A Chairman Who Has No Regrets - Chapter 123



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The Chairman Who Has No Regrets Episode 123 – Faith, Hope, Love and Despair (17)

After school, I headed to Kang Noya’s real estate. For a while, it was a place I had to go to almost every day as if I was going to work. I had to buy up the Sanggye-dong area, if possible, the Gu area, little by little. I was working on what I could do first. I was also looking into cheap fields and buildings.

“There he comes.”

When I opened the door and went in, Director Baek was already there.

“came?”

“Yes, sir.”

As I sat comfortably on the sofa, Kang Noya pushed a coffee cup towards me.

“thank you.”

“Why an apartment all of a sudden? And in Gangnam at that.”

It seems like he was talking about that with Director Baek.

“I think there will be a quick sale soon?”

“Urgent sale? At this time?”

Kang Noya tilts his head.

It is safe to say that there is almost no chance of an apartment in Gangnam being put up for sale. During the period of rapid growth in Korea, money was overflowing, so even if you just put money in the bank, the interest rate would be a percentage that far exceeded the upper limit of the securities company.

The upper limit for water is daily, and interest is annual.

In any case, it was a world where you were guaranteed a return of more than 10% per year just by signing up for a deposit product. I heard that later on, deposit products with returns close to 20% were released, but I am not sure.

Considering our family circumstances in these times, when we are far from savings or deposits, it is not unreasonable to think so.

“I know someone who lives in an apartment in Gangnam.”

“however?”

“That guy is probably planning to escape soon.”

“huh?”

“I plan to make you escape.”

“What do you mean for now?”

I wonder if Director Baek knew what it meant.

He said, shaking his head.

“Is it really possible to do that?”

“What do you think?”

“ha ha ha.”

He swallowed hard and answered.

“I think it will work.”

“Right?”

“Haha, yes. If you’re a full-time student.”

He smiled and took a sip of the sweet coffee, then asked Kang Noya.

“What will the price be?”

“How much if it’s an urgent sale?”

“Amount of money that would make anyone drool if you gave it to them?”

“Hmm, if it’s about 30% cheaper, then that would be possible.”

“Then how much would it be?”

“But you still have to give at least three thousand.”

The amount is higher than I thought.

Soon, a faint laugh breaks out.

I feel like a mere three thousand is too much. Am I finally getting used to this life? It’s not even a thousand, so what amount of money do I have to be afraid of? In any case, it’s definitely a heavy investment compared to my current balance.

Since you said it was ideal, that means it will go higher. I need to figure out the exact price, but it should be around the amount that Kang No-ya mentioned.

“That won’t work.”

“Keep on going, you don’t have that much money? Well, I guess. These days, I spend hundreds of thousands of won a day… How can I have money left over?”

“No, that’s not what I meant.”

“then?”

“I guess I should get it cheaper.”

“Is that possible? What kind of crazy guy sells it cheaper?”

I said, pointing at Director Baek with my finger.

“Didn’t you hear what the director said?”

“Unless a ghost comes out of a corner of the house and a few people die, that kind of thing won’t happen, right?”

He nodded.

Sometimes there are houses like that.

A house with a good location and interior, but also very cheap.

Those kinds of houses always have stories.

That house is either in good condition or not.

In other words, doesn’t this mean that even a perfectly good house can be sold at a low price if it is subject to corruption? Since a person who has committed many corruptions lives in that house, it is also true that it has been subject to corruption.

“So, Mr. Kang Noya, please do some work.”

“What’s going on?”

I took out a notebook from my bosom, tore it up, and wrote down an address. It was an apartment address in Gangnam, with the exact building number written on it.

“I think you should buy this property at the time I tell you. Of course, when you think it will be the cheapest, Kang Noya.”

“I guess it’s definitely someone you know.”

Director Baek glanced at the address and shook his head. He probably knows who lives at this address.

“The broadcast is tomorrow, right?”

“Yes.”

“Are you done editing?”

“It’s done. I brought the camera just in case there was anything else to film.”

“This is a good thing, I was planning to go to Hodori Village.”

Kang Noya, who was typing the address, suddenly shouted.

“Oh! What are you going there for? That guy is probably still screaming at me, why are you asking me to buy something for nothing!”

“Are the original shantytown people still doing it together?”

To my question, Kang Noya clicks his tongue and nods his head.

“Please help me figure out where those people live.”

“I did it a long time ago.”

Chorak, Kang Noya quickly unfolds the drawing.

The blueprint of Hodori Village is spread out, and names written by hand are visible. Kang Noya is eccentric and has a gruff tone, but his work is still meticulous and reliable. Every house on the blueprint is neatly organized to show who lives there. It seems more accurate than a population survey conducted by the government.

“oh.”

While Director Baek looks down at the drawing in admiration, Kang Noya quickly begins marking dots with a red pen, as if he has already memorized who lives where. There are a total of 12 places where the dots are marked.

In most cases, the houses were built on the site of the grandmother’s house and its surroundings, on the grandmother’s land.

“Those people without conscience, have they ever done anything right?”

Kang Noya, you ask me.

I shrugged.

“I don’t know because I didn’t see it.”

“Don’t you see?”

“Yes, I haven’t checked the list.”

Kang Noya asked with surprised eyes.

“You? Why? You should definitely check that, and return it later…”

The last of the illegitimate grandmother.

I didn’t even think about the funeral expenses. I didn’t care whether the condolence money was large or small. I didn’t even check who paid how much. I just hoped that my grandmother would have no worries on her way home, and I didn’t want to line up guests to see her off. My heart was enough.

So I just used the cash in the envelope to pay for the funeral, and the rest to renovate the shantytown. Most of the money was used to plow the vacant land around Hodori Village.

The money was poured into the flower garden, hoping to be used beautifully. The flower garden turned out to be larger than originally planned, but architect Kim Up-joong immediately revised the drawing, saying that such a thing was completely welcome.

“Tsk, well, if that’s the case, then there’s nothing to see! Even if I stamped my seal every day, I wouldn’t have come since I wouldn’t have seen their faces.”

He nodded.

Certainly, Kang Noya came every day and stayed all night. I remember his face laughing, saying, “The old people can’t sleep, haha.” He was a person who spent most of the day in the funeral parlor. Of course, I thought he was only interested in playing cards, but I think he was paying attention to other places as well.

“The human-faced beast is also very… Tsk, anyway, why? Are you really going to kick me out this time?”

It’s a face that says please do this.

Pick said with a smile.

“Perhaps, this time it will turn out as you wish.”

Kang Noya finally smiles as if he is satisfied.

“Hehe, that’s right. Oh my – the ten-year-old congestion is going away.”

If you look at the blueprint carefully, there are many places that have a good share. These are places that will become empty now that they are gone.

“Should I at least find a tenant? There’d probably be a line for a house like this.”

I smiled and shook my head.

“No, not yet.”

“Um… why? What’s the point of teasing me? If you spend a lot of money, you need to have a place to earn more money.”

“I have an idea.”

“Hmm… well then.”

“Oh, sir.”

“Why, again.”

“Director Baek and I will leave, so could you please report this to the police in an hour?”

“Report? What?”

“If there is an illegal protest, indecent performance, trespassing, or illegal occupation, they will probably come right away.”

Kang Noya claps his hands as if he understands.

“Huh? Oh! Really?”

“yes.”

“Why one hour later?”

“I thought it would be okay around that time.”

“Okay, I get it.”

First, I got my butt off the sofa.

It’s time to go see Park Jeong-yong, the man with the face of a beggar.

Director Baek moves his hands busily at the entrance of Hodori Village, draping the camera over his shoulder. It looks like he’s about to start filming.

“Now! Even the broadcasting stations are trying to suppress us! Isn’t this suppression of the press! Everyone!”

Today is Saturday.

Since school finished early and it was a leisurely day, there seemed to be quite a few tourists. I heard that as word of mouth began to spread, many people brought film cameras, saying that it was a good place to take pictures.

I heard that people who didn’t bring a camera expressed regret.

It certainly seems that the rumor about there being a lot of tourists is not true.

“They’re here! Those shameless broadcasters! The villains who stole from us are here!”

There were some really great athletes.

I see Park Jeong-yong’s eyes, which seem to be blazing with hope. I definitely feel that it is the right time. When it turns to despair, it becomes the most painful time.

Just like kimchi tastes good only when it is properly fermented.

Timing is important in any battle using the media for public opinion, and now seems to be the perfect time. It will suit his feelings as well.

“Director, are you filming well?”

“sure.”

“Don’t panic.”

“yes?”

Director Baek tilts his head.

He explained it by shrugging his shoulders.

When he sees me, he gets even more excited and starts to run wild. The people from the Hodori Village around him, the shantytown, come down from the small platform and rush towards us.

It’s a shame that the small platform that was planned to be a small theme park of the future with things like parades is being used for this purpose.

“Hey, you rascal! Give me back my land!”

“Give me my house back, you son of a bitch!”

As I just sit there and let them do this, they become more arrogant and raise their voices. I frown at the sight of tourists forming a circle around me, swearing and cursing at me.

I’m sure there are many people who watched the broadcast.

Nothing has been properly revealed yet, so it’s hard to take sides, but if you just sit back and watch, anyone will see that I’m the relatively weaker one.

Because age is a bully.

Glance.

Looking at Director Baek, it seems like he’s trying to properly capture each person’s face, and maybe showing some cuts that he can use for the broadcast.

“everyone.”

I called them softly.

“Shut up! What are you going to do with your tongue again!”

Park Jeong-yong stops me from doing that.

I said, ignoring it neatly.

“Now stop inciting people with lies and just leave. Then you won’t be punished.”

“Who is punishing us! And the lies are yours!”

“That’s right! You lied and took away our house and land! You rascal!”

I also make a face that looks very sad.

“Everyone, if you keep doing this, we’re going to be in serious trouble! Everyone here! Aren’t you the ones who forcibly built houses and lived in them secretly on the land of the illegitimate grandmother?”

“Didn’t you seduce that old man with dementia and steal that land from him, you idiot!”

What on earth is in your eyes?

Are you going to repeat the same mistakes, blinded by the immediate benefits, even though you’ve been forgiven once?

“What, what lie did I tell!”

Director Baek glances at me.

Are you worried about me because I stutter?

“Look at that! That guy is stutter-stammering because he’s got something to stab him with! Everyone! Today is the day to get our land and homes back!”

“Let’s get it back! Let’s get it back!”

More wild people.

I started to shiver, my shoulders hunched, my head bowed as I walked among the people who were swearing at me.

Glance, glance.

I felt Director Baek’s gaze on me more often, but he didn’t turn his head. He just stared blankly at the floor.

Beep, beep.

The police showed up at the right moment with a blast of their horns.

They showed up with the police. It seemed like the illegal demonstration was included in the report. At that time, the police were the object of fear and loathing.

The people who were swearing at me are embarrassed.

“Huh?”

“Huh huh?”

Park Jeong-yong said with his arms spread wide.

“Everyone! Don’t panic! There’s nothing to worry about!”

The two police officers’ menacing hands reach out to Park Jeong-yong.

“Ugh!”

“Bring these red bastards in quickly!”

I ran towards the police with my body.

“Huh!”

Director Baek is so flustered that he lets out a gasp.

“Don’t do that! Don’t arrest them!”

I screamed so loud my throat was about to burst.

The police officers are glaring at me. Just as I’m about to raise my baton, one of the police officers in uniform shouts.

“Hey! Stop!”

Maybe he saw the camera.

“We will only arrest illegal protesters. Citizens, please step back!”

The police arrest Park Jeong-yong and his group.

I grabbed one of the arms of that foreground and shouted.

“Please don’t do this!”

His confused eyes land on me between the helmets in the foreground. The exact look is like, “What is this kid doing?”

Because I have no strength in my hand that is holding the foreground’s arm.

A view of the body suddenly bursting.

Iron Fist.

I was flopping on the floor helplessly.

Then he held on to his combat boots and shouted.

“Please forgive those people!”

“Oh! Student! Aren’t you interfering with the affairs of the state?”

The police officers yelling at me.

Two uniformed police officers come over, forcibly pull me away, and stand me up.

“Isn’t this student the same student from back then?”

Looking at their faces, I saw that they were the police officers who had been dispatched to deal with the old lady’s case.

Suddenly, he grabbed the arm of one of the police officers and shouted.

“Please forgive those people! Yes? Please forgive me!”

“Oh my, what’s going on? Seriously. We’ve been reported too, so there’s nothing we can do, student! Let’s investigate first. Let’s leave this alone.”

“Soot.”

I let out that pitiful, sobbing sound that Sister Suyeong often made.

Director Baek is taking a picture of me with his jaw dropped.

“Sob sob.”

He let go of the policeman’s arm as if his strength had been relieved.

“You guys! Do you know who I am? Huh? Do you think you can handle all this? Me! Huh! I’m the one who has connections with Rep. Choi Min-sik of the Democratic Party! Huh!”

Park Jeong-yong is taken away while swearing.

As the police disappear, the onlookers begin to shake their heads.

“Oh my… What a young student.”

“It’s really sad that people who are cursing at me are being dragged away…”

“There’s nothing left to watch on TV! Those guys are bad people, they’re treating that good student like a bad guy!”

“Those kinds of people should eat rice and beans!”

Tourists disappear, each expressing their anger.

Director Baek, who had put down his camera, approached me and asked me.

“That… Jeon Gang-ssi? Are you okay?”

I took a deep breath and looked up. Suddenly, the surroundings became quiet.

“It turned out well, right?”

“yes?”

Was it Kang Noya?

Park Jeong-yong is a man with a human face and a heart.

My passive in my entire life was being a human-faced beast.

An adjective that always follows.

“Isn’t this a good scene at the end?”

“ha ha ha.”

I’m already looking forward to tomorrow.

“Attorney Hyein Lee, please tell Director to go to the police station where Park Jeong-yong was taken. I’ll be there soon.”

“Oh, I’ll call you right away.”

“yes.”

I too should hurry and head to the police station.

Since I have some things to take care of while I’m here, I should also investigate as a witness. After all, I am the owner of this land.