A Chairman Who Has No Regrets - Chapter 127



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Episode 127 – Faith, Hope, Love and Despair – (21)

Was the soccer question out of the blue?

Director Baek tilts his head and looks at me.

“Well… I don’t know much about overseas soccer, and I don’t know much about our country’s soccer either.”

It was quite understandable, as it was a time when it was strange to find someone who really knew about overseas soccer.

“Are you two going out together this time too?”

Director Baek nods.

“That’s good. After all, Hye-ri has become a big issue.”

“Can we be friends instead of just sister?”

“Oh, that student Taesu?”

As he nods his head, Director Baek licks his lips in regret. Perhaps, it seems that having a younger sister appear on a show has a greater impact. Not to mention the viewer ratings.

“Is it hard for Hye-ri?”

“My little sister is a college student.”

Wasn’t the theme of the scholarship quiz a high school student quiz competition? I don’t know about prospective college students, but it doesn’t fit the purpose for current college students.

“That’s right… So this time, we tried to expand the scope to include adults, not just high school students…”

“Good idea.”

Since our team was overwhelmingly victorious in the scholarship quiz that Taesu and I participated in, as well as in the scholarship quiz that my older sister and I participated in, the idea of ​​competing against people who are a little older and more professional would probably be more stimulating.

“Right? So even if Hye-ri appears…”

He cut him off.

“So it would be more exciting to go with Taesu, two high school students defeating experts! Sounds good, right?”

Director Baek was lost in thought for a moment.

He soon smiles and nods.

“Then, would you accept the condition of appearing together with student Taesu?”

“Yes, I wish overseas training were a product.”

“We will actively pursue it.”

He took the hand he extended and shook it, asking.

“Is that the end of your business?”

Director Baek smiles and shakes his head.

“Aren’t we getting along pretty well now, student Jeon?”

“yes?”

“No, is it really the kind of relationship where you have to have something to do to see each other? We help each other out, and sometimes we just see each other’s faces and talk…”

“Oh, conversation.”

“Well, that’s what I’m saying. I was thinking about having dinner together, but the line at Kang’s restaurant was long. I guess dinner will be difficult.”

“Oh, there’s a long line?”

“Mother, I hope you become rich.”

Pick smiled and nodded.

My mother probably works hard, sweating profusely and with the corners of her mouth splitting open all the way to her ears.

“How about Gangnam for dinner?”

“yes?”

“I have some business in Gangnam.”

“is it so?”

Director Baek glances back and makes eye contact with the assistant director. When the assistant director nods, he responds.

“Isn’t that good?”

“Kang Noya will go with you too.”

“Yeah.”

Without saying much, I walked over and opened the door to Kang Noya’s real estate.

Kang Noya, who was putting on his coat as if he was just about to leave work, frowns when he sees me.

“I was just about to leave work.”

“Let’s have dinner together in Gangnam.”

“Why does it sound like you’re telling me to go to work?”

“Well, it depends on how you think about it.”

“Tsk, I guess I’m done with work.”

So, Kang No-ya and I rode in Director Baek’s car and moved to Gangnam.

Squeak.

The car stops and Kang Noya glances out the window, shaking his head.

“I had a feeling it might be, and it was as expected.”

Outside the car window, the apartment complex where Park Jeong-yong lived was visible.

“Is this the apartment? The one that’s up for sale like you said?”

“Yes. To be exact, over there, room 1201, building 101.”

“Let’s wait and see… Where have I seen this building before?”

Kang Noya tilts his head, turns the window handle around, and rolls down the car window.

“Yeah! It’s right here!”

Director Baek nods his head and laughs at Kang Noya’s words.

“Yes, that’s right. The youngest son’s house.”

“Eww- tsk tsk.”

Crunch.

I opened the car door and got out, and Director Baek, Kang No-ya, and the assistant director followed me out.

A view of the quiet 101-dong apartment.

It wasn’t a look I liked.

“It looks like you’ve been through less trouble.”

Kang Noya chuckles at my monologue.

“What kind of injustice is this? Would that greedy guy put this place up for sale in a hurry? There’s no way.”

I also smiled and nodded like that, because I somewhat agreed with what he said.

“Starting tomorrow, you’ll have to come here with me. I’ll have to stamp my attendance card for a few days.”

“Are you really so sure that this house is for sale?”

“sure.”

Kang Noya laughs in vain.

“Even if it comes out, it’ll be hard to buy, right?”

I shook my head.

Anyway, I’m going to make it so that no one else but me can live in this house.

“So, I have to go diligently starting tomorrow, right?”

“You and me? Together?”

I glanced at Director Baek.

He opens his eyes wide and makes a puzzled expression as if asking why I am looking at him.

“Are you busy?”

“Ahaha…”

“We’re not the type of people who only see each other when we have something to do.”

Director Baek looks at me with a blank expression, perhaps because of something we talked about an hour ago.

“If you have time, would you like to go together?”

Director Baek immediately shook his head and made a gesture of surrender and said.

“Should I bring a camera?”

“Wouldn’t it be nice to take it? I guess we won’t be able to show it as a documentary though.”

“Ah- just for spare parts.”

“Yes, and don’t forget to bring your car keys.”

“Why does it seem like the purpose is the latter?”

“Hey, it’s my imagination. It’s my imagination.”

Director Baek looked at me with a suspicious look. I clapped my hands in an exaggerated manner and said.

“Oh my- I’m hungry- What’s delicious here-”

The assistant director quickly responds to my words.

“There’s a house over there that kills stray dogs.”

“Oh, is that so?”

“It’s cheap and tastes good.”

“Then let’s go there!”

The assistant director gently rubs the back of Director Baek, who has a very uncomfortable expression on his face.

Director Baek Motnae also takes a step forward.

It looks like we’ve become pretty close.

Because you’re getting to know me more and more.

I feel like there are more and more people around me who are becoming more perceptive.

In the past, there were very few people who could predict, anticipate, or judge me, but these days, I feel like there are more people who understand me.

**

The next day.

As I left the school gate, I saw Kang Noya smoking a small pipe in front of Director Baek’s car.

“I’ve never waited for my grandson to go nuclear… tsk.”

If there is one thing that is unique about Kang Noya, it is that he always adds a word. It seems that he feels that I am still in high school, and unlike his mouth that keeps nagging, his eyes move here and there.

Maybe your head and eyes are fighting.

Because what you think and what you see are different.

“Have you been waiting long?”

“It hasn’t been that long.”

As he says this, he turns the pipe over and shakes out the ash inside. It’s not like he lied when he said it wasn’t long, because only the top part is slightly burned and you can see the unburned tobacco inside.

It’s a pretty sophisticated hobby.

Pipe tobacco, not cigarette tobacco.

Or maybe he just wants to imitate the appearance of a grumpy old man by smoking a pipe. Back in the old days, grumpy old men always had a pipe with them.

Crunch.

I opened the car door and got into the back seat.

“Have you been waiting long?”

Director Baek smiles and shakes his head.

I nodded and leaned back against the backseat. Someone might say that I was sitting in the chairman’s seat, but in reality, unless it’s a luxury car, this seat isn’t very comfortable. Director Baek’s car isn’t a luxury car either, but a standard model, so it’s even more so. The passenger seat is much more comfortable.

“Let’s go.”

At Kang Noya’s words, the vehicle started to move, and I took out my clothes from my bag and started to change. Director Baek tilted his head at the sight, but he didn’t ask. He seemed to think that I would tell him on my own.

“How about the broadcasting station phone?”

“What do you mean?”

“You didn’t get any calls after the documentary? You said it wasn’t a big deal when Part 1 came out?”

“Ah- If that’s what you mean, then this time there was chaos. I think most people went to the police station to ask what happened to Park Jeong-yong.”

“Public opinion is not good, is it?”

“Of course, right? I made it like that?”

After changing all my clothes, I took out a long-brimmed baseball cap from my bag. These days, I don’t wear hats often because I often get told that I’m rude, but I can’t help it. Of course, I’m not saying that out loud, but it depends on the situation. Anyway.

“Yeah, I guess I need to cover it up a bit. People will recognize me a lot, right?”

A question from Director Baek to me as I was wearing a hat.

When I nod my head, he chuckles.

“It is no exaggeration to say that the entire nation knows the faces of all the students in Jeon Gang, so it is a good idea to cover them up.”

“Yes, I have to go even more today because I have a lot of work to do. I’ll probably have to go like this for a few days.”

Kang Noya blurts out in response to my words.

“Why are you hiding it so tightly, hiding it like you’re doing something great?”

“It’s a bit weird to show your face when you’re spreading rumors, because there was something in the documentary.”

“If that’s the case, I can handle it on my own!”

I know.

Kang Noya can spread bad rumors on his own. In fact, it is possible, and it may be more efficient that way. He doesn’t have to wait until school is over, and he can just wander around in the morning and afternoon.

“But we still have to go together.”

“Why are you doing something like that? Something you can’t even show off to others?”

Maybe Kang Noya didn’t like that part. Maybe that’s why he was so upset today.

An appearance that is not honorable to others.

That must have really bothered him.

“So.”

“what?”

That’s me too.

It would be a lie if I said I had known Kang Noya for a long time.

However, after seeing him for a while, I could roughly guess what kind of person Kang Noya was. He was a man of integrity, and he was a man who did what was right and lived his life as if he were his own. He was someone who did not commit any wrongdoing and did not know how to commit fraud in real estate. Perhaps it was his pride in the real estate business that he had worked on all his life. Perhaps he did not want to do any wrongdoings that would mean his whole life would be wronged.

“I thought you thought it was something shameful, so I came with you.”

At my words, Kang Noya coughs in vain.

“Noya, are you confused too?”

Kang Noya, who had been staring at me through the rearview mirror, now turns his head and stares at me.

He won’t be able to judge either.

Is what we are about to do right now an honorable thing or not? The reason is because of the person named Park Jeong-yong. It is not because the wealth that person has and the wealth that he has accumulated is desirable and tempting. Does Park Jeong-yong really have the right to have that wealth that has eaten away at someone’s tears, someone’s loneliness, and someone’s consideration? That is the part that is confusing.

“Noya.”

“why.”

“I think so.”

My close friend’s illegitimate grandmother.

“My illegitimate grandmother was taken away.”

“what?”

“You took advantage of our blood relationship and lost the hardships of your youth and the life of your husband.”

Director Baek slowly stops the vehicle, seemingly to encourage a comfortable conversation.

“I see···”

Kang Noya mutters and falls into thought.

“Yeah, the guy who didn’t even come to the funeral.”

Did the moment of the funeral come to mind?

Among the few people who stayed up for three nights, Kang Noya was definitely one of them. I remember that clearly.

If it were my whole life.

I would have hired employees instead of myself to do something like this. I would have used people to do it. This is how public opinion is manipulated and how to move public opinion. I don’t necessarily have to go out and manipulate public opinion myself. If it gets revealed, there will be backlash, so the risk is high.

So, in cash, so as not to leave any evidence.

But now things were different.

He was the person who stayed up all night for three days and listened to my friend’s request without fail. Maybe he was a close friend to Noya too. The word peer is a magical word that makes it easy to get along with others.

“No problem! I’ll take care of everything starting tomorrow. Just show me how to do it today and then leave.”

Looks like a decision has been made.

I smiled and nodded.

He seems to have decided that it was the right thing to do.

“Let me show you in practice.”

“I see.”

After Kang Noya and I reached our conclusion, Director Baek smiled slightly and said.

“We’ve just arrived. Shall we get off?”

It seems that he did not stop for a conversation, but rather reached his destination. As soon as he got out of the car, Kang Noya habitually filled his small bear bowl with tobacco leaves. Then he glanced at me.

Looks like he has something to say.

“Would you like to go to Sophie?”

Kang Noya, who was about to burst out in anger at my ridiculous words, soon burst into laughter and opened his mouth.

“There are two kinds of people in this world.”

“is it so?”

“The person who is served by others and the person who serves others.”

Kang Noya staring at me.

“I thought you were definitely the latter… but that doesn’t mean you’re the former. I’m not that kind of person. I’m not that small of a vessel.”

I understood what Kang Noya said.

There was an underlying question of why a guy who only knows how to order people around would be considerate of the person he was ordering around. It was a very bad question that was asked in a nice way and twisted into something. He could have just asked if that was the only reason he wanted to move together normally.

“My mother hates it.”

“huh?”

My answer seems questionable.

“My mother always told me to be polite.”

Kang Noya looks at me as if he finds it ridiculous.

“Let’s change it to three types instead of two. The third filial son aspirant.”

“Huh! That’s a stupid question!”

Kang Noya laughs heartily, satisfied.