Whenever Byeong-Hoon Shin takes up a new position at a new company, he searches through personnel records and evaluation forms to find out about the company’s connections.
If you find ‘Willy’ who is close to the hub in the company’s human network and target him, you will be able to take control of the organization very quickly.
However, although these willies are visible on the outside, such as Manager Park Jun-hyung, there are also people who exert tremendous influence without revealing it.
Shin Byeong-hun held several personnel records in his hands.
Among them, about three seemed the most excellent to take on the new project.
– Deputy Director Ahn Jeong-gyu.
Although he had outstanding performance since he was a new employee, the timing of his promotion was strangely not proportional to his performance.
Rather, Park Jun-hyung, whose performance is incomparable to Ahn Jung-gyu, was successful on the same team.
This means that Park Jun-hyung was overwhelmingly better at internal politics than Ahn Jung-gyu.
If this had been the case, Ahn Jeong-gyu, who was at a disadvantage, would have quit the company or changed jobs, but he was consistently posting high performance in the same position.
It was one of two things.
Either they are completely stupid in this regard, or they are sharpening their knives inside.
A person who is perfect as a team leader but must be identified.
Another thing is,
– Assistant Manager Lee Jun-hak.
There was not a single negative evaluation.
Team evaluation, HR team evaluation, Business Ethics Office evaluation, and Secretariat evaluation.
Recently, he showed the best performance in the sales department and was promoted two years faster than his peers.
When you do well like this, there are bound to be people who are jealous, so there are bound to be bad reviews, but Lee Jun-hak had none of them.
Moreover, the name Lee Jun-hak was not mentioned at all in the stories I heard secretly over the past few days.
A true, invisible Willy with excellent in-house political skills and abilities.
A person necessary for smooth internal communication.
The last one is,
– Kim Cheol-soo.
A mysterious new employee whose personnel records do not match what he has shown so far.
“Well, there are three of us on one team.”
Shin Byeong-hun, who was sitting at his desk lost in thought, looked up when he heard his secretary knock.
“Executive Director Youngjun Choi came to visit.”
“Ask them to come in.”
Soon Executive Director Choi Young-jun came in and bowed politely towards Shin Byeong-hun.
“How are you? Vice President.”
He was a man without the arrogance of a chaebol child, but he never revealed what he was thinking.
“It’s been a while, Executive Director Choi.”
“I’ve been on a short business trip for work, so I’m finally getting to say hello.”
The two exchanged a quick greeting and sat down on the sofa.
“Did your business trip go well?”
“Yes. Thanks to the excellent attendants, we didn’t have much trouble.”
“You always speak humbly.”
Choi Young-jun smiled and responded to Shin Byeong-hun’s words.
“Because that’s true. I’ve only been here for three years, and I’m no better than the employees who have been working hard for dozens of years. All I do is listen intently to what they say.”
Although Choi Young-jun did not stand out compared to other self-righteous successors, he had many advantages that Shin Byeong-hun liked.
“I also need to learn from Executive Director Choi in that regard.”
“Hasn’t the Vice President already been good at it for a long time? In fact, I learned it from him.”
“Haha. Did you?”
Choi Young-jun looked at the documents that covered Shin Byeong-hun’s desk.
“As soon as you arrive, you first look at the personnel records.”
“It’s an old habit.”
“So, have you found a Willie you like?”
“Hahaha. I remember. I found a few people, but surprisingly, they are all gathered in one team.”
“That’s a strange thing. I came here and found two Willies, but they were on different teams.”
Shin Byeong-hun burst out laughing at those words.
“So, did you catch them both?”
“Unfortunately, we only caught one person.”
“How is it that we caught at least one person? I was already curious, but it worked out well. Do you know Deputy Director An Jeong-gyu well?”
Youngjun Choi said with a smile.
“I know. This is Willie, who I captured. He is a very capable and political person.”
‘I was sharpening my knife. I’m sure I’m at odds with Manager Park Joon-hyung.’
“Ah, it’s a shame that Executive Director Choi caught it.”
When Shin Byeong-hun let out an exclamation, Choi Young-jun smiled and shook his head.
“No. You said we were on the same team earlier, right? Team leader Ahn Jung-gyu, assistant manager Lee Jun-hak, and employee Kim Cheol-soo. Isn’t this the Willie the vice president wants to catch?”
“ha ha ha.”
Shin Byeong-hun was slightly surprised by Choi Young-jun, who looked into his inner thoughts.
‘You’ve grown.’
Youngjun Choi said with a smile.
“Vice President. How about joining hands with me? I think I can give you at least two people.”
Shin Byeong-hun burst out laughing at those words and continued.
“I don’t know why I would hold Executive Director Choi’s outstretched hand.”
“As expected, you don’t get over it all at once.”
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“Are you planning on entering the successor war?”
“Yes. I also want to have a dream.”
“Why do you suddenly want to wear clothes that don’t fit you?”
“Does that have to be a reason?”
Shin Byeong-hun saw Choi Young-jun asking a question with calm eyes without trembling.
‘I’m serious.’
“Did you tell your brothers?”
Choi Youngjun smiled at those words.
“I won’t do such foolish things. Since I don’t have any strength, I will have to raise it secretly.”
“Well, Director Choi doesn’t have anything right now.”
“So I’m going to have it from now on.”
Shin Byeong-hun, who had been staring at Choi Young-jun for a moment, got up from the sofa and headed to the window.
“Why is it falling?”
“First, I have to become the president of Hanyoung Corporation. If the vice president can help me, I can somehow try to get along with President Yoo Ji-hoon.”
“If I lose that fight, I don’t know about Director Choi, but I will have to take off my clothes.”
Choi Youngjun stood up at those words.
“I learned a lot when I worked under the vice president at a former construction company. I really liked how he didn’t give up and kept pushing forward even when he saw a cliff in front of him. And I guess I forgot that time passed like this.”
It’s the past.
There was a time when I lived like that.
A time when I worked hard to get the job done at all costs.
Shin Byeong-hun thought as he watched Choi Young-jun turn around and walk away.
‘You’ve become quite dignified.’
At that time, did Choi Youngjun also see something like that behind him?
“Director Choi.”
Youngjun Choi stopped walking.
“I will neither refuse nor accept. However, can you lend me the Willies? They are essential for the success of this project.”
Youngjun Choi turned around.
Neither refusing nor accepting means that you will wait and see.
Is this a man worth entrusting his life to?
“of course.”
Then he bowed deeply.
Choi Young-jun was scolded by Chairman Choi Kyung-hoon for always bowing down to people.
But Shin Byeong-hun knew that this was his method.
Choi Youngjun was a man who competed with softness, not charisma.
**
In Greek mythology, there is a story about Sisyphus.
Albert Camus wrote the myth of Sisyphus based on this, and André Mauroy, a great literary figure, said this.
The gods thought there was no punishment more severe than meaningless, hopeless labor.
Lee Jeong-seok, who was busy doing all the meaningless chores that came pouring down, imagined Sisyphus holding on to a huge stone on a steep cliff.
The moment you lose strength, you will be crushed by a stone and die, so you have no choice but to keep holding on.
Is there any bond more terrible than endless, meaningless labor?
Then, I turned my eyes to see Kim Cheol-soo talking on the phone across from me, typing on the keyboard with one hand and taking notes with the other.
“Yes, Deputy Gong. Then, please contact me when the shipment date is decided. Yes, thank you.”
As soon as Kim Cheol-soo finished his memo, Lee Jun-hak, who was next to him, gave him two files and said,
“Cheolsu, please complete the financial analysis sheet.”
“Yes, Assistant Manager Lee.”
“I also checked Manager Pyo’s data for typos.”
“Don’t worry.”
Kim Cheol-soo took it and put it on the desk when he made eye contact with Lee Jeong-seok, who was looking at him blankly.
Lee Jeong-seok quickly lowered his head, and Kim Cheol-soo tilted his head and noticed something.
‘You can see my computer screen from that location, right?’
Kim Cheol-soo spoke to Assistant Manager Lee Jun-hak.
“Can I have a cup of coffee for a moment?”
“Go and come.”
After getting permission from Assistant Manager Lee Jun-hak, Kim Cheol-soo stood up and knocked on the front of Lee Jeong-seok’s partition.
“Mr. Jeongseok, would you like to have some coffee for a moment?”
“Fine…”
Assistant Manager Shin Dong-hyeon said while twirling a ballpoint pen in his hand.
“Mr. Jeongseok, come back. Mr. Cheolsu. Please comfort our Jeongseok. He seems half out of his mind these days.”
“Yes, Assistant Manager Shin.”
“Yes. I only trust Cheolsu. Whenever I have time, I will teach him how to do well at work.”
“I understand. That’s what motivation is.”
“As expected, you’re reliable. How about joining our team next time?”
Then Lee Jun-hak glared at Assistant Manager Shin Dong-hyeon with a scary look.
“This is going to kill me.”
“Ahaha. No. Why are you being so scary?”
When Kim Cheol-soo and Lee Jeong-seok went outside, Lee Jun-hak relaxed his expression and pretended to drink coffee, and Shin Dong-hyun also nodded.
I have a story to tell
Lee Jeong-seok.
It was a presence that Kim Cheol-soo barely remembered.
All I can say is that I quit the company after less than a year.
Although he appeared at class meetings, he was a person who didn’t say much.
Should I say I am an introvert?
“You don’t like coffee, do you?”
“yes.”
Before Lee Jeong-seok could answer, two Cokes fell out of the vending machine.
“How do you like cola?”
“When I was cleaning the office in the morning, I saw that Team 4 had a lot of Coke cans. It’s not something other people like.”
“Ah. When I clean in the morning?”
“Yes. I come to work every day at 7 o’clock. The ladies are cleaning around that time.”
“ah…”
Lee Jeong-seok looked at Kim Cheol-soo with a slightly surprised look when he heard that he would come to work every day at 7 o’clock.
Kim Cheol-soo said as if he didn’t care about those looks as he opened the cap of his coke.
“It’s hard, isn’t it?”
“Huh? Ah.”
Lee Jeong-seok took a sip of cola and sighed briefly.
He was an introverted person and quite passive in his reactions.
I’m not the right person to apply to the sales team.
Kim Cheol-su drank cola while staring at the sky without saying anything, and then opened his mouth.
“How about Sales Team 4?”
Lee Jeong-seok smiled bitterly at those words.
“I didn’t want to join the sales team. I felt like it didn’t really fit my personality.”
“But why in the sales team?”
“Probably the company decided. I speak three languages.”
“Ah! You’re elite.”
“Even so, I’m a useless person. I’m just finished.”
Lee Jeong-seok held his head with both hands and shook his head.
Kim Cheol-soo could not help but have doubts.
‘I wouldn’t use the expression that I’m done with not being able to work, but is there something there?’
Since Lee Jeong-seok’s computer screen was visible from his seat, I tried to confirm whether it was Lee Jeong-seok who reported the fact that the chairman’s information was stored on the computer to the ethics management team.
But he seemed to be shaken by something completely different.
“Are you having a hard time?”
Lee Jeong-seok was worried about whether to say something or not.
“That’s what motivation is, isn’t it? When something is difficult, we talk about it and exchange comfort.”
As Kim Cheol-soo slowly opened his mouth, Lee Jeong-seok nodded and opened his mouth.
“Cheolsu is good at his job and has a good social life, so he might know the answer.”
Lee Jeong-seok paused for a while and then spoke.
“What should I do if I found out about my boss’s corruption?”
New employees with no experience will spit out all kinds of information if you push them lightly.
Kim Cheol-soo remembered a memory from Lee Jeong-seok’s words.
Although the sales team department was completely changed due to the reorganization, quite a few people took off after a corruption incident broke out.
And the main axis of the corruption was a member of the previous sales team of 4.
“Oh, that’s not what I’m talking about…”
Lee Jeong-seok sighed as if he had said it for no reason, but his expression looked much more relaxed than before.
“Does your boss know? Does Jeongseok know?”
“Maybe… you don’t know.”
“Then are you sure it’s corruption?”
“I think so, but I don’t know what to do. If I bring this up, I’ll be a whistleblower, and I don’t think I can keep quiet. My mind is just a mess.”
‘Ah, this is why Lee Jeong-seok left the company early. Seeing as how he’s afraid of whistle-blowing, I don’t think he’s the one who stabbed me in the ethics management office.’
I know how to speak three languages.
I don’t think he’s a person worthy of being ambitious if he’s stumbling over something like this.
I think it could be very useful if you keep it next to you.
Kim Cheol-soo drank cola and gathered his thoughts.
“It’s a difficult situation.”
“Is that so? What should I do?”
“If you make this matter public, you will be labeled as a whistleblower and your life at work will become very difficult.”
At those words, Lee Jeong-seok lowered his head and sighed.
“It’s best to just bury it.”
Lee Jeong-seok shook his head at Kim Cheol-soo’s words.
“He won’t leave my head. That’s why I can’t focus on anything. Every time I see that person, my heart starts pounding and I feel intimidated without even realizing it. The answer would be to just quit my job, right?”
He was a typical model student who would become tasty prey for seasoned wolves when he came out into society.
These friends do not have the ability to think on their own and resolve conflicts, but if they are given advice, they execute it quite accurately.
It’s like learning from a teacher and taking a test.
Kim Cheol-soo drew a line like that and opened his mouth.
“If you run away like that, it will be the same no matter where you go. That happens all the time where people live.”
“Whew.”
“I think I could give you some coaching.”
Sure enough, Lee Jeong-seok’s eyes became alive.
“Uh. Is that okay? If it’s Mr. Kim Cheol-soo. I’m also a classmate.”
“Is this something only we two know?”
At Kim Cheol-soo’s words, Lee Jeong-seok lifted his head.
“yes.”
“And you don’t have to tell me who did the wrongdoing. I’m just giving you advice.”
Lee Jeong-seok was relieved to hear that there was no need to say who it was.
“all right.”
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