Real Man

Chapter 101

Kim Hyun-min, the assistant manager, exchanged a few words with Choi Min-hee, the Manager, and came to a conclusion.

“Anyway, this is all thanks to Manager Choi who moved the NaviTime, right?”

“No. Yoo-hyun worked hard.”

Hearing that, Yoo-hyun quickly intervened.

“Manager Choi did it. I just followed along.”

“No way. It wouldn’t have worked without Yoo-hyun.”

Manager Choi Min-hee did not back down.

Kim Hyun-min, the assistant manager who was listening quietly, stepped in to clear the traffic.

“Okay, okay, enough. Well, since you both did well, let’s go out for a part dinner sometime.”

Kim Hyun-min, the assistant manager who couldn’t stand it anymore, tried to wrap it up when Park Seung-woo, the deputy head, joined in.

“Assistant Manager Kim, you have to sort that out.”

“What?”

He opened his mouth very carefully.

“I… How about joining the contest after Manager Choi finishes her work…”

“You funny guy. Speak clearly. Are you not afraid of me and scared of Manager Choi?”

“No. Just…”

Manager Choi Min-hee looked at Yoo-hyun for a moment.

-I wish we could do the contest together. I think we can really win an award if you help me.

It was what his junior had said when he said he wanted to repay him a while ago.

He also added that he wanted to gather everyone’s strength.

It was a hopeless task.

Nevertheless, Manager Choi Min-hee could not refuse easily.

She owed him too much.

‘Let’s do it together.’

‘Okay. Let’s do it.’

Yoo-hyun smiled and she nodded her head as if she had no choice.

She had a personality that couldn’t live without paying off her debts.

“I’ll help you after I finish this. But I won’t do it unless I do it properly.”

“Of course! Of course!”

Park Seung-woo, the deputy head, suddenly jumped up and cheered.

He looked like he would have hugged her if he had been next to her.

Kim Hyun-min, the assistant manager who saw that, shook his head.

“Hey, hey, are we really going to make a fuss about doing the contest? The person in charge will kill us if he finds out.”

“Are you scared of the person in charge?”

Park Seung-woo, the deputy head who gained confidence, looked down at him with his arms crossed and asked.

“Of course not. It’s just a saying.”

Kim Hyun-min, the assistant manager, snapped back at him.

They were two people who got along well.

Park Seung-woo, the deputy head who felt encouraged, went further.

“Then please join Kim Deputy Head too.”

“Leave him alone. He’s been busy lately.”

Kim Hyun-min, the assistant manager shook his head vigorously at Park Seung-woo’s confident request.

At the same time, people’s eyes turned to an empty seat.

It was where Kim Young-gil, the deputy head should have been.

“Yoo-hyun.”

Manager Choi Min-hee who came out of the conference room called Yoo-hyun and stopped him.

“Did you hear about Assistant Manager Song Ho-chan?”

“What about him?”

“He’s being investigated by the Ethics Committee. I guess there’s been some talk about the Hyunil Automobile case.”

“Really?”

Did he bite the bait?

“He also asked about the development team. It seems like Assistant Manager Song Ho-chan did something…”

Yoo-hyun stood still with a calm expression and hid his smile.

Manager Choi Min-hee said with a worried expression.

“So what I’m saying is, they might contact you too.”

“Yes. But do they also interview me?”

“I have to do it.”

Is that so?

He wondered how to end it nicely, but it seemed like he could draw a pretty nice picture if he did well.

“Manager Choi, can I know when you’re meeting them?”

“Why?”

“Just curious.”

Yoo-hyun smiled slightly.

It was time to pay off his debt.

A few days later, two men were sitting in conference room B on the 14th floor.

They looked grim as they looked over the documents on each table.

“Did you secure the testimony of IC company employee?”

“Yes. And I confirmed that he pressured the development team.”

“But there’s no definitive evidence. We can’t just poke him if he says no.”

“Why don’t we just send him to the disciplinary committee?”

“No way.”

Yoon Min-seok, the assistant manager of the Ethics Committee shook his head at Deputy Head Pi Seong-hoon’s words.

If you classify him, Assistant Manager Song Ho-chan was close to the company.

He was a promising candidate for the next team leader position.

He had good personnel evaluations and excellent leadership ratings.

It was impossible to send such a talent to the disciplinary committee without clear evidence.

If it turned out to be false, he wouldn’t be able to handle the aftermath.

Then why did he care about this issue and investigate it?

It was because of the connection with Ilseong Electronics.

Several of his misdeeds were posted on an anonymous bulletin board, but they were all dismissed without clear evidence.

But only one post was different.

It implied the future, not the past.

He checked it out just in case, and it turned out that everything in the post was correct.

It was worth investigating deeply.

Assistant Manager Yoon Min-seok asked.

“When are the related people coming?”

“They should be here by now.”

It was when Deputy Head Pi Seong-hoon checked the time and answered.

Click.

The conference room door opened and Manager Choi Min-hee came in.

“Welcome.”

The Ethics Committee staff stood up and greeted Manager Choi Min-hee politely.

It was to ease the atmosphere.

“Hello. Nice to meet you.”

Manager Choi Min-hee sat down.

It was not as pleasant as the faces of the smiling people.

The Ethics Committee was Hanseong Electronics’ supervisory body and a secret agent organization.

There is a rumor that there are countless executives who have been cut off under them.

That’s how much weight the name of the Ethics Committee had.

‘Whew.’

Even Manager Choi Min-hee, who usually didn’t get nervous, had sweaty hands.

“Just relax and tell us what you know.”

The man with a gentle impression started with a few questions.

“This incident…”

“That’s…”

It was about the development of LCD panels for Hyunil Automobile navigation systems.

Manager Choi Min-hee told them everything without embellishment.

The Ethics Committee staff just listened calmly and confirmed the details about Assistant Manager Song Ho-chan.

And they came to one conclusion.

‘It seems like a bust…’

It was true that Assistant Manager Song Ho-chan had intervened to some extent, but it was within a reasonable range.

He was the person in charge of the sales team at the time.

They couldn’t possibly question his actions with this much.

The eyes of Assistant Manager Yoon Min-seok and Deputy Head Pi Seong-hoon crossed in the air.

Then they nodded their heads as if they had agreed.

It seemed impossible to proceed any further with this.

That’s when it happened.

The TV that was supposed to be off turned on.

Tick.

The faces of two men sitting face to face in the conference room were shown on the screen.

“Huh? Assistant Manager!”

“Watch.”

One of them was the person who met Assistant Manager Yoon Min-seok and Deputy Head Pi Seong-hoon a while ago.

15 minutes earlier.

Yoo-hyun was sitting in conference room A on the 13th floor, and Song Ho-chan, the assistant manager, was facing him.

‘He’s being chased.’

Yoo-hyun was sure when he saw Song Ho-chan’s expression.

It was clear that meeting with the Ethics Committee staff had a big impact on him.

Thanks to that, he was able to call him out easily.

Song Ho-chan growled at him out of nowhere.

“Did you do it?”

“What do you think?”

Yoo-hyun shrugged his shoulders and smiled slightly.

“…”

Maybe it was because of his unexpected reaction?

Song Ho-chan suppressed his anger and looked around.

It was a narrow conference room with walls on all sides.

The door was closed, and the window was translucent so that the inside was not visible from outside.

There was nothing but a TV with video conferencing equipment and a table that could seat eight people.

It was a good place to have a secret conversation.

Why did that kid suddenly call him here?

Grunt.

Song Ho-chan, who lifted his lips, got up from his seat.

Then he walked towards Yoo-hyun, who was sitting across from him.

He could see the fear in his eyes.

‘Of course.’

Song Ho-chan reached out his big hand and grabbed Yoo-hyun’s jacket without saying a word.

“Take it off.”

“Okay. I understand.”

It was one word that he spat out after keeping his mouth shut.

If he resisted, he would have forced him to take it off anyway.

Yoo-hyun reluctantly took off his jacket.

“Some useless guys use cheap tricks like this.”

“That’s…”

He took Yoo-hyun’s phone out of his jacket pocket.

The phone screen showed a message that it was recording.

Yoo-hyun’s eyes wavered and he laughed arrogantly.

“Haha, these new recruits are really funny.”

“…”

“Why, don’t you have anything to say? Didn’t you call me because you had a lot to say?”

He turned off the recording function on Yoo-hyun’s phone and threw it to the corner.

Thud.

Then he sat down and rested his chin on his hands with his fingers crossed.

His thick eyebrows, deep forehead wrinkles, and bulky body for an office worker were quite intimidating.

His eyes were extremely fierce.

He looked like a hyena who had his prey right in front of him and drooled over it.

“Well, well…”

Yoo-hyun bit his lower lip instead of answering.

His eyes were full of resentment as a bonus.

Song Ho-chan’s lips curled up even more.

He thought he had complete control over him.

Yeah. Keep deluding yourself like that.

Yoo-hyun asked sharply.

“I just want to hear this. Why did you try to block Hyunil Automobile’s panel supply deal and hand it over to Ilseong Electronics?”

“Haha, this is ridiculous…”

Song Ho-chan snorted as if he couldn’t believe it.