Breaking Up Is Better Than Divorce

Shanghai Bugao Chicher

“You have to make sure you are armed.”

John said to the man who was still standing haphazardly outside the door.

“Uh… do it.”

The man who identified himself as Korean raised his arms high and allowed John to follow his body.

“It’s unarmed.”

Roger said, and John let the Korean in.

“hello. My name is Changho Kim and I am from Korea. Who is in charge here?”

They seem to have noticed that John and Roger were not in charge.

“Come over here and sit down.”

Eugene got up from the sofa and spoke in Korean.

“uh? Are you Korean?”

The man was a little bewildered, but walked into the drawing room where Eugene was standing.

“Yes. It’s Korean. Sit. Did you say you have something to offer?”

“Yes. I heard that you are staying here for a week in the suite.”

The man said with a slightly stiff expression.

“First of all, I will. By the way?”

“Actually, it is because we absolutely need this suite, but are you willing to make concessions to us?”

“Concession….”

“Yes. Of course we’ll pay for it here, and we’ll arrange another hotel suite for you. We pay for that as well.”

“I do not know? Why would I do that? It’s not like I don’t have any money. And is it okay to come up and ask questions like this? In this hotel?”

Eugene asked with a slightly crooked expression.

“ah! That’s… actually, there are some circumstances…”

“So you’re saying you’re doing this regardless of this hotel.”

“ah. Yeah? Oh, that’s…”

The man began to sweat in a cold sweat.

“I think I should talk to the manager.”

Eugene immediately picked up the phone.

“ruler! Wait! 100 million!”

The man got up from his seat and tried to run backwards, but was caught by John, who was watching him every move, and fell to the floor.

“ah! no! If so! nine! An international disgrace!”

The man shouted evil.

“International disgrace? Are you saying that he even came out of the country?”

Eugene asked while holding the phone.

“Oh, no. But… the truth is, it came from the former Dasan Motor America headquarters. If you let the hotel know, there is a problem with Dasan Motors.”

“no. What kind of Dasan Motors are you saying to be a state-owned company representing Korea?”

“However, if Dasan’s name is mentioned in such a commotion, there is nothing good for the national interest.”

“I, indeed. His national interest is absurd. John, release me. Don’t do anything dangerous either. Because our John and Roger are a bit scary people. He also has a pistol in his chest.”

“Yes? Hick!”

The man’s face turned white at the word pistol.

“So I knew very well that he was a Dasan Motor Company. So? Why do I have to empty this room?”

“Actually, our Dasan Group president came to New York in a hurry. However, I came here to ask for your understanding as someone else was staying in the suite at the Palace Hotel, where you always stay.”

“Yes. The story was good. Now go back. zone.”

Eugene waved his hand and blinked at John.

“ruler! Wait!”

The man screamed until he was dragged by John and kicked out of the room.

“yes? Is this okay?”

Yooseong, who had only been staring blankly until then, asked, after driving out the uninvited guests and closing the door.

“What else could be wrong?”

“You say it’s the Dasan Group president’s job? Don’t you hate them for nothing?”

Even if he doesn’t, he’s having a crush with the Daeyang group, but now he seems to be worried that he might become uncomfortable with the Dasan group.

“If it’s fertile, it’s one way higher than the ocean.”

“What is on the road? That’s it.”

Eugene replied as if it was nothing.

Best Group, Fertility Group, Ocean Group, Prestige Group.

These are four large conglomerates that have a huge impact on Korea’s business world as well as society.

Among them, Dasan Group and Cheil Group have been fighting for the top spot for decades, while Daeyang Group is always looking for a chance to rise to the second place.

In that sense, Dasan is a rival to Jeil, and it is also in a position where it is being pursued by the ocean.

In particular, Dasan and Daeyang, whose main fields are automobiles and heavy industry, were compared in many ways.

“Anyway, I’m a little nervous.”

Unlike Eugene, Yooseong is just a young man in his twenties who lives an ordinary life.

It was natural to feel uncomfortable to refuse the request of the head of a huge corporation.

“don’t worry. I’ll come back if I really need it. The friend who came a while ago seemed like an employee with no authority. That’s why you don’t get anything in return even if you give them a favor.”

“By each grace….”

Yoosung laughed awkwardly.

“Anyway, nothing to worry about.”

“Yeah, that’s cool by the way. If you are the president of a large corporation, do you mean you have to sleep in a room like this? Do the staff go around begging for that?”

“Well, it’s not necessarily a pretentious thing, but there’s something like a security reason.”

But Eugene is well aware that it wasn’t for that reason.

An acquaintance that Eugene got to know after growing up used to brag about the fact that he worked at the New York branch of Dasan Motors Americas headquarters and went up to the branch manager.

I remember being close to that friend, who worked in New York and sat down without going back to Korea, as Eugene was also quite sympathetic.

For some reason, before returning to the past, there were many people in a similar situation around Eugene.

Perhaps it was because they accepted each other more easily because of the pain they shared.

As with men of his age, the friend would sometimes recount what happened while he was working at Dasan Motors in quite a bit of detail.

* * *

“Do you know what tasks not only Dasan Motors, but also people from overseas branches of Korean conglomerates should be most concerned about?”

A friend once said something like that.

“It’s nothing else, it’s about welcoming VIPs from Korea. Especially when the president or his family members get a call saying that they are going to stop by, there is a lot of uproar. Especially when it comes to the president’s visit, I can’t say anything. Usually, we notify you about a month in advance of your arrival, so that’s when an emergency arises.”

He trembled at the thought alone.

“Then we usually take care of it a week before you visit the 3rd largest hotel president room. And until the president arrives, the entire room is decorated according to the president’s taste. In the meantime, the other team recruits restaurants that match the president’s taste, and collects information about tourist attractions and local information that the president may be interested in, and at any rate, it’s crazy. Chairman, what is that? One word is enough to give you an immediate answer to that question.”

He talked for a long time about the commotion caused by the VIP visit.

By adding that it’s not always unusual.

“But we are on the better side. In the case of Cheil Group, there is not enough manpower in the local branch, so they hire about 20 part-time workers. I had to meticulously pay attention not only to the level of information, but also to the local celebrities and history. you all know How important is the thoroughness of Cheil Group? What I do there is reflected in my high school performance so I am prepared to die.”

While preparing for that kind of thing, when I was told who would see the work of the governor, I laughed, saying that if everyone did it, they would do it.

“And in the case of a restaurant, I usually make a reservation in multiples of 10. You go to one of ten places depending on your mood that day. the other 9? Of course, since you paid the charter, you pay for it and you’re done. In our case, the non-training staff went to the desired restaurant and ate instead. It’s because I paid for it anyway. But there are some companies that never do that.”

The story was gradually getting longer, but everyone listened to it.

“by the way. Was it about 20 years ago? At that time, I had a very difficult request. A VIP is coming, so get a high-end hotel president suite right away. Just in time, an international conference was being held in New York, so finding a hotel of that class was like picking a star in the sky. Then, fortunately, one place was vacant and I was able to get it, but the people who came to stay were neither the VIPs nor the VIPs. He was a Chinese guy with some hair. It turned out that he was a high-ranking Chinese, but to save his face, he needed at least three hotel president suites.”

* * *

Eugene remembered it very well because the friend had told it so many times.

Apparently, there was a reason why Eugene chose a luxurious room priced at $25,000 a day.

Eugene thought for a moment, but not long after that, the bell rang again.

“What should I do? boss?”

John asked. It’s a question of whether you want to get rid of it right away.

“Open it first. If it’s the same person, you can kick it out, and if it’s a different person, you can let it in.”

John opened the front door.

This time, two other men were standing there. They look a little older, and they are men in more luxurious suits.

“Dasan Motors?”

John asked.

“Please tell me this is Jang Hyun-soo from Dasan Motors America.”

A man spoke in a polite yet powerful tone.

“Come on in.”

Still sitting on the sofa in the living room, Eugene raised her voice and said:

“Sit.”

The two men who strode forward got Eugene’s permission and sat down on the sofa.

“Nice to meet you. This is Hyunsoo Jang, general manager of Dasan Motors Americas division. Are you Yoojin Kang?”

The other party seems to have figured out the identity of the person who has been using this room for a while.

“Nice to meet you. Manager Jang Hyun-soo. How do you know me?”

“yes. The fact was confirmed on social media.”

The man smiled slightly and replied.

“ah! okay. I forgot that. But I said earlier that I can’t give it away here. I also came here with a lot of heart. It’s a pretty significant event. For me.”

“There is an urgent need. Please understand.”

“Does the president have to stay? Even as the president, this seems a bit disrespectful.”

“Actually, there are circumstances. It is true that the President has come to visit the United States, but that is not why we need to be here this time.”

The man said with a very serious expression.

“okay.”

Eugene answered dryly, as if not interested.

“For security reasons, I can’t tell you everything. But it’s not just a matter of protocol. Please give me this one time.”

“Hmm, it’s not a protocol level……. What. It’s a security issue, so it’s rude to ask in depth.”

“Actually, a very important consultation is going to take place here. This consultation will have a profound impact not only on Dasan Motors, but also on the Korean economy.”

The man who had been silent until then opened his mouth.

“ah! Who is that?”

“I am Cheol-Ho Kim, vice president of Dasan Motor America.”

The man, who was now barely forty years old, was at the top of a large company.

And what that means is…

“Come to think of it, he was the third son of President Dasan. Nice to meet you.”

Eugene greeted him as if he had only recognized him at that time.

“Yeah, what. Nice to meet you.”

With a particularly unwelcome expression, the vice president awkwardly bowed his head slightly and greeted.

“Then you are saying that we have an important meeting here.”

“yes. This meeting is very important. Because we have to save the face of the opponent on our side.”

“Vice President…….”

The manager looked at the vice president with a slightly bewildered face.

But the vice president didn’t care and looked straight at Eugene and continued.

“So, even if it makes you uncomfortable, please give me some concessions. Instead, we do the right thing.”

For some reason, it was a very desperate attitude.

“The vice president or someone who is going to come and talk to you, and I can only give you a concession.”

Eugene changed his attitude and said.

“ah! thank you.”

The vice president’s face lit up in an instant.

Thinking that he doesn’t seem to have much talent for negotiating, Eugene continues.

“But seeing that I have to save face, I think I’m Chinese.”

At Eugene’s words, both the vice president and the head of the department look pale.

“Isn’t it famous that people hang on to their face? While working for my boss, I have treated people there a few times, but it is a little different from what we think of.”

“Ah, did you say that Eugene was at the project organizing headquarters at Myeongseong Trading Company?”

First of all, the vice president said with a more relaxed face after receiving the concession.

Moreover, as soon as I found out that I was the vice president, I immediately agreed to it, so it felt pretty good.

“Did you even know that? That’s great too.”

“If that’s the case, isn’t fame basic? When it comes to project organizing, local information and connections come before financing or construction, right?”

the manager replied

“yes. The most important thing is to go to the local area and interact with the people there, and for that, collecting information must come first.”

“okay. I heard that Eugene was a pretty talented person.”

Perhaps in order to give up the room, the manager did not hesitate to flatter the man who was younger than him.

“What is talent? Well, I’m not proud of it, but I did a good job managing my network. In fact, I am still in touch with the people I have built up while conducting business in China.”

“Incredible. If it is a project related to China at Myungsung Trading Co., then it must be the Shanghai Center Financial DB case, right? Defeating the Hitachi Consortium and winning it was a delightful event.”

“You know. haha. really! One of my acquaintances told me that this time, it has been three days since Shanghai City Party Secretary Liu Xiaojun went to Beijing, and we have lost contact.”

Eugene shed a single word as if passing by.

“yes?”

At his words, the vice president’s face hardened.

“No, why?”

Eugene asked naturally.

“no······. Is the story true?”

The vice president hesitated for a moment and then asked.

“I can’t say with 100% certainty, but as far as I know it is…”

Yoosung does not convince himself of his words.

“As far as we know, the meetings are getting longer in Zhongnanhai.”

The vice president tried to check again.

“is that so? It’s a little different from what I’ve heard. Well, I guess I’m wrong. really! How long do I have to empty it?”

Eugene changed the topic with the attitude that it was a non-trivial story.

“You can only empty it by 2pm. Until then, we will arrange other hotels for you. It’s not quite as good as this, but it’s still a place you’ll be satisfied with…”

The manager said quickly that it would be this time.

“for a moment. Wait a minute. Let’s hear the story of Liu Xiaojun earlier.”

But still, the vice president asked with a firm expression.

“Well, I heard that Liu Xiaojun showed something wrong to the president…”

Eugene blurs her words.

“It’s the first time I’ve heard of such a story. Isn’t Liu Xiaojun the person who is being talked about as the successor of President Liu?”

“Isn’t the person being mentioned as the successor to the president, who is only in his second year in office, really a rival?”

Eugene smiled and replied.

The vice president thought instead of answering.

“I know so.”

Eugene still had a voice that seemed to be flowing.

“Where did you hear that information?”

“That’s not something I can reveal.”

I couldn’t say I saw it in the newspaper.

In Zhongnanhai, an article about the sudden sacking of the Shanghai city secretary will appear in the newspaper shortly after.

Of course, the story is of no value to people who are not interested in China, but it is valuable information to those who are involved in related work.

And just in time, Eugene knew a suitable place to sell the information.

“It seems that the person you are meeting today is someone related to Liu Xiaojun.”

Eugene said that it was only then that he had a sense of something.

“Ah, that’s…”

Vice President Kim is confused.

Looking at the face of the manager next to him, it seems that the manager has nothing to do with him.

“Can I hear more?”

The vice president seems to be very interested in Yooseong’s words.

“Hmm, I don’t think the value of the information I have can be compared to the level of emptying a hotel room like this.”

“If the information is helpful to us, we will pay for it.”

“It’s worth it… it’s good. I don’t know how helpful it will be, but first I’ll just tell you what I’ve heard.”

Eugene released it without even mentioning the conditions.

“According to my acquaintances, it seems that they are being protected at the Ministry of National Security. It looks like the results will be out within this week. Maybe in a bad way.”

“Are you sure about that?”

The vice president’s face is a little serious.

“It is difficult to give an answer if you are sure. But even if I don’t know who Dasan is negotiating with, I think I’ll delay the time a bit. Do you not know? Will Shanghai Sugao Chi-Che be poisoned?”

As soon as he heard the word ‘Shanghai Husbando Chiche’, the vice president looked at Eugene with a firmer expression than ever before.