After Min-gyo Park’s office riot, rumors of embezzlement spread out of control within KN Chemical.
In the early days, Park Min-gyo tried to stop the rumors directly, but the original rumors spread faster the more you block them.
Rumors that were speculative gradually gained weight and grew to an unbearable level.
– Baek Seung-tae embezzled company money and fled abroad. There was also money that Park Min-gyo stole.
It was not pleasant to me that the embezzlement case, which should have happened next year, was brought forward.
So I secretly spread other rumors to the female employees.
– Baek Seung-tae touched a woman Park Min-gyo and ran away abroad.
It was a somewhat absurd rumor, but the effect was certain.
In just one day, the word ’embezzlement’ that was circulating in the company disappeared, and instead, only words like ‘fight against love’ and ‘escape from love’ remained.
* * *
These days, I spend a lot of time on the company rooftop.
When I come up here, all I do is smoke a cigarette or play with my phone.
why don’t you work?
Surprisingly, I can’t because I have nothing to do.
Baek Seung-tae, who is supposed to give work orders, is in a state of not knowing when he will return from overseas, and Park Min-gyo, his boss, has recently been stuck in the executive office and doesn’t come out at all.
As the situation was like this, I went to work every day and only stamped, and the rest of the time I was living as a salary thief.
‘In the first place, the integrated management department itself was created for embezzlement, so it might be more beneficial for the company if I don’t work there.’
I come down to the rooftop in time for work.
You don’t even have to go to the office. At exactly 6:00, I just stamp my employee ID at the gate and leave the company.
We drove to the downtown area of Pangyo, not to the WHTS Company office.
There are more people than rolling stones on the road. Next to it, numerous neon signs flash their lights as if competing with each other.
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I step into a particularly quiet and dark karma here.
[Golden Castle Adult Game Room]
As soon as the door is opened, condensed noise and acrid cigarette smoke pour out.
The sound of slot machines and baccarat cards spinning, mixed with thick swear words and sighs, made my ears tingle.
Beep.
Charge your card at the checkout counter and go inside.
There is a slot machine game in the center, and there are partitions inside, so you can enjoy the game quietly.
After inserting the card into the device in the corner, I put the ashtray on top of the button.
Piririk. Piririk. Piririk. Piririk.
The slot machine continues to run because the start button is pressed.
If you leave it like this, you will bet on your own for the next five or six hours, and the slot machine will automatically run.
Took.
I throw a small bag on top of the machine and leave the arcade.
Of course, go out through the small side door, not the front door. It is a door made in preparation for a crackdown, so it is never known from the outside.
‘It’s been a while since I haven’t been followed, but there’s nothing wrong with being careful.’
After going out to the back of the arcade building and walking along the narrow road lined with air conditioners, the final destination is finally reached.
[WHTS Company]
At first, it was all about renting an office in this building, but now we rented and used all two floors, so a plaque was proudly hung outside.
“Good.”
I look at the nameplate, smile once, and enter the building.
“Oh, why is it so hard to see our representative’s face?”
At the entrance of the office, Park Tae-shik was standing crookedly waiting for me.
These days, KN Chemicals is busy with work, so I couldn’t pay attention to the company.
“Are you doing that when you clearly know my situation?”
“I understand. But isn’t it a problem because the employees don’t understand?”
“What are you talking about?”
“Since you don’t show your face to the company, the morale of the employees is completely at a rock bottom. If it is serious, there are even rumors that Cy Club has been abandoned.”
Until now, Cy Club has been used as a means to list Acorn Coins.
Therefore, it was a structure in which there was no choice but to be dissatisfied if there was no continuous action at the development site.
“Didn’t you pay all the bonuses last time? I heard that all overdue salaries were settled and the basic salary was also raised.”
“There is a limit to how much money can save the atmosphere.”
“then?”
“Current Cy Club is only concerned with maintaining the status quo. We need a clear vision of what Cy Club will do in the future.”
I know Cy Club is doomed. I do not use the expression that it failed because it is not popular, but the real service ends and goes bankrupt.
That’s why I thought it was great that the status quo was maintained as it is now.
‘If I don’t know such a future, it’s only natural that I’m not satisfied with the current situation.’
He glanced at his watch and said.
“Have your employees left work?”
“Of course I didn’t. Where are the IT companies that get off work at this time these days?”
It’s true, but it was also something you should never say if you’re going to lead the company in the long term.
“Let’s go for now.”
“Where?”
“Cyclub development room, they told me to show my face.”
* * *
7 pm.
It’s time for those who will be leaving for work, and for those who will be working overtime, it is time to go to work after dinner. Most of the Cy Club development team belonged to the latter category.
“Everyone, you work hard until late at night.”
When I greeted them first, an ambiguous voice came back.
The atmosphere in the Cy Club development room, which I hadn’t heard in a while, was subtle.
It seemed that he was surprised to see me, but it wasn’t a friendly reaction, at least a shadowy one.
“Taesik, is the atmosphere of the development room like this?”
“It wasn’t even this far… … Maybe it’s because you came, I’m down today.”
While we whisper, a nice guy walks out from behind.
It was Gong Min-joon, the head of the development team.
“Hello, CEO.”
At least Gong Min-jun’s expression looks a little better. Being better here means being better than other employees, and he wasn’t too bright.
We sat face to face at a table in the break room inside the development room.
“Chief Gong, how is the atmosphere in the development room these days?”
“It’s pretty good. The salary is decent, the office environment has improved, and there are no other special problems, so in fact, even this alone is much better than before.”
“Isn’t that different from what I heard?”
Gong Min-joon takes a quick look at Park Tae-shik, who is sitting next to him, and opens his mouth.
“To tell you the truth… … . Many team members are disappointed with this reopening.”
“In what part did you feel disappointed?”
“Anyway, in terms of number of visitors, sales, and topicality, it’s a performance that falls short of expectations.”
Gong Min-jun quickly presents the report he had prepared in advance.
The report was packed with details such as Cy Club’s sales and profits, trends in visitors, and changes in actual users.
“Our sales and earnings to date have been below expectations, but it is positive that we still have a lot of active users. If this trend continues, you can maintain a certain amount of sales with advertising revenue… … .”
Gong Min-jun works hard to appeal to the positive side of Cy Club.
To be honest, I was surprised to see the report.
The reopening of Cy Club is only a reversion to the original version, and the sudden increase in the number of users at the beginning of the opening is not the effect of scattering acorn coins for free.
But now, two months have passed since then.
‘There are still 200,000 daily access to Cy Club?’
Cy Club has been barely maintaining 30,000 daily visitors since 2013, when its popularity declined.
But just because it reopened, 200,000 people would log in every day.
“Here, the part where it says there are 200,000 visitors. Did you include the number of people who accessed external blogs or something?”
“no. It is not an external link, but a figure that counts only members who have access to Cy Club.”
“Why?”
Minjun Gong blinks his eyes. It seemed he was taken aback when I directly asked why.
The answer came from the mouth of Park Tae-shik, who was next to him.
“Most of the accessors are members who came to listen to music.”
“What music?”
“You said it before. Music is the best way to sell memories. So, when I log in to Cy Club, I made the music from that time play automatically.”
The heyday of Cy Club was in the mid-2000s.
Now, it was not common to have a place to collect and listen to songs of that time, so most of the accessors came to Cy Club because of the song.
‘After all, 200,000 people are not SNS, but the number of people who logged on to play a song.’
It is fortunate that they survived even this way, but it was impossible for Cy Club to survive long-term with just one song.
Gong Min-joon knows that too, and he keeps looking at me.
“Chief Gong, it’s okay, so if you have something to say, just do it.”
He looks at me once again and suddenly stands up.
Then he suddenly lowers his head at 90 degrees.
“Please. Please don’t give up on Cy Club!”
“What are you talking about… … ?”
“I know that SNS, once pushed out of the mainstream, will have a hard time recovering. However, Psy, who has memories of the entire nation, cannot disappear like this in vain.”
As soon as Gong Min-joon finishes talking, development team members rush in from outside the break room.
“Psy contains our lives and memories. One more chance… … .”
“Please. We can still do it.”
“If the service ends like this, many members will be sad. I heard that the CEO also had a Psy during his school days.”
“CEO, please don’t give up on Psy!”
I have to say something, but my mouth doesn’t come out for a moment. It was such an awkward situation for me.
Park Tae-sik, who was worse off, calms down the staff and goes out.
“I don’t know what you’ve misunderstood, but we don’t close our service. Please go back to your seat.”
However, the staff are still steadfast. If I don’t tell you directly, I’m going to lie down in front of the break room like this.
Sigh.
When I get up, thirty intense eyes follow me.
“As director Park Tae-sik said, I have no intention of giving up Psy service. I don’t know where those rumors came from.”
The buzz grows louder at the word nonsense.
“Chief Gong, where did you get the information that Psy was ending the service?”
“that… … Haven’t cryptocurrency prices fluctuated recently? But among them, the price of acorn coins has fallen the most… … .”
It’s because I sold a lot of acorn coins I was holding to crash the bitcoin market this time.
“What does the cryptocurrency market price have to do with the end of Psy service?”
“The reason for the collapse in the community is because of Psy’s grades… … There is a saying that closing Psy is a good thing for Acorn Coin.”
“So, the reason for the termination of Psy’s service was the internet crap?”
Gong Min-jun secretly avoids his gaze, as if he has nothing to say.
I slowly turned to the staff and said.
“Once again, there is no end to the Cy Club service. Don’t trust the internet, trust me, the CEO.”
Employees crowded at the entrance to the break room slip away like the ebb tide.
Everyone seems to be still half-confident, but their expressions are much better than before.
“under… … Seriously, what are you thinking?”
“This means that Team Leader Gong and the other team members here have a genuine affection for Cy Club. And I’m also serious about Cy Club.”
“Hey, Park Tae-sik. Why are you stuck here?”
Normally, I would have laughed at this point, but he continued talking seriously.
“Woohyuk-ah, I have a sincere request. Let’s grow our Cy Club properly.”
Just make Instagram or ticktoc lmao…