Devil Returns To School Days - Chapter 47
10. Butterfly effect of good intentions (5)
After the accident.
Oh Jong-hyuk went down to Daesan, his hometown, with his father.
Since he was unwell, we decided that he needed medical treatment in his hometown rather than living abroad.
Doctors say there is no way to cure permanent disability, but if you look at internet media, there are cases of miraculous recovery. It was a homecoming filled with such a glimmer of hope. However, the reality he faced was that he was a dry rice bucket, and he needed someone to work in his father’s place to solve the problem of making a living.
So Jonghyuk Oh went to the construction site.
The only solution seemed to be the construction site where he followed his father, who taught him to steal.
For a few days, Oh Jong-hyuk witnessed an incident that stimulated the trauma of his past after taking a leave of absence without his father’s knowledge.
Crumbling.
“this!”
“The building collapsed!”
Was it because of my father?
When Oh Jong-hyuk heard that an accident had occurred, he ran to the scene of the accident without realizing it.
It was a pouring accident.
It seemed like there was a problem while pouring the concrete, and I suddenly remembered the words of the manager who was worried about curing issues a few days ago. First of all, workers could not be seen under the building. The clear fact was that there were workers out there, and I thought that if I waited like this, there would be victims like my father.
‘You have to call 911.’
Didn’t even report it.
He hurriedly took out his phone and was about to press the button when someone suddenly grabbed his phone.
“it’s crazy? “What if I report it first?”
“Isn’t there someone in there? “You must first report it to 119.”
He was a manager.
He distorted his expression and shouted in a very angry voice.
“Hey you bastard. If you’re a junior, you should do your assigned role well. I don’t even know what the situation is, so what if I blindly call 119? “For now, I’ll figure out the situation, so you stay back.”
“It’s not possible. “You have to report it first.”
“This bastard is real.”
“Fuck. No matter what they say, I have no intention of letting go. We don’t know what kind of struggle the victims of the accident are going through right now. Are you going to take responsibility if the victims die in each meaningless second that passes by like this? “If you can’t do that, hand over your phone!”
There was not an inch of retreat.
The manager looked bewildered at the sight of Oh Jong-hyuk jumping around with his eyes wide open.
Current situation.
Oh Jong-hyuk felt disgusted.
Mistakes were repeated.
An accident at a construction site left my father permanently disabled, but the damn construction site didn’t change.
‘I’m so sick of it.’
I gritted my teeth.
If your opinion is not accepted.
I planned to use force to snatch the cell phone and report it to 119.
But then.
“…Wow Mr. “What the hell is going on?”
A man arrived at the scene.
The manager who was arguing with Oh Jong-hyuk ran to him in a huff as soon as he spotted the man.
I found out later.
The fact that he is the eldest son of this construction company.
* * *
MC asked.
“Can you tell me what injustice you experienced?”
This was something that was discussed in advance.
Oh Jong-hyuk calmly took a breath and spoke the words he had organized in his head.
“At the time, my father was working as a general laborer at the Incheon site. The accident was sudden and you suffered a great shock as building materials fell on your head. “The fact that a safety accident like this occurred in the first place is a problem in itself, but what I consider most serious is the response of the construction company.”
The camera zoomed in on the screen.
Oh Jong-hyuk’s expression was carefully captured to highlight the emotions of this moment as much as possible.
“An accident occurred and a worker was injured. A common sense response would be to immediately call an ambulance and transport the patient, but the construction manager delayed reporting because he was busy reporting to superiors. It may have been because of responsibility for the safety accident. You would have thought that if construction was delayed due to a safety accident at a construction site in a hurry, there would be a loss. “That’s how my father was able to arrive at the hospital two hours after the accident.”
“Do you have any evidence to support that statement?”
“Yes, there is. There is a photo taken of the accident scene by my father’s colleague immediately after the accident occurred. And what can most clearly prove the construction company’s irresponsible response is that the patient was transferred to a hospital an hour away from the accident site, rather than a hospital 10 minutes away. Why do you think they did that? “The construction company said they could reduce burdens such as insurance benefits by transferring him to a hospital affiliated with them, but my father did not receive any of the benefits they said.”
My voice trembled.
The more I spoke, the more my anger from the past intensified.
“They chose a hospital an hour away to de-escalate the case. Surely there would have been room for treatment if they had arrived a little earlier, but the important thing for those damn bastards was that the worker’s accident passed as nothing. Isn’t it fun? Gangnam, Incheon or other construction sites. Different construction companies created numerous victims, but the context of the incidents is all similar. It is said that if the completion date is delayed due to the recent real estate boom, huge losses will be incurred due to the delay. “Construction companies all shift responsibility and say it’s not their fault.”
I looked at the camera.
Beyond that.
exposed the truth to people.
“But what is the truth? The reason the completion date is so tight is because they set the deadline that way, and the losses they say are only the responsibility of the construction company. In the end, construction companies use workers as expendables for their own benefit. I can no longer watch this vicious behavior of construction companies. “I mustered up the courage to stand in front of the camera in the hope that there would be no victims like my father.”
“It’s a story that really makes me angry just hearing it. Then…”
The story continued.
Confirm the incident and expose the incident.
By the time the harsh criticism of the construction company was finished, the one hour filming time had already passed.
MC said.
“Do you have any last words?”
I decided to end the script with a brief comment.
but.
Oh Jong-hyuk had different thoughts.
Because of his recent experience, he really wanted to mention one incident.
“yes. Lastly, I would like to talk about a construction company. “Everyone said it was trash, but there was still one example that served as an example.”
I still remember it clearly.
Contrary to his scary appearance.
The image of a man crying out for the safety of workers.
* * *
After that day.
Go Chang-beom’s life hasn’t changed much.
I still went to work at the same site, but the difference from then was that I was given the title of ‘site manager.’
and.
“Director, are you here!”
“Your appearance seems to shine more today.”
“Chief. My wife gave it to me, so you can eat it too. “It tastes amazing.”
When Go Chang-beom passes by.
The workers smiled warmly and spoke to me.
When I was working at the lower level, the former manager added a comment to an unfamiliar situation that I had never experienced before.
“It’s because this incident was rumored among the workers. Not only did Myungjin Construction make the unconventional decision to re-build, but it seems that the workers’ perspective changed when they learned that the person who paid close attention to the workers who suffered the accident was the manager. “They are naturally very territorial when it comes to field work, but once you accept them like this, they are really friendly people.”
Go Chang-beom was a parachute.
Although he worked at a low level, none of the workers spoke to him because they knew he was the eldest son of Myungjin Construction.
Now things have changed.
Position of field manager.
And a person who puts the safety and welfare of workers first.
I couldn’t help but welcome it.
When the workers faced Go Chang-beom with dark faces, they smiled sincerely, brightly revealing their white teeth.
the problem is.
‘…It’s too burdensome.’
It was an unfamiliar experience for Go Chang-beom.
There are many cases where people have been treated with money and power while suppressing them, but there have not been many times when I have received such sincere favor. Actually, when I took on the position of field manager, I was planning to work a little arbitrarily. Shouting at the workers working sloppily, rolling their eyes and spitting on the ground. He revealed that he was the eldest son of Myungjin Construction and wanted to live like a king at this construction site.
But then I encountered such pure kindness.
I couldn’t spit on that smiling face.
Under the gaze of people with low expectations, Go Chang-beom finished the inquiry and quietly hid in a corner.
“Changbeom. “You are so weak, so weak.”
I brought cup ramen.
Since I had skipped a meal because it was coming out early in the morning, I squatted down and inhaled the cup ramen.
“Slurp slurp.”
also.
The ramen I eat when I’m having a good time is the best.
It was only at the end of his career that he started to notice things in his own way, but since he also held the position of field director, no one would have anything to say about him.
As I was inhaling my cup ramen for a while, the manager suddenly appeared in the corner where Go Chang-beom was.
“Director, a guest has arrived.”
“customer? “Slurp what customer?”
“They say it’s a broadcasting company and they want to conduct an interview with the director.”
“OK got it. You explain the scene well… Huh? “You want to interview me?”
Moment.
Go Chang-beom’s eyes widened.
No, why?
Why did the broadcasting company choose to interview him rather than Myungjin Construction or the site?
The manager shrugged his shoulders as if he didn’t know what to do when he saw that he had stiffened after eating ramen.
* * *
As expected, it was an unfamiliar experience.
Go Chang-beom, who was in front of a reporter and a camera, took the reporter’s questions with a somewhat stern expression.
“According to Mr. Oh Jong-hyuk, I heard that he showed an impressive response immediately after the accident occurred. In particular, when asked about the responsibility of the construction company for the pouring accident, what does it matter even though he is the eldest son of the construction company? First of all, you said that saving people’s lives was the priority and criticized them. “Is this really true?”
Is it an impressive response or a complete surprise?
These were embarrassing words, but Go Chang-beom had no choice but to nod.
Because it was all true.
“…Yes, that’s right.”
“Oh my goodness. You are truly amazing. Thanks to your responsible decision as the head of the construction company, we were able to prevent any deaths from this accident. This is a very contrasting situation to the Gangnam incident. Is it true that Myungjin Construction felt responsibility and made the unconventional decision to completely re-build? According to an official, this was also something that Go Chang-beom took the lead in promoting. As you know, it is very unusual to rebuild from scratch just because a pouring accident occurred, right? And…”
The questions continued.
As Go Chang-beom’s actions were uncovered one by one, the reporter always asked the same question at the end with a smile on his face.
“Is it all true?”
True or not.
Confirmed it.
Go Chang-beom couldn’t say anything else as he looked at the reporter’s sparkling eyes.
Just like the first answer I gave.
Although it feels a bit glorified, there was nothing in the incident described by the reporter that was untrue.
Then the answer was obvious.
Go Chang-beom said with an awkward expression.
“…Yes, it’s all true.”
“After all, the world is still worth living in. “It’s people like Go Chang-beom who create a home for us to live in!”
Why?
Go Chang-beom suddenly thought.
I had a feeling that something was going very wrong.