Breaking Up Is Better Than Divorce

harbinger of crisis

Breaking up with her ended more easily than expected.

Perhaps the word “genetic testing” had a big impact.

Eugene went to the coffee shop counter and apologized for making a fuss, and expressed her regret by buying a whole cake.

Eugene left the coffee shop with a box of cakes that she thought was too small for the price.

It was said that he was responsible for the wedding ceremony, and he would be responsible for the cost.

In fact, it was the exact opposite in terms of the root cause, but what? I decided to think of it as a small investment.

Soon a reply came from her.

-So. get out and die

Well. good?

Thinking of her sullen face makes me feel better.

By now, you must be thinking about how to tell your parents about this absurd fact and how to tell the people who sent you wedding invitations.

In fact, it is said that breaking up is better than divorce, but in some ways, breaking up on the eve of the wedding is the real difficulty.

But what about it?

It was a good experience of life, but I can’t help but endure…

After reaching out to some people again, receiving consolation and apologizing, I spend a good amount of time, and then I drive down to my hometown.

“Okay, are you here? You must have suffered a lot today.”

It was the mother who welcomed the prodigal son who had returned from a serious accident.

“Hey, I’m taking a shower and resting. I’ll cook you a quick meal.”

It must have been a hard day because of her, but seeing her mother worrying about her son without even asking her katabuta, Eugene’s heart was tied.

“Come on. It’s going to be hard, so we’ll talk later, then rest first.”

My father didn’t even open his mouth first.

“it’s okay. I’ll just take off my clothes and leave.”

Seeing my healthy parents after a long time makes me cry.

Eugene went into his room, where it was always the same, and fell into reminiscences for a moment.

It is a new feeling to face the room where he spent most of his growing up until he went to college and moved to Seoul.

It is a house where the hard work of father and mother permeates as it is.

Years later, he was going to divorce and the house would be taken away by a series of misfortunes.

But this time it won’t be. Because Eugene himself would not tolerate that.

“Brother, are you here?”

I was lying in bed for a while when my brother opened the door and came in.

“You bastard, knock.”

“Knocking between men. But you must have done something?”

Yooseong, younger brother, asked with a smile.

It was a look that I didn’t want to put any pressure on.

“uh. committed.”

“it’s okay? Did you like it a lot?”

“What. It seems like it was…”

In fact, I’m a bit vague about how it felt.

There were too many things.

As time passed, the good feelings faded away, leaving only bad memories.

Not good. It’s too terrifying to spend your whole life hating someone.

So this time, instead of you, someone else hates you and wants to live your life with hatred.

that one is much better Living as a victim and as a victim once was enough.

“So you think you did well?”

“yes. undoubtedly.”

“Well, if it’s your brother, then that’s it.”

The people in Eugene’s family were like that.

There was trust in each other that nothing serious would be done.

“You’ve caused trouble too.”

“What are the lungs? I just had one memory. I decided to have a drink with my friends tomorrow.”

At the wedding tomorrow, my brother and his friends were going to help.

“Take this and buy me some drinks.”

He said as he handed his brother a thick bundle of banknotes.

“Oh oh! Could this be a really big shot? Huh. Thank you, bro.”

At that moment, I heard my mother’s voice from outside.

“Eat dinner.”

Looking at the split, it seems that he secretly stole tears.

“Let’s go out and eat.”

Dinner was very quiet.

No one in the family spoke about today’s commotion while eating.

“By the way, what is that girl doing, Hayu?”

After dinner, the mother barely opened her mouth.

This time, the father also quietly looked at Eugene. Don’t know about anything else, you’ll need to know that.

“I don’t think it’s me.”

Eugene smiled shyly and said.

“Oh my gosh······.”

The mother stood up quietly, wiping the tears from her eyes.

“Are you sure? In any case, if you are not wrong, that would be against the rules of Heaven.”

said the father solemnly.

“yes. Absolutely.”

“okay. you must be really struggling Don’t mention it again in the future. Did you know?”

Talk to the wife who has gone to the kitchen.

“Then what are you going to tell me to do?”

My mother replied weakly.

“In life, there are things like this and that.”

Eugene still smiled and answered.

“okay. Now go in and rest.”

“Oh yeah! I’m going to America tomorrow.”

“USA? I hope you…”

“yes. Right. It’s a waste of tickets and the hotel.”

“That is it. Have you booked a round-trip flight ticket to the US and a hotel for a week? It’s worth it.”

brother is there

“No, because it’s not worth it… not. You must be thinking about something.”

Father no longer interrogates.

Everyone knew who the most difficult person was in the current situation.

“But if I cancel, can I get a refund for some time?”

“It is, though. i’ll just go If you’re bored too, would you like to go with me?”

“uh? Well, I’d like to go, but I’m a little busy with work these days. And would it be better to go alone to cool off?”

“okay. If you are busy, there is nothing you can do.”

Actually, it wasn’t like I was going to cool my head, but I couldn’t reveal it.

“By the way, did you say that the number of orders for Daeyang Heavy Industries increased considerably after the expansion of the plant?”

After graduating from college, the younger brother works for the company his father runs.

From a young age, he followed his father in and out of factories, and after seeing if his aptitude was right, he entered the engineering college and majored in mechanical engineering, and went there without any hesitation.

Even though he was the eldest son, Yooseong, who had no intention of inheriting the family business his father had run, was grateful to his younger brother.

“uh. I’m worried about the order coming in so crazy.”

Yoosung’s face hardened slightly and answered.

“Isn’t it good that the order increases?”

“It is, but it will become a subcontractor for Daeyang Heavy Industries. Even now, half of it is. Those children were polite at first, but they don’t know how arrogant they are as the days go by. Those who work for large corporations are nobles, and it seems that we are nerds. Now, if you say you are working for a large company, it seems like everyone is wearing gold on their faces.”

“Well, everyone at a large company is like that.”

“You don’t say things like that because your brother works for a large company. really! Where’s your brother going, isn’t he?”

“What are you talking about. We’ll be in big trouble then. It also varies from company to company. What? corporate culture? Because of that, some companies say that when new hires come in, they deliberately take them to a subcontractor and start with abusing them.”

Yoosung nodded his head.

“right. Even in Daeyang, they bring in new recruits regularly, but every time they do it, they do it with a lot more pressure than usual.”

“That’s how new recruits get used to such behavior. And if you can’t do that, you’re treated as incompetent.”

“Because I don’t know why they do that. Not some Middle Ages.”

“Because that helps. We put pressure on the receiving company to lower the unit price, and we receive cooperation when necessary.”

“Oh, I don’t like it. I didn’t study to see things like this.”

At Yooseong’s words, the brother’s father said a word.

“If you don’t want to see things like that, why don’t you go to a large company too? Do you know that there is at least one easy thing about social life?”

“That’s right. Do you know that if you work for a large company, you don’t live like that? Same. You have to be pressured from above everywhere, and you have to grind under yourself.”

Eugene added to his father’s words.

“Who doesn’t know?”

My brother was still grunting.

“Anyway, the company has grown quite a bit by doing business with Daeyang Heavy Industries, right?”

“Sales have definitely increased. But there are many worries. Actually, Yoosung is not wrong. Right now, we are the only ones who can handle orders for Daeyang Heavy Industries, so it’s still not even a gapjil, but it won’t be like that in the future, is it?”

Father answers instead.

“They forced me to expand the factory, and when I did, the price of raw materials was gradually increasing. No matter how expensive you are, what if you get 50% more than the market price?”

It is rather gentlemanly to pressure the delivery price to be lowered.

The primary contractor receives the raw materials required for production through them, while adjusting the supply price at will.

In this case, the subcontractors have no choice but to play in their hands because they set the amount relative to the sales and receive the material cost in advance.

“From next year, our company also said that it would check its financial status. The funny thing is, do we have to pay for the necessary credit rating agencies?”

“Are you going to limit the operating profit margin after all?”

It’s all too common to look in the company’s books like that and ask for outrageous unit prices.

“Some industries limit the operating profit margin to 1 or 2%. me, really Are we a subsidiary? I told you not to talk nonsense, but the pressure is too much.”

“Obviously I said no. It’s a no-brainer.”

It seems that his father is also displeased.

“And also when we expand our factory. I don’t know why there are so many requirements. It’s our factory, and there’s a lot of interference, just like building your own.”

Yoosung sang out loud voices again.

“Did you keep all the documents you asked for while expanding the factory?”

“I left it as a document. However, there are a lot of things that have been skipped over while making various requests in the middle.”

“I can’t do that…”

Yoosung doesn’t seem to like it.

“It is unavoidable. Since cooperation with large corporations is based on a strict relationship between the two, there are many cases where we have no choice but to comply with the demands of the other party even though we know it is unreasonable. It was a decision I made even though I knew all of that, so I have to endure it.”

“then······.”

“All you have to do is focus on developing new products while producing and delivering the promised amount for 5 years as per the contract. After that, there will be no need to be tied to Daeyang Heavy Industries.”

“Your father also had plans.”

Eugene laughed and said.

“However, in the case of Daeyang Heavy Industries, if possible, keep the data faithfully. The contract period is five years, but you don’t know the future, do you?”

When the old woman helped me with a word, my father looked at Eugene with a small smile.

“It shouldn’t be. Where in the world are there things that are promised?”

to do. Some people cancel the day before the wedding day…

“The demand from the ocean side may increase in the near future.”

Eugene finally took out the dragon.

“Well. The line is still full, but it’s getting bigger… But where did you hear that? What about that kid?”

“It’s not like that. There is a separate sound. It seems that Daeyang Heavy Industries has received quite a few orders for expensive LNG carriers in Europe this time.”

I can’t say I know what’s going to happen.

“That’s good, but it’s a problem for us. Even when the line has already been expanded, I am not in the mood.”

“And it would be better to pay more attention to what we deliver.”

Eugene said to his brother this time.

“Quality is no problem. How difficult is the inspection?”

“I know. Still, it would be better to make a clearer record of the fact that there are no defects before handing over there.”

“You are saying something strange.”

The father, who felt something in Eugene’s attitude, said.

“Aren’t payments getting delayed?”

Instead of answering, Eugene asked a question again.

“The current situation in the shipbuilding industry has been delayed for six months. After a few months of expanding the factory, it started to happen, and these days, he doesn’t even care. Are you just kidding me or the big factory?”

My brother replied with a frown.

“Then the debt must have increased quite a bit these days.”

If you can’t get money from the original company, you have no choice but to borrow it from anywhere.

“okay. Fortunately, loans are easily available from the savings bank introduced by Daeyang Heavy Industries, so it is breathing.”

“If possible, try other finance. If possible, go to a place that has little to do with Daeyang Heavy Industries.”

Even though he knew his warning was meaningless for now, he had to say it.

The savings bank will act as a trigger in the future.

“What the hell is going on?”

The younger brother was now also noticing that the older brother had not spoken meaninglessly.

“Even these days, when you give a tax invoice, do you leave the issuance date blank?”

There are many ways in which a large company eats away a small company. They do ‘even something like that’ without any burden.

“uh? Uh… there’s something like that. Not everything.”

“Every time an unusual request comes in, make a note of it. Or recording is good.”

“Is something serious?”

“I just did it just in case. I don’t think the situation there is very bright. When large corporations are in trouble, they squeeze their partners first.”

Eugene frowned slightly.

“It is. The shipbuilding industry is a very competitive field, and it is difficult to catch up with China these days.”

“Then we should consider refusing additional orders from Daeyang Heavy Industries. Reducing the current quantity is not possible under the contract, so there is nothing we can do about it.”

“If you refuse, it will be more troublesome.”

Eugene knows all the great works that Daeyang Heavy Industries has done in her past life.

He’ll probably try to do something similar this time around.

If so, you can plan ahead.

But if you refuse it, you might be doing something else.

Rather, it is better to pass it on to their work in the first place.

“It shouldn’t be. Once it’s out of the snow, you can go around telling us not to take things.”

In fact, it is difficult to break free once you are connected with a large company because their network is very solid.

Large companies will never tolerate SMEs that rebel against themselves or other large companies.

“So, are you going to accept the amount that they give you?”

“I think that would be better.”

“Hmmm…”

“Instead, you should keep a record of everything while you meet with the people there. First of all, I record.”

“okay. I will try to think about it.”

There is a frown on the father’s face.