My capital is quite large.

Inside a traditional Korean restaurant in Seongbuk-dong, Seoul.

The room was filled with the subtle fragrance of sandalwood, with only the crisp sound of black and white chess pieces falling onto the board echoing rhythmically in the spacious tea room.

"despair."

Lee Boo-jeong held a crystal-clear white piece between her slender fingers and placed it on the lower right corner of the 19x19 Go board.

Although her posture remained elegant, a closer look revealed a lingering tension in her jawline.

She raised her phoenix eyes, her gaze sharp as a blade as she swept towards Kim Soo-hyuk opposite her. Her red lips parted slightly, carrying a hint of mockery:

"President Kim, the Seoul prosecutors made such a big fuss today..."

"Could it be... that you did this?"

Upon hearing this, Kim Soo-hyuk's gaze remained fixed on the intricate chessboard, seemingly oblivious to the princess's anger.

"despair."

The black stone landed, cutting off one of the liberties of the large white group.

Kim Soo-hyuk then slowly spoke:

"Isn't it better to make a lot of noise?"

"As far as I know... on that Miss Zhang's VIP service list before her death..."

"Your father seems to have been involved in the case as well."

*Smack!*

Lee Boo-jeong slammed the white stone between her fingers onto the board, causing several pieces to shift out of place!

That well-maintained face, its composure shattered by rage in an instant, revealed a low, clenched voice snarling through gritted teeth:

"Kim Soo-hyuk! Is this what you meant by 'helping me'?!"

Faced with the princess's almost bursting anger, Kim Soo-hyuk's smile not only did not fade, but became even more pronounced.

"President Li, why deceive yourself?"

"If...your father remains perfectly dignified, then at that predetermined table, how much of a share will you, the eldest princess, receive?"

One sentence made Li Fuzhen's angry rebuke, which was on the tip of her tongue, get stuck in her throat.

She couldn't refute it.

In this extremely patriarchal chaebol family...

No matter how amazing her business acumen was, no matter how successful she was at managing the Shilla Hotel and Everland…

In the old chairman's eyes, the scepter of Samsung will always be handed over to her foolish brother!

If they're lucky, they might be able to barely hold onto the Shilla Hotel as a scrap of property.

But what if her good brother, after gaining control of the situation, chooses to eliminate them all...

Then she might not even be able to keep this Shilla Hotel!

Seeing the struggle in Lee Boo-jung's eyes, Kim Soo-hyuk, like a venomous snake flicking its tongue, uttered a whisper from the abyss:

"if……"

"Of course, I mean if." A glint of light flashed in Kim Soo-hyuk's eyes.

"If your father unfortunately passes away in prison due to some long-standing illness during the interrogation of those involved in the case."

"But before he closed his eyes, he left behind a legally binding handwritten will—"

"He wants to leave his Samsung Electronics shares to his eldest daughter, whom he loved most during his lifetime."

"You tell me... wouldn't you call this an old man's sudden repentance before he died?!"

……

When Kim Joo-hyuk finished speaking, Lee Boo-jung felt her mind go completely blank!

She felt that either she was going crazy, or the man in front of her was crazy!

How dare he?!

How dare he have such a rebellious thought?!

That's her father!

He is the creator of the South Korean economic myth and the uncrowned king standing at the top of the power pyramid across the entire peninsula!

Even if we take a step back and assume that this absurd assumption is actually true...

"President Kim, your assumption is absurd!"

Lee Boo-jung forced herself to use her remaining rationality to shatter this terrifying illusion:

"As early as two years ago, my brother's status as successor was basically established through the merger of Samsung C&T and Cheil Industries!"

"The core purpose of that merger was to allow my brother to become the largest shareholder of Samsung C&T at the lowest possible cost, thereby gaining control of the entire group!"

"As long as he controls Samsung C&T, even after his father passes away, he will still be the next president of the entire group!"

however.

Despite the rebuttal, Kim Soo-hyuk remained silent.

He just sat there quietly, his expression full of mockery.

The unusual silence made Lee Boo-jung's heart, which had been pounding wildly, begin to skip a beat.

She rewound her thoughts rapidly, recalling every word Kim Joo-hyuk had just said...

and many more.

and many more! !

He was saying...

Samsung Electronics?!

......

According to the current order of succession in the Republic of Korea:

Without a valid will, after the old chairman's death, his enormous estate will be divided among his mother (three-ninths) and his three siblings (two-ninths each).

Samsung Electronics, a shining jewel in the crown of the global semiconductor and technology industry, has a 4.18% stake held by its former chairman alone!

Based on current market capitalization, it is worth as much as $130 billion!

On the other hand, her good brother only got a 0.7% share!

The reason why Crown Prince Lee was able to command the world was because of his indirect control through the layers of Samsung Corporation!

but!

What if... there really were such a legally notarized will?!

If the former chairman's 4.18% stake in Samsung Electronics were all inherited by Lee Boo-jung...

She will become Samsung Electronics' largest individual shareholder overnight!

And now!

Her dear brother is being held in the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang City, Gyeonggi Province, because of the special investigation team's investigation!

Being imprisoned, he naturally cannot attend the shareholders' meeting, let alone mobilize resources to launch a counterattack from behind the high walls of the detention center!

All he needed to do was get a seat on Samsung Electronics' board of directors first and, together with external allies, complete the power reshuffle...

Lee Boo-jung dared not continue thinking along these lines of logic!

That is a power-hungry abyss that can burn away all reason!

However, after a brief moment of distraction...

This eldest princess, who had fought her way through the business world for many years, ultimately retained the wariness that a conglomerate should have.

Those phoenix eyes, now clear again, fixed on Kim Soo-hyuk opposite them.

After all, she had always firmly believed in the famous quote Zweig wrote in his biography:

Every gift from fate comes with a hidden price tag.

There is no such thing as a free lunch, especially not shares worth $130 billion!

"President Kim."

Li Fuzhen's voice was somewhat hoarse, but it carried a resolute determination, as if she were making a desperate gamble:

"Then... tell me."

"What exactly do you want me to do?!"