Assistant Manager Kim Hates Idols - Chapter 65
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| Episode 65. New Year’s Wishes (1)
The planning team leader called Minju Kyung’s name.
There was no further exchange of words. The team leader took my report and left. I guess he communicated with only a few glances how to handle the situation.
I stared at the desk and waited for him to say something.
Then, Minju Kyung grabbed my two hands that were on the table.
“You must have been busy adjusting and preparing for your debut. You worked so hard.”
“……yes?”
I was flustered because it was unexpected. I had to apologize for doing something I wasn’t asked to do, but I missed the timing to respond.
“I’m sorry. I don’t know much about it, but I… … .”
“Why are you apologizing?”
“I think it’s rude to those who have been working here much longer than me. I think the team leader is also upset because of me.”
“That’s not it, Yiwol.”
Minju Kyung was gentle yet firm.
“The reason the team leader left is because this is a really big problem. He left first to report it to his superiors quickly. Thanks to you, we figured it out quickly before the company suffered any losses, so there’s no need to feel sorry! Got it?”
“……yes.”
“And what happened between you and PD Yoo.”
Minju Kyung let go of the hand she was holding.
I thought it was a sign, a signal that the story was going to be a little different from here on out.
‘So what should I do? The HR team is part of the management support department, so is it that difficult to do a few favors for the manager?’
‘Manager Kim is really young. His thinking is immature. You have to think that there must be a reason why your boss acts that way. How long has Manager Kim been in society?’
It seemed as if the words I had heard at Hanpyeong Industry were changing, one by one, into Minju Kyung’s voice.
But Minju Kyung still acted differently from what I expected.
“We didn’t take care of it carefully. It’s embarrassing that the management team didn’t even take care of such things. I’m sorry.”
Minju Kyung bowed her head and apologized.
What should I say in this situation?
I don’t know, I’ve never received an apology like this before. I just hope that UA is not a company that has no tolerance for employee mistakes and forces employees to apologize profusely when problems arise.
I couldn’t stand the unfamiliar atmosphere, so I hurriedly ran out of the conference room, saying I was going to go practice. I felt strange.
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As I opened the door to the practice room, five heads turned toward me at once.
Jeong Seong-bin asked with an upbeat dance song as background music, without even thinking about turning off the song.
“What happened… …?”
I answered with a thumbs up.
“It’s all messed up.”
“Wow!”
Lee Cheong-hyeon clenched his fists and shouted. Perhaps because of the background music, the scene felt like a festival.
“What do they say at work?”
Kang Ki-yeon asked while wiping away the sweat dripping down his face.
As soon as he finished speaking, the guys shut their mouths tightly and looked at me as if they had never talked before.
“Nothing has been decided yet. But we won’t be working together for the time being.”
“Is that okay? I don’t think there will be any major measures taken since it’s just before debut.”
“I thought that might be the case, so I brought up the corruption issue as well. Before you train our side, shouldn’t you get some education yourself?”
“Corruption?!”
Their eyes widened. It wasn’t something good enough to talk about in detail, so I didn’t explain it further.
“So from now on, let’s practice with all our might. Seongbin and Joowoo will make up after practice, right?”
Jeong Seong-bin smiled faintly at my words and answered, “Of course.” Park Joo-woo also smiled faintly.
At the same time, a system window lit up above Jeong Seong-bin’s face.
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[SYSTEM] ‘Task’ has been completed.
▷ Reward: Experience (50)
▷ Cumulative experience: 100
▷ Accumulated points: 1
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Experience point 50 was a figure that clearly showed how much of a piece of trash a human being Yuhansu was.
Still, thanks to overcoming the difficult mountain, I was able to improve my dancing skills.
In addition, I was able to confirm that vocal skills, self-PR, and adaptability within the organization had improved one by one while I was not seeing them.
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Performance Evaluation (100)
– Vocal proficiency: 8(▲)/20
– Dance proficiency: 7(▲)/20
– Self PR: 13(▲)/20
– Attendance management: 18/20
– Adaptability within the organization: 11(▲)/20
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There was another difference.
After completing a limited number of missions, the ‘Accumulated Experience’ section at the bottom of the resume disappeared.
It seems that the function has naturally disappeared since the skill level has reached the limit of how much can be manually increased.
After driving out Yoo Han-soo, peace came to the practice room.
To cut to the chase, Yoo Han-soo wasn’t fired. Instead, he was disciplined.
Additionally, I was unable to get involved in UA’s idol business department at all.
As long as I’m at UA, I’ll be planning Jang Jun-hoo’s music videos for the rest of my life, which I was so proud of.
The production team leader was removed from his position. He was demoted to deputy team leader, and the team leader position became vacant. I just hope that the vacancy is filled as soon as possible.
It was a satisfying ending for me, but I guess the other guys didn’t see it that way, because I could hear them grumbling quite often for a while.
While Jeong Seong-bin and Park Joo-woo were careful with their words because they had been fighting for a while, Lee Cheong-hyeon and Kang Ki-yeon were unreserved.
As soon as these two entered the dorm, they would go back and vent their anger about how the punishment Yoo Han-soo received was too lenient.
“No, if you hit someone, shouldn’t you be cut off immediately?”
“Where is there no work to be done together? Do you think the company gives out punishments easily?”
After all this time appeasing Lee Cheong-hyeon… … .
“I don’t think he’s the kind of person who would reflect on his actions just by writing a statement like that.”
Kang Ki-yeon immediately grabbed the tail and hung on. There was no stopping from either side.
“It’s probably just a report. Since he was disciplined, that guy’s salary will probably be frozen or cut next year.”
“Brother, you said you were researching references, but you’re not just looking for things like that, are you?”
Lee Cheong-hyeon asked with a suspicious look. Why is that because this is all I have seen and learned at Hanpyeong Industries?
I now went to my room, said something to the effect of being surprised, and went back to focusing on what I was doing.
With Spark’s debut imminent, I needed to write a press release to distribute to the media.
It’s not like it’s going to give experience points, I was going to let UA write something like a press release…
I told them I would just write it myself because they were going to include everything from the members’ useless awards to music videos that haven’t even been released yet in the press release. I’d rather die than suffer.
I am used to writing this kind of article. When the management was involved in a lawsuit, I would mechanically write press releases like ‘Hanpyeong Industry selected as one of the top 1,000 small and medium-sized companies to work for’ to push out the article.
I still don’t know who said that a small company like Hanpyeong Industry was a good small business to work for.
Or maybe there are 70 million companies that are more backward than Hanpyeong Industries. It is impossible to know whether it is the former or the latter.
As I was writing ‘UA, jumping into a new business,’ someone suddenly hugged me from behind.
“Brother! Brother, do you have plans on January 1st?”
“What a surprise… … !”
The culprit behind the back hug was, without fail, Lee Cheong-hyeon.
I cleared my throat and scolded the guy.
“Cheong-hyeon. Don’t you know that I’m the kind of person who gets startled by small things? What would have happened if I had hit you with my arm?”
“I was afraid that would happen, so I gave you a really tight loving hug. The binding force was no joke, right?”
“Would you say that if I hit you in the back of the head with my chin?”
“I will be very careful from now on.”
Lee Cheong-hyeon covered his chin with his hand. He should have done that a long time ago.
“I don’t have any plans for New Year’s Day. But why?”
“Oh, then let’s all go see the sunrise together!”
It’s sunrise.
What the heck are you talking about, going to a workshop from the beginning?
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mountain climbing.
A hobby that has become the soul of superiors, making managers all over the country climb a mountain today even if the world is going to end tomorrow.
A demonic group action that infiltrates and exerts influence from interviews to club activities after joining the company.
This mountaineering wind also blew to Hanpyeong Industry without fail.
With the fire ignited by the name of Manager Nam, Hanpyeong Industrial executives created a strange organization called the ‘Health/Teamwork Recovery Committee.’
And I, who was forced to become one with the organization leaders, followed them around the mountains every weekend carrying two 1.5L water bottles.
The committee was at a loss when they made me shoulder all that burden, even though it wasn’t even water for me to drink.
Unfortunately, the ‘Health/Teamwork Recovery Committee’ lasted a long time, contrary to my wishes that it would die out quickly.
I thought it would just go over the mountains, but it ended up going across the water all the way to Jeju Island.
Of course, I bought all the Jeju Island ferry tickets. I paid for it myself and then took care of the budget.
It was to the point where the only goal I actively set at Hanpyeong Industry was to ‘eliminate the Hanpyeong Industry Mountaineering Club.’
The only joy I had during that process was getting the stamp of achievement for the 200 famous mountains series…
“Brother? Why did you suddenly stop talking?”
It was.
I was so shocked that I couldn’t even answer Lee Cheong-hyeon’s question.
My famous mountain dojo.
The only driving force on a weekend without freedom, which made me rationalize to myself, saying, “But collecting stamps is fun,” while following the dog-like mountaineering.
That stamp, which could be said to be everything in my Hanpyeong Industrial life, came to mind now.
Should I ask the system? Is my dojo still alive?
As soon as I had that thought, a system appeared.
The response speed was so great that I thought there was a separate customer service team…
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[SYSTEM] Work instructions from ‘Manager’ have arrived.
Are you saving that ballpoint pen on Manager Kim’s desk? I was in a hurry so I used it and it broke. Buy a stronger one next time.
[SYSTEM] As ‘eul’ moves to the past, all achievements previously achieved by ‘eul’ will be invalidated.
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……all.
Damn it, give me my seal of approval!