Mining And Construction Tycoon [EN]: Chapter 199

Mining Tycoon and Construction Conglomerate – Episode 199

199. Riding on Power (1)

Han Il-kwon couldn’t help but curse.

“How the hell did this happen!”

The safe was empty.

It was the safe that held 900 million won out of the 1 billion won he had received from Choi Mu-ryong.

“Which bastard touched this?”

It was the funds to be invested into Cheongil Construction immediately.

A thief in a house guarded so that not even an ant could get in or out.

“They didn’t touch anything else and only took 900 million won? That doesn’t make sense!”

The other items inside the safe were untouched.

It was a deliberate act.

“Ha…! I’m going crazy.”

Han Il-kwon found a piece of paper in the safe.

Han Il-kwon laughed loudly.

After laughing for a while, he suddenly crumpled the paper and threw it on the floor.

“Are you kidding me right now?”

He stomped on the crumpled paper.

But he still couldn’t shake off his anger.

“Choi Mu-ryong, huh….”

The direction the arrow pointed was clear.

So Han Il-kwon smiled with one corner of his mouth raised.

“This is getting very interesting.”

* * *

The VIP room of the Geumsan Hotel bar.

It was Tae-soo’s second consecutive visit to the same place.

Looking at the bottle of whiskey on the table, he said.

[Thank you for coming such a long way.]

[My time is very valuable. So let’s get straight to the point.]

Clink.

Ellis swirled the whiskey glass filled with ice.

But her eyes remained fixed on Tae-soo.

[I need to hear the answer to my question first.]

[Very well.]

[The next head of the Rockefeller family.]

As soon as she received Tae-soo’s telegram, she destroyed it and immediately dispatched her private jet.

[I have never outwardly expressed my desire to be the next head of the family. But you suddenly sent me a telegram saying you would make me the next head of the family.]

He didn’t know that.

He didn’t know that this ambitious future real estate tycoon was deliberately hiding her true feelings.

[Why did you make such a judgment? You need to explain the reason clearly. Perhaps you have planted someone near me….]

Ellis didn’t say the rest, but did Tae-soo not understand her meaning?

Tae-soo smiled nonchalantly.

[Do I need to explain the reason? You proved it.]

[……?]

[As soon as you received my telegram, you came to see me. Here, like this, already twice.]

Tae-soo tapped the table with his finger.

[Once in Saudi Arabia, and once today in Korea. Because of oil. Because you want to be the head of the family.]

Ellis liked Tae-soo’s provocative answer.

[Interesting. So I took the bait you threw….]

Ellis also tapped the table with her finger.

[Did you send it to test me? The telegram was too blatant. So blatant that I had to rush over in shock.]

[If I hadn’t, would you have flown all the way here?]

She wouldn’t have come.

If it wasn’t for such a blatant telegram, she wouldn’t have come in anger.

Tae-soo shrugged.

[So you don’t want to be the next head of the family?]

If she didn’t want to, she wouldn’t have come all this way.

She was furious that her secretly hidden feelings had been exposed so blatantly.

Ellis gulped down her whiskey.

The whiskey going down her esophagus felt like it was burning.

[Do you know what? The offer you made to me to sell the Rockefeller technology you gave me for $100 million. It was rejected.]

It was spiteful.

It was also a protest, and a teasing provocation.

Sparks flew from Ellis’s eyes as she slammed the whiskey glass down.

[The head of the family rejected it outright. He said, ‘Even if it’s a Wild cat, Rockefeller is not free enough to jump into such an uncertain venture.’ Do you think that’s all?]

-My father concluded that your proposal was a scammer’s lie.

She swallowed the words that rose to her throat.

Ellis met Tae-soo, but the Rockefeller family head, her father, did not meet Tae-soo.

Ellis prided herself on having a pretty good eye for people.

She didn’t think her eyes were so rotten, even if he was a young boy.

In her opinion, Tae-soo was no ordinary person.

[The Japanese government secretly came to confirm this. ‘There is no oil in Japanese waters,’ is the conclusion my father came to.]

That was why Ellis couldn’t even contact Tae-soo.

[But when that cunning Japanese government met with the Rockefeller family head to lobby, I suspected that the potential for burial was high.]

[The Rockefeller family, a family of oil tycoons, would make it difficult for the Japanese government to stick a straw in the oil, so that’s why.]

[I think so too. But my father thinks differently. The Rockefeller family head’s opinion is absolute.]

Ellis rubbed her head.

[I was persuading such a father. I rescheduled to discuss this matter again. But what kind of bomb did you throw?]

That was why Ellis flew to Korea to get angry.

[If I hadn’t received your telegram first… It’s terrible to even think about it.]

The telegram made her angrier the more she thought about it.

She was lucky.

[You said you would develop oil with the Rockefeller family member who is coming to Korea right away? What if the person who received the telegram was someone other than me?]

[It would be one of two things. Like you, they would immediately grab a plane and check it out, or they would dismiss it as nonsense like your father and ignore it.]

Most likely, they would have ignored it.

Otherwise, Ellis would not have come to Saudi Arabia alone.

[And you singled me out and confidently said you would make me the next head of the family.]

[I knew that Rockefeller’s ass was heavy, but he wouldn’t hesitate to go a long way for the sake of honor. That’s why I sent such a telegram.]

It was a telegram aimed at Ellis.

Tae-soo said honestly.

[I wanted you to come to Korea.]

[Why me?]

[Because I thought I could communicate with you.]

Ellis’s eyes widened at Tae-soo’s words.

For some reason, the fire that had been raging began to subside.

[…You have to keep your nonsense to a minimum. Are you crazy?]

[It’s not nonsense, it’s the truth. I’m going to develop oil with you, who came to Korea right away, and I’m going to make you the next head of the family.]

Tae-soo smiled.

[Let’s be honest. Do you have any feelings to hide now?]

Ellis smiled coldly instead.

[Yes. I want to be the next head of the family.]

Her throat became more parched as she spoke.

Ellis drank her whiskey while watching Tae-soo.

Her eyes felt like they wouldn’t miss even the smallest change in expression, not just Tae-soo’s every move.

[You talk about the next head of the family very easily. How much do you know about the Rockefeller family head?]

The Rockefeller family is a family shrouded in mystery.

In his past life, Tae-soo had never properly met a member of the Rockefeller family.

He only picked up information that occasionally came out from the upper class.

But were the upper class that Tae-soo met ordinary upper class?

‘I know that Ellis fought fiercely with her siblings for the position of the next head of the family, but eventually lost.’

The opportunity did not come twice.

The position of the next head of the family is only one person in the current era.

[I know that you must meet three conditions to aim for the position of the next head of Rockefeller.]

[You know quite well as you boasted.]

Ellis looks at Tae-soo with interesting eyes.

[First, you must show outstanding performance in the oil-related business.]

Rockefeller is a global oil tycoon family.

So they are more sensitive to the oil business than anyone else.

The person who shows overwhelming performance in the oil business will be the head of the next oil tycoon.

[Second, prove your management skills with the money given by the family.]

Management skills are essential to build the huge Rockefeller family.

The unit of money that moves according to the head’s decision is enormous.

So if someone without management skills takes over the family, it is easy to ruin it.

[Third, get married and have children.]

Oil King Rockefeller is a 19th century person.

No matter how old you are, there was a fixed idea that you are not an adult if you do not have children.

It means that it is difficult for someone who has never led a family to lead the family well.

Moreover, descendants are essential for the family to prosper.

Ellis nodded.

[That’s right. One more thing. The next head of the family must be a member of the Rockefeller family.]

[I omitted it because it is a basic condition that does not need to be mentioned.]

In her past life, Ellis Rockefeller became a global real estate tycoon but failed to become the next head of the family.

It was because she did not meet the conditions mentioned above.

No matter how capable, how brilliant, or how strong her leadership was, it didn’t work.

[Ellis, I will help you.]

[How are you going to help me?]

[First, I can give you the opportunity to participate in the oil business. Do you know that there is an oil field in the Korean continental shelf?]

[To be exact, I know that there is a ‘place where an oil field is presumed to exist’.]

[Let’s develop that place together.]

It was a groundbreaking proposal.

Ellis’s eyes sparkled.

But she still maintained her poker face and asked calmly.

[You made a similar proposal last time. Rockefeller only provides technology. If that’s the case….]

[I’ll correct the last proposal. You will be able to participate in the overall oil development in Korea.]

Ellis tried hard to close her mouth, which was about to widen.

[Are you proposing that I work with you on oil development from start to finish?]

[That’s right.]

It was an unusual proposal.

Since the Middle East war, Middle Eastern countries with dense oil fields have been calling for resource nationalism [the belief that a country’s natural resources should be controlled and benefited by its own people].

In such a situation, it is not easy to develop new oil fields in foreign countries.

Also, what about the United States?

The Rockefeller family has bought a lot of land that they presume has oil.

And they are giving their sons the opportunity to develop oil fields.

To make them the next head of Rockefeller.

Ellis, who was born as an illegitimate child and a daughter, had no such opportunity at all, and will not have it in the future.

[So you’ve turned from providing technology to a partnership proposal. Why did you suddenly change your mind?]

[I chose a sure and quick method.]

It is better to reliably attract Rockefeller than to eat all the oil alone.

It is important that Rockefeller, who has a great global influence, is involved in oil development.

Rockefeller’s power is needed more than anything else for Tae-soo to go easily.

To push through the guys who block the way with force.

[I will guarantee you the status of an exclusive partner in oil development.]

[That means…….]

[It means that I will not give Rockefeller, other Rothschilds, Barings, Morgans, etc., any room to intervene, except for you.]

It was a very satisfactory proposal.

Of course, it is much better than the proposal I received at first.

Ellis’s heart leaned greatly.

Ellis smiled brightly.

[Okay. So how much do I have to invest? To guarantee that exclusive position in oil development.]

[You don’t have to pay a penny.]

Not asking for a penny for such a huge development project.

Ellis’s expression became strange at those words.

[It’s a favorable proposal for me.]

Ellis, who was nervous and thirsty, gulped down her whiskey.

[I would have been relieved if you had wanted a lot of money or technology.]

[Rockefeller’s technology is needed.]

Wasn’t Tae-soo thinking of 100 million dollars for the technology?

Without Rockefeller’s technology, oil development will be delayed and become difficult.

That means throwing astronomical amounts of money into the sea.

[But instead of money, I’m going to ask for something else.]

[What is it?]

[I want to borrow the power of the Rockefeller family.]

The power to push through and realize all these development plans that have not yet been realized.

The power of the global conglomerate that even the President of the United States has to yield to.

I’m going to ride on that power.

[I’m sorry, but I’m not the head of the family yet.]

[It doesn’t matter if you’re not the head of the family. The important thing is that you are Ellis Rockefeller.]

There is no family in Korea that has more power than the Rockefeller family.

Even the Lee family of Samcheong, who are the undisputed number one in the Korean business world, could not see the Rockefeller family head from afar.

If Rockefeller came out, the president would have run over.

[Do you know the word ‘Riding on Power’?]

I’m going to wield my sword with Rockefeller on my back.