A Genius Speaks with Money

Chapter 5

While I, Lim Hyunjun, were having a pleasant dinner with my family.

Secretary Choi Seo-jun went to the Taeseong Electronics headquarters at my request.

Since contact had been made in advance, there was no blockage on the way to the Chairman'

s office.

Secretary Choi Seo-jun became nervous at the thought of seeing Chairman Lim Man-seok as a mere employee.

He steadied his breathing once in front of the Chairman'

s office and then quietly knocked on the door.

A low and dignified voice was heard from within.

“Come in.”

When Secretary Choi Seo-jun opened the door, Chairman Lim Man-seok treated him with indifference while still scanning documents.

Choi Seo-jun walked confidently to the point where it was unknown where his nervous appearance from a moment ago had gone, and greeted Chairman Lim Man-seok while bowing his waist.

“I am Choi Seo-jun, who is attending Vice Chairman Lim Do-kyung. Young Master Lim Hyunjun asked me to deliver this directly.”Chairman Lim Man-seok furrowed his brow slightly.

What was inside the paper envelope was none other than the National Union Achievement Evaluation test paper that I had taken.

The answers were all marked on the test paper.

“What am I supposed to do with something brought to me before the results are even out?”

Chairman Lim Man-seok'

s voice was mixed with plenty of annoyance that anyone could hear.

However, Choi Seo-jun replied calmly without even a single flinch.

“The Young Master asked me to convey, ‘Grandfather, you must definitely keep your promise’.”

Silence flowed for a while.

Lim Man-seok still held the test paper in his hand.

Then he slowly raised his head and stared at Choi Seo-jun.

A strange interest was gathered in his gaze.

“…Interesting.”

Lim Man-seok gave a light snort and then looked down at the test paper again.

In the meantime, Choi Seo-jun bowed deeply and quietly left the Chairman'

s office.

Since he had performed all the duties he was in charge of, he had no need to be here any longer.

Once Choi Seo-jun returned, Lim Man-seok pressed the call button.

After a moment, a man with a seasoned impression entered the Chairman'

s office.

It was Chief of Staff Kang Cheol-woo, who was attending Lim Man-seok.

“Did you call, Chairman?”

Lim Man-seok handed him the test paper and ordered.

“It is Hyunjun'

s. Check this.”

Kang Cheol-woo received the test paper the Chairman handed over and bowed his head again.

“Understood.”

When the Chief of Staff left the Chairman'

s office, Lim Man-seok stood up and looked down out the window.

He muttered as if it were interesting.

“He resembles me, not his father. Hahaha.”

Chairman Lim Man-seok'

s gaze was very cold, but his heart was very full of expectation.

***

From the early morning hours of the next day, my family moved busily.

It was because Chairman Lim Man-seok had called my family directly to his house through Chief of Staff Kang Cheol-woo and told us to eat breakfast together.

Even though it was the weekend, we prepared from dawn and headed to the mansion where Chairman Lim Man-seok lived.

In the mansion where Lim Man-seok was staying, the family of his eldest daughter, Lim Hye-seon, was also living together.

Her family also joined the breakfast table.

After my family arrived, President Lim Do-hyun'

s family also arrived.

On the wide dining table, neat Korean food was prepared.

The family members found their own seats and sat down as if they were used to it.

As it became exactly six o'

clock, Chairman Lim Man-seok appeared.

He could not hide his very happy expression and looked at me intently.

“I called you all to eat breakfast together today because there is a good thing.”

Mrs. Yoon Myeong-sook opened her mouth happily.

“All the food will get cold. Chairman, please take a spoonful quickly.”

“Ahem. Let us eat.”

Amidst the sound of only eating food quietly.

Chairman Lim Man-seok, who was sipping clear beef radish soup, felt his mouth was rough.

It was because he could hardly sleep due to his excited heart after feeling so good yesterday.

He lay in bed looking at the ceiling and thought.

After he directly confirmed the test results that Cheol-woo brought, his heart surged and the excitement did not subside.

‘That my grandson... got a perfect score in all subjects.’

Mrs. Yoon Myeong-sook, who knew nothing, fell asleep while worrying about her husband who was tossing and turning.

However, Lim Man-seok stood up, went out to the living room, and opened the window.

As the cool dawn air entered deep into his lungs, his head became clear.

The lingering regret about learning that remained on one side of his heart for a long time during his childhood.

And the regret that he could not study properly during his school days came to mind.

So he made his children study strictly.

Even though he made them study by spending money to attach famous teachers, they only made a show of doing it halfway.

There was no child fellow who satisfied Lim Man-seok'

s heart this much.

But a perfect score in all subjects.

Moreover, since his grandson produced such a result. How could sleep come?

Right now, Lim Man-seok was at a stage where he would dance with joy even if he chewed on stones.

He kept glancing at me and looked intently at what the fellow was eating.

The food was very delicious at the house I am living in now as well, but for some reason, the food eaten at Chairman Lim Man-seok'

s house tasted better.

This meat skewer was especially delicious that I licked my lips after eating everything placed in front of me.

“Bring out more meat. How can a fellow who is in his prime growth use only that. Bring it all out.”

At the voice of Chairman Lim Man-seok like a thunderous command, the person in charge of the kitchen moved quickly.

And then they brought meat skewers and tried to place them in front of the Chairman, but Lim Man-seok scolded them.

“Not me. I told you to give it to our Hyunjun. Who told you to put it in front of me? Understand the words properly.”

At those words, the family members who were eating quietly all looked at me in surprise.

However, I was just happy to see the meat skewers piled up like a mountain before my eyes.

“Grandfather, I will eat well. The meat skewers are really delicious. Ah, please give me some more rice.”

They were family members who could not even speak comfortably because they were usually afraid of Lim Man-seok.

However, I treated him comfortably like a real grandfather as if it were nothing.

Lim Man-seok liked even that and laughed broadly.

“If he is my grandson, it is natural to like meat. Of course, of course. Hyunjun'

s mother feeds that child well. The child is not ordinarily smart.”

“Yes, Father. I will pay attention.”

I finished one bowl in an instant and then ate the meat skewers cleanly without leaving any.

“You eat so heartily. It is good to see. Hahaha. A man should not be counting grains of rice and such.”

Chairman Lim Man-seok clicked his tongue while looking at Lim Hyun-woo, the son of President Lim Do-hyun, as he said that.

He must have seen him picking at his food as if he had no appetite.

After the meal time ended, neatly arranged fruit came out on a plate.

Then Lim Man-seok smiled toward me in earnest and said.

“I have checked your test results well.”

The gazes of the family members who were sitting at the dining table eating fruit were focused on me this time as well.

Actually, even my parents were in a state where they did not know the results yet.

Since I had not spoken, it was natural they did not know.

The expressions of Vice Chairman Lim Do-kyung and Mrs. Kang Ji-yeon, who are my parents, were hardened.

Breaking the silence, Chairman Lim Man-seok opened his mouth happily.

“It was a perfect score in all subjects.”

The one most surprised at those words was rather Vice Chairman Lim Do-kyung.

He looked at his son and swallowed his breath without even being able to ask.

I opened my mouth with a calm expression.

“The exact results have not come out yet. If I only did the marking properly, it would be so.”

Lim Man-seok laughed loudly.

“Yes, yes! Taking after this grandfather, you surely would not have made a mistake. The result is obvious without even looking.”

Praise continued while wearing a very satisfied expression.

As Lim Man-seok'

s praise toward me continued, President Lim Do-hyun'

s face gradually hardened.

Shin Seo-yoon, who is my aunt-in-law and noticed that, said.

“Hyunjun is really amazing. A perfect score in all subjects. It is surprising? But I did not know Hyunjun was this good at studying. It seemed like you were always not interested. If there is anything you need, speak up.”

Shin Seo-yoon was smiling softly, but it was while having an eye-glance as if she were suspicious.

On top of that, there was something I felt while looking at her.

That gaze that looks down on people.

If it were Hyunjun at a young age, he might not have known.

But the person inside Hyunjun is a man over fifty.

He did not not know what that gaze meant.

“Thank you just for the words, Aunt-in-law. Since my parents do everything for what I need, I will only think.”

“Is that so? What a pity. I was going to do anything if you said it.”

I turned my gaze and met eyes with Lim Hyun-woo.

We are cousins but were always compared because we are the same age.

From now on, the situation will be swapped with me.

Even just looking at the attitude toward me until now, there was a high possibility he would harbor quite a resentment.

On top of that, in the future, the 3rd generation of the Taeseong family will be placed in a competitive structure, so there is no way we would become close.

If he used his heart kindly, it would be one thing.

It would be a relief if he just did not obstruct my path ahead.

Even though we were in the same class at school, Hyun-woo ignored me to the point of not even greeting me.

If it were the original Hyunjun, he would have been consistent with ignoring him back, but Jeong Taeshik was not of such a personality.

If it became an obstruction to the path I am proceeding on, the story would be different, but I intended to turn a blind eye to it as much as possible.

When I met eyes with Hyun-woo, I grinned.

Then Hyun-woo crumpled his brow intensely and turned his head sharply.

I, who was teasing him thoroughly, ate a melon and savored the taste.

It is a fruit I have eaten before but did not dare to because it was expensive.

I smiled naturally since the taste was so good.

At that time, Chairman Lim Man-seok asked his son Vice Chairman Lim Do-kyung suggestively.

“How is the thing I talked about before going? You said we also must do a service platform.”

Perhaps because Lim Man-seok asked with interest, a flush of joy turned on Lim Do-kyung'

s face.

He talked on and on about the work he had been pushing for.

Then Lim Man-seok listened quietly and then gave strength to his son.

“Hearing it, it seems like a business that must definitely be done in the future. You must go ahead of the times, not follow them. Since I will push for you, try working hard.”

“Thank you, Father.”

As Vice Chairman Lim Do-kyung stood up and bowed down to his waist while showing a happy appearance, Kang Ji-yeon also liked it very much.

Of course, I was also happy.

I held up my thumb toward my grandfather and laughed brightly.

Seeing that appearance, Lim Man-seok liked it very much and laughed heartily.

My grandmother, Mrs. Yoon Myeong-sook, also praised me.

Among them, my uncle did not say a word.

Since it was to the point of being obvious even to me, there was no way Chairman Lim Man-seok would not notice.

“Dohyun, is something perhaps not working out well?”

“No, it is that the breakfast I ate is not digesting well.”

“Hmm. If you are to go around foreign countries, take good care of your health first. The law is that one must be healthy in anything to do work well.”

“Yes, I will keep it in mind. Father.”

If it were the usual Chairman Lim Man-seok, he would have added at least one more word, but today was different.

It was President Lim Do-hyun who had always been above his older brother.

However, for the reason that he was not the eldest son, he inherited other subsidiaries instead of Taeseong Electronics.

To him, that was a matter that hurt his pride very much.

He proved and proved that he resembled his father more than anyone else.

However, Chairman Lim Man-seok could never abandon his eldest son.

Lim Do-hyun briefly revealed hostility toward his older brother Vice Chairman Lim Do-kyung and then directed his eyes downward before meeting eyes with me.

As the front of my eyes changed, a brief future unfolded in an instant.

A dark place.

Lim Do-hyun was holding the collar of my father, Lim Do-kyung, roughly.

Anger was full on his face.

“Are you planning to block my path until the end?”

“Lim Do-hyun! What are you doing!”

However, Lim Do-hyun did not loosen the strength in his hand.

His gaze was full of cold and chilly murderous intent.

In an instant, I felt a chill on my back after seeing that gaze.

And then I returned rapidly to reality.

It was a short vision, but it was a clear future.