Real Man-Chapter 870
Berry Popper thought that the presidential candidate would not push his sponsor so hard, but the emergency press conference just changed everything.
Now that he was sure, Yoo-hyun said to him.
“This is not the end. You have to watch out for someone who might jump anywhere.”
“Don’t worry. I will root out the forces that harm the United States with this opportunity.”
“Please do.”
Yoo-hyun reached out his hand, and Berry Popper shook it politely.
“Steve. On behalf of the FBI, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to you for helping the security of the United States.”
Yoo-hyun felt nostalgic.
‘I thought it was all over…’
The first operation failed and suffered a huge loss, and the plan B was also exposed.
There were too many unexpected variables in the strategy he prepared in a hurry.
Even if everything went well, he might not find conclusive evidence.
A desperate situation.
He pretended to be fine on the outside, but his inside was like a stormy sea.
Nevertheless, Yoo-hyun succeeded and received sincere thanks from the FBI after the CIA.
‘Good job, Han Yoo-hyun.’
He smiled as he recalled the dynamic process.
It was after everything was settled.
Paul Graham looked around the empty conference room and asked Yoo-hyun.
“How do you feel?”
“Well, I’m more calm than I thought.”
“Why? Didn’t you want to see them fall?”
The reason why Yoo-hyun faced Carl Ican for the first time?
It was to protect the company and the people who were with him from the one who attacked first.
He thought that only bringing him down was the solution to this problem, but his mind changed as he learned about the evil deeds that Carl Ican had done so far.
It was not enough to just bring him down.
“It’s not over when you put out the fire.”
“Then?”
“We have to restore the places that were burned unfairly. That’s when it will make sense.”
Yoo-hyun’s eyes were already looking at the next.
A few days later, the result came up on the news.
Yoo-hyun first made Carl Ican pay compensation to the companies he had trampled on.
The clear evidence was revealed through Jeff Smith, and the public opinion was not good, so the board of directors of Ikan Goldenway had no choice but to approve it.
Money was not the only problem.
The resentment of countless businessmen who had to endure oppression and hardship without being able to complain anywhere because of Carl Ican’s meddling was all resolved.
Yoo-hyun did not stop there.
He actively supported the problems of the allies who had sacrificed a lot to help him with this matter.
He had a plan, so it wouldn’t be long before he recovered.
As Yoo-hyun solved one problem after another, good news came.
First, the two lawsuits filed by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the federal prosecutor were both canceled.
They had no reason to do so in the face of the collusion between Carl Ican and the Republican Party.
Thanks to this, Willy Thompson’s Reverb US branch quickly stabilized.
Also, another news came from Korea.
Yoo-hyun was surprised to hear from Jeong Da-hye.
“Really? Both the Minister of Industry and the Minister of Finance?”
-Yes. There is a rumor that the president himself will step in and dismiss them. Thanks to that, not only Reverb, but also the pressure on Hansung and Ilsung was solved at once.
“That’s fast.”
-It’s thanks to you, Yoo-hyun.
It was true that Carl Ican had pressured the Korean government through China, but the evidence materials that were still under investigation could not have been delivered to Korea yet.
‘If the president moved…’
Yoo-hyun had a feeling who was behind this.
Yoo-hyun said.
“Da-hye, you’ve worked hard.”
-What are you talking about? You did a great job.
“I feel so energized when you say that. I miss you.”
-We’ll see each other soon.
“Right, I’ll finish up and go. And…”
He stopped as he checked the date.
The third anniversary of Reverb’s founding, which he had promised, had passed.
It was also the date of the proposal he had set.
-Yoo-hyun, what is it?
“No, nothing. And thank you so much. For being by my side.”
-Me too. I love you.
He seemed to want to hear that.
A thick smile appeared on Yoo-hyun’s lips at the sincere words of his lover.
The next day.
Yoo-hyun bought a ticket to Korea and headed to Mirinae Securities on Wall Street.
He was going to meet Natalie Miller, Hyun Jin-gun, and Paul Graham at the representative office here today.
Park Young-hoon, who met him privately for the first time after Carl Ican was arrested by the FBI, scolded Yoo-hyun.
“Hey, you should have told me.”
“I had a situation where I couldn’t.”
“I know. I know, but… You know how much I suffered. I thought you were in such a bad situation that you had to deal with Super Punch.”
He seemed to have misunderstood a lot by himself.
Yoo-hyun chuckled.
“What. I just took a good opportunity.”
“Still, you sold the agency’s stake so easily, where Jang-woo is?”
“You’ll agree right away if you know who bought it. Where is it…”
Park Young-hoon’s eyes widened as he heard Yoo-hyun’s explanation.
“Wow! Disney?”
At the time in Las Vegas, the place that bought Super Punch’s stake from Yoo-hyun was Walt Disney Company, the most influential media group and cultural empire in the world.
They planned to grow Super Punch through ESPN (the largest sports broadcaster in the US).
There was one more condition that Yoo-hyun had to be persuaded by.
Park Young-hoon nodded his head as he heard it.
He asked again as he pondered over the past situation.
“Then what happened to Shin Kyung-soo?”
“Shin Kyung-soo?”
“Yeah. He betrayed you. Isn’t he one of Carl Ican’s minions?”
“Um…”
-If plan A is blocked, switch to plan B. I’ll open the north gate of the PayPal data center as you requested, and you’ll do the rest.
The plan B that he had made with Shin Kyung-soo was only to open the door of the PayPal data center, not to safely extract the data.
He did spill the secret to Carl Icahn, but that didn’t mean he broke the promise.
Did Shin Kyung-soo know this and tell Carl Icahn everything?
‘Maybe he wanted to screw him over.’
Yoo-hyun answered.
“He didn’t betray us.”
“Then it was all planned?”
“Well, there was a lot of improvisation on both sides.”
If Shin Kyung-soo hadn’t warned them not to trust anyone, they wouldn’t have achieved this result.
He was the one who led the class action lawsuit, and the one who found out about Medallion and the activist fund.
Come to think of it, he owed him a lot.
‘Should I raise his investment?’
Yoo-hyun, who had become the boss, was thinking about his new relationship with him.
A win-win situation.
The door opened and Hyun Jin-gun and Natalie Miller came in.
They had worked together on this case, and they flew to New York to congratulate Yoo-hyun in person, and to see the face of Paul Graham, who had recovered his health.
Yoo-hyun got up from his seat and greeted Natalie Miller.
“Natalie. Thank you for coming all the way here.”
“Steve. You must have been through a lot.”
“I wasn’t lonely thanks to good friends. Jin-gun, you did a great job too.”
Yoo-hyun patted his shoulder, and Hyun Jin-gun, who had struggled in Las Vegas, stuck out his tongue.
“Don’t even mention it. It was dynamic because of you. I aged ten years.”
“As long as it was resolved well. How’s Do-ha?”
“The Lovely Day concert is over. He went to see Soo-yeon. Sun-hoo is with him.”
“That’s a very important thing.”
“It’s so important.”
If it weren’t for the Lovely Day concert, Do-ha might not have come to America.
The concert was part of the background that made this success possible.
Soon after, the door opened and Paul Graham’s face appeared.
“Paul. This is Natalie Miller, whom I told you about before.”
“I know. A very competent lawyer… Huh?”
Paul Graham, who was about to approach with a smile, stopped when he saw Natalie Miller.
He couldn’t forget the face that was in front of him, even though a lot of time had passed.
She, who had been young, greeted him with a grown-up look.
“Long time no see. Uncle Paul.”
“Natalie, is that you?”
“Yes. You remember me.”
“Of course. How could I forget you?”
Huh?
They knew each other?
Yoo-hyun and Hyun Jin-gun, who looked at each other in front of the two people who seemed to have a deep story, were bewildered.
The conversation continued at the hotel bar next to the building.
As the story deepened, Yoo-hyun’s memory of Paul Graham, whom he had studied deeply in the past, became clearer.
About 10 years ago.
Paul Graham, who had retired from the BCG chairman and ran an investment company on Wall Street, waged a war with Carl Icahn over a company.
Carl Icahn tried to ruin the company by spreading all kinds of bad news, and Paul Graham, who had been a long-time investor, was on the defensive.
The name of the company was Neon Chemical.
The company, which had been a promising chemical manufacturer, was caught up in Carl Icahn’s mischief and became a mess.
Paul Graham helped the CEO of the company, who had a close relationship with him, and fought back by finding evidence of Carl Icahn’s scheme.
Capital and capital clashed, and there was a chase and chase fight under the water.
In the midst of that, the chemical plant exploded unexpectedly and all the evidence was blown away.
Dozens of people died in the incident, and the CEO ended his life by suicide out of guilt.
That CEO, Thomas Miller, was Natalie Miller’s father.
‘No wonder…’
Yoo-hyun finally understood how Natalie Miller knew so much about Carl Icahn, and why she volunteered to help with the lawsuit.
There was a grudge of 10 years in her heart.
As he thought deeply, something came to Yoo-hyun’s mind.
“Ah!”
“Why?”
Hyun Jin-gun, who had been quietly listening to Natalie Miller’s story, whispered, and Yoo-hyun recalled his old memory.
“You know. Neon Chemical. Didn’t you see it in the data that came in last before we withdrew the communication equipment?”
“Ah… The one that Sun-hoo tried to erase?”
“Yeah. That data. Wait a minute, it should be here.”
Yoo-hyun took out his phone and looked at the data he had backed up.
He had put off the content that he didn’t think was very important.
But Natalie Miller, who took it, was overwhelmed with emotion.
She turned the pages as if she was possessed, and her eyes welled up with tears.
Their night deepened like that.
The next day. Coney Island, located in southern New York.
Yoo-hyun walked along the white sand that touched the blue sea and answered the phone.
Hillary Clinton’s voice came from the other end of the receiver.
-Really… I never thought you would pull this off.
“Thanks to your help.”
-What did I do? I only made a promise.
“Didn’t you stop the lawsuit after that? And the Korean issue too.”
The person who moved the two lawsuits on the river and the Korean government was Hillary Clinton.
She stuck out her tongue at Yoo-hyun’s answer.
-You can’t fool me.
“I couldn’t think of anyone who could do it in one breath. Thank you.”
-I think I gave back what I received. It was easy to solve because you didn’t do anything wrong. Anyway, I’m glad it helped.
The US Democratic presidential candidate and a powerful figure in politics helped Yoo-hyun.
It was a very unusual thing considering her dogmatic personality.
