"Long time. Did you have a good trip?"

Seong-ho, having climbed into the car, asked Byeong-jin, who was reading a newspaper in the driver's seat.

Byeong-jin set the paper down on the steering wheel and said,

"Thanks to you, I had a wonderful trip."

"How was Hawaii?"

"It was so good. The water was clean and even the weather was fine — it made me wonder if paradise on earth might not be right there."

"Glad to hear it went well."

Seong-ho smiled at the delighted Byeong-jin.

"But what's this about?"

Byeong-jin pointed a finger at the newspaper he'd set on the steering wheel.

The paper carried the Ilhyeon Group's new roster of presidents. In particular, the story about Chang-jong, newly joined to the ranks of presidents, occupied the page in the largest print.

[Chang-jong Lee, Vice-President of Ilhyeon Distribution, Promoted to President of Ilhyeon Electric]

[Incoming President Chang-jong Lee is Chairman Tak-hyeon Lee's fourth son, and the last among Chairman Tak-hyeon Lee's children to join the ranks of presidents. With this, all of Chairman Tak-hyeon Lee's three sons and two daughters have joined the Ilhyeon Group presidents' council, marking a full-fledged entry into third-generation management.]

Seong-ho looked down at the paper along Byeong-jin's finger.

"What? Are you surprised the fourth brother made president? I told you, didn't I — that in this regular reshuffle the fourth brother would land a president's seat without fail."

"That's not it. Here. Here, I mean."

Byeong-jin tapped a finger at some small print off to one side of the page.

[President Seong-ho Kim, Demotion-Style Reassignment]

[Reassigned from President of Ilhyeon Securities to President of the Ilhyeon Baseball Club]

[Appears to be a demotion-style reshuffle amid controversy tied to Ilhyeon Securities and its absorption into Ilhyeon Card]

[In some quarters, opinion is growing that it may be a judgment aimed at reducing the influence of Gyeong-eun Lee, president of Ilhyeon Hotel and the department store — that a corporate separation of the hotel and department store has come within firing range]

Byeong-jin confirmed that Seong-ho had read down through the article and said,

"Why…