“What happened to item three?” Kaufman asked.

“They took it,” his team member answered.

Kaufman didn’t even ask who the guys were. Instead, he scowled and crossed out item three on the list. It was a Korean construction company that made a good profit, but their real estates were the real treasures. They had already purchased a large land for redevelopment, and the site would be a priority for Korea as soon as they overcame the IMF crisis. 

“I’ve told you so many times to work on item three in secret,” Kaufman frowned.

The team member responded, “It’s not my fault. I think our chairman should meet the powerhouses of Korea in person.”

Kaufman was so desperate that he wanted to get drunk, “That’s not the problem. We’re losing all the assets handled by the private sectors that we tried to get in secret. We’ll end up with nothing!” 

He had heard of Jeon-il Investments for the first time when he arrived in Korea. Before then, he didn’t know their existence, and he found through research that Jeon-il had successfully...