My Mister (Naui Ajusshi / 나의 아저씨)

Wow, it's pretty bad out there.

Are we going to be okay, like this?

Hm?

It's the same.

That's weird.

Just a moment.

This part is just as it was, too!

It hasn't gotten any worse.

Really?

That's so weird.

Honestly, it looks like it's leaning a bit more this way now.

Seeing how as there aren't any issues with the frame

it must be an internal problem.

But it could stabilize itself later, so I'll keep an eye on it.

All right.

Why is it that all the buildings built nowadays have issues?

You do safety inspections for people for free, too?

How could I accept money from him when we live in the same neighborhood?

If word gets out about you working at a construction company

everyone will ask you to do inspections.

We're not a construction company. We're a structural engineering company.

You didn't even know what kind of company we are?

Aren't they pretty similar?

They're different.

A construction company designs buildings.

Engineering companies

determine what materials need to be used, and how it should be built

to make sure that design can be built safely

by doing calculations over and over again.

As the name implies, engineers deal with the logistics for the building.

Every building is like a struggle between external and internal forces.

Wind, weight, tremors...

We have to take into account all external factors that may affect the building

so the design has to be able to withstand all that.

We usually design apartments to be able to withstand 300 kilograms.

And as for places like lecture halls or schools, where many people gather

we design the buildings to be able to withstand much more weight.

If it's just one floor, or a food court

we have to take into account the areas where people will sit

as well as where more of the weight will be centered when we're planning them out.

We always have to make sure...

that the internal forces can withstand the external forces.

And life, in a way...

is a struggle between internal and external forces, too.

No matter what happens...

you'll be able to withstand anything if you have sufficient internal forces.

So, what are the "internal forces" when it comes to life?

I don't know.

You said that I seemed to have strong "internal forces."

One of my friends was a really smart guy.

I thought we'd have a really successful guy come out of our neighborhood.

But not long after that guy graduated from college...

he shaved his head and became a monk.

At the time, his parents were bedridden and sick...

and the entire neighborhood was in shock.

And there was something that he said as he left.

He said he wanted to try becoming a person who had nothing.

Everyone struggles for their whole life, trying to have things.

So they live their entire lives trying to prove themselves to everyone

but nobody truly knows what they are gaining by doing that.

And, even if you do end up getting what you want

if the things that made you feel safe...

and the things that made you "you" start getting fractured...

it's impossible to withstand it.

And you crumble.

All right, let's go! Let's see this through until the end!

And, when the things that you thought made you who you are...

and the people you thought were pillars in your life...

don't actually seem to provide you with any inner strength...

and that nothing...

is what it seems...

I guess that I subconsciously agreed with him.

And maybe that's why I gravitated toward a resume that just said "running..."

instead of the other resumes that were decked out.

That's why I thought that it was better than the others.

I hate winter.

It'll be spring soon.

I hate spring, too.

I hate all of the four seasons.

I'm so tired of them.

It's always the same four seasons, over and over again.

I don't think that's something that a 21-year-old should be saying.

But that isn't all there is to me, though.

I doubt that I was only born once.

Let's say that I lived to see the day I was born 60 times.

And was reincarnated like 500 times.

Then I'd be around 3,000 years old, maybe.

30,000.

Yeah, 30,000.

I wonder why I keep getting born.

Bye.

See you tomorrow.

Hang in there!

What are you doing over there?

It's just because of a trial.

Did you lose?

I'll win.

Get some sleep.

You must not be aware of this, but...

the safest people for men to date are married women.

A woman who'd never expose the affair herself.

What did Manager Park Dong Hoon say?

What?

I think he did find out something, but he won't tell me.

You know he's the type who hates conflict.

And he hates standing out, too.

And he's not the type to use weaknesses that he discovered against someone.

You can't say for sure that he switched over to their side.

There is nobody else we can try to nurture besides Manager Park.

The old man may have written a will, but as soon as he dies

his relatives will all come barging in and sue us

and try to take over the company. The old man knows that, too.

So he won't do that.

He's going to take care of all of this while he's still alive

but if Do Joon Young is screwed over

the old man won't leave him anything.

There needs to be at least 10 directors

for there to be a CEO re-election.

But there are only nine right now

since Director Park got screwed over.

The fact that he got screwed over

was Do Joon Young's doing, 100 percent.

He wants one of his men to take that seat

and make it six to four so that he can be re-elected.

There isn't anybody who isn't aware of that.

Right?

We don't have any evidence.

The chairman wants to hurry and choose another director

and to choose a date for the CEO re-election.

So we can't let Do Joon Young continue to scheme

and do as he pleases.

Here, Manager Park.

Let's...

get you up to director this time around.

We'll make it five to five, and get Do Joon Young out!

You think I'm being too pushy?

No, not at all.

You were next in line, anyway.

Everyone knows you're next in line to become director.

And that bastard knows, too.

That's why he moved you down to the Safety Inspection Team!

Even though you were the engineering team's ace!

Those damned bastards.

Let's get you there.

Okay?

Do you think I'm suited to becoming an executive?

Who cares about suitability?

If you're skilled and the time is right, you need to be promoted.

I won't be of any help if I move upward.

I know that.

It's not like I know how to manage a business.

And it's not like I'm good at politics, either.

It's only because I get to use my skills and coach others

that I feel like work is fulfilling.

My place is out in the field.

Then, are you going to stay a mere manager forever?

It's only proper manners to get promoted

when you've been in one position long enough, and the time is right!

Being too humble will make people hate you, too!

But that's a position that my superior once had, and was kicked out of.

And I don't want it.

Manager Park.

Do you really want to see

Do Joon Young's face for two more years?

Huh?

You want to see that bastard's face

for two more years?

He's definitely not on Do Joon Young's side.

He said that it was too much pressure

to take a position his senior was fired from

and that he isn't suited to become an executive

and that his place is in the field.

He's definitely not on Do Joon Young's side.

Let's push him, then.

We have to get him promoted.

He's a flawless person, first and foremost.

Park Dong Hoon has no flaws.

We'll support him

and bring down the people our opponents will try to promote.

Let's do that.

So we need to try and decrease the resistance of the shock absorption.

Yes, Sir.

- Got it? - Yes, I understand.

- Let's do this again, from the top. - Yes, Sir.

So, what I'm saying is

we should put a belt truss between the roof and the middle levels.

- All right? - Yes, Sir.

So, regarding the lateral force, we'll use a dual system...

So, regarding the lateral force, we'll use a dual system...

All three of them are people who are on our side

so let's not fight when we don't have to.

Because it won't matter who it is.

Yes.

[Park Dong Hoon, Safety Inspection Team]

What the hell?

Who the hell recommended him without his director's permission?

Damn it!

What do you mean, I don't have the right to recommend him?

The Management, Safety Inspection, and Design Teams

are all under my jurisdiction.