Real Man

Ding.

He got on the elevator and spoke to Yoo-hyun.

“Manager Han, I would like to talk to you later.”

“Okay. Just call me and I’ll be there.”

“Sure. Let’s have a drink.”

Executive Director Hong Il-seop gave a casual remark and looked Yoo-hyun up and down.

There was no sign of hostility in his indifferent gaze.

Jang Joon-sik tilted his head as he watched him.

He got off at the 11th floor and asked Yoo-hyun who was walking next to him.

“Why?”

“He was very negative until recently. He even cursed when he mentioned your name.”

“I know. Deputy Kwon also complained that he got scolded every time he was called.”

“Yes. He also said that he would never accept our TF in his group.”

It was obvious from the fact that Jang Joon-sik got off at the 11th floor, not the 12th floor where the Strategic Product Group was located, that the atmosphere was not very welcoming.

Yoo-hyun was temporarily assigned to the Product Strategy Group, but Executive Director Hong Il-seop did not seem to want to take Yoo-hyun’s organization.

“It must have been annoying to have a random organization suddenly appear in his group.”

“That’s right. That’s why I thought he would be angry as soon as he saw me, but he passed it over too easily.”

-You know, I got a call from Executive Director Hong. So I told him straight that you were the one who moved Lora Parker. He’s been crazy about Lora Parker since he was in charge of promotion.

Yoo-hyun recalled what Kim Sung-deuk, the deputy director of the mobile business division, had said a while ago.

“Well, maybe he changed his mind a little.”

“I hope so.”

“It will change completely soon.”

“I’m sure it will happen if you’re here, manager.”

Jang Joon-sik nodded his head at Yoo-hyun’s words and clapped his hands.

“Oh, by the way, our office has been arranged too.”

“How?”

“Before, we didn’t even have a seat, so we sat at the business trip seats. But a few days ago, they gave us a room and arranged everything for us.”

-Do you know how much I nagged the development planning team leader? It was really hard to give space to a non-existent organization. If it wasn’t for me, you would have nothing.

That part was thanks to Kim Hyun-min, the senior director.

Yoo-hyun chuckled and took in the space in front of him.

It was similar to a conference room, but the difference was that the inside was not visible from the outside and there was a security device at the entrance.

There was no nameplate, but he sensed that this was where Yoo-hyun would stay.

“Is this it?”

“Yes. That’s right. Let’s go in.”

Beep.

Jang Joon-sik opened the door after scanning his ID card.

As Yoo-hyun entered the independent space, a familiar voice greeted him.

The protagonist was Deputy Kwon Se-jung.

“Oh, my. Who is this?”

“Did you do well?”

“Of course. Thanks to you, I worked overtime and had a great time in a strange environment.”

“Haha. I don’t know about overtime, but the environment looks really good.”

Yoo-hyun shrugged his shoulders and looked around.

There were six desks in this place, and as Yoo-hyun requested, there were no partitions.

It was small, but there was a meeting table and a TV.

The surprising thing was that there was a small refrigerator and a capsule coffee machine inside.

Creak.

Deputy Kwon Se-jung opened the refrigerator door and handed Yoo-hyun a vitamin drink.

“This is thanks to Deputy Lee Ae-rin.”

“Really? She belongs to the mobile business division.”

“She still has a lot of influence. The secretary of our group also helped.”

“They also made personal nameplates for us. They also gave us business cards in advance.”

Jang Joon-sik handed Yoo-hyun one of the three acrylic nameplates on the desk.

Swoosh.

The nameplate had Yoo-hyun’s face, affiliation, and position printed on a colored paper.

-Future Technology TF Director Han Yoo-hyun

Yoo-hyun smiled at that.

“What are you going to do if the organization name changes?”

“They will make it again for you.”

“Thank you.”

Yoo-hyun put the nameplate on the desk.

It was temporary, but he felt a strange feeling when he saw the three nameplates lined up.

Yoo-hyun, who was momentarily moved, was gestured by Deputy Kwon Se-jung.

“Yoo-hyun, come here.”

“Why?”

“I’ll show you the best thing.”

Deputy Kwon Se-jung, who approached the window, lifted the blinds.

Drrrr.

Then, the Han River was visible through the large window.

Yoo-hyun’s mouth uttered an exclamation.

“Wow, nice. It’s a really good location.”

“Right? It’s much better than Hansung Tower.”

Deputy Kwon Se-jung nodded his head with satisfaction and bowed his head.

“I look forward to working with you, Director Han.”

“I look forward to working with you, Team Leader Kwon.”

Yoo-hyun accepted it seriously, and Deputy Kwon Se-jung shrugged his shoulders.

“Haha. If I’m a team leader, then Joon-sik is a part leader?”

“Sure. What’s wrong with that? We’re only three. Joon-sik, are you okay with being a part leader?”

“Yes. I’m fine with it.”

Jang Joon-sik answered loudly to Yoo-hyun’s question.

There was no separate seat for the director.

It was the same as the other desks, and there were no partitions, so they could see each other’s faces clearly.

Yoo-hyun, who organized his desk, sat on a small chair by the window.

Whooosh.

He enjoyed looking down at the Han River while feeling the wind coming through the slightly open window.

Deputy Kwon Se-jung handed him a coffee.

“Here, I prepared this for your return.”

“It smells good. Thank you.”

Yoo-hyun took the coffee and smiled with his eyes.

Deputy Kwon Se-jung, who sat next to him, suddenly asked.

“What kind of magic did you use?”

“What?”

“No, I mean the development team in Ulsan. They suddenly became very proactive, as if they were working on an official project.”

“They always support us well, don’t they?”

Yoo-hyun answered casually, but Kwon Se-jung raised his voice.

“No, it’s different from when I first sent the email.”

“How so?”

“They did a thorough technical analysis of the data we sent, and even pointed out the additional security issues. That’s why Junsik is doing that.”

Kwon Se-jung gestured to where Jang Junsik was.

Tap tap tap.

Yoo-hyun sat at his desk and stopped Jang Junsik, who was struggling.

“Junsik, take a break.”

“No, I’m fine.”

But Jang Junsik was focused on the monitor, with his nose almost touching it.

He had to admit that he was always diligent, whether it was then or now.

“He’s still the same.”

Yoo-hyun smiled, and Kwon Se-jung shook his head.

“No, he’s been like that since he came under you.”

“Why? He wasn’t like that before?”

“Not that. Just… he and Park Manager had a very good rapport.”

Kwon Se-jung uttered a meaningful word, and Yoo-hyun recalled Park Seung-woo’s turbulent adaptation to the company.

-Junsik, that guy, he sighs whenever he sees me. I really doubt if you’re his mentor.

It was a scene that he couldn’t imagine at all, so Yoo-hyun’s shoulders shook.

“Haha. I’ll have to see them together soon.”

“Haha. It’ll be worth watching.”

Kwon Se-jung’s words raised Yoo-hyun’s expectations.

After a while, Kwon Se-jung took a sip of coffee and looked at Yoo-hyun.

His playful voice became quite serious.

“You’re going to present the data you’re working on in front of the other departments, right?”

“To be precise, in front of the executives who make the major decisions.”

“Yeah. And you’re going to do that at our TF launch, right?”

Kwon Se-jung’s guess made Yoo-hyun utter a sigh of admiration.

“You have a good sense. How did you know that?”

“How many times have I seen you? It’s your style to step on the accelerator from the start.”

“Is that so?”

Yoo-hyun chuckled, and Kwon Se-jung’s expression became very serious.

“But there will be a lot of backlash. It will be incomparable to when you pushed for Retina Premium.”

“Why do you think so?”

“You know the other reasons better than me, but the biggest one is that your action ignores the existing process.”

The TF launch was a light event to introduce the activity plan to the related department people.

It was only possible to make a decision on the direction in front of the key executives after the results of the TF activities came out.

But Yoo-hyun was trying to finish this process at once.

As much as he had to overcome the difficulties together, Yoo-hyun answered somewhat seriously.

“I’m not doing this to make it easy for me. This is something that can’t be solved unless I do it this way.”

“I know. You’re trying to do a completely new business. But do you think the existing people will sit still?”

“They’ll be dumbfounded. They’ll think we’re doing all kinds of things in an LCD company.”

“The one who knows that is… No, you’re Han Yoo-hyun. You seem to have thought it all through by the way you talk.”

Kwon Se-jung, who was about to flare up, soon answered calmly.

The experience of seeing and learning from Yoo-hyun for a long time made Kwon Se-jung maintain his composure.

Yoo-hyun nodded nonchalantly.

“Of course. I can’t make you guys suffer because of me.”

“Then what are you going to do?”

“What should I do?”

Yoo-hyun asked back, and Kwon Se-jung spit out the plan he had in mind.

“You can’t just present with technology, you have to at least set up the infrastructure to make a decision.”

“You know very well. You’re excellent.”

“Thanks for the compliment, but do you have a plan in mind?”

“A plan?”

“Don’t you have to meet with the Future Product Research Institute and bring in Shinwa Semiconductor? There’s no time until the launch. How are we going to do it ourselves?”

It was understandable that Kwon Se-jung was worried because it was related to external companies.

Yoo-hyun gave him an easy solution.

“Why do we have to do it ourselves? We have to get support, of course.”

“From whom? Is there anyone in our company who can do that?”

“Of course. There’s someone who has a lot of influence.”

“Who is that?”

Swoosh.

Yoo-hyun handed his phone to Kwon Se-jung, who seemed to not understand.

-Hong Ilseop Executive Director meeting. 11 o’clock. Please contact me if you have any requests. Secretary An Sojin.

There was a message that Yoo-hyun had received a while ago.

“This person.”

“What? The group leader?”

Kwon Se-jung’s eyes widened in disbelief.

He asked incredulously.

“Do you know what you’re saying in this situation?”

“Of course. That’s why I’m going to persuade him now.”

“Right now?”

“Yeah. Do you want to come with me?”

“Sigh.”

In front of Yoo-hyun, who was smiling, Kwon Se-jung raised his hand to his forehead.

It was something he had never done before, even when he met the veterans who were running around in the Innovation Strategy Office.

A moment later, Yoo-hyun and Kwon Se-jung were in the office of the Strategic Product Group Leader on the 12th floor.

Hong Ilseop, the executive director who was sitting across from them, smiled at Kwon Se-jung.

“I’ve called you often, right?”

“Yes, sir.”

Yoo-hyun added a word next to Kwon Se-jung, who was tense.

“I heard that Kwon has reported to you a lot. I thought it would be good to have someone who knows the history well next to me.”

“Sure. It’s good to see you together, right? Hehe.”

Hong Ilseop laughed lightly, but Kwon Se-jung was very worried.

He had already experienced that he would explode soon.

“Thank you for understanding.”

Kwon Se-jung looked at Yoo-hyun, who answered leisurely, and recalled the conversation he had earlier.

-Yoo-hyun, if you want to do it properly, we should be in the Strategic Product Group, right?

-Right. It’s better to be here if we want to make a product. We can also have synergy with other departments.

-So I tried my best to persuade the group leader, you know? I explained everything to him, even the development team’s data. But he really didn’t budge.

-Damn, that’s why he didn’t budge.

The last word that Yoo-hyun uttered led Kwon Se-jung to this place.