# 497
The Legend of Return
Chapter 497. Low eye anxiety (猪眼猪sight 佛眼佛見) (1)
“!!!”
Everyone in the conference room was shocked.
The red headband, which has been ceremoniously worn at labor-management council meetings, has been a symbol of workers’ struggle.
However, a young investor agent openly pointed out the symbol of struggle.
“What did you just say! You are ignoring our struggle!”
Even his voice trembled, he jumped up from the seat where Jeong Seong-dong, the senior vice chairman of the labor union, was sitting and shouted.
After the 2009 strike, emotions in the Samryong Motors Union were running high.
They were ashamed of their situation, which had collapsed powerlessly in front of public power.
Yesterday’s colleague was kicked out of the company and sat down on the street.
The union even suggested cutting wages by 50 percent and using severance pay to develop new cars.
However, this regime manipulated public opinion and pushed away their proposals with that power.
I was well aware of how the world economy was going and thought of getting out of the crisis as one with a company that was in the red.
However, the price to return was only the thorough turn of public opinion and the tyranny of the court officials who held their lives.
‘How dare this bastard!’
Jeong Seong-dong glared at the investor representative who revealed his name as Jang Tae-san.
I was thinking of leaving the meeting room if I had to.
The last remnant of pride burned hotly from the bottom.
“now. You don’t have to fight like this from the first meeting. Calm down. Senior Vice Chairman Jeong Seong-dong also sits.”
Managing Director Jung Yeong-tae rebuked Jeong Seong-dong.
“Do we look so easy? Where are you messing around with some money!”
When suppressed anger and sorrow explode once, it explodes like an uncontrollable volcano.
Jeong Seong-dong’s voice rang out.
His eyes glared at Jang Tae-san as if to kill him.
“That money! Don’t you know that you’re that kid now because of that?”
“….what!”
Jang Tae-san laughed at Jeong Seong-dong without flinching.
“!!!”
Once again the air in the conference room fell into deep silence and consternation.
Everyone knew that there was nothing good in messing with angry union members.
However, Jang Tae-san stimulated the union members as if he was determined.
“What do you think is the first thing a beggar rich man must throw away when he travels through the harsh desert? food? A camel to ride? Or is it a monkey that trembles and soothes loneliness?”
In a space full of cold air, Jang Tae-san asked an unexpected question.
“shut up! Where are you talking nonsense!”
Jeong Seong-dong, whose personality is fiery, shouted.
I didn’t get the gist of the question at all.
He only thought that Jang Tae-san was harassing himself for representing the union with money.
“The first thing to throw away is the lion-like pride that symbolized wealth in the past. It is the slave of the petty emotions that you hold for the sake of a great cause. That pride!”
The lion’s roar, quiet but heavy, roared through the meeting room.
“…..”
Jeong Seong-dong was speechless for a moment as if he was possessed by something.
The moment Jang Tae-san, a young fellow, looked straight into his eyes and shouted, his hamstrings tingled and his breath stopped.
“Are you the chairman?”
Jang Tae-san looked at Kang Il-gwon, who was sitting in the middle of the union members.
“Young… friend is spoiled.”
Kang Il-kwon bit his lip and admonished Jang Tae-san.
I couldn’t have imagined this development at all, but I didn’t just live in the world until I reached this age.
‘He has nothing to fear!’
Kang Il-kwon recognized Jang Tae-san with a few words.
Deep blue anger shimmered in his pupils.
Even though we weren’t looking at each other, the sight of his eyes made my heart beat wildly.
“Young friend? ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
Jang Tae-san laughed out loud as the meeting room suddenly left.
“Do you know me?”
Jang Tae-san looked straight at Kang Il-kwon with a bad laugh.
“Isn’t everyone seeing me for the first time? Yes? But why are you half talking? Is this a school where newcomers to society gather? And even at Korea University’s law school, no one can speak kindly to me! Fuck!”
“…..”
Jang Tae-san’s remarks, stirring the air in the meeting room with a strange rhythm of strength and weakness.
A heavy silence filled the meeting room.
At Jang Tae-san’s unstoppable remarks, no one could look at him and their expressions stiffened.
Although he revealed his identity as an investor agent, he looked too young even though he was young.
Due to the unique Korean sentiment, they all froze at Jang Tae-san’s explosion while trying to force a suicide note.
“I was fired from my job, so I went around spreading rumors around the neighborhood, so I came to help you, but what? that much money? What do you guys have? A modest severance pay? Or what? ha ha ha ha Even if you add up all of your severance pay, it’s the same as our employees’ pocket money compared to the funds I move every day!! Do you understand what I mean?”
Jang Tae-san screams like a completely different person.
The atmosphere in the meeting room became cold as ice at his resounding remarks.
Not only labor union members, but also legal representatives Young-tae Jeong and Yoo-il Lim cannot raise their faces.
His face was already white.
It was so easy for a young person to say that it was a horse.
He told an obvious lie to anyone who could hear it.
Samryongcha union retirement reserves amounted to hundreds of billions of won.
Leaving such a huge fund, he said without hesitation that it was a daily moving fund and an employee’s pocket money.
But no one was able to pick up on that.
I couldn’t believe it, but the thought that it might be true crossed my mind.
‘…He’s a dangerous guy!’
Lim Yoo-il once again quietly evaluated the character Jang Tae-san.
It was after he resigned from the position of president of Yantai Motors, but the rumors that reached his ears seemed to be true.
Investors with huge amounts of self-made capital.
I didn’t know more because of the lack of information, but Lim Yoo-il quietly watched Jang Tae-san.
I got goosebumps because I felt like I was seeing the late Chairman Jeon Joon-young, whom I had served in my youth.
A myth in the Korean business community that commanded employees from the front while drinking makgeolli.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that he came back.
I even felt as if the late Chairman Jeon Joon-young had returned.
‘CEO….. I’m really angry.’
It was the first time that Do-hee had seen CEO Jang Tae-san get so angry.
He was always a kind and benevolent man at work.
When he was with lawyer Cho and other older adults, he was playful but polite.
Even when dealing with all the employees, he did not use his position to treat people carelessly.
He was a proud boss who warmly took care of even one security employee like family.
Such a representative was very blinded.
Union members wearing red headbands showed up late for their appointment.
Their attitude was pathetic to anyone.
If he had been like him, he would not have bought a company that only makes a loss every year and is dominated by strong unions.
I could have started a new factory with the mindset of starting over.
It was something that was welcomed by each local organization.
When the laid-off employees were brought in, the amount of funds that had to be allocated a year amounted to hundreds of billions of won, including severance pay and welfare expenses.
No matter how many times I beat the calculator, it was not a business that remained.
Moreover, not only Korea, but also the fate of the future automobile market itself was unclear.
In the midst of increasingly large global car makers, the old frame SUV was not attractive as a flagship car.
There was no know-how about engines or missions.
It was a situation where old engines and missions were imported and applied.
It was a company like a dinosaur in the old days, with only strong bones.
A representative who is trying to buy a company in this state.
I thought I would hear the reason here today.
‘…Aren’t these bastards crazy?’
Lawyer Jo Yoon-tae looked at the union employees with a puzzled look, his mouth shut.
Even if I bowed my head right now and begged for help, it wouldn’t be enough.
Union members who appeared in such a situation with their heads held high and even wearing red bands on their heads.
They acted like stubborn idiots who gave up on thinking.
It was such a good condition for anyone to see.
Along with the Yantai Automobile Union, it was the Samryong Automobile Union, which is classified as a strong province.
In the past, Samwoo Law Firm also filed a lawsuit on behalf of the company.
The ignorance of the union experienced at that time was beyond imagination.
Even in the midst of a deficit, he threatened to give up not only bonuses but also company stocks.
Even in a strict capitalist society, I was immersed in the ridiculous idea that companies would be workers.
The concept of co-growth itself was neither conscious nor tried to be known.
At the time, Jo Yoon-tae shook his head at their behavior of asking them to give up money even during repeated losses.
And today I faced them again after a long time.
“shut up! X feet! Do you brag about having ink on your head? Money is everything! How can you be so arrogant when you’re young! I’m not selling the company, you bastard!”
Jeong Seong-dong lost his temper and went wild.
The senior vice chairman position was not just about putting business cards.
It was a position that could be obtained only when the union members recognized their struggle.
“How dare you?”
Jang Tae-san also asked back with a smile without nodding.
“I’m the senior vice chairman of Samryong Motors…”
“Is this company yours?”
“What does that matter! Samryong Motor is the product of our seniors and our labor! It’s not gum that capitalists like you chew and spit out!!!”
“You’re talking shit. Shall we be honest? How did you guys have the guts to turn down our offer? I forgot to say thank you for just reinstating the laid-off union members… Compensation for damages? There will be additional terms and conditions. Please put your children first.”
“!!!”
At the words of Jang Tae-san, Kang Il-gwon and Jeong Seong-dong were shocked at the same time.
Fear was felt in the fact that they knew exactly what they could offer.
“You crazy bastards! Is everything solved by just wearing a red belt? Did you know that the Detroit Auto Workers of America and the British Auto Workers Union, which were more successful than you, have completely disappeared? Do you have a chin? He doesn’t study like shit, but he just eats rice…”
Jang Tae-san’s remarks mixed with ridicule, accompanied by thick curses, continued.
“Is the company yours? Then you sell your house, sell the land, and buy the company. Then it’s that simple. Credit loans are good too. You bring in this and that, and you represent and executives do everything. If you buy a new car every year at a huge discount and mobilize your family and friends, it will last for several years. Then how about You don’t have a lot of free time after eating without a wish, right? By the way… you don’t like that, do you? Still, I have eyes and a head. yes?”
Union members’ faces turned red at the attack on undeniable facts.
When the company went bankrupt, I tapped on a calculator and thought of a holding company for my employees.
But I couldn’t seem to find an answer.
It was obvious that it would be difficult to settle the severance pay, let alone the monthly salary.
That’s why the choice has been intimidating the local politicians and has been fighting for jobs and the local economy.
“Even in American factories full of pot-bellied men, car productivity is 23 hours. By the way, this factory is 30 hours? What’s the advantage other than a solid piece of iron? The design is not cool….. Is the interior good? It is not that cars are overflowing with advanced technology development that can accommodate consumer needs….. Engines and missions are all imported….. Researchers’ salaries lag behind production workers, so everyone is busy running away….. Wow….. The situation is like this, do you guys have a conscience? If you strike every year for money, what kind of crazy dealer buys this company?”
Union members were stunned by Jang Tae-san’s unstoppable attack.
It was the first time I had ever seen someone openly hacking a union member like that in front of their face.
“Critically, do you think the Tutu car will call retired employees if I fall out? Do you see Mr. Yuil Lim sitting over there? That man is the Tutu auto agent. It’s my job to settle all the debts with you guys and hand them over to the middleman, McCurry. Nevertheless, do you bark when you see the good owner who came? Low-ocular anxiety and inability to see! In your eyes, all those with money are greedy pigs, right? These sentient beings with nothing but poop in their heads don’t recognize even the god who came to save them!”
Finally, the Lion’s Roar broke out.
Lim Yoo-il was shocked by the words of Jang Tae-san, who accurately stamped McCurry behind him.
I never thought I would know that far.
If management is normalized through reorganization of strong unions and debt restructuring, 2 billion won will fall into the hands of labor costs.
Behind McCurry was the president’s nephew.
It was the real reason why McCurry was mostly involved not only here, but also in overseas resource development and private capital investment in social infrastructural facilities.
The fees alone for the political world exceeded hundreds of billions of won.
All of them were credited to a secret overseas account.
Lim Yu-il was sitting there earning pocket money under such an organization.
“Huhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh”
a sudden hiccup broke out.
I hurriedly drank cold water, but it didn’t stop.
Papababat.
Union members glared at Lim Yoo-il.
From Jang Tae-san’s words, I learned the story behind everything that had been hidden until now.
The police were put in due to Lim Yoo-il, who was designated as a court administrator.
Compared to the past, it was a child-level strike, but it took an instant for it to turn into a bloody war.
Lim Yoo-il, the legal manager, demanded only the unconditional withdrawal of the strike and layoffs.
“not me! As a court administrator, I just made a fair decision! How are you different from the greedy solidarity unions? There’s no buyer who bought Samryong anyway, so it’s better than bankruptcy! That’s why I cleaned it up!”
Lim Yu-il, cornered, also roared.
When I was president of Yantai Motors, the union strike that took place every year made me sick just thinking about it.
It was the annual salary of a Solidarity Automotive employee, which ranks among the top three automotive employees in the world.
The salary was higher than that of Japanese or American automobile union members.
In addition to demands for wages that exceed the rate of inflation and bonuses, dividends on treasury stocks and hiring of children have been put forward as conditions.
They openly ignored subcontract workers, saying they were full-time workers, and it was enough to eat only themselves.
After that, the labor-management treaty said that the work intensity was high, and the production volume was voluntarily adjusted and the redeployment of manpower was prohibited.
It couldn’t produce more cars that sold well.
A day of training was not enough work, but the union said that it did not like that either.
The company gradually expanded overseas factories.
With strong unions and strikes, there was no choice but to supply supplies in a timely manner.
They only asked for a fair share of the company’s profits, but were not interested in improving productivity.
When the cost reduction bonus was offered, they were drawn into a mad competition of skipping auto parts.
Consumers didn’t care either.
The abuse of power against parts makers has gone too far.
The presidents and employees of subcontractors who wanted to see Yantai Motor fail were all around.
The company also had to make a profit.
In order to meet the demands of the union, subcontractors were squeezed to cut costs.
Despite the circumstances, the union’s interest was always wage struggle and bonuses.
Lim Yoo-il was proud of himself.
As the legal manager of a failing company, he prided himself on doing his best.
Everything went smoothly until I faced Jang Tae-san, who looked like a tiger sitting over there.
“Don’t make an offer. If you politely apologize for showing up late and speaking casually…. Write a big heart. I came here today not because of you, but for the poor family who will be watching behind you… and for the people of the Republic of Korea and local citizens who are protecting this land. I will give you.”
Jang Tae-san, with a firm expression on his face, makes a final proposal.
gulp.
The air in the conference room was submerged in heavy silence.
The sound of dry saliva was heard everywhere.
