Surviving as a Rogue Hospital Director - Chapter 15

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Episode 15.
“Of course that would be the case. I was referring to the conditions at Korean University Hospital. More precisely, in Korea.”
Her neck had flushed crimson by now, and the subordinates flanking her both watched with pity. Jun Mo, unable to hold back any longer, spoke up.
“Director, no matter your position, you shouldn’t speak that way when you know the full situation!”
But Beom Jun remained entirely unshaken as he addressed him.
“Did I say something I shouldn’t have? I merely stated a fact that everyone already knows.”
Beom Jun tilted his chin upward, looking down at Jun Mo, who was roughly his height. With deliberate casual speech, he made clear the nature of their relationship.
Even if he were a lawyer, at Korean University Hospital he was just another employee. So he ought to fulfill that role properly, shouldn’t he? Beom Jun regarded him in silence.
Dark irises ringed by white gazed at Jun Mo like prey, set in jet-black hair against a harsh expression.
The severe countenance proved quite effective. Jun Mo faltered, gradually lowering his eyes.
“If the team director can’t discern where he should and shouldn’t involve himself, what does the Vice Director make of it?”
And Jun Mo’s failure was immediately his superior’s failure. Beom Jun addressed Gu Hee Jung directly, not Jun Mo—as though his opponent barely warranted engagement.
“No, that’s not what I—”
“That’s enough. Drop it.”
Gu Hee Jung cut off Jun Mo’s words. The more she argued this, the worse it would go for her. Under current medical law, there was no path for a vice director to become director.
Jun Mo seemed to have much more to say, but at Gu Hee Jung’s directive, he kept his mouth shut.
‘Good. Looks like things are tidied up. Now let me clear this quest.’
Beom Jun’s eyes gleamed with an unsettling light as he turned to address the vice director.
He had the perfect item to crush her spirit and prevent any further insubordination.
“And another thing, Vice Director.”
He deliberately slowed his words, ratcheting up the tension. Gu Hee Jung swallowed hard at the shift in atmosphere.
Beom Jun delivered his next words to Gu Hee Jung in a flat, matter-of-fact tone.
“I’m rejecting the Internal Regulation Amendment Proposal you submitted today. Revise it and bring it back.”
She hadn’t expected this. Caught off guard, Gu Hee Jung straightened in her seat.
“I’m sorry?”
The Internal Regulation Amendment Proposal contained revisions to employee compensation and conduct regulations—supposedly to match rising costs and the spirit of the times. It likely came through Jun Mo, the lawyer, at some point.
“Did you actually review it properly? What’s there to revise?”
Shifting into work mode, Gu Hee Jung crossed her arms defensively. The attitude radiating from her screamed confidence that whatever she’d done must be flawless.
There was some truth to it. After all, the director of <Doctor X> had been little more than a rubber stamp.
Most of the work fell to the vice director, Gu Hee Jung, while the director simply had his name attached and felt grateful for it.
Which was precisely why she could run roughshod like this. She’d spent years getting everything her way.
But Beom Jun shook his head regretfully.
“Ah, someone with more experience than I am, yet you don’t follow proper format. How unfortunate.”
Beom Jun pointed out to her the specific standards that must be observed for each document.
It was one of many pieces of evidence that she was running wild at Korean University Hospital, an institution that prided itself on principle. She’d clearly thought filling in the content was all that mattered.
“Those kinds of details get waived all the time!”
“Details? Didn’t you just say it was flawless? It’s precisely these small oversights accumulating that cause major disasters. Following the basics isn’t negotiable.”
Beom Jun addressed her with remarkable composure. Unlike Gu Hee Jung, whose face cycled through red and purple, he remained perfectly at ease.
“Correct every aspect to match the proper format and bring it back.”
It might seem petty, but it couldn’t be helped. It was a lesson that had to be learned. Better to make clear now that making an enemy of the director only made one’s own life harder.
‘I’m your boss, lady.’
Faced with an attitude the old director could never have shown, Gu Hee Jung’s temper rose further.
“Are you insane? You should know your place! You think you’ll be director for life? You’re a three-year contract employee!”
“Maybe not for life. But I am director for at least the next two years, aren’t I?”
Veins stood out starkly in Gu Hee Jung’s neck as she raised her voice. To her, Beom Jun responded with a twisted grin as he stepped closer.
A low chuckle rumbled from his throat.
The ill-suited laughter mingled with the dull thud of dress shoes against the director’s office marble floor.
Gu Hee Jung shrank back, pressing herself against the sofa, while Beom Jun’s expression twisted grotesquely as facial muscles he rarely used began to twitch.
He sat across from her and seized her right hand, which had been jabbing accusingly.
“So let’s do well together over those three years, hmm?”
“What—what are you doing!”
He forced the awkward handshake, pumping their joined hands up and down while contorting his cheeks into what he hoped was a natural smile.
“I said let’s do well together, didn’t I?”
Because his counterpart was a woman, he refrained from using full grip strength. Just enough that she couldn’t pull free—maybe.
“You’re completely insane!”
Gu Hee Jung sprang to her feet. Jun Mo and Ha Rin beside her were at a loss for what to do.
‘Yeah, I’m insane. What are you going to do about it?’
* * *
After her tirade, Gu Hee Jung left. More precisely, Jae Gyeong had called Security, which took her away during the commotion—a perfectly timed intervention.
“Let go! I can walk out on my own!”
The cause of the disturbance was obvious to anyone watching, and Gu Hee Jung departed the director’s office in the company of black-suited security personnel.
She was in a highly emotional state—so much so that she paid no mind to the other staff watching. It was then that Beom Jun noticed Jun Mo and Ha Rin deliberately turning their eyes away.
‘First time seeing her like that, probably.’
Until now, the vice director had been nothing but an unfortunate, capable boss to them. But Beom Jun knew her true nature. A woman who’d bred poison until it consumed her.
“Phew. That temperament’s no joke.”
After watching her go, Beom Jun exhaled deeply. She’d been formidable.
In <Doctor X>, the vice director’s true nature had never been so directly exposed. The old director had simply deferred to her every wish.
‘This will probably continue.’
Perhaps she’d change once her hostility toward the director faded. If not, then Beom Jun would have to resort to a final method.
One where the other party died, not him. He simply hoped it wouldn’t come to that.
Once the situation concluded, the Status Window appeared before Beom Jun’s eyes.
[You have completed the Main Quest.]
[Main Quest: Break Vice Director Gu Hee Jung’s spirit.]
[Your Survival Probability has increased by +3% as a reward.]
[Vice Director’s spirit completely broken. Your Survival Probability has increased by an additional +2%.]
[Current Survival Probability: 16%]
He’d gained the extra 2% as well. Having Gu Hee Jung’s subordinates present seemed to have actually helped.
When Beom Jun closed the Status Window for the quest, a new one appeared.
[Secretary Director Kim Jae Gyeong’s Loyalty has increased significantly.]
[Jae Gyeong has developed Company Loyalty.]
[Jae Gyeong has developed Sense of Ownership.]
Ah, looking to the side, Beom Jun saw Jae Gyeong’s eyes trembling. Surprise and wonder alternated across his features as his brows rose slightly.
“You alright?”
Beom Jun showed concern for him. He’d been too focused on the vice director to pay attention, but Jae Gyeong had handled things well. Jae Gyeong had called Security at precisely the right moment, bringing the situation to a close.
Truth be told, Beom Jun was quite impressed by Jae Gyeong’s Crisis Management ability. To think he’d shine in a moment like this. He almost felt sorry for all the criticism about his paperwork.
But Jae Gyeong apologized to him instead.
“I’m sorry, Director.”
“What’s the secretary director sorry for? You handled it well. Another moment and the vice director might’ve torn my head off.”
Beom Jun joked to reassure him, but Jae Gyeong’s expression remained serious.
“I’ll handle anything like this from now on. Director, you… you’re not someone who should be doing this sort of thing. I apologize.”
He seemed bothered by what had transpired. Being protective like that—cute, really.
Beom Jun inwardly hoped Jae Gyeong wouldn’t become entangled with the vice director. Unlike himself as director, Jae Gyeong would have many work-related dealings with her, and he could be subjected to her harassment.
“No, I’m exactly the kind of person who does this. If anything else comes up, stay behind me.”
Beom Jun approached the bowed Jae Gyeong and patted his shoulder.
“Eh? No, I couldn’t possibly.”
Jae Gyeong waved his hands in protest, and Beom Jun sighed quietly.
One difference between hospitals and companies: all the staff are specialists. They excel at their work independently, but conversely, they tend not to listen to anyone above them.
Since they won’t listen anyway, few bother giving orders. The hospital director, unlike a company CEO, tends to remain inconspicuous.
The previous director of <Doctor X> was the same. His only concern was impressing the board chair to preserve his position.
But now this director was stepping forward voluntarily, telling him to stay behind? Jae Gyeong felt grateful and confused in equal measure.
When Jae Gyeong continued to demur, Beom Jun changed the subject.
“Everyone has their role, don’t they? You have your own work to do.”
“What would that be, sir? I’ll do anything.”
Jae Gyeong straightened his spine and spoke without hesitation. With Company Loyalty and Sense of Ownership awakened in him, he burned with resolve.
It was clear he’d sworn to accomplish whatever task the director gave him.
“Well, let me think…”
But Beom Jun didn’t expect much from him. Administrative tasks he couldn’t handle directly, perhaps?
The greater the task, the more burden it carried. And Beom Jun figured he could shoulder it himself. He approached Jae Gyeong, patted his shoulder, and spoke.
“The Video Planning Proposal. Would you make the final revisions?”
At those words, the steely determination in the secretary director’s eyes deflated instantly. He’d clearly expected to be entrusted with something grand.
“…But you said last time was the final revision.”
This guy. As if he didn’t understand how important it was to produce the representative video for Korean University Hospital.
Once this video was complete, Korean University Hospital would skyrocket. It would be a major achievement for Jae Gyeong, who’d overseen the video planning.
“That was then. This is now.”
“Director…”
At Beom Jun’s words, Jae Gyeong made as if to whine. A moment ago he’d acted ready to do anything.
“Just need to touch up the script a little.”
Beom Jun’s strategy was to edit the video’s ending to focus on Im Sung Hyeok. To make him shine unmistakably.
But Jae Gyeong groaned about another late night anyway.
“This time it’s really the last.”
“I don’t think so. You’ll keep asking for revisions until you’re satisfied.”
Hmm, how had he figured that out? Through repeated revisions, Jae Gyeong had already learned of Beom Jun’s relentlessness.
Until it was right.
This was the secret behind Beom Jun becoming a professor despite his somewhat lacking abilities.
“Phew, fine, I get it. Let’s just finish this tonight!”
Jae Gyeong’s dejection transformed into resolve as he spoke of seeing it through to the end, his eyes rekindling with the determination from before.

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