Chapter 225

Episode 225: The Man in the High Castle (4)

The door to the conference room opened and soon the people we had been waiting for showed up.

“Haha, I’m sorry. The car is a bit stuck.”

It seems that not arriving on time was a trick from the other side to not be pushed into the fight in the early stages.

If it wasn’t for that, I wouldn’t have appeared in the conference hall with an expression that didn’t look sorry at all, or even a little bit happy.

But there was something peculiar.

That is, the first person you see is leading dozens of ledgers. No, he was almost pretending to be the owner.

Still, I thought that I had seen and learned the faces of quite a few people while running the academy for the past 5 years and preparing for this election, but it was the first person I had ever seen who was now acting as a representative in front of the principals of the academy.

Clearly, he knew that there were a couple of people who had sales of 100 billion won a year among the ledgers who came in, so the appearance of people seemed even more special.

‘Well, I can only guess.’

But now, there was something more important than that.

It was the fact that today the principals of the academy came here to participate in this meeting, or to be more precise, the first rendezvous with Yoo Deok-hyun, and that every single person participated in it.

‘Because the first button is well put together.’

I glanced at the staff. Then, the staff, who were looking at the managers with dazed expressions, came to their senses and the managers started to guide them.

“Come over here, CEO of McA Study.”

“The seat of Jonggak Academy is on the left.”

“Representative of JR Language School! That’s the seat of the director of JW Academy… .”

It was a job to guide quite a few people at once, but it didn’t take too long thanks to the preparations made in advance.

I looked for a seat and looked at the people sitting.

And among them, I checked the seat of the person who had been standing in front of the directors before and pretending to be the owner.

[K Edu]

‘I knew it’

Only then did I know who he was.

He is Kim Ho-beom.

He was the true owner of K-edu, the enemy that I had met so often in the past that made me the person I am today.

‘Well, it probably wasn’t meant to be.’

According to the rumors I heard, she was living in seclusion after entrusting everything to Choi Jeong-soon, but now it seems that she finally broke her hiding place and came out into the world.

‘I wanted to meet you once, but it’s good.’

There are many words for him.

‘President of the school.’

‘Minister of Private Education’

‘Pope for the entrance exam’

etc.

Hearing the names that mean him and the legend-like anecdotes that surround him, I wondered if there really was such a person.

Because he was literally the one who created the present form at the forefront of the history of our country and the private education field under the military dictatorship.

So, until I first heard about him, I thought of a person with impressive looks like the King of Gwangmok, not even a monster of three heads.

‘Because I’ve heard so many stories.’

But when I saw him in reality… Unexpectedly, it looked very ordinary.

To what extent… To the extent that no one can think of him as the owner of K-edu just by looking at his appearance?‘I heard the voice before, but it seemed to be quite loud.’

But there was no need to be vigilant.

No matter how ordinary he looks, he is the owner of K-edu.

Even if only the half-truths of the pseudonym he possessed were true, he was a man to be wary of, or a man to be exterminated.

Because he was also known for his cruelty, who mercilessly dropped all those who did not suit his taste or did not like him.

‘I heard that he also abandoned the child he didn’t like.’

But had I been staring at him for too long?

He was having a conversation with the managers around him, and suddenly he turned his head toward me.

Then he greeted me with a light smile.

A relaxed appearance, no matter how you look at it, he also knew me.

‘I can’t possibly know. Because he broke his hiding place, my stake is the biggest.’

Thinking like that, his relaxed attitude seemed ominous.

He was bound to feel a little pressure when he entered the middle of an enemy camp, no matter how bold he was, but he didn’t feel that one gram.

But that didn’t frighten him.

No matter how large a business he is, and no matter how many academies he is supporting, as long as I and Deok-hyun Yoo are supported by the citizens of Seoul and the people, the superiority and superiority of power was clear.

“A fish cannot survive without water, and a tree cannot survive without soil.”

Having organized my thoughts, I looked at Kim Ho-beom and smiled slightly.



Then, Kim Ho-beom’s eyes narrowed slightly, and the smile that had been on his lips all along disappeared.

Looking at the slightly twisted corner of his mouth, it seemed that he didn’t like my attitude.

‘The desired sea.’

After the directors were all seated, Deok-Hyun Yoo got up.

Then, the eyes of everyone in the conference room, including the staff of the education office, the reporters, and the directors of the private education academy who came here today, gathered on Yoo Deok-hyun.

It was because everyone knew that the future education market would change depending on the words that came out of Yoo Duk-hyun’s mouth.

However… The moment when Yoo Deok-hyun, who swallowed people’s eyes, was just about to open his mouth.

“Wait a minute. There are people who haven’t come yet.”

Kim Ho-beom’s low voice was heard.

Then, as if waiting, the door to the conference room opened, and people of similar age entered the conference room.

In an instant, Yoo Deok-hyun’s face hardened.

Because the faces of those who entered were not serious.

They are right…



public education. No, to be precise, they were members of a prominent private academic foundation in Seoul.

‘Why not those people?’

In the sudden event, the staff tried to stop the people.

“If you are not invited today, please do not enter!”

“It’s no use pushing in, so get out quickly!”

“Uh-huh, why are people you may know like this!”

Seeing this, Hobeom Kim opened his mouth with a smirk.

“Maybe, Superintendent Yoo Deok-hyeon, are you preventing Seoul citizens from coming in because they are going to participate in the meeting? Heh heh, then that’s really disappointing. No, didn’t you do this too much by doing something unprecedented there?”

Then, at that moment, the director’s pilgrimage began.

“Yes! Why are you trying to stop people who are claiming their legitimate rights!”

“Come on, let them in! Otherwise, we will not participate in the meeting!”

People looked at them with displeasure.

As it was clearly happening inside the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, Seoul citizens had the right to know what was going on inside.

However, the timing was not too good to bring them here.

This is because the primary purpose of today’s meeting is to stop work in advance for the normalization of public education.

So, at this time, the act of bringing people who are like a symbol of the evils of public education here was like bringing enemies into my house.

‘In the worst case, we could be attacked from both private and public education circles.’

But I couldn’t just reject them.

If you reject them all the way…

“If you don’t accept it, the responsibility lies with the school district!”

It was because it was obvious that they would boycott this meeting with that as an excuse.

By this time, I seemed to know where Ho-beom Kim’s confident attitude came from.

‘You’re an evil yangban.’

When I looked at Kim Ho-beom, I saw that he was looking at Yoo Deok-hyun with a relaxed expression.

Apparently, he was expecting his own victory.

In any case, no matter which one you choose, the disadvantages are clear.

However…

Anyway, this level of variable was expected.

I nodded his head towards Yoo Deok-hyun.

Then, receiving my signal, Yoo Deok-hyeon smiled and opened his mouth.

“great. Let me accept it.”

A happy smile appeared on the faces of the principals of the academy.

They seemed to think they had won the first match.

However, the Korean language was always to be listened to to the end.

Seeing their gracious smile, Yoo Deok-hyun showed a deep smile and continued.

“You are just coming in as an observer. So, if you do anything that disturbs the meeting, even in the slightest, you should leave immediately. You know. Citizens?”

In an instant, the faces of the directors were wrinkled.

He didn’t seem to know how to defend against an attack like this.

However, they couldn’t deny Yoo Deok-hyeon’s words because they had some words to say.

If you do, you will be kicked out without asking or questioning.

As soon as the situation was settled like that. People, including Yuna Kim, quickly set up their seats.

Then the private academic foundations who entered the conference room sat down with faces that seemed to say, ‘Isn’t this?’

and after a while.

A full-fledged meeting, or to be more precise, a full-fledged training in private education has begun.

“Thank you to everyone who came here today. As you know, my name is Yoo Deok-hyun. Some of you have seen me here for the first time, and some of you may be seeing me for the first time.”

Then, the faces of the people on the private school foundation side were distorted.

It didn’t seem like everyone had good memories of Yoo Deok-hyun.

After all, they are the ones who got hurt the most when he danced the sword dance as a member of the education committee.

‘When have these people ever experienced something like that?’

But now they were dumb with honey, people who had mouths but could not speak.Deok-hyeon Yoo, who confirmed the expressions of the people of the private school foundation, smiled and spoke slowly.

“I should have taken you here right away, but it took me a while to get you all because there was a lot of work in the education office during that time. I would like to apologize for this.”

Annual apology. But for some reason, the expressions on the faces of the people who heard it are just trembling.

Well, the reason the school district has been noisy for so long was to remove the cells they had planted in the school district.

So, Deok-Hyun Yoo’s apology was not an apology in the general sense, but a declaration to them.

A declaration that it will be completely different from what it has been before.

It was a declaration of war that I would no longer be silently watching your actions.

Because of that, people who knew the situation were looking at them with a thin smile.

Although they did something unexpected. Because it was still us who had the advantage.

Yoo Deok-hyeon, who confirmed the attention of the people, slowly opened his mouth.

“Everyone is busy, so let’s keep it simple.”

Deok-hyeon Yoo, who caught people’s attention with his simple language, immediately declared to the people.

“Everyone. The school district will no longer tolerate it.”

“You will no longer be ignorant of planting your own people in the school district, and squeezing out their blood by intensifying people’s competition more than necessary.”

“But you guys. If you follow the guidelines of the education office, if you contribute to the establishment of a desirable educational culture through him, the education office will not interfere with your business.”

“So what are you guys going to do? Would you like to accompany us? Or would you like to be the enemy?”

It is a word without any investigation added.

From a political point of view, it was more like a bakery.

But to that extent, it was also a word that was alive with the sharpness of the raw material.

Because there was nothing that gave a certain shock to those who were accustomed to rhetorical expression than the intuitive language that came upon them.

Not surprisingly, when Yoo Duk-hyun finished speaking, the people who heard it. To be precise, the head of the academy and the people of the private school started to look at Yoo Deok-hyeon with young eyes.

“her… .”

“It’s really… .”

“Hmm… .”

However, he could not directly complain to Yoo Deok-hyun.

Now, after the declaration of war, there was a situation in which saturation could be concentrated on the front line only with a simple language.

‘No one dares to come forward and be attacked.’

Because of this, their eyes naturally turned to one place.

Their gaze was directed to… … .

He is the head of K-edu, the number one in the industry.

The owner of a legendary title.

Among them, it is the only entity that can compete with the Office of Education.

It was Kim Ho-beom.

“Hmm… .”

The eyes of everyone in the conference room turned to his mouth.

According to the words that will soon come out of his mouth. This is because the future of private education will change.

How much time has passed

When even the sound of people’s breathing becomes silent.

Kim Ho-beom’s mouth slowly opened.

“I’m going to say no.”

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