The Magician’s Memorial - Chapter 507



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507. Obtaining Evidence (2)

Top Tech, a key partner of Samjin Display.

Yang Jin-tae, a founding member of the company, was in charge of LCD production management.

To produce high-quality LCDs, an excellent production management system was needed, and it was not a system that a mid-sized company could create.

That is why we created a production management system with investment from Samjin Electronics.

We received support not only in money, but also in manpower, programs, and equipment, and we have been receiving help for updates every year up to now.

The amount of money that went into creating this system was a whopping 5 trillion won.

It was a system that was created by incorporating the technological prowess of Top Tech as well as that of other partner companies.

But one USB was enough.

I was able to put all the content that was updated every year on a single USB.

Moreover, unlike Samjin Electronics, Top Tech was vulnerable to security threats, so information could have been easily stolen.

And Director Yang Jin-tae was in charge of storing information on a USB.

The owner of Myeongdong, Lee Young-han, personally visited Director Yang Jin-tae.

“Are you Director Yang Jin-tae?”

“Who are you? Come in here!”

“I’m late in greeting you. I’m Lee Young-han, the owner of this place. I stopped by to say hello to Director Yang Jin-tae, who often visits our bar.”

To be exact, it was not Lee Young-han who sought out Director Yang Jin-tae.

Director Yang Jin-tae visited a high-class bar run by Lee Young-han.

The high-end bars around the financial tower were all owned by Lee Young-han, and since they were the most expensive bars in South Korea, Director Yang Jin-tae also visited them frequently.

“Is this the boss? I’ve been here about 20 times? I guess I have to come here at least this many times to see the boss’ face.”

“I apologize for the late greeting. That’s why I prepared a special drink for you. It’s a very fresh drink that arrived from France today.”

“I spent hundreds of millions of won here, and you’re just going to wash it all away with a bottle of alcohol?”

“Surely we won’t stop our greeting with a bottle of alcohol? We have prepared many gifts. They are of such high quality that you can look forward to them.”

“Really? The boss himself pours me a drink.”

Director Yang Jin-tae had no idea who the person in front of him was.

I treated him poorly because I only thought of him as a bar owner.

I never dreamed that he was the owner of the Myeongdong loan market and that he controlled the underworld funds of South Korea.

“I will follow along myself.”

“That’s right. I like how fresh it is. Here’s a tip!”

Director Yang Jin-tae slips a check into Lee Young-han’s pocket.

Then, he drank the alcohol that Lee Young-han gave him in one gulp.

Boom! Before he could even finish his drink, Director Yang Jin-tae’s head turned to the table.

“Move to the attic.”

Lee Young-han spoke while snapping his fingers.

The large men waiting behind carried the fallen Director Yang Jin-tae.

To others, it just looked like a bunch of drunken employees moving things around, and Director Yang Jin-tae was moved to a storage room in the basement.

“Wake up.”

Boom! A bucket of water filled with ice was dumped on Director Yang Jin-tae.

Director Yang Jin-tae regains consciousness after being hit by a chill that goes all the way down his spine.

He was acting drunk, as if he still hadn’t figured out the situation.

“Where am I? Is this a bathroom? What the hell am I looking at! I’m going to die.”

Bam! A dark fist mark appeared on Director Yang Jin-tae’s stomach.

And as the fighting began, the alcohol in Director Yang Jin-tae’s body quickly evaporated.

“Who, who are you? Why are you doing this to me?”

“Does it matter who I am? Isn’t it important who you are?”

“I am Yang Jin-tae. I am the director of Top Tech. I am just a sincere worker. Have you misjudged me?”

Lee Young-han laughed at Director Yang Jin-tae’s words.

He lifted Director Yang Jin-tae’s chin, from which blood was gushing, with his shoe.

“You are not a conscientious worker. You are a traitor. And a very conscientious traitor.”

“I have no connection with Japan whatsoever.”

“Are you a traitor if you sell out your country to Japan? You’re a traitor even if you sell information to other countries.”

“I, I just did what I was told to do. I’m truly sorry.”

Director Yang Jin-tae was not a slow-witted person.

Political power and intuition were essential to rise to the level of an executive, and he possessed outstanding intuition as he had risen to the position of director of Top Tech, a key partner of Samjin Electronics.

“Where is the person who sells out the country because someone else told them to? They sell out the country because the money comes in.”

“I have never done anything to the extent of selling out my country. I just passed on a few small pieces of information to the Chinese.”

Director Yang Jin-tae was a man who could speak fluently.

This was because they were elites who had no such experience.

As an elite who graduated from a prestigious university and had been working at a company without a single crisis, I felt an incredible amount of fear.

Moreover, the opponent was the owner of Myeongdong.

Even the most seasoned loan sharks would tremble like pottery before a tiger in front of Lee Young-han.

Even if he was an executive, there was no way an ordinary employee could handle Lee Young-han.

“That’s not for us, it’s for the Korean and American governments to decide. Oh! Did you say your son is doing business in the United States?”

“Yes, that’s right. But this has nothing to do with my son.”

“Why does it matter? I have evidence that the money you received went to your son. And you know that the information you sold included American technology.”

It was Director Yang Jin-tae who worked in the display industry his entire life.

That’s why I was also very aware that some of the production management systems were technologies developed in the United States.

“An industrial spy who sold American technology to China. That will be the title your son will be given. Then, of course, he will be punished in an American court.”

“I really have nothing to do with my son.”

“Keep listening. If you are punished in Korea, you will only get 6 months in prison and a fine of 100-200 million won. However, if you are tried in the United States, you will be sentenced to 20 years in prison and will have to pay 6.5 billion won in fines.”

Unlike Korea, the United States has strict penalties for industrial espionage.

It is difficult to make a simple comparison, but there was even talk that the penalty was 20 times stronger.

So, the criminals did not hesitate to use any means necessary to be repatriated to Korea.

“What should I do? If there is anything you want from me, just ask me. I will give you whatever you ask for.”

“I’m glad you listened to me. Decide whether you’ll survive alone by becoming a whistleblower, or whether you’ll all go down together. Oh! Think about the fact that your son is also on the sinking ship.”

There was no choice.

Director Yang Jin-tae invested his entire life for his son.

My son graduated from a prestigious American university, obtained permanent residency, and was finally able to establish himself in the United States.

But this incident could have resulted in him losing everything, and he could have spent his youth in prison.

“If you tell me to be a whistleblower, I will. If you tell me to be a dog, I will bark. Please spare my life.”

“Honestly, how could I believe you? I’ve seen so many guys wagging their tails in front of you and baring their teeth behind you.”

“How can I believe it? If you tell me to jump off a building, I can jump.”

“It’s too bad you can’t jump down here because it’s underground. And you don’t have to do anything. I’ve already taken action.”

Lee Young-han reached out his hand behind him.

Then, a waiting staff member placed several photos in his hands.

“I have frozen all your assets, including your son’s assets in the United States.”

“How is that….”

“How is that possible? It’s not hard. If you use voice phishing techniques, it’s not hard to temporarily freeze your account. In fact, I used the account used for voice phishing to deposit money into all your accounts.”

There is no leash stronger than money.

Even if you wanted to betray, you had to have someone you trusted, and that someone you trusted was ultimately the wealth you had accumulated over time.

“Oh! The same goes for Bitcoin accounts. There are quite a few Bitcoin assets in exchanges in the US and Korea. The money in your Bitcoin account will not be cashable for at least a month.”

Bankbook threat.

One of the new voice phishing methods involved depositing money from voice phishing victims into their accounts to freeze the accounts.

It was a method that was not yet well known to the world.

Myeongdong, who moves the money in the underworld, knew this method well and used it to hold Director Yang Jin-tae back.

“And you better not expect Chinese companies to help you. They’ve already blocked the financial channels to China.”

“Are you by any chance a government official?”

Director Yang Jin-tae misunderstood.

He was caught in such a clever way that I mistook Lee Young-han for someone from the National Intelligence Service.

“It’s not even the year of the pig, how could someone from the government handle things this way?”

“But why?”

“I may make a living by doing dirty things, but I still wouldn’t sell out my country! Just seeing a guy like you makes my blood boil!”

The current Myeongdong had one pride.

The pride of having protected South Korea from Japanese private loans.

Of course, it wasn’t something they wanted to do, but rather something they achieved under Chairman Kim Min-jae’s instructions.

But in the end, it protected the Korean private loan market from Japanese funds and gave pride to private loan sharks in Myeongdong.

“I will follow you unconditionally. Please spare my life.”

“Then, now just do as I say. Make a list of everyone involved in this case, and hand over all the relevant evidence. Scrape all the text messages and messenger app contents.”

“Okay! I’ll hand it over right now!”

This method was possible because it was Myeongdong.

If it had been handed over to the police or prosecutors, it would have taken months, but Myeongdong was able to create one whistleblower in one day.

***

The Technology Protection Act has entered the review process of the Legislation and Home Affairs Office.

If it passes the review by the Legislative Council, it will go through the State Council deliberation process and, after the President’s approval, be submitted to the National Assembly.

I wasn’t worried about the other courses at all.

However, the problem was after it was submitted to the National Assembly, and if it did not pass the National Assembly’s deliberation and deliberation process, the bill could not be promulgated.

In the end, the National Assembly deliberation process was all about public sentiment.

In order to read public sentiment, we conducted a public opinion poll through the planning director.

“According to the results of a poll released today, anti-China sentiment is 60%, while only 50% support the technology protection law.”

“It seems that the fear of Hanhanryung still remains strong.”

The reliability of opinion polls can be seen as proportional to their costs.

Increasing the sample size required a lot of money, and it took a lot of work to get the sentiment across by working with media outlets to conduct large-scale opinion polls that anyone could trust.

“Public exports have decreased significantly due to the THAAD ban. There is a sense that the technology protection law should not be passed for the sake of the Korean economy.”

“It is understandable that many people would say that Korea’s economic growth over the past five years is due to the Chinese market.”

Thanks to China, I had a lot of fun.

But the fun wasn’t free.

As public exports increased, technology outflows became more severe, and the technology gap between Korea and China narrowed significantly.

“We’ll need a room to turn things around. How are the preparations going?”

“I got a call from Myeongdong. They said they found the weakness of Top Tech executives who were leaking display technology to China. And they completely blocked the secret money route coming from China.”

It was a time when an example was needed.

A huge scapegoat was needed to set an example enough to turn the mood around, and that scapegoat turned out to be Top Tech, a display partner.