Son of a Conglomerate at the Highest Level

＜ This service (2) ＞

In the past, I didn’t even look at lottery tickets. I had never bought one.

My life was too hard to live believing in the luck of the sky.

‘huh?’

It’s very weak compared to the one I bought, but there was definitely another lottery ticket shimmering golden.

“I’ll buy one more. Yogurt!”

That’s how I bought two golden lottery tickets.

“Jung Hyuk!”

Mother hurriedly followed.

I stuffed my lottery ticket into my pocket and bought a bag of chocolates from the stall next door.

“Junghyuk, your mother was really surprised. Get out of the car all of a sudden… Huh?”

I put a piece of chocolate in my mother’s mouth.

A mother who accidentally accepts and eats chocolate.

The nagging went in and a sweet scent wafted out.

“I was very, very hungry.”

Her mother’s expression softened at her childlike answer.

Mother stroked my hair.

“good job.”

“Is mom hungry too?”

I put another piece of chocolate in my mother’s mouth.

Mother smiled.

So when our hat and hat came back to the jeep holding hands,

“Hey, kid. Why is it suddenly… so big!”

I also stuffed a handful of chocolate into the mouth of Mr. Cheol-gu, who was preparing for the nagging bombing.

The uncle had to grumble and mumble.

I don’t think people who drink black coffee would like the sweetness of chocolate.

“Mister, the requirement is a bonus.”

If you receive something, you must also give back.

“This is a service.”

I whispered in Mr. Cheolgu’s ear and put a lottery ticket in his pocket.

It was a plain gold-rimmed lottery ticket, distinctly different from mine, which glittered brightly all over.

“I want you to give me some pocket money.”

“How are you?”

Mr. Cheol-gu checks the housing lottery ticket and laughs, saying he is full of energy.

Probably because I realized my real purpose wasn’t chocolate.

“This bastard of mine is really…!”

But Mr. Cheolgu couldn’t stretch my cheeks this time.

It’s because I’ve already loaded up a mouthful of chocolate and finished preparing for battle.

What would happen if you fired saliva-stained chocolate continuously in an expensive jeep?

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No one will be able to stop me!

* * *

On the way home, I thought about it.

‘Maybe the decision to force demolition was made because the land price near Guro Station is skyrocketing with the successful development of subway line 1, right?’

Guro Station began operation as a regular station in 1974 with the opening of the Metropolitan Subway.

Since then, it has grown rapidly along with the city, and as a branch station of the Gyeongbu and Gyeongin lines, it has become a major transfer station for the metropolitan area.

It has been reborn as the center of transportation to the extent that the Guro Vehicle Office is located.

Moreover, because industrial complexes are lined up, shacks of factory workers have popped up like mushrooms after rain.

‘Besides, the Asian Games will be held in Korea soon. The government is beautifying the city landscape with a light on these days.’

During the US president’s visit to Korea in 1966, the shantytown in Namsan Mountain was captured on TV.

Government officials started beautifying the city’s landscape because it was embarrassing to be seen by foreigners.

Redevelopment of downtown Seoul began in earnest, and the demolition of illegal slums was accelerated.

‘In addition, with the development of Gangnam in the 1970s and the apartment sales boom, Wookwang Construction came out. It will make money if I build and sell apartments here.’

In the 1970s, the military regime promoted urban development projects centered on the development of Gangnam.

In order to induce population migration, major government agencies, including the Supreme Court and the Prosecutor’s Office, were moved to Gangnam.

In addition, the relocation of a prestigious high school called Gangnam 8th School District was promoted.

That’s how the Gangnam development was successful.

All the apartments that were built were sold to such an extent that even new words such as “abdominal man” and “premium” were coined.

People witnessed skyrocketing apartment and land prices, and construction companies turned to places where they could redevelop with little money, namely shantytowns and slums.

‘If that happens, the people of the shanty town will be driven to the street.’

In the 1970s, 32% of houses in Seoul were shacks.

‘There’s nowhere to go with the small reward money. How much has the house price gone up lately?’

With the successful development of Gangnam, a real estate frenzy began to blow throughout Seoul.

Land in Jamsil, which cost 400 won per pyeong in the 1970s, reached 400,000 won in the late 1980s.

It jumps 1,000 times in just ten years.

‘People who were forcibly demolished in the 70s and 80s even demolished temporary shacks and actually dug tunnels to live in.’

I glanced down at my pockets.

The housing lottery ticket I bought earlier was still emitting a golden light.

“Everything has come. Let’s get off.”

I arrived in front of the house before I knew it.

Quite a few people, young and old, were huddled together in the front yard of the owner’s house.

There was only one reason why they gathered like this during the daytime on Sunday.

The owner’s grandmother, the richest person in my neighborhood, had a black-and-white television.

‘I came to see the housing lottery draw.’

A shantytown that will be demolished soon.

With nowhere to go and no money, the only hope for those without money would be the luck of a housing lottery.

The first prize is a whopping 10 million won!

The money to buy a newly built apartment in Gangnam runs out.

“Oh, Jeong-hyeok’s mother!”

The people in the neighborhood welcomed us as we got out of the car.

“You said you almost got into trouble yesterday? Are you okay?”

“I heard you. I heard you were transported because of briquette gas?”

“There are many people who suffer from the aftereffects of briquette gas. Hurry up and lie down. We will look after Jung Hyuk.”

My mother smiled and said thank you.

“are you okay. Thanks for your concern, I’m fine. Thank you so much for helping me yesterday.”

Everyone added a word, one by one.

“I heard Jeong-hyeok ran around barefoot to save my mother?”

“I bought it because of my son. I don’t know how you can be so wild.”

“I’m so glad you came back healthy.”

“Now, everyone applauds Jeonghyeok for his mother’s safe return!”

The townsfolk clapped in unison.

We laughed awkwardly and bent our backs.

That’s how we could noisily return to our single room.

“Jeonghyuk-ah, sit down and wait for a moment. Mom will bring you some food soon.”

My heart was pounding.

Mother’s home-cooked meal after 45 years!

The taste of my mother’s hand, which has been so long that even my memory is blurred…

“Big!”

I remembered it as an immature side dish complaint from childhood.

This much I can say for sure.

My memory must have been glorified with the years.

“Mom, water!”

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No, what kind of side dishes make each one’s assertion so unique?

What have you done to substitute food!

“Hey, my son is eating well today. I must have been really hungry.”

Don’t laugh so proudly!

I just forced myself to eat three spoonfuls of rice.

Ha, life…

clap clap. Hororok.

Yes, is filial piety different?

If my mother smiles, that’s filial piety.

It’s not a chemical and biological training, but why do tears come out while eating?

Dalgrak. Dalgrak.

I asked as I scraped the rice grains from the rice bowl with a spoon.

“Mom, I mean my dad.”

Mother put down the spoon.

I looked at my face for a while, but my expression hardened.

But I deliberately pretended not to know.

“It is. Yesterday my mother was taken to the hospital, and I almost died. Why don’t you call my father?”

“Jeonghyeok, your father is…”

Another long silence

“Did Daddy abandon us?”

“It’s not like that.”

Mother gulped down the water in one gulp and spoke with a sigh.

“Dad went to the Middle East to earn a lot of money. They couldn’t come because they were laying roads and building buildings there.”

Due to the construction boom in the Middle East, the dispatch of construction workers abroad was very popular in the 1980s.

Daewoon Construction was famous for the fact that it rose to the ranks of chaebols by winning overseas construction orders.

However, it is still a bit early for the construction boom in the Middle East to start in earnest.

‘I don’t want to tell you properly.’

Which second-generation conglomerate is laying down roads and building buildings in the Middle East?

If not… Hmm. I have some guesses.

“Mom, what is my dad’s name?”

Before Mom could answer, a loud noise came from outside.

The children shouted loudly in the front yard of the owner’s house.

“It’s number one now!”

“group 1!”

The group lottery is over.

“Get ready and shoot!”

The next six digits proceeded by shooting darts.

“2!”

The children shouted along in a loud voice.

The screen is so small that people sitting in the back cannot see the numbers.

The kids sitting in the front row are shouting loudly.

“4!”

“9!”

for a moment!

I took out a housing lottery ticket from my pocket.

‘Article 1, 2, 4, 9…’

Outside, the children called out the rest of the numbers.

“Huh!”

The more I did, the more my hands trembled.

Because something was happening that had never happened in my life.

“Jung Hyuk?”

Perhaps my mother, who had just bowed her head with a serious expression on her face, approached me wonderingly.

My mother also looked at the housing lottery ticket trembling in my hand.

Before long, my mother also made the same sound as me.

“Huh!”

My mother’s and my eyes met in midair.

It was like an earthquake.

“This, first class…!”

10 million won prize!

It was the price of an apartment in Apgujeong-dong, Gangnam.

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