91 – 91. Project (6)
“Anyway, this bastard who doesn’t know anything is always running at me!”
Managing Director Kim Chan-oh let out a double curse as soon as the video conference screen turned off.
Director Seo Woo-jin.
Rumors have been circulating within the group for a long time.
A chaebol who joined the company to have fun.
A stupid chaebol who knows nothing.
Because he was from a chaebol family, no one touched him, but no one in the company recognized him.
And even if we admit it, the person who was naturally considered to be the next successor was Managing Director Seo Woo-seong.
“President Seo Tae-han is in power for the time being anyway.”
Managing Director Kim Chan-oh has no relationship with Seo Woo-jin.
He is scheduled to be appointed as the general manager of the Mexico branch right now, but he is from a different generation than Seo Woo-jin.
Managing Director Kim Chan-oh just needs to stay on as an executive for a few more years, and it is President Seo Tae-han who makes that decision.
Of course, it is impossible to ignore Chairman Seo Chang-soo, but since President Seo Tae-han makes the primary evaluation, Managing Director Kim Chan-oh is loyal to President Seo Tae-han.
“But it would be troublesome if I was mentioned in a negative light for no reason…”
Although Seo Woo-jin is in the position of head of the headquarters and the general manager of the Mexican branch, he is also a member of a chaebol family.
If you are in a bad mood and say something strange to President Seo Tae-han, your position could be in jeopardy.
“But that’s too much.”
The project I just mentioned.
Perhaps not everything was said, but it was clear that if it were to come true, it would bring great wealth to the Seohwa Group.
However, it is only an ideal project.
Realistic elements were not reflected at all.
At least that’s how Managing Director Kim Chan-oh sees it.
“It takes a huge amount of time and capital to achieve what that kid said. “I can’t handle that.”
To put it simply, it means that too much work occurs.
The employees below will do the work anyway, but Executive Director Kim Chan-oh will be fully responsible for the results, whether it is overall review or promotion of implementation.
Director Seo Woo-jin will start, but since the company always thinks it is natural for executives to take responsibility for work started by a conglomerate, he has no choice but to be reluctant.
“Why me? “What kind of wealth and fame do you want to enjoy?”
He is an executive anyway.
The top person can be a managing director, or even the president.
It would be impossible for him to become the president of the headquarters, but he could also become the president of another affiliate, or the president of the entire South American branch.
But when?
Are you sure?
Not at all.
Even if the project that Director Seo Woo-jin mentioned is properly achieved, Director Seo Woo-jin will ultimately take all the credit.
Managing Director Kim Chan-oh has already seen many such precedents, so he declared that he would not necessarily follow them entirely in what he wanted to do.
However, this does not mean that I explicitly said that it is absolutely impossible to do so.
Is it just difficult?
If you reject too harshly, it can lead to mood issues, so that is not a mistake that Managing Director Kim Chan-oh, who has been in society for a long time, would make.
Still, you may feel bad to some extent.
It is a characteristic of chaebols that they feel bad just because they opposed something they proposed.
Now that we have added nuance like this, Director Seo Woo-jin will probably think again.
“Sseu-eup. “Just to create trouble for no reason.”
Currently, Managing Director Kim Chan-oh is living a sufficiently satisfying life.
High status.
Great salary.
Stable life.
Plus, there wasn’t much work to do, so I was able to invest most of my time in playing.
And the biggest thing is that he is doing other things without the company’s knowledge.
This is a secret that should never be revealed.
“If I go ahead with what Director Seo Woo-jin said, I will lose what I am currently enjoying.”
So, I opposed it.
And we will continue to oppose it in the future.
What if we insist on continuing?
It’s a problem that can be solved by just pretending to do it and making efforts to drag on and make the project fizzle out.
“I think we’ll keep in touch like this for the time being..”
Managing Director Kim Chan-oh stared at his laptop.
I was so embarrassed at first.
Suddenly, I rushed to my laptop, wondering if someone had requested a video conference.
And when I checked the name, it was General Manager Seo Woo-jin.
There was buffering for a few seconds, but I soon came to my senses, rubbed my eyes, and accepted the video conference request.
The result is a discussion about the project.
It was not a request to proceed with the project right away, but it was a proposal to do something to proceed with the project.
It was a development that made me wonder if this is what it means to be embarrassed on top of embarrassment.
However, after listening closely, I realized that it was of no benefit to me at all, and even if there was a benefit to the group, I expressed my intention to deny it because I was not sure whether the credit would return to me.
Managing Director Kim Chan-oh took a quick look around his office and then muttered.
“I’ll have to be careful from now on..”
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“This is absurd.”
For a moment, the story of the millstone almost came up again.
It was quiet for a while, but I didn’t expect someone to tackle me again.
That’s also on the subject of business management.
Executive Director Park Young-woo is also puzzled by what I said. What on earth is this guy?
“Ha. “He’s in Mexico, so I can’t go get him.”
However, we cannot ask you to come to Korea right away.
What’s the point in asking you to come in?
By the time it is time to come in, Assistant Manager Kim Yun-seon’s slot selection period will have expired.
“Hmm. “I wasn’t trying to implement the project right away, I was just trying to give Baek Seong-hoon a bombshell.”
Did I go too far?
When I brought up the story of the project, were you so surprised that you said that you couldn’t do it?
No..
Anyway?
The general manager wants to do it, but you are against it?
Would I have asked my grandfather to be the general manager of the Mexico branch for no reason?
If I have trouble starting from the beginning, I won’t be able to even attempt the big picture I want to create in the future.
We will have to impose sanctions.
That was the conclusion I came to.
We must impose sanctions as soon as possible and make them listen to what I have to say in order to raise the antipathy index with Baek Seong-hoon.
That way, more slots can be added.
“What should I do…”
If Managing Director Kim Chan-oh was next to me, I could have caught anything wrong.
How do we find out what the guy far away did wrong and impose sanctions?
If you actually get to know him, he may be a very loyal and hard-working executive to the company.
Then it gets really difficult…
…Huh?
Hold on.
Working hard?
Something flashed through my head.
When making a video conference, the acceptance period was strangely long.
The personal office behind Director Gam Chan-oh, where a sense of discomfort was felt.
And there is a 15-hour time difference between Korea and Mexico.
As these three things strangely overlapped, the strangeness I had just felt during the video conference began to be inferred.
“A. No way..”
I wondered if what I had been thinking about was real.
Anyway.
He is an executive at a large company called Seohwa Group.
No way..
Still.
You can confirm that you caught someone, right?
As soon as I made up my mind, I started looking for information.
If it were a company, I could have collected data using secretary Kim Chae-yoon, but since I couldn’t contact secretary Kim Chae-yoon at 8 a.M. On a Saturday, I searched hard on my own.
There is no data on the laptop anyway.
What I can rely on right now is the company’s internal computer network.
Fortunately, because his position was the head of a division and he was from a conglomerate family, he was able to access most of the information.
Of course, due to the nature of the department, it is impossible to know about work carried out in secret, but in the case of data that must be shared between departments to increase work efficiency, it is uploaded to the internal computer network so that it can be viewed at any time.
However, there is a level at which you can see it, which means that in my case, I can see almost everything.
“Oh? “Of course there is.”
The material I want is a drawing from the Mexican branch.
Of course, since it is an overseas company, I thought it would be necessary to lease a specific building, but the office was also leased.
If you are setting up a corporation overseas, you purchase a building and operate it, but I thought it would be a bit difficult to buy a building for an organization that is at the branch level.
“Hmm… As expected…”
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Through the drawing, some of what I expected was confirmed.
Next is the actual map.
If you search the Gyugle map (is that what they call it here?), You can find out exactly where the building is located and the direction in which it was erected, so I used the drawing and map I just obtained to verify the remaining questions.
As a result, I had no choice but to open my mouth and mutter.
“…Is this a true story?”
A situation where what was expected has become the answer.
Of course, it could have been because I decided on the answer and followed it, so I had to check it one more time.
Confirmation?
Of course, it has to be done through the video conference function, right?
Of course, not through Managing Director Kim Chan-oh, but through someone else.
I recalled the list of personnel records I had seen yesterday in my head, and set up a video conference with the most suitable person.
Of course,
He didn’t ask me directly what I wanted.
Because it might be a burden to him.
And there was no need for that.
The answer came immediately as soon as the other party accepted the video conference.
As soon as I finished the video conference, I cursed.
“Isn’t this a very funny bastard?”
Of course, the kid here is not the employee who just had a video conference, but Managing Director Kim Chan-oh.
I picked up my phone to end this ridiculous situation as quickly as possible.