World Domination through Planet Development - Chapter 24
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Episode 24. Seo Ye-jin
Seunghyun was standing in front of the house talking on the phone with someone.
“You accepted it right away? That bird… no, Cheon Jeong-woo? Why?”
He asked back with a rather bewildered expression, as if he had heard something he had not expected.
-Oh, I did. I don’t know why. I thought you told me to call you and we were done talking?
The voice on the other end of the phone was Byung-chan’s, who Jung-woo had previously spoken to.
“If you’re done talking to me, why would you call me? Don’t you have the brains to do that?”
-Ah… haha… that… is that so? I was short-sighted.
The awkward laughter of Byungchan.
Byungchan just laughed at Seunghyun’s crude tone.
Since this wasn’t the first or second time this had happened, his response was also smooth.
“Well done for now. Tell the kids about it. Jungwoo has something to talk about with me alone. Don’t make him hang around for no reason.”
-Okay. I told you everything.
“Where is it?”
Seunghyun asked, remembering that the last place was expensive and the food wasn’t tasty.
-It’s called Subok Hanwoo Garden. It’s a famous Hanwoo restaurant, and that place is…
Korean beef? Korean beef is still acceptable to eat, no matter how bad it is.
“Okay, I got it. Text me the address.”
Stop.
Seunghyun finished what he wanted to say and hung up the phone.
I look at the disconnected phone and chew on it.
Why on earth did that guy accept to meet me so easily?
Didn’t you know in the first place that you were going to the reunion?
That’s not possible.
Yeah. If he was a guy, there’s no reason for him to still be holding on to that old thing.
Anyway, it’s a good thing.
If he didn’t show up for the reunion, I might have to put on a show just to see his face.
For some reason, Seunghyun came home a little late in the evening.
Yejin happened to be at home at the time.
This is Seo Ye-jin, who used to be Jung-woo’s lover.
His hair was still wet, as if he had just washed up.
She said, looking at me with a puzzled expression.
“… Are you here?”
Anyone who sees it will be wondering why you came in at this hour.
However, Seunghyun is not in a position to be offended by that kind of attitude.
Don’t you yourself have behaviors that go outside?
In fact, we had already met earlier before I came in.
Today, I just came home early to say something to Yejin before she went to bed.
Seunghyun put a lot of effort into pretending that nothing happened.
“Yeah. Work finished a little early today. How are you doing these days?”
Seunghyun asked.
“Uh… yeah. Okay.”
“okay?”
She also looked a little embarrassed, but Seunghyun didn’t notice at all.
“Oh. Since the sales figures are good, I might be able to move to a different location next year.”
Yejin is currently launching and operating a fashion brand.
The only place that was open at the time was Daehyun Department Store, and it was located at the end of the street.
But that is not an easy task either.
Daehyun Department Store is a separate legal entity from the automobile group.
Of course, since they are family, they are closely connected to each other.
That’s why Kang Bae-deok’s connections could be effective, but that was the extent of it.
After entering, survival is something you have to figure out on your own.
But the fact that it was maintained meant that things were going well.
“You, are you having a class reunion this year?”
“Yeah. But?”
Has it already been that long?
Every year there was a reunion of college classmates, and the two always attended together.
“You don’t come out.”
“What? Why?”
It was an unusual event.
Even if it wasn’t necessarily a class reunion, Seunghyun would always take her with him to formal gatherings like his father.
Honestly, unless there is an event like that, it is rare for the two to work together.
“You know Cheon Jeong-woo? He’s coming out too.”
Seunghyun blurted out the name as if it was nothing.
But Yejin couldn’t help but open her eyes wide when she came across the name she had forgotten for a very long time.
“…who?”
“Cheon Jeong-woo. Don’t you remember?”
There was no way I wouldn’t remember that name.
“Why is that person coming to the reunion?”
“Pfft. He’s our classmate too, so he should come out. Did you forget?”
Yejin was furious at Seunghyun’s attitude of asking the obvious, but she didn’t show it.
“That’s not what I’m asking now. Why is that person coming to a class reunion he’s never been to in his entire life?”
Seunghyun glanced at Yejin for a moment and then opened his mouth as if to laugh.
“I called.”
“What? You? Why?”
For Yejin, that man is someone she would like to erase from the world if she could.
Perhaps her classmates still gossip behind her back, calling her a money-crazed whore.
What should I do now that I can finally erase that nightmare from my memory?
If it was for a trivial reason, it would be something that could not be tolerated.
“Yeah, I called you. For now, we’re business partners. So watch what you say.”
What the heck is this nonsense all of a sudden?
Who is your business partner?
“Why are you doing business with that guy? What could possibly happen?”
“If there’s something to do, I can do it. Are you really making such a fuss over something that’s been going on for 10 years already?”
Seunghyun said, completely forgetting the trembling he had been in front of his father a while ago.
“Tell me more. How long do I have to be that business partner or whatever?”
They are very similar in that they don’t talk straight and even make people feel bad about themselves.
“Don’t worry, it won’t take long. Just take over his business and you’re done.”
“You’re taking over the business?”
Only then did Yejin’s face begin to relax a little.
“Yeah, he must have been successful in business, even though he was poor.”
Seunghyun said as if it was unexpected.
Yejin listened and remained silent, then wrapped her arms around herself as if she was getting goosebumps.
An attitude as if one had seen a cockroach.
“Still, I’m kind of like that. I’d rather go somewhere and hang myself like my dad did… .”
Huh.
Seunghyun just laughed at her psychopathic remarks.
“That’s also funny. We sent them out after getting our money’s worth, so why did they die? They were trying to make us into bad guys by any means possible. They don’t know how to admit defeat.”
“So this time it’s a similar situation to that time?”
The situation at that time meant that the company was being taken over.
Of course, they don’t seem to think that they are taking anything away.
Seunghyun nodded.
“Yeah, he probably doesn’t like us either. He’ll have to spend more money.”
It seems that he thinks he needs to spend a lot of money to take over the management rights.
“How much do you plan to spend?”
She didn’t like the idea of spending money on that guy in the first place.
But now, there’s nothing I wish for more than for you to just disappear from my sight.
“At least 10 billion. Considering more than half, we will spend up to 20 billion.”
“You spend that much? What kind of company do you work for?”
She asked in surprise.
I guess the amount of money that comes out of the billions has changed my mind again.
“It’s an AI company.”
“AI company?”
When you say AI company, I suddenly think of that company I heard about recently.
But that company is not one worth investing in with just 10 billion won… .
I thought that it couldn’t possibly be Yejin, but it was as expected.
“Do you know Sarah AI? You don’t know? It’s okay. You might not know. It’s a company where experts work together. Ordinary people…”
Seunghyun began to unravel the knowledge he had begged for as if it were already his own.
But those muttering words no longer reached her ears.
Do you know that company? I do. I know it very well.
Wasn’t this the same company that was on the news on public broadcast just yesterday?
Even if she doesn’t see or hear information about something that will make her money, she doesn’t forget it even if she only hears it briefly.
But the company that created that Sarah AI belongs to that man…?
Was that guy really that smart?
I used to think he was a man who had nothing to offer other than his looks… .
More importantly, you’re saying you’re buying that company for 10 billion, no, 20 billion?
Would it be possible to acquire it for that amount of money…?
Suddenly, 20 billion felt like a small amount of money.
With that thought in mind, I looked at Seunghyun again.
Even now, seeing you talking so intoxicated by my taste, I can’t find the courage to say those words.
Because Seunghyun really hates being involved in his own work.
If it’s Daehyun Group, there must be some way… .
Because the corporate ecosystem in Korea can solve things that money can’t solve… .
… I just thought that.