The Bottom of a Large Company Does a Good Job - Chapter 294



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Episode 294. The Real Prey (2)

Three weeks have passed.

By May, the weather was more like spring than summer.

To be exact, it was showing a crazy daily temperature difference, with cool mornings and evenings and temperatures reaching 25 degrees during the day.

People began to commute to work wearing thin clothing with outerwear over it.

A spring like summer has come to Taesung Construction as well.

“Oh my, it’s so hot. Spring seems to be disappearing.”

“Have you seen the forecast? It’s supposed to be 28 degrees next week.”

“Are you crazy?”

Before we knew it, the company had returned to its daily routine.

A hamster wheel-like routine where every day is repeated in an ordinary manner.

But in a corner of their minds, the events of three weeks ago still lingered.

“You said the last person resigned?”

It was a random remark, but everyone immediately knew who it was referring to.

It meant the last one of the ten people who were beaten by Chae Kyung-jun.

The first week that the TF team turned the entire company upside down was like a whirlwind.

No matter how big the company is, it still has 10 departments.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that almost all headquarters and departments were turned upside down.

And they are not just general employees, but managers and team leaders.

In an instant, 10 mid-level managers were cut.

But people’s reactions varied.

The executives and managers were perplexed, and the employees were in a celebratory mood.

Some people said they felt relieved that the parasites were finally gone.

The ten people who were furred didn’t stay still either.

Rumor has it that everyone who was associated with Taesung Construction, from the president to vice presidents, executives, and directors, received a visit from them.

But there was no way to overcome the president’s strong will.

Those 10 people had something in common.

-You don’t need one.

The same thing applied to those ten people.

They were not essential to the company.

He only took their salaries and harassed his subordinates.

They had nothing but connections, and when that connection was cut off, they were left with nothing they could do.

They were the ones who were ‘dispensable’.

When they realized that there was no way out, they started to resign one by one.

Even if I hold out in my current situation of standby, it’s obvious that I’ll be demoted.

For example, organizing a warehouse, or even moving to a third-tier affiliate like Taesung Well-being.

As a manager or team leader, you can’t bear that kind of shame, and it leaves a stain on your resume.

It would have been better to quickly submit my resignation and use my resume to look for a new job.

So everyone left and the last one left was the technical team leader.

He persistently sought out vice presidents and directors.

He even insisted on contacting Jo Mi-hyeon.

However, Jo Mi-hyeon covered up the incident and moved on, perhaps because the CEO had persuaded her.

Within the faction, his influence grew as the president wished.

If you’re incompetent, you should at least be quick-witted, but the technical team leader couldn’t even do that.

Thanks to that, I was able to endure three weeks of standby.

The long struggle was finally coming to an end.

“Yes. I heard this morning that my resignation was accepted.”

“Oh my, it feels so refreshing.”

It’s really over now.

The employees looked deeply moved.

At first I wondered if this was really possible and if it would ever come back.

But the TF team finished the job cleanly to the end.

As each person submitted their resignation, most breathed a sigh of relief, but some were different.

People who had been working at Taesung Construction for quite some time had a good understanding of what the TF team had done.

“There is only one faction in Taesung Construction, and you split that faction, now!”

“It’s not that bad. Taesung Construction is a sanctuary that even the Chairman cannot touch!”

“It’s not just stagnant water, it’s rotten water. It’s like a rice bowl. No matter what I did, it wouldn’t work out, so I did anything.”

“Honestly, the fact that our company can’t say anything even though it’s openly accepting money is largely because of those people. When the water upstream is rotten, the water downstream is rotten too.”

All construction companies have problems, but Taesung Construction’s was particularly bad.

Even when I went to see him about the construction of Taesung Department Store last year, I openly offered a rebate to Chae Kyung-jun.

Even if it is a Taesung affiliate, it is an outsider.

It was on a different level from secretly committing corruption internally.

Because I said it openly to an outsider.

How did it come to that?

That’s because you receive it from above.

Even if the subordinate does something wrong, you can’t point it out.

Because there’s a worse guy above.

“In that sense, I wish we could just wipe everything out.”

The employees who had been gathered in groups of three or five to chat looked to one side.

There was also a group of employees gathered there, but they looked strange.

I was slowly looking around.

The employees frowned at the sight.

“While we’re at it, how great would it be if we could just cut those people out too?”

Team leader Seok, who had been quietly sipping his mixed coffee, shook his head.

“No, you can’t completely uproot anything. If you did, the company would stop.”

“You left it there on purpose.”

“Yes, that will be sufficient warning.”

It was a very realistic story.

Team Leader Seok added.

“Besides, if you had said you were going to cut everything, would you have gotten permission from above?”

“ah…….”

The boss gave his permission because he was targeting exactly 10 people, and they were salary thieves who didn’t care if they were fired.

If you had said you would completely uproot it, you wouldn’t have been able to do it.

Team leader Seok chuckled.

“I calculated how far I had to push before the CEO would approve. I achieved my goal to the maximum within that range. He’s a smart guy, that team leader named Chae Kyung-jun.”

The employees looked surprised when they heard that.

It is not common for Team Leader Seok to give such an evaluation to others.

He is a person who does not acknowledge his manager as his superior because he is unable to work and is a nuisance.

But after just one meeting, Team Leader Seok completely changed his mind about the second-year high school graduate team leader.

No one with average brains can handle him.

He was a person who accurately understood people’s minds and even included that as a variable when making plans.

In a word, he was a man of deep thought.

Team Leader Seok honestly thought that the president was also being played around by Team Leader Chae.

The CEO I know is good at maintaining the status quo, but on the other hand, he is vulnerable to unexpected situations like this.

Maybe Team Leader Chae is still hiding his true feelings.

What you see isn’t everything.

Did they make this fuss just to drive out 10 people?

‘Should I pretend not to know this?’

Team Leader Seok drank his coffee quietly.

* * *

During these three weeks when Chae Kyung-jun was holding his breath, the president, on the other hand, was extremely busy.

This is because the president has also taken on the role of network management, which was previously handled by the vice president.

-Ah, Mr. Kim! It’s been a while since you called.

“Haven’t I been wishing for a while? I was wondering if we could have a meal together sometime and let you know how I’m doing.”

-By the way, I heard that something came up at the company recently.

“Vice President, you’re causing concern to many people because you can’t solve just one problem.”

If you say it’s not a big deal, I get the feeling you’re hiding something.

The president deliberately blamed the vice president.

-Oh, really? From what I heard, you had quite a few differences of opinion with the Vice President… … .

“I will tell you more details later.”

-Okay. I’ll wait for you to set a date while I listen to the company’s business.

Everyone began to question the vice president’s leadership skills.

The president’s scenario was like this.

The vice president failed to manage properly, so he cut off the useless limbs on his behalf.

Managing people is the vice president’s prerogative, but company affairs are also the president’s prerogative.

He was faithfully preparing to have an undercover fight with the vice president.

It was a bit of a hassle for the vice president to come to work every day, but it didn’t matter.

Because he already has control of the company.

There is nothing the vice president can do now.

The vice president’s duties have long been shared among other executives.

The TF team, which had been noisy, was also quiet for three weeks.

‘After all, performance was needed.’

It was a satisfactory result as we were able to fire 10 managers and team leaders.

I found it strange that he was acting so docile, so I looked into it and found out that he was discussing new promotional materials with the PR team.

The name of Taesung Construction’s renewal and self-purification efforts.

I was relieved because he seemed quite busy.

Now you can move leisurely.

‘My wife has completely withdrawn from the company’s affairs, so if I exclude the vice president, Taesung Construction is mine.’

It was when the president was burning with ambition.

I got a call from the vice president out of the blue.

‘Oh my, is this a preemptive strike? Or surrender?’

The timing wasn’t right for either of them.

What on earth is the vice president’s business at this time when both sides are keeping each other in check?

The boss answered the phone in a trembling manner.

“What’s going on?”

-Mr. Kim, are you crazy?

The vice president’s voice sounded quite excited.

There was not a shred of the leisurely feeling we had three weeks ago when we were drinking tea together in the president’s office.

The sound of heavy breathing was transmitted over the phone.

Rather, the president was embarrassed.

Is it really that bad to call the board of directors and friendly shareholders?

The boss spoke in a sharp voice.

“Why, can’t I even say hello?”

-What the hell are you talking about?

“yes?”

Something was strange.

The words were out of sync.

-President Kim told me to! Get me out!

What is this?

It is true that he is laying the groundwork to become the number one person in Taesung Construction, but he is still in the preparatory stage.

What do you mean by hitting?

-You had the TF team investigate me! Are you telling me to step down if you don’t want to see me dirty? Is that what you want, boss?

The boss was embarrassed.

“What did I do?”

-The TF team just came in and started questioning us, but you’re still going to keep evading the issue?

The boss ran out in a hurry, almost as if he was hanging up the phone.

I couldn’t even remember how I got to the vice president’s office.

As I rushed into the vice president’s office, I saw Chae Kyung-jun and Chae In-ha confronting the vice president.

Oh my god, it’s you guys again.

A sense of unease hung in the air.

“I didn’t know I would be calling the boss here.”

Chae Kyung-jun wasn’t smiling.

Yeah, I forgot about it because I only saw the quiet Chae Kyung-jun until now.

Chae Kyung-jun, whom CEO Kim Heung-min first met, was a guy who had been glaring at him and threatening him since he had only been working for a year.

The president muttered with a blank expression.

“I was pretending to be quiet on purpose.”

“Three weeks is enough time to learn a lot about a person.”

The vice president looked back and forth between the president and Chae Kyung-jun and got angry.

“Are you playing around with your eyes closed right now? Are you kidding me?”

The boss muttered.

“Vice President, you don’t understand how I feel right now.”

“Of course I don’t understand! I didn’t know the boss was such a shameless person! How long have we been eating together before you can hit someone in the back of the head like this?”

“I was hit in the back of the head.”

The president didn’t even glance at the vice president.

He spoke to Chae Kyung-jun with an embarrassed face.

“This is not it. The Vice President has been the pillar of our Taesung construction for a long time. It is difficult to send him off like this.”

If you even get a vice president, you’ll get a huge amount.

Enough to be able to throw it away.

So the boss wasn’t worried either.

But not in this way.

Would a vice president who knows that the TF team moves at the president’s orders just sit still?

The president has a lot to lose too.

The idea was to quietly absorb the vice president’s power.

“Are you planning to destroy Taesung Construction? Stop here, Team Leader Chae.”

What was funny about that statement?

Chae Kyung-jun smiled brightly.

It was so out of sync with the situation that it almost felt bizarre.

While the president was speechless, the vice president, who did not understand the situation, took out his cell phone.

“I can’t stand it this time. I can’t just let it go. This is something you need to know, Madam.”

Although the vice president spoke in a threatening tone, Chae Kyung-jun responded calmly.

“Yes, please do.”

It was an action that was even more incomprehensible.

Although he felt something was strange, the vice president immediately called Jo Mi-hyeon.

It didn’t take long to explain the situation.

After hanging up the phone, the vice president spoke triumphantly.

“You’re finished now. This is the end of your reckless rampage. Madam doesn’t like anyone messing with her. No matter who’s behind you, you’re going to have to leave Taesung Construction right away.”

The line was crossed, the vice president was saying.

But Chae Kyung-jun’s expression was strange.

He should have a defeated expression on his face, but he still looked indifferent.

As if nothing happened.

“Shall I tell you my prediction?”

Chae Kyung-jun said lightly.

“Madam, before you cut off my bow, you will be called first. To hear your story.”

That’s when the vice president laughed.

Chae Kyung-jun’s cell phone rang.

He answered the phone and put it on speakerphone.

“Yes, ma’am.”

There’s no need to think about it.

The vice president naturally thought that Jo Mi-hyeon would say, ‘Get out now.’

-I’d like to hear an explanation of what’s going on. Can you come? Or should I go?

The president and vice president both glared.

Even his wife said she would come visit him.

They both felt goosebumps run down their spines.

“I will come and explain to you, ma’am.”

-Okay. I’ll be waiting.

An eerie silence fell over the vice president’s office.