We Do Business In Full Auto [EN]: Chapter 26

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Digging In (2)

NK Group Headquarters.

Though it uses the name ‘Group,’ it’s only a mid-sized company, far from a major conglomerate.

Originally, NK Group was formed when the Dongdaemun Clan, Miari Clan, and Black Dragon Clan, all nationwide organizations, brought their businesses above the surface.

They mostly ran illegal private loans and casinos, but found it impossible to manage the organizations that way, so they launched a financial group.

NK Savings Bank, NK Investment Trust, and NK Real Estate Investment merged to become NK Financial Group, and as they dealt with real estate, they also got involved in the construction industry, leading to NK Construction.

It has only been 10 years since its establishment, but it had a wide network in the industry and put a lot of effort into shedding its gangster image. Now, it has somewhat established itself as a legitimate business.

Of course, that doesn’t mean they completely abandoned their gangster roots. Before becoming a fully-fledged company, they handled all the dirty work for H Group.

And recently, S Group made them an offer, after they had been handling tasks for H Group.

The offer was to damage H Group’s image by using the injury of several workers at the Samcheok construction site as an excuse, and to switch their allegiance to S Group, who offered an enormous amount of money.

Chairman Yoon Yong-gu accepted S Group’s offer.

Although S Group wasn’t as big as H Group, it had once been at the top of the business world and was still striving to regain that position.

If they paid well, there was no reason to refuse, so he accepted.

But this decision became a problem and was reported to him.

“Chairman, there’s a problem at the Samcheok site.”

“What problem?”

Yoon Yong-gu had now reinvented himself as a respectable businessman.

Most of his daily routine involved looking at documents and signing them. He found this life agreeable, a far cry from his past.

He rarely looked back at his past of wielding knives.

“It seems H Group has brought in another organization. Our men were completely crushed by only 30 of them.”

“What?”

Ten years in business.

The organization’s colors had faded a lot, but to do construction and finance, they still needed some muscle, and Yoon Yong-gu hadn’t completely abandoned those habits.

“Where the hell are they from?”

“They said to wipe them all out…”

“Wipe them all out?”

Yoon Yong-gu’s mind raced.

He had been in the gangster world for 40 years.

He had been in this world since his late teens, but he had never heard of an organization that threatened to wipe them all out.

And he quickly reached a conclusion.

“Some nobodies are acting up? Send down the elite.”

“Understood, Chairman.”

Until now, Yoon Yong-gu had been certain that the matter would be resolved.

He thought that a strike force of 100 elite members could wipe out those guys in one fell swoop.

Day 2 of construction.

Yesterday, I relieved my fatigue by taking a hot spring bath at the Samcheok Hotel.

I heard that the hot spring water at Samcheok Oncheon [Samcheok Hot Springs] was running low recently, but in my opinion, it still deserves the name of a hot spring. The water was that good.

I woke up in the morning, had a bowl of *mulmaegi tang* [a type of fish soup made with slime flounder] at a nearby restaurant, and went to work on the formwork.

“Wow, you’re quite the expert now?”

Lee Seo-kyung, who was watching right next to me, gave me a thumbs up.

Wouldn’t there be a welder among the Evil Spirits? Under his command, the welding was completed in an orderly manner, and with the help of the Evil Spirits who had experience in formwork construction, the formwork was quickly connected.

“If we do well, we might be able to pour concrete today.”

We weaved steel bars all morning. 30 meters square wasn’t that big, so it was quickly finished.

And now, we are quickly connecting the formwork. At the same time, we are connecting the ceiling steel bars and hammering in pins to quickly finish the work.

At this point, there’s almost no chance of the ceiling collapsing. Just in case, I had Spirit Field deployed, so I felt even more relieved.

“If we pour concrete in the evening, the work should be finished by tomorrow.”

“It’s all thanks to you, Manager.”

“What have I done? I’m more worried about them.”

“Haha! Don’t worry! Who am I? I’m not afraid even if hundreds of those guys come.”

“Ha… They were no joke yesterday. How are you so good at fighting? Did you learn martial arts? Or do you have a dark past…?”

Lee Seo-kyung looked at me as if she was really surprised.

I was surprised too, so Lee Seo-kyung must be even more so. Should I just gloss over it here?

“I did some Taekwondo when I was young.”

“Really!? That’s not just the skill of someone who learned Taekwondo! I’d believe you if you said you were a professional fighter!”

“Ahem. I’m just a bit athletic.”

Of course, that’s complete nonsense.

I’m terrible at sports, so I can’t even play ball games. It’s because my athletic ability is so poor.

Martial arts?

If a *bakjachi* [someone who is always offbeat or rhythmically challenged] like me learned martial arts, the master would be so frustrated that he would kick me out.

It’s all thanks to the Evil Spirits.

While I was having trivial conversations with Lee Seo-kyung, a bus arrived from behind and a group of large men got off.

“They’ve come on a group tour.”

Two more buses arrive.

Line after line of *kkakdugi* [slang for gangsters, named after diced radish kimchi] started to get off, and the number was 100. Adding them to the guys from yesterday, there were 150 of them.

I looked at my watch.

“Don’t these guys have lunch?”

I summon the Undead who were working.

Lee Seo-kyung wrung her hands.

“What do we do! Shouldn’t we really call the police?”

“The police? The team leader said yesterday that the police seem to take money and don’t move.”

“It’s different when your life is in danger!”

“Ah, it’s okay. It’ll be over in about 10 minutes.”

“President!”

“I’m not deaf, you know? Don’t worry. Call me when I’m pushed back. You have to show those guys the superiority of power. That way, they won’t mess around again. If you’re so worried, please film it.”

“T, that’s…”

Lee Seo-kyung took out her phone, trembling.

Splat!

“Kkeuaaaak!”

Pow!

“Aaaagh! These monster bastards!”

It’s like a chaotic marketplace.

The guys are tangled up and flying around, crashing into things.

In a similar pattern to yesterday, I waited for the guys to attack, took a few hits, and then released the restrictions on the Evil Spirits.

Of course, murder is not allowed, but breaking a bone is possible. When I gave that order, they smashed at least one leg.

Crack!

“Aaaagh! My leg!”

“Crack!”

“Kkeuaaaaak!”

I walked past the gang members rolling on the floor and walked towards the man who was standing far away, watching.

He’s quite old, so he must be a high-ranking officer.

Or is that man the boss?

“Are you the boss of these guys?”

“No, who the hell are you…”

The middle-aged man’s eyes were shaking as if he couldn’t believe it.

Since he’s from the gangster world, he must think face is important. But what about the trembling legs?

“Heh? Why don’t you just piss your pants?”

“Ugh. What kind of organization is this…”

I kicked the guy’s thigh and sent him flying.

“Aaaagh!”

Was he really someone who used to be a big shot?

If he came down with this many gang members, shouldn’t he be fighting a little?

The guys are all rolling on the floor.

I came back to Lee Seo-kyung.

“It’s over.”

“Wow!”

Thump!

Lee Seo-kyung raises her thumb.

She wiped the cold sweat from her sleeve, as if she was sweating even in this cold weather.

“You really learned how to fight professionally, right?”

“No. I told you, I just did some Taekwondo.”

“Liar! How can you make people like that with Taekwondo?”

She pointed to where 150 people were lying, groaning.

I just shrugged my shoulders.

This was not something that could be explained in words.

“Okay, it’s lunchtime, let’s go eat.”

“No, President!”

“I said let’s go eat? The Oncheon Restaurant’s fried rice is so delicious.”

That’s true.

I had fried rice there last night, and the taste of the bell peppers was so alive that it was art.

It’s lunchtime, so it’s crowded with people.

This Chinese restaurant, which is attached to the Samcheok Hotel, is said to be a popular restaurant that people visit at least once when they come on a trip.

I ordered fried rice, and Lee Seo-kyung ordered *ganjjajang* [black bean noodles with a thick sauce served separately].

I felt quite grateful to her, so I ordered sweet and sour pork and started eating.

“I’ll pay today, so eat a lot.”

“Really? I heard you were desperately poor, but now you’re generous.”

“Haha! It’s all thanks to you, Manager.”

I know it too.

I am enjoying luxuries that I could never have imagined in the past.

No matter how grateful I was, I couldn’t easily spend a large sum of money of more than 30,000 won [approximately $25 USD]. No, if I spent that, my livelihood would be threatened, so I couldn’t even imagine it.

But now I can spend money on someone.

I was still stingy with spending money on myself, but if it was Lee Seo-kyung, I could buy her not only sweet and sour pork but also *palbochae* [stir-fried seafood and vegetables in a savory sauce].

Slurp!

Lee Seo-kyung mixes the *ganjjajang* and starts eating deliciously.

When I see her like that, she looks like an ordinary woman, but when I see that she worked hard to get to this position, I am reminded of how amazing she is.

Lee Seo-kyung takes a bite and widens her eyes.

“Wow!”

“Geez. Eat slowly. The contents are splashing.”

“Sowwy.”

“What are you saying? Just eat.”

After we finished eating to some extent, we were able to pat our stomachs and have a conversation.

“I admit it’s a great restaurant.”

“The construction will be done by tomorrow, so let’s come again. By the way…”

“Are you worried about something?”

“I don’t think it’ll end like this.”

“I don’t think they’ll come down anymore?”

“They were a nationwide organization. They’re a group of vicious guys, so I think it’s a bit naive to think it’ll end like this…”

“Then what should we do?”

This was my honest feeling.

What should I do to completely eradicate the digging in?

Lee Seo-kyung hesitated and barely managed to say.

“Go directly to the chairman and get a written pledge to give up the construction?”

“Oh! That’s a good idea!”

“Yes?”

“There was such a good method.”

“President, don’t tell me…”

Lee Seo-kyung’s face turns pale.

She must have roughly guessed what I would do, seeing my actions yesterday.

I got up as is, paid, and tried to get in the car.

“Wait a minute!”

“What’s wrong?”

“Are you really going to do that!?”

“Didn’t the manager just say that’s the best way?”

“Ah, that’s just an extreme… President!”

Yeah. I decided.

Now that it’s come to this, I’m just going to storm into the NK Group headquarters.

Anyway, I had all the evidence. If something goes wrong, I can get out with the evidence, and if necessary, I can use the H Group chance.

I took it to mean that if they were going to make me do something like this, they would be willing to handle the aftermath.

I didn’t think that the top company in the business world would be so petty. After finishing my calculations, I decided to storm into the NK Group headquarters.