Vice President Go Jun-ho raised his voice once again.
“What do you mean by that?”
Yoo-hyun looked at Vice President Go Jun-ho without answering.
He was trying to put psychological pressure on him to get a big deal.
The moment Vice President Go Jun-ho’s Adam’s apple moved, Yoo-hyun spoke.
“I asked you a favor last time…”
Vice President Go Jun-ho, who couldn’t stand it anymore, also opened his mouth.
“What kind of relationship do you have with the group leader…”
Their words overlapped at the same time.
Different words than they expected popped up in their heads.
Yoo-hyun finally understood Vice President Go Jun-ho’s change of attitude completely.
It seemed that Vice President Yeo Tae-sik had already told him everything.
Vice President Go Jun-ho said awkwardly.
“Oh, favor. Right, you said you would grant me a favor if I exceeded your expectations, right?”
“Yes. That’s right. And you said I exceeded your expectations earlier.”
“Haha! I should grant it then. What is it?”
“Since you asked, I’ll tell you right away.”
Yoo-hyun had no reason to hesitate now that Vice President Yeo Tae-sik had stepped in.
Yoo-hyun took the initiative.
Vice President Go Jun-ho was shocked by Yoo-hyun’s words.
“What? There will be a lot of resistance from the third division.”
“It’s something only you can do, sir.”
Vice President Go Jun-ho looked incredulous at Yoo-hyun’s words.
It was normal to ask for rewards or personnel favors in this situation.
But Yoo-hyun’s favor completely surpassed his expectations.
This was not the vision of an employee.
‘He must be involved with someone very high up.’
Vice President Go Jun-ho confirmed his hypothesis once again.
“I see. I’ll help you with that part, of course.”
“There’s nothing to thank me for. This is all for our company, isn’t it?”
Yoo-hyun smiled as he watched Vice President Go Jun-ho laugh loudly.
He had achieved great results in a short period of time, but his team was busier than ever.
They didn’t even have time to have a dinner party even though they received bonuses.
It wasn’t just because they had a lot of work to do.
There were several reasons, and one of them was the meetings that were held every time they left work.
Today was no different.
Senior Go Seong-cheol, who was giving a presentation in the small conference room, paused.
“What we need for our panel is…”
It was because of the music that signaled the end of work.
-Let’s make regular work hours a habit ♩ ♪ ♬
At this point, they should have stopped, but the people who attended the meeting urged Senior Go Seong-cheol to continue.
“Just filter out what you hear and keep going.”
“Yes, sir. Then I’ll continue. To make a high-resolution panel…”
It was understandable, because the people who attended the meeting were from the Future Product Research Institute.
They had come all the way from Yongin, so if they didn’t finish the meeting today, they would have to spend another night here.
It wasn’t just the Future Product Research Institute.
The teams under CTO in Gimpo also came down frequently.
Soon they would have to deal with the third division staff as well.
They had to prepare for that too.
It was a great thing that their position had changed completely because of the strong push from the business director.
But that also meant that they had a lot more to do in the short term at the Advanced Product Team.
There was another reason why they postponed their dinner party.
At the weekly report meeting, Chief Kim Ho-geol said to his team members.
“You know there’s a group soccer tournament coming up soon, right?”
The team members sighed at the same time.
They knew exactly what he was going to say next.
Chief Kim Ho-geol said firmly as if he expected it.
“I know it’s hard, but we don’t have enough people, so we all have to participate.”
Then Ju In-mok raised his hand and said.
“Can’t we skip this time for real?”
They couldn’t even have a dinner party because they were working overtime every day, and now they had to play soccer. They felt like protesting.
“No way. You know how much the director cares about soccer.”
“Don’t tell me he’s going to do what he did when he was in charge of the third division.”
“No way, Senior Maeng. You know he’s like that.”
Senior Maeng Gi-yong grumbled and Chief Jeong In-wook corrected him.
Vice President Go Jun-ho was someone who Chief Jeong In-wook knew better than anyone else. His words were very reliable.
Yoo-hyun asked to lighten the mood.
“What did the director do when he was in charge of the third division?”
“He made the Circuit 3 Team gather at the soccer field after work for a month because they lost in the first round, probably.”
Senior Maeng Gi-yong answered and Chief Jeong In-wook added.
“He’s very prideful. He’ll probably start a war if he faces the third division.”
Everyone agreed with that, so Yoo-hyun nodded as well.
Then Chief Jeong In-wook nailed it.
“It’s not ‘I see’. Yoo-hyun, you have to go too. We don’t have enough people.”
There was a soccer tournament in the past too.
The people at the Ulsan factory, or more precisely, the higher-ups, liked soccer so much that they held a tournament every year.
But Yoo-hyun didn’t play back then, and he had to play now.
This was also the future he had changed.
Many things happened at the same time, so everyone was out of their minds.
But Yoo-hyun was walking straight along the line he had drawn.
When everyone was flustered by the imminent things, Yoo-hyun drew a big picture.
He also made time to work on it when he came home.
He had a lot of things to worry about.
Yoo-hyun searched for old articles on his computer and thought.
Which company would compete for the Apple Phone 4 panel?
There were only a handful of companies in the world that could match Apple’s level.
Yoo-hyun skimmed through the recent articles of the most likely competitors.
They were not much different from their past moves.
Hansung was also the same.
Of course, there was a slight difference.
The articles came out earlier than before, and the exact details were thoroughly hidden.
But the direction was the same as before.
As these articles showed, the three leading companies had clearly diverged in their directions.
It was a game that Hansung had to win from the beginning.
There was no reason why what worked in the past wouldn’t work this time.
But Yoo-hyun wanted more than just supplying panels for the Apple Phone 4.
He wanted something more.
And he had something else to do for that.
Yoo-hyun sat alone in a cafe and looked at his phone.
On the phone screen, there was a part of a newspaper taken with a camera.
It was a picture that Kang Jun-ki had sent him a while ago, saying it was amazing.
There was a small title under which there were hard-to-read letters.
He had already read it, but it was still nice to see it again.
“Hyun-soo is still the same as ever.”
Yoo-hyun smiled as he looked at it.
A black hair strand fell over his shoulder.
“Sorry. I was curious what you were laughing about.”
Reporter Oh Eun-bi smiled and sat down across from Yoo-hyun.
She put her camera down next to her and Yoo-hyun said to her.
“This is an invasion of privacy.”
“Sorry, sorry. Hoho! It’s a habit of a reporter. Please understand.”
“That’s not a good habit.”
Yoo-hyun said sarcastically and Reporter Oh Eun-bi quickly changed the subject.
“What kind of article is that? It looks like one.”
“It’s just an article about a friend.”
“Really? Can I see it?”
“Just because. I’m a reporter too, so I’m interested in these things.”
It wasn’t a special secret, so Yoo-hyun handed her his phone.
She zoomed in on the screen and nodded her head.
Yoo-hyun asked casually.
“It’s a good story, right?”
“It is. Your friend is the one who jumped into the overturned car and saved the child, right?”
“Yes. He’s kind of reckless.”
“Hoho! He’s righteous. Look here. He also fixed the car for free.”
“He doesn’t seem to care about making money.”
Yoo-hyun said sourly and Reporter Oh Eun-bi winked at him.
“Yoo-hyun, are you embarrassed to talk about your friend?”
“No way. Why would I be?”
“Come on, you are. You must really like your friend.”
Yoo-hyun’s appearance was unexpected and Reporter Oh Eun-bi smiled.
“It’s better to see this than being too perfect.”
“What do you mean by that?”
Yoo-hyun asked incredulously.
Reporter Oh Eun-bi quickly changed the subject again.
“Well, let’s get to the point. I came all this way because of what you told me.”
“You came because of the follow-up report on the last article.”
“Hey, it’s killing two birds with one stone.”
“I wanted to hear your thanks. That’s why I said that.”
Yoo-hyun shook his head at her cheekiness.
But she wasn’t an unpleasant style.
He also had something he promised her, so he straightened up his posture right away.
Reporter Oh Eun-bi also turned on her recorder and took out her notebook.
Yoo-hyun explained Hansung’s technology that he had revealed to the media recently.
“Hybrid OLED technology is…”
“That’s complicated.”
“But you should know it. It will be in the media more often now.”
“You must have something up your sleeve if you say that.”
Reporter Oh Eun-bi had a good sense of things.
Yoo-hyun pointed out what would happen next.
“Yes. There will be an article coming out from Japan soon.”
“Japan? Wow! Are they trying to do something sneaky again?”
“Then we can’t let them!”
She clenched her pen as she flared up.
She still hated Japan as much as ever.
This aggressiveness would be a great help in the upcoming media war.
“So study up. You need to know the content well to write a rebuttal article.”
“Don’t worry. I’ll study hard.”
“Just leave it to me.”
Reporter Oh Eun-bi said confidently.
Yoo-hyun smiled as he saw her eyes burning with passion.
While the world outside was moving greatly, the office inside was also undergoing a big change.
The meeting with some of the Circuit 3 Team members from the third division was also part of that change.
Senior Maeng Gi-yong, who entered the medium conference room, grumbled to Yoo-hyun.
“The team leader of the 3rd team is very strong. You can think of him as worse than the 4th team leader.”
“Yeah. The people under him are no joke either. The ones in charge of Apple are all strong.”
Yoo-hyun responded with a perfunctory answer and touched his laptop.
He didn’t feel a bit of nervousness about the meeting.
Seeing him, Senior Maeng Gi-yong muttered.
“Well, you’re Yoo-hyun…”
When Yoo-hyun asked, Senior Maeng Gi-yong shook his head.
There was another worry on his face.
A few moments later, people entered the conference room.
On one side, the team leader of the Circuit 3 Team and the part leaders and key staff members sat down.
As Senior Maeng Gi-yong said, they all emitted a fierce aura.
They didn’t look like they came to listen to the explanation, but to tear them apart.
On the opposite side, the team leader and part leaders of the Advanced Product Team and senior-level staff members participated.
They all looked awkward.
They knew very well that this meeting was not started by the 3rd team.
They had to attend because of the business director’s coercion.
They couldn’t be in a good mood.