Translator: Khan
Editor: Aelryinth
Behind Secretary Seo, a middle-aged man appeared . I stared at him with a dryly; he had long, raised hair, sideways slanting sharp eyes, and pale skin . He looked just like a lizardman, a lizardman . I tried to think of his name for a moment . I couldn't remember the name, but I did remember the nickname Lee Ah-young had told me: Newsmaker .
I was thinking about that, and he extended me his hand and said, “Nice to meet you, CEO Han . I am Kang Joo-hyuk . ”
Just at that moment, I thought of that name: Kang Joo-hyuk .
“Ah… Yes . ” I held his hand and shook it a little reluctantly .
'Jaeil Economy? That's not going to be the Daewon Daily News . By the way, why is he…?'
At the moment, he smiled and said, “First of all, congratulations on your award!”
“Oh, thank you . ”
“Well, I have to interview one of the winners of this award… I really wanted to interview the CEO, so I was talking to your secretary . Would you be able to take an interview?”
Behind him, Secretary Seo had a triumphant look on his face, as if he said, “I've got one, boss . ”
Well, he deserved it, because I'd been saying to Secretary Seo for a long time: let me be exposed to as much media as possible, whether it's our company or my name .
But the problem was that the person he had brought was a very, very dangerous person .
'Secretary Seo doesn't know what this guy is doing . '
I turned to reporter Kang Joo-hyuk and said, “Why did you think of me… there is like Director Tak Joon-gi, of Suyeon Travel . ”
“Ahh… Director Tak Joon-gi? He's from Suyeon Group, so he's a little…” Kang nudged his face at me and spoke with his voice down, “These days, readers don't really like the way a man born in a rich family is posted . We can't have click counts on it . Besides, I heard he is a tough guy . ”
'I know Kang has been working with Tak for four or five years . '
They had been colleagues from the time they broke down Go-young Food . This man lied without a blink of an eye . It was an amazing skill, in a way .
I also told him as naturally as I could . “Oh, that could be, because these days are a time of relative deprivation . ”
“Yes, and I wanted to get an interview with CEO Han, not someone else . I heard you were talking to the mayor earlier . You are from a poor family, right?”
“Yes, well, yes . ”
“That's good . I guess . Rather than saying that the third generation of chaebol won a prize for spending money, it would be better for the CEO of a poor family, who is thirty years old, winning the prize for hiring a lot of young people . Isn't this a good picture, CEO Han?” he said to me with a rather stupid smile .
I looked at him for a moment . 'This guy… is the one who's been ordered to come by Tak Joon-gi, though he thinks he has not been found out . '
I knew his true ident.i.ty through Lee Ah-young: the Newsmaker who makes news to sway stock prices and extort money from ants . As I knew he was an a.s.sa.s.sin, it wouldn't be a bad idea to listen to him .
'It is possible to avoid daggers or trajectories just by looking behind you . If I'm good, I can make a counterattack . '
“It sounds like… that's a good story . All right . Let's do the Interview . ”
He bowed to me and said, “Really? Thank you, CEO Han!”
Secretary s...o...b..hind him opened his thumb . I looked at it and thought inside, 'Huh… it's not an eel you've caught, man . It's a viper . '
“What do you usually see when you look at stocks?”
“I'm more likely to see their future growth potential . Stocks are what grows after eating dreams . I tend to try to predict the future as much as possible . ”
“Oh, I see . But isn't the future unpredictable by people?”
“It's not just impossible . Don't you think that futurologists like Alvin Toffler are amazingly predicting the future? I don't think it's impossible, but I'd like to say it's very difficult . ”
“It's very difficult?”
I said, nodding my head, “Yes . But if I succeed in that difficult thing, the profit is very high . ”
“Oh, that's a good word . ”
He wrote down as he listened to what I was saying . That looked very familiar . I was sure he'd been working as a reporter for a long time .
“And finally, please say something to the young people at this time . ”
“Me?”
“Yes . tell some kind of blessing or some p.r.i.c.kly advice to the young men of this age, as a successful man in your thirties . ”
At the words I stroked my chin for a moment and said, shaking my head . “No . I don't want to say that much . ”
“Then…?”
“I just want to cheer them up… that's all I want to tell them . ”
The reporter, Kang Joo-hyuk, stared at me for a moment and said, “But why don't you tell them something a little bit specific? You're a good predictor of the future . Tell them, 'Don't waste your life . What about designing your future? For example, how about learning Chinese? Or why don't you learn coding?'”
I shook my head strongly and said, “I don't want to . I've been successful at an early age, but… that's because I've had some luck, too . It's not entirely my ability . ”
That was not a word of humility . Without the news of 12 Hours After, I wouldn't have been able to do this .
I went on to say, “They all have their own reasons, and to tell an unspecified number of people to do this or that, I… I think it's arrogant . I think it's irresponsible . So… I just want to cheer them up, no matter what the young people do . I want to say that . ”
He quickly typed with his hands . “Then do whatever you want, and do it well?”
But I didn't like it . “No, I don't want to say, 'if you work hard at anything, it will be done . ' I think that's a lie, too . Some things don't work, even if we work hard . Of course, sometimes it's helpful to step back and rest . ”
Reporter Kang Joo-hyuk stared at me .
I went on to say, “So I just want to say, 'Whatever you do, I cheer for you . Cheer up . There are times when luck comes to life . ' That's all I want to say . I got a little bit of wealth at this age, but… I think that's largely due to luck . ”
“Hmm,” Kang Joo-hyuk raised his lower lip and said as if he were somewhat dissatisfied, “Is that so? I see . ”
I didn't know if it was because he didn't have enough for an article, or because it was different from what he thought .
“Then I'll finish the interview with this . The content of the interview will be adapted to the best possible level, and it'll be on our weekly magazine and Internet site in about a week . ”
I nodded, “Yes . ”
Reporter Kang Joo-hyuk put his laptop in his bag .
I was looking at him . 'What is this? Is that it?' I thought so . As soon as I broke up with Director Tak Joon-gi, he asked for an interview, and I thought something was going to come up with a strange offer, but there was no such thing .
'… is he just here to see me today? Is this a pre-investigation?'
But just then, he said, “By the way, this is a personal question…”
I opened my eyes wider . “Tell me . ”
“Who do you think will be chosen as the Old City Regeneration Project maker of Seoul City?”
I said with my eyes blinking, “… what?”
“Don't you know Mayor Joo Sung-won's pledge?”
“Aha… the Old City Regeneration Project . ”
'It was the biggest, number one pledge of Joo Sung-won . Such a pledge is to rejuvenate the Old City spirit by demolis.h.i.+ng old buildings in Seoul City, creating new buildings and new commercial districts . To be honest, there are no good pledges like development or redevelopment . It's the kind of commitment that the real estate agents like, the residents like, and everyone likes .
'That's why Dong-bo Construction, in which he was an outside director became a leading stock at the time of the Seoul mayoral election . Usually, most political theme stocks focus on who will be elected before the election, and what the elected will do after the election . It's a so-called policy theme . Now that it's been a little over half a year since Mayor Joo Sung-won was elected, it's time to start the engine . '
I asked him, “Has it been under way lately?”
“Oh, didn't you know that?”
Frankly speaking, I didn't know . There was no such news in the future news . Even without such news, my calendar application was already covered with a treasure map made of initials, so I didn't think to look for it .
“As soon as he was elected, everyone has asked him to keep his promises . It's been a radical development lately, the first redevelopment project in Jung-gu… They're even close to selecting a business operator . ”
“Aha… and does it include Dongbo Construction?”
“No, Dongbo Construction was not on the list, because the mayor used to be an outside director there… I think he just left them out, as he was afraid of preferential treatment . ”
“Huh . ”
'These days, if they have connections, it might be a negative factor since the people around watch that carefully . '
“Then…?
“About five have been nominated… ” He took a piece of paper out of his sleeve .
'Oh, now you've revealed your true mind . '
I could see the paper as a dagger, not the paper itself, but a dagger trying to stab me .
“The most likely ones are Bisang Construction and Jinyang Development here . It's compressed by these two…”
I asked him, “Where did you hear that?”
“Haha . Well, I could hear things here and there… while I was working as a reporter . It's a rumor . Haha . ”
'A rumor? Not one you made up?' I didn't think the nickname “Newsmaker” was made for nothing .
I furtively said, “Oh… so I'll have a good chance if I just pick one here . Isn't that going to be pretty easy?”
He said with a real smile, “Of course!”
Maybe he thought he nearly got the fish, he seemed to be laughing like that . However, I was not a person to be caught easily .
'Pah! Can you hook me up?'
I thought how to sink this guy under the sea, below the surface of the water . That way, he would probably not even be able to shed tears of grief .
Translator: Khan.
Editor: Aelryinth.
Behind Secretary Seo, a middle-aged man appeared . I stared at him with a dryly; he had long, raised hair, sideways slanting sharp eyes, and pale skin . He looked just like a lizardman, a lizardman . I tried to think of his name for a moment . I couldn't remember the name, but I did remember the nickname Lee Ah-young had told me: Newsmaker
I was thinking about that, and he extended me his hand and said, “Nice to meet you, CEO Han . I am Kang Joo-hyuk . ”.
Just at that moment, I thought of that name: Kang Joo-hyuk
“Ah… Yes . ” I held his hand and shook it a little reluctantly
'Jaeil Economy? That's not going to be the Daewon Daily News . By the way, why is he…?'.
At the moment, he smiled and said, “First of all, congratulations on your award!”.
“Oh, thank you . ”.
“Well, I have to interview one of the winners of this award… I really wanted to interview the CEO, so I was talking to your secretary . Would you be able to take an interview?”.
Behind him, Secretary Seo had a triumphant look on his face, as if he said, “I've got one, boss . ”.
Well, he deserved it, because I'd been saying to Secretary Seo for a long time: let me be exposed to as much media as possible, whether it's our company or my name
But the problem was that the person he had brought was a very, very dangerous person
'Secretary Seo doesn't know what this guy is doing . '.
I turned to reporter Kang Joo-hyuk and said, “Why did you think of me… there is like Director Tak Joon-gi, of Suyeon Travel . ”.
“Ahh… Director Tak Joon-gi? He's from Suyeon Group, so he's a little…” Kang nudged his face at me and spoke with his voice down, “These days, readers don't really like the way a man born in a rich family is posted . We can't have click counts on it . Besides, I heard he is a tough guy . ”.
'I know Kang has been working with Tak for four or five years . '.
They had been colleagues from the time they broke down Go-young Food . This man lied without a blink of an eye . It was an amazing skill, in a way
I also told him as naturally as I could . “Oh, that could be, because these days are a time of relative deprivation . ”.
“Yes, and I wanted to get an interview with CEO Han, not someone else . I heard you were talking to the mayor earlier . You are from a poor family, right?”.
“Yes, well, yes . ”.
“That's good . I guess . Rather than saying that the third generation of chaebol won a prize for spending money, it would be better for the CEO of a poor family, who is thirty years old, winning the prize for hiring a lot of young people . Isn't this a good picture, CEO Han?” he said to me with a rather stupid smile
I looked at him for a moment . 'This guy… is the one who's been ordered to come by Tak Joon-gi, though he thinks he has not been found out . '.
I knew his true ident.i.ty through Lee Ah-young: the Newsmaker who makes news to sway stock prices and extort money from ants . As I knew he was an a.s.sa.s.sin, it wouldn't be a bad idea to listen to him
'It is possible to avoid daggers or trajectories just by looking behind you . If I'm good, I can make a counterattack . '.
“It sounds like… that's a good story . All right . Let's do the Interview . ”.
He bowed to me and said, “Really? Thank you, CEO Han!”.
Secretary s...o...b..hind him opened his thumb . I looked at it and thought inside, 'Huh… it's not an eel you've caught, man . It's a viper . '.
“What do you usually see when you look at stocks?”.
“I'm more likely to see their future growth potential . Stocks are what grows after eating dreams . I tend to try to predict the future as much as possible . ”.
“Oh, I see . But isn't the future unpredictable by people?”.
“It's not just impossible . Don't you think that futurologists like Alvin Toffler are amazingly predicting the future? I don't think it's impossible, but I'd like to say it's very difficult . ”.
“It's very difficult?”.
I said, nodding my head, “Yes . But if I succeed in that difficult thing, the profit is very high . ”.
“Oh, that's a good word . ”.
He wrote down as he listened to what I was saying . That looked very familiar . I was sure he'd been working as a reporter for a long time
“And finally, please say something to the young people at this time . ”.
“Me?”.
“Yes . tell some kind of blessing or some p.r.i.c.kly advice to the young men of this age, as a successful man in your thirties . ”.
At the words I stroked my chin for a moment and said, shaking my head . “No . I don't want to say that much . ”.
“Then…?”.
“I just want to cheer them up… that's all I want to tell them . ”.
The reporter, Kang Joo-hyuk, stared at me for a moment and said, “But why don't you tell them something a little bit specific? You're a good predictor of the future . Tell them, 'Don't waste your life . What about designing your future? For example, how about learning Chinese? Or why don't you learn coding?'”.
I shook my head strongly and said, “I don't want to . I've been successful at an early age, but… that's because I've had some luck, too . It's not entirely my ability . ”.
That was not a word of humility . Without the news of 12 Hours After, I wouldn't have been able to do this
I went on to say, “They all have their own reasons, and to tell an unspecified number of people to do this or that, I… I think it's arrogant . I think it's irresponsible . So… I just want to cheer them up, no matter what the young people do . I want to say that . ”.
He quickly typed with his hands . “Then do whatever you want, and do it well?”.
But I didn't like it . “No, I don't want to say, 'if you work hard at anything, it will be done . ' I think that's a lie, too . Some things don't work, even if we work hard . Of course, sometimes it's helpful to step back and rest . ”.
Reporter Kang Joo-hyuk stared at me
I went on to say, “So I just want to say, 'Whatever you do, I cheer for you . Cheer up . There are times when luck comes to life . ' That's all I want to say . I got a little bit of wealth at this age, but… I think that's largely due to luck . ”.
“Hmm,” Kang Joo-hyuk raised his lower lip and said as if he were somewhat dissatisfied, “Is that so? I see . ”.
I didn't know if it was because he didn't have enough for an article, or because it was different from what he thought
“Then I'll finish the interview with this . The content of the interview will be adapted to the best possible level, and it'll be on our weekly magazine and Internet site in about a week . ”.
I nodded, “Yes . ”.
Reporter Kang Joo-hyuk put his laptop in his bag
I was looking at him . 'What is this? Is that it?' I thought so . As soon as I broke up with Director Tak Joon-gi, he asked for an interview, and I thought something was going to come up with a strange offer, but there was no such thing
'… is he just here to see me today? Is this a pre-investigation?'.
But just then, he said, “By the way, this is a personal question…”.
I opened my eyes wider . “Tell me . ”.
“Who do you think will be chosen as the Old City Regeneration Project maker of Seoul City?”.
I said with my eyes blinking, “… what?”.
“Don't you know Mayor Joo Sung-won's pledge?”.
“Aha… the Old City Regeneration Project . ”.
'It was the biggest, number one pledge of Joo Sung-won . Such a pledge is to rejuvenate the Old City spirit by demolis.h.i.+ng old buildings in Seoul City, creating new buildings and new commercial districts . To be honest, there are no good pledges like development or redevelopment . It's the kind of commitment that the real estate agents like, the residents like, and everyone likes
'That's why Dong-bo Construction, in which he was an outside director became a leading stock at the time of the Seoul mayoral election . Usually, most political theme stocks focus on who will be elected before the election, and what the elected will do after the election . It's a so-called policy theme . Now that it's been a little over half a year since Mayor Joo Sung-won was elected, it's time to start the engine . '.
I asked him, “Has it been under way lately?”.
“Oh, didn't you know that?”.
Frankly speaking, I didn't know . There was no such news in the future news . Even without such news, my calendar application was already covered with a treasure map made of initials, so I didn't think to look for it
“As soon as he was elected, everyone has asked him to keep his promises . It's been a radical development lately, the first redevelopment project in Jung-gu… They're even close to selecting a business operator . ”.
“Aha… and does it include Dongbo Construction?”.
“No, Dongbo Construction was not on the list, because the mayor used to be an outside director there… I think he just left them out, as he was afraid of preferential treatment . ”.
“Huh . ”.
'These days, if they have connections, it might be a negative factor since the people around watch that carefully . '.
“Then…?.
“About five have been nominated… ” He took a piece of paper out of his sleeve
'Oh, now you've revealed your true mind . '.
I could see the paper as a dagger, not the paper itself, but a dagger trying to stab me
“The most likely ones are Bisang Construction and Jinyang Development here . It's compressed by these two…”.
I asked him, “Where did you hear that?”.
“Haha . Well, I could hear things here and there… while I was working as a reporter . It's a rumor . Haha . ”.
'A rumor? Not one you made up?' I didn't think the nickname “Newsmaker” was made for nothing
I furtively said, “Oh… so I'll have a good chance if I just pick one here . Isn't that going to be pretty easy?”.
He said with a real smile, “Of course!”.
Maybe he thought he nearly got the fish, he seemed to be laughing like that . However, I was not a person to be caught easily
'Pah! Can you hook me up?'.
I thought how to sink this guy under the sea, below the surface of the water . That way, he would probably not even be able to shed tears of grief