Suk Jinmyung sighed and said to Woosung on the phone, âYou canât do this.â
Woosung laughed lightly and replied, âI just wanted to show you that Iâm different. Donât you think Iâm different?â
Suk Jinmyung sighed, âThis isnât the time to joke around.â
âI made sure Choi Taemin can never abuse another girl in this country. You can call around, but no one will help you. The only thing you could do now would be to find someone from another country.â
Suk Jinmyungâs hands trembled.
He asked, âAre you really going to be like this?â
âWhat else can I do? What did you think I was going to do? I told you last time, if you continue this path, there is only one possible future for you.â
âYou mean Iâll end up in prison?â
âYes.â
âDo you think you can convince me like this? Donât you think this will make me resist you even more?â
âDo you still feel loyal to Daeyang?â
Suk Jinmyung didnât answer.
Woosung continued, âYou have already repaid the scholarships you received from Daeyang. I donât understand why you are still there when you are being treated so horribly.â
Suk Jinmyung replied sarcastically, âI see you have done your research on me.â
âItâs readily available information. I wouldnât call it research.â
Suk Jinmyung sighed again. âThe main thing now is that I will have to inform my vice president Choi about this.â
âIf you tell him the truth, you know what will happen to you.â
Suk Jinmyung couldnât reply. He was fearful for his life.
Woosung continued slowly, âThink carefully. Your future depends on it.â
***
1 BTC 2530 dollars.
Woosung was controlling the price.
1 BTC 1810 dollars.
The price fluctuated heavily. People found this to be an attractive investment chance.
If you got in at the right time, you could become rich.
1 BTC 2781 dollars.
Many people got in including Choi Gichul.
âDammit! Itâs rising again.â
As the price went up and down, Choi Gichul became anxious.
âDammit, why is it that when I buy, the price goes down and when I sell, it goes up?â
Choi Gichul didnât trust bitcoins. He expected it to plummet to 0 someday, which meant he couldnât hold it for more than 2 days.
âIf I lose money, Choi Taemin wonât let it go.â
Since it was so expensive now, Choi Gichul and his group could no longer have a significant effect on the price. Choi Gichul wanted to escape from Choi Taemin, but unless he gave up everything, it was not possible.
âWould he do to me what he did to Choi Gitae?â
Choi Gitae was in the hospital in a comma. Choi Gichul was afraid.
When Choi Gichul walked out of the office, Chun Gisu was waiting for him. He knew he was now Kang Woosungâs man.
Choi Gichul asked coldly, âWhat are you doing here?â
âYou havenât changed. I no longer work for Daeyang, so you canât talk to me like this.â
Choi Gichul sneered, âHa! So what?â
âI heard you are running a dealership. Howâs that going?â
âI donât have to tell you.â
âListen, we both have something in common. We both want to escape from Choi Taeminâs power.â
Choi Gichul paled.
ââ¦â
âPresident Kang is a decent man. You probably know that already.â Chun Gisu continued quickly, âHe is intelligent, talented, and knows how to take care of his own people. Unlike someone we know. This is the only way.â
âDid Kang Woosung get Suk Jinmyung too?â
Chun Gisu laughed, âUnfortunately no. As you know, President Kang Woosung is aware of all your phone calls and activities. He makes decisions based on this information. He asked me to come and see you today.â
âSo what do you want?â
âHe told me to tell you that you need to make the right decision or else, you will end up like your brother Choi Gitae.â
***
Choi Gichul visited Choi Taemin.
âI will only keep 10 million dollars for myself and give everything else to you, so please let me go.â
âHa. Iâve never stopped you from leaving.â
âThis isnât a joke.â
âIâm not joking.â
ââ¦â
âNo matter what happens, you will always belong to Daeyang.â
âI want to be my own man. I will give up my shares of Daeyang.â
Choi Taemin laughed, âYou know too much about me and this company. Donât you think so? There are only two ways for you to leave. Either become mute or braindead. What do you think?â
Choi Gichul bit his lips. He finally realized he could never escape Choi Taemin.
***
April 11, 2012.
Two days before the 19th General Election.
The media released the rumors on the current President Lee Parksung and the leader of Liberal party Kim Junghee.
Quickly, the rumors turned out to be facts as proofs were released as well. A representative of the democratic party held a press conference.
âWith these proofs, you can be sure that President Lee Parksung has lied so many times even before he became President. You can also see how Kim Junghee has done many illegal deeds. How can we let these people run this country?â
Lee Sunghyun turned the TV off and sighed deeply.
Those proofs shown on the TV were supposed to be hidden in a safe place. It must have been an insider who got to them and released them.
Lee Sunghyun tried, but he couldnât unravel the person behind all of this.
âBy the way, why arenât these people answering my calls?â
Hwajung law firmâs Attorney Park Changsun.
Josun law firmâs Attorney Jo Namgi.
Daeryuk law firmâs Attorney An Soohyun.
He needed the best lawyers to defend his father, but no one was answering his calls.
Lee Sunghyun asked a liberal member who was sitting next to him, âSo what is the party doing to resolve this situation?â
The liberal party member stammered, âW, we plan on making it look like the opposition is plotting against us with lies, but we may still lose this election.â
âWe need to make sure that doesnât happen.â
âBut the situation is very seriousâ¦â
âThis could be bad. Dammit!â
ââ¦â
âWhat happened to the request we made to Daeyang for election funds?â
âThey said they arenât doing well themselves so they only sent 500,000 dollars.â
âThatâs nothing.â
âWe were told that if we give up more information on Kang Woosung, they will give another 500,000 dollars.â
âBut we have no more information.â
âThen what should we do?â
âWe need to meet him.â
âWho?â
âThe man who owns all the best lawyers in the country.â