You Have Been Defended [EN]: Chapter 594

You Have Been Defended - Episode 594

You Have Been Defended – Episode 594

[Good-Looking Lawyer Reappears..: What does this mean…? What kind of codes…

Kim Kwang-min: Hurry up and interpret it…

kim seunghyun: I don’t know the details, but I know it’s a memo asking for money hahaha

Wooshin Electronics: Are they telling our chairman to put money in…?]

People attempted to interpret the suddenly revealed ciphertext in their own ways.

At first glance, it looked like a complex code, but with a grasp of a few key terms, the content could be deciphered relatively quickly.

Perhaps that’s why a significant number of viewers were able to catch on.

“Everyone, I will interpret it line by line. As many of you have pointed out, the remaining rent of $20 million is scheduled to be deposited by next Wednesday, Korean time. The memo was found in Liechtenstein, the location of KDL Company. So, there’s a time difference with Korea, right? And regarding the ‘rent’ part, what was KDL Company’s business? It was a rental business. I don’t know exactly which rent it refers to, but let’s use South Sudan as an example, since we know that situation for sure, to make it easier to understand.”

As Jo Bong-joon’s explanation began, a simple illustration appeared on screen to aid understanding.

“What I’m about to say isn’t to suggest that the memo reflects this situation exactly. I’m giving an example. Look, Wooshin secured a site in South Sudan to build a school, right? But instead of buying the land outright, they leased it. And the owner of that land was KDL Company, right? So, Wooshin would pay rent to KDL Company, right?”

Kim Jung-woo had even prepared an animation for this, and it began to play. A wad of money with wings sprouted from the building illustration labeled ‘Wooshin’ and flew towards a pile of documents labeled ‘KDL Company.’

The pile of documents was presumably meant to represent a paper company.

“Then this becomes KDL Company’s business income. So, it would have been distributed to L&B, a shareholder of KDL Company, and former CEO Lee Jung-chan in the form of dividends. Now, going back to that memo, it says that $20 million will be deposited somewhere as ‘remaining rent.’ So, if we use an exchange rate of ₩1,000 per dollar for easy calculation, that’s ₩20 billion in Korean currency. It seems like ₩20 billion is about to be deposited into KDL.”

“And if this ₩20 billion is deposited, they want to be contacted. Moving on to the next line, out of that $20 million, $10,918,000—roughly ₩10.9 billion—should not be deposited into L&B but directly into the VIP’s personal account. But note the phrase ‘this time’! There must have been some issue with depositing it into L&B previously. I guess that’s because even though L&B is a paper company, it’s still a corporation, right? So, it seems like they’re instructing them to deposit it into a personal account instead.”

Then, the wad of money with wings that had been hovering over the KDL Company illustration flew over to a bankbook illustration labeled ‘VIP Personal Account.’

“But! CHF mistakes are absolutely not allowed. CHF is the Swiss Franc [the currency of Switzerland]. In other words, they must not deposit in Swiss Francs. It has to be in dollars. That’s what that means.”

As Jo Bong-joon and Choi Jong-hyun explained the memo line by line, some viewers grew frustrated, while others finally began to understand.

They couldn’t make everyone understand, but the broadcast’s impact increased as more people grasped the situation, so they couldn’t skip the detailed explanation.

“Okay, next line: IBAN code [International Bank Account Number]. Many of you will know this, but when making overseas remittances, a special code is attached to ensure that money is transferred accurately and quickly. We often use the SWIFT code or BIC code [both are international bank codes]. When remitting to Europe, you also need an IBAN code in addition to those. But for remittances within Europe, you often only need the IBAN code. So, it seems like the person requesting the deposit provided the VIP’s IBAN code, and it was written down.”

Then, an image explaining the structure of the IBAN code appeared on the screen.

“This IBAN code consists of a country code, check number, bank code, and account number. ‘CH’ at the beginning is the country code, meaning Switzerland. ’65’ is the check number, and ‘80198’ is the bank code. The number hidden after that is the account number. What we can deduce from that code is that the VIP receiving the remittance happens to have an account at the Swiss UHB bank, which is where Lee Jung-chan’s dividend payments were being sent.”

“And the most important question: Who is the VIP who owns that account?”

Kim Jung-woo then opened another file.

It was the same image as the memo they had released earlier.

However, there were two more lines added below.

[Recipient: KO SANG JOON

Address: Altstadstrasse 56, 1234 Luzern, Swiss]

“I saved the most interesting part for last. What do you have to write down when making an overseas remittance? You have to write down the account holder’s name and address. So, they called it out together. The account holder is Ko Sang-joon. So, in fact, that money originates from KDL Company, and a portion of it is supposed to go to L&B, becoming L&B’s corporate funds. But they’re instructing them to deposit it directly into Ko Sang-joon’s account. This is a breathtaking chain reaction of embezzlement, where embezzled money is being embezzled again.”

[Horned Glasses: Embezzling embezzled money again hahahahahaha

Who Opens The Door Like Hwang Hyun-hee: hahahaha They live complicated lives… They have so much money, why don’t they just live honestly, sigh

Kim Satgat Satgat: Our chairman doesn’t know what honesty is ㅠ

Seah Mom: Someone earns 2 million won a month, and someone embezzles 20 billion won hahaha

Yoo Munsoo: Ah… it breaks my heart…]

“Everyone, please take a look at the address of this person who is even embezzling embezzled money. It’s in Lucerne, Switzerland. The specific address is personal information, so I’ve hidden it, but when I looked at the street view on an overseas portal, I saw a truly amazing and beautiful mansion. I guess it’s a villa.”

“Our chairman has a villa in Lucerne. I’m so jealous. There’s a lake right in front of it. Ah, if I had a villa like that, I wouldn’t embezzle. I think life would be happy.”

[Kim Satgat Satgat: hahahaha No, they found Ko Sang-joon’s slush fund account, but why are they envying Ko Sang-joon’s villa hahahaha

Song Yeon-hee: Wow, they captured the moment when $1.09 million went into Ko Sang-joon’s account hahaha

Lemon Carrying Debt: I wonder how angry they were that they couldn’t reveal this earlier and had to shut down the broadcast hahaha

shin hyejin: Wow, the coverage is amazing… what’s going on?

lmaolmao: Where did the kids who kept mocking go? Hahaha Say something

ㅗMyungwha Pharmaceuticalsㅗ: Where did the guys who were gritting their teeth and saying it was fabricated go~~]

The number of viewers had already exceeded 25,000 and was rapidly approaching 30,000.

On the old platform, when a broadcast reached this level, they would announce ‘Hot Broadcast!’ and float balloons and stuff, but it’s a shame that YouTube doesn’t have that function.

Well, it’s enough that they were already dominating real-time search terms on all kinds of portal sites.

“Wow, we did all the work. I’ll send that file to the National Tax Service [South Korea’s equivalent of the IRS] as well. National Tax Service, are you watching? Hurry up and investigate. I don’t know if that account is still active, but anyway, I think Ko Sang-joon embezzled at least ₩100 billion in cash. I can’t even calculate how much it would be if I included real estate. Please take it all. And I would appreciate it if you could give me about ₩1 billion as a reward.”

[ㅗMyungwha Pharmaceuticalsㅗ: The true colors came out hahahahaha

Good-Looking Lawyer Reappears..: Seriously, don’t they deserve a reward for this?

Artificial Tears: If we take the minimum cash amount and say it’s ₩100 billion, and the real estate is unknown, but if we assume it’s ₩3 billion in about 33 places, it’s roughly ₩200 billion in total… It’s enough money to give ₩4,000 to 50 million people, but it’s probably more than that?

cownew: I’ll treat the entire nation to a bowl of jajangmyeon [black bean noodles, a popular and affordable Korean dish]]

It would be fortunate if Ko Sang-joon’s funds, excluding legally accumulated assets, were only ₩200 billion.

Considering the money he accumulated in various other ways, it was impossible to estimate the true scale of his wealth.

“Ha, today’s broadcast was especially difficult. Everyone, we’re starting to run out of energy, so we’re going to wrap up now. Everyone, thank you for spending your precious time after work with us… No, when did it become 26,000 viewers? Are we going to reach 30,000 like this?”

Jo Bong-joon shouted, his eyes wide with surprise.

The viewers’ chats became even more rapid as they sensed the end of the broadcast with the closing remarks.

[Let’s Go To School, Bong-joon: Let’s hit 30,000 and then turn it off

Wooshin Electronics: 30,000 is right in front of us, let’s hit it, it’s a new record

nypd: When else will we reach 30,000? Let’s play a little more ㅠ It would be nice if you could release something else you know hahaha

Tears of the Minwoo Party: Don’t go ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ]

The viewers were trying hard to keep them online, but Choi Jong-hyun, who had barely slept for three or four hours and had immediately started preparing for the broadcast, was already completely exhausted.

He had been silent for a while, and now he was half-sprawled on his chair like a damp towel.

“Guys, we still have a lot to talk about. We’ll turn on the broadcast again soon. There will be a lot of fun things then too. We can hit 30,000 then. So, let us go today…”

“Hyung, Jong-hyun is really going to collapse like this?”

“I really want to lie down. I’m desperate. You don’t know how much I worked as soon as I took on the organ trafficking case.”

Jo Bong-joon, who had subtly revealed his desire to reach 30,000 viewers, also looked visibly tired.

I didn’t want to push them too hard today either.

It was enough that they had brought up the story of L&B, which I had to temporarily set aside because of the attempted murder, and that they had revealed the organ trafficking story that I had been preparing for a long time.

[Edward Min: I want to hold you back from leaving, but you really look exhausted

Lemon Carrying Debt: Seriously… the uncles are going to die

Pay Your Credit Card, Cherry: What if the news comes out that the uncles collapsed? Then we might not be able to hear more fun stories next time

I Want To Eat Gwamegi: Okay hahaha Let’s let them go today hahaha]

“But it feels so awkward to suddenly end the broadcast again. Why are you guys doing this? You’re not usually this considerate, are you?”

Choi Jong-hyun, who was sprawled out, slowly raised his head and frowned as if he was puzzled.

[Kim Sung-chul: hahahaha What do you want us to do, you old men ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

Shim heemin: hahahahah If you don’t think you’re going to collapse, play a little more ㅠ

Kim hyun ah: hahahaha Let’s play more!!!!

james lee: hahahaha How about resting today and turning on the broadcast right away tomorrow?]

“Phew, everyone, I’ll turn off the broadcast for now. And we’ll meet again soon. The broadcast announcement will be through our site, but looking at the current buzz, it seems like it will be reported in the news even if you don’t visit the site, right?”

“That’s right. Just come in after seeing the article.”

Perhaps because they had experienced a lot of articles being written just from making today’s broadcast announcement, they were starting to act a little cocky.

They were supposed to direct people to the site to increase traffic and generate banner revenue, but now it seemed like they weren’t even concerned about that.

“Then we’re going. We’ll come back with more fun things. I really promise.”

Jo Bong-joon shook his pinky finger, and Choi Jong-hyun got up from his chair even though the camera was still on.

“Then bye-bye.”

The broadcast ended, and Choi Jong-hyun and Jo Bong-joon, completely exhausted, approached where I was sitting.

Kang Min-jae was also staring at the turned-off monitor with a blank expression.

“Why is he like that?”

“Lawyer Kang is being discharged from managing the chat room.”

Kim Jung-woo, ever the pragmatist, started cleaning up with a nonchalant expression, while Kang Min-jae slid over to me, rolling across the floor in his wheeled chair.

“Lawyer Cha.”

“Yes.”

“I think we need to eat meat. And it has to be beef. And it has to be an expensive cut.”

I was about to ask if they were leaving the meat bill to me, but looking at their condition, it seemed like I had no choice but to treat them.

“After eating meat, I think I need to cleanse my stomach with soju [Korean distilled rice liquor] and then go to bed.”

“I think that’s exactly what I need to do too.”

I checked the time.

It was past 10 p.m.

If they were so tired, wouldn’t it be better to just go home and sleep?

They weren’t just eating meat; they were also planning on drinking alcohol, so they wouldn’t arrive home until at least 1 a.m.

“It’s okay to go home late because I’m eating meat. If I eat meat, my energy will be restored, and I can endure it.”

“You’re going to buy me meat, right?”

This is why people say you shouldn’t flaunt your wealth.

You Have Been Defended [EN]

You Have Been Defended [EN]

너희들은 변호됐다
Status: Completed Author: , Native Language: Korean
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[English Translation] Prosecutor Cha Juhan's relentless pursuit of the corrupt Wooshin Group ended in betrayal and death at the hands of those he trusted most. But fate, it seems, has other plans. Granted a second chance, reborn as a Wooshin sniper, Cha Juhan vows to bring the entire Wooshin family to justice, no matter how many lifetimes it takes. Trading his prosecutor's badge for a lawyer's gavel, he embarks on a path of vengeance, armed with extraordinary abilities beyond human comprehension. They told him to know his place in the next life? He'll show them exactly where they belong – behind bars. Prepare for a thrilling saga of revenge, justice, and supernatural power as Cha Juhan targets Wooshin once more, turning the courtroom into his battleground.

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