I will resign and go to Australia

77 episodes. I ate one like this.

Vehicles circled the back alleys of Geneva.

The scenery of the street was almost unbelievable that there would be a bank in a place like this.

Even though it’s a back alley, did it look like a rural alley instead of a gloomy and eerie atmosphere?

David opened his mouth as the car stopped, looking at the woman sitting next to him.

“Do you think?”

“Yes, it’s the second floor of the house you see in front.”

“It must have come from being picked up in a place like this. Even if there was a map, I wouldn’t have been able to find it by myself.”

“Because there is no signboard and there are no features that can be called a bank. Neighbors don’t even know the name of CS Bank.”

“Even the residents say they don’t know the bank… Come to think of it, they don’t even know Lady’s name. I’m David, but what’s your name?”

“Sorry, but we do not need to know your information and we cannot provide our information to you. Please understand that this is our principle.”

“Hmm, but how about this? I already told them my name.”

“Don’t worry. There will never be any information leakage.”

“Don’t do that, tell me. I’m not asking for a full name, I’m just trying to use a simple name. Won’t you take me back to the airport? Why do you keep calling me Lady…”

At David’s smirk, the woman cut it off.

“You can call it whatever you want. Go. Guest. Nim.”

She got out of the car and went up the stairs to the second floor.

After he had lost his appetite, David followed her.

The interior of the second floor had the interior of a bank, which is often seen anywhere other than in a house.

There was a storage box to keep various documents, and there was a space in the center that looked like a bank window.

Beyond that, a woman who had been in a car with him had a conversation with an old man, took a briefcase, and came to the window.

“Are you going to deposit or withdraw?”

“Withdrawal.”

“You just need to get the documents here and enter your account number and password.”

David accepted the paperwork and asked again.

“Aren’t the bank employees here even wearing name tags?”

“We, CS Bank, don’t even have uniforms.”

“Who is that old man?”

“You don’t have to know.”

“I can trust you because you’re beautiful, but you’re withdrawing a lot of money, but you’re not sure if you’re an employee or not, so you don’t need to know?”

She narrowed her brow and sighed invisibly.

“You are our representative. So you don’t have to worry.”

“Oh, you were the CEO of CS Bank.”

David turned his head to the side and spoke to him.

“Sir, if it’s not rude, can you tell me your name?”

“……?”

The old man who had been handwriting something raised his head and looked at David.

“I think we will come and go often in the future, but if possible, I would like to have an acquaintance with the CEO.”

The old man looked at him with clear eyes for a moment, then opened his mouth with a grin.

“Heh heh, my name is Siegel Linderman.”

“You see. I see, Mr. Linderman. My name is David Wolf. It’s an honor to meet you.”

“Heh heh, let’s see the work then.”

“Yes, old man.”

David turned his head to look at the woman and gave a wink.

“I wish you all the best, Miss Linderman.”

“I’m not a Linderman.”

“Even so, I’m an exceptional person with one eye. I’m sure you’re her granddaughter or a close relative. You don’t seem to know that the eyes are quite similar, Miss Linderman.”

At the confident voice, she accepted it coldly.

“Call me whatever you want. Then, call me when you’ve finished filling out the paperwork.”

“Oh, wait a minute before that.”

“What else?”

“There is no field to enter the withdrawal amount here. Where do I write it?”

“You don’t have to write it down. The withdrawers who come here usually withdraw the full amount. The money can be deposited into another bank account or paid in cash. Please note that cash is only paid in Swiss Francs.”

“Are you withdrawn unconditionally?”

“It’s not, but… Would you like to leave a balance?”

“I was originally going to withdraw the full amount, but I would like to leave it.”

David wrote down the account number and password on the paperwork and handed it to her.

“How much will you leave?”

“53 bucks.”

As she thought of the balance he said, a smile escaped her unconsciously.

“…….

“You’re smiling for the first time. It’s nice to see something bright.”

David smiled and continued.

“I’d like to serve you a meal for $143, Miss Linderman.”

***

“Yes? Is that really it?”

Kang Jun-ho couldn’t believe what he heard on the phone.

However, it was hard not to believe when the other person repeatedly complained and said yes.

It was because they were not the kind of people who would lie to them that they asked for money and they did not receive it.

“Okay. We will contact you again after checking whether there was a problem.”

He immediately started calling here and there.

After a few phone calls, he grasped the situation, hung his cell phone, and smiled in disappointment.

Because something unbelievable really happened.

‘If not over there, did the information leak from our side? No, no one knows the account number and password except me and the manager…’

There was no way that Sang-Moon Koh, a managing director, would have used his own hand.

This work was actively pursued by him, and the person who would be most in trouble if the slush funds were not properly delivered was Sangmu Ko.

Then, it was self-evident that the arrow of doubt would be directed towards him without fail.

Because he was in charge of transferring the money to the Swiss account and managing all the paperwork.

‘No… Maybe that friend?’

Kang Jun-ho immediately thought of Jin Yu-seong.

When he invited him to his villa in Sydney, Koh had speculated that he might be doing something.

The words he said at that time were now passing through Kang Jun-ho’s head.

With that thought, he decided he had to make a quick report.

***

Unlike other countries, Australia did not have a manufacturing plant for the GL Group.

This was because labor costs were high and there were too many environmental and other regulations for manufacturing.

For that reason, imports were preferred, so most of the corporations established in Australia existed as warehouses or marketing companies.

Thanks to this, he traveled quite a bit to see the Australian subsidiaries of the group’s subsidiaries.

Melbourne GL Chemicals Australia.

This is a place related to the battery sector, which is the growth engine of the group in the future, and Koh Sang-moon was particularly concerned about the corporations located in Australia.

“How is the technical partnership with Biostream going?”

The man at the top who asked questions in fluent English was Koh Sang-moon.

The general manager answered his question with a nervous expression.

“I am not giving a clear answer because it is also in the early stages of development.”

“Are you not giving an answer because a leading company in waste battery recycling technology is at the beginning stage? Are you going to believe it?”

“As you know, it is not a general battery production, and recycling technology is really in its infancy. Biostream is also considering a long-term business plan to the extent that it is looking beyond 10 years.”

“But you still need to know what they want, if it’s a GM?”

“It’s my personal judgment, but I think it’s more of a business partnership than a technical partnership. If we stably supply waste batteries, we will recycle them at the biostream side. You won’t be very pleased with it, but at least you will be able to lessen your worries about future resource supply problems to some extent.”

The electric vehicle market is emerging as a leading field for future vehicles.

The battery is responsible for 40% of the production cost of the electric vehicle.

Therefore, it is a self-evident fact that if the demand from battery producers rises, the supply of resources, which are raw materials for production, will decrease and the price will rise.

However, since those resources cannot be created overnight, movements are already taking place to secure resources such as lithium, cobalt, and nickel, which have high price volatility.

GL Group, too, was first jumping into resource development through subsidiaries such as trading companies, and the alternative prepared separately was waste battery recycling technology.

It is to decompose waste batteries to extract rare metals and recyclable raw materials.

“So, you have no choice but to be dragged into the biostream, right?”

“I’ll contact you more.”

“If necessary, offer to support R&D or share some of our battery production know-how. Even if it’s not the original technology, our researchers should learn something.”

“All right.”

Koh Sang-moon nodded, and then the office lights turned on and the beam project lights went out.

And a man entered the conference room.

“Chief Kang, what’s going on? The meeting is almost over, so if you’re not in a hurry, wait a minute.”

“Sir. It’s urgent.”

“OK got it.”

Koh Sang-moon left a word to the employees of the Australian subsidiary, including GM, saying that he worked hard.

“What’s up?”

“There’s a problem with Switzerland.”

“Is that a problem?”

“I went to CS Bank from the other side, but they said there was no money in the account.”

“What? No?”

“Sir, it’s definitely not me. From the account opening documents to the transfer confirmation, I reported everything to the manager and haven’t been together since then. If you have any doubts about me, you can check my communication records.”

Kang Jun-ho bowed his head and pleaded for his innocence.

“Stop raising your head. You know very well that you won’t do that. Are you rather upset that I thought you would doubt me?”

“……Sir.”

“It’s not me… It’s not me, it’s not you, but who is it? Oh! Isn’t that his friend?”

“I also thought about Jin Yu-seong because of what you said. But even if he knew how to flow, there is no way.”

“But. There’s no way. Unless you and I divulge your account number and password.”

“The only documents with those two are the original one I wrote and sent to CS Bank and one copy in the safe at the manager’s villa. Jin Yu-seong visited the villa that day, but I didn’t have time to look at it.”

“That’s right. That’s amazing… Then, did you do anything special while you were in and out of the bank to organize your paperwork?”

“There was absolutely none. I thoroughly checked the movement in case there was a follow-up from the group secretary’s office.”

“Well, you’re not an amateur, and you wouldn’t know if there was something questionable.”

Koh Sang-moon stroked his chin and frowned.

“Oh, and there was one strange thing about the Swiss account.”

“the weird part?”

“It wasn’t that there was no money in the account at all. I made sure that the account was destroyed when it was fully withdrawn.”

“Then someone left the balance on purpose.”

“Yeah, as if it were a purple one.”

“How much do you have left? One dollar?”

“No. They said there were 53 dollars left.”

“……53 bucks?”

Koh Sang-moon opened his eyes and asked again, then suddenly burst into laughter.

“Puhahahahahaha. 53 dollars.”

“Sir, why are you like this?”

“Ahahaha, it’s a masterpiece, it’s a masterpiece. I think this is probably Jin Yu-seong’s friend.

“What’s the meaning of $53?”

“You don’t know?”

“……”

Kang Jun-ho thought hard about the number 53, but nothing came to mind.

“Thank you, thank you.

“……!”

“Do you know the beeper number? In foreign countries, the number 53 is a copy of the spelling of Thank you. That friend left a code to say thank you. Ha ha ha ha.”

“I ate one like this.”

“You’re a fun friend, hahaha.”

Kang Jun-ho tilted his head for a moment.

“But how did that friend know the pager number that is not Korean or foreign? He didn’t even study abroad.”

“You must have seen it in a movie or something. And that friend or someone left a password that seemed to make fun of you like this? Just withdraw the full amount and wipe your mouth.”