Having arrived at Seongjungwon, Seong-ho Kim reported to Tak-hyeon Lee on the talks he had held a short while before with Modu Bank and with Duri Bank.

"So what you're telling me is that you've already found a hundred trillion?"

"To put it exactly, it would be more correct to say that I haven't found a hundred trillion, but have found a loan with a limit of a hundred trillion."

At Seong-ho Kim's words, Tak-hyeon Lee let a laugh slip.

"That's one and the same thing, isn't it… People will all take it as the same."

"They will."

"And you set this in motion aiming at exactly that."

"I won't deny it."

"So Sang-jong is the only one who's been made a fool of."

Tak-hyeon Lee tossed the report Seong-ho Kim had handed him onto the desk.

"And I was made a fool of too."

"I'm sorry. I ought to have told you in advance, and I didn't."

"No. What is there for you to be sorry about?"

There was no displeasure in Tak-hyeon Lee's expression or in his voice.

If anything, he was speaking with his eyes on Seong-ho Kim in a voice from which enjoyment could be felt.

"It's my own failing that I didn't foresee a method like this existing. To say nothing of that Sang-jong fellow, who went and made an unreasonable bet on top of it…"

Tak-hyeon Lee gave a pleased laugh and laid his hand on the report.

"Well then. So you intend to begin at once?"

"Yes. But I think there will be some need to shift the location a little."

"Shift the location? You mean move it somewhere other than Yongin?"

"The moment word got out that Yongin was under consideration, I heard that land prices in the Yongin area shot up. And on checking, we picked up that in several districts they have gone as far as setting up response headquarters and are showing movement toward demanding collective negotiations. In a situation like that, there's no particular reason to build the semiconductor plant in Yongin."

"True enough. If it's as you…