episode_0018

Chairman Kang Seok-ho was having very good days these days.

This was because his grandson Seojun, who had been hoping for it for a long time but did not move as he had hoped and seemed to have no greed at all, started working hard as if he had sharpened a knife.

“Our Seojun is working quite hard.”

Seojun has been a person who is amazingly good at keeping promises since he was young.

Before my mother died, Seojun was a child who had many things and wanted to do many things.

Every time I wanted something, I created a reason to buy it for myself by putting conditions on it like I did now, and those conditions made people who were watching so amazing that they couldn’t help but say that it was amazing.

Chairman Kang Seok-ho thought that maybe that was why he came to cherish Seo-jun more than his other children and grandchildren.

Obtaining what you want within the conditions within which you can do it.

No matter how you look at it, it was a sign of entrepreneurial talent.

“You have planned a large-scale project this time, so if you succeed, you will definitely be able to look to higher places.”

“Yes, and this time, you even got the team members’ performance bonuses right.”

Even though he was always working on projects, it was a completely different move from his previous Seojun, who was only looking at promotion to division manager.

Of course, this does not mean that performance bonuses did not fall for those who participated in the project in the past, but this time the degree was different.

“I guess it’s to buy people’s hearts.”

He decided that in order to move up, he needed to have some, if not all, of the people in the company on his side.

In addition, since this project was so large that even Chairman Kang Seok-ho paid attention to it, a large number of talented people from the company were invested.

“How will you create and grow your own people? I’m really curious.”

Chairman Kang Seok-ho’s expression looked brighter than ever.

“I have to get up early because I have a board meeting.”

It was almost time for the regularly scheduled board meeting.

“I will take you there.”

“Well, eggplant.”

The sight of Chairman Kang Seok-ho moving around with his secretary showed a dignity that did not befit his 85-year-old age.

***

Chairman Kang Seok-ho was in such a good mood, but Kang San-ho, Kang Seok-ho’s first son and Seo-jun’s father, was always in an uncomfortable state.

‘How can a young person handle such a large project?’

That’s what I was thinking, but I couldn’t shake off the anxiety.

Seojun has already succeeded several times in large-scale projects and won contracts with prestigious foreign companies.

This was because he did not just rise to the position of head of the division at a young age.

“Huh.. I have to think.”

Even if it meant causing some damage to the company, I had to send Seojun completely into the abyss.

Kang San-ho had no intention of even looking after his own son.

Since I didn’t really like Seojun to begin with, there was no reason to look at him or do anything to him.

Beep-

“Call Manager Kim and come.”

“Yes, Vice President. I understand.”

Although he was 65 years old this year, he was still unable to inherit the chairmanship.

‘Isn’t it time for the old man to retire?’

Kang Seok-ho said that he would retire at any time if he could hand over the chairmanship, but no such attempt has been made so far.

The others were not very interested in the company’s affairs, and the only one who wanted to take over the chairmanship was Kang San-ho, so it would be natural for him to pass it on.

‘You are still not good enough to receive the position of chairman.’

He always said that and showed his firm determination not to pass it on to Kang San-ho.

“Fuck!”

Kang San-ho had no idea.

This was especially true because he thought that the work of the chairman and the vice president were similar.

‘I’m sure they’re trying to pass it on to Seojun.’

On the day of Chairman Kang Seok-ho’s birthday party, Kang Seok-ho appeared in a very good mood after talking with Seojun.

The joy was an unprecedented feeling, and from the next day, Seojun suddenly started working hard again as if he wanted to move up.

It was clear that there was an unspoken deal between the two that put the company at stake.

“There was one guild that sponsored this time.”

And around the time Seojun started working hard, the company suddenly started pouring a lot of money into one guild.

“The guild master.. Kim Geon-woo.”

He was one of the people in the company who followed Seojun well, but I heard that he quit the company when he became the guild master.

‘Is the actual owner Kang Seo-jun? And instead of funding the guild, you decided to work hard at the company?’

Regarding the news that the company was pouring funds into a new guild, Kang San-ho expressed his opinion that it was not very good.

Since Sogang has connections with large guilds anyway, it would be more helpful to further solidify the connections with those large guilds, so now what’s the use of investing money into a new guild?

Of course, most of the directors thought that would be the case, but I don’t know how Kang Seok-ho persuaded them, but everyone was in favor, so it went ahead in the end.

Anyway, after it started, I didn’t pay any attention to my father because he was doing something stupid again.

‘Hmm, his weakness might be that guild.’

Kang San-ho decided to look into it in more detail and finally smiled for the first time in a few days.

Beep-

“This time, I learned about the guild that the company is sponsoring.”

“Yes, I understand.”

After ordering his secretary to investigate the guild, he sat back in his chair with a relaxed expression.

“Let’s see where we go, Seojun. Will it go as well as you want?”

Although he looked like an ugly father who was jealous of his child, Kang San-ho was never a good father in the first place.

I was just happy imagining my son falling apart in the future.

***

“My father ordered an investigation into the guild.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

There was one thing that Kang San-ho overlooked.

“Yes, I understand. Please convey only superficial information.”

The point was that Kang San-ho’s secretary had already fallen into Seo-jun’s hands.

The first thing Seojun did after making a deal with his grandfather was to work behind the scenes to make his father’s secretary his own.

In general, most secretaries were people who were highly loyal to the people they served.

Since we had been working together for a long time, there were quite a few people who considered their secretaries like family.

In fact, Chairman Kang Seok-ho was also very close to his secretary.

‘If you were my grandfather’s secretary, I would never have been able to make you mine.’

Chairman Kang Seok-ho and his secretary had a very close bond, so it would have been nearly impossible for someone opposed to him to lure the secretary into obtaining information.

But Kang San-ho was different.

He always forces his secretary to do unreasonable work, and while he himself quits work every day, the secretary always works overtime.

If he lacked even the slightest bit of information he wanted, he would make a fuss, and if he wanted to eat something, he would even make him run errands for his own meal rather than work for the company.

During work hours, if you go far away and buy something you wanted to eat, the secretary has to work overtime again to complete the remaining work, which is a repeat of life.

‘If you will be on my side, I will help you escape from Vice President Kang San-ho.’

Kang San-ho’s secretary was at the crossroads of changing jobs.

However, the image that came from Sogang itself was too great to give up on Sogang, and the salary was quite high.

While I was pondering for a while about whether I should hold on to my personality and move to a smaller place, I heard Seojun’s proposal.

‘Isn’t it a bit sad to leave Sogang without trying anything?’

Seojun planned to cut off Kang San-ho, who only knew how to persuade people to his side and manipulate them, even though he had no track record or ability, once he moved up.

‘If you come to my side, I will arrange your department so that you can work more comfortably at Sogang.’

Of course, right now, Seojun, the head of the division, could not reassign Vice President Sanho Kang’s secretary to another location.

Moreover, even if he could monitor what Kang San-ho was doing and obtain information, he couldn’t do it right away.

But what is clear is that he will move up in the near future.

When the time came to prove that Vice President Kang San-ho was no longer needed, the secretary could also be completely liberated.

‘Yes, I will be on Director Kang Seo-jun’s side.’

Thanks to Seo-jun’s understanding of his difficulties, she was able to become his side with less effort than expected.

Part of the reason was that no matter how much I thought about it, I felt like I had absolutely nothing to lose.

In her opinion, Vice President Kang San-ho, whom she was serving, was not very talented and was not the type to work hard.

On that subject, the sight of him looking higher and waiting for the beans to fall.

He made his subordinates think that he had no future.

But Seojun was different.

He was a person who clearly showed that this is what it looks like when a person with outstanding ability puts in the effort.

Everyone at the company was whispering that Seojun might become the chairman.

‘let’s work hard.’

Moreover, since I decided to help Seojun, overtime work has decreased significantly.

After Kang San-ho ordered her to work overtime and left work first, Seo-jun’s secretary took care of her work together.

As a result, she left work much earlier than before, and because she started to think about what work-life balance was like, she had no choice but to be even more loyal to Seojun.