Chapter 37: Chapter 36: First Meeting With Sunbin Group’s Chairman, Song Daechul, Part I (2/2)

Song Daechul took in what everyone said, and remained deep in thought.

”Would that be the right thing to do? No, the problem here isn't that if it's right or wrong. It doesn't matter if it makes sense or if it's absurd. No, the real problem is…” The chairman trailed off and looked over at the Don Gate.

The executives had cordoned off the floor and held their meeting there because there was a Don Gate sitting in the middle of the lobby. This was the Don Gate he was looking at.

”This is the problem, here. Is it really okay for humans to not be humans anymore?”

Would immortality truly be a gift, like everyone believes? Or would it turn out to be a curse? Mortality was the most beautiful part of being human. Humans could have pleasant memories and happiness because of their short lives. There was no such thing as everlasting love and everlasting happiness. Nothing was permanent, which was why humans could have short, burning love and dream of happier days.

”This might as well be the end of days! How am I supposed to make a decision like this?” The executive members fell silent at the chairman's monologue and watched him.

Sunbin Group was South Korea's largest conglomerate. There was no foreign power that did not know about the Sunbin Group and its influence.

Sung Daechul took over his father's small textile factory and converted it into a construction company, to take advantage of Korea's growing economy. Then at the peak of Korea's construction boom and Korea's construction projects in the Middle East, Sung Daechul used all of his profits to convert his company into an electronics company and focused all of his investments to create today's Sunbin Group.

He beat political interference and his competitors fairly and legally and gained the reputation of a bulldozer as he struggled through many difficulties.

”There's a chance I'll become more of a monster than human!”

Deva. Immortal human being. There was no such thing. That was a monster!

And so, the chairman of the board stood there in silence for more than twenty minutes, staring at the Don Gate that had appeared in the lobby.

The others silently watched over the chairman as he stood there, ready to follow whatever order he gave them.

”Hah!” the chairman suddenly laughed. After frowning in contemplation for so long, he finally gave a smile.

”Fine! If the world wants me to, then I will. I'll become a monster! I can't stop here now, no matter what might be waiting for me on the other side.” He finally made his decision after considering all of his departments' reports.

[The era of humans has come to an end. If we can't prepare for the future, then who are we leaving our future to? There is no such thing as forever!]

Those that knew Song Daechul personally knew that he didn't like the word forever. To him, forever took away dreams and hopes. If something was forever, then it had no value. Why? Because it lasted forever.

But that didn't mean he was going to go stand against the flow of time. He knew that was impossible. If he couldn't stand against the tide, then he was going to ride it out.

He believed that he should at least see where the tide would take him, even if he fell off the wave midway.

In the years he had spent building his businesses; he had to make the toughest decisions and had many times where he thought it was the end. But he always made it through.

And so, on that day, the Sunbin Group gathered its most talented people and turned them into devas using all the Don Gates that had been hidden all this time at the chairman's command.

”By the way, what was that young man's name again?” Song Daechul asked his youngest and most favored grandchild, Song Haein.

She was shrewdest of his grandchildren, and she took after his boldness and resolve. She had quite the ability to accurately judge people.

”Do you mean Lee Jiwon?”

”Yes, him. I would like to meet him once.”

After Song Haein encountered Lee Jiwon, she had thoroughly investigated him. Obviously, she hadn't done it herself, but she still handed the report on him over to her grandfather.

They weren't going to leave any stone unturned about devas!

”I understand. I'll see if I can contact him, grandfather.”