The Famous Millionaire Chapter 38

Chapter 38

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Translator: cspyon

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“Hey, guys, co together!”

At the manager’s instructions, the team mbers moved quickly. They knew how hard it would be for them once they lost his favor.

Looking around, the manager fixed his eyes on Hyunwoo as if he wanted to tornt him with his glittering eyes.

“As soon as the vacation season is over, managent has decided to create a break room inside the company. You already heard about it, right?”

Hyunwoo knew about it. So ti ago, the managent ran an idea contest for a break room. The break room had so conditions: low construction cost, efficient use of vacant room, an attractive appearance, and availability as a temporary dormitory for the employees.

As the dormitory of Aurum was too outdated, it needed remodeling as soon as possible.

Hyunwoo offered his own idea. Each team was supposed to offer at least two ideas, so Hyunwoo set the example.

“Various ideas were offered, but managent adopted the idea presented by the purchasing team.”

The team mbers’ eyes opened wide. Though there was no award money, they deserved the credit. They expected the manager’s mood to get better with this good news.

However, the manager’s expression never changed. Rather, he seed to be dissatisfied.

“Who offered the idea of making an earth house with the rooms floored with flat stones? Whose idea was it?”

At that mont, Hyunwoo’s eyes opened wide because it had been Hyunwoo’s idea.

In fact, Hyunwoo felt sentintal about traditional Korean houses.

He wanted to feel the excitent of lighting wood fires and roasting potatoes or chestnuts over the fire. He also wanted to see white smoke rising from the chimney.

Hyunwoo raised his hand.

Park looked at him with an unpleasant look.

“You guys know that each team has to support the construction on a rotation basis, don’t you?”

Of course they knew about that. Lots of employees complained about it, but they accepted it on managent’s assurance that each team’s working hours at the construction site would not last over two hours. Managent wanted to build the new dormitory with its employees with the promise of so special allowances for the participants.

“We agreed to work with the general affairs team on the first day. We need two people. Will anybody volunteer?”

When the manager asked, they avoided his eyes because they were reluctant to be picked at all.

The manager smiled as if he had already expected their reaction well in advance. In fact, nobody wanted to volunteer for hard manual work at the construction site instead of comfortable office work.

However, Hyunwoo was thinking differently. Ah, I would like to volunteer.

Hyunwoo liked to work in the field better than in the office. Rather than type on the keyboard and touch the files at his desk, it was much better for him to work up a sweat. Despite that, he didn’t volunteer because he didn’t want to create misunderstandings, which was his colleagues might think that he was making an excuse to not work in the office.

Above all, he was a new hire and a high-school graduate. It was inevitable that he lagged far behind Min Suji and Oh Sangho in terms of work. Accordingly, he had to stay in the office and learn business knowledge instead of spending ti in the field.

“Assistant manager Jang Hyunwoo!”

The manager shouted, at which Hyunwoo raised his head suddenly.

“This is your idea. So, you have to volunteer instead of giving your colleagues trouble. Don’t you think so?”

Hyunwoo was glad to hear that. At the very least, he could avoid any misunderstandings. Though he had less ti to master business knowledge, he still felt good about the fact that he would be getting out of the stuffy office. However, he was opposed to the manager’s thinking that the person who offered the idea was responsible. What was more surprising was the manager’s order.

“You pick one more person to go with you.”

Suddenly, Hyunwoo found himself in a difficult situation. Who would he choose? Though he was an assistant manager, he could not point at his superior. He was a bit uncomfortable about picking Oh. Though he felt more friendly toward him since the brainstorming session, clearly this was not the kind of work he would choose Oh for.

At that mont, Yonggu raised his hand abruptly and said, “Let go with him.”

The manager turned his head quickly like lightning. Though the vacation season was at an end, it was extrely hot and humid because of the continuous rain during the vacation season. Even the new hires would balk at the manager’s direction in a weather like this, but Yonggu, the veteran mber, volunteered unexpectedly.

Suddenly, the manager thought about Hyunwoo and Yonggu’s relationship.

Ah, I see. They are from the sa high school.

He could then understand the situation. Suddenly, he felt sorry about Yonggu.

But another person shouted, “I would like to volunteer, sir.”

The manager’s jaws dropped at that. It was no other than Oh Sangho.

The other mbers were just as surprised because manual work didn’t fit Oh’s image at all.

Park asked again with a perplexed look, “Mr. Oh, can you do it?”

“Of course, sir. I’m a mber of the purchasing team. I would like to contribute in a situation like this,” Oh said in a confident manner. At that mont, each of the team mbers began raising their hands without exception.

The manager was now embarrassed rather than surprised.

“Even you, Min Suji?”

“Yes, you said that female employees should not think of exceptions when it cos to hard work.”

Park felt as if he had been stabbed in the back by them.

Actually, the reason Park chose Hyunwoo to send to the construction site was because he wanted to make an example out of him as a warning that if soone loses his favor, he or she would get the axe like Hyunwoo. If the purchasing team mbers would volunteer as a whole like this, that ant that his intentions were futile. He felt as if all of the mbers were protesting against him.

When he thought about it, he suddenly got angry.

“What are you doing now? You guys want to fight it out with ?”

“How could we, sir? We just want to help as team mbers.”

“That’s the sa thing!” shouted the manager.

In fact, Park was not wrong, as he had grasped the picture of the situation accurately. The team mbers were making a protest against him, and the main instigator was Kim Yonggu.

In fact, Yonggu recently gathered his team mbers and instructed them on how to deal with the manager. He ca to one conclusion, which was ‘whenever our mbers have the sa opinion, we just push ahead regardless of what the manager says.’

Yonggu added one more condition. If they were faced with any discipline because of this, he would be totally responsible for it as the veteran mber.

Initially, they were in doubt, but he set the example by bravely speaking out, not caring at all about Park whenever sothing happened.

And this ti, Yonggu took the initiative in shaping the atmosphere in a certain direction.

When Oh said he would volunteer, other mbers followed him, picking up their courage.

“So, what are you going to do? Are you guys all going to the construction site, leaving the office empty?” asked Park in a scolding manner.

However, the team mbers didn’t flinch.

“Just send to the construction site. Also, why don’t you assign the person who’s available for the day, given his or her workload?” said Hyunwoo.

Other mbers supported his idea.

“Yes, that sounds good.”

“I second his idea.”

They were looking at Park, as if they were asking for his decision.

Park could figure out what their motivation was. It was like ‘just try to crush our determination if you want, as we’re firmly united like this.’ That would make even the toughest manager step back.

However, they underestimated Park too much.

Though Park was hired only three years ago, he t with all sorts of subordinates. There were so who were obedient, so who were gallant, so who were greedy, and so who challenged like the current purchasing team. He got to cultivate so sort of knowhow on managing them. He was confident that he could make them tremble and feel afraid.

He needed to make an example of sobody for this. In other words, he would show them how harsh the punishnt would be when they challenged the manager.

Park chuckled and said,

“Hummmm... you guys are incurring a whipping. I was going to send soone to the Umsung factory anyway, and you guys are now competing to be sent there. Let agonize over who I should send over there.”

He then looked around at the team mbers.

Their reactions were exactly what Park had expected. As soon as he ntioned the Umsung factory, their faces turned ashen. It looked like they had seed to have felt sharply that Park was not an easy guy to handle.

However, it was too late. If Park only pretended to draw a sword but put it back, he would be treated as a funny man. He was determined to send soone to the Umsung factory by all ans.

Of course, that would be hard as part of the official reshuffle, but it would be possible to send soone for one reason or another.

To single one out, Park stared at the team mbers one by one. Even though they had been confident a mont ago, they tried to avoid his eyes.

Kim Yonggu and Oh Sangho were excluded from the list because it was impossible to make an example out of them as they were the president’s possible son-in-laws.

Min Suji was also excluded. At a mid-sized company like Aurum, it was fortunate to work with such a beautiful and able lady. She was to be kept by all ans so that she wouldn’t be scouted by other teams. Park also found Hyunwoo a bit difficult to pick because the president kept an eye on him, though he was not among the possible briden.

Park’s eyes were fixed on assistant manager Han Sanghun. As a middle-level employee, Han was perfect as a scapegoat.

“Assistant manager Han Sanghun!”

“”Yes, sir.”

Han was startled enough to shrug his shoulders.

“Have you worked at the Umsung factory?”

“No, sir.”

“Good. Just go down to the Umsung factory for work experience there. That will help you a lot in the days ahead while you’re working for this company.”

“Oh, that I...”

Though Han was trying to say sothing, Park cut in, and he then looked at Hyunwoo.

“Okay, let accept Hyunwoo’s idea on choosing who’s to go to the site. Instead, let send one of our team mbers to the Umsung factory. Keep on behaving like that, and you will find your life here very troubling,” Park said, leaving the office.

Han let out a troubling sigh and said,

“Damn it!”

Yonggu approached him and tapped his shoulder.

“Don’t worry. I said I would be totally responsible for that. You’ll never be dispatched to the Umsung factory. If that happens, I’ll go there on your behalf.”

“What? Are you going there?”

Yonggu nodded his head strongly.

Quite unexpectedly, another ca to him and said,

“I’d like to help out. If we are united and offer our opinion, the president will take that into consideration.”

With a surprised look, all of them looked at Oh Sangho. They hadn’t expected Oh to take part so aggressively.

However, Yonggu was suspicious instead of surprised.

Why did Oh change so much suddenly?

There was only one reason he could think of.

Then the president gave Oh...?

When Yonggu thought that far, he could understand the situation before and after he t the president. It was clear that the president had told not only him but also Oh about what he had to say, which went sothing like this.

‘I know well what type of person Park Yongsu is, and that’s why I sent him to the purchasing team. You’re an able man, but an ordinary employee’s abilities are different from those of the manager’s. Don’t you think you should get promoted to section chief sooner or later? You have to prepare for the manager’s role in advance. You guys will have a hard ti because of Park for the ti being. Whenever they are stressed, just try to comfort them well. Show that you have the qualities of a manager. Can you do that?’