87. Neon Forty-Nine
Sunday.
I was studying with Youngmi in the living room of Youngmi’s house.
Young-mi’s father came out of the study room and said to me.
“Jeong-ho, can you take a look at the computer here in the study?”
“yes.”
As I entered the study, the old man smiled and pointed to the prepared chair opposite the desk.
I’m not asking you to look at the computer, it means I have something to tell you.
As I sat down on the chair, the man opened his mouth.
“By the way, you weren’t joking, were you?”
“yes? Isn’t that a joke?”
“You two are studying together. In English language… Jung-ho, just because you were teaching Yeong-mi, I thought she was joking.”
It deserved it.
For all three years of high school, Yeong-mi never missed the first place in all schools, and I was a student with moderately high grades.
“You said you got first place in the country in this mock test? I heard it for the first time yesterday. congratulation!”
“thank you.”
“Does your mother like you a lot?”
What your uncle said is correct.
When I showed my mother the report card a week ago, her warm smile is still good in front of my eyes.
My mother knows that I don’t get high marks on purpose.
Still, I was very surprised to see my mother rejoicing when she saw the report card marked 1 in the national rankings, and I felt apologetic to my mother, who only showed her grade 2 report card.
I nodded my head at my uncle’s question.
“Yes, my mother really liked it.”
“You will. I feel so good… haha—!”
“Uncle, but… It is true that Youngmi is teaching me. Actually, the reason I got good grades this time is because I studied with Youngmi.”
“ah… ! okay? I see. ha ha ha—!”
Seeing Uncle’s pleasant smile, I think that our parents are all the same.
“Jungho, can you come to work tomorrow after class?”
“I have to tell my homeroom teacher, but maybe I can go. But what happened?”
“You know we have a contract with France, we ship the first export next week. Let’s have a delicious dinner together to commemorate that.”
I nodded my head, and he continued with a smirk.
“And because there are people who can clear up misunderstandings with you.”
Someone to clear up misunderstandings with me?
I said, tilting my head.
“who… Are you talking?”
“You’ll find out when you come tomorrow.”
next day.
Balhae Sports.
The atmosphere of the company is not serious.
Before going to the president’s office where Yeong-mi’s father was, I stopped by the executive office first, and although Choi Moo-sik didn’t speak to me, it was clear that something serious was going on.
Director Choi Moo-sik is a style that shows emotions easily on his face, because his face was full of uncomfortable signs.
As I left the office, I spoke to the secretary of the office, Assistant Manager Park.
“Deputy Park, Managing Director, I think you are very upset… Right?”
Deputy Park cried and opened her mouth.
“Yeah, it wasn’t a joke until a while ago. Thankfully, Director Chae has arrived, and I think he has calmed down a bit. Earlier, I heard swear words from the executive office.”
“Are you swearing? Really?”
“Yeah, you blue bastard… What is this story?”
Blue baby?
“Anyway, do you know what’s going on?”
Parker shook his head and said.
“I do not know. I felt really good up until the morning, but after the meeting in the president’s office earlier, the atmosphere has become colder.”
“Meeting in the boss’s office?”
“yes.”
“What kind of meeting is this?”
“I didn’t know too well because I was informed by the president’s office and only had a schedule.”
Balhae Sports President’s Office.
“The boss is on the phone right now.”
Director Kim Yeon-san, secretary in the president’s office, continued.
“The call will probably be long, and you will have to wait a long time.”
Manager Kim’s expression also feels a little tense.
“Perhaps… May I ask what you are talking about?”
“I’m talking to a lawyer right now.”
“Are you a lawyer? What happened?”
Manager Kim cautiously opened his mouth to my question.
“A little while ago, I was interviewed by the ㅇㅇ Economic Daily. I want to do a report on this French export contract.”
“… !”
“So I met the reporter today and showed him the factory, and then I interviewed him in the president’s office… .”
Manager Kim took a deep breath and continued.
“At the end of the interview, he said he asked the boss for the cost of the interview.”
“Was it possible that Executive Director Choi was also there?”
Manager Kim nodded, and I continued.
“The cost of the investigation… How much did you ask for?”
“Looking at what you said five, I think it was probably five million.”
“What did your boss say?”
“You’re talking to a lawyer right now that you’re taking legal action, but I don’t think you’re going to pay the reporter.”
I thought for a moment and opened my mouth.
“Do you have any business cards or contact information from the reporter?”
At my question, Manager Kim pulled out a business card from the drawer and handed it to me.
＜Cho Woo-cheol, reporter for the International Department of the Economic Daily>
The expression ‘a blue baby boy’ that Executive Director Choi said came to mind.
I asked Manager Kim.
“How old did the reporter look?”
“About mid 20s? He looked pretty young.”
I nodded and said.
“Chief Kim, if you are not busy right now, could you please find out the contact details of the ㅇㅇ Economic Daily Audit Office?”
“all right.”
“And please find some senior-level reporters in the international department of that newspaper. If you search for articles posted on internet news portals, you will be able to find them easily.”
“all right.”
If only I had a computer, I would have looked for it myself… .
The current situation of giving instructions to Manager Kim was not at all uncomfortable.
“I… Manager Yeonsan Kim, I’m sorry… .”
At my words, Manager Kim said with a look of ok.
“Speak comfortably.”
eww… It’s really awkward… Uncomfortable.
As a high school student, I use the most honorable title to speak to me, isn’t it?
“I… When searching for articles on the Internet, if there is an article published under the name of reporter Cha Woo-cheol, would you like to find it as well?”
“all right.”
That was then.
The door to the president’s office opened and Yeong-mi’s father came out.
“Five… ! Jung-ho is here.”
“hello.”
I continued speaking towards the man who was forced to smile at me.
“I heard everything from Manager Kim. that… Investigation fee… story”
Hearing my words, my uncle let out a long sigh.
“under—-! so? Let’s go ahead and talk.”
When I entered the president’s office, I cautiously asked Mr.
“I heard you talked to a lawyer. What does the lawyer say?”
“Without evidence, they said it was actually difficult.”
The thing he worries the most is the retaliatory article that could appear in the newspaper if he didn’t pay the reporter.
“Is it difficult to take legal action against retaliatory news articles?”
My uncle shook his head and said,
“You can’t know until an article is published, but even if a false article is published, there are very few precedents that properly compensate the media for damages.”
The uncle tried to brighten his bitter expression and continued speaking while checking the clock on the wall.
“I will figure this out on my own. So you don’t mind Understand? And since we made a reservation for the restaurant at 6 o’clock, let’s go have dinner with Manager Kim in a little bit.”
“Are you Yeonsan Kim, Manager?”
The uncle nodded, and then, with a knock on the door of the president’s office, Manager Kim entered.
“Heh heh–! It was difficult for Manager Kim to become a nobleman.”
“yes? What do you mean by that?”
“I was just talking to Manager Kim.”
“haha–! Did you?”
Manager Kim handed me a file and continued.
“Director Chae, this is the material you asked for a while ago.”
It’s only been about 5 minutes since you entered the president’s office, have you already done your search?
When I opened the file, I was even more surprised.
ㅇㅇ The phone number of the audit office of the Economic Daily, the contact information of two reporters at the international department level, and the previous articles by reporter Cha Woo-cheol were organized at a glance.
The most recent article by reporter Cha Woo-cheol, dated two weeks ago, was an article about the expected economic damage if the Ebola virus spreads around the world.
And at the end of the article.
There was a tag called Cha Woo-cheol apprentice reporter.
Also! As expected.
“What is it?”
At the uncle’s question, I opened the file and said,
“This is information about the reporter I was interviewing for a while ago.”
The uncle who checked the file said.
“So, are you going to report it to the newspaper company’s audit office?”
“mister… What do you think?”
“I think it’s fine, but looking at this, it seems like you have other plans? Would you like to hear that too?”
I just told the story myung-soo Jung told me a month ago.
When my uncle and Manager Kim nodded during my explanation, I felt sorry for President Jung.
When I finished my explanation, he got up from the sofa, went to his desk and picked up the phone.
“Dr. Park? Manager, are you still before work?”
“… .”
“Chief Choi. Would you like to come to the boss’s office for a moment?”
“… .”
“Come and see. Executive Director Choi, I’ll make you go down after lunch today.”
After a while, even Managing Director Moo-sik Choi gathered in the president’s office, and I had to repeat the story that President Myung-soo Jung told me once again.
“Hey! Jung-ho, is that really clever?”
Executive Director Choi turned his head and spoke to the uncle.
“If you are taken to the audit office and investigated, and rumors circulated in the department where you work, wouldn’t that bastard also be able to write retaliatory articles recklessly?”
“Is that so? Do you think Executive Director Choi is also a good idea?”
“sure!”
At the words of Executive Director Choi, Manager Kim Yeon-san said.
“Then what should I do? Shall we call the newspaper’s audit office now?”
At the question of Manager Kim, both my uncle and Executive Director Choi looked at me.
I poked my tongue out and wet my lips and said.
“Chief Kim, I think you can call the audit office tomorrow morning. Instead, I think it would be better to send an email to the manager-level reporter now and send a confirmation text in the morning tomorrow.”
“all right.”
“And when you call the audit office, don’t say 5 million won, um… Say you asked for 30 million won.”
“… !”
There is one thing that I have learned from this incident.
Advertisement articles are very common and common.
Even if we report it to the newspaper’s audit office, it’s better to eat crawfish… .
If the amount was small, it seemed that the newspaper would just pass it on.
However, if it is a large amount of 30 million won, the audit office will call the reporter to investigate, and once the internal investigation begins, the reporter will not be able to recklessly post retaliatory articles.
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Not only this.
A reporter who has not yet taken off his apprenticeship ticket was investigated by the audit office for reporting a large amount of bribes of 30 million won?
The results are as obvious as seeing fire.
At my words, Executive Director Choi tapped his knee and said.
“hey! That’s a good idea! I feel like my stomach is ripped open when I hear it! Ahahaha–! Jungho, how the hell did you come up with such a thought? yes?”
“Jeong-ho is ranked 1st in the national CSAT mock test this time.”
At the words of Young-mi’s father, Director Choi’s eyes turned round.
I was worried that the eyeballs would come out of the eyes of Executive Director Choi, who has big eyes.
“Wow—! Really? are you ho jung? Are you really number 1 in the country? Among the people I know, there is no 1 in the country! Are you really curious? Ha ha ha ha ha—!”