From: Yoon Seri
To: Chief Kim
Subject: Additional information as promised
Dear Chief Kim,
Please find attached an MP3 file you might find very interesting. It was recorded by my eldest brother Yoon Se-jun, accompanied by Queen's Group CEO Gu Seung-jun, who visited current Chairman Yoon Se-hyung. Yoon Se-hyung's wife Ko Sang-a is also in the recording.
I'm sure if you approached either Yoon Se-hyung or Ko Sang-a strategically, one (or both) of them would give their consent for the recording's official use if it would implicate the other.
Good luck,
Yoon Seri
Seri's Choice CEO
Transcript
Gu Seung-jun (GSJ): Yoon Se-hyung ssi, Ko Sang-a ssi, it's good to see you both.
Yoon Se-hyung (YSH): Cut the crap, what's this about?
GSJ: Well, okay then. I'm not sure if you've heard about the investigation the NIS has going on with the North Korean intruder at Seri's Choice a while ago.
YSH: Everyone has heard of that. What of it?
GSJ: Apparently your name was mentioned in his interrogation. Cho Cheol-gang.
[long silence]
Ko Sang-a (KSA): Do you take us for fools? We haven't forgotten how you conned my husband out of his money. Are you trying to implicate us on tape or something?
Yoon Se-jun (YSJ): I came to vouch for him. His only concern is for Queen's Group.
KSA: Sure you can. How do we know he's not wired or anything?
GSJ: Have your bodyguard check me. Check me yourself.
[long period of rustling, mumbling]
Bodyguard: No wire, sir.
YSH: Fine. Continue what you were saying.
KSA: Are you serious, Se-hyung? He's Yoon Seri's man. We shouldn't trust him.
GSJ: Ko Sang-a ssi, given our history I'd like to think you know me better than that. I tend to look out for myself, and right now it so happens that I'm tied to Queen's Group, so my interests align with the company's best interests. Right now, that means protecting the reputation of its Chairman.
YSH: What do they have against me right now?
GSJ: Probably nothing concrete. I only heard that Cho Cheol-gang mentioned your name when it came to financial aid.
KSA: Tsch. And you think they will believe the words of a North Korean criminal?
GSJ: I'd still want us to cover our tracks, if any. The best news for Queen's Group would be if you, Yoon Se-hyung, didn't personally orchestrate anything. Distance yourself from whomever was directly involved. We don't want another scandal to do with North Korean politics.
YSJ: Imagine abeoji's reaction. Even Seri earned his disfavour.
YSH (to KSA): Aish. I told you I wanted nothing to do with this Cho Cheol-gang character. Nothing illegal. Nothing that could be traced. You couldn't even take care of that!
KSA: Are you being serious? You gave me a free pass to do whatever needed to be done to get Seri out of Queen's Group. There's no way they have a paper trail or any concrete evidence. Everything went through that broker.
YSH: How sure are you?
KSA: I'm not an idiot. We paid through an overseas account. No trace of our names.
YSH: And the phone calls? Messages?
KSA: Burner phone. Don't you remember?
GSJ: Well, if that's the case then it sounds like our tracks are covered. That's all I wanted to check.
[End of recording]
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Text messages between Gu Seung-jun and Seo Dan
Gu Seung-jun: Good evening to my favourite celloist!
Gu Seung-jun: I heard from a little bird that you are officially un-engaged. Seo Dan ssi - a free woman!
...
Gu Seung-jun: Are you asleep?
Seo Dan: Even if I was, I'm not anymore thanks to you.
Seo Dan: What little bird? Who is gossiping about me?
Gu Seung-jun: Is that important? I'm trying to get to something else here.
...
Gu Seung-jun: Hello?
Gu Seung-jun: Fine, it was just Yoon Seri who told me.
Seo Dan: Okay. What are you getting at, Gu Seung-jun?
Gu Seung-jun: Would you like to go for a drink sometime?
...
Gu Seung-jun: Well, you know where to find me if you do.
Seo Dan: 30 minutes. Meet me at the bar down the block from my place.
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A note on a tomato plant
To Ri Jeong-hyeok,
Since you refused to accept payment for your song, I hope you'll at least accept this present from me as a token of my appreciation. Your work desk was looking bare the last time I saw it.
People say that plants grow better if you speak to them, so this is your assignment: say 10 nice words to this tomato plant every day. Maybe this would help improve your overall talkativeness as a bonus!
Yours,
Yoon Seri
Author's Notes:
Just a short one to start tying up some loose ends! Thank you everyone who continually comments and supports this story... despite my slow updates XD
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FanfictionYoon Seri, CEO of Seri's Choice, is about to take over as Chairwoman of Queen's Group. Ri Jeong-hyeok, son of the director of the North Korean General Political Bureau, has mysteriously made his way to Seoul along with his fiancée. This story starts...
