The Magician’s Memorial - Chapter 49
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Episode 49 Home Appliance Expo (3)
After the presidents’ meeting.
President Park Jin-hoon returned to Taewoo Electronics.
He had been suppressing his anger until now, but as soon as the vice president showed his face, he expressed his anger.
“Investigate Innophone immediately and find all the problems!”
“Oh, I understand.”
“Leave all problems to the drivers. “Wouldn’t that prevent sales from plummeting?”
Only then did the vice president realize President Park Jin-hoon’s plan.
The plan was to somehow find fault with Innophone and ruin it.
“Then wouldn’t it be faster to contact the employees of the mobile phone division who have moved to the technology lab? “I developed InnoPhone myself, so I’m sure I’m well aware of the problems.”
“yes! Since they were eating at Taewoo Electronics just a few months ago, it would be easy to get them to open their mouths. “You must step forward and solve the problem yourself.”
“All right. “By the way, did something happen at the presidents’ meeting?”
Crack!
It was CEO Park Jin-hoon who made sounds that you would only hear at a dentist’s office.
“The baby is trying to eat me. “I asked him if he was okay, and he seemed like I was being easy on him.”
“How dare you talk about the boss? This is why the third generation of chaebols must be caught in the first place.”
“It’s a little late, but I need to make sure to hold the leash right now.”
“I will find something that can be used as a leash. “Many of the employees who went to the technology lab were from my line.”
“I only trust you.”
President Park Jin-hoon was so angry that his hands were shaking.
The vice president quickly lowered his head, left the president’s office, and picked up his cell phone.
“Deputy Cho, it’s been a while. Isn’t it too much to not even reveal your nose just because you went to a technology lab? Let’s have a drink today when we have time. “I’m going to have a cool shoot today.”
The vice president moved quickly.
He kept calling to get more information.
* * *
next day.
As soon as I got to work, I was greeted by a nice customer.
“What are you doing here, Chief Secretary?”
“Have I come to a place I can’t come to?”
“no way! Is there a place where the manager can’t come? “I’m saying this because this is your first visit since I took office as head of the research institute.”
We had tea time in a friendly atmosphere.
But that atmosphere did not last long, and the manager spoke out with concerns.
“You were very harsh at the presidents’ meeting yesterday. “CEO Park Jin-hoon is not the kind of person who will sit still and suffer.”
“I told you to stay still.”
“yes? Are you saying you did it with intention?”
Instead of answering, I held out a heavy file.
It was full of corruption committed by President Park Jin-hoon.
“Is this data collected while you were on the audit team?”
“Does it make sense for a person like this to be the president of a subsidiary? “To be honest, I had no intention of bringing this information out.”
“But why?”
“When I went to the expo, I saw that Samjin and other companies were investing huge amounts of money in research and development to stay ahead of the times, but only Taewoo Electronics was going backwards. “Wouldn’t that mean that the money for research and development costs would go elsewhere?”
The amount of embezzlement by President Park Jin-hoon that has been identified so far is in the hundreds of millions.
Although this was a large amount, it was less than 1% of Taewoo Electronics’ research and development costs.
Therefore, there was no significant connection between President Park Jin-hoon’s embezzlement and Taewoo Electronics’ technological prowess.
But isn’t everything basically an earring when worn on the ear and a nose ring when worn on the nose?
“Are you planning on kicking out CEO Park Jin-hoon?”
“I created InnoPhone with only the limited resources of the technology lab. “What would happen if I could use all of Taewoo Electronics’ resources?”
“I know very well that Innophone’s response has been very enthusiastic. But home appliances and mobile phones are clearly different markets.”
“But wouldn’t I be better than President Park Jin-hoon? At least they won’t treat the company money as cheap money.”
I had to get the manager on my side.
Aside from my grandfather, the person with the most power in the group was the manager.
He was able to run the planning office and the secretary office at the same time, and was also one of the few people who could suggest the direction of the group.
“But the current data is not enough. That doesn’t mean I’m opposed to the director becoming president of Taewoo Electronics. “Someday, you have to become the chairman of Taewoo Electronics and the group.”
“I’m so angry. I want to work with my grandfather to make Taewoo Group the best company in the world. “There are too many thieves in the company.”
“… … I completely agree with the director’s sentiments. However, President Park Jin-hoon is someone who has done a lot for Tae-woo so far. “There is nothing we can do with just his current data.”
The manager’s voice had weakened considerably.
It means that you have been persuaded to some extent.
I no longer spoke strongly and continued speaking in a soft tone.
“Would it be possible to find evidence that President Park Jin-hoon is causing harm to Taewo Group?”
“It depends on the weight of the evidence.”
“For example, what if you intentionally try to ruin a new product made by Taewo Group?”
“no way. “Did you cause that uproar at the presidents’ meeting with that intention?”
After all, he is the manager.
As someone who has seen me for the longest time after my grandfather, he penetrated my heart.
“Doesn’t making a fuss give you a justification for doing something like that?”
“Whew, if President Park Jin-hoon does something like that, I will take the initiative and strongly suggest that President Park Jin-hoon resign. But we need solid physical evidence or witnesses.”
“I promise that I will not move without solid evidence.”
The chief secretary left the research center with a bitter look on his face.
It wouldn’t be nice to see people working together in a group fighting among themselves.
However, in order to save Taewoo Group, the rotten parts had to be cut out.
To do that, I opened the photo album.
It was a photo album full of photos of employees working at the technology lab.
We checked the personal information of Taewoo Electronics, focusing on the employees who came over this time.
And I was able to select a few employees who had the unique characteristics I was looking for.
[Special note: Information related to Innophone was leaked to Vice President of Taewoo Electronics.]
This was information that did not exist until yesterday.
So, he must have met the vice president last night and leaked information.
“Please call Deputy Manager Jo Ki-tae of the mobile phone division.”
I called Deputy Director Jo Ki-tae through my secretary.
One of the people who met with the Vice President last night was Deputy Director Jo Ki-tae.
He drank so much yesterday that he smelled of alcohol when he entered the director’s office.
“I guess you had a drink last night?”
“S-sorry.”
“it’s okay. “Innophone received an enthusiastic response at the expo, so of course we should have a celebration party.”
“We had a small celebration party with some of our employees yesterday.”
“okay. “But I wonder why Taewoo Electronics Vice President Woo Seong-il was there.”
“… … .”
Deputy Director Cho was speechless with a thoughtful look on his face.
Maybe it’s because he only worked on the technology development team, but he’s not good at hiding his emotions.
“Five people participated in the celebration party yesterday, right? “One of them reported to me in detail what happened yesterday.”
“S-sorry. “I couldn’t disobey the vice president’s words.”
It was Deputy Director Cho who lowered his head as if he had committed a deadly crime.
But there was one thing he didn’t know.
I didn’t know what happened or the conversation last night.
The report from one person who attended the party was false, and they were just looking at specific details and asking leading questions.
“What do you think the vice president was thinking when he requested Innophone’s information?”
“I think it’s because, as Vice President of Taewoo Electronics, I want to check the performance of InnoPhone.”
“Do you really think so? Are you naive? Or are you just pretending to be naive? If you wanted to check performance, you would have made a formal request to the research institute. “Aren’t you secretly requesting information because you plan to do something dirty?”
“S-sorry. “I was so drunk that I couldn’t even think about it.”
Deputy Director Cho was still not good at hiding his emotions.
Were you drunk and short-thinking?
What he said was a lie. He must have guessed what the vice president’s intention was for wanting the information.
“Isn’t Deputy Director Cho the person who knows better than anyone else the hard work that all the staff at the research institute worked hard to create InnoPhone? “But you’re leaking information to someone who wants to ruin InnoPhone.”
“Seo, do you really think the vice president should do that?”
“For Taewoo Electronics, the technology research center is currently a thorn in the side. The better Innophone’s performance, the more criticized Taewoo Electronics gets. So, the person who wants to somehow lower Innophone’s performance is Vice President Taewoo Electronics.”
“… … .”
I guess I have nothing to say.
Deputy Director Cho was also someone who gave up work and devoted himself to developing Innophone.
He must be dying to know that he participated in the plan to destroy Innophone.
“There may still be a chance. “What is the extent of the information leaked yesterday?”
“It was basic specification-related information that the development department could know.”
“First of all, you only provided basic information yesterday. I guess you decided to come to work today and send me some additional information?”
“Hiccup! Yes, that’s right.”
Even if you didn’t watch it, it was a video.
Why are you so surprised by something like this that you even have hiccups?
He was probably gathering additional information to send to the Vice President.
“I guess they haven’t sent any additional information yet.”
“I really committed a deadly sin. “I don’t even understand why I did that.”
“Tsk tsk, if you’re going to do office politics, you should have done it right. What Deputy Director Cho does is not politics, but politics. “It’s just an imitation of playing politics.”
“What happens to me now?”
“I’ll show you how to live.”
I threw him a thick file.
It was material prepared in advance for something like today.
“Pass this over to the vice president. And cut off the employees who attended the party yesterday. “If you do that, I’ll let this matter pass.”
“Are you sure? I will definitely do that. “Now, if the warden tells me to die, I won’t just pretend to die, I will actually jump.”
“I don’t need people’s lives. Just do what you do well. “Don’t play politics and just do what you’re good at.”
“All right. “I will do my best at my job.”
Deputy Director Cho bowed his head several times before leaving the director’s office.
What a stupid person.
But he was also a useful person.
He has excellent work ability, and now that he has figured out his weaknesses, he will faithfully carry out whatever I ask him to do.
Of course, you can betray again.
So, I will also keep a certain distance from Deputy Director Cho.
If he had stayed still, he could have climbed to a higher place, but with his clumsy imitation of politics, he was doomed to be content with his current position.
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