1979, Manager Kim is Inheriting Dictatorship! - Chapter 123
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Episode 123
Emergency meeting of the Bar Association.
Today’s meeting was called at Heo Min-seong’s urgent request.
Heo Min-seong shouts loudly in front of the members of the Bar Association.
“We must protest this emergency measure properly to the President, unconditionally cancel it, and receive an apology! Don’t you think so? Everyone!”
Several former prosecutors and lawyers who came with Heo Min-seong also added their own words.
“That’s right! This is a violation of the freedom of occupational choice as stipulated in the Constitution!”
“The president is trying to become a dictator by any means necessary! This is a prelude to that, and a means to silence our legal profession!”
“If we continue to suffer like this, it will be our juniors and our people who will ultimately suffer!”
He is trying to sway public opinion in the conference room by mentioning the people, saying that he has a pierced mouth.
But the attitude of the lawyers who were not prosecutors was somewhat subtle.
In particular, the attitude of Byunhyeop Chairman Yoo Jae-young was the worst.
Even though Heo Min-seong continued to talk, Yoo Jae-young continued to do something else, either digging his ears, staring somewhere else, or sometimes even closing his eyes.
Heo Min-seong, who had been watching the scene, says something to Yoo Jae-young.
“Mr. Chairman! Are you listening right now?”
Chairman Yoo Jae-young opens his mouth after hearing a word.
“Oh, I’m listening. But I’m a little taken aback that someone who usually acts so high-minded and doesn’t even show up to meetings suddenly asked me to schedule a meeting like this, and then even brought up attorneys’ rights in such a loud voice. Haha… … .”
Chairman Yoo still mocks himself with an attitude that he finds annoying.
Even during his days as a prosecutor, he would come running from far away to flatter others just by seeing his face. Now, seeing this ordinary lawyer, a nobody, acting like the president of the association, makes Heo Min-seong’s insides boil.
“Mr. Chairman! What are you talking about? Am I doing this just to live well for myself? Isn’t this for the benefit of all of our lawyers?”
Chairman Yoo still speaks to him as if he is mocking him.
“Really? Then why haven’t you represented the interests of all lawyers so far, and now you’re suddenly doing it? Wouldn’t it be better for us if you couldn’t handle criminal cases? All the cases you used to handle would come to us. Let me be honest with you. I think it’s better that you’ve ended up like this… .”
Eventually, Heo Min-seong cannot stand the chairman’s continued mocking attitude and explodes.
“What, what did you say!! You just said everything!”
Then, Vice Chairman Byun Hyeop, who was standing next to him, steps forward.
“You! Do you think this is the prosecutor’s office now? Do you think you’re still the prosecutor general?”
Heo Min-seong sarcastically brings up an old story while looking at the angry vice president.
“Hey, Vice Chairman. You’ve grown up a lot. When I was a prosecutor, whenever I saw you, you would come running to me from far away, wagging your tail like a dog, and beg me to give you a lighter sentence. You’ve really grown up a lot. You even have the ridiculous title of Vice Chairman.”
Vice Chairman Byun Hyeop’s face heats up at Heo Min-seong’s words.
“What! You just said everything!”
Heo Min-seong ignores the vice president’s words and speaks to the members gathered at the meeting.
“If you guys stay still now, I think you’ll be able to get some help from your juniors in the prosecution or the court when you do your job as a lawyer in the future! Are you guys going to stay still? That’s why I’m saying that if you don’t want to suffer losses, you have to stop this evil law!”
Some lawyers who are not prosecutors also sympathize with Heo Min-seong’s long speech.
However, at that time, attorney Do Hyeon-woo, who was running a law office in Ulsan, intervened and refuted the claim.
“Hello! Chief Huh! What’s wrong with this emergency presidential measure? What’s so scary that you’ve been opposing it so much since a while ago?”
President Huh glares at Attorney Do Hyeon-woo and says.
“Do Hyun-woo! You’re out! You retired without even being a judge for that long, so it doesn’t matter to you, right?”
Heo Min-seong didn’t want to argue with Do Hyeon-woo.
We had met in court a few times in the past, but he was clearly not someone I could win against.
He himself said that he was not the type of person to lose no matter where he went, but he always felt like he was losing whenever he met Do Hyun-woo.
But attorney Do Hyeon-woo didn’t seem to have any intention of letting it go easily.
“If I had been a judge for more than 5 years, I wouldn’t have come out like you and made a living like that! Using connections to call people here and there, buy them meals, and push and pull them, and make tens of billions of won, is that even possible! If you really wanted to make that much money, you should have started a business!”
Heo Min-seong’s face turns red and he becomes angry at attorney Do Hyeon-woo’s words.
“Do Hyun-woo, you. You have a pierced mouth… …!”
However, Attorney Do Hyeon-woo continued talking, seemingly knowing or not.
“I don’t like President Kim Jong-guk, but this measure is more reasonable than ever! Rather, he should be ashamed of having received billions of won by making such ridiculous excuses up until now!”
Heo Min-seong becomes more and more excited.
“Don’t blame others for not receiving what you need because you don’t have the ability!!”
Attorney Do snorts in response to Heo Min-seong’s words.
“What? You don’t have the ability? Okay. Let’s say I don’t have the ability! What ability do you have? You, using your connections to give rich people suspended sentences and fines for their crimes, is that an ability? What good does that do to the country? Are you really capable? You are not capable. You are just committing corruption in the name of preferential treatment!”
In the end, Heo Min-seong, who had been holding back, explodes.
Heo Min-seong swears at attorney Do Hyeon-woo and curses at him.
“You’re just a fuck!
“Oh, you’re crazy. Yes, I didn’t live that kind of life either. But still, don’t treat me like a human being like you! Even though I didn’t live like a saint, at least I didn’t live a life that would make my child ashamed! You, aren’t ashamed to look at your child’s face!”
When the topic of children comes up, Heo Min-seong inevitably crosses the line.
“What! Are you embarrassed to see your child? You’re a high school graduate who didn’t even graduate from college! You’re lucky enough to have a lawyer’s badge, so you look like all lawyers!”
Eventually, Chairman Yoo Jae-young, who was watching the scene, intervenes.
“Oh! Attorney Huh, what are you doing in the middle of a sacred meeting? Get out now! You’re out!”
When Chairman Yoo announces his departure, Heo Min-seong doesn’t respond and just goes out in anger.
And then the lawyers who came with him, who were former prosecutors, also leave.
Chairman Yoo sighs as he looks at the sight and says.
“Okay, let’s end it here. Our bar association will convey our opinion in favor of the government regarding the emergency measure to ban lawyers who are former judges and prosecutors, so-called preferential treatment. Do you all agree?”
“Yes, I agree.”
“I agree.”
If the preferential treatment lawyers disappear, the so-called big criminal cases will definitely fall through. It was an opportunity for them.
As planned by Kim Jeong-guk, the bar was becoming divided between people with a background in prosecutors and those without.
* * *
“도현우, 이 개새끼가!!”
As soon as Heo Min-seong gets in the car, he starts swearing.
What made me even more upset was the fact that I had been insulted in front of so many people.
“Chief! To the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office!”
“yes.”
The office manager drives quickly towards the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office with a short answer.
Because there was nothing to be gained by asking more when he was that angry.
We arrived at the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office after running for about 30 minutes without saying a word.
“We have arrived.”
Heo Min-seong gets out of the car, still grumbling.
As Heo Min-seong tries to enter the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office without saying a word, a man standing guard stops him.
“How did you come here?”
If it were the usual Heo Min-seong, he would have told his junior to come down or explained the whole story, but he didn’t feel like doing that now.
“Don’t you know me? I’m busy! Get out of the way!”
“No, please. Please give me your ID.”
But the man standing guard was resolute.
“Get out of here! I’m busy right now!”
Heo Min-seong tries to go inside, ignoring the security guard.
However, the man on guard stops Heo Min-seong from entering.
“Please get out. You shouldn’t come in like this.”
“This kid!”
-dump!
Heo Min-seong, unable to control his anger, pushes the man standing guard.
“100 million…….”
The man on guard duty collapses on the ground, groaning.
Heo Min-seong looked at the fallen guard with a voice that seemed annoyed.
“How dare you… … .”
Just then, someone comes down upon hearing the commotion.
And the identity was none other than Nam Ki-chul, the current deputy chief prosecutor of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office.
As soon as Nam Ki-cheol sees Heo Min-seong, he runs to him.
“Oh my, President. How did you come all the way here? If you had called, I would have been out.”
Although Heo Min-seong was now just a lawyer, he was a senior like heaven to Nam Ki-cheol.
Nam Ki-cheol roughly looks at the situation and immediately understands what the situation is.
He gestures to the guard holding his waist and tells him to go away.
The guard felt wronged, but eventually had no choice but to get up and leave.
Heo Min-seong says a word to Nam Ki-cheol.
“Prosecutor Nam, even if you’re a security guard, how can this be? How can you not even recognize my face?”
“I’m sorry, President. Everyone is like this these days. I hope you understand.”
“Whew, whatever. Do you have some time now? Can I talk to you for a bit?”
* * *
They headed to a nearby Korean restaurant.
Sit in the quietest room in the restaurant and don’t let anyone come near you.
Nam Ki-cheol asks Heo Min-seong while pouring him a glass of alcohol.
“Senior, what brought you here so suddenly today?”
Heo Min-seong pours down the drink that Nam Ki-cheol gave him and asks him a question while pouring him another drink.
“What’s the atmosphere like within the prosecution these days?”
Nam Ki-cheol answers while pouring down the alcohol he received from Heo Min-seong.
“What good will it do to talk about it? It’s not good. In particular, prosecutors at the Central District Prosecutors’ Office and the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office are almost at the level of anger.”
The amount of preferential treatment depends on how long you held the position while in office.
That is why prosecutors who were in important positions, such as those at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office or the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, receive even more money than those who do not when they retire and work as lawyers.
That is why the anger of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office and the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office was even greater.
The anger was especially intense among high-ranking officials within the prosecution who were close to retirement.
Heo Min-seong carefully brings up the story.
“So, does the prosecution have a solution?”
“It seems like they are still waiting to see what happens. The president is not very popular. That’s why everyone seems reluctant to take up arms.”
Although they were angry, they said that everyone was cautious because if they had come forward so openly, they might have been the only ones to suffer.
‘They all have similar stories.’
Heo Min-seong didn’t just meet Nam Ki-cheol.
He has already met almost everyone he knows from the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, and the Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office.
But in the end, everyone was reluctant to come forward.
‘But in the end, you need a swordsman.’
And Nam Ki-cheol, in his opinion, was the person best suited to wield the sword.
There are few people in the prosecution right now who can do as much as Nam Ki-chul in the special investigation team.
“Prosecutor Nam, have you ever wanted to try your hand at holding a knife?”
“Me, the swordsman… … ?”
“Yes. Let’s get rid of everything, including the Korean Party members and Chief Secretary Oh Young-ho. If you just step forward, I will definitely support you.”
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