Perhaps it was due to the chilly atmosphere in the house caused by Grandfather's outburst during breakfast, but everyone seed to be trying to match Grandfather's mood.
Father and Mother, the key players in this situation, used the excuse of checking the box office results to leave as soon as the al was over. Eldest Brother claid he had so urgent work to attend to, and he left before anyone else.
To thwart Grandfather's plan, I needed to know all the details of that plan.
A report I glimpsed briefly on the desk in his study kept catching my eye. That report seed to outline a plan that would swallow Ajin Motors for sure.
Looking at the table of contents, I felt a bit baffled, and as I turned the pages, I understood why.
I had completely misinterpreted this report.
It wasn't a strategy report for Ajin Motors' acquisition by Sunyang; it was a report on the necessity of consolidating the automobile industry, governnt policies related to it, and support asures. In other words, it docunted the legitimacy and rationale for Sunyang's absorption of Ajin Motors. If the governnt announced this report as policy, Ajin Motors would be incorporated into the Sunyang Group.
If Daehyun Motors absorbed Ajin, there would be concerns about monopolizing the automobile market, and since Wooseong Motors has a significant stake from GM, there would be impressions of handing over to foreign car companies.
Ultimately, the story was that Sunyang Motors was the most suitable acquirer.
Once again, I was amazed by the power of conglorates, Sunyang in particular.
Conglorates create the policies they desire, present them to the governnt, and then the governnt puts those policies into action. Finally, it all ends with lawmakers in the legislature doing their dutiful role.
It's possible to swallow an entire healthy company like this without even peeling off the skin.
This report was evidence of the covert collusion between Sunyang Group and the governnt.
If this were to leak, it would beco a political scandal involving improper connections between business and politics.
Damn it.
The impact is too significant. I don't care about the current administration's consequences, but Sunyang's consequences must not happen.
Is there any way to not send Grandfather to the prosecutors' office in a wheelchair?
I need to find sothing that can turn the situation around right now.
I picked up the weekly information report placed on one side of the desk.
Occasionally, when Grandfather wasn't around in the study, I would sneak a peek.
So far, there hadn't been any information that was particularly useful to . I only briefly looked at it for entertainnt purposes, like investigating celebrity scandals.
This report, however, was similar in nature to stock market rumors or X-files, with nothing of practical value to .
This report encompasses all information related to politics, economy, society, and the entertainnt industry. However, the quantity, depth, and reliability of information are beyond comparison with rumors and X-files.
The information provided by various sources from different fields was ticulously verified by the Information Team of the Sunyang Group.
I found nothing useful and passed the file.
However, there was no source significant enough to make Grandfather let go of Ajin Motors.
When I closed the information report file, I sighed deeply.
We need to stop the governnt from making the announcent about restructuring the automotive industry. It feels daunting at this point.
Then, a completely different idea ca to my mind. No, it's more accurate to say I considered the situation from a different perspective.
Instead of trying to stop Grandfather, why not stop the governnt? What if we can make the governnt completely disregard the automotive industry?
There was one piece of information in the information report I saw earlier that was quite suitable for this purpose.
Other conglorates showed no interest in the money-making opportunity and let the information slip through.
That is...
[Hanbo Group - Change in Land Use for Suseo District Developnt]
This could be very useful.
The dia loves and thrives on any information related to the governnt, no matter how big or small.
The dia's evaluation only gets better as they dig deeper into the governnt's actions.
This, too, is directly linked to money.
The more the public likes the dia, the more valuable even a single word becos.
If the governnt, which has already suffered a critical blow to its morality, steps forward and announces the restructuring of the automotive industry, it will be another scandal. They will never dare to ntion automotive restructuring.
I quickly made a copy of the information related to the Suseo District developnt using the fax machine.
"It's getting too big... I hope this works."
Shortly after the Lunar New Year, I organized the information files and sent them by mail to all the dia outlets in South Korea. For a few days, there was no response, and I began to suspect that Hanbo Group might have caught on to my tip-off. However, it seed that they needed so ti to confirm my information.
A few days later, The Segye Ilbo opened the floodgates, and all other dia outlets followed suit, focusing on uncovering the truth behind the Suseo special favoritism scandal. Not a single line about Ajin Motors was ntioned.
Newspapers and broadcasts have been continuously reporting on the ongoing protests demanding an investigation into the Suseo favoritism scandal, and it's almost the end of March.
Even though it's nearly the end of March, the protests have not stopped for almost a month.
In 1988, when the governnt's plan to build apartnts on the Suseo area, which was nothing but natural greenery, was revealed, Hanbo Group Chairman Jung Tae-soo acquired all the land.
Originally, Seoul City's plan was to build apartnts and offer them to multiple-hoowners, but Chairman Jung Tae-soo's all-around lobbying efforts turned the tide, and the city decided to supply land after overturning its policy within five months.
Seoul City claid that it changed its policy due to pressure from Jang Byung-jo, the presidential secretary for culture and sports, but that wasn't the whole story.
It turned out that National Assembly mbers from both the ruling and opposition parties received kickbacks from Hanbo Group and pressured Seoul City to change its policy.
The Blue House secretary was identified, but it's clear that he's just a scapegoat.
The anger of the protesters demanding dia coverage and the truth was directed at the Blue House, and it was becoming the biggest scandal in the history of the Sixth Republic.
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