Episode 298 Then, did you give it a try?
Drurrrrrrrrruk!
The bamboo blinds were noisily lifted, revealing a frightened elderly man.
Completely different from the image I had imagined, he was really just an ordinary old man who looked like he was wearing something like a takju at a table in the neighborhood.
A person like that is the infamous private loan king.
It was something that was hard to believe.
“Yes, how are you?”
Seeing his wrinkled eyes trembling slightly, he seemed quite surprised.
That old man will never know.
The fact that if I put my mind to it, I could even find out the color of the pants the Chinese president is wearing today.
Even though I don’t really want to know.
Thanks to Crown Prince Binsar’s introduction, my intelligence power was comparable to that of most intelligence agencies, so there was nothing I couldn’t find out if I put my mind to it.
The problem was that it cost a lot of money.
“We finally got to see each other face to face. “You make a better impression than I thought.”
“Why don’t you ask! “How did you know!”
At the sound of Mr. Baek, or rather Myeong O-cheon, shouting, a manager hurriedly came inside.
“President! What’s going on!?”
A manager could not help but be surprised to see Chairman Lee removing the blinds and revealing his true identity.
“That’s it! “It’s no big deal, so stay out.”
A manager noticeably left his seat at the cold Myeong-Ocheon greeting guests.
As soon as the door closed, Myeong Go-cheon, who had calmed down his excitement to some extent, looked at me with cold eyes.
“Ask me again. you···. “How can you embrace me?”
“His real name is Myeong O-cheon, and he is the 7th generation descendant of the Yeonan Myeong clan. He has no children under his command and has one adoptive son. He is the Chairman of Myeongbo Group, Myeong Gwang-min, right? Of course, Myeong Gwang-min is just a trousers, and the real owner is our elder Myeong O-cheon. “Are there any mistakes?”
Myeong Go-cheon, who was glaring at me as if he was going to hack me to pieces, suddenly burst into laughter.
“okay. You are right. It’s so tough. It’s so tough. “How would you know that?”
“I told you before. “If I try to find out, I will know.”
Myeong O-cheon stared at my face as if he was seeing a strange creature in the world.
“Are you fearless or thoughtless? “You don’t know where you are and you say that to my face?”
“I’m very scared. I can’t even ride a single ride. “I have so many random thoughts that I get a headache every day.”
“Are you going to play with me now?”
“I’m just saying let’s talk in a more relaxed manner. Honestly, what can I do if I know Mr. Baek’s identity? Are you going to go somewhere and brag about it? I’m not crazy. Would you do something like that? “I don’t know that the prosecution, the business world, the political world, and even the media will all be under Mr. Baek’s influence anyway.”
“What do you want?”
“There is no such thing. I was just curious. “About a person named Teacher Baek.”
“You came here for just that reason?”
“Why not? Chairman Myeong also said he was curious about me. How on earth did that young guy make money? “Isn’t he curious about that?”
Myeong Wu-cheon’s wrinkled face was distorted grotesquely.
“you···. “Are you a smart kid?”
“I am an ordinary person with extremely normal thoughts.”
It was an expression I saw a lot.
Sometimes, when I have an accident, Chairman Seunghwan Lee looks at me the same way.
Myeong Go-cheon looked at me intently for a while and then shook his head.
“For the first time in a while, a proper idiot appears. Cluck cluck. It’s fun, it’s fun. “Would you like to have a drink while you’re here?”
“Of course. “My throat was sore already, but it worked out well.”
“Hey! Director Han!”
Drurly
As soon as he finished speaking, the door opened and a manager came in.
“Yes, Chairman.”
“Let’s go and get a few bottles of soju. “I’m also going to roast some nogari.”
Astonishment appeared on Director Han’s face at Myung O-cheon’s instructions, but then he lowered his head.
“I will.”
After Manager Han left, I looked at Myeong O-cheon and asked.
“Do people with a lot of money drink nogari with soju?”
“and? Did you expect expensive whiskey or wine or something like that? No work. When I was in my prime, I was only looking for those things, but in the end, soju is the best. “What does it matter what kind of alcohol you drink to get drunk anyway?”
“It seems like you have similar thoughts to me. “I’m good.”
After a while, soju and well-grilled nogari were set on a high-quality wooden table.
“Have a drink.”
So the two of us exchanged drinks in silence for a while.
By the time the bottle of soju was almost empty.
“I heard that Chairman Myung goes around saying that his father’s actions were not pro-Japanese? “Why are you doing this when no one asked?”
“Do you even know that? Truly… There’s nothing I can’t talk about. “Isn’t it natural to correct mistakes as a child?”
“Wrong? So you’re saying it wasn’t pro-Japanese?”
Myeong Go-cheon swallowed a laugh as if he was dumbfounded by the straightforward question.
“You’re the first person to ask this out loud in front of me. Well, that’s good. Of course it’s not pro-Japanese. “Is it so wrong for me to work at a Japanese company after studying abroad in Japan?”
“I found out that you were involved in various donation activities related to the Japanese Government-General of Korea and received an award from the Japanese government, right? Afterwards, he was appointed as a member of the National Territory Planning Committee of the Japanese Government General of Korea, and was active in many fields.”
Myeong O-cheon looked a little embarrassed, as if he didn’t know that I was going to point out his pro-Japanese activities in detail, but then he calmly opened his mouth.
“Let’s put it bluntly, what was so wrong with pretending to be on their side in order to survive in the times? It was a time when there was nothing that could be done without going through the Japanese, willingly or unwillingly. “Isn’t it okay?”
“Then what about independence activists? “Aren’t there people who sacrificed their possessions and even their lives to fight for independence?”
“They are ignorant people. Why are you talking like that? People who have learned nothing but are full of beliefs. Even if it weren’t for them, Korea would have been liberated from Japan anyway. People have a strong misunderstanding, but this country called the Republic of Korea was not liberated by noblemen called independence activists, but by the United States, which is more powerful than Japan. Those stupid people who don’t know that, tsk tsk.”
It was not simply an answer to avoid the situation.
It contained the confidence of someone who thoroughly believed that.
“This world. There are so many shitty people and so many shitty things going on, so if you act hard like an iron stick, you are likely to break. Have you seen it on the news? What do the people who were promoting independence say at that time? The families left behind struggle through hardships for the rest of their lives, and the children and descendants who are left behind live in poverty for the rest of their lives. On the other hand, what about those who behaved wisely? The child has been living happily ever since. If you look at things like that, history ultimately proves everything.”
“In many ways… “You’re amazing.”
It was so ridiculous that I wasn’t even angry.
I could feel the thick, stubborn stubbornness firmly entrenched inside him, and I knew that whatever I said was meaningless.
“Anyway, I am proud of my father, and I have never felt ashamed of him. Why? My very existence is proof of that. People have pointed fingers at our family as being pro-Japanese, but what about now? In the end, I won, and those who went around saying they were fighting for independence are nothing more than whiners. Haha. When I hear people say that they come from a noble family of independence activists on the topic of receiving basic living expenses, all I can do is snort. “You’re funny too. Did you have a baby?”
“That’s not very funny.”
It’s disgusting. It was so disgusting too.
I felt like if we talked more about this topic, it would be like an off-job.
“Anyway, what kind of private loan should I take to get to a position like you?”
Myeong O-cheon smiled brightly, showing his yellow teeth.
“Hehehe. why? “Are you interested in private lending too?”
“I’m just curious. Due to the nature of the private loan business, it is inevitable that there will be many things that fall outside the scope of the law, and if that happens, won’t you have to live a life that is always stressful while making money? “I don’t think I can live like that.”
“Are you feeling anxious? Who says that? Has President Song, who is in his prime, ever seen the news that a Myeong-dong loan shark was arrested? Probably not? It is impossible to track us in the first place. Wow, do you know? We trade with bearer bonds whenever possible. “It is a popular profitable business with low risk of losing money and high profits.”
“No matter what, if your tail is long, doesn’t that mean you’ll get stepped on?
“Cluck cluck. If you can’t even do that much washing, you’ll have to take off the loan shark label and stick your nose in the dirt. We don’t care if it’s an illegal bond. It would be popular if they slapped down 70% of the face value and sold it to a securities company at a higher price than the face value. And when I reach my level, I don’t even get involved directly. They move along the middle line. The middle class people under me are over 50 years old. As a result, even if the prosecution catches wind of it, only the minions will be caught anyway. Report from a securities company? There is no choice! From their perspective, there is no reason to be hostile towards VVIP customers.”
“You wouldn’t have achieved the level of wealth you have now with that alone, right?”
“Uh huh. How dare you steal money from someone else with your bare mouth? “Isn’t it natural to first criticize your own hand in order to punish others?”
“I don’t have anything special. “What are you curious about?”
“What on earth did you do?”
“What?”
Myeong O-cheon poured soju into his mouth and spoke in a calm tone as if it was flowing.
“Anyway, we’ve already seen each other, but I’ll be honest. I have lived for over 60 years, rolling around on the floor of Myeongdong and smelling the smell of money. How many people have you seen so far? There are those who act proud, those who are really proud, and even those who set up without fear and end up in vain. I’ve seen all sorts of people. But this is my first time seeing someone like you.”
Cold, nearly transparent eyes pierced through me.
“I have lived my whole life through private lending, and have risen to a certain level, but this money guy is so terrible that it doesn’t move like my heart. I’ve taken a lot of money from people who I was sure couldn’t do it, and there were a lot of people who just ran away because they couldn’t pay it back. “Giving my money to someone else is a huge risk in itself.”
“Of course it is.”
“I, too, am someone who makes money, but I can’t believe that President Song has achieved such enormous wealth without even receiving interest. How did you do it? If it happens once or twice, you might dismiss it as a coincidence, but don’t you think that not having a single failure means you have your own secret plan?”
“Are you curious?”
“why? “If I’m curious, can you tell me?”
Myeong Wu-cheon’s eyes twinkled with greed.
Even though we have achieved one of the greatest wealth in Korea, is it still not enough?
I couldn’t understand it at all.
“The answer is simple.”
“What is it?”
I put down my drink and pointed to my eyeball.
“It’s snow.”
“eye?”
“I have a better insight into people than you. I’m sure you weren’t expecting an answer like some kind of math formula, right? “I just have better skills than you, nothing more or less.”
“What?”
At that moment, the corner of Myeong Cheon-oh’s eyes twitched, and a wrinkle appeared between his eyebrows.
“Now does that mean you are better than me?”
“Isn’t it obvious? Since you have grown old enough, isn’t it time for your senses to become dull? I am now in my prime. Above all, you didn’t earn as much as I did when you were my age, right?”
Anger slowly began to appear on Myeong Cheon-oh’s face at the blatant provocation.
“You damn bastard! Who are you talking about in front of now? This is my Myeongdong Teacher Baek! “Not even the heads of large corporations can say that to me!”
Seeing Myeong Cheon-oh running wild and excited, he secretly smiled in remorse.
“Of course they are. Because I’m in a position where I have to impress my old man. But I have no reason to feel sorry for you.”
“What!? “How dare this arrogant person tell anyone that he has made some money…!”
“Then why don’t you give it a try?”
Myeong Cheon-oh’s face turned red and he cut off the words he was about to scream.
“What are you doing!?”
“Let’s make a bet with me. “Who has better skills?”
I went around and around a lot just to say this one word.
