Money Likes Me Too - Chapter 69



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Episode 69.

It’s evening.

The New Year’s party began with an opening speech by Seongsam Lee Yongjae.

“This is not just a celebration party for the rich. It is a place where leading innovators in Korea meet and interact. I sincerely hope that this moment will provide momentum for your business to continue to grow and develop.”

There was a long applause.

In a nutshell, this is what it means. If we join forces, we can make more money.

There were no bad words spoken against me.

The opening remarks signaled the start of a standing reception.

A jazz quintet played softly. People in tuxedos and dresses greeted each other under the chandelier. Some were new to me, while others I had seen several times.

Everyone we met complimented each other, aiming for our success.

‘I heard that Firecross was a huge success in the Philippines this time? As expected from Chairman Min.’

‘What are you talking about? Isn’t it all thanks to the staff?’

or,

‘I heard the news of the merger. You are truly amazing. With this, Anmin Investment & Securities has become a global financial empire that extends to Southeast Asia.’

‘Hanshin is no slouch either. This time, he maintained his unwavering ABS performance record of 1st place. I wonder if he’ll tear his legs while chasing after them, haha.’

It is literally a battlefield without guns or swords.

“Oh my, Representative Kang!”

It was the same for me.

“I’m really using CocoaTalk well. You’re even expanding into Europe. If you keep doing this, you’ll probably expand into Africa too, haha.”

“As expected, you’re handsome. You’re not a photogenic person. Let’s have a drink sometime. We can have a deep business conversation.”

It was extremely tiring work.

Eventually, after less than an hour, we got tired and took refuge in a rest area set up in a corner of the event venue.

‘They really are the conglomerates, they are so quick to exploit other people’s weaknesses.’

That’s why I didn’t want to come. I sighed.

“Are you CEO Kang Si-Hyeon?”

It was a woman’s voice.

“Chairman Jeong.”

Even though it was our first meeting, I recognized him right away. It was Tricell Jeong Se-jin.

It was just as it looked in the picture. The dress, which was not too revealing, could not fully hide her well-maintained, firm body.

This is the place I came to meet her. I got up and reached out to her.

“Nice to meet you. I wanted to meet you.”

“I guess we got along. I felt the same way.”

Her speech was clear and firm.

“Shall we go somewhere quiet?”

It was a voice that had the power that anyone could follow. I got up. I followed her. The sound of jazz faded away. Before I knew it, I had entered a private room with partitions.

“Sit down.”

It was a commanding tone, as if she were the host of a banquet. There was no resentment. She sat down first. It was an elegant gesture.

I asked.

“What do you want to say?”

“You’re in a hurry.”

She laughed softly.

The receptionist came in and politely handed her a dry martini. At the same time, I lifted the glass I was holding to my lips. Damn, the alcohol made me feel like my defenses were automatically lowered.

She was the first to bring up the topic.

“Cocoa, that was amazing. I didn’t know that it would rise to become a major company in an instant. I thought that our Tricell would come first.”

He came in in an instant and started pickling.

‘Oh my, I almost got hit.’

Her attack woke me up from my guard. I straightened my posture. I opened my heart.

I was so intoxicated by the atmosphere that I found myself relaxing without even realizing it.

That’s not right. The business world is a jungle. If you let your guard down for even a moment, they’ll show their claws. It’s the same now.

I also took out the claws I had hidden.

“Tricelle is even more amazing.”

Isn’t it the way of courtesy in the East to give back what you receive in return?

“You have a CMO (contract manufacturing organization) plant that boasts one of the highest production volumes in Songwon, the largest bio cluster in our country, right? You have two FDA-approved biobetter pipelines. I heard that Lepsimo, which you recently started mass production, has even penetrated Europe?”

I’ve been studying a lot for this moment.

“No, does Representative Kang know about that?”

“Of course. In addition, once the original drug Rebicade’s patent expires, the demand for the generic drug Lepsimo, which has a better cost-effectiveness, will explode. All that’s left for Tricell to do is scream as it watches its stock price rise.”

She looked surprised.

“Stop, stop.”

Okay, that’s it, Chairman Jeong raised his arms and declared surrender.

“How long are you going to keep flying? I haven’t even broken even with this. Okay. Don’t say anything more. My heart is pounding.”

It wasn’t just words. The face of the person fanning himself turned red. I smiled in triumph and thought to myself.

‘Look at that. I’m not just pickling anyone.’

“great.”

There was a moment of silence, and she collected her wits and put down her glass.

“It’s embarrassing to say this, but I have something I want to ask Kang Si-hyeon. I’m not the type of person who trusts people easily, but looking at it like this, I somehow feel like I want to trust our Kang Si-hyeon.

* * *

The next day, I headed to the meeting place with Chairman Jeong Se-jin.

‘Actually, I received an offer to invest in a movie.’

That’s what I said the day before.

‘Our company was also preparing for the entertainment business. Just like Cocoa. Don’t say anything for copying it. I’m just curious about one thing. Whether this will really take off or not. If it’s a professional job, you can just find a professional and leave it to them, but isn’t the future something that no one can predict?’

She then concluded by saying that she would like to borrow my insight that allowed me to make two back-to-back blockbusters, and .

‘I let my guard down and got hit.’

It was a past I didn’t want to remember. I couldn’t find the words to answer right away. Tricell didn’t have a million movies yet.

In the end, the winner was Jeong Se-jin.

I nodded absentmindedly. Chairman Jeong’s face brightened when he saw that. She offered to show me the movie script the next day.

That’s why I went to see her.

“It looks like you’re going on a date somewhere.”

When I got into the car, driver Kim Woon-taek started the engine instead of starting it.

“That’s not it.”

“Haha, you can fool other people’s eyes, but you can’t fool mine. I can tell just by looking at your expression. I can feel that you’re more nervous than usual.”

It’s not that I wasn’t nervous, I was nervous. I let my guard down and got hit hard. I didn’t know what would happen today.

“It’s business. It’s a meeting with Chairman Jeong Se-jin of Trycell.”

“As expected. You are an older woman.”

“······.”

“The age difference isn’t bad. My wife is actually two years older than me, but from what I’ve experienced so far, men······.”

“Mr. Kim.”

“yes?”

“How about we start from the beginning? It’s getting late.”

When we arrived at the meeting place, Chairman Jeong was already there.

He was dressed casually, different from yesterday. He seemed to be coming back from a golf course.

“here.”

She waited for me to sit down and handed me a piece of paper. It was a synopsis.

I like the title itself.

I added more after seeing the contents. This is definitely true. It means failure.

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I came across a scenario that I was greedy for in a place I came out of without thinking. I shed tears out of regret for having snatched up such a good item.

Chairman Jeong, who saw that, asked.

“Are you crying right now?”

“It’s nothing.”

“Isn’t it nothing? Is this so touching?”

It’s a misunderstanding.

“That’s not it. That’s really not it.”

More than that, there was something I wanted to ask Chairman Jeong.

According to CEO Song Yu-hwa of Coco I&M, all scenarios come to our company. When reviewing, I sometimes go in and check them out. I was afraid that I might miss a gem.

But I had never seen a jewel like this before. I needed to check the source.

“How did you come up with this scenario?”

She answered all my questions obediently.

She ended her story by saying that she met a friend named Lee Seo-ra by chance and that she suddenly made an offer to invest in a movie. She had been interested in entering the movie industry for a while, so she listened to the offer, but she hadn’t given a definite answer yet.

‘Isra Lee?’

The name sounded familiar. I thought about it carefully.

I barely remembered what happened during . He was one of the friends who made the outrageous offer to take the production cost and give it to me.

‘Then, surely not this time too?’

Suddenly, I feel greedy. But I still have to check it out until the end.

“Did you have any other suggestions when you gave me this?”

I asked cautiously.

“I didn’t hear anything. All I heard was a promise that they would make a movie worth tens of millions of dollars.”

“Are you saying we should leave some and distribute it?”

“Hey, what kind of world is this that makes someone make such a suggestion? And in front of Jeong Se-jin? He would have destroyed it right away. It’s ridiculous.”

What the heck?

These guys asked me to split the money, but they made the real good offer somewhere else. I felt betrayed.

I don’t think it will work.

I became greedy. This is mine, no matter what. Even if I have to take it away.

“why?”

Chairman Jeong looked at me with concern as I thought about it for a long time.

“I don’t think this is it.”

“Huh? What is it?”

“This movie. It’s so touching. Did you say Lee Seo-ra? As she said, it has the right balance of nationalism and melodrama.”

“Really? Then isn’t it a good thing rather than a bad thing?”

I shook my head at Chairman Jeong, whose face brightened.

“The public these days is not so easygoing. They want exciting action rather than emotion, and they prefer cliché movies that are somewhat predictable but make them anticipate the next scene.”

She waited silently for my next words.

“This is exactly it.”

I’ve been preparing anyway.

I asked Song Yu-hwa to pick just one scenario that seemed most likely to work out at the moment. Although she didn’t seem to take her eyes off me with suspicion at my unexpected request.

“?”

She flipped through the proposal with a disapproving look.

“Do you know what a magic iron is?”

“I know. Aren’t you an action actor?”

“That’s right. It’s a movie that Madochul himself planned and stars in. I trust it. All Chairman Jeong has to do is put in the money.”

“······This will really work?”

“Didn’t you say it clearly? You trust my judgment. This will definitely work. I guarantee it.”

That was true.

It was a movie that seemed like it would be a success. So I said, I will never do it. I hid my true feelings.

I feel sorry for Song Yu-hwa, but I can’t help it. If you want to take away the Go Bok-soo that I like, you have to give me a card like this.

As expected,

“Then how about this scenario······.”

Chairman Jeong couldn’t let go of the existing scenario.

Since I came out so strong, he felt like there was something there, but he still looked disappointed. But in the end, he promised to do as I said. I guess it was because he didn’t doubt my judgment.

“Don’t worry. I will convey the message well in your stead, Chairman Jeong.”

I too trusted my own judgment.

‘This is bound to fail.’

It was an opportunity I absolutely could not pass up.

* * *

That evening, Choi Jeong-hyeon received a strange text message from Lee Seo-ra.

[Lee Seo-ra] Are you free tomorrow?

[Me (Choi Jeong-hyeon)] That’s okay, but why? What’s going on?

According to Lee Seo-ra, Trycell’s Jeong Se-jin, who had decided to invest, suddenly changed his mind.

We ended the conversation by saying we would discuss the details tomorrow, but my uneasy feelings did not go away.

‘What on earth is going on?’

Then the phone rang.

[Park Na-jin]

“why?”

– Did you hear the story about Seora?

“I heard. You said we should meet tomorrow and talk? Do you know anything?”

– Do you understand me?

The child has always been ignorant. Choi Jeong-hyeon grumbled.

“It seemed like things were going well, but what the hell is this all of a sudden?”

Park Na-jin responded calmly.

– How would you understand? As long as you don’t act like a jerk like when Cocoa Kang Si-hyeon was there, that’s fine.

“Don’t say anything that will ruin your luck.”

– I told you to relax. Don’t be scared like shit, you idiot.

Even after the friendly phone call, Choi Jeong-hyeon somehow felt uneasy.

‘Cocoa, that dog.’

The side profile of the guy I saw at Sharon Department Store kept coming to mind. I had an ominous feeling.

It was then that an unexpected Kotok arrived again.

[Bogi (Lee Jong -seok)] Our executive, is it possible to talk?

The words became seeds. I didn’t even answer, but the phone started rumbling again. This time, it was a phone call.

“why?”

– Isn’t it New Year’s? I just called to say hello.

“If this is useless talk, just hang up.”

– You’ll regret it.

Lee Jong-suk’s soft voice continued.

– You know , right? That’s why I’m calling you.

“What?” Choi Jeong-hyeon’s face hardened.

– Our CEO wants to invest. It seems like he wanted to play a joke on Chairman Jeong Se-jin for the first time in a long time, but what should we do? We decided to take over that role. Feel free to hang up. If you want to communicate through the 9 o’clock news instead of the phone, that is.

It felt like Lee Jong-suk’s face with a bitter smile was right in front of her. Choi Jung-hyun swallowed.

I also received the same call.

“Tsk!”

After hanging up, I threw the phone down. What Lee Jong-suk said was simple.

‘, our Cocoa will take the place of Tricell. The amount doesn’t matter. However, the result should be as good as the amount put in. 10 million at the box office. If there’s just one person missing, the next news will not be heard on the phone but on the prime time news on public broadcasting.’

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