How to Captivate Your Boss

ing not to show such ambition, she smiled as innocently as possible.

“Yes, I want to work hard for Myeong Hwa Group by becoming the secretary of Managing Director Jang Kwon-woo.”

Myeonghwa Group and her ill-fated relationship went back a long time.

Seha’s grandfather, Ki Young-tae, earned a doctorate from Ohio State University in the US and worked at a semiconductor research institute for a US cell phone company.
He was a brilliant process developer.

In the late ’70s her grandfather came back to Korea.
And he succeeded in designing a specific layout of a memory cell integrated circuit, which was groundbreaking at the time.
In addition, he devised a fabless business model that created a manufacturing process with relatively low cost and technology without owning a large production line.

Ki Young-tae was preparing to start a business with his daughter Ki Ha-jeong, who studied the same field.

And then there was Jang Ji-h, in the same college as Ki Ha-Jeong, who had just started a relationship with her at the time.
Ki Young-tae and Ki Ha-jeong opened their hearts to Jang Ji-ho, who wanted to learn their work and do business together.

But something tragic had happened.
Jang Ji-ho betrayed them and fled after stealing essential and necessary documents for business and related documents prepared for filing a patent.

But it did not end there.
Tragedy happened after Ki Young-tae fought to stop him from stealing the documents.
Ki Young-tae, who was pushed by Jang Ji-ho’s force and hit his head, suffered brain damage and died shortly thereafter.

After arriving at the scene a step too late and hearing her father’s will that contained everything that happened, Ki Ha-jeong was furious and tried to sue him, but Jang Ji-ho was brazen.

“Do you have proof I stole it? I studied, planned, and designed it myself.”

“A-Are you serious?”

“Sue me if you can, but I highly doubt you’ll find any evidence against me.”

“Jang Ji-ho!”

“And why would I kill your father? Don’t point the finger at me for a simple accident!”

Ki Ha-jeong was blocked by his bodyguards and could not even approach him.

It turned out that Jang Ji-ho, pretending to be Ki Ha-jeong’s lover, was the second son of a famous cargo company, Jang Chun-eog.
Myung Hwa Industrial was just about to start a semiconductor business, and Jang Ji-ho had approached Ki Ha-jeong and acted as an industrial spy with the intention of stealing the technology from the beginning.

Myeong Hwa Industrial was not a prominent company at that time as it was an ordinary mid-sized company that focused on clothing and textiles.
However, they began to scoop in huge amounts of money as they thrived on the stolen blueprints and business model.

“Sure, you can be greedy.
Money can be earned.
But…But they shouldn’t have killed my father for it…!

Kii Ha-jeong was filled with suffering.
It was more unbearable that no one recognized the unjust death of her father, whom she greatly admired, than losing the technology.

Around that time, she met her husband, Yoon Se-jun.
After meeting him, Ki Ha-jeong regained some hope.
However, while trying to persuade Ki Ha-jeong that she should get over the past, they had a huge fight, and that night he ran out and lost his life in an unexpected accident.