Chapter 29

Quitting. It is said that office workers carry a copy of their resignation letter on their left chest. In the end, I threw it away. ‘It’s completely relieved.’ You don’t have to commute in the future. You don’t have to sit in the office and do paperwork. You don’t have to run errands for your boss and the doctors you meet for work. You don’t have to struggle to fit in with the chatty nurses. I don’t have good social skills, but how nervous I get when I open the door to the hospital I go to for the first time. There is no need to wait endlessly while doctors see patients, or visit for several days in a row. Feeling free just by submitting your resignation. ‘How can I be so relieved?’ After coming down from the roof, I called the team members to the break room. “I submitted my resignation.” Jongyeop Lee, Soonjo Kim, and Changgil Park from the sales team. They were employees who worked outside together even when it snowed or rained. Lee Jong-yeop was a guy who followed me especially well. “I see.” “Yes?” “I guessed from the time you took vacation at the beginning of the year.” I accepted Lee Jong-yeop easily because he has an outgoing and extroverted personality. Even if there is regret, quitting the company won’t mean that the relationship is completely cut off. Silent and calm Kim Soon-jo. I came from the countryside, so I was introverted and didn’t know much about Seoul. He’s the guy who’s taken good care of everyone since he was a new employee. “I envy you, Manager Kim.” “Yes?” “To make money with coins and leave the company… … Isn’t that every office worker’s dream?” The naive rural youth has become urbanized like this. I want to nag you to work hard and not dream of making a fortune. I was in a position to make a fortune on my own and leave the company. “Let’s finish today’s work, and let’s talk while eating beef in the evening.” “Yes! Deputy.” Na Sang-guk was bored with his company life. I got frustrated when I dropped out of the companies I was targeting and got a sales job at a pharmaceutical company. ‘Isn’t there a company like this that accepts me?’ I thought my luck in getting a job was worse than my friends who had joined large corporations or public corporations. ‘If only I had managed my grades a little better.’ It’s indeed unfortunate, but when I just got a job, the co-workers I went with were easy enough to fill the lost self-esteem. “Does Kim Shin know how to drive?” “I do not know. If I get my salary this time, I’m going to get my driver’s license.” “Can’t you even drive? Some people couldn’t attend driving school because they didn’t have money.” “… … .” Kim Shin could not rebel against himself, who was two years older. Every time he cut down his opponent, his self-esteem was filled. “I like Kim Shin.” “Yes?” “No one bothers anyone. You can live as you please.” It was vaguely sarcastic about living alone without parents. I tried to make him a weird person by saying he did it by living alone when he gets angry. Kim Shin did not hesitate. ‘It’s a difficult job, but you can’t cause problems, right? He’s a very easygoing guy.’ There were countless opportunities to sneak around. “Have you ever played golf? Oh sorry. I just asked Of course you didn’t hit it.” “Do you know how to swim? Many people learned to swim when they were young. Didn’t you learn that because you didn’t have money?” “When nurses see Kim Shin, they will think that all Arcor employees buy clothes at a discount store for carry-over products. Buy a nice suit and wear it. Clothes are the face of salespeople?” Kim Shin’s popularity among the female employees in the company was subtly good. There were even female employees who asked me to introduce myself to Na Sang-guk, whom I was traveling with. “Kim Shin? If it’s a woman every day, I’m crazy… … .” “Okay?” “When you see nurses, they are so flirtatious.” Female employees were blocked from approaching Kim Shin. Every time I did something wrong while running a business, I got excited. Unfortunately, from the second year onwards, he belonged to the Gangbuk team and could not be seen often. ‘Coin jackpot? That guy?’ After hearing the news that Kim Shin had worked out, he was very upset. It was the same when he was talking about investing in Ripple in a group chat room, and he was presumptuously telling him to be careful. ‘You are below me. But what are you talking about?’ As a result, after Ripple crashed, he heard all the resentments of his employees. From then on, somehow, I hoped that Kim Shin would perish. “Don’t tell anyone. I earned close to 10 billion, but now I have 300 million left.” “300 million?” “Yes. I tried my hand at this and that. I lost a lot.” Talking with Kim Shin made me happy. The discomfort of the past has completely disappeared. ‘Okay. You are ruined, so too then Songchungi has to live on pine needles.’ Naturally, the rumor spread throughout the company. However. “Chief Kim. You said you hit the jackpot by investing in coins, right?” “What?” “I have hundreds of billions. Is that why you resigned?” “Really?” The rumors he spread turned out to be lies. “But why did you lie to me that you lost everything and only had 300 million?” When there were several employees on the roof, he tried to blame Kim Shin for the rumors he had spread. Team leader Seo clicked his tongue and said. “Your assistant manager, Kim, is a bit humble.” “Yes?” “Since he has a steady personality, he must have tried to leave the company quietly. But he would have bought us some food and revealed that he doesn’t like lies.” Team leader Seo was wearing a Rolex on his left wrist. I usually had a good opinion of Kim Shin, but of course, that wasn’t all. I took the one-sided side because I saved up my salary and gave him a Rolex that was difficult to buy. “But I heard Assistant Manager Kim told me to keep it to myself. Did you spread that all over the company?” “… … .” “Are you going here?” “Really? Aren’t you acting too much, Mr. Kim?” I went to an expensive beef restaurant in Gangnam, near my office. 150,000 won for 130g per serving. The special part was a bloody amount of over 200,000 won. “Yes. I have a reservation. Come in.” 12 Sales Team, 11 Technical Team, 12 Support Team. Even at a regular dinner party, people don’t gather like this. We had a lot of people, so we split into 5 rooms with two tables. “First of all, give each table five servings of sirloin, tenderloin, and special cut. Chief Ahn, is that okay?” “Yes. Take care of it. But isn’t that too expensive?” “I have to do this much.” A restaurant with good service, where the staff come and bake and do all the setting. ‘Spoon, chopsticks. Even salt and charcoal are expensive.’ Did society say that the person who spends money is the older brother? Ahn, the boss at work, said. “I’ll have a good meal, Manager Kim.” “Yes. Eat a lot.” “I’ll eat well, Manager Kim!” The chopsticks moved to the deliciously cooked beef, dripping with juices. When I put it in my mouth, I felt a savory and soft feeling. ‘It’s alive.’ When I was in school, I thought it would be so extravagant to just eat pork hind leg meat. The beef eaten in Gangnam had a unique taste. It wasn’t like I hadn’t eaten beef in Gangnam. I’ve had it a couple of times with a corporate card, when I was having dinner with doctors or at an ophthalmology get-together. It was only part of the business, and hospitality was provided according to the doctor’s grade or the hospital’s sales, so it was rare to find such a luxurious shop. “Wow. Thanks to Assistant Manager Kim, I can eat really expensive meat.” “It melts in your mouth. melt.” My colleagues knew how to keep the line because they had been in business for a long time. He ate the beef slowly and in small portions, according to the others. “Here, please give me 8 servings of special cuts. Please send 8 more servings to each table.” “Yes. Guest.” When I placed my order, Kim Sang-ki, who was sitting next to me, was startled. “Hey, are you crazy? If you order like that, how much will it cost?” “The meat is delicious, but I eat a lot. There is nothing more regretful than being cut off while eating.” Can you save the price of beef with more than 1 trillion won? The atmosphere was much brighter with the hearty meat. “I’ll eat well, Manager Kim.” “Today, thanks to Assistant Manager Kim, we eat good meat.” “I think it will be very sad if Assistant Manager Kim resigns.” It was a pleasant dining spot. I walk around the room and drink a glass of beer. Lee Min-young of the secretary’s office said. “Sir. Please keep your promise to buy me food!” You said you didn’t eat rice last time. To be honest, I could understand. If the divorced man in the company doesn’t even have money, it would be ambiguous to eat alone. I said with a smile. “Yes. I will buy it for you.” I will buy it someday before I die. And I went around several rooms, but Jo Soo-ah was nowhere to be seen. When I wasn’t on the sales team, I thought I was with the female employees. I couldn’t ask the other female employees where Jo Soo-ah was because it could cause misunderstandings. ‘Maybe this would be better.’ I know that Joshua likes me. Hearing the news of his resignation, he may not have attended because he was sad. Rather than explaining to Ellie, it seemed to Joshua that he would be forgotten by quitting the company. Within the sales team, Lee Jong-yeop has been appointed as the new assistant manager. If you become an assistant manager, your monthly salary will increase by about 300,000 won, and you will have to manage subordinates. “Let’s go around Gangnam.” “Yep. Let’s go right away.” I toured the hospitals I was in charge of with Lee Jong-yeop. I visited hospitals in Gangnam and Gangdong as scheduled, and visited quite a few hospitals in the Gyeonggi area. “From now on, Assistant Manager Lee Jong-yeop will be in charge of the work.” “What about Manager Kim?” “I have to resign.” “Oh. I’m sorry, what should I do? Where are you moving to?” “I plan to take a break for the time being.” I went to the hospital I was managing, introduced Lee Jong-yeop, and asked him to contact me if I needed anything. Handing over business records and data about hospitals. The places where our company’s machines are installed are regularly visited, but small and medium-sized hospitals that do not operate well or have small transactions are visited once or twice a month. Every time I went to the hospital, the things I had to do decreased little by little, and I felt sad. I talked to doctors offering samples or pamphlets to get through one deal. ‘It frees me from work.’ Quitting the company broke my heart more than I thought. The takeover period is usually 14 days, but there were some differences depending on the industry or company. In the case of our company, the default takeover period was one month. Deputy-level employees who do a lot of work due to accumulated experience set the takeover period at the company as long as two or three months. It means don’t leave early, do everything you have to do, and go. If you think you won’t be able to meet the takeover period, don’t leave at all. Even if the size of the pharmaceutical sales industry is large, it is a small world who know each other after crossing a bridge or two. The severance pay is settled as late as possible, and bad news spreads to other pharmaceutical companies. For a smooth handover, it was basic to match the joining date with the company to be transferred to in advance. ‘Looking at it this way, it seems like a pretty vicious company.’ Does each company have its pros and cons? The intensity of the work was low, and there were no complaints when I was working. I’m not going to change to another company, so even if I resign and leave, I won’t be able to stop it.