#187. Boom! 7
Hye-rim Lee opened her mouth in a businesslike manner, with a calm expression and complete elimination of emotion.
The tone was quite business-like.
“SH Construction currently dominates the construction industry. It seems that CEO Lee Jeong-ho’s appointment with Rep. Lee is intended to target SH Construction, but it seems that he will try to hold it back with issues such as development restriction zones, building area size restrictions, and changes to land characteristics.”
“Why do you think so?”
“I think they are trying to shake up SH Construction and show off their incompetence, and they are also planning to turn SH Construction’s shares into scraps of paper and put up a sign under a different name.”
The chairman smiled broadly and turned his gaze to Lee Jeong-cheol.
“What do you think? Is this really the daughter you’ve been thinking of?”
Lee Jeong-cheol looked at Lee Hye-rim again.
It was the daughter who not only outpaced SH Construction's competitors but also won the redevelopment project.
He praised me for doing a good job.
At that time, I also received shares as a gift from my father.
But I thought that was it.
It was just one of the many subsidiaries of Shinwha Group.
however.
When I look at her now, it doesn't look like the daughter I knew.
I just thought he was a guy who kept whining and begging for people to know him better.
Suddenly, I remember what my father said a little while ago.
'Jeongcheol, don't think of her as your child and look at Hye-rim. Don't think of her as your child and think about Hye-rim's actions again.'
The look in my daughter's eyes now seemed to contain a large picture that could not be seen even at a glance.
When did things change so much?
Is it really no coincidence that SH Construction has become a leader in the construction industry?
Then the chairman spoke again.
“Forget about age. Why is it that you, Jeong-cheol, are more annoying than this father?”
“Father, that’s not it….”
The chairman cut off his son's words and turned his gaze to Lee Hye-rim.
“There’s no need to be picky. Show it with your actions. This old man… no, the chairman of Shinwha Group, made the right choice.”
Lee Hye-rim lowered her head slightly. Then she raised her head again and answered.
“I will prove to you that the Chairman’s choices are always right.”
"ha ha ha!"
The chairman's smile was deep and he seemed to be in a very good mood.
“There’s a mountain of work to do from now on, do you have time to just stand there like that?”
“Please watch over me.”
Lee Hye-rim lowered her head again and turned her gaze to Lee Jeong-cheol.
“Father, I don’t think I’ll be able to eat with my older siblings for a while.”
Lee Jeong-cheol forced his children to have mealtimes every once in a while to foster camaraderie among them.
“Do as you wish.”
"then."
Lee Hye-rim said hello again and went out.
Chairman Lee, who was looking at the place where she disappeared, opened his mouth.
“Jeongcheol, take a good look. What kind of child Hye-rim is, and whether her father’s thoughts are right or wrong. Now that everything is quiet… Let’s play a game of baduk for the first time in a while.”
* * *
Lee Hye-rim came out and climbed into the passenger seat, brushing her hair back.
And then I looked at Woojin in the driver's seat.
“How do I look?”
“You look pretty.”
Her eyes blinked.
And then he doubted his own ears.
Have you ever heard Woojin compliment your looks so directly?
If I had heard it from someone else, I would have let it slide,
Hye-rim Lee avoided Woo-jin's gaze and stared straight ahead.
“You know that now? I’m stating the obvious.”
Woojin said as he started the car.
“Let’s go eat Jjamppong.”
Lee Hye-rim smiled faintly.
"hungry."
The car started off skidding and Woojin turned the steering wheel and said.
“Other people will come too.”
"who?"
“Representative Kim Cheol-woong.”
“Huh? Suddenly?”
Woojin nodded his head slightly.
Representative Lee Jeong-ho meets with the member of the National Assembly.
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
However, the quality and level of interest of the two people are different.
The influence of Rep. Kim Cheol-woong, nicknamed “Ssamdak” by the Star Inspectorate, will be so great that it will consume the media.
Congressman Kim Cheol-woong has been building up for a very long time.
Those anecdotes were engraved in people's minds as if they were being remembered.
The flower of politics is agitation, and the person who took up that flag was Representative Kim Cheol-woong.
It was not for nothing that the ruling and opposition parties coveted Rep. Kim Cheol-woong.
The car ran like that and arrived at the place Woojin had said.
Maybe because it was dinner time, there were a lot of people. Well, considering that Woojin said it was a good restaurant, it might have been a natural sight.
It was fortunate that there was no waiting.
As Woojin and her sat down after being guided by the staff, they received a call from Rep. Kim Cheol-woong.
-I arrived, but where is… .
Woojin raised his hand as he saw Rep. Kim Cheol-woong coming in through the door.
“Here it is.”
Kim Cheol-woong, who had confirmed Woojin, approached the seat and greeted Lee Hye-rim.
"long time no see?"
She also smiled and greeted Kim Cheol-woong.
“Hello. How are you?”
“Hey, I’m doing well. Have you gotten prettier?”
“Congressman Kim looks good too.”
Kim Cheol-woong turned his gaze to Woo-jin and said.
“I think I’m going bald, but you can’t tell?”
“Hair loss is the enemy of the world… Please take care of it consistently from now on.”
“Our personal secretary gave us anti-hair loss shampoo as a gift. Hahaha.”
Woojin said to a passing employee.
“Please give me three servings of Jjamppong and a large portion of Tangsuyuk.”
We started having a meal while chatting about this and that.
The taste of Jjamppong was spicy and clean.
The glutinous rice tangsuyuk was chewy and crunchy, and it was delicious dipped in soy sauce mixed with vinegar and red pepper powder.
“Wow… This is delicious. I should bring my family here sometime.”
After finishing his meal, Kim Cheol-woong wiped his mouth and rubbed his stomach.
Woojin also put down his chopsticks and said.
“Congressman Kim, I have a favor to ask of you.”
Kim Cheol-woong nodded.
“Right? Weren’t you just going to eat?”
“I am humble.”
Kim Cheol-woong said it as if it was a joke.
“Woojin, I get scared every time you say something like that. Is this the right thing for me to do?”
"sure."
“What is it? Tell me.”
Woojin began to tell Lee Jeongho's story.
Kim Cheol-woong, who was quietly listening with his arms crossed, had an expression that changed from moment to moment.
“I think you just need to take one action.”
Woojin said that, but he knew very well that Assemblyman Kim Cheol-woong was not the type of person to do that.
Congressman Kim, who has the spirit of an investigator deep down, was going to dig in tenaciously.
Kim Cheol-woong raised his hand and spoke to the employee.
“Please give me just one beer.”
Kim Cheol-woong asked after opening the beer cap.
“Did you bring tea? It’s so delicious.”
Kim Cheol-woong filled Woo-jin's glass with beer, then filled his own glass with beer and drank it in gulps.
And he said, wiping the foam from his mouth with his hand.
“It’s called team kill….”
Kim Cheol-woong hated it the most when others worked hard and sweated while sitting on a chair and making a profit through gossip.
Also, fame and honor are additional options that come with extracting dukes and corruption.
“I can’t stand that.”
“I will give you the evidence.”
Kim Cheol-woong looked at Lee Hye-rim at Woo-jin's words.
“Are you okay? After all, it’s blood, so there must be another way.”
Lee Hye-rim held out a beer bottle to Kim Cheol-woong.
And then she smiled and filled his glass with beer.
“I don’t think of him as a person.”
At that time, Woojin received a phone call.
It was Director Cha Joo-hyuk.
“Yes. I picked up the phone.”
-Representative Lee Jeong-ho, it seems like you are going to meet Representative Lee right away.
“What about share transfer?”
-He said he'd talk about it tomorrow. I guess he's just wasting time.
Woojin nodded and opened his mouth.
“Where do you two meet?”
After hearing Cha Joo-hyuk's story, Woo-jin ended the call.
The reason for asking about the location was simple.
The purpose was to see this member in person, not on TV.
There was also an intention to expose himself to CEO Lee Jeong-ho and maximize his anger.
He boarded the ship called anger, so that he could even row it.
“Shall we just get up now?”
Woojin, who had parted ways with the two, took a taxi and went.
* * *
It was a completely different level from a regular bathhouse.
The water in the bath was very clean and it made my body smooth, no matter what ingredients were added to it.
It also reminded me of a waterfall pouring down from a large lion's head.
Lee Jeong-ho, who was soaking in the soup, said while sweeping his wet hair.
“I said this because I was worried that there would be too much talk.”
The congressman, in his mid-50s, nodded with wrinkles forming around his eyes.
“SH Construction is building it as if it has a monopoly, so there is bound to be a lot of talk.”
“Yes, that’s why I hope this member of the National Assembly will exert some effort. We at Shinwha Group also don’t want to see too much talk. Shouldn’t other companies also coexist?”
The congressman nodded, sweeping his bald head back.
They are talking about sanctioning SH Construction and promoting coexistence with other companies.
It was a very good material that could improve one's image.
Of course, if you accept Lee Jeong-ho's request, the wealth will follow.
“The inside was very soft.”
“Hey, yours is so damn small you probably wouldn’t even feel it.”
"ha ha ha!"
Three men came into the bath noisily.
Their bodies were covered in tattoos, but their arms were free of them.
As they splashed into the soup, the congressman frowned.
“Since when have you been letting tattooed punks in here?”
Absolutely no access allowed.
This is the seat of the eldest son of the Shinwha Group and a member of the National Assembly.
It was a place that strictly followed the rules, and even had permanent staff.
Is there any problem?
“How do you manage it?”
The man with the colorful tattoos blinked as he heard those words.
“Hey, sir, what did you just say?”
The congressman chuckled.
“Do you know who I am and are you acting like that?”
He smiled incredulously. No, he got up from his seat and laughed out loud.
“Hahaha! This is crazy. Well, I saw you today, but I think I know you very well. A balding old man?”
The congressman's eyebrows furrowed.
At that moment, Lee Jeong-ho opened his mouth and looked at me like I was looking at a bug.
“You are a member of the National Assembly. If you don’t want to experience the brutality, just keep your mouth shut.”
The man's eyes widened in surprise.
“Oh, you were a member of the National Assembly… .”
The congressman spoke briefly.
“If you understand, then get out.”
The man bowed.
“Ah… I’m sorry I didn’t meet you, Congressman. I’m really sorry… Did you think I’d say that, you old bastard? If you’re a congressman, I’m the president! Where’s that nonsense coming from… .”
In that moment, the man who turned his head at the sound shut his mouth.
Because a man with terrible wounds all over his body was walking towards me.
It was something I had never seen before, and it gave the men a feeling that was on a whole other level than tattoos.
The silence that came for a moment allowed only the sound of water to be heard, and soon the protagonist, with terrible wounds engraved on his body, entered the bath.
It was none other than Woojin.
Woojin, the men, Lee Jeong-ho, and Assemblyman Lee, placed them in the middle and soaked themselves in the bath.
And he said, shrugging one shoulder.
“Oh my… It’s refreshing.”
At that moment, Lee Jeong-ho's eyes widened slightly.
I wonder where I saw it… .
Isn't that the guy who was my father's Go teacher?
