Selling Your Body for 800 Billion Won vs. Just Living
"Yeah. You're a civil servant... you do translation and interpretation, so I suppose you wouldn't know... No, wait. No, even if you don't know, how can a person be this stupid... Sigh, yeah. You might not know..."
"..."
"But there's a difference between not knowing and acting like a total bitch while pretending you do. Unni, look here."
Eunbyul taps the section of the business report labeled 'Status of Shareholdings by Major Shareholders and Related Parties' and holds it up for Jia to see.
"Read it."
"Han Juwon, the major shareholder himself... Common stock, number of shares 35,815,203, shareholding ratio... 33.23%?"
"Even a simple calculation, multiplying that by the stock price, comes to 215 trillion won. Later on, Senior will receive all of that after taxes. Can you beat this, Unni? Or rather, setting aside the winning part, can you even manage it?"
The table lists Han Juwon at 33.23%, Han Suhyun at 1.52%, and various affiliate executives with decimal-point percentages, with the National Pension Service holding about 8.16%.
"This is just... nothing to worry about. Anyway, if you add all this up, it's an astronomical amount. You can't beat this, Unni."
"..."
"And Senior is the head of the Support Division at the company. Literally, among the businesses the holding company manages, that division backs up everything the business needs: inventory orders, procurement, production system operation support, and even the transport and wholesale supply contracts for finished goods. They say it's the only place where executives have to work overtime, for heaven's sake. You didn't know that either, did you?"
"...I don't know what that means. It's my first time hearing it. ...He's a chaebol, why does he work?"
"Unni, do you think this is a drama? Chaebols are the busiest people. The more successful a chaebol makes their company, the more money they earn; do you think they can just play around?"
"Ah... that's true, because the stock price goes up."
"So, simply put, he provides all the parts needed to make a single cell phone, visits factories to provide consulting for efficient production, and determines the feasibility of using ships, air freight, or land routes for delivery to propose the most optimal method. That's how he saves costs."
Jia, who has been fiddling with Eunbyul's phone to learn about the company, suddenly asks out of curiosity.
"...But Master is such a big company, and you're so tiny."
"You little..."
"No, that's not it. Really... anyway, even though it's such a small company, why does Suhyun treat you so well... I'm curious about that. If it's a company of this size, couldn't you just swallow it up?"
"Sigh. Swallow it up? Unni, seriously... listen carefully."
"I don't know the exact details either, but according to Senior, my dad's company seems to be providing a huge amount of help. So far, he's cut 900 billion won in costs. On top of that, my dad is thinking of selling the company, and it looks like he's going to sell it to Senior."
"Uh-huh."
"But when you acquire a company, you give money to the person selling it, right? My company isn't a failing one, so if we sell it, we should get paid. We build good apartments and bridges, too. Anyway, how do you set the price? You calculate it by the number of shares my dad owns multiplied by the desired acquisition price per share, and here, if I talk to my dad a little better..."
"..."
"If I say, 'Let's coolly sell it for 80,000 won instead of the 85,000 won per share!', wouldn't that have some effect? I have some shares myself, too. This would be a huge benefit to Senior."
"Is there... more?"
At the mention that the savings account wasn't everything, Jia's eyes were filled with shock.
"That is truly, a kind of emergency fund."
"..."
"Because I hold less than 5% of the shares, it doesn't make the news, but I do hold them. I've been gifted them every year since I was young..."
In the middle of saying that, he took a sip of coffee and asked, "Speaking of which, Eunbyul. If you sell that, how much are you planning to sell it for?"
"...? Oh, the shares I have...?"
"Yeah. How many shares do you have right now?"
"I have 2.15% right now, which is 3,358,609 shares. A total of 289.84795 billion won."
Jia, who had a look on her face as if she had no idea what they were talking about, and Suhyun, who was carefully wondering how much he should negotiate to be praised for doing a good job, asked, "....What price per share are you looking at? Did your father ever say anything related to that..."
"I'm just going to give you all of this, aren't I?"
"....?" Excuse me? What did you say?
"Oh, right. I'll give you the savings account too."
"Wait, no. Why, all of a sudden..."
"....Are you asking because you really don't know?"
Yeah. Someone breaks into your house, throws 800 billion won at you, and how would anyone know why.
"No, well, I... I've decided to submit to Senior now."
"..."
"I won't threaten Senior or anything... Instead, I'll sleep and wake up by Senior's side... and we'll have lots of sex, too..."
"Hmm... uh, uh..."
"...And if that happens, I'll eventually have Senior's baby, and since I'll only have sex with Senior, it'll definitely be Senior's baby... then eventually, just as I said, I have to hand over the economic control, right?"
"That's... right?"
"Actually, I was going to tell you this when we got married after things worked out well with Senior through a contract... but it happened too fast. It's all become a mess."
It feels like I've become an 800-billion-won whore, but let's just move on.
"...No, you're giving me money just for having some sex?"
"Senior, I like you that much. Instead, Senior shouldn't abandon me. If you take the money and then don't have sex with me or cherish me, I'll really... I'll really slit your carotid artery,"
"Car...otid artery?"
"I'm joking. Pfft."
While he was dumbfounded, Jia kept her mouth shut, looking at her phone, thinking for a long time, and repeating one sentence to herself.
'...Damn it, what has Dad been doing all this time...'
'...He doesn't even have 800 billion won... My family is truly poor...'
'It's annoying, it's annoying...'
She proved that she was an unfilial child.
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"Let's be precise."
"Yeah."
Eunbyul said, "Senior, you will receive my savings of 543.7 billion won and 3,358,609 shares of Seongjeong for free, and in return, the payment date will be the day I conceive Senior's baby. And after we get married, give me a card for Senior's living expenses. Put some cash in it too. I won't spend it on weird things. Like baby supplies... I don't really use luxury goods. I buy one and use it for years... that kind of level."
"....Yeah, that's how it should be."
"If a large amount of stock moves, there will be a request for confirmation from the relevant authorities. I'll handle those parts well."
"How, ...exactly?"
"It's simple. I'll say I conceived Senior's baby. I can't do stocks now because of prenatal care. Since it's come to this, I'll just hand over all the stocks to the baby's father."
"What is that, what..."
Yeah. It won't cost 800 billion won to raise a baby. No, is this the right way to think?
"And Senior, ...until I receive this money, you still won't be able to trust me."
"...?"
"Like I said earlier, I'll send you a gift when I go home. You can look forward to it."
Eunbyul leaves the house saying things he can't understand, but he wasn't particularly worried while she was leaving. First of all, the financial authorities would be able to understand even if he said it 'actually' like that. At most, they would ask for a pregnancy confirmation certificate or something. And the moment he moves his address to his house, the game is over. He would have to pay a certain amount of gift tax, but he could make a deal with the National Tax Service for that. He could pay it over several years, or he could make some contributions. In particular, contributions weren't difficult anymore. If he just said he would build new buildings for the Seocho Tax Office, Gangnam Tax Office, and Seoul Regional Tax Office, they would be thrilled to death. Then who does that construction? His company does. Since it's an insider trading amount that isn't subject to reporting, he didn't have to be attacked by the media. Of course, it's work that has to be done with his own money, not company money.
And secondly, he learned that Eunbyul is not the type of person to work carelessly like that. He felt that she would proceed very meticulously and handle tax issues and media exposure issues well. The problem was that she tried to use that meticulous ability on him.
By the way, "...What kind of gift are you sending?"
"I don't know either. For now..."
For now, the gift wasn't important. His heart was already racing at the thought of proceeding with the M&A. It's shocking enough that one of the two daughters is Eunbyul, but she says she'll give him all the money she has. This means he can hold a certain amount of shares in Doowon Construction, one of the affiliates, while inheriting shares of the holding company. It's like receiving an additional 10% of the property he received from his parents from Eunbyul.
"...Geez, it's annoying... That girl buys people with money."
"It's a talent. Using it appropriately is also, well."
"...Master, I'll talk to my dad too..."
"I'm not taking it."
"...?"
"Hey, don't you remember? After you lent me money, you told your father-in-law, no, your dad, that you'd bring the remaining 30 billion won, and I was on the phone for 3 hours."
"....That's the first time I've heard that."
"Sigh, I didn't even ask for it, but he kept pushing forward saying things like 'Are you trying to steal all the in-laws' property by putting our daughter in front?', and even though I kept saying that wasn't the case, he didn't believe me. Seriously..."
While he was doing that, an alarm went off on his phone.