Hands on the wheel, Seong-ho glanced at Gyeong-eun, still turning the Seocho land over in her mind, and said, "And there's the land Ilhyeon Fashion bought right next to it too, isn't there?"

At his words, Gyeong-eun nodded slowly. "You mean the land my sister bought to build her fashion district?"

"Yes. Add that in, and it comes to about 70,000 pyeong. I told Sang-jong about a project to build the headquarters of Ilhyeon Electronics and the other major affiliates there."

"You told him to bring that project to Dad?"

"Yes. I told him that if he offered to lead it himself, he could find his way back to Ilhyeon Construction."

Gyeong-eun looked at Seong-ho with admiration. "That really is a good idea."

Turning it over again, she found it even more impressive, and gave him a thumbs-up. "You really are something, Seong-ho. How did you even come up with an idea like this?"

At her praise, Seong-ho only smiled faintly.

The truth was, the idea of building an Ilhyeon Town hadn't fallen out of the sky. It was a project Ilhyeon Group had already spent years bringing to completion in that former life — that was why he'd brought it up. And since he himself had taken part in the project back then, he knew all too well how difficult it had been to see through.

Back then, Homyeong Construction refused to let go of the land, so we ended up buying it at a price far above market value.

Homyeong Construction had played games with the land price, nearly derailing the whole project. It was only once Homyeong Construction fell into difficulty and had no choice but to give up the land that the stalled project could finally move forward.

Recalling that, Seong-ho had told Homyeong Construction he'd lend them money if they put up the Seocho land as collateral.

This time, the project can move forward much faster than it did before.

Back then, because of Homyeong Construction, it had taken roughly eight more years before the land could even be purchased. But now was the right…