[Episode 171] The Stars Are Falling
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The rain poured down with a strong wind.
Si-woo Lee put on an armband with two black lines in a black suit and walked forward.
He never thought he would ever feel this way again.
The people who followed him caught the sight of him walking with a calm expression drenched in the rain all over his body.
Something I didn’t know whether it was rain or tears kept running down my eyes, but I didn’t try to express it.
Just to make him look calmer, he moved as he looked as normal as possible.
Because when he is sad, someone will be sad more.
Si-woo Lee held the portrait of the portrait with both hands and continued to move forward.
And Shin Ae-ra, holding the ashes beside him, bowed her head.
Today, this place used to be the Gangdong Works.
＜Ex-Chairman of Gangdong Steelworks Shin Won-sun dies.＞
Three days ago, the articles were posted on a large scale.
After the wedding, the two stayed by Shin Won-sun’s side while delaying their honeymoon.
The last week was spent not only in the hospital room, but with the two of them.
Who could say that his life was light?
He was the one who sent my children first and spent countless nights beating my heart.
But at the end of his life, he left happily and smiling.
Shin Won-sun finally held Shin Ae-ra’s hand and was able to march at the wedding hall.
The expression on his face was calm as he left after fulfilling his last dream, a rather simple wish.
Si-woo Lee and Ae-ra Shin went around Gangdong and arrived at the ossuary in Boseong.
Shin Ae-ra, who put the ashes in the best place and neatly crafted space, gently touched the surface.
“Grandpa, I will come see you often.”
Parting is always sad.
People call it Hosang, but the bereaved families who are the parties could not hide their sadness.
Injehu stood in front of the ossuary and bowed.
It was a place to let go of a close friend of 50 years.
It ended by saying sorry.
He was deeply concerned about his close friend who would be left alone even as he was dying.
Injehu, who gently stroked the ashes, shed the tears he had been holding back.
As the head of the prince group in his lifetime, he never shed a tear.
He seemed to be so strong, but even that he was not calm even in the death of a close friend.
“what… Why are you leaving so quickly? You should see Ae-ra and Si-u live happily ever after, this person… … .”
It was a friend’s life marked with regret, but the end was not.
Fortunately, her relationship with Shin Ae-ra was restored, and Lee Si-ura accepted into a new family.
Injehu, who couldn’t take his eyes off the ashes for a while, staggered back and retreated.
Finally, Siwoo Lee stood in front of the ossuary and muttered.
“Be at peace… … .”
Closing the door to the ossuary, Si-woo Lee muttered inwardly as he bowed his head.
‘I was happy to meet my grandfather. I will never forget the times we spent together.’
So Shin Won-sun’s funeral was finished.
After finishing the burial in the ossuary, Siwoo Lee went out and walked towards the arboretum.
And then Mu-yeol Lee and Seo-hwan Kim followed quietly.
Even though they could use an umbrella, the two went forward in the rain to share in Siwoo’s sorrow.
Soon after entering the arboretum, Si-Woo Lee, standing in front of a tree, clenched his teeth.
Shin Won-seon designated this tree.
Throughout the week, he carefully selected the tree on which his name would be engraved.
For the last week, he spent time at Si-woo Lee’s house and went out for a walk to the arboretum.
Although his condition had deteriorated to the point where he could not walk, he was comfortable with the wind when he came here.
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Siwoo Lee, who was stroking the tree with his hand, bowed his head.
Soon after, he began to cry silently.
Siwoo Lee was grateful that his tears were hidden in the raindrops.
In the past, when I lost my father, I was not in a good mood, so I could not grieve properly.
To be precise, it would be correct to say that the magnitude of anger was greater than the magnitude of sadness.
In addition to that, I had to take care of Nuri, so I couldn’t completely entrust my emotions to sadness.
‘Since then?’
It rained like this the day I returned from the funeral.
Siwoo Lee recalled the memories of that day.
What would have happened that day if Si-Woo Lee had not climbed onto the scrap metal?
It probably hasn’t been this successful.
If he was struck by lightning and did not acquire the ability, he might still be just a small junk shop that he enjoyed.
“Ugh… … .”
Eventually, when even the sadness buried deep inside came to mind, I couldn’t stop the cry from flowing by just keeping my mouth shut.
Siwoo Lee’s body was sobbing and trembling intermittently.
Mu-yeol Lee and Seo-hwan Kim, who were standing behind them, only bowed their heads when they saw it.
They couldn’t fathom how sad Lee Si-woo was.
To say it was short, it was a short time.
The time I had known with Shin Won-seon was not long, but to Si-woo Lee, he was a precious family member.
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This place is filled with only the sound of rain.
Shin Ae-ra walked to Si-woo, who was on her knees and bowed her head.
She approached him, put an umbrella on him, and looked at the tree Shin Won-seon had designated.
I have been holding back my tears and clenching my teeth for three days in order not to show my weakness.
But it’s all over.
Now was the time to remember Shin Won-sun and mourn.
* * *
Ishiu opened his eyes.
A place full of darkness.
With Shin Ae-ra lying next to her, he went out to the living room.
Nothing has changed.
Nothing changed either.
Even after Shin Won-sun left, the daily routine was repeated in the same way.
I’m sure you’ll get used to life without him slowly, just like when your father left.
It had been raining heavily and now it was as peaceful as ever.
Quiet and calm night.
However, Si-woo Lee’s stomach was not comfortable.
Si-woo Lee, who was staring blankly at the window, turned his head at the sound of the door being opened.
“Can’t you sleep?”
“I woke up from sleep. Get some more sleep.”
“just. I want you to get up and leave.”
“Sorry for waking you up.”
Shin Ae-ra turned on the light in the living room and walked over to Si-woo Lee, who was sitting blankly on the sofa, and sat down.
“You’re going to work in a month.”
“I’m sorry I couldn’t go on my honeymoon.”
Okay.
It was like going on a honeymoon already.
For a month, Si-woo Lee tried to keep Shin Won-sun by his side.
I wanted to go to many places with him, so whenever I had time, I moved to a place that came to mind.
“it’s okay. I’ve been traveling tiringly for a month.”
“Are you going to go to work tomorrow too? Get some more rest.”
“no. You can’t be away for too long.”
A shredder was built and Siwoo Lee always did not want to leave this house.
But starting tomorrow, the place of residence will be different.
It was decided to move to the mansion where Shin Won-sun lived while he was still alive.
All of his enormous fortune was inherited by Shin Ae-ra.
Since he had a lot of property, the inheritance tax he had to deal with was not easy.
Fortunately, there were plenty of people who could take care of the accounting.
There was Eun-su Jin and Ha-jun Shin.
And Shin Woo-cheol decided to take care of the inheritance.
“I will leave it here. I can come here often on my days off and stay here.”
“Yeah, there’s no need to clean it up. You said that the vice president is responsible for the management.”
I spent 3 days without hesitation.
The three letters of the name Shin Won-seon were heavy.
Various people came to pay condolences, regardless of the political and financial circles, and Si-woo Lee was in charge of all the guests.
“After playing for a month, there must be a lot of work to be done, right? ha… … .”
“I’ll be there to help. It will be difficult if you do it alone, but it will be better if you do it together. But where are you going to start?”
“Now, I have to leave Kang Dong to the Vice President and my sister, and focus on the incineration plant we were preparing for.”
From the time Siwoo Lee cleared up Gangdong until now, preparations for the incineration plant have been steadily progressing under the direction of Moon Jae-shin.
As it is a large project, there were many things that Siwoo Lee had to pay attention to.
Moon Jae-shin and Kang Pil-jung, it was absolutely not something the two of them could do.
“Isn’t the incinerator demolition a problem? We need to preserve all the useful machines.”
“We have to hand over the machines that can be passed on to other incinerators. I don’t want to put existing machines in a new incinerator.”
It was a new incineration plant because of its aging.
Recycling existing machines is absurd in itself.
Rather, it had to be relocated by machine, even if it cost more.
Siwoo Lee didn’t want to talk about work until a day like today.
Si-woo Lee, who was blankly staring at the window where the sound of rain was heard, immediately rested his head on Shin Ae-ra’s lap, who was sitting on the sofa.
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“Chairman, how are you?”
“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you at this time, Manager Kim.”
“Iknow, right. Didn’t you go to work in Gangdong today?”
“Gangdong will now be run by Shin Ae-ra. I have to prepare for the incinerator now.”
Early in the morning, Si-woo Lee, who came into the office before the employees left for work, greeted Jeong-nan Kim.
Then, after having a cup of coffee, I got up straight away.
“The president is still sincere.”
“no. I just don’t procrastinate on what I have to do. Manager Kim is also suffering. When the deputy chief goes to work, please tell me to come to my workshop.”
“Yes, Chairman.”
As always, Siwoo Lee first heard of the scrap-making space.
Quite a lot of time has passed.
Scrap production was slow, but diligently raised the level.
Even when he was with Shin Won-sun, Si-woo Lee came out every day and made scrap metal.
It would be nice if the tonnage that could be produced was increased.
Siwoo Lee, who has been producing scrap metal for a long time and finished cleaning it up, went into a space to work on waste.
It was late to sort out the scrap metal.
At 7:30 a.m., Moon Jae-shin, who had left for work, had already entered Si-woo Lee’s space.
“Did you go to work early?”
“Isn’t it the day the president goes to work from today? I have a meeting set up.”
“The vice-president will take care of the process and just report it to me.”
“All right.”
A lot of work was delayed.
Disposal of waste, and also in business.
There is a mountain of work to be done.
Siwoo Lee thought it was the price of not working for a month and taking a break.
“How is the demolition of the incinerator going?”
“The demolition schedule has not been decided yet. We are now disassembling the machine and transferring it to another incinerator.”
“Isn’t it true that trees are constantly being brought in and out?”
“yes. We are working on Nuri Landscaping with care. We are removing the trees that can be saved around the incinerator first.”
“Now that I’m back, I have to start in earnest. You suffered during the funeral.”
“I was just holding my seat. The hardship was made by the president.”
Siwoo Lee’s title has been completely established.
Anyone living in the modern world will want to hear the title of president at least once.
However, Siwoo Lee preferred the title of president rather than the title of president.
The title of president somehow feels like a wall is created with the employees.
“The hardship will be hard work from now on. I heard that Chairman Sanpo Cement asked to meet today.”
“yes. The president’s schedule is… You could say it’s murderous, but… … .”
In the morning I had to work on site, and in the afternoon I had to go outside.
First, I had to finalize the contract with Sanpo.
Jin Eun-soo was about to finish the contract with Sanpo when Lee Si-woo was away.
However, the chairman of Sanpo, Chaun, postponed the contract one by one.
What was even more funny was that Sanpo was receiving Nuri’s shreds even though he didn’t sign a contract.
“Aren’t you going to sign a contract?”
“The chances of that happening are zero. Chairman Cha Woon is putting off the contract because he wants to meet the chairman once.”
“Me?”
“yes. Rumors circulate that Chairman Chaun is a big fan of the Chairman. In fact, we didn’t just sign a contract, and Nuri’s goods are going into Sanpo without any problems.”
“How amazing. You postponed the contract to meet me face-to-face.”
“Isn’t that the sound of the president’s status changing that much?”
After a brief conversation with Moon Jae-shin, Lee Si-woo released his hand.
“I think the oil needs to be drained once.”
“I will take care of it.”
If Siwoo Lee made recyclable raw materials with his extraction ability, the processing was solely the responsibility of Moon Jae-shin.
Is high-quality oil suddenly appearing and circulating at the waste site?
There were too many things to doubt.
So, Moon Jae-shin took a detour and took the method of processing raw materials.
“It’s all in the drum, so taking it out shouldn’t be a problem.”
“You suffered.”
“Well, if there is less waste, it is good for society. Anyway, please proceed with the meeting and report.”
“Yes, Chairman.”
