The 3th Generation of the Chaebol Wants to Live Quietly - Chapter 212



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#212.

“No way. I’m not that bad of a guy. I just need to sell my shares for a reasonable price.”

Team Leader Jo Seong-don was about to say, “Isn’t that a way to sow discord?” but ended up swallowing his words.

Choi Min-hyeok shrugged his shoulders at the stinging gaze of Team Leader Jo Seong-don.

“But I shouldn’t be too outspoken because I have to keep an eye on my grandfather. But since it’s a presentation related to our company, I have to attend. I have to make sure it’s not obvious.”

“… Okay, I understand. I will discuss it with Team Leader Oh Hyeon-jong and set up a schedule again.”

“There is no need to create more trouble. Director Park Jae-ho has already come forward and informed us, but he probably doesn’t know the details. So, try to make sure that this announcement reaches Director Lee Chang-myeong’s ears. I think it was Dr. Cho Jae-hyeon under Professor Song Han-seong? Use that person.”

However, unlike Director Lee Chang-myeong, Choi Min-hyeok treated DL Information and Communications differently.

“If you’re going to do it, please give DL Information and Communications some more information. Even if they’re talking to Oseong Electronics, they should be interested enough to know about it. Just in case the information doesn’t get through, try to sneak some information to Minsu hyung as well.”

“…yes.”

Team leader Jo Seong-don, who was suddenly faced with the situation of having to play spy, stood up from his seat and thought deeply about what Choi Min-hyeok had said. It was a complicated order, and it gave him a headache.

But the point was simple.

‘So in the end, it’s all about inciting conflict between Oseong Electronics and DL Information & Communication. Then what will happen to Director Lee Il-tae in the future? Oh, I don’t know. Director Lee Il-tae will figure it out on his own.’

* * *

There was a lot of talk about the Walmart-related contract even within the planning team.

Team leader Jo Seong-don did talk about some of it, but he didn’t go into detail.

That’s because Choi Min-hyeok didn’t properly tell Team Leader Jo Seong-don.

Team Leader Jo Seong-don slowly went up to the break room with Deputy Manager Park Sang-ki, who openly showed on his face that he was very curious.

Chief Bae Jong-dae approached me quietly, but I didn’t bother to reprimand him.

He looked around the break room wondering where Choi Min-soo was.

As expected, I found Choi Min-soo standing behind a bench hidden by a tree in the far corner of the break room.

Min-su Choi was standing there frozen in place, wondering what was bothering him so much these days.

Team Leader Jo Seong-don led them in a direction where Vice-Chief Park Sang-ki and Manager Bae Jong-dae could not see Choi Min-soo, and had them sit on a bench.

Vice Minister Park Sang-ki opened his mouth with a puzzled look.

“What on earth is going on? Could it be the satellite business unit?”

“It is similar, but strictly speaking, it has nothing to do with the satellite business unit.”

Thanks to raising his voice slightly, Choi Min-soo was able to spot them right away.

Choi Min-soo quickly lowered his body.

‘As expected.’

Team Leader Jo Seong-don felt a sense of guilt about what he was doing, but there was nothing he could do because it was Choi Min-hyeok’s order.

Team Leader Cho opened the conversation by pointing out that it was not Director Choi Min-hyeok who took the lead in this matter, but Professors Lee Dong-ho and Song Han-seong.

“Director Choi has nothing to do with this matter.”

“well.”

Vice Minister Park Sang-ki did not believe it.

Even Manager Bae Jong-dae was rather bewildered.

“I don’t really understand why you would say something like that.”

“…I hope you just think of it that way.”

And Vice Minister Park Sang-ki also could not have imagined that Choi Min-hyeok was the one who laid the framework for the revised satellite broadcasting system.

“I think Director Choi is up to something again, but I guess I understand.”

Team Leader Jo Seong-don was embarrassed because his persuasion was not working, but he didn’t pay much attention to it. Even if Director Choi Min-hyeok said that he had nothing to do with it, no one at KM Electronics would believe that.

“That’s it. The truth is… … .”

There was a talk about a slightly abridged satellite broadcasting system.

“… This is amazing.”

“… So, we need to sign a new contract regarding this satellite broadcasting system.”

From then on, Team Leader Jo Seong-don intentionally lowered his voice.

Vice Minister Park Sang-ki, who judged it to be an important matter, also looked around.

Team leader Jo Seong-don, of course, explained it in an appropriately embellished manner, but everyone’s attention was still on Choi Min-soo.

‘I see you’ve heard enough. Is this enough?’

Team Leader Jo Seong-don, who thought he had explained things to some extent, took the two back to the conference room. He hesitated whether he should tell Choi Min-hyeok what he had been instructed to do, but decided to just keep it to himself.

‘Will this actually work?’

* * *

Kim Yo-jong, who had recently visited Choi Hoon-yeol, who was half-broken, recently went to see her father, Chairman Kim Sang-gu, and complained. She cried loudly in front of her father.

Fortunately, Chairman Kim Sang-goo stepped forward and seemed to be doing something.

As I found out later, the donated shares had incited conflict between Chairman Choi Yong-wook and Choi Min-hyeok.

Chairman Kim Sang-goo was confident.

“There is no one in the world who has close to a trillion won and doesn’t have conflicts. So don’t worry too much and just watch quietly.”

Chairman Kim Sang-goo did not believe anyone who told him that Chairman Choi Yong-wook had given his grandson 1 trillion won worth of shares. He thought that Chairman Choi Yong-wook had done something behind the scenes while giving the shares.

I don’t know the full details, but I think Chairman Choi Yong-wook made a mistake.

As KM Electronics’ stock price rose, Chairman Choi Yong-wook also expected to have a headache.

Although it wasn’t a method that Kim Yo-jong was particularly fond of, she thought it wasn’t a bad start.

But as time went by, the results were different from what she expected.

Chairman Choi Yong-wook enjoyed his life as usual. As his health improved, he even enjoyed his hobbies by going to the golf course.

So, he always showed up without fail to attend KM Group executive meetings.

Vice President Choi Moon-kyung remained silent, as if dead, unlike before.

He didn’t do anything rash.

Kim Yo-jong also heard belatedly that Kim Yi-kyung was involved in this incident.

Kim Yi-kyung harassed Vice President Choi Moon-kyung as if she was catching a rat.

Kim Yo-jong, unlike other people, knew very well what kind of person Kim Yi-kyung was, so she watched him with her tongue hanging out.

‘Honestly, I’m jealous.’

Kim Yo-jong visited Kim Yi-kyung’s family several times to hear about their various stories, as she was curious about their family atmosphere. In the past, they had been awkward because of the relationship between Executive Director Choi Hoon-yeol and Vice Chairman Choi Moon-kyung, but now that Executive Director Choi Hoon-yeol has moved away from the successor structure, she has been more welcoming and talked to them than before.

Through that story, I learned that Kim Lee-kyung was also greatly disappointed by Vice Chairman Choi Moon-kyung’s actions.

Of course, the level of caution towards Choi Min-hyuk has increased more than ever.

Kim Yi-kyung even hired a detective agency to dig up Choi Min-hyeok’s weaknesses.

‘I have to learn too.’

Kim Yo-jong ended up going around day and night to find out about various things. She mobilized all her connections.

But today the house was a lot different than usual.

I was running around the room in a panic because my son, Choi Min-su, whom I always saw, was missing.

Luckily, the housekeeper told me that Choi Min-su was in the room.

“But I think the young master is worried.”

“Why do you think so?”

“When I come home, I just go into my room and don’t come out.”

When I cleaned the room, I didn’t even mention that it smelled musty.

Kim Yeo-jeong ran to Choi Min-soo’s room and knocked. There was no answer, so she took the key and opened the door. Inside the room, Choi Min-soo was lying on the bed with the blanket over his head.

Startled, she ran over and threw off the blanket.

Choi Min-soo was groaning and sweating profusely.

“Hey, Minsu, where does it hurt?!”

Choi Min-su didn’t wake up right away and barely realized that it was his mother.

“Oh, Mom.”

“What’s wrong with you? Is something wrong?”

“that is…….”

It wasn’t that Choi Min-soo had any health issues. It was because of something strange that was discovered during a recent ETRI-related investigation.

Even Manager Heo Hoon seemed unaware of this. However, it was unclear whether Manager Heo Hoon was trying to ignore Choi Min Soo or if he truly did not know.

Although Choi Min-soo struggled on his own, the situation was very different from what he expected.

Recently, the atmosphere has completely changed from before as the attitudes of key members of the KM Electronics sales team have changed.

Choi Min-hyeok was now a king with great power, as well as the owner of the power over life and death.

Because of that, Choi Min-soo had to endure the harsh gazes of the employees.

Most of the KM Electronics executives and employees looked at Choi Min-soo as if he were a spy from the South.

Even healthy people can’t help but experience health problems.

The timid Choi Min-su was as helpless as a sick patient.

Of course, he saw that Director Lee Il-tae had regained his confidence, but he didn’t really believe it. Director Lee Il-tae seemed to be struggling to do something, but the surrounding employees’ gazes were cold.

Just because he lives in a mansion doesn’t mean it’s a happy place for Choi Min-soo.

Choi Min-soo died day by day under the gazes of those around him who looked like insects.

I couldn’t bring myself to tell my mother, Kim Yo-jong, about these circumstances, so I just cried.

Kim Yo-jong felt like she was going crazy when she saw her son shedding tears like chicken poop.

“Minsu, what are you going to do if you’re already like this? You have no idea how cutthroat running a company is.”

“…sorry.”

Well, Choi Min-soo thought that no matter how difficult the management was, it wouldn’t be as terrible as it is now. He didn’t even remember feeling any revenge against Choi Min-hyeok.

Kim Yo-jong sighed at the thought of her children. Her husband was in prison, and she was busy preparing for the second trial. On top of that, her child was in this state, and she was really going crazy.

But she persevered and tried to persuade Choi Min-soo somehow.

Meanwhile, I also heard through Choi Min-soo that there was some other movement within KM Electronics.

“Satellite broadcasting system? What is that?”

“They say it’s a research system currently being conducted by ETRI, but I don’t know the details. What our division is doing is developing terminal systems, including satellite decoders.”

“Well, it doesn’t really have anything to do with KM Electronics, right?”

“But I heard what the planning team was talking about in the break room, and it seems like Director Choi Min-hyeok is involved in this as well. I didn’t hear the details.”

“Tell me more.”

Min-su Choi overheard Team Leader Seong-don Jo talking secretly with Deputy Manager Sang-gi Park and another employee. He listened while holding his breath because the three people had suddenly come up behind him.

I didn’t hear the details, but it was also related to the satellite broadcasting system I was investigating.

Originally, I should have informed Director Kim Hyeon-tak first.

But recently, the atmosphere at the company suddenly became tense, so I couldn’t do that.

Especially after the Walmart incident, KM Electronics executives and employees said whatever they wanted to say, even if it was a KM affiliate.

So, the gaze toward himself, the son of Executive Director Choi Hoon-yeol, who was branded with corruption, was colder than ever.

Kim Yo-jong held the hand of her son Choi Min-su, who was in a situation where he needed to be taken to a mental hospital for immediate treatment.

“Who did you hear that information from?”

“… I heard it from Hyun-tak hyung.”

“Hyun-tak? Are you talking about Kim Hyun-tak?”

“Yes. I did a separate investigation at Hyun-tak’s request, and I only recently found a clue.”

Kim Yeo-jeong also knew well that her eldest brother, Vice President Kim Hee-chan’s eldest son, Chief of Staff Kim Hyeon-tak, and her second brother, Executive Director Kim Yong-man, were not on good terms.

‘No, is it strange that we are on good terms?’

She made a few phone calls to acquaintances she knew briefly to check on the satellite broadcasting system.

It was a large-scale project currently being carried out as a national project by ETRI with support from the Ministry of Science and ICT.

The amount invested so far has exceeded 300 billion won.

During this time, she heard some strange information.

There was talk that there was a problem with the satellite broadcasting system operated by ETRI.

Kim Yo-jong also initially tried to call Executive Director Kim Yong-man, but changed her mind. Kim Hyun-tak, the head of the headquarters, is an expert who knows the next-generation communication network business well.

Fortunately, unlike Executive Director Kim Yong-man, she did not get along badly with Vice President Kim Hee-chan.

[This is the youngest aunt, Kim Yeo-jeong.]

[… Oh, hello. How are you?]

[You say that when you know full well that I’m not doing well.]

[…yes.]

Chief Kim Hyeon-tak was also greatly embarrassed by the harsh answer. He just kept an eye on her, wondering if she was calling because of Choi Min-soo.

[Can I see you for a moment?]

[Then I will make a separate appointment at a different location… … .]

[No, it’s a business matter, so I’ll visit your company. When can I see you? Oh, it won’t be a loss for you. It could be important information. It’s information you asked Minsu for. I need to know about this too. That’s why I’m calling.]

[…All right.]