A rift
The city vibrates with the sound of construction, a constant reminder of progress and ambition.
Two men, Kim Han Seok Kyu and Jeon Son Chang Min, sat across from each other in a small, upscale office, their faces marked with tension.
They were once close friends and partners in a promising architectural firm. They were about to experience a split that would permanently alter their lives.
kim Han Seok Kyu
You're really going to do this to me, jeon Chang min.
(his voice laced with betrayal)
kim Han Seok Kyu
You're going to take the design we have worked together, the design that was supposed to be our legacy, and now you are saying that you are claiming it as your own?
After everything we've been through, after all the late nights and sacrifices we made together?
Chang Min's expression remained unyielding, but a flicker of guilt danced in his eyes.
jeon Son Chang Min
I'm not stealing the design seok Kyu You are right; we created it with lots of hard work. So I asked you to submit the revised design together, which you rejected it.
As you said, we both worked for it just because you don't like modern design. How can you not consider my opinion?
jeon Son Chang Min
You know that this is a very important project that has the power to change our lives; if we fail, we will lose a lot. And we will be poor again.
jeon Son Chang Min
Have you forgotten how much we have suffered due to poverty before? This design is good but outdated; it can't win today's people's hearts.
jeon Son Chang Min
As it has my ideas too, I don't want it to be failed design. I want to make it successful by introducing modern touch, which is not acceptable to you. I don't understand why you don't like it
It's business, Seok Kyu. It's about what's best for our firms and our families.
jeon Son Chang Min
We can't always make designs that only we like; we need to accept the changes. And evolve our designs
After understanding the change in market, I improved it to be contemporary. More modern and innovative.
jeon Son Chang Min
I asked you if we could present it together with a new design, but you are stubborn and not accepting what should i do.
Our business is going down. If we don't change accordingly with times in the future, we will be doomed. I don't want to end up as a failure.
kim Han Seok Kyu
Best for our families?
You are destroying our friendship, our partnership, and our trust. How can it be 'best' for our families? You're not just stealing our design, Chang Min. You're stealing our history, our future.
kim Han Seok Kyu
You're telling me that everything we built together was nothing more than a stepping stone for your own ambition.
You know its based on my father's design. I don't want to change it. Why don't you understand?
The room fell silent, the only sound being the ticking of a clock on the wall. Chang-Min's gaze dropped, unable to meet Seok Kyu's piercing stare.
kim Han Seok Kyu
Is this what our friendship meant to you?
jeon Son Chang Min
You're being dramatic; seok kyu, this is what business is. If your father alive, he would want your progress beyond the mere design. Please understand.
I'm telling you if you agree we can both submit the project; just try to understand.
kim Han Seok Kyu
If this is what our friendship has meant to you?
If that's the case, then I'd rather never be your friend at all.
kim Han Seok Kyu
This isn't just about a design or a project. This is about honor, loyalty, and respect. And you've just shown me that none of those things matter to you.
kim Han Seok Kyu
If you are this stubborn, I won't stop you, but please don't ever show yourself to me.
jeon Son Chang Min
Seok Kyu if you ever have a change of heart, you know where to find me.
Saying that Mr. Jeon walks away
The tension between them was palpable; the rift is now irreparable.
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