Jovial chatter died down to mutters before silence preceded over the large board room as a tall, broad-shouldered striking young man strode over to the head seat of the long rectangular table. The silenced board members stood bowing as he settled himself in his seat offering a slight nod back signalling that they could now take their seats. He then glanced towards the two people who had remained sitting,

“Father.” He offered a slight bow of his head to the Ex-President seated by his right and offered another similar dip of his head to the elder gentleman to his left, “President Jung.”

The two men greeted him back in a similar fashion as the doors opened again and bright red heels came into view as an elegant young woman walked confidently towards her seat. Taking her seat next to her father she greeted, “President Lee. Vice-President Lee.”

“Let’s start the meeting. Everyone seems to be here.” President Lee’s deep voice echoed.

Vice-President Jung cleared as she brought everyone’s attention towards herself, “Tax-evasion and inappropriate employment has now become a national concern. Our two enterprises being in the centre of media attention. The main companies and businesses are safe due to tightly controlled checks however our numerous smaller sister businesses are being scrutinised. This meeting is to discuss our plan of action as many of our businesses are merged.”

“Do we have a detailed account of our sister businesses Father?” President Lee asked turning to the now Vice-President.

“We do. The main heads of all the side branches across the country have been contacted and have sent in their reports.”

The young man nodded thoughtfully and interrupted, “Have these accounts been verified by our team?”

The older gentleman stopped talking frowning, quickly shuffling through the accounts provided by his team he glanced through them to find the answer to the question. Finally, he answered, “It doesn’t appear to have been verified by our team.”

Nodding again, the young man turned towards the other president, “Have you received accounts from your side branches too President Jung?”

President Jung answered in the affirmative but taking note of his daughter’s slight shake of her head he r