Park Jin Hyuk asked Kim Jun Woo:
"Is this the place?"
"Yes."
Park Jin Hyuk stepped inside.
As soon as we entered the restaurant, the waiter came to greet us.
"Please come in. Do you have an appointment?"
"I have an appointment, DS Communications."
Park Jin Hyuk did not say his name, but only reported his company.
The waiter immediately bowed and said:
"Someone has already arrived and is waiting for you."
As he spoke, the waiter led them inside.
The decoration inside the restaurant is exquisite and stylish. There are private rooms on both sides of the corridor. It can be seen that this is a very suitable place to talk about things.
The waiter stopped in front of the door of a private room.
"This is it."
Park Jin Hyuk turned to Kim Jun Woo and said:
"You don't have to go in. I'll contact you when you come out."
"Yes, I'll wait for you here."
"No need, just find a place to sit down and rest."
After saying that, Park Jin Hyuk opened the door and walked in.
When they saw Park Jin Hyuk coming in, everyone inside stood up immediately.
"Hello, Chairman Park."
There were five men inside. Park Jin Hyuk bowed slightly to them and said:
"Nice to meet you. I'm Park Jin Hyuk from DS Communications."
The oldest man smiled and said:
"I've heard your name for a long time. It's a great honor to meet you today."
"No, no, you're too kind."
The two sides exchanged greetings and sat down.
These five people are all representatives of DS Energy bondholders. They are either presidents of large private banks, representatives of state-owned banks, or Korean heads of foreign investment companies. It can be seen that they are all shrewd and capable people.
The elder man asked directly:
"Chairman Park, I wonder why you invited us to dinner today?"
These five creditors hold 70% of DS Energy's debt.
After receiving Park Jin Hyuk's invitation, their first reaction was confusion.
DS Energy is directly led by Chairman Park Jun-man and has nothing to do with Park Jin-hyuk.
They also heard that Park Jun-wan has never allowed Park Jin-hyuk to interfere in DS Energy's affairs, so some people speculated that Park Jin-hyuk has been excluded from the candidate for chairman.
However, given Park Jin Hyuk's growing influence, this seems unlikely.
Therefore, despite feeling puzzled, they accepted Park Jin Hyuk's invitation.
Park Jin Hyuk smiled and replied:
"I'm inviting everyone to dinner because of the DS Energy matter."
"DS Energy?"
These people looked at Park Jin Hyuk in confusion.
"DS Energy's situation isn't good right now. It could be a ticking time bomb for the DS Group."
Park Jin Hyuk said seemingly casually.
"How could that be? With the strength of the DS Group, they wouldn't be affected by DS Energy, would they?"
Another person echoed:
"Yes, DS Pharmaceuticals' stock price is booming right now. Once the vaccine is successfully developed, what else do we have to worry about?"
After saying that, these people carefully observed Park Jin Hyuk's reaction.
Park Jin Hyuk sighed.
“Vaccine development has been halted.”
"Stop it?"
"That's just temporary."
"But I don't know when it will be able to restart."
On the surface, DS Energy has no direct relationship with vaccine development, but in fact it has a great relationship.
Now, oil prices have fallen below the $20 mark and entered the range of $20 to $10.
Since all airlines have stopped operating, the aviation fuel produced by DS Energy for the airlines has piled up in the warehouse.
If aviation fuel cannot be sold within two months of production, it will have to be scrapped.
DS Energy cannot stop production because a large amount of crude oil is stored in tankers.
Under such circumstances, DS Energy and bondholders still did not give up hope.
They hope that the vaccine can be available on the market as soon as possible to drive economic recovery, so that oil prices may rise again.
However, Park Jin Hyuk said that vaccine development had been halted.
The creditors' representatives were about to ask what was going on.
Park Jin Hyuk spoke first.
"Because the vaccine development uses the latest technology, the government needs to verify it again, which is very troublesome... So, I would like to ask for your patience."
"What do you mean by that?"
"DS Energy is in a difficult situation. Please do not waver and give us more time."
All five of them fell silent.
What Park Jin Hyuk said sounded very reasonable.
But if you think about it carefully, it feels strange.
"Chairman Park, this isn't something you should be saying."
"The reason I'm saying this to you all is actually very simple. I just don't want to see the things I'm going to see again damaged."
"Damage your things?"
"Yes, they will belong to me sooner or later, so I hope they will be intact when I take over."
Of course, the representatives of these creditors understood what Park Jin Hyuk meant, but one of them was still a little skeptical.
“Is there any problem with vaccine development?”
"Of course not. Although there are many difficulties, vaccine development will succeed sooner or later. It must succeed. However... I don't know if DS Energy can survive until then..."
Park Jin Hyuk shook his head as he spoke.
"I think you've all heard that DS Energy and DS Heavy Industries are now managed by my father and Vice President Xin, and I've been excluded. But the situation of these two companies is very bad now, so... May I ask, have my father and Vice President Xin contacted you?"
These people shook their heads.
Park Jin Hyuk continued:
"I guessed it. After all, they both have such high status, some things are hard to say... so I want to speak for them. I hope you can help."
Park Jin Hyuk's attitude was very sincere, which touched these people to some extent.
A big question popped up in their minds.
"How badly has the situation at DS Energy deteriorated?"
At this time, the waiter brought the dishes.
Park Jin Hyuk kept toasting to these people while chatting.
He had seen a lot of second-generation chaebols like them, and many of them were arrogant and didn't take them, the senior workers, seriously at all.
But Park Jin Hyuk seemed completely different from them, and gradually they developed a liking for the young man in front of them.
In this way, Park Jin Hyuk accompanied them to eat and enjoy the meal very much. After they had eaten and drunk their fill, these people got up and said goodbye.
Park Jin Hyuk escorted them out of the restaurant.
It was already afternoon, Park Jin Hyuk had drunk quite a bit of wine, and when the sun shone on him, he couldn't help but feel a little dazed.
Jin Junyu hurried forward and supported him.
"You drank a lot today."
"You've never seen me drink so much, do you think it's strange?"
Jin Junyu nodded.
"If even you feel weird, what do these people think?"
"Are you intentionally trying to mislead them?"
"...Otherwise, why would I need to drink so much in broad daylight?"
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