The Wise Cleaning Life Of A Returning Genius Hunter [EN]: Chapter 121

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[Breaking News]

[Less than a day after the privatization of dungeons was piloted, an accident occurred at the Jongno-gu Blue-grade dungeon managed by Hanbyul Dungeon, causing it to explode.]

[The accident is presumed to have occurred when the Hanbyul Dungeon’s operations team arbitrarily attempted to clean the dungeon.]

[Due to the accident, 19 hunters, including team leader Go Jun-shik of Operations Team 1, were injured…]

[Amidst the continuous occurrence of such accidents in nationwide private subjugations, the public’s anxiety is growing.]

[Furthermore, due to this accident, Hanbyul Dungeon’s stock price has plummeted just one day after its listing…]

“…What is this!”

CEO Ha Seong-tae’s cold gaze turned to Director Oh.

“Well… it seems they tried to incinerate everything at once with a skill because they were short on time. But unfortunately, the gas levels inside the dungeon were very high…”

“Are you even hearing yourself right now! It’s something any hunter who works in dungeons should know.”

“…Usually, they don’t know about cleaning work.”

CEO Ha Seong-tae let out a hollow laugh as if he was genuinely dumbfounded.

“Then, Director Oh, what about you!”

“…Yes?”

“Even if the operations team doesn’t know, at least you should know. What has the cleaning company been doing for a month? You should have at least familiarized yourself with the basic manual.”

“Well… I’ve been focusing solely on employee management and business operations…”

‘Is he seriously trying to pass that off as an excuse?’

CEO Ha Seong-tae shook his head.

Soon, he began to massage his forehead, trying to sort out his thoughts.

‘In fact, this much can be salvaged somehow.’

The hunters’ injuries are just scratches.

No harm was done to the citizens, so it’s not a big problem.

But the real problem was something else.

[Currently, private companies are belatedly realizing the importance of cleaning teams, and all sorts of organizations are sending love calls to Karma Corporation, the only cleaning company in the country…]

[As a result, Karma Corporation’s stock price is soaring…]

[Meanwhile, there is much speculation as to why Karma Corporation, which has an exclusive contract with Hanbyul Dungeon, suddenly suspended its dispatch…]

“Everyone is buying Karma Corporation’s stock. As a result, our stake has fallen below the majority based on today’s market close.”

“Damn it…”

The stake he had barely managed to maintain had finally been pushed out.

At this rate, he might really have to bow down to Karma Corporation, let alone dismiss the CEO.

‘Did they foresee even this…’

He must not have risen to the position of operations headquarters chief by luck.

CEO Ha Seong-tae was starting to feel the heat.

“We have to maintain the majority at all costs. Buy as much as possible.”

“Well… Karma Corporation’s stock price has risen a lot, so we’re a bit short on budget to secure the majority.”

“How much?”

“About 2 billion…”

‘Such petty money is holding him back.’

Tsk, nothing can be done.

“How much of Hanbyul Dungeon’s stock do I own?”

“41%.”

“Sell enough to make 1 billion, and use that money to buy more Karma Corporation stock.”

“B, but is that okay? Our stock price is so low right now that you’ll lose quite a bit to make 1 billion…”

“Right now, Karma Corporation is the only one who can fix this. If accidents keep happening, the privatization will be scrapped, so is selling a few shares more of a loss than that?”

Only then did Director Oh nod as if he understood.

‘Well, it’s my stock, so what does it matter to him?’

‘Anyway, that’s 1 billion. The remaining 1 billion…’

The initial plan to absorb Karma Corporation to save money had long been derailed.

The money poured in to defend the stake had far exceeded initial expectations.

But right now, CEO Ha Seong-tae didn’t have the luxury to worry about that.

After a moment of contemplation, he picked up his phone.

“Yes, Grandfather. This is Seong-tae.”

The head of Hanbyul Group, Chairman Ha Deok-soo.

He wanted to avoid contacting him as much as possible, but the situation called for it.

「I saw the news. You boasted that there would be no problems, but what is this?」

“I was just about to contact you about that.”

「…What is it?」

“Karma Corporation’s stock price has risen a lot, so we don’t have a majority. I’m trying to catch up urgently, but… I’m a little short.”

「So? Are you asking me to buy it for you?」

“…Wouldn’t that be possible?”

「When you said you were going to start a business, didn’t you say you could handle it yourself without asking me for help?」

“…….”

CEO Ha Seong-tae’s brow twitched.

「So how much are you short?」

“1 billion.”

「You say it so easily. 1 billion isn’t some dog’s name [insignificant amount].」

A metallic voice chuckled.

「You know, I can’t just give it to you.」

“I’ll give you 10% of my Hanbyul Dungeon stock.”

「Are you trying to pay me off with stock that’s hitting rock bottom?」

“Th, then I’ll add Hanbyul General Trading stock as well…”

「Enough, enough. Hanbyul Dungeon stock is enough. I’ll buy 1 billion for you.」

“Th, thank you!”

「But you must resolve this situation.」

“Of course. Then I’ll leave it to you.”

‘That’s it.’

CEO Ha Seong-tae let out a sigh of relief and hung up the phone.

“Has the shareholders’ meeting been scheduled?”

“Yes, it’s set for tomorrow afternoon.”

“Good.”

CEO Ha Seong-tae’s eyes changed.

***

The day after we declared the suspension of dispatch.

As expected, a shareholders’ meeting was convened in the Hanbyul Dungeon seminar room.

Of course, the agenda was the dismissal of the CEO.

Whatever the reason, it was true that the contract terms had been violated, and above all, damage had occurred to Hanbyul Dungeon, so even I thought the grounds for dismissal were sufficient.

But I had no intention of giving in without a fight.

“…Therefore, as more than half of the total shares have approved the agenda, we hereby notify you as of this moment.”

Director Jung Soo-hyuk of Hanbyul Dungeon, who was in charge of the meeting, opened his mouth.

“Kim Jun-woo is dismissed from the position of CEO.”

“…….”

Director Lee Ah-young and our investors wore dumbfounded expressions.

“Immediately following, we will elect the next CEO of Karma Corporation. Director Oh Jae-yeop and Director Lee Ah-young have both registered as candidates, so we will proceed with the appointment according to the voting rights of the attending shareholders.”

‘Well, this was a foregone conclusion.’

From the start, the majority of the shareholders who attended were those guys.

“…Director Oh Jae-yeop has been appointed as CEO.”

An obvious result.

The sound of applause echoed in the seminar room.

At the same time, Director Lee Ah-young’s head dropped.

I checked the time.

‘Why is this guy so late…’

It’s been a while since he said he was coming, but there’s still no sign of him.

If the shareholders’ meeting ends like this, it’ll all be for nothing.

“Then, with this, we will conclude all the shareholders’ meeting…”

“…Just a moment.”

In my haste, I unconsciously raised my hand.

All eyes were on me.

Of course, there was nothing to say.

Now that it’s over, there’s no way the decision will be reversed.

But I had to buy time somehow.

‘…Tsk, nothing can be done.’

Should I just say anything that comes to mind?

“It’s just cleaning work, so what’s so difficult about it? It’s just a cleaner, so what’s the problem with giving them more work. Did you perhaps think that way?”

As I stood up and spoke whatever came to mind, the expressions of CEO Ha Seong-tae and the directors of Hanbyul Dungeon turned cold.

“Thanks to you giving them more work, our employee collapsed, and an accident occurred because you looked down on the work and assigned cleaning tasks to an operations team with no experience. But isn’t it a bit funny that you’re trying to put all the responsibility on me?”

“Haha, I was wondering what you were going to say.”

CEO Ha Seong-tae spat out a laugh.

“Isn’t it a bit late to make excuses? You’ve already been dismissed from the position of CEO. No matter what you say, the result won’t change.”

“I know. I’m speaking as a citizen, not as a former CEO.”

I checked the time once again.

‘I need more time.’

“As you know, I’m also from a cleaning background.”

“I know.”

“Is there anyone who doesn’t know that?”

“But aren’t you going to have to go back to being a cleaner when the shareholders’ meeting is over?”

“Hahaha!”

Blatant mockery poured out, but I didn’t care.

“Perhaps that’s why, but that mindset of taking everything too lightly just because it’s cleaning work is truly disgusting. You will pay the price for that today.”

“Wh, what…?!”

“Are you done talking?!”

“There’s no need to listen anymore.”

“Get him out!”

Thud—.

“I’m sorry. I’m late.”

At that moment, Director Lee Doo-shik finally appeared at the shareholders’ meeting.

“Everyone, please sit down. There are still matters to be discussed.”

Everyone in the seminar room showed a puzzled reaction to his appearance.

“What is it? Is he reinforcements?”

“What are you trying to do now that it’s all over?”

“You’re very late. The CEO agenda is already over.”

Everyone spoke as if it was useless, but Director Lee Doo-shik remained calm.

“I know. I’ve come to present a new agenda. It just so happens that most of the shareholders overlap.”

“……?”

He took out the prepared documents and handed them to the chairman of the meeting.

“It’s the dismissal agenda for CEO Ha Seong-tae of Hanbyul Dungeon.”

“……?!”

“Wh, what…?!”

“Ha, hahaha!”

Amidst everyone’s surprise, CEO Ha Seong-tae’s laughter was heard.

“What is this supposed to be? Is the shareholders’ meeting a child’s play? No matter how much our stock price has fallen, there’s no way you can get more than half…”

“I don’t think you have any idea what situation you’re in right now. Weren’t you too focused on our side?”

“…What did you say?”

CEO Ha Seong-tae’s eyebrows twitched at my words.

“C, CEO!”

Someone called out to CEO Ha Seong-tae and entered the conference room.

“On the news right now…!”

[Hanbyul Dungeon’s employee exploitation controversy, unpaid allowances for a month amount to hundreds of millions?]

[‘Can’t use sick leave even when sick.’ Karma Corporation employee ends up in hospital]

[Hanbyul Group, another controversy surfaces, is this okay?]

[Successive reports from Karma Corporation employees. The reason for the unilateral suspension of dispatch is now revealed?]

[Bottom below the bottom, Hanbyul Dungeon’s stock price continues to hit the lower limit. A whopping -100% compared to the previous day?]

“…….”

CEO Ha Seong-tae, who had been so relaxed, finally began to stiffen as he checked the news.

‘Seriously, who would have thought he’d contact Gu Sang-chan?’

How did he get so many employee interviews?

Well, it was something I didn’t even ask him to do, but this time it helped.

Thanks to that, I was able to barely make it.

I turned to look at the frozen CEO Ha Seong-tae.

“Karma Corporation bought a little more of those worthless stocks of yours. In addition, the Other Dimension Management Association, the Hanoi branch of Vietnam, the Golden Foundation, the Youth Hunter Development Foundation, etc… Well, check the rest yourself.”

I received the documents from Director Lee Doo-shik and handed them to CEO Ha Seong-tae.

A raid on an empty house [an easy victory].

Even more so, a cleaning company targeting a large corporation’s affiliate.

“If you roughly calculate it, you’ll see that our stake is 47% in total.”

“N, no way! I had 40% from the start, how…!”

His eyes widened.

He seemed to realize his mistake belatedly.

“You recently sold 10%, and 10% was transferred to Chairman Ha Deok-soo.”

“Even so, it doesn’t exceed the majority…!”

Thud—.

“I bought an additional 3%.”

At that time, the one who opened the door and entered was none other than Han Yu-bin.

“3 percent…?”

“Even though it’s just scraps of paper, there’s no way an individual can buy 3%!”

“Ah, didn’t you know?”

‘Come to think of it, they don’t know what kind of person she is.’

They may only know her from the company’s internal records, but that would only include her activities in Korea.

“That person has more money than me. Even though she looks like that, she used to be the leader of the International Association’s operations team. From the start, working in this field is half a hobby for her…”

“…That’s not true.”

‘No way.’

Working at the association may remain a good career, but working in such a small company is not well recognized anywhere. And it doesn’t pay much either.

“It’s a violation of regulations! Individuals with exclusive contracts with affiliates cannot exercise more than 1% of the shares at the shareholders’ meeting of the affiliate…”

“Oh, Director Oh. Have you already forgotten?”

‘His memory is worse than a goldfish.’

“Didn’t you dismiss her with your own hands!”

“……!”

“Legally, she is no longer related to us in any way.”

With this, it became 50 to 50.

Of course, if you add up the detailed figures, we were slightly more advantageous, but CEO Ha Seong-tae still had a hidden card left.

“G, Grandfather…!”

The head of Hanbyul Group, Chairman Ha Deok-soo.

Ha Seong-tae’s gaze turned to the old gentleman.

It was a bit unexpected that that person was involved.

Who would have thought he would ask the head for help? I heard they weren’t on good terms.

If he moves, this kind of farce can be resolved at once.

But if it’s Chairman Ha Deok-soo that I know….

“Director Bae.”

Chairman Ha Deok-soo, who had been watching the situation, called his secretary.

“Yes.”

“Sell all of Hanbyul Dungeon’s stock that we have.”

“Understood.”

“G, Grandfather?!”

As expected.

Ha Seong-tae raised his voice, but the chairman got up from his seat without paying attention.

“Did you think I would acknowledge you if you made money that way?”

“Wh, what did I do wrong! The stock price fell because those guys suspended the dispatch and caused an accident…!”

“You’re hopeless.”

The chairman shakes his head.

“As of this moment, Hanbyul Group is withdrawing from Hanbyul Dungeon.”

With those words, Chairman Ha Deok-soo left the seminar room.

As the situation turned out that way, a battle of wits began among the shareholders.

The chairman of the meeting also cautiously opened his mouth while watching the situation.

“…D, does anyone have any objections?”

“…….”

“……Ahem.”

“Then, according to the decision of the majority of shareholders… we will dismiss Ha Seong-tae from the position of CEO as of this moment.”

Faced with a decision that was no different from a death sentence, the faces of CEO Ha Seong-tae and Director Oh turned pale.

But unfortunately, it wasn’t over yet.

“I, immediately following, we will elect the CEO of Hanbyul Dungeon. Those who wish to register as candidates…”

I smiled and quietly raised my hand.

It was the moment when the relationship between Hanbyul Dungeon and Karma Corporation was reversed.