The Genius Grandson Of The King Of Private Bonds - Chapter 838
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#838
give up running for office
I had asked Myung-su in advance to keep an eye on Park Seok’s movements.
Not long after, Myeongsu delivered some very meticulously organized data.
“In opinion polls targeting party members, Park Seok has the upper hand.”
“Is there much of a difference?”
“About 5%?”
“You look pretty good. “That person, Park Seok, is still Gae-in, right?”
Myungsu nodded.
“I understand that the big faction hasn’t joined Park Seok’s side yet. “If the conservative faction joins, it could go even higher.”
“Are primary elections difficult?”
Park Seok’s name value was higher than I expected. Myungsoo seemed to think the same thing, furrowing his eyebrows slightly as he spoke.
“I don’t know if President Yoon Chang-ho intervenes, even indirectly, but he said he won’t intervene in the primary this time.”
That was also said to me.
No matter what I discussed with Woo Young-sik, the president said he would not intervene in the primary.
There may be an ulterior motive to avoid being caught, but another intention may be greater.
“I’m going to give Woo Young-sik a chance. Survive on your own. “If you survive, help me.”
“It’s foolish to leave the easy path and take the difficult path.”
“But if you combine your forces with President Yoon’s forces, you have the upper hand, right?”
“yes. I’m going to focus on Wooyoungsik for now. “If Woo Young-sik declares his candidacy, a few days later our candidate will declare his support for Woo Young-sik and withdraw his candidacy.”
Myungsu’s plan was reasonable. He said he didn’t like Wooyoungsik or something, but it seemed like he was planning on supporting him properly.
“Who is the party leader’s candidate?”
“Originally, I was going to drop out, but since the Blue House announced that it would not intervene in the primary, I thought I would finish.”
“Isn’t it last in approval rating? “You’re too greedy.”
“Isn’t that what being a politician is all about? “He only sees what he wants to see.”
After thinking for a while, I called Director Ma.
“Chief. “What about Park Seok’s movements?”
“There hasn’t been any significant action yet.”
“is it so?”
“yes. However, there is a reservation made in the aide’s name at the Oebaek restaurant in Yeouido tomorrow.”
“It’s time for Woo Young-sik’s press conference, right?”
Director Ma answered softly and nodded.
“Please make a reservation for us at the same time. “I’m going to the room next to the room Park Seok reserved.”
“Okay, boss.”
After Director Ma left, I spoke to Myungsu.
“You should also set aside time for lunch tomorrow.”
Without any further explanation, Myungsu quickly realized my intention.
“Are you saying you want to meet Park Seok in person?”
I heard you’ve become quite quick-witted. I nodded with a satisfied smile.
* * *
When Park Seok saw me, he stopped.
I got up from my seat and deliberately walked slowly towards where Park Seok was.
I have never met Park Seok before.
Although he was a member of the Conservative Party, he was not mainstream and was far from the blade of my vengeance.
Afterwards, when the Conservative Party collapsed, Park Seok left the party, announced his retirement from politics, and had nothing to do with me anymore.
“Did you say Kim Moo-hyuk?”
“Yes, Senator.”
Park Seok looked at Myeongsu and me in turns and then spoke again.
“Sit down first.”
As soon as Myungsu and I sat facing each other, he opened his mouth.
“How did you know and come here?”
It was a question that meant whether there was surveillance. Myungsoo smiled sadly and answered.
“You too, the candidate. Where are the secrets in Yeouido? “Every politician in Yeouido knows that the candidate is here.”
“······.”
“That means everyone is watching the candidate’s actions. “Should we say it is the eye of the political storm?”
“You don’t like me.”
“I neither like it nor hate it.”
Park Seok narrowed his eyebrows.
It seemed like he didn’t like the fact that the young Myungsoo was answering without giving up.
“President Lee. Politicians must be humble. As rice ripens, it lowers its head. “If you hold your head high to your political seniors like that, you won’t last long.”
Myeongsu, who momentarily looked bored, answered with a faint smile.
“As you know, I got into politics to do what I wanted to do. I will not suppress what I have to say in order to hold on to power like others do. And candidate. Shouldn’t we now pass the position on to our juniors? “If you are a senior who truly cares about your juniors, you should do that.”
It was said that the old man in the back room was very greedy.
I observed the conversation between Myeongsu and Park Seok with interest.
“It’s worse than hearing it.”
“My seniors in the National Assembly also said that. He’s a helpless bastard. “Every time I tell you an uncomfortable truth, you always say things like that and try to put me down with my age.”
“······.”
“But I’m not cheap. It’s just straightforward. I also have something to say to the President. “The President appreciates that aspect of me.”
There was a contrast between Myeongsu’s smiling face and Park Seok’s stiff face.
Myungsu, who was ignoring Park Seok’s glare at him, paused for a moment.
“Candidate. “Let me ask you just one question.”
Then he threw a heavy fastball. It was a very painful question for Park Seok.
“Is your goal to become a member of the National Assembly or the next presidential election?”
“Why is it important to you?”
“I was wondering why someone who retired came back. He said there was more to see and I asked him because I was curious if he had announced his return.”
Instead of answering, Park Seok laughed empty-handedly. However, I could see the tendons bulging in my tightly clenched fist.
“Myeongsu.”
In order to end the fight between the two at this point, Myungsoo was called.
Myungsu glanced at me, nodded his head slightly, and stood up.
“I need to talk to other people outside. “I’m especially curious about why party officials who are supposed to remain neutral were here.”
Myungsu bowed his head to Park Seok and then passed by me and patted my shoulder.
“Come out after work. “I’ll take care of the others.”
I smiled faintly and nodded. Myung-soo leaves, leaving me alone with Park Seok.
“You know who I am, right?”
“I know. “He is the one who tore the Conservative Party to pieces. How can I not know this?”
“Then I don’t have to talk too long. “I hope you give up running for Jongno this time.”
“what?”
“Give up running for Jongro.”
Park Seok looked at me with puzzled eyes.
“Are you urging me to give up running for Jongno?”
“Isn’t it up to the congressman to accept whether it’s force or a request?”
“······.”
“Don’t dream in vain. “I have no intention of allowing someone with even one history with the Conservative Party to become president.”
It was a casual tone, but maybe it was because I could read the coolness contained in it.
Park Seok was seen swallowing dry saliva.
“Are you satisfied with running for mayor of Seoul in the next local election? That’s it. “What can I turn a blind eye to?”
“You guys are looking at me funny.”
Park Seok gritted his teeth and continued speaking while glaring at me.
“I’m Park Seok. I didn’t live in vain to the point where I was ridiculed by young people like you! But what? “Is that as far as I can turn a blind eye to?”
Park Seok raised his voice and even hit the table.
“Do you think I’m going to risk my political career on you guys? Just try whatever you want. Because I won’t stay still either. I know your tricks very well. Don’t you grab people’s weaknesses and use them to influence them or buy them with money? And when you get that money, you’re put on a leash and you can’t do anything.”
“······.”
“Do you know how I have endured in this dirty Yeouido Pandemonium for the past several decades?”
Park Seok’s political life was truly eventful. He was never even for a moment.
However, the reason he was able to survive was because, unlike other politicians, he escaped the temptation of money.
Having lived as a non-mainstream candidate for decades, he has been ostracized by the mainstream several times, and there have been instances where he was eliminated from the nomination process and forced to run as an independent candidate before being elected.
“Despite all the slander and all the criticism, I persevered. And when the Conservative Party collapsed, he announced his retirement from politics. “For me, the Conservative Party was the only political party.”
“I already know. Personally, if I were to choose one person I respect, I would choose the congressman. But my thoughts and path are different from mine. That’s why I don’t welcome the congressman’s return.”
When I readily acknowledged him, Park Seok flinched.
However, Park Seok’s expression changed subtly as he continued to speak.
“Are you going to join hands with the ghosts of the Conservative Party again? “With the forces that have persecuted you for decades?”
“that······.”
“If you want to give up your beliefs, I will not stop you. But it won’t be easy to win this primary. Because Secretary General Lee Myung-soo and I will make it happen. “Just because an opinion poll targeting party members shows high results does not necessarily guarantee that you will win the primary.”
“······.”
“All we have to do is change the rules of the primary.”
Park Seok was startled, as if he had heard something he couldn’t hear.
“what?”
“I have already finished talking with the leadership. “We will proceed with the national primary.”
“her······. “Do you think that’s easy?”
“It’s not difficult. Once it is decided at the highest meeting, it is over. It looks like he’s aiming for a backlash within the party, but it won’t be easy. “Everyone will like it except you.”
Park Seok kept his mouth shut, as if he couldn’t think of anything to refute.
“No matter how much President Yoon Chang-ho has declared that he will not intervene in the primary, the public will not single out Woo Young-sik, President Yoon Chang-ho’s friend. Then the congressman will not win the primary.”
“Then do it. “Why do you have to come to me and say something like that?”
I laughed without realizing it at his sharp tone. I already suggested a route, but it looks like he was too excited to ignore it.
“Because it’s a waste. Didn’t I tell you earlier? Just because the congressman’s path is different from mine, doesn’t mean he can’t go with me. That’s why he’s asking me to run for the next mayor of Seoul.”
The mayor of Seoul was an important position, so much so that he was called the commander in chief.
As Seoul is the center of the Republic of Korea, where 10 million people live together, the mayor of Seoul has been given enormous authority.
“If you are pushed out by Chief Woo Young-sik in the primary, your political career will be over. Who will remember? An old politician who was pushed out by a political novice. So, I hope you take this offer.”
I don’t hate someone named Park Seok. It’s just a pity that my path is different.
However, it was a waste to easily throw away this good hand.
“I hope Woo Young-sik becomes a candidate by way of recommendation. If the congressman gives up, he can do so. How do you feel? “My suggestion.”
I don’t know if a person who dreams of becoming president would be satisfied with being the mayor of Seoul.
But it was the best carrot I could give.
“······The mayor of Seoul.”
“It’s not a bad ending for politician Park Seok, is it?”
“How can I be sure that I can run as a candidate for mayor of Seoul?”
“We will appoint the person you want as the chairman of the diplomatic mission for the national simultaneous local elections to be held next year. However, nominating candidates arbitrarily is prohibited, except for the mayor of Seoul.”
Of course, the chairman of the embassy cannot single-handedly control nominations.
Still, it was a position where anyone could be appointed knowingly or unknowingly for a few positions.
“You’re going to give me the chairmanship of the diplomatic mission?”
“yes. I will promise you that if you hold a press conference saying that you are making a big decision for your juniors. “I can’t leave it in writing, but I will protect it under my name.”
Park Seok sighed. She even furrowed her brows as if she was struggling.
“If you reject this proposal today, we will change the primary rules and proceed as is.”
I suggested in a stronger tone so that he could make a decision quickly.
“Do you want to take it? Or would you rather refuse?”
He thought about it some more and then nodded.
“I understand. Let’s hold a press conference. “Be sure to keep your promise.”
“Well thought out. I didn’t want to bring my respected congressman down into the abyss, but it turned out really well. thank you.”
I smiled contentedly and checked my watch.
There was just enough time left.
“There is a press conference scheduled in the National Assembly Communication Office in the name of Secretary General Lee Myung-soo in two hours. “Let’s leave right away.”
“······Did you never think that I would refuse?”
Park Seok asked with a tired look on his face when I heard that I had prepared it in advance.
“If you had refused, the press conference would have turned into a press conference about changing the rules of the primary.”
When digging a trap, you must dig two holes. Of course, both methods were prepared.
“under. “It was obvious that I couldn’t defeat you.”
“Please wake up.”
Out of respect for Park Seok, I waited for him to wake up first.
He nodded, stood up and held out his hand.
I also followed him, stood up, and held his hand.
“I hope we can maintain a good relationship. I was also one of those people who didn’t like Cheongpunghoe. “I was powerless and couldn’t do anything about them, but it felt so good when you took them down.”
When I heard the name Cheongpunghoe for the first time in a long time, I raised an eyebrow.
“thank you.”
“Let’s leave right away.”
“Go out first. I’ll be leaving a little later. “If you talk to Secretary General Lee Myung-soo, he will guide you.”
“Of course. “Let’s meet often and have a drink.”
Park Seok left the restaurant first, and I waited a little longer before leaving the restaurant.
Two hours later.
Park Seok held a press conference saying that he would give up running for Jongno for the sake of his juniors.
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