World Domination through Planet Development - Chapter 73



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Episode 73. The Traitor’s Crisis

Kang Bae-deok came into his office after sending his staff away.

Then I immediately contacted Chairman Jang.

Tirolirong. Tirolirong.

“Why aren’t you accepting it?”

The beep goes on for quite a while.

Click.

The call finally connected.

-What’s going on?

“Chairman… Chairman. We’re in big trouble! Have you seen the R&S article?”

-What article? Tell me exactly.

Despite Kang Bae-deok’s voice making all sorts of noise, Chairman Jang remained cold.

“It seems that… my partner company reported my embezzlement.”

-What? Embezzlement? Mr. Kang, did you embezzle it?

Chairman Jang asked as if he had no idea about it.

“That… how could that be?”

Kang Bae-deok also lied naturally due to his shamelessness.

-Of course you shouldn’t do that. Even if you did, why are you calling me about it?

“Yes…? I think that is….”

-If there’s such an important issue, you shouldn’t talk about it over the phone, you should come and talk about it in person!

“Ah! I was short-sighted!”

This was definitely a story that shouldn’t have been discussed over the phone.

-Embezzlement, corruption, that’s your responsibility. If you have anything else to say, come directly to my office!

“Yes! I understand!”

-And I have some work to do today, so it would be better if you come tomorrow afternoon.

“…yes.”

-Then let’s hang up now.

Stop.

The call was disconnected.

Kang Bae-deok looked at his disconnected smartphone with gloomy eyes.

I don’t feel good.

Chairman Jang, you little punk… You’re not trying to cut me out, are you?

No. Seeing that he told me to come tomorrow, I think there must be something going on… .

Even if you try to cut yourself off, it’s not easy.

The embezzled funds were all delivered to Chairman Jang through people, so the embezzled funds remaining in Kang Bae-deok’s hands are 0 won.

Kang Bae-deok is not stupid, so he prepared all the photo and video footage.

The content consists of a photo that roughly gives an estimate of the amount of money and a video recording of the scene when the money was handed over.

However, as Chairman Jang is a very thorough person, he received the money through an agent.

If the man who delivered the money had not opened his mouth, Kang Bae-deok and the man would have been blamed for everything.

“Damn… I should have prepared more thoroughly… .”

I guess it was a needless worry. I believed that this relationship would not be ruined by something as minor as a report from the CEO of a partner company.

Late at night.

“Father! Is the article true?!”

Kang Seung-hyun came to Kang Bae-deok’s office.

Kang Bae-deok clicked his tongue as he saw his son roughly opening the door and rushing in.

“Tsk tsk. Do you really have to ask that to find out? Your only son is acting like that… .”

“No, do you know what the atmosphere is like at the company right now?”

“Are you here because you’re worried about your father or because you’re worried about your livelihood? Huh?!”

When Kang Bae-deok became angry, Kang Seung-hyun came and sat in front of him in a respectful manner.

“Oh, of course I came because I was worried.”

“… … .”

When Torajin Kang Bae-deok didn’t say anything, Kang Seung-hyun asked cautiously.

“Father, is it true that it will amount to about 40 billion won in cash alone? Where did you put all that money? Just tell me.”

“Hey! This kid! Even though I said it wasn’t true!”

Kang Bae-deok, angry, threw a bundle of documents.

“Ah! No. That’s not it. I need to know something so I can help or not!”

“I don’t need your help! Get out, you punk!”

When Kang Seung-hyun ran away, Kang Bae-deok was left alone in the office again.

40 billion won in cash… Considering the amount of money embezzled over the long period of time they’ve been doing this, it’s probably around that amount.

To be honest, I don’t know because Kang Bae-deok himself hasn’t counted them.

I recorded the amounts individually and kept them, but I never added them up.

That’s not an amount that the CEO of a partner company would be able to infer… Who the hell is that guy… .

40 billion… It was an amount that could not be collected without selling off Daehyun R&S’s shares, even if it meant being subject to additional taxes.

* * *

The next day.

Kang Bae-deok, who had been suffering from the glares of his coworkers all morning, went to the Daehyun Automobile headquarters to see Chairman Jang as soon as he finished lunch.

“When on earth are you coming?”

“Please wait a moment. He will be back after his schedule is over. Please have a seat for a moment.”

Kang Bae-deok was harassing his poor secretary while Chairman Jang was away.

At that moment, Chairman Jang came in accompanied by his executive secretary.

“Mr.… Mr. Chairman!”

When Kang Bae-deok, who witnessed this, ran to Chairman Jang, Chairman Jang looked at him with a displeased look.

“Stop talking nonsense and just come in.”

“ancient!”

Chairman Jang and Kang Bae-deok entered the chairman’s office together, leaving the two of them alone.

“You idiot! What are you going to do if you say something like that over the phone?!”

Chairman Jang starts yelling as soon as he enters.

“I’m… sorry.”

Chairman Jang, who had been glaring at Kang Bae-deok, slowly walked over and sat down, continuing to speak.

“I saw that article too. Fortunately, I asked the Gyeongseong Daily to take it down, but it was already too late to turn things back.”

“Shouldn’t we look for the informant?”

“What are you going to do with the informant? Are you going to threaten him or something?!”

“Ah… no. That’s not it, but… .”

Chairman Jang, who was glancing at the dead president Kang Bae-deok, cautiously spoke.

“I think the prosecution is probably investigating. I heard from someone I know that the prosecution is already planning to conduct an arrest investigation.”

“yes?!”

Kang Bae-deok was surprised at the mention of arrest and investigation and asked.

“Tsk tsk. Didn’t I tell you to stop nagging me and give me food instead?”

No, isn’t sharing the performance bonus also a part of the carrot? What more can you give to someone who reported that he didn’t like that?

“Well… isn’t an arrest warrant an extremely serious matter?”

“What’s so serious about it? Don’t you remember that I was investigated once? It’s something that always happens when embezzlement cases break out, so don’t worry too much.”

Kang Bae-deok’s expression softened slightly at Chairman Jang’s reassuring words.

However, Kang Bae-deok did not know that Chairman Jang had been summoned for questioning rather than being arrested at the time.

“Is that so?”

“Okay, so you just keep quiet and don’t say anything. Don’t make a fuss for no reason. Even if you have evidence, handle it without anyone knowing.”

“All right.”

“I’m telling you to keep your mouth shut so that it doesn’t get out that I leaked information to the prosecution. Do you understand?”

“Yes, of course.”

Kang Bae-deok answered in a still nervous tone.

“Just be under investigation for a few days. I will appoint a lawyer and send him over.”

“All right.”

After the story ended appropriately, Kang Bae-deok left the chairman’s office.

“hmm….”

Chairman Jang let out a sigh.

Although he was pretending not to know, Kang Bae-deok had already begun to have doubts in his mind.

And Chairman Jang also noticed this fact, but he didn’t pay much attention to it.

Even though Kang Bae-deok is quick-witted and has good wit, he cannot hide his true level.

Even though he said he might be investigated and arrested, you can tell by the way he somewhat agreed with Chairman Jang’s words.

The fact that an arrest warrant is possible means that the prosecution has solid evidence in its hands. Of course, the one who gave it to Chairman Jang himself was the one who did it.

If the prosecution seizes and searches Daehyun R&S’ internal data, the truth of the evidence handed over by Chairman Jang will also be confirmed.

Then the charge itself is proven.

But even if Kang Bae-deok is secretly suspicious, he will not act rashly. He will probably choose to remain silent as Chairman Jang himself tells him to.

He was that kind of author. He was like a dog raised in the yard.

At best, they’re preparing for an emergency, but the person delivering the cash has already taken care of it.

So, there is no need to worry about sparks flying towards Chairman Jang himself.

“Huh. That guy has had more than enough of a life.”

He met someone he deserved, betrayed him, and lived an even more undeserved life. For someone who only had the ability to listen well, it must have been an over-the-top life.

* * *

Kang Bae-deok returns to the company.

“Sir, are you here?”

He ignored the awkward greetings from his coworkers and quickly entered his office.

Click.

Kang Bae-deok locked the office door and walked urgently toward the safe.

Kang Bae-deok reached for the lower part of the safe, not the safe itself. When he touched the lower part, another small safe attached to it came out.

Beep beep beep.

The safe door opens when you enter a four-digit password.

There were some documents and USBs there.

He took out one of the USBs and went to his office table.

I sat down calmly and turned on my laptop. I connected the USB and started checking the files inside it.

There couldn’t have been anything strange since he had been managing it until last year. Kang Bae-deok looked through the oldest files again.

I ran a video file that was in date format.

As the video played, the screen clearly showed everything from holding the money to delivering it.

“…There is no problem.”

I thought that if I just had this, I wouldn’t have to go to the point where I would have to be accused of embezzlement right away.

“ha.”

Rationally, Chairman Jang knows that there is absolutely no reason for him to kick him out.

But what is the warning that keeps ringing in my head?

He has always lived by his intuition.

Kang Bae-deok himself knows that he is an insignificant person.

But he lived his life with his own beliefs.

That’s right. Don’t cross the line.

The only standard was his own intuition, but he was confident in his own intuition. And that intuition never betrayed him.

Embezzling funds and handing them over to Chairman Jang. I never once thought that this was clearly crossing the line.

“It definitely was like that….”

Where on earth did the problem come from?

Just a revelation from a subcontractor president who is angry at himself? Has anyone ever had such a reckless disposition?

“That can’t be true.”

There are many people who think badly of themselves, but I pride myself on never having done anything to deserve such a brazen reaction.

Even those who went bankrupt and closed down their business would not do such a thing. I think they would do it even more because it was good for them in the first place.

“It’s strange. It’s strange…”

There seems to be nothing wrong, but there is a problem.

Cheon Jeong-woo… .

That guy’s name keeps coming to mind.

What if Cheon Jeong-woo is the mastermind behind this incident?

The reason Chairman Jang would kick me out because of Cheon Jeong-woo… Battery. That’s enough of a reason.

“Chairman Jang, did that author sell me out?”

No. There is one reason why it doesn’t make sense emotionally.

In his intuition, Cheon Jeong-woo was a guy who couldn’t forgive others. The reason he stayed quiet was definitely not because he forgave us.

At least that’s what he thinks.

In that case, Chairman Jang would never forgive him. Even if Chairman Jang sold out Kang Bae-deok, that guy Cheon Jeong-woo would never reconcile with Chairman Jang.

“It should definitely be like that… That’s right… .”

Something is not right. I believe that these two cannot possibly collude, but at the same time, I have a feeling that this is not an ordinary matter.

Is there another reason why Chairman Jang should abandon me?

Kang Bae-deok has always lived by trusting his intuition.

And the line that has been maintained.

There was only one time when he crossed the line his intuition warned him to.

Other than that time, I don’t remember ever crossing the line I set for myself. As a result, I was able to live this way and be free.

It seemed that never since then had he wanted so desperately for his intuition to be wrong.