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"Mrs. Suzuki is meeting with President Choi Man-Sik right now. She asked me to come pick you up instead. Anyway, come on. I'll take you to the hotel."
CEO Suzuki Moeka of A1 Entertainment, a subsidiary of Hoop Entertainment, was originally supposed to meet me at the airport. I was supposed to discuss with her about Choi Eun-Tae's slush fund operations in Japan. But now, I was being told she postponed meeting me to see Choi Man-Sik instead.
I couldn't make sense of it. Choi Man-Sik had been desperately trying to find out which of the subsidiaries from A1 to A10 Choi Eun-Tae had hidden his slush funds in. In other words, the current situation was like a thief meeting the vault keeper.
For a moment, an outrageous thought flashed through my mind.
'No way… did she betray us?'
Choi Eun-Tae had said he trusted Suzuki more than anyone. But from my pre-regression experience, I knew that kind of trust could break more easily than expected. When a huge amount of money was involved and a legitimate, younger successor reached out, middle managers often switched allegiances.
Still, I needed to confirm whether my suspicion was true. Yet I couldn't call Choi Eun-Tae right in front of Cha Sang-Jin. So I decided to try calling Suzuki to verify.
Ring Ring.
Even after several rings, Suzuki didn't pick up.
Cha Sang-Jin frowned and asked, "Who are you calling?"
"I'm calling Mrs. Suzuki."
"She's at a members-only club with Mr. Choi Man-Sik right now. You can't take calls there."
Some of those clubs required phones to be handed in at the entrance for security reasons.
'Would've been nice if he mentioned that ea...
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