Chapter 177 – Episode 177

Hwamong’s number two?

What happened? Where did you deceive me from? … Surely, from the beginning?

I couldn’t understand the current situation, so I just opened my mouth like an idiot, but Shin Hae-in apologized with a smile.

“I’m sorry, Hyunwoo oppa. “It was the chairman’s order, so I had nothing to do.”

“Yekki! That’s ridiculous! I just casually told her that if she could hold that thing in her hand and shake it, she should give it a try. Well, I thought I could do it in four years.”

Han Se-ryong clucks his tongue and shakes his head.

“But I still did it just in case. “I couldn’t help but sigh when I saw that foolish bastard picking four girls because he liked them.”

Ah…

I realized it too late. About how when I chose Shin Hae-in, Han Se-ryong groaned as if he was somehow uncomfortable. And, no matter how talented he was. About the reason why Shin Hae-in, who had only been at work for three days, was the most comfortable.

‘Hold it in your hand and shake it?’

Nothing can make a man more foolish than those words. I couldn’t even be angry right now.

Because I actually held it and shook it as much as I wanted.

“When I saw the chairman speak, I got the feeling that a very pure person would come. So, I was waiting at the entrance of Hwamong. “I thought it might create a good situation for me.”

In addition, the moment I heard that she played a fresh and friendly woman that naive people would like. I realized that I had been completely fooled from start to finish. I literally feel like a monkey jumping around on the palm of Buddha.

‘Her…’

How should I express this?

Should I say that the soul escapes from the body due to too great a shock?

“You bastard!”

“Huh!”

Before the soul that escaped was scattered in the air, Han Se-ryong’s shout brought me to my senses.

I blink. In the distance, you can see Han Se-ryong with a serious expression.

“Is this the time when you’re losing your mind like a fool? The same goes for the four girls who are being pushed aside by Haein!”

Han Se-ryong was nagging everyone.

“No one in this world makes mistakes. I, Han Se-ryong, have made mistakes and experienced failure more than you can imagine. What’s important is whether you move forward or backward through that mistake or failure.”

Han Se-ryong’s gaze was fixed on me from beginning to end.

“If you get stabbed in the back like you did, if you keep your mouth wide open like an idiot, you’ll go backwards. Backwards! “You bastard won’t be able to move forward!”

“…”

“Can’t you tell when you look at that bitch? “Opportunities are ultimately caught by prepared people.”

“… !”

I raised my head, which was gradually lowering.

My head, which had been clouded by various shocks, cleared up at once. Only then did I focus on what Shin Hae-in had done, rather than what she had done.
A word that Han Se-ryong casually threw out. Shin Hae-in created it with his own opportunity.

Could I have done it if it were me?

When he asked himself that question, he couldn’t nod his head with confidence.

“The same goes for Chairman Pyo. “You bastard, did you give a proper answer to the topic that Chairman Pyo asked when he saw my face and asked if we should talk about it?”

“…”

“If it had been Shin Hae-in and not you, he would have talked for at least 30 minutes.”

It was correct in every detail.

Shin Hae-in knew who Pyo Dae-pal was, and he had all the Geondeokji ready to talk to him.

“Haein, how about golf? Do you hit it a little bit?”

“Yes. Sure. At least it’s enough to be liked by the presidents.”

“…”

It was a complete defeat.

While I was biting my lip, Han Se-ryong asked, this time pointing to Park Shin-yeon.

“You bitch, tell me how much you get paid per month at Hwamong now.”

“Oh that…”

Park Shin-yeon, who hesitated for a moment, looked at Shin Hae-in next to her and hurriedly opened her mouth.

“I receive about 32 million won. Chairman.”

“Then who are you, Haein?”

Shin Hae-in answered with a somewhat fishy smile.

“I get about 130 million. However, I think this month will probably break the record. Thanks to the chairman.”

“Giggles! You are right. Since they listened to what I wanted, that’s only natural. Rather, do you think you are getting what you deserve?”

Shin Hae-in was confident.

“I think I’m doing more than that.”

“Okay? Then, tell me about a news item that has been a hot topic recently.”

“Along with the closure rate of self-employed people in their 20s and 30s, the number of personal rehabilitation is at least 30% higher than last year…”

“Enough, that’s enough.”

All of a sudden, except for two people, everyone had their mouths tightly shut, as if they had zipped their mouths.

“If you look at it this way, Shin Hae-in will look really great. However, this bitch ran away from Hwamong twice on her own to start a business and ended up making a fortune. This is my third time coming here to pay off a huge debt. Even that business was a business made with flowers and dreams. They even named it Sumong.”

“… !”

Everyone’s eyes widen at the unexpected words. The main character of the story actually had a calm face.

“Ugh, I thought you really wouldn’t accept me this time. If I did well, I almost went abroad and sold my body.”

“So, have you completely given up on business?”

Wouldn’t you have given up?

Everyone thought so. If you fail twice and things turn out like this, then of course…

“Oh, that’s not it. “Once I save money here, I have to try one more time.”

Crazy bitch!

It didn’t look like it, but Shin Hae-in was a crazy bitch.

“But this time, the business method is a little different.”

“Laughs. Okay. Since I followed Hwamong twice and failed, I guess I had to change my mind.”

“Yes. I thought I failed the first time because I didn’t do well, so I thought the second time would go well… “The premise was wrong from the beginning.”

“Okay, what do you mean?”

Han Se-ryong looked happy.

Shin Hae-in’s voice as he answered Han Se-ryong was full of anger.

“In the first place, as long as Hwamong is alive and well… The probability that I will succeed is close to 0%. So I just put my head down on the third project. I went to Hwamong’s second branch. Toward Busan.”

“That’s not bad. Because sometimes I want to go down to Busan.”

“We ask for your continued support. Chairman.”

As if she had never been angry, Shin Hae-in quickly returned to his calm expression and bowed at 90 degrees.
Han Se-ryong muttered after seeing that.

“Four years will be successful. Because we are using failure as fertilizer to build a great house.”

“Thank you.”

“If you want to live a long and successful life, keep in mind what I am saying now. “Life is like building a house.”

It made everyone listen.

I thought you weren’t that interested in this kind of thing either. It wasn’t.

I can understand why many people are willing to pay a lot of money to listen to an hour-long lecture by the head of a group.

“A person who builds a strong house by stacking bricks one by one will quickly get back up no matter how many failures he experiences. Why? Because it is built strong, the chance of it failing and collapsing is not that big. So, on the other hand, what happens to the kid who built a fancy house just to show it to others, as if it was a shoddy construction project?”

Park Shin-yeon raised her hand and said.

“If even one pillar is missing, it will collapse right away!”

“Yes, you are right.”

Park Shin-yeon was delighted with Han Se-ryong’s light praise as if she were a child. If I feel envious of that, am I crazy?

“To put it bluntly, in today’s world there are a lot of people who build their lives on poor construction.”

“…”

“On the outside, there are no guys as flashy as those bastards. Expensive luxury goods, delicious food, and even enviable overseas travel just by looking at them. But, among them, how many of them actually live that life for a long time?”

“… !”

I don’t know.

All the women who were crazy about social media opened their eyes wide.

“Haein. You may not even know this. Chairman Pyo, do you know what kind of life that person lived when he was young?”

“Oh my, Chairman. What do you think of me? “I heard that story more than 10 times from Chairman Pyo.”

Shin Hae-in said with a grin.

“From what I heard, you’ve been waking up at 5 a.M. For over 30 years. And while eating with my family until 6 a.M., I checked various news through the newspaper. I go to work like a knife at 7 am. He said he didn’t have to get off work until 1 a.M. It is said that there were many cases where he even slept at work.”

“Was there such a thing as a weekend in those days?”

“No. I heard that there were many cases where they couldn’t even rest on Sundays. However, on days when she was very unwell, she stayed at home and received nursing care from her wife all day long.”

“Okay. That is how the current Daesim Group was created. “You have to live that kind of life to become a chaebol.”

It was the first time in my life that a life story like this gave me goosebumps.

“But what about the so-called chaebols these days? As if taking the entire weekend off wasn’t enough, I also took the weekdays off from work and traveled abroad. There is no way this Republic of Korea can work properly… Cough, Cough!”

“Chairman!”

“It’s no big deal. I just heard a little noise. Okay then, let’s stop talking about other people here. “Let’s brag about myself and move on.”

Han Se-ryong pointed at me.

“You bastard. “Tell me what Hanban Group’s sales were last year.”

“… “I’m sorry.”

I don’t even get angry anymore. Han Se-ryong nodded his head with a willing face.

“Bom went crazy that year too. How did I come across such a bastard… Ugh. Then, you bitch next to the idiot, tell me.”

Park Shin-yeon jumped up at Han Se-ryong’s words. I guess it helped that she kept raising her hand and answering.

“Hanban Group’s sales last year were KRW 482 trillion!”

What?

“Okay. That’s right.”

What?

In my head, I said Daesim Group’s sales were 1 trillion won. Wouldn’t the Hanban Group be worth about 10 trillion won?

… I thought vaguely and thought my eyeballs were going to pop out. I also knew that Hanban Group had an overwhelming number of affiliates.

How many trillion? Article 482?

“I don’t know how many people Chairman Pyo of Daesim Group, which has sales of KRW 1 trillion, trampled on to get to that position. At that time, that was normal. Even now, it’s just not visible on the outside. In the end, rising to the top means trampling on someone else. Now, think about it for a moment. “I wonder how many lives a guy like me, who is at a much higher level than that, would have trampled on.”

“Gulp!”

As if we had made a promise.

Everyone here, including Shin Hae-in, swallowed heavily. I couldn’t breathe well.

How many people did that person really step on?

So, can we really say that Han Se-ryong, who is in front of us right now, is a human being like us? At least I thought not.

A moment of cold silence and cold sweat running down your cheeks.

“Bang!”

Han Se-ryong hit the table with his palm.

“Aaaaah!”

“Ugh!”

“Mom!”

Everyone screamed and fell to his feet at his sudden action. Anyone who sees it will think he used martial arts.

“Take a breath, you guys. People who are much younger than me… Tsk tsk.”

「Chiik!」

Han Se-ryong looked at me while putting a cigarette in his mouth and taking a refreshing drink of a glass of liquor.

No, in fact, from beginning to end, Han Se-ryong’s attention was entirely focused on me. I also realized from the middle that this entire series of processes was for me.

But why?

Because I’m in a similar relationship with Han Ae-bom? However, Han Se-ryong was not the type of person to do something like this for that reason.

If so, for what reason?

“Okay then, let’s go back to the beginning.”

“Yes?”

“Chairman Pyo would have been disappointed for a long time even if he was disappointed with you. He even made an appointment to play golf with his grandson.”

“Ah!”

That’s what I heard after hearing the story.

Chairman Pyo Dae-pal could have left as is. He had made a golf appointment. To say that he noticed Han Se-ryong’s feelings, he felt a little different.

“Why do you think that would happen?”

I couldn’t figure out the reason with my head, so I just stared at Han Se-ryong’s mouth.

And, the moment I heard the words come out of his mouth. Not only me, but everyone here could not believe their ears.

“Because you could become the master of this class.”