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Lee Hyeon-Ju started with her briefing. “We've recovered most of the slush funds. Of course, not everything aligns perfectly with what's recorded in the books, but it's around three percent of the total. I can't determine whether this discrepancy is due to miscalculations somewhere or from incurred losses.”
Lee Hyeon-Su rubbed his chin. “Can't you just write them off as losses?”
“But it doesn't match up with the books.”
“People wouldn't have filed reports while doing whatever shady things they were doing. It wouldn't surprise me if those folks skimmed a little bit off the top. Besides, I'm guessing that the missing amount is being recovered as we speak, only under a different guise. I mean, we are hoovering up every single penny those elders had stashed, aren't we? If we find funds with unexplainable origin, we should expect them to have come from this discrepancy.”
“If that's true, it should be fine, but...” Lee Hyeon-Ju frowned slightly in dissatisfaction.
Despite understanding it in principle, she didn't seem happy about all the numbers failing to neatly line up in the ledgers.
Wasn't her desire to complete her tasks bordering on obsession at this stage? Her types usually did her jobs perfectly, but their obsession would often prove to be their downfall, too.
...In other words, a somewhat-similar situation to Lee Hyeon-Su, then.
He shook his head. “Don't get too hung up over every little number, Miss Lee. The really-important thing here is achieving good efficiency, after all.”
“Understood,” Lee Hyeon-Ju nodded to indicate she...
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