The Bottom of a Large Company Does a Good Job - Chapter 302



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A cup of steaming tea sat on the table.

The person who put down the teacup was none other than the president himself.

He poured the tea and served it to me as if he was telling me to look at it.

That’s understandable, because the person in question is the one who turned the board of directors upside down.

Young age? Team leader title?

It doesn’t matter anymore.

That’s just the surface.

Those who are so fascinated by it that they cannot see the essence will have nothing to say even if they are cut off.

Just like the vice president.

-Huruk.

There was a slight slurping sound of tea.

The boss really poured his heart into making tea today.

Neither hot nor lukewarm.

Thanks to that, it was at a suitable temperature to drink right away.

Seeing the young man smiling faintly at the scent of tea, the boss took a sip of tea himself.

It was a high-class dish served to honored guests.

Whether it’s when Jo Mi-hyeon comes or when an executive from headquarters comes, no one will criticize us for handing things over to a mere team leader.

He was not a man to judge a book by its cover.

His influence has already extended beyond himself as CEO.

To be honest, I know I’m not that capable.

However, that doesn’t mean I’m so incompetent that I’d be beaten by a team leader who’s nothing.

If that were the case, I wouldn’t have been able to keep this position until now.

If so, there is only one answer.

The opponent is extraordinary.

-Huruk.

The two savored their tea in silence.

No words were needed.

After the board meeting was over, Chae Kyung-jun barged into the president’s office and sat on the sofa.

It was a silent protest.

A protest to make one’s presence known.

‘I’m watching.’

It seemed like I was hearing those hallucinations.

It is an impossible task for even the most experienced person to convey that much meaning without saying anything.

The president looked blankly at Chae Kyung-jun, who was drinking tea without saying anything.

I couldn’t kick him out because I was busy.

No matter how busy I was, this was absolutely necessary.

To Chae Kyung-jun and to the president.

It was a time when there had to be an unspoken agreement.

‘I’ll take care of it.’

The president also blew away those feelings by mixing them in with the scent of tea.

Not too fast, not too slow.

As if he had only come to get some tea, he stood up as soon as he finished drinking his teacup.

“Thank you for the drink.”

“Okay. Come in.”

Their gazes met in the air.

‘Don’t forget that I’m here.’

‘I won’t do anything stupid.’

An unspoken agreement was made and Chae Kyung-jun left the president’s office.

Only then did the president let out a deep breath.

It felt like I was finally able to breathe freely, having been so suffocated as if I had been underwater until now.

He filled his empty cup with tea and drank it in gulps.

My throat has been sore for a while now that I can’t stand it.

The boss looked at the door the young man had exited through and laughed in vain.

I knew from the beginning that guy was a thing.

But I didn’t know it would be this bad.

Even though there are a few idiot puppets on the board, most of them are key executives who make the company’s important decisions.

How many people would be able to manipulate a board of directors like that as they please?

Of course, now we know who is behind him.

A task of this magnitude would be difficult to push forward unless you are the chairman.

At the very least, the chairman’s secretary, President Kwon Tae-ho, would have been behind him.

But putting it into practice is a whole other story.

Is there anyone else in this company who has such a strong backing?

Those who were currently in control of this company were all people who trusted Jo Mi-hyun and her stock as backing.

I pushed those people in the direction I wanted.

I would understand if we were on the same level.

But the team leader, who is still a long way below him, is pushing the directors?

There is no guarantee that anyone will listen to you.

If you think about it in terms of a general employee, the answer comes out.

Even if you just tell them to come into the board meeting and make a presentation, they will show their reluctance.

What would happen if we called in any team leader right now and told them to throw a tantrum at the board meeting while we supported them?

The boss chuckled.

It’s impossible.

It wasn’t possible because I had a strong back.

This is something that Chae Kyung-jun was able to do.

It was especially surprising that the strict and parachute-hating staff quietly took Chae Kyung-jun’s side.

Now, in his second year, a young man has been appointed as a team leader along with the owner family called Chae In-ha.

Anyone can see that it’s a parachute.

At first glance, it seemed like a breakwater to protect the young and inexperienced owner family.

But in less than half a year, he silenced the staff.

How quickly must they have moved for most of the executives who participated in the board meeting to have sided with Chae Kyung-jun?

“Well, I did move around like a crazy person at work.”

It hasn’t even been half a year.

What happened after he came to this company is not something that can be summed up in half a year.

What kind of person in the world can achieve such results?

Even among the best talents in Taeseong, there is no one with this level of experience.

At first, I thought he was just another young man full of passion and enthusiasm.

In fact, it was crazy to even suggest a re-construction, but if it was because of passion, then I could understand.

They used it to completely destroy the construction industry.

And that’s not all.

He even used his own image to establish Taesung Construction as the only trustworthy construction company in the industry.

The image itself does not touch the skin.

But this time, even the frontline workers could feel it.

Because I have a lot of work to do right now.

The HR department was in an uproar, saying that special recruitment had to be carried out immediately.

Although the public offering is already late, there was talk that Taesung Construction should conduct separate hiring in the second half of the year.

I thought it was a young man’s plan to ‘clean up the company’, even up until the point of getting rid of 10 corrupt managers and team leaders.

‘I was a fool to think so simply.’

Youthful spirit?

That’s not it.

That was just groundwork to take away the company’s management rights.

They cut off the limbs, shook the torso, and cut off the head.

Now, Taesung Construction will have a new owner.

President Kim Heung-min has escaped the role of a pants president, but that doesn’t mean he is the real owner of the company.

The owner of a kingdom called Taesung Group.

Taesung will return to Taesung’s embrace.

‘This is what they were aiming for from the beginning.’

The boss felt goosebumps.

At only 29 years old, he had this much determination and the ability to make it a reality.

I can’t say that I have no spirit at all.

The way he stood up to the vice president at the board meeting was the epitome of passion.

But not excessive.

That’s it.

I could never see him mess up things or let his emotions get the better of him because of his youthful spirit.

I would understand if Chae In-ha had acted like this.

I probably just passed it over, thinking that he must have received separate education about management since he was young.

But Chae Kyung-jun’s case is different.

‘Where on earth did that guy come from?’

I think I know why Kwon Tae-ho was interested.

Some executives who were jealous of Kwon Tae-ho said that he became emotional as he got older.

He said he felt sorry for me because we both graduated from the same high school.

‘That’s nonsense.’

The boss laughed at them.

That’s what I’m saying because I haven’t experienced it myself.

Even I feel ashamed of myself for thinking I understood Chae Kyung-jun after seeing what he did at Taesung Construction.

The boss filled the tea again and drank it in one gulp.

The thirst showed no signs of quenching.

A spark that he thought had already died down rose up in his heart.

I’m already quite old, but maybe me too.

That thought suddenly occurred to me.

As I just warned you here, Chae Kyung-jun will be acting as a watchdog from now on.

To prevent the president from acting as he pleases after losing his leash.

That doesn’t mean I will interfere in every little thing.

Because that goes beyond the team leader’s authority and boundaries.

Then, as long as he doesn’t commit corruption and embezzlement in the future and doesn’t move his shares, Chae Kyung-jun won’t touch him.

‘I can do what I want.’

There was something I gave up when I first became a CEO.

Developing your own management philosophy.

When I look at Chae Kyung-jun, I feel like age doesn’t matter at all.

I wonder if I can do it too.

The president put the tea cup away with a thoughtful face.

Then I sat down and quietly swept the desk.

This is the position I have always worked in since I came to work.

But from now on, it will be his true place in a different sense.

Now, instead of guessing Jo Mi-hyeon’s intentions, we just need to pursue the company’s interests.

‘Let’s try it somewhere.’

I spread out the payment documents.

It was the first decision I had made since becoming a real CEO.

The president thought and thought again, more carefully than usual.

* * *

After the company was turned upside down, Chae Kyung-jun immediately entered the Taesung Trading headquarters.

It was to report the results to Kwon Tae-ho.

Since I didn’t have an appointment in advance, when I entered the office, Kwon Tae-ho was staring at the monitor.

Today, I was wearing glasses and writing something on the back of a piece of paper with one hand.

‘Even in that position, you are constantly studying.’

As expected, Kwon Tae-ho clenched his fist and then raised one hand.

It means to wait a moment.

Chae Kyung-jun stood at the doorway, nodding instead of greeting, so as not to break the concentration.

Kwon Tae-ho is a busy man.

The fact that he came to see me without an appointment like this was a show of his kindness.

Also, Kwon Tae-ho is a person who hates wasting time unnecessarily.

Not only your own time, but also other people’s time.

The fact that he was leaving Chae Kyung-jun alone for a moment meant that what he was doing was urgent and important.

Kwon Tae-ho read the letters so quickly that you could see his pupils moving, then began scribbling something on the document.

Then he got up from his seat and walked over with heavy steps.

He opened the door and gestured to Chae Kyung-jun.

It was the first time something like this had happened, so he was a little flustered, but soon Chae Kyung-jun followed behind Kwon Tae-ho.

I had an idea where he was going.

If there’s anything that would make Chae Kyung-jun suddenly show up like this, it would be Taesung Construction.

When they last met, Kwon Tae-ho told him to carry out the chairman’s instructions to bring down Taesung Construction as quickly as possible.

Thinking about that, Kwon Tae-ho would have guessed the purpose of Chae Kyung-jun’s visit.

Well then, there is only one place to go now.

Right in the chairman’s office.

“Is the chairman inside?”

Kwon Tae-ho asked as he entered the chairman’s office.

The man who appeared to be a secretary bowed his head politely and spoke.

“Yes, sir.”

Chae Kyung-jun frowned.

Don’t you usually call ahead to ask if they’re seated or if there are any guests?

However, Chae Kyung-jun realized something as he saw Kwon Tae-ho opening the door to the chairman’s office and entering.

The two have that much of a special relationship.

Kwon Tae-ho knows the chairman so well that he knows he is at the company even without having to call.

To the chairman, Kwon Tae-ho is not just a president.

Even if there had been guests, if Kwon Tae-ho had barged in, the chairman would have understood.

If Kwon Tae-ho suddenly barged in, it must have been an important matter.

The construction of Taesung is that important to the chairman now.

“Mr. Chairman, I need you to give me some time.”

The chairman, who was looking at the economic newspaper, wiggled his eyebrows.

And after checking the faces of the group that came with Kwon Tae-ho, he raised the corners of his mouth.

“It’s faster than I thought.”

The chairman asked the young man directly.

“So did Taesung Construction collapse?”

The young man also responded with a laugh.

“The main body of Taesung Construction no longer exists.”

It was an answer that could come out because I understood the hidden meaning of the question.