It was not an easy task to uncover the corruption of hemp IT. It was also impossible to uncover corruption without an insider in that short period of time.

In the meantime, when Kim Jae-gu’s retrial approached in two days, Dok-go-jeong was on a sh*t line.

‘If I tell my father, he’ll find something, but…’

Then his career is over. He would no longer be recognized as the successor.

‘I can’t lose Hyuk.’

Dok-go-jeong clenched her fists as she watched her son babbling in the arms of his wife. I felt impatient at the thought that the last bastion he had might be taken away.

‘If you do a big job, you have no choice but to commit one or two corruptions.’

Since he was like that, he thought Kang Joo-hyung was like that too.

‘I have no choice but to try it.’

It wasn’t a good relationship, but we were still acquaintances. He called Kang Joo-hyung.

[I’m in a meeting right now, so leave a message and I’ll get back to you later.]

‘A meeting at 8 o’clock in the evening…’

When he thought that he was avoiding his phone because he had a stabbing corner, he was convinced of his suspicions.

***

A hairstyle that is firmly fixed so that not even a single strand of hair falls down. A snake-like man in an unwieldy white suit looked at his phone and frowned.

[Hey. Kang Joo-hyung. Are you intentionally avoiding my calls?]

“Crazy bastard.”

We went together from high school to college, but I didn’t have good memories with him. Just one of my idiots

It was only

He must have inherited Hemp IT, one of the backbones of the Hemp Group, but Dok-go-jeong was limited to running Dok-go Commerce, the lower end of the Dok-go Group.

‘I’m standing in a different seat, why the f*ck all of a sudden?’

As he frowned slightly, the subordinate’s voice began to tremble. Kang Joo-hyung’s cold eyes turned to the presentation.

“That is all.”

“Lee chief.”

“Yes. Boss.”

“Have you prepared this as an announcement?”

“sorry.”

Team leader Lee Won-jae bowed his head, sweating profusely.

“Who would use a service that was operated free of charge for a fee? We need to review it from the perspective of business diversification.

“I’m sorry. But in order to cover the server fee and make a profit, the premium usage fee is…”

“Chief Lee Won-jae.”

The team leader swallowed his saliva. When Kang Joo-hyung glared at him without a word, he bowed his head.

“sorry!”

“I’m sorry, and if things are resolved, everything in the world will be resolved very easily.”

‘Teen Page’, a communication space dedicated to teenagers, is one of the flagship products of Daema IT. Compared to the active use of teenagers, hemp IT was treated as a headache because there was no profit model yet.

The problem was that team leader Lee Won-jae suggested a premium membership, thinking that the model, which had over 1 million users but was not yet profitable, was unfair.

“The most important thing for a teen page is to prevent users from leaving. Think about taking a profit model outside of SNS. It’s good.”

“I will reflect.”

Kang Joo-hyung’s eyebrows twitched.

“What do you think, Executive Director Cha of the Strategic Planning Office?”

“I think we need to start over with market research.”

“That’s right. I’m not even an expert, so can someone who changes their opinion at one point in my story be called an expert?”

His cold eyes scanned team leader Lee Won-jae.

“I expected it because it was recommended by my father, but I am very disappointed.”

Lee Won-jae’s eyes darkened. It has been 3 months since he was demoted to hemp IT after working at hemp construction. I felt like dying because I was being wiped by a blue kid.

However, even though the ecology of the traditionally strong construction company and the emerging young IT were very different. I tried to adapt in my own way, but it was not enough in the eyes of President Kang Joo-hyung.

After he hesitated for a moment, Kang Joo-hyung opened his mouth.

“I hope you can trust this team leader.”

“Shouldn’t we be prepared to take up the president’s time?”

Cha Sang-il, executive director, agreed.

“sorry.”

That was all the manager could do.

***

“Hey! Kang Joo hyung and me!!!”

Dok-go-jeong went on a rampage in front of Kang Joo-hyung’s big house. It was a luxurious house befitting the next successor of Daema Group, which rose from 11th place to 9th place over Dokgo Group.

Kwong Kwong Kwong!

A dog barked inside.

“Ac. Does this guy ignore people?”

When Dok-go-jeong made a call while swearing, a servant came out and opened the door. The two Dobermans growled as they saw them, but they couldn’t stop the poisonous fixation that went all the way to the tip of their heads.

Guards surrounded and escorted him as he entered.

“Hey! Kang Joo-hyung!”

“Please lower the volume. It hasn’t been long since Agi-san fell asleep. I will guide you to the guest room.”

The employee escorted the furious Dok-go-jeong into the reception room. As he sat on the soft sofa, refreshments and iced tea were placed in front of him.

He gulped down the iced tea and chewed on the cookie. No matter how much he ate or ate, hunger, which did not fill him, was controlling him.

After a while, Kang Joo-hyung appeared. He sat across from me, legs crossed, and raised his chin with an arrogant expression.

“what’s the matter?”

“You… how could you do this to me?”

“I want you. What?”

“How can you shoot openly!”

Dokgojeong placed a bunch of papers on the table with articles related to Dokgo Commerce, herself, and the Dokgo Group printed on them. Kang Joo-hyung flipped through a few pages with a nonchalant face and burst out laughing.

“What’s the point of me shooting Dokgo Group?”

“You… you took away Seo Eun-chae from me…”

“Seo Eun-chae? Ah. You mean the girl I met at a meeting a long time ago? Isn’t she your wife now?”

“right.”

“Why is that woman?”

“Isn’t that why you did this as revenge?”

“I?”

Kang Joo-hyung snorted and put the paper back on the table.

“Why do you think it’s me?”

“Isn’t this hemp person?”

Dok-go-jeong threw the photo he received from his subordinates onto the table. While Kang Joo-hyung lifted it up and examined it closely, Dok-go-jeong shot out the accumulated dissatisfaction.

“You don’t like me rising to the top. That’s why you did this to get in my way. But did you think I’d sit still and suffer? At least I’ll become a water ghost.”

“It’s synthetic.”

He put the photo down on the table.

“Do not lie.”

“Couldn’t you have come at dawn with this picture and caused this uproar? I think you’ll be very disappointed if you do.”

“Of course not.”

At first he shouted loudly, but he was right.

“Right. What’s going on?”

“No. No. So.”

“I got hit.”

Kang Joo-hyung laughed.

“I don’t know who it is, but I’m one level higher than you. But I’m short-tempered. Even if you drag me in, you’re touching me.”

He held up the photomontage and stared at it.

***

The day of trial has arrived.

If you ask why hemp it is, it is because Dok-go-jeong felt inferior to him, so he was an opponent who would easily become emotional. There were many businesses related to the Dokgo group, so there was a high probability that they would turn into enemies anyway after defeating Dokgo.

‘It’s better if I just skip it.’

If not, it was better to stick with the people to fight. Besides being an alumnus, it was understood that Dok-go-jeong had a sense of qualification for him.

“Don’t move.”

“Do I really have to do this?”

A woman named Lee Ji-sung’s secretary came and put makeup on her face. It was said that looking haggard is a good way to buy sympathy.

“It’s knowing and being deceived, but good is good.”

I slightly drew dark circles under my eyes, and even to myself, I looked haggard. In 20 minutes, I felt like 3 years old.

“Isn’t that too much?”

“I have to show this much in front of me.”

Those who confessed last time through Benjamin were sent out. Because they had nothing to do with my case anyway, so they didn’t help the trial.

‘It’s annoying when sparks fly for no reason.’

Lee Ji-seong, a lawyer who was properly dressed in a suit, was different from the people he saw at his home.

‘He’s full of trust from his looks.’

It reminded me of Hugo Evans.

he told me

“The preparations are over. Now we have no choice but to do our best.”

“I’ll trust the lawyer.”

Five reporters who had been invited in advance took their seats in the audience. One was from Tonghap Ilbo, and the others were from Internet newspapers.

Internet newspaper reporters paid money to hire them, but the Tonghap Ilbo reporter said that he was a junior of reporter Min Chul-ho. Reporter Min Cheol-ho couldn’t come because he was busy, but if you write down the contents, he will write it well for you.

I also saw a few faces I had seen on New Tube.

‘It sure seems to have become an issue.’

***

The preparations were long, but the trial was bland.

Because it proved that the existing evidence was manipulated and presented new evidence.

‘It might have been difficult if Dokgo-jeong had used his hand.’

Thanks to diverting his attention to Kang Joo-hyung, there was almost no sabotage.

When lawyer Lee Ji-sung’s speech was added to that, many people were in tears. His speech was not flashy, but there was a corner that touched people’s hearts.

‘I never thought I’d be moved while listening to the defense.’

My sorrow, pain, and regret for the past years were all melted and molded on his tongue.

It wasn’t called the invincible lawyer for nothing.

One of the judges objected to whether he had received money from Dokgo Group, but the general trend could not be changed. Rather, he could not lift his face after hearing the booing from the audience.

The result was as expected.

“The accused is acquitted.”

I thought it would be heartbreaking, but it was calmer than I thought. My parents were delighted and cheered from the audience, but my heart didn’t.

‘It feels like I’ve been given back something for granted.’

Rather, the desire to regain the stolen two years bloomed. It was so unfair and frustrating that the two years I would have spent with my child if I was in society were forcibly taken away by them.

the judge continued.

“There will be no compensation for the two years taken away by the defendant, but as the proud head of a family, I sincerely hope that in the future, I will be filled with happy days with my family.”

proudest.

Those words seemed to touch somewhere in my heart.

Took. Tuduk.

Tears started to flow from my eyes.

“Good job.”

Attorney Ji-Sung Lee put his hand on my shoulder and patted me.

“Really. Is this the end?”

“You can claim compensation for damages during the period of detention through a criminal compensation claim.”

money? The money was too much to rot.

That wasn’t what I needed.

“Are the red lines really going away?”

“I apologize on behalf of the legal profession.”

It’s gone.

The red line that was stamped like a brand disappears so easily if you have money.

“From now on, keep your chest open.”

“Thank you, Mr. Lawyer.”

After completing the remaining procedures, I did not feel it when I left the courtroom. My parents came over and sat me down.

“Jaegu. It’s good. It’s really good.”

“We thought you were innocent.”

My parents who closed the one remaining store and went around for my innocence. I protested hard for two years, but nothing changed.

‘It’s like this in six months.’

Once again, I realized how powerful money is.

Now that I have a lot of money to rot, the only thing left to do is to be happy with my family.

“Thanks to you, I was able to not have bad thoughts. Thank you. Mother. Father.”

Reporters approached and fired flashes.

“How are you feeling now?”

“You were imprisoned for two years, do you intend to sue the government?”

“Are you thinking of filing a lawsuit against Kangmyung Corporation?”

“What do you think about the future?”

Unlike when I was arrested as a criminal, the baptism of questions was not unpleasant. I wiped away the tears with the back of my hand and cried out loud.

“Ask me one question at a time.”

***

[Two years of unfair imprisonment. What made me endure was my family]

[I wanted to commit suicide, but I held on because of my family.]

[Who is the culprit in the embezzlement case of Gangmyeong Products?]

[What is the relationship between Kangmyung Mulsan and Dokgo Commerce?]

It wasn’t as stimulating as before, but follow-up articles poured in.

‘Once I’ve passed the first step.’

My heart fluttered at the thought that I was now a free man. I felt like going on a trip to a foreign country to put air in my nose right away.

Make sure to read from noble mtl com

Jiying. Jiying.

I got a call from Im Hanul.

“hello.”

{young. Congratulations. Jaegu.}

“Uh. Thank you.”

{Are you going to spend today with your family?}

“Uh. I came out to eat meat.”

If you don’t spend such a happy day with your family, who will you be with? Seeing Ha-yeon sucking on her chopsticks while watching the meat cook, brought a smile to my face.

{yes? Then let’s eat together later.}

“Don’t do that. We’re having a party soon, so come hang out.”

{party?}

“Party to celebrate the escape of ex-convicts. Bring the kids to play”

Previously, I had refrained from being accused of embezzlement, but now I don’t have to hide my wealth.

{I get it. Send me an invitation.}

“uh.”

The date is this Saturday from 11 am to 4 pm. When I thought of turning the garden into a party, Della Foster’s party came to mind.

Then Elisha’s face came to mind.

‘Can’t you come because it’s far away?’

They are in America, and this is Korea. The flight time alone was over ten hours, so I couldn’t force her to come.

But I wanted to let you know that this happened.

‘Still, if I don’t invite them, they’ll be disappointed.’

I sent a party invitation message to my acquaintances, including Elisa and Della Foster.

< I feel like I got something back for granted > End

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