The Wise Cleaning Life Of A Returning Genius Hunter [EN]: Chapter 122

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A week has passed since the acquisition battle caused by the discord with Hanbyul Dungeon ended.

Due to the incidents that occurred from the first day of privatization, voices calling for the withdrawal of privatization grew louder, but… as a result, that didn’t happen.

The news that I had absorbed Hanbyul Dungeon and jumped into the subjugation business spread, and for some reason, the opposing public opinion subsided.

└If ‘he’ steps up……

└Real subjugation national stewㅋㅋ [Korean slang for a situation where everyone relies on one person]

└Feeling secureㅋㅋㅋㅋ

└Hey, Mr. Kim! Why are you here now! How long have we been waiting!

└Honestly, the reason I opposed privatization was because I was worried that companies that had never done subjugation before would now come and subjugate instead of the associationㅋㅋㅋㅋ

└Everyone felt the sameㅇㅇ But if ‘he’ says he’ll do it himself, it’s trustworthyㅋㅋ

└At this point, Kim Junwoo could really conquer the world

└Stop with the overreacting

‘…….’

How did my image become like this?

Well, externally, that’s the situation.

Of course, internally, there wasn’t really anything to worry about either.

I thought there would be a lot of noise since I raided a large corporation’s affiliate, but… contrary to expectations, it was quite quiet.

It seemed to be because Chairman Ha Deoksu had announced that he would withdraw from Hanbyul Dungeon.

I expected it to some extent, but I didn’t think he would cut off the relationship to this extent.

Anyway, we naturally jumped into the private subjugation business.

The operation team and support team that belonged to the existing Hanbyul Dungeon also came over as a whole, so there was virtually nothing to prepare separately.

The existing cleaning team continued to be dispatched to all companies nationwide along with our subjugation teams.

Thanks to this, both reputation and sales soared.

However, unlike us, the association’s situation became increasingly difficult.

Well, it’s a natural result since they’re losing all the dungeons to private companies.

In the end, Director Lee Doo-shik issued voluntary resignation notices to several hunters, including Kim Min-joo.

As soon as we heard the news, we prepared a wad of cash.

The FA [Free Agent] of the 4th ranked hunter in Korea… no, now the 3rd ranked hunter, has appeared, and it would be foolish to just sit back and watch.

We offered her a scout with the best treatment we could prepare, and she gladly accepted.

Anyway, our dungeon business, which had been reunited as a complete group, continued to soar day by day.

Operation planning by me.

Operation execution by Kim Min-joo.

Support and assistance by Lee Ah-young.

And cleaning work by Han Yu-bin and the team members.

There was no way that private companies who didn’t even know the ‘j’ in operation could dare to follow us.

Meanwhile, there was one person who couldn’t laugh in this upward trend.

It was Director Oh Jae-yeop, who formally became the CEO of Karma Corporation.

‘Well, I knew he would run away before long.’

He soon resigned from his position as CEO and walked out on his own.

Why would he stay in a company where all his people had disappeared?

He would have felt pressured to stay because of what he had done.

I took advantage of that gap and immediately proceeded with the integration of the two companies, focusing on Karma Corporation.

At the same time, I bought the building that was used as the headquarters of Hanbyul Dungeon and moved the office.

By merging with Hanbyul Dungeon, Karma Corporation solidified its position as the leading private subjugation company in Korea.

“The sales… can’t even be compared to before.”

Director Lee Ah-young… no, Director Lee Ah-young said, checking the documents.

As the company grew, her position also rose.

I’m still the CEO, but she’s had quite a success.

“Of course, it would be.”

“At this point, we can slowly start overseas branch operations.”

“What’s there to say? [Meaning: Let’s do it.]”

Lee Ah-young looked at me with suspicious eyes.

“But… did you predict all of this?”

“What are you talking about?”

“That an accident would happen if we stopped dispatching the cleaning team.”

“There’s no way I could have. However, I knew that cleaning wouldn’t be as easy as they thought.”

The operation team would have recruited top-notch hunters both domestically and internationally with a lot of money, so of course there would be no problem… but the cleaning team is different.

A team that’s too expensive to spend money on, but can’t be removed.

They’ll probably think, ‘It’s just cleaning,’ and have the operation team or support team do the cleaning work in parallel.

Problems arise more often than you think with such naive judgments.

If it was something that could be easily done just by having some dungeon knowledge, they wouldn’t have bothered to choose a dispatch company in the first place.

They overlooked something quite obvious.

Anyway, even if I didn’t predict everything, I was at a level where I could be confident.

However, the really unexpected thing was…….

“But why did the employees step up? Did you order them to do it?”

“Well, I did… but they would have stepped up even if I had stayed still, right?”

Lee Ah-young shrugged her shoulders.

In fact, even though the stock price plummeted due to the dungeon accident, it is an affiliate of the No. 1 company in Korea. It’s also a company founded directly by the chairman’s eldest grandson.

No matter how much money we poured in, it would have been touch-and-go to pass over half of Hanbyul Dungeon’s shares.

But then, the employees’ internal whistleblowing was reported in the media, and thanks to the widespread public discussion, it was enough to reach a majority.

I had been telling the employees not to worry about company matters and just do what they were told… but I’ll just have to let this one slide.

Because I received help anyway.

At that time, Director Lee Ah-young opened her mouth in a rather heavy voice.

“You know how much the employees have suffered while enduring it while only looking at you, right?”

“Well… I don’t *not* know.”

“Then treat them to something as an apology.”

“Haa…….”

Did they deposit money with me? [Sarcastic expression implying he feels unfairly burdened.]

I’m the one who suffered the most, what…….

But I can’t just ignore it with my male pride. Still, it’s worth the hard work, so this much is okay.

I took out my personal card.

Lee Ah-young immediately snatched it and ran towards the employees.

“The CEO is buying everyone beef today!!”

“Yes?!

“Really?”

“Waaaaa!”

……Uh?

***

Administrative headquarters, planning headquarters director’s office, relocated to Guro.

“…That’s how it happened, and as a result, Karma Corporation’s stock price has risen a lot.”

Team Leader Pyeon summarized the situation to Director Lee Doo-shik and reported.

“I knew it. Of course, what kind of guy is he!”

“…When I told you to go all-in on Hanbyul Dungeon shares, didn’t you call me a crazy bastard and curse me out?”

“……Ahem.”

An awkward cough.

In fact, anyone would have reacted that way if you think about it.

“It’s a relief that the result is good; if it had gone wrong, we and the Vietnam branch would have been wiped out as a group.”

“Well, even if you say that, you were the most enthusiastic about persuading investors.”

“Ahem, there’s a track record that I’ve shown so far. Has anything that guy said so confidently *not* worked out?”

“No. This time too.”

Team Leader Pyeon smiled slightly.

“Anyway, thanks to you, the association has also gotten some breathing room. The administrative headquarters has also recovered to some extent. It’s a bit of a shame that Team Leader Kim Min-joo left…….”

“Ah, right. We have to keep that fact a secret from Kim Junwoo.”

“……What are you talking about?”

“That Team Leader Kim Min-joo walked out on her own. I told him that our situation was difficult, so we had no choice but to let her go.”

“Yes? Why are you lying…….”

“If she says she wants to leave because she wants to work with him, would Kim Junwoo accept it nicely? He would do everything he could to keep her in the association.”

Well, because he’s that kind of person.

Team Leader Pyeon understood.

“Now we can slowly proceed with operations as before.”

“Tsk, what operations are you talking about when private companies have taken all the dungeons in the meantime.”

“Oh, haven’t you heard?”

“What?”

“This time, Karma Corporation has taken the lead in the dungeon business. They own almost 80% of the dungeons in Seoul, and they said they would distribute 20% of the dungeons that appear every month for free until the association fully recovers.”

“……?”

A subjugation businessman is giving away dungeons for free?

‘Kim Junwoo, that bastard… he has no talent for business no matter how I look at it.’

Even while thinking that, Director Lee Doo-shik couldn’t hide his smile.

“Then we have to work as much as we receive. Resummon the operation team. Let’s go see the dungeon for the first time in a while.”

The association also started to run again.

***

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa.

The Central Africa Integrated Branch of the International Association located there.

“Another clash has occurred at the border with Zambia. The Congolese government is asking us to dispatch hunters again this time…….”

“Damn it.”

Chief of Staff Caleb’s report made Branch Manager Bruce’s expression crumple.

‘How long do I have to do this shit!’

Branch Manager Bruce felt disgusted with the continuing situation.

Using hunters as war forces was strictly prohibited by international law.

However, here in Africa, not only are hunters being used instead of soldiers in border disputes, but the government is also taking the lead in requesting troop dispatch.

It was already the umpteenth time that the operation team had been dispatched because they couldn’t resist the request.

They received a promise that this would be the last time every time they were dispatched, but this time too, the promise was not kept.

It seemed that they had decided to come out very brazenly now.

If the fact that the International Association branch dispatched hunters to a national dispute was known to other countries…….

‘It would be better to crawl into the dungeon with my bare body.’

Branch Manager Bruce shook his head.

But there was a bigger problem separately.

‘If all the hunters are dispatched to the battlefield, who will do the subjugation?’

The operation team kept going to the battlefield, so the number of operation personnel was severely insufficient.

Only two months after taking over as the control team leader following Jason Team Leader at the US branch.

When the International Association headquarters asked if he would like to take on the position of branch manager, he thought it was a windfall.

But I never thought I would come to a place like this.

Continuous disputes, the lowest subjugation infrastructure in the world.

The subjugation range is unbelievably wide due to the integrated branch, but the number of operation personnel is severely insufficient compared to that.

Even that was constantly being pulled out to the battlefield.

Even so, the headquarters has completely let go and is not providing any support.

‘I should have just stayed in America if I had known this would happen…….’

Branch Manager Bruce gritted his teeth.

“Um… Branch Manager.”

At that time, Chief of Staff Caleb cautiously opened his mouth.

“How about commissioning an external company?”

“External company? What are you talking about.”

“Private subjugation companies have been created in Korea this time due to dungeon privatization. How about talking to them once…….”

“Is the International Association branch, of all places, asking an unverified private company to take on subjugation? Are you crazy!”

Before the Chief of Staff could finish speaking, Branch Manager Bruce snorted.

Above all, the headquarters currently has a very negative view of the Korean Association. Well, I don’t know why.

In that situation, bringing in an external company from Korea was an absurd story.

“We’re not in a position to be picky about that. When I looked into it, there’s a really good company.”

“A company is just a company. It’s obvious that they just poured money into it without a system.”

“No. Have you ever heard of Kim Junwoo? He went from being a cleaner at the Korean Association to the head of the operation headquarters…….”

Of course, Branch Manager Bruce had also heard of him.

His predecessor, Jason Control Team Leader, was cut off by his hand, so there’s no way he wouldn’t know.

“The No. 1 company in Korea right now is the one where Kim Junwoo is the CEO.”

“…….”

At that moment, Branch Manager Bruce’s expression changed.

“Not only that, but the members who led the heyday of the Korean Association with Kim Junwoo are still there. Operation, support, control, all are at a much higher level than the association of one country.”

“…….”

“We can just entrust them until the situation stabilizes. The war doesn’t seem like it will last long.”

“The headquarters won’t stay still if they find out.”

“We can keep it a secret.”

Branch Manager Bruce sat down on the chair and pressed his head hard.

He continued to worry for a while.

“What’s the company name?”

“Karma Corporation.”

“Hoo…….”

Branch Manager Bruce eventually surrendered.

“Contact them.”