I was on the outer road that led to the riverside of the Han River. As I had planned with Jamie, only one government-registered car came down the slope. Hong Ju-Hwan looked at me in wonder for a few seconds, then he beckoned his entourage and left.

Colton Spencer Goldstein tried getting out of the car, but I lightly pushed him back in. Then, he bumped against the door on the opposite side and hit his head on the window. I got in the car and closed the door. The briefcase on the floor was obviously locked, so I smashed the lock and took out the documents.

The ‘Separation of Industrial and Financial Capital’ was a policy that allowed industrial capital to acquire a limited ownership stake when acquiring a bank. Korea had strictly regulated the industrial capital’s financial control, and Colton was planning to attack me first by using that system.

What it meant was if Jeon-il Group was considered an industrial capital, their stake in the former KEB shouldn’t have exceeded ten percent, and if it did,...