Mining And Construction Tycoon [EN]: Chapter 97

97. Robbing Park Jung-hwan’s Secret Vault (4)

“I don’t know.”

Oh Young-soon shakes her head.

“You can see for yourself. The password here is too complicated for just anyone to open.”

“Right. The password is quite complex. Instead of simple identity verification, there’s a 16-digit password to enter, a 16-digit personal vault number, and a 16-digit vault opening number.”

“Exactly. A meaningless combination of English letters and numbers. Without knowing it, you can’t do anything.”

Han Cheong-ho grins slyly.

“That’s why I’m telling you to hand over that password.”

“Can you even memorize that complicated password?”

He can’t.

“I can’t either. No one can come in here without the slip of paper that man gives me.”

“Putting aside the Director’s password, where did you hide the password your father left you?”

“I don’t have it.”

“Your father gave it to you, didn’t he?”

“Really, I don’t have it. It’s true he left it to me, but the password… !”

Oh Young-soon quickly shuts her mouth.

Han Cheong-ho is smiling.

“How unfortunate. She confessed herself that there’s no way out.”

Oh Young-soon bites her lip.

This devilish man easily figures things out whenever a loophole appears.

As naive as she is, there’s no way she can handle him.

That’s why she’s being dragged around like this.

Clatter. Clatter.

Just then, the vault keeper appears, pushing a cart.

[Your time is 5 minutes.]

Han Cheong-ho and Oh Young-soon jump up and quickly approach the cart.

On the tray, there’s a piece of paper with large writing.

“What is this?”

Enraged, Han Cheong-ho crumples the paper and throws it to the floor.

“Who’s playing these tricks! Where did everything that was in here disappear to!”

“The vault owner probably took it. My husband.”

“If the Director took it, would he have written something like this? You stupid woman!”

“Who knows the password here?”

Everyone who Park Jung-hwan gave the password to is dead.

The same was true for Secretary Song.

The person who came here with Secretary Song, who had the password, is also dead.

“No one can come in and out of here without the slip of paper with the password on it. And there’s only one person who knows the password.”

No less than 16 digits of meaningless English and number combinations.

You have to say it correctly in order three times to open the vault.

So there’s no one who memorizes it, and no one who can memorize it.

“I just came to a conclusion based on common sense.”

“Common sense? Common sense doesn’t work on me, Han Cheong-ho.”

Han Cheong-ho grits his teeth.

“Who’s trying to screw me over? Why are they playing these tricks? What do they gain from this!”

Han Cheong-ho glares at Oh Young-soon.

“If these three criteria aren’t met, people don’t take risks. What does Park Jung-hwan gain by playing these tricks on me?”

“I don’t know what your husband is like, but I know one thing.”

“What is it?”

“That you’re in a lot of trouble right now.”

Suddenly, Oh Young-soon starts laughing.

“How about it? I’ll trade this fact for the photos and film.”

“What fact?”

“It’s written here. ”

Only after looking at the paper does Oh Young-soon realize what to do.

“If my husband finds out about this, what will he do? I’m curious about that too.”

Oh Young-soon knows that the documents are gone from the vault.

Han Cheong-ho doesn’t even need to think; the future that will unfold soon comes to mind.

‘An angry Park Jung-hwan won’t leave me alone! Not only did I mess up the situation, but another guy got Park Jung-hwan’s weakness!’

Cold sweat runs down Han Cheong-ho’s back.

‘I have to shut her up somehow. It’ll all be over if Oh Young-soon says just one word in front of Park Jung-hwan: ‘

Shutting her mouth is the only way to live.

“Wait a minute! Let’s talk properly!”

“There’s no talking. Give me the photos and film. If not, I won’t stand still either.”

The photos and film were already burned in front of Kang Tae-soo. They don’t exist.

Even if Oh Young-soon demands them, he can’t produce them.

“If you don’t bring the photos and film, I’ll tell my husband everything. That all the items in the vault have disappeared. You’re the person in charge, so what are you going to do?”

“Oh Young-soon!”

“I’ll be going now. Hohoho.”

Oh Young-soon has a chance to escape from Han Cheong-ho’s net.

‘Who gave me this helpful assistance?’

I must repay him.

Oh Young-soon’s steps are as light as if she’s flying as she goes up the stairs.

“Damn it!”

Han Cheong-ho’s throat feels tight.

Han Cheong-ho roughly grabs and loosens his tie.

At that moment, the vault keeper quietly says.

[Your time is up.]

Followed by these words.

[Due to repeated actions that violate the terms of use, your eligibility to use this facility will be permanently revoked. Please empty the vault you were using neatly.]

Han Cheong-ho’s urgent Japanese is heard.

[Wait a minute! Permanent revocation of eligibility? Empty the vault I was using?]

Park Jung-hwan will be furious if he finds out.

[Goodbye.]

[Wait! I haven’t finished speaking yet!]

[You have 5 minutes to move to the exit. Please be aware that if you remain here after 5 minutes, armed security will be dispatched to suppress you.]

[Damn it!]

Han Cheong-ho grits his teeth.

‘Who’s playing these dirty tricks? If it were Park Jung-hwan, he could have just called me and said one word.’

It’s not Park Jung-hwan.

If it were, he wouldn’t have brought up the idea of attaching his daughter to have Han Cheong-ho handle it directly.

‘Let’s think one by one. Based on the criteria I believe is common sense!’

-Who’s trying to screw me over?

‘A guy who has a grudge against me, knows about my relationship with Oh Young-soon, and is sure that I’ll come here.’

Kang Tae-soo!

It’s him!

‘From Saudi Arabia, he used the existence of this vault to stir up Park Jung-hwan. How did he even know the password?’

I can’t understand.

So I moved on to the next question.

-Why are they playing these tricks?

‘Tricks to put me in trouble.’

That was very successful.

Not just anything, but the responsibility issue of the vault, which is Park Jung-hwan’s weakness and secret.

Kang Tae-soo must have written that paper with determination.

‘How did that guy know and plan all this? What means did he use?’

Han Cheong-ho’s eyes sink deeply.

The vault keeper points to the paper thrown on the floor.

[Take everything with you. Otherwise, we will dispose of it.]

[Throw it in the trash!]

Thump, thump, thump, thump.

Han Cheong-ho angrily goes up the stairs.

‘Just you wait, Kang Tae-soo! I’ll definitely repay this debt!’

Han Cheong-ho seemed to know the answer to the last question for sure.

-What do they gain from this?

‘Killing with a borrowed knife. He used Oh Young-soon to make Park Jung-hwan kill me. Very simply with just one piece of paper!’

A scary trick.

Han Cheong-ho shudders.

“Do you think I’ll be easily defeated like that? I’m Han Cheong-ho! I’ll never collapse like this!”

Somehow, if I think about it again, that’s all I have to do.

“I’m postponing my return to Japan. In the meantime, I have to find a new weakness for Oh Young-soon! That’s how I’ll shut that bitch’s mouth!”

He’s in a hurry.

Han Cheong-ho hurriedly runs up the stairs.

* * *

Tae-soo returned to Korea and went straight to Myeongdong [a bustling shopping district in Seoul].

Jang Mal-dong welcomed Tae-soo.

“Did things go well in Japan? They said they’d attach armed guys, but why did you refuse? Weren’t you thinking of snatching the item in the middle?”

“Because I found a better way.”

It was thanks to the password he brought from Saudi Arabia.

‘What I got from Park Jung-hwan’s vault is really good?’

Bundles of dollars, bearer bonds [bonds not registered in the name of the holder], certificates of deposit, gold bullion, etc.

Things that are not easy to track came out of Park Jung-hwan’s secret vault.

As it is being taken overseas, it is mainly filled with things that are easy to convert and have no aftereffects.

But of course, there were also things that needed to be laundered a little bit.

“Please take a look at this.”

Tae-soo opens his briefcase.

He handed over the documents he had sorted out in advance.

“I brought it from Japan.”

“What is this?”

“It’s a list of pro-Japanese collaborators and confiscated property.”

“What?”

Jang Mal-dong jumps up.

The hand that takes the documents is urgent.

“That’s right. These guys were pro-Japanese and fattened their own bellies.”

“You see the lines drawn on the list, right?”

“They’re dead.”

Jang Mal-dong’s eyes flutter.

“It seems that Park Jung-hwan and Han Cheong-ho joined hands in this direction.”

“Han Cheong-ho was a hardcore pro-Japanese. He used to report independence activists, but this time he reported his old pro-Japanese colleagues.”

Jang Mal-dong remembered clearly.

Aren’t they the people who helped the independence movement forces since the end of the Joseon Dynasty [Korea’s last dynasty, ending in 1910]?

He became an information merchant to give them information, and he became a weapon merchant to supply weapons.

“Han Cheong-ho, that bastard, used to go around with Japanese police and rob the independence activists’ families to the pillars of their houses. This time, he was robbing Park Jung-hwan and the pro-Japanese bastards.”

Tae-soo nods.

“When I compared the documents, it seems that he was taking nominee stocks [stocks held in the name of a nominee], nominee real estate, and nominee accounts from the pro-Japanese.”

“Yes. That’s how it is.”

“It seems that he also took quite a bit of property from the guys who went to Japan.”

“When the liberation came [end of Japanese colonial rule in 1945], there were quite a few guys who were afraid of the aftermath and went to Japan. With a lot of property.”

There was a lot of property that was embezzled.

Enough to create and manage a list.

“Park Jung-hwan won’t remember all of this anyway.”

“That’s right. If you receive a lot of kickbacks for a long time like Park Jung-hwan, it’s hard to check how much is piled up in your vault. Tsk!”

Otherwise, there would be no need to create a list and a list of assets.

“I think so too. Even nominee stocks and nominee real estate. Just selling this gold bar will give you a good fortune.”

“They must have set it aside to use it in case of an emergency. Preparing overseas hidden assets is what all the rich guys do. Tsk!”

Jang Mal-dong carefully asked.

“Will the word that the vault was robbed leak out? What do you think?”

“It probably won’t come out with a high probability. Isn’t Han Cheong-ho a guy with that much skill?”

“How did you think of doing such a bold thing? Your guts are amazing.”

It was all thanks to Jang Mal-dong.

-Han Cheong-ho is unilaterally ripping off Oh Young-soon.

In that case, there are two possibilities.

‘Han Cheong-ho is really playing the gigolo role, or Oh Young-soon is being threatened.’

I made a way out in advance.

‘If she’s having an affair, she won’t be able to say a word, and if Oh Young-soon is being threatened, Oh Young-soon, who took a breather thanks to me, will actively take my side.’

Jang Mal-dong laughed loudly.

“Han Cheong-ho must be in a lot of trouble because of this.”

He probably will be.

“Now that you’ve accomplished your purpose, are you going to put these back in the vault?”

“Han Cheong-ho and the First Lady stepped up to move the secret vault. Even if I take it back, I don’t know where the changed secret vault is.”

“Then what are you going to do?”

Tae-soo smiled.

“Of course, I’m going to eat it.”

He eats the treasures that Park Jung-hwan hid in the secret vault.

And this time, he also got Park Jung-hwan’s weakness that he had hidden tightly.

Those documents that Secretary Song flew away with.

This plan contained a secret agreement between Japan and Korea that was not known to later generations.