The Inspector Is Getting Promoted! [EN]: Chapter 327

Prosecutor, You’re Going Places! – Episode 327

For the Fatherland and the People (6)

“Did you see it, Attorney Kim?”

Even at the airport, Attorney Kim Sang-moon couldn’t stop grinning.

“See what?”

“The internet’s reaction.”

He held out his phone to show me.

Articles about the results of today’s trial and the reactions in Korea.

I smiled and nodded.

“It’s crazy, isn’t it?”

It really was a madhouse.

I received a call from Han Ji-yu, who told me that as soon as my interview was released, the drama that was airing was interrupted with a breaking news report, and it was the lead story on the news every hour.

The real-time search rankings were the same.

My name, this lawsuit, and Attorney Kim Sang-moon’s name were constantly at the top.

More than anything, the fact that we had won a complete victory against the ‘Japanese government’ seemed to be of great significance.

You could easily tell how happy the people were just by looking at a few comments.

-Bartender! Give me a shot of Korean pride!

-Ah, I really cried when I heard this breaking news ㅠㅠ

-Ugh, this is what a country should be!

-Do you know why Korea is strong? Because it has ‘Choi Seo-joon’!

-Choi Seo-joon is doing what the government couldn’t do for over 100 years. He’s a true god, God Seo-joon!

-What are you all doing? Go troll the Japanese community 2CH [an early Japanese internet forum, similar to Reddit] ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-That site is already down ㅋㅋㅋㅋ I was going to DDoS [Distributed Denial of Service attack] it by refreshing, but the server crashed, and I came out with a big smile.

-Taking this opportunity, the Korean government should also restore the honor of other independence activists!

-Hey, don’t be happy yet. Didn’t you see that the Japanese government is preparing to appeal? We need to watch the 2nd and 3rd trials too.

-ㄴ Ah, here comes the serious guy. Go eat some seriousness ㅋㅋㅋ We can be happy today ^^

-Did you see the Japanese media? They’re completely depressed.

-Dokdo is our land! Dokdo is Korean land!

-Choi Seo-joon, I love you. I’m a man, but it’s the first time I’ve ever seen a man look so cool. Hyung [older brother/male friend], I’m a fan!

-It’s been a long time since I’ve been so proud to be Korean.

Attorney Kim Sang-moon couldn’t contain his excitement.

“I heard that there are already reporters lined up at Incheon Airport.”

“Oh, really?”

“Yes. Seriously, at this rate, you could run for president and get elected.”

Of course, I should.

That’s why I became a lawyer for the presidential election.

“Then I should run.”

“……Yes?”

Attorney Kim Sang-moon’s eyes widened as he asked.

“Are you serious?”

“I’m kidding.”

“Ah, you surprised me. Hahaha!”

He burst out laughing.

“But I think you should seriously consider it. I think Attorney Choi is even more popular now than Guus Hiddink [the coach of the South Korean national football team during its historic 2002 World Cup run] was during the 2002 World Cup.”

I responded with a smile.

Attorney Kim Sang-moon checked his watch and stood up.

“Let’s go in now. It’s almost boarding time.”

“Yes, let’s.”

It’s been a while since I’ve been back to Korea.

This is it.

A triumphant return.

***

“You’ve worked hard, Attorney.”

After a brief interview, I was escorted out of the airport by Yoon Seol-ha.

“I knew you would win.”

“It’s all thanks to Ms. Seol-ha’s support in Korea.”

She was startled and waved her hand.

“Don’t say that anywhere. I’ll get criticized. It might look like I’m just trying to get on the bandwagon. You’re the national hero right now, Attorney.”

“Hahaha, could this have been possible without you?”

“For the big picture, it has to be seen as something you did alone, Attorney.”

The presidential election.

There’s less than a year left.

I smiled lightly and leaned back in the car seat.

“Now I can finally relax a bit.”

“Yes. It will take quite a while for the second trial to open.”

“By the way, how are Assemblyman Han and his gang doing?”

Assemblyman Han Jong-sik and his cronies.

In fact, when I first said I was going to sue Japan, not all the people were in favor of it.

In particular, Assemblyman Han Jong-sik of the Manse Party and some of the assemblymen who followed him criticized me.

The reason why they stepped forward even though the two major parties, the Daehan Party and the Minguk Party, were staying still was obvious.

If they criticized me, a famous person, they could get attention from the public.

It was a kind of noise marketing.

Frankly speaking, it was like opposing for the sake of opposing.

They said all sorts of things, such as that I was worsening the relationship with Japan, which had been built up with difficulty over a long period of time, and that I was bringing up a case that I couldn’t win just to get attention from the public.

Of course, I didn’t pay any attention to those guys.

There’s no point in refuting them, because it just gives them more to feed on.

Having risen to this level, I can at least distinguish between malicious trolls.

“Assemblyman Han and his remnants?”

Yoon Seol-ha looked at me in the rearview mirror and smiled.

“They’ve completely gone into hiding. They haven’t said a word and have canceled all the official schedules that were scheduled for today.”

They should have looked at their opponent before jumping in.

“If they try to show their faces when things calm down… you know what to do, right?”

“Yes. I’ve been collecting all their statements for this day. The moment they show their faces, I’ll blow them up.”

“That’s why I like Ms. Seol-ha.”

“Thank you.”

She gently turned the steering wheel and asked.

“Is there anything else I need to prepare regarding the presidential election?”

“Is everything organized that you discussed with Go Pro [Go Joong-hyuk]?”

“Yes. First of all, the list of people to recruit for the election camp has been initially completed. If you could give us your confirmation while you’re in Korea this time, we’ll organize it further. And we’re also preparing for the election funds to some extent.”

“Min hasn’t noticed yet, has he?”

“No, that’s right. All of them are nominee accounts, and the money laundering process has been made so complicated that they all seem to think they’re foreign investors.”

Law Firm Min.

The company is run by Attorney Min Ho-sun, who stepped down from his position as Deputy Chief Prosecutor during the empty house raid and became the representative of the law firm I established for him.

Min Ho-sun only knows that I am a major investor, but to be exact, 75% of the company’s shares are in my hands.

That means I can control the funds as I please.

Currently, Law Firm Min is not quite on par with the top 4 law firms, including W&K, but it has surpassed the top 5 big law firms thanks to the recruitment of lawyers from the Special Investigation Department with brilliant prosecutor backgrounds.

In other words, they are making a huge amount of money.

So, I entrusted Go Joong-hyuk with the task of laundering the company’s profits to the shareholders of the nominee accounts and using them as election funds.

According to Yoon Seol-ha’s report, it is being prepared very generously.

If things continue as they are now, unlike other candidates who are always sponsored by conglomerates, I alone will not be short of funds.

The presidential election preparation process is going very smoothly.

Now, all that’s left is to win the second and third trials regarding the Ahn Jung-geun case and persuade President Shin Dong-hyun and Kim Kang-jin, the leader of the Daehan Party, to achieve a bloodless entry [to become the presidential candidate without a fierce competition].

Everything is going smoothly.

***

The second trial was easily won, and the Supreme Court in the third trial also ruled in our favor.

No, to be exact, the third trial was never held.

To be precise, the appeal was dismissed.

In the second trial, the Japanese government’s lawyer failed to break the logic of what we argued in the first trial, and they did not submit any evidence to refute it.

As a result, they were miserably defeated in the second trial as well, and they appealed, but they did not present any grounds or logic to overturn the second trial’s ruling, so the Supreme Court did not feel the need to proceed with the third trial.

As a result, they ruled in our favor.

Thus, in September 2032.

The lawsuit, which lasted for about a year, was finally concluded, and Ahn Jung-geun was able to shed the disgrace of being a terrorist and regain his status as an independence activist.

Thanks to this, public sentiment was at its peak.

It was no joke when we won the first trial, but the fact that the Supreme Court ruled in our favor meant that this ruling could never be overturned again.

Even when I returned to Incheon Airport after the Supreme Court of Japan declared the dismissal of the appeal, the airport was paralyzed by reporters and ordinary citizens, so I used the VIP passage that only celebrities use to get out, so my popularity among the people was beyond words.

There are three months left until the presidential election.

The timing couldn’t be more appropriate.

Winning the lawsuit was enough, but a few days ago, a third-generation chaebol [family-owned conglomerate] caused an abuse of power incident, and in addition, the issue of China’s historical distortion of Goguryeo [ancient Korean kingdom] broke out, and the people began to expect me to be the problem solver for this issue.

Now is the time to slowly aim for a presidential candidacy announcement.

Of course, not right now.

Since I had been away from Korea for a long time due to the lawsuit to restore Ahn Jung-geun’s honor, I had to prepare for the presidential election step by step.

First of all, Yeouido [the center of Korean politics and finance] was in chaos right now.

Since the presidential and general elections have been held simultaneously since the last election, all the lawmakers were busy preparing for the election, such as worrying about who would receive the nomination and who would give the nomination, and investigating who the people were expecting as a presidential candidate.

I stepped back from them and started working behind the scenes for the presidential election.

Mikkuraji, who is in charge of the media, secured and stockpiled data on the chaebol’s abuse of power case, and Song Jae-hoon PD [Production Director] was making a documentary about me in connection with the Ahn Jung-geun lawsuit.

In other words, it is a preparation process to make the people want me.

But most importantly.

In order to succeed in the ‘bloodless entry,’ which was my initial plan, I had to get Kim Kang-jin, the leader of the Daehan Party, and President Shin Dong-hyun on my side.

The scenarios for persuading them have already been sufficiently prepared.

All that’s left is to meet them in person and see the game.

However, since Shin Dong-hyun is still holding the presidency, Kim Kang-jin, the party leader, comes first.

I called him.

“Hello, Assemblyman. This is Choi Seo-joon.”

-Oh, Choi Attorney. It’s been a while. You’ve worked really hard. I forgot to contact you separately. I’m sorry.

“It’s okay.”

-Instead of talking on the phone like this, we should meet in person and catch up.

“Then, shall we have a drink after a long time?”

-Oh, I’d love to. But I’m so busy because it’s election season.

“And talk about the current situation.”

At that moment, the tone of his voice changed.