Rebirth: Super Banking System

Chapter 1682: Chapter 1514: The Fate of the Chess Piece (Subscribe Please!)

South Korea.

Busan.

A vast villa by the sea, drizzling rain, Kim Chang-min sat in a mid-hill pavilion, looking at the swimming pool disturbed by raindrops, his mood like the weather, overshadowed by dark clouds.

At that moment.

"Sir, there’s trouble."

The butler hurried over.

"More bad news?" Kim Chang-min rubbed his head, feeling his heart could barely take it anymore. The bad news he received this past year totaled more than all he had accumulated in over sixty years.

No.

More than double that.

Bad news.

Unfavorable news.

Disastrous news.

Internal strife.

Problems.

Things went wrong.

...

These words nearly made him depressed this year, even as the head of South Korea’s largest conglomerate’s family, retired, he still had to handle these messes for his children and friends, simply unbelievable.

"The notebook business didn’t go through." The butler reported, such actions usually wouldn’t be personally handled by Kim Chang-min.

"What else!" Kim Chang-min asked helplessly.

"The person was caught on the spot."

"..."

Hearing that, Kim Chang-min threw the teacup he held into the swimming pool and gritted his teeth, "What on earth happened?"

"I don’t know."

The butler looked uneasy.

Taking a deep breath.

The doctor advised not to be angry, otherwise, he’d be laughed at. Kim Chang-min knew the butler tried his best, sighed, "I understand, for now, the plan is to figure out the notebook’s contents."

"There’s no news from the Intelligence Bureau yet."

"I’ll inquire myself."

Kim Chang-min took out his mobile phone.

At present.

He could only get involved personally, previously it was the butler who managed everything. Had they known, they wouldn’t have had Jeong Do-won killed so quickly, there could have been a channel, now it’s too late.

After a while.

The call connected.

"Hello."

A hoarse voice came from the other side.

"This is Kim Chang-min."

"Mr. Kim, what can I do for you?"

"Jeong Do-won’s notebook."

Kim Chang-min cut straight to the point.

"Yes, we already received it and are translating it, thanks to Prosecutor Cheol-young, we have reduced a lot of workload." The conversation turned swiftly.

Old fox.

Kim Chang-min cursed silently.

Intelligence Bureau.

There are intersections with the conglomerate, but not a lot, as they have their own system. Generally, they give face to the conglomerate, but if it involves national security or suppressible matters.

That’s a different story.

In South Korea.

Conglomerates can manipulate elections and influence legislators, however, there are still opposing forces, those families in continuous political operations, although politicians, business, and military can be influenced by conglomerates.

They can’t be completely controlled.

"I want to know what’s inside." Kim Chang-min spoke directly.

"Sorry, no."

The rejection was straightforward from the other side.

"Hmm?"

Kim Chang-min was taken aback, such a straightforward refusal, getting bold?

"The implications are too big, I will report to the President, I know what Mr. Kim wants to know, however, from what I know, the conglomerate’s matter is now a small issue."

"Small issue?"

"Yes, I can’t disclose more details." They maintained courtesy still.

Upon hearing.

Kim Chang-min was silent.

The conglomerate’s matters are small, seems truly not simple, what the hell did Jeong Do-won write that makes the other side unable to make decisions independently, yet requires Presidential decision-making.

Troublesome.

The conglomerate’s matter is insignificant.

However.

Doesn’t mean their trouble will disappear.

"Alright, thank you."

"You’re welcome."

After speaking.

The other side hung up the call.

Listening to the busy signal, Kim Chang-min waved, the mobile phone again fell into the swimming pool, the anger in his heart lessened a bit, truly Jeong Do-won was killed too early, making him very ’passive’ now.

Immediately.

The butler handed over another mobile phone.

Kim Chang-min wanted to call the President, but it hasn’t been reported yet, perhaps the President might not know, he stopped the thought, once the reporting process is done, his information network can take action.

Now.

Only a few are informed.

Difficult to know.

"The prosecutor."

Thinking of this person, a hint of murderous intent appeared on Kim Chang-min’s face, this person is completely anti-conglomerate, always targeting them, although a fly won’t bite a hollow egg, he did indeed nail them.

Pain.

Very painful.

Extremely painful.

"This person must die." Kim Chang-min thought darkly. Otherwise, the hate in his heart won’t be resolved, if he continues, for a long time to come, the sides won’t have the possibility of reconciliation.

If the opponent rises higher.

Then it would be troublesome.

Of course.

This thing needs careful planning, can’t be as crude as before, crude planning, inevitably leads to crude results, previous failures already proved this truth.

Sigh.

Kim Chang-min sighed heavily.

Thinking of the chaos this past year, he still found it hard to accept the conglomerate becoming like mice crossing the street.

Just one step away from being shouted at by everyone.

The fortress they painstakingly built was unexpectedly breached internally, coupled with external forces, now has a somewhat dilapidated look, collapsing seems unlikely, but leaks are inevitable.

In the dead of winter.

Leaks are no small matter.

Reasonably.

Behind each major conglomerate is a United States consortium, at any rate could put a bit of pressure on South Korea’s military and political sides, but the United States consortium stretched its hand over briefly, then pulled back.

Watching the drama.

Expressing non-interference. noveldrama

Reasons are vaguely known to Kim Chang-min.

On one hand.

The water here grows deeper, public opinion heats up, the United States doesn’t want to enter without reason.

On the other hand.

Heard it has some relation with ERV, this rising consortium, Samsung is even one of its shareholders, of course, merely a shareholder, they’re not on the same path, initially ERV pulled many related companies onboard.

Just in these two months.

ERV is about to complete a leap.

Currently negotiating last deals with American consortia, ERV last year announced the intention to vigorously support other companies within the consortium to expand across various fields, including Samsung’s main business.

High-end electronic equipment.

Chip.

Screen.

This hit.

Directly struck many companies.

Including Japan. Overall, ERV aims to restructure the global electronics industry, although it hasn’t landed yet, also made various consortia have different thoughts on the future of Samsung and other conglomerates.

At this moment.

He felt deep helplessness.

Besides worrying about conglomerates’ positions in Korea, he also worried about the future of Korean chaebols.

Damn.

Kim Chang-min didn’t know how many times he cursed those United States consortia.

Over the years.

Through their own efforts, added with the support of the United States, plus having their little brother Japan’s help, they pushed Samsung and other companies’ technology to world leaders, earning big money.

He knew.

The United States initially aimed to restrain Japan with this means.

Playing balance.

Small countries.

Indeed all are chess pieces on the board, fate lies not in their hands. However, they aren’t without ways to self-save, currently, mainly with ERV stating to play a big game, excluding Korean chaebols.

Nonetheless.

If ERV is brought in.

Can the current position be maintained?