The Dungeon Cleaning Life of a Once Genius Hunter - Chapter 91

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It’s been a week since I enthusiastically started working on a full-fledged business.

We found a shabby office and immediately registered our business.

Now all that was left was to recruit cleaners and go to local branches to win contracts.

Well, it won’t be that difficult.

I truly thought so.

Until I face the reality in front of me.

“…ha.”

A small, old office with cracked walls.

I continued to sigh deeply as I checked the status of my online application.

“Stop sighing. “That doesn’t mean you can have a resume that doesn’t exist.”

“…It looks like it won’t come out?”

“How could anything be easy from the beginning? “If that were the case, everyone in the world would have succeeded.”

Director Lee Ah-young, who was sitting across from me, let out a loud sigh.

Nevertheless, I kept hitting the refresh key.

Of course, the blank screen remained the same no matter how many times I fixed it.

It’s been a week since the recruitment notice was posted and still not a single resume has arrived.

If you look at it objectively, it was natural.

Who would apply to be a dungeon cleaner at a new, nameless company?

Did I take it too lightly?…

“So, I already told you to ask reporter Koo Sang-chan for a favor. ‘Former Operations Director Kim Jun-woo opens a cleaning dispatch support company.’ “If I just say this one line, 100 people will already come to the interview!”

As I sighed again without realizing it, Director Lee Ah-young seemed to be unable to bear it any longer and raised her voice by banging on the desk.

“…I told you. “That’s not possible.”

“Why are you trying to hide it? I didn’t resign because of something bad. Honestly, with your name value, there’s almost nothing you can’t do on this floor, right?”

Director Lee Ah-young said in a voice that she did not understand at all.

But I also had my own reasons.

It’s a company created to avoid the attention of international associations, so it’s not possible to promote it under my name.

“Or something like that? “You’re not going to ride on the reputation of the past?”

“…It’s not like that.”

“Of course, it’s just you… But if you want to do business, don’t you think you have to compromise with reality a little bit?”

“It’s not like that.”

“Uh… okay. Yes, I came after you saying I would help you first, but what can I do? “We should listen to what our representative says.”

“….”

Should we just give them a few hits and kick them out?

“If you can’t decide, at least ask the president of the association. “I’m only going to take a few people with me.”

“I already contacted you.”

“…Did you refuse?”

“Let’s take action.”

It happened just yesterday.

Since there were no applicants, I asked the president of the association for help, and the immediate reply was…

– Hey man, take out everything, including the liver and gallbladder! You’ve been spending all your budget and are putting us in danger, so what else do you want us to ask for?!

At that point, I also had nothing to say.

Let alone this quarter, the entire budget for the next quarter and the next quarter was used up.

‘Headquarters must be having a hard time too.’

Why are you asking me to do something I won’t do?

“Or maybe you should try contacting me personally. Soyeon and Sanghyuk are also good. “Wouldn’t Yubin and Minjoo come running right away with just one phone call from you?”

Director Lee Ah-young hinted.

But he quickly shook his head.

“That’s a bit like that too. They are all veterans of each team at the headquarters, so wouldn’t it be difficult for the headquarters to take them all away? “It already seems like a difficult situation right now.”

“…No matter how I look at it, you don’t have the personality to be a businessman.”

Lee Ah-young spoke in a quiet voice.

Well, actually, the reason I couldn’t bring him personally was the same reason I couldn’t put my name on it.

Isn’t it obvious that people who once worked with me would stand out if they all moved to the same place?

If I were not careful, I might become a target of the International Association again.

‘Haa…’

It was very frustrating.

First, we need to have a company lineup in place before we can proceed with the acquisition of an overseas association or not.

It’s impossible to even start like this.

It was a time when I wondered what to do in a difficult situation.

“Here you go.”

Director Lee Ah-young printed out something she had been making on the computer earlier and handed it to me.

“What is this?”

“What is it?”

she shot back.

“Let’s go out and hand out leaflets together.”

“….”

Maybe I shouldn’t have quit the company.

***

Seoul Headquarters Director’s Office.

A middle-aged man was sitting there, which had been vacant for a week.

Ho-seong Choi, former head of the Suncheon branch.

As of yesterday, he was inaugurated as the new head of operations at the Seoul headquarters.

It’s been a few years since I was appointed as the branch manager at the Suncheon branch.

The Korean beef and eel that were brought to the Seoul headquarters alone weighed dozens of kilos.

Nevertheless, the results were not very good.

Seo Min-cheol, who was the head of the headquarters at that time, had a very strong position.

When he became a senior citizen, he thought that his chance had finally come to him, but this time, an unknown person who used to be a cleaner took his place.

For a few days, his stomach hurt to the point of death… but in the end, heaven was on his side.

After two months, Kim Jun-woo stepped down from his position as head of the division, and another opportunity presented itself.

At this point, Choi Ho-seong started looking for a line again, and just a few days ago, he received a phone call.

A direct call from none other than the president of the association, Park In-beom.

-A trustworthy friend recommended you. Okay, can you do well?

Ho-seong Choi was happy on the inside, but couldn’t show it.

He pretended not to be able to win, accepted the president’s words, and was eventually able to get to the position he had been waiting for.

But the joy of success is short-lived.

“What the fuck is this…”

He couldn’t help but despair as he faced the reality in front of him.

“Why is the remaining budget like this…?”

I checked the documents several times, but the result was the same.

This quarter’s budget was already at its lowest.

That’s all.

The next quarter, the next quarter, and even next year’s budget were showing signs of bottoming out.

Thanks to this, we were recording huge deficits last month and this month.

‘Fuck. ‘What kind of nonsense have you done?’

Choi Ho-seong groaned.

His assistant Yoo Young-su, who was watching this scene in silence, cautiously opened his mouth.

“It is said that the former head of the headquarters Kim Jun-woo spent a lot of money on the budget to support various things for each team.”

“What, how, and how much support was given? Is the budget limited until next year? “Does the board know about this?”

“Maybe…”

“You knew and left it alone?”

Yoo Young-soo closed his mouth.

It’s not that he was Choi Ho-seong, who was brought in from the Suncheon branch, and it had only been one day for him to come to the Seoul headquarters.

When I asked about the internal situation at the headquarters, there was no way he could answer.

“Haa….”

Choi Ho-seong covered his head.

Of course, future profits were guaranteed due to the hub built together with the signing of a private guild partnership and the construction of the Vietnam branch…

but even that was something that would take several months to see results.

In the end, it meant that we had to endure this ridiculous deficit for those few months.

That is also the responsibility of the person who just took office yesterday.

‘Damn you, you made such a mess and left…’

So why did you entrust such an important responsibility to a former janitor?

Director Choi Ho-seong became very angry.

Isn’t this just a poisoned chalice?

If I had known that this was a position where I had to sort everything out, I would have definitely declined.

Ho-seong Choi shook his head nervously.

And then suddenly a doubt crossed my mind.

“Hey, could this be something that Kim Jun-woo did?”

As soon as I opened my mouth insinuatingly, Yoo Young-soo, the accompanying secretary, sighed.

“Oh no way. “What kind of person is that person?”

“No, it doesn’t make sense otherwise. In my opinion, this is a hundred percent. “Go to the General Affairs Department and ask them to send you the budget statement.”

“Ah yes. wait a minute.”

Executive Secretary Yoo Young-soo called the administrative headquarters and asked for a brief conversation.

Soon, a document arrived via Choi Ho-seong’s in-house messenger.

Ho-seong Choi immediately checked the document.

He was also familiar with the reputation of Kim Jun-woo.

A true leader of this era.

A person of character who stands up for the rights of employees with the attitude of a saint.

The youngest general manager with the highest performance in the shortest period of time.

In general, the more over-packaged the product, the more likely it is that the contents will be spoiled.

No matter how much it is praised on the outside, if you look at the reality…

[300 stainless steel brooms (custom-made) – 5,203,000\]

[5,000 multi-purpose mops (made in Italy) – 4,0380340\]

[200 sets of Class C protective clothing made of special material (USA) Article) – 240523000￦]

[…]

“…What is this?”

Choi Ho-seong’s pupils shook greatly.

Below that, more than 30 pages of information were filled with incentive bonuses for cleaning team equipment.

He’s crazy.

He’s crazy about cleaning.

Even if you are from the cleaning team, how can you devote all of your quarterly budget to the cleaning team?

Of course, there was no way Choi Ho-seong knew that these were things that Kim Jun-woo did to unlock skills immediately after taking office as head of the headquarters.

Ho-seong Choi continued scrolling.

After spending a quarter’s budget on the cleaning team, 50 billion won was poured into expanding the support team’s research facilities, and then 20 billion won was poured into securing the special suit ‘Goliath’ to be used in underwater dungeons.

And to top it all off, the rest of the budget was devoted to developing the Vietnam branch.

Even after seeing it with my own eyes, I couldn’t understand it, but one thing was certain.

Yes, it’s not like the budget was stolen.

He just threw money around like a crazy person without hesitation.

Actually, I don’t know what he was thinking when he did this, but given the current situation, I can afford to start with this month’s operation team salary.

‘Fuck. The operations team’s salary is delayed…?’

Just thinking about it made my head turn white.

This cannot happen.

The association’s number one asset is hunters. They must be given the best welfare and the best treatment.

The best welfare treatment is ultimately salary.

If the head of the operation headquarters himself is not responsible for it… You will have to face all the opposition from above and below.

I’m glad it ends that way.

If I were not careful, I could have ended up renewing the shortest term delegation to the head of the division.

‘…You can’t do that.’

Ho-seong Choi muttered.

Anyway, how did you get there?

I will do anything to protect my food bowl.

That was Choi Ho-seong’s motto and the driving force that brought him this far.

He soon made up his mind and immediately began looking through all the documents Kim Jun-woo left behind.

It was to find a way to secure the budget somehow.

After slowly reviewing all the details.

‘…No matter how I look at it, there is nothing else.’

One thing caught my eye.

Dungeon cleaning team.

Since Kim Jun-woo became the head of the operations headquarters, the number of people and salary have more than doubled, and this is the place that has benefited the most.

At most, they are cleaners, so there is no need for there to be so many.

Of course, backlash will be inevitable.

But that will only be temporary.

The reason why lizards cut off their tails even at the risk of harm is because it is a last resort.

So it is inevitable.

This is the Seoul headquarters’ last resort.

“Youngsu.”

“yes yes?”

Finally, when he opened his mouth, Yoo Young-soo, his assistant, answered with an anxious expression.

“We need to get scolded.”