The Highest Level Son of a Chaebol Family - Chapter 290



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I was curious.

‘What did the smuggling king send?’

It was wrapped up very tightly.

I wrapped the document envelope tightly with tape, put wax on it, and tied it tightly with a rope.

‘I can’t just open this?’

It seemed like I would need a knife or scissors.

My grandfather gave me a sidelong glance.

“Ahem, what is this that you like so much?”

“It’s a secret.”

“······!”

Why are you making such a shocked face again, Grandpa?

I feel sorry for nothing.

“Do you see the central mark here? Do you see the sealing? This is a very important item.”

If I were to explain everything in detail, it would take forever.

“Shh, if you know, it’ll hurt.”

“If it’s a foreign country······, it’s definitely the Middle East······.”

“······.”

This damn Mapo-gu Jungdong!

If my grandfather knew about this, I wouldn’t be able to tell him honestly because it would be embarrassing!

But what is this?

Now that I think about it, it’s true that the Middle East is like that too, right?

‘Mr. Cheol-gu said that while he was following Kim Hyung-won, he discovered a Saudi Arabian certificate of title.’

So I decided not to deny it specifically.

“Maybe?”

“what?”

My grandfather nodded heavily.

For some reason, this time, grandfather was surprised.

“No, why are Middle Eastern things flying in from the US?”

Right?

Doesn’t that seem like it makes no sense?

I was like that at first too.

‘When I heard that Mr. Cheol-gu, who had been sent to the US, had obtained the Saudi certificate of title that Kim Hyung-won had bought, I thought, ‘What the hell is this?’

But what can I do?

Luckily, he caught the tail.

I took off my hat.

“Don’t you know the smuggling king?”

“I know. The master of smuggling.”

Grandpa slapped his knee.

“This was smuggled!”

“······.”

It is also true that the smuggling king is the master of smuggling.

It’s true that Mr. Cheol-gu promised to smuggle the items he had obtained and send them back to me.

To call it smuggling······ Huh?

If you look at it that way, it was smuggling, right? It just avoided detection at security checks because the envelope had a large security mark on it.

“Maybe?”

“oh my!”

“oh my!”

My grandfather and my maternal grandfather groaned at the same time.

My grandfather pushed my back and urged me on.

“Jeonghyeok, let’s go into the room with Grandpa and take a peek without anyone knowing!”

“great.”

I nodded.

‘I have to go into my room quickly and take a look!’

The golden glow is quite tempting.

All my attention was focused on this golden gift.

It was thick and heavy, and it seemed like there was a lot to check.

There were just as many things I was curious about.

‘I decided to reorganize my investments in American global companies, take out what needed to be taken out, and add more to what needed to be put in. I also asked him to look into investing in Hollywood movies. And······.’

Oh man, I’m dying of curiosity!

My grandfather coughed, “Ahem!”

“You said it was something important? It’s so noisy and crowded here, I wonder if it’s not a bit uncomfortable.”

Well, it’s a banquet hall.

It’s natural that there are a lot of guests.

Of course, since there are so many eyes watching, it is vulnerable in terms of security.

“That’s true.”

Because I got hit in the back of the head so many times when I was younger.

Since we were only entangled in bad relationships, we were often betrayed.

“Let’s go to my grandfather’s house! It’s much quieter and more comfortable there.”

“You said this is Sungjun’s house? Why don’t you just call Taesung Group’s security guards and have them guard the outside of the door?”

“At my grandfather’s house, there are also sujeonggwa and garaetteok!”

“Will that be okay?”

My grandfather smiled meaningfully and pointed to the stack of documents I was holding.

It was a document regarding 4,500 units of Cheonma Apartments in Daechi-dong and a land document for an apartment complex in Suseo-dong.

“How dare you lure a child like that!”

“Then why don’t you try your best to trick your in-laws?”

“No one would think they’re from a wealthy family, so they’re already asking for money from a child······!”

“Is it just a waste of money? I also wrote a memorandum to our Jeong-hyeok. And it wasn’t just one page… how many pages were there?”

“Five chapters.”

Everyone’s eyes widened in surprise.

“Five chapters?”

“Five chapters?”

No, what if even Grandpa gets surprised?

I counted my fingers.

“A memorandum on the acquisition of a company guaranteeing 100% of the shares, a memorandum on the guarantee of shares and management rights of Wookwang affiliates, a memorandum on Taesung Chemical, a memorandum on the next CEO, and a memorandum on the inheritance of shares of Taesung Electronics, the holding company of Taesung Group. Five documents in total.”

“······!”

My grandfather’s mouth opened wide.

Grandfather puffed out his chest in pride.

“Isn’t this the level we need to go to to win Jeong-hyeok’s favor?”

“Ugh!”

“I gave all the affiliates that I had ripped off from our Jeong-hyeok. There were seven of them in total!”

“Seven affiliates?”

“Haven’t you heard that Taesung Chemical was handed over to our daughter-in-law? That’s a company worth 30 billion won.”

“Ahem!”

“Jeonghyeok is the future of our Taesung, the pillar, and the stepping stone of the grand plan! I wouldn’t mind giving him that much!”

“Ugh!”

Grandpa showed off his winner’s smile.

Chief Ko, who was guarding my grandfather, covered my eyes with his thick palm.

“Oh my, Chairman. Please just slow down······.”

Director Ko shook his head as if he couldn’t stop himself.

“You’re bragging about that now, and in front of someone who’s going to be your in-laws when we first meet······.”

On the other hand, Secretary Kim nodded with a very pleased face.

“Well done, Chairman. Isn’t this why we write memoranda?”

“Even Secretary Kim······.”

Director Koh was clutching at my head.

Whatever.

“Jeonghyeok will become the next leader of Taesung.”

“The next leader?”

My grandfather tilted his head, wondering what he had just heard wrong.

That’s understandable, since our father is sitting firmly in the position of vice chairman of the group and the successor.

“If you are also handing over shares of Taesung Electronics, is five copies of the memorandum of understanding worth it?”

“Ugh!”

My grandfather had a sullen look on his face.

Grandpa smiled proudly and put his hands on his hips.

“Where are you going to get our Jeong-hyeok’s attention!”

“Who said you’d eat me raw?”

My grandfather got angry.

“I also prepared this in advance to give to my grandson, and it’s quite good!”

Grandfather’s eyes flashed for a moment.

It was like that of a beast catching its prey.

I clicked my tongue inwardly.

‘You got tricked.’

Why did my grandfather blatantly take out the land deed and thrust it at me the first time we met?

But what is this?

“Brother-in-law, you don’t have to force yourself like that.”

Aren’t you the type of person who would do something like this?

You’re the kind of person who always gets what’s mine, so why are you acting like this today?

Do you really think you’re going to rip it all out and tear it all out······?

“I know that to a farmer, his farmland is more important than his life, so I’m not going to ask him to give it up. That’s fine. Just your heart is enough.”

Grandfather waved his hand.

“Even if you farm, if you take out wages, fertilizer costs, and other things, there’s not much left.”

Grandpa laughed, hahaha.

“We don’t ask for much. We just ask that you kindly allow our children to get married.”

My grandfather gently stroked my hair.

“I will take care of the Cha family lineage, so you don’t have to worry about your in-laws. It will be enough if you welcome me warmly when I visit occasionally, on holidays.”

“On holidays?”

My grandfather couldn’t hold it in any longer and shouted.

“What nonsense are you talking about! Your grandson is still your grandson!”

“sure.”

“This child is of the Cha clan, but he is also of our Lee clan!”

“But unfortunately, our Jeong-hyeok is the next chief.”

Grandfather smiled broadly.

“There is a lot to learn. You don’t have time to just hang out like other kids. We will teach you well and make you a great talent for this country.”

It was a declaration that he would teach me every weekend by my side.

“I have a lot to teach you too!”

“I know. Farming is not an ordinary job. How could I not know that it takes at least ten years of study and practice to become a professional farmer?”

Grandfather shook his head.

“But if you had experienced our Seongjun, you would have come up with an estimate. What good would it do for a child who will lead Taesung to learn farming?”

“Ahem!”

My grandfather couldn’t bring himself to refute me.

Just thinking about the crushed corn I had seen earlier was unbearable.

“Who will teach you how to farm?”

My grandfather turned his head sharply.

“I will teach the land.”

“earth?”

“Even so, I am considered quite wealthy in the land.”

“Oh, that’s right. I heard that this area has been home to noble families for generations.”

Grandfather nodded obediently.

“I heard you have quite a bit of farmland.”

“Even if we sell all of this, how much will we get? Since it’s worthless here, let’s put it aside and instead, I think we should give Jeonghyeok the real estate he has buried in Japan.”

“······japan?”

The grandfather’s head, which had been nodding, suddenly stopped.

He had an expression on his face as if he was hearing this for the first time.

“Have you bought real estate in Japan?”

“I guess I have been studying abroad in Japan for quite some time.”

When my maternal grandfather was young, it was the Japanese colonial period.

“Since everything was going to be taken away by colonial exploitation, including land, cattle, and houses, I took a lot of money with me when I was young and went to Japan.”

Now that I think about it, my maternal grandfather’s family was said to be a wealthy noble family known for generations.

“I took the money I earned from selling land, cattle, and houses, and worked hard to do a lot of different things when I was young.”

“I made a mistake?”

“Knowledge is the land, so I ended up making a lot of money from land.”

My grandfather said indifferently.

“Half of it was set aside and sent to the independence movement military funds, and the other half was bought up indiscriminately, saying it was like taking away the enemy’s land. Ahem!”

“Did you buy it?”

“Land prices······have risen quite a bit in the meantime.”

Since the 1960s, Japan has maintained high economic growth for over 30 years.

In the 1980s, it surpassed the Soviet Union to become the world’s second largest economy.

During this period, Japan had developed greatly to the point of joining the ranks of advanced countries.

It was natural that land prices were much more expensive than in Korea, which was only recently entering the developing country stage from a least developed country.

‘Until the Plaza Accord was signed, land prices in Japan were skyrocketing like crazy every day.’

That’s Japan’s real estate bubble.

“I have decided to die in my homeland, so I have no intention of going back to Japan to live. Well, I think it would be perfect if we gave the land of Japan to Jeong-hyeok. Ahem!”

“Can you give that to our Jeonghyeok?”

“If a businessman doesn’t care about the company and even gives away his affiliates, what’s the big deal about a landowner giving away some land? Ahem!”

Grandfather’s expression became blank.

“Can I ask how much land you have buried in Japan?”

“Not much. About 100,000 pyeong in Tokyo?”

“······yes?”

That’s an area where land prices are incredibly expensive.

100,000 pyeong is too much, isn’t it?

Grandpa opened his mouth wide.

“I heard that land prices have risen a lot, so I took out loans and built several buildings to earn rent.”

“Buildings? Several of them?”

“Are there about three or four thousand?”

“······!”

At that time, Japan was experiencing a lot of real estate-backed bank loans.

No matter what, it’s like that.

The building isn’t something that costs a few pennies.

There’s so much more than I thought?

Grandfather’s jaw dropped.

“Besides that, there are some lands scattered throughout Japan.”

“Are you saying there is more land?”

“Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Sendai, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, somewhere in between.”

“her?”

The strength in my grandfather’s hand that was holding me suddenly disappeared.

I slid down and landed on the floor.

My grandfather smiled brightly.

“They said that they had to put up buildings there to make rent, so they put up a few.”

“Are you going to build another building there?”

“They don’t have to raise prices as high as Tokyo. They just raise prices for mansions, commercial buildings, and houses, and things like that, little by little. Ahem!”

“Huh?”

“There is more, but I’ve been uploading so many different things that I can’t even remember where I uploaded what and how much I uploaded these days.”

“······.”

My grandfather looked down at me with dilated pupils.

“You’re giving it all to our Jeonghyeok right now······.”

“If they’re going to give me shares in the next CEO position, what’s the big deal about giving me a real estate company? Ahem!”

“Even a real estate company?”

“If you want to make it easier to manage, wouldn’t it be better to start a company?”

My grandfather scratched the tip of his nose.

“I’ve been digging the ground my whole life, so what do I know about management?”

“······.”

“If a reasonably cheap and good piece of land comes up, I tell them to go and look at it, buy it, and then take out a generous loan to build a usable building on it.”

“······.”

“I live by receiving reports of money coming in regularly while farming and making money.”

“······.”

My grandfather had a blank expression on his face.

I too was left with my mouth wide open.

‘How much is all this?’

My grandfather extended his hand to me.

“Ahem! Why don’t you go to your grandfather’s house and carefully look over the land deed you’ll receive, item by item?”

“yes!”

It was an offer he couldn’t refuse.

End

ⓒ Osorok

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