Inside the office of the mobile sales and marketing manager.
The expression of Executive Director Jo Chan-young reflected faintly on the monitor, was not good.
-HP delays the launch of its next-generation PDA? Facing difficulties in supplying parts.
That was the title of an electronic newspaper article.
Why was HP’s news included in the news summary prepared by the LCD business division’s PR team?
The reason was simple.
Hansung Electronics was the largest supplier of LCD panels.
The interview with HP’s executive implied that there was a problem with the LCD panel.
There was no way to refute it, as there was indeed a problem with the HPDA3 panel that was supplied for testing a while ago.
They had a plausible improvement plan, but HP was also showing signs of discontent with the delayed parts supply.
And they even resorted to this kind of media play.
Just then, the phone rang.
Why did the uneasy feeling always come true?
-Executive Director Jo Chan-young come over right now.
As soon as the mobile group manager finished speaking, Executive Director Jo Chan-young really ran out.
He knew from his voice that An Jun-hong, the executive director, was quite angry.
And he guessed that the reason was probably right.
Damn, Apple and HP are both a mess!
Jo Chan-young bit his lip.
After Jo Chan-young entered the mobile group manager’s office.
There was a loud scream inside.
Even the sound of something heavy falling could be heard.
The secretary outside the office looked calm as if it was a usual occurrence.
“Don’t do your best, do well! Well!”
“Yes, yes. I’ll keep that in mind.”
“Then get out of here and fix it!”
Jo Chan-young received back what he usually said to his subordinates from An Jun-hong, the executive director, and cautiously came out.
“Ah, this frustration…”
He heard a sigh from behind him and Jo Chan-young clenched his teeth.
He turned his head away quickly and walked briskly as soon as he met eyes with the group manager’s secretary.
He looked angry as if he was venting his anger on someone else.
The group manager’s secretary snorted and looked at the monitor.
Then she quickly typed a message on the company messenger window.
-It just ended. Your manager’s face is red. He might be cranky when he comes down.
-Thanks, sis. Anything else?
-HP is all there is. The Apple meeting seems to be over. I don’t think there’s anything else that overlaps with you?
Then the office door opened and An Jun-hong, the executive director, came out.
“Min-joo, how’s the channel company meeting?”
“I’ve only set up a tentative date for next week. Should I make a reservation?”
“Yeah. Make a reservation and put Jo as the presenter. Let him report directly.”
“Yes. I’ll let him know.”
She nodded calmly and put her hand on the keyboard naturally.
-Awesome! The channel guys are coming again. Your manager will report directly. Group manager’s order.
-What, really? That’s crazy.
Across from the manager’s office seat.
Lee Ae-rin, who was on the company messenger, smiled and sent a message to yoo.
-yoo, I have a new schedule for the channel company meeting. Do you want me to tell you?
-Thank you. I’ll buy you coffee.
-Okay. Let me know when you come.^^
yoo entered Hansung Tower lobby and saw Lee Ae-rin’s message.
At this point, seeing that Channel Company had scheduled a meeting with Jo Chan-young, he had an idea of what was going on.
Channel Company must have pushed Channel Phone 2 to the mobile phone division several times, and the mobile phone division couldn’t handle it and shifted the responsibility to the LCD panel side.
They even set up a report at once, which meant that there was a possibility of advancing the production schedule.
Channel Phone 2 was a problem, but HPDA3 was a bigger problem.
He saw the news that HP was already putting pressure on them.
It was an important project, so the development team must have been on fire.
The sparks would inevitably fall on the planning side as well.
Unfortunately, there was only one person in charge of both projects.
‘Shin Manager must be having a hard time.’
He must be running around like crazy by now?
It was his own fault anyway.
yoo nodded his head when someone’s voice came from behind him.
It was Kim Young-gil, the assistant manager.
“Assistant manager, you must have come back from the meeting.”
“Yeah. What about you? Oh, you went on a business trip, right? What’s that?”
“It’s the mock-up that came out this time.”
“The contest one? That was fast.”
Kim Young-gil shook his head at his words.
“It’s not finished yet.”
There was a brief awkward silence.
Did he remember what he said when he was drunk?
He felt like he had been watching him ever since.
“Yes. Please tell me.”
“Just. Thank you for introducing him to me.”
Kim Young-gil looked away and answered.
Why was it so hard to say thank you?
yoo held back the laughter that rose up.
“Well… James helped me a lot. Let me buy you a meal.”
“Really? I’m fine with that.”
“Yeah. Let’s do that.”
The corners of Kim Young-gil’s mouth lifted slightly.
That’s when they were standing side by side in front of the elevator.
The elevator door on the first floor opened and Shin Chan-yong, the section chief, came out.
His gloomy face looked exactly like Kim Young-gil’s a while ago.
yoo greeted him, but he didn’t even glance at him and walked away.
He even pushed Kim Young-gil’s shoulder.
When he turned around, he had already passed by.
yoo checked on Kim Young-gil.
“Yeah. I’m fine. He’s always like that.”
He’s such a nice person.
That’s why he got everything taken away by Shin Chan-yong, the section chief.
-What’s the point of working hard like a fool? His performance is like that. You have to be smart.
He remembered what Shin Chan-yong had said to mock Kim Young-gil in the past.
“What are you doing? Let’s go up.”
Of course, things are different now.
And the outcome has changed too.
The one who had some leeway was Kim Young-gil.
And the one who lost everything because of his greed was Shin Chan-yong.
All of them were big projects that had been put on hold.
The mobile sales and marketing manager and his team had to go through a stormy time.
Among them, Apple was the one that went well.
“Kim, assistant manager, you must feel relieved now?”
“That’s right. They said it was Apple’s fault. But they didn’t apologize?”
The cause of the problem was the new Apple chip.
It behaved abnormally unlike the promised specs.
It was clear that yoo’s discovery and Kim Young-gil’s analysis helped with the verification.
But they didn’t apologize.
“What do you mean apologize? You should be grateful that they let it go quietly. Right?”
Manager Kim Hyun-min asked and Kim Young-gil pursed his lips.
He looked like he had something to say with his hands on his knees and his nose flared up.
Everyone in the meeting room looked at Kim Young-gil.
At that moment, Kim Young-gil bowed his head deeply.
“Hey, hey, what are you talking about? Why are you sorry?”
Kim Hyun-min waved his hands frantically and was so flustered that no one else could say anything.
But Kim Young-gil continued to speak.
“I showed you my poor side because it was hard.”
His sincere voice echoed in the meeting room.
“I felt so inadequate that I couldn’t muster up the courage.”
It was also courage to admit one’s shortcomings.
Today, Kim Young-gil showed courage that yoo had never experienced before.
“But thank you all for helping me first.”
Kim Young-gil looked at yoo’s eyes.
Then he bowed his head again.
“I’ll try to reach out first from now on.”
As the extremely serious atmosphere continued, no one could open their mouths.
They just exchanged glances as if to say what was going on.
Then Kim Hyun-min chuckled.
“What is this? Hey, Park, assistant manager. He’s worse than you.”
“Don’t worry about that stuff and use honorifics properly. What is yoo? Don’t act like you’re close and cause trouble for yoo.”
“Yes, yes. I got it. yoo is fine, right?”
“Yes. Let’s go in, Jun-ki.”
yoo smiled and led him inside the company.