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CHANGBIN
Changbin crouched in the dirty alley. Two boys knelt in front of him, bloodied and eyes averted.
“I warned you what would happen if you acted out.” he said quietly, dangerously.” Did I or did I not?”
The boys stared intently at the ground and Changbin sighed. He stood up and in a flash, his foot connected with the first boys face. He fell on his side, a cry of pain tearing through his mouth. The boy next to him flinched but did not move to help his friend.
Changbin let out a chuckle and glanced at his watch. “I’ll give you 3 hours,” the crime overlord said. “If you aren’t out of this country in 3 hours, you won’t leave in one piece. Consider this as an act of mercy after the death of my father.”
And then, he turned around and swept out into the streets, disappearing into the 8 o clock street crowd.
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At the death of his father one week prior, Changbin did not just inherit a large and feared crime syndicate, but also the bulk of his father’s jobs and responsibilities. He walked through the long hallway leading to the meeting room. Through the open doors, he saw the wisps of smoke spreading through the air and the tough looking men he was supposed to meet. The men stopped talking when he entered.
“What news?” he asked, the scrape of his footsteps against the marble floors filling the room. He didn’t let their silence unnerve him - it wasn’t him they respected. It was his money and reputation. At 26, he was known across the streets, not just as his father’s son, but also for his own independent projects and jobs and his ruthlessness in carrying them out.
The one closest to him spoke first, “we were supposed to receive a shipment of drugs from Han jisung and his crew two days ago but it hasn’t reached us”
Changbin looked up. “And I’m finding out about this now?”
The man, muscled and tattooed, seemed to shrink under changbins gaze. He dismissed the man with the wave of his hand. “Fix up a meeting with me and jisung sometime this week” he said, looking at receipts for a new plot of land. “What else”
“The police department found out about the leak we had among them.” Another man said, leaning forward in his chair. “They interrogated him for a couple of hours before we found out. He didn’t know enough to do any real damage but he gave them all our regular meet up spots”
“Has the problem been taken care of ?”, Changbin asked,
“He’s dead now.” the man replied and Changbin gave him a nod of approval.
“The police department is transferring an officer from Jeju to fill in the leaks position” the same man continued after a drag of his cigarette. “His name’s Lee Felix. Australian. Around 24 years old.”
“They’re bringing someone from Jeju into Seoul” the man sitting next to his smirked. “Poor guy. He doesn’t know what he’s getting into”
Changbin suppressed a smile at that. “Well deal with him if he becomes a problem.” he said. “Anything else?”
“I have a proposition for a job someone said from the crowd.” The room erupted in jeers and laughter. Changbin looked up to see who had spoken. It was Hyunjin, the newest member of the gang. He was fresh out of the streets, scraped and bare-skinned. But Changbin knew that there was more to the kid than what meets the eye. He raised a hand and the laughter stopped almost instantly.
“Speak,” he said
Hyunjin swallowed, eyes darting around the room, but spoke calmly. “You must have heard of the millennium done that the city’s planning to build. It is going to officially open in a week and its supposed to have many precious jewels and antiques as part of the opening exhibition.”
“And?”
Hyunjin licked his lips. “One of the many things that’s going to be displayed is the millennium star. It’s a jewel worth 203 carats”. someone from the groups whistled but Hyunjin carried on, growing more confident as he spoke. “The jewel is worth 250 million dollars in cash and it would cost us way more if we auctioned it. “
“Isn’t security going to be sky high for that place?” one of the men remarked.
“Aren’t we supposed to be one of the biggest crime associations in Korea” Hyunjin countered. “If we don’t do this, someone else will. We have the men and the firepower. Only a coward would back down “
“How did you find out about this” Changbin asked.
Hyunjin hesitated. “I have sources.”
The room was silent for a second
“Can we trust these sources?” Changbin asked but his unspoken words were apparent. Can we trust you?
Hyunjin looked up, steel and fierce determination in his eyes, “you can trust my sources” he said, “and you should do this job. Before another gang does.”
Heavy silence settled in the room but Hynjin didn’t move, his jaw set in determination.
“Everyone else. Out” Changbin said, “We’ll finish up later.”
In seconds, the room was empty and it was just Changbin and Hyunjin.
Changbin leant back in his chair and motioned to the seat next to him “let’s discuss this job. He said. “What’s your plan?”
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