INSTALLATION

IN THE BOARD ROOM

The seat at the head of the long oval table that draped in white cloth, was empty while the other chairs surrounding it sat a dozen other men and women Whose influence altogether shaped the Country as well as, if not more than the president himself. All were decendant of the first elite family.

Beside the head seat, sat Geum myung suk, an elderly man, the oldest in the room, and at the left hand, sat Baek ji hwan, a much younger man than Mr Geum.

Unlike any other meeting, this time, the room was quite chaotic, different voice and murmurs filled the air

"Today is suppose to be the installation day of the new heir" one of the member began, kim seo hwa__a middle aged woman "an installation day has never been passed by unaccomplished, why isnt she here yet?" she asked, her voice with thick frustration.

"A Choi fare well celebration day has never been dismissed too, but what happened yesterday?" Park Sung gwan an elderly member replied, his tone sharp "A new history was made by the Choi tigress" he stated

"i wont be suprised if we leave this place by the end of the day without the installation taking place." he added.

Seo eun jung, a female elder, known for her sharp tongue.

"That can not happen, the farewell celebration event can be over looked, but this would not be taken lightly," . She. hesistated before saying "Unless she has no intentions of taking the seat..."

Sung ji soo interrupts___ a middle age female member

"what are you trying to imply" she asked, her voice rising in offence by the statment, as it was a very sensitive statment and trecheous word to say, but Mrs Seo had no intent in covering up what she had just spilled, she said "Are we all going to pretend like we dont have the taught stoping her from ascending the seat, because, we all know shes not capable, not just us, its all over the news..."

Mr Baek cuts her off "Speak for your self, Mrs seo" he said "the young Choi has not even asceneded yet and you are already having these taught" he added,irritation creeping into his voice.

The room became dead silent, as everyone just glanced at each other. Most of them had the same taught as Mrs Seo, while the few Who was fully dedicated to the Choi family were only having little doubt hoping, Choi Minjae would not be as they have heard.

Just then Mr Geum sensing the unease and tension in the room began, as if hearing their taught he said

"do not judge the Choi lady based on what we see on news, I'm sure we all know too well, how the media distort things, we can not doubts clouds our judgement now, and even if we do, we should still give her a chance and guide her, on the right path" he said as most of them nodded___they all had a high respect for him.

"i agree with what you said Mr Geum" Mrs Seo responded, her voice sharp. She continued "but i would also like to remind you that right now we can't afford a leader Who is incapable. Our organization is at stake__this very organization that was built by our fore fathers and has stood for generations. Now, we are faced with threat from the greatest house, we can not afford to 'guide' some one into leadership, we need an action_oriented leader, one who's already experienced, not the one with so many back Lash and negetive head lines."

"Bu the way you speak, it seems you already have someone in mind" said Mr Baek

"I..."

"i believe this should be the topic for later" a soft dim voice interrupted__Minjae.

All eyes turned to the door, where Minjae walked in with Geum sang tae behind her and kim Ann soo, her presence commanding the room.

As she walked everyone head snaped following her, her slender tall figure was imposing and her knee-length black office gown draped gracefully on her body showing off her hours glass shape. Her hair, thick black hair framed her face with a Short bang that complimented her youthful, angelic face.

She walked slowly, delibrately and stood beside the head seat, covered in white cloth. She turned to Mrs Seo her expression calm,

"Do not judge me yet Mrs Seo," she said, her voice carrying an undeniable strength "we've never even met before,"

she shifted her gaze to the rest of the room "non of us have" she said, as the room became dead silent, her voice was oddly Dim tone, which made her appearance more unique. She continues as she turns her gaze back to Mrs Seo

"I suggest you heed Mr Geum's advice, not everything said by the press is true. Although i would say, ten percent of what the press says about me maybe wrong but i wont exactly deny the rest ninety, and i believe what ever it is, has nothing to do with being a capable leader" she said

"Of course it doesn't, moreover that is what the installation process is all about" said Mr Geum "finding out your capability as the next leader of CHNs" he added as most of the members nodded their heads in agreement to what he said

"About that" she began as she gently pull out the white cloth used in covering the head seat__the gold seat.

Then she sat on it as everyone's eyes widened, except Mr Geum, Who doesn't get suprised easily, although his brown furrrowed a little as he didnt expect Minjae's suddenly action.

"im afraid there will be no such thing as installation today__not for my tenure." she simply break to them calmly as thou she didnt just do something unspeakble to organization.

The room buzzed with murmurs. Installing a new leader wasn't a simple formality—it was a test, a rite of passage. The heir had to prove their capacity by overcoming a difficult challenge alone. If successful, the members would sign their names in support of the new leader. If not, they might not sign at all, or only a few loyalists would__but one thing for sure is that, no one is allowed to sit on the gold seat if he or she has not been installed.

"Do you realize what you just did Miss Choi" one of the member asked

"yes Mr kang, i do" she simply replied, her expression calm and unwavering as murmur raised in the room, then another member spoke up__Mr Song, the least wealthy among the group. He said,

 "Miss Choi, the rumors that we have heard about you is already making us have doubt, but we choose to believe other wise, so do not..." she cuts him off smoothly,

"i believe you heard clearly when i admitted most the rumors to be true, but like i said it has nothing to do with my capability as the head of this organization."

The room fell into even deeper silence as murmurs rippled around them. It was clear now that Minjae wasn't phased by their doubt, if anything, it almost seemed like she enjoyed watching them struggle with their confusion.

Mr Geum, ever the voice of reason asked, "i suppose you have something to back up your present behaviour" his faint smile convayed a quiet sense of curiosity.

Minjae lip's curled into a smile as well, as if she had been waiting for gud question.

She began "as we all know, i am the last true heir to this very position," her tone gentle yet firm "My sister Who took the position in place of me is now lying in a coma, therefore i would be taking over now. " she said

"yes, and that is why we need you to do the installation" Mr Han interjected "Only after installation you can fully claim leadership."

Minjae turned to him "An installation is only done by the heir, after the former leader dies or relinquishes their seat, do i need to remind you that my sister Who was the former head, was only my representative, and that before she took the seat she did passed the installation process..." Mrs Seo interrupts

" that was your sister's own test... "

" on my behalf" Minjae complete her sentence .

Mr Hwang spoke up, his voice authoritative

"your sister or not that was not you completing the installation, you can't simply ascend the seat base on that, its not in accordance with our law..."

"and so is giving power to the one Who isnt willed to lead, but you all did it, knowing fully well that it was rightfully mine" she said coldly as the room turned dead silent ,

"Since i am unwanted so bad, you all could have just scraped me out of the will__oh i almost forgot in order to do that my presence would be needed but the whole agenda was for me to be unaware, so instead your brilliant idea, was to put my sister in my place" a cold smile touched her lips as the room fell completely silent.