The Bottom of a Large Company Does a Good Job - Chapter 293



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Episode 293. The Real Prey (1)

The employees waited, half worried and half expectant, to see what would happen to the managers and team leaders who were fired.

As Chae Kyung-jun had expected, they each split up and went to see the president and vice president.

Since the president did not come to work, some of them broke into his house.

“Boss! I know you’re inside! Open the door!”

-Oh, well. I told you my husband isn’t here right now. He went fishing in the South Sea. You should call him, or he comes to my house all of a sudden.

The wife was alone in the house.

The wife, who had been warned by the boss in advance, didn’t even open the door.

All I could get was a half-hearted reply over the intercom.

The ones who were anxious were the people who went to see him.

“Madam, what should we do if you don’t answer our calls? Please speak to her. You know us well. I’m the one who came to greet you the other day.”

-How can I remember all that? I don’t know what my husband does. It’s no use doing this to me, so go talk to him. What kind of rude behavior is this?

It is true that he went there without any notice, so the manager and team leaders couldn’t say anything.

“Madam, we are in a hurry. Is there any way we can contact you?”

-Oh, I said I don’t know! If you keep doing this, I’ll call the police!

There was no way now.

The manager and team leader groaned and stepped back.

It seemed clear that the boss had abandoned them.

“Now the only person I can trust is the Vice President.”

“People who have been there will tell you well.”

Even as he said that, he couldn’t shake off the look of anxiety.

I knew it deep down.

The boss abandoned them.

In that case, there’s no use telling the vice president.

Because the vice president has no personnel authority in the company.

Anyway, the vice president will have to go to the president to discuss company matters and will eventually come back here.

To the house of the boss who wouldn’t even open the door.

“Then how about just going to your wife’s house?”

There was no one who didn’t know that the woman mentioned here was Jo Mi-hyeon.

The manager jumped up.

“Are you crazy? How can we go to him in person?”

In a word, they were low class.

He wasn’t the kind of person who could meet Jo Mi-hyeon directly and make suggestions.

If I had gone there in person, I could have really been kicked out by Jo Mi-hyeon who was upset.

The story eventually returned to its starting point without being able to do anything.

“Let’s go to the vice president. That’s the only way right now.”

In the end, only the vice president was on Bibil Hill.

Even the boss can’t leave his seat empty forever.

Someday I will go to work.

You just have to wait a few days.

During that time, you have to convince the vice president.

The group ran towards the car.

* * *

The boss came to work after a three-day vacation.

It was just as the manager thought.

I can’t put off going to work for days on end.

Especially in such a critical time, the shorter the vacation, the better, if only to keep the company in turmoil.

The three-day vacation was just an excuse.

An excuse to let Chae Kyung-jun run wild.

As soon as the president arrived at work, the vice president came running as if he was flying after hearing the news.

This was before the boss even turned on the computer.

“President Kim!”

The president clicked his tongue when he saw the vice president bursting through the door without even knocking.

It was heartbreaking to think that someone who only went to work once a week had been at the office for the past few days.

In fact, from the president’s perspective, the biggest rival is the vice president.

This is because the real power in the company is held by the president, and the faction’s connections are held by the vice president.

Even if you are higher in rank, human greed is endless.

Besides, I felt sorry for the vice president who, unlike me who worked hard, did not even show up to work and just sucked up to me through connections.

‘Yeah, it was a good thing I kicked him out. The vice president needs to feel a sense of crisis too.’

It was something that had already happened, and it was close to self-rationalization, but the president decided to take this opportunity to reduce the vice president’s power.

It had been decades since Taesung Construction was established, and the peace had been too long.

If it’s this stable, wouldn’t there be no need for a vice president?

The president made up his mind.

Although it was Chae Kyung-jun who fanned the flames, it was the president who decided to fan the flames.

“Vice President, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen you. It’s been so hard to see your face. I bet your employees will forget you’re even there.”

The president leisurely took off his thin coat and hung it on a hanger.

The vice president’s face hardened because it was obvious to anyone that he was being sarcastic.

It wasn’t something to get angry about simply feeling bad.

The reason the president came out like this was because his intentions were clear.

‘I guess I should prepare myself too.’

The vice president poured water into a pot on a small table and prepared two teacups without the owner’s permission.

Just like back in the old days, when we would often meet in the CEO’s office before the Vice President left the company.

When I kicked the door open and came in, I thought about yelling at the boss for being crazy, but I changed my attitude after seeing his calm face.

You can’t do it by forcing it.

That’s the look on someone’s face when he decides to fight.

“I think this story will be long, but it’s been a while since I’ve had it. I don’t know what it tastes like.”

He looked so gentlemanly that it made me doubt if he was the same vice president as before.

The vice president served us tea at an appropriate temperature, and the president drank it with familiarity.

A faint scent of tea spread throughout the president’s office.

At the same time, tension between the two began to spread.

It was the vice president who opened the door.

“It reminds me of the old days. Back then, I also paid a lot of attention to the company.”

If we were to interpret it, it would mean, ‘Isn’t the company under your jurisdiction right now? Why is the company so noisy? It’s your responsibility.’

The boss accepted it gently.

“That’s why you’re trying so hard to make me not worry. Why did you come all the way to the company instead of just going fishing or something?”

Okay, company work is my work.

Just forget about it and go fishing.

“Haha, I’m the vice president, but I feel like I’m neglecting my work. Otherwise, why would there be so much noise?”

The company is so noisy that I can’t go fishing.

It’s your responsibility, so either explain or fix it.

“How can the company just quietly operate when there is so much to do? There’s been a big incident in the construction industry recently. It’s just a little noisy. It’ll calm down soon.”

What are you pretending to know when you don’t even do the work?

Do you know that the construction industry is in chaos?

If you know, keep quiet. If you don’t, keep quiet.

Sparks flew between the two.

It was quite intense for a casual exchange, but the two of them didn’t even bat an eye.

If he had been that shaken up, he would not have been able to rise to the position of president or vice president.

In fact, there was no damage to either of them.

The vice president said, savoring the scent of the tea.

It wasn’t just pretending to be relaxed, it was real relaxation.

“As far as I know, I don’t think it’s because of that. It seems like a rolling stone can cause quite a commotion.”

If a rolling stone, that is, someone from outside Taesung Construction, was muddying the waters of the company, then the president’s failure to crack down on it was the fault of the company.

We have entered into a full-scale process of holding people accountable.

The boss accepted it nonchalantly.

“Even if it rolls all the way to my house, once it’s in my hands, it’s mine.”

The vice president’s eyes lit up.

I thought I had misspoke.

“Oh, then I guess I can assume that you moved under the boss’s orders?”

Did you cut off our faction?

Cut your own person?

That was the kind of questioning.

The boss chuckled.

“As expected, the vice president doesn’t come to work, so he doesn’t know much about the company’s internal affairs. He’s not the kind of person I can give orders to.”

“You said it was a TF team directly under the CEO’s office? What is the purpose of the TF team? Isn’t it a team that is supposed to do whatever the CEO tells them to do, regardless of their department? And now you’re saying it wasn’t an order? Isn’t that evading responsibility? That guy must have done it because he was told to, so isn’t it pitiful to cut him off like this?”

The vice president spoke in a hurried manner.

It was clear that this was what he had wanted to say.

In fact, the TF team was under the president’s office and was under the president’s jurisdiction.

On the surface, that is what it seems.

“Phew, are you going to cut me? I’m Team Leader Chae? Vice President, you really talk funny. I’m glad I don’t get cut.”

But the president’s reaction was different from what was expected.

I didn’t come here naked as a vice president.

During the past few days while waiting for the president, I heard rumors about Chae Kyung-jun from the managers and team leaders who came to see me.

And made an evaluation.

An unruly, crazy guy. A guy who runs wild because he believes in his support.

I admit that my head is spinning a little.

But that was it.

People at that age are naturally full of energy.

Before my head hardens, I come up with outrageous ideas.

It just has the power to act and has destructive power because it has a backing.

Plus, I was lucky and things worked out well.

The vice president, who had never met him in person, thought that the rumors about Chae Kyung-jun were overrated.

He is a vice president who has met many different types of people.

That new team leader isn’t much different.

So, this time, it is the president’s influence.

“Boss, don’t you feel guilty about leaving all the work to a mere team leader?”

The vice president showed his displeasure openly.

I would have felt less bad if the boss had revealed his true feelings.

But the president’s words now were no different from passing the responsibility to a powerless team leader.

How could the boss have become so useless while I was away?

There is no business that can stand against time.

That’s when I was thinking that.

The boss still couldn’t hold back his laughter and chuckled.

“Phew, no. I understand. You might think so. Since we can’t convince the Vice President, let’s just say it’s like that. What difference does it make?”

“Now you admit it. It’s different. It’s really different. Who in the world would stab themselves in the back? Those people are our people. They’re the stones that we have to carry. Do you think it’s right for a rolling stone to remove the stone that’s stuck in there?”

“It’s a mossy stone.”

It was just one sentence, but the vice president realized what the president was thinking.

The vice president clicked his tongue.

“Did you leave it there without knowing that it was useless? Because it’s there, other stones can also do their job. What would other people think if you cut it out?”

“I will be alert. The situation has changed. I will have to act usefully.”

The boss’s attitude was tough.

The vice president realized that it would not be easy to persuade him.

“Sir, think about it again. What would your wife say if she found out?”

“My decision remains unchanged. The company is entirely under my authority. It is not the Vice President’s place to interfere.”

“Are you serious? The reason I haven’t interfered in the company’s work all this time is not because I am lacking. It’s because I am considerate of the CEO.”

“Then go to work.”

There is no communication.

The vice president made a final attempt at negotiation.

“Then let’s save 5 out of 10. If we cut half of them, wouldn’t it be a justification and achievement for the CEO and the TF team?”

Of course, the ones who are saved are those belonging to the faction.

It was not a matter of faction or incompetence.

“No. I’ll cut them all. I have to show an example.”

To be precise, it was to reduce the power of the vice president.

Even if a purge occurs within the faction, there will be unrest, and the position of the vice president in charge of connections will be shaken.

The vice president was frustrated, but there was nothing he could do.

It was a mistake to leave all the work within the company to the president.

“Okay. Then I’ll go to work and do my work. It seems like the boss has a lot of work to do, so I’ll have to share it with him.”

“As you like.”

The tea party ended with both sides declaring war on each other.

The vice president, who walked out of the president’s office slamming the door, thought that he had been too lenient with the president.

He only agreed to serve as a channel of communication with the outside world.

I am definitely not the vice president because I was pushed out by the president.

That means I made a concession.

‘Let’s give this a try.’

It must have been so peaceful all this time.

The vice president decided to intervene in the company’s affairs.

It was the moment when the relationship between the two began to seriously diverge.

And the person who actually created the gap was crouching quietly.

“The vice president has arrived at work.”

“It was hard to investigate, but it turned out well. Let’s monitor everything the Vice President touches. Anything he touches in this situation will definitely be related to his own interests.”

The TF team was quietly approaching their ultimate goal, the real prey they were after.