Mining And Construction Tycoon [EN]: Chapter 93

93. It’s Not Cheongil Heavy Industries (4)

“Okay! I’ll leave as soon as I’m done here!”

Han Cheong-ho turned to look for the idiots who had commandeered the president’s office desk.

In the corner of the president’s office, two guys were huddled over a large conference table, piled high with documents, groaning.

The two presidents, notorious rivals who would fight at the slightest eye contact, were working together harmoniously.

It was a very unfamiliar sight to Han Cheong-ho.

“What are those two doing?”

“The president will take care of it. I’m busy, so don’t talk to me. We’ll talk about business later.”

Lee Chang-won of Cheongil Heavy Industries waved his hand without even looking up.

He was too busy working with his nose buried in the documents.

Moreover, Noh Il-guk of Cheongil Oil Refining was also completely ignoring Han Cheong-ho.

“Hey! It’s me, Han Cheong-ho!”

Only then did Noh Il-guk raise his head and discover Han Cheong-ho.

But his expression looked like he had eaten something foul.

Noh Il-guk poked Lee Chang-won in the side with his elbow.

Lee Chang-won, who raised his head, also found Han Cheong-ho.

“He asked what everyone is doing,” Tae-soo answered instead.

“Can’t you see? We’re working.”

“So, what kind of work?”

“Do I have to tell you everything?”

Han Cheong-ho ignored Tae-soo and shouted loudly.

“Hey, Lee Chang-won! Noh Il-guk! Get up right now! We’re going back to Cheongil!”

But for some reason, they didn’t budge.

Swish, scratch, scratch.

Only the sound of pens moving busily could be heard.

The sound of flipping through documents could also be heard occasionally.

Instead of the busy subordinates, Tae-soo answered this time as well.

“The only people who will return to Cheongil from here are the chairman and his secretary.”

Now he is the executive director of Taeyang Heavy Industries and the executive director of Taeyang Oil Refining.

The heavy industry and oil refining executives had all signed employment contracts and transferred their affiliations.

Tae-soo said firmly.

“Everyone in this building is a Taeyang employee, not a Cheongil employee. So, don’t get your hopes up and just go back.”

“Kang Tae-soo······!”

“Oh, and while you’re here, take these with you.”

Tae-soo pointed to a pile of documents stacked on one side of the president’s office desk.

Han Cheong-ho frowned.

“What is this?”

“These are the resignations of Cheongil Oil Refining employees.”

Tae-soo directly lifted the pile of documents and handed them to Secretary Park.

Secretary Park accepted them in a daze and involuntarily let out a groan.

Flipping through them quickly, they were indeed resignations submitted by Cheongil Oil Refining employees.

“Huh······.”

Even the reason for resignation was short.

Why were there so many one-word resignations that were roughly scribbled?

Traces of hasty writing could be seen everywhere.

Secretary Park glared at Tae-soo and said.

“There are no resignations from Cheongil Heavy Industries employees.”

“Cheongil Heavy Industries was acquired, wasn’t it? Of course, the employees come along with it, right?”

Han Cheong-ho glared fiercely at Lee Chang-won and Noh Il-guk.

“So, you’re saying you abandoned Cheongil and switched companies?”

As expected, Tae-soo answered instead of the busy employees.

“If you didn’t like this situation, you shouldn’t have signed the merger and acquisition agreement in the first place.”

“I didn’t want to sign that agreement either! Kang Tae-soo, you······!”

Tae-soo cut him off.

“As you can see, everyone is busy right now. For that reason, I can’t see the chairman off, so please leave as you came.”

It was what he had said to Han Cheong-ho in the Taeyang Mining office before.

Han Cheong-ho bit his lip tightly.

He could let go of Noh Il-guk, who had failed to secure an oil supply, but he was very disappointed in Lee Chang-won, who had been doing a good job managing heavy equipment.

“Lee Chang-won, answer me with your own mouth. Won’t you come with me to Cheongil headquarters?”

“I won’t go.”

Lee Chang-won answered casually while working with his nose buried in the documents.

He was drawing up a plan necessary for the construction of a heavy equipment technology development research center.

He wouldn’t have enough time even if he had two bodies to submit a rough plan report within three days.

“I don’t know what kind of offer you received here, but I promise you more than that. I’ll give you a position as president of an affiliate, so come out here.”

“I’m fine.”

This time too, Lee Chang-won answered indifferently.

Tae-soo laughed.

“Stop talking nonsense. Which affiliate president position are you going to give him? The president of the Gangwon-do mine? Or the president of the textile factory? The president of the lumberyard?”

Somehow, Tae-soo’s words from Taeyang Mine came out again.

Han Cheong-ho, who was really planning to do that, glared at Tae-soo.

“You’ve managed to win them over in such a short time, Kang Tae-soo.”

This time, Lee Chang-won answered instead of Tae-soo.

“Am I a hunting dog? Who are you trying to win over?”

He had to set the record straight.

He wasn’t a hunting dog, but Cheongil’s dog.

“Hey, Lee Chang-won!”

“It was dirty working with you all this time. Take care.”

Lee Chang-won got up from his seat, bowed lightly, and sat back down.

With those words, Lee Chang-won didn’t even turn his head towards Han Cheong-ho.

‘Lee Chang-won has completely turned his back on me. He managed to do it in this short time······!’

Han Cheong-ho glared at Noh Il-guk.

“I can understand that he’s upset because the heavy equipment was suddenly taken away, but why are you with him? You belong to Cheongil!”

“My resignation will be at the top of the oil refining employees’ resignations that Secretary Park is holding.”

“Hey, Noh Il-guk! Even you’ve crossed over?”

“Can’t you see? It’s over once I submit my resignation.”

Noh Il-guk stood up and bowed lightly to Han Cheong-ho.

“It was also dirty working with you all this time. I won’t see you off, so please leave on your own.”

Noh Il-guk, who had returned to his seat, also buried his nose in the documents and worked.

He was drawing up a blueprint for expanding gas stations in major cities across the country.

There were many things to worry about, such as oil refining facilities, oil tankers, oil tanks, and transportation-related plans.

“You bastards!”

Han Cheong-ho, angry, tried to approach the two executive directors.

Tae-soo blocked his way.

“They are our company’s employees. And this is someone else’s office. Behave yourself.”

His eyes said he wouldn’t stand for any misbehavior.

“The chairman of Cheongil is leaving! What are you doing? Escort him downstairs!”

The former vice president of Cheongil Heavy Industries, now the managing director of Taeyang Heavy Industries, who was reviewing documents together next to him, got up and sighed.

“Let’s go, Chairman. We don’t have much time as it is, so don’t disturb us. We won’t be able to finish our work at this rate. We might not even meet the deadline even if we work overtime for a few days.”

He was trying to kick Han Cheong-ho out of the office as if he were chasing away a drunk.

Han Cheong-ho gritted his teeth.

“Fine, but I’ll have to take my documents with me. Give them to me!”

“Documents? Was there such a thing? I don’t know anything about it.”

Tae-soo smiled meaningfully.

Come to think of it, the office was strangely empty.

“What happened to all the cabinets that were here?”

“We threw them all away.”

“All of Cheongil Heavy Industries’ documents? Even Cheongil Oil Refining’s documents?”

“Everything. All. At once. Completely. All.”

Tae-soo smiled.

“Didn’t the chairman say it himself? That it’s all garbage.”

At the Geumsan Hotel, Han Cheong-ho had said.

-You’ll only get garbage, Kang Tae-soo.

“So, we sent the garbage to the garbage disposal site. If you really need it, you can search the garbage disposal site.”

Han Cheong-ho would search the garbage disposal site to find the secret ledger.

But in reality, the cabinets and drawers containing the documents had been sent to Jang Mal-dong’s house in Myeongdong.

‘I was one step late!’

Han Cheong-ho glared fiercely at Tae-soo.

“Kang Tae-soo, don’t be so smug. It’s not time for you to laugh yet.”

The winner has not yet been decided.

“No matter how much you scheme, Cheongil will not collapse.”

“The deficit is considerable, though.”

Tae-soo’s words stabbed like a dagger.

“Cheongil was already in danger even without me scheming. You’re in a position to go bankrupt, but you’re worrying about others.”

But Han Cheong-ho scoffed.

“Why do you think I was late here? I’m coming from meeting with the bank presidents.”

He had moved the bank presidents to take action regarding the debt.

“I don’t need that garbage. But you’ll be different, Kang Tae-soo.”

Han Cheong-ho sneered.

“No bank will lend you even 10 won [Korean currency, roughly equivalent to a fraction of a US cent].”

That was why Han Cheong-ho was talking big.

“His Excellency has already approved it.”

Han Cheong-ho met with the bank presidents instead of rushing to the Blue House [the presidential residence] as soon as he left the Geumsan Hotel.

But when did he get Park Jeong-hwan’s permission?

“You took Cheongil Oil Refining and Cheongil Heavy Industries worth hundreds of billions, so His Excellency has decided to turn a blind eye to this much scheming. How about it?”

Han Cheong-ho was elated.

In fact, he had already finished talking in the VIP room of the Geumsan Hotel.

-Your Excellency, once this merger and acquisition is over, please block loans to Taeyang as you blocked loans to Cheongil.

-Why?

-Cheongil Oil Refining has accumulated debt due to this oil crisis. If you want to eat Cheongil Oil Refining, you have to take responsibility for that debt yourself. Are you just going to eat the fruit and pass the debt on to the bank? That won’t do.

Park Jeong-hwan stroked his chin and laughed.

-Why should I do that?

-Instead, I will go to Japan as soon as this merger and acquisition is over. I will completely wrap up the Japanese affairs so that the Saudi Minister of Defense cannot be arrogant. How about it?

-Good.

It was permission obtained in exchange for another backroom deal.

“How many companies operate without any loans? Moreover, blocking loans without setting a deadline. How are you going to break through that?”

The scratching sound of pens stopped simultaneously.

Lee Chang-won and Noh Il-guk raised their heads.

It was that serious of a threat.

Han Cheong-ho spread his arms and laughed.

“The one who laughs last will ultimately be me. Isn’t that right, Kang Tae-soo?”

“You seem to be mistaken.”

Tae-soo was not shaken.

“I told you that I can do what you can do. Have you forgotten that too?”

Han Cheong-ho is not the only one who can move Park Jeong-hwan.

“Kang Tae-soo, are you going to use your last remaining card to protect your safety or to protect the company? You’ll have to decide that first before meeting with His Excellency. Isn’t that right? Hahaha.”

Han Cheong-ho believed that Tae-soo would have no choice but to use his last remaining card to secure bank loans.

However, Tae-soo snorted.

“For just bank loans? I can’t use a precious card for something like that.”

“Don’t bluff.”

“Well, you’ll see. The important thing is that I have a precious card. You don’t have one. Isn’t that right?”

Tae-soo had a hold on Han Cheong-ho’s weakness, but Han Cheong-ho had no weapon to shake Tae-soo.

“You know that if I detonate that, not only you but also the Cheongil Group will be shattered.”

An invisible spark flew between Tae-soo and Han Cheong-ho.

“That unnecessary garbage? Do you think I’d believe the words of someone who ran all the way here to get it?”

Tae-soo pointed to the place where the cabinets had been torn down and laughed.

“You should know by now. It’s my specialty to find treasures in garbage.”

Han Cheong-ho was the one who talked about garbage even while holding onto Cheongil Oil Refining, which was only accumulating deficits.

But the situation changed when Tae-soo received oil supply rights from Khalid.

When oil prices soared due to the oil shock, Tae-soo would make a fortune selling oil.

“Hmph! Do as you please! But Kang Tae-soo, you’ll be kneeling and begging me soon. Begging for money.”

“Isn’t that what you were doing during the merger and acquisition earlier? Asking for the reason.”

Han Cheong-ho gritted his teeth while looking at the two executive directors.

“You bastards will also be kneeling and begging me soon. Saying you were wrong! Begging me to forgive you just once!”

“That will never happen.”

“Is Cheongil the only company?”

The two executive directors answered indifferently.

It was Han Cheong-ho’s stern warning that they used to be so afraid of that they would tremble, but now they were not afraid at all.

There was something else to be afraid of.

Tae-soo ignored Han Cheong-ho and said to the two executive directors.

“Hasn’t the budget proposal come up from below yet?”

“20 people are working on it. Please wait a little longer. It will be up soon.”

“Has the site selection been reviewed?”

“We’re also working on finding that. Isn’t an on-site inspection also necessary?”

“Draw a rough outline on the map and dispatch employees. Attach photos and submit related reports.”

“We’re already picking out the people in charge to dispatch.”

The new president is no ordinary person.

In just 3 hours since taking office, they have been running around so much that they are dizzy.

They are only afraid of dying from overwork due to the enormous amount of work Tae-soo has assigned.

* * *

Jang Mal-dong’s house in Myeongdong.

Jang Mal-dong and Han-soo were working busily, putting their heads together.

They were compiling a list of promising companies that Tae-soo had requested in advance, and organizing Cheongil’s documents that Tae-soo had sent.

They were so busy that their eyes were spinning.

“Elder [term of respect for an older man], it’s been a while. How have you been?”

“You show up after a long time and throw a bomb of work at an old man. How can I be well? Tsk!”

Jang Mal-dong turned his head away.

It was a natural reaction since he had received a mountain of documents carried by a truck.

“Don’t just stand there blankly, come and sit down… oh, you’re already sitting.”

Tae-soo, who usually walked in with big strides, was already sitting on the floor.

“I have three things to do here.”