“Is he still not in a good mood today?”

“Shh! Keep it down, will you? People can hear us!”

“Can you blame me, though? It's too quiet, and that's making me feel weird, you know?”

Jo Gyu-Min heard the hushed muttering coming from nearby and quietly groaned. He had his own office within the Office of the Secretaries but also had a separate desk for his use located outside. Unsurprising, considering a lot of a secretary's work involved cooperation and information-sharing.

Hoping to observe the general mood in the office, Jo Gyu-Min decided to work on the outside desk for a change today. And... In less than five minutes, he began to regret his decision somewhat.

Honestly, though, this was what working in a huge group was like. Since lots of different types of people worked in such a company, one might imagine that various employees wouldn't really have a chance to feel the weight of the same atmosphere. But that was not true. Even a sneeze from the higher-ups was enough to send the temperature plummeting within the company.

The one who suffered the most from this effect was undoubtedly the Office of Secretaries, tasked with serving the Chairman of the Corporation. If Hwang Jeong-Hu fake-coughed for some reason while entering his office, the secretaries would spend the entire morning trying to figure out what could have potentially soured the Chairman's mood.

And no, it wasn't like...