182. face to face (5)
“… you don’t like it?”
Jo Hee-chang narrowed his eyes as if he didn’t understand.
“It is as I said.”
“What’s your relationship with Namshik?”
Hoyoung frowned slightly.
“Is it because you have absolutely no idea what Vice President Cho Nam-sik did in order to bet me and President Cho Jung-sik?”
“……”
Jo Hee-chang couldn’t answer Ho-young’s words.
To be honest, he didn’t know exactly what Jo Nam-shik had done.
But I know only one thing for sure.
Jo Nam-sik is a guy who would have done anything for his own victory.
“I think the president knows it well. Now, did you tell me that such an offer was a condition?”
Hoyoung did not hide his discomfort.
Looking at Hoyeong, who seemed a little angry, Jo Hee-chang thought that he had said something wrong.
He was particularly fond of Jo Nam-shik.
In fact, he was the one who taught Jo Nam-shik not to choose any means or methods for victory.
The reason for putting Jo Nam-sik right next to Ho-young was actually not special.
It was a pure (?) intention in its own way, saying that Jo Nam-sik would be of great help because he had the ability, and that he would watch and learn right next to Ho-young.
“I can’t help it if I don’t like it.”
“yes. For me, being stabbed in the back is not permitted.”
Hoyoung said something rude in a way, but Jo Heechang calmly went over it.
And I had no choice but to drink all the remaining juice and wash his bitter mouth.
“okay. Got it. Then go back.”
Jo Hee-chang ordered Ho-young to celebrate, but Ho-young continued to sit on the sofa with a grin on his face.
“why. Anything else to say?”
“yes. There are still.”
“Something?”
“Even though I can’t completely ride with fame, I will do my best to help outside of the company.”
“what?”
“Have you already forgotten who introduced me to the president?”
Jo Hee-chang looked at Ho-yeong with puzzled eyes.
“Formal meal?”
“yes. I plan to make President Jo Jung-sik a chairman of fame.”
“What, what?”
Jo Hee-chang threw away his anger without realizing it.
Of course, he wasn’t upset that his eldest son would become president.
It was just that he was moved to say that Ho-young had decided right in front of his nose the next chairman of his reputation.
“haha. It means that I will do my best to help, so please don’t be too angry.”
Hoyoung said with a humorous smile.
Jo Hee-chang felt his heart grow cold when he saw Ho-yeong’s expression of joy.
And, forgetting that he had been angry just moments before, he sat down in his chair.
“Give me back…”
“yes. President. I hope to see you next time.”
Hoyeong bowed her head slightly and left the chairman’s room.
Jo Hee-chang looked at the door where Ho-yeong had left for a long time before sighing.
“after···. It is completely dry.”
It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was a man who lived with a spirit of self-righteousness and struggle in his youth.
He was the one who would do anything to punish those who showed the same attitude as Hoyeong a moment ago.
Of course, that punishment also included illegal methods.
But he wasn’t even mad at Hoyoung.
Aside from being a complete, inexcusable defeat, he was too old and worn out.
“Now my time is really coming to an end.”
When I looked at the large glass window filling one wall of the president’s room, the sun was setting outside.
For some reason, Jo Hee-chang felt that the setting sun was like his situation.
‘It’s been decades since I’ve felt this way…’
Jo Hee-chang quietly closed his eyes.
On his desk, still on active duty, paperwork to pay was piled up like a mountain, but he didn’t even pay attention to his work.
Today’s meeting with Hoyoung was short, but it had a big impact on Jo Heechang.
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“Mr. Hoyoung. What the hell is your father?”
Cho Jung-sik, who was waiting impatiently in front of the president’s office, asked Ho-yeong as soon as he came out of the chairman’s room.
“I was surprised. Well, you didn’t say anything.”
“okay···?”
“Well, the boss asked me to help him well. It seemed like the boss was worried about me.”
“I beg your pardon? Is that true?”
Jo Jung-sik couldn’t believe Ho-young’s words.
Because his father was the kind of person who would never say that to him.
“Why would I lie?”
“That’s right.”
“Oh, I’m having such a hard time right now. Why don’t you buy me something delicious after calling me here?”
Hoyoung spoke with a strangely different attitude from the way he treated Jo Jungsik before entering the chairman’s office.
Jo Jeong-sik felt a bit of a difference, but he thought that it was not enough to worry about and answered willingly.
“no. Let’s go right now. I have reserved a nice place.”
“thank you.”
“ha ha ha. What. When I talk to my father, the original power drains all the way. Shall we go and talk more?”
“good. I look forward to seeing what a great place it is.”
Cho Jung-sik nodded happily and got into the elevator heading downstairs.
“Hoyoung, I will take you with me in my car.”
At Jo Jung-sik’s words, he could feel Kim Jeong-gi, who was standing behind Ho-young, flinch, but Ho-young raised his hand slightly to stop him.
“good. Shall we go comfortably thanks to you? Chief. Could you please pour Mr. Cho tea with Assistant Manager Kim?”
“All right.”
Miru lowered her head slightly.
Jo Jung-sik smiled, as if he was satisfied.
‘Anything will work out if I’m with Yun Ho-young.’
Jo Jung-sik’s trust in Ho-yeong skyrocketed.
In fact, given his father’s usual personality, he didn’t even know what he would do to Ho-young, but he never thought that he would survive the confrontation with his father so well.
He vowed to make Ho-young his ally forever.
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That night.
Hoyoung was returning home after eating with Jo Jungsik.
It was after Assistant Manager Kim Jeong-gi also left work.
Hoyeong sat in her studio, tapping the desk with her fingers, lost in thought.
“Eros, when was the time when Chairman Heechang Cho died in your previous life?”
“It is November 15, 1995.”
“Why?”
“It is a complication of old age and diabetes.”
Hoyoung nodded.
“Gaia. Chairman Cho Hee-chang, whom I saw today, didn’t look that bad. How did you see it?”
“The complexion didn’t look too bad from my point of view.”
“Such a person suddenly dies a year later when he is not even eighty? I’m sure there must be a trigger for something. Can you guess what?”
“From the data stored on me, there is absolutely no way to verify it.”
“okay? Still can’t help it In the future of Eros, focus on exploring the data on Chairman Cho Hee-chang.”
“All right.”
Hoyoung had changed his present life so drastically that he couldn’t be sure what would change and how, but he originally thought that Jo Heechang’s death would not be a simple thing.
“Well, if nothing happens, that’s fine.”
For some reason, Hoyoung had a lot to think about.
‘I didn’t meet Jo Hee-chang.’
The Jo Hee-chang he met was not the figure of a giant who moved the Republic of Korea.
Hoyoung couldn’t forget the expression on Jo Heechang whom he had seen earlier in the Myungsung Group.
That expression was stern on the outside, but on the inside it reminded him of his father, who thought of him endlessly.
Heechang Cho.
He seemed so worried about his youngest son Jo Nam-shik.
Even though Jo Nam-sik, who does everything for his own success, and even immobilizes opponents to the point of being cruel, reminds him of a spider, he was a precious son to him.
Was it because he saw the human side of Cho Hee-chang, whom he thought was an iron man?
Or is it because he realized that Jo Nam-shik, whom he only thought was a target of revenge, was someone’s son?
Hoyoung was not in a good mood today for some reason.
Ding Dong-
“Who is it?”
Just then, someone rang the doorbell at Hoyeong’s house.
The time is already 10 PM.
Few people came to Hoyeong’s house at this time.
‘Are you Sumin?’
Hoyoung shook his head.
Ha Su-min said he had a filming schedule at a family arcade from evening to dawn.
‘Who the hell are you?’
Ho-yeong approached the front door, wary.
“Who are you?”
“Chairman, I am.”
“Procrastination?”
Hoyoung was startled and opened the front door.
“What are you doing at this hour?”
Miru smiled and lifted one of the poles.
Inside the black plastic bag, there was a clear sound of glass bottles colliding with each other.
“Are you okay?”
“I have a lot of time. What brought you here?”
“Are you here? Did you come from the house across the street?”
“ah.”
Hoyeong laughed, not even herself being dumbfounded.
Come to think of it, the house across from his studio was the house he gave to Miru as a gift.
“Anyway, what are you doing?”
As Hoyeong, embarrassed, hesitated, Miru giggled and said,
“How about a drink today?”
“A drink?”
“There were several bottles of soju in green bottles in the bag Miru brought.”
Hoyoung smiled and said.
“What are you doing? You don’t enjoy drinking that much.”
“haha. For some reason, I’m a little too drunk today. Also, the chairman seems to be in a bad mood today.”
Maybe it’s because they’ve been hanging around for years?
Kim Jung-ki did not recognize Ho-yeong’s change of heart, but Mi-ru grasped Ho-yeong’s psychological state at once.
It didn’t matter to Miru why Hoyeong was in a bad mood.
The only thing that matters to him is that I think I should spend time with him.
“haha. After all, there is only procrastination. Would you like to come in?”
“no. let’s go to my house I also bought a simple side dish.”
“okay? Did you prepare properly today?”
“Not only today, but usually, I am a bit thorough in my preparations.”
Hoyeong couldn’t help but laugh because Miru was so right.
“okay. What the manager said is all right. Then let’s go get some drinks.”
“yes. You haven’t even changed your clothes yet. Change into comfortable clothes and come down.”
“I know. thanks.”
“What.”
Miru smiled brightly, and Hoyeong also smiled.
Although there is a considerable age difference, I thought it was a good thing to have friends who know each other’s hearts.
After a while.
Hoyoung was sitting on the floor of Miru’s living room, sharing a glass of soju with Miru.
“There are many other alcoholic beverages, so why is it soju?”
“Well, the president likes it, and isn’t soju what soothes you when you’re not feeling well?”
“haha. That’s right.”
Miru turned on the TV, thinking that it was quiet since she and Hoyeong were drinking together at home.
“Five. Did you install the wire too?”
“yes. Local cable, but I installed it.”
“I’ve never turned on a TV, so I never thought about installing cables.”
“Chairman always only works on the computer.”
The two of them chatted, giggled, and tipped their glasses.
Hoyoung also seemed to feel better as he spent time with Miru, albeit little by little.
No matter who you talk to, there is always a time when the conversation is cut off and silence flows for a very short time.
When Hoyoung and Miru passed the glasses at the same time, a gap in the silence opened up, and then Hoyoung heard the TV sound in his ears.
The TV was playing reruns of the animal kingdom.
– The velvet spider, a member of the scarlet arachnid family that lives in the arid regions of southern Europe and northern Africa, has one most special feature.
Hoyeong and Miru, who became interested in the moment, suddenly looked at the TV, and the sound of words continued to flow from the TV.
– The special feature of this spider is that the mother hatches the offspring inside her stomach.
Looking at the spider with the red belly and striped legs, Hoyoung suddenly thought of Jo Namsik for some reason.
– Hatched spiders feed on their parents and grow in their stomachs. kill the survivor This sounds cruel, but it is one of the laws of nature.
Hoyoung is so excited! I raised my head.
“Are you going to kill him?”
It was because something was going through his head.
“Procrastination. Could you wait a minute? Just go to the studio for a while.”
“yes. All right.”
Hoyeong hurriedly ran across to the studio across the street.
And Hoyoung quickly called Eros and Gaia.
“Eros! Gaia!”
“yes. master.”
“Starting today, find out as much as you can about Jo Nam-sik’s activities. And, if you can, bring Jo Hee-chang’s medical records.”
“All right.”
I could hear the fan spinning, wondering if Eros was running the CPU to its maximum.
‘Kill him! If the···. Very, if what I’m guessing now is true, Jo Nam-sik, you are not worthy of being alive.’
For the first time, Hoyoung was hoping that his predictions were wrong.
