Villain’s Programming - Chapter 317



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Episode 317 Family Photo

Do-jun recalled when he received the file from Lee Woon-cheol.

Lee Yun-cheol handed over two USBs, one containing encrypted files and the other containing decrypted files.

Dojun had seen one of the decrypted files.

‘Wow, it’s totally an animal farm.’

The file was full of corruption involving political and business figures. Some of them were familiar to him, while others were unknown to him, but Do-jun clicked his tongue as he looked at them.

Dojun stopped at Bang Seok while checking the files.

‘What about Bang Se-ok? Huh? You were living in two houses? You were always talking about money. There was a reason.’

He was also living in Bundang with a woman who was 20 years younger than him.

Dojun checked other information while wondering what to do with this information. Then he found a familiar name and his mouth opened wide.

‘Wow, CEO Song Yoo-taek… Did you have a lover?’

The person in question was someone Do-jun knew well. It seemed like they had only met briefly before breaking up, but Do-jun was greatly shocked.

‘It’s crazy, it’s crazy.’

Dojun looked closely to see if there was anyone he knew. Then he discovered something strange.

‘Oh Tae-hoon? Could it be that he’s the eldest son of the Oh Sung Group, Oh Tae-hoon?’

The document stated that funds were transferred from Oh Tae-hoon’s ‘Osung Life’ to a ‘paper company’.

‘If you move money to a paper company, is it slush funds?’

Do-jun tilted his head. It was clear that the paper company was illegal, but he thought it would be difficult to pressure Oh Tae-hoon, the president of Osung Electronics, to this extent.

‘Besides, isn’t Taeyeon the owner of Oseong Life right now?’

A few years ago, Chairman Oh Geon-ju distributed shares, and at that time, he gave Oh Tae-hoon’s shares in Oseong Life to Taeyeon.

‘Wait a minute, doesn’t Taeyeon know about the existence of this paper company? Isn’t it something that Oh Taehoon secretly created to store his slush funds?’

If this is true, then Taeyeon was no different from unknowingly continuing to give money to Oh Taehoon.

Only then did Do-jun realize why there was information about ‘Oh Tae-hoon’ in this file.

‘This is perfect information to start a fight between family members.’

Dojun was once again impressed by this file.

‘Who the hell created this file? It’s full of pure evil?’

Do-jun was worried about what to do with this information. If it were something else, he would have just let it go, but it was related to Oh Tae-yeon.

‘Don’t hit the back of the head.’

Do-jun asked Golden Circle CEO Pyo Seung-ho to find out about the paper company ‘Illusion Consulting’.

The results came out the very next day.

– CTO, Illusion Consulting is a paper company of Osung Life. The CEO of that company is Jin-Hwan Park, who was previously the CEO of Osung Life.

“You’re the representative of Oseong Life? But you’re not Mr. Oh?”

– He is not the owner’s family. However, he is so capable that he started out as an ordinary employee and rose to the position of president, so I understand that Chairman Oh Gun-joo’s father delegated the responsibility as the representative.

Dojun nodded.

“Okay, I see. But why are you now in a paper company and not the CEO of Oseong Life?”

– Park Jin-hwan left the company in 2003. As you know, there was a ‘card crisis’ at that time, right? He stepped down as CEO as a result.

“ah!”

– I haven’t heard from you since then, but I just found out that you’re the CEO of a paper company. They gave you the position as a reward for all your hard work. Well, it’s a common thing in the industry. You don’t do anything, but you get paid a lot. Since it’s a paper company, there’s no tax, so it’s a sweet deal.

Do-jun nodded. He didn’t know much about this industry, but Pyo Seung-ho was now the head of one of the top 100 companies in Korea. His abilities and connections were incomparable to those of the past.

“Okay. Was there anything else that seemed strange? Like… anything related to Oh Tae-hoon?”

– Oh Tae-hoon? That wasn’t it. Instead, there was one strange thing.

“What is it?”

– This is what GUARD CAT’s Annie CEO hacked and told us. It seems like the money from the paper company went to a rather strange place.

Although Dojun’s main activity place is Black Cat Studio, the place that manages Dojun’s assets is ‘Golden Circle’.

So, Golden Circle’s representative, Pyo Seung-ho, was in contact with and maintaining relationships with the ‘representatives’ of all the companies in which Do-jun had shares.

“Is it a strange place?”

– Yes. Isn’t there a hacking group that you arrested before? There was a guy named Wilson.

At that moment, Dojun opened his eyes wide.

“Could it be that the money went there?”

– It wasn’t money, exactly. It was a painting. Park Jin-hwan bought the painting.

Dojun tilted his head.

“A picture? What does that have to do with Wilson?”

– Do you remember what you told me before? You told me over drinks. You said that Wilson’s house had a lot of stuff, and among them, there was a painting that would become very expensive later on.

Dojun opened his eyes wide for a moment.

“No way, Banksy?”

– That’s right. The painting that Illusion Consulting purchased was Banksy’s painting ‘The Courtship’. And that painting was found in Wilson’s house.

Dojun opened his mouth wide.

‘You asked Wilson for something from Oseong Life? What on earth did you ask him to do?’

Dojun asked urgently.

“When was that painting delivered?”

Pyo Seung-ho answered. Do-jun’s eyes widened when he heard the date.

‘crazy!’

The day that Pyo Seung-ho told us about was a month before Taeyeon and Do-jun got into a car accident.

* * *

Even the world’s best Oh Geon-ju couldn’t calm down after hearing that his family was involved in Taeyeon’s case. Oh Geon-ju asked with a trembling voice.

“What information have you found out…?”

“Mr. Chairman, do you know Wilson?”

Oh Geon-ju nodded.

“Yeah. Didn’t you say that you were the superior of the hacker named Dmitry who attacked Taeyeon?”

Oh Geon-ju continued speaking, thinking about something for a moment.

“I remember it clearly because it was related to Taeyeon. I investigated who ordered Taeyeon’s work. But I couldn’t figure it out. I couldn’t trace the person who ordered it or the money paid.”

Dojun nodded and said.

“I personally looked into it, but my conclusion was the same as yours, Chairman. I couldn’t figure out where the money came from. But I found out a while ago. It wasn’t money.”

“What? Not money? Then what was it?”

“It was a picture.”

At the word ‘picture’, Oh Geon-ju slapped his thigh.

“Picture! Why didn’t I know that?”

Paintings were often tax-free and their value increased over time, so they were often used as bribes.

“But, is the purchase of that painting related to Oseong? If it was a painting owned by a hacker group, it would have been difficult to determine its source.”

“That’s right. But not long ago, by chance, I happened to see the financial flow data of Oseong Life.”

Ogunju’s eyes were furrowed. The information on the flow of funds from Oseong Life was naturally secret.

Oh Geon-ju wanted to ask right away who had leaked such information, but he held back. That wasn’t what was important right now.

“Oh Seong… life? Of course not Taeyeon, and is it connected to Taehoon?”

At the time of Oh Tae-yeon’s accident, the owner of Oh Sung Life was Oh Tae-hoon. At that time, Oh Tae-hoon was managing both Electronics and Life.

Dojun shook his head.

“I don’t know. But it seems like there’s a connection… because I bought the painting with the money I got from Oseong Life.”

Oh Geon-ju’s expression hardened at Do-jun’s answer.

“That’s ridiculous! Taehoon… isn’t that kind of guy. Taehoon would hurt his own little brother! That’s impossible.”

Oh Geon-ju, whose face had turned pale, poured himself a glass of Jeongjong and drank it with an anxious mind. The alcohol tasted bitter today.

“I think so too. However… the cash flow… … .”

“Please explain that part in detail.”

Ogunju’s eyes were red. He seemed very excited.

“It was by accident that I found this out. Among the items seized from Wilson’s house was a painting by an artist called Banksy.”

Even when Wilson was caught, people weren’t very interested in the Banksy artwork that was in the house.

However, it wasn’t Dojun. I was surprised to find out that there was a Banksy work and checked it out.

And when I came back to Korea, I told CEO Pyo Seung-ho about Banksy and told him to try to obtain his work if he could.

“Banksy? I’ve heard the name before. He’s an unknown artist, right? Did you use his work as a bribe?”

“Yes. In the process of investigating the money that flowed out of Oseong Life, we found traces of Banksy’s painting being purchased. And Wilson was keeping that painting.”

Ogunju bit his lip until it bled.

“No. Taehoon would never do that. Did Taehoon buy that painting himself?”

Dojun shook his head.

“I don’t think so. Mr. Chairman, do you happen to know about ‘Illusion Consulting’?”

“Illusion… consulting?”

Oh Geon-ju tilted his head. It seemed like he didn’t know.

“It is a paper company whose fate is decided by Oseong Life.”

“Paper company? Oh Sung Life… was running a paper company?”

“You didn’t know, did you?”

Oh Geon-ju’s expression became serious.

“Do you happen to know who the head of Illusion Consulting is?”

“yes.”

Dojun looked at Oh Geonju and answered with strength in each word.

“I heard that you are CEO Park Jin-hwan.”

* * *

“Thank you for your hard work.”

After completing his retirement ceremony, Bang Se-ok received numerous flower bouquets from people at the National Intelligence Service.

“What kind of trouble did I have to go through? You guys did it all. Haha.”

“Director, when you get to sit in the big seats later, please don’t forget us.”

Bang Se-ok laughed out loud at the words of the First Vice Director of the National Intelligence Service.

“How could I forget you guys? Don’t worry.”

Bang Se-ok shook hands with key executives of the National Intelligence Service and left the main gate of the agency.

‘This is the end. You’ve had a good time.’

Although he was now unemployed after retiring, Bang Se-ok had no worries about the future.

‘There will come a time when the new government will need me. I’ve done so much for the party, so wouldn’t they give me a seat in the National Assembly?’

Of course, it was okay if he didn’t give it to her. Bang Se-ok had a ‘file’.

‘If I just have this file, is a congressional seat a problem? I can get more than that.’

However, there was something I was worried about.

‘Hwang Do-jun. Really… can you believe those words?’

He said he couldn’t decrypt the file and that Bang Se-ok had the only file, but honestly, I had a hard time believing it.

‘So I tried to find its weak point, but strangely the CCTV went dead. Anyway, you shouldn’t use Chinese products!’

Bang Se-ok felt uneasy, but got over it.

‘Even if Hwang Do-jun does something, as long as I have this file, I’ll be fine.’

The files also contained corruption by the police chief and the prosecutor general. He was confident that he could use this to cover up whatever Hwang Do-jun did.

‘If you use financial information, you will never be short of money.’

Bang Se-ok recalled information related to ‘Oseong Life’ from the list of financial institutions.

‘This will be a lot of money if we use it later when the brothers fight each other after Ogunju dies.’

At the same time, I was also afraid.

‘If Oh Geon-ju finds out that I have this information, I’m dead.’

The traffic started to get stuck as soon as they got near Gangnam Station. Bang Se-ok’s eyes caught sight of the ‘Fox Club’ with its lights off. Bang Se-ok wet his lips with his tongue.

‘Ah! Now I can’t go there by car. It’s too bad. Do you have any blind money?’

At that moment, a good idea occurred to Bang Se-ok.

‘We’re taking CEO Hwang Do-jun there. How can he endure it if he’s drinking and being with women? What if we fabricate some footage of him being assaulted and raped by the women?’

The corners of Bang Se-ok’s mouth went up. Even when he thought about it, it was perfect.

Bang Se-ok immediately called Do-jun.

“Representative Hwang. It’s me. When do you have time? I’m retiring, so buy me a drink to celebrate.”

* * *

Oh Gun-ju didn’t say a word on his way home. There was a secretary next to him, but no one could talk to him because of his stern face.

The car stopped inside the house, but Oh Geon-ju remained still. He looked as if his soul had left his body.

The executive secretary waited for a long time and then said,

“I… Mr. Chairman. I have arrived at your home.”

Only then did Oh Geon-ju stop.

“Oh, okay… I see.”

As Oh Geon-ju opened the car door, his secretary came out and said.

“I will serve you.”

“Okay. It’s late. You should go in too.”

Oh Gun-ju got out of the car and walked listlessly to the elevator. Oh Gun-ju’s house was a single-family home, but it had an elevator inside.

Oh Geon-ju entered the study on the third floor and sat down on a chair weakly.

“Park Jin-hwan, Park Jin-hwan.”

A picture hanging on the wall caught his eye.

It was a family photo. It was a photo taken with his parents and siblings when he was just entering college.

“Father, because of your mistake, my granddaughter almost died.”

Oh Geon-ju closed his eyes. After thinking for a while with a serious expression, he opened his eyes.

“This is a family matter. It must not be known.”

Ogunju’s eyes began to shine coldly.

‘Hwang Do-jun said he found out this information from a secret file. And he said that only one person besides himself knew about the file.’

Oh Geon-ju opened his phone contacts. He found the ‘Prosecutor General’ in the contacts and pressed the ‘Call’ button.

“Oh my, President Jang. How have you been?”

– No, Mr. Chairman. What brings you here at this hour of the night? I am always fine thanks to you, Mr. Chairman.

“Really? That’s good. I’m getting old these days, so I can’t sleep at night.”

The Attorney General knew Oh Geon-ju well. He was a person that even the President had difficulty meeting.

There was no way he would call without a reason.

– Mr. Chairman, is there anything I can do for you?

“I have a difficult request.”

– Please. Don’t say things like that. If there were no chairman, would I be here? Just speak comfortably.

“Didn’t Director Bang Se-ok of the National Intelligence Service resign a few days ago?”

– yes!

Oh Geon-ju said with a cold look in his eyes.

“I don’t want to see Bang Se-ok anymore… Can you help it?”

* * *

Bang Se-ok came to the ‘Fox Club’ for the first time in a long while and had a wonderful night.

“Okay! Today I’ll pay!”

When Bang Se-ok threw wads of cash into the air, the ladies in the room cheered.

“Oppa, you’re the best!”

The girls wandered around trying to pick up some cash, and Bang Se-ok approached them and hugged them.

‘This is heaven.’

Bang Se-ok laughed loudly and enjoyed the moment.

‘By the way, when is Representative Hwang coming? I heard he’s almost here.’

It was then that the door suddenly opened.

Bang Se-ok smiled brightly.

“Hey. Mr. Hwang… … .”

Bang Se-ok thought it was Do-jun, but it wasn’t. A lot of men came in.

The man at the very front looked at Bang Se-ok and said.

“Mr. Bang Se-ok, you are under arrest.”