Chapter 73 (1/2)
Chapter 73
”Yes,” said Youngsu .
Though that was the most sensitive question these days, Youngsu answered without any hesitation, but his tone and look grew colder .
While drinking with his colleagues recently, Youngsu heard about Yonggu's past behavior more often than not . It was none other than Yonggu's reaping what he'd sown .
Though Youngsu trusted Yonggu as much as Hyunwoo, he could not turn a blind eye to Yonggu's behavior . Then, at the decisive moment, Yonggu was trying to show his bad behavior again, and Youngsu was greatly disappointed .
I wonder if this guy's best efforts for Hyunwoo up to now was just a fake .
But Yonggu didn't budge a bit . Obviously, he didn't know that Youngsu had already found out about his past behavior or that Youngsu was thinking negatively about him .
”I know it's not polite for me to say this, and I'm ready to be reprimanded for this, but I've got one thing to tell you, sir . ”
”What is it?”
Youngsu's tone was already icy as if he'd read Yonggu's mind, ”If I made any contribution for my potential promotion, I would like to give the credit to a.s.sistant Manager Jang . ”
Youngsu opened his eyes wide . It was something he didn't expect at all, rather the opposite .
”As you know, it's Hyunwoo who made the purchasing team what it is today . He exhibited extraordinary performance by saving the unit price, and in Vietnam, especially…”
”Oh, that's enough . ”
Yonggu stopped for a moment, and then he looked into Youngsu's eyes cautiously .
”Don't talk to me about the matter of promotion . Whatever the reason may be, it's not something you want to bring up to me,” said Youngsu .
”I know that, sir . I'm sorry . ”
Yonggu bowed to him .
”And you know, there is one thing you should never make any concessions to your colleagues at the company . ”
Of course, Yonggu knew what it was . It was none other than promotion .
When management was promoting someone, it meant the management judged he or she was qualified for promotion, so if he or she made concessions about promotion, it was like saying to the management 'you chose the wrong person for promotion' as well as 'I'm not qualified for promotion . '
Though Yonggu knew that, he had to tell Youngsu . Otherwise, he could not get over his sense of guilt toward Hyunwoo that he had piled up for long .
In fact, Youngsu was agonized over the matter of promotion .
It was Yonggu who needed the promotion the most because Youngsu knew there were three compet.i.tors trying to win Minhye Park's heart .
Sangho Oh, one of the three, would be included in the list of those due for regular promotion . Though the final decision had to be made by President Daebong Park, Sangoho was included in the list because he made some contributions to cost reduction of the new dorm construction, and above all, he was already dating Minhye, but Sangho's performance was not enough for Yongsu to recommend him for special promotion .
If there was anyone up for special promotion this time, it was Yonggu, but in the upcoming reshuffle, there was n.o.body getting promotion to team leader . Youngsu could have singled out Yonggu for special promotion, but that would have been another headache for Youngsu because Yonggu might get a higher performance credit, but Youngsu would have to give up a special promotion chance for somebody else .
It was difficult for Youngsu to recommend Hyunwoo for special promotion because Hyunwoo already got promoted to an a.s.sistant manager less than three months after he got hired, and it was still less than one year since he had started working . Youngsu felt it might be too early for Hyunwoo to get promoted to deputy manager . Of course, it was not impossible if he pushed for it . As Hyunwoo had an extraordinary performance record, n.o.body would take any issue with his promotion to deputy manager .
Youngsu thought about the consequences of Hyunwoo's promotion . His too speedy promotion would bring about his colleagues' jealousy . Youngsu knew it clearly because he had experienced it before .
Fifteen days later, Youngsu submitted a list of promotion candidates to President Park Daebong for approval, and the list was announced on the company bulletin after it was finally approved by the promotion committee .
Aurum team members gathered around the bulletin board . Among them were the purchasing team members, of course .
”Who got promoted this time?”
”There must be someone from our purchasing team . ”
”Of course, we had an unprecedented performance, didn't we?”
Everybody looked at the announcement with high expectations .
There were a total of five employees who got promoted, and among them was one with special promotion . The person who got a special promotion was from the purchasing team . In addition, there was another one who got regular promotion .
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<special promotion:=”” hyunwoo=”” jang=”” promoted=”” to=”” deputy=”” manager=””>
Each of the staff who read the announcement stood with their mouths wide open .
”Wow! a.s.sistant Manager Jang got promoted to deputy manager . It's been less than one year since he started working here . Isn't his promotion too fast?”
”Wow! a.s.sistant Manager Jang got promoted to deputy manager . It's been less than one year since he started working here . Isn't his promotion too fast?”
”Well, he deserves it . Look at how wonderful he performed last year . Now we have to go and see him for his approval . You know, he's only a high school graduate . ”
”Though he joined us late, he's much older than you, man . ”
”I just feel sorry for Sangho . He's two levels behind Hyunwoo, his high-school colleague here . That means Hyunwoo is more competent, right?”
There were pros and cons to Hyunwoo's promotion, and people were evenly divided between those who supported it and those who thought it was too speedy .
What's the point of ordinary employees making a fuss about it? The decision was made by the management anway, and they would forget about it after they had a couple of drinking parties .
The purchasing team had other things to celebrate this time because as part of the reorganization, they gained two more staff members .
a.s.sistant Manager Yongrak Cho and Manho Cho were transferred to the purchasing team to manage the material being managed by the purchasing team so that there was a more clarity around the line of responsibilities of the production team and the purchasing team .
It signaled that the purchasing team was doing excellent work, management wanted to beef it up by adding two more staff so that it could do more . Thanks to management's decision, the purchasing team got two more staff while the number of the production team reduced by two . The chief of the production was shocked to see two of his members transferring to the production team and thought, Why am I out of luck this time? Why don't we have a member like Hyunwoo or Yonggu in my production team?
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Hyunwoo looked around the restaurant . As he had never visited such a luxurious restaurant before, he was kind of awkward . Even the restaurant staff were watching him closely, ready to expel him if he didn't behave properly .
But things would never end up that way because a stunning beauty, who wasn't the type to ever date someone like Hyunwoo, was waving her hands at him . She was a popular entertainer on TVs these days .