A few hours before the urgent emergency board meeting.

Suddenly, with a sound, the safe door opened. Jeho carefully moved the wooden box aside and picked up the ledger placed underneath. Glancing over the clean surface, he opened the ledger and checked the numbers on the last page.

“Hmm, as expected.”

Muttering a sarcastic remark, Jeho closed the safe door and tossed the ledger he held into the trash can under the desk.

“Little brother, could it be you’re this straightforward?”

Even when he was about to throw the bait, Jeho didn’t expect Vice President Kwon to come over so easily.

Jeho deliberately leaked to Vice President Kwon’s close associates that he obtained the secret ledger from Manager Yoon. He hinted that this could reveal the true reason Vice Chairman Kwon stepped down ten years ago. The information quickly reached Vice President Kwon, and he, through devious means, retrieved the ledger. Jeho never thought Vice President Kwon would use Yul-ri in such a way.

Although he saw it as a fairly decent solution to switch the ledgers, Vice President Kwon’s modest success ended there.

Arriving late for the board meeting, Vice President Kwon made a surprised expression at the unexpected situation.

“You’re late. Come and take a seat. Now is the beginning of the real deal.”

Jeho smiled brightly towards Vice President Kwon.

Remaining frozen in place, Vice President Kwon, who hadn’t moved a muscle, staggered towards his seat as Chairman Kwon, sitting at the top, frowned and coughed meaninglessly. When Vice President Kwon took his seat, Jeho turned back towards the screen.

“It’ll be easier to understand if you look at the charts.”

Jeho addressed the directors filling the meeting room.

“These are the documents related to corruption, embezzlement, and bribery committed during the recent Arcadia Complex Shopping Mall project.”

No, this guy!

Vice President Kwon’s eyes, glaring at the screen filled with charts, burned with frustration. He had been unexpectedly pierced in an unexpected area.

Was the act of obtaining the secret ledger a diversion to turn their attention elsewhere?

Vice President Kwon thought Jeho intended to uncover the truth about the events ten years ago that led to Vice Chairman Kwon stepping down. He only considered it an action to restore the honor of his father, who had been involved in an unfortunate traffic accident.

To uncover corruption related to the Arcadia Shopping Mall project.

Of course, there was a momentary suspicion that it might be the case. However, he wasn’t overly concerned. Most of the corruption related to the Arcadia Shopping Mall was caused by Min-woo, and he was merely picking up stray grains from the surroundings.

“First, pay attention to these numbers. This is the amount presented when we received the initial order.”
As Jeho’s explanation dragged on, the expressions of the directors filling the meeting room darkened. The extent of corruption and embezzlement had grown beyond what Chairman Kwon could personally cover up.

Even Minwoo’s embezzlement was part of Vice President Kwon’s twisted plan. All of this was due to the sudden overseas assignment.

This kid, I warned him to cover up thoroughly before leaving!

Vice President Kwon resented his son, who couldn’t handle even one task properly.

It was a huge project exceeding billion-dollar scale, so even a minor irregularity demanded Vice President Kwon to step down.

However, considering Minwoo’s actions, in the worst-case scenario, he might face embezzlement charges and imprisonment.

“Okay, that should be enough. Just up to that point.”

Chairman Kwon, who had silently listened, turned on the microphone. All eyes focused on the chairman with his speech.

Vice President Kwon, swallowing dry saliva, looked at Chairman Kwon with uneasy eyes. The only person who could save him here was Chairman Kwon.

Not just one or two years of corruption and embezzlement, Chairman Kwon knew everything but had turned a blind eye, as long as things didn’t go too far. If Minwoo’s actions were exposed, the situation would drastically change.

Chairman Kwon, who had maintained silence while lost in thought, finally spoke.

“With sufficient evidence like this, having a vote on dismissal seems ridiculous. Vice President Kwon will step down from today, and he should personally compensate for the damages to the company as soon as possible. Whether to press charges against the company or not will be discussed at the regular board meeting next month. Does anyone object?”

Normally, Vice President Kwon’s side directors would have protested against the unfair treatment. However, today, no one spoke, and they exchanged glances in silence.

“If that’s the case, let’s conclude here for today.”

Relieved sighs echoed from various places, and as the meeting room door opened, the directors quickly left their seats.

Now, only Chairman Kwon, Vice President Kwon, and Jeho remained in the meeting room.

“Father!”

Vice President Kwon rushed to Chairman Kwon with a flushed face, kneeling down.