THE STATUS PANEL

Later that day, Minjae drove to CHNs building.

She stood in front of the Big structure___A wide two story building, painted in shades of gray with a touch of white as the cloudy sky above it gave a very demure, yet rich atmosphere though there was a hint of emptiness and loneliness. the surrounging was wide and quiet, with few people in sight only few security guards could be seen.

When Minjae walked in, many bowed to her as she just passes, her personal guard, jung shin following closely behind. Finally she stopped in front of a Big brown wooden door, with a writing at the door frame that say's 'Board Room'.

Just as she reached for the handle, a young lady, about her age, walked to her and bowed

"Good evening Miss Choi" she began "i am kim Ann soo, your secetery at CHNs" the lady gestured toward the door "allow me" she added as she pressed a code into the device on the door, while Minjae just quietly watched her. After three beeping sound, it opened, then kim ann soo turned to her

"the pass code is 'Y63C60" The lady explained as Minjae slightly nooded and then walked in, without been told, jung shin just stood at the door, stoping kim Ann soo from entering in, as she just stared at him confused but said nothing.

Inside the board room,

The grand board room of the CHNs head quater's, was a masterpiece of luxury, a type of luxury that one with no class or sense of style would dismissed as 'boring'. The room exuded pure richness, the Acoustic's was on point, the long oval table stood surrounded by the well designed chairs. The room was decorated with ancient artifact that added to its uniqueness.

What immediately caught Minjae's attention in the room were the thirteen huge portrait hanging on the wall, it was an ancient sketch picture of yang jong soo and Choi hyun jae__ the founders of the organization, then the rest eleven were of the first elite family which consisted of four women, seven men. Then on another side of the wall, was two ancient hat, one was of a prime minister hat, which belonged to Yang jong soo, and then the other was a scholar hate that belongs to Choi hyun jae.

Minjae slowly walked around the room, looking around the familiar room which she had only been to once, she walked to the long table with chairs surrounding it, stoping in front of the head chair, a chair that was covered in white cloth, as she place her hand on it, she couldn't feel the authentic material beneath it.

[flash back] 15 years ago,

11 yrs old Minjae walked into the board room to meet her grand father after his meeting had just ended, in there he was standing with Mr Geum as they both seemed to be having an intensed conversation, that they didn't even notice Minjae's presence in the room.

Little Minjae just stood aside staring at her grand father waiting for him to notice her. As if he could hear her taught, he turned to her and immediately a wide smile landed on her small face as he streched his arms wide open with a smile while she ran and hugged him, Mr Geum Who just saw her, smiled as well, looking the grand father and child, "i will take my leave now" he excuse himself as Mr Choi just nodded and he walked away.

"has it been long Since you arrived?" he asked as he pulled away from the hug

"yes, why does the meeting take so long, i have been waiting forever" she whined in her small voice as her grandpa just chuckled at her cuteness, then she looks around

"So this is what a board room looked like" she said

"you've never seen one before?" he asked as she nodded

"my dad won't let me visit his company, he says am too wild" she rolled her eyes "it must be nice being the one to have the final say, the head"

"and you think its easy?" he asked mockingly

"yes i do" she said confidently and turned to him with a smile, then he sat on one of the chair, reaching her height,

"tell me" he began "what would you do, if your father one day, decides to stop you from hanging out with your friends, because he suddenly Feels like...you all together are a bad influence in his house, like no one listen to him or respect him as the head of the family anymore because of you and your friends___ what would you do?" he asked

Minjae furrowed her brown thinking hard

" well... Um... First thing i don't have friends, but if i do, i would try to figure out with my friends, something that would make my father have no choice but to let us still hang out" she said

"something like what? " he asked again leaning forward, More interested in what she has to say next

"like... Showing the president that country is very much better with the organization intact" she simply said, as her grand father raised an eyebrow, then she said

"I over heard your conversations, and__" she emphasized the 'and' sneakly "i saw the copy you left on the libery table"

"again?"

"again" she nodded confidently her smile mischievous as he just chuckle at her audacity

"So what would you have me do, little chair lady" he teasingly asked.

she smile at the nick name which she loved been called.

"like i said, you will have to figure something that will leave the president no choice but to let the organization be, maybe you could create something useful, something like....a product, something really cool, that would be useful and important to the Country, and that no one else has" she said

"but how do i do that, we are only an organization for peace, not a company that produce nice stuff" his eyes gleamed with curiosity

"then make a company that can do that, a company for the organization __ i mean" she walked around confidently like a boss lady, she continued "don't you all get tired of giving out all the time, wouldnt it be nice to have something for yourself too, shouldnt you and your friends gain as well from this organization?" she said as her grand father just stared at her intrigued by the words coming out from her mouth. She continues

"As for the president, if he Feels like people dont give him so much respect, then he should work for it, thats his job not yours," she turns to him, her voice firm "you see, when i become the chair lady, i will make sure everyone knows their boundries."

"the chair lady huh, " he repeated with a scoff "what makes you think you will become the chair lady?" he asked

"cuz i know, i will do a better job than my sister or my dad," she replied confidently, with a smirk at the end of the statment as her grand father laughed,

Just then she asked as she glanced at status panel on the walls "there seem to be a name missing here," she squinted as she saw a blank space among the names of the board members in the device with their signature, except there was one obvious blank space__ the status panel is a device where names of the supporters of the CHNs head are written down, and signed.

"that should be Mr Geum"

"why haven't he signed" she asked her eyes glued to the device on the walls.

"he hasnt seen my potential, i suppose" he simply replied

"but you have done a good job over the year" she protested, frustration already building up.

"then i suppose he wants to see more" he said as Minjae just stayed quiet, she was already foaming, then he smiled

"do you know" he began "ever Since the status panel was introduced, the Geum name has never been on it"

"why?" she asked

" that," he said with a twinkle in his eye, "you would have to find out for yourself when you become the chair lady" he said.

[Back to reality]

A faint smile appeared on Minjae's lips as the memory resurfaced. She turned to the status panel on the wall. It was blank. She carefully took it off the wall and flipped through the pages. The first entry read "Choi Min Sol" at the top, followed by the signatures of just four supporters—Mr. Baek, Mrs. Kim, Mr. Lim, and Mr. Gu.

Minjae frowned. Only four people out of the eleven board members had signed it.