Chapter 277 (1/2)

Chapter 277: Chapter 271

Ohsung Co. was the best and biggest company in Korea. There was a prevalent perception among the people that products made by Ohsung were the best, so Ohsung had a very good name.

Though Singyong Co. was quickly catching up with Ohsung's growth, the former lagged far behind the latter.

Munsik Choi, CEO of Singyong, was unhappy about it all the time. He felt that Singyong could overtake Oshung by trying a bit harder, but the gaps between them didn't narrow as Ohsung also grew as much as Singyoung.

So, Munsik burned with a compet.i.tive spirit whenever he heard the name Ohsung. That's why he felt so nervous when he heard Ohsung was entering into the oil business.

He helped OneStar to keep Ohsung in check, but the former was not standing in the way of Singyong's growth.

If that was the case, he felt it was necessary to reverse the foe and friend relations.h.i.+p between Ohsung and Singyoung. It was time Singyoung joined hands with Ohsung to keep OneStar at bay.

Munsik, standing before the headquarters of Ohsung, let out a sigh.

He entered the building.

As he arranged an appointment with the CEO of Ohsung in advance, Munsik headed straight to the CEO's office.

Konho Ahn, the CEO of Ohsung, welcomed him. Though he was over 70 years old, Konho seemed as fit as a fiddle.

“Come on in,” said Konho.

“How are you, sir,” said Munsik.

Munsik bowed slightly to him, given that Konho was the elder in life as well as business.

“Have a seat. I've very nice puer tea ready.”

They exchanged pleasantries over tea for a while.

Konho didn't feel good these days because his son Taesu was sentenced to jail recently in connection with the s.e.x video scandal.

Besides, a.s.semblyman Chulmo Kim, the strong backer of Ohsung Group, lost power as he was involved in the scandal. He was once mentioned as a presidential candidate, but he was not on good ground in his own party these days.

Ohsung Group quickly moved to cultivate new connections with politicians to replace Mr. Kim.

“Don't worry too much. I think your son will be pardoned soon.”

“Yea, he should. I want to see the President by the end of this year and ask a favor of him.”

Munsik felt it was the right moment to bring up the main topic.

“By the way, did you find out who was behind the disclosure of the s.e.x video involving Mr. Kim? How dare anybody make such a video…?”

Konho frowned at that.

He ordered his men to find out who was behind it and confirm how the video was released.

Unfortunately, it was the mistake of the private security company, a subsidiary of Ohsung Group.

The villa, where the s.e.x video was taped, was the property of Taesu Ahn, and only Taesu could control the unmanned securiy system. But somebody made a copy of Taesu's security card and succeeded in unlocking the unmanned security system. And the man who got into the villa installed a secret camera to videotape the affair of Mr. Kim and Yonji Choi.

When Konho remained silent, Munsik talked about the suspect who was behind the incident.

“Don't you think OneStar was behind it?”

Konho nodded silently.

“But I am not so sure,” he said.

“Well, I'm sure they were behind it. As far as money is concerned, they will try to risk anything.”

Konho saved his breath. Though he had a strong suspicion of OneStar, he had no specific evidence.

Munsik opened his mouth to stir up Konho's hostility toward OneStar.

“In fact, I've got a big headache over OneStar. Why don't we join hands to fight against OneStar on this occasion? We two can play the game.”

“How can we put pressure on OneStar?”

“Don't you think it's the biggest pressure on them for us to cut dealings with those companies that OneStar invested in?”

Konho nodded at that.

In fact, Konho was working out a plan in that direction. And several days ago he found one company he could use against OneStar. It was Nanotech, the producer of carbon nanotubes.

Ohsung Group was buying carbon nanotubes from three companies, the majority of which came from CNB. It was a company of which OneStar was a large shareholder.

Konho was going to switch the orders from CNB to Nanotech first. And as soon as he could confirm the quality of carbon nanotubes of other companies, he would receive orders from them instead of the existing three companies.

This time Konho asked, “What kind of plan do you have to put pressure on OneStar?”

“As you know, OneStar took over Bando Oil. So, I'm going to meet the ranking officials of the relevant ministries of the government. Sooner or later the government will clamp down on those gas stations owned by OneStar.”

Konho nodded his head, feeling such a government measure would be enough to make OneStar feel the pain.

But their dialogue was not over. Munsik had one more thing to double-check with Konho.

“By the way, are you going to enter the oil business? As you know, there are too many oil refineries in our country when its land is so small. Besides, recently OneStar has entered the oil refinery market…”

Konho giggled at that and said, “I gave it a brief thought when Bando Oil came up for sale, but I don't want to enter the market now. I can a.s.sure you that.”

“Oh, I see. Haha, I was a bit worried about it,” said Munsik with a big laugh.

It was one hour later that Munsik came out of the Ohsung building.

There was a satisfied expression on his face.