You Have Been Defended [EN]: Chapter 407

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“What brings you here? And you even brought the kids.”

With three hours left before the broadcast, I called Taesik to the studio.

I usually got them moving with a phone call, but from now on, it seemed like it would be a very different matter than before.

I looked at the three employees who came with Taesik one by one.

They were familiar faces.

Some were big, and some had cauliflower ears, probably from learning martial arts.

“Ah, why? Why are you looking at us so meaningfully?”

As I didn’t say anything, Taesik, feeling frustrated, began to urge me.

“Are you all good at fighting?”

“You told us to bring the ones who are the best at fighting and the most agile.”

“I did.”

“What’s the reason? Are we going to a group fight or something?”

It would be better if it ended as a one-time group fight.

“No. There are people you each need to protect.”

“Each?”

The more bodyguards, the better, but you can’t just drag bodyguards around everywhere you go.

After the broadcast, Wooshin will take some measures.

In my previous life, I died because of those measures.

Of course, the conditions and timing are different from this life, but I have become a bigger target for Wooshin in this life than in my previous life.

It means that after this broadcast, I might end up in a drum barrel again [a dangerous or inescapable situation].

And ending up in a drum barrel might not end with me.

Choi Jonghyun, Jo Bongjoon, and perhaps even Kang Minjae, who we thought was the safest among us.

We can’t let our guard down now.

“I think you’ll have to protect me, Choi Jonghyun, Jo Bongjoon, and even Attorney Kang. Follow them wherever they go.”

“Even to the bathroom?”

“It would be good to do so.”

“Do we go into the toilet stall together?”

“Are you in elementary school?”

“Anyway, isn’t that a kind of bodyguarding? Wow, I really wanted to do something like that! A bodyguard instead of a tattooed uncle!”

Taesik shouted.

I don’t know if I should call him immature or hopeless, but there aren’t many people who can beat Taesik when it comes to skill.

I’ve thought about hiring a private security company, but I don’t know when the security company will be manipulated by Wooshin, so for now, the only people I can trust are Taesik’s family.

Even though he talks like that, he does his job well.

“Taesik, you decide who protects whom.”

“I should protect you, Attorney. Who else would protect you but me?”

Assuming Taesik is the most skilled, and I am the most dangerous, it might be a natural choice, but when I think about how noisy it will be to be with him, I feel overwhelmed.

“Just leave it to me.”

Taesik thumped his chest and said.

Reliable… not reliable.

* * *

Choi Jonghyun and Jo Bongjoon, who held the biggest card since the start of the broadcast, felt a sense of anticipation.

Choi Jonghyun was even nervous while adjusting the camera angle and preparing for the broadcast.

He never thought that he would be briefing such a big case with his own hands, like in his past days as a reporter for Iljung Daily, who was called an expert on Lee Jungchan and Wooshin.

He wouldn’t have dreamed of it without Cha Juhan’s help, but Choi Jonghyun’s efforts certainly had their share.

‘Should I thank Attorney Cha?’

I don’t know if this will start the Wooshin special investigation, but Choi Jonghyun was going to do his best.

If it doesn’t work this time, then next time, and if it doesn’t work next time, then the next time, and the next time.

He had a firm belief that Cha Juhan, Jo Bongjoon, and Kang Minjae, who he thought would not give up, just like himself, would persevere.

“Hyung [older brother or close male friend], are you nervous?”

Five minutes before the broadcast, Jo Bongjoon saw Choi Jonghyun drinking water repeatedly and chuckled.

“Hey, this is the moment my life’s wish comes true.”

“Don’t expect too much. It could be buried, and it wouldn’t be strange if anything happened.”

“Don’t say that. It brings bad luck.”

“That’s why Attorney Cha suddenly assigned bodyguards.”

Jo Bongjoon pointed to Taesik’s family, who were standing outside the camera angle watching them.

“That shouldn’t happen.”

“That’s right.”

Choi Jonghyun neatly arranged the cue cards and turned them to the front, and Jo Bongjoon chuckled and added.

“Still, it’s exciting. I think it might be the moment to plant the seeds of the Wooshin special investigation. Attorney Cha, are you excited too?”

Jo Bongjoon shouted at Cha Juhan, who was sitting on a chair outside the angle, waiting for the broadcast to start.

Cha Juhan seemed to be thinking for a moment after hearing those words, and then nodded after a while.

“But don’t make mistakes because you’re too excited.”

“What mistakes? We’re pros.”

“30 seconds before the broadcast starts!”

Kim Jungwoo, who was sitting in front of the computer, shouted.

Choi Jonghyun and Jo Bongjoon straightened their postures side by side.

I didn’t intend to suddenly make the broadcast atmosphere like a news program, but the matter was so important that I felt tense.

“The broadcast has started!”

[kloka: I was going crazy with curiosity. The broadcast is finally startingㅋㅋㅋ]

[Ramyeon Land: There are so many people in this roomㄷㄷ Is there usually this many people in a current affairs stock broadcast?]

[Minwoo Party’s Tears: There are usually a lot of people, but there are really a lot of people today. The influence is really growing since there are 9,500 people from the startㅋㅋㅋ]

[youyouryours: I’m glad there are 10,000 people from the start. They’re the kind of people who would lie down and say they won’t talk until they reach 10,000 people]

“When did we lie down? We just said let’s wait. We wanted as many people as possible to listen, haha.”

[youyouryours: Look at how brazen they areㅋㅋㅋㅋ Anyway, I’m glad you reached 10,000. Hurry up and tell us the story]

“Today, I’m not going to talk until 20,000 people come in.”

[Apollo Believer: I want to change my nicknameㅡㅡ Just tell me quickly!!!! What’s wrong with the viewers who came in right at 7 o’clock!!!!]

“Oh, Apollo Believer, long time no see? Is your stock doing well? You would have profited by now if you had listened to me.”

[Apollo Believer: Let’s not talk about thatㅎㅎ Hurry up and tell us the Wooshin story…]

“First of all, did anyone who saw our broadcast notice sell Wooshin stock before the market closed? Raise your hand.”

[Horollolollo: Handㅎ]

[Air Conditioner Cool: Hand]

[Linear Algebra: Hand]

[Rulu: Foot]

“Applause for these guys.”

[kloka: ㅉㅉㅉㅉㅉㅉ (Sound of disapproval)]

[I Want to Eat Gwamegi: ㅉㅉㅉ (Sound of disapproval)]

[Ravenclaw: ㅉㅉㅉㅉㅉ (Sound of disapproval)]

“They are people who know our broadcast well, very well. Wooshin’s stock price will drop sharply from today, so I hope you sell it as soon as the market opens tomorrow morning.”

[alskdjlas: Enough with the stock talk, hurry up and tell us the storyㅡㅡ It’s already 20,000 people. You talked about stocks to wait for 20,000 people??]

“Was I caught? Wow, but it’s already 20,000 people. We’ve grown a lot. It was a really tiny broadcast.”

[Operator: Selected as the #1 trending broadcast!]

[Operator: Selected as the #1 broadcast with the highest increase in real-time viewers!]

The operator bot appeared just in time to boost the atmosphere.

Choi Jonghyun winked at Kim Jungwoo.

He thought it would be better to start quickly, thinking that viewers might leave if he dragged it out any longer.

Kim Jungwoo prepared to put the slide on the screen.

“This broadcast can be classified into three topics. But since these three topics eventually lead to one, please listen comfortably as usual, as if you’re listening to a story. And we asked a lot of reporters to come, did a lot of reporters come?”

[Nanananana: Reporters won’t talkㅋㅋ]

[Lemon Carrying and Repaying Debt: Even if reporters came, they can’t talk. They came to get articles for free without covering them themselvesㅋㅋㅋ]

“No. You saw the notice this time. We asked a lot of reporters to come.”

“Well, I think the reporters are listening well on their own, so I’ll tell you first. You can see the web hard ID and password at the top of the screen, right? We will upload all the data we broadcast to this web hard [online storage]. I hope you find it useful when writing articles.”

[Give me the credit card value cherry: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Kind]

[Kkonji: It’s really easy to live as a reporter these daysㅋㅋㅋ]

“Anyway, that’s it for the notice. Shall we start in earnest?”

Choi Jonghyun rubbed his hands together and said.

Jo Bongjoon smiled and raised the cue card.

“Okay, the first topic is the Wooshin Welfare Foundation under the Wooshin Medical Center. The name itself suggests a place that does good deeds, right? You’ve probably seen it often, but they’ve published a lot of articles saying they’re building schools and hospitals in five places in Africa. It’s a business that they’re doing under the pretext of returning the money Wooshin has earned to society. Do you know?”

[Rosaria: I saw it because it was all over the internet ads]

[Kim Gunwoo: I donated 10,000 won there, is there a problem?… ]

[Apollo Believer: If you put money into an organization related to Wooshin, it’s a foolish thing to do as a viewer of this broadcastㅋㅋ]

[Kim Gunwoo: I didn’t knowㅠㅠㅠ]

“First of all, the main place where this business is in full swing is Warrap State in South Sudan. It hasn’t been independent for long, and it’s a country in the middle of a civil war, so many NGOs other than the Wooshin Welfare Foundation go there to volunteer. It was a big deal that construction would start 5 years ago. Well, I’m curious how much has been built. Shall we take a look at the photos?”

When Kim Jungwoo moved to the next slide at Choi Jonghyun’s words, a ruined mine photo appeared.

[2837129: What; Did you upload the wrong photo?]

[Kim Gunwoo: ;;; Is that a hospital and a school?]

[Parsongsong Egg Drop: It’s been 5 years since it was built; It’s not built, it’s just like a mine]

“It’s strange, right? It’s not even the Gojoseon Dynasty [ancient Korean kingdom], and I’m wondering if they’re going to teach and treat children in caves. Recently, in 2010, there was an article that the hospital being built in Warrap State was almost finished, but how did this happen?”

[Kkonji: Did you bring the wrong picture?]

“There’s no way I could have brought the wrong picture. Why? Because Bongjoon and I went to South Sudan and took the pictures ourselves. We even hired a local coordinator.”

[Horollolollo: Wow, you went there? You guys?;;;]

“Since the Wooshin Welfare Foundation is running a business by promoting the Angel’s House orphanage, I immediately contacted the Angel’s House. Then they said it was a construction company problem? So that’s Wooshin Mulsan. Then there’s another local company. They say it’s that company’s problem… It’s ridiculous. Hey, Wooshin Mulsan, don’t make excuses because I know you’re doing it alone. To be honest, I don’t have any evidence right now, but it’s only a matter of time before I find it.”

[Girls’ Generation: Obvious excuseㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

[Ijoa: Preemptive strike lolㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

[Apollo Believer: Wow, I still can’t believe that you guys went to South Sudan in person… What’s with the obsession…]

“Oh, don’t be surprised this much. There’s a lot more to be surprised about now.”