Vroom.
Yoo-hyun sat in the back seat of the taxi after parting with Lee Chan Ho.
Lee Chan Ho had insisted on giving him two ten-thousand-won bills and hailing a taxi for him.
Why did he have to pay for the taxi fare as if he was doing him a favor?
As Yoo-hyun fiddled with the bills, he heard the radio news in his ears.
-Han Sung Display has achieved its highest performance in the third quarter, breaking its record for the highest stock price once again. Thanks to the successful listing and stock price increase of Han Sung Display, which was spun off from Han Sung Electronics, the Han Sung owner family is estimated to have gained at least 100 billion won in valuation profit...
The driver, who was listening, uttered a word.
“Geez, the employees are working overtime and suffering like this, but the money is all eaten by the bosses. Isn’t that right?”
“Yes. That’s right.”
Yoo-hyun replied vaguely, and the driver raised his voice.
“I know how you feel. I used to work for Han Sung too, you know.”
“Oh, really?”
“Yes. I’m a taxi driver now, but that’s the truth. Anyway, nothing has changed since then.”
“What hasn’t changed?”
Yoo-hyun asked out of curiosity, but the answer he got was beyond his expectation.
“Look. The company is making so much money, but does it go back to the employees?”
“They do get bonuses.”
“Pfft. Only 10 million won. Tsk tsk. The executives of Han Sung Display got an average of over 1 billion won in bonuses this time. Is that normal?”
100 billion, 1 billion, and 10 million.
The share that fell when Han Sung Display did well was so different.
Of course, there had to be a difference between those who had stakes and those who didn’t, between the leaders who decided the direction and the employees.
But was it right to have such a gap?
Yoo-hyun answered from the perspective of an employee, not a leader.
“That’s true.”
“It’s all the same in Korea. Capitalist market and bullshit.”
“Well...”
“At least they should treat them well if they worked hard. This is what, the politics is rotten from the top. Even next year’s election...”
Yoo-hyun had no chance to interrupt as the driver spat out his words in an excited voice.
When politics came into the picture, Yoo-hyun had nothing more to say.
Yoo-hyun let the driver’s words slip by and sank into his thoughts.
Trudge trudge.
Yoo-hyun’s thoughts continued as he got off the taxi and walked home.
The words that Kim Ho Sung and Lee Chan Ho had said flashed through his mind.
-To be honest, I envy your subordinates. You guys do what you want and get results.
-There are many people who can’t get opportunities no matter how hard they try. That’s how companies are.
Yoo-hyun could have provided alternatives for those who missed the opportunities.
He could have brought Kim Ho Sung to the Future Technology TF and let him show his skills, or helped Lee Chan Ho with his contest preparation and boosted him up.
They were both people who could produce much better results if given a chance.
But was that enough?
Crackle crackle.
Helping one or two people wouldn’t solve this problem.
There would be countless people who couldn’t show their abilities because they couldn’t get opportunities in other parts that Yoo-hyun missed.
This was a problem of the company system that couldn’t even provide fair opportunities.
The problem was that this wasn’t the end.
The ridiculous titles created resentment between the ranks, and the success of one side caused harm to the other.
With this binary thinking, the company couldn’t sustain its growth.
The funny thing was, the direction of the fruits that were obtained by struggling from the bottom.
They spun off the company to correct the mistakes of the past and grew it, but the juice was sucked by someone else.
The employees who worked all night didn’t even get the compensation they deserved.
Was this a problem that would be solved by acquiring Shin Hwa Semiconductor?
Would it be fixed if they gained the core competitiveness and stood tall in the world?
“No way.”
Yoo-hyun smirked and had to admit it.
His eyes had been on the growth of the company’s appearance, that is, upward.
He had been saying that he wanted to live well together, but he hadn’t seen the bottom where the employees were.
Kwon Se-jung couldn’t close his mouth in surprise, and Yoo-hyun said to him.
“Se-jung, I know what you’re worried about. I also know that I can’t change it all at once.”
“But?”
“But this is the right direction. I think we have to at least try.”
Kwon Se-jung wanted to ask why we had to do that, but he held back.
It was because he couldn’t think of any organization that could do this.
Instead, he pointed out his concern.
“Sigh! Fine, fine. Then you know that there might be side effects if you touch the wrong thing, right?”
“You’ve already thought that far.”
“Of course. If we’re going to do it, we have to do it right.”
Kwon Se-jung, who had a good sense, made Yoo-hyun smile.
Then he looked around his colleagues, who had bright eyes, and opened his mouth.
“Right. That’s why I have something for you guys to do. It’s...”
At the same time, the last task of the Future Technology TF began.
As Kwon Se-jung had feared, this task required touching the company system.
Since it could have more side effects if done wrong, they needed to identify the problems accurately.
To do this, Yoo-hyun didn’t sit down and analyze the reports, but went to the field.
The alumni meeting that he hadn’t attended for a long time was the field.
Clang.
As Yoo-hyun entered the pub, Seo Chang-woo from the HR team greeted him.
“Manager Han, welcome, welcome, over here.”
“Hyung, don’t call me that. But why did you come so early?”
“Haha! It’s been a long time, you know. I was curious about you.”
Seo Chang-woo, who had a pleasant expression, laughed heartily.
He was the same as when they met frequently three years ago.
Yoo-hyun joked with him.
“Then you should have contacted me.”
“Well. I was a bit hesitant. You went to the Group Strategy Office and it was harder to contact you.”
“I didn’t contact you either, so let’s just forget about the past.”
“You’re saying nonsense. Oh, but where’s Se-jung? And Hyun-woo isn’t here either?”
As Seo Chang-woo laughed at Yoo-hyun’s joke, he asked suddenly.
Clang.
“Oppa!”
The door opened and Jin Sun Mi from the PR team raised her hand cheerfully.
Soon after, Yoon Jae Il from the General Affairs team and Byun Jae Seung, who had moved from the Global HRD team to the Education team, followed.
Including Yoo-hyun, there were five people at one table.
He thought Min Jung-hyuk from the Mobile Sales team would also come, but he declined to attend for personal reasons.
He had a feeling what he was thinking, so Yoo-hyun didn’t bother to call him and promised to see him next time.
But there was one person he was curious about at this point.
Yoo-hyun asked his friends, who were chatting happily.
“Does anyone know what happened to Hyun Joon?”
“He’s preparing for the civil service exam. But I don’t know how he did.”
“I see. He should lie down where he can...”
He heard the news of Gong Hyun Joon’s resignation from the TV Sales team belatedly and regretted it.
He would have given him some advice if he had been there, but now he was in a position where he couldn’t.
Then, Yoon Jae Il said a word.
“Yoo-hyun, he wouldn’t have listened to you anyway.”
“Why?”
“It’s because of you...”
Yoon Jae Il opened his mouth to say something, but Seo Chang-woo stopped him.
“Jae Il, stop.”
“Ah, I didn’t mean to. My mouth is a mess.”
“What?”
“No, nothing.”
Yoon Jae Il waved his hand at Yoo-hyun’s question.