Gwon Jiwoo's Point Of View
JIWOO: c'mon Jae... Of course, I'm resting.
JAE: Jiwoo, what the hell! Working in that restaurant isn't called resting!
JIWOO: bro, trust me. This is the most minimal work I can do. Please, please.
JAE: you are just hopeless Jiwoo... Ok fine. But, not the whole duration of your stay there. Understood?
JIWOO: copy boss! 2 months only!
JAE: no, only 3 weeks. Then you're done. We'll be sending the new manager there.
JIWOO: what!? 3 weeks is like 3 days to me! Can it be a month? Please Jae... I'll die if I can't work that long!
Jiwoo noticed a long pause and it seems there's an argument on the other side of the phone...
XIFENG: Jiwoo, it's me Xifeng
JIWOO: oh, hey sis!
XIFENG: don't you sis me Jiwoo! We sent you on a vacation to rest! Not to fucking work! My god... The stress level I'm receiving from you is beyond normal!
JIWOO: Feng... You know me, I can't sleep and sit the whole day. Death by boredom will eventually get to me first before I die of old age.
JAE: hello Jiwoo, Feng won't talk to you anymore, but fine...1 month, we can't do anything about it anyway. Only 1 ok? We're already fed up telling you to rest.
JIWOO: ah Yess! Thanks, Jaeee! I promise, 1 month only.
JAE: but do you have to pretend to be just a manager there? You can observe as a supervisor you know.
JIWOO: nope. It's much better to evaluate if you're the manager. They might change their routines if I come as someone hired from the main office.
JAE: suit yourself, I'm getting tired of your excuses now. Just take care and don't go overboard, Jiwoo... You're there to rest remember?
JIWOO: I understand Jae, thanks! Please say sorry to Feng for me! Bye!
Wow... That call was stressful! My friends can be a control freak sometimes. What? Me? No, I'm not like them. I just don't tolerate substandard works. If they don't want to work or do their jobs properly after a second chance, I'll just fire them.
There are so many people who want to have a decent job, so why would I hold back my company just for those losers? See the logic there? As long as they do their job well, we won't have any problems.
Ok, so here I am, pretending to be an Officer In Charge in our restaurant here in Mokpo. What about the former manager? Well, I gave him a break and transferred him to Jeju Island where his family lives. He has a good performance despite the situation here so it's ok to send him to one of our restaurants there. See? That's how I roll.
I was initially planning to be a provisional crew, but Jae and Xifeng won't let me. They said it was the first and hoping the last stupid idea I'll tell them. They even blamed stress that I was able to suggest such a preposterous idea... Hmpf
Nobody in my hometown except my parents knew what I do for work. They all think I was an accomplished businessman. I kept myself incognito the whole time.
In the company, only Joo Hyuk and his team of 4 accomplished advisors, Kang Joon and his Team of 4 elite accountants, and my team of 4 superb supervisors knew who I was.
Everyone else only knows that I was one of the CEO's supervisor (little did they know my secretary is my 4th supervisor), that's why my status is still high.
My two best friends were against that idea at first, they said... It won't matter since reporters could find out who I was in just a few months. But I proved them wrong. It has been 4 years now but no one knew my identity.
You may ask why, simply because it's not my thing... I don't like attention, I don't want to be disturbed, and because it's more enticing to investors. Think of it, the mystery that surrounds the seat created a hype in the business community and we became famous partly because of that. Now, Jae and Xifeng didn't bother with it anymore. They only hated the fact that they were my proxy during interviews.
It's been 4 days since I started working here. And a week since I came back home. The crew is doing their job well, they're just a little slow but manageable.
Today is Sunday, and people are swarming all over the place. I never knew the restaurant caters to this many people, in contrast to the documents I read before that the restaurant is doing only average.
Anyway, I'm happy that people now realize how good our restaurant is. It's Mokpo, everywhere you see are cheap food stands, ours is the only formal restaurant in town.
But, that's my initial reaction... When I learned the absurd truth, I just shook my head.
JIWOO: was the restaurant always this crowded?
CREW: uhmm... Not really sir, but when it's weekends, many people come but not as much as this... Fully booked. This is the first, I mean, the third time to happen.
JIWOO: 3rd time? What do you mean?
CREW: well sir, the other 2 was two days ago and yesterday.
JIWOO: huh?? Why??
CREW: it's because there was news circulating all over town that there's a new handsome manager with godlike features took over the restaurant.
JIWOO: godlike what?! That is ridiculous! Maybe it's because we hanged the chef or something.. Or maybe the interior design was enhanced?? Before I came?
CREW: no sir, not close... Do you remember your first day here? Not many customers right?
JIWOO: but it was just... Really?? Well damn... Unbelievable!
I left him to his work and I went outside. Wow... The queue is long.
Were they here just to see me? Haha, that is freaking weird and creepy. Now I know why people keep on looking at me and then giggled. I thought there was a stain on my face or something.
I know I look good, but their reactions are beyond... I can't help but laugh at this unfortunate event. We seriously need a restaurant makeover if they only came because of me.