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Author's Note

Manager Kim's peaceful daily life
Pandora's Box
That guy… …is the building owner?
A manager at a large corporation who is also good at real estate investment
What was meant to happen has come
"Boss, this is one of three opportunities in life."
panic disorder
slap
The loan interest payment date is approaching.
In the palm of my wife's hand
15 degrees, 45 degrees, 90 degrees
Goodbye!

★★★★★
“It’s so so fun!
I read this book in one sitting.
“This author’s writing skills are the best!”
-Brownstone (Woo Seok)-

10 million community views in 30 days
Chosun Ilbo front page top story
Drama and webtoon production confirmed
Brownstone (Woo-seok), Shin Saimdang, and actor Ryu Soo-young are recommended.

A hyper-realistic story written by an ordinary office worker, one by one, every morning.
Beyond the online craze, it has also produced books, dramas, and webtoons.

An ordinary office worker wakes up at 4:30 every morning, writes, and posts it on his personal blog and real estate cafe.
In just 30 days, personal blog views reached 2 million and community views reached 10 million.
It attracted public attention and interest, and this buzz eventually led to a top story on the front page of the Chosun Ilbo.


First of all, movie and drama production companies rush to contact me.
Over twenty publishers have offered to publish the book.
The webtoon offers continued endlessly.
'The story of Manager Kim, who lives in Seoul and works for a large company.'
This story, which has a rather peculiar title, received fervent love calls from the video, publishing, and webtoon business divisions of South Korea, which were desperate to secure content, and led to a contract, and the first fruit of this was the publication of a single volume.


A glimpse into Manager Kim's daily life and office scenery
Soaring real estate prices, wage slavery, broken ladders... South Korea's reality is a black comedy.

“The apartment I bought has now doubled in value.
If you have any questions, just ask me and I'll tell you everything."
"How much did it go up from the original price? It's ridiculous that Director Choi, who is so ignorant, lives in a place 500 million won more expensive than me."
“Second Life is currently being run under good conditions at the company.
“For someone like Manager Kim, the severance pay is 200 million won, and next year, the severance pay will drop to 100 million won…”

Manager Kim's story must be viewed through two lenses.
Depending on whether you look through a microscope or a telescope, what you see and the taste in your mouth are different.
Looking at it through a microscope brings laughter and tears.
I burst out laughing at the thought that it was my boss's story, and our company's story, but then I realized that it was my father's story and my own story, and my eyes welled up with tears.
Many of those who first encountered this article through an online serial probably unanimously asked, “Why am I crying?” and “I’m in my forties, so I’m starting to cry.” This is probably why.


If you look at it from afar through a telescope, your mouth will feel bitter.
It is a personal story, but it is also a story of the whole.
The reality of office life, where people can be replaced by other parts at any time, and the story of real estate in South Korea, which divides the entire nation into the "haves" and the "have-nots," are depicted in a very frank factional format through characters such as Manager Kim, Manager Song, Assistant Manager Jeong, and Employee Kwon.


It's so realistic that it's fun, but the bitter taste that lingers in your mouth after you close the book and turn around is because it doesn't end with simple personal empathy.
Perhaps it is because it is another name for reality, because it is everyone's story, and because it is a feeling of emptiness that seems to show the invisible class world of South Korea.
In fact, the author of this book stated that it was largely based on real people and true stories, saying, “Manager Kim is a character that combines the appearances of three superiors.”


“Why is this happening? I’m a manager at a large company!” From the old-fashioned boss
"Is this what a company is like?" Even the youngest employee was confused.
A three-part series on the surveillance of South Korean office workers

Manager Kim, a 50-something old fart who loves pork belly company dinners, Manager Song, who manages both investment and work, Assistant Manager Jeong, a lively mood maker, and even employee Kwon, who is diligent and full of worries. These people, or rather, "us," who could be found in any company or office, are vividly brought to life in this series.
You can read the entire trilogy, including volumes 1 and 2, which are being published simultaneously this time, and volume 3, which will be published in the fall of 2021.


#Volume 1, 'Manager Kim', is a story about Manager Kim, a 50-year-old employee of a large corporation.
They flaunt their corporate business cards as if they were some kind of great badge, treat their rank as a class, and nag as if it were nothing more than a passing fad, and then they face a major crisis.
The story unfolds in an exciting way, including the content serialized on the author's personal blog and real estate cafe, as well as the subsequent story of hardship and reversal.


#Volume 2, 'Manager Jeong and Employee Kwon', contains the joys and sorrows of work life experienced by the two members of Manager Kim's team, as well as their concerns related to marriage.
The 2021 Misaeng story is drawn about Manager Jeong, who is from Gangnam's 8th school district, but realized the 'broken ladder' early in his teenage years and lives behind the name of the YOLO tribe, and Employee Kwon, who joined the company with bold ambitions but later enters a period of storm and stress due to the conflict between his ideals and reality.


#Volume 3 is scheduled to be about ‘Manager Song’.
Manager Song appears as an 'investment expert' and is the character that fans of Manager Kim's story are most curious about.
The behind-the-scenes story of Manager Song, a real estate mentor to everyone from employees to executive directors, unfolds.
The most anticipated and fascinating secret of Manager Song, who jumped into investing in his youth and achieved financial independence at an early age, is scheduled to be revealed to readers in the fall of 2021.

"Volume 1, Chief Kim," the first in the Chief Kim series.
The story behind the new town commercial contract that wasn't fully revealed online.

The first character in 'Chief Kim's Story', Chief Kim, appears simple at first glance.
A manager at a large company with 25 years of experience.
Annual salary is around 100 million won.
Every morning, I look at myself in the full-length mirror, wearing a luxury suit, a Tag Heuer watch, and a Montblanc bag, and I feel overwhelmed.
We rank coffee shops, feel superior when we buy luxury goods at department stores, and evaluate people based on the house they live in, the car they drive, and their job.
The price of an apartment in Seoul that I bought 10 years ago has doubled compared to the price I paid for it, making my already high self-esteem skyrocket.

“I am truly amazing.
“He’s a manager who works for a large company in Seoul and is good at investing in real estate!”
In short, Manager Kim is a typical old fart who is abusive and a mean person who is always on the lookout for the truth.
But why do we hate this Manager Kim, then feel sorry for him, and then cheer him on with tears in our eyes?


“He is like my father, like my son, and like me.”
There is a clue in the words of a reader who read Manager Kim's story first.
Because in the frustration that he, who is a real person despite his bad looks, experiences unexpectedly, I see my father and myself.
From that moment on, Manager Kim is no longer a simple person.
As is common for office workers in South Korea, Manager Kim faces unprecedented hardships as he approaches his fifties, including being demoted to a local post and receiving honorary retirement.
Manager Kim, who has lived his entire life for 25 years with the title of a large corporation employee, suddenly loses his business card and desperately tries to overcome the crisis by investing in real estate, taking the risk of signing a contract for a commercial building in a new town.
Signing a contract for a commercial space in an empty new town that has not seen any new residents for years is like making a crisis worse.
Will Manager Kim be able to overcome this enormous crisis?
Many readers were so curious about what would happen next that they said they were 'dizzy', but here's a little hint: Manager Kim doesn't collapse like this.
It's sad, but he finds his own way, 'oiling it up', in a truly Manager Kim-like manner.
You can look forward to the second half of Manager Kim's story, which will be a little tearful and a little funny.


■ Main characters

Manager Kim: "Foreign cars? Foreign cars? How dare these young guys bring foreign cars to work? Are they crazy?"
25 years of experience as an office worker.
Manager of a large company.
He is known as the 'master of reports' and is very proud of having risen to the position of manager without missing a single promotion.
He loves the new black Grandeur sedan, Tag Heuer watch, and Montblanc bag.
Even as I watch my colleagues being pushed out to unimportant positions, I feel a sense of relief.
“Because I have a managing director and an executive director!” He takes pride in organizing the executives’ golf meetings.
I have a smart and loving wife and son.


Manager Song: “I will take my annual leave tomorrow.
“Because I have a real estate contract.”
The ace of Team Manager Kim's team.
He is good at his job and gets along well with his colleagues.
But one day, Manager Kim catches a strange sight.
Every morning when he arrives at work, he seems to be reading some book, but everyone from the managing director to the manager of the next team, Choi, keeps calling Manager Song out and whispering something.
There is a rumor that everything from Vice President Choi's redeveloped apartment to the Sangmu's reconstructed apartment is influenced by Manager Song.

Manager Jeong: “When I’m feeling angry, I need to relieve my stress with my BMW.”
A lively young man who loves his new BMW, wine, and Instagram.
I'm pretty good at my job.
A gentle young man who flexibly accepts Manager Kim's nagging.
He is known to be from Gangnam District 8, and sometimes his Gyeongsang dialect comes out.


Employee Kwon: "Is this how companies are supposed to work? Is this the right way to do things?"
The youngest member of the team.
This is the third year.
He confidently carries out his assigned tasks well.
I got a job at a large company that everyone envies, but I suddenly start to have doubts about my work life.
I'm worried about finding a new home before I get married.


Director Choi: “I don’t know much about politics.
No, I'm not good at it.
So, I had no choice but to just keep working hard at what I had been doing.”
The team leader next to Manager Kim.
Manager Choi also rose to the position of manager without missing a promotion.
I'm pulling an old car that requires me to slam the trunk shut with my arms.
According to Manager Kim, he always looks 'shabby'.
I recently moved into a new apartment with a golf course within the apartment community, which angered Manager Kim.