You Are Defended - Chapter 606



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Episode 606

“Yoon Se-yeon! Why are you wandering around there?”

Yoon Se-yeon turned around at the sound of a voice calling her name.

She breathed a sigh of relief, having been on the verge of getting lost after being hit by a person just after going to the bathroom.

“No, if there are no seats, you can just fall behind. Why do you keep standing between the desks and not letting people pass?”

As Yoon Se-yeon sat down grumbling, the reporter sitting next to her snickered and answered.

“This is an unprecedented situation. What can we do if there is not enough space?”

“Hasn’t there been one or two unprecedented incidents in our country? Why are you all acting like amateurs?”

“This size isn’t common.”

“That’s true.”

Yoon Se-yeon nodded and placed her laptop bag on the desk.

The reporter sitting next to her was just looking at Yoon Se-yeon, as if he had something to say.

Then, Yoon Se-yeon looked back at him and made a snickering sound.

“What is it? If you have something to say, just say it.”

“What’s that, Reporter Yoon, weren’t you close with Senior Choi before?”

He asked, lowering his voice.

Although she could guess what he meant, she pretended not to know and asked back.

“Why all of a sudden?”

“Why? You do it knowingly.”

“What, haven’t you heard anything from Senior Choi?”

“Yes. Anyway, there isn’t much variety in the content that can be written in the Iljoong Ilbo. But my situation is a little different. Is there anyone who doesn’t know that Senior Choi has all the scoops? There are even rumors that Senior Choi knows the whole story of the case, but he solves it by looking at the atmosphere. Who is a better swindler than Senior Choi?”

Yoon Se-yeon sighed.

Choi Jong-hyun and Cha Ju-han are not the type to tell everything as it is.

Originally, Choi Jong-Hyeon wasn’t like this, but it seems like he only learned bad things from Cha Joo-Han.

However, it is true that Yoon Se-yeon knows more than others because she has been of great help to the case in her own way.

Even if she hadn’t been affiliated with the Ilbo, she would have pressured and nagged Choi Jong-hyun to write a few scoop articles, but it’s a shame she didn’t.

“Can I just leak out what Senior Choi risked his life to report? That would be against business ethics. And Senior Choi gets paid, but Senior Choi isn’t even a salaried worker. If he doesn’t save up this much, he’ll end up on the street.”

“I’m going to play for a few years with the money I’ve made this time. And that guy, Bongjun Jo, who I’m broadcasting with, has a lot of money.”

“It’s not like Cho Bong-jun has to feed and support Senior Choi. Senior Choi also has to find his own way to support himself.”

“Oh, who wants to know something big? Even if it’s something small, even something insignificant, let’s have some fun. Since the Iljoong Ilbo can’t use it anyway, why don’t we use it? I’ll criticize you harshly instead.”

“Senior, after you transferred to Do Kyung Ilbo, did your pen just become sharper?”

But if I can’t have the scoop, then no one can.

Yoon Se-yeon answered firmly.

“I really don’t know. Senior Choi has a secretly annoying side. You know, Senior too. He just sucks on me, and when I try to suck on him, he doesn’t suck on me.”

But when we spoke on the phone a while ago, he said he wanted to pass on things that were too trivial to cover on air to a trustworthy reporter.

Yoon Se-yeon looked at the senior reporter with a secret look.

Now that I think about it, I think that senior’s daughter said she was preparing for the preliminary round.

My back is breaking because of the tuition fees.

“I don’t know. Let’s talk later. There are too many people here.”

Even though I lowered my voice and spoke in a whisper, I could feel the ears of the reporters around me turning in my direction.

It’s already so crowded that you could die from being crushed by people, and the hallways are packed so if you say something wrong here, rumors might start spreading.

“Oh, I don’t know what you guys are doing. Didn’t you expect it to explode? Either do it in a wider space, or do traffic control more quickly. My head is spinning from lack of oxygen.”

Yoon Se-yeon grumbled for no reason as she opened the laptop she had bought with Cha Ju-han’s card.

After making some rough preparations and exchanging necessary contact information, the scheduled time arrived before we knew it.

In the meantime, the once crowded venue appears to have been cleaned up.

The door opened and the board of directors of the welfare foundation rushed in.

Everyone had heavy faces.

The reporters just glared at them as if they were going to write down whatever they said.

Those standing in front of the podium briefly exchanged eye signals with each other, and then one of them walked up to the microphone.

“… … We have arranged this opportunity to speak about the recent suspicions surrounding our Woosin Welfare Foundation. I will let Woosin Welfare Foundation Chairman So Myung-woo speak.”

So Myung-woo stood in front of the microphone.

Since this was an issue that involved not only the hospital but also the Angel House, it seemed that they decided that it would be right for the chairman of the foundation to step in directly rather than the hospital director.

A few years ago, Sangjun Ko was also serving as the chairman of the foundation. If that had been the case, would Sangjun Ko have been in that position?

Yoon Se-yeon smacked her lips with regret.

Well, if Ko Sang-jun was the chairman, he would have left it to the hospital director.

“There was an announcement from the police that some of the medical staff at Seoul Woosin Hospital, which is under our Woosin Welfare Foundation, and staff at Angel’s House were involved in an illegal organ trafficking case. We deeply apologize to the victims who suffered great personal threats and mental pain due to the poor management of our Woosin Welfare Foundation’s staff. We also sincerely apologize to the public for disappointing you.”

With the sound of a flash, So Myung Woo began reading the script.

I felt like I knew it without having to listen to the end.

Their message was sufficiently conveyed in the statement that ‘it was because of poor management of executives and employees.’

“We at Wooshin Welfare Foundation have dismissed all suspects in the case. We will also actively cooperate with the police investigation. We will conduct a strict internal investigation to root out the problem so that no one within Wooshin Welfare Foundation will plot a crime like this again. We will reform the management system.”

So Myeong-woo continued speaking while handing over the script.

“However, we deeply regret the speculation and distorted reports that the Wooshin Welfare Foundation was involved in organ trafficking at the foundation level. We want to make it clear that the organ trafficking case is a case in which the suspects personally recruited accomplices by using their positions at the hospital. The Wooshin Welfare Foundation has continued its efforts to promote national health and contribute to society since its establishment. In addition… … .”

Although I didn’t recite every word, the content that followed is summarized as follows.

1. We have to keep doing business, so stop swearing (especially the chairman). We spent this much money, so admit it. We will do more great things like this in the future, so let’s just brush it off.

2. It wasn’t our fault, but we’ll compensate the victims. (We’ll give you some money.)

“… … We humbly accept the criticism you have sent to our Wooshin Welfare Foundation and will do our best to restore your trust.”

After the announcement of the position, the board members stood in a row and bowed their heads.

But that was the end of it.

There was no question and answer session.

The board of directors, who had entered with a very solemn expression, left the presentation hall, leaving only the reporters behind.

“They never talk about slush funds.”

“Will you do it? You didn’t even mention that the land of that illegal medical facility for minors is owned by Ko Sang-jun. I’ll tell you later when it’s handed over to the prosecution.”

It was somewhat expected when he said he would announce his position.

And this position only provides me with something to nitpick about.

For Wooshin, it was in many ways a better choice to just keep his mouth shut.

They probably thought so too.

So I tried my best to brag and brag, but the problem just got worse, so I had no choice but to speak up.

“Considering that the giver is a welfare foundation that keeps giving, it seems like they have created a loophole for them to escape.”

“The timing of the announcement was perfect. When Ko Sang-jun was investigated, Ko Sang-jun would have been included in the statement, but Ko Sang-jun is still only mentioned in the media and the police have not directly pointed him out.”

The investigative authorities have not openly stated that Ko Sang-jun was involved, and he has not yet been investigated.

From Wooshin’s perspective, if the commander-in-chief comes out with an explanation based on what people are saying, Gao will die.

Besides, once you take a stance, isn’t it obvious that there will be chaos in the future demanding that you take a stance no matter what happens?

So, if a statement had to be made at some point, it would have been better to make it before Ko Sang-jun became a suspect.

“But Senior Choi handed over the evidence that was revealed on the broadcast to the police. The paper company and the account. But why haven’t we heard anything yet?”

“Haven’t you seen the evidence that Senior Choi handed over? They’re all foreign documents. We need to check their authenticity, translate them, and require specialized personnel, so it seems like it’ll take a long time.”

The reporter frowned at Yoon Se-yeon’s words.

“I wonder if they’re trying to pass this on to the prosecution. They’re sending the medical staff caught in Misung to the prosecution. The prosecution isn’t a field for scholarship students. If the entire case is passed on, Ko Sang-jun will also be investigated by the prosecution for the first time, but they might be able to remove the charges related to organ trafficking and wrap it up at the level of creating slush funds.”

If Yoon Se-yeon had known nothing, she would have agreed with the reporter’s words.

Reporters do not believe that Choi Jong-hyun and Cho Bong-jun have revealed all the information they have.

But it seemed like he didn’t know that the information he was holding on to was more valuable.

Well, it would have been unreasonable to think that it was still not solved even though we had more information than that.

In the meantime, if another media outlet gets wind of it, they might steal the scoop, so if there are no restrictions, it is common to want to quickly publish the story.

Reporters may not realize that Choi Jong-hyun and Cho Bong-jun’s goal is not to “be the first to break something huge,” but rather to “break the case in the most effective way and hand it over to the investigative authorities.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

Yoon Se-yeon shrugged her shoulders, pretending not to know anything.

* * *

“It’s a problem because those guys keep helping with the broadcast.”

Cho Bong-jun chuckled while watching the video of the Woosin Welfare Foundation’s announcement of its position.

Although the police revealed that there was a mastermind called NP and BB1, they did not reveal who NP and BB1 were.

That’s why people were just waiting for it to be revealed who NP, BB1 are.

But as with all waiting, even if it starts off exciting, it can become tedious as time goes by.

Especially for the public, the time it takes for excitement to turn into boredom is very short.

So we were planning to turn on the broadcast right after the police briefing came out.

But then suddenly, Wooshin said he would express his position.

So I decided to wait.

Because it is more entertaining for the viewers to prove that Wooshin lied rather than just unilaterally telling the truth.

Oh, that’s more fun for us too.

“Let’s start the broadcast early today. I try not to go on for too long, but for some reason, it keeps going on longer than expected. If we start early, we can turn it off early.”

You don’t know why?

Have you ever thought that it takes a long time to joke around with the viewers or make fun of people who talk nonsense?

“What time does Daebakjip close?”

“Why is it suddenly a jackpot house?”

“I’m going to go to Daebak House today and eat some beef tripe for the first time in a while. I’m going to try to make it so that I can go to Daebak House after work.”

“You should order around 9:30 so you can eat and leave leisurely.”

“Then let’s do it at 6 o’clock.”

In the past, we used to analyze the closing time and consider various conditions to turn it on at the time that would attract the most people.

Now that we have over 30,000 viewers, we seem to be full.

“The notice has been posted.”

After Choi Jong-hyun’s words, I checked the notice on my phone.

[It airs today at 6 o’clock.

Topic: Who are NP and BB1?

Wouldn’t that be fun?]

I feel full.