chapter 29
donor
“I was twenty-seven years old. Are you still like that? That year.”
While other alumni had a light meal and drinks outside, Kim Hye-won, a close friend, sat down with Jang Bo-ra at the funeral home and opened her mouth.
Of course, the beginning was a curse about Jang Sae-rom, who was sarcastic in front of Jang Bo-ra, who was having a hard time.
“I’m sorry… . When we were together, he brought up a story, and he made a fuss by saying that he is also an alumni and should not go. . I can’t leave that year alone… .”
It was clearly drawn.
Both father and brother were fortunately awakened naturally, and are now executives of a middle-ranking guild covering the Sillim area.
He came to unleash the jealousy he had as a child.
If it was like usual, I would have said a word at least.
But right now, both physically and mentally, I am in a very difficult state. I didn’t want to get stressed out by scratching and making a fuss in Daddy’s presence.
“are you okay. I’ve said everything, I’ll be leaving soon. You should go and eat too.”
Both of them were at the ceremony, but Kim Hye-won couldn’t get out of her side because she felt sorry for Jang Bo-ra’s words.
Inevitably, Jang Bora stood up.
“let’s go. I need to eat too.”
Only then did Kim Hye-won get up after her. The two left the mortuary, asked the helper for a meal, and sat at a table next to where the alumni were sitting.
“… So this time, I’m going to move near my dad’s guild. Did you know that the price of land there has more than doubled?”
Last 10 years. The biggest cause of the increase in real estate was the Awakener.
Is there a strong Awoken nearby, which guild is holding the ground, etc.
Currently, the gentrification of housing was no different from the culmination of the transitional period from infrastructure and school districts to awakened people.
Jang Sae-rom was bragging about his parents’ virtues as if they were his own abilities.
Jang Gyeong-seok, the fiancée, made a shy expression, and the other one also responded on the outside.
The representative of the mid-tier guild and the 5th rank Awakener. Even my brother is a 5th rank business card and background.
There was no choice but to respond even to the words of an alumni who were insignificant to the general public.
Then Saerom Jang saw Bo-ra Jang sitting at the table next to her, and Sae-Rom Jang’s eyes shone brightly.
“Look. Do you have any future plans?”
“plan?”
“No, it is. What do you do when you play all over the country in high school, get into a good university and get a few licenses? I have nothing now and I am already approaching thirty. I have to do something.”
Sae-rom Jang sarcastically extended his words.
“Why don’t you do anything? Dad’s convenience store should continue to run.”
Due to my personality, I tried to pretend to be calm, but in fact, I was at a loss.
The money has been drained from the hospital expenses and living expenses that he earns, and he is in debt.
Just a few days ago, I heard that the owner of the building where the convenience store was located had changed, so it was unclear whether it would be able to continue operating.
The pig, the former owner of the building, was not interested in the building at all, so he hadn’t touched the rent.
Even if the monthly rent went up just a little bit, he had to worry about three meals a day.
“but… . If you don’t have any money or inheritance, you have to live like that.”
“Hey Saerom Jang!”
I didn’t want to make a fuss, but it was hard to listen any longer.
She is not pessimistic about her situation, but her attitude is sarcastic, as if she met her parents by mistake.
“What do you know… .”
That time when Jang Bora was about to say something patiently patiently.
Three people in black suits were entering the entrance of the funeral home.
It was the direction she was looking at, so the moment she let out a short sigh and went to receive the mourners.
The group recognized Jang Bora first and approached the table.
“Mr. Jang Bora?”
“yes yes?”
“I came from the law firm Wuhan.”
When I received the luxurious business card with a gold frame, I could see that it had the words “Law Firm Infinite” written on it, as the middle-aged man had said, along with his name and number.
A law firm is often referred to as a law firm.
They had no reason to come here.
All possible debt problems were being managed by the bank, and the payment deadline had not yet arrived.
“What happened at the law firm… .”
When Jang Bo-ra asked the question, Sae-rom Jang, who was sitting there, could not stand it and opened her mouth again.
“Well, aren’t most things that can come out of a law firm bad?”
At the same time, he did not forget to look at his fiancé Jang Gyeong-seok, who was sitting next to him.
Do you regret liking a girl like that when you were young? Did you have a good date with me? expression.
In fact, that was the biggest reason for her jealousy besides her outstanding academic performance and pretty face.
The lawyer who handed over the business card from the front stared at her for a while, then took it out to Jang Bo-ra with a smile on his face that he had finished grasping the situation.
“Ha ha, not a bad thing. I came here because of a water test problem.”
“Are you water proof?”
“Shall we sit down?”
Originally, it was formal to talk in a quiet corner, but thanks to the lawyer’s eloquence and quick actions, we sat facing each other at the table where we were eating.
“Let’s get down to business and get to the point. You know about the black market, right?”
“Yes, yes.”
In the past, an organization called Cougar was used as a black market.
At that time, it was just one of the larger black markets.
As always, the fist is closer than the law. And the cougar was the largest and most menacing of the fists.
Criminal organizations that have connections with the political world and make profits from billions to hundreds of billions every year.
The reason why they had no choice but to hide and be looked down upon in society was simple. Because everything was born and raised in the shadows.
Because of this, since 5 years ago, Cougar has been pushing the black market and continuing the work of seemingly falling apart from their organization.
Establishing a corporation called Black Market, seating the chairman as the president of the company, and everything that does not allow disputes there is the basis for Yang Ji-hwa.
At present, its origin has been diluted to the extent that many people know that it is the largest market for awakened people in Korea, unless they are doing their best.
“My father was an early investor in the black market.”
“yes? what is that… .”
“Precisely, before the establishment of a corporation called Black Market, he invested in Chairman Deok-Young Jang, who currently serves as chairman.”
“Are you my father?”
“Yes, because she did not arrange the stock before she passed away, Miss Jang Bora naturally became the recipient.”
The funeral hall was narrow, so everyone’s eyes were focused on it.
Most of them were ordinary people, and they were just lucky to have money to inherit. kind of facial expression.
Jang Sae-rom and her fiancé, Jang Gyeong-seok, were the only ones who opened their mouths blankly as if they knew the value.
In the case of Jang Sae-rom, his family was an Awakener and ran a mid-level guild, and Jang Gyeong-seok was a regular employee in charge of computer work in the guild.
“The shares held by my deceased father are preferred stocks that cannot exercise corporate rights and voting rights. 5% of all outstanding shares.”
Jang Bo-ra, who has been a genius since childhood, entered the department of accounting and even holds a tax accountant’s license.
Even in the midst of chaos, my head was spinning rapidly.
“then… Worth… .”
“Since it is an unlisted, unlisted company, it was calculated as a supplementary valuation method.”
The lawyer takes out some papers and starts explaining in detail.
It was an explanation of the supplementary evaluation used when inheriting unlisted company shares, and the weighted average of net profit and loss value and net asset value at 3:2.
“… 5% of the preferred stock owned by Jang Baek-gi, who passed away because of this… . It was valued at 240 billion won.”
Of course, the actual value will be incomparably greater.
The real reason why the black market was important was because of their cougar background and their market dominance based on that, not net profit or holdings.
“Huh… .”
“Did you hear? 240 billion?”
Even so, it was clear that it was a huge amount that I had never heard of, let alone touched.
Along with the embarrassed Jang Bo-ra, the buzz around them also grew.
“The black market said they were willing to buy this preferred stock. I am here as my father’s legal representative and black market mandate.”
When Jang Bo-ra, taken aback by the sudden news, is at a loss for words.
“Put them in a row.”
“How do I do this?”
“I will take all the relief wreaths sent by the worthy to see inside. wait for now.”
There was a noise as at least dozens of people were busy walking around outside, and two men dressed in black uniforms, as if matching ties, entered the funeral hall.
As if meeting someone behind you.
Eventually, it was revealed through the shoe closet.
“brother?”
It was Ha Yeon-woo.
* * *
The first thing I did when I heard the news that Uncle Baekgi passed away was to find a way to deliver the price of my father’s life to Jang Bora.
If the simple help was the end, I would never have thought it was the price of my father’s life.
Helping with life, being together as close friends and preventing them from moving in a bad direction.
That was the price Ha Yeon-woo thought of, and the grace he still had to repay for a long time.
I’ve heard of Mr. Baekgi’s will, and I’ve had my original thoughts, so it’s a pity that he passed away, but now is the best time to hand over the cash.
He immediately asked Jang Won-woo, who assisted him, how to do it, and he came up with a simpler solution than he thought.
Issuing preferred stock for face value without voting rights through the black market, purchasing it by Ha Yeon-woo and passing it on after changing the owner.
It was possible because the black market itself was actually owned by Cougar.
In a word, it is to squeeze and hit and give money.
‘I didn’t want this much.’
The mayor, the head of a district, the chief of police, the guild leader of a large guild, or the representative of a working-level guild. The huge relief wreath with various names on it was unexpected to him.
All works by Jang Won-woo.
He was doing a very good job both inside and out.
“brother?”
Jang Bo-ra, who looked at Ha Yeon-woo, the lawyer, and the cougar gang members carrying the relief wreath with a surprised expression, looked as if she realized something.
“Are you a little late?”
“Your brother did it, right?”
“what.”
Bo-ra Jang cutely rolled her eyes when she answered naturally.
He lowered his gaze and looked at the documents presented by the lawyer, pondered for a moment, then raised his gaze as if he had made up his mind.
“You said you wanted to buy it on the black market, right?”
“Yes, it is preferred stock, but with an exceptional premium, 250 billion… .”
“I won’t sell it.”
“not… . Are you selling it?”
The lawyer with a puzzled expression looked back at Ha Yeon-woo, who unconsciously entrusted the work.
The look on how to do it.
‘Uselessly quick to notice… .’
I don’t know what he was thinking, but it was clear that he knew that Ha Yeon-woo was behind everything.
“I don’t want to sell and become a major shareholder in the black market. Is that okay?”
“Well, there’s no problem with that, but… .”
“Good. do it.”
I intervened in moderation to help the embarrassing lawyer, and it was only after Ha Yeon-woo’s secret fortune fell that the contract began to be written.
After only about 5 minutes, the paperwork related to the donation was over, and Jang Bo-ra was guided to tax processing and dedicated legal work.
“I’ll take good care of you in the future.”
“I will serve you with all my might.”
A simple donation business was a one-off task, but stock asset management was like attracting new customers.
They say they are in charge of black market business, but more money is better, and the law firm partner lawyer bowed his head with a smile on his face before leaving.
Jang Bo-ra, who was looking at a business card and a stack of documents in front of her, turned her head to look at the table next to her.
The target is Jang Sae-rom, who has crossed the line many times.
“Oh, my! Bora congratulations! You hit the jackpot? I’m friends with you… .”
“Sarom.”
“Uh, huh?”
Jang Bora, who called her name as she changed her posture, said with a cold face and raised the corners of her mouth.
“What did you say was the guild run by your family? Did you say Hyosung Guild in Sillim?”