#129. Ordinarily. 9
A panicked voice came out of Lee Hye-rim's mouth involuntarily.
“Huh? Why is that?”
Just now, my brother, Lee Yo-hwan, was arrested.
That seemed to be what Woojin did too.
When I asked about his family history in this situation, a prediction suddenly came to mind.
Woojin turned his head towards the window.
The snow was falling heavily as if trying to brighten up the dark night sky.
"curious."
Lee Hye-rim shook her head at Woojin’s calm tone of voice.
“Woojin, by any chance. By any chance. You’re not thinking like that, are you?”
“What are you thinking?”
“I wanted to help you. So… … .”
When Woojin looked at Hye-rim Lee quietly, she lifted her coffee cup without being able to continue what she was saying.
It was because I felt like I was overdoing it for no reason.
Lee Hye-rim's face grew hot as the coffee tasted like kimchi stew.
“Hye-rim.”
"uh?"
“I just want to see you do well. There’s no other meaning to it. You have two older sisters and two older brothers, right?”
Including Lee Yo-hwan.
As Lee Hye-rim slowly nodded, Woo-jin leaned his upper body slightly toward her and began to speak.
“We can’t change the past that has already passed, but we can change the future that is coming. Would you like to hear my story? First of all, Master Lee Yo-hwan can’t escape. It’s because Hye-rim and your father are also here.”
Because I heard stories about my father from Lee Hye-rim here and there, I can make predictions about his personality and coping skills.
* * *
-At this point, isn't Prosecutor Kim Cheol-woong a detective and not a prosecutor? Hahahahahahahahaha
-Please do not forget to get rid of the phrase, “the innocent are guilty”!
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋ If you do this and get released, they'll have to investigate everything. Money + law = not guilty.
-A really innocent inspector hyung ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-There will be a problem if the prosecutor in charge of this case changes.
-Breaking news just now sssss
-You really need to be put in jail. I want to see you get a warning.
-They say actress Moon Si-young was also assaulted?
-I wish I had just died.
YouTube and internet articles started to go crazy, and news outlets were reporting breaking news without exception.
Of course, there were also broadcasters that didn't do that.
But the fire has already been lit, and desires are beginning to boil.
SH Strategy's lights were brightly lit until late at night.
All the employees went out on business trips to win over or meet someone without being able to leave work, and the employees in the office couldn't put their phones down.
“I’m not answering the phone!”
“Why hasn’t the guy who went to meet Representative Hwang contacted me?!”
“Stop the article first!”
“That’s… … . These days, even dogs and cows are being turned into knights…”
“The real-time search ranking has dropped several times, but is now rising again.”
“Then tell them to get off again! Names! Drugs! Tell them to exclude everything related to them from going up!”
The heads of each part were all shouting with red faces.
But there was no apparent solution to turn the situation around.
No matter how hard I tried to block it, it kept coming back.
Most of the politicians and prosecutors who had received the money could not be contacted.
Even those who were contacted gave negative responses.
I think it's going to be difficult this time.
I tried to threaten him subtly, but it didn't work.
That was because the media was in an uproar.
Looking at the current situation, if things went well, there could have been a protest at Gwanghwamun.
Woojin moved them with these points in mind.
We have entered an era where people spend more time on media than talking face to face.
An era where each individual can fully satisfy the primitive desires of the brain by seeing only what they want to see and hearing only what they want to hear.
In the process, anonymity becomes one's own alter ego, spitting out the things that can satisfy one's desires according to one's mood.
This means that it can also be used as a stress relief tool.
At the same time, people are always ready to fight.
Consideration is becoming less and less, and they only react to desires and small stresses, wiggling their fingers and raising their voices to immediately release them.
When these people come together to form a group and feel a sense of belonging, they emerge from the surface.
Lee Yo-hwan was a very good prey for them.
“Fuck… … .”
One of the shouting managers muttered, rubbing his head.
I wanted to swear at that crazy kid named Lee Yo-hwan, but I couldn't because there were so many eyes watching me.
그 개새끼가 잘못한 일인데 처벌은 고스란히 자신들에게 돌아온다.
“Fuck… … . I should have hit him or something.”
But I couldn't get such a high salary from any other company.
“I’m not answering the phone!”
“Then go find me, you little punk!”
SH Strategy's office was no different from a flea market.
At that moment, the noisy office suddenly became quiet.
This was because Lee Jeong-cheol, the father of Lee Yo-hwan, who was at the center of the incident, came in.
Everyone bent over like a folder.
The four executives quickly approached Lee Jeong-cheol.
“Are you here?”
Despite their polite greetings, Lee Jeong-cheol simply glanced around indifferently.
The managers clenched their teeth.
I thought it was coming.
I felt like I was facing the grim reaper.
“The situation is.”
One of the officers quickly answered his low voice.
“First, I filed a complaint against the prosecution. My name is Kim Cheol-woong, and I am the deputy chief prosecutor. I have contacted the third deputy chief prosecutor, and the lawyers are on standby. Also… … .”
Lee Jeong-cheol listened to his explanation quietly.
I told him everything I was doing and what was going on.
"so."
"yes?"
“What do you think will happen?”
“Even if it doesn’t work out, I’ll do my best to get a suspended sentence… … .”
Lee Jeong-cheol looked at the director with dry eyes.
“Not the fairy, but my image. How much damage will it do? In the boardroom within the group.”
The executives felt like they had been hit in the back of the head.
Aren't you thinking about the safety of power rather than your son?
As expected, it was as expected.
I knew he was this kind of person, but I forgot about it for a moment.
“I will handle it promptly… … .”
“Issue an apology in my name and schedule a press conference. The fairy will go to jail.”
"yes?"
Lee Jeong-cheol's eyebrows furrowed slightly.
“And call a board meeting.”
“Okay, I’ll try to schedule a board meeting as soon as possible.”
Lee Jeong-cheol turned around without any hesitation and then turned around again to look at the managers.
“If something like this happens again, you and your children will all starve.”
The managers bent their waists at 90 degrees.
* * *
The next day.
South Korea was in an uproar.
This was because Lee Jeong-cheol apologized for his mistake and wanted his son to be punished.
It couldn't have been more unusual, except for politicians.
When Lee Jeong-cheol revealed his intentions, those who were lining up with Shinwha Group had no choice but to follow the procedure.
Of course, since there was some back and forth between them, some amount of sparring was inevitable.
That wasn't the point.
The important thing was that Lee Yo-hwan was excluded from management rights.
When Lee Yo-hwan heard the news, he looked like he had lost his mind.
Kim Tae-hyun spoke to Lee Yo-hwan, who was locked up in the detention center, in a pleasant manner.
“I guess our master doesn’t like sundae gukbap?”
I wasn't even putting it in my mouth.
No. I overturned the tray.
And then he got up from his seat and raised his hand to Kim Tae-hyun.
“Just make one phone call. I’ll give you one million won per minute.”
“A million won?”
Kim Tae-hyun opened his eyes wide and quickly searched through his pockets.
“Mr. Lee Yo-hwan! If you needed anything, you should have told me sooner!”
And then he put his hand into his pocket.
“Oh, there it is. Shit, I thought I lost it.”
What came out of his pocket was his middle finger.
Kim Tae-hyun said with a grin.
“Fuck, shit.”
As Lee Yo-hwan held the iron bars tightly with both hands, spiderweb-like veins appeared in his eyes.
“Do you guys think you’ll be okay after doing this!?”
Kim Tae-hyun flicked his ear and flicked out his earwax.
“I’m on a tight budget, you know. I can’t order anything else. If you’re hungry, just pick up some sundae and eat it.”
That moment.
Woojin was at work at SH Strategy.
The atmosphere was calmer than the first day at work. No, you could say that we were both sensitive to each other.
Woojin was organizing receipts that he didn't know where they were used for, and he was looking at each employee as he moved his hands.
Even without looking at the nameplate with their rank on it, you could tell roughly what position they were in by looking at their actions and their surroundings.
The larger the desk and the more independent space there is, the higher the position tends to be.
It was easy to think of it as the size of the area.
The same goes for behavior.
He has a loud voice and is decisive in his decisions. He also walks differently and approaches his employees without hesitation.
Mirroring is also like that.
In most cases, if a high-ranking person shows some small movement, his subordinates will imitate that action.
We unconsciously want to follow the leader and become one with him.
Based on these things, you can also find out who is leading the atmosphere in any gathering.
Who crossed their legs first, whose movements were louder, who picked up the glass first, etc.
Even without hearing their voices, you can see their relationships by observing their nonverbal language.
“Have you sorted everything out?”
In response to Assistant Manager Cha Joo-hyuk's words, Woo-jin handed over the receipt he had organized.
He nodded, flipping through the receipts.
“I have work to do.”
Woojin opened his mouth as he looked at Cha Joo-hyuk handing over the receipt.
“I see your mother’s condition has improved a lot. That’s fortunate.”
Cha Joo-hyuk raised his head and looked at Woo-jin.
“Elderly people usually eat bone broth as a health food, but it doesn’t seem to suit my mother who has a fracture. Rather, the phosphorus that comes out causes calcium to escape from the bones. This is because the protein and fat content is higher than the calcium content, and if consumed in excess, it can cause obesity or osteoporosis.”
Cha Joo-hyuk blinked and crossed his arms.
He said something similar on his first day at work,
“How did you know I ordered bones?”
I have never shopped at the company or made a purchase.
“I thought so.”
Cha Joo-hyuk looked around and whispered.
“Are you investigating me? Be honest with me. You’re not just a parachute, are you? Who told you to keep an eye on me?”
Woojin thought about telling what he had been doing, but then stopped himself.
It was because he was making inferences on his own, as he intended.
Woojin said as if he had nothing to hide.
“How about your time after work today? I think it would be more useful for you, Mr. Cha Joo-hyuk, than stopping by the hospital and then meeting the bartender.”
Cha Joo-hyuk sighed silently while washing his face with his hands.
It was clear that something was involved, as he had figured out his own movements.
Considering what I've seen and heard while working here, there could be such a person… … But the problem was that I no longer felt like the Shin Woo-jin in front of me was my subordinate.
There have been several instances of shucking during financial transactions to silence the mouths of reporters or journalists.
Is that what it takes?
how?
I thought there would be no trouble.
Cha Joo-hyuk, who had been rubbing his face, soon raised his head and spoke quietly.
“As you can see from the research, even if I brush it off, there’s not a single speck of dust… … .”
Woojin nodded slowly and answered.
“If you make it, it will come out.”
* * *
9 o'clock at night.
Woojin and Cha Juhyuk found a quaint bar.
There was no one there. No, there was a woman sitting in the stand.
She turned her head and greeted Woojin, who had just entered.
It was Lee Hye-rim.
“Are you here?”
“Yeah. Did you order tteokbokki?”
Assistant Manager Cha Ju-hyuk's eyes widened.
“Why is the young lady here… … .”
