World's Strongest Troll

Chapter 111 GM Group (2)

Sand of Forge, the city of dwarves.

The city of the elves, the place where the world tree sleeps.

While several people wandered around with their eyes on to find out the location of these two places, Iplus CEO Jo Seo-wook was sitting in a cafe, sipping coffee with a stiff face.

“Hey, Chief Joe. Stop being still like that and say something.”

A middle-aged man with a restless face sitting in front of CEO Seo-wook Cho. At his words, CEO Jo Seo-wook put down the coffee cup and spoke in a cold voice.

“Don’t call me Chief Joe. Do you still see me as an employee of the GM Group, General Manager Lim Young-ho? No matter how much I was a subordinate, I think you should keep basic courtesy.”

Sitting in front of him is none other than Lim Young-ho, head of the Marketing Division, who oversees GM Group's public relations strategy. CEO Jo Seo-wook's attitude towards him was unbelievably hostile to say that he was an old boss. However, Lim Young-ho, head of the headquarters, kept his mouth shut, unable to refute Seo-wook Cho's barbed remarks.

“Hey... are you still doing that because of that?”

“What's up? Are you saying that the higher ups demanded absurd performance, and the whole team was constantly pestering them to match it, but in the end, the result was a mess, so they secretly took responsibility and pulled their feet out? Or are you saying that we ignored all our opinions and insisted on doing what we wanted?”

“Kheuheum.....”

CEO Seowook Cho, who left the company not very well. There were many reasons for this, but the person who had the greatest influence among them was Lim Young-ho, head of headquarters. He showed the extreme of incompetence to the point of doubting how he got the title of head of marketing. However, on the contrary, because he showed excellent in-house politics that even a ghost could lash out at, he maintained his position as general manager without any reprimand even though the image of the GM Group was shattered.

“That makes me very sorry. What should I do? Some people upstairs say that someone has to take responsibility... It was a choice I had no choice but to live on.”

His attitude is irresponsible to the point of being impudent. However, CEO Cho Seo-wook said in a tone as if it was okay because he had no intention of arguing with him over the past.

“I don’t need an apology that I don’t have in my heart, so stop it. The reason why I came here now is because I thought of old friendships. Please tell me why you wanted to meet me soon.”

CEO Cho Seo-wook is full of desire to finish his work and get up from his seat. Head of headquarters Lim Young-ho took out a brown envelope from his bag and handed it to him.

“What is this?”

“The GM Group wants to officially take over the company you founded. It’s the merger agreement that followed.”

“The merger agreement...?”

Iplus Co., Ltd. A new management company and a truly small agency with only one officially signed BJ. At the suggestion that he wanted to take over such a company, CEO Cho Seo-wook's face was absurd. Slightly curious, CEO Cho Seo-wook took out the documents from the envelope and began to carefully examine the terms and conditions of the contract.

“Employment succession for all IPlus employees... In addition, in the case of existing employees, special promotion bonuses are given, and performance bonuses are paid.

“Isn’t that a good enough condition? Oh, and you and your subordinates can just run the company as they normally would. Because I have no intention of changing the current operation from above. It guarantees completely autonomous operation.”

A proposal to leave the operation of an independent company without forcing GM Entertainment to merge with it. There was no doubt that it was an undeservedly favorable condition to receive as a reward for being held in the arms of a huge back ship called GM.

But CEO Jo Seo-wook is not that stupid. The GM Group he experienced was a vicious company that sucked down the marrow of its employees and extracted more than they generously paid their salaries.

“This... is it because of Choco Piejoa?”

Startle.

He is the only BJ recruited by Iplus and the main character of the topic that is heating up the whole of Arfandia and Arcadia. He released only 5 videos on his channel. However, even with that small number of videos, it showed its destructive potential to eat up numerous channels of Arpandia and rise to the top, so the status of iPlus was also soaring without knowing how high it was. And CEO Jo Seo-wook nodded his head after noticing the momentary change in the expression of General Manager Lim Young-ho.

“As expected.. but everyone here and there is trying to find out about our customer’s personal information somehow, but the GM Group seems to have a similar ulterior motive.”

CEO Jo Seo-wook is already having such a tiring time that the work itself is paralyzed due to calls coming in from here and there. As if it was not worth listening to anymore, he pushed the papers back in front of Lim Young-ho and got up from his seat.

“All right. I already turned around badly and left. When I kick them out, I have no intention of going back, even if they come and catch me this way.”

“...Hey, Team Leader Joe. No Joe representative. Think carefully. Even if it seems like it's going to be popular right now, it's this floor that disappears without a sound after a while. How long do you think you can last with just one Choco Piejoa?”

One hit wonder. In fact, it was the most common occurrence in the management industry. Even if you hit the jackpot by recruiting one talented person, it is natural and natural for the industry to collapse sooner or later without a basic foundation. In particular, with the exception of Choco Paijoa, there were no recruited BJs, so it was true that Iplus was in a very unstable state when viewed from a cool and objective perspective.

“Don’t let a good opportunity pass by because of bad relationships in the past. Of course, it's true that Choco Paijoa had a big influence on this proposal, but the executives are talking again about how competent your team is. If I take this opportunity to return to the company confidently, maybe...”

General Manager Lim Young-ho whispers sweet words and recommends a contract. However, CEO Cho Seo-wook cut off his words with firm eyes that did not waver at all.

“Don't worry. From my point of view, Choco Piejoa... He is not the kind of person who can end up as a one-hit wonder. And even if we merge with GM Entertainment, will that person continue their contract with us?”

“What do you mean...?”

“Did you forget? At that time, who was the culprit who completely destroyed the corporate image by calling the entire group a war criminal corporation and portraying it as money-crazed demons?”

Jegyu Choi, the youngest son of GM Group. Choco Piezoa revealed in a video how he found out what he had prepared under a meticulous plan in Arcadia. Even CEO Jo Seo-wook felt the irony of not knowing how to react to the fact that the culprit who was kicked out of the company signed a contract with his agency. Of course, there were so many additional benefits he created, so it was now a clean-cleansed bad relationship, but the GM group, which suffered astronomical losses, was obviously still grinding its teeth.

“I think if you hear the letter ‘G’ in GM Group, you will probably break the contract and run away right away?”

CEO Jo Seo-wook speaks with a grin. At his words, General Manager Lim Yeong-ho seemed to have nothing to say, but his mouth pursed his lips. And now, as if he had nothing more to say, he saw CEO Jo Seo-wook, who rose from his seat without hesitation, and he spat out vicious words at the displeasure welling up in his heart.

“joy. How far do you think you can go with a campaigning video just by finding a hidden village?”

A word thrown by Lim Young-ho, head of headquarters, as if sarcastic. At that word, CEO Jo Seo-wook stopped walking and turned his head to ask.

“What do you mean?”

“Did you know that only a user named Choco Paizoa can find the territory of elves and dwarves? Numerous users are already wandering around looking for that place, and in fact, our agency’s BJ has also figured out the most likely place.”

If you didn't know the existence itself, you wouldn't know. There are already a lot of clues that can infer where the related area is through the video. So Lim Yeong-ho, head of the headquarters, was convinced that he could find the city of the dwarves and elves in no time. In particular, according to the information obtained with a large amount of money recently, it is already a matter of time before it is discovered.

For this reason, Lim Yeong-ho, head of the division, revealed his true colors as he had no reason to lower his stance when the deal had already collapsed.

“Let’s see. I wonder how successful you and those who went to work after you kicked off this offer and laughed at how successful they were.”

No matter how much they recruited a hot topic, the difference in weight class between Iplus and GM Entertainment is overwhelming. That's why Lim Young-ho, head of headquarters, was confident of winning the fight against them. Because it was easy to step on them so that the energy required to contain and harass a small startup was not so burdensome.

“Keukheop... Phuhahahahaha.”

However, despite his chilling warning, CEO Seo-wook Cho suddenly burst into laughter. His reaction made Lim Yeong-ho, general manager, feel like he was making fun of him, and he burst into anger with an unknown sense of insult.

“Hey, what are you doing right now? Are my words funny right now?”

CEO Jo Seo-wook can't stop laughing as if it's really fun. Laughing so loudly, it even caught the attention of the people who were chatting in the cafe.

“Haa... Thanks to this, I laughed for the first time in a long time. To hear such concerns about the company's vision from the person who was kicked out so coldly. It's something the world doesn't know. Right, chief?”

CEO Jo Seo-wook smiles round and round with a face full of composure. He confidently looked into the eyes of Headquarters Director Lim Young-ho, whom he had not easily met before, and said.

“One hit wonder. I don't know what that might be. But before that, I will recruit BJs who are attracted by his reputation to expand the size of iPlus as much as possible and strengthen its stability. Ah, we will actively promote joint contents with various famous guilds and rankers that have recently been pushed in. On top of that... it's okay if we add advertisements from various large companies that keep coming in with proposals, right?”

Iplus is already famous enough to be known by everyone in the related industry. CEO Cho Seo-wook, busy with thoughts of rowing fiercely when the water comes in, said with a bright smile at General Manager Lim Young-ho's words.

“A month ago. If I had made this offer a month ago, I might have bowed down and signed the contract.”

However, the trend has already completely turned. This kind of contract was not tempting at all to Seo-wook Cho, who was convinced that he could now stand alone perfectly. That's why he spoke to Director Lim Young-ho in a tone full of mocking laughter.

“But what? Have I already lost the value of the company I own?”

“This bastard...”

Even if he is the CEO of another company, he worked as a subordinate of his until recently. That's why Lim Young-ho, head of headquarters, could not accept the current reality. The position of CEO Seo-wook Cho, who dared to rise to a level that he could not do anything about.

“Ah... and the village of the dwarves and elves.”

Before leaving, CEO Cho Seo-wook stopped walking again as if he had just remembered, turned around, smiled broadly, and left.

“Anyway, I plan to reveal the location through a video today.”

“what....?”

Lim Yeong-ho, head of headquarters, stopped thinking for a moment after hearing CEO Jo Seo-wook say that the location of the elf and dwarf villages would be revealed. He sat there blankly for a long time even after CEO Seo-wook Cho left. Without knowing what chaos is going on in Arfandia and Arcadia.