Chapter 04: Stud Earrings
KBS seems to be very calm these days, but in fact the dark tide is turbulent.
After the return of the president, Park Chun-bong, unexpectedly suffered from the 'struggle' with the vice president Choi Cheol-so for the first time, which made many people panic. All kinds of gossip are frequent, and I can't wait for an hour to be the same, and no one can figure out which news is true and which news is fake. In such cases, neutrality is the best position. No matter who is right or wrong, there is room for it. And those who stood in line early could only block 50% of their fate, and won a promotion and a salary increase, but lost...... There are unions that will not be swept away, but there is no possibility of promotion during the term of office of the victor.
Everyone is following the moves of those two people at the top of the pyramid, especially those in the position of director. They are in a very awkward position, they do not enter the decision-making level, but they divide one side like a frontier general. Everyone's position is important, and being important means that if the existing landscape changes, their position will change as well. This is human nature, and no one can rest assured that the important position under his command is someone who once opposed him.
Jang In-pyo, director of the Variety Bureau, and Park Tae-ho, the minister, are the two most worried of all those who are worried. Not only because of where they are, but also because they are the ones who experienced the whole thing. In other words, the president arranged for his son to join KBS, and the two of them handled it. If the president loses, others may escape, but the two of them will never be able to escape. So when some people who saw the wind and steered turned against the vice president, only the two of them were still firmly supporting, without a trace of wavering.
They already knew that Kim Hong-sun was a 'traitor', and Park Tae-ho wanted to take advantage of the fact that he was still a minister to grab a reason to put on a little shoes for Kim Hong-sun. But as soon as he expressed this meaning, he was stopped by Zhang Renbiao. What's the point? There is a trade union, and Jin Hongshun can't be fired, if the president is defeated, people may be promoted after two days, and then it will be even more annoying? If the president is not defeated, there is a chance to clean him up.
Speaking of KBS's union organization, it is a very magical organization, which is mainly composed of two parts, the producer union and the host union. Like PD, writers, cameramen, editors, etc., are all producers' unions. And like anchors, variety artists, MC, gagman, etc., all belong to the host union. The two major unions constitute the KBS trade union organization, which represents all KBS employees and has direct access to the KBS Board of Directors. The rights of the union are very large, and if the two major unions express their support for the president at the same time, then the president will basically come to an end. There have been no examples of the two major unions being opposed to continuing to serve as president, and the previous president had to resign after 93 days of strikes by the two major unions.
Park Chun-bong is the president who 'parachuted' after the election victory of the New National Party, and he has not even served in KBS before, so his foundation is unstable. Although his support for the two major unions is relatively good, there are still disagreements within the two major unions. And these voices came from Choi Cheol-so.
Although on the surface, Park Chunbong has been pressing Choi Cheol-so. However, many people think that the position of president is not yet settled, and the reason is the attitude of the two major trade unions, and Choi Cheol-so has completely taken over the power of the previous president after taking office, and it is absolutely impossible to take it lightly to be able to confront the forces of the two major unions for three months. In the hearts of many people, he still has a chance to strike.
And the real dust settled, just after this blow. Who wins and who loses, who is right and who is wrong, and then there will be a result.
Finally, at the end of today's work, the time bomb exploded. Each staff member received an email signed by Choi Cheol-so with the title "A Letter to All Staff," detailing the relationship between Park Chan-young and Park Chun-bong and expressing their determination to fight to the end against those who abused their power for the sake of KBS's reputation and interests.
As soon as the staff finished reading the letter, they immediately received a second one. Signed by Park Chun-bong and titled "A Letter to All Staff", he not only completely denied Choi Cheol-so's accusations, but also took the initiative to propose that in order to prove that he had not done those things, but was subjected to unwarranted attacks and accusations, he applied to the KBS Board of Directors for arbitration and investigation in the name of the current president of KBS, and he would actively cooperate with the investigation.
Soon after, the KBS Producers Union and the KBS Moderators Union jointly submitted a proposal for arbitration by the KBS Council.
The KBS Board of Directors then announced that the arbitration would take place in three days, during which time both parties could submit evidence, and specifically stressed that as the decision-makers of KBS, they must be held accountable for their words and actions. This sentence also shows the attitude of the council, whether the surname of KBS is Park or Choi in the future, there must be a final result.
Wave after wave, as if it had been discussed, made the ordinary staff dizzy, and they didn't have time to think at all, so they were left in a daze......
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Ah Jiu came to the jewelry counter he had just come to, and looked here and there like a hillbilly. If it weren't for the fact that the clerk had seen him come with Jessica and Krystal and was their 'agent', maybe he would have been rushed by this time. But even if he didn't say it, his attitude was obvious, and he looked like 'you can afford it', and his eyelids rolled to the sky.
"I want to ask...... Ah Jiu looked left and right, found the clerk who had just found Jessica and Krystal, and asked, "Why didn't the studs that Krystal saw just now come out?" ”
The clerk looked at him and said, "That diamond stud earrings are not for sale, and we usually only take them out when certain customers come." Did you buy it for Miss Krystal? ”
"Uh......" Ah Jiu thought about it, anyway, he bought it to give it to her, nodded and said, "Yes." ”
The clerk looked at Ah Jiu suspiciously, if it wasn't for Krystal coming and trying it just now, she would never believe it. But now in this situation, there was no reason not to believe it, and after hesitating, she turned around and took out the studs that Krystal had tried on just now.
"Miss Krystal asked about the price just now, 1.88 million won. Sorry sir, these stud earrings are not on sale. The clerk said expressionlessly, the meaning was obvious. She thought it was Krystal who was embarrassed to bargain, so she 'went and returned' and sent an agent back to buy it. This situation often happens when receiving artists, and she is not surprised.
"Oh, it's okay, no discount." Ah Jiu had already paid for it as he spoke, he took out the remaining 50,000 won in his left pocket, and the clerk's expression was stunned, not that Ah Jiu's money scared her, but in this society, everyone swipes their cards, and it is really rare to carry such a thick pile of 'wonderful' for consumption, so thick, it must be 10 million won, right?
"Give you 180 ......" Ah Jiu counted out 37 sheets of 50,000 won and handed them to the clerk, and then took out three pieces of 10,000 won from his right pocket: "1.88 million, you take it." ”
"Oh, good." The clerk gathered the money, counted it and handed it to the cashier, then opened the invoice and took the box: "Do you need to wrap it?" ”
"No, just give me a box." Ah Jiu took the earrings and the invoice and put them in his pocket, turned around and walked out, and after taking two steps, he came back again: "Can I ask you a favor?" ”
"Yes sir, please speak." I just spent 1.88 million won, and the clerk's address has changed to Mr.
"There's a girl, she helped me, I want to thank her, what to send?"
"That's ......," the clerk thought for a moment and said, "May I ask what is the relationship between this girl and you?" ”
"Does it ...... relationship?"
Ah Jiu remembered last night's dream, his eyes were in a trance, and he said astringently: "Just ...... Friends. ”