episode_0203

“Do you have anything else to report?”

Well, there’s no need to say anything.

“I could have finished it a long time ago. We have prepared to handle it more reliably and with minimal repercussions. To that extent.”

Nazar, who paused for a beat, grinned.

“All that remains is approval work.”

“After all, my brother is an expert in this kind of thing. Thanks to you, it was resolved peacefully.”

It was just as Nadia said.

Conquering the underworld was the first thing Nazar did after settling down in modern times.

As it developed, it was more than the other world, not less. Obscene things abounded.

Thanks to you, things became easier.

“That’s right.”

Cecilia chuckled inwardly and turned her head to look at Elaine.

“What about Marian?”

“You are with Emilia.”

From what I heard, it seems like he went to a department store.

“You have nothing to worry about. Rather.”

When Elaine hesitated while reporting, Cecilia sighed as if she understood.

“…is it Maria?”

“Yes…”

The hardest thing was avoiding Maria and the Duke’s eyes. Even if there is no power in this world, the moment you have doubts, it is over. I’ll figure it out somehow.

“…is it really okay?”

Nadia asked cautiously. It was a short phrase, but it had a lot of meaning.

“…”

I understand Nadia’s attitude.

Even if it was a charter, it would bring Marian’s father to ruin. Is it okay to do that without saying a word?

It was something Cecilia also thought about several times.

‘Now what?’

Cecilia laughed to herself.

“Is this a very normal reaction for someone called a witch?”

“No, that’s…! A diplomat from that country was talking behind her back!”

However, they don’t usually throw blizzards at the top of their game.

“What would you have done!”

Nadia, with her hands on her waist, spoke in a questioning tone.

“Well…”

If it were me, I probably would have handled it quietly behind the scenes.

“Don’t skimp on it! Are you really okay? Even if we kill that person.”

“When did I say I would kill you?”

Cecilia tilted her head. Nadia, who had been expecting an answer, was dumbfounded, and Cecilia shrugged her shoulders.

“Of course… Weren’t you going to kill him?”

“That’s too easy, isn’t it?”

With those words, Cecilia left the conference room.

“I…”

Elaine, who followed, asked cautiously.

“Really. Is it okay if I keep it a secret from you?”

I didn’t hear the details, but no matter how you look at it, it was a serious conversation.

Cecilia smiled brightly.

“It’s okay. A surprise gift to make Marian happy. Because it’s just the preparation process.”

“Yes.”

Elaine also nodded in response to her confident answer.

Elaine lightly bows her head and turns around. Looking at that scene, Cecilia asked herself a question.

Is it really for Marian?

For Marian’s sake, there was not an ounce of lies in his heart.

but.

“Too much. Was it emotional?”

Even if I tell Marian, she won’t particularly stop me.

But I wouldn’t recommend it either.

just. I want to take revenge. That must be the feeling.

Everything is already ready.

“After.”

What you do from now on is purely because you want to do it.

*

What on earth is going on?

Hanjin Group, which had been on a roll, was on the verge of bankruptcy.

All banks, including K Bank and J Bank, the major banks of Hanjin Group, issued an ultimatum.

“Chairman. I’m sorry, but I don’t think it will be difficult anymore.”

“Just for the funds we have loaned so far… I heard that this month’s repayment will be difficult…”

“Isn’t it actually insolvent?”

“I even received an answer that if the Chairman’s family gives up management rights, the existing employees will also be taken over. The relationship with our bank is the same.”

Chairman Han was speechless at the cold attitude of the bank presidents.

Is this reality? Even though it was a reality right in front of us, it sounded like a story from another house.

Aren’t these people who bowed their heads in front of them just a short time ago?

I am someone

This is Hanjin Group Chairman Han Ki-hoon.

No. 1 in the Korean business community. He is the head of Hanjin Group.

“Chairman Han! Are you listening?! Currently, the annual loan that needs to be repaid to our bank exceeds 2.7 trillion won.”

“Our Industrial Bank of Korea is also worth 1.8 trillion won.”

“Our remaining overdue amount is 2.3 trillion won.”

Why did it become like this?

It was a sudden thought.

A few months ago.

A foreigner named Nazar Smith entered the country.

He flaunted his capital and gobbled up any small business he could find.

Corporate hunting based on overwhelming funds. It wasn’t anything special.

But something was different.

Compared to typical corporate hunting, where you buy a company cheaply and sell it expensively, making a profit.

Acquired companies returned to business as usual.

“Are we… going to be fired?”

Even the employees who were agitated at first. I breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing the official letter confirming that the existing policy would be maintained.

“Personnel changes…?”

“It seems to be limited to executives?”

There was talk that there would be a reshuffle of the board of directors, but it had nothing to do with employees.

‘Is welfare better than before?’

‘My overtime pay has gone up.’

‘My salary went up…? Gas allowance…?’

‘Did we have something like that in our company?’

On the contrary, they cheered that their welfare had improved.

The owner of the company changed. I could tell in just a short time that it was better than the previous owner.

Employees worked with even more loyalty.

A number of executives who had been taking bribes went missing, but it was not even special news.

An official notice stating that several directors who committed corruption had been dismissed was posted in each office for a few days before being taken down.

*

I got it completely wrong.

His goal was not small or medium-sized businesses.

It was an acquisition for all purposes, to absorb the Hanjin Group, which has affiliates in automobiles, industry, food, and other fields.

But who would think of that as inclusion?

A decent company. Also, who would have thought that it would be possible to swallow Hanjin Group, which was ranked first in reopening, whole.

It wasn’t that there were no signs.

All groups and all affiliates except Hanjin Group. They all targeted Hanjin Group at the same time.

That group is also bound to take a hit.

A competition to the death.

The group’s shares also plummeted.

Chairman Ki-hoon Han also thought it was just a prank by a wealthy foreign conglomerate.

It goes beyond the octopus’s feet and takes over dozens of companies as if it were going to eat up all the companies in Korea.

They don’t even fire employees, but rather raise their salaries?

‘It’s going to be ruined soon.’

Rather, he bought shares of each group. By mobilizing a huge amount of slush funds.

‘Now all that’s left is to go up.’

I didn’t even think there would be any damage.

Most of the stocks he bought were blue chip stocks.

‘Now all that’s left to do is skyrocket.’

His predictions turned out to be vain.

“-30%!!?”

In just one day, the stocks he bought hit their lowest point.

Even coins and futures continued to plummet. As if there were no lows.

“How can this happen…”

In addition to the stocks he believed to be blue chip stocks, none of the stocks he touched had any lows.

Although some stocks of other companies rebounded, it was only for a moment.

To cover his losses, he did not sell stocks that were going up, and prices continued to rise.

“That’s it! more! more! More!”

This is a stock that has already hit bottom. If the upward trend continues like this.

But that was all. As if it was to save existing investors, as the number of people selling increased, it started to go down endlessly from that point on.

“No way…!”

In the end, Chairman Han Ki-hoon was unable to sell his stocks until they reached -99%.

For the first time, he seemed to understand the minds of ants.

Even as an operational force, it is too large.

Literally at the national level.

It didn’t make sense in the first place.

‘There is no benefit left.’

Even though all the slush funds were stolen, the money will continue to come in.

“It’s okay. This is money that can be recovered after a few operations…”

He tried hard to suppress his anger.

Although I lost quite a bit of money, I will recover quickly if the ants suck up the money.

Securing slush funds through operational forces and short selling was one of his hobbies.

His thoughts did not last long.

Companies that were at the bottom of the ranks of small and medium-sized businesses soon began to rise to the top.

The sales performance of employees reached an all-time high, and there was no push-and-pull or commission between companies.

All groups gathered together in front of a representative named Nazar Smith.

‘On earth… are you really planning to create a kingdom?’

When I came to my senses, all companies except Hanjin Group had fallen into the hands of a foreigner named Nazar Smith.

We tried to find some kind of agreement, but there was no response.

I managed to contact them through a subcontracting company. As soon as the Hanjin Group story came out, my attitude changed.

It’s obvious.

After that it was an endless fall.

The whole world is your enemy.

I felt like I was dealing with a country, and by the time I came to my senses, the debt was piling up.

Didn’t even his main bank, which he thought was loyal, try to trick him like this?