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CH400 | GSI

November 3rd, 1997

– Daehung Securities, Yeouido.

Inside the trading floor, around forty individual investors stood in small groups, their eyes fi...

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CH145 | VOC

“Haa… haa…”

Kim Min-sik arrived at Beijing Capital International Airport, breathing heavily, his eyes gleaming.

“So this is China.”

He was the president of Joongang In...

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CH144 | VOC

From suspicions of accounting fraud to a plummeting stock price, Chairman Kim Hoo-joong and his two sons scrambled to salvage the situation, but their efforts were like trying to hold back a flood ...

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CH128 | DI

Saturday noon.

Kissinger headed to the Metropolitan Club, the agreed meeting place.

There was a clear intention behind his choice of this location.

This space, which exuded ...

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CH399 | GSI

“So the MC Soft investment contract is completely finalized, then.”

In response to Seok-won’s question—who sat cross-legged in the central seat—Director Yoo Hyun-deok answered imme...

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CH207 | Heir

I watched the National Economic Party’s event from the vice chairman’s office.

It was a talk-show style event with Representative Choi Jaeseok and affiliated politicians.

Since a ...

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CH129 | DI

Kissinger was the key to my strategy.

My goal was to bring him into my camp and, beyond that, to make him publicly denounce Holmes.

Of course, making him choose me, someone he had j...

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CH206 | Heir

The conversation between Chun Min-jeong and Lisa continued for quite some time.

What had started at Taewoo IT didn’t stop, and in the end, they even went into the hotel together.

A ...

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CH398 | GSI

October 30, 1997.

It was a late night, nearing midnight, yet the lights in the president’s office at the Blue House were still brightly lit.

Inside the spacious off...

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CH205 | Heir

The Lithium Triangle.

More than half of the world’s lithium reserves were concentrated here: Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile.

Yet, at this time, global interest in th...

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CH127 | DI

I needed a whistleblower.

Emily was my chosen candidate, but…

It was uncertain whether she would actually expose the truth if left alone.

‘She must have signed an ND...

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CH397 | GSI

Daehung Venture Capital

As Choi Ho-geun entered the office, he noticed a group of employees gathered around, looking at something.

“What’s everyone doing?”
<...

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CH204 | Heir

After finishing my business in the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, I returned to Korea.

I’d been overseas for more than two weeks, meeting countless people. And during that time, a lot had erupted ...

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CH396 | GSI

October 28, 1997, Government Complex 1, Gwanghwamun.

Choi Jin-woo, the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, sat anxiously, tapping the armrest of the sofa with his fi...

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CH203 | Heir

Now it was my turn.

Team Leader Han and David had already taken turns delivering a mountain of reports.

Finally, the moment had come for me to speak.

“As you all know, the pr...

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CH202 | Heir

A sensational incident that would go down in Super Bowl history.

During the halftime show, Justin ripped off Janet Jackson’s top.

In 2004, the shocking moment of Janet Jackson’s war...

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CH395 | GSI

October 27, 1997

— Daeheung Group Headquarters, Mapo

In the spacious chairman’s office, Chairman Park, the chairman, sat in the center of a leat...

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CH126 | DI

Two months.

Within that short period, I must bring down Theranos and secure funds.

I have already devised a strategy.

Instead of targeting the “exclusive technology” tha...

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CH201 | Heir

IT powerhouse.

A phrase often used to describe South Korea.

But South Korea was a country full of regulations and restrictions, making it extremely difficult for fled...

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CH125 | DI

At my suggestion to establish a method to distinguish the third treatment, David reacted unexpectedly.

“Isn’t it too early to draw such a conclusion?”

His response was somewha...

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CH394 | GSI

Dobong-gu, Seoul.

[This is Chang-dong Station. The doors on the right will open. This stop is——]

Suddenly dropping temperatures made people bundle up in heavier c...

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CH200 | Heir

Every January, CES takes place.

Last year, we skipped CES and focused on Apple’s developer conference, WWDC, so we didn’t launch any outstanding new products.

But this year was di...

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CH280

During my stay in New York, I received lecture requests from several universities.

New York State University, Columbia University, Harvard University, MIT, and more. MIT, in particular, was ...

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CH199 | Heir

I have always stayed ahead of the times.

The Planning Director knew this well, so when I suggested expanding the general trading company, he showed signs of surprise.

The perception o...

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CH198 | Heir

Chairman Kim Tae-jung raised his soju glass.

As Assemblyman Choi Jae-seok hurried to raise his own, Chairman Kim spoke up.

“I’ve prepared a small gift.”

“I don’t acce...

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CH143 | VOC

The three Kims, who had been tearing each other and Daehoo Group apart in a mad internal struggle, finally had a three-way meeting at Chairman Kim Hoo-joong’s insistence.

From the start, Vi...

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CH142 | VOC

The battle for control of Daehoo, sparked by Chairman Kim Hoo-joong’s conflict with his son, Executive Director Kim Sun-yeop, raged fiercely. It was a grueling back-and-forth, with the balance of...

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CH393 | GSI

Seeing Seok-won's reaction, Deputy Prime Minister Choi Jin-woo quickly added,
“Of course, I’m not asking you to take on these deeply troubled merchant banks without any support.”

...

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CH124 | DI

The news of Amelia’s death came as a shock.

But it wasn’t sorrow.

She was merely someone who had briefly passed through my life—not close enough to mourn.

If anything, th...

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CH197 | Heir

The next day.

I received a summons from Delphine Arnault early in the morning and visited the Korean branch of the Arnault family’s company.

“You're the first vis...

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