Descent of The Demon Master [EN]: Chapter 1121

Time flowed smoothly.

Just as the air felt a bit chilly, the season with a biting cold at the tip of one’s nose was upon them.

The General Assembly flowed like a river.

On the surface, it was just the same river, but like the water flowing within that was never the same, the General Assembly remained the General Assembly, but internally, it was constantly changing.

After a long time, many people gathered in the conference room.

The faces were the same as always, but the difference was that Lee Myung-hwan, who had not participated in the meetings before, was now showing his face.

As part of the system reorganization, Lee Hyun-soo had also given positions to the frontline martial artists.

Until now, positions like manager or section chief were like the exclusive domain of office workers. Unless one rose to the level of a director, frontline martial artists were not given any specific positions.

At best, they were given a team leader position and told to organize themselves as they saw fit.

But that way, the system wouldn’t be established.

If the implicit hierarchy they had established among themselves didn’t match the hierarchy the General Assembly had in mind, trouble was bound to arise. So, there was a need to correct that hierarchy.

There was quite a bit of noise, but Lee Hyun-soo pushed through strongly and reorganized the system.

Thanks to that, Lee Myung-hwan was also given the position of department head. Considering his age, it might be an excessive position, but Kang Jin-ho’s personal guard could not be treated the same as the general military force.

They needed to be treated with the importance they deserved.

Thanks to that, Lee Myung-hwan not only obtained the position of department head but was also fully recognized as the leader of the demonic flames.

“Seeing you sitting here, it seems like I’m all washed up.”

Bator sneered.

“Hahaha, isn’t it the way of the world that the back wave pushes the front wave?”

“What? Push? Do you want to be pushed to the floor with that handsome face of yours?”

“…I misspoke.”

Of course, becoming a department head didn’t mean his standing had risen. The power of the board members was too overwhelming for that.

When Kang Jin-ho lightly cleared his throat, Lee Hyun-joo rose from her seat.

“I will report.”

“I have only selected the important items. First, what I need to report is about the establishment of the corporation. All preparations will be completed within this week, and we plan to complete the establishment next week.”

Kang Jin-ho’s eyes narrowed slightly.

The biggest problem in establishing a new company was, surprisingly, deciding on a name.

Most companies start small. And they grow in size. In the process, they change their names and logos, establishing their identity.

However, in the case of a company funded by the General Assembly, it had the financial power and influence of a mid-sized company or larger from the start. Therefore, they had to be more careful in choosing a name.

“But are we really going with MK?”

“That’s the worst.”

“…It’s really the worst.”

And the noise was still ongoing.

Bang Jin-hoon expressed his dissatisfaction slightly.

“Even though it’s a Korean company, why are we naming it with English initials? Wouldn’t it be better to use Korean if possible?”

“We can’t exactly call it Martial Arts Korea.”

“Hanmu [Korean Martial Arts]! Hanmu!”

“…Are you joking?”

“Or we could go with Myunggwang [Bright Light]!”

“Please have mercy…”

Lee Hyun-soo clutched his head.

Bang Jin-hoon’s love for the Korean language was something to be widely encouraged, but even though Korean wasn’t a senseless language, where on earth did he pick up such things?

Hanmu, for goodness sake.

Criticism flew from all directions.

“Don’t you ever name anything!”

“It’s a good thing he doesn’t have kids, imagine if that guy named them. He’d probably name them Bang Hanmu or something. Or Bang Myunggwang.”

“Not even Banggwang [Bladder].”

Bang Jin-hoon’s face turned red.

“Then give your own opinions! Anyone can criticize someone else’s opinion! And it’s a pretty sensible name!”

“Yeah, right.”

“Ah, this is what you call sense.”

Bator also didn’t seem to like the new name.

“The name of a group should inherently include the identity of that group. But in terms of identity…”

“If it includes Korea and martial arts, that’s the General Assembly, what more identity do you need!”

“Couldn’t we include something like inner energy or clandestine operations? Names like Triad or Black Society have a power to them just by hearing them, power!”

“This is a company! Not the underworld!”

“The Japanese also have things like Seven Stars Group or whatever.”

Lee Hyun-soo grabbed his forehead as if he was dizzy.

These people had no idea what it meant to establish a company.

This wasn’t some Korean Martial Arts General Assembly Seoul branch.

And there was an even crazier person.

“It doesn’t reveal that it’s Mazon’s! How about going with Jin-ho Group or JH Group?”

“Agh…”

Just as Lee Hyun-soo was about to say something, a barrage of comments came flying.

“Not bad?”

“Isn’t JH better than MK? The sound of it too?”

“It does seem better than MK, MK sounds like some old music player program.”

Lee Hyun-soo flinched.

Lee Hyun-soo, at a loss for words, asked Kang Jin-ho for help.

“What do you think, Chairman?”

Kang Jin-ho had a slightly bewildered look on his face.

“I think Hanmu is okay…”

Since Kang Jin-ho came to the General Assembly, this was the first time he had received such hostile looks. Slightly intimidated, Kang Jin-ho sank into the sofa.

“See! The Chairman also says it’s good!”

Except for Bang Jin-hoon.

“Let’s agree that the Chairman and Director Bang will not be involved in naming.”

“Agreed.”

“That’s a good idea.”

Kang Jin-ho, who may lack sense but knows how to read the room, shut his mouth cleanly. Kang Jin-ho admitted that he had no talent in this area.

“Then…”

Kang Jin-ho said firmly.

“I absolutely hate Jin-ho. JH is the same.”

It was like hell.

A group name with his own name on it. The worst of the worst.

“Oh Mazon! To reveal Mazon’s majesty to the world, what could be better than…”

“Shhh.”

“Yes!”

Jang Min shrunk back.

Kang Jin-ho, with burning eyes, spoke again.

“Regardless of how it sounds, I absolutely hate Jin-ho or Woo.”

Everyone shut their mouths at his terrifying momentum.

Well, he probably would hate it.

Lee Hyun-joo sighed.

“Once registered, the procedure to change it is cumbersome, but it is still possible to change it. So, if you have any other ideas, please gather them and present them. If we gather enough opinions, we will change it.”

It would never change.

They were the type of people who would pour out criticism if a plate was laid out for them, but if they were told to lay out the plate themselves, they wouldn’t do it out of sheer laziness.

‘They’re like useless people.’

Lee Hyun-joo swallowed the words that were about to come out of her mouth.

“Then, let’s move on from this agenda. We’ll have another meeting later.”

Later.

Much later.

Maybe in about twenty years.

“If there are no objections, let’s move on to the next agenda.”

After briefly receiving a few more reports, Kang Jin-ho adjusted the situation and turned his head to Lee Hyun-soo.

“How’s the training?”

“It will be completed tomorrow.”

“What are the results?”

“I haven’t evaluated it yet, so I can’t say for sure, but according to Section Chief Jo, the results are very excellent. It’s safe to say that it’s the best performance among all new employee training sessions.”

“Really?”

Lee Hyun-soo smiled wryly.

“But you don’t need to take it at face value. After all, the people who went there aren’t new employees. They are people who have experienced practical work, whether they are clumsy or all over the place. Compared to new employees who know nothing, they should naturally get good results.”

“…Really?”

“No, well, that’s what I mean.”

That was common sense, but considering how terrible the abilities of the General Assembly’s office workers were, things were a little different.

“Anyway, high scores are a good thing.”

“I see.”

“However, there were some dropouts. It seems that some people couldn’t keep up because it was different from the way they had been doing things.”

“How many?”

“About one in ten did not complete the training course.”

“Hmm.”

Kang Jin-ho rested his chin on his hand.

It was inevitable. Although they were working as office workers, the office workers of the General Assembly were not doing that job because it suited them in the first place.

Even people who joined the company of their own volition sometimes quit because they can’t adapt to the company system and work, so the fact that only 10% of those who had been doing this kind of work regardless of their own will dropped out was actually amazing.

“What are you going to do?”

“…For their own sake, it would be better to arrange other jobs for them. While others are adapting to the new system and moving forward, if they are the only ones left behind, it will be difficult for them to endure the self-loathing. Or they might become malignant tumors.”

Kang Jin-ho nodded.

It was a common occurrence when learning martial arts.

The most important thing to be wary of when learning martial arts as a group is those who have given up on moving forward. Those who feel their limits and no longer devote themselves to martial arts.

The problem is that those people always taint their surroundings.

Whether it’s because of the unfairness of not being able to drop out alone, or whether it’s human nature… those who have given up on moving forward always tend to drag those around them down to where they are.

By belittling and mocking the efforts of others.

“When does the second training start?”

“It starts right next week. The selection of personnel was completed a long time ago.”

Kang Jin-ho nodded.

“Accept applicants from those who dropped out in the first training and have them join the second training.”

“Yes?”

“It wouldn’t be bad to give them another chance.”

He didn’t want to forcibly drag those who had no motivation. But if they had the motivation but lacked the ability, he could give them one more chance.

“I understand what you mean. Then I will proceed that way.”

“We plan to operate MK mainly with the personnel returning from the first training. Of course, most of the work will be handled by the General Assembly as it is now, so there won’t be any problems.”

“What about the political circles?”

Lee Hyun-soo smiled.

“It’s being sorted out well. It seems that the Prime Minister is positively accepting the proposal we made.”

“Hmm.”

Kang Jin-ho scratched his cheek.

‘There are going to be a lot of annoying things.’

He didn’t want to get involved with the political world. He really didn’t want to get involved. Kang Jin-ho had no ambition to shake the political world based on his power, and he didn’t want anything from them.

The best thing was to sort things out in a way that they didn’t interfere with each other.

But as the areas he was involved in increased, there were aspects that he had to get involved in.

“Then proceed as planned.”

“Yes, Chairman.”

The long process of incorporation was also coming to an end.

“Then.”

Kang Jin-ho turned to Wiggins.

“I think we need to have a more sensitive conversation now?”

A slightly tense atmosphere flowed through the room.