181. face to face (4)
Jo Hee-chang’s words were truly shocking.
And as if to disprove that this remark was shocking, his expression was really serious.
Doo-dung like a drama! It sounded like a sound effect.
“How is it? this place of fame. Don’t you like it?”
Jo Hee-chang looked at his nameplate with great care, as if it were a treasure.
Then he got up and walked to his seat.
The walking man was not the same old man who had been limp and crippled just a moment ago.
He straightened his back and walked confidently, step by step.
“This is a place I have been making for 30 years. And another hundred years… No, it is also a place that will exist for aeons to come. I can do anything as long as this place is the best place in the world.”
Jo Hee-chang’s eyes were shining.
Those eyes contained both the confidence in the reputation he had built and his desire to be the best in the world.
Hoyoung looked at him blankly and continued.
“There is something you don’t understand.”
“Something?”
“I understand that you will give me a seat, but I have no idea what or how you will give me a seat.”
“It is literally. It means that you will be allowed to sit in the chair of Myungsung Group.”
Hoyoung tilted his head and said.
“So that’s what I don’t understand. What does it literally mean to sit in the presidency… Are you saying that I should be the president of the salary? such a spot. Even if you do, it’s a specification.”
Hoyoung said that he didn’t understand, but Jo Heechang’s face brightened.
“Yeah, that’s it.”
“I beg your pardon?”
“There is absolutely no need to risk your life in this mere façade.”
Jo Hee-chang’s prayer, which stood like a sharp sword, was released in an instant.
He didn’t have the squeaky, eerie laugh he had earlier, but he laughed like a good old man in the neighborhood, saying ‘heh heh’.
“Didn’t you like this place at all?”
“yes. I am not at all interested in a prestige presidency.”
“What is the reason? For this position, there must be countless people who would betray even their own parents.”
When Jo Hee-chang said that he betrayed his parents, he gave a particularly sad look.
Perhaps when he fell, it was clear that Jo Jung-sik knew about the betrayal of him to secure the stake.
Hoyoung also felt a slight prick in the depths of his heart, but he did not show it on his face and spoke calmly.
“I could name countless reasons, but to name one most crucial one…”
“Okay, what is the reason?
“I have something better than what I am willing to give you, so there is no reason to be greedy for anything less than mine.”
Jo Hee-chang stopped laughing.
“Yes, yes. I was stupid. So, are you admitting that you are the real owner of Gaia Investments?”
Instead of answering, Hoyoung smiled.
“Right. It was really… Heh heh heh…”
Jo Hee-chang laughed dejectedly for a moment and then continued.
“That’s why I have no choice but to be interested in the position of Chairman Myeongseong… If Gaia belongs to you, you have no choice but to be interested in this position.”
“I will not deny that it is a position that has enough charm to attract others if they see it. It’s just that I don’t need it.”
Although he didn’t tell Jo Hee-chang, there was another big reason why Ho-young wasn’t very interested in fame.
It was because he thought that a company with a system that relied too heavily on one manager was not suitable for him.
The position of Chairman Myeongseong is a position where numerous decisions must be made.
Depending on that decision, the fate of 100,000 well-known executives and employees is at stake.
Of course, someone might say that it’s okay if someone steps forward and improves his constitution, but Ho-yeong didn’t want to be that someone.
“You are certainly different from my lesser sons. I really envy who your parents are.”
“To my parents, I am still a son who is not enough.”
Jo Hee-chang’s gaze at Ho-young was very different from before.
At first, it was as if he was looking at his old enemy, but now he looked at Hoyeong as if he were treating an old friend.
“If you don’t have anything else you want to say, I’m just going to stand up.”
“If you don’t have a schedule behind you, could you give me a little more time? I have more to say.”
Hoyoung pondered for a moment, then nodded.
Really, there was no later schedule today, and it was because I was curious about what Jo Hee-chang would say more.
“First MD? Let’s put this thing away. You can’t just tell him to kill a chicken with a cow knife.”
“I was going to be okay with that job as long as I could get a decent price.”
“haha. I was thinking of offering something other than just giving you that position.”
Jo Hee-chang’s eyes changed once again.
The benevolent grandfather went somewhere, and only the winner was sitting across from Hoyeong.
“What is your suggestion?”
Jo Hee-chang paused for a while.
It seemed that he needed a big heart to prepare for the next words.
“I’ll give you the fame electrons.”
“You mean the former?”
Jo Hee-chang nodded.
“I’m guessing Gaia Investments, no you don’t really have any interest in our group. But there is only one thing I am interested in. There are only electrons.”
“haha. It seems you did a lot of research on me.”
“There is no investigation. If you know how to look at the stock market, it’s a fact that Samcheok dongja should know. What Gaia Investment intensively acquires are shares of Myungsung Electronics, and all companies other than the former are companies that have at least some stake in Myungsung Electronics. But there is one thing I don’t know.”
“What is it?”
Jo Hee-chang said with a smile.
“I don’t understand why you are so obsessed with fame electronics. Can you tell me why?”
“It’s an obsession… Maybe not. But, in fact, there is no particular reason.”
“Is there any reason?”
“yes.”
Hoyoung nodded with a firm expression.
In fact, the reason for his fame was, of course, because of Jo Nam-shik.
If I add one reason to it, it can be said that it is because of the memory that he put Gaia phone as the world’s best company in his previous life.
However, there was no need to naively explain this reason to Jo Hee-chang.
Not only was Ho-yeong not a naive person who would open up everything just because the other person came out favorably, but it was fortunate that even if he told the truth, he didn’t look like a crazy person.
“Okay. The reason doesn’t matter anyway.”
“What does it mean to give fame electrons? As I said before, I really have no interest in the position of salary president.”
“Does it seem like I’m just holding you here to make that suggestion? This offer will only benefit you.”
Cho Hee-chang gulped down the juice as if his throat was burning.
It was hard to even guess what the hell he was trying to say with his fingertips shaking.
However, the words from Jo Hee-chang were shocking enough.
“The representative position of Myungsung Electronics is natural, and I will hand over all the shares of Myungsung Electronics that I own and those of the companies under me to you. Combined with your 33.6% stake… Probably over 60%.”
“I beg your pardon?”
Hoyeong stood up, flinching involuntarily.
“Does that mean that you are handing over the reputation electrons?”
“right.”
Jo Hee-chang nodded.
Perhaps he had already finished preparing his mind, his eyes returned to normal, and the trembling of his fingertips had already stopped.
Ho-young jumped up from her seat in surprise, but quickly regained her composure and sat down on the sofa again.
“Hmm···. Okay. Then listen to the conditions. If you’re willing to hand over something that big to me, I’m sure you have something you want.”
Jo Hee-chang grinned at Ho-yeong.
Seeing Hoyoung find his composure so easily, he liked Hoyoung even more.
“There are three conditions in total.”
“Tell me.”
“First, keep the name Fame. The company is yours, but being one of the affiliates of our Myeongseong Group doesn’t change.”
Hoyoung nodded.
This much was expected enough.
The reason Cho Hee-chang is giving Ho-young Myungsung Electronics is to make Myungsung Electronics a world-class brand and the world’s best brand together with the name of Myungsung Group when Myungsung Electronics becomes the world’s best company.
However, if Ho-young changed the name of the company after taking only Myeongseong-electronics, he might be teased as a rare idiot.
“Second, Myeongseong Electronics…. No, I will sincerely strive to make Myungsung Group the best company in the world.”
In fact, Hoyoung was in awe at this part.
His attitude towards fame even seemed innocent.
To raise my reputation by giving away my most important company to someone I’m meeting for the first time today.
It almost seemed like love.
“Both of these conditions aren’t bad.”
“That’s right. I can feel how much you love fame.”
Jo Hee-chang smiled and opened his mouth again, as if he was happy that Ho-yeong understood his feelings.
“Finally, the third… Please collect the food for me.”
“yes?”
“Even if my eldest son Jeong-sik doesn’t have Myeongseong Electronics, he can just hand over the products. And after I die, the person who eventually sits in the chair of Myungsung Group will be Jeongsik. In the first place, Jeongsik doesn’t have much attachment to fame. Even if you give up the electronic seat, if you can sit here, you’re a child who thinks it’s enough. But the male food…”
Jo Hee-chang blurted out his words.
In his eyes, Jo Nam-sik, who had already grown up, seemed to be a child.
“Namshik will have nothing left if he removes the former. So my final condition is this. Please continue to leave Namsik as the deputy representative of Myeongseong Electronics. In electronics, especially in the field of semiconductors, he shows his ability, so he will be of great help.”
Today, Jo Hee-chang showed various faces to Ho-young.
From the face of a meticulous businessman, to the face of a benevolent grandfather, and to the face of a cold-blooded matcher.
But now his face was different from the others he had seen before.
‘Father’s face.’
From Jo Hee-chang’s face, Ho-young remembered his father.
“At this level, I don’t think you will ever lose money.”
“okay. Conditions are certainly good.”
Jo Hee-chang’s face brightened at Ho-yeong’s answer.
“is it? Reputation electrons···. Please take good care of my reputation.”
Jo Hee-chang had an expression that detached everything.
It was because he thought he had made the biggest sacrifice he could for the fame group.
He closed his eyes and thought.
‘With this, reputation can become the world’s best company…’
“You speak as if I gave consent.”
“What?”
Jo Hee-chang opened his closed eyes.
“Sorry, but I don’t think I can accept that offer.”
“What···. what? What condition do you not like?”
“This is the third.”
“third?”
“yes. To be honest, I don’t really like Vice President Cho Nam-shik.”
Jo Hee-chang was speechless.
It felt like his brain stopped for a moment in a situation so different from what he had thought.
“there’s nothing we can do. It’s because I have a personality that I can’t sincerely do the same thing with someone I don’t like.”
Hoyoung smiled wickedly and shrugged his shoulders.
Jo Hee-chang just looked at him with bewildered eyes.
