Park Jin Hyuk continued:
"After I arrived at DS Telecom, I discovered that the company had purchased artwork from the Jinghe Art Museum. I also discovered that this museum doesn't actually exist. I found this very strange, so I planned to investigate further... However, no one in the industry seemed willing to talk about this museum, so I had no choice but to come to you."
"Have you made a deal with Jinghe?"
“It was the former chairman, my uncle, who made the deal with them.”
After hearing what Park Jin Hyuk said, Han Ji Yeon let down her guard.
“Few people know about the Jinghe Art Museum, and even those who do know about it usually won’t tell you the truth.”
"Why?"
"Because it's in the money laundering business."
"Money laundering?"
"Plutocrats often need to donate property in the form of artworks or launder money..."
Park Jin Hyuk had thought about this before.
This phenomenon has always existed in Han.
"So, it seems that Jinghe Art Museum is a middleman who specializes in this kind of thing?"
"You can say that, but what's special is that its clients are all powerful chaebols and famous politicians. The chaebols are all above the level of Qingyu and DS, so few people know about it."
"It seems I found the right person today."
Park Jin Hyuk said with a smile.
"What specific problems did you encounter?"
"We discovered that all the artworks we bought were fakes."
"What did you say?"
Han Ji-yeon thought she had heard wrongly.
"It has been confirmed that the items we traded with Jinghe were all fake."
"Are you saying that a fake item was found among the items being traded?"
"No, all of them are fake. To be exact, out of the 60 or so items, all but about 10 are fake."
"How is this possible?"
"Why do you say that?"
Han Ji-yeon thought for a moment and replied:
"DS isn't the only company doing business with Jinghe. To be honest, we've also done business with Jinghe, but we've never encountered this kind of problem. Although we're involved in money laundering, we won't buy or sell fakes to maintain our reputation. Are you sure it's a counterfeit?"
"Very sure."
Han Ji-yeon showed an incredible expression, and Park Jin-hyuk realized that the artworks from DS Communications should have been authentic when they were purchased, but were later replaced.
Han Ji-yeon looked at Park Jin-hyuk.
"If it's a fake, could it have been replaced after we received it?"
“I think there is such a possibility.”
"How could something like this happen inside DS?"
"Yeah, that's up to the people behind this. Now, what I want to know is, is it possible..."
Park Jin Hyuk stopped talking before he finished speaking and looked up at Han Ji Yeon.
Han Ji-yeon smiled and said:
"Do you want to know whether the swapped items have made it onto the market?"
"Yes, if the genuine product was replaced, it would probably be sold."
"Well, do you have a list?"
"I didn't bring it today, I'll give you one later."
"Okay, if I find the same item on the market, I'll let you know."
"Thank you very much."
"You're welcome. I'll trouble you when I need help in the future."
"No problem, I'll go back then."
Having said that, Park Jin Hyuk stood up.
"Thank you for the plum bonsai you gave me."
"I'm very happy that you like it."
"You know what? The general manager you just met is my father's concubine."
Han Ji-yeon said with a sad look.
"Isn't this ridiculous? He actually let his concubine become the general manager of the art center, and he even arranged for his daughter to be under that woman. Do you know where that woman came from?"
Park Jin Hyuk looked at her without saying anything.
"She was a woman who had been in the red-light district. Just because she gave birth to three sons for my father, she was elevated to her current position. If I were a man, how could I have fallen to this point?"
"I don't know what you're talking about, is that...?"
Seeing Han Ji-yeon getting more and more excited, Park Jin-hyuk asked calmly.
Han Ji-yeon calmed herself down.
"Do I really seem to have such strong self-esteem?"
"Well...it looks that way on the surface, but you're actually very soft inside...Don't worry too much, it won't always be like this. I'll take my leave then."
After saying that, Park Jin Hyuk walked out.
Walking out of the office, Park Jin Hyuk saw that in addition to Kim Jun Woo, there was also someone sent by the general manager waiting for him outside.
Park Jin Hyuk asked him to tell the general manager that he had something else to do today and could not go to say hello.
Then, we walked out of the art center.
In the car on the way back, Jin Junyu said to Park Zhenhe:
"Chairman, your words to Vice President Han Ji-yeon, using the bonsai, were truly brilliant. Did you prepare them in advance?"
"It depends on the situation and we should adapt to it."
"Adapt to circumstances?"
Jin Junyu looked at his boss with admiration.
"How could we prepare for a situation like that? We could only adapt to the situation. But it seems that what I said touched her. When we came out just now, Han Ji-yeon mentioned bonsai."
"What did she say?"
"She asked me if my self-esteem was that strong."
"Weren't you just describing her as a plum blossom?"
Park Jin Hyuk said with a smile:
"Actually, who in this world doesn't have self-esteem? Everyone has strong self-esteem, you and I are no exception. However, despite having self-esteem, everyone also believes they have a kind and soft side, especially women. Why? Because they all want to prove themselves to be qualified women, not mean or vicious people. Everyone thinks this way, even murderers believe their killings are justified."
Kim Jun-woo looked at Park Jin-hyuk in surprise.
"How did my boss learn these ways of dealing with people?"
Park Jin Hyuk will not turn 30 until next year.
This ability cannot be acquired through books, but only through personal experience.
Park Jin Hyuk glanced at Kim Jun Woo.
"People like to hear what they want to hear. In order to reduce Han Ji-yeon's disgust with me, I just said what she wanted to hear."
Then he smiled.
"When you get back, give Vice President Han Zhiyan a copy of our artwork list. If she finds any genuine artworks on the market, she will let us know."
After saying that, Park Jin Hyuk closed his eyes again.
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