The Bottom of a Large Company Does a Good Job - Chapter 317



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Episode 317. New Rival (1)

About a month has passed since I pushed Chae Tae-ik’s back.

During that time, I no longer touched the brothers Chae Tae-ik and Chae On-ik.

Just by turning your back, you are already deeply involved in the affairs of the owner’s family.

In some ways, it could be said that it helped Chae On-ik.

In the meantime, the president secretly called me over and gave me a word.

“Are you saying that Team Leader Chae was the one who made that heavy-assed Vice President move?”

“Is it that widespread?”

“Yes. Even among the executives, there is a lot of talk. Well, everyone is curious. No one has ever seen what would happen if the vice president took charge of the project himself.”

I was grateful that the CEO called me and relayed the message in this way.

Because there was a limit to the information obtained through the synchronicity room.

Because they are literally all my classmates in the same class as me.

Even up to the team leader level, my colleagues somehow managed to eavesdrop and convey the mood, but it was difficult to know what the higher-ups were thinking.

I’m talking about executives and management.

The president was playing that role.

“Why are you so embarrassed when you had no intention of hiding it?”

The boss chuckled.

Actually, that is true.

Even though my classmates were on my side, they couldn’t shut the mouths of all those people.

However, it was not something that could be conveyed only to a very small number of people who could be trusted.

At that time, I had to choose.

Should we proceed only with those we trust, or should we mobilize the entire group?

Considering the ripple effect, the latter is obviously the case.

I was prepared for the information to leak out.

It wasn’t really a secret, and I didn’t blame my motives either.

I was just a little surprised that the rumor spread faster than expected.

“What are you going to do now?”

The boss asked me instead.

“Why are you asking me that?”

“No, if it’s Team Leader Chae, I think he would have made plans for the next step as well. He would have taken into account the Vice President’s moves as well.”

Somehow, I felt like the boss was overestimating me.

That was understandable.

The boss already got hit hard by me once.

Although he is said to be only playing a check these days, the president is still watching me closely.

I tilted my head.

“Well, I don’t think it’s my place to interfere after this. Isn’t it up to the Vice Chairman to do whatever he wants? I just laid the groundwork.”

The boss looked fed up.

“The very act of laying that board is crazy. … … Ugh, stop talking.”

The president sighed briefly.

“I’m also curious about what the Vice President will do. Since he has so much power, whatever he does will either be a great success or a great failure.”

“So everyone is watching with interest. There is also a lot of interest in Team Leader Chae.”

“I’m just doing what I’ve been doing.”

“Aha, you’re going to cause trouble like you always have… … .”

I think you’ve seriously misunderstood something.

I decided to leave it alone since I thought fixing it wouldn’t help.

Do you think I’m some kind of reckless, thoughtless, foolish person?

He is a man who has his own calculations.

For example, now.

I deliberately left Chae Tae-ik and Chae On-ik alone without any contact with them.

Even after that, the president would occasionally call me to give me news, or Park Hye-na would secretly call me to tell me about her current activities.

Since it is impossible for Park Hye-na, who is a colleague, to obtain information from her superiors, it is likely that Managing Director Myung Ji-yoon ordered it.

Just like at the last training center, Myung Ji-yoon helped me a lot, knowingly or unknowingly.

Giving information through Park Hye-na means that you don’t want your relationship with me to be revealed to the public.

So I stopped contacting him separately.

If we ever meet by chance, I should say thank you.

As time passed, I had my own personal ups and downs.

It’s moving right now.

I took the bonus I had received and the money I had saved over the year and moved into the second floor of a single-family home.

The reason why I don’t go to an apartment or villa is simple.

Because the memory of living in a single-family home when I was young was so vivid in my memory.

For me, my distant childhood, which I can no longer remember well, was beautified like a faded memory.

Before the IMF came.

I think I was about 3 or 4 years old.

The time I spent walking around my two-story house with a yard felt like a beautiful dream.

The fact that they still insist on living in a single-family home may mean that they can’t get over the memories from that time.

Still, the move was a blessing for us.

Two rooms, one spacious living room.

There is even space in the kitchen to place a dining table.

“It’s similar to where I used to live.”

It seems that my parents were also the same, with memories from more than 25 years ago still lingering like a brand.

After the move was over, my mother just stood there in the middle of the living room and looked around the house for a long time.

I don’t remember it very well, but it must have been vivid to my parents as if it were yesterday.

I waited quietly behind him for my mother.

I hope you finish organizing your mind.

After standing there for a while, my mother suddenly looked back and said.

“Thank you, son. Thanks to you, I can enjoy such luxuries in life.”

“What a luxury. I still have a long way to go.”

“Yes. He’s our son. He’ll be better.”

There was a hint of moisture in my mother’s voice.

I couldn’t even fathom how much emotion was hidden in those words, and for a moment I was moved to tears.

I entered the room as if avoiding something.

After I finished organizing my things in my room, which was a little bigger than my old one, my father called me over and sat me down.

“I know you don’t like talking to me about work, but I’m asking just in case.”

My father hesitated for a while and then spoke carefully.

“But since you’re in Taesung Group, there’s bound to be a chance we’ll meet again someday, either as competitors or business partners, right?”

“Where?”

My father sighed deeply and finally said the name.

“Future Group.”

“ah.”

Until now, not once has our family ever said the words “Future Group” out loud.

It wasn’t a promise, but it was something of an unwritten rule.

When we talk about the future group, memories of that time naturally come to mind.

Still, there must be a reason why my father brought up the subject.

“Just in case… … Really, just in case.”

“Just talk. It’s okay.”

“If you ever meet the Future Group, say something to me.”

This was a little bit odd.

It didn’t seem like it was just to find out news about the future group.

“Why? Who do you think I’ll bump into?”

“You’ll know when you get there. Just tell me first. I don’t know if I can help you or not.”

I caught my father’s thoughts in those words.

“Dad. Did you come into contact with Mirae Group by any chance? What did they say?”

My father looked surprised for a moment.

Come to think of it, my father doesn’t know how I work, really.

Because I never said anything about the company.

My father didn’t ask how I knew.

Because it becomes something to be acknowledged.

But it seemed clear that my father had some kind of contact with a former member of the Mirae Group.

“No, there’s no particular reason. It’s just that I used to work there, so I might be of some help. It’s been a while, though.”

My father’s words began to become long and rambling.

I decided to pretend not to know.

I still can’t forgive my father.

Because I’m a victim who was used and abandoned?

No, you shouldn’t blame the victim. The perpetrators, the Future Group, are the ones who are bad.

What makes me angry is that my father backed down without even putting up a fight.

Anyone who has risen to an executive position must have had that much ability.

Because I readily accepted the offer to turn everything upside down and become a sacrificial lamb.

But that’s why I could desperately understand what my father had decided to do now.

If you have a fight with the Future Group, tell them so they can help you out in some way.

And there is only one way my father can help me now.

Contacting existing acquaintances.

I don’t know how effective that will be.

When I actually encounter the future group, I don’t even know if it’s an area where my father can help.

Still, my father wanted to help somehow.

Because he is someone who knows well what it means to fight against the future group.

I felt a lump in my throat, just like when I saw the back of my mother standing in the living room earlier.

Even though I said such hurtful things, my father still worries about me.

With what intention did you contact your future group friends?

It was hard to imagine how that must have felt.

In fact, I have already met both brothers Tak Jae-min and Tak Hee-min, who can be said to be the successors to that house… … .

If I tell you the truth, you’ll be incredibly worried.

I barely managed to open my mouth.

“… … I’ll tell you if I need to.”

And added a little.

“thank you.”

I quickly turned around and left the room.

My mother, who was organizing things in the kitchen, stopped her hands from clattering.

A muffled sobbing voice was heard from the living room.

Soon we went back to pretending not to know each other.

It was a day filled with many emotions.

* * *

Taesung Security’s Shim Jun-ho was consumed by an inexplicable anger.

An opportunity appeared.

And I definitely caught it.

I thought so.

-I came today to give you a warning.

Until he showed up.

The lecture was perfect, and I was confident that I could perfectly complete the task that Chae On-ik gave me.

It wasn’t a difficult task.

All you have to do is tell me a few things that were good during your time at the company, and give me the address of the group chat when you have free time.

Chae On-ik deliberately gathered 2,000 new employees.

If you just leak the fact that this gathering exists, high school graduates who were specially hired will show up in droves.

Thanks to putting Chae Kyung-jun forward as the image signboard, Taesung Group has a strong reputation as a meritocracy.

If you are a high school graduate, you will probably be desperate to become like Chae Kyung-jun.

What would happen if, in that situation, you found out about the meeting that Chae On-ik was sponsoring?

Of course you would want to join.

And Chae On-ik told him to gather the high school graduates first, but Shim Jun-ho had no intention of doing that.

He too had ambitions.

We will recruit as many new employees as possible.

Actually, I heard that there is a group of friends led by Chae Kyung-jun.

Although I was not invited and could not enter, I knew that it existed.

Shim Jun-ho wanted to create a gathering that transcended the ranks and rivaled them.

As the scale grows, Chae On-ik won’t be able to easily abandon Shim Jun-ho.

Somehow I grab the rope and climb up.

That plan was shattered as soon as Chae Kyung-jun appeared.

‘Why only him… … . Why can’t I?’

I was envious and jealous, but I was also interested in the idea that it might be possible to do something like that, so I looked into it.

Although I had mixed feelings inside, my desire to become like Chae Kyung-jun was stronger up until now.

That was the driving force that motivated Shim Jun-ho.

That is, until now.

‘You little brat who only wants to live by yourself. What kind of opportunity is this to me? Do you feel better only after you take it all away from me?’

Shim Jun-ho smiled on the outside, but on the inside he screamed at the top of his lungs.

It would have been better if he had just shown up and given a lecture.

The problem was that he spoke badly of the gathering.

Thanks to that, Shim Jun-ho didn’t accept a single new recruit.

It’s not Shim Jun-ho’s fault.

Because Chae Kyung-jun was the one who sabotaged it.

But that was the problem.

Chae On-ik lost interest in Shim Jun-ho.

I had no expectations anymore.

There was no contact, no new instructions from him.

It was a bolt from the blue.

‘I’ll break you. I’ll make you regret it.’

In fact, it was the birth of a new rival that Chae Kyung-jun didn’t even care about.

And as if heaven had answered Shim Jun-ho’s prayers, he met Chae Kyung-jun as if by magic.

“There are suspicions of slush funds being formed in several Taesung Group locations. Let’s investigate as much as we can.”

It was because of the new instructions that Kwon Tae-ho gave to Chae Kyung-jun.