The Highest Level Son of a Chaebol Family - Chapter 376



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376. Bait to seduce the president

Ambition flashed in my grandfather’s eyes.

I was overcome with a desire to get a definitive answer from the President.

The president, who met those eyes properly, raised only one corner of his mouth.

“I don’t say anything empty.”

This was enough.

Grandpa was on fire.

“Seongjun! Where did Vice Chairman Cha go? Find him quickly and bring him back!”

“Yes, Chairman!”

At the grandfather’s urging, the Taesung Group executives rushed out.

Grandpa swallowed his saliva.

“Your Majesty, Yugong… … .”

“Up to there.”

It wasn’t something worth talking about loudly in front of others.

To my grandfather, it was a story he could brag about to everyone in the neighborhood, but to the president, it was nothing more than a nuisance.

This is because conglomerate chairmen, with their ears wide open to the sound of Yukong’s announcement, began to gather one after another.

“This is not the place to discuss this.”

The president glanced at his wristwatch with a bored expression.

“Has the event started yet?”

“I was just about to get started.”

In fact, there are still about 10 minutes left until the New Year’s Eve event, but if the President is criticized, he will be criticized.

Taesung Hotel CEO Hwang jumped up onto the stage and grabbed the microphone.

“I would like to express my gratitude to all the distinguished guests who came to the year-end party held at Taesung Hotel. Now, we will begin the year-end party.”

Clap clap clap clap.

“According to the New Year’s Eve menu… … .”

The ceremony proceeded with many of the meal’s details omitted, as per the president’s request.

The grim reaper returned with a yawn.

[You can’t have a fight in front of the president, right? Hey, it was going to be fun.]

It’s a fight of passion.

‘There’s no way the president would just come to the support group.’

I put Yukong’s work first, but well.

Is that really the purpose?

I don’t think so.

‘You’re going to go through all that trouble to make things more favorable for Taesung? That’s ridiculous.’

If there is a reason why the President has appeared at this time… … .

I have a guess.

It’s obvious what the issue will be right after the presidential and general elections.

‘Hey, Guardian Angel. Where is your father?’

[After checking the Taesung Hotel bar, he comes down this way.]

That’s perfect.

I opened my coin purse.

He took out his Montblanc fountain pen and quickly wrote on a white piece of paper.

‘I told you I was lucky?’

How was the timing perfect?

I never imagined that Chairman Cho of the Geumjo Group would be the first to suggest cooperation with Taesung.

‘I sent it with a blue sticker on it just in case it would be used in the future. I didn’t know it would be used so quickly?’

If I had to pick just one person who is absolutely essential for this job, it would definitely be Chairman Cho of the Geumjo Group.

I didn’t forget to write numbers on the outside of the note.

The teacher leaned toward me and smiled.

“What kind of outrageous picture are you drawing that makes you smile so sinisterly?”

“I want to pay off a huge debt to Chairman Cho of the Geumjo Group.”

I jumped up from my chair.

Even for a child like me, if I wander around in the middle of a meal, I think that’s what adults do.

Since I knew my father’s route, there was no way we would get lost.

“dad!”

I suddenly put a note in my father’s hand.

“What is this?”

“It’s bait to seduce the president.”

I laughed hohohoho.

* * *

The president chuckled.

“Fifty million won.”

The president’s gruff gaze swept over the audience.

“Don’t worry about what I think, just give as much as you can, appropriately.”

It was a silent pressure.

It was like going to a Chinese restaurant for a group meal and the owner shouting, “Don’t worry about what I think and order whatever you want to eat. I’ll have jajangmyeon.”

The president’s blatant smile grew even deeper.

“The operating expenses of the Saemaul Foundation are also insufficient.”

After Yang Jeong-moon of the Kookmin Group reluctantly donated 1 billion won, it was the president’s political fund window that was formed by emptying the pockets of the chairmen of conglomerates.

Annual operating costs were set at 10 billion.

This year, the presidential and general elections were held simultaneously, so operating funds were already running low.

‘I knew it!’

The chief of security at the Blue House shouted loudly.

“Helping the underprivileged is something that should be done voluntarily. So don’t force it! Give it your all, give it your all!”

The chief of security at the Blue House placed both hands on his waist.

“I can’t show you a bad side in front of Your Majesty, so let’s have a private meeting! Or should we go to the courtyard?”

The room froze.

They could not have been unaware of what would happen to the political and business figures who were dragged to the central government.

“Tae-seong.”

“I will donate 100 million.”

“where?”

“100 million won each for the New Year’s Eve and Saemaul Foundation.”

The President’s eyes turned to the side.

“Woo-kwang.”

“Woof woof!”

Wookwang’s Chairman Kim Dae-sik immediately responded to the president’s call.

“I heard Wookwang Construction filed for corporate rehabilitation?”

“Woof, woof!”

“The Woo Kwang Jung Oil Company is also shaking.”

“Woof, woof!”

“I can’t ask you to give me the money I have saved when I have nothing.”

“… …What?”

At the moment when Chairman Kim Dae-sik’s face, who was on the verge of death, was about to brighten up again.

“How about offering Woo Kwang Jung Yu?”

“100 million!”

Woo Kwang’s Chairman Kim Dae-sik shouted urgently.

“Woo Kwang and I will each put in 100 million won.”

“You have no shame.”

Kim Woo-kwang, the honorary chairman of Wookwang, immediately stepped forward.

“I will donate 500 million won to the Saemaul Foundation in my name. Please use it for the country.”

“Father is better.”

People held their breath.

Woo-kwang lost 700 million won in an instant.

“The Three Emperors.”

“I’ll give you 700 million.”

“Even though the Three Emperors and the Three Kingdoms are staggering?”

“I will give up all the Gulf shares I have. Do you also need Yukong shares? Take them.”

Only then could people guess the president’s intentions.

The President had a keen interest in Yukong and Gulf.

“Hyunmu.”

“I will give you 500 million won and all of Yukong’s stocks.”

“Ilseong.”

“I will give you 500 million and Gulf shares.”

“Blue moon.”

“We at Cheongwol do not have any shares in Yukong or Gulfsa, so we only need 500 million… … .”

“Are Cheongwol Motors and Cheongwol Heavy Industries having a hard time these days?”

Chairman Park of Cheongwol Group trembled.

“Cheongwol Motors and Cheongwol Heavy Industries are responsible for one axis of the Korean defense industry.”

“Why did you exhibit such a crude tank?”

“that……!”

Chairman Park of Cheongwol Group immediately knelt down.

“The military rifle prepared by Cheongwol Heavy Industries will be released soon. We will also introduce a Korean helicopter in the near future.”

“Hmm.”

“I will donate 300 million more to the Saemaul Foundation.”

“Golden tide.”

Chairman Cho of the Geumjo Group immediately shouted.

“I will give you 700 million.”

“How can the golden lion who wrote the myth of Middle Eastern construction act this petty?”

“Because of the Seosan reclamation project, the situation is not good right now… … .”

“Do I have to see that through?”

The president’s eyes were as cold as ice.

“Isn’t it that they are trying to fill in the country’s tidal flats and monopolize them as gold mine land?”

It was a private-led reclamation project that had already been approved by the president.

If it turns out that there is no money to donate to political funds because of that, then the story is different.

“Are you not devoted to your country and patriotism, but are you only trying to satisfy your own selfish desires?”

“A part of the Seosan reclaimed land… …!”

“Is the land of the Republic of Korea only the Seosan reclaimed land?”

As the president snorted, Chairman Cho of the Geumjo Group’s face turned even paler.

“Then let’s make money somehow… … .”

“Which one should I choose, Geumjo Automobile or Geumjo Shipbuilding?”

“Go, Your Majesty!”

Kumjo Motors later grew into one of the leading automobile companies in South Korea.

It is already leading the pack, leaving its competitors behind.

There is no need to say more when it comes to Geumjo Joseon.

One day, the president suddenly called in Chairman Cho of the Kumjo Group and pressured him, saying that he needed a shipyard.

They are telling us to borrow foreign loans to the best of our ability and build a shipyard, so we have no choice but to do so.

In the end, Chairman Cho of the Geumjo Group had to secure a loan from a London bank with the guarantee of a shipping magnate to take over the shipyard.

“I will put 300 million more into the Saemaul Foundation!”

“Do I even have to bring up the topic of Geumjo Construction?”

Kumjo Construction was covering the deficits of Kumjo Shipbuilding and Kumjo Automobile with the oil money it earned in the Middle East.

Chairman Cho of the Geumjo Group shouted urgently.

“We, Geumjo, together with Taesung, will try to overcome this country’s worries in a new way!”

Chairman Cho of the Geumjo Group held the crumpled note even tighter.

He held onto the rope with an embarrassed look on his face.

Being able to wander around in the middle of a meal is a privilege of children, isn’t it?

‘It must have been a condition that seemed entirely favorable to Taesung, but you managed to make up your mind?’

What looks golden to my eyes must look like shit to yours.

But at this point, it can only seem that way.

‘You’ll see when you wait. These aren’t entirely unfavorable conditions for Geumjo.’

Anyway, it’s something that will be decided by the results.

Petty squabbles and scuffles were meaningless in the face of the President’s wrath.

“Come up with a solution together with Taesung?”

“This is the story I suggested first.”

Everyone’s eyes, including the President’s, were focused on my father.

“Details.”

“It is still in the discussion stage, but if we can successfully carry out this task, I believe it will elevate the national prestige of the Republic of Korea to a higher level.”

“Raise the national prestige?”

The president turned completely towards his father.

The head of the Central Intelligence Agency and the chief of staff of the Blue House also looked pleased.

The same was true for the chief of security at the Blue House and the ministers of each ministry.

“Chairman Cho of the Geumjo Group, may I borrow your map for a moment?”

“Oh, okay. Take it.”

Chairman Cho of the Geumjo Group handed over a map as a gift.

When I opened the lid, a high-quality, rolled-up map came out.

It was a new map with a blue sticker on it.

“I believe it is now time for South Korea to discuss hosting the Asian Games and the Olympics.”

“what?”

The president’s eyes widened.

The President’s dissatisfaction would have grown with each world leaders’ meeting he attended.

The president of a developing country with a low national income, the president of a country in a state of armistice where war could break out at any time, the president of a country whose location in Asia is unknown.

You probably don’t want to hear that anymore.

“There is no better stage to promote Korea to the world than the Olympics.”

For the same reason, the president has been fostering elite sports.

I hoped they would go to the Olympics and Asian Games to make the name of the Republic of Korea known and enhance national prestige.

“Korea’s domestic market is small, so isn’t export the only way to survive?”

The president has been loudly calling for export-led economic growth.

In fact, as a result, the Korean economy has grown remarkably in a short period of time.

“Sports is a festival of humanity that people all over the world enjoy together. We want to promote Korea, Korean companies, and Korean products through sports, and revitalize the Korean economy.”

“Come here.”

The father presented the map to the president.

The president noted the blue sticker.

“What does this mean?”

“To host the Asian Games and the Olympics, we need stadiums that are suitable for them. We have selected several candidate sites.”

“The Asian Games and the Olympics.”

A spark of greed flashed in the President’s eyes as he looked at the map.

But soon he opened his eyes halfway.

“Our competitor is Japan.”

Japan hosted the 3rd Tokyo Asian Games in 1958.

After that, they tried to host the Asian Games again, but it didn’t go as planned.

4th Indonesia, 5th Thailand, 7th Iran, 8th Thailand. The next Asian Games were also taken away by India.

“They are so excited that they are gritting their teeth and running towards the next Asian Games, determined to make sure that Japan wins.”

That wasn’t all.

After Japan became the first Asian country to host the Olympic Games in 1964, it was eagerly eyeing the next opportunity.

“The same goes for the 1988 Olympics. They are lobbying to hold it in Nagoya.”

The president sighed softly.

“It is not an easy task.”

Everyone nodded.

“The difference in economic and national power between Japan and Korea is huge.”

“Compared to Korea, which barely made it into the developing world, Japan has risen to the ranks of the world’s second-largest economy.”

“Besides, the skills of Japanese lobbyists are extraordinary. They have enormous financial power.”

“It won’t be easy to convince the organizing committee.”

“The scales are tilted heavily to one side.”

People spoke with one voice.

“I think it would be easier to aim for the next place after Japan.”

The president’s expression became strange.

My father looked straight at the president.

“So are you going to give up?”

No way.

“In other words, this means that Japan enjoyed the special benefits of the Asian Games and the Olympics so much that it rushed to the event with its eyes wide open.”

Father smiled brightly.

“Taesung will take the lead in this matter.”

Chairman Cho of the Geumjo Group continued speaking hurriedly, lest he miss this.

“We will do our best together with Geumjodo.”

Suddenly.

Instead of answering the question, the president stood up from his seat.

“Both of you to your room.”

No matter what happens at the New Year’s Eve party.

More than how much they will extort in sponsorship money from the conglomerates.

It meant that talking to my father was more important now.

“Taeseong’s brain never disappoints me.”

The president walked ahead with a satisfied look on his face.