Chapter 655 - End of Year Promotions (2) – Part 2
While having lunch with Director Kim and the chief research officer, Gun-Ho asked, “Do we have any candidates to be promoted during our end of year promotions in Dyeon Korea?”
Director Kim responded while having his fish, “No, we don’t. Most of our mid-level managers are new hires. The only people who we could consider to give promotion are the manager in the maintenance team and Mr. Myeong-Joon Chae who is interpreting for Mr. Adam Castler.”
“The maintenance team’s manager and Interpreter Myeong-Joon Chae?”
“The maintenance team’s manager is maintaining our machines from no. 1 to no. 18. He is the only one who knows how to dismantle and assemble the machines to repair and maintain them at Dyeon Korea. Director Jong-Suk Park highly spoke of him about his competency at work. He is holding a low-level manager position right now, and we can promote him to a mid-level manager.”
“Hmm.”
“As for Mr. Myeon-Joon Chae, he is taking a dual position right now. He does interpretation work for Vice President Adam Castler, and he also works in the trading team. Ever since we formed our sales company in China and India, his workload at the trading team increased. We can promote him to an assistant manager in the trading team.”
“How old is Mr. Myeong-Joon Chae?”
“He is 31 years old, and will soon turn 32. Holding an assistant manager position at the age of 32 is just fine, not so fast or slow.”
“Alright. I guess we will promote the maintenance team’s manager and Mr. Myeong-Joon Chae.”
“Thank you, sir. We still have time until the day of the promotion announcement. So, once I go back to work after lunch, I will ask Mr. Adam Castler and Manager Hee-Yeol Yoo to go and see you, sir.”
“Mr. Adam Castler and Manager Hee-Yeol Yoo? For what?”
“I will ask Mr. Adam Castler to make a recommendation for Mr. Myeong-Joon Chae’s promotion to you since he has been doing a great job in interpreting for him while keeping his position at the trading team. That way, Mr. Adam Castler officially becomes the person who recommended Myeong-Joon Chae’s promotion to the president, and Myeong-Joon Chae will work harder in interpreting for Mr. Adam Caster knowing that Mr. Adam Castler recognized his hard work.”
“Hmm.”
“Same thing for Manager Hee-Yeol Yoo. I will ask him to make a recommendation to promote the maintenance team’s manager. That way, it will be easier for Manager Hee-Yeol Yoo to ask the maintenance team’s manager to do some work for him later on because Manager Hee-Yeol Yoo is the one who helped him to get a promotion.”
Gun-Ho nodded his head.
“I got your point.”
“Hmm, in Korea, we call that tooth ‘love tooth’ while Americans call it ‘wisdom tooth.’ That’s interesting. One thing for sure is that the tooth is precious for the people in both countries.”
When Mr. Myeong-Joon Chae interpreted what Gun-Ho just said, Mr. Adam Castler laughed out loud.
Mr. Adam Castler then said something seriously in a low voice. Myeong-Joon Chae blushed and hesitated to interpret it.
“What is it?” Gun-Ho asked.
“Umm… Um… sir, he said that my workload at the trading team has increased lately since we expanded our market to India and China, and also, I do a lot of interpretation work…”
“And?”
The interpreter blushed and couldn’t finish his sentence.
“Just say it! I don’t have all day. It’s okay,” Gun-Ho pushed him a bit.
“Um, sir, Mr. Adam Castler is requesting to add me to the promotion candidates’ list for our end of year promotions…”
“Hmm. Of course, I should promote the people who have been doing a great job and working hard. Please tell Mr. Adam Caster this. I’ve heard of Mr. Myeong-Joon Chae’s high workload. I will have to take into consideration other executive officers’ opinions on this. So, please give me some time to discuss it with others. However, we will favorably consider his promotion, especially because the recommendation came from Mr. Vice President Adam Castler. Your words about him will play a critical role in making a decision about his promotion. Mr. Chae, please interpret this for Mr. Adam Castler.”
Once Myeon-Joon Chae interpreted what Gun-Ho just said for Mr. Adam Castler, Mr. Adam Castler stood up from his seat and extended his hand to Gun-Ho for a handshake, and he said, “I will look forward to hearing from you, boss.”
Myeong-Joon Chae gave a 90-degree bow to Gun-Ho while blushing and walked out of the office after Mr. Adam Castler.
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< From the author>
I referred to Financial Supervisory Service’s data found in DART (Data Analysis, Retrieval, and Transfer System) in presenting the numbers related to the company—DAS Corporation.