Mining And Construction Tycoon [EN]: Chapter 129

129. For the Mess (2)

He was holding a document that should never have left the vault.

As Kim Jae-guk’s hand went inside his chest, Tae-soo raised his hand.

“If you take that out now, you’ll be the one taking the fall. What do you think will happen to you if you return with a top-secret document that the Director doesn’t want to be shown?”

Murder and extermination, silencing.

Kim Jae-guk paused, naturally thinking of the consequences.

“Don’t you think I would present this to you without any preparation?”

Kim Jae-guk groaned.

Kim Jae-guk took his hand out of his chest.

No gun. Empty-handed.

“I’m curious about your intention in showing me that. Why are you doing this?”

“Let’s talk again after you see this first.”

Tae-soo handed the document he was holding to Kim Jae-guk.

Kim Jae-guk accepted the documents, unsure of what was happening.

He couldn’t resist his curiosity.

“Th-this! Th-this is absurd…!”

A secret agreement between Korea and Japan regarding the 7th Mining Zone.

Behind it, unbelievable conditions were being exchanged.

It was a document that Park Jung-hwan absolutely didn’t want to be released, so he deliberately hid it in a Japanese secret vault.

“What do you think will happen to the Director if this comes out to the world?”

A riot might break out.

Park Jung-hwan, who promised to sell out the country.

Even the treasure trove of South Korea’s resources, where a huge amount of oil might have been buried.

Under the pretext of bringing in loans from Japan, he sold land that was not immediately visible.

“Before that, what do you think will happen to you and me, who have seen this?”

Kim Jae-guk’s face turned pale.

It was the price for seeing what he shouldn’t have seen.

Tae-soo took out the silver lighter from his pocket again.

“You said you know what this means, right?”

It’s Park Jung-hwan’s cherished lighter.

An item he doesn’t give out carelessly.

Even Cha Gi-beom only carried it around, but never received it as a gift.

“I have the lighter. But what about you? What are you going to do?”

It was frightening just to imagine.

‘Kang Tae-soo with the lighter will be able to avoid death. But what about me?’

Kim Jae-guk bit his lip.

“Are you threatening me now?”

“For the current situation, yes.”

Tae-soo took back the document Kim Jae-guk was holding and put it in the drawer.

Kim Jae-guk couldn’t believe it.

To think he would store such a dangerous document so carelessly.

“Are you crazy? If someone searches this room, they’ll find it in an instant…”

“I’ve prepared several things today.”

Clap, clap.

As Tae-soo clapped his hands, the half-open bathroom door opened completely, and Kim Gwang-rok came out.

He was holding a gun with a silencer.

It was a gun that had been aimed at Kim Jae-guk from the beginning.

Kim Jae-guk raised both hands.

“I’ll give you two choices.”

Tae-soo sat in a chair and took a sip of the cooling tea.

“One, accept my offer. Two, reject my offer.”

Kim Jae-guk knew better than anyone what would happen if he rejected the offer.

Kim Gwang-rok, of all people, had a gun equipped with a silencer in his hand.

How could Kim Jae-guk not know how great his reputation was in the military?

Kim Gwang-rok, who had killed highly trained North Korean special forces like flies.

So killing him would be nothing.

“Choose.”

Kim Jae-guk dropped his hands.

“I accept your offer.”

The sharp voice, like a sparkling soda, changed to a bland cola.

It was because he was overwhelmed by Tae-soo’s force.

“It’s the first time I’ve had to choose without even hearing what the offer is.”

“You made a good choice.”

Tae-soo doesn’t usually start a conversation by coercing the other person so aggressively.

But the other person is Kim Jae-guk, the Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

And he has revealed Park Jung-hwan’s secrets.

There is no turning back for either Tae-soo or Kim Jae-guk.

It’s either being an accomplice or death.

“Why did you forcibly make me an accomplice?”

Since he had no choice but to take Tae-soo’s hand, he naturally became dissatisfied.

Tae-soo had already prepared for that.

“I chose this method because I had no other choice.”

He wouldn’t have been able to bring Kim Jae-guk in without this method.

Kim Jae-guk is a suspicious and cautious person.

He is also a man of great loyalty and keeps his mouth shut.

-The only loyal subject the First Lady trusted and asked for help.

He was also the person who was pushed to this position by the First Lady’s family.

He also had the necessary position to carry out great things, so it was the best choice for Tae-soo.

“You know that Han Cheong-ho has been threatening the First Lady, right?”

“…….”

Kim Jae-guk’s expression said it all.

He knew that the First Lady had been threatened.

The First Lady did not give Kim Jae-guk the details.

She just asked him to find the benefactor who helped her.

“While investigating the benefactor, I found out that Han Cheong-ho had been threatening the First Lady.”

“Does the Director also know that the First Lady was being threatened?”

“No, I couldn’t report it. The First Lady begged me to keep it a secret.”

He was such an upright person that he couldn’t report to Park Jung-hwan that the First Lady had been threatened because of the First Lady’s request.

“You probably know how the First Lady passed away, right?”

How could Kim Jae-guk not know that?

Kim Jae-guk even attended the funeral and dragged Moon Se-gi, the mastermind, away and tortured him.

But in the end, Moon Se-gi did not reveal the person behind him.

“You probably know that someone is covering up this matter, too.”

There were many questions, but for some reason, he couldn’t dig any deeper.

Even though it was a matter related to the death of the First Lady.

Even though he, the Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, had stepped in, there were forces interfering with the investigation.

Very close, within the Central Intelligence Agency.

Tae-soo took something out of the drawer.

“I’ll tell you why you were forcibly made an accomplice today.”

Tae-soo was taking out evidence related to the First Lady one by one.

Each time Tae-soo added something to it, Kim Jae-guk’s face turned whiter and whiter.

Finally, when Tae-soo finished speaking.

“I believe that you are the First Lady’s benefactor. I deeply thank you on behalf of the First Lady.”

Kim Jae-guk bowed 90 degrees to Tae-soo.

“Thank you so much for saving the First Lady from the terrible threats. If you are a benefactor to the First Lady, you are also a benefactor to me.”

It was the Oh Young-soon family who pushed and pulled Kim Jae-guk [supported his career].

Kim Jae-guk owed a lot to the Oh family.

“And this document, about the 7th Mining Zone, I will keep my mouth shut until I die. I hope you believe me.”

“I will believe you.”

The moment he opens his mouth, Kim Jae-guk will also die.

Because he touched Park Jung-hwan’s weakness.

Kim Jae-guk resolutely reached out his hand to Tae-soo first.

“Thank you so much for accepting me like this. If you hadn’t forcibly brought me here, I would have regretted it for the rest of my life. I want to avenge the First Lady.”

Kim Jae-guk was sincere.

It started forcibly, but now he chose to be with Tae-soo himself.

Tae-soo took Kim Jae-guk’s hand.

“Deputy Director Kim, would you please keep this matter a secret for a while?”

“Shouldn’t we report to the Director about the First Lady right away?”

“There is still not enough evidence.”

Tae-soo said, looking at the fragmented evidence he had taken out of the drawer one by one.

“We can’t trap Han Cheong-ho with this much right now. There are holes everywhere to escape.”

Kim Jae-guk also knows that the evidence is still flimsy, even though he has worked hard to collect it.

But with this, his suspicion has solidified into conviction.

Han Cheong-ho is deeply involved.

“It’s enough to turn suspicion into conviction. If it’s about that much, the Director will also…”

“If we touch it carelessly, we’ll only expose the Director’s weaknesses and we’ll bleed.”

“I understand.”

“I’m preparing a sure shot.”

Isn’t that why Tae-soo is preparing a rat hunt?

“I’ll make Han Cheong-ho move first and show an opening.”

“What are you going to do?”

“I’m going to win this apartment pre-sale war.”

Tae-soo is going to fuel the apartment pre-sale war even more.

Since Tae-soo is advocating for a top-class brand apartment, the apartment pre-sale war with Han Cheong-ho, who has chosen the same position, is unavoidable.

Who sells faster, better, and more properly.

“I’m going to push him relentlessly. I need to corner Han Cheong-ho and make him touch the vault in Japan.”

Oh Young-soon’s assets are sleeping in the secret vault that Park Jung-hwan had moved.

The moment Han Cheong-ho uses it, there will be undeniable evidence.

Moreover, even the fact that Park Jung-hwan’s secret vault was robbed will be revealed in detail.

If Park Jung-hwan’s anger is directed at him, Han Cheong-ho has no way out.

“So, Deputy Director Kim, please get solid evidence.”

“Just say the word anytime. I’ll do my best to help you.”

He recruited a very reliable colleague.

No less than the Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

“I’ll detonate this at the wedding ceremony on May 18th next year.”

Tae-soo set that day as D-Day.

He’s going to give them a bomb as a wedding gift from the First Lady.

“Will you prepare with me?”

It was a very appealing offer, and there was no reason to refuse.

* * *

Tae-soo escorted Kim Jae-guk back.

Kim Gwang-rok looked around the hall and reported.

“Tae-soo, it seems Elder Jang Mal-dong has returned home, and Chief of Security Cha Gi-beom is busy assisting the Director. What are you going to do?”

Tae-soo crossed his arms and closed his eyes for a moment.

“What are Jeon Doo-ho and Han Cheong-ho doing?”

“They all went back.”

Kim Gwang-rok asked.

“Why do you have that expression on your face?”

Tae-soo’s expression was gloomy.

“It’s nothing. Could you please call Planning and Coordination Director Song So-ri and Public Relations Director Kim Yong-sik [Holjuck]?”

Song So-ri and Holjuck are also staying at the Geumsan Hotel.

Holjuck moved to the Geumsan Hotel because of Han Il-kwon’s gang.

Song So-ri chose the hotel even though she said she wanted to live near Tae-soo and was looking for a house.

“Wait a minute.”

“If possible, please contact Park Cheol-wan, the president of the construction company.”

Kim Gwang-rok glanced at Tae-soo and left the room.

Tae-soo was lost in thought with his arms crossed.

After a while, Planning and Coordination Director Song So-ri and Holjuck came into Tae-soo’s room.

Director Song So-ri asked.

“What’s going on?”

“I think we need to speed up the construction of the apartment a little.”

“What kind of goal are you aiming for?”

“I hope the pre-sale advertisement will be released by April next year.”

“That’s too tight.”

“I know. So I think we need to change the plan a little.”

Tae-soo said, turning over the apartment blueprints on the table.

“We should also build by complex [housing block] and start sequential pre-sales.”

“Weren’t you going to pre-sell all at once?”

“In that case, when do you expect the apartment pre-sale to start?”

“Probably by the end of next year or the beginning of the year after next.”

“That won’t work. We’re running out of time.”

That was why Tae-soo gathered them in a hurry.

“Let’s build 12 of the 58 buildings first.”

“I understand.”

“Can you make it on time?”

“I think it’s probably possible. But it’s a bit of a tight schedule.”

“Let’s share more opinions on how to shorten the time.”

Tae-soo looked at Holjuck.

“I’m thinking of doing more frequent newspaper and broadcast promotions.”

“More than this?”

“We haven’t recovered from the oil shock yet. Stocks have plummeted, oil prices have soared, and businesses have gone bankrupt everywhere. The demand for safe assets is very high.”

Holjuck nodded.

Tae-soo said.

“We’re pre-selling premium apartments. We need to encourage the investment desire of wealthy middle class people.”

“We’ve advertised enough in the newspaper. Then I’ll look into broadcasting this time.”

“Good. Let’s put in CF [commercial film] advertisements and sponsor broadcast programs.”

“Sponsorship?”

Holjuck and Song So-ri asked with wide eyes.

“It’s not enough to call the sponsor’s name at the end of the program. Instead, find out if there is a broadcasting station that is planning a drama that shows the scenery of apartments where the upper class lives.”

“I understand. I’ll check it out.”

“Or, if there is a drama or movie that succeeds in construction, find out about that too. Our Taeyang Construction will provide the location.”

“Provide the drama filming location?”

“Since we’re only building 12 buildings for now, there are many empty lots and we have the capacity to provide the location. We need to think about the promotional effect.”

It may be a blessing in disguise.

“The power of broadcasting programs is greater than you think. So look hard.”

“Okay. I think I heard that they’re preparing such a drama anyway.”

Many people watch TV in their living rooms.

Unlike the 21st century, there are only a few broadcast programs.

There are also broadcasting time regulations with the national anthem.

So many people watch TV and listen to the radio for entertainment.

“Director Kim, please submit a plan to shoot a CF advertisement starting tomorrow.”

“I’ll prepare it right away.”

Tae-soo looked back at Song So-ri.

“Director Song will be very busy. Contact the heavy equipment suppliers to expedite the supply of elevators and heavy equipment, and urge Jeonja to speed up the development of individual meters and oil boilers.”

“I understand.”

Tae-soo clapped his hands.

“It’s late at night. I’m sorry for calling you at this late hour. Go back and rest.”

Song So-ri bowed and left the hotel room.

Holjuck looked back at Tae-soo and said.

“Tae-soo, why is your expression like that today?”

He was saying the same thing as Kim Gwang-rok.

Tae-soo raised his hand and wiped his face without realizing it.

“Why? Is it weird?”

“A lot.”

Holjuck asked, looking at Tae-soo.

“Do you want to have a drink?”