Coffee and the Conglomerate

The Heir, Hustlers and Battle for Seoul's Soul

De: Amy Simone

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

At 11 PM in downtown Seoul, convenience store clerk Soo-ah knows her life revolves around the steady, small tasks of retail work, like restocking honey butter crisps and counting change. Her store, a small konbini she inherited from her father, is her anchor.

But the quiet hum of her late-night routine is shattered when the city sends a Notice of Property Assessment and Potential Rezoning, quickly followed by the Official Notice of Redevelopment. The threat is real: the massive Haneul Group plans to acquire the block for "upscale retail" and luxury towers, giving her sixty days to vacate.

Suddenly, her regular customer, the quiet man known only as Jae-hyun, is thrust into the center of the conflict. He stops by every night for coffee, but the quality leather of his messenger bag and the expensive watch he sometimes forgets to remove hint at deep family secrets. When Jae-hyun collapses from sheer exhaustion and Soo-ah helps him, tending to him on instinct, she forms an unintended attachment.

This quiet connection turns into devastating betrayal when Soo-ah discovers the truth: Jae-hyun Han is the son of the Chairman of Haneul Group. He has been visiting her store for months, all while knowing his family was planning the store’s demolition. Now, with the fate of her neighborhood—including Min-soo, the store's leaseholder, whose life is seized through aggressive debt acquisition—hanging in the balance, Soo-ah must decide if she can trust the man who confessed his identity.Will she sacrifice her principles and work with the son of the enemy who risks everything to fight his own family, or will she watch her dream of opening her own pojangmacha be crushed by corporate power?

Dive into the high-stakes corporate war for Yeonnam-dong. Start reading now and discover the price of survival and the secret alliance that risks everything!