Gold and Silver Alchemist

Passed the Hannam Interchange and entered the Gyeongbu Expressway.

It was a weekday afternoon, so the highway was quiet.

It ran smoothly and passed the Anseong Junction.

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My favorite SUV is not only powerful, but also incredibly fast.

If you step on it, it goes out as you step on it!

The mana of the 8-cylinder engine was transmitted through the toes.

‘It goes well!’

I reached out for the passenger seat.

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I took out the head of the Secret Service from the inventory.

Sitting in the passenger seat, he looked around with startled eyes and asked.

“What day is it today?”

It seems that now you know for sure that the important thing is not ‘where’ but ‘when’.

I informed him that today is the day the Genesis arrives at Pyeongtaek Port.

Then his pupils widened as if they would pop out.

“oh my god! Did 15 days pass in the blink of an eye?!”

It was the first time I had taken him out of the inventory since the day I bugged President Baek in a factory complex outside Pyeongtaek 15 days ago.

“My family must worry a lot at home because I’m gone!”

“I don’t think so.”

“yes?”

“Nobody has contacted you in all this time.”

I handed the cell phone to the head of the agency.

It was his cell phone.

His family couldn’t get in touch with him, so he deliberately left the phone out of the inventory, fearing that it would cause trouble if he was reported missing.

But no one has contacted me.

The man murmured with a disappointed expression.

“Seed···. The head of the family hasn’t been home for 15 days, so how can you not call me?!”

＜Anseong Service Area 3km＞

The guy opened his mouth after seeing the signpost for the rest area.

“Please buy me a bowl of garak noodles.”

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‘It’s been a while at the highway rest area.’

I went to the bathroom with the president of the Heungsinso, who said he needed to pee, and then entered the building where the restaurants were gathered.

I stood in front of the self-ordering counter and asked him.

“Can I just eat Garak noodles?”

After looking at the menu, he swallowed and answered.

“It’s good to eat gimbap together. Wow, the ‘sotteok’ looks delicious too.”

I ordered garak noodles, a roll of gimbap, and a skewer of sotteoksotteok.

And I also ordered a big tube of ‘thick potatoes’ to eat.

‘I came to the rest area and I can’t eat whole potatoes.’

I took my food and sat down at an empty seat.

“thank you for this food!”

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The president of Heungsinso made a satisfied expression as he scooped up a large bowl of garak noodles and put it in his mouth.

“It’s delicious. Is it even more delicious because it’s eaten after 15 days?”

Actually, he didn’t starve for 15 days.

Because time doesn’t pass in the inventory.

If you are trapped inside, you will not feel hunger, heat, cold, or boredom.

Compared to prison, it was very good.

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He chewed on his noodles and fiddled with his phone with one hand.

Then, after checking something, he opened his mouth.

“The Genesis has just arrived at Pyeongtaek Port.”

“How do you know? Did you put a locator on the ship too?”

“No, there is an internet site that tells you the location of large ships in real time.”

“okay?”

Checking the real-time location of a large ship was surprisingly simple.

If you only know the ship’s unique number (IMO Number), you can easily find out the current location of the ship by accessing the Internet site.

It was even a free service.

‘The world is really nice!’

＜Genesis＞ was in the process of docking at the pier of Pyeongtaek Port.

Container unloading will begin immediately after docking.

One of the containers unloaded from the ship is carrying a ‘Golden Electric Motor’.

However, it will not go inside Pyeongtaek Port to absorb gold.

The port was a national infrastructure, so there was a risk of terrorism, so access control was strict.

With my current skills, I could sneak in unnoticed, but there was no need to take the risk.

After the customs clearance process, the container will come out of the dock anyway.

The plan was to steal the gold on the way the goods were moving to President Baek’s factory.

“Customs clearance will take two days if it is short, four days if it is long. And customs clearance will probably be handled by Chief Kim. Because it always has been.”

I nodded my head at the words of the Heung Sinso president.

Because you don’t know exactly when the container will be out of the port, you have to keep it nearby.

“So keep an eye on Chief Kim.”

“Yes, as long as you listen closely to Director Kim’s conversation with the customs officer, there will be no problem in finding out the schedule for coming out.”

“Okay, if this job goes well, I’ll grant you a special wish!”

“Can’t you just let me go?”

“Will you just kill me?”

“…”

He swallowed the noodles with a gloomy expression and opened his mouth.

“I want to see my daughter’s face. I don’t really want to see my wife…”

I smiled and nodded.

“It’s not that difficult. I’ll let you meet my daughter.”

“Is that true? Really?”

“Have you been deceived?”

“thank you!”

“So, work hard.”

“yes! I will do my best!”

The guy’s expression brightened.

As long as the work was done well, I thought I would listen to that much request.

Even if you do the same thing, you will work harder if there is a reward.

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The president of Heungsinso took a big bite of Garak noodles with a happy expression.

Then, he muttered while munching his noodles.

“By the way, what is President Baek doing now? He didn’t know that he would be stripped of his gold. Kuck.”

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President Baek appeared at a high-end Korean restaurant in Gangnam.

Unlike usual, he was dressed decently.

Director Kim followed behind him.

A restaurant employee ushered the two into the store.

When I arrived in front of the room, the waitress gave a sign.

“Excuse me.”

“Come in.”

Squeak-

The waitress opened the door.

Two men were sitting in the room.

As soon as President Baek entered the room, he bowed deeply to the man sitting in the seat of honor.

“nice to see you! This is Baek Kwang-jin!”

The man sitting by the door introduced President Baek to the man in the senior seat.

“This friend is the contractor I mentioned before.”

“ah! I heard you wholesale precious metals.”

“Yes, he’s a pretty big hand in that industry.”

The man in the senior seat opened his mouth to President Baek.

“nice to meet you.”

“It is an honor to meet you. Chief Cheon!”

The man in the upper seat was Chun Young-jin, the second son of Cheon Tae-soo, the leader of the Korean loan industry.

He held the position of general manager at a financial company owned by his father.

Director Cheon asked President Baek.

“You can supply gold very cheaply.”

“yes! It’s a bit hard to say this with my own mouth, but I’m Korea’s top expert in gold. They don’t deal with diamonds, rubies, sapphires, or anything like that, only gold.”

“You seem to like gold very much.”

“Jewelry becomes sh*t the moment you buy it, but gold never changes in value!”

At Baek’s words, General Manager Cheon nodded.

“Isn’t that why everyone likes gold? The common people like it, and the people up there like it too…”

Every time the government changes, Chairman Cheon Tae-soo, the father of General Manager Cheon, has carried out a ‘gold lobby’ against those who have newly gained power.

This time, he was trying to buy a huge amount of gold to use for the lobby.

But this time, he entrusted the job to his second son, General Manager Cheon.

Chairman Cheon instructed General Manager Cheon to buy gold under an anonymous name, but General Manager Cheon went one step further to buy smuggled gold.

And he intended to keep the difference in his pocket without his father’s knowledge.

“But are things certain? It’s fake gold, isn’t it plating?”

“Relax! I only deal in 99.99 pure gold! We take pictures of dragons, turtles, and tigers in whatever shape you want.”

“What does shape matter? Weight doesn’t matter. Take only 1,000 2kg weights. Either a tiger or a bear.”

Director Cheon ordered 2,000 kg of gold.

In an instant, Baek’s eyes sparkled and shone.

“By when can the goods be ready? The sooner the better.”

“Can you fix it within a week?”

“one week? so fast? Then I’m fine! If this ends well, let’s do business forever.”

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When President Baek came out of the restaurant, Manager Kim opened his mouth to him.

“It is impossible to prepare that much in a week.”

Then, Baek replied with a smile.

“Why not? A container arrived at Pyeongtaek Port today. It’s just 2,000kg in it, so if you melt it down and make it, two or three days will be enough.”

“That’s something I decided to hand over to Yeom Jeong-hak.”

“Hey, stuffy friend! Is a Korean-Chinese guy like that important right now? If we can make a good deal with General Manager Cheon this time, our business will be upgraded to two or three levels!”

“If Yeom Jeong-hak knew, he wouldn’t be quiet.”

Baek laughed as if it were ridiculous.

“What if that child doesn’t stay still? hahahaha!”

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two days later,

Finally, the customs clearance process was completed and the container containing the electric motor arrived at President Baek’s factory.

President Baek’s mouth caught my ears as he watched the truck coming into the factory.

“Here you come, my son!”

As soon as the truck stopped, Baeksajang ran and opened the container himself.

“hey! Hurry up and get one out!”

Baek’s men pulled one of the 200 wooden boxes out.

It was moved into the factory using a lift cart.

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I ripped open the wooden box with a paru and a hammer.

“Take it apart quickly!”

People in overalls clung to the motor and started disassembling the case.

And finally, the core part, the rotor, was taken out.

“uh?!”

Baek opened his mouth wide in surprise.

“hey! why is this Where did the gold go?!”

Gold has good electrical conductivity, but it is soft and has poor workability.

So it was not possible to make all the rotors out of gold.

A golden disk in the shape of canned pineapple was attached to a shaft made of carbon steel.

However, the gold disappeared completely and only an iron rod remained.

“what! What happened? Open another box! quickly!”

President Baek urged his subordinates like a madman.

The men hurriedly removed another crate from the container and brought it into the plant.

People in overalls started disassembling the second motor.

“I can’t do it fast! Move!”

President Baek, in a hurry, took a spanner and began loosening the bolts himself.

Remove the case and remove the rotor.

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It was the same this time too.

There was no gold.

‘How can this happen!’

I flew to Taiwan a few days ago and saw with my own eyes the process of assembling a motor at a local factory.

But to see the gold disappear like this…

I couldn’t figure out where it went wrong.

But now, rather than figuring out the cause of the situation, it was more important to deal with it.

President Baek shouted to Chief Kim.

“Calling the baby!”

“yes?”

“The gold has arrived, so hurry up and come back with the money!”

“What are you going to do? I don’t even have anything.”

“What! Just take the money and kill him. I spent all my money on this undertaking! If I don’t kill him, I’m going to die. If you take that bastard’s money, you can recover enough! What are you doing?! Call me quickly!”

Then a man came into the factory and opened his mouth.

“No need to call. Because I came to find out.”

He was Choi Min-hyeok, who was using the false identity of Yeom Jeong-hak.