Chapter 10: Manager Kim Jang-bung, do you like curry?
Manager Park clapped her hands, grinning.
“Manager Kim Jangbung, do you like curry?”
Jangbung raised an eyebrow.
“Curry? I like everything except the 3-minute curry.”
Manager Park’s eyes lit up.
“That’s great~!”
Jangbung tilted his head.
“Are you having lunch at a curry restaurant today?”
Manager Park shook her head, her smile widening.
“No, that’s because we need to choose someone from our team to go to India this time.”
Jangbung blinked, confused.
“Huh?”
Manager Choi leaned in, explaining.
“The company has been busy since last year with the Indian branch and all. What’s the point of just setting up a local branch? We need to research how the market works there and make plans, so we decided to send one person from our team to the overseas branch.”
Jangbung frowned.
“Why would I…”
Manager Choi raised an eyebrow.
“Then why would Manager Nana, who has a child and a family, go to such a dangerous place?”
Jangbung tried to deflect.
“Even if Manager Choi or Manager Kim don’t go, there’s Assistant Manager Park.”
Manager Park gasped dramatically.
“Oh my, Mr. Jangbung? A woman like me would go to a place like that?”
Manager Choi nodded, her tone serious.
“So, Manager Jangbung, how could you send a young woman to India? That’s a country where people try to sexually assault female tourists on the streets.”
Manager Park piled on.
“Wow~ Mr. Jangbung. I didn’t see it that way, but this is really too much. Don’t you think about it at all?”
Jangbung’s shoulders slumped.
“No matter what, I don’t think I’ll be assigned to an overseas branch at my level.”
Manager Choi smirked.
“Don’t worry about that. If you’re assigned to an overseas branch, you’ll be promoted to assistant manager.”
Manager Park clapped again.
“Oh my, Mr. Jangbung, so you’re now Assistant Manager Kim Jangbung? Wow, congratulations~”
Jangbung stared, speechless.
“……”
Manager Choi continued, teasing.
“And Manager Kim Jangbung, I need to tan my skin before I go to India.”
Jangbung blinked.
“Huh?”
Manager Choi laughed.
“If you’re dark, they’ll think you’re Indian, right? Haha.”
Manager Park giggled.
“Oh my~ Manager Choi. What a sense! Mr. Jangbung does look a bit exotic.”
Manager Choi winked.
“Manager Kim Jangbung, you might not be popular here, but you’ll be totally revered as a foreign man there, right?”
Manager Park joined in.
“Seriously, seriously. Mr. Jangbung, you might be able to escape being single if you go there, right?”
Manager Choi chuckled.
“Haha, Manager Kim Jangbung is the ideal type of Indian women? That’s enough of a reason to go to India, isn’t it?”
Manager Park added.
“But the women there are also watching, so you’ll have to work hard.”
Jangbung sighed.
“Manager, Assistant Manager…”
Manager Kim interrupted, waving a hand.
“Stop it, stop it. I’ll catch the kid.”
He turned to Jangbung.
“Manager Kim, what day is it today?”
Jangbung paused.
“Today? It’s not like there’s a specific day scheduled. April 1st, oh!”
Manager Kim grinned.
“Right. The manager and assistant manager were just trying to tease you.”
Manager Park laughed.
“Hoho, Manager Kim Jangbung, I’m sorry~”
Manager Choi smirked.
“I didn’t know Mr. Jangbung wouldn’t notice.”
Jangbung rubbed his neck.
“No. I forgot because I haven’t been thinking about that much lately. Then there’s no dispatch to India, right?”
Manager Kim nodded.
“Huh? It’s not a dispatch, but I have to go on a business trip.”
Jangbung’s eyes widened.
“Yes, Manager?”
Manager Kim clarified.
“Just go as a representative of our team when several teams go together. Can I do that?”
Jangbung nodded slowly.
“Yes… I will.”
Manager Park clapped.
“Hoho, then the business trip has been decided. How about curry for lunch today?”
Manager Choi pointed ahead.
“There’s a curry place that appeared on Instagram up ahead. Manager, let’s go there~.”
Manager Kim turned to Jangbung.
“Really? Manager Kim Jangbung, go make a reservation over there in the corner and call.”
Jangbung sighed.
“Okay, I understand.”
Jangbung hung up the phone.
“Yes, the curry place. We have a reservation for 4 people at 12:10 today. Yes, yes. Thank you.”
Manager Park leaned over.
“Manager Kim Jangbung, did you see your face harden earlier?”
Manager Choi laughed.
“Seriously. Wow~ How can someone get serious at the manager just because he was joking around?”
Manager Park shook her head.
“These days, Manager Kim Jangbung has lost all the male writers and the team atmosphere is bad, so he was just saying that so we can laugh together. How could you do that? If you did something wrong, I would have hit you~. Don’t you know that it’s obvious that you’re joking when you say something like that?”
Manager Choi smirked.
“Ugh, that’s why you’re single.”
Manager Park nodded.
“You’re taking a joke as a documentary? You have no tact or sense. You get scolded all the time.”
She giggled.
“But even if you had a nice personality, I don’t think you would have had a girlfriend~ Hehe.”
Manager Kim laughed.
“Haha, Manager Park is right. Are you sure Manager Kim Jangbung has all the reservations?”
Jangbung nodded.
“Yes, Manager. All four of us have reservations.”
Manager Kim leaned back.
“Right. You said it’s your annual leave tomorrow? You’ll have to work late to finish your work? Work hard today. Oh? You know I’m not lying, right?”
Jangbung forced a smile.
“Yes, of course you do.”
The sound of typing filled the air.
Tap tap tap
Manager Park mimicked a train.
“This is the last train~ Please board without fail.”
Thump thump
Manager Choi whispered.
“That’s why you’re single.”
Manager Park added.
“I told you I have no tact or sense?”
She laughed.
“Even if he had a good personality, I don’t think he’d have a girlfriend.”
Manager Kim shook his head.
“The team atmosphere is also bad because Manager Kim Jangbung has lost all the male writers.”