12 Hours After Chapter 123

Translator: Khan

Editor: Aelryinth

The incident went dynamic . Another counter-article came out two hours after Tak Joon-gi's counter-interview at 5 p . m .

[I don't have any acquaintance . ]

[I never did . ]

[I can't remember . ]

However, an article with evidence contradicted everything that Tak Joon-gi had said . The Internet comments went crazy .

– Wow, this son of a bitch is lying without licking his lips . -

– He's a real jerk . He thinks common people are pigs and dogs, so he is lying like that . -

– Wow, is the third generation of Suyeon Group manipulating stock prices? We need bamboo spears to kill him . -

– We don't have to pick up bamboo spears . I think the judge will take care of it . -

– I think there are murder threats and conspiracy to commit murder… I'd like you to make a stern judgment, Your Honor . -

At this point, he was stuck between a rock and a hard place . These days, Internet public opinion was very scary . If the people's court went like this on the Internet, the judiciary would be affected as well . I scrolled down and read them one by one .

– I'm mad hearing this . Let's boycott the Suyeon Travel . -

There was also such a story written . We had never done a boycott properly in our country, but it was still interesting . If people went so far as to boycott Suyeon Travel, Tak Joon-gi would lose all his remaining money .

'Oh… yes . ' I checked the stock price of the Suyeon Travel, long after the stock market was over . Today's trading was generally good . Shares of Suyeon Travel, which had been rising in the plus or minus two percent range early in the day, plummeted by -6% at around 12:30 p . m on the news of Oracle News . Even a small Internet news article would have done the same because of the words “stock manipulation . ” On the KOSPI and KOSDAQ, it would cause a delisting without allowing any excuses if the owner manipulated stock prices .

'Even Tak Joon-gi didn't manipulate the stock price of Suyeon Travel . ' If he had done something strange with Suyeon Travel, he would be dead . Investors must have been scared, too . However, after a while, the stock price bounced back a little, as there was no follow-up article . There was low-cost buying in a situation where the truth was not known . It stayed level a moment, and around 1:50 a . m . , at the same time that the article appeared in the Daewon Daily News, it plunged to -18% . There was also a difference in public confidence . Suyeon Travel shares ended with a -24% plunge .

I suddenly remembered the conversation I had had with Tak Joon-gi: 'What do you get from doing this?'

At that time, I had confidently said, “implementation of justice,” I made a lot of money, too . This was because Vice President Jang had put up a short stock sale on Suyeon Travel .

'Well, if the Suyeon Travel itself doesn't have any big problems, it'll rebound, but…' However, Crow's report said Tak Joon-gi secretly used his shares of the Suyeon Travel as collateral when buying Bisang Construction shares . The embezzlement and breach of trust were also scary negative factors that could cross the threshold of delisting . It was highly likely that it would also be revealed if an investigation was launched .

I picked up the phone and called Secretary Seo, “Get me through to Vice President Jang . ”

“Yes, boss . ” As requested, Secretary Seo connected the phone to Vice President Jang, who was sitting in his office .

“Did you call me, boss?”

“Vice president, how's the short stock sale team doing?”

“They have made a big profit today . ”

I didn't mention the name of the stock, but Vice President Jang knew . They'd been putting a mark on the Suyeon Group since almost a month ago .

“Let's go a little stronger . I read the article and I don't think it'll be able to rebound until next week, at least . ”

“Yes, boss . ”

Come to think of it, it was quite similar to the tactics of Tak Joon-gi . It was a way to make money by putting in a short stock sale, making news, and plunging stock prices . However, there was a fundamental difference: Tak Joon-gi had manufactured bad news that was not true and had sent it out to the world, and I had revealed the bad news that had been hidden .

Tiriri, tiriri, tiriri . I opened my eyes . When I got out of bed and looked at my watch, it was an alarm ringing for me to see the email at 8:50 p . m .

'How long have I slept?' This evening, I had dinner with Secretary Seo and Jang Geun together, and as soon as I got home, I fell asleep . It must have been because I had been worried about handling the case against Tak Joon-gi all day . Still tired, I stood up, rubbing my eyes .

I had to go to the computer as intended by the alarm, but instead, I sat on the sofa and turned on the television . I wanted to see what the nine o'clock news said . I put the afternoon email news off a little bit, because it didn't hurt much if I watched it a little later .

'I'll look at it as soon as it's over, though . ' I watched the news with such thoughts . As it became a hot topic, the first item was naturally the news about Tak Joon-gi .

[In April of this year, there was an incident that shook Seoul City . It was a stock price manipulation case, a breach of trust by Bisang Construction . Three months after the case was closed, a new suspect is in the spotlight . Kim Yoon-soo reports . ]

I watched it with my hands behind my head and my legs crossed .

[Tak Joon-gi, a director of the Suyeon Group, has been a very active individual investor and…]

The nine o'clock news clearly listed everything that had happened today .

[Director Tak Joon-gi denied the article, but it turned out that in the following articles…]

I had two thoughts when I saw it . The first was that now Tak Joon-gi was done . As his evil deeds were so starkly exposed on the nine o'clock news, he was completely done . He wouldn't make it back . Even if it was the Suyeon Group, they couldn't stop this .

The second thought was, 'This… what I did is on the nine o'clock news . ' Thinking about it, it was true . The start was just fucking up Tak Joon-gi, but now it was on the nine o'clock news . And was the nine o'clock news the end? Every Internet community was making the best of the articles in which Tak Joon-gi's bad behavior was being denounced . The event I had planned was becoming a hot topic for the country . I didn't mean it to, but it happened .

'Well, the power of the media is sure strong…'

In the past, I had met with Lee Won-jae in the president's office for the second time .

“First time seeing you . I'm Han Sang-hoon of Invictus Investment . ”

“I'm Lee Won-jae of the Daewon Ilbo . ”

Since then, I'd been thinking that as my power to know the future and the current power of the media met, they could display tremendous synergy . If I intended to do so, I might be able to sway public opinion .

“… We are afraid that he's going to run away . We are determining who will have custody of the investigation . ”

While I was thinking about it, the news on Tak Joon-gi finished up . I was watching the news, but it didn't stick with me, probably because I knew everything, or I expected it .

'Of course, he should be in custody . We can't let that trash in human form walk around . '

I turned off the television and walked toward the window . If I looked outside the window from my apartment, I could see Gangnam . There were so many people coming and going . All of them must have known what happened today, what happened to Tak Joon-gi…

Someone was with a family and someone was with a friend, and they might have talked about it .

'Did you see the news, Mom?' 'Yes, it was scary . That's what the third generation of chaebol did . '

'Wow, he is a son of a bitch . But even if he had so much money, would he still want more?'

As I thought about it, suddenly, I felt a little scared . 'Maybe… all of them… I can instill my thoughts in… I can falsely deceive the public, if I want, or I can honestly guide them . It is easy to release future information through the Daewon Daily News and Oracle News . '

Once again, I returned to my question and the answer from Customer Service .

'Why did you give me this opportunity?'

'Think of yourself . '

I muttered to myself, “Think of yourself…”

Perhaps it was not just evading an answer, but a reply to inspire me to ask questions on my own . 'Surely this is such a great force, letting me see into the future . I can have goodwill without limit, or with an evil will, I can bring about great destruction . If I don't think for myself, it could be a catastrophic event .

'Tak Joon-gi was a piece of filth, so it is natural to bury him… but I'll have to be as careful as I can when it comes to other things . Especially when I spread the news of the future on modern media…'

As I was thinking about this, the cell phone on the sofa rang . Wi yi-ying . I went and picked it up . There was a message from Ah-young . The long text said, “I arrived in LA after a month and I am enjoying my last few days of vacation with Sarah . Many men have made passes at the two of us, but I have turned them down . I miss you . ” I grinned at it .

'By the way, she doesn't know the news about Tak Joon-gi yet . What will she say when she sees the last enemy go to jail?' I started to reply to her with such thoughts .

But there was another text message . The sender was surprisingly Tak Joon-gi, and he had sent a text himself at 8:42 a . m .

'What is this?' 8:42 a . m . ? It had been before the alarm woke me up . He had sent a text message, but I didn't see it because I was sleeping .

I opened the text . It was as long as Ah-young's, but I didn't want to see this very much . From beginning to end, it was full of vicious curses and threats and abuse . I scrolled down quickly . It was a fine-grained text, so I could see the speaker's intentions just by looking at the last sentence .

'… Watch what will happen . I will avenge myself . You son of a bitch!'

I guessed he had not been under arrest because he had texted me on his cell phone . I was looking at the text . 'Do it if you can in jail . ' I was going to reply, but I didn't want to send it .

'Shall I classify it to the spam mail?' I thought, but I decided not to . Only one text came at 8:42 . After tomorrow, he would not be able to send a text message anyway . He could not take his cell phone to prison .

'Well, I'm a little nervous, though . ' I thought he might do something strange before he went to prison tomorrow .

'… Do I do a search on the news in 12 Hours After?' This was what I was trying to prevent something . I turned on the computer, got the email and wrote 'Tak Joon-gi' in the People Search .

“Hun?” Something surprising happened, different from what I thought . I clicked on the article right away . After reading the article carefully, I bit my lower lip and thought, 'This… this can't be right?'

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