30- Thieves (3)
#30. Thieves (3)
“Chief Kang, did you hear the greeting? I was specially hired at the direction of the CEO, so don’t treat me too harshly with a parachute.”
Kang Yoo-mi, head of Retail Sales Management Team 2, said with a strange smile at Seung-jin Yoo’s direct words.
“What is Manager Yoo talking about so openly? Stand in front of people and embarrass them.”
“There will be rumors about this guy’s parachute anyway, but it was better than whispering behind his back, well. Talking about it on the way, it seems that this friend has no intention of hiding the fact that he is a parachute. is not it? Kang Ji-hyeok?”
Jihyuk smiled and said.
“sure. What do you have to hide?”
“Yeah, what. Because it’s a world where you can be skilled. Work hard, and I’ll go, Team Leader Kang.”
When the personnel manager disappeared as if running away, team leader Kang Yoo-mi called the employees and introduced Ji-hyeok.
Team leader Kang Yoo-mi, assistant manager Lee Hye-ji, manager Park Han-byeol, and employee Gong Jun-tae, Young-yeop team 2 had a total of four employees, and sales team 1 had five employees.
The curious thing is that there was only one existing male employee on both sides, and all of them had the lowest rank and position.
Since it’s a cosmetics company, I guessed that there would be a strong tendency towards women, but I never thought the gender imbalance would be this serious…
After Ji-hyeok was assigned a seat, he sat there blankly for a while, and Lee Hye-ji, who was supposed to be in charge of educating new recruits, approached him.
“Are you Kang Ji-hyeok?”
“Yes, sir.”
Deputy Lee Hye-ji handed over a booklet and said,
“First of all, I am memorizing the list of our company’s products while looking at the catalog here. In the afternoon, I will go to the field with me, so put your name on the outside. If you want to work outside the office, you can ask Gong Soon-tae.”
“all right. By the way, it’s your first day at work, are you going to the site right away?”
“Most of what we do is managing retail stores, so we will be out of the office often. Wouldn’t you like to know what you are doing to see if it suits your aptitude?”
“Ah, yes. It should fit your aptitude. hahahaha.”
By the time the story with assistant manager Lee Hye-ji was about to come to an end, team leader Kang Yoo-mi drew the attention of the employees with applause.
“Everyone knows the dessert cafe in front of you, right? I’ve set it up in advance, so let’s meet there in 10 minutes.”
As soon as Team Leader Kang Yoo-mi’s words ran out, all the female employees who were sitting in their seats got up and disappeared somewhere.
***
Ji-hyeok, who infiltrated the company to check the situation, asked Gong Jun-tae with a slightly absurd expression.
“Here, senior.”
Employee Joon-tae Gong answered Ji-hyeok in short words, probably because he was young.
“Uh, why?”
Upon closer inspection, his face was tired and a little annoyed.
“Where have you all gone?”
“You just heard. Dessert cafe in front of you.”
“So you went to a dessert cafe together at 10 in the morning? A little while ago, everyone was drinking morning coffee… But, why aren’t you going with me?”
Gong Jun-tae shook his head and said.
“Where are our seats at the female staff event? Don’t say anything strange, just memorize what Assistant Manager Lee said to memorize.”
After that, Gong Joon-tae took a male employee from the sales team and went out to smoke.
That’s how Jihyeok was properly neglected on his first day at the company.
Ji-hyeok, who was looking around the office left alone, couldn’t help but be embarrassed once again when he saw the schedule on the wall and the outside work.
Female employee welfare hours, written as ‘Women’s Tea Time’, were scheduled once a week, and a list of out-of-office workers was recorded until the future date in the outside work department.
“It is absurd. It steals openly like this, but no one touches it…”
It was Yuwon Cosmetics where the meme of monthly salary lupine was made company-wide.
Ji-hyeok, who confirmed that the attitude of the employees at work was a mess, spent the morning memorizing the catalog and unit price table given to him by assistant manager Lee Hye-ji.
Even when lunchtime came, no one returned to the office, and Ji-hyeok, who had been eating alone since the first day of the company, was able to face the sales team members who showed up one by one until 2:00 pm.
Assistant manager Lee Hye-ji looked in the mirror at her seat and fixed her makeup before approaching Ji-hyeok.
“Did you eat? It’s the first day at the company, so don’t feel sad that we don’t even have a meal together. It’s because there’s an event today.”
Jihyuk smiled and said.
“Yes, what. it’s okay.”
“is it so. Bring all your personal belongings and follow me. Do you know how to drive?”
“hahahaha. That’s… I’m preparing to get my license, but…”
***
Lee Hye-ji looked around two department stores in Gangnam and headed to Myeong-dong.
It wasn’t long before he grumbled that he hadn’t learned how to drive at his old age, and soon he started taking Ji-hyeok’s family survey.
“I know Jihyeok is a parachute, where did you go to school? In Seoul, right?”
“Stan… Ha, ha. It’s not Seoul, but I went a little far away.”
Ji-hyeok, who almost said that he graduated from Stanford at the moment, didn’t seem to believe it even if he said it properly, so he just covered it up.
“Hey, CEO, it’s nice to have a good back. I came out of a local university and got a job at a company with a signboard of Yuwon Group.”
“It’s great… isn’t it? Speaking of which, I am very close with the CEO of our company.”
It was Jihyeok who smiled casually even when he said that he was in a bad mood.
Lee Hye-ji, who took Ji-hyeok lightly, asked a more direct question.
“Mr. Jihyeok, it seems you are really close with the CEO. How do you know each other? family man?”
“hahahaha, I am not a family member. We met as guests, but now we are just friends. Ha ha ha.”
Lee Hye-ji was surprised and asked back.
“So, are you a guest? Can I stop saying that?”
“How are you? It’s not even illegal.”
“Ah, you didn’t go as far as illegal…”
“sure. You have to abide by the law. Anyway, I am very close with CEO Jin Seo-yeon. hahahaha.”
Lee Hye-ji glanced at Ji-hyeok and muttered quietly.
“You pay for your face.”
“yes?”
“it’s nothing. Since we’re all here, get down here and wait for a while. I’ll park and come back.”
“all right.”
***
Assistant Manager Lee Hye-ji, who dropped off Ji-hyeok, called team leader Kang Yu-mi as she headed to the parking lot.
– Uh, this assistant manager. did you find out
“Yes, I think what the manager thought was right. I met him for the first time as a guest, and he said it wasn’t illegal, but it seemed like the word pitiful would come out. Anyway, I think the CEO is just a guy to play with. They say they are close with each other, but the desk said that. He said he was cut on the secretary line.”
– okay. Then, I’ll ask the manager of the Myeong-dong store to try it out, but Hyeji pretends not to know. I will report separately to the managing director.
“Yes, chief. In fact, we didn’t do anything wrong. It was all done by the manager.”
In an instant, Assistant Manager Kang Yoo-mi’s voice grew colder.
– Deputy Lee. Wherever you go, you will be in big trouble if you say things like that carelessly. What do we do? Always watch your mouth, okay?
“Yes… yes, chief.”
– Anyway, after finishing my work at the Myeong-dong branch, I go home right away. Even if you come in, there is nothing to do.
“Yes, got it.”
***
While waiting for Lee Hye-ji, Ji-hyeok went straight to Yoo-won Cosmetics Myeong-dong.
The stand-alone store was closed last month to reduce rent expenses, and it had moved into a shop-in-shop in a part of a large general cosmetics store nearby.
Still, judging from the fact that ‘U1 Cosmetic’ occupied a certain portion of the signboard, it seemed that they were still paying quite a lot of rent.
The inside of the store was quite crowded with Chinese customers, Japanese customers, and a few Korean customers.
By the way, there were no customers even close to the Yuwon cosmetics booth.
If the seats were bad, it wasn’t either.
It was a corner open on two sides, located fairly close to the entrance, and the aisle was quite spacious and nice, but there were not too many customers.
As Jihyeok looked around the store, a woman who appeared to be an employee on our side spoke to Jihyeok.
“What brings you here?”
The woman’s voice was full of annoyance.
‘If you’re going to do this, isn’t it because you didn’t talk to me?’ I wanted to, but I held back and said hello.
“My name is Kang Ji-hyeok, who joined Yu-One Cosmetics Retail Sales Management Team 2 as a new employee.”
“Oh, are you a new employee? sister, sister At headquarters…”
A female employee called a middle-aged woman who was talking on the phone in the back.
Jihyeok smiled and greeted the middle-aged woman.
“Are you Lee Myeong-hee, the store manager? Nice to meet you, I am Kang Ji-hyeok, a new employee.”
“Ah, so you are the new employee who said you are coming today. I heard that you are coming with the assistant manager, but why are you alone?”
“Ah… the manager is parking. But, why are there so few customers in our store?”
Manager Lee Myung-hee replied with a sour face.
“Who comes to the store and buys cosmetics these days? I find the lowest price on the internet and buy it.”
If so, why open an offline store?
Other brands sell well, but why is this only here? I wanted to ask.
In the first place, additional incentives will be paid according to sales volume, so how do you work with this mindset?
“hahahaha, that’s true, but when I looked at the sales data for each store in the morning, the Myeong-dong store was in first place…”
The thing I was most curious about was this part. Even though there were no customers like this, the Myeong-dong store had never missed the first place in sales.
It was the same even now when the single store was withdrawn.
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“So, what are you curious about? Even if we seem to be having fun, we definitely sell when we sell, so I don’t think it’s anything newcomers should worry about.”
Manager Lee Myung-hee even showed some hostility and raised his voice to Ji-hyeok.
Then Ji-hyeok erased his laughter and looked at Lee Myung-hee and said.
“You must need a lot of money, but what will you do with that kind of work?”
Lee Myung-hee, the store manager, who saw Ji-hyeok’s cold expression, turned his head around, took out an envelope from somewhere, and muttered loudly, as if it didn’t matter if he listened to it.
“Ha… Team Leader Kang asked me to try it, and he said it very openly. What are you asking me to try? Now, take it.”
When Ji-hyeok received the envelope and tried to check the contents, Myung-hee Lee hurriedly stopped him.
“It won’t be long, so don’t open it now, go home and open it later. I’m giving you some pocket money because I’m new, so don’t be burdened.”
Jihyuk said with a sly smile.
“I’ll give it to you, but you seem to have misunderstood my words a little.”
“What is wrong?”
“He is obviously a person who needs a lot of money, but how can he cover that money by working like this? Or are you saying you’re going to let go because you’re going to die anyway?”
Incomprehensible words poured out of Ji-hyeok’s mouth, and manager Lee Myung-hee’s complexion rapidly turned pale after hearing those words.
“Everyone, who are you? What are you talking about?”
“As you can see, I am a new employee. But I look at the original view. Since Indang is full of black light, it must have been bad luck, and since the wajam under the eyes is rotting dark blue, it must have been related to the child. It looks like your child is very sick.”
Every time Jihyeok uttered a word, store manager Lee Myung-hee’s eyes widened.
“That, how did you do that…”
“If you listen carefully, I will find a way to save you.”
Momentarily feeling the presence of Assistant Manager Lee Hye-ji from behind, Ji-hyeok put his index finger to his lips and said,
“Don’t tell Assistant Manager Lee Hye-ji what you just said. I’ll see you separately later.”
Lee Myung-hee, still looking surprised, shook her head up and down quickly.
“You’re also cracking down on female employees.”
“Ah, I see.”
Lee Hye-ji, who had come close to me, let out a sharp voice.
“Kang Ji-hyeok, I told you to wait there, so why are you here? You’ve been looking for it for a long time.”
Jihyeok said with a soft smile as if he had never done that before.
“I’m done with my errands, can’t I go home?”
In Ji-hyeok’s hand, the envelope Lee Myung-hee gave him fluttered.