After 12 Hours

King of the World

“Wow!"

She liked it like a child, sitting on a tube and playing soccer.

“I don't need to go to a hotel… no, this is better than a hotel! ”

I took a sip of the cocktail and watched her with a happy look. I bought this penthouse last fall. This was the first time I filled the pool with water. She had never been abroad since she was a child and grew up in a very flexible family, but she would have never experienced playing water in the middle of the Seoul building forest. I asked her.

“So, how's the fortress? ”

“Yeah, what? ”

“About the announcer. ”

“Oh, that. It's going well. Let's take a look. ”

She clears her throat for a moment, then speaks to me in an accurate and clear tone.

“Hello everyone, I'm Yi Ah-young from BKS 9: 00 news on Saturday, May 2. This is today's first news. Former Chairman Kim Eun-jae has been appointed Secretary General of the New President. After entering the regime and living as a re-elected senator, he is being evaluated for his loyalty to President Park because of his unique friendliness and sense of moral fiber. ”

Well done. If I had closed my eyes and listened, I would have believed what the current announcer said. It's just that she's talking in a blue pool, a yellow tube, and she's wearing a red bikini, and it just doesn't feel that way.

‘... you're good at it, right? ’

I think so, she said.

“How are you? You think I'm gonna be an announcer? ”

After graduating from art school, she suddenly decided to do an announcement. When my father's innocence had been exposed before, I looked at the video that he showed, and my sister, who confidently presented the news at that time, looked so cool. It was a sudden change in pace, but she had enough qualifications to be an announcer. I look at her beauty, I look at her body. Of course, when I first started,

Hi, everyone. This isn't it. ’

I didn't get it right either, but after going to the Announcer Academy near my school, I quickly became good. I said to her with a look that I still don't know.

“Well... I don't know. ”

“Hmm... really? Strange... Your teacher has been praising you a lot lately. ”

“Maybe you'll get better if you keep going. But isn't the written exam more problematic than the actual exam? Korean proficiency test.”

“That's why I've been working so hard on it. The mock exam scores are increasing. ”

According to her, she soon studied well and played in all schools until she decided to pursue art. I just studied art because it was better. And the English-related scores were high from the start. I could have done a news briefing in English in the first place.

“Oh... well...”

I nodded.

‘... this is really going to work. ’

When I said it for the first time, I thought it was like the unrealistic ambition of a rich girl, but I might actually fall over the handwriting test that I thought was the biggest barrier. Especially towards a comprehensive channel with low competition (that one looks more than good).) If I say I'm going, I'll stick with you.

The problem was that I didn't want her to be an announcer. I felt it the last time in the 'Stock Shard Interview Girl’ incident, but I did not like the fact that my girlfriend became famous. Once she became an announcer, it was almost incredibly popular again. It's pretty.

I can't stop you from saying yes.

I used to spin around and tell stories about it.

Um... but do I have to write an announcement? You left your specialty? ’

But she said it every time.

"I told you before, contemporary art..."

I don't know what it is, but I think she felt frustrated by something dirty in the domestic art world. I don't know what the professor's eyes are for.

‘I'd rather be a webtoon writer. I'm not doing pure art. ’

That's how it ended. I even graduated from grad school. It's a little sad, but I have to admit, it's my choice. Even so, it doesn't interfere with eating and writing. But then, she suddenly said out of nowhere.

“But brother. Isn't it a little big to live here alone? ”

“Oh, yeah. ”

I said that, and then I said that right after.

“That's fine. It's nice to have a big theater. It's nice to get used to it. And I like high places. Originally.”

“Hmmm...”

She said nothing more than that. She's been hearing a lot of things lately that are suggestive of marriage. She then asked.

“You have company tonight, by the way? ”

“Yes.”

“Who?”

“He's an industry man. ”

“Hmm...”

She opened her eyes slightly and looked at me. It's not a big deal. For some reason these days, women are very attractive. From the old MBE announcement, every time I went to a dentist, department store employee, former junior high school alumni, or even a new employee at Invictus Investments, there was a woman who caught up with me.

“We're meeting here. If you want to see it, go see it. He's a big foreigner. ”

He's just Crowe. After meeting her once a month, Ah-young knew about her existence.

“Really? That important foreign guest you were telling me about? ”

“Yes.”

“Do you want me to make dinner with him? What do you like about him? ”

Ever since I moved from my neighbor's house to here, she still used to sometimes bring me food.

“Chicken.”

“Chicken?”

“Yes, he likes chicken. ”

“Then I'll do it for you. I think my brother is getting a little fatter these days.You shouldn't get adult disease in the early 30s. ”

She worries about my health so often these days.

“... Yes. ”

*

That afternoon, I asked Crowe, looking at the chicken leg.

“What do you think?”

“You seem more clear than usual. The sauce is boring, but it's delicious. You're a little bit different from what you're feeling. Where is this chicken? ”

Crowe is all Dr. Franca Chicken these days. Every month I bring a request form, I have a chicken party with me.

“Oh, I'm not selling. It was done by a chef. ”

“I see. I see you're a good cook. ”

“Well... I'd rather be... a chef...”

“Yes?”

“No. Soliloquy. I think it's the first time I've ever asked you to come to a new home. ”

Crowe said, looking over the dining table at the pool, the garden and then beyond Seoul at night.

“Yes, Jules. This place... it's like the castle of kings. ”

I asked him.

“Kings?”

“Yes, Jules is like a king. ”

That's not very wrong. I've been feeling that way myself, ever since my fortune was over a trillion. I was king, made by capitalism. There was nothing I couldn't do because I had no money, and everyone around me bowed their heads. If you don't want it, if you have a lot of money, you can be king. This is the era. Nevertheless, I became obsessed with democracy with Crowe.

“But South Korea is a democracy. There is no king. ”

Crowe nods.

“... the President. Yes, I know that. ”

In fact, what he's been doing for seven months has been investigating the next presidential holders. I took out the documents he had investigated and said,

“Senator Han Sang-hoon, it's the second time today. ”

What I received today was Senator Han Sang-hoon's second survey. I've already confirmed that when the "Choongil List" incident occurred seven months ago, Congressman Han Sang-hoon received money from the dead. Of course it was a bribe, when it happened.

‘I don't even know him. ’

We have to add falsehood. "If this turns out to be true, he's a politician who's going to get hit pretty hard. But I didn't untie it right away. It was already a" not guilty "case in the Supreme Court, so if you bring it up again, the legal system will be more burdensome. Even if the truth is" yes, "the Department of Justice says" no, "it becomes" no. "

In addition, Senator Han Sang-hoon is from the prosecutor's office. The prosecutor from Seoul University Law School. There was no guarantee that the truth would be accepted just because there were so many judges who were motivated, senior and successor in the yard. So I decided to add one more number.

Senator Han Sang-hoon had a rumor like that. Before I became a congressman, I entertained the prosecutor and told him what it was like to come and go in and out of the room. Ever since I became a congressman, I've been hearing rumors that journalists sleep with their secretaries because they can't unravel them because they're afraid of their eyes. That's why I had Crowe dig up this rumor, too. The more weaknesses you know, the better. Crowe told me.

“Yes, the last time... it will contain the information you wanted. You can dream about crows if you want. ”

I nodded and said.

“Yes... I'll take a look... at the content." ”

But when I saw it,

No, this is...

I shook the document with a slight lift on my face as a fan.

It's a fucking bedtime story, right? ’

In this report, the middle-aged congressman was unfaithful to his secretaries. Sleeping with a crow's eye patch, I'm going to see a wild side.

Where the hell did you do this? ’

It turns out that Yeouido is the parliamentary chamber of Parliament.

"What kind of parliament room is a motel... I didn't pay taxes like this..."

I was paying billions of taxes a year. I was taxed as much as I made a big profit.

‘One more weakness, by the way. ’

Congressman Han Sang-hoon was married and already had three children. When this is revealed, the president's dream is no different than crossing the water. Of course, adultery is abolished these days, and the sight of adultery is a little generous, but at this rate, about 10% of the support will fly away during the elections. Congressman Han Sang-hoon will never be president. When I do the math.

‘Then it's only a matter of when... we'll see who becomes president next year. ’

Today is May 2, 2020. The next election was only scheduled for May 2, 2021. So tomorrow morning, I'll know who the next president will be. There are three name search slots.

‘Seong-won Joo, No. 1, No. 2, Sang-hoon Han, No. 3, Kwak support'

Each of you will write your name.

‘Seong-won Joo, the former president of Seoul! ’

‘Han Sang-hoon's presidential candidacy is unfortunate'

‘As a breeze instead of a storm to support the presidential candidate. ’

That way, the knights would come out. If I don't like the result, I will step up and change it. The next president.

Should I buy you a presidential theme? What were the stakeholders involved in Jooseongwon Market...? What was the construction, the development? ’

Suddenly, I remember when I used to buy stocks watching the news of the future during the Seoul market elections. At the time, when I saw the news about who was going to be the mayor of Seoul, I bought and changed stocks. Now I have reached the level of deciding who will be president at all.

"I will decide the next president..."

To think that, no matter what you think, I am the king of the world. Who wields the information of the future. Who knows all about the past. The president won't be able to touch me. I'm going to appoint you. I rubbed my hands and thought,

‘Okay, let's see who will be the next president tomorrow. ’