The Bottom of a Large Company Does a Good Job - Chapter 295



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Episode 295. The Real Prey (3)

The vice president did not understand the situation at the time.

Recently, I have been feeling the president’s ominous intentions and movements with my whole body.

‘I’ve been too complacent with my work lately.’

In fact, there was also an idea to prevent power from being concentrated on one side.

If he, who was in charge of managing the Gasindan, got involved in company affairs, his power would become too strong, and there was a possibility that Jo Mi-hyeon would split it up.

He said he was being considerate of the boss, but in reality it was for his own safety.

But these days, the boss has been getting greedy.

‘Your wife is getting older too.’

Most of the people who worked for the previous president have either left the company or died.

Now, many of the new employees didn’t know who Taesung Construction really belonged to.

As such, Jo Mi-hyeon was forgotten in the company and lost her influence.

It was understandable for the boss to be greedy.

‘That will never happen.’

The vice president had no intention of just sitting back and letting this happen.

He went to work at the company for three weeks and met with many people.

Sometimes an executive, sometimes a manager.

To be precise, it was to crack down on factions.

When I asked about the story, I heard that the CEO had already contacted someone.

‘I see, he’s trying to eat up all my connections.’

If the president who holds the real power absorbs even the vassals, the situation will be completely reversed.

Right now, Jo Mi-hyeon is controlling from behind the scenes and Kim Heung-min is acting as the president, but from now on, Jo Mi-hyeon will just be the backroom wife.

If you do that, you’ll be in bigger trouble.

The reason the chairman has neglected Taesung Construction until now is because of his tacit agreement with Jo Mi-hyeon.

Will the chairman really leave Taesung Construction alone now that Jo Mi-hyeon’s influence has disappeared?

The boss is probably thinking this.

-As long as Mrs. Cho Mi-hyeon is alive, the nominal chairman cannot touch Taesung Construction. There is no problem if I eat it.

The vice president snorted.

There’s no way that the chairman of Taesung would be stupid.

‘The president is only interested in immediate profits.’

I understand.

You’ve spent your whole life serving others and acting as their servant, so you’d like to be compensated for those decades.

I can understand why the CEO wants to be a real CEO.

‘I won’t let that happen though.’

So, while I was trying to rule over the shaky factions within the organization, I was also looking for things that could be the president’s weaknesses.

It wasn’t that difficult.

How many years have we been together?

They know too much about each other.

So, we had to get hold of something crucial before the opponent made a preemptive strike.

If both sides know each other’s weaknesses, they won’t be able to move recklessly.

A peaceful standoff, that’s what the vice president wanted.

The plan was perfect.

“Hello, Vice President. Nice to meet you.”

Until the rumored TF team invaded.

My first impression of seeing the young man named Chae Kyung-jun, whom I had only heard about through word of mouth, was just so-so.

The young man’s mood was gentle and soft.

‘This guy is Chae Kyung-jun?’

It was cleaner than I imagined.

Rumor has it that he was a arrogant man who would just rush in and see what he saw without even looking.

His attire was respectful and his manners were polite.

It was a first impression that anyone would say was favorable.

The image did not fit the violent rumors at all.

‘I’m not the type of person to just take it in stride.’

The vice president also met with many people.

You can tell a rebellious person just by looking at their face.

Because the eyes are filled with hostility that seems to want to bite you somehow.

It was also his job to step on such subordinates.

But there was no sign of that from the young man who was the TF team leader.

So at first I thought he just came to say hello.

It was only after I saw a young woman carrying a large box that I sensed something strange.

When you come to the vice president’s office to say hello, you bring a box of files?

It’s one of two things.

Information that is either favorable or unfavorable to the vice president.

As far as the vice president knew, the TF team was the president’s line and his sword.

There is no way that Chae Kyung-jun came with good intentions.

‘I guess you’ve done some background research on me.’

I asked just in case.

“What’s going on?”

“I want to report on our activities. For example, the vice president has been falsely registering employees and embezzling salaries, bonuses, welfare expenses, and condolence money.”

The vice president immediately knew what was in the box.

There was nothing to open and do.

It is clear that what is inside me is my own corruption.

Anger surged toward the boss like a flood.

I never thought that the TF team would act independently.

What employee in the world would do something like hit their boss, especially the vice president?

It was clear that this was an order from the president.

Activity report?

It’s obvious. This is to show that they have found a weakness.

The vice president picked up the phone as if in a trance.

I called my boss and started blaming him.

I don’t even remember what I said.

Because the anger rose to the top of my head.

He continued to grumble for a while after hanging up the phone.

Chae Kyung-jun, who was watching the scene, asked.

“Are you done? Or should I wait?”

The vice president was dumbfounded.

There’s someone else who ordered it, so what’s there to gain by fighting with him?

“Wait. Your master is coming.”

Chae Kyung-jun showed a meaningful smile that I couldn’t understand.

“Oh, really?”

Chae Kyung-jun gave some instructions to the woman who followed him.

Since there are only two TF team members, they must be team members.

The team member put the box down on the floor as if it was heavy and shook his hands.

The angry vice president found that sight irritating, but for some reason he couldn’t say anything.

Because that face looked somehow familiar.

‘What is it? Where have I seen it?’

But maybe because I was so excited my head wasn’t working well, but I couldn’t think straight.

I’m sure I’ve never seen it.

But strangely, it looks familiar.

The vice president was lost in thought over this bizarre situation, and the two members of the TF team waited for the president with a relaxed attitude.

I thought that even that appearance was possible because he was carrying the president on his back.

The president’s office and the vice president’s office were not far apart, so in less than a minute, the president came running in out of breath.

It was the moment the vice president was about to ask.

The president seemed to ignore the vice president and turned to Chae Kyung-jun first.

There was something strange about the situation.

The president’s face turned pale.

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

At that moment, the vice president realized that people could be so different.

Chae Kyung-jun wasn’t smiling.

He was clearly a good-natured young man who seemed like he would do whatever he was told.

Now he was spewing out predictions like a well-sharpened blade.

I’m talking about the president himself.

The conversation between the two was also unusual.

‘No, this is a trick. The boss is trying to get away with it.’

I asked the boss, but he looked very embarrassed.

I was expressing with my whole body that I did not want this situation.

That’s funny.

Just as the vice president has many weaknesses, the president is not clean either.

I can’t just sit still and let this happen.

He used the last resort he had.

The answer is to call Jo Mi-hyeon right away.

Both the president and the vice president are ultimately in a position to serve Jo Mi-hyeon.

Everything depended on Jo Mi-hyeon’s decision.

‘If it’s the wife’s order, even the boss can’t do anything about it.’

When the president and vice president fight, no one benefits.

It only leaves scars.

There’s no way Jo Mi-hyeon would tolerate that.

I think I was able to convince them well the last time I surveyed 10 people, but this time it’s a no-brainer.

On the other hand, the last ray of reason whispered in his ear.

‘Could the president have done something like this without knowing this fact?’

But I didn’t think deeply about it.

Because I thought that no matter what the circumstances were, it could all be resolved with a phone call.

The vice president had no doubt that Jo Mi-hyeon would immediately issue an order.

Until I heard Jo Mi-hyeon’s voice calling Chae Kyung-jun directly.

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

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

-Okay. I’ll be waiting.

The vice president’s world stopped.

This is ridiculous.

The impossible was happening.

That Jo Mi-hyeon, who fought with the chairman to protect Taesung Construction and put her own son in the vice chairman position, was demanding an explanation.

That too to a single team leader.

The vice president looked at the president with wide eyes.

The president also looked obviously flustered.

He had been begging Chae Kyung-jun with a pale face since a while ago.

“This is really not right. Can’t you think about it again? If you get rid of the vice president, Taesung Construction will collapse.”

Chae Kyung-jun’s answer was cold.

“It won’t collapse even if you kick out the vice president.”

What did you just say?

The vice president doubted his ears.

Since a while ago, conversations that go against common sense have been going on and on.

Why is the president making such self-protective remarks?

Why does it look like the boss is begging the team leader?

Why do you think they aren’t on the same side?

Why, why, why… … .

Questions continued to arise.

The vice president’s single ray of reason kept rushing toward absurd conclusions.

His experiences and emotions of the past several decades contradicted that fact.

‘What the boss said is true? That’s ridiculous. It can’t be happening.’

But the conversation that supported the vice president’s reasoning kept happening right before my eyes.

“I thought you were quiet for the past three weeks, but you were planning something like this? You could have just cut 10 people. You must have some results. What’s the problem?”

“The problem is the company. Did the company get back to normal just because they cut 10 people? No. The upper echelons were rotten.”

“I’m going to go crazy. Hey, Chae Kyung-jun! I didn’t mean to go this far. I’m going to complain to the head office directly.”

“Do it. But it’s really strange. Why do both the vice president and the president keep asking where they’re going to contact?”

It means, “Why do you keep coming early, you’re not a kid, you’re a grown man.”

The vice president broke into a cold sweat at those blunt words.

Surely, I have been mistaken all along.

The reason Chae Kyung-jun was able to act so brazenly was not because of the president’s protection, but because someone bigger was behind him.

For example, the chairman… … .

The vice president flinched.

The president seemed to have reached the same conclusion, as cold sweat ran down his temples.

‘Hey, no way. It can’t be the chairman, right?’

It was clear that someone from headquarters was behind it, even if it wasn’t the chairman.

Someone as young as Taesung Construction’s CEO Kim Heung-min could easily be pushed aside.

As if to support that, Chae Kyung-jun spoke with a cold expression.

It was so cold that you couldn’t even see the warm impression.

“I would have liked to fire the CEO first. But the vice president embezzled money to an incomparable degree. If I were to fire both of them, I don’t think the president’s wife would stay still, and if I had to choose one of the two, it would be the vice president.”

I felt a chill from Chae Kyung-jun, just like when I got a call from Jo Mi-hyeon earlier.

The president was upset, but this situation was so unfamiliar.

It felt like it wasn’t the Chae Kyung-jun I knew.

No, come to think of it, Chae Kyung-jun was originally like that.

I just respected the president and never showed it openly until now.

“That’s why I bought it, sir. You should never think that I just let it go. I still remember my first meeting with you, sir.”

The last words were whispered, but they sounded more frightening to the boss than anything else.

He seemed incredibly intimidated for a CEO who had been in charge of the company for decades and had been ordering around countless employees.

The meaning was one.

If it’s Chae Kyung-jun, I’m accepting that it could very well be like that.

“If you stay still here, the boss will live. I will save him. Since I plan to continue working at Taesung Construction, I need to have at least one person on my side.”

Even though they were both threatening each other, Chae Kyung-jun called the president his ally.

No, the president made it so that he had no choice but to take sides.

If things continue like this, even if the vice president is removed, Chae Kyung-jun will have to fight the president.

But this one word was a warning.

If you don’t interfere with this matter, I won’t touch you.

I will be on the same side as you.

The vice president was speechless.

It was felt even in a few words.

This young man is absolutely not the boss’s subordinate.

Team leader? You can’t evaluate him by his rank.

Rather, the fact that he was the team leader made the vice president let his guard down.

Honestly, I didn’t think it was a mistake.

But sometimes we forget that there are monsters that defy common sense.

“At least the CEO went to work and did his job. But Vice President, you didn’t.”

Chae Kyung-jun’s cold eyes turned towards the vice president.

I felt it the moment I received those gazes.

Why was the boss so restless?

“The Vice President is not needed for the construction of Taesung. No, he is rather a hindrance.”

How dare you me?

That thought occurred to me, but an even greater emotion overshadowed it.

It was fear.

‘I’m afraid of this team leader?’

The vice president tried hard to calm his mind.

It’s not over yet.

Jo Mi-hyeon’s decision remains.

If she insists strongly, even if she is the president, she will have no choice but to step down.

“Okay. Then I’ll go too.”

“Where?”

The vice president made up his mind.

There is only one final place to hang.

“To your wife.”

Jo Mi-hyeon will not abandon herself.