The Bottom of a Large Company Does a Good Job - Chapter 274



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Episode 274. Bidding Competition (5)

The construction company’s explanation of the bidding conditions must have been completed.

As the young man stepped forward, those watching him looked puzzled.

‘What? Why is he coming out?’

‘You look like the youngest employee, but didn’t you finish explaining everything?’

If this had been an internal presentation meeting, it wouldn’t have seemed so strange.

It was natural for employees at lower levels to research and present data.

However, this was an important moment as each construction company was competing to obtain construction qualifications.

While each company sent out people at least at the manager level, it seemed strange that a young employee whose rank was unknown was coming forward.

The union members understood that the reason the headquarters directors and department heads came to this briefing session was to ensure the success of this bid.

So the reactions of each construction company were even more strange.

‘Why is everyone taking this for granted?’

Even if Taesung Construction, which is in the same company, has an ulterior motive, why are other companies just sitting still?

Moreover, if a competitor makes a mistake, it is not enough to find fault with them and criticize them.

While the union members were wondering, Tak Jae-min opened his eyes when the person in question appeared.

When I saw Chae Kyung-jun in the meeting room, I thought he would somehow restrain Mirae Construction.

But this timing was unexpected.

Of course, I thought Chae Kyung-jun would come out as an attacker when the future construction announcement was made.

I can’t just pass up this opportunity like this.

Tak Jae-min decided to use the pre-laid groundwork.

‘You have to cut it off right now.’

The head of Mirae Construction was sitting right next to me, but I didn’t have time to talk to him.

Tak Jae-min immediately raised the signal.

“Hasn’t Taesung Construction already finished presenting its conditions? What else is left? It’s unfair for one company to take up this much time. And isn’t it disrespectful to the people gathered here to have an unknown employee here?”

The logic itself was weak, but there was nothing I could do.

We mobilized the strategy room to investigate Chae Kyung-jun, but we were unable to obtain any damaging information.

The only things that were left to cling to were short years of service and rank.

What would an outsider who didn’t know his abilities think when he saw Tae-seong entrusting such an important matter to an employee with only one year of experience?

Unconventional, unsettling.

This was the image that Tak Jae-min was trying to give to Tae-seong.

“Right! Even if you ignore people, you still have a lot of money. Where did you get the chance to show off your skills?”

“Tae-sung, would you entrust such an important matter to a mere employee? A business worth hundreds of billions of won? Are you in your right mind?”

People who sympathized with him cried out everywhere.

They were people who had been recruited by Tak Jae-min in advance.

They didn’t even consider how things would turn out.

He was just acting as a zealous fan of Tak Jae-min’s opinions.

Thanks to this, public opinion began to tilt little by little.

However, there were some people who felt sorry.

These are the people I had a brief conversation with Chae Kyung-jun earlier.

“Egg, the young man is getting into trouble for no reason.”

“So don’t come out.”

“No, I could have just come out to explain, but why can’t you guys catch me and get so upset? Is this something adults should do in front of a much younger child?”

“Originally, when money is involved, nothing is visible.”

“Then I should listen to what you are saying even more. I think you came out to explain.”

“These people are saying that they don’t like it. Why is a worthless guy coming out to explain? The manager should do it himself. That’s it.”

“But isn’t that right? Of course, it’s something that subordinates can do, whether it’s reporting or explaining, but you have to distinguish between what you should and shouldn’t do.”

Chae Kyung-jun, the real culprit, did not step forward and think about cleaning up the situation, but just quietly watched them.

He didn’t open his mouth until the noisy people stopped talking and paid attention to him.

In some ways, it seemed like they were trying to single out some of these people.

Finally, when the room became quiet, he opened his mouth.

“I came out because I had something I really wanted to say.”

As soon as I uttered a word, a ghostly interruption came.

“You don’t need to hear it!”

It was a reckless sabotage without any particular logic.

Although some people frowned, Chae Kyung-jun looked at him straight in the eye and spoke.

“But before that, since you keep asking about my qualifications as an individual, I should probably just touch on that.”

“Do you think this is a school festival? Why are you talking so arrogantly about personal things? Get out of here!”

It was scary to see older people yelling.

But Chae Kyung-jun leisurely looked over them.

The windcatchers actually ground their teeth at the indifferent expression that said, “Where is that dog barking?”

This was because the elders who owned several buildings and even sat on the promotion committee had an arrogant attitude that was too much to bear.

“I’m being a little cocky, you know? Speaking my mind in front of these industry heavyweights and union members who hold important decision-making power.”

“This guy?”

Chae Kyung-jun had a smiling face, but behind him, he was observing the wind catchers with sharp eyes.

He provoked them as if he was testing something.

“But why am I acting like this without any resistance? Just because I’m an employee of Taesung Construction? Oh, that can’t be. Even if I just work at Mirae Construction, they’re running at me like they’re going to die.”

“That’s a bit harsh.”

As Tak Jae-min intervened, the wind catchers rushed in again like foaming at the mouth.

“Oh my, look at that talking example!”

“Where did you open your eyes wide and talk back to adults?”

It was more like a hearing room than an explanation room.

Tak Jae-min, who created that kind of atmosphere, smiled with satisfaction.

‘Even if you jump, you’re just a flea. This is the price you pay for fucking me.’

Tak Jae-min wanted to see Chae Kyung-jun suffer from the beginning.

If it could even lower the image of Taesung Construction, the amount of groundwork paid to the former promotion committee members was just a small sum.

‘You seem to have a bit of mental strength. Let’s see how long you can last.’

No one can keep their mind sane after being cursed at continuously.

Tak Jae-min created a stir by casually saying a few words.

The rest will be left to their own devices.

You just have to watch.

But then Chae Kyung-jun suddenly looked at Tak Jae-min and said.

“Hey, Director. Why do you pretend not to know me when you know me so well? You have a connection with me.”

“… … ?”

It was nonsense that even made Tak Jae-min flustered for a moment.

Although we were involved in an incident, we have no personal relationship.

If you call it fate, then the people in the same industry here can be called companions.

Of course, Tak Jae-min quickly recovered, saying, “He’s just kidding,” but the problem was the wind catchers.

Chae Kyung-jun took advantage of the moment when they paused in confusion and spoke in a rushed manner.

“In fact, if you didn’t like the fact that I came out like this, wouldn’t the other construction companies here have risen up? Like the person who came out as the representative of Mirae Construction. But why haven’t you said anything?”

“Well, what is that… … .”

“Of course, that’s because they know what kind of person I am.”

Chae Kyung-jun didn’t say anything like, “Why are you asking for qualifications here?”

That can be counterproductive, as it admits you are not qualified.

What Chae Kyung-jun is doing now is close to saying indirectly, ‘How great am I?’

“Let me introduce myself. I am Chae Kyung-jun, the team leader of the TF team under the direct control of the president’s office of Taesung Construction. I was in charge of the Taesung Department Store Yeouido branch project and was also the internal audit manager for Taesung Construction. I was also dispatched to help this bid succeed. In other words, my presence here means that Taesung Construction considers this project to be important.”

Tak Jae-min clicked his tongue in disbelief.

He didn’t even blink an eye and his face was covered in gold paint.

‘This is the correct method, but he’s really shameless.’

I also thought he was a smart guy.

Humility and self-abasement are useless virtues in such cases.

It’s time to show your worth.

In that sense, the words ‘directly under the president’s office’, ‘TF team’, and ‘team leader’ were quite attractive words.

“You’re directly under the president’s office?”

“The young guy was the team leader?”

“If it’s the TF team, it’s the solution team, isn’t it something like that?”

“It’s a team that is dispatched professionally when a problem arises.”

The tide is turning.

Tak Jae-min quickly broke the mood.

“Your title is quite flashy, but you’re too young for that. And aren’t you also young in years? It seems like Taesung gives the team leader position to just anyone.”

The wind catchers who received real-time guidance from Tak Jae-min started to run wild again.

“You’re just a team leader? I know who you are. You’re a high school graduate, right? You’re just a scarecrow that the company puts in there to show off!”

Tak Jae-min said exactly what he wanted.

I found out that Chae Kyung-jun was someone who reads newspapers with interest.

Even though it was almost a personal attack, Chae Kyung-jun laughed as if he found it funny.

“How much achievement do you think that high school graduate would have to make to become a team leader? For example, how about this? Would you believe me if the company decided to re-construct it based on my words?”

The stomach was rumbling.

“Re-construction… …?”

“That’s right. Now that I think about it, wasn’t there a fuss about Taesung Construction tearing down a perfectly good apartment and rebuilding it properly?”

“I heard there was a lot of backlash internally as well.”

Even though the internal affairs of the company were brought up and an argument broke out between Chae Kyung-jun and the union members, the manager of Taesung Construction did not intervene.

I just watched silently.

I guessed Chae Kyung-jun’s intentions, but I also trusted him.

‘Oh my, look at you thinking about it again. You’re just going to throw a bowl at me.’

As other construction company headquarters managers, including the vice president, watched silently, people began to accept it positively.

Because they are competitors.

If it was just groundless nonsense, other companies wouldn’t have stayed silent.

In reality, what Chae Kyung-jun said was true, but I also didn’t want to go against his wishes.

‘The boss strongly urged me to do so… ‘

He is a young man who is expected to have a smooth future, not to mention the fact that his youngest daughter, Chae In-ha, is by his side.

If you can definitely step on them now, it might be okay, but rather than turning them into enemies, it would be better to think about the future and plant a good image.

Chae Kyung-jun began to run wild with the tacit approval of his competitors.

“As you all know, re-construction is a huge burden on the company. To be honest, it almost shook the company. But I thought it was absolutely necessary. As the person said earlier, I am a high school graduate. I have lived in moldy basements and in buildings where bugs eat away at the wallpaper. I am not the only one who dreams of having a nice, sturdy house.”

Tak Jae-min noticed what Chae Kyung-jun was trying to say.

I quickly winked at the windcatchers, but they didn’t seem to understand my intentions right away.

No, they too were distracted by Chae Kyung-jun’s words.

“Of course, Taesung is not a company that can accept the stubbornness of a high school graduate. There were long internal meetings, presenting the reasons why redevelopment was necessary and possible conditions. This redevelopment is no different. Noryangjin is not my hometown, but my belief that a construction company should naturally build good houses remains unchanged.”

This is a person who insisted on reconstructing someone else’s apartment because it was slightly different from the blueprint.

There was sincerity in what that person said.

“Taesung Construction considers this Noryangjin redevelopment project important. I do too. Our company is a company that has the determination and execution power to even tear down a house that we are currently building because we don’t like it. What do you think it would be like if we decided to build it?”

The number of people who are interested has increased.

One of the wind catchers noticed Tak Jae-min’s angry expression and quickly found fault.

“So, what do you want me to do? No matter how you package it, in the end, you’re just asking me to pick Taesung?”

“Of course. I came here to promote our company, so of course I should ask you to pick Taesung.”

Chae Kyung-jun was confident.

“But I’m going to tell you something more realistic. Union members, forget everything I’ve told you so far.”

People were confused.

After promoting Taesung this much, you want me to forget about it all?

“You can look at the conditions presented by each construction company and choose the one that is most beneficial to you as a union member. I have no intention of interfering with your decision or pressuring you. I will not offer bribes or try to persuade you. Just think about one thing: your own benefit.”

It wasn’t something that could be forgotten even if you told yourself to forget it in the first place.

It’s just a step back to leave a more powerful image.

The name Taesung Construction will never be erased from their minds.

You could tell just by looking at the bewitched expressions on people’s faces.

The combination of his confidence that he would not do any follow-up work and his honesty captivated the audience.

Tak Jae-min frowned.

As expected, it is not easy to cut down if there is no clear gap.

“We at Taesung Construction will add sincerity to the conditions we offer. I am here to say this. Thank you all for listening.”

Applause broke out.

The first match was Tak Jae-min’s defeat.

But there was still a chance.

‘This is just a skirmish.’

The announcement of future construction still remains.

The real battle between Tak Jae-min and Chae Kyung-jun started from now on.