The time left until the board vote is stamped in numbers on the approval board. New secretary Yoon Ha-eun already knows what Do Jae-heon will say next, like someone who has lived this night twice before. The problem: knowing doesn't guarantee this time goes any differently.
With a board vote that will shake up the whole business world bearing down on him, group heir Do Jae-heon trusts not a single person among those circling his seat. Yoon Ha-eun, who has just come on as his new secretary, carries a secret she has told no one: a memory of having already lived this night, this vote, differently once before. Facing the same man again with a rewound memory in hand turns out to be crueler than she expected. Between a man who only shows his real face after ten o'clock, and a woman who has already seen that face, the night of the vote comes around again.
- The moment Do Jae-heon, who has never once wavered at the approval board, sets down the papers and lifts his eyes at a single word from her.
- The moment she speaks up first with words she never said yesterday, and the vote's script bends onto a different road without her even realizing it.
- The moment the chairman who did nothing but test her mercilessly throws the approval board down in front of the entire board, just to protect her alone.
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Yoon Haeun
Do Jaeheon
The one to win overGroup chairman with a succession vote bearing down on him. He treats his new secretary like a test she's bound to fail.
The face of a group with a succession vote bearing down on it, Do Jae-heon. In a seat where a single mistake can flip the entire board, he trusts no one first, not even his new secretary.
Rules of this world
- Voting power on the board runs on proxies, not shares. How many proxies you've gathered is the real measure of power.
- The chairman's office keeps an official schedule only from nine in the morning to six in the evening. Nothing that happens after that is recorded anywhere on the company's servers.
- Secretarial staff start on three-month contracts, and it's practically tradition for a rival faction to make a recruitment offer before their first vote.
- The group's real currency isn't points, it's the approval line. Whose hands a document has passed through decides how much weight it carries.
- Rumor has it that in the final month before the vote, each candidate for chairman meets alone with a single closest confidant before midnight every night, to lock down votes.
Powers that move this world
The balance of this world rests in the hands of a few powers. Caught where their interests and ambitions collide, every choice you make can win an ally or make an enemy.
The Board Elders
Opposes Do Jae-heon's radical restructuring plans and wants a stable, orderly succession.
Holds the largest stockpile of proxies, accumulated since the founder's era.
Strategic Planning Office
Pushing to force Do Jae-heon's succession through.
Controls the performance data of the group's core affiliates and holds internal audit authority.
The Private Equity Camp
Sees every extra day the succession fight drags on as a chance to buy shares cheap.
Holds the liquid capital that can move the moment the group needs quick cash.