You Have Been Defended [EN]: Chapter 296

[WhoOpenedTheDoorHwangHyunHee: ㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷ

pqoinma: ㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷ

Kim Min-chan: ㄷㄷㄷ

LittleBabySquirrelJonghyun: ㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷ

KimThinking: ?????Wooshin??????

IAmAFirefly: Wooshin? The Wooshin I know? The Wooshin from Wooshin Electronics and Wooshin Life Insurance?

ChoiJonghyun’sWig: ??????????]

The chat was moving so fast that I couldn’t even read the words.

Kang Min-jae even felt dizzy and briefly looked up at the ceiling.

Looking at the chat window constantly made him feel like he was being hypnotized.

But regardless of such reactions, the chat window was going crazy.

[Operator: You have been selected for a broadcast with enthusiastic viewer response!

Operator: You have been selected for today’s featured broadcast!

Operator: Real-time ranking #1!]

Perhaps due to the rapidly increasing number of viewers and chat messages, the operator bot, which occasionally appeared when the response was good, showed up three times in a row.

Kim Jung-woo briefly checked the portal on another computer.

As expected, internet articles were popping up one after another, likely because many reporters had come in to transcribe the news.

“Okay, everyone. Please calm down. The lawyer can’t even speak.”

“Wow, this broadcast is more popular than I thought. I watched a few of the past broadcasts again after hearing you wanted me to appear, but it wasn’t this intense.”

In fact, Kang Min-jae had been watching their broadcasts with a can of beer after work, even after their popularity had somewhat subsided.

Sometimes, he would chat and mingle with the viewers, teasing the two of them, and almost got blacklisted.

Of course, he didn’t mention it.

“There were more people during the Myunghwa Pharmaceuticals case. The case itself is bigger this time, but back then, the interest continued for several days, so I guess it’s not rising as much as it did then.”

Star balloons were exploding, viewers were exploding, and the chat was exploding.

Jo Bong-joon kept hitting the refresh button, enjoying the attention he was receiving after a long time.

The number of viewers changed every time he pressed the button.

The number of viewers, which was 5,000 before mentioning Wooshin, had already risen to 9,000.

But he couldn’t just be intoxicated with the viewer count forever.

Choi Jong-hyun poked Jo Bong-joon in the side and tapped the table with a cue card.

“Everyone. I know you’re surprised, but can we continue with the story?”

[LemonDeliveringAndPayingOffDebt: ㅡㅡ Hurry up, I’m dying of curiosity

Kim Min-chan: Next content ㄱㄱ [Korean slang for ‘go go’]

OSoleMio: Stop being surprised? Stop typing ? and ㄷ [Korean consonant often spammed to express surprise], I need to hear the next part quickly]

As viewers began to self-regulate, the chat window gradually regained its original pace.

Jo Bong-joon, finding his moment, quickly continued the question.

“It’s quite shocking that former CEO Lee Jung-chan offered to hand over materials to you two to report on the Wooshin Group. Does this imply that former CEO Lee Jung-chan had some kind of conflict with the Wooshin Group?”

“We can’t know that for sure.”

They were in a significant collusive relationship, and Wooshin’s Go Sang-joon and Lee Jung-chan were like brothers.

However, as the Myunghwa Pharmaceuticals case and his son Lee Se-hyung’s fraud were exposed, Lee Jung-chan was abandoned by Go Sang-joon.

Presumably, Lee Jung-chan was trying to make a last-ditch effort, or perhaps he intended to retaliate against Wooshin for abandoning him by handing over the materials, but Kang Min-jae couldn’t say that right now.

If he mentioned it in such detail, Wooshin would probably try to initiate legal disputes, and without solid evidence of the collusive relationship between Wooshin and Lee Jung-chan, they wouldn’t be able to handle it properly.

Anyway, there’s no need to explain it in such detail from the start.

In the political and business circles, as well as in the media, countless stories circulate about the collusive relationship between Lee Jung-chan and Go Sang-joon, two powerful figures.

If a reporter, thirsty for attention, takes the lead and starts writing, Kang Min-jae can naturally be free from responsibility.

Even if such a person doesn’t appear, the public will write the scenario themselves.

“But we had no reason to refuse when a big shot like former CEO Lee Jung-chan offered to hand over such materials.”

“You mentioned earlier that you suspected this offer might be a trap. You said you would explain it later, and I think now might be the time. Would Wooshin, or former CEO Lee Jung-chan, have a reason to trap you two in this way?”

“Well, actually, you keep saying ‘you two’ since earlier… To be precise, they were targeting Attorney Cha, not me. I’m not that important.”

“Oh, you’re too modest.”

“That’s the truth. Anyway, I don’t want to make hasty conclusions without any evidence, so I can’t say for sure… I’ll just state the facts.”

At Kang Min-jae’s signal, Kim Jung-woo displayed a new image on the screen.

[1. Wooshin affiliate Blue Island Media’s plagiarism lawsuit against writer Jung Hye-jin’s ‘The Distance Between You and Me’

⇒ Blue Island Media’s IPO failed, withdrew from drama production business

2. Yangjin Group (Wooshin Group’s collateral company) Go Jin-ah’s divorce lawsuit

⇒ Go Jin-ah resigned, sentenced to imprisonment for charges of ordering sexual assault and distributing illegal sexual videos.

3. Go Sang-joon’s youngest son, Go Yoon-sung’s assault on Wooshin Corporation employees and sexual assault of nurses lawsuit

⇒ Go Yoon-sung resigned, sentenced to imprisonment.

4. Myunghwa Pharmaceutical’s accusation against Jo Bong-joon for spreading false information

⇒ Acknowledged as a disclosure for public interest, no indictment.

5. Attorney C appointed as a special investigator in the Food and Drug Administration’s investigation into Myunghwa Pharmaceutical’s corruption

⇒ Myunghwa Pharmaceutical executives arrested, delisted.]

“As you can see, these are the cases our office has taken on. We’ve handled many other cases, but even if we only consider those related to Wooshin, it’s this much.”

[GuJunPyoLookingAtMovieBoraGuJunPyo: Wow… it really is a lot when you look at it like this

PonyTail: ㅇㅇ [Short for ‘eung eung,’ meaning ‘yes, yes’ or ‘agreed’] The results all caused huge losses to Wooshin. Destroyed 2 subsidiaries, ruined the image of a collateral company, and sent the chairman’s son to jail

Surprised: So, because of these activities, Wooshin harbored resentment towards C and tried to screw C over?

Civilian: I watched those cases live on the news. When the first case broke, I thought they would get away with it somehow since they’re a big company, but seeing the people involved go to jail and the company get delisted made me realize that it’s possibleㅋㅋㅋ [Korean slang for laughter]

TaejongTaeSeMunDanSe: Hmm… objectively speaking, Wooshin has been screwed over a lot by Cha, but even so, trying to bury a lawyer like this after suffering that much is a bit…]

The reaction in the chat window was going as expected.

In fact, it was a natural result since they were showing the data as if they were injecting it into their minds, but there was still some resistance.

[leemj90: Isn’t this a bit self-conscious? I admit that it’s a good achievement for a small law firm. And I also admit that Cha has quite a bit of influence. But saying that they tried to screw him over because he caused that much damage is too… too self-consciousㅋㅋ It’s not a big law firmㅋㅋㅋ They could just sweep a tiny law firm away with a tax auditㅋㅋㅋ]

“I didn’t say anything. I didn’t conclude that Wooshin created this incident to get rid of Attorney Cha. I’m just showing you the objective facts. But, since someone mentioned a tax audit just now…”

In line with Kang Min-jae’s signal, a news photo appeared on the screen.

“After proving Go Yoon-sung’s guilt in the third case, Attorney Cha was suddenly subjected to a tax audit. Articles about tax evasion and illegal real estate speculation suddenly broke out. Some of you may remember.”

[MomEatDirt: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋMakes you speechlessㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

MilkyWhiteChoiJonghyun: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋA tax audit really happenedㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Trash: They tried to screw him over with a tax audit but failed, so they caused this incidentㅇㅇ [Short for ‘eung eung,’ meaning ‘yes, yes’ or ‘agreed’]]

“For those who don’t know the results, there were no problems with either the taxes or the real estate. If you’re curious, you can look up the articles.”

“Generally, when trying to screw someone over, especially a celebrity, the first thing they touch is taxes and assets. If ‘that company’ targeted C and touched him, should we see it as they caused this incident after that failed?”

“Haha, as I said, I can’t say anything. Of course, I have my suspicions too. But I’m only presenting the most objective facts possible because I don’t want to open my mouth rashly and cause an in~no~cent victim.”

“Haha, I see. I understand what you mean.”

“Oh, and there were attempts to defame Attorney Cha even after the tax audit. You two know this well, but our office helped you when you had legal problems with Myunghwa Pharmaceutical and the former CEO Lee Jung-chan and his son. There was a happening back then too, but…”

“Ah, that time. There was a rumor that C was the informant, and it was really absurd. Hahaha.”

“We can say it’s a happening now, but we were really embarrassed. Because that was right after Lee Se-hyung attempted suicide, and suddenly the ethics of the informant became a big issue, and Attorney Cha, who was accused of being the informant, was almost going crazy. It was a bit sudden, actually. The timing was also strange, and the major media outlets reported it as if it were real, even though it was just a rumor.”

The people who suspected Cha Joo-han of being the informant were only those who knew the situation well before it was reported in the articles.

It would have been better if they could have handled it so that even the people involved wouldn’t suspect, but that was realistically impossible.

The incident happened at the Light and Salt Foundation event, and Cha Joo-han, who suddenly threw in 500 million in donations and attended the event, was there.

So Lee Jung-chan and Wooshin probably all believed that it was Cha Joo-han’s doing.

They just didn’t have any evidence.

So they started playing the media, saying that Lee Se-hyung attempted suicide because of the informant, and that the informant made it look like a fire broke out at the event, causing injuries.

They were trying to pin it on Cha Joo-han by any means possible.

Of course, even that failed.

“Anyway, it’s already known that Myunghwa Pharmaceutical, a Wooshin affiliate, and former CEO Lee Jung-chan had a significant collusive relationship. That’s why we naturally had to suspect when former CEO Lee Jung-chan said he had materials to report on the Wooshin Group. We’ve endured numerous threats without knowing who was behind them. Not~ at~ all~.”

“I see. You must have been very scared because you didn’t know at~ all~. I understand what you mean. So, how are you seeing this incident, Attorney Kang?”

“…Haha. Well, I think someone killed former CEO Lee Jung-chan and framed Attorney Cha. I don’t think I can say more than that.”

[GuavaGuava: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋA lawyer’s struggle to avoid being sued at all costs

MyNameIsConanTheDetective: Kang, to put it simply, Lee Jung-chan was going to hand over Wooshin’s data to C, so Wooshin killed Lee Jung-chan to stop it. And they framed C, who was with him at the time.

TheCulpritIsInHere: What Conan said above is correct. If this succeeds, Wooshin can prevent the reporting data from going to C and put C in jail. It’s killing two birds with one stone ㅇㅇ [Short for ‘eung eung,’ meaning ‘yes, yes’ or ‘agreed’]

Horololo: ㄷㄷㄷ [Korean consonant often spammed to express surprise] So scary. I thought this kind of thing only happened in movies, but it’s really happening?…

Firewood: But do the police still not know about the evidence you’ve revealed now? If you’ve shown this much data, shouldn’t they re-examine the list of suspects…]

“The police know too. The texts we showed you are also on former CEO Lee Jung-chan’s phone, and I’ve already submitted the receipts I showed you.”

“Then it’s not a situation where you can definitively say it’s C, so why haven’t the police disclosed these situations? If it had been properly disclosed, you wouldn’t have had to come out on this broadcast and suffer. Of course, we’re thankful that you came.”

“It’s only been a little less than 2 weeks since it was converted to a public investigation. It’s probably been about 11 or 12 days. So the detailed autopsy results haven’t come out yet. There must be something the police investigated that I don’t know about. I think the police are proceeding with the investigation while comparing that with the data. It’s not at a stage where they can disclose it yet. Rather, I may have been careless in coming out on the broadcast and causing confusion.”

In this situation, it wouldn’t be strange if Kang Min-jae criticized the police here, but he decided not to.

It hasn’t been confirmed yet whether the police received kickbacks from Wooshin.

Originally, administration is slow.

There’s no reason to turn the police into enemies when it hasn’t even been a month.

It’s not too late to create public opinion when evidence that the police concealed the case comes out.

Just by coming out on the broadcast and mentioning this much, the police are already feeling enough pressure.

Because everything he’s saying on this broadcast is being poured out in articles right now.

[WhoOpenedTheDoorHwangHyunHee: No, it’s not that you caused confusion, but the problem is that the announcement was made that C is a suspect based on circumstances without definite evidenceㅋㅋㅋㅋ [Korean slang for laughter] If the police had undeniable evidence, they would have announced it a long time ago, but they don’t? The murder weapon and the witness also appeared after the suspect was revealed;]

“You may think so. In fact, if we follow the timeline, the police were conducting a private investigation, and then suddenly the Iljung Daily’s morning newspaper revealed the fact of former CEO Lee Jung-chan’s death and that the culprit was Attorney Cha and that he was on the run. Because there had been no reports on the matter at all before that, I think Iljung Daily unilaterally broke the embargo. It’s possible that the conversion to a public investigation wasn’t the police’s intention.”

“And then, other media companies used C’s appearances, mosaicked, and C was definitely identified. Like the viewer said earlier, it wasn’t like there was undeniable evidence. The undeniable evidence is ultimately the murder weapon and the witness that came out of C’s house. But the search and seizure were conducted the next day, and the witness appeared after being forced to switch to a public investigation? From the beginning, they were just investigating with suspicions.”

“But the damn Iljung Daily blew it up, and the situation changed like it was confirmed? Iljung Daily is a complete bastard?”

[GoingBetweenRaindrops: Look at him covering up for the fact that he’s from Iljung Dailyㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ [Korean slang for laughter]]

“Who’s covering up? Why would I cover up for Iljung Daily? I wouldn’t even be satisfied with shitting in front of the headquarters. I’m just asking~ I’m wondering if Bong-joon wants to be sued~ I’m wondering if he’s dragging me in too~”

“No, it’s not necessarily that! Maybe. Maybe. Hehe. I should be careful about being sued like Attorney Kang.”

The viewers began to write down all sorts of conspiracy theories they were thinking of.

Some of them were absurd, and some were quite plausible.

What was certain was that the number of people who were blindly claiming that Cha Joo-han was the culprit had decreased compared to before.

Of course, it had decreased, but it hadn’t disappeared.

[KimStraw: But the order is what it is… Anyway, it’s not like there’s no undeniable evidence? The murder weapon came out of the house, and there’s a witness. You guys seem to want to argue that it was Wooshin’s doing and that Wooshin put the murder weapon in this house and bought the witness. But there’s no evidence? Is there any evidence that someone put the murder weapon there?]

“Ah, a good question just came in.”

“To summarize, if C is not the murderer, why did the murder weapon come out? Are you saying that someone put the murder weapon there, and if so, do you have evidence? So, if we have evidence, will you admit it?”

As Choi Jong-hyun asked with a sly smile, the chat window began to rise madly once again.

[CameToSeeBongjoon: They have evidence

Quilt: They have evidenceㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ [Korean slang for laughter]

LemonDeliveringAndPayingOffDebt: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ [Korean slang for laughter] That’s the look of having evidence

PorkBelly: If you have evidence, show it quickly. I’m so curious

KimSeonghoon: ㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷ [Korean consonant often spammed to express surprise]

IAmAFirefly: Hyungs [Korean term for older brothers/male friends], your investigative skills are crazyㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ [Korean slang for laughter] If the police or prosecutors are watching, take the hyungs with you. Your investigative skills will go up]

“Well, for those who are curious, be sure to watch the broadcast that starts tomorrow at 7 PM! I’ll end the broadcast here today. Thank you for watching!”

[WhoOpenedTheDoorHwangHyunHee: Hey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KimchiStew: You sons of bitches

Caterpillar: I knew it ㅅㅂ [Abbreviation for a Korean swear word]

yayal2n5: ㅅㅂ [Abbreviation for a Korean swear word] Come back

KimSeonghoon: Come back!!!!!!!!

MyNameIsConanTheDetective: How can you leave like this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ㅅㅂ [Abbreviation for a Korean swear word]!!!!!!!!!!!]