Chapter 56 – 055 Prologue
The ripples caused by the stones thrown by Hwanin became a tidal wave that hit Samanmulsan.
It was a plan designed to greatly shake the company and the disclosure material appropriate for it, but for some reason, several giant corporations jumped on the bandwagon and started attacking the company from the bottom of the water, turning into a bigger wave than they expected.
[“The power-type gate has opened…… Vibration of the stench of corruption”]
[Is there any will to reform the recurring ‘livelihood corruption’?]
[There is another ‘bidding corruption’ at the corporation? “Dealing with corrupt companies for years…… “]
“…….”
The purpose of exposing the corruption was to protect herself and retaliate against Kang Ha-yeon, who was trying to socially exterminate herself.
However, Kang Ha-yeon is the daughter of the manager of Saman. If she carelessly touches her, this side will rather suffer.
To retaliate against her Kang Ha-yeon, she must first destroy the family.
In order for her to bring down the manager of a company of the size of Saman Corporation, she only had to expose corruption materials related to manager Kang among the information she had collected.
‘That much can’t touch Manager Kang’s personal network infrastructure. With Director Kang’s ability and the accumulated slush funds, there is a 70% chance of recovering through her connections after the storm passes.’
If you want to cut off the buds for a comeback, you have to come up with a more complicated plan than that, but that’s too annoying.
So, Hwan-in decided to shake the Saman Mulsan itself.
Even if Saman Corporation collapsed, 80% of Director Kang’s personal connections and assets would evaporate.
Here, the coordinates of the bombardment were set by the two general managers and the executive director.
Even if Saman C&T can withstand the storm of public opinion and stock price crash, the three people will suffer irreversible damage from the aftereffects.
However, large groups around the 30th in the business world began to focus on the gate of Saman.
‘It must have been delicious.’
I thought maybe the top 5% group might come out. Because Saman Mulsan was like a plump goose.
However, due to lack of information, the possibility could not be calculated, and Hwanin excluded the trend of large groups for now.
She said she hadn’t, but I was sure she wouldn’t step in and help when the gates exploded. That’s because the corruption accumulated by Saman Mulsan was dirtier than sewage.
‘Anyway, good luck to me.’
If the fire starts to spread in this way, the eyes will be distracted, and the possibility of focusing attention on Yuhan-seong will be greatly reduced.
Hwan-in, who confirmed that there were other articles exposing Saman Mulsan’s corruption besides the materials he had prepared, raised his head and looked around his office.
The atmosphere is cluttered.
The Saman Mulsan Gate is the yard leading to the main newsroom of a public broadcasting station.
The atmosphere could not be more disturbing than this, with executives who are rarely seen moving around, witnessed several times, and heard shouts from somewhere.
Hwanin moved to the stair landing after hearing the employees lower their voices and whispered, and looked at the reporters camped out at the entrance and parking lot, and touched his chin.
‘The threat I made to Kang Ha-yeon worked.’
It was a threat made by Kang Ha-yeon, who has a shitty personality, to secure time before filing an innocent lawsuit.
She took her own blackmail as that of a psychopath who doesn’t want to turn into her sex offender.
He would not be able to establish a connection between the beginning of this gate and himself. That’s why she has been quietly and reticently living her company life.
Hwanin fiddles with the resignation letter in his arms, then turns on the smartphone he bought and remodeled for Bushcraft to open the stock app.
The stock price of Saman Mulsan was hitting the lower limit every day to the extent that the word collapse was colorless.
▼17.8% Sanan C&T
▼31.5% trinocular solution
▼29.2% trinocular flex
▼26.3% Saman Materials
▼25.2% Saman Global Tech
▼22.7% trinocular……
“…….”
Among the ten stocks of Saman Corporation and its subsidiaries registered in the stock application’s favorites list, there is no stock price that has not plummeted.
Even the parent company has declined massively, and the market capitalization is evaporating in real time.
Convinced of the existence of dinosaur companies and operational forces gathering in the delicious meat of Saman, Hwanin hid a small smile on his lips and pulled out a cup of coffee from the vending machine and enjoyed the sweet scent.
The bald manager, who had been suffering from headaches over the company’s problems in the past few days, looked at the resignation letter in front of him and touched the crown of his head.
The hot heat rubs your palms.
“Tsk.”
The chief muttered to himself that this heat might be the cause of his hair loss, then looked up at Hwanin standing in front of him and asked.
“Are you going to quit?”
“Yes.”
“If it’s because of Team Leader Kang of the planning team, there’s nothing to worry about. She said that she was beaten for being rude to you, and that she is reflecting on her wrongdoing, so she won’t get you blamed for that.”
Saying so, it was the chief who pushed the resignation to Hwanin, but the expected reaction did not come back.
“…… Are you really thinking of quitting?”
The company doesn’t see a future.
This company didn’t feel like a place for me to bury my bones.
Work is not fun.
Several answers popped into his head, but Hwanin chose not to answer, remaining silent as usual.
The bald chief looked disapprovingly at Hwanin, who was standing like a jangseung, then picked up the resignation letter and pushed it into the drawer.
Turning the head away is a clear sign of displeasure.
I’m glad I didn’t say anything lame. Thinking so, Hwanin politely bowed down and turned around, and only then did the bald chief start to sarcastically turn to Hwanin’s back as if to listen.
“Anyway, kids these days don’t have guts, guts. I want to see how alternative parents did home education and act like that without any responsibility. Tsk tsk.”
“…….”
“If something happened, run away like a defeated bastard…… I don’t know what you’re trying to learn. If that’s the case, why don’t you do manual labor at a nogada board? Anyway, the things I didn’t learn…….”
Hwanin stopped walking at the mockery of the manager who showed no respect whatsoever, looked back at the manager with cold eyes and opened his mouth.
“Lee Min-doo.”
“What, what?!”
A person who does not know how to respect the other person reacts particularly sensitively to behavior that belittles himself.
“Hey bastard, am I your friend?! What kind of bastard with no blood on his head calls adult names carelessly!?”
The section chief, who blushed as if he had been insulted, continued to speak in a low voice.
“The reason I quit my job is because of you.”
“What did you say now! You bastard!!”
“He’s the head of the HR department, but he’s so stupid that he can’t even use a computer properly. Cowardice is like a rat, and greed is more than that of a monkey. You do not know how to distinguish between public and private affairs, but you are the worm that blames your subordinates for their achievements and blames your subordinates for your mistakes. What can I learn from you? Cheating? Alienation? Flattery?”
“This, this bastard!”
The manager, who was shaking with his face flushed red from the insults facing the truth, could not stand the escalating anger and grabbed a thick file folder and threw it at Hwanin.
“…….”
Hwanin lightly snatched up the flying file folder and threw it right into the manager’s face.
With a slap and snap sound, the section chief who had been slapped in the face with a file folder screams Oops and rolls backwards.
Hwanin said with contempt as he walked toward the section chief who was struggling like an upturned rat.
“All I know how to do is flattery and flattery like a mouse, and the character of harassing a new female employee and boasting about it like a heroic story is more terrible than the wastewater that rotted in the sewer for 10 years. Does he not know how to respect others, but he only wants to be respected himself?”
“What…… !”
“The embezzlement of the team’s operating expenses was also extremely damaging. Swallowing millions of won every month, isn’t it scary for your stomach?”
The manager, who was stumbling over the insult that exceeded the acceptable limit, woke up as if he had been covered with cold water at Hwanin’s words.
I hurriedly looked around and saw that there were not one or two temples gathered in this commotion. The bald manager, who saw the disdainful managers of the next team looking at him with contempt, hurriedly picked up the spilled water and tried to pour it…….
“No!! What evil are you talking about! I didn’t do anything like embezzlement!”
“What do you know? And I’m sad that it ended like this……. I just submitted the evidence of in-house sexual harassment that I had collected so far to the local police station. I would appreciate it if you would consider it my last gift.”
On the screen of Hwanin’s smartphone, which said, “Public interest report has been completed,” The bald chief’s face turned into contemplation.
You’ve been touching your smartphone since a while ago, were you doing something like that?!
“…… !”
Confused, the bald section manager reached out for Hwanin’s smartphone, but when Hwanin slaps the back of his hand to the point of slamming it away, he realizes for the first time in his 46-year life what it is like to have blood gushing backwards.
To the bald chief, Hwanin said with a hazy smile on his lips.
“I will give you one last piece of advice on the way. There is no woman in this world who likes a middle-aged woman with hair close to half her age. If her side is unbearably cold, stop staring and visit the fish market. There will be plenty of cephalopods to fill your cold side.”
Slap slap.
The blushing, bald chief’s face reminded me of a boiled octopus.
At Hwanin’s act of lightly slapping the chief’s head, the other team members, who were watching the situation with excitement, burst into laughter and hurriedly bowed their heads.
Amid suppressed laughter from all directions, Hwanin turned around, feeling relieved at the exaggeration of his life as an octopus, trembling with shame, anger, and fear.
I deliberately raised my voice so that everyone could hear it, but since the bald section chief is the executive director’s left hand, minor sexual harassment won’t cause a problem right away.
However, when the accusation begins in earnest and the investigation proceeds, this incident will become a shackle and sink with the executive director.
Maybe you’ll get your tail cut.
When I came out to the elevator, seniors and juniors from the same team approached me, raised their thumbs up and patted me on the shoulder, not hiding their excitement.
“Hyung, it was really refreshing!”
“Senpai was really great. How could you commit so hotly?”
“Ina. Everyone who saw me felt cold inside, but…… Are you okay? If I go out like this, it will be difficult to get a job at another company.”
“It’s okay. We have a lot of money at home.”
“Ah…….”
“As expected, you can build it only if you have money…….”
“Looking at the company atmosphere, it doesn’t seem like there will be a farewell party. Materials you may need have been sent to the in-house email, so please check them later.”
“Uh? It seems like the nuance is that you won’t be able to contact me for a while? Where are you going?”
“I’m thinking of taking a trip to Europe for a while and trying to develop myself.”
The gathered people let out an exclamation of envy.
Since your trip to Europe envy. I would have gone on a backpacking trip if it hadn’t been for student loans.
“Then I will go. I hope everyone is doing well.”
“Okay. I’ll use the charts and materials you sent me well.”
“If you are a senior, you will be able to get a job in a better place than here. Senior fighting!”
“Hyung, you’re leaving, but if it’s okay, please contact me as well!”
After saying goodbye to his seniors and juniors, Hwanin came down to the lobby and ran into Kang Ha-yeon, who just came in from outside.
“Ah…….”
As soon as Kang Ha-yeon saw her Hwan-in, she bowed her head like a frightened dog and passed him.
Watching Kang Ha-yeon walking toward the emergency exit stairs as if she was running away, Hwan-in left the company without much inspiration.
Hwanin did not know. He probably won’t ever know.
Her own expressionlessness, low voice without accent, and the added menace were enough to intimidate even the tallest woman.
Although he was a Hwanin who left the company he had been in for four years, he had no regrets in his heart.
After submitting his resignation in the morning, Hwanin stopped at home, grabbed a small suitcase and an air ticket to LA, and visited the Korea Exchange.
As expected, it is more enjoyable to check on a large electric signboard than on a small screen of a smartphone.
…… !! …… !
……… !!
Watching people who seemed to be employees of the stock market running around and shouting something, and seeing the stock prices of Saman Corporation, its subsidiaries, and dozens of related companies plummet in real time, made me feel somewhat rewarded.
It was not a feeling of joy or fun. It was close to a sense of accomplishment.
After taking a sip of the canned coffee, Hwanin exhaled silently.
The original plan was to quietly resign and leave Korea. No matter how loudly you move, it will only leave the number of cases to be tracked.
However, before I resigned, I recalled the memory of suffering from a bald manager for several years, so I tried my hand more than planned…….
“Heh.”
I didn’t regret it. Rather, if I had turned a blind eye to the mockery, I would have been displeased every time I thought of the bald exaggeration for at least a year.
After lunch at a suitable Italian restaurant, Hwanin visited his favorite bar to enjoy his last drink before leaving Korea.
As I was drinking the Western liquor I had kept as a snack while watching the report on the gate of Saman Mulsan from the 24-hour general news channel, a dignified bartender approached me with a smile.
“You look relieved, as if a burden has been lifted off your shoulders. I guess something good happened.”
“Did it look like that?”
“Because he had a small smile unlike usual.”
Hwanin touched the corner of his mouth and nodded without hiding a smile.
“I am on my way to resign from the company. Maybe that’s why.”
“I see.”
The bartender also smiled a little and pushed a glass filled with dark pink liquid in front of Hwanin.
“I wish you luck in your new beginning, and this is a small gift from me.”
“Thank you.”
The gift was sweeter than expected. Thanks to that, Hwanin drank a little more than planned.
Anyway, 2 cups added.
However, after a while, Hwan-in, who wanted to stay sane as he had to board the plane, bought an ion drink and chocolate at a nearby convenience store and left.
‘The airport limousine…… Is it the opposite block?’
Hwanin, who checked the location of the airport limousine stop on his smartphone, enters the alley between the buildings, chews on chocolate first, and then sips an ionic beverage.
At that time, I witnessed a strange light flashing in the middle of the alley.
“…… ?”
It wasn’t sunlight reflected off a piece of glass, nor was it the light from a smartphone.
Something…… A shimmering feeling like the northern lights of the North Pole.
Hwanin, who wanted something, looked around in wonder as soon as he confirmed the identity of the glitter.
No one is passing by Who spilled it by mistake?
Looking at a bright yellow gold coin lying on the cement floor, which was discolored by footprints, Hwanin put down his bag and bent down to pick up the gold coin.
The gold coin was not a round shape, but a little worn and bumpy here and there, a shape that felt full of life.
A strange animal’s head was drawn on the front, and letters I had never seen before were written on the back.
The alphabet, of course, does not resemble Arabic, Vietnamese, leadern, or anything else.
‘Is it a toy?’
The texture is quite realistic, but the moment I thought it was a real gold coin, a fresh scent passed by the tip of my nose.
It is not the smell of a back alley between dark and musty buildings, but a refreshing smell deep in the mountains.
“…… ?”
When he raised his head, Hwanin’s thoughts temporarily stopped.
A thick cedar tree as tall as an apartment building and densely grown.
Underneath is piles of damp, damp leaves, and a fishy earthy smell that is hard to smell in the city rises.
Burdock- uh uh uh-
The cries of animals or birds pierced the dark forest.
Hwanin belatedly noticed that he was standing in the middle of the forest.
