The Chaebol Who Flies From Space - Chapter 12
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12. Eat raw (1)
“Really? It doesn’t just smell like diluted soju?”
Chairman Cho took a sip of soju from a cup hanging in a corner.
“Wow, this is really tasty. How long has this been aged?”
Anyone who saw Grandfather’s expression was amazed and at a loss.
Although he abstained from drinking as he got older, he loved alcohol more than anyone else.
It’s no fun if you just tell them the right answer.
“How long do you think it has been?”
The fragrance from the opened liquor bottle filled the room.
The father, who had been watching from the side, soon became unable to hold back and quietly intervened.
A love of alcohol runs in my family. I can drink two glasses of alcohol without any problems.
I didn’t get drunk even though I drank quite a bit.
What my father opened was whiskey. He poured a glass from the jar containing Johnnie Walker Black and drank it little by little, shivering.
I also like the premium Johnnie Walker Blue, but for an occasional drink, there’s nothing like a black one.
The drink he drank was not the black he remembered. It usually had a fruity aroma, a smoky taste, and a hint of sweetness, but the drink he was drinking now had a deep and smooth taste, a whole new world he had never experienced before.
I felt a chill down my spine as I watched the two of them indulge in joy and rapture over their glasses.
I had a feeling that if this got out at home, it wouldn’t just be an hour or two of nagging.
Not only my father, but even my grandfather could not escape my mother’s nagging.
It was because it was nagging about taking care of my elderly father-in-law’s health after my grandmother passed away.
After my mother got married, she played the role of the affectionate daughter in place of her bear-like real daughter who was fighting with her male brothers.
Even now, the relationship between the two is not that of a father-in-law and daughter-in-law, but rather like that of a doting father and a nagging daughter.
I tried to stop him, but he seemed to be in a good mood and opened the lids of all the jars and tasted them.
[Master, shouldn’t you stop it? Your mother won’t stay still.]
When I was talking to other people, Iriel, who rarely spoke, urged me to do something, but no matter how much I tried to persuade her, she wouldn’t listen. What should I do?
The two of them looked at each other, as if they noticed the serious expression on their faces.
“It’s already this late. I should go now. I have an appointment.”
“I’ll go too. I just want to see how the factory operates.”
The two of them shook their butts as they thought about what they would be like when they got home, even though they were in a good mood for the first time.
Even as I left, I did not forget the words of advice.
“Don’t tell your mother.”
“It’s a secret to me too.”
He took a jar of his favorite liquor and disappeared in a hurry.
It looked like they were going to go to Grandpa’s house and have a drink together. Since he was already going to throw away his body, he was going to get nagged, so it was obvious that he wanted to throw it away.
“Everything I prepared with great care has been for nothing.”
I stared blankly at a folder filled with prospects for the global liquor market and market entry plans.
Of course, the one who prepared was Ariel, but all the preparations he had made to persuade the two disappeared in vain.
[Didn’t it go well? After all, seeing is believing. Now that you’ve tasted the aged liquor, I’m sure you two won’t object. And the cost of doing it isn’t that much anyway.]
No matter what Ariel said, my heart still did not calm down.
“You checked and there were no problems during the production process, right?”
[There were a few parts that needed to be fixed, but there were no major problems]
Although it was not revealed for security reasons, rudimentary AI technology was used to control the production process and maintain optimal routes.
It was a limitation of an era when hardware could not keep up even if we wanted to use better artificial intelligence.
As I was cleaning up my desk, my mouth watering, I saw the remaining alcohol.
It was a maternal instinct that was secretly hidden in the back so as not to be seen.
“That’s the real thing, you know.”
It was one of the few liquors of Chinese origin that I liked.
He liked it so much that he even built a separate distillery on board the ship to drink it.
[Isn’t it intentionally hidden from view?]
“Ahem, maybe that could be the case.”
[Anyway, the Master loves alcohol too much and is a troublemaker]
“I couldn’t help it. There was nothing to do during the pioneering voyage.”
There were many variables in space.
You cannot use warp while traveling to unexplored areas on a pioneer ship.
For a year or two, all I did was explore space and find resource planets. Naturally, all I had left was time.
It was the fate of pioneers and resource explorers to somehow endure and endure that boring time.
“Back then, the holographic image of the universe was just boring, but now I miss those days a little.”
When I opened the jar, a nostalgic scent spread out.
I scooped up a ladleful and filled my glass, savoring the taste.
It was a nostalgic taste that filled my mouth.
I poured a glass of wine like that and for a moment I was lost in old memories.
I was drinking one glass, two glasses, alone, and then I thought, what kind of victory is this?
I was cautious about drinking with other people. I don’t get drunk easily, but if I did get drunk and say something I shouldn’t, it would be difficult to deal with the aftermath.
You won’t believe me when I say this when I’m drunk, but it’s perfect for hearing people call me crazy after I’ve had a drink.
Because of that, I often end up drinking alone.
My drinking partner was Ariel.
I explained to Ariel one by one the liquors I had made whenever I had time on the Pioneer Ship. Since this was a story from long before Ariel was created, Ariel was unaware of it.
There are some well-made liquors, but there are also many that failed.
When he was short on money, he would sell his hobby-made mother liquor or whiskey at the planetary exchange, disguising it as the real thing made on Earth.
If I had no skill, I would have been caught right away, but the liquors I made were more real than the real thing, so I never got caught.
Ariel, who heard my story, gave me some advice.
[If the master is so good at making alcohol, how about taking over a company that makes alcohol? The current legal licensing process is difficult, so it is difficult for us to enter the domestic liquor market as a new entrant. Rather than going into the ground, it is much better to take over an existing company and sell the product.]
“It’s hard to get a liquor license?”
[The Korean liquor market is a legally enforced monopoly. It has been relaxed now, but in the case of soju, each province has a monopoly, and in the case of beer, there are three companies. If you take away these three, the rest of the market is a mess. It’s because the liquor tax law is a mess. Fortunately, there is one company that can be acquired. It’s called Ddutoabi Soju, and it’s currently struggling financially, so it’s going to go into court receivership soon, and we’re acquiring it.]
“Toad soju? How much do you expect it to cost? How much is the total debt?”
[It’s hidden here and there, but the total debt is about 2.7 trillion won. It’s the number one company in the soju market, and it’s hard for a company that makes a profit of over 100 billion won every year to go bankrupt. They did that difficult thing.]
“Really? How did a company like that go bankrupt?”
[What could it be? The second generation of a conglomerate became the successor and ran wild without knowing what was going on, and ended up ruining the company. He was the owner of a company that was paying out cash every year, so he expanded like an octopus, and then the IMF hit him.]
Ariel’s voice grew louder as if she was getting angry just thinking about it.
[There, they fell for the tricks of the Wall Street guys like an idiot and collapsed. They brought in accounting data and pretended not to know anything while saying they would improve the financial structure. On top of that, they are buying the bonds they issued at a low price and playing with money. I told you, they are really bad guys.]
“Huh! What they do hasn’t changed in a thousand years? No, I should say this is the original. If you’re stupid, you’ll get hit in the back of the head with your eyes open.”
[Ignorance is bliss, there is no fool who is truly foolish]
“But isn’t it too expensive? With a debt of 2.7 trillion won, it would take time to raise that amount of money, right?”
Even if we make a lot of profit, less than 100 billion won, and even if it doubles by next year, it is not enough to create acquisition funds.
[Master, why have you suddenly become so naive?]
“huh?”
You’ve grown a lot, Ariel. You keep telling your master that you’re naive.
I was just blankly staring after being hit with a sudden roomful of bullets when Ariel spoke again.
[Who runs a business with their own money? They run it with other people’s money. That’s what the Master always said.]
It was truly mind-boggling.
I don’t know who owns this thing······. Come to think of it, it was me. Damn it.
Originally, human-implantable bio-AI followed the main body’s thought process.
Who the hell is this guy?
Well, what Ariel said is not wrong. Passing the losses on to the government and taking the profits for yourself is the royal road to becoming a rich man.
Wow, Ariel, you’ve grown so much. Hahaha.
[Master, come to your senses and listen to what I have to say. It is still holding on and has not entered court receivership, but it is only a matter of time before it does, and Daewoo is in turmoil. From the perspective of the government and the bank, it is a matter of immediate concern. Shouldn’t we somehow find a party to take over a company whose financial structure is in shambles? If we step forward to take over Dugeobi Soju, the government will help us.]
That’s right. Now, the economy, which was staggering before the IMF was even concluded, is starting to recover. Daewoo, which used to be ranked 2nd or 3rd in the business world, is going through a rough patch.
The financial markets were gripped with fear because the expected scale of default was beyond imagination.
A situation where the bank could fail and close its doors.
Even if our financial situation worsens, the impact on our food will be zero.
What’s there to worry about when products are sold and converted into cash as soon as they are made?
If we had quietly approached the bank about their intention to acquire the company, things would have gone smoothly.
“I guess the timing isn’t bad, just like you said.”
[On this occasion, I will eat the toad soju raw. Raw!]
Eat it raw? That’s my favorite word. Eat it raw.