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Just wanted to let you know that sometimes I won't translate calls(?) like 'oppa, hyung, eonni, nuna, etc.' and suffixes like '-ssi, -nim, etc.'
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Chapter 34 – Scene Stealer
One
rose to the top with just one debut movie, only to crash and burn under the
weight of too much attention.
The
other two, who were directly or indirectly influenced by him, persevered and
became the most recognized actors today.
And
now, Yoon Jay is back to acting again. It's a strange situation.
"Jay
-ssi!"
"Yes."
Yoon
Jay flashes them a glance and runs toward the staff member who called him.
"You
have a crush on him, right?"
"Do
you want to die?"
Kwon
Minjae, who was eventually slapped hard on the back by Baek Da-eun, let out a
sound of pain.
"Please
take care of me today as well."
Yoon
Jay's brief appearance had no weight, but it had a name. His name was Park
Shinhwa, a new employee who became a legend at Baekhwa C&T, a company in
<People at a Large Corporation>.
"Please
take care of us too. Did you go home safely yesterday?"
"Yes."
"Thanks
to you, we got a good scene. It's not for nothing that the CEO Lee recommended
you."
The
Director of <People at a Large Corporation> smiled broadly at Yoon Jay.
Although
it's a short scene, Park Shinhwa is a goal-scoring character who keeps things
interesting at the beginning of the drama.
He's
the last person you want to meet in an interview group, an unlikely person
who's driven by ambition and will eventually earn a spot in the executive
suite.
[Oh,
I'd love to see some foreign language introductions here...... Jay -ssi, can
you introduce yourself in English?]
[I
can also speak other languages.]
[Uh,
which one?]
[Which
one do you want?]
The
way his eyebrows are raised and one corner of his mouth is raised at the same
time makes him look like Park Shinhwa. The Director seemed fascinated by the
sight and said,
[So,
besides English, you speak French and Spanish......]
[Yes.
I can speak those languages.]
[Really?
Tha-That's good.]
The
Director was a little skeptical, but as soon as we started shooting, his doubt
turned to trust.
"Jay
-ssi, I hope you'll do great today, but I want you to be more ambitious today
than you were yesterday."
"Yes."
"The
same determination that you're going to climb to the top of this company, now
that you're finally here, like a clear-eyed madman, like people talk
about......"
What
is that? Yoon Jay tilted his head slightly, but he couldn't ask questions as
the set was busy, so he just gave his own interpretation.
'Park
Shinhwa is a legendary figure, just like his name.'
Would
a major Korean conglomerate do something like this? It's a suspicious device.
Will it take 15 minutes?
But
Yoon Jay didn't mind. Like Baek Jinri, his character is so convincing that it's
easy to immerse himself in the role. The production team is busy accordingly.
It's good.
Kwon
Minjae and Baek Da-eun glanced at him.
'Have
I ever been that passionate before?'
'......Probably
it's because he's a rookie.'
***
That's
how the shoot began. Kwon Minjae and Baek Da-eun play two new employees who are
hired at Baekhwa after a long job search.
"Everyone
in here, so just get to know your job with this."
"Yes.
But, where's senior......"
T/N:
The word 'senior' here uses the word 사수 (sasu), which means 'senior at
work'.
"Because
I'm a bit busy, so I'm watching that."
They
arrive at work excitedly, only to be left unattended in the office. They've
already read all the documents on their computers three times, and it's still
10 o'clock.
'Should
I kill time by pretending to go to the bathroom? But is that okay?'
'I'm
hungry...... I'm so nervous, I didn't eat breakfast.'
As
they rolled their eyes, someone called out to them.
"There's
a new face I don't recognize, a newbie?"
"Yes!
Please take good care of me!"
"Hey,
hey, I'm working."
"Ah!"
The
quiet office became noisy for a moment due to the two new employees showing
great discipline. The man with the name tag around his neck that read
'Assistant Manager Oh Jiwan' led the two new employees to the conference room.
"Oh
Jiwan, he's going to kick the newbie's ass again."
"Ugh."
That's
why he continued to be an Assistant Manager for 10,000 years...... The people
in the office muttered softly. But they didn't stop him. They were busy doing
their own work.
"I'm
Oh Jiwan, but you can call me Mr. Oh. What are your names?"
"Cha
Siwon."
"I'm
Lim Naeun. By the way, is it fine if I stay here? I can catch up on my work
at......"
"Oh,
it's your first day, so there's no need to be so organized. You can start
working hard tomorrow."
Oh
Jiwan squeezed the paper cup from which he drank his mixed coffee.
"Anyway,
if you have any questions, feel free to ask."
"Sure.
Mr. Assistant Manager."
Even
though the two people didn't ask any questions, Assistant Manager Oh continued
to tell them various stories.
He
tells about an urban legend that says that Wednesday is the day that the
company restaurant makes delicious food and people are not allowed to go to the
bathroom on the 6th floor at 10:10. The conversation is so intense that they
are automatically drawn into it.
"Speaking
of the newbie. You guys don't know about our legendary newbie, do you?"
"What?
What is it?"
Zoomed
in, Mr. Oh's face contorted under the wide-angle lens. As if mesmerized by his
words.
"He's
a peculiar guy. Just by looking at it...... You can get burned just by looking
at him. He is someone you never want to run into."
"Mr.
Assistant Manager, did you know him well?"
"I
met him once in the job interview."
At
this point, a flashback scene will pass. It's a scene from before Yoon Jay met
Kwon Minjae and Baek Da-eun, and it's the interview scene with Oh Jiwan.
In
the interview room, as he was shaking his feet anxiously and going back and
forth to the bathroom, he heard the same interviewer whispering in his ear.
[Wow,
did you see that guy over there?]
[Where?]
Park
Shinhwa passes by just as Oh Jiwan's gaze follows. The screen cuts to him. Yoon
Jay, who became Park Shinhwa, fulfilled the Director's request to the fullest.
He wishes humans themselves were more trustworthy.
[Wow......
Is that a free pass for the interview?]
[I'm
already demotivated.]
[How
many people are in our group interview?]
[If
only we could avoid that guy......]
And
Assistant Manager Oh won the bad luck prize.
[Hello,
I'm Park Shinhwa, a talent prepared for Baekhwa.]
His
dark eyebrows are slightly raised to show his soaring confidence. A face that
instantly lends credibility, an announcer-like pronunciation and pitch, and a
tremendous amount of ability.
"It
was crazy. He introduces himself in all kinds of foreign languages and talks
about traveling around the world for five million won, climbing the Himalayas,
and all this great stuff...... And the head of HR even clapped for him
afterward."
"Wow......"
"But,
aren't there a few people like that when you interview them?"
Kid,
keep listening. Oh Jiwan waved his hand.
"Anyway,
he hasn't been anything out of the ordinary since he joined the company. He
comes to work earlier than everyone else and puts all the snacks in the break
room on everyone's desks."
He
did it a few times, figured out what everyone liked and didn't like, and
catered to their preferences.
Oh,
that person doesn't like chocolate, so let's get apple pie. Oh, that person
doesn't eat sweets at all. In Assistant Manager Oh's recollection, Park Shinhwa
is walking around busily.
"Wow......"
"He
also organized the office without anyone telling him to, and he even took care
of the potted plants over there, although he stopped doing that because we had
a separate employee who took care of them."
"Is
there a separate employee who takes care of the plants?"
"Oh,
yes, we do. They were homeless but they saved the chairman's life, so the
Chairman hired them to take care of the potted plants...... I'll tell you about
that later."
That's
interesting in its own right. The two new employees soon let go of their
nervousness and waited for Oh Jiwan to open his mouth.
"It
was not long after he and I joined the company. Do you know about that
incident? Baekhwa Corporation Gate? There was an uproar when the Chairman appeared
at the prosecution in a wheelchair."
"Uh......
Yes."
But
can we talk about that here?
"Because
of that, there was a big tax investigation at our office, too, and the IRS
suddenly sent a bureau to investigate......"
The
three of them look out the conference room window at the office. It's a
flashback but in the same space.
The
light in the conference room is dimmed and the office is brighter. Like a play,
the three of them are the audience in the flashback, and Park Shinhwa is the
main character on stage.
[It's
not here.]
[It's
here, right? I searched everything......]
[Oh,
really......]
If
that ledger gets into the hands of these people, there will be big trouble! A
person who is about the level of a managing director follows the investigation
team anxiously, and the atmosphere in the office becomes ugly.
Then,
the first person to hit the player comes out. Park Shinhwa rushes into the
office.
[This
is the computer with the ledger, right?]
[Uh,
uh-uh. Yes, it is......]
Whirrrr!
The moment he clumsily dismantled the computer using an electric screwdriver
and took out the hard disk inside, members of the investigation team burst into
the office.
[What
are you doing?!]
[......]
Park
Shinhwa freezes, holding the hard disk in both hands. There's a breathless
exchange of glances, then...... Park Shinhwa rushes out of his seat.
[Holy
shit!]
[Catch
him!]
A
broad daylight office chase ensues. Yoon Jay ran and ran again according to the
designated route. Behind him, the minor character, the members of the
investigation team run.
[Stop!]
Park
Shinhwa laughs. Loyalty? No. This is an expectation, if he succeeds in doing
this there will be a reward waiting for him.
[Where
did he go?!]
[There
he is!]
He
is a person who climbed the Himalayas to work for a large company, but he
stumbled and almost fell at least once. This was Yoon Jay's intention. This was
the only way it felt exciting.
"So,
did he get caught?"
"No,
he didn't get caught. He showed up at the office 40 minutes after the Bureau of
Investigation left with their asses in the air."
And
then they look at the office again.
Park
Shinhwa returns, clutching a hard disk, while Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Ode
to Joy, is inserted as background music.
[There
you are. You dropped your employee ID in the hallway.]
[Ah.
Thank you.]
[You
saved our company......!]
Hugged
by the CEO, Park Shinhwa looks at the ceiling and laughs exaggeratedly,
Bwahahahaha!
The
screen then cuts back to the three people in the conference room.
Yoon
Jay ducks out of the way of the camera and walks out. The waiting stylist
slicks his bangs back and puts on his suit jacket.
"The
incident eventually reached the Chairman's ears, and he was given a second-level
special promotion."
"Huh?!"
He
got a promotion for that? He was still a new employee! The two new employees'
mouths drop open. But Oh Jiwan wasn't done talking.
"But,
do you know? His family runs a computer store in Yongsan."
"What?"
"Then......"
The
flashback begins again, but it's different.
Despite
the chaos outside, he leisurely walks into the office and skillfully dismantles
the computer with the ledger. He picks up the hard disk and looks toward the
hallway.
[I've
done all the search......]
[Oh
really......]
The
investigators and the CEO approach, and Park Shinhwa smirks. Smugly,
calculatingly.
"He
was waiting for the CEO to see him run away with the hard drive."
"And......"
"That's
how confident he is that he wouldn't get caught. Isn't that crazy?"
"The-Then,
his employee ID card......"
"Based
on our suspicions, he must have done it on purpose."
The
two new employees lean back in admiration. A lingering thought. How is that
possible?
"So,
he's still at the company, is he?"
As
soon as the words are out of his mouth, he hears a shout from the entrance. Mr.
Oh turns and glances toward the entrance.
"There
he is."
Tap,
tap.
The
camera slowly pans upward, starting from Park Shinhwa's feet. His handsome face
is now revealed, and with his hair slicked back, he looks older than before.
Park
Shinhwa
Deputy
Manager of Baekhwa C&T Human Resources Team.
The
subtitles appear in cursive, like a scene from a historical drama, and he
smiles confidently and fastens his sleeves with a graceful gesture like James
Bond from 007. The shiny cuffs are, of course, luxury goods.
"Wow......"
He's
only in his early thirties and already a deputy manager...... The new employee
naturally has respect for him.
"Are
you guys familiar with the Vertical App? You know, the worker community
app?"
"Yes."
"Are
you a member of that app?"
"No."
The
two new employees winced. In fact, they'd been debating whether or not to join
that app since the moment they'd gotten the email.
"It's
fine to join that app but don't write carelessly there. Do you think the app is
anonymous? It's not."
"What?"
Assistant
Manager Oh turned and glanced at Park Shinhwa, who was waiting for the
elevator.
"He'll
find out everything."
And
then the scene switches again. It's a scene where Park Shinhwa, with his legs
crossed cheekily, interrogates Assistant Manager Oh, who hunched his shoulders.
[Oh
Jiwan -ssi, you wrote 'I don't want to go to work because it's like a J.O.T' on
the Vertical App Baekhwa C&T's bulletin board at around 2:34 this morning,
right?]
[Oh,
no, that was......]
The
two new employees stare at the back of Park Shinhwa's head in disbelief, and a
middle-aged man stands next to him.
"Deputy
Manager Park, It's been a while."
"Oh
my, Department Chief -nim. How was your day off?"
"It
was good. You're not getting in?"
"I
left something in the car."
The
Department Chief, who likes to be left alone, gets comfortable in the elevator,
while Park Shinhwa roughly loosens his tie and heads for the stairs.
Ambition
personified. A man who, when he bends, bends very firmly. The legend among Baekhwa
C&T's new employees and a scene stealer in the first episode of <People
at a Large Corporation>.
The
Director shouts with satisfaction.
"Cut!"
"Yay!
That was good!"
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