Real Man

Chapter 91

“I have someone I like.”

“Is it your girlfriend?”

“Not yet. I have to meet her first.”

“What do you mean? Then you’re not dating her.”

“It will definitely happen. She’s the only one for me.”

“…”

Jung Dabin turned her head away from Yoo-hyun’s serious expression.

She looked at the distant sea and said.

“I knew you would do that.”

“That doesn’t mean I won’t see you anymore.”

“What are you talking about? Do I look like a clingy person to you?”

Yoo-hyun shook his head as he saw Jung Dabin’s eyes widen.

“No. You look very cool.”

“You know me well. I’m a cool woman. I’ll meet a very handsome man.”

“Of course.”

“…Ugh. Let’s go in. It’s cold.”

Jung Dabin got up from her seat as Yoo-hyun answered calmly.

Then she suddenly remembered something and opened her mouth.

“Hey, by the way, the person you like…”

“What?”

“Never mind. It’s nothing.”

“You’re so bland. Let’s go in.”

Yoo-hyun went in first and Jung Dabin stared at his back for a long time.

She had something to say, but she couldn’t.

Yoo-hyun said goodbye to his classmates after finishing the meeting in a good mood.

It was time to go back.

He waved his hand at the bus entrance.

“Thanks. I’ll treat you next time I come up.”

“Okay. I’ll contact you.”

“Oppa, me too.”

“Let’s go in.”

There were warm greetings back and forth.

He got on the bus and then his classmates moved.

They all looked funny as they staggered from drinking too much.

Yoo-hyun thought as he watched his colleages fade away.

They had changed a lot.

He had never imagined that he would have such a connection and hospitality in Geoje, far away.

It wasn’t because of Jung Dahye, but because of his colleages, Geoje seemed to be a memorable place for Yoo-hyun.

Vroom.

The bus started moving.

That’s how the Geoje schedule ended.

…

The next day, inside the main office of Hyunil Automobiles in Yeouido, Seoul.

There was a loud noise in the office on the fifth floor where the internal product sales team was located.

“Jo Daeri! What did I tell you!”

“That, that is…”

Jo Chihun Daeri didn’t understand why he was being scolded so much.

He only looked around for a way to avoid this situation.

Then the part leader Ji Byungmin Chajang on the opposite side loosened his tie and threw it away.

“Did I tell you to fold Hansung? Didn’t I?”

“I gave them a lot of warnings.”

“Why do you have to warn them? Just grab them and fold them!”

“I thought this was enough…”

Jo Chihun Daeri tried to defend himself desperately, but it was useless.

“Enough? Hey, kid. Do you know what’s going on upstairs? They’ve all agreed to give everything to Ilsung. But how can you confirm that you’re using Hansung?”

“Huh?”

Jo Chihun Daeri’s eyes widened.

Of course he thought they could use Ilsung Electronics LCD panels.

But he hadn’t officially contacted them yet.

But suddenly they went all-in!

They hadn’t even matched the specs yet, how could they do that?

Even if they did, the development schedule was impossible to meet.

It meant it was realistically impossible.

“What? Are you surprised? Why? Do I have to tell you everything? Do you want me to wipe your ass too?”

“I’m, I’m sorry.”

“Be smart if you’re in sales. Drop the navigation first and use Ilsung for everything.”

“The, the navigation too?”

That meant they were not using their own navigation system, but Ilsung’s.

All the efforts they had poured into for a year were wasted.

It was obvious.

“This is all because of incompetent people who can’t do their job. You’re no different.”

“…”

“What? Are you mad?”

“No, no sir.”

“Then change it right now!”

He didn’t know what to do.

He couldn’t just cancel the contract with the company.

Then he should have told him how they had agreed upstairs so he could respond accordingly.

But there was nothing like that.

Jo Chihun Daeri felt like he was in the dark.

Inside Hansung Tower.

The sales team of the LCD business unit mobile group Song Hochan Chajang was on the phone in the hallway.

-Song Chajangnim, I’m sorry for the trouble.

“Haha, no, it’s not your fault, Ji Chajangnim. It’s our fault for not understanding the customer’s needs.”

-Isn’t it a burden for Hansung?

“It would be a lie if it wasn’t. But.”

-…

He stopped talking and heard the other person’s breathing over the phone.

It was Hyunil Automobiles who had broken the contract first.

No matter how much they had agreed with Hansung, they must have felt sorry.

That sorry feeling would come back bigger later.

Song Hochan Chajang hid his intentions and said calmly.

“But, if we didn’t do our job properly, Hyunil Automobiles wouldn’t have any choice but to use Hansung products.”

-That’s, the schedule is…

“Yes. I know it’s because of us. How can we meet the overall schedule when the core component, the panel development, is late? Right?”

Song Hochan Chajang threw a bait and the other person bit it.

-Yes. Thank you for understanding.

“And also, our representative made a mistake at the meeting this time.”

-What kind of…?

Ji Byungmin Chajang tilted his head for a moment.

“It was an important place, but he wasn’t prepared enough and the meeting didn’t go very smoothly.”

-I heard that too.

“Yes. If that was the case, he should have brought a proper assistant with him…”

-Ah! I heard that Jo Daeri had a problem. He brought a new employee as an assistant.

Ji Byungmin Chajang quickly answered as he understood the situation.

The other person gave him a reasonable excuse to favor Hyunil Automobiles.

“A newbie? Who did he bring… Tsk tsk.”

Exactly. 

The other person’s intention was clearly conveyed over the phone.

He wasn’t such a clumsy person to not respond to Ji Byungmin Chajang.

-Yes. His name is Han Yoo-hyun.

“Ha Yoo-hyun… the troublemaker rookie, right?”

-Is that so?

“I heard that Manager Choi completely ignored Hyunil Motors. I apologize on his behalf.”

Song Ho-chan, the assistant manager, spoke to the other side with a much brighter voice.

-Sorry? No, not at all. I don’t know how to thank you, Manager Song, for your consideration.

“Let’s have a drink and a deep conversation later.”

-Yes, I’ll be waiting.

Song Ho-chan, the  manager, hung up the phone with one corner of his mouth raised.

He got what he wanted and gave them a direction.

“Thanks to him, I can send the rookie away at once.”

He muttered with a smirk and his words echoed in the hallway.

That day at lunch.

Song Ho-chan, the manager, had a meal with Lee Kyung-hoon, the director.

Song Ho-chan, who was watching Lee Kyung-hoon’s mood, opened his mouth.

“I’ve almost settled the Hyunil Motors case.”

“How did you talk to them?”

“I said that we had a problem with our LCD supply and it caused a delay in our own navigation schedule, and coincidentally Ilsung offered us to supply the complete navigation product in the same format, so we took their side.”

“So they decided to use Ilsung’s navigation product because they were in a hurry. Not bad.”

Song Ho-chan, the deputy manager, relaxed his tension and said.

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Hansung Electronics doesn’t have a navigation product, so they can’t respond. The business director had no choice but to be considerate.”

“So he agreed to push Hansung’s side properly for the next project, right?”

“Hehe, yes. Anyway, it must be awkward for Jo in charge.”

Lee Kyung-hoon’s mouth curled up long.

Jo Chan-young, the senior executive, lost his power as this case went wrong, and his position rose as he successfully won the next project.

And the group leader was fully supporting him.

The result of the executive evaluation that would soon take place was obvious without looking.

Song Ho-chan gained confidence from his boss’s smile and said.

“There’s that new employee. Ha Yoo-hyun.”

“Yeah, I know.”

“Manager Choi took him to negotiate with Hyunil Motors. It seems that they didn’t like it on Hyunil’s side.”

“Hehe, this is something. Shee must have worked like an amateur. Come to think of it, that rookie is also someone Jo likes.”

Lee Kyung-hoon hinted and Song Ho-chan quickly understood.

“Yes. I think it would be nice to show him an example once.”

“Yeah. It’s time to set the tone for him anyway.”

Lee Kyung-hoon smirked.

The cafeteria lady was wiping the next table.

She seemed to wipe that table for a long time.

A few hours later.

“Song Ho-chan, the manager…”

“…”

Yoo-hyun listened silently to Ee Ae-rin’s story with a flushed face and spitting saliva.

This was the second time after the cafeteria lady.

“I should have told you earlier… but I didn’t know Song would be so blatant.”

“No, thank you for telling me now.”

Yoo-hyun had a hunch when he received the confirmation cancellation call this morning.

He had a hunch that the situation was already turning around.

He saw through why Jo Chi-hoon delayed the time.

While thinking about it, Ee Ae-rin said with a really worried look.

“You really have to be careful. Song Ho-chan is not called one of the three evils for nothing.”

“Yes, I’ll keep that in mind.”

The three evils of mobile sales marketing.

Go Jae-yoon, the manager of product planning team, was a psycho who went ahead like a dictator.

Sung Woong-jin, themanager of marketing team, was a leech who sucked blood from junior employees.

Song Ho-chan, the manager of sales team, was a hyena who ruled over his pack but trampled on anyone who displeased him.

He was a charismatic leader for his allies but he did not care about means and methods for his enemies.

Even Shin Chan-yong, who lived on his own pride, was a gentle sheep in front of Song Ho-chan.

There was no one who survived among those he targeted.

That meant he was good at doing behind-the-scenes work.

Yoo-hyun remembered that clearly.

Then?

He had to do something first.

Yoo-hyun finished talking with Ee Ae-rin and came out of the rest area and organized his thoughts.

At this point, Song Ho-chan was going around and making a fuss, which meant he was going to make a move soon.

The targets were Manager Choi Min-hee and Yoo-hyun himself.

It might seem unlikely that he would care about a rookie, but Song Ho-chan was someone who could do that and more.

And Yoo-hyun knew that fact well enough.

He had already thrown a bait to Hyunil Motors for that reason.

‘It’s time for them to contact me.’

As he was thinking, his phone rang.

Jiing.

It was not the call he was waiting for, but a message from Park Seung-woo.

-Don’t come to the office for now and wait for my call.

It seemed that the upper management was already angry.

Song Ho-chan made a move faster than him.

He must have confronted the team leader and the person in charge by the time he came to the office.

Manager Choi Min-hee, who was responsible, must have been hit by the arrows flying at him.

Yoo-hyun quickened his pace and picked up his phone.

Jiing. Jiing.

Just then, his phone rang.

It was exactly the call he was waiting for, so Yoo-hyun smiled and answered.

“Yes, Jo Chi-hoon.”

-There…

Jo Chi-hoon’s voice was flustered and echoed in the hallway.

At that moment.

The atmosphere in the office was fierce.

Next to Oh Jae-hwan, the team leader, Jo Chan-young, the senior executive, was standing.

Next to him were Lee Kyung-hoon, the director, and Song Ho-chan, the manager, with their arms crossed.

Their eyes were focused on one person.