Real Man

Lee Jang-woo clenched his teeth and opened his mouth again.

“Chun-sik, you bad kid. Don’t run away. I’ll smash you right now.”

“Sigh.”

Kang Dong-sik plugged his ears, and Yoo-hyun tapped his temple with his finger.

What should he do with that guy who had a complex of being nice?

Oh Jung-wook just watched him quietly.

“Chun-sik, I can handle you with my full power.”

It was when Lee Jang-woo opened his mouth again.

Kang Dong-sik couldn’t stand it and stepped forward.

“Ah, so frustrating. You bastard, this X beep beep beep beep beep…”

He spat out curses non-stop that were harsh to hear.

He even made a fierce expression that felt like he was hitting him with words.

It wasn’t a lie that he had dominated the dark world.

“Uh, uh.”

Yoo-hyun couldn’t stand it and covered his mouth.

“Brother, you’ll get cut off if you do an interview like that, cut off.”

But the curses seemed to stimulate him, and Lee Jang-woo’s face turned red.

Kang Dong-sik shrugged his shoulders.

“Look at that. Jang-woo is pissed off.”

But Oh Jung-wook just snickered.

“I’m not on the same level as you guys.”

“What? Jung-wook, do you have anything special? If you’re confident, why don’t you try it once?”

Kang Dong-sik snapped his fingers, and Oh Jung-wook chuckled.

Thud.

Oh Jung-wook took a step forward after unfolding his arms, and looked down at Kang Dong-sik with his chin up.

He was always a gentle sheep in front of Kang Dong-sik, but now he had a predator’s expression.

He even lifted one corner of his mouth and provoked him.

“What are you doing with a fly swatter? Why? Trying to catch flies?”

His voice wasn’t strong, but his unique sarcastic tone irritated his ears.

Even the weak provocation made Kang Dong-sik’s lips tremble.

Yoo-hyun, who was listening, admired him inwardly.

The interview was not only about words, but also expressions and reactions.

Oh Jung-wook took another step closer.

“You shouldn’t let stupid guys compete. At least you should have a high school diploma to be worth fighting.”

“Ugh.”

The personal attack made Kang Dong-sik clench his fist.

He shivered as he narrowed his eyes.

Whether he did or not, Oh Jung-wook looked down at him and sneered.

“Just stay home and sleep. Don’t get beaten up and lose more hair than you already have.”

When he touched his complex, Kang Dong-sik exploded.

“Hey, you son of a bitch. Are you talking to me right now?”

“You asked me to provoke you.”

Lee Jang-woo gritted his teeth and spoke again.

“Chun-sik, you little brat. Stop running away. I’ll crush you right here and now.”

“Ugh.”

Kang Dong-sik covered his ears, and Yoo-hyun tapped his temple with his finger.

How could he deal with that guy who had a nice guy complex?

Oh Jung-wook watched him silently.

“Chun-sik, you’re nothing to me. I can take you down with my full power.”

That was when Lee Jang-woo opened his mouth again.

Kang Dong-sik couldn’t take it anymore and stepped up.

“Geez, enough already. You freaking jerk, this X bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep…”

He spewed out curses non-stop that were harsh to hear.

His face was fierce as if he was hitting him with words.

He wasn’t lying when he said he had ruled the dark world.

“Eek, eek.”

Yoo-hyun couldn’t bear it and shut his mouth.

“Brother, you’ll get fired if you do an interview like that, fired.”

But the curses seemed to fuel him, and Lee Jang-woo’s face turned red.

Kang Dong-sik shrugged his shoulders.

“See that? Jang-woo is pissed off.”

But Oh Jung-wook just snorted.

“I’m not on your level, guys.”

“What? Jung-wook, do you have anything special? If you’re so confident, why don’t you try it once?”

Kang Dong-sik snapped his fingers, and Oh Jung-wook laughed.

Thump.

Oh Jung-wook took a step forward after unfolding his arms, and looked down at Kang Dong-sik with his chin up.

He was always a gentle sheep in front of Kang Dong-sik, but now he had a predator’s expression.

He even lifted one corner of his mouth and taunted him.

“Why are you carrying a fly swatter? What for? Trying to catch flies?”

His voice wasn’t loud, but his sarcastic tone was annoying.

Even the weak taunt made Kang Dong-sik’s lips quiver.

Yoo-hyun, who was listening, was impressed.

The interview was not only about words, but also expressions and reactions.

Oh Jung-wook took another step closer.

“You shouldn’t let stupid guys compete. You should at least have a high school diploma to be worth fighting.”

“Argh.”

The personal attack made Kang Dong-sik clench his fist.

He trembled as he narrowed his eyes.

Whether he cared or not, Oh Jung-wook looked down at him and smirked.

“Just stay home and sleep. Don’t get beaten up and lose more hair than you already have.”

When he touched his complex, Kang Dong-sik exploded.

“Hey, you bastard. Are you talking to me right now?”

“You asked me to provoke you.”

“Let’s die today, you and me.”

Kang Dong-shik ran, and Oh Jung-wook circled around the ring.

The manager who was watching them from below put his hand on his forehead.

Yoo-hyun comforted the flustered Lee Jang-woo.

Lee Jang-woo should be able to handle this level of mockery.

He could ignore the personal attacks and focus on the fighting style, which had a high chance of working.

In this seemingly absurd situation, Yoo-hyun saw hope.

“Let’s mix the two guys’ vibes half and half. Jang-woo, you can do it.”

“Yes.”

Somehow, Lee Jang-woo’s voice sounded less confident than before.

Still.

Lee Jang-woo’s intense practice continued until late that night.

And he finally succeeded in making Kang Dong-shik explode.

As Lee Jang-woo prepared for a different interview than before, the office atmosphere also changed from before.

To be exact, the already fierce office atmosphere became even more vicious.

It was because of the aftermath of the confrontation between Kim Hyun-min director and the two team leaders of TV and IT.

They ended it well, but the resentment in their hearts could not be easily relieved.

The shock wave came down all the way down.

The TV and IT team members who were already heated up for the whole meeting prepared hard this time as if they were going to end it.

13th floor small conference room.

At the place where three members of part 1 gathered, Yoo-hyun heard that story from Kwon Se-jung deputy.

“They must have already agreed on it with the home appliance business division. They said that putting a panel logo on TV products doesn’t make sense.”

“Where did you hear that?”

Kwon Se-jung deputy answered Yoo-hyun’s question right away.

“I have a senior in the TV planning department of the home appliance business division.”

“I see.”

Yoo-hyun nodded and drank strawberry juice.

It was a new menu at the coffee shop, and it was the only menu that Yoo-hyun hadn’t tried.

It was five hundred won more expensive than other menus, but it had plenty of strawberries and was perfect for eating.

This time, Jang Jun-sik, who was watching his eyes, opened his mouth.

“The TV development team has decided to oppose our detailed technology. That’s what Lee Jin-mok chief of ultra-high resolution TF said.”

“Hmm, this team leader is moving fast.”

Yoo-hyun passed it off again without much concern, and Kwon Se-jung deputy cautiously opened his mouth.

“Yoo-hyun, I admit that you got the development team data thanks to you. It’s true that the development team leaders came to the video conference as you said.”

“Why are you setting the mood? Just say what you want to say.”

When Yoo-hyun asked bluntly, Kwon Se-jung deputy spilled out what he had been holding back.

He had a look that he wanted to go over this time for sure.

“But now they’re moving too. Everything we prepared is blocked.”

“Why?”

Kwon Se-jung deputy raised his blood pressure at Yoo-hyun’s indifferent reaction.

“Do you think it doesn’t matter how this result turns out?”

“Of course not. It has to go well.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. This result is important to me too.”

Yoo-hyun wasn’t just saying that.

He had to have a unified plan for the innovative product TF to complete a piece of the big picture.

It was a prerequisite to get a meaningful result at this meeting.

To be exact, he had to grow the work up to the group leader level, or even the business director level.

Kwon Se-jung deputy raised his voice even more when he felt Yoo-hyun’s sincerity.

“But why aren’t you doing anything? The whole meeting is tomorrow.”

“I’m ready. It’ll be fine.”

“Yoo-hyun, TV team leader is a bit hot-tempered, but he’s an experienced person. Especially in development, he has a tight grip.”

Yoo-hyun understood Kwon Se-jung deputy’s anxiety well.

Lee Bon-seok team leader, who came from the development team and became a team leader, was famous for having a lot of experience in the TV group.

Yoo-hyun also had some worries, but he was sure when he talked to him directly.

He was completely obsessed with his stubbornness now.

It wasn’t that hard to deal with such an opponent.

“Se-jung, having a lot of experience in this field is really advantageous, but sometimes it can hold you back.”

“What do you mean?”

“When something you believed so firmly turns out wrong, it breaks down completely.”

“Huh, yeah.”

Yoo-hyun stretched out his index finger toward Kwon Se-jung deputy and Jang Jun-sik, who looked puzzled.

“And one more thing. The TV development team will eventually move as we want.”

“How can you say that? There’s no way Manager Kim Ho-geol can control the TV department as well.”

Kwon Se-jung, an assistant manager, asked Yoo-hyun.

“People don’t always move according to authority, you know.”

“Then what?”

“Sometimes they move because of their pride. That’s what will happen this time too.”

Especially the development department staff who only worked on one project.

Yoo-hyun had spent a year with them at the Ulsan factory, so he was confident about this part.

The two people who heard the rest of Yoo-hyun’s explanation were skeptical.

But they couldn’t deny it because Yoo-hyun had shown them the results.

Still, they couldn’t just sit back and do nothing.

On the last day, they also focused on their work.

Yoo-hyun smiled as he looked at his colleagues and juniors.

“Well, it won’t hurt to work hard. I’m leaving.”

“Yeah. Go.”

“Please go ahead.”

The two people answered reluctantly.

Yoo-hyun grabbed his bag and walked out of the office along with the end-of-work song.

He saw Lee Bon-seok, the team leader, and Yoon Byung-gwan, the deputy manager, coming from the opposite side.

Lee Bon-seok’s caterpillar eyebrows twitched as he stopped.

“You must think this meeting is a joke. Don’t you know that the final decision on the integration plan will be made tomorrow?”

“No. I know. I prepared hard, so please take a good look.”

Yoo-hyun showed his confidence by giving a thumbs up.

“Where are you going now?”

Yoon Byung-gwan, who tried to intervene, was stopped by Lee Bon-seok.

“Leave him alone. Today is his last day to smile.”

“Yes, team leader. I understand.”

Yoon Byung-gwan, who had dark circles under his eyes from working several nights in a row, bowed his head.

They were such kind team leader and part leader.

They would be working together anyway later.

Yoo-hyun smiled and greeted them.

“Then I’ll see you tomorrow. Have a good evening.”

“Hmph.”

Lee Bon-seok clenched his fist, but did nothing else.

He had a reason for that.

-If you interfere with the mobile team staff one more time, I’ll really lose it.

A few days ago, Kim Hyun-min, the manager, warned him with a furious look in a confrontation situation.

Lee Bon-seok backed off a step as if he was really going to grab him by the collar.

It was the same now.

He held back his anger and endured it as soon as physical friction occurred, because his promotion would go down the drain.

But he didn’t intend to let it go like this.

He gritted his teeth as he watched Yoo-hyun’s back get farther away.

“Let’s see after I finish you off tomorrow.”

He was determined to crush him with work.

Late that night in the conference room.

Lee Bon-seok nodded his head as he received reports from all the team members in one place.

“Okay. Well, this is not bad.”

There was no other praise or encouragement, just that one word, but he felt differently inside.

The team data preparation was perfect and the communication with the development team was already done.

There was no reason to lose in a situation where the rejection result from the home appliance business division was obvious.

-The integration plan is already gone.

Lee Bon-seok’s mouth curled up slightly.

And the next afternoon.

He entered the 13th floor conference room with a conclusion in his mind.

It was where the whole meeting of TF members was held.

He felt good until he sat down in the seat of honor.

But.

As time went by, he realized that something was wrong.

He swallowed his saliva and looked around.

On the screen, Yoo-hyun’s integration plan was shared with each department in a video conference.

On one side of the wall, there were small windows showing the development teams from Ulsan and Gimpo factories on TV screens.

It was exactly as Lee Bon-seok had imagined, but there was one difference.

He thought that the development team workers would attend the meeting, but they were all team leaders or above.

It wasn’t a meeting convened by the group leader or an official meeting. Why did those people attend this meeting?

He pretended to be indifferent with his arms crossed, but Lee Bon-seok’s eyes were full of anxiety.

Yoo-hyun’s voice rang out through the microphone as he led the meeting.

“I’d like to hear from the development team about SLC technology related to Retina Premium technology.”

Tick.

As soon as he finished speaking, channel 2 in the upper right corner of the TV screen was activated.

The voice of CTO SLC panel research team leader came through the speaker.

The person who should have opposed because of more work was trying to expand it boldly instead.

-It wasn’t bad when I applied SLC to mobile ultra-high resolution. I think it would be nice to apply it to IT side like TV.

The camera installed on top of the TV automatically focused on Yoo-hyun, the speaker.

“Thank you for your opinion, team leader.”

-Heh. You don’t look good in a suit at Hansung Tower instead of Ulsan.

“This is my original position, you know. I just went back to where I belong.”

As Yoo-hyun answered, channel 1 was activated and Kim Ho-geol, the manager of ultra-high resolution TF, spoke.

-Team Leader Kang, Han is very skilled.

-Manager Kim always protects Han. Heh.

The snicker of the SLC panel research team leader, who was famous for being grumpy, was visible.

The sales and marketing staff of the TV group who knew him well looked flustered.