, genius . That's what my men say . He's a genius . ”
They didn't recognize my face, but they knew my name and my company's name . They knew our company's recent rapid growth and it seemed they had an informant that brought them their information .
Chairman Ko Jin-hee of JISUNG Fas.h.i.+on, who was in her forties but had the twenty-year-old skin, asked Jang Han-sul, “How did you know Chairman Han Sang-hoon and invite him?”
Jang Han-sul answered with a sly smile, “I was curious when I heard the news about him . Have a seat, please . ” He offered me a seat .
As I sat there, I saw Tak Mun-su sitting on the opposite side . He would be the one who had told everyone else the news . But he sat indifferently, as if he didn't need to look at me .
'Well… it must have been him who wanted me here…'
I sat down and asked them, what I was most curious about . “You often get together like this, don't you?”
In my words, President Kim s.h.i.+n of Susung Planning, answered shortly, “About once a year . ”
“Aha . So are you all acquainted, except for me?”
He nodded, “Yes, but I didn't meet them here at first . ”
At my words, Vice Chairman Jung Sung-soo of Mirae Motors asked, “Didn't everyone meet here and there?”
Everyone nodded at that . Lee Won-jae used to say that before . I didn't know how it happened, but they were entangled by marriages . Each of the seven had a different family name and company, but whether they were cognate or married, they were all close or distant relatives .
'I'm the only outsider…' If I thought about it, it was natural . There were only a few who had made a billion dollars by their own efforts in our country . So these chairmen showed interest in me .
President Ha Ji-yeon of Hotel Baekje asked me, “Where did you study?”
“I graduated from Sungkyunkwan University with a degree in information and communication engineering . ”
“Oh, I see . But you set up an investment company?”
“I've been dreaming of starting a business since my school days, though it's a little bit different . ”
President Huh Joon-ik of LC Construction got involved . “Oh, you majored in science . Even if I had other kids run my account, the graduates of Harvard or Seoul National University economics are the worst, and there's someone else who's better at stocks . ”
Jang Han-sul nodded, “Yes, it is true . ”
They exchanged questions with me for a while in that way . They asked me this and that, as if this was a hearing . However, it was mostly about investment and company management, because they were all CEOs .
I tried to tell them as much as I knew by the present information . It was because I'd been watching the future news every day, and I had a lot of future information in my head . So when I was talking, I had to add maybe's to everything .
“I think the retaliation against THAAD (Terminal High Alt.i.tude Area Defense) will be completely lifted as of this year . Maybe . ” I told them what I really thought . “I think Trump will win re-election . That's what I a.s.sume when I run a company . It would go before and after the U . S . presidential election without any drastic changes . ”
“Oh, I see . ”
The funny thing was, these people took my words quite seriously, perhaps because of the achievements I had .
“CEO Han Sang-hoon thinks so . It's a little different from our staff . I'll have to think about it again . ”
'I'm just saying what comes to mind…' It would be a little funny if my words changed the strategy of Mirae Motors . As I talked to them, I continued to be conscious of Tak Mun-su . He only clapped at other people's stories, but he didn't talk to me in person .
'Well… he really wanted to see me once . Is this it?'
But it finally happened . “You have such great insight . CEO Han Sang-hoon,” he said to me .
I naturally turned my head to him and replied, “That's too much praise . Vice Chairman Tak Mun-su . ”
Tak Mun-su smiled and spoke to me .
'So what did he say…' I rubbed my chin and looked back at my conversation with him . No matter how much I thought about it, there had been nothing unusual . He had just talked to me about investment and management, nothing else .
I had been trying to figure out when a nuclear bomb would hit in the middle of the conversation, if I could . There had been no such thing at all, possibly since other company representatives were watching . Therefore, he might not have brought up something sensitive first . I had only had a very normal conversation with him .
What was amazing was that as I had been talking to him, I had felt it . 'This man… is really a good man . ' He had had some kind of charisma . He had had the charm of leading people . If I had not seen him hitting his wrist in the dream, I would have thought of him as a good man . But I couldn't put a good man and an abettor of murder on the same line, no matter how evil Tak Joon-gi was .
'It was weird… really…'
But now that I thought about it, all six other CEOs had something that attracted people's attention . I could feel their natural leisure . They had been born in a rich family and had lived running toward the top, without any ups and downs of life . It was a little different from me .
At the end of the meeting, Jang Han-sul, the host, handed me his business card, 'Chairman Jang Han-sul of KJ Shopping . ' He said, “Nice to meet you today, CEO Han Sang-hoon . I'll call you directly next time . '
To be honest, I didn't think this was a suitable place for me, either . I wouldn't be able to get along with these people after all . But it was worth attending . It was such a high-level gathering place that Crow could gather some information . That was what it was today .
'The const.i.tutional amendment for two four-year terms… The next presidential candidates are Joo Sung-won for the ruling party, and Han Sang-hoon, Lee Soo-won, and Jung Kyung-wha for the opposition party . '
I picked up my cell phone, went to the portal site, and searched for 'the const.i.tutional amendment . ' Some news came up soon .
[Discussion over the power structure of the National a.s.sembly on the const.i.tutional amendment has been slow to make a difference . ]
[The people are behind the debate on the const.i.tutional amendment, and it turned into a pie fight for lawmakers . ]
[Two four-year terms? The parliamentary government system? What will happen to the presidential system?]
The const.i.tutional amendment had been making little progress since last year . I had forgotten, but they must have been talking . I went on to the future news . I hadn't seen the second one today . At 8:55, as the news had arrived, I had been in the cruiser .
I entered the future news of 12 Months After and put 'Park Hyung-joon, the name of the inc.u.mbent president' in it . These last few days, I had stopped tracking the names of the president for the search of other CEOs and celebrities . There was news coming up .
[Lame-duck phenomenon with one year left in President Park Hyung-joon's term?]
I clicked on it . The article was news of July 2020, after nine months . The last presidential election was 2017 . If it properly worked, it should be done by 2022, but it said only one year left in the president's term . It was just as the people who had been talking on board the s.h.i.+p had said .
'Certainly, inside the political world, it's been talked about . '
Soon, the Korean const.i.tution would be amended to limit a president to two four-year terms . Then, two years later, we would have a presidential election . Depending on who would become president, it would affect me for four or eight years .
'This is definitely… I need to get my hands on it . ' I closed my cell phone, thinking about it .
Translator: Khan.
Editor: Aelryinth.
“Then, we'll leave . ”.
“Yes . ”.
I looked out the window in the back of the car . The outside landscape moved back from the country office to the country road . I was silently reminded of that line . 'Oh, that's weird . '.
Well, then, Secretary Seo in front of me opened his mouth
“Boss . ”.
“Hmm?”.
“Well…”.
Secretary Seo glanced at me in the rearview mirror and hesitated and told me, “Please talk to me . How was it? What was the luxury villa where the rich got together like?”.
I looked at my wrist . Now it was half past eleven . Secretary Seo had waited here for more than four hours . It must have been boring . “First, it was not a luxurious villa . ”.
“Is that so?”.
“It was a luxury cruise floating on the Bukhan River . ”.
“Aha . ”.
“It was good . The drinks were expensive, the food was delicious, and there were many famous people . ”.
Secretary Park, who had been silent at the time, added, “Lee Nyeon was there . ”.
Secretary Seo exclaimed in astonishment, “Really?”.
Lee Nyeon was not affiliated with our company, but she was one of the top stars, comparable to Oh Hyun-joo . I asked in amazement, “Really? I didn't see her . ”.
“Yes, boss . When you went inside that cabin, I was on standby outside… a beautiful woman was coming by, and I turned around and saw it was Lee Nyeon . ”.
The top actress must have been aboard the luxury s.h.i.+p . 'Why was the actress there…'.
As I was thinking that, Secretary Seo said, “Wow, I envy you, boss . Please take me next time, not Secretary Park . ”.
Secretary Seo seemed to be serious . 'I took Secretary Park for a reason…'.
I said with my arms crossed, “Well… I don't know if I'll come back here . ”.
“Why? Didn't you like anything?”.
“No . It's not that I don't like it . It's just… It's just that I don't fit in there . ”.
“Well, in terms of money, you're as good as them, aren't you?”.
“That's right, but…”.
That was all I had to say, and I said nothing more . When I closed my mouth, Seo didn't ask any more questions . I didn't need to explain any more . Secretary Park would tell him everything he wanted to hear when I was away . I thought again about the meeting that had just happened . 'It was very unusual . '.
—————————.
At the meeting where I was introduced, I was greeted with surprise
“Ah, this is Han Sang-hoon, the main character of the storm, right?”.
“Does every company you touch succeed so well?”.
“That's what our people say . A genius has appeared in the market . ”.
“That's right, genius . That's what my men say . He's a genius . ”.
They didn't recognize my face, but they knew my name and my company's name . They knew our company's recent rapid growth and it seemed they had an informant that brought them their information
Chairman Ko Jin-hee of JISUNG Fas.h.i.+on, who was in her forties but had the twenty-year-old skin, asked Jang Han-sul, “How did you know Chairman Han Sang-hoon and invite him?”.
Jang Han-sul answered with a sly smile, “I was curious when I heard the news about him . Have a seat, please . ” He offered me a seat
As I sat there, I saw Tak Mun-su sitting on the opposite side . He would be the one who had told everyone else the news . But he sat indifferently, as if he didn't need to look at me
'Well… it must have been him who wanted me here…'.
I sat down and asked them, what I was most curious about . “You often get together like this, don't you?”.
In my words, President Kim s.h.i.+n of Susung Planning, answered shortly, “About once a year . ”.
“Aha . So are you all acquainted, except for me?”.
He nodded, “Yes, but I didn't meet them here at first . ”.
At my words, Vice Chairman Jung Sung-soo of Mirae Motors asked, “Didn't everyone meet here and there?”.
Everyone nodded at that . Lee Won-jae used to say that before . I didn't know how it happened, but they were entangled by marriages . Each of the seven had a different family name and company, but whether they were cognate or married, they were all close or distant relatives
'I'm the only outsider…' If I thought about it, it was natural . There were only a few who had made a billion dollars by their own efforts in our country . So these chairmen showed interest in me
President Ha Ji-yeon of Hotel Baekje asked me, “Where did you study?”.
“I graduated from Sungkyunkwan University with a degree in information and communication engineering . ”.
“Oh, I see . But you set up an investment company?”.
“I've been dreaming of starting a business since my school days, though it's a little bit different . ”.
President Huh Joon-ik of LC Construction got involved . “Oh, you majored in science . Even if I had other kids run my account, the graduates of Harvard or Seoul National University economics are the worst, and there's someone else who's better at stocks . ”.
Jang Han-sul nodded, “Yes, it is true . ”.
They exchanged questions with me for a while in that way . They asked me this and that, as if this was a hearing . However, it was mostly about investment and company management, because they were all CEOs
I tried to tell them as much as I knew by the present information . It was because I'd been watching the future news every day, and I had a lot of future information in my head . So when I was talking, I had to add maybe's to everything
“I think the retaliation against THAAD (Terminal High Alt.i.tude Area Defense) will be completely lifted as of this year . Maybe . ” I told them what I really thought . “I think Trump will win re-election . That's what I a.s.sume when I run a company . It would go before and after the U . S . presidential election without any drastic changes . ”.
“Oh, I see . ”.
The funny thing was, these people took my words quite seriously, perhaps because of the achievements I had
“CEO Han Sang-hoon thinks so . It's a little different from our staff . I'll have to think about it again . ”.
'I'm just saying what comes to mind…' It would be a little funny if my words changed the strategy of Mirae Motors . As I talked to them, I continued to be conscious of Tak Mun-su . He only clapped at other people's stories, but he didn't talk to me in person
'Well… he really wanted to see me once . Is this it?'.
But it finally happened . “You have such great insight . CEO Han Sang-hoon,” he said to me
I naturally turned my head to him and replied, “That's too much praise . Vice Chairman Tak Mun-su . ”.
Tak Mun-su smiled and spoke to me
—————————.
'So what did he say…' I rubbed my chin and looked back at my conversation with him . No matter how much I thought about it, there had been nothing unusual . He had just talked to me about investment and management, nothing else
I had been trying to figure out when a nuclear bomb would hit in the middle of the conversation, if I could . There had been no such thing at all, possibly since other company representatives were watching . Therefore, he might not have brought up something sensitive first . I had only had a very normal conversation with him
What was amazing was that as I had been talking to him, I had felt it . 'This man… is really a good man . ' He had had some kind of charisma . He had had the charm of leading people . If I had not seen him hitting his wrist in the dream, I would have thought of him as a good man . But I couldn't put a good man and an abettor of murder on the same line, no matter how evil Tak Joon-gi was
'It was weird… really…'.
But now that I thought about it, all six other CEOs had something that attracted people's attention . I could feel their natural leisure . They had been born in a rich family and had lived running toward the top, without any ups and downs of life . It was a little different from me
At the end of the meeting, Jang Han-sul, the host, handed me his business card, 'Chairman Jang Han-sul of KJ Shopping . ' He said, “Nice to meet you today, CEO Han Sang-hoon . I'll call you directly next time . '.
To be honest, I didn't think this was a suitable place for me, either . I wouldn't be able to get along with these people after all . But it was worth attending . It was such a high-level gathering place that Crow could gather some information . That was what it was today
—————————.
'The const.i.tutional amendment for two four-year terms… The next presidential candidates are Joo Sung-won for the ruling party, and Han Sang-hoon, Lee Soo-won, and Jung Kyung-wha for the opposition party . '.
I picked up my cell phone, went to the portal site, and searched for 'the const.i.tutional amendment . ' Some news came up soon
[Discussion over the power structure of the National a.s.sembly on the const.i.tutional amendment has been slow to make a difference . ].
[The people are behind the debate on the const.i.tutional amendment, and it turned into a pie fight for lawmakers . ].
[Two four-year terms? The parliamentary government system? What will happen to the presidential system?].
The const.i.tutional amendment had been making little progress since last year . I had forgotten, but they must have been talking . I went on to the future news . I hadn't seen the second one today . At 8:55, as the news had arrived, I had been in the cruiser
I entered the future news of 12 Months After and put 'Park Hyung-joon, the name of the inc.u.mbent president' in it . These last few days, I had stopped tracking the names of the president for the search of other CEOs and celebrities . There was news coming up
[Lame-duck phenomenon with one year left in President Park Hyung-joon's term?].
I clicked on it . The article was news of July 2020, after nine months . The last presidential election was 2017 . If it properly worked, it should be done by 2022, but it said only one year left in the president's term . It was just as the people who had been talking on board the s.h.i.+p had said
'Certainly, inside the political world, it's been talked about . '.
Soon, the Korean const.i.tution would be amended to limit a president to two four-year terms . Then, two years later, we would have a presidential election . Depending on who would become president, it would affect me for four or eight years
'This is definitely… I need to get my hands on it . ' I closed my cell phone, thinking about it