Breakfast was so delicious.
There was only sour kimchi, seaweed baked by my mother with perilla oil, fried egg, plum jjangachi, and tofu miso soup.
I remembered.
I heard that she saved some of the money she earned while serving at a charcoal grill restaurant and put it into savings, and when her son got a job, he used the savings to buy him a nice suit.
Although I didn’t know it at the time.
“My son is handsome! It’s his first day, so say hello to everyone you see. The more you bend, the more recognition you get. You’re going to be late. Go quickly.”
Kim Cheol-soo left the house as if he was being kicked out by Yoon Jin-sook without even having time to feel the emotion of seeing his mother again.
I’ll try to dream again
Kim Cheol-soo turned around and looked back at the way he came down.
Daldongne.
It’s also a monthly rental house at the very top.
After my father passed away, my mother survived with the money she earned from working at a meat restaurant.
Even though I was in my mid-twenties, a sweet smell came out of my mouth whenever I went up and down those stairs once, and my mother went up and down those stairs at least three times a day.
So, when I was about 60 years old, my knees gave out and I had trouble moving around all the time.
If you go up a little from here, you will reach the bus terminus.
Sure enough, I saw a terminal where many buses were parked.
Although I had to take a bus for almost an hour to get to work, I didn’t have to change and was always able to sit in my seat.
I really went back to the past.
When I opened my wallet to pay the bus fare, I found 25,000 won in it.
Was it a week’s allowance at this time?
My memory was vague.
Kim Cheol-soo got on the bus to work, sat in the back seat by the window, looked out, and thought slowly.
My memory wasn’t clear enough to invest in something, even if it was a private loan.
The realizations I gained while working at the company for a long time clearly remained.
Work skills, business understanding, foreign languages, characteristics of many business partners, buyer tendencies, and characteristics of each country… Colleagues I passed by or had to keep seeing.
And 5 foreign languages.
English, Japanese, Chinese, Spain, Russian
I had already learned things that could not be learned without working in a related job at a company.
And his dreams.
Becoming the president of a company.
perhaps….
‘Wouldn’t it be possible?’
His life was in ruins after 18 years of looking ahead, but it was clear that it would be much different now.
Wouldn’t it be possible to meet a good person, create a happy family, make more money, enrich your life, and fulfill the dream that was in your heart? My confidence grew quickly.
When I didn’t know anything, I solved everything with evil and violence…
Kim Cheol-soo clenched his fists without realizing it.
For some people, going to work was not a pleasant experience.
Most office workers hang on the bus handle like sick chickens, with their heads down and their eyes closed.
In the past, when I first went to work, my mind was so full of expectations, excitement, and concerns that I couldn’t look at my surroundings at all, but now I could see the picture inside the bus at a glance.
Kim Cheol-soo got off the bus and headed to the convenience store.
I spent 10,000 won to buy a pack of cigarettes, a lighter, and a hangover relief drink.
I looked at the clock, it was 7:08.
There is quite a bit of time left until 9 o’clock, the time to go to work.
When I lived in a small town, I always took the first train departing from the last stop.
I always made up for my shortcomings by going to work earlier than others.
Coming home from work is when the last train passes by.
If I missed it, I stayed up all night studying at work.
It was a time when I really lived like a poisonous breed.
Kim Cheol-soo looked at the entrance of a building with few accesses, then looked up and saw a 24-story building.
[Hanyoung General Trading Company]
It was one of the top ten general trading companies in Korea.
And Kim Cheol-soo’s sparkling eyes were turned to the top of the building.
**
Lee Jun-hak, who had gone to the countryside for three days to solve a problem with imported corn, bowed when he saw Manager Pyo Il-soo riding the subway.
“How are you?”
“Is this the Joseon Dynasty?”
“It smells like alcohol.”
“So I sprayed Febreze on the way out, you bastards of thieves.”
Manager Pyo burst into laughter even as he said that.
Today, for some reason, there were no people, so I was able to move around in the narrow subway.
“Oh my. There are less people today. So what about corn?”
“There was a problem during the de-banning operation (opening the container and taking out the cargo). The corn grains break easily and generate a lot of toxic dust compared to other grains, but the claim came because the employee in charge at the buyer lacked understanding of this situation. It was.”
“Of course! There’s nothing our assistant manager Lee Jun-hak can’t do.”
“Not much to say. It’s thanks to the story that Manager Pyo told me.”
“Is that so? Hahaha.”
Pyo Il-soo, with his bulging stomach, burst out in a good-natured laugh.
Lee Jun-hak carefully observed Pyo Il-soo’s expression and asked him what he was most curious about.
“They say a new employee has been assigned this time.”
——————
faqwiki.us
Join our Discord for new chapter updates!
https://discord.com/invite/xr7SxG5T6V
——————
Pyo Il-soo’s expression twitched at Lee Jun-hak’s words.
“He said he would come today.”
Pyo Il-soo’s expression was an unconscious expression of not liking it.
I heard this from a colleague in the human resources department.
These new employees are said to be the best ever.
Except for just one person.
“It’s definitely not him, right?”
“That guy?”
“The guy who recited HYMS (Korean-English Management System) in its entirety during the interview.”
Pyo Il-soo sighed deeply.
“Ha… That’s right.”
At those words, Lee Jun-hak made a rotten expression on his face, but he quickly dismissed it.
“Isn’t the HR department doing too much?”
“What can we do?”
The number of votes was difficult.
Deputy Manager Ahn Jung-gyu, head of Sales Team 5, and Manager Park Jun-hyung of the human resources team joined the company at the same time, but were enemies.
Jun-Hyung Park and Ahn Jeong-Gyu both joined as new employees in Sales Team 5, but Jun-Hyung Park happened to catch the eye of the Chairman of Hanyoung Group and began to be promoted at a rapid pace.
Ahn Jeong-gyu, who felt a sense of rivalry, was the first to expose Park Jun-hyung’s affair within the company, and the two became perfect enemies.
Despite these moral problems, Park Jun-hyung, under the chairman’s protection, continued to win, while Ahn Jeong-gyu was repeatedly rejected during promotion reviews.
And after Park Jun-hyung took his position in the human resources team, sales team 5 was always assigned to new employees with the lowest scores in the training center.
Pyo Il-su patted Lee Jun-hak on the shoulder.
“Don’t push yourself too hard. Take it in moderation.”
“Yes, Chief. I will try to do it appropriately.”
When Lee Jun-hak bowed his head obediently, Pyo Il-soo felt better again.
But Lee Jun-hak had a completely different idea.
‘If I can’t work, I have to quit the company.’
**
Kim Cheol-soo was lost in thought as he looked at the company’s front door, coiled like the maw of a monster.
He has the ability to surpass new employees and beat the manager, but if he uses that ability as is, it will be difficult to survive in that building.
This is because, contrary to the modern era where everything runs democratically, the inside of that building is an era of complete absolute monarchy.
This is not limited to Korea.
It was the standard for all companies around the world.
The CEO was the king, the executives were lords, the deputy-deputies were chief knights, the managers were knights, the assistant manager was a militia leader, and the employees were militiamen. Among them, the new employees were naturally the lowest.
Unless you are the son or daughter of the group owner or a relative, you can never escape this class structure.
A place where the moment you step out, your head is broken by someone swinging a mace.
First of all, you have to do as instructed from above.
A situation where they have to perform only as expected.
This is a situation where militia leaders must adjust their abilities to the point where they do not feel a sense of crisis.
Kim Cheol-soo soon erased the third item from his mind.
Deputy Lee Jun-hak will meet as the gunner.
He was thoroughly meritocratic.
I was excited to see him again in his younger days.
A person who once tormented me to the point where I wanted to kill him, but held my hand as I worked hard to get rid of him.
The person who kept the drinking party until the end.
The thankful person.
But Kim Cheol-soo shook his head again.
He was the only one who knew that, and Lee Jun-hak didn’t know.
If he showed too much outstanding ability, he might get kicked by Lee Jun-hak, who was running towards him while only looking upwards.
Moderately.
okay. Moderately.
The most difficult concept even though it is easy to talk about.
Moderately.
Kim Cheol-soo went into the building, visited all the accessible places, and captured the entire interior of the building in his mind.
There was a huge difference between the inside of the building 18 years later and now.
**
16 new employees who were assigned to the headquarters exchanged greetings in the building lobby.
Four of them were new employees hired through internships, and were selected by the human resources team as key talent and were given special management.
From the very beginning, virtually everything was unfavorable for public recruitment.
“You have been assigned to headquarters.”
Kim Cheol-soo saw Hwang Dae-hoon shaking hands with a friendly expression.
Kim Cheol-soo also smiled and shook hands.
“long time no see.”
It’s been a really long time. We were in the same group at the training center.
“That’s unexpected. I thought you were going to the countryside.”
An uncontrollable sneer appeared on the corner of Hwang Dae-hoon’s mouth, and Kim Cheol-soo caught it accurately.
“I’m a bit surprised too.”
“You are a lucky person.”
“I hope it continues to be like that in the future.”
“That’s how I can survive.”
Dae-Hoon Hwang used a fairly straightforward speaking style and was subtly showing off his superiority, and Cheol-Soo Kim calmly accepted it.
“Maybe so.”
“Okay then, excuse me.”
Dae-Hoon Hwang went to say hello to a new face, and Cheol-Soo Kim quietly looked at the new employees who were exchanging greetings.
If things go as they did in the past, there was only one member of this group who survived 12 years later.
Actually, it’s a bit hard to call it a motive.
Kim Cheol-soo looked at the place where the most new employees were concentrated.
Yumi Jang was hired through an internship.
An outstanding appearance that shines like a flower in full bloom.
The confidence with which she was greeted by the men surrounding her.
Although he was also a new employee who would decorate the first cover of the company magazine to be published next year…
There was something truly special about it.
Ko Dong-jin, assistant manager of the human resources team, called out to the new employees gathered in the lobby.
“Please gather all the 21st new employees. After a brief orientation, you will be moved to your assigned department.”
fantasy, modern,
