12 Hours After Chapter 166

Translator: Khan

Editor: Aelryinth

I buttoned up my shirt and put on my jacket . Ah-young came in with a tie and stood in front of me .

When I lowered my head, she hung it around my neck and said, “Oppa, you are full of spirit today . ”

“Really?”

As I answered, she smiled and said, “Yes . I know when I see it . ”

I looked at her and nodded . “I've been working at an important thing lately . ”

“You're the one that says every day is important to you . ”

“Well, that's true . But this time, it's really important . ”

Her face changed slightly when I spoke a little seriously . “Really? Hmm… Is there anything I can do for you?”

“Would you like to help me?” I thought for a moment what she said that . 'Do I have to have her go to America for a while?'

I wondered if Tak Mun-su might inflict some strange harm on my acquaintances . I myself had been using People Search every day, so even if it happened, I could prevent it . However, Ah-young and my other family members and acquaintances were not so famous, and even if they were attacked by an unidentified person, they might not appear on the news . Even if I did the People Search, they would not come out on the news .

“Tell me anything . I'll do anything for you . ”

I looked at Ah-young and said, “… Don't wander around late at night . ”

“Eh? Don't walk around late at night? I'm not a kid!”

Unlike Tak Joon-gi, however, Tak Mun-su was naturally scrupulous . He was not a man to physically attack others when his circumstances were not in his control . She would not have to go to the U . S .

“There've been a lot of weird people lately . Don't go anywhere late at night, stay with me at home . ”

“Hmm . Okay . If that's what you want, I'll do it for you, Mr . CEO . ”

I left home after a slight kiss on her cheek . On the elevator, I looked in the mirror . I remembered her words, 'Oppa, you are full of spirit today . ' I must have been nervous without realizing it . No matter how strong I was, Suyeon Group and Tak Mun-su were not easy opponents . While its electronic sector was slightly pressured by China's recent collapse, the group's market capital exceeded a hundred twenty billion dollars when the chemical sector fared well .

Of course, less than twenty percent of the group's shares were owned by the family . Still, personal connections and business networks that had been created across Korea for nearly fifty years had spread throughout the country . If we went to an all-out war, I might be damaged too!

'Should I have gone in with my head down? I could just step on it slowly anyway…'

But if I thought about it, one way or another, the people over there, at KJ, Susung, Mirae, Suyeon, were destined to run into me . The future news wanted me to continuously buy listed companies in the country . If I grew bigger in our country, I would some day run into the chaebols . It was inevitable . Although this happened because of the bad relationship that started with Tak Joon-gi with the Suyeon Group and his fight for pride, it should be said that it only happened a little sooner .

“Are you here?”

I arrived at work with a greeting from Secretay Park . I replied, “Secretary Park . ”

“Yes?”

“Shall we choose another secretary?”

“Why…?

“You may find it hard to handle things alone . ”

“Yes?”

“You are going to be busy going forward . Think about it . ” I came into the president's office, leaving the words behind me . I then sent a text message to CEO Chung So-young . – When will the article come out?-

As soon as I sent it, I got a reply . – I'll let it out sometime tomorrow morning, Mr . CEO . -

Checking might be the most important, whether the president was on my side . It was necessary to fight with the Suyeon Group . I got the future news at 8:50 and searched for important names: Han Sang-hoon, Tak Mun-su, and Oh Kyu-seok of Ullim Electronics . There was no other news in 12 Hours After . When I saw 12 Days After, the news showed the competition to acquire Ullim Electronics .

[CEO Han Sang-hoon is taking over Ullim Electronics . ]

[Vice Chairman Tak Mun-su reaches out to Ullim Electronics . ]

[Chairman Oh Kyu-seok yells for delight at the fight between Invictus Investment and Suyeon Group . ]

'In the end, Tak Mun-su seems to have rushed into the race to acquire Ullim Electronics . In fact, when this happens, the winner becomes Chairman Oh Kyu-seok, as the article suggests; I also have to compete with Tak Mun-su in price . Tak Mun-su offered at 1 . 652 billion dollars . If I bet more than 1 . 7 billion dollars, I'll win . '

I searched the news 12 Weeks After, thinking about that . Along the way, there were articles like this:

[CEO Han Sang-hoon has been pushed out of negotiations with Ullim Electronics, and the purchase has been canceled . ]

[Ullim Electronics ended up with 1 . 9 billion dollars in the arms of Vice Chairman Tak Mun-su . ]

[Chair Oh Kyu-seok sits on the money seat at 1 . 9 billion dollars . We recall the myth of a salaryman . ]

'1 . 9 billion dollars?'

Tak Mun-su must have been fixated on Ullim Electronics . It was nearly three hundred million dollars more than he had originally intended to spend, yet he still bought it .

'Then do I have to offer two billion dollars?' As I was thinking about it, the telephone rang .

“Boss, I got a call from President Woo Hae-jin of Changhae Food . ”

'What's going on?'

I spoke to him in wonder . “Put me through . ”

Soon, I could hear the voice of President Woo Hae-jin . “Boss… I'm Woo Hae-jin . ”

“Oh, yes . How have you been?”

“I'm doing well, but I've got a business problem, and I'm calling you . ”

“What is it?”

“Well, Elmart has suddenly canceled its dumpling contract . ”

Elmart was, needless to say, one of the subsidiaries of Suyeon Group . I put my hands on my forehead .

“Really?”

“Yes… they've been getting dumplings from our company for a few years since they found our company . They suddenly canceled the contract this time, saying that it was an agreement between the representatives . So, I asked who the representatives were and what kind of agreement the representative did not know could be… And then the name, Invictus Investment came up…”

“Ha…” I laughed for a moment because I was dumbfounded . But I soon hardened my voice . President Woo Hae-jin was serious, and I could not laugh . “How much in sales do you deliver to that Elmart?”

“It's about seven percent, if we add the Elmarts nationwide and its small supermarkets . ”

'They are trying to abuse their power . ' I told him, thinking so . “… yes . Don't worry too much, and just calm down and try to cushion the impact by securing online shopping or sales channels . I'll try to do something about it . ”

“Oh, yes, please, Mr . CEO . ”

After I finished the phone call, I bit it in, pulling my lower lip .

'He is doing something worse than I thought . He didn't seem like that . ' But this wasn't all . There was a call from Kwon Oh-hyuk, president of OH Entertainment, around 11 a . m .

“Mr . CEO, I… I've had a strange experience . ”

“What happened?”

“Do you know Nine Tails of Jiwoo Entertainment?”

“Yes, of course . ” Nine Tails was a group of girls who were exclusive to Jiwoo Entertainment alone when I was an ordinary office worker .

“The Nine Tails recently signed a school uniform commercial contract and were supposed to stamp it next week . However, I suddenly got a notice that they would cancel the contract . So I asked them why… They tried not to give me an answer, but they finally answered, 'You should ask your CEO . If you call Invictus Investment and you'll find out . '”

I asked without further notice . “Is the school uniform company a subsidiary of Suyeon Group?”

“Ah… yes . Winner School Uniform is a brand under the Suyeon Group . ”

“… I see . ”

“Do you have any idea about this?”

Of course, I had . Tak Mun-su must have ordered the whole group to cut off all contracts with our subsidiaries . I told him calmly, “President Kwon . Listen to me . I think there may be a couple of things like this in the future . ”

President Kwon Oh-hyuk seemed quite surprised . “Yes?”

“I can't tell you everything that's going on right now, but… anyway, that's what's going on . So, if there's one or two of these things going forward, don't worry too much, stay calm and be patient . ”

“Oh, yes, I see…”

But when he said that, I felt a little uneasy about Kwon's words . So I said one more word to him . “President Kwon . ”

“Yes?”

“You believe me, don't you?”

“Sure, I do . Well… I've been with you for a long time . ”

“Yes . Then trust me, and don't worry too much . I'm not going to go very long on this one . Our Invictus Investment and I are strong . ”

At that, the tone of President Kwon Oh-hyuk's voice became lighter . “Oh, I see . I'll know and act like that . ”

“Yes . ”

After the phone conversation, I thought with my fingers tapping on the table . 'This is happening faster than I thought . '

It was just yesterday that I spoke to Tak Mun-su, and this pressure came in just one day . I could see how well the Suyeon Group was arranged .

'What a 50-year chaebol it is! It has a great power to control . Even though there are so many companies in it and it is so big… The group runs very well like that . '

Korea's octopus-style chaebol structure started from the time it was in the military, so it was definitely elaborate . With a small amount of money, it extracted maximum efficiency, gained the influence of the owner, and at the same time the employees would give the owner a profit . That was how it was designed .

'But I can't lose, either . If Suyeon's strengths are in size and connections, my company has strength in money . It has forty-five billion dollars in cash that can be used immediately . It's hard for Suyeon, or precisely for Tak Mun-su . The Tak family is the owner of Suyeon Group, but not all of it belongs to the Tak family . If I look into the Suyeon Group, they are divided along 30% foreigners, 20% institutional investors, 10% national pension funds, 20% ants, and so on . No matter if they are owners of a hundred twenty billion dollars of assets, there are limits to what they can do, especially since under the current state Tak Woo-kyung is unconscious .

'All right, let's start slowly . ' I called in Vice President Jang, as we needed to bring weapons to war .

“Are you calling, sir?”

I spoke to him with my hands together on the table, “We have foreign money collected after investing in China, don't we?”

“Yes, boss . ”

“I think we need to exchange the money to Korean won slowly now . ”

“Are you trying now? You said that we would hold on to a little bit more for the original foreign exchange gains . ”

“That's what I said . But this time, I think a war is going to happen inside, not outside the country . ”

“War…?”

Vice President Jang didn't know that I had started a war with the Suyeon Group yesterday . I put my hands together and said to him, “It's war . Call up all the directors . We'll be a little busy from now on . ”

Chapter end