"Director. How will we bear it, we'll miss you so."

"Director. Wherever you go, you'll do wonderfully. Truly."

"Director. You have to come visit often."

On the day the Ilhyeon Hotel restructuring wrapped up and the restructuring team disbanded, the hotel staff came pouring out, every one of them, to send Seong-ho off.

Seong-ho exchanged final farewells with them. "I'll come by often. When I do, it'll be as a guest — so treat me well."

"Director, you're a VVIP — no, a VVVIP — so please visit anytime, and freely."

The staff all knew that the group had meant to give up on Ilhyeon Hotel. And that same hotel, Seong-ho had transformed. He'd turned a five-star hotel that was five-star in name only into a true premier hotel, building an image reckoned among the finest even in Asia. The staff were genuinely moved by his achievement, and genuinely sorry that he was leaving.

"All right, all right. That concludes the send-off, so everyone return to your posts." Byeong-jin Jo told the hotel staff to head back.

Byeong-ju Jeong directed the general affairs staff to clear away the send-off arrangements, then came over to Seong-ho. "Heading straight to head office?"

"I should."

Seong-ho passed Byeong-ju the bouquet a hotel staffer had handed him, and looked around the space where the farewell had been held. "In a few days there'll be an inauguration ceremony for the new president right here."

"Don't worry. We'll support the president well at her side until you come back."

Seong-ho smiled lightly at that. "Then I'll be off."

"Right. Come visit often."

As Byeong-ju said his goodbye, Seong-ho waved and left.

Byeong-jin, who'd been settling the hotel staff, came rushing over the moment Seong-ho started to go. "Seong-ho."

Seong-ho patted the shoulder of the reluctant-looking Byeong-jin and spoke first. "Let's meet up with Dae-su soon and have a soju."

"Yeah. As it happens, Dae-su was saying he wanted to see you."

"You stay by Deputy Head Jeong's side and support Gyeong-eun well."

"Don't worry. I'm nothing if not scrupulous about serving a boss. Privately she's my…