The Bottom of a Large Company Does a Good Job - Chapter 353



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Episode 353. Broken Bottle (1)

An unusual tension was brewing on the first floor of the convention center.

Even the staff members who were mobilized without knowing English were disgusted as soon as they heard the concept of this meeting.

But the president’s instructions were so clear that there was nothing I could do.

“Absolutely obey the orders of the person in charge on site.”

The person in charge of the site mentioned here refers to a young man in his late 20s standing at the entrance.

He was looking at the faces of the attendees with his hands clasped together.

He greeted each and every one of them politely, while scanning them with sharp eyes.

“Aren’t you too young?”

“Are you sure you can handle this? If I do it wrong, I feel like I’m going to get in trouble.”

It was natural that the staff mobilized to maintain order were anxious.

The attendees coming in through the entrance all looked haggard.

From people coming in completely drunk, to people who smell like homeless people, to people with murderous eyes.

It was obvious that it was full of people who were not in their right minds.

I know exactly what happened.

This is because Chae Kyung-jun explained the truth while selecting staff to support this meeting.

I’ve also heard that it can be dangerous.

He also said that it was okay to leave.

But no one listened to him straight away.

Chae Kyung-jun is someone who will only work for a few days and then leave, but the president will always be the president.

It’s obvious whose words have more priority.

That was the reason why I was there, even though it was scary and semi-compulsory.

Perhaps because he knew that, Chae Kyung-jun volunteered to be on the front line.

It is a position that directly faces the attendees.

Although I said that I was just checking out the atmosphere, I could get a feel for the atmosphere even if I wasn’t there to greet guests.

Because just by stepping into the chairman’s office, you could tell that he was not a friendly person.

Most of them had faces that looked like they had no free time, and their clothes weren’t very nice either.

Even Chae Kyung-jun, who usually had a gentle face, was stiff today.

“Team Leader. Why is the pressure so low?”

Chae In-ha, who couldn’t stand to watch, asked.

Maybe it was because I was watching from the closest point, but now I could understand Chae Kyung-jun’s emotions like a ghost.

Na Jae-hong looked puzzled.

“You’re not supposed to laugh in this situation, so aren’t you acting stiff on purpose?”

“No, this is really frustrating for the team leader.”

Na Jae-hong stared blankly at Chae Kyung-jun and then asked directly.

“… … Hey, are you mad?”

Chae Kyung-jun glanced back.

I had just let in two or three guests who smelled strongly of alcohol.

“Do you have tea?”

“yes.”

Chae Kyung-jun smiled bitterly.

They say that what you see on paper and what you see on the spot are two different things, but the actual scene was even more gruesome.

Were they like that from the beginning?

Now, I feel like it doesn’t matter anymore, so I’ve given up on appearance.

Because it doesn’t matter how others see you.

It also meant that he was psychologically cornered.

And that sight made me think of someone over and over again.

“We’re out of alcohol! Are you out of alcohol? Are you out of alcohol?”

After realizing that he had been abandoned by the Future Group, my father became addicted to alcohol.

Even elite executives who were doing well were useless in the face of despair.

Going up is hard, but falling down only takes a moment.

My father became trash in an instant.

The shock I received at a young age is indescribable.

Because the Future Group placed all the blame on my father, loan sharks and subcontractors came to my house every day.

That was the first time I saw it.

People whose eyes have rolled back.

And now, in this conference room, there were many people with similar eyes.

Chae In-ha asked worriedly.

“Should I do it for you? There’s no need for you, Team Leader, to handle everything yourself.”

Na Jae-hong also got involved.

“Yes. Normally, the higher-ups just give orders. You know best. But why are you stepping in for each and every one of these things? Since you’ve already dispatched the staff, you should also give them directions and organize things. Isn’t that why you dispatched them?”

“No. I called you because the three of us are not enough hands.”

When I looked at the attendee list, there were more people than I expected.

This is the result of the Vice Chairman’s orders to use any means necessary.

Thanks to this, we ended up renting a convention center instead of a conference room.

And that was a better choice.

Because I heard somewhere that more people showed up than the actual attendee list.

Chae Kyung-jun sent all those people away.

Because this is a place for training.

“Isn’t that what you mean? What I mean is… … .”

Na Jae-hong hesitated about what to say, but eventually spoke directly.

“You look emotional.”

Chae Kyung-jun smiled faintly.

Another man, looking haggard, entered the conference room.

“Yeah. I’m emotional.”

Chae In-ha looked up worriedly.

Chae Kyung-jun usually hides his emotions and doesn’t show his facial expressions.

His decisions were always cool and rational.

Then what about the emotional Chae Kyung-jun?

Can you make the right decision?

Chae Kyung-jun has never had an accident like that before.

Maybe we are witnessing our first accident right now.

Should I tell Chae Kyung-jun to fall for me right now?

It was when Chae In-ha was in conflict.

“This is something that I really have personal feelings about. That’s why I want to do it. It has a special meaning to me.”

The people here were like Chae Kyung-jun’s father.

People who were betrayed and lost everything.

They are beings that bring back memories that remain like a brand just by looking at them.

So I didn’t want to run away.

When my father was young, he was too young to do anything.

Neither comfort nor blame.

You can do it now.

We can give these people their lives back.

I will do it myself.

At first, I was worried that I should ignore it for the sake of the company’s interests, but now that I had Kwon Tae-ho’s permission, I had nothing to hesitate about.

Still, Chae Kyung-jun has not found an absolute value that cannot be converted into money.

But that’s okay.

Now, I was grateful that I could actually convert it into money.

Because I can give them back their future.

Straight to money.

Taesung Chemical has a lot of money.

Enough to compensate them all sufficiently.

Budgeting was a problem, but we solved that too.

These are all potential enemies and weaknesses.

Since it has already been committed, it is only natural that there will be a cost to silence it.

The president was also convinced.

I don’t know if he really agreed or if he just gave me the budget to look good.

“And it’s a good experience for me. I can’t always be cool-headed. It’s a rare experience for me to have the opportunity to do something in an emotional state.”

“Are you sure this is what you want?”

“yes.”

“Is it true that everything is going according to plan?”

“yes.”

After checking several times, Chae In-ha finally understood.

“Okay, I understand. But if anything looks dangerous, I’ll take you down right away. This time, I won’t let you off the hook, even if you’re the team leader.”

Chae In-ha made an unexpectedly stiff expression.

It really does look serious.

Yeah, that’s true.

Just looking at that chairman’s office now makes me shiver.

But it is a mountain that we must overcome at least once.

“It seems like everyone who was supposed to come has arrived. Should we go in now?”

As the scheduled time passed, the number of people began to decrease.

Even if they come later, there will probably be only a few people who are late.

I left the welcoming of the guests to the dispatched Taesung Chemical employee and stood in front of the entrance.

Shouts were mixed in with the roaring noise.

Actually, no one was screaming.

This scream is playing in my head.

My brain was very faithfully rewinding old memories vividly.

I took a deep breath and took a step forward with difficulty.

I walked into trauma.

There was a thud, the sound of a door closing behind me.

There is no turning back now.

* * *

Bang Seok-dong looked around.

There was no one who threatened to cut off the deal, no one who actually notified the buyer that the deal would be cancelled, and certainly no one who appeared to be in charge.

When the time came, the door closed and three young men who had been greeting guests at the entrance came in.

The role would be to organize the conference room.

Still, the person in charge has not appeared.

Bang Seok-dong put his hands in the inside pocket of his thin jumper.

A hard object was touched.

It was a bottle of soju.

He felt the sensation and looked ahead again.

The young man who walked in from the entrance went straight up to the stage without stopping even once.

It looks like he’s the moderator of the meeting.

The person responsible has not yet appeared.

Bang Seok-dong pressed the bottle hard.

“Hello. Thank you for gathering here despite your busy schedule. I am Chae Kyung-jun, the team leader who hosted this meeting today.”

The roaring sound grew louder.

Everyone’s reaction was that it was hard to believe.

“You’re saying that a kid with no blood on his head called us together? Stop talking nonsense!”

“Bring the person in charge, the person in charge!”

“Where’s that guy who came to our company? I came to see how well he’s eating and living.”

Everyone was very drunk and their words were not very pleasant.

Chae In-ha and Na Jae-hong, who were standing under the stage, immediately became nervous.

Chae In-ha had already taken out his cell phone and was placing his hand on the call button.

Chae Kyung-jun stopped them with a wink.

‘If anything happens, I’ll call the security staff right away.’

A strong will was felt in Chae In-ha’s eyes.

Meanwhile, protests were growing louder.

“I haven’t seen Taesung Chemical like that before, but it’s too much! Isn’t it too much to ignore us?”

A person who feels that he has been ignored because he is a young person and is angry.

“Aren’t you trying to use the team leader as a shield? Tell the person who was in charge of the contract to come out!”

A person who is able to make rational decisions because he is not drunk.

“Tell the boss to come out! Boss!”

There were all sorts of people, including those who were invisible to the eye.

People who had previously bowed down because they were partners were now shouting with the help of alcohol and the power of the group.

The feeling that there was nowhere else to fall also played a part.

Chae Kyung-jun just quietly listened to all the commotion.

After shouting like that for a while, either because he felt it was useless or because he had run out of things to say, the shouting began to die down.

Only then did Chae Kyung-jun lift the microphone.

“I know that everyone here is dissatisfied with Taesung Chemical. I have deliberately invited only those people. I will say it again. I have invited you all on purpose.”

Chae Kyung-jun pulled out the microphone from the pedestal.

Then he walked to the edge of the stage and looked around the audience.

Everyone was looking at him.

“Why do you think that is? Because Taesung Chemical abandoned you.”

Once again the commotion began.

Chae In-ha was really nervous.

Originally, Chae Kyung-jun would sometimes use provocative language to gain the initiative, and he still does that now.

But things weren’t going well.

What are you going to do if you scratch a sensitive spot in a situation where everyone is angry?

‘Do you have any thoughts?’

Chae In-ha looked up at the stage, his finger still on the call button on his phone.

“Let me introduce myself again here. I am not affiliated with Taesung Chemical. I am a team leader dispatched by the head office to solve this problem. When I say head office here, I mean the head office of the Taesung Group.”

There was a commotion, but no shouting came out.

Everyone was waiting for Chae Kyung-jun’s next words.

‘I got it, as expected.’

Just as Chae In-ha was about to feel a little relieved, a clinking sound was heard from behind.

It was a powerful sound that could not be missed.

Someone suddenly stood up.

“So you’re saying you’re the person in charge?”

The moment he saw what was in his hand, Chae In pressed the call button without hesitation.

“Security team, please come in. Quickly, quickly.”

What the man was holding in his hand was a broken bottle of soju.