chapter 40
The construction manager, who was sitting in the corner of a secluded cafe, sighed and said.
“sh*t.”
Just thinking about the accident at that time makes me swear.
Safety facilities that were insufficiently installed because the construction was so urgent that the work was rushed.
That was the beginning of all the problems.
“Did you know it would collapse like that?”
A construction site where a part of the building collapsed due to insufficient safety equipment and became a chaos.
Fortunately, there were no casualties, but the unstable and poor construction dealt a huge blow to the credibility of the construction company.
This is especially true as the company is facing a major construction project in the near future.
“There aren’t just one or two big projects coming up in the near future.
So what he came up with was to put all the blame on the skeleton at the collapse site.
For that, the construction manager met with the skeleton pilot and agreed to 80 million won.
Obviously, everything went smoothly so far.
Until suddenly an urgent call came from the skeleton pilot.
“What are you looking at all of a sudden? It’s not nice to see you again.”
At that time, the cafe door opened and Han Do-yoon entered.
Han Do-yoon took a quick look around and sat down in front of the construction manager.
“hello.”
“Yes, Doyoon Han. What did you want to see me for?”
Then, Han Do-yoon smiled awkwardly and said.
“Well, I was wondering if things actually ended well.”
“yes?”
“I was worried, because it would be a big deal if I got caught. The accident was caused by the skeleton…”
Then the warden put his index finger to his mouth and said.
“Shh. What are you doing? If you really want to talk, just talk about that incident. What a good story.”
“ah. I don’t know.”
The warden said in a quiet voice.
“It will be handled without any problems. Because there is no evidence in the first place.”
“What if there is evidence?”
“I beg your pardon?”
“I’m just saying it just in case.”
“Nothing like that. There is no CCTV at the scene, and Han Do-yoon is the only witness.”
“That’s fortunate, isn’t it something you don’t know about?”
“Stop talking nonsense, is that the point? In the future, if it’s just this kind of thing, don’t contact me, because we won’t have anything nice to meet.”
As the warden tried to stand up, Han Do-yoon hurriedly grabbed the warden’s wrist and said,
“No, why are you in such a hurry? We just met, let’s finish drinking coffee and go.”
Then the warden said with a puzzled expression.
“Are we in a situation where we can leisurely drink coffee right now?”
“Anyway, let’s stay a little longer.”
At Han Do-yoon’s words, the warden finally sat down.
Then, Han Do-yoon, who was silent, spoke.
“By the way, what would you do with the collapse without the skeleton?”
It hasn’t been long since I’ve been told to call it that incident, but Han Do-yoon openly mentions it again.
The warden looked at Han Do-yoon and said.
“Are you doing this because 8,000 is not enough?”
“yes? Oh no, something like that.”
“Otherwise, why are you asking me all of a sudden?”
Han Do-yoon, who was easy to buy because his ears were thin and he had a dull corner.
However, as he suddenly called himself and kept telling strange stories, the director began to feel something more and more strange.
‘what. Is something strange?’
Then another strange thing caught the eye of the warden.
‘Come to think of it, why do you keep touching the left breast from earlier?’
Han Do-yoon, who tapped her left breast once in a while while she was talking.
‘wait for a sec. no way······.’
The warden was silent for a moment, then stood up and spoke.
“Anyway, Doyoon Han, don’t worry too much. You can have doubts, but without evidence, it is of no use.”
The warden, who was pretending to get up like that, suddenly grabbed Han Do-yoon by the collar and put his hand into Han Do-yoon’s clothes.
“Hey, wait!”
And when the warden removed his hand from Han Do-yoon’s clothes, he had a tape recorder in his hand.
The warden waved the recorder and said.
“What is this? Did you record the conversation? Is that why you deliberately induced my testimony?”
Han Do-yoon said while breaking out in a cold sweat.
“Oh, no. I’m anxious these days, just in case you don’t know…”
“Blackmailing me to get more money? no. Do-yoon Han doesn’t have that kind of ignorance.”
The warden said with a cold expression.
“Who made it?”
Then Doyoon Han, who was in tears, spoke.
“That, that, that is.”
“Certainly Seron?”
Han Do-yoon broke out in a cold sweat at the director’s words.
“Han Do-yoon, if we have a problem, Han Do-yoon will never be safe. why? I just won’t be there because I’m unfair. Conversely, if we live, Doyoon Han also lives. In a word, we are a body with a common destiny.”
The warden said in a quiet voice.
“So tell me honestly. If it’s embarrassing, at least roughly. What the hell happened? Know what to do to take action. Come to think of it, I heard they were talking about evidence earlier… Are there any proofs?”
The warden was even more convinced when he saw Han Do-yoon, who was taken aback by the word evidence.
‘You have proof? But if there was really evidence, there’s no way I would have asked you to pick up a recording file that has no legal effect like this?’
After thinking for a while, the warden said with a more relaxed expression.
“Han Do-yoon. I’m on Doyoon Han’s side. Do you really have proof?”
“what. I do not know.”
“Han Do-yoon. If you keep coming out like this, we will all be destroyed. I’d rather be honest. It really doesn’t matter if there is evidence. If we match our words well, can’t we make a hole through which we can escape?”
At the words of the warden, Doyoon Han swallowed dryly and said.
“A hole to get out of?”
The warden returned the tape recorder to Han Do-yoon and said.
“If you tell me, I can’t come up with anything else? Then take this and do as you originally planned. Instead, if you like the measures I have put in place, join me. How is it?”
Han Do-yoon is even more shaken by the warden’s deal.
“Is that true?”
“Really. So tell me.”
In the end, Han Do-yoon opened his mouth to the warden’s persuasion.
Then the warden, who had heard the whole story, said with a firm expression.
“They say they have the ability of a black box…”
“yes. I have seen it with my own eyes.”
“But it is strange. Isn’t CEO Han Ji-hyeok the one who makes a skeleton in an instant with one hand gesture? But how long does recovery take? this is kinda weird You haven’t seen the evidence yourself?”
“I haven’t seen it myself.”
The warden smiled and said.
“No matter how you look at it, it seems that Mr. Han Do-yoon was fishing. Perhaps, whether it was the ability or the hidden camera, it was directed as if it had a black box ability?”
“no way······.”
“If there was really evidence, there would be no way I could have persuaded Mr. Han Do-yoon to come up with evidence that has no legal effect, such as illegal recording. I’m sure.”
The warden looked at Han Do-yoon and said.
“Trust me once. Even after all this, he is a guy who has gone through all the hardships and survived to this day.”
Han Do-yoon said after thinking for a while.
“Then what shall we do?”
“For now, assuming the case where there is evidence and the case where there is not…”
*
A bench near a cafe where Han Do-yoon and the warden are talking.
Sitting on the bench, I used my hearing-enhancing magic to hum and listen to their conversation.
“As expected, the one who betrayed once will betray again.”
What I asked Doyoon Han was to bring a tape recorder and bring back the truth of that day.
But from the beginning, I didn’t trust Han Do-yoon.
How can you trust a guy who gets scared after several times of my threats and drinks alcohol?
So, from the very beginning, I heard that Han Do-yoon was going to meet the warden and followed him.
It may be difficult to identify when the fire is burning and people are unconscious, as in the case of a warehouse fire, but it is not a task to track down a person who has already been targeted from a distance.
“By the way, Warden, it’s quite good. Can’t play the game at all?”
I’m not sure if it’s a lie to say that I’ve been through all of the prenatal battles.
It wasn’t enough to pick out Han Do-yoon’s awkward points and find the tape recorder, but to convince him to take it back.
But even so, it’s a rat in the poison in the end.
Then I hear a conversation between the two in my ears.
-First of all, let’s make a recording file by matching each other’s words and hand it over to pass the time. Um… I’m pretending that Doyoon Han is asking me for more money. ah. By the way, if things go well, I really give more.
-All right.
-Isn’t the problem now that CEO Han Ji-hyeok had a question about the skeleton’s safety braking not working? after. I didn’t know there was such a function. I’ll think about this for a bit.
So, the two of them talk about future measures.
I said with a smile.
“Think about it for a hundred days, it’s already being recorded.”
Hearing enhancement literally strengthens sound waves from far away places and transmits them to my ears.
Of course, it is also possible to transmit these sound waves to places other than my ears.
The target is, of course, my recorder lying next to it.
Of course, these illegal recordings cannot be used as legal evidence.
But it’s not enough for media play and justification for my actions.
At the same time, you can get rid of the skeleton’s unfair reputation.
Then the warden’s voice is heard.
-Go to the bathroom for a moment.
Then he comes out of nowhere and starts talking to someone on the phone.
– Executive Director Kim, things have become complicated. CEO Han Ji-hyeok noticed.
After all, the higher ups also intervened.
I applied the hearing enhancement magic more strongly to the cell phone side.
– Holy sh*t! Did you notice?
-therefore······.
After hearing the director’s explanation, Executive Director Kim said.
– Safety braking? What did you do without checking that one thing!
Then the warden said in a voice that was absurd.
– Where can you afford to check it in that urgent situation?
-But shouldn’t you have checked in advance!
-No, how can I do that in advance… Mmm. sorry.
The director seemed to have a lot to say, but in the end he quietly apologized and endured it.
-Han Doyoon already blew everything?
-yes. But there doesn’t seem to be any evidence.
-There is no evidence… Then just pretend you don’t know and push.
Then the warden was silent for a moment.
-Rather, why don’t you watch Shobu with CEO Han Ji-hyeok? Since there is no evidence yet, we are going to admit that it was our mistake and move on quietly.
come now?
I’m sorry, but I don’t intend to accept it.
The transcript is already in my hands.
Everything you talk about right now.
-That’s not okay. The bidding for the construction that the chairman is currently focusing on is coming soon. But what will happen to me if I admit that an accident occurred in the construction I was assigned here? The president should never know.
Ohh?
Are you saying the president doesn’t know?
Then you’re saying that this guy, Executive Director Kim, is the head.
– Solve it somehow neatly! If you solve this well, I will take responsibility for the future, Director.
– Whoa. All right.
The warden returned to the cafe after the phone call.
After that, the director and Han Do-yoon continued to talk about this and that, but there was no particular nutritional value.
“How do you deal with these guys?”
It is not enough to simply go through legal procedures.
The opponent is Taeyu Engineering & Construction, a solid mid-sized company that ranks 40th in the subcontracting ranking and receives 900 billion won in orders alone per year.
Besides, it wasn’t an accident that resulted in a fatality, so it’s obvious that he will end up paying a fine and cutting off his tail at the warden.
They blamed the skeletons not because they feared legal punishment, but because they wanted to prevent the next project bidding from being affected by poor construction and safety negligence.
I thought about it for a while and said.
“Sooner or later, the launching ceremony of the Seron Group.”
That’s when you create the Seron Group and officially take the chairperson’s seat.
With this recording file, we explode a colorful celebration, formally declare war on them, and then destroy them with certainty.
So that no one would ever do something like this against Seron again.
I said with a smirk.
“Have I lived too kindly? I’ll show you what the real Super Eul is.”
*
The launching ceremony of the Seron Group was prepared without major setbacks despite the turbulent atmosphere caused by the skeleton accident.
In the meantime, Han Do-yoon, who was talking to each other, brought a poorly recorded file and took the time, saying that the director kept avoiding the topic, but well… it wasn’t very important, so I ignored it and moved on.
In any case, the inauguration ceremony that officially began was attended by representatives of SR electronics partners approaching 60, high-ranking sports makers, and officials from construction companies who were closely related to Seron.
“First of all, our Seron starts with a transport skeleton…”
The moderator prepared in advance proceeds with the inauguration ceremony by extracting as long as possible the short history of the talk.
After all the preliminary preparations, I finally stood on the podium.
I said as I cut the string prepared in advance with scissors along with Seron’s high-ranking staff.
“ruler. The Seron Group has now been officially launched!”
The attendees stood up and clapped at my words.
I slightly bowed my head towards them and said.
“thank you. thank you.”
When the applause subsided, I said with a smile.
“Thank you very much for your hospitality. But I can’t help but be happy. You know, haven’t there been accidents with skeletons recently?”
The attendees sat quietly in their seats as if they felt something unusual.
Then, as I waved my hand, the door opened and the waiting reporters rushed in.
I looked at those reporters and said.
“The accident caused by the skeleton was embarrassing. I’ve been working hard for the coexistence of skeletons and humans, to make everyone think of skeletons as convenient summons. So, Skeleton has various safety devices. But an accident happened.”
Camera flashes going off at me.
“I just couldn’t believe it. Of course, I’ll give everyone a chance to demonstrate this in a moment, but a skeleton is, by analogy, a robot with anti-collision sensors all over its body. But to think that such a skeleton could cause an accident.”
I pretended to be depressed for a moment and then said.
“So I did some research, what the hell happened. Was there any loophole in my summons? But by chance, by accident, I got something interesting. Let’s listen together.”
When I finished my words, the voices of Han Do-yoon and the director came out of the speaker.
-It’s a big deal if you get caught, so the skeleton caused the accident…
-Mr. Han Do-yoon, if we have a problem, Mr. Han Do-yoon can never be safe. why? I just won’t be there because I’m unfair. Conversely, if we live, Doyoon Han also lives. In a word, we are a body with a common destiny.
The two of them confessing virtually everything.
Then, this time, it leads to a conversation between the director and executive director Kim.
– The bidding for the construction project that we are focusing on is coming soon. But what will happen to me if I admit that an accident occurred in the construction I was assigned here?
– Solve it somehow neatly! If you solve this well, I will take responsibility for the future, Director.
When all the recordings ended like that, the people who were silent.
And among those in attendance was the chairman of Taeyu Engineering & Construction, the originator of all this.
The chairman of Taeyu Construction said with a pale expression.
“Now, wait a minute, CEO Han. Something is wrong with this…”
I said while looking at Taeyu Engineering & Construction Chairman.
“This is Chairman Han Ji-hyeok.”
“Ha, Chairman Han Ji-hyeok, there must have been some mistake…”
It was natural to be upset.
According to Executive Director Kim, the chairman was completely unaware of this.
But that’s why we’re punishing them as an example, isn’t it a little too much to just cut off Executive Director Kim and end it?
So I deliberately left out the recordings related to the president.
To make sure you take care of your hands and make sure this doesn’t happen again.
I said with a smile.
“Can I really spread false information at such an important occasion? ah! Of course, I know this has no legal effect. But well, if you formally ask the prosecution to investigate, the results will come out after the investigation, right? But I’m not satisfied with that. I will blacklist Taeyu Construction, which has damaged the value of my skeleton and the image I have built, and boycott all cooperation.”
Saying that they will never lend skeletons for construction.
Of course, this alone is not enough.
“By the way, is there anyone involved in Bowun Construction here?”
Then, a man who was looking at the situation with interest raised his hand and said.
“I am the CEO of Bowun Construction.”
“Could you come over here for a moment?”
The CEO of Bowun Construction, who stepped up to the podium with a puzzled expression at my words.
I turned the volume down on the mic and whispered in a quiet voice.
“I heard that you are competing with Taeyu Civil Engineering for the upcoming Gyeonggi-do reconstruction project, is that correct?”
“you’re right.”
“If I give top priority to the skeletons that Bowun Construction needs… will I be able to beat Taeyu Engineering & Construction in the Gyeonggi-do reconstruction project?”
There are many companies that want skeletons, but they cannot meet all the demand due to a lack of skilled workers.
At this time, I will boycott Taeyu Engineering & Construction and drive skeletons against competitors.
To prevent Taeyu Togun from doing anything.
The CEO of Bowun Construction, who fully understood what I was saying, said.
“I’m an idiot if I can’t win the bid despite all the pushes.”
“great. Then, after the inauguration ceremony, let’s talk more. ah. And this is a secret between the two of us?”
“of course.”
In my heart, I want to openly kill myself, but if that happens, I could be harmed for not only violating fair trade, but also private revenge, so I calmly but surely pressurize.
In this way, CEO Bowen Construction goes down the podium with a happy face.
Then Taeyu Construction Chairman, who is embarrassed to see the expression of the representative of the competitor brightened.
I said while looking at Taeyu Engineering & Construction Chairman.
“Thank you in advance, Chairman.”
to expect
Because this is just the beginning