Juyoung Hong (53)

At my house in Cheongdam-dong, Seoul.

"That's how I contacted the government. They will probably contact you sooner or later."

With my father, elder brother, elder sister, Director Sok, Chief of Staff Ahn, and Jungchol Yang, President of Myongjin Oil Refinery gathered in the basement, I gave them a briefing about my dealings with the NIS and the Japanese government about the Seventh Mining Area.

Obviously, the Myongjin Group would have to prepare a lot to investigate and drill the oil field compared to importing crude oil from ExxonMobil and Chevron to South Korea .

When I was done with the briefing, they all remained silent.

"…"

"…"

"…"

None of them said something like, 'Don't lie!' or 'I really don't believe you!' because I had shown lots of surprising performances recently.

But their silence did not last long when my father sitting at the top of the table opened his mouth finally.

"Everybody aside from Juyoung, please leave."