A Chairman Who Has No Regrets - Chapter 24



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The Chairman Who Has No Regrets Episode 24 – A Profitable Business.

My older sister smiling brightly.

My older sister had that kind of face too. It was a face that always made me feel sad and burdened. Maybe it’s because I’ve changed, but I often want to see that kind of face.

“But Hye-rin, have you eaten?”

The older sister glances at her younger sister and looks at her mother’s question.

Just by looking at it, I could tell that my older sister hadn’t eaten yet. She was probably busy making clothes for my younger sister. She definitely wanted to do something for my younger sister today.

“no.”

“Oh my – it’s already past 8 and you haven’t had dinner yet?”

The older sister smiles awkwardly.

“Oh, I’m hungry too.”

My younger sister quickly responds to my words.

“me too!”

Then my mother chuckles.

“Huh? Why are they like this today-”

My little sister sat back down at the table, not really complaining, and I sat across from her.

“Auntie, can I have some soybean paste stew here?”

My mother laughs at my joke and says,

“Hey, you guys- I wonder if anyone would say you’re siblings. You’re getting beaten so well. I’ll be out soon-”

My older sister sits down next to me with a bashful smile on her face.

The mother, who had been nagging, hummed and lit the kitchen stove. There was no sign of annoyance on her face. She would probably get tired of doing kitchen work all day, but it seemed like that didn’t apply to her children.

Soon, steaming scrambled eggs arrived along with a simmering soybean paste stew.

“Okay, my babies, eat quickly.”

My mother put down the tray, hummed, took the half-empty bottle of soju, and sat down.

Only when my mother lifted her chopsticks did my older sister’s late dinner begin.

I also enjoyed the stir-fried rice cakes with David earlier, and now that I see my mother’s soybean paste stew, my appetite is starting to whet again.

“Mrs. Jeong! Let’s have a drink!”

The younger sister fills her mother’s glass while exaggerating her good mood.

The mother smiled and took the drink from the younger sister, and the younger sister lifted her glass of water and winked at the mother.

“It’s no fun if you drink alone.”

My mother said with the corners of her lips raised in a sly smile.

“If you want to do a portrait, go ahead and do it.”

“I’m not fooled.”

The older sister laughs brightly as if she is happy about the younger sister’s joke. The atmosphere is very different from this morning. At the breakfast table, they ate without saying a word, but at the dinner table, they are full of laughter.

I alone have changed. I alone am receiving a scholarship and going to a private academy. The atmosphere is getting better like this. I have to continue to make this kind of smile in my house. It’s something that just needs to change.

I haven’t heard about my older sister’s dream, but I wonder if my younger sister will tell me. Now I’m curious about my younger sister’s dream.

My younger sister, who I was happy to see go to college, has decided on a date?

“Okay.”

My little sister, who was chewing on her scrambled eggs, glared at me.

“Do you want to die?”

I ignored the completely non-threatening remark and got back to the main point.

I still have a lot of questions about my sisters and my mother. I want to know more about my family in detail.

“Where are you going to college?”

In response to my question, both my mother and my older sister focus their attention on my younger sister.

“Well, I’m not sure because my scholastic ability test results haven’t come out yet.”

“Do you have a set goal?”

My younger sister glanced at my mother and older sister and pursed her lips. From that look, I could tell that my younger sister had a college and department in mind that she wanted to go to.

“Well, I’ll think about it after I look at the report card.”

The words that came out after a long time of moving my lips were different from what I had expected. Both my older sister and younger sister clearly had something they wanted, but it seemed like they couldn’t talk about it openly yet.

Whatever you want to do, whatever you don’t want to do, I can make it happen for my sisters and mother.

I guess I’m still not mature enough.

“Mom? Isn’t there anything you want to do?”

This time, my older sister and younger sister focus on their mother in response to my question. It seems like the older sisters are also very curious.

“mom?”

“Yeah, since you work at the store all day, you must have something you want to do.”

Mother’s eyes sparkle.

A face I’ve never seen before, my mother had a face like that too, she looks like a girl with many dreams. It’s obvious that she has something she wants to do.

“Mom is grandma.”

At her mother’s answer, the younger sister frowns as if asking what that means.

“What is that?”

“I want to go to a senior center and play Go-Stop or something like that while watching my grandchildren show off their skills.”

My sisters’ eyes suddenly turned to me. I quickly turned my gaze and looked at my eldest sister. I’ve experienced a lot in my life, but I’ve never experienced marriage or having a second child.

“I’m only 17, so the most likely candidate would be my older sister.”

I had no choice but to change the subject, just like my older sisters.

My older sister was very embarrassed by what I said, her face turned bright red, and she spoke urgently. I’ve never seen that face before either. You must be very embarrassed, older sister.

“Oh, what.”

My mother stares at my older sister as if she finds it amusing.

“So, isn’t there a man that our Hye-rin is seeing?”

“Oh, no – nothing like that.”

When the older sister started to stutter, the younger sister quickly intervened.

“What? Why are you stuttering? Is that suspicious?”

It was nothing special, but my older sister didn’t know what to do with her face turned red like a beet. My mother, my younger sister, and even I burst out laughing at that sight.

My older sister is still innocent.

The older sister quickly turns her gaze to the younger sister.

“What about you, Hye-ri? Didn’t you say you received a letter last time?”

The little sister opens her eyes wide and says.

“Ah! Sister! I told you, that’s a secret!”

“Oh my gosh- Hye-ri has a boyfriend?”

“No! He’s no good!”

Now, my little sister’s face is blushing. Our sisters were so naive. Those idiots who didn’t know anything about love or romance and only knew about their younger siblings.

Well, I don’t know anything about love or romance.

Is the thing I know best about money?

“What about Mom? Is that old man from the district office still chasing you around these days?”

The spark was passed on to the mother.

This is my first time hearing this, so I’m very excited.

“Oh my – I’m so old and foolish.”

She waves her hand as if to say that she is not her mother. It seems that her sisters are definitely her mother’s daughters. Her mother’s face turns red as she waves her hand.

“Why? Last time, you said that old man was a really nice guy.”

“Oh my gosh – I feel hot after drinking. Did you finish eating? I need to clean up quickly. I have to work tomorrow so I’m late – I’m late.”

My mother starts to clear the table hurriedly and my sisters snicker.

“What’s there, what’s there.”

After hearing the younger sister’s words, the mother finally raised her hand.

Swish!

“Ahh!”

The little sister, who was hit in the back with a smash, frowns and looks at her mother.

“Just say verse 1, verse 1.”

“Eeesh!”

“Do you really want to do a portrait?”

The little sister quickly starts clearing the table.

Sigh, sigh.

Laughter leaks out without stopping. It’s a shame that I can’t hear my sisters and mother’s inner thoughts, but it won’t matter since there will be a lot of time in the future. If only we could be as harmonious as we are today, that’s all I wish for.

Closing the store and heading home.

“What does our son want to do?”

My sisters’ eyes sparkled as they were curious about my mother’s sudden question. I raised the corners of my lips and said, “Unlike my sisters and mother, I have something I want to say blindly and clearly.”

“Filial son.”

My mother, older sister, and younger sister hesitate at my words.

“Heh heh heh, hahaha.”

The little sister laughs, holding her stomach.

My mother and older sister also chuckle.

“Oh my, our son has already achieved his dream? To his mother, our son is the most filial son-”

I don’t think so.

He swallowed the words inside his head, saying that being a filial son was the hardest thing in his life, and that he really wanted to try it this time.

“Hey, aspiring filial son.”

My little sister calls me teasingly.

“why.”

“Mom, carry me. You’re drunk again.”

“okay-”

Chuck knelt down on one knee in front of his mother.

“Oh my, I couldn’t pick you up yesterday either.”

I couldn’t help but smack my lips. My lower body was still too thin to carry my mother on my back.

Exercise, I definitely want to do that.

Still, I think I achieved the goal I set this morning because my whole family is smiling.

“Shut up.”

My legs are shaking as I stand up carrying my mother. If my mother, who has suffered all her life, is heavy, how heavy must this damned body be?

“Oh, okay- okay.”

My mother moves her body and protests to be put down.

“Tsk tsk tsk.”

The little sister clicks her tongue.

“Adventure.”

I coughed and had to let my mother down, although it was regrettable.

The path of filial piety seems long and arduous.

**

Same time.

The residence of the Gyeongseon Group.

Choi Tae-woong was sitting on a D-shaped sofa, waiting for his father, Choi Hyun-jong, the current chairman of Kyungsun Group, to finish talking on the phone.

“Turn back the Gyeongseon timber! Don’t disband it right away, turn it to the other side! The overseas fiber is already finished!”

Choi Tae-woong didn’t know who he was talking to, but he knew one thing for sure: his father, Choi Hyeon-jong, was not in a good mood. Anyone who heard him on the phone would know that it wasn’t a good situation.

“no way!”

When Chairman Choi Hyeon-jong roughly put the receiver down, Choi Tae-woong asked cautiously.

“Father, is your business not going well?”

“Whew- damn bald bastard.”

Choi Tae-woong, startled by Choi Hyeon-jong’s words, looks around.

“Oh my!”

Choi Hyun-jong scolding Choi Tae-woong.

“Should we be mindful of our own home too?”

“Oh, I’m sorry.”

“Tsk···”

“It looks like Gyeongseon Wood is on the verge of disbandment.”

Choi Hyun-jong nodded obediently. It was already a long time since he had lost count of how many affiliates he had already lost. Now, it was hard to even count them on his fingers.

“Whew- Isn’t this because of that damned school uniform autonomy? The textile industry is now finished. It’s finished.”

“You even dismantled the primary uniform?”

“Yeah, what can we do since Jeil Moolsan is taking over everything? It’s a shame that we’re so focused on school uniforms.”

“Semiconductors are also hopeless?”

“I gave up a long time ago. A long time ago.”

Choi Hyun-jong shakes his head.

He thought that these days, it is really difficult for businesspeople to live in this world.

“How greedy I am, I’m so dirty, really.”

“How about moving your base to another place right now?”

Choi Hyeon-jong shakes his head.

“Arthur, do you know what the situation is at the International Group right now?”

Choi Tae-woong tilts his head.

Why are you asking about the international group that has risen to 7th place in the business world?

“Why the international group?”

“It seems like Chairman Yang’s wife, that is, his sister-in-law, has fallen out of favor with the VIPs.”

“yes?”

“They are doing it today and tomorrow. That international group is doing it today and tomorrow.”

“What did you do, madam, that put the international group in danger?”

“Is that why? Don’t you know Chairman Yang’s personality? Dae-hyun also bows his head, but Chairman Yang doesn’t, so that must be what’s dissatisfying. Moving your base at a time like this? If you’re out of favor, you’ll be tired, tired. Just, you have to be careful, careful.”

Looking at Choi Hyun-jong shaking his head, Choi Tae-woong also shook his head.

“The blue roof is really awesome.”

“Whew- It’s the Asian Games and the Olympics, and we’re the only ones dying. It seems like we’re only doing business at a loss while eating our own flesh. Tsk.”

“I feel like I’ve had this conversation somewhere… Olympics… Asian Games…”

Choi Tae-woong muttered softly as if he was thinking about something. Choi Hyun-jong asked his son if he had any good ideas.

“Why? Is there any way to make a profit?”

“Huh? No, what···”

“It’s so boring. You should make some connections or something… By the way, are you preparing to study abroad going well? I told you to hurry up and get out and stop hanging out with college students. And don’t do anything that would interest you in Namsan.”

“Ah- yes, that’s right.”

“Hey, what are you talking about?”

Choi Tae-woong whetted his appetite.

Choi Hyun-jong also knew very well that Choi Tae-woong did not want to leave Korea right now. If it had been like that, he should have been assigned to a position right after graduating from college and worked on the group’s affairs.

“Don’t be impatient. Your younger siblings are still young.”

Choi Tae-woong chuckled.

“No, it’s not because of that. It’s because of my position within the group. Because Korea is in a period of rapid economic growth.”

Choi Hyeon-jong looks at his son as if he is surprised.

“Is Korea in a period of high growth?”

“Yes, it’s a good time to build up your achievements, but it’s a shame that you have to study instead of work during this time. If you parachute in after this time, your employees won’t like it.”

“Hoo- Did you think about that? Are you confident that you can handle group work?”

Choi Tae-woong looks at his father with a confident expression on his face.

“I am Taewoong, your son.”

Choi Hyun-jong, who smiled brightly.

He didn’t completely dislike his son’s confidence. Most men should have that kind of spirit. Choi Hyun-jong thought so. But soon he shook his head.

“You’re still young, and you have plenty of time. The more urgent it is, the more you have to go back.”

My son, who hadn’t even graduated from college yet, was not suited to this day and age where even one wrong word could lead to the group’s disbandment.

“Just focus on studying abroad. When you come back, I’ll give you a job you like.”

“after-”

Choi Tae-woong sighed, but Choi Hyeon-jong stood up from his seat as if he had finished what he wanted to say without saying anything.

“Is there no way···”

Choi Tae-woong looked at Choi Hyeon-jong’s back for a long time, wondering if there was a way to persuade his father.

“Hmm···”

Why is that in Choi Tae-woong’s mind?

The young teaching assistant I saw around dinner time is lingering in my mind.