New Employees With an Annual Salary of 1 Trillion Won - Chapter 59

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Chapter 59. New Game (4)

 

Leaving behind the cheers from the office, the three of us left first.

 

The General Manager, the Deputy Branch Manager, and me. We got in the same car, but the atmosphere had subtly changed.

 

Was it because I had been promoted to Deputy Branch Manager? The moment the Deputy Branch Manager spoke up, that feeling became certainty rather than suspicion.

 

“Employee Lee has… been appointed as Deputy Branch Manager?”

 

“That’s right. Chairman Robertson personally appointed him.”

 

“C-congratulations.”

 

Song Sang-yeon awkwardly offered his congratulations.

 

Watching this, the General Manager, who had been holding back laughter, playfully threw out a comment.

 

“And Deputy Branch Manager Song will now be promoted to Branch Manager. Congratulations.”

 

“I’m… becoming the Branch Manager of the Korea Branch?”

 

Could a person change this suddenly?

 

From low to high pitch, his voice instantly went on a roller coaster ride.

 

“Then who else would we entrust the Korea Branch to? And please help this Deputy Branch Manager a lot from now on. That way, this Deputy Branch Manager can take over the Korea Branch later.”

 

“So I’ll be temporarily helping until this Deputy Branch Manager fully rises to Branch Manager?”

 

“You could see it that way. This Deputy Branch Manager needs to take over the Korea Branch so that Branch Manager Song can rise to the Asia General Manager position, right?”

 

How devious.

 

To manipulate someone’s emotions like this with just a few words.

 

At the General Manager’s playful words, Song Sang-yeon continued riding the roller coaster.

 

“So the General Manager will take over headquarters, I’ll take the Asia Branch, and this Deputy Branch Manager will take the Korea Branch?”

 

“Not right away, but that’s the big picture we’re drawing. So please help this Deputy Branch Manager well. That way you can become Asia Branch Manager faster too.”

 

“Everything I know, as fast as possible! I’ll force-feed it to him if I have to!”

 

Song Sang-yeon looked ready to start training immediately.

 

I quickly changed the subject to maintain today’s routine.

 

“But I was a bit surprised that no colleagues wanted to quit even though 23.5 billion won came into their accounts.”

 

“It probably hasn’t sunk in yet. They might waver after thinking about it tonight.”

 

“What would you do if someone said they wanted to quit?”

 

“There’s no way to stop them. They’d have to return the retention bonus, but there’s no staff member who would be burdened by that amount now.”

 

Nexpin’s current structure was too good.

 

I wanted to continue working with like-minded colleagues, and I hoped this current flow would last for a long time.

 

More precisely, to maintain his current work routine at the company, he needed his colleagues.

 

“Is there really no way to keep them?”

 

“Are you that worried? But probably no one will leave. Human greed has no end, after all.”

 

“What do you mean?”

 

“If they leave Nexpin, they won’t be able to put money into the Nexpin account managed by Song Sang-yeon anymore. They’ll keep saying ‘just one more year, just one more year!’ and end up working until retirement.”

 

This time, it was hard to agree with the General Manager’s words.

 

23.5 billion won was an amount that wouldn’t run out even if spent for a lifetime.

 

“Still, I’m a bit worried. So I’d like to make a proposal.”

 

“What kind of proposal?”

 

“Just as Tiger Fund acquired Nexpin, there are many good companies in Korea worth acquiring. I want to buy such companies and entrust them to my Nexpin colleagues.”

 

One shackle wasn’t enough.

 

He needed more reliable shackles to tie down his colleagues.

 

To keep those who had 23.5 billion won each, he needed shackles at least as strong as the position of affiliate company president.

 

Of course, one might think that if that happened, his colleagues leaving Nexpin would be the same thing.

 

But if he expanded Nexpin’s scale and made the acquired companies into affiliates or subsidiaries, they would ultimately be under his control.

 

“Won’t their management abilities be lacking?”

 

“We can hire professional managers separately. I plan to position the Nexpin employees only as managers with the largest equity shares. And when their own money is invested in the acquired company, they’re bound to take better care of it.”

 

“You mean to have them buy company shares with the money in their Nexpin accounts?”

 

“If they hold cash, they might waver, but if they hold equity shares, they develop a sense of responsibility.”

 

The General Manager smiled mysteriously.

 

He seemed to find the current proposal merely interesting.

 

“Then, later on, all the Nexpin employees will be called President or Chairman.”

 

“Actually, Nexpin’s structure is very different from ordinary companies. The current structure can’t continue, so we need a new structure. And having subsidiaries or affiliates won’t change anything. It’s just expanding the office space.”

 

Each desk would become a company.

 

It was the only way to work with his colleagues for a long time.

 

People with personal assets exceeding 23.5 billion won wouldn’t want to remain as employees forever.

 

While they were talking, they arrived near his home.

 

The General Manager got out of the car and even saw him off.

 

“We’ve arrived. This is near Song Sang-yeon’s home, right?”

 

“You can drop me off here. It’s just a short walk up.”

 

“Hmm, you should start preparing to move soon. The Korea Branch’s Song Sang-yeon living in a place like this is connected to the Fund’s prestige.”

 

“I’ll prepare it soon.”

 

“Oh, and I sent the baseball equipment to your home. Please check it.”

 

“Thank you!”

 

I got out of the car and bowed politely.

 

The General Manager and Branch Manager opened the window and waved their hands, and I also bowed my head for a final greeting before heading home.

 

“I’m home!”

 

“Son! Oh my, your face looks so thin. I made braised short ribs, so hurry up and wash up before eating.”

 

“I’ll wash up and come out right away.”

 

I soaked my entire body in hot water to relieve the fatigue.

 

After showering for a long time, my younger brother was waiting in front of the bathroom.

 

“Older Brother! But what are all those boxes?”

 

“What boxes?”

 

“Baseball equipment? There are over 20 stacked in the hallway.”

 

I hurriedly opened the front door to check.

 

Indeed, dozens of boxes were filling up the entire front of the door.

 

When I came home, I was in such a hurry that I didn’t notice, but looking again, they were stacked so densely that the walls weren’t visible.

 

“What is all that?”

 

“How would I know? All the boxes are written in English, so I didn’t even dare to touch them.”

 

“Let’s just open one for now.”

 

Rip!

 

When I opened one box, the same type of baseball gloves were piled up inside.

 

“Oh! These are Franklin Batting Gloves! All the major leaguers use these!”

 

“Are they very expensive?”

 

“Of course! You’d have to pay 100,000 won to buy them in Korea.”

 

“What kind of gloves cost 100,000 won?”

 

“These are only used during competitions. For practice, you have to wear cotton gloves because they’re too precious.”

 

Batting gloves that are so expensive they have to be used sparingly.

 

But inside the box, there were over a hundred of those batting gloves.

 

“The size fits perfectly too. But didn’t you buy these, Older Brother? Why don’t you know?”

 

“The General Manager said he’d look into it, so I just said okay.”

 

“Older Brother, can I open the other boxes too?”

 

“Go ahead and open them.”

 

Starting with the Batting Gloves.

 

Baseball Glove, Bat, Arm Guard, Arm Protector, Compression Bandage, Baseball Spikes, and even Icing Products.

 

There were more types of Baseball Equipment packed in there than most baseball equipment stores would have.

 

“Older Brother! There’s Wrist Tape too! The Icing Products are totally high-end. These are what the pros use.”

 

“Is it that good?”

 

“With this stuff, I won’t have to worry this year. No, I’d have enough left over to use next year too.”

 

“Why is a guy who’s a senior in high school this year worrying about next year? Planning to repeat a grade or something?”

 

“I’m just saying. But really, is it okay to accept all this? It looks like it’s worth tens of millions of won.”

 

Younger Brother asked while repeatedly putting on and taking off the gloves.

 

To reassure Younger Brother, I hastily made up a story.

 

“I heard it was inventory sitting around at a baseball equipment store in the United States that they got cheap. It’s fine to just accept it.”

 

“This was inventory? The United States really operates on a different scale. In Korea, this stuff is hard even to see.”

 

“From now on, when you practice batting, wear Batting Gloves instead of Cotton Gloves. Don’t get your hands injured and end up out for the season.”

 

Right now was the most important time for him as a baseball player.

 

If he got injured for no reason, all the effort he’d built up from elementary school until now could go down the drain.

 

“Since we’re talking about it, I’m going to go swing some bats. There are different weights and everything. How can I resist when I see stuff like this?”

 

“Hey, before you go, bring the Box inside first.”

 

“Is there space in the house for it?”

 

“Put it in my Room. I don’t come Home much anyway.”

 

“Really? I’ll put it in Older Brother’s Room!”

 

Younger Brother busily moved around carrying the Box,

 

and I frantically devoured the Braised Short Ribs that Mother had made for me.

 

“How is it? Does it suit your taste?”

 

“Maybe because I’ve been eating only greasy food in the United States, it’s really delicious. Mom, you should eat some too.”

 

“I already ate plenty.”

 

Near the end of the meal.

 

Father came Home after finishing work.

 

“Oh! Our Son is here? How was living in the United States?”

 

“I just got sick of riding the Airplane.”

 

“Work hard when they call you. Don’t go around saying you’ll write a Resignation Letter.”

 

“Of course. I’ll never have occasion to submit a Resignation Letter with my own hands. Father, you should eat too.”

 

Father sat down at the dining table.

 

I brought up the story I had prepared since the United States.

 

“How about we move?”

 

“Move? Suddenly leaving our perfectly good home to go where?”

 

“The Company decided to provide office housing as a new welfare benefit. It’s a newly built 45-pyeong apartment.”

 

“45 pyeong? They’re giving that as welfare? What company in the world does that? Even Samjin Group wouldn’t do something like that.”

 

As expected, this kind of talk wouldn’t be convincing.

 

But I couldn’t reveal that I had over 200 billion in my Account, so I made up a slight excuse.

 

“I did some good work in the United States and received special welfare benefits.”

 

“No matter how well you did, still, do you know how much a 45-pyeong apartment in Seoul costs? Even the jeonse deposit alone is hundreds of millions, and they’re providing something like that?”

 

“The situation is a bit complex. It’s hard to explain everything, but you know our Parent Company is a Fund in the United States, right?”

 

“I know that.”

 

“The Fund purchased the apartment as a real estate Investment concept, but it seemed wasteful to leave it empty, so they turned it into Staff Member welfare.”

 

Even to my own ears, it sounded quite plausible.

 

Following around the Negotiation Room so much, I’d only gotten better at lying.

 

But Parents still couldn’t shake their suspicious looks.

 

“They really said they’d do that?”

 

“It’s not like we’re paying rent to The Company, and we don’t need to sell this house either. We can just try living there, and if we don’t like it, we can come back.”

 

“I don’t understand. No matter how well you work, providing an apartment doesn’t make sense.”

 

“I did really, really well. Anyway, please prepare to move by next month.”

 

Just pushing through was the best option.

 

And we weren’t moving right away anyway.

 

I hadn’t even decided where we’d move to yet.

 

“Moving isn’t the problem, but won’t we have to leave like we’re being kicked out in a few years?”

 

“As long as I don’t quit The Company, we can keep living there. And even if I quit The Company, residence is guaranteed for at least 3 years, so don’t worry.”

 

“Oh my, suddenly asking us to move makes me feel strange.”

 

“What’s there to worry about? And Father, you said you were thinking about moving the Chicken Restaurant to a better location, right?”

 

Now that Home was settled, it was Father’s turn.

 

I couldn’t keep watching him struggle in a Chicken Restaurant that was barely 10 pyeong forever.

 

“If there’s a place with good foot traffic, I’d think about going. But those places are so expensive.”

 

“The Fund said they rent out restaurants cheaply to Staff Member families – should I apply once? If it works out, we’ll move, and if not, you can just stay in your current spot.”

 

“There’s that kind of welfare too? American companies really are generous.”

 

“It might not work out, so please don’t get your hopes up too much.”

 

It was just something I said.

 

If I buy the Restaurant with my own money, that’s the end of it – why wouldn’t it work?

 

After taking action, my heart finally felt a little more at ease.

 

Even though I had poured all my energy into creating a new game at The Company.

 

I had always felt troubled that I hadn’t done anything for my Family.

 

Starting with a new Home and store, it was time for our Family to step onto a new stage as well.

 

Annual Salary 1 Trillion New Employee Chapter 59

 

E-book Publication Date | 2025.11.27

 

Author | Seo Oh

 

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