Doo doo doo doo… … Doo doo doo… … .
Catch up! Come on!
A deafening noise resounds.
It’s the sound from the construction site right in front of you.
The sound was so loud that even the cars approaching this way were startled and turned away.
While everyone is busy avoiding the construction site, there is someone who stands in front of it alone. It was Kim Mun-ju, the owner of the motel right across the construction site.
“Sick. What are you doing inside that makes it so loud?”
Since that construction started, the number of guests looking for the motel has been cut in half.
It was natural. The sound is so loud, how do you set the mood and how do you perform the gig?
In addition, the construction site was blocking the motel parking lot. If it was really stuffy, would they have even put up a banner saying ‘Motel is open!’?
“sh*t. There is a limit to what people can tolerate.”
At the construction site, temporary scaffolding was erected and a tent that looked like matting was drooping.
Kim Mun-ju rolls up his arms and screams in front of the construction site.
“Hey! Come on out!”
After screaming four or five times, someone walks out of the construction site.
He had a formidable impression, a size that could have stood at 2 meters, and a tattoo that went from the tip of his chin to his forearm. No one sees it as a construction worker.
“Nush?”
The size dazzles the eyes. It was a feeling of intimidation that ordinary people could not bear.
The voice of Kim Moon-joo, who had come to us boldly, creeps in.
“I… … The motel owner is in front of me.”
“however?”
“I want to know when the construction will be finished. Since this is interfering with our business… … .”
The big guy takes a step closer and puts his face in front of Kim Moon-joo’s nose.
Then stretch your hand out to the side.
“Can’t you see it over there?”
“yes?”
“Can’t you see it’s written there?”
At the place he pointed to, construction site notices were strewn about. We apologize for any inconvenience caused during construction.
“Brother, if you wrote sorry in front of you, you shouldn’t have to understand. We are not doing anything illegal.”
“If you let me know when it ends… … .”
“How do I know that? It’s annoying, so get out of here!”
It was not a conversation partner. Kim Moon-joo went there for no reason and had no choice but to come back without even getting his money’s worth.
Upon returning to the motel, another ordeal awaited him.
“Boss, I’m only doing it until this afternoon. Please put the rest of your salary into the account.”
Mrs. Song, who had worked as a sanitation worker for over 3 years, immediately submitted a letter of resignation.
“No, what if it suddenly happens like this?”
“What is this all of a sudden? You said you were quitting from last week.”
“It’s not possible. Three cleaners have quit this month alone, and if Mrs. Song quits too, who will do the cleaning?”
“I don’t know. If there is no one, the boss will do it.”
Mrs. Song packs her things and leaves before she has time to stop.
No matter how you think about it, it was strange.
One counter clerk, four cleaners. Is it possible for so many employees to quit in such a short period of time?
‘There must be something.’
No guests would come anyway, so Kim Mun-ju cautiously followed Ms. Song.
She was not going to her usual bus stop, but rather crossing the main road and entering the new motel across the street.
“Oh, Eun-young, you’re here! Come in quickly.”
At the entrance of the motel, employees who had recently quit came out to greet her.
“Didn’t you tell President Kim that you were quitting?”
“I just gave you my resignation letter. They complained so much that there was no one to clean without me.”
“Yeah, wouldn’t it be better if you found someone in advance when you said you were quitting? Tsk tsk.”
“Since the business isn’t working these days, I’ve been putting my head down to cut down on labor costs. It would be hard for me to work alone, but they didn’t even think of helping.”
The reason you quit working as a group was to move to a competitor?
Kim Moon-joo could not stand the momentary anger and shouted ‘Quack!’ screamed
“hey! I’ve taken care of you so far, but these miscellaneous things don’t even know the grace!”
Surprised, the cleaners are confused and do not know what to do.
I was already like everyone else, but I instinctively shrank because I had been in a relationship with the president and an employee for the past few years.
It was then. A man dressed in black walks out of the motel.
“who are you?”
The man was different in size from the one I had met earlier at the construction site.
If the construction site was like a neighborhood gangster, this time it was like a systematically trained soldier.
If it were the usual Kim Moon-ju, he would have rolled his tail and stepped back, but his eyes widened when he saw the woman following the man in black.
“Aunt Kim?”
Only then did I get a sense of what had happened.
It was clear that Mrs. Kim, who had quit her job first, had enticed the other employees to take them as well.
“No, Mrs. Kim! Let’s talk with me. If you’re going to quit, you’ll quit gracefully, what if you take out all the people? I have to eat a real report for business obstruction… … .”
Kim Moon-joo tried to approach her, but was blocked by a man in black on the way.
“I would have asked who you are.”
“I am the one who used to work with that lady. I have something to tell you, so please step out of the way.”
The man in black looks back at Mrs. Kim. When she shakes her head, the man punches Kim Mun-ju and pushes her away.
“My wife wants me to let her go.”
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“Mrs? who is your wife? Could it be that cleaning lady?”
Kim Mun-ju snorts and points his finger.
“Oh, Mrs. Kim. Did you change jobs and get ahead? Is that why you brought all the other ladies?”
“It’s not like that… … . Everyone moved because they wanted to.”
“joy! It’s the sound of a passing dog laughing. Auntie, do you know how to do things like this? Hurry and call the boss here! Call the boss!”
Kim Mun-ju held on to the door to avoid being dragged out by force.
But the man’s strength was so great that he was easily overpowered like a child.
“Let this go! I will report all of you! Are Korean laws funny?”
While he screams at being caught, the sanitation workers who have been watching from the side pile up.
“The person who knows the law funny must be the boss.”
“that’s right! In addition to violating labor laws, the parking lot was also illegally widened!”
“At night, the lady at the bar also connected me, but what was that… … .”
“Arrangement of prostitution!”
“right. It’s 6 months out of business! Other than that, I told you to just accept minors, right? I will report them all!”
At the word that the business will be suspended for 6 months, Kim Moon-joo lowers his head first.
It was because there was no way to get out if the cleaners who had worked at the motel for years united and filed a report.
“Ladies, I was wrong. Since I’ve done everything wrong, can’t I just go over it once? I’ll give you more severance pay. huh?”
He begged for a hand, thinking that he would try to calm himself down this once. However, no matter how much he tried, it was useless.
Unexpected construction in front of the motel, a new motel built nearby, mass turnover of employees, reporting of illegal activities, suspension of business.
All of this was not accidental, it was planned by someone, and the option of forgiveness was not included in the plan from the beginning.
* * *
6 o’clock in the morning.
The conference room at Softpow’s headquarters is full of people around this time every day.
It’s too early for the meeting, but none of the attendees show signs of drowsiness.
Rather, there were a few people whose eyes went wide from watching the American market overnight.
Exactly 30 minutes after that, everyone stands up as if they had promised.
Sigh.
The door opens at the timing measured by a ruler, and a gray-haired middle-aged man enters the conference room.
It was Shin Jeong-eui, the founder of Softpow.
“Everyone, please sit down.”
As soon as he sits down, the briefing begins.
Starting with the stock market report overnight, simple domestic and foreign news, and detailed reports are provided separately for the fields that Chairman Shin Jeong-eui directly takes care of.
“This is foreign political news. As a result of Taiwan’s election, Democratic Party candidate Tsai Ing-wen was elected with an overwhelming vote difference… … .”
The staff attending this event are Japan’s most elite.
But no one can comment here. He simply collects information in his field of expertise, condenses and processes it, and delivers it to Chairman Shin Jeong-eui.
The final decision on all investments was made directly by Chairman Shin Jeong-eui.
It was an inefficient decision-making method not suitable for a bloated organization, but no one could argue.
SoftPow has been operating in this way for a long time, and the result is the current super-large investment company SoftPow.
“for a moment.”
Chairman Jeong-eui Shin, who had been listening to the report, spoke for the first time.
“Who posted the new investment report here?”
Among dozens of attendees, a young employee who appears to be in his 30s raises his hand.
“I put it on, Chairman.”
“The selection of new investment destinations should have been announced in the new year and finished, so why did you re-upload the list?”
“Originally, it was meant to be, but this time, due to an unfortunate situation, one company went out of business.”
The unfortunate incident he referred to was the refusal of a New Year’s invitation by a Korean social media developer.
“The number 9 is a symbol of insufficiency, so there is a saying that we should fill in 10 and change it to auspicious.”
“what? Do you mean to get an additional investment destination with just that kind of superstition?”
“It’s not that I thought so, but in the media… … .”
“noisy!”
Chairman Jeong-eui Shin shouts and looks at the meeting participants every once in a while.
“In the future, if there is anyone who introduces superstition into investing, I will immediately leave, so please know that.”
Since he was the chairman of Shinjeong-eui, who rarely gets angry, the atmosphere in the meeting room becomes quiet as if cold water had been poured on him.
“The media is also a problem. I’m just thinking of raising useless things somehow in a stimulating way. tsk tsk… … .”
When the story of media companies came up, it naturally came to mind that a company that had refused an invitation to the New Year was under intense attack from the media.
He turns his gaze to the employee who analyzes Korean information.
“The company that rejected our invitation, what happened to it now?”
“We are still under intense attack from the far-right media and right-wing camps.”
Since the justification was made there, in a way, it could be seen as self-sufficient gain.
“Still, since it’s a service company in Korea, there won’t be a big hit.”
“Recently, there has been a suspicious movement from that company.”
“What are you curious about?”
“A few days ago, that… … I threw a vote to officially enter the Japanese market.”
Chairman Jeong-eui Shin looks at the employee again, wondering if he heard it wrong. He quickly got up and brought the papers on which the article had been printed.
[Korean SNS Cyclub and Watts officially enter the Japanese market! I will overcome the controversy head-on with my skills.]
Chairman Jeong-eui Shin, who saw the article, was at a loss for words.
To think that he would put his head back into an already chaotic beehive. It was like suicide.
“Are you going to cause controversy in Japan and use it to promote your own market?”
“According to our research, we have already established a branch office in Tokyo. It sounds like you’re thinking about doing it formally.”
“hahahaha… … .”
Chairman Shin Jeong-eui asks a question to the domestic IT expert team, wondering if there is something he does not know.
“What are the chances of success in Japan?”
“In Korea, where tweets account for the majority of social media share, the possibility that Korean social media, which is highly controversial, will become a box office success… … I see it as less than 1%.”
It was the same as saying that if it is less than 1%, it is virtually zero. The other person probably doesn’t know that either, so why are they doing this crazy thing?
“I don’t understand at all. What kind of confidence do you have to do this?”
Come to think of it, when I spoke on the phone with the representative of the company, I felt the same way as I do now.
-I am grateful for the investment proposal of the chairman, but I will only accept it. If you still want to invest, please buy Acorn Coin issued by us.
At that time, I thought it was the representative’s childish behavior. It was one of the mistakes many successful people make at a young age.
However, when I heard the news of entering Japan this time, my thoughts changed.
‘No idiot would bet on odds less than 1%. If so, this means that this case is not just reckless… … .’
Chairman Jeong-eui Shin decided to watch his movements.
This was not a decision I made as an investor, but out of pure curiosity.