He just looked straight ahead with tired eyes that clearly wanted to be anywhere else.
"…Kim Si-Hon."
The reporters stirred the moment his words settled.
Cameras lifted.
Microphones leaned forward like hungry animals.
One reporter finally spoke.
"Chairman Kim… you speak about money with absolute certainty. Do you truly believe there is nothing money cannot do?"
A quiet… dramatic, no sound passed through the hall.
Some are curious. Some doubtful and some already convinced.
Kim Dae-Hyun didn't answer immediately.
He simply looked at the reporter… then slowly smiled.
Not warmly.
Not kindly.
But with the calm confidence of someone who had already won.
He stepped closer to the microphone.
"My entire life," he began softly, "people have tried to comfort themselves with beautiful lies."
His gaze swept across the crowd.
"Money can't buy happiness. Money can't buy love. Money can't buy life."
A faint chuckle escaped him.
"But tell me…"
