He is Already a Tycoon at a Young Age! - Chapter 27



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“You’re just staying in your room. And in a few months, you’ll have a chance to tell your brother your dream. If you invest as I tell you, you’ll definitely win first place in the investment competition held by your grandfather. At that time, you should strongly insist to your grandfather that cultural content is the center of your future business.”

This is my eldest brother who nods his head to what I say.

“But I hope my brother’s dream doesn’t change.”

“It doesn’t change.”

“It would be quite difficult for my brother to take back from me what he gave up for his dream. Brothers might fight, and if that happens, Mom would be the saddest, so I gave my grandfather’s investment competition to my brother.”

I’m young, but my eldest brother is not an adult yet.

‘Children’s dreams change up to 12 times a day.’

I hope my eldest brother isn’t such a reckless brat.

“Thank you for cheering me on.”

“But, my eldest brother.”

“why?”

“Can you really give up everything you have?”

“The 4th generation leader of the Samjung Group?”

“Yes. If my father becomes the third leader, then my older brother, as the eldest son, has the highest chance of becoming the fourth leader.”

In South Korea, there are still many chaebol families that place importance on inheritance by the eldest son.

“Jisung, I’ll do as you say. Chairman of the Cultural Content Group, I think that would be a compromise.”

This guy’s expression is 180 degrees different from when he came.

“Okay, first brother, can I show these composition notes to the head of the record label?”

Music, composition?

Was there no composer in my 1,000th reincarnation?

‘I just took a quick look, but the melody was nice.’

I think it depends on how you arrange it.

“You’re saying you’re going to show it to the head of the record label?”

The eldest brother showed his expectant eyes for the first time.

“Of course I won’t reveal my name, I’m just going to call him Samjeong-dong Tiger, the composer’s name.”

“Are you kidding me? Hahaha!”

The eldest brother laughed first.

‘and.’

There is no lie in that smile.

“I’m serious. This is the first time I’ve seen my eldest brother smile.”

I also laughed looking at my brother.

“Thank you, Ji-seong.”

“I think my eldest brother looks cool for the first time today. A person who runs towards his dreams is cool.”

“Why do I feel so good when I hear compliments from you? Anyway, show it to me and return it well.”

“huh.”

After hearing my answer, my brother got up from his chair.

“But Ji-seong.”

“why?”

“How do you live in such a small room? Doesn’t it feel suffocating?”

My room is small?

‘It’s over 10 pyeong in terms of floor area.’

My aunt’s luxury apartment is 200 pyeong.

‘So this is the 4th generation of the chaebol.’

It would be unthinkable for some ordinary citizens in South Korea to live in a 33-square-foot villa.

“My eldest brother must succeed.”

“what?”

“Apart from the conglomerates and the rich, ordinary people live with their entire family in an apartment that is two or three times larger than my room.”

“I saw it on the news.”

“Eldest brother, you’ve never even tried ramen, right?”

At my words, my eldest brother’s eyes sparkled again.

“You’ve never even tried ramen, so you’ve probably only seen kimbap and tteokbokki on TV.”

“Does your great-uncle have that at his house?”

“Want to try it?”

“Can you eat it?”

“huh.”

I got up from my seat and went out to the living room. And there, my great-uncle was looking at us.

“I’m the Jjapaguri chef today~”

I took my eldest brother to the kitchen.

I just took out the Jjapaghetti* and Neoggu* ramen from the kitchen drawer.

“Would you like some, great-uncle?”

“Why ramen all of a sudden?”

“My older brother is a fourth-generation chaebol who has never eaten ramen in his life, hahaha!”

Anyway, I think I became quite close with my eldest brother today.

‘When the heirs of conglomerates become adults, they inevitably face the issue of inheritance.’

There is a high possibility that they will become enemies.

However, there are quite a few heirs to the conglomerate who maintain their friendship to the end.

‘I shouldn’t live like my grandfather.’

My grandfather, the second-generation leader of the Samjung Group, is at odds with his eldest brother. And a few years ago, they even had to go through a legal battle over inheritance.

‘That’s when something incredible came out.’

Carrying on a family tradition and carrying on a family business are different things.

This was the argument that all the lawyers my grandfather hired made.

* * *

Kitchen.

My eldest brother is inhaling the Jjapaguri I made for him like a crab is closing its eyes.

[Do you eat Jjapaghetti and Neoguri mixed together?]

This is what my great-uncle told me when I first made and ate Jjapaguri myself.

[They even put Korean beef in it.]

[If you mix it like this and eat it, it’s the end.]

[Hahaha, it seems like it’s really great that you separated from your parents.]

[Yes, you can never eat ramen like this in Grandfather’s palace. Hahaha!]

Since I couldn’t eat it, my eldest brother couldn’t taste it either.

So now I’m eating without even breathing.

“Jisung-ah.”

My eldest brother finished the Jjapaguri I had made for him and then called me over.

“why?”

“Can I come here often?”

He often comes to my house to eat ramen.

‘yes.’

The executive secretary, no, the executive supervisor, cannot enter this place without permission because it is my great-uncle’s house.

“huh.”

“Next time, prepare tteokbokki and kimbap. Got it?”

This is the first order and request my eldest brother gave me.

“Okay~”

Today the brothers became close because they were honest with each other.

* * *

That evening, in the kitchen of a luxury apartment.

Another dinner that was almost like a feast was prepared. As planned, Uncle Park Hyuk, the second younger brother of my great-uncle, came.

My aunt came straight to the apartment because she had a planned schedule, but the expression on her secretary’s face wasn’t very good.

“Director, if you unilaterally cancel your appointment with the Vice Minister of Culture and Tourism like this, you could run into trouble.”

“Secretary Jang is talking about that story again.”

“I’m sorry, but.”

“I heard that a younger brother who is more important than the Vice Minister of Culture and Tourism has decided to come.”

I also realized for the first time that my great aunt was this stubborn. What is certain is that my great aunt decided to take care of her new in-laws more than her outside activities.

“···Yes, the director suddenly said he was feeling unwell. But he must have felt uncomfortable.”

“Okay, let’s donate one of the national treasure-level landscape paintings in the museum’s collection to the National Museum of Art, and let’s release a press release that the decision was significantly influenced by the persuasion of the Vice Minister of Culture and Tourism during the process.”

“You said it was a national treasure?”

What if it’s a national treasure-level landscape painting?

‘How much is that landscape painting worth?’

It’s surprising and absurd.

There is a saying that the value of cultural assets is proportional to national power.

Among national powers, depending on national competitiveness, the monetary value becomes beyond imagination.

‘For example.’

Among the national treasures of Korea, there are no works of ancient art worth more than 100 billion won. As far as I remember, there were none until 2020. In contrast, national treasures of ceramics and paintings made during the Ming and Qing Dynasties in China were sold for 1 trillion won at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong in 2020.

In short, it means that cultural assets are money. Especially, rare cultural assets that can satisfy the vanity of vain Chinese rich people are expensive.

‘I could invest in that too.’

China’s economy has not yet completely inflated. To be exact, the bubble in China’s economy is inflating. So, since there will be many rich people in China in the future, it seems like a good idea to collect cultural relics from the Qing and Ming Dynasties.

‘however.’

How much is left?

China destroyed its own cultural heritage with its own hands through the atrocity known as the Cultural Revolution.

“Then I will feel better.”

“Yes, I understand for now.”

“And Secretary Jang.”

“Yes, sir.”

“Now that I’ve crossed the threshold of the house, don’t talk about what’s going on outside.”

This is a rule set by my great aunt.

Of course, this doesn’t apply to me.

“sorry.”

Anyway, my aunt came home early because her younger brother, my second uncle Park Hyuk, had arrived.

The table was filled with dishes fit for a Qing emperor, and Uncle Park Hyuk’s mouth was wide open when he saw them.

‘I call my great-uncle ‘uncle.’

People from the Samjeong Group should be distinguished as uncles.

“Sister-in-law, why did you take the trouble to prepare so many dishes?”

Did your aunt prepare it?

This is food prepared by the chefs at Gaya Hotel.

“Eat plenty.”

“Yes, sister-in-law.”

Park Hyuk, the second uncle, just looks moved.

“Jisung, try this too.”

This is my second uncle, Park Hyuk, who puts a piece of beef he cooked with his chopsticks on my rice.

“yes.”

If this is love, then it is love.

Of course, I will pay more attention because I am the grandson of the Samjung Group conglomerate.

“Sister-in-law, this is the first time I’ve had beef this tender. And the stir-fried beef as a side dish, hahaha!”

Common people still often eat Korean beef by boiling it in soup.

“Oh, that stir-fried beef? It’s a Chinese stir-fry. I asked the Chinese chef to make it for me because I remember enjoying it when I was in Shanghai before.”

“Oh, I see. Beef tends to get tough when stir-fried, but this is really tender.”

“Second Uncle, that’s because it’s veal.”

“okay?”

“Yes, the veal is really tender.”

Of course, less mature veal does not have the deep flavor of Korean beef. However, it is difficult to feel the flavor of Korean beef because of the strong spices used in Chinese cuisine.

‘My eldest brother is like that too.’

If people want to become close, they start by enjoying food together.

“Miss Misun.”

After dinner, my great-uncle called my great-aunt.

“Go ahead, honey.”

They are respectful to each other.

“Actually, Hyuk came to the house because Ji-sung asked him to.”

“I know, too. And I know when to join and when to leave. Hahaha!”

This kind of atmosphere is just like a great aunt.

‘How much did you have to be careful with your previous in-laws to do this?’

It seems like she was persecuted for not being able to have children.

‘GL You guys will never end with one hit.’

I plan to control it until the end.

“Jisung, do you need me?”

“no.”

“Then I will go for an evening walk with Miss Misun.”

Although my great aunt was the eldest daughter of a conglomerate family, I met my great uncle and began to live the ordinary life that ordinary people enjoy.

“Okay, then.”

“Honey, let’s go near the Han River and have some beer and Mexican chicken. Hohoho!”

“Hahaha, is that so?”

Even I think those two look really happy.

‘How happy would you be if you two had a biological child?’

Don’t think about the pros and cons.

I just want the two of you to be happy.

* * *

The study of intelligence.

Since the top-class apartment is 200 pyeong, each person has a separate study.

The rule is not to enter the private study without the owner’s permission.

“Second Uncle, how’s the junk shop business going?”

Now it’s time to talk about business in earnest.

“Although junk dealers do better when times are bad, they are still booming when the economy is developing and doing well.”

“When the household economy improves, people get rid of old appliances and items and buy new ones, so the amount of junk increases, right?”

“That’s true, it’s hard work and it may seem a bit odd to others, but if a junk shop is good, then it’s good.”

“I think so. Would you like to expand such a lucrative business with me on a large scale and conduct it internationally?”

“Internationally?”

“Yes, just as junk dealers do better during recessions, there are many countries that fail, and there are also many countries that suddenly emerge as emerging economic powerhouses.”

The country that perished was the Soviet Union.

The emerging economic power is China.

“I understand the general idea, but I don’t know what you mean specifically. What kind of ability do I have to run a junk dealer internationally? And is the junk dealer business something that can be run internationally?”

“It depends on how you think about it.”

“For example?”

Perhaps my second uncle Park Hyuk met my great-uncle before meeting me and heard that I was a truly great genius. So I think he was advised not to see me as a child.

‘What if a 12-year-old shows this much genius?’

Ordinary people can actually be scary.

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