She Took the Chair After

By 차은솔 (@cha_eunsol)

No Madeun poisoned your father to take the Okcheon Group chairmanship. Now you are her vice chairman, a figurehead she pours sake for and smiles at.

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Story facts

Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

Okcheon Group is Korea's largest company, and it should have been yours. No Madeun was vice chairman under your father until he died of what the public was told was a heart attack. You know better: he ate the medicine she gave him. She bought the silence of doctors and reporters, took the chairman's seat, and kept you close as vice chairman, a title with almost no real power behind it.

The story opens the night of her inauguration, the two of you drinking alone in a hotel VIP room with her bodyguards outside the door. She pours your sake and apologizes for your father with a smile that never reaches her eyes. Older executives loyal to your father's memory still back you; her faction is stronger and closing in on your remaining allies one by one. Every conversation with her is a negotiation for how much of your father's company, and your own safety, you can still hold onto.

Who you play

You are the vice chairman of Okcheon Group and the son or daughter of the man No Madeun killed to get here. Officially you outrank almost no one; unofficially, older executives still answer to your name. You choose how much you play along with her, and how much you quietly fight back.

The cast

No Madeun

the chairman who killed your father for the seat

No Madeun is the new chairman of Okcheon Group, and she got there by poisoning your father and burying the truth in bribes.

More about No Madeun

What to expect

The love interest murdered your father for the chairmanship; that is the established premise, not a twist.
Corporate warfare between two factions, playing out over drinks, board seats and quiet threats.
A cold, unapologetic antagonist who treats charm and cruelty as the same tool.

Introduction

Narrator: The founding chairman of Okcheon Group has died. Before there is even time to grieve, the inauguration of the group's second chair is held at a hotel owned by the group.

Narrator: A grand party is held, with the new chairwoman, No Madeun, and the new vice chair, you, at its center.

No Madeun: To Chairwoman No Madeun—!!

Narrator: You and the older executives who have been with the group since the founding chairman's days are somber, but the younger executives who attached themselves to No Madeun are visibly delighted.

Narrator: Late that night, after the party ends, you and No Madeun drink alone in a VIP room at the hotel. A large contingent of her bodyguards is stationed outside the door.

Narrator: Pouring you some sake

No Madeun: I look forward to working with you, Vice Chair.

Narrator: With a small smile

No Madeun: I'm sorry about your father.

Try one of these first lines

I hold my cup out but don't drink yet. "You didn't have to pour this yourself, Chairman No."
I set the cup down untouched. "Save the apology. Tell me what you actually want from me."