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CH284 | GSI

Chairman Kwak Dong-hoon of Saseong Group placed his coffee cup down, his expression one of surprise.

“So, you're saying that the head of the Wall Street hedge fund, Eldorado Fund, is actua...

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CH283 | GSI

A luxury Benz sedan cruised down a quiet national highway, surrounded by vast fields of farmland stretching endlessly on both sides. Gradually, the car slowed before coming to a stop by the roadsid...

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CH282 | GSI

The following day.

In the chairman’s office at Daeheung Group’s headquarters in Mapo, Chairman Park Tae-hong sat in the seat of honor on the sofa, flanked by his two sons, Park Jin-hyung...

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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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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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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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CH196 | Heir

The next evening.

Once again, I visited the hotel conference room for an idea meeting with Chun Min-jung.

As soon as I walked in, Min-jung bowed her head, tears welling up in her eyes...

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CH195 | Heir

Back at the office, I went to find the Director of Planning.

Perhaps because he already knew I had visited the high school concerning Chun Min-jung's younger sibling, he entered the Vice Cha...

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CH194 | Heir

The Next Morning

At Kangyoung High School, a parent-teacher meeting was held.

Every parent in attendance was well-known in their respective fields.

However, among the...

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CH193 | Heir

A school could be seen as a hierarchical society.

That was why the term "iljin" (school gang leader) existed.

Although its etymology had little to do with social class, it h...

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CH192 | Heir

Politicians and startups had a surprising number of similarities.

To succeed, both needed investors to fund them.

If a startup succeeded, its investors would demand equity in return f...

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CH191 | Heir

The Arnault family was a family of entrepreneurs.

The current patriarch, Bernard Arnault, had the support of his family, which allowed him to attend prestigious schools, but it was purely hi...

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CH190 | Heir

The representative from the Arnault family visited the Vice Chairman's office.

The moment I saw her face, I realized she wasn't an ordinary representative.

"Welcome. I didn't expect D...

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CH189 | Heir

The Next Day

I woke up to an overwhelming smell of alcohol.

The stench came from David, who had spent the entire night drinking with Indian politicians.

"How many drinks did yo...

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CH188 | Heir

A few days later.

I departed for New Delhi, the capital of India, with David.

"Boss, isn’t the reason we’re in India to establish a Taewoo Electronics factory?"

"That’s righ...

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CH187 | Heir

I had to reschedule my flight twice.

Talking with Steve, I completely lost track of time, and before I knew it, I had to board my flight to Korea 10 hours later than planned.

"What ti...

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CH186 | Heir

Apple’s WWDC.

A product launch event as well as a developer conference.

Once the presentation ended, discussions began with over 5,000 developers on various topics.

This time...

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CH185 | Heir

The product launch event had begun.

I was able to watch from the very front row, and sitting next to me was David, attending as a major shareholder.

"Did you see this? The crowd is as...

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CH184 | Heir

A crisis meeting was called at Taewoo IT's headquarters.

As Vice Chairman, I was presiding over the meeting, with the Bitcoin project team and game company CEOs from our platform in attendan...

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CH183 | Heir

Even in 2003, the illegal presidential campaign fund investigation continued to dominate the front pages of newspapers.

It was no surprise—thanks to the informatio...

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CH182 | Heir

KS Shipping CEO Song Gil-seop was summoned for questioning by the prosecution.

The investigation was still ongoing, and even the media had no way of knowing what was being discussed behind c...

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CH181 | Heir

The next day

From the early morning, the country was in an uproar over the presidential election results.

The ruling party’s candidate won by just a 2% margin, but the oppositi...

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CH180 | Heir

The 16th presidential election campaign was in full swing.

However, the gap in approval ratings was so significant that rumors were openly circulating that the election was already decided.<...

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CH179 | Heir

French restaurants take dining etiquette very seriously.

Dress codes, table manners—everything.

But we ignored all of that.

And surprisingly, the restaurant owner didn’t se...

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CH178 | Heir

A few days later

I boarded a flight to the U.S. with Dimon.

I had wanted to bring Chu Min-jeong along, but I couldn’t convince her to get on the plane.

“I never expected yo...

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CH177 | Heir

Chu Min-jeong lowered her head.

She was terrified that if she made the wrong impression on Chairman Kim Tae-jung, she might be forced to leave Taewoo Group.

“Haha, you’re misunder...

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CH176 | Heir

KS Telecom Executive Meeting

With market share declining daily, the atmosphere in the conference room was grim.

And as if trying to shift the blame, Park Dong-hee, the vice president ...

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CH175 | Heir

The SNS project has finally been completed.

Mark created Facebook, and CEO Im Jae-beom created KakaoTalk.

Thanks to Chu Min-jeong’s help, two major projects were completed simultane...

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CH174 | Heir

A few days later.

Dragging my exhausted body, I headed to the office once again.

As soon as the Chief Planning Officer entered my office for the morning briefing, he sighed at th...

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