Chapter 110
Chapter 110
110.
The Uncast Bait
15 against 1.
A poorly coordinated combined attack is worse than fighting individually. However, the KITE guards had been consistently practicing combined attacks to end dangerous situations as quickly as possible since the training program was reorganized.
They were confident no matter who the opponent was.
But that expectation was shattered in an instant.
Wei kicked off the floor in a bizarre way and instantly collapsed the guards' formation. He dug into the side of the man in front, using his supporting foot as a pivot to slam him down.
Starting with that, he lightly dodged or pulled in the attacks that rushed at him. The formation began to collapse at once due to such counterattacks.
"Why are you blocking the front like this!"
"Get out of the way!"
The person caught by Wei was often used as a shield. If they stopped attacking abruptly, a kick would fly in from another angle.
Thwack— Pow, pow—
The guards fell one by one, quickly.
Jeong Gang-ho, who was watching the scene from a short distance away, clicked his tongue.
"...From what I see, it's a practical martial art based on Kung Fu... Where did the CEO find someone like that?"
Usually, Kung Fu was difficult to use in actual combat because the basic stances and techniques were difficult. However, Wei unfolded those techniques with rapid speed and precise timing among the guards' tightly woven formation.
"I just happened to meet him and brought him along."
"Heh..."
Yoo Hyung-jin also admired him like Jeong Gang-ho. Of course, he didn't have excellent knowledge of martial arts, but he could definitely feel that Wei was easily dealing with 15 guards single-handedly.
Soon, the last guard fell at Wei's hands.
Beep—
Shinwoo, who was holding a stopwatch, pressed the button.
"4 minutes, 53.23 seconds. Not bad."
Meanwhile, Wei approached with a pleased smile.
"I thought I could finish it sooner. Did you teach them the techniques for MAT (Multiple Attack Training)?"
"That's right. How was it?"
"They're not skilled enough. It would have been dangerous if they were a little more meticulous."
"Considering that, you didn't even break a sweat?"
As Shinwoo said, Wei was perfectly fine, with only his shirt slightly wrinkled due to the intense movements.
"Because it wasn't dangerous."
Then his gaze turned to Yoo Hyung-jin. The sparring match was to confirm Wei's skills.
Yoo Hyung-jin felt awkward when he met Wei's eyes.
"Ahem! Your skills are considerable."
"I'm average."
"But what exactly does what you just showed have to do with the position of head of KITE? Ah, I'm not trying to find fault, I'm just purely curious."
Shinwoo stepped in to explain.
"Currently, the guards must continue to train even while performing their duties. And Wen Wei has skills specialized in hand-to-hand combat and MAT. And as you just saw, he knocked down all the guards trained in less than 5 minutes."
There was no denying what had happened before his eyes.
Yoo Hyung-jin understood Shinwoo's explanation and naturally nodded.
"Besides, it seems like he avoided injuries to everyone."
"I can't have KITE's important personnel being hospitalized."
The guards were attacked in the blood points on their torso, inflicting only enough shock to prevent them from moving immediately after the attack.
Of course, it was a tremendous skill to precisely attack only those places in a tense situation where he had to face many opponents.
"As the CEO said, I will trust you and leave it to you."
"Thank you."
Yoo Hyung-jin went back, looking forward to seeing what kind of skills Wen Wei would show in his work.
Shinwoo, who was watching his back, saw those standing at the entrance of the training ground. Mark Freeman, Lawrence Bird, and Meian, who were on the special guard team's day shift, were standing there.
The three of them seemed to have watched the entire situation of the sparring match until just now.
"What brings you here?"
Mark Freeman stepped forward at the question.
"I heard that a tremendous sparring match was going on in the office."
"Is that so?"
"Is this the last member of our ZERO Team that you mentioned last time?"
Shinwoo completely changed the Special Guard Team 6 and named it ZERO Team.
At the same time, Mark had seen Wei's tremendous skills, so it was natural for him to think so. Shinwoo introduced him to them in English.
"No. This is Wen Wei, who will be the head of KITE this time."
"...Head?"
The skills of the KITE guards that Mark Freeman had seen were not weak. Of course, it was obvious that they lacked practical experience, but they were good enough to be called professional guards.
But Wei faced fifteen of those guards alone. Without a single scratch, and without seriously injuring the opponent.
Everyone had a surprised expression.
"I'm Wen Wei from China."
Meian, who had approached Mark Freeman at the introduction, glared at Wen Wei with a very unpleasant look.
"Shinwoo! What's a head?"
Meian didn't understand because he spoke in English.
"Headquarters?". Yes, Shangguan. (Head. Your superior.)"
At the same time, Meian's expression was even more unpleasant than before.
"Why? Why is he my superior?"
"Because that's Wei and your position."
"I don't like it!"
"If you don't like it, go back to China."
Meian glared at Wei as if to kill him with the answer. Wei stuck out his tongue with a playful face, as if the morning's events had cooled down a bit.
As a result, Meian became even more angry.
"I don't like that either!"
"What do you want if you don't like this or that?"
After thinking for a while, Meian simply concluded.
"I just have to beat him! Then I can be the head, right?"
"You win?"
Shinwoo looked at Wei, and he nodded.
"I don't care."
"Ugh... Instead, end it as quickly and surely as possible. So that he doesn't bother you again."
The last words were spoken in Swahili so that those around him could not understand.
"It won't be easy if it's the famous Yaksa, but I'll have to do something."
In the end, the game was made. At the same time, Meian grabbed the Tonfa placed on one side of the training ground and rushed at Wei.
* * *
Myung Sung-chul, the president of MH Foods, visited the VIP hospital room where Myung Joong-hwan was hospitalized. Documents were scattered all over the floor in front of him.
"...I'm sorry! Chairman!"
It was revealed that he had recently bought shares of Baesung Distribution with company funds.
Myung Joong-hwan stared at Myung Sung-chul with a serious expression as if to pierce him.
"Is that why you made such a fuss about having Shinwoo acquire Baesung Distribution?"
"That, that's..."
Of course, he didn't think he was pushing for it purely for the sake of the company.
However, the same thing happened again in a situation where Myung In-chul had a history of touching MH Electronics' company funds last time. Myung Joong-hwan had no choice but to be even more angry because it happened after he had even warned him.
"You've made the situation like this! What excuse are you trying to make!"
"......"
"Can you fill the funds?"
The funds that were missing due to the Baesung Distribution shares were 15 billion won. Of course, there was a way to solve it. That was to sell the shares of MH Foods and MH Retail held by Myung Sung-chul.
However, at the same time, if the other brothers bought the shares that were sold off, the management rights of the two affiliates could be jeopardized, so it was not an easy choice.
"I will restore it as soon as possible."
"Haa... Shinwoo even brought a way to fatten your affiliates with the distribution system. But what about you? Embezzlement of company funds?"
"......"
"What are you thinking when you run the company!!"
Myung Sung-chul's face was distorted with his head bowed because he was being compared to Shinwoo, who was the son of a concubine, not another brother.
"...I'm sorry."
"I don't want to hear it, so get out now!"
Myung Sung-chul, who had gone outside, closed the hospital room door and let out a long sigh.
"Fucking... What the hell is that bastard."
Meanwhile, Woo Nam-yong, Myung Sung-chul's secretary who was waiting outside the hospital room, walked to the side.
"President... Are you okay?"
"Do I look okay?"
The unnecessary anger was directed at Woo Nam-yong.
Myung Sung-chul went to the underground parking lot and got into the car right away.
Woo-oong— Woo-oong—
The vibration of the cell phone rang in Woo Nam-yong's arms. Myung Sung-chul, who had become edgy, was even more annoyed by the sound.
"Who is it in this situation?!"
"I'll hang up right away."
When he pressed the end button, a message in Chinese arrived this time. Woo Nam-yong, who had checked it, opened his mouth carefully with wide eyes.
"...President. I think you should check this."
"What is it?!"
"It's a message from China's DAX."
Woo Nam-yong held out his cell phone to Myung Sung-chul. Then Myung Sung-chul's brow furrowed even more.
"Is this bastard crazy? Do I know how to speak Chinese? Secretary Woo should read it for me!"
"I, I'm sorry. The content is that DAX wants to meet with the president and talk."
"What? They want to meet me?"
DAX is a new private equity fund company in China, and it recently acquired Baesung Corporation, which TSF's Korean branch was aiming for. Currently, Myung Sung-chul could not do anything because the stock trading was suspended due to DAX dismantling Baesung Corporation.
He had no choice but to be angry right away, but curiosity took precedence because DAX contacted him first.
"Ask them why."
Woo Nam-yong's fingers moved right away and a question was sent, and a reply arrived not long after.
"They want to meet and talk because it's an important matter."
Myung Sung-chul's worries deepened. Why did DAX suddenly contact him? There was nothing to lose, but he felt a little uneasy.
"...What should we do?"
"Ask them when they want to meet."
The messages went back and forth like before.
"They say they are in Korea for business now, so they are available anytime for 3 days."
Myung Sung-chul checked the time. 5 p.m.
He had a hunch and didn't want to drag out DAX's meeting request for long.
"Korea? Are they here for the Baesung Corporation matter...? Then tell them to meet at noon the day after tomorrow. The place is... Manyeon's detached building in Cheongdam-dong."
He didn't know what it was for, but he scheduled it with a little gap because there was no point in showing the other party that he was in a hurry.
"They said they understand."
"Why are they asking to see me there... Could it be because of the Baesung Distribution shares I have?"
Woo Nam-yong carefully gave his opinion at the muttering.
"But DAX already has all the shares needed to secure management rights, right?"
"That's right. They spent 500 billion won to buy the company, and now they just have to dismantle it and sell it off. They don't necessarily need the shares I have."
"Could it be that they want to see you because of the place to sell Baesung Distribution's logistics center?"
Baesung Distribution's logistics center is immovable property, so it can only be sold to domestic companies.
As a result, there were widespread rumors that several distribution companies were contacting DAX. Of course, Myung Sung-chul was also thinking of buying some, if not all, if he had enough company funds.
"There's a possibility, but... Really? There are plenty of places that will buy it at a higher price than us."
MH Foods and MH Retail have introduced a distribution system that has been commercialized by KEDEX in the United States.
As a result, other domestic distribution companies must have felt a sense of crisis, so they will do their best to secure Baesung Corporation's logistics center in some way.
"I don't know what they're thinking either, but... If you consider the reason for the contact, that's probably the biggest reason."
"Let's not speculate for now, let's see when we meet. What will come out."
Myung Sung-chul's lips curled up slightly as he had similar thoughts. If that was true, it might be a blessing in disguise.