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“I’ll be leaving first.” Jung So-Mi greeted her colleagues as she returned to her desk to pick up her coat and bag.
The editor-in-chief Park Kyung-Wook, who was looking at stocks on his monitor, looked up and asked, “Ms. Jung So-Mi, what are you doing?”
“Pardon?”
“It’s only 5 p.m. Why are you clocking out already?”
“Ah, I mentioned it yesterday. I’ll be meeting Writer Ha Jae-Gun to sign the final contract for his novel’s webtoon adaptation. I’ll end work immediately at Comic KT after the contract is signed…”
“Hmm, did you say that?” Park Kyung-Wook murmured in a somewhat disapproving tone. He leaned back in his chair and crossed his legs before saying in a condescending tone, “Don’t use the company card on him, understand?”
“Yes…” Jung So-Mi nodded meekly.
Deputy Lee’s face, which was hidden behind the partition, scrunched up.
She mouthed the words stingy bastard while staring at Jung So-Mi.
“This applies to everyone else, not only you, Ms. So-Mi. We’ve been spending money like water on food and alcohol while meeting writers without bringing equivalent results. We’re employees of a publishing company, not a food truck. I’m not sure how the previous editor-in-chief Kwon Tae-Won had been running things around here, but I wouldn’t allow it now that I’m in charge. Understood?”
“...” No one responded.
Furious Park Kyung-Wook stood...
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