Chapter 127: The Crumbling Fortress (2)
“Hoho, why not stay a little longer? Rushing things like this won’t help anything get done. Ah, or is it that you’re in such a hurry because you’re going to start repairs on the department store right now...? My goodness, you’ll be the death of me.”
“...Phew. I’ll take my leave now.”
In the end, he had to leave Sangam Daily’s headquarters without gaining anything.
He’d only been subjected to humiliating mockery and hadn’t gotten a single useful piece of information.
‘Damn it, if at least a department head or bureau chief had shown up, I might’ve been able to apply pressure somehow...’
But with the CEO himself stepping in, pulling rank didn’t work. No, looking back, it was probably proof that Father had been right.
Most likely, this had all been orchestrated under direct orders from Chairman Yoo Seong-pil. They’d already laid the entire plan, and he’d walked right into their web and been toyed with.
‘Still, I gained something. At least now I know it’s a project backed by Daehwa Group...’
He wasn’t sure yet how to use that information, but knowing and not knowing were two very different things. With an absolute gap in knowledge, you were bound to be blindsided eventually.
Thinking that way, Lee Cheon-sang returned to Sampoong Group headquarters.
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