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“I’m sorry, reporter. I have nothing in particular to say. Curious about my lab? no. I don’t have anything special to write about… Yes? You want to meet right now? no. You don’t have to do that at all. I’m on my way out because I have another schedule… No! no! no! Not interested! I will stop!”
Hyunjoon hung up the phone just like that.
However, Hyun-joon soon becomes a little displeased.
Suddenly, I’m going to have a good time with you.
The reason is that I want to publish an article related to the laboratory.
For what reason?
But he himself has nothing to write about.
Now that your laboratory has just been set up to a certain extent, research activities are starting in earnest.
[Farm Blockbuster Inc] is also just starting.
But what article?
Of course, what if you published a paper that could become a public issue in a world-class academic journal?
If not, there must be some notable research results.
However, there is no way a mediocre reporter without such expertise would suddenly know about such things.
So Hyeon-jun immediately thought of a possibility.
Usually, when a university professor publishes an excellent academic paper, the university directly supports media promotion.
Or, government-related departments may directly help promote the results of such research by creating and distributing press releases.
However, if not, there was definitely another way to write articles.
In other words, some newspapers or magazines contact professors directly, saying that they would give out research lab planning articles while openly demanding media publicity expenses.
In other words, I’ll give you a promotional article for the lab, so ask for money.
So Hyun-jun immediately judged this phone call as the latter case.
However, a curious point.
How did he know his personal phone number and call him?
Usually it comes in the form of an e-mail offer.
So Hyunjoon tilted his head.
That’s definitely weird.
I was worried about it for a while.
Hyun-jun soon opened the door of his Audi and sat in the driver’s seat.
Before departure, I immediately contacted team leader Kim Pyeong-san.
After finishing the job, Hyun-joon finally drove to the head office of Ilshin Group.
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And time passed…
3:40 p.m.
Arriving at the headquarters building of Ilshin Group on time, Hyeon-joon was able to easily park in the VIP parking lot on the 1st basement floor.
In fact, the reason why VIP parking lots are available is because of the special treatment given to outside directors of Ilshin Group.
So Hyun-jun finished parking very easily and went straight up to the first floor.
There, he immediately met Executive Director Cha Eun-ho, who was waiting for him.
Meanwhile, Vice President Cha Eun-ho is wearing a very neat suit.
Wearing a very intense red tie in a black suit. So it’s a bit impressive.
Hyunjoon was also wearing a black suit.
After a while, the two shook hands lightly.
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“professor! Thank you so much for coming despite your busy schedule.”
Managing Director Cha Eun-ho bowed slightly and greeted.
A very polite look.
So Hyun Joon smiled and replied.
“Mr. I’m more grateful. You gave me a great opportunity, so I’m really looking forward to it… But, boss! How about today’s meeting? Is there anything in particular I need to prepare for?”
Meanwhile, after the last phone call, Hyun-joon asked that question again about the meeting.
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Vice President Cha Eun-ho immediately shook his hand and answered lightly.
“no. professor. There is nothing to prepare. There is nothing particularly big on the agenda today. As you can see when you go in and look at the materials, today is a very routine schedule. And next time I’ll email you the meeting materials. Just say hello to other people today and just comfortably participate. If you have any comments, you can get confirmation from the chairman at that time and give your opinion. So you don’t have to worry too much.”
I said something similar on the last phone call.
As expected, outside directors seem to have no special role.
Hyunjoon thought about it that way.
Although the outside director system is a system to prevent the arbitrariness and arbitrariness of major shareholders. In the current Korean society, outside directors did not seem to play such a role. As a result, it is true that this outside director system itself feels like a kind of high society club.
Of course, that doesn’t mean that the outside director’s position is over.
This is because the concurrent position of outside director itself provides some benefits to the person concerned.
In other words, there are quite a few people who receive annual salaries of billions of won as outside directors.
However, unlike this billion-dollar annual salary, there is little special about the work of outside directors.
The role of most outside directors tends to be to cast formal approval for company agendas.
So, it was a situation where the role would be roughly finished if I just attended the company board meeting that was held by chance.
But Hyun-joon is a university professor.
Even if he serves as an outside director, the problem is that Hyun-joon has little actual financial return.
In fact, in the past, additional income of tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of won was granted to outside directors and university professors.
Recently, as various university regulations and Ministry of Education regulations have changed, they have become very strict about such external income.
Although the university headquarters does well to grant the professor permission to concurrently serve as an outside director.
School regulations strictly prohibit such monetary compensation that can be received while concurrently serving as an outside director.
Or, the situation is that very strict regulations are made to immediately return a significant portion of the financial profits received from the company in the form of school donations.
So now, when you get that kind of money, the professor is pretty much in trouble.
As a result, Hyun-joon refused to pay the outside director’s salary from the beginning.
Ilshin Group, which had no reason to oppose such a request, immediately accepted it.
That is why Hyun-joon now participates as an outside director in the form of unpaid work.
That’s why Executive Director Cha Eun-ho seems a little apologetic.
“ah! professor. If so, let me explain a bit more. Well, you can look at each agenda first, and then judge appropriately based on the professor’s insight. Usually, most of the outside directors put their weight on the ‘yes’ side of major agenda items. However, from the professor’s point of view, if there are parts that are not clear, it doesn’t matter if you give a ‘opposition’ or ‘hold’ opinion at any time. of course! There won’t be any such sensitive agendas today, so you don’t have to worry about it.”
Meanwhile, Managing Director Cha Eun-ho continued to explain in more detail.
and after a while
Hyun-joon was handed over from Vice President Cha Eun-ho a card that allowed him to access the headquarters of Ilshin Group at any time.
In addition, he was guided to the outside director’s office where he could stay for a while.
It is said that Ilshin Group has specially prepared an independent office space for outside directors.
However, Hyeon-jun thought there was no reason to stay in an office like this.
After the meeting, he had to leave Ilshin Group and do his own work.
Meanwhile, Hyun-jun stopped by the board secretariat to announce his attendance and signed the roster.
Soon after, I entered the boardroom with Executive Director Cha Eun-ho.
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“professor! You see it over there. That person is the eldest among the directors, Kim Chung-soo, a lawyer who served as a former Supreme Court justice.”
After a while, Hyun-joon took a glance at the various staff members in addition to the directors who had arrived in the meeting room first.
I immediately reacted to Vice President Cha Eun-ho’s words and turned my head in that direction.
It was Kim Chung-soo, a lawyer from the Supreme Court, an elderly man with almost gray hair. Just looking at it, I had a strong feeling that I had finished my long career as a civil servant.
Pointing at him who was carefully examining the documents wearing magnifying glasses, Executive Director Cha Eun-ho led Hyeon-joon there as if guiding him.
Attorney Kim Choong-soo, who reacts immediately and turns his head slightly, even though it is a small gesture.
At this time, Executive Director Cha Eun-ho spoke first.
“Lawyer, are you okay?”
Attorney Kim Choong-soo then looked at Cha Eun-ho with twinkling eyes.
“Oh, Mr. Cha. You came just fine. I had a question for you… uh, but who is this person?”
When Executive Director Cha Eun-ho and Hyeon-jun appear together, they look at Hyeon-jun in a puzzled way.
Coincidentally, Vice President Cha Eun-ho was taking on the appearance of guiding Hyeon-jun, and he immediately showed interest.
Director Cha Eun-ho immediately replied.
“Lawyer, I brought this person to introduce myself. This is Professor Choi Hyeon-joon, who became the new outside director this time.”
“ah! that new one?”
At that moment, Lawyer Kim Choong-soo, whose expression changed immediately, stood up and shook hands with Hyun-jun.
“Haha, nice to meet you. My name is Kim Chung-soo.”
“yes. Nice to meet you. I am Hyunjun Choi.”
“By the way, I heard that you are a professor of pharmacy? Then, from now on, you will mainly look at the Ilshin Pharmaceutical part, right?”
“Yes… I think it might. Help me a lot. Lawyer! Oh, and the lawyer! By any chance, Professor Jaegu Cho, don’t you know Professor Jaegu Cho? Professor Cho Jae-gu asked me to send my regards to the lawyer.”
Then, lawyer Kim Choong-soo suddenly widens his eyes.
“Ah, Professor Cho? It seems that Professor Jaegu Cho and Professor Choi are very close. ha ha ha! what good In fact, these days, I have been in touch with the political world, and I met Professor Jae-gu Cho at the party convention the other day and had a long talk. You seem like a very exciting person, but Professor Choi! Very nice to meet you.”
After that, Hyeonjun stepped aside after saying hello.
After talking a little more with lawyer Kim Choong-soo, Managing Director Cha Eun-ho approached Hyeon-jun right away. Then, he introduced Hyun-joon to several directors.
So Hyun-jun continued exchanging business cards and saying hello.
Then, I got to say hello to Cha Kyung-hoe, vice chairman of Ilshin Group, who showed up belatedly. In particular, Vice Chairman Cha Kyung-hoe was the uncle of Vice President Cha Eun-ho. So Hyeon-joon ended his greeting more carefully.
As such, Hyeon-joon, who finished this and that greeting, soon received a small proposal from Vice President Cha Eun-ho.
“professor. If you have time, would you like to have a cup of tea in my office after the meeting?”
well, nothing bad
So Hyun-joon readily agreed.
Soon after, he went to his designated seat and Hyun-joon was seated.
In addition to the powerful inside directors, a large number of outside directors, including attorney Kim Chung-soo, are present at the current board meeting.
It’s a very large conference room.
In addition to those directors, male and female employees in suits were very polite and very busy taking care of each director.
In the meantime, the staff glanced at the very young Hyeon-jun and showed a little envious eyes.
In the meantime, time passed quickly.
By the time the meeting is about to begin.
Hyeon-joon found an outside director who showed up late.
A middle-aged man appeared in a hurry.
He just smiled and greeted people.
He immediately came to the seat next to Hyunjoon.
At that moment, Hyun-joon immediately got up from his seat.
In fact, it is the first person to see it. So I started by shaking hands and introducing myself.
Then, the other person smiled brightly and opened his mouth.
“Ah, you are the new outside director. Nice to meet you. My name is Jonghwi Kim. I am serving as vice president of Taeyoung Ilbo.”
Then, after shaking hands, Hyun-jun sat down.
Shortly thereafter, Vice Chairman Cha Kyung-hoe began presiding over the group’s board meeting as the acting chairman of the group’s board of directors.
