World Domination through Planet Development - Chapter 25
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Episode 25. Preliminary Battle
Restoration Garden.
“Hey~ Long time no see.”
“Oh, okay, okay.”
Greetings were exchanged here and there, asking after each other’s well-being.
Since we rented the restaurant for a day, all the people who gathered were members of the alumni association.
Again.
The restaurant door opened with a clear bell sound.
And then Kang Seung-hyun appeared.
“Hey, how have you been?”
“Oh, okay… .”
Seunghyun, who always appeared at the end like the main character, arrived quite early for some reason and started saying hello.
Everyone just thought that it probably had something to do with Jungwoo coming.
“Did that work out well last time?”
“Ah… yes. Thank you very much. If it weren’t for you, I would have been in big trouble. I will definitely pay you back as soon as possible.”
Huh.
“For something so trivial. Between friends. Give it to me slowly. I won’t die without that money.”
Seunghyun answered in a deliberately loud voice.
Most likely intentionally so that other people can hear.
“Thank you, really.”
Knock knock.
Seunghyun passed by, patting his shoulder.
Seunghyun could be seen as a person who did not live only thinking about himself.
This group can be maintained because they know how to act in a way befitting a king.
Of course, it is not an action taken based on such calculated judgment.
The result was simply an attempt to satisfy one’s self through superficial display.
Seunghyun soon found Byeongchan and approached him.
“What about Cheon Jeong-woo?”
“Ah. I think he’ll be here soon.”
Nod, nod.
“Can I sit here?”
Seunghyun asked, pointing to the place where the settings were all set up.
“Oh, yeah. I prepared everything.”
“That’s perfect.”
The moment Seunghyun was about to sit down.
Again.
The person who was supposed to come has finally arrived.
* * *
[Everyone just gathered there a moment ago.]
Really? Then let’s go in slowly.
In fact, the arrival had already taken place a long time ago.
It didn’t arrive very quickly, but it arrived on time, so you can just go in whenever you want.
Again.
As Jungwoo enters the restaurant, his classmates begin to avoid eye contact with him.
I knew it, but you guys are going too far. Seriously.
I saw Byungchan quickly come out to greet me from over there.
“Oh, you’re here. Jeongwoo.”
“It’s been a while.”
“Hey, how long has it been? Come here.”
“okay.”
Seunghyun, who was sitting on the other side, looked back at him.
The two made eye contact for a moment.
An awkward atmosphere hung in the air.
“Hey, Jungwoo. Do you remember Seunghyun?”
Byungchan took the time to introduce him.
How could I not remember?
Perhaps trying to break the awkward atmosphere, Seunghyun greeted me first.
“It’s been a while.”
A hand extended in greeting.
Jungwoo looked at the hand for a moment, then grabbed it.
“Nice to meet you.”
“Hey, Jeongwoo. Sit down, sit down.”
Byung-chan, who was happily watching the scene, sat down Jeong-woo, who was standing there blankly.
Even though Byungchan was making a fuss next to them, their eyes were focused on each other.
“I’m sorry.”
And Seunghyun’s sudden apology.
“…what?”
What the heck? This kid is apologizing?
To be honest, I was a little embarrassed.
You’ve grown a lot more than I thought. You’ve been apologizing from the start.
If you think about what he’s going to do, his insides haven’t changed at all, but seeing that he knows how to bend, it’s clear that he’s grown.
It’s not a very good thing, but I would say it’s gotten more cunning.
“Pfft. What the heck. I was young back then. I did things to you that I shouldn’t have done.”
Jeong-woo carefully read Seung-hyun’s expression.
What does this kid think he did wrong that he’s apologizing for now?
“What can’t you do? Like you cheated on me with Seo Ye-jin? Or… what you did to my father?”
“What? Hey, that’s….”
When Seunghyun heard the gossip, a look of disbelief appeared on his face for a moment.
That’s because I swallowed the words inside me, ‘Your father knew how to do that.’
But is it really true that growth has occurred?
That expression also quickly disappeared.
There was a brief silence.
Huh.
Jungwoo laughed.
“It’s okay. Whatever it was, I’ve forgotten it all. Why would I still be holding it in my heart when it happened so long ago?”
Jungwoo interrupted the cold atmosphere.
Seunghyun, who was thinking about what to say for a moment, was delighted by Jeongwoo’s answer.
“Right? Right, Emma. When was that the case? Have a drink. Let’s have this and forget about it.”
“Okay, okay. Let’s have a drink.”
Byungchan intervened from the side.
Except for the initial war of nerves, the conversation between the two was on a very good note.
Jungwoo accepted all of Seunghyun’s boasts and unfunny jokes.
When the company dinner was almost ready.
A woman came into the restaurant.
It was Hye-seon who had a secret relationship with Seung-hyeon.
I came with makeup that made me look innocent, without drawing my eyeliner too thick like when I was with Seunghyun before.
However, she also looks subtly sexy by wearing clothes that accentuate her body.
Seunghyun, who already recognized her, called her.
“Hye-seon, this way.”
Hyeseon often approached these seats with slow steps.
“Oppa, I’m sorry. I’m so late, right?”
“No. Say hello here. This is Byeong-chan, our class president, and this is Jeong-woo.”
“Ah! Hello~”
Hyeseon greeted him while covering her chest with her hand.
Any man would have no choice but to look there.
Jungwoo glanced over and saw Byungchan staring at him without being able to take his eyes off him.
Tsk tsk. I guess Byungchan doesn’t have a lover.
Oh, come to think of it, I don’t have any either.
But I’m an exception. Aren’t I a bit special? Aren’t I?
Ahem.
“Hye-seon is not in our department, she is a junior in the Korean Literature Department.”
“Oh, really? I know a lot of people there. This is my first time hearing Hye-seon’s name, haha.”
When Byeong-chan heard that I was studying Korean Literature, he pretended to know.
For a moment, Hye-sun and Seung-hyeon look at Jeong-woo in confusion.
Why?
Because Hye-seon is a high school graduate.
I just lied to create a connection to attend this meeting.
“Oppa, I’m really upset. Do you think that’s a mistake? I majored in fashion design.”
“Ah. Ah. Was that so? It’s been so long that my memory is hazy.”
“I see… I don’t know anyone there…”
Byungchan felt regretful for no reason.
“Can I sit here?”
Hyeseon asked Jeongwoo with a smile.
Since Seunghyun and Byungchan sat on the same side of the four-person table, her seat naturally became next to Jungwoo.
Of course, this was Seunghyun’s intended design from the beginning.
“Yes, of course. Please have a seat.”
By the time we got to know each other and started talking,
“By the way, what are you doing these days?”
Seunghyun glanced at Jeongwoo as if he was about to get to the main point and asked.
“I’m doing business right now.”
Seunghyun’s expression changed as if he thought what was coming had finally come.
“Ah~ You’re doing business~”
The way he spoke suddenly changed. It was as if he was reading a Korean textbook.
Phew! What’s with that tone. I almost laughed for a second.
The acting is a total mess.
“Yeah, well. That’s what happened.”
“That’s right. You, you’re definitely smart.”
Can business be simply defined as being smart?
I just nodded my head because it seemed like he was just randomly throwing things at me and hitting me.
“you?”
“Me? Of course I work at Daehyun. I thought of it because you’re doing business, but our company is doing some investment business.”
“Investment business?”
Jungwoo asked as if he didn’t know.
“Yes. I was given some important responsibility there.”
“Good. Do your best.”
Seunghyun glared at Jeongwoo, who accepted it indifferently.
Hey hey my face is going to get pierced.
“Want to get some investment?”
“Our company? Do you know what our company does and invest in it?”
“You’re a startup, right? Unless you’ve been in business for 10 years or something, it’s possible. The core of this business is to invest in promising businesses regardless of the field. If you’re sure about it, then of course I can do it.”
While Seunghyun speaks, he glances at Jeongwoo.
I knew it, but did you really think that scenario would work?
He seemed to have forgotten that he had already been rejected once when he approached Daehyun, so he calmly came up with a fake scenario.
I sighed, but that was what I expected.
“How much do you want to invest?”
“First of all, 10 billion.”
What? 10 billion? Where did half of it go?
“If you do well, I’ll give you an additional 10 billion.”
The attention of the classmates at the next table was focused on the amount of money that ordinary people would never even think of.
People who will have a hard time making even 1 billion won, let alone 10 billion won, in their lifetime.
So I couldn’t help but prick up my ears.
This kid isn’t thinking of swallowing 10 billion won if he gets in trouble, is he?
Sarah didn’t say anything like that.
“I’ll think positively.”
A smile appeared on Seunghyun’s lips.
“Really? You said you thought positively. You promised?”
Seunghyun’s expression of liking was too obvious.
You idiot. Now is not the time for you to like something.
The investment was made by you and I am receiving the money.
The situation right now is that you are giving me your money.
If you’re going to act, do it till the end.
“Yeah, I’ll think about it.”
“Think about it. This is a really good opportunity for you. You may not need the money right now, but business doesn’t always go as planned. The more money you have, the better. You may have to give me a lot of shares, but Dae-hyun won’t interfere with the management.”
You’re always talking about stocks. Don’t you interfere with management?
Seeing you lie so blatantly, I guess you are aware that you are doing something that pricks your conscience.
“Senior, Jungwoo said he’d think about it. Talking about work is really boring, isn’t it? Do you have to come to a place like this to talk about that?”
“Oh, haha. Did we just talk about ourselves too much?”
Only after Seunghyun had finished saying everything he wanted to say did Hyeseon step in and pretend to grumble.
After that, the atmosphere flowed smoothly.
Hyesun continued to act like a fox to seduce Jeongwoo, and Jeongwoo also intentionally showed that he was secretly accepting her.
So the atmosphere flowed without any bad consequences.
“It’s already this late?”
When everyone was full and time had passed, Seunghyun said.
Seunghyun gave Hyeseon a subtle signal.
“Ah~ I think I drank too much~”
Hyeseon came into Jeongwoo’s arms as if she was about to collapse.
“Uh… Uh… Hye-seon, then I…”
“Hey, Byungchan.”
When Byungchan saw that, he tried to stand up, but Seunghyun stopped him.
“Uh… yeah?”
Byungchan felt that Seunghyun’s expression was not normal.
“We have our own work to do.”
“Ah, that’s right. That’s right.”
Still, it’s been 10 years since I started eating rice cakes.
I immediately figured out Seunghyun’s intentions.
“Hey, Seunghyun. I have some work to do with Byungchan, so if it’s okay, could you give Hyesun a ride?”
“There’s no way it won’t work out.”
Jeong-woo accepted Seung-hyun’s request right away.
“Really? Thanks.”
Seunghyun cheered inwardly.
“That’s good. I brought the car anyway, so it’ll be easy to give it to you.”
Seunghyun fell into thought for a moment after hearing Jeongwoo’s words.
You brought tea?
What if I drink alcohol and I am not in a position to drive?
Does that mean calling a proxy?
If that happens, will Hyeseon have trouble seducing that guy?
No, I don’t think it will make much of a difference.
“Is that so? Then Byungchan, call me Dae-ri.”
“No, it’s okay. The driver will come.”
What? Driver?
Just as I was dumbfounded at the news that there was a driver who didn’t even use his own car, someone opened the restaurant door.
Again.
I heard the door open.
When everyone at the dinner table was roughly tidying up their seats, everyone’s eyes turned toward that place.
A woman opened the door and appeared.
The eyes of those who saw her widened.
She has visuals that would not be out of place in the center of an idol girl group.
Even though he was dressed in a suit with black hair and no makeup, he seemed to glow naturally.
She walked in calmly without looking anywhere else.
When she walked towards where Jeong-woo was, those who were with her were also surprised.
My mouth is watering.
Actually, I was very surprised at first. I didn’t know that it was possible to this extent.
This alone made me confident that becoming the world’s richest man would be no problem.
“Sir, the vehicle is ready.”
She stood in front of Jungwoo and said.
“Jung…Jungwoo, who are you?”
When Byungchan saw that, he was surprised and asked.
The way he looks at Hye-seon is completely different from when he looks at her.
“Hmm? Who are you? Uh… Our company’s assets.”
“Uh… yeah?”
She greeted me before I could even ask what she meant.
“Hello. My name is Sarah.”
You might have been able to infer something from the name Sarah, but unfortunately Seunghyun is also not in his right mind.
“As you can see, I’m a driver. You can’t drink and drive.”
“… A driver?”
Seunghyun asked again.
I pride myself on having met enough women, but I have never met a woman like that.
There is not a single sharp corner.
That perfect face, as if it were created by God himself, step by step.
“Yeah. The knight is here, so you should get up.”
Jeong-woo gets up and puts on his coat.
As I got up and looked to the side, I saw Hye-seon staring blankly at Sara’s face.
“Hye-seon, wake up and come to your senses. You’re really drunk.”
“No…?”
The surprised Koraksuni was quite a sight to behold.
Oops.
Jungwoo pretended to leave, then looked back as if he had forgotten something.
“Ah, Seunghyun. You said you were going to invest earlier? I’m sorry, but I don’t think that’ll work out. I have a lot of money, so 20 billion won is a bit too little. Anyway, I had a good meal today. Be careful on your way home. Sara, help Hyeseon.”
“all right.”
Jeong-woo left the restaurant first, leaving them behind.
Hyeseon fidgeted and watched Seunghyun’s expression as she was dragged out by Sara.
And behind them, Seunghyun and Byungchan were left, looking on with somewhat bewildered expressions.