#194. Everything I Want to Do. 5
“What are you doing?”
In response to Lee Jeong-cheol's question, Woo-jin continued speaking while lying face down.
“I will buy a box of rubber gloves so Hye-rim doesn’t get her hands wet.”
Lee Jeong-cheol, who was frowning, turned his gaze to Lee Hye-rim, who was at a loss.
“Explain to me. What is the situation right now? And what nonsense is this guy talking about now?”
"that is…."
Woojin got up from his seat and opened his mouth.
“I want to marry Hye-rim. Father, please allow me.”
Lee Jeong-cheol, who had been glancing at Woo-jin, turned his gaze back to Lee Hye-rim without even sitting down.
“Is this guy who introduced me to someone just spouting out nonsense? Marriage again?”
Lee Jeong-cheol's cold face hardened even more.
I thought it was a place to introduce people and get advice as my daughter was involved in the management of Shinwha Group.
But marriage?
With a guy with no background?
As Lee Jeong-cheol's frown grew deeper, Lee Hye-rim quickly spoke up.
“My grandfather also agreed. He was the one who first brought up the subject of marriage.”
Lee Jeong-cheol's eyes widened slightly.
"what?"
Lee Hye-rim spoke with more force in her voice than before, as if to confirm it again.
“My grandfather was the first to bring up the topic of marriage.”
“Is it true?”
"yes."
Lee Jeong-cheol looked Woo-jin up and down again.
They said that they brought up the baduk teacher as Hye-rim's marriage partner…
My father is more established in his family history.
If you act more coolly than others, you will act, but you will never act emotionally.
When Lee Jeong-cheol, who had been quietly looking at Woo-jin, sat down, Lee Hye-rim let out a silent sigh of relief.
I was thinking that my father might come out like that.
But I really, really didn't know that Woojin would bow down and do something like that.
But why does a snicker come out?
In the midst of that silence, the food began to arrive.
But no one laid a hand on it.
Then Woojin spoke up.
“Father, the food here is J….”
As the alphabet J flowed out of Woojin's mouth, Lee Hye-rim stopped him by grabbing his hand under the table.
Because I had a good idea of what he was going to say.
Woojin smiled at Hye-rim Lee and continued talking without interrupting.
“It tastes better than J Restaurant.”
Lee Jeong-cheol spoke dryly, adjusting his tie.
“Are you clueless? Or is there a reason you’re so confident?”
“I just want to marry someone I love.”
“Love… You really are good at saying things like children’s play.”
"dad…."
Lee Jeong-cheol cut her off.
“Think about how your first aunt’s uncle lived. When your aunt Lee Jeong-mi got married, she was exactly like you. She fell in love with someone just by looking at their face.”
The way Lee Jeong-cheol looked at Woo-jin was exactly like that.
His face was handsome like an actor's, but that was it.
And now, as his incompetence reached its peak, Lee Jeong-mi also found him unsatisfactory.
But even though Lee Jeong-cheol thought that way, there was a reason why he didn't leave that place right away.
It was his father who approved the marriage.
At that time, Woojin spoke.
“I will be a good wife. We will eat delicious food together, laugh together, have children together, and live a fun life together.”
As Lee Jeong-cheol's face gradually changed into a look of wonder, Woo-jin spoke briefly.
“You will know it as Seongju Engineering.”
Lee Jeong-cheol's eyes widened slightly.
It was as if he was asking, "How do you know that?"
It was a KOSDAQ listed company that I had been interested in for a year.
There is only one reason I am interested.
This was because Sungjoo Engineering was accelerating the development of MCUs as the automobile market was undergoing rapid transformation.
No, to be precise, we were one step ahead and had almost completed the high-performance MCU through independent trial and error.
It was information that had not yet been leaked to the public.
Lee Jeong-cheol sent countless love calls, but she didn't budge.
It seemed like they were stockpiling it here and there, but no action was taken even when a huge amount of money was called.
The classic methods didn't work at all.
The conversation ended with him saying that he could offer more money than other companies, and here, Lee Jeong-cheol's personality was clearly revealed.
If you want something, you should do whatever it takes to get it, or eliminate any elements that could create competition, but you don't.
So, what the chairman said was that Lee Jeong-cheol was not a person fit for the position of chairman.
“If Sungjoo Engineer’s technology is absorbed by Shinwha Group or joins hands, I think Shinwha Group Automobile can grow in size.”
Lee Jeong-cheol, who had been quenching his thirst with a small amount of water, put down his glass.
“It doesn’t matter how you figured it out.”
I'm a little surprised he knows that information.
But that's all.
“Just because you know doesn’t mean anything will change.”
“I will go and look for Seongju Engineering.”
Woojin turned his head to Lee Hye-rim next to him and winked slightly so that Lee Jeong-cheol couldn't see him.
For a moment, Hye-rim Lee remembered what her grandfather had said to Woo-jin.
'So, how are you going to get permission to marry me?'
Woojin said.
'I have something in mind.'
With just one wink from Woojin, Hye-rim Lee immediately figured out what Woojin's father wanted.
And Woojin thought about it.
Seongju Engineering?
It was a company he was not familiar with.
I've been feeling even more out of it lately.
“You’re looking for me? What’s wrong with you?”
“I am just an ordinary person, but I want to marry your daughter. If I go and get a positive response, please allow me to marry you.”
Lee Jeong-cheol found himself chuckling without realizing it.
“It sounds like you have a close relationship with Sungjoo Engineering.”
Woojin shook his head.
It didn't matter at all. But I had investigated and identified all the people connected to Seongju Engineering.
“If you give me just one week, I will achieve results. Please think of me as Hye-rim’s supporter, and further, as the supporter of Shinhwa Group.”
Lee Jeong-cheol looked at Woo-jin like he was crazy, but Chairman Lee, who was not present, was different.
Since she was looking at Woojin as an extraordinary person, she even brought up the topic of a prenuptial agreement.
Lee Jeong-cheol stood up from his seat as if he had nothing more to hear.
And he said, buttoning up his suit.
“It’s been a week.”
After leaving those words, Lee Jeong-cheol left the place and got into the car.
And then he called someone and said.
“Find out who this guy is. His name is Shin Woojin.”
If you look into Shin Woo-jin's history, Lee Jeong-cheol would also react the same way as his older brother.
Lee Hye-rim looked at Woo-jin, resting her chin on her hand, as Lee Jeong-cheol left the place.
Woojin was slowly and deliciously eating the steak.
“If it’s a company that Dad is interested in, he would have come over. What are you going to do?”
Even though Woojin has a lot of money, it is far behind the financial power of Shinwha Group.
Woojin smiled faintly as he wiped his mouth with a napkin.
“I’ll go and talk to her.”
"conversation?"
Lee Hye-rim shook her head and covered her face with her hand.
“You are driving me crazy.”
"why?"
“It’s hard to imagine it logically.”
Woojin's hand went up to her head.
“It’ll be okay. I’ll try to do that.”
* * *
A few days later.
It was a really luxurious room.
On either side of Oh Seong-jin, a large man who looked to be in his 40s and had a scar on his face from a knife, two women were pouring him drinks, and across from him, a man who looked to be in his 30s was putting his arm around a woman's shoulder.
“Brother, let me pour you a drink.”
"okay."
As the whiskey was poured into the shot glass, Oh Seong-jin opened his mouth, his gaze fixed on his subordinate's chest.
“Manseok, I told you to button up your shirt and go around, right? Now all that’s left to do is move up, but do you think the gentlemen will want to work with you once they see your tattoo?”
"sorry."
“Tell the kids not to go around like punks. Tell them that if they start a fight anywhere, they’ll get their hands cut off. Show them an example.”
Manseok answered with a sly smile.
Because as time passed, a rosy life awaited me.
“Okay, but, brother.”
"why?"
“I feel a bit sorry about receiving a call from Shinwha Group. The amount of money is not small….”
“You pathetic little guy. Hey, if you just eat it, you’ll just end up as shit food.”
“Isn’t it over as soon as you receive the money?”
“This kid only knows one thing and doesn’t know the other. Let’s say we get the money, that’s the end of it. We’ll just get some change and leave.”
Manseok blinked his eyes.
Because I was talking about hundreds of billions as pocket change.
“Hey, Manseok. We too should live like humans, seeing the sunlight now. Put on your CEO’s business card. How much money do you think the car MCU that the son of the CEO of Sungju Engineering is developing will make? Hundreds of billions?”
“Wouldn’t it be around that much?”
“Even if it doesn’t work out, it’s hundreds of billions. Tens of billions.”
“Is that true, brother?”
“Okay, Inma. Study and live. Study. Oh my. That annoying kid.”
“Brother! Then we… .”
“Sungju Engineering, we eat.”
Manseok jumped up from his seat and bowed his head deeply.
“I know better, brother.”
Oh Seong-jin nodded happily at that sight.
“But, bro. Director Min wouldn’t be doing anything stupid behind that guy’s back, right?
Director Min's nickname was corporate raider.
The plan was to first approach Sungju Engineering to lend them the money they needed for management, and then make a quick buck through an operation called “force.”
But one day, I met a guy named Director Min.
They say that you can make more money by doing M&A or by adding a premium to stocks.
By doing so, he acquired friendly shares and took control of management rights, but the stakes grew bigger.
Sungjoo Engineering, which seemed like it was just chasing a dream, has reached the completion stage by showing the potential of the MCU that the market wants.
Oh Seong-jin chuckled at Man-seok's worried words.
“Where do you think that kid is now?”
"yes?"
Oh Seong-jin said with an eerie smile.
“You seem so busy, so I laid you down in the room to rest comfortably. I stripped you naked. Those black-haired foreigners don’t know how scary Koreans are.”
“As expected, you are my brother.”
Oh Seong-jin touched the shoulder of the woman sitting next to him.
Now, I have the CEO's business card hanging on me and I live in a sunny place.
“You go out with me today. I’ll make it fun.”
“Oh my, brother, I’m the only one who doesn’t go out.”
Oh Seong-jin took out a ten million won check from his bosom and shook it gently.
* * *
The next day.
Oh Seong-jin, lying on the bed, frowned as if his head was going to split.
I remember leaving the room salon yesterday and getting in the car with the woman, but after that, the film blacked out.
That's how his eyes opened.
“What the fuck….”
It was a place I had never seen before.
It wasn't a hotel, nor a motel. It wasn't a motel room, either.
It was just an ordinary-looking plan.
“Are you awake?”
Lee Seong-jin stood up from his seat and spoke at the sound of a voice that seemed to be coming from the living room.
“Where is this place?”
He was mistaken in thinking he was a subordinate.
But what appeared was a completely different person.
It was Woojin.
“Who are you?”
When Oh Seong-jin asked with a frown, Woo-jin held out a glass filled with water.
“Are you thirsty? Have a glass of cold water first.”
He, who had been wary of Woojin, drank the water without any suspicion.
It looked like an ordinary family home, and it didn't feel like Woojin was eating rough food at all.
If he had wanted to threaten or harm me, he would have done so already.
And I've experienced this situation a few times.
It seemed like he was the youngest, so far below me that I didn't even know his face.
After drinking all the water, he asked again.
“Where is it?”
At that moment, Woojin grabbed the back of his neck.
“Ugh!”
Although he tried to resist, he was led by Woojin's hand and made to sit on a chair.
And the monitor you see in front of you.
It was a stock window.
Woojin said, putting his face next to his.
“It’s 10 minutes before the market opens. The return is 15% until the regular market opens without any pre-market or over-the-counter sales. It doesn’t matter if you choose one stock or several. Just try to get a return of 15%.”
I wanted to make them feel the same way: frustrated, crying, and wiping their faces.
“What the heck are you talking about….”
Woojin grabbed his hair tightly.
“Exactly 15%. If it falls short by even 0.1%, Mr. Oh Seong-jin will never be able to recover. He will go to hell. Now, let’s begin.”
