10. The Butterfly Effect of Good Intentions (4)
Kim Eun-sook blinked.
I heard the explanation thoroughly and confirmed the contents in the contract, but I could not believe that this was reality.
“… … “Can you explain that again?”
“All right.”
This place.
There was Myungjin Construction’s eldest son, construction manager, and in-house lawyer.
They did not show any displeasure at Kim Eun-sook’s request, and at Go Chang-beom’s glance, the in-house lawyer said,
“As I said before, this pouring accident is entirely the responsibility of our construction company, Myungjin Construction. If the unreasonable construction schedule had not been enforced, the terrible accident that my husband experienced would never have occurred. We know that no amount of apology will bring any comfort. What we want to say is that we feel responsible and hope that we can work together to solve realistic problems that will arise in the future. In addition to surgery and treatment costs, all costs incurred during the process will be covered by industrial accident insurance. And we will pay you 500 million won as compensation. “It may not compensate for two legs, but I’m sure it will at least be a huge help in raising three children.”
“… … Are you really giving me compensation for nothing in return?”
“Yes, of course. Not only that, we will specially hire your husband for an office position rather than a field position. Even if you are not in the field, there are positions that require field experience. “It has a separate meaning from compensation, and we have no intention of turning a blind eye to the years my husband devoted himself to Myungjin Construction.”
“ah.”
Tears came to my eyes.
I didn’t expect it.
I thought they would start a messy fight to get even a penny more, but I had no idea that the construction company would be considerate of the victim’s position first. Kim Eun-sook struggled to hold back tears. Because it wasn’t yet confirmed whether all of those words were true, she couldn’t help but burst into tears already.
“… … brother?”
I looked to the side.
My older brother, who had been looking at the contract for a while, looked at Eunsuk Kim with trembling eyes.
“It’s all true… … ?”
“really?”
“Yes, it’s all true. Myungjin Construction was not what we thought. “I’m really, really grateful to these people!”
From then on, I couldn’t hold back my tears.
As Kim Eun-sook burst into tears, her brother also hugged her tightly with red eyes.
It must have been difficult.
Kim Eun-sook and her siblings lived in hell for the past few days, faced with the daunting reality of how to deal with the coming future. Myungjin Construction’s compensation does not mean that the emotional wounds have been completely recovered. Although their husband’s lost leg would never come back, they were truly happy that at least a practical problem had been solved.
The head of the household lost his leg.
The three children were growing up well.
Myungjin Construction’s goodwill gave us hope that the reality we had to face in the future was not so hopeless.
Two men and women crying loudly.
As Go Chang-beom stared at that scene, he did not hastily open his mouth.
* * *
It was a tough day.
After spending all day with the victims, Go Chang-beom came out of the hospital and took a cigarette.
“ha-.”
He is a heavy smoker.
I used to smoke enough to smoke two packs a day, but as it was an opportunity to apologize to the victims, I did not smoke a single cigarette from morning until now. So I felt like I was going crazy. At first, I thought it was just a withdrawal phenomenon, but even after soothing my stomach with cigarettes, the feeling of going crazy didn’t go away.
“I’m going to turn away.”
My mind was complicated.
There was a construction manager right next to me, and I asked him a question as I looked at him standing blankly without even smoking a cigarette.
“hey.”
“Yes, please speak.”
“What do you think construction work is?”
“… … well. “Isn’t it just a matter of building a building?”
The person in charge scratched his head.
Although he was already 50 years old, his attitude was bound to be cautious as the other person was the eldest son of Myungjin Construction.
Go Chang-beom chuckled.
I was used to it.
Living as the eldest son of Myungjin Construction, he is in a situation like now where adults who are quite old are having a hard time with him. So he lived as he pleased. Whether at school or society. In any space, he was a predator. When he played in Seoul, there were predators higher than him, but that didn’t change his attitude toward life.
I took a deep drag on my cigarette.
As the smoke seeped deep into his lungs, Go Chang-beom looked at the setting sun and spoke.
“I mean. I always thought this construction business was just about making money. Build a building, sell the building. It’s a very simple system. But after experiencing this incident, I started thinking a lot. Changseok said that there are many interests involved in our work, and he mentioned financial issues, but I think differently from him. Workers working at Myeongjin Construction. They can’t make a living without us. Consumers who buy our homes. “They work their whole lives and live by considering the house we built as a treasure.”
500 million won as compensation?
It’s a lot of money.
But to Go Chang-beom, it was nothing more than money that he could spend whenever he wanted.
“I guess I have taken the position of chairman too lightly. The lives of more people than you might think depend on the words I say and my judgment. If I told them to quickly advance the construction schedule, an accident like today would occur due to the urging of the construction manager who received my order. And, someone will be saddened by the loss of the head of the family. f*ck, it’s complicated, it’s complicated. “I just wanted to eat well and live well.”
Meet Hyunseong Kim.
Go Chang-beom reached an inflection point in his life.
Since he truly coveted the position of chairman, his way of life has completely changed.
Not like it used to be.
Living like a fool.
I couldn’t enjoy everything I wanted.
If in the past I had enjoyed pleasure without responsibility, everything I did from now on required a little thought.
“I guess I definitely take after my dad. If you see your arms bending inwards. I don’t know about other people, but I want the people who work under me to live well. Whether it’s the workers at Myungjin Construction or the people who bought our house.”
“… … “That’s a good thing.”
The person in charge showed a friendly smile.
Today’s event is Go Chang-beom’s words.
It remained clearly in his mind.
It was then.
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The door to the hospital opened, and a person who appeared to be an administrative employee frowned.
“No, what if you smoke here? Turn it off right now. “Don’t you know this is a hospital?”
It was a natural request.
This is a hospital.
Smoking in a place where sick people come and in a place that is not a smoking area was a common sense mistake.
however.
“f*ck, won’t you turn it off? “I was feeling great up until now, but you ruined it all.”
“no… … .”
“f*ck off. “Before they destroy the hospital.”
The person in charge smiled.
As expected, it was the same.
People do not change easily.
* * *
Myeongjin Construction Incident.
It was just a passing incident.
There weren’t many people who were interested in a local construction company, and even in an incident where there were no deaths.
Myungjin Construction’s good intentions and Myungjin Construction’s bold decision.
There was no one who particularly recognized me.
People living in Daesan gave the company a thumbs up, saying that it was Myeongjin Construction and that you could trust it as a construction company that clearly took responsibility for mistakes, but that reputation was not a meaningful result in compensating for the loss of building a new apartment building. In any case, that is how the incident ended. Thanks to Go Chang-beom’s busy work, prospective sellers did not bother to put up a new building.
A week after that.
An unexpected accident occurred.
[Five workers killed in pouring accident at apartment site in Gangnam!]
One line article.
It was so stimulating.
Because it was an incident in which as many as five people died, the number of views on the article quickly increased, and the circumstances of the incident were revealed through a follow-up article.
[…] … According to the investigation, it is believed that problems arose in the curing process as pouring was rushed due to the tight construction schedule. Incidents like this are a common problem in the construction industry. Especially in Gangnam, where construction costs start at at least 10 billion won, accidents often occur as construction companies push ahead with their schedules excessively.]
That wasn’t all.
Testimony from the scene was also added.
[This was definitely not an incident where all the workers would have died. If an accident occurred, the situation should be quickly assessed and rescue operations should be carried out, but the construction company responded late, saying they would first report it to the higher-ups, and missed the golden time. Everyone who works in the field knows this. Due to the responsibility that construction companies must bear when an accident occurs, the reality of the field is that construction is prioritized over human life.]
Incidents and accidents shown on TV.
These are issues that ordinary people would lightly curse at and move on from.
However, when five deaths occurred that could not be overlooked, people’s reactions suddenly began to boil over.
[Construction site, what is happening there.]
[Safety issues at construction sites, is this okay?]
[People are dying due to the unreasonable construction schedule.]
Articles reported one after another.
It was no longer a problem that would simply end.
The fire, which was growing day by day and burning brightly, suddenly spread throughout the country.
* * *
Safety issues at construction sites.
It was discussed as a social issue.
In particular, in response to rising housing prices, the anger that had been suppressed exploded in succession.
[Does this make sense? No matter how important construction is, does it make sense for people to die because of it?]
[Construction companies really need to be properly punished. Do you know how many people get injured or die at construction sites nationwide every day? This is a normal battlefield, go away. Especially with the real estate boom coming, people are saying they are going to put up buildings here and there, but they don’t think about people’s well-being at all. If you look at most incident scenes, there are no safety devices in place?]
[This incident must never be overlooked. Only strong punishment can protect workers at construction sites.]
It was chaos.
Korea has a strong tendency toward pot.
This meant that the heat would die down quickly, but it also meant that once it burned, it would burn really scary.
And in the flow of such times.
Broadcasting companies moved quickly.
The area that people are most interested in is safety issues at real estate and construction sites, so we needed an item that would draw attention to that issue. The same was true for current affairs program producer Ahn Cheol-hyun. What he focused on was not simply analyzing the case, but finding victims whose families were injured in a construction site accident.
“The victims of the Gangnam incident are excluded. The current atmosphere of commemoration is so great that there is a possibility that bringing in the direct victims could backfire. Like the Gangnam incident, this was an accident at a construction site, and he is a person who can prove the construction company’s slow response and uncooperative attitude. “Somehow, bring someone like that.”
I searched for it in every possible way.
After asking around like that, they were able to find one person.
A few days after that.
Filming took place.
The MC of a current affairs program looked at the man who was both a witness and a victim in a serious yet calm voice.
“Could you introduce yourself?”
The camera was focused.
Many people, including PD Ahn Cheol-hyun, looked at the male victim’s mouth.
I felt a lot of pressure.
The male victim had a lot of worries before coming here, but there were things he wanted to say.
He said.
“My name is Oh Jong-hyuk, and I am the son of a victim who suffered permanent disability at a site in Incheon.”
It was a familiar face.
A person who left the hospital with a fierce face.
And in the Myeongjin Construction incident, the young worker who told Go Chang-beom about the pouring accident was Oh Jong-hyuk.
That’s something even Kim Hyun-seong didn’t expect.
The butterfly’s wings were creating a new world.
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