BXBX NOVEL Chapter 73.2: Are you Confident? (1)
Chapter 73.2: Are you Confident? (1)
“Why not?”
They went into a specialty coffee shop located on the opposite side of the apartment and sat at a table to their liking. Kang Chan ordered and brought over iced coffees, then placed one in front of Kang Dae-Kyung.
“I told your mom that we’re going out to buy medicine. Are you badly injured?” Kang Dae-Kyung asked.
“I wrapped it in bandages because my arm is a bit scraped, but it doesn’t look good, plus I have to put medicine on it.”
The long-sleeved shirt didn’t make him feel that hot since the air conditioner was on high.
“Your mom isn’t showing it, but she’s clearly thinking that you’re acting weird. Your mom’s gut feeling is on a level that I cannot catch up.”
They both smiled while thinking of Yoo Hye-Sook.
“We don’t have to create a foundation, and you don’t have to go to university. Can’t you opt out of this now? I just want the three of us to live in comfort. If it means giving you a peaceful school life, then I’ll also hand over Kang Yoo Motors to Gong Te automobile,” Kang Dae-Kyung continued.
Kang Dae-Kyung had to watch his high schooler son go around outside, understand him offering billions of won to them, and bear with him coming home with injuries often. There were a lot of times when Kang Chan wanted to honestly confess to him what had happened until now, but if he were to do that, then he’d have to explain that his body had changed first before saying anything else.
How could he do that? Kang Chan pushed down the sigh that was about to emerge.
Buzz— Buzz—Buzz—. Buzz— Buzz—Buzz—.?
Kang Chan’s phone rang while he was in an awkward position.
“Answer the call. Let’s talk afterward,” said Kang Dae-Kyung.
Kim Hyung-Jung was calling him.
“Yes, Mr. Manager.”
- Mr. Kang Chan, do you have time to spare in the evening?
He obviously knew where Kang Chan was since security guards were following him.
“I’m at the coffee shop with my father.”
- I’ll go there if you’re okay with that.
“Sure. And please contact me when you get here.”
Worry flashed across Kang Dae-Kyung’s face when Kang Chan ended the call.
“Father.”
Kang Dae-Kyung looked like he was trying hard to calmly accept everything.
“Things went on with just me alone, but it suddenly got out of hand with me in the middle of it all. I can step out of this if I insist on doing so, but I know I’d definitely regret it.”
“Are you going to regret it because what you’re doing matches your aptitude?”
“I didn’t really want to butt in.”
Kang Dae-Kyung looked at Kang Chan with a face that asked, ‘but why are you doing this?’
“I wanted to do it because it’s what’s good for everyone and because I really like the people that want to work with me.”
“Is the Prime Minister included in the people that want to work with you?” Kang Dae-Kyung asked.
“Yes.”
“I’m afraid that you’re going to say that you’ve met the President at this rate.”
Kang Chan forcibly smiled along with Kang Dae-Kyung’s silly smile.
“We’re creating your mom’s foundation this week. Though the rules are very complex, we finally got a notice yesterday. Your mom really wanted to put your name in there, but we decided to just go with ‘Kang-Yoo Foundation.’”
“That sounds good.”
“It was originally ‘Yoo-Kang Chan Foundation.’ But we changed it because we didn’t want people to misunderstand us. Your mom would’ve told you that she was very upset that your name got excluded, so I insisted that the ‘Kang’ at the front meant your name,” Kang Dae-Kyung explained.
“I think Kang-Yoo is much better than Yoo-Kang Chan.”
“Right?” Kang Dae-Kyung drank the iced coffee while smiling.
“You remember what I said last time, right? That you should do something to the fullest if there’s something that you want to do.”
“Yes.”
“When I heard that there was a chance you wouldn’t survive when you were admitted to the hospital, I thought to myself that I’m going to let you do anything as you please if you can just live on. I’m going to keep this promise no matter what, so just live. It’s hard for me, but I’m keeping that promise. However, I don’t want to experience that again. You know that, right?”
“Yes.”
“I’ll be leaving first since it seems like you have to meet someone.”
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“You can stay longer.”
“It’s fine.”
When Kang Chan stood up after Kang Dae-Kyung, he reached out and stroked Kang Chan’s back.
“Stay by your mom’s side more often rather than doing surprise events. She seems lonely.”
“Okay, I’ll do that.”
“Let’s watch a movie again on Saturday,” Kang Dae-Kyung said, then left the coffee shop after patting Kang Chan’s back.
Kang Chan was thankful and sorry. The fact that he couldn’t confess to him the truth weighed on his mind more than anything.
As Kang Chan glared at the coffee for a moment, Kim Hyung-Jung reached his table.
“Mr. Kang Chan.”
“Welcome. Have you had dinner?”
“Yes. Let’s order coffee when Mr. Seok Kang-Ho gets here.”
“Did you contact him?”
“He said that he’s coming right away.”
Kang Chan said that they should go somewhere else because he was uncomfortable with the people that could see them since they were right on the opposite side of the apartment.
When they went outside, Kang Chan told Seok Kang-Ho to come to the specialty coffee shop located at the intersection. They then walked there.
“We’re presuming that the attack at the hotel last time and the attack at the golf club were done by agents of China’s Ministry of State Security. What’s unusual is that they entered the country through Japan,” Kim Hyung-Jung told Kang Chan.
Couldn’t they have done that to hide that China was involved in this?
“They entered the country by cargo ship from the Seung-Il shipping company, and it seems like Japan cooperated in making that happen. The Seung-Il shipping company is saying that the captain did that because he was greedy about kickbacks. They’re also claiming that it’s hard to interrogate other wrongdoings. Anyway, Seung-il shipping company will get their license revoked because of the tax investigation by the National Tax Service and for other reasons.”
“We only cut the tail of the problem,” Kang Chan commented.
“That’s currently true, but we’re looking for traces of how the money was given to the shipping company’s captain, so much more solid proof should be found soon. There are also people that we’re suspecting to be involved in this.”
Things like this were disordered and troublesome.
“We used this opportunity to hold the management supervision responsible, which resulted in those in charge of the relevant departments being replaced,” Kim Hyung-Jung continued.
Kang Chan and Kim Hyung-Jung arrived at the coffee shop, and Seok Kang-Ho was already sitting on the terrace with a coffee in front of him.
“What happened?” Kang Chan asked Seok Kang-Ho.
“I was coming here by taxi, but I found myself walking, so I just came here.”
Now even Kim Hyung-Jung seemed like he had adapted to this type of conversation between the two of them.
“I already bought iced coffee. That’s okay with you, right?” Seok Kang-Ho asked Kim Hyung-Jung.
Without needing to say anything, they sat down and drank coffee.
Kim Hyung-Jung took out two phones.
‘This is for Mr. Kang Chan, and this is for Mr. Seok Kang-Ho.”
Is this the phone that the employees told me about yesterday?
“What’s this?” Seok Kang-Ho raised his eyes from the phone and looked at Kim Hyung-Jung.
“We installed two types of apps on the home screen. The app on the left is for the radio, and the app on the right is for calling us in case of emergencies. The emergency call app includes a request for help. The moment it’s pressed, your location will be found and the nearby employees will immediately run over.”
“What about the radio?”
“You’ll be able to communicate with us immediately within a one-kilometer radius in the center of the city” Kim Hyung-Jung answered. “It’s also going to somewhat prevent wiretapping, so you can use that phone from now on. The number is the same, so if you turn off the phone that you’re using right now, you can use the new phone immediately.”
This was even better since it looked nothing out of the ordinary.
It seemed like Kim Hyung-Jung had realized some things because of what happened a few days ago, so he also told exactly what he told Kang Chan to Seok Kang-Ho.
“Mr. manager,” Kang Chan called Kim Hyung-Jung after he waited for the conversation to end. “Will something like this happen again in the future?”
Kim Hyung-Jung couldn’t easily answer and just looked back at him.
“What I’m trying to ask is, if they can get Chinese agents into the country like this, won’t similar things keep happening even in the future?”
“Mr. Kang Chan, there’s a more pressing matter than that.”
A more pressing matter? Is an army actually coming over?
“We can breathe easily by taking this opportunity. However, what the opposition party wants is the position of the Director of the National Intelligence Service. The development of Pyeongtaek port is the precondition to connect the rail, but the opposition party is saying that they want the position in exchange for passing the legislative bill related to the development of Pyeongtaek port,” Kim Hyung-Jung continued.
“Then we can just do that, right?”
“If we hand over the position of the Director of the National Intelligence Service, then we could actually end up giving up on the ‘Unicorn.’”
“How so?” Kang Chan asked.
“It’s because the opposition’s end goal is to impeach the President. If they can get the position of the National Intelligence Service Director, then they’ll have the capacity to achieve that..”
Seok Kang-Ho spewed out a “Ha!”
“How can we solve this?” Kang Chan asked again.
“We need to get Europe’s approval as fast as possible and officially announce that South Korea is included in the ‘Unicorn’ project. If that happens, then all of our problems would be solved.”
“In the end, Lanok is holding the key to make that happen,” Kang Chan commented.
“That would only be possible if we stop Japan, the opposition party that’s looking to become the next administration, and the distractions from the pro-Japanese.”
This wasn’t something that could be solved by just guarding people.
“The reaction from metropolitan France is also a problem. It seems like they’re examining whether or not they should replace the Ambassador because of the recent attack, but we’re still just monitoring the situation since we haven’t confirmed the information’s credibility yet,” Kim Hyung-Jung continued.
For now, they had to examine things one at a time.
“Is it true that you’ve submitted your letter of resignation?” Kang Chan asked again.
Seok Kang-Ho looked at Kim Hyung-Jung with surprised eyes.
“This was the best that I could do to get rid of the obligation of reporting to my superiors.”
Since Kim Hyung-Jung had done that, the ways their secrets could leak would definitely diminish.
“The security guards were amazing. They had also submitted their letters of resignation, right? How about they take on the role of training the Yoo Bi-Corp employees for the time being instead of guarding me? I can just call them if needed,” said Kang Chan.
“For as long as Lanok is the Ambassador of France, then, either way, South Korea will need you.”
“But I haven't been completely discovered yet. And since we’re on the topic, would someone actually believe that a mere high schooler is doing this?”
Kim Hyung-Jung smiled helplessly.
“According to Lanok, there’s a rumor that I’m an agent that South Korea and France have secretly created, but isn’t that rumor not going around in the public yet? It’s about the Intelligence Bureau, after all. Right now, what we need are stronger employees.”
“Understood. I’ll discuss what you suggested with my friend after the funeral procession ends tomorrow,” Kim Hyung-Jung replied.
Kang Chan first needed a reliable organization. An organization of people that are both skilled and trustworthy.
1. This refers to a port that is located in Pyeongtaek, a city in South Korea