The Bottom of a Large Company Does a Good Job - Chapter 260



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Episode 260. Family Meeting (3)

My father went out without looking back.

Chae Kyung-jun looked at her back and sighed softly.

‘I didn’t mean to say that.’

Chae Kyung-jun also did not want to break down the wall between his family.

I thought there was a time and now is not that time.

Breaking down the wall meant that Chae Kyung-jun was revealing his goals and thoughts and opening up his family’s wounds.

Chae Kyung-jun was thinking of saying this right before he suddenly clashed with Mirae Group.

Because I thought that was the way to send my family forward.

‘But why did I say it?’

Maybe it’s because of pride.

Thanks to the achievements I’ve built up over time, I’ve gained confidence in my abilities.

Or maybe it’s because I’ve recently brushed up against the future.

Just thinking about the future group made me feel a whirlwind of anger, helplessness, and sadness.

I couldn’t bear to face my father in that state.

It’s true that I don’t blame my father.

But I was angry that he was just sitting there pretending to be innocent and not knowing after being treated like that.

‘I know the reason, though.’

Now Chae Kyung-jun also knows why his father does that.

If I don’t pretend to be innocent, if I don’t pretend not to know, my father will have to fight the Future Group.

Even if you throw an egg at a rock, you have to bite your ankle and hang on.

A father with a family to support has only one choice.

Making a fool of yourself.

Instead of going to his fellow executives to question them and ask for help, he chose to remain silent.

‘This doesn’t solve anything.’

The peace that had been maintained, even if only in lies, was broken.

Because listening to the truth doesn’t do anything.

From now on, it was Chae Kyung-jun’s job to do it.

Climb to the top of Taesung and fight against the future.

Chae Kyung-jun reached behind her and supported her upper body.

My mother was looking at me with a sad expression.

He is the one who expresses his emotions most purely in this family.

Chae Kyung-jun asked for no reason.

“why?”

My mother hesitated as if trying to say something, then sighed.

“Oh, what’s the point of saying that? I don’t think he’ll even listen to it.”

For a mother, her tone was quite harsh.

That meant the current situation was frustrating.

“No, why? If you say it like that, I’ll be curious.”

His mother let out a deep sigh and began to beat him.

-Thud, thud thud.

“Ah! Ouch! It hurts!”

“You deserve to get hit.”

“Ah, I knew I had to say that sometime!”

My mother stopped hitting me with her hand, without covering my back or my forearm.

She knew, as she talked to her son more often than her husband.

That my son is a little twisted.

After listening to the story today, I realized that it was more twisted than I thought.

“You could have spoken more politely! Why did you say such hurtful things?”

“No matter how I say it, you’ll get hurt. It’s better to be straightforward and say it. That way, unnecessary misunderstandings won’t arise.”

“Before any unnecessary misunderstandings arise, you idiot, you’ve got to get your heart set on fire!”

My mother moved her hand again, which had stopped.

There was a thud, thud sound from my back.

After hitting her a few more times, my mother finally put her hand down and took a deep breath.

“Isn’t your dream too big? What, fighting the future? Is that possible in your current situation?”

“At this rate, it’s definitely possible. I’m actually quite capable, you know?”

Chae Kyung-jun stuck out his chest.

-puck.

My mother’s hand flew in mercilessly.

Chae Kyung-jun shrank down with an “ugh” sound.

“I was wondering what you were doing so busy that you caused trouble. So you’re not thinking that things will go well in the future because things have gone well so far, are you?”

Mother narrowed her eyes.

“Of course not. If you take it that lightly, you’ll be finished right away.”

“Can you feel it when you go there?”

“Oh. It’s a really rough neighborhood.”

Mother looked at Chae Kyung-jun quietly.

Despite being said to be fierce, he was not intimidated.

Rather, I felt joy in his eyes.

“It looks fun.”

Chae Kyung-jun tilted his head.

Then, soon, his eyes became hard.

“Oh. It’s so interesting and fun to see people move just as I planned. People much older than me listen to me. They discuss important matters with me. I’m influencing the company’s decisions.”

Mother looked blankly and sighed.

“Your father was an executive, too. Do you know what I mean?”

“I know.”

My father was also an executive who made important decisions for the company.

But being abandoned only happens in an instant.

“Are you sure Taesung is good? Are you sure he’s different from Mirae?”

“No. The moment I have that kind of confidence, I’m finished. I’m always suspicious of the company.”

“But you still want to go the same way as your father?”

“It won’t be the same path. Because I will become an irreplaceable person.”

Mother sighed as if the ground was falling apart.

I don’t know how many times this has happened today.

“Everyone has a plan. And things don’t always go as planned.”

“I know I’m a frog in a well. Everything I’ve done so far has been supported by Taesung. And there was actually someone who took advantage of my plan.”

“How could someone who knows you well say something like that?”

“The one who used my plan is Mirae Group. How can I just sit still?”

The mother was momentarily speechless.

How did it get so entangled?

It was truly deplorable.

Mother looked away for a moment.

I could see cigarette smoke rising outside the bedroom window.

‘That gentleman told me not to smoke outside the window because the smell of cigarettes came in.’

But today I decided to forgive.

Because I’m sure he’s listening to our current conversation clearly.

Sometimes, there are conversations that can only be had if the father is not present.

“I won’t listen to you even if I try to stop you, so I’ll say whatever I want.”

“huh.”

“Don’t trust the company. You said it yourself, so I know that employees are just parts. They can be cut off at any time.”

“I know.”

“It’s not something that can be solved by being careful.”

“Yeah. So I have some insurance.”

“insurance?”

“I’ve got a pretty good line. No one can mess with me unless I disappoint them. And I’ve got someone else to help me out if something happens.”

If you cause an accident in Taesung and get kicked out, there is a high chance that you will end up going to Taesung Well-being.

And there is a implementation number there.

At least Gu Hyeon-su liked him enough to go out of his way to attend executive meetings to help him.

You might get one more chance.

“And most of all, my youngest daughter loves me.”

“Don’t ignore me just because I’m your subordinate… … What?”

The mother, who was continuing her request, flinched.

“What did you just say?”

“My youngest daughter likes me.”

“Which family’s youngest daughter?”

The mother asked with a skeptical look on her face.

Somehow I didn’t want to hear the answer.

“The chairman’s youngest daughter.”

“oh my!”

The mother, who was so shocked that she felt like she was going to fall over, barely came to her senses.

“I taught you wrong, I taught you wrong! Do you want to live so viciously that you can exploit people’s hearts like that?”

Chae Kyung-jun became serious.

“I’m not using you. We have a mutually beneficial relationship.”

“How can you help the youngest daughter of a conglomerate family! You’re telling me to believe that now… …!”

The cigarette smoke outside the window paused for a moment and then began to rise again in thick clouds.

He is smoking a cigarette.

“I’m the team leader and he’s an employee. He has a reputation, so he acts as a shield for our team, but he doesn’t use us for anything more than that. Rather, I’m the one telling him what to do.”

“How can you tell the daughter of a conglomerate about something you don’t know?”

“Their mother gave permission! Since they actually gave the order, I’m sure their father gave permission too.”

My mother grabbed the back of my neck.

“Is that their mom? Is that their dad? Are you talking to the department store president and the chairman right now?”

“huh!”

Should I be proud of my son who calls the family of the second largest conglomerate in the world “his parents” or should I scold him?

Mother became confused.

“If you didn’t want to leave it to me, you wouldn’t have allowed it. And you said you were going to learn the job and joined the company as a regular employee. Then you saw what I was doing and liked it, so you followed me.”

My mother barely managed to regain her senses as she was on the verge of fainting.

I felt like I was really going to fall behind if I didn’t say something now.

“Are you in your right mind? No matter how much a company calculates its profits and losses, it’s people who move it! Who would forgive someone who touches their own family?”

None other than the daughter of a conglomerate leader.

Even the youngest daughter.

I can’t imagine how much I’ll save.

Of course, it would be the best hand if they made it to the same side, but would the chairman and president not know their true intentions?

“That’s why I don’t have any malicious intentions. I’m just teaching you how to do your job.”

“Of course you shouldn’t have evil intentions, you crazy bastard!”

Eventually, the mother couldn’t stand it anymore and started swearing.

Chae Kyung-jun was still trembling.

“The chairman and the president must have had their own ideas, so they assigned me to them. I think they’re just using me, though.”

“That’s dangerous too!”

My mother’s face turned red with worry.

This was the third time I had heard cigarette smoke billowing outside the window.

“That’s why I have to keep proving my abilities. I can’t stop now.”

If even the chairman’s youngest daughter is involved, it may be more difficult to escape now.

The mother bit her lip, realizing that there was nothing she could do.

I can’t stop my son from making up his mind.

So what parents need to do is to believe in their children and support them.

But I just couldn’t feel at ease.

This was especially true because of what my husband had gone through in the past.

My mother believed in the theory of human nature being good rather than evil, but she could not believe it purely when it came to the company.

“Do you have a plan?”

“They say that even if a plan is perfect, it can go wrong. It just happens to work out in my favor at each time.”

Mother let out a sigh for what may have been the umpteenth time.

“Okay. I won’t stop you. But remember this. If it doesn’t work out, you can always run away. Mom doesn’t think you’ve lost just because you got out there. It’s better to survive somehow.”

Those words gave me more comfort than anything else.

And it was something I could say because I had experienced it once.

Chae Kyung-jun smiled faintly.

“Thank you. I knew Mom would understand.”

“I don’t understand. I’m just worried about you.”

“I’ll do my best. And if it doesn’t work out, I’ll run away. Okay?”

“Yeah, Inma.”

The two hats snickered.

Chae Kyung-jun glanced out the window.

Now the cigarette smoke stopped rising.

“Oh, I originally came here to discuss how to use the performance bonus today. But this is how things turned out.”

“What are you going to write about? You should save it. No, you can write about whatever you want. You worked hard to earn it, so you should decide.”

Chae Kyung-jun’s eyes sparkled at his mother’s words.

“Really? I can write wherever I want?”

“Okay. As long as it’s not gambling.”

It seemed like he was in a pretty good mood since he was even joking.

Chae Kyung-jun glanced at the closet.

To be exact, older clothes that would be in an old closet.

“Mom, let’s go buy a winter coat first. You always wear the same 20-year-old coat. While you’re at it, why don’t you buy some padding too? It’s been so cold this winter.”

“Why are you spending your hard-earned money on something like that? You might as well buy yourself some clothes.”

“Mom and Dad, let’s buy some clothes, and then add to the deposit and expand the house. That would be good.”

“Kyungjun, are you listening?”

The noise inside the noisy room could be heard outside the window.

The man, who had been smoking three cigarettes in a row, stubbed out the last one and put it in a portable ashtray.

He looked up at the sky for a moment, then closed his eyes tightly.

And then, with trembling hands, I held my cell phone tightly and started walking somewhere.

If noise inside the room can be heard outside, then noise outside can also be heard inside the room.

What he was about to say was something he didn’t want the two in the room to hear.

‘It’s been so long. I wonder if your number has changed.’

He wanted his son to take a different path from himself.

I wanted to tell him to quit the company right away.

But I heard what my son was thinking.

If I quit the company like this, I might have some peace, but my son will never be able to shake off the memory.

So my father made up his mind.

To face what we have been ignoring until now.

-Please contact me when you have time. If you still have any warmth left in me.

My father sent a text message to the number that was buried in a corner of my contacts.

The opponents are still people who worked with you.

These are the people who closed their eyes and turned away when they were being kicked out, but they couldn’t help it, so they left it alone.

It’s been a long time, so I don’t know if I’ll get a reply.

Contacting them may or may not help.

Still, I thought I had to do something.

I hope this will be of some help to my son.