Kim Cheol-soo, who left the office in the evening and headed to the Blue House, greeted Choi Hye-na first, whose mood had completely changed.
“What happened?”
Choi Hye-na answered while enduring the discomfort caused by the suit clinging to her body.
“How do you feel? Does it look good on you?”
I usually dressed in a free-spirited bohemian style, but wearing a tight-fitting suit felt awkward and my movements seemed uncomfortable.
Especially the hair style full of decadence…
Kim Cheol-soo knew that when women suddenly changed their mood, it was when something big happened.
I remembered rejecting her proposal yesterday.
‘It couldn’t be because of me, right?’
“The boss looks good in anything he wears.”
Choi Hye-na grinned at those words.
“Actually, I used to wear it like this at one time. I just changed it once and it’s okay, right?”
“Yes. It’s really good.”
As Kim Cheol-soo nodded and smiled, a corner of Choi Hye-na’s heart felt warm.
‘As expected, I liked this style. While talking. It’s been a while since I laughed. this person.’
Choi Hye-na was satisfied with this level of conversation.
Having a goalkeeper doesn’t mean she can’t score goals, but her pride never allowed her to cling to someone who had a girlfriend.
And he promised himself that one day, he would make Kim Cheol-soo confess that he likes him.
“But you look a little uncomfortable.”
“It’s because I’ve been wearing comfortable clothes and then wearing something like this. I need to get used to it.”
“okay.”
Kim Cheol-soo sighed lightly inwardly.
It didn’t seem to be because of what happened yesterday.
Is this like a light deviation?
“Sit down. I’ll fix your hair. There’s bellflower tea in the thermos in front of you. They say it’s good for protecting your neck.”
“Oh, thank you.”
**
Sunday evening.
Junhak Lee quickly handled calls from business partners and buyers and approached Hyeyoung Jang, who was buying popcorn.
My father-in-law and wife came and took care of Ji-hoon, and Jun-hak Lee decided to watch a movie with his wife for the first time in a long time.
“That phone works hard without stopping.”
“Well, that’s right.”
“If it rings during a movie screening, I have to go out again, right?”
“Knowing very well.”
After receiving the popcorn handed to her by Lee Jun-hak, Jang Hye-young paid the bill.
“Are you sure you can be an expatriate this time?”
“maybe.”
“Our Jihoon should work hard to teach English.”
“He’s bad at Korean, so what kind of English?”
“My brother is also good at English, which is why he survived the foreign exchange crisis at the company. The world Jihoon will live in in the future will be harsher than now. So, at least his English needs to be at the level of a native speaker.”
Contrary to initial concerns, thanks to Kim Cheol-soo, who works hard like crazy, there was no more yelling at work, and he was able to treat his wife and Ji-hoon more gently at home.
Since Kim Cheol-soo, who came to the office without a weekend, took care of most of the team work, Lee Jun-hak, who had free time on the weekends, realized how precious the time he spent with his family was.
Then, Lee Jun-hak, who remembered the topic of the wild goose father that the guy brought up, answered.
“Let’s go out together and come back together.”
At Lee Jun-hak’s words, Jang Hye-young opened her eyes wide as if wondering what he meant.
“Can’t I just continue as an expatriate?”
“According to the company’s internal rules, I cannot stay for more than 3 years.”
In fact, it is possible for up to 5 years, but if you move away from the main stage, it becomes unclear whether you will rise to the level of president.
I planned to work as an expatriate for a short period of time and use the connections I made there to run big businesses and quickly rise to executive level.
“Three years is short. Jihoon will be 7 years old. I heard that if you go to a place like an international school, you can systematically educate your child. Can’t just my brother go in when the expatriate is over? I will stay there and take care of Jihoon’s education. Jihoon’s life I think that would be best for you as well.”
“Hyeyoung. Our life doesn’t mean we only care about Jihoon, right? If we both live together, we have more money to spend, and no matter how much we earn, it can be difficult to prepare for retirement.”
“So you’re saying Jihoon is going to give up his education?”
“You can do as much as you want in Korea, right? I also never went abroad before entering university. But I can still do this much, right?”
“It’s because you don’t know. That’s only possible in our generation. These days, everyone sends people abroad to study. And I know these things better than my brother, who is always tied up at the company. Don’t you?”
Jang Hye-young started to complain in a cute way, and Lee Jun-hak, who loves her so much, couldn’t refute it and just burst into laughter.
“Let’s think about it slowly for now.”
Jang Hye-young seemed to have received a satisfactory answer as she wrapped Lee Jun-hak’s arms around her and brought her hips close.
I don’t know how much I flew and crawled at the company.
At home, she was Xuanzang, Lee Jun-hak was Son Wukong.
**
There were two angel managers in the sales office.
One is Team 5’s Manager Pyo Il-soo.
Another person is Manager Cha Sang-hyeon of Team 4.
But today, a double sound came out of the angel manager’s mouth.
“Hey! Assistant Manager Shin! What’s wrong with you today? Why hasn’t what we talked about in the morning been processed? Are you crazy?”
Shin Dong-hyun was a bit sly, but he did a good job of getting things done, but for the past few days, he had been bothering Lee Jeong-seok for the wrong things, unlike usual, and now he wasn’t even doing the work he asked for in the morning. Most of the time I was in a daze, as if I had lost my mind as to what had happened.
“Oh, I’m sorry, Chief. I’ll take care of it quickly.”
“f*ck. What’s wrong with you these days? Follow me.”
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When Cha Sang-hyun spoke harshly and went out, Shin Dong-hyun lowered his head and followed behind.
Cha Sang-hyeon went to a corner of the Sky Garden, took out a cigarette, took a bite, and handed one to Shin Dong-hyeon. Shin Dong-hyun hesitated before accepting the cigarette.
“What? What’s going on?”
Cha Sang-hyun was not unaware that Shin Dong-hyun’s attitude toward Lee Jeong-seok had completely changed since the day of the first half performance presentation.
I thought it was a war of nerves between the gunner and assistant gunner, but Shin Dong-hyun’s appearance today went beyond that level.
As Shin Dong-hyun took a deep drag on his cigarette, he felt his anxious feelings subside slightly.
Cha Sang-hyun, who thought that Shin Dong-hyun, who had been refusing to quit smoking, looked like Manager Song, who took off his clothes due to corruption, looked like he was smoking a cigarette, his eyes changed to worried.
“What’s wrong with you?”
When Manager Cha asked for information, Shin Dong-hyun looked at him for a long time.
It was only three days, but it felt like three years.
Lee Jeong-seok was adamant that he could not withdraw his position until the end, and Shin Dong-hyun thought that he could no longer hold out because he was mentally in tatters.
‘If it’s Manager Cha….’
Shin Dong-hyun nodded his head heavily.
“I’m in big trouble.”
“what’s the matter?”
“I took over Manager Song’s job…”
Shin Dong-hyun told what had happened, and Cha Sang-hyun sighed deeply and smoked a cigarette.
“So you’re going to carry everything with you?”
“I don’t know. I can hold on for now…or I can take responsibility…”
The six years of company life with Shin Dong-hyun flashed through Cha Sang-hyun’s mind like a flash.
“You… idiot.”
At Cha Sang-hyun’s words, Shin Dong-hyun lowered his head and exhaled a little smoke.
“Donghyun.”
“Yes, Chief.”
“If you leave it like this, your successor will also go through the same thing. And what happened to Manager Song?”
“I know very well.”
“But why do you want to do the same?”
“…..”
“This time, finish this in your own hands.”
Shin Dong-hyun raised his head, not knowing exactly what Cha Sang-hyun was trying to say.
Cha Sang-hyun looked into Shin Dong-hyun’s eyes for a while, sucked hard on his cigarette, and then opened his mouth.
“They are telling you to kill Executive Director Jeong Se-yang with your own hands.”
Shin Dong-hyun opened his eyes wide and looked at Cha Sang-hyun.
“that is······.”
“Go directly to the ethics management office and voluntarily report it. You know what kind of person Team Leader Bae is, right? If Jeongseok reports tomorrow, he is the person who will run to the ethics management office anyway. A person who is not even willing to take responsibility for things that have nothing to do with him. That’s right.”
Shin Dong-hyun’s complexion turned dark.
“I’ll talk to Manager Pyo appropriately. So, go ahead and report it.”
“Chief Pyo?”
“There is such a thing. So, listen to me and take responsibility for this incident this time. You probably won’t be able to stay at the headquarters, but you will be able to stay at the company.”
“…..yes.”
Talking to the manager of another department meant that this incident would be brought to the forefront.
**
– A glass of cola?
The team atmosphere became extremely cold right after Cha Sang-hyun dragged Shin Dong-hyun away.
Lee Jeong-seok felt like he was suffocating at the thought that Assistant Manager Shin might have told his story to Manager Cha.
I opened an Excel file that I couldn’t even see and tapped on the keyboard without even realizing what I was typing. Then, I let out a short sigh as if my breath was being pierced by a message on my cell phone.
– yes.
– Let’s go out first.
Kim Cheol-soo grabbed his folder and stood up.
“I’m going to the general affairs department.”
“huh.”
Lee Jun-hak waved his hand as if to hurry up and come back.
A few minutes after Kim Cheol-soo went out, Lee Jeong-seok stood up.
“I’m going to go to the bathroom for a moment.”
Assistant Manager Shin Dong-hyeon did not react at all, and Manager Cha Sang-hyun nodded.
“Uh, come back.”
Lee Jun-hak, who was writing a reply email after checking the wheat shipment confirmation email from his local representative in Australia, opened his eyes and saw Lee Jeong-seok quietly leaving.
From two weeks ago, whenever Kim Cheol-soo left, Lee Jeong-seok followed suit.
Although it was a bit suspicious, Lee Jun-hak turned his gaze back to the monitor.
For Lee Jeong-seok, who is treated as an almost invisible person, Kim Cheol-soo, who is good at his work and has a good reputation, would be an motivator worth leaning on.
You want to depend on it.
Since you don’t have a good relationship with Sasu, you’ll want to get some advice.
And any organization had power if it had a lot of followers.
‘boy. You’re doing great. ‘Work life.’
Lee Jeong-seok, who escaped from the stuffy office, went up to the Sky Garden a month later.
When we went up to the Sky Garden, Kim Cheol-soo handed me a Coke.
“It’s hard, isn’t it?”
“I can’t say no.”
“It’s all there now.”
Lee Jeong-seok nodded at Kim Cheol-soo’s words and imagined Team Leader Bae coming tomorrow.
“Wouldn’t it be better to talk about it with the evidence recorded so far?”
Cheolsu Kim smiled faintly at those words and took a sip of the coffee he was holding in his hand.
I don’t know what he did with Manager Cha Sang-hyun, but Assistant Manager Shin Dong-hyun’s expression when he returned showed that the nervousness from a moment ago had disappeared.
“Do you know what the Kübler-Ross model is?”
At Kim Cheol-soo’s words, Lee Jeong-seok shook his head with an expression that said he was hearing this for the first time.
“It’s a model that explains the five stages of anger. At first, they deny the fact of corruption. Then, if they don’t understand, they threaten.”
Lee Jeong-seok nodded his head sharply, recalling what happened on Friday.
“And then I try to compromise.”
“That’s right. I kept asking you to turn a blind eye just once.”
“If that doesn’t work, I get anxious now. I can’t think of a solution and what to do.”
“ah.”
“Assistant Manager Shin, who just came into the office, looked very comfortable.”
“that is···?”
“It means I confided in Manager Cha. It is the final stage of anger, the stage of recognition.”
Lee Jeong-seok asked those words with worried eyes.
“Then maybe my story too?”
“I probably did it, but it won’t harm Mr. Jeongseok. I didn’t do anything bad and I didn’t report it, right?”
“Whew…”
Lee Jeong-seok sighed, rubbing his chest.
“And you don’t have to tell the team leader tomorrow.”
“yes?”
“Deputy Shin will turn himself in.”
Because it was laid out that way.
I think it would be better to cover it up.
Manager Pyo Il-soo, who enjoyed a delicious soft tofu stew for lunch, sat on a bench near the office with team leader Ahn Jung-gyu.
“What have you got to say?”
“Isn’t there Assistant Manager Shin Dong-hyun in Team 4?”
“huh.”
“It appears that Manager Song, who was fired due to corruption, was in charge of the project.”
Manager Song Ji-cheol.
It was also Ahn Jung-gyu’s motivation for joining the company.
“Wasn’t that the project that collapsed after Manager Song took full responsibility and was fired?”
“It seems like it didn’t collapse and just kept going. There seems to be a connected upper line.”
“How do you know that?”
Ahn Jeong-gyu rolled his eyes and looked at Manager Pyo.
“Manager Cha told me that Assistant Manager Shin is having a lot of trouble right now because of that.”
“Who is the superior?”
“My name is Jeong Se-yang, the executive director of the planning office.”
“what?”
“I’ve been thinking about it, and this seems like a very big deal.”
Certainly, Assistant Manager Shin’s voice has become louder in Team 4 since Friday.
The attitude of trying to prey on Lee Jeong-seok is also different from usual.
‘It means that a new member of Team 4 saw Assistant Manager Shin’s corruption. Given Team Leader Bae’s personality, it was obvious that if he found out about this, he would report it to the ethics management office. But, if it’s Executive Director Jeong, it’s President Yoo’s line.’
“Why are you telling me that?”
“Manager Cha asked me a favor. He said he wanted to save Deputy Shin.”
“If you took bribes, you should be punished.”
“Ah. Team leader, didn’t you hear? Assistant Manager Shin’s wife is giving birth in November.”
“What does that have to do with me?”
“Child, please help me.”
“No work.”
Ahn Jeong-gyu jumped up, and Pyo Il-soo stood up, clicking his tongue in bitterness.
‘I’m not the kind of person who will help you with recognition.’
But Ahn Jeong-gyu suddenly turned around and spoke to Pyo Il-soo.
“Are you in a relationship?”
Although Pyo Il-soo felt a pang inside, he made an expression as if he was saying something strange.
“What is that? It’s not.”
But Ahn Jeong-gyu sniffed and said.
“You don’t use perfume, do you?”
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