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Published at 1st of July 2020 11:35:04 PM
Chapter 540: 540
A Electronics' CEO Park sat on a bench outside the Ahn Jung Geun Memorial Hall . Since it was a weekday, there were not many visitors there . A tree provided a good shade to the seating area where the bench was situated, and Gun-Ho joined CEO Park and sat on the bench while holding his canned coffee .

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Gun-Ho could see the parking lot where his Bentley was parked at from the bench which he was sitting on . Chan-Ho was keeping the car's four doors open to ventilate, and he was taking a rest while sitting on a rock nearby while listening to music .

A Electronics' CEO said, "Mr . President Goo, it's hard to run a business, isn't it?"

"It is, but it's also fun sometimes . "

"Well, maybe you are less stressed than people like me who are hired to run a business since you are running your own business . "

"A Electronics has more than 10,000 workers, doesn't it? It must not be easy to manage all those workers, and the management system must be complex . "

"It's not a one-person work, of course . I have highly competent workers in the management team . The number of our executive officers only is exceeding 30 . "

"Wow! 30 executive officers? That's a lot . "

"If you think of the number of our workers, it's not a lot at all . We currently have 12,000 workers, so it's like we have 1 executive officer per 400 workers . "

"Wow . That means you have to win over 400 workers to become an executive officer at your company . "

Silence filled the air for a moment .

A Electronics' CEO took a sip of his canned coffee before continuing to talk .

"I've heard that Mr . Minister Jin-Woo Lee presided over your wedding, right?"

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"Yes, he did . "

"He must become a meaningful person to you in your life… What do you think of Mr . Minister Jin-Woo Lee?"

"I believe that he is a good person . "

"Mr . Minister Lee is a politician . "

"That's right . "

"The position of a minister in the government is not a long-lasting job . He has been in that position for more than two years already . It's about the time for him to leave that position . "

"Well, I guess that he will take another position in the government . "

"I think he is more interested in becoming a member of Congress . It seems that the two political parties have already started contacting him . "

"That doesn't surprise me . He must be very popular in politics . "

"Speaking of which… What I'm going to tell you now should be kept between you and me . You can't tell anyone no matter what happens, okay?"

"What are you saying?"

"In order to become a member of Congress or to go further, you need money . "

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"It is probably so . "

"It takes money for Mr . Minister Jin-Woo Lee to get into Congress . "

"Money would be the last thing that he would worry about, wouldn't it? He is the son-in-law of A Group's Chairman . "

"The people who oppose him would keep an eye on A Group's movement, especially the flow of their money . If they catch any of A Group's financial activity related to Mr . Minister Lee's campaign, it will damage the company severely . "


"Hmm . "

"So, I want to make a proposal to you . Can you join me to make a secret fund for his political activities?"

"Slush fund for his political activities? My company is not capable of making that much money to get involved in politics . My company is a small factory with a few hundreds of workers manufacturing automobile parts . "

"I'm not asking you to provide funds to us like that . I will make your company—GH Mobile—become one of A Group's vendor companies . "

"Huh? What did you just say? Are you saying that you will place product orders from GH Mobile?"

"Yes, we can make secret funds that way . "

"Secret funds… I don't think it's possible . As you know well already, a registered business entity like us can't make any expenses without producing corresponding receipts . I must produce tax invoices for every transaction accurately with the tax office . "


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"I'm not asking you to use the traditional way to make slush funds that were used in the old days . I'm asking you to do so without breaking any law . "

"We can do that legally?"

A Electronics' CEO had a sip of his coffee and then looked around to see if anyone was close enough to hear their conversation . There was no one around them . All they could hear at that moment was birds singing .

"We will let you sell your products to us, and you let us own a part of GH Mobile by giving us some of its company's shares . "

"GH Mobile's shares?"

"You don't transfer the company shares to Mr . Minister Lee, but you give them to his father . "

"Huh? To his father?"

"If your company's shares are transferred to Mr . Minister Jin-Woo Lee or any other young person, it could raise a question about the source of money to buy them . "

"Well, please allow me to ask you this . Did you already talk with Mr . Minister Lee about this? Is he aware of the deal?"

"No, Mr . Minister Lee has no idea about it . His spouse doesn't know either . This is just my personal plan and a proposal to you . "

That hit Gun-Ho's head .

'Of course, it is . If something goes wrong, CEO Park will have to take full responsibility by bringing in another person who is more responsible or something without making any connection whatsoever to Mr . Minister Lee . '

A Electronics' CEO Park continued talking without looking at Gun-Ho . He was gazing vacantly into space .

"The reason why I visited your company in Jiksan Town the other day was that I wanted to make sure that your company is capable of supplying products to our company . I needed to know that if it's large enough to produce a certain volume of products . And, it was good enough . As you are already well aware, many first vendor companies of A Electronics are generating more than a trillion won yearly . "

"Hmm . "

"If Mr . Minister Jin-Woo Lee's father receives dividends from your company lawfully, we can provide Mr . Minister Lee money for his political activities . No one would say anything for a father's financial support toward his son's political activities . Look at our former President YS . His father was in the fishing industry . Until he was elected as the president of this country, his father provided him with funds using the money that he made from his business . Of course, President YS had his own secret funds, but his father's financial help was not insignificant . "

"Hmm . "

"Do you know why I chose you to do this together to support Mr . Minister Lee?"

"Why is that?"

"First of all, in my opinion, you seem to be trustworthy . Of course, the fact that Mr . Minister Lee officiate your wedding triggered my interest in you . Moreover, self-made successful people like you—Mr . President Goo—are so smart that they don't make any unnecessary talk to others . Also, they are extremely patient when they think they have to be . "

"Do you think I am that sort of person?"

"Secondly, your company is not yet a publicly-traded company, but it's about to register with KOSDAQ . It is very good timing to obtain the company's shares because once the company goes public, the price of its shares will dramatically increase . In addition, a large stock transaction of a public company must be disclosed, and it could well draw public attention . Therefore, our company's department of planning and coordination has been investigating GH Mobile quietly for the past several months . "

"An investigation on GH Mobile?"

"And it made a determination that GH Mobile would be the best fit for our purpose . It was an ideal choice for us . The size of GH Mobile and its owner president's character made a good combination to serve our goal . I don't think we would be able to create an ideal combination like this even if we wanted to . "

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