Novelist Running Through Time - Chapter 137



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The Novelist Who Leapt Through Time Episode 137

There is one empire.

The name of the empire is ‘White Crane’.

Immediately after the death of the old emperor, the second prince accepted the illegitimate child into his family and took him on the same side in order to oust the crown prince.

The rebellion was successful, and the illegitimate family now became a family of meritorious subjects.

However, the second prince who usurped the throne is also an elderly man and suffered one stroke and two cancer surgeries when he was young.

It is clear that generational change will continue in the near future.

At this time, who will the newly crowned young emperor’s blade stab first?

“If the CEO of Baekhak Securities takes the chairman’s position, we will be the first to get kicked out. Do you think we’ll look like humans in that young master’s eyes? really… … .”

The correct answer is ‘A family of illegitimate children who dared to mix with the main family due to their lowly bloodline.’

The actual head of the illegitimate family, the head of the human resources support team in the strategic planning office at the headquarters, Baek Seol’s uncle, and President Baek Do-hyun answered correctly.

In fact, everyone already knows the answer.

Chairman Hyun’s eldest son, who is in charge of Baekhak Financial Group, is already in conflict with President Baek Do-hyun.

If the eldest son of the main family succeeds to the position of chairman, the place for Baek Do-hyeon and other collaterals will disappear in an instant.

Of course, the history of the Baekhak Group’s owner family and Baek Do-hyeon’s collateral families is so complex that it cannot be explained simply in terms of main stream and tributary stream.

The founder of Baekhak Group was not from the Republic of Korea, but from the late Joseon Dynasty, and like most wealthy people at the time, he did not have one wife.

Even his son, the second chairman, had a local branch other than his main wife, as was typical for the upper class in the 20th century, and the distinction between right and wrong was blurred in the complicated blood system.

So, the founder’s family of children born out of wedlock is closer to the mainstream than you might think. Right now, President Baek Do-hyun is in the position of considering the founder of Baekhak Group as his ‘paternal grandfather.’

If the political situation at the end of the 20th century had turned a little differently, the current positions of the Ohner family and the Baek Do-hyeon family might have been opposite.

Baek Do-hyun’s family was already a quasi-chaebol with shares in the headquarters and large businesses from that time.

So, I felt like my blood was rushing to my stomach every time I tried to kick Baek Do-hyeon and his family out of the Baekhak Group, saying things that I had never experienced back then were now a thing of illegitimacy.

“These fucking bastards… … .”

“Secure it, sir.”

President Baek Do-hyun calmed down his anger with the advice of his loyal right-hand man, Managing Director Kim Myeong-woon.

Then he brought the cigarette between his index and middle fingers to his mouth and took a deep breath.

As the thick smoke entered his lungs, coolness returned to his head.

“after… … . okay. “In the end, it’s about money.”

President Baek Do-hyun’s stance, asking whether it makes sense to be so absurdly thrown out even though he cooperated with the coup, is nothing more than an empty cry.

Likewise, the 4th generation management’s position that it is shameful that their relatives who were kicked out a long time ago are taking advantage of the chaos to throw straws at the group is just an empty cry.

The only truth.

It is a question of who can obtain more gold from this cursed Baek family.

The civil war to obtain the blood-stained gold has already been going on for four generations.

As the words of the eldest son, who was driven out by his second son and imprisoned in a detention center just a few years ago, show, despair worse than death awaits those who lose the civil war.

So, for yourself, your family, and your clan, you must win.

For that purpose, you can even put your niece, who is like your own daughter, on the chessboard… … .

President Baek Do-hyun toddled around and, through cigarette smoke, the fantasy of Do-hyeon’s uncle – Do-hyeon’s uncle – was dissipated as a child.

“after… … . “The chairman gave permission?”

Managing Director Kim Myeong-woon faithfully reported.

“yes. Confirmation came from the secretary’s office. “I think he gave some instructions right after eating with the writer.”

“Fuck, that kid did something big once… … .”

The businessman who is always polite and neatly dressed is not here.

There is only a charlatan with bloodshot eyes, barely able to soothe his anxiety by puffing on a cigarette in front of his only trusted associate.

Baek Do-hyun said.

“Change it.”

“yes.”

Side EP – Leaving the company

Unfortunately, the health of Baekhak Group Chairman is not good.

The ‘second son’, who devoted his life to taking over the chairman’s office by overthrowing his older brother, has truly dedicated his life and does not have much life left.

Of course, his age is not as old as you think. If he were any other person, he might be able to lead an energetic social life.

However, he suffered one stroke and two cancer surgeries when he was young, and although he was declared fully cured, no one trusts his strength.

A situation where you don’t know when or how you will collapse.

Everyone knows that.

Even I am like that.

“hmm… … . Hmm… … .”

The Chairman of the Baekhak Group walks around the backyard at a precarious pace while humming softly.

His daily routine begins with a light morning walk, mostly involves receiving reports on work delegated to working staff, and then suffering from a sense of self-destruction as he hears about the current status of his older brother, who has already attempted suicide for the fifth time in prison.

Aside from occasionally immersing himself in literature, which he learned to flatter the founder, or trimming bonsai, which he learned to show off to his subordinates, there was no particular entertainment in his life.

In other words, I used to spend quite a bit of time on those two things.

“Hmm… … .”

It’s growing well.

The chairman looked at the bonsai trees lined up in the yard and shook his head happily.

Just as literature, which he learned forcibly in order to flatter the founder, suddenly became his hobby, bonsai, which he practiced in an effort to show off as much authority as possible to his second son, also became his hobby.

Especially when trimming a bonsai with small garden shears, my thoughts seem to deepen.

Bonsai, a small tree planted in a pot.

There is no such thing as the dignity of nature or the greatness of growth.

Only beauty matters.

To create a beautiful tree shape, the new clusters are cut mercilessly.

However, each person’s pursuit of beauty is different.

The beauty of bonsai pursued by the chairman was ‘balance and stability.’

This is not the type of beauty that a person who killed his own brother and destroyed the balance and stability of the group would pursue.

In any case, his management philosophy also resembled this. To put it simply, he was going to die soon anyway, so he wanted to stabilize the group that the next generation would lead as much as possible.

The reason he met the writer was the same.

President Baek Do-hyun is making some jokes about Baekhak Bookstore, but what a shame it is if the writer at the core is a ‘fake genius’?

The name of the ‘child who writes novels well’ has already spread beyond Korea to Japan and the English-speaking world. However, if it is a fraud by the Baekhak Group, it will be an international disgrace.

Therefore, it is the duty of the bonsai owner to cut off any angular leaves.

But luckily the leaf wasn’t fake.

Although it is a young shoot, it is a beautiful leaf with a very green color.

So, there is no need to use scissors. President Baek Do-hyun, even if you become porridge, give me some water… … .

I am No Touch.

That was the simple intention conveyed by the chairman through the secretary’s office.

But a snowball rolled from above becomes an avalanche at the foot of a mountain.

That was the cruel law of nature.

This time was no exception.

* * *

The apocalypse that struck Baekhak Entertainment is still talked about in all affiliates.

One day, the black-faced suit kidnapped, imprisoned, and brainwashed the employees.

– You, come here.

-Why, why are you like this… … .

– If Baekhak Entertainment is torn apart into several labels, you will join in that, right?

– Me? Me?

– Say yes right now.

– Baekhak Entertainment… … . It must be split… … .

This unprecedented apocalypse situation ended when Baekhak Entertainment CEO Baek Seung-won visited the chairman alone and sold all of his shares, but the horror of that day is still passed down from generation to generation.

And this time, that fear struck Baekhak Library.

Men in black suits riding on black Equus appeared at Baekhak Library.

-what? Who are you? Who is rummaging through someone else’s office like this? … .

-I came from headquarters.

-Kaaaaaaaaaa!

That day, the employees of Baekhak Bookstore felt a little more fear than if they had encountered a monster eating a corpse at work.

That’s because those suit guys can’t even destroy an earthenware pot with a fire extinguisher.

Therefore, it can be said that is slightly scarier than .

-Black suit… Equus… head office… … Ugh, the head!

-You were wrong, you were wrong, you were wrong… … .

-I will never bring tangbisil mix coffee home again… … .

In particular, former entertainment employees who were (forcibly) transferred to Baekhak Bookstore after working at Baekhak Entertainment complained of collective trauma.

These poor people, meeting the black suit men who had come down from the headquarters not once but for the second time, were mainly distributed in the sales department.

Of course, team leader Kim Ga-ryung was also included.

“What is this?”

On the first day of my promotion, the company was in shambles.

I finally moved away from Assistant Manager Kim and became Manager Kim, and took charge of a team within the headquarters and appointed a team leader, but when I got to work, I saw that the company was being reorganized in real time.

It really feels like the sky is falling.

“Well, those black suit guys… … !”

Assistant Manager Kim, no, Team Leader Kim quickly grasped the situation. The most necessary quality for a good traitor is the ability to read the situation.

As soon as team leader Kim Ga-ryung saw the black suit men, he accurately judged that people had come down from the headquarters.

“… … what?”

But think about it.

What is the reason for the employees of the Human Resources Innovation Office of the Organizational Innovation Headquarters at the headquarters to come down at this time?

From my own experience, those baseless scoundrels with strange names are the hounds of the strategic planning office.

And the Strategic Planning Department at the headquarters is supported by our beloved Director Baek Seol… … .

“no way… … !”

Team leader Kim Ga-ryung, whose thoughts reached that point, quickly rolled his eyes and looked at Manager Lim Yang-wook’s complexion.

expression! Let’s see the expression!

“oh.”

However, Director Lim Yang-wook was not seen in the office.

He was absent in this harsh situation.

However, Team Leader Kim Ga-ryung did not take this as a bad signal.

Suddenly, his tongue completely wet my lips.

“Hehehe… … .”

As expected, it seems like he did well to betray Director Yang Sung-jun and stick with Lim Yang-wook.

Don’t you have to be good at walking the line in corporate life?

* * *

Knock. Knock. Knock.

As if this knock was the last courtesy, the invading army dressed in black suits stampeded across the threshold of the president’s office without the owner’s permission.

One day, when they invaded the Baekhak Entertainment president’s office, President Baek Seung-won spoke informally to Managing Director Kim Myeong-woon, the commander of the invading army.

Executive Director Kim Myeong-woon, head of the Personnel Innovation Office, smiled kindly and bowed his head to Baek Seung-won.

However, this is possible because Baek Seung-won is clearly Mr. Baek, the actual founder of Baekhak Entertainment, and a powerful local lord.

Kim Sang-guk, the president of Baekhak Bookstore, was a salaried worker, and therefore Managing Director Kim Myeong-woon’s attitude was also rude, as if to remind him of his position.

“President Kim Sang-guk.”

“… … .”

“Allegations of breach of trust have been made against you. Please come to headquarters for written inquiries.”

Managing Director Kim Myeong-woon threw a wad of paper on the desk of the president’s office and left, dragging the crowd of people behind him.

Until the last person left, President Kim Sang-guk said nothing or did nothing.

After the door closed and some time had passed, Kim Sang-guk stretched out his trembling hand and brought out a wad of paper.

“It’s a breach of trust… … .”

When did you betray the mission given to you by the company?

Never once did he betray the company.

Whether it is taking the public library’s support budget as a slush fund for the owner’s family, giving an undeserved literary award to the child of a famous politician, smoothly managing political funds coming and going from a politician’s publishing club, or manipulating the sales of a specific professor’s thesis, the culture of white cranes. Whether it’s intentionally planning a trend analysis report for hegemony or winning the selection of a broadcasting textbook publisher by any means possible… … .

All of this was company work.

He has never betrayed the company even once.

But breach of trust?

Isn’t this a truly laughable crime?

“ha ha ha… … .”

President Kim Sang-guk smiled weakly and read the wad of paper that Managing Director Kim Myeong-un had thrown to him as if he was throwing a bone to a dog.

And when he understood the content, Kim Sang-guk’s laughter stopped.

“under.”

The basis for the dismissal of President Kim Sang-guk was breach of trust.

It is a crime of neglecting the duty received from the company.

And the specific example was the agenda that overthrew the ‘Publication Management TF Team’ that was being carried out at Baekhak Bookstore.

That was the incident that threw Lim Yang-wook into Baekhak Entertainment’s underground parking lot.

Kim Sang-guk laughed helplessly.

Is it a crime to clean up troublesome things that everyone in the company finds unpleasant?

Does it make sense to dispose of someone who has been loyal to you for decades just for this reason?

Is it fair to kill a salaried worker for a political issue rather than a fair performance competition?

So what about my life?

Who will compensate me for decades of hard work rolling in the mud for the company?

“ha… … .”

But all these questions became empty cries.

Because it was obvious who had caused this very thing to be written down on this piece of paper at this important moment.

“You won… Lim Yang-wook… … .”

That day, an old and shabby loser disappeared from Baekhak Library.

However, Baekhak Media Group’s journalists were not concerned about the resignation of a former businessman.

It only reported the debut of a young and beautiful CEO from a chaebol family with an international reputation.