The Inspector Is Getting Promoted! [EN]: Chapter 254

Prosecutor, You’re Going Places! – 254

Subornation (6)

“Oh, I’m so sorry. I thought she was just a woman here. If I had known she was the prosecutor’s girlfriend, I wouldn’t have hit on her.”

Gyeonggi Province Governor Min Hyung-taek squinted as he continued.

“No matter how much of a womanizer I am, I don’t want to become in-laws.”

Tsk tsk.

His choice of words wasn’t just cheap; it was like he had a rag in his mouth [meaning his words were crude and unpleasant].

At least he knows he’s a womanizer, which is a relief.

“It’s already over, so it’s fine.”

It wasn’t a pleasant topic, so I cut it short and changed the subject.

“By the way, I didn’t know there was a place like this in Suwon. It was unusual from the entrance, but…”

“I’m very knowledgeable when it comes to entertainment.”

He spat out the words as if he had been waiting for them.

“I know every city and county in Gyeonggi Province inside and out. The women in Seoul might be better, but Gyeonggi Province can’t be beat when it comes to diverse tastes.”

He clenched his fist tightly on the table as he spoke.

“When you see these girls playing around, oh…”

I have to make a deal with this kind of person.

I couldn’t stand the frown that was forming, so I turned my head, pretending to look for a bottle of alcohol.

“Let’s have a drink first.”

“No, Prosecutor.”

I thought Min Hyung-taek was going to fill my glass first, so I was about to hand him the bottle.

“Liquor tastes better when a woman pours it.”

He shouted loudly towards the back.

“Come in!”

Soon, the door we had entered through opened and two women came in.

They weren’t wearing ordinary clothes but outfits that exposed half of their bodies.

Min Hyung-taek skillfully groped the woman’s body as if he always did and said.

“Amazing, right?”

“…”

“It’s sexier to cover up just enough to tease than to be completely naked.”

For a moment, I couldn’t help but let out a hollow laugh.

“Oh, it looks like the prosecutor likes it too.”

He seemed to have mistaken my laughter for satisfaction.

What a crazy bastard.

It wasn’t me who asked to meet one-on-one; it was this Min Hyung-taek guy.

That’s why, even though it was only up to the entrance, I didn’t get too angry at his rudeness because Yoon Seol-ha had come with me.

Of course, it was also thanks to her skillful handling of the situation, but from Min Hyung-taek’s point of view, he might have been sensitive because he was wary of her coming along.

However, the content of the conversation we were going to have today wasn’t a casual topic but an important issue, which I had emphasized several times before meeting.

So I thought he wanted to meet alone, but when I was about to start the conversation, he brought in women.

This is openly telling me to go screw myself [showing blatant disrespect].

There’s no way he wouldn’t have investigated me before coming to meet me.

I thought it was strange that he didn’t recognize Yoon Seol-ha earlier, but I thought he might not have recognized her because he was so blinded by women.

But this changes everything.

It means that he approached me like that even though he knew that Yoon Seol-ha was like my shadow.

It seems like he really accepted that she’s my girlfriend from the way he’s talking, but that’s not important.

What’s certain is that this bastard is looking down on me without any room for excuses.

“What the f–”

Min Hyung-taek looked at my face, wondering if he had misheard, but he couldn’t see my expression.

Because I had overturned the table as it was.

The table was overturned, and the food on it was spilled, and the trays flew and shattered, making sharp noises.

“Kyaa!”

The women screamed, but I had no intention of paying attention to them.

“Do you think I’m a pushover?”

“…Huh?”

He didn’t expect me to come on so strong, and he was making a blank expression as if he had dozed off.

I didn’t even look at the women and said.

“Everyone get out. Don’t let anyone in until I tell you to.”

They were frightened and ran out of the room without answering.

“Hoo.”

I let out a deep sigh and got up from my seat, closed the door that the women had left open, and approached him.

“Am I getting dissed like this because I’m having some discord with the President right now?”

“Wh, wh, what are you talking about?”

He tried to argue, as if he didn’t want to be intimidated.

“I really th, thought women and alcohol…”

I threw the glass next to me as it was.

Clang!

The porcelain glass shattered into pieces and scattered on the floor.

“Even if I didn’t become the Prosecutor General, I’m still a High Prosecutor, the Seoul High Prosecutor.”

I squatted down in front of Min Hyung-taek and grabbed his chin, lifting it up.

“I can crush someone like you. It’s not even a big deal to screw you over.”

“…”

His eyes shook greatly.

It couldn’t be helped.

Because what I said was true.

The reason I’m trying to handle it quietly is because if I make a big deal out of it, Sung Tae-hyun is likely to notice, not because I’m afraid of him or burdened by him, but because I came to negotiate.

Only then did Min Hyung-taek realize that something really bad could happen if he stayed like this, and he immediately changed his attitude.

“I, I’m sorry.”

He immediately corrected his posture, knelt down, and bowed his head.

“I think I was out of my mind for a moment.”

I picked up a bottle of alcohol rolling on the floor.

Then, he thought I was going to hit him on the head, and he immediately rubbed his hands together and lowered his head even further.

“I deserve to die! I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. Never again, never again…”

I twisted the corners of my lips with a smirk, grabbed the bottle of alcohol, and shook it lightly as if turning it.

I could hear the sound of it sloshing, so it seemed that the bottle hadn’t been completely overturned and hadn’t all spilled out.

I handed a bottle of alcohol to the guy who was rubbing his hands together as if they would wear out, and I picked up another bottle of alcohol rolling on the floor.

“Let’s have a good business talk.”

Then, I bumped into the bottle he was holding with an almost blank expression and toasted.

“Business.”

As I took a sip of the alcohol from the bottle, he trembled and held the bottle with both hands and gulped down the alcohol.

He kept his esophagus open until the contents of the bottle were all poured out [drank it all in one go].

I didn’t tell him to do a one-shot.

I smiled and said to him.

“You’re doing a new city project in Gyeonggi Province this time, right?”

“Huh?”

He nodded, barely regaining his senses thanks to the alcohol, and replied in a slightly calmer voice.

“Ah, yes. That’s right.”

“Let’s build a new city in Goyang.”

He looked at me carefully and said.

“I’d like to, but the budget is fixed…”

“Hey, do you think I’d ask you to do it for free?”

I drew two intersecting straight lines on the floor with one hand.

“Did you see it?”

“E, an X?”

“No, a plus sign (+). A politician should love the national language; why does a foreign language come to mind first?”

“Ah, I’m sorry.”

“1 billion.”

I said, looking straight into his eyes.

“Our Governor takes exactly 1 billion [Korean won, likely] and builds a new city in Goyang. It’s not like adding a new city will cause problems with the project, right? Get some more budget from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Get some kickbacks while designating construction companies. Everyone’s happy. Win-win. Kill two birds with one stone [achieve multiple goals with one action]. How great is that?”

Soon, Min Hyung-taek’s Adam’s apple fluttered.

He still seems greedy for money even in this situation.

“And I’m not going to end it with just this.”

I took out my wallet from his pocket.

I opened it, looked at the family photo, and asked.

“How old is your son?”

“He’s twenty-one years old.”

“Oh, my son is three years old next month… I don’t know when he’ll grow up.”

“He, he grows up faster than you think. When you’re working…”

“You must have been whoring around, that’s why time went by so fast.”

“…”

“I heard your son is a national athlete?”

“Ah, yes. He’s been selected as a national athlete in one of the yachting events. He also participated in the Asian Games as a national athlete last year and achieved decent results.”

“I know that Korea hasn’t won a medal in yachting at the Olympics yet.”

“Unfortunately, that’s the case.”

“We have to win one.”

“My son is working hard…”

I asked smoothly.

“Doesn’t yachting get quite affected by equipment?”

“To some extent, yes.”

“If it’s the best yacht in the world, wouldn’t Korea have a pretty good chance?”

“…Huh?”

He seemed to have a hunch about something, but he was looking at me with a look of disbelief.

I twisted the corners of my lips lightly.

“I’ll support you with that too.”

“Re, really?”

His eyes sparkled.

This time, it wasn’t his own greed but the face of a father.

“I’m also a father with a son; would I joke around with my child’s story?”

“No. It’s not that I meant…”

“There’s one thing I’m curious about before that.”

“What is it?”

“I want to know if a new city will be built in Goyang or not.”

Min Hyung-taek swallowed hard.

“It will be built.”

“Really?”

“Yes. It will definitely be built.”

I smiled brightly and patted him on the shoulder.

“I knew our Governor would make a good decision.”

Saying those words, I got up from my seat.

“Soon, SV Group will have an announcement. I don’t know the title, but the content will be a yacht rental business. You know it’s hard to donate because there’s a record, right?”

“Yes. Rental is enough.”

“The selection criteria and scoring criteria will be delivered to the Governor in advance. The judges there will score blindly without knowing that it’s your son. So apply according to the criteria.”

In the first place, the number of people preparing for the yacht national team in Korea is so small that it can be counted on one’s fingers [very few people].

In the first place, this project itself was created for Min Hyung-taek.

If you know the criteria, it means that he has no choice but to be selected.

Above all, since he is already a national athlete in Korea, he is in an environment where he has no choice but to be selected unless there is a special problem.

“And our Governor’s son just needs to go to the Olympics next year and bring a medal to the country. Save the people’s livelihood and promote national prestige. How great is that?”

“That’s right.”

“This is patriotism. Isn’t it loyalty to the country to make Korea’s name known and love the country?”

“That’s right. You’re absolutely right!”

His voice was more energetic than ever.

Yeah. If you have a whip and a carrot at the same time [using both reward and punishment], there’s no reason for this human to refuse.

“And please keep it a secret from the Korean Party.”

He looked around carefully and asked cautiously.

“Is there any reason for that?”

“Do you want to know even that?”

When I brought my face closer to Min Hyung-taek again, he hurriedly shook his head.

“No. Not at all.”

I straightened my back again and headed for the door.