"As expected, the Blue House contacted us," Park Jin Hyuk said.
"How do you think we should respond?"
"What do you mean by how to respond? Of course I have to go if the president invites me. I'll be there right away."
"So you're going?"
Jin Junyu wondered why his boss didn't figure out the purpose of the Blue House invitation before reacting.
"Yes, let's go immediately."
Park Jin Hyuk stood up and walked out of the office quickly.
*** *** ***
Park Jin Hyuk's car and his entourage's cars drove out of the DS headquarters one after another.
When they arrived at the main gate of the Blue House, only Park Jin Hyuk's car was allowed to enter, and the entourage's cars had to wait in the parking lot outside.
The car stopped in front of the presidential palace. As soon as Park Jin Hyuk got out of the car, the chief secretary of the presidential palace came forward and said, "President Park, welcome."
"Excuse me, could you please come out and greet me in person?"
"Of course I have to come out to greet you."
"I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it."
When Chung Kye-young was minister, this person served as his chief secretary. After Chung Kye-young was successfully elected president, he also became the chief secretary of the Blue House.
"...Chairman Park, the president seems to be in a bad mood today, you have to be careful." The chief secretary said in a low voice.
"oh?"
"We're acquaintances, so I'm reminding you." The chief secretary deliberately tried to get closer to Park Jin Hyuk. "The president just received news from the United States and hurriedly asked you to come over."
"Do you know what it is exactly?"
“I don’t know the specific content.”
Park Jin Hyuk said, "Thank you for your reminder. You are welcome to visit DS headquarters when it is convenient for you."
"Okay, then don't say you don't know me... Please come in."
The chief secretary accompanied Park Jin Hyuk into the presidential palace.
This was Park Jin Hyuk's third visit to the Blue House, so he was not unfamiliar with the place, but the place he went to this time was obviously different from before.
The chief secretary whispered as they walked, "Today's meeting is an informal one, so the meeting will be held in the President's private office."
"So that's how it is."
They walked through a long corridor and came to a room deep inside the Blue House.
The secretary-general knocked on the door and said, "Come in." Zheng Qiying's voice came from inside.
The chief secretary pushed open the door and Park Jin Hyuk walked in.
"Chairman Park, long time no see." Zheng Qiying stood up from behind the desk and walked towards Park Zhenhe.
Zheng Qiying looked a little tired, but still had a smile on her face.
"I'm doing okay lately," Park Jin Hyuk said.
"It's okay, but there are too many things that bother me."
"Then you should take a good rest."
"Let's sit down and talk." Zheng Qiying asked Park Zhenhe to sit down on the sofa.
After a moment's silence, Park Jin Hyuk asked, "I wonder what brings you here?"
Zheng Qiying said apologetically, "I really don't know how to start this. I have some bad news to tell you."
"Oh? What's that?"
Zheng Qiying pondered for a moment before saying, "The tax authorities plan to conduct a comprehensive tax audit of DS Group."
"You don't mean the annual tax audit?"
Zheng Qiying nodded. "It's a special tax audit. Normally, the subject of this kind of special tax audit shouldn't be notified in advance, but considering our relationship, I feel it's necessary to tell you in advance."
Park Jin Hyuk put away his smile and asked, "Which part of DS's business is this tax audit targeting?"
Zheng Qiying didn't look at Park Jin Hyuk, but lowered his head and said, "The Seoul Local National Tax Service intends to devote all its manpower to this audit of the entire DS Group. They seem to have discovered something."
Park Jin Hyuk said slowly, "Three years ago, the National Tax Service conducted a tax audit on DS Construction. At that time, they only deployed a section from the First Bureau. Do you mean to deploy the entire tax service this time?"
"This is a proposal from the National Tax Service. Please understand."
Zheng Qiying seemed to be saying that this investigation was not his idea, but Park Zhenhe knew very well that such a thing would be impossible without his consent, and it was very likely that he directly instructed it.
"What evidence have you got on DS?" Park Jin Hyuk said with a mocking smile, "Alright, then come on."
"You don't care?"
"Faced with such a high-intensity audit, how could I not care? But it seems there's no turning back, so I'm willing to accept it."
What Zheng Qiying hoped in his heart was that Park Jin Hyuk would bow to him and ask him to let DS Group go, but Park Jin Hyuk had no intention of giving in.
"I'm afraid the impact on DS will be huge."
"If we really find any problems, we are willing to accept the punishment."
Having said that, Zheng Qiying didn't know what to say.
"But it seems that it's not just the National Tax Service, other departments are also paying attention to me." Park Jin Hyuk continued.
"What do you mean by that?"
"Recently, I discovered that someone was following and monitoring me."
"Is there such a thing?" Zheng Qiying pretended to be surprised.
In fact, all these things were instructed by Zheng Qiying himself, just to find something to hold against Park Jin Hyuk and force him to submit.
"I guess some people still suspect I'm having affairs with other women, taking drugs, or setting up a secret treasury, but they can't find anything wrong," Park Jin Hyuk said, looking at Jung Kye Young. "So they finally resorted to tax audits, right?"
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