Son of a Conglomerate at the Highest Level

＜ How did this happen? ＞

I couldn’t take my eyes off the news screen.

＜Chemical plant fire accident, current time 52 dead, 137 injured＞

Rubbing my eyes and looking again didn’t change anything.

So I couldn’t believe it any more.

“How did this happen?”

Surprised, I muttered to myself like an idiot.

Only the number of deaths and injuries was different from the Taesung chemical fire accident in the past, and the big structure was so similar that it gave me goose bumps all the way down my back.

‘Guardian, you ask how this happened.’

[·······.]

‘Taesung chemical fire accident. Weren’t we blocking it?’

The grim reaper did not answer.

‘That’s right. The Nether Road countdown and orange arrows flickering above people’s heads have all disappeared.’

[·······.]

‘There was nothing wrong with the Taesung Chemical Plant. While negotiating the acquisition of Taesung Chemical, I repeatedly asked President Sim not to leave out inspections of safety facilities.’

The Taesung chemical fire accident killed 23 people and injured 166 people, but the Wookwang chemical fire accident killed 52 people and injured 137 people.

‘I tried to stop it, but in the end I couldn’t stop it.’

[It’s none of your business until then.]

It was a bit bittersweet that we couldn’t prevent an accident that left so many people dead and injured.

I did my best.

[After all, wasn’t your goal to save Taeseong’s family?]

that’s the case

[Did Taeseong’s family you were trying to save die? Or did you deliberately put innocent people to death?]

It wasn’t either.

[Think about why the Great King gave you real-time settlement of your merits.]

Suddenly, I remembered what the grim reaper had told me.

-You are determined to save lives, even at the cost of damage. that is also meritorious

-You saved 23 people from the predestined death and 166 premeditated suffering through this incident. The Great King is very satisfied with this.

-I don’t know what it is like in this world, but in the next world, the preciousness of human life is the most important. This is why the great king enforced the real-time settlement of merits, which can be called preferential treatment.

So I was puzzled.

‘If I put it like that, did I get credit for saving the lives of people who are still alive?’

[You saved ‘those who were destined for death and suffering’. It is also recognized for its merits. You’ve experienced it in the underworld too.]

Oh, come to think of it, I had heard that I was forgiven for the sins I had committed in my previous life in recognition for saving 15 young souls who were destined to die.

Of course, the ‘sin committed in the previous life’ turned out to be an outrageous false accusation.

[Their death has nothing to do with you. You know that you did your best, I know, the sky knows, and the earth knows.]

The grim reaper smiled bitterly.

It was such an expression that passed by in an instant, so I wondered if I had seen something wrong.

[If there is merit accumulated with good intentions, then there is also karma that is dotted with intention and malice. That, too, is theirs.]

It was a very small murmur, close to self-talk.

To the point where I wonder if I heard it wrong.

‘What are you talking about?’

[Until there, it is a heavenly leak.]

It is said that it is a heavenly leak, but there is no way to argue with it?

He said he would do my favor anyway… Ah!

‘I mean Dongti. You mean you haven’t been held accountable this time?’

[Why is that?]

I’m not going to say that I’m never going to do it again in the future.

Oh my, I got it!

‘Doesn’t seem to be a problem even if I wear a dongti?’

[······!]

‘It’s okay. There is no saying that even earth gods and ghosts have paid the price for their sins.’

[······Wow!]

Isn’t the grim reaper rolling his eyeballs and pretending not to know?

‘Hey, guardian deity.’

[I don’t know. This chasa doesn’t seem to remember how to make a dongti.]

‘It’s not like that, Taesung Chemical, no, it’s because of the Wookwang Chemical fire accident. There’s a place you need to visit.’

[aaa, Eve, The driver didn’t hear it. oh! Time for a soap opera!]

The grim reaper spun around.

Before I knew it, the breaking news ended and an advertisement for the next daily soap opera appeared on the TV screen.

[Shh! I will miss this soap opera. Do not interrupt. Past soap operas do not come back!]

How are you?

Seeing as he doesn’t deny it this time, it sounds like he’ll give you another tee if needed next time.

Is it an illusion?

Follow me!

“hello?”

-Are you Jeonghyeok? it’s a waste After Seongjun gets off work, change things up a bit.

“Dad? You haven’t left work yet. I heard that Dad has a lot of projects these days. You are busy working late every night.”

It’s been over ten days since I saw my father’s face.

Construction of subway line 2 has begun in earnest, and Gangnam Seoul Express Bus Terminal road expansion work is in full swing, so you are busy.

If the last meal we had together was rice cake soup at my grandfather’s house on New Year’s Day, I’d say everything.

-okay? I get it. Just in case your dad is off work…

Then the front door opened and my father came in.

It was the face I saw after 10 days as I left work late every night.

“Ah, Grandpa! Wait a minute, Dad just came!”

I put the phone to my ear and smiled.

“Dad, have you been?”

“okay.”

“It’s Grandpa’s call. take it Find it quickly.”

“okay?”

My father strode over and handed me the phone.

I was about to step out of my way because I thought it was not polite to be involved in an adult conversation, but my father took me in one arm and smiled at me.

“Oops!”

Unexpectedly, I was lifted up and wrapped my arms around my father’s neck tightly to keep from falling.

Along with the heavy and luxurious smell of perfume, the father’s physical scent struck me.

My father turned his head and kissed me lightly on the cheek.

When I was about to keep my eyes wide open in surprise, my father smiled.

“kiss.”

It was a greeting that was handed over by tapping my cheek with my fingertips and moving my lips.

With the phone tucked in your ear and chin.

When I put my lips lightly on my father’s cheek, my father smiled brightly only then.

“kind.”

Grandpa’s voice came through the phone.

– Did you hear the news of the chemical plant fire accident?

It was a business that my grandfather urgently sought for my father.

-Come to the meeting room at the Taesung Group headquarters right away. An emergency meeting was convened by calling all the presidents of all affiliates.

“Yes, I understand.”

-Sorry to rush the person who just got off work, but now is not the time to be like this.

“I haven’t even eaten dinner yet.”

-Woo-gwang’s Chairman Kim ran out after receiving a call from the Blue House. That’s about it.

“I will leave right now.”

Dad put the phone down.

let out a small sigh

It was a tired face.

‘Father, there is nothing to worry about. It’s probably not bad news from Taesung’s point of view.’

Taesung Chemical has already been sold to Woogwang.

My father would never be reprimanded or held accountable for this fire accident.

‘Maybe things could be made very easy? I heard that the Blue House called President Kim of Woo Kwang.’

In the case of the Taesung chemical fire accident in which 23 people died and 166 people were injured in the past, the Blue House was extremely angry and called the grandfather, the head of Taesung Group.

‘In the past, my grandfather had to make a public apology due to pressure from the Blue House and donate 3 billion won from his own money to create the Taesung Foundation. And even stepping down from the position of leader.’

Will Woo-gwang go through what Tae-sung did in the past?

‘If Chairman Kim of Wookwang resigns from the position of head of the company in a sense of self-reflection and donates 3 billion won of his own money to create the Wookwang Foundation, what will happen to Taesung Chemical?’

In the past, Taesung Engineering & Construction took advantage of the gap and went out independently, and Taesung Chemical was absorbed by Woogwang.

He ate 50% of Taesung’s shares raw without spending a dime.

The decision was made by Cha Yoon-seong, who was the younger brother of the group’s leader and president of Taesung Construction, and his grandfather, who had stepped down from the position of leader, had no choice but to be taken away helplessly.

Can’t we call Taeseong what Woo-gwang did in the past?

‘Well, it seems like I got a chance by wishing for someone else’s misfortune.’

I prepared for the re-acquisition negotiations while thinking about how to bring Taesung Chemical back.

It was intended to use the situation of the times called oil shock instead of irrational numbers such as the back alley.

So I deliberately set up a trap by threading even Wookwang Securities. But what?

Thanks to the Wookwang Chemical fire accident, that time has been drastically reduced.

‘It’s an opportunity that’s hard to get again. There’s nothing wrong with me, so there’s no need to turn away from the good luck that has rolled in.’

We even have a merger and acquisition agreement.

‘If I do this well, I think I’ll be able to claim not only Taesung Chemical but also Wookwang Securities as well as bills of up to 15 billion won?’

My head started spinning tight.

‘To do so…’

Things to do were put together in my head like a puzzle.

At that time, my father rubbed my cheek with the cheek that raised his beard.

“Today, our Jeong-hyeok came early to buy us something delicious, so what should we do?”

I know my father is having a hard time these days because he is so busy working that he doesn’t even have time to sleep.

“I need to buy jajangmyeon next time.”

Jajangmyeon? Why is that all of a sudden… Ah!

‘When my uncle took money out of his wallet and asked if he liked jajangmyeon, he answered yes without thinking.’

What’s with all that jjajangmyeon?

‘This is all about eating and living. Grandpa is really nice too. You shouldn’t have to work while feeding them!’

That’s how my father went out without even having a bite to eat.

‘Why did I pick anchovy poop!’

I did it to cook kalguksu that my father likes.

‘Hey, Guardian. Follow me.’

I wondered why Taeseong was leaving Busan like that all of a sudden.

[The soap opera isn’t over yet…!]

‘If I do this well, I think I can eat a few big companies raw.’

[I’ll be back soon.]

The grim reaper disappeared like smoke.

* * *

In the conference room of the Taesung Group headquarters, the presidents of all subsidiaries gathered and an emergency presidents meeting was held.

Everyone had serious faces.

Grandpa sat at the top of the table in the conference room.

“Did you all hear? Due to a fire accident at Taesung Chemical, no, Wookwang Chemical plant, Chairman Kim of Wookwang was summoned by the Blue House. That’s why I called everyone to come together.”

Uncle and second uncle, as well as my father and aunt, were seated.

Grandpa asked.

“Why did the accident happen in Woogwang, but Taeseong caused the chaos?”

“Before asking that, read a news briefing about the Wookwang chemical fire accident and tell me.”

The presidents of affiliates were also busy reading the data on the table.

Grandpa asked.

“Secretary Kim, how much damage did the chemical plant fire cause?”

“So far, 56 deaths and 142 minor and minor injuries have been counted.”

The number of casualties was higher than was broadcast on the news as breaking news.

“I heard that there are difficulties in identifying the workers who were involved in the accident at the Wookwang Chemical Plant?”

“The damage from Woogwang has not yet been accurately calculated, but it is estimated that the fire at the 6th factory will probably cause considerable damage to life as well as property.”

“How much is the property damage?”

“Even if it is small, it is about 1 billion won or more.”

Grandpa frowned.

“What caused the factory fire? What did you say caused the fire?”

“well. According to the Blue House announcement, it seems to be a safety accident.”

This too was similar to the past.

It was a one-liner in the Taesung Group report, without any specific details.

＜23 people died in a fire accident at Taesung Chemical, and 166 people were escorted to the hospital＞

However, the Taesung chemical fire accident became a critical starting point in the history of Taesung.

This was recorded in the Taesung Group report.

＜After the fire accident at Taesung Chemical, Taesung went through an uncontrollable deterioration, like a domino falling.＞

＜Excluding Taesung Chemical and Taesung Engineering & Construction, which fell apart as independent affiliates, the rest of the affiliates began to split into the eldest son and the second son.＞

＜Like that, Taeseong plummets from 5th in the business world to 198th in 5 years.＞

＜It was the dark period of Taeseong, where everyone was concerned that it would disintegrate like this.＞

For some reason, it seems a bit different that Woo-gwang, not Tae-seong, will walk that dark path this time.

＜ How did this happen? ＞end