World Domination through Planet Development - Chapter 14
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Episode 14. Don’t do business.
“Hey, do you think this makes sense?”
“Wow, that’s a bit harsh.”
His friends sympathized with Jeong-tae’s complaints.
All day today, Jeongtae couldn’t concentrate on his work at all.
Of course, I did almost nothing, to the point where it’s embarrassing to call it work, but I still couldn’t concentrate.
“Hey, let’s have a drink.”
Another friend said, holding a bottle of alcohol.
Jeongtae took the empty glass.
“I don’t think we can just sit still when we see this. What do you guys think?”
At Jeongtae’s question, his friends began to take notice.
Oh, here we go again.
Of course, there was no one among the friends gathered here who did not know Jeongtae’s personality.
A friend who lives in self-importance.
Actually, it’s not that I’m that great, strictly speaking, it’s just self-indulgence.
He’s a really good friend, except for one thing, but that one thing makes him stand out.
“What are you going to do if you don’t stay still?”
“I should tell the CEO.”
“Are you going to go that far…?”
I tried to accommodate you a bit because I thought you were in a bad mood, but there are limits to empathy.
But when they face each other, no one seems to step forward to stop them.
Everyone is thinking to themselves.
This guy needs to get some exercise.
“Well, if you really don’t think so, you can tell me.”
And to be honest, my stomach hurts a little bit.
If you have an annual salary of 40 million, you should be grateful, but if you compare it to others, how can you look good on it?
Among the four people gathered here right now, one is unemployed, two are making 30 million won a year, and Jeong-tae alone is making 40 million won.
“Right? The CEO looks a bit young, but he doesn’t seem to have any business sense. The founding members should give him some advice.”
I was a bit worried about how far Jeong-tae would go, but no one tried to stop him until the end.
* * *
The next morning.
[User, it seems like employee Kim Jeong-tae has something to say to you]
Huh? Mr. Kim Jung-tae? Why?
Knock knock.
Jungwoo came to his senses at the same time as the sound of a car knocking was heard, along with Sarah’s voice.
-Sir, may I come in?
what?
“Yes, please come in.”
As soon as Jungwoo gave permission, the door opened and Jungtae came in.
Bow.
Jeongtae bowed and greeted.
“What’s going on?”
“Yes, I came here to tell you something about the company’s operations.”
…running a business? What are you talking about?
“Just sit there for a moment.”
“yes.”
Jeong-woo calmly cleaned up his seat and sat across from Jeong-tae.
“Do you have anything to say about operations?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
What kind of operational story is the employee we hired yesterday talking about?
“What is it?”
“I would like to talk about wage determination.”
Now you come…?
“Last time, you said that a salary of 40 million would be okay.”
“Oh, that’s not it. It’s about the salary of Han Seung-ah, who joined the company at the same time.”
What’s so great about Han Seung-ah’s annual salary?
By the way, how do you know Seung-ah’s annual salary?
[We mentioned this to each other during our conversation yesterday.]
Really? Did you become that close in the meantime?
“Why is Ms. Seung-ah’s salary so high?”
“I think a salary of 40 million won is enough for me, but I think it’s a bit excessive for Seung-ah.”
Huh? Aren’t we close?
No, but what is this now?
Who cares how much other people get paid?
“Uh… I’ll take care of that. I don’t think it’s something that Jeong-tae should be concerned about.”
Despite Jungwoo’s firm words, Jungtae stepped forward as if he was frustrated.
“It seems like the CEO is new to business and is inexperienced in this area. Treating people differently based on their abilities is the most basic thing… .”
Jeong-woo was startled by Jeong-tae’s subsequent words.
“Ahhh~ Wait! Just a minute!”
Jeong-woo hurriedly cut off Jeong-tae’s words.
“… … ?”
“Uh… Mr. Jeongtae is there. I’m sorry, but let’s pretend that there was no hiring.”
* * *
ha….
This happened just two days after you hired the new employee?
As expected, doing business is not easy.
No, I clearly filtered it and filtered it, so how could this happen?
It’s true that this guy does seem to have a bit too much self-esteem.
But I didn’t know it would be this bad.
Sarah? But if he’s come to this point, you should’ve said something first!
[Employee Kim Jeong-tae clearly forewarned us of this at the drinking party yesterday, but you don’t need to pay too much attention to the words of a mere employee.]
Well, that’s true, but… .
If you think about it, you’re going to hire a lot of employees in the future, so it’s a bit much to ask them to report on every single one of their actions.
But now there are only two? This is annoying.
[Out of 127,821 cases of drunken remarks related to one’s job and work over the past few years, only 865 were actually applied. Considering that the severity of the incident was not considered, this is an extremely low number.]
Oh, my head hurts.
Yeah, I get what you mean.
You didn’t know that Jeongtae would actually do something like that, did you?
You can’t know what’s inside a person’s mind until you try it.
… It won’t work. I need to select a manager first.
Sarah, recommend me someone good. I’ll contact them right away and hire them.
[We have a suitable candidate. His name is Yun Jeong-jik and his contact number is 010-xxxx-xxxx.]
Did I ask too urgently? At least you should give some background information.
[I am a manager who worked at a mid-sized information and communications company. I was recommended to resign a few days ago, but the real reason seems to be that I was pushed out of the company politics and was bullied at work. It seems that I had been bullied for a long time, so I think I had been bullied before that. After that, I couldn’t hold out anymore, so I quit, and because I have a family, I am currently secretly working as a designated driver. I posted my resume on several job search sites right after I quit, but I haven’t heard from anyone yet.]
You have a story… You managed to find this property at just the right time.
[He started out in the development department of the mid-sized company and changed his position to a management position at a late age. Since there are no companies looking for talent at this age with an intermediate career, he will be a very good negotiating partner.]
Negotiation? Is it worth it for a company that will soon dominate the world to do such petty things? At the very least, they should at least match the amount I was paid at my previous job.
[… … .]
* * *
“How much?”
Yoon Jeong-jik answered nervously to Jeong-woo’s question.
“Yes. I was receiving 86 million won.”
“Ah~ 8 thousand~ I see~”
Jungwoo nodded and muttered as if he understood.
Actually, I didn’t understand it at all.
To begin with, I didn’t know what the annual salary of a manager at a mid-sized company was.
There was nothing I could do but internally resent Sarah.
“… Is there any problem…?”
“No, no. That’s no problem at all. I can give you that much. Then, can I give you 80 million won?”
Yoon Jeong-jik was slightly embarrassed by those words and spoke again.
“There… It’s definitely 86 million won…”
“Ahhh~~ I made a mistake. That’s right. You said 86 million won. I clearly wrote 86 million won here. You don’t have to worry.”
Only then did Yoon Jeong-jik rejoice at Jeong-woo’s definitive answer.
“Yes! Thank you.”
Only after glancing at the honest man did Jeong-woo answer.
“… Yes, then please take care of it.”
The title was set to director, and since the company only had three employees, it didn’t really mean anything, but it wasn’t at all strange when considering the company’s future growth.
Of course, I’m the only one who knows that fact… but everyone will know it later.
Afterwards, Jeong-woo had a brief conversation with Yoon Jeong-jik about recruiting personnel.
First of all, it should be clearly stated that there will be no development hiring related to AI improvement or maintenance, and there will be no discussion on that point.
Recruitment will focus on developers needed to maintain server usage and expansion due to AI use, and additional hiring will include management support and personnel.
I learned it from Sarah and passed it on to Director Yoon.
“Haa… Management isn’t easy.”