Yoo-hyun matched his pace with his serious expression.
“If things go wrong, you might have to leave the company.”
“It’s not over with that. This industry is small and the rumors will spread to other sectors.”
“Did you do it, sir?”
“Of course not. Why would I?”
When Yoo-hyun tried to probe him subtly, Director Lee Tae-ryong stepped back.
He was aware of the fact that he could be exposed at any moment.
He was always meticulous in this regard, whether in the past or present.
Director Lee Tae-ryong smiled smugly as he saw Yoo-hyun’s troubled face.
He really treated Yoo-hyun as a mere rookie.
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“That’s interesting. You’re really experienced.”
“You seem to have more expertise than other managers.”
“Huhu. I’m not comparable to those mere business managers.”
Yoo-hyun crossed his legs and smirked at his arrogant words.
It was time to wrap things up.
As Director Lee Tae-ryong slowly sipped his tea, Yoo-hyun pinpointed his weakness.
“So you leaked the information to Japan?”
Then he threw a name that would completely shake him up.
A name that should never be uttered by anyone else.
As soon as that name came out, Director Lee Tae-ryong dropped his teacup.
Glass shards scattered on the floor.
After a brief silence, the office door opened.
The manager’s secretary looked flustered and asked.
“Uh, uh. I’m fine, just go out.”
“I’ll clean it up for you.”
Director Lee Tae-ryong snapped angrily and clenched his lips.
He felt his legs trembling under the table.
Yoo-hyun pulled his chair closer and whispered.
“There’s always a trace when you take money.”
“If you don’t believe me, why don’t you check it yourself? Oh, right. Tanaka won’t answer your call right now.”
As Yoo-hyun revealed his secrets one by one, Director Lee Tae-ryong’s face turned pale.
His quivering lips were quite amusing.
Was there any more information to get from him?
Director Lee Tae-ryong would never confess his crimes.
He was still keeping his mouth shut for fear of being caught.
Yoo-hyun got up from his seat without hesitation and said.
“I enjoyed the tea. But the flavor was not so good.”
“Take care of the aftermath. Goodbye.”
Even though Yoo-hyun bowed slightly, he said nothing.
His eyes were still shaking, showing his state of mind.
Yoo-hyun opened the door and looked into his office window.
His face was still drained of color, which was quite impressive.
He would live for a while.
At least until Tanaka answered his call.
How would the seed of anxiety that Yoo-hyun planted deep in his heart grow in the meantime?
He was looking forward to the process because he knew the outcome.
“Let him suffer a bit.”
Yoo-hyun walked away with a cold smile on his face.
Director Lee Tae-ryong withered day by day.
The fourth division was busy preparing for the Apple demo.
Manager Kim Young-gil moved up the demo schedule as instructed by the business director.
That made everyone work harder.
Everyone was hectic, but there was one person who suffered especially.
It was Kim Seon-dong, who lived in the review booth.
He focused on improving the camera-based correction method that he presented last time.
It was not easy to control individual pixels finely on a ultra-high-resolution panel.
That’s why he had to work all night for several days.
As he watched him immersed in programming at his computer, Senior Maeng Gi-yong clicked his tongue.
“That guy is really tough.”
“He seems like a perfectionist.”
Yoo-hyun answered and Senior Maeng Gi-yong nodded.
“He doesn’t look like it though.”
“What? What do you mean by that?”
Senior Maeng Gi-yong was about to flare up when Manager Lee Jin-mok came over with his luggage and greeted him.
“Sir, I’m going on a business trip now.”
Senior Maeng Gi-yong nodded and Manager Lee Jin-mok winked at Yoo-hyun.
“Yoo-hyun, let’s go.”
Yoo-hyun replied and squinted at Senior Maeng Gi-yong.
“Yoo-hyun, answer me.”
“What you said earlier. That I don’t look like it. You mean I’m too handsome and good at work, right?”
Yoo-hyun shrugged his shoulders and turned his body with a meaningful expression.
Then he followed Manager Lee Jin-mok with quick steps.
Behind him, Senior Maeng Gi-yong shouted.
“Hey. Han Yoo-hyun. Am I right?”
Yoo-hyun laughed softly at his ridiculous reaction.
Yoo-hyun and Manager Lee Jin-mok took his car to Seoul.
It was a long distance, so they took a break twice in between.
They arrived at Semi Electronics in Gasan-dong, Seoul, after five hours.
Manager Lee Jin-mok, who was behind the wheel, sighed deeply.
“Next time, let’s just take the train like you said.”
“But thanks to you, we had some delicious food at the rest area.”
“Sigh. Well, I’m glad you enjoyed it.”
Manager Lee Jin-mok shook his head and walked.
He looked worried about the way back.
Deputy Lim Han-seop, who was Yoo-hyun’s senior, came out to greet them at the lobby of Semi Electronics.
He exchanged some pleasantries and guided them while telling stories.
“When we did the mockup last time, Yoo-hyun here…”
“Yes. Yoo-hyun also came up with the HMOP idea…”
Each time, Manager Lee Jin-mok gave a perfunctory answer.
Then he poked Yoo-hyun’s ribs and whispered.
“What did you do to make them so crazy about you?”
“I just have some connections here.”
“That’s a bit too much.”
Deputy Lim Han-seop didn’t notice their conversation and kept talking.
They arrived at the meeting room where the demo equipment was set up.
Yoo-hyun looked around and nodded with satisfaction.
Yoo-hyun agreed and nodded his head.
At that moment, a man walked in with confident strides.
The office staff parted like a red sea.
The man’s imposing figure came into view.
He was quite well-known in the media, so Manager Lee Jin-mok recognized his face.
Manager Lee Jin-mok bowed his head and greeted him.
“Welcome. You came from Ulsan, right?”
“Yes. Thank you for having us.”
Manager Lee Jin-mok shook Mr. Yoon Min-han’s hand with a nervous expression.
It was like a business director suddenly shaking hands with an employee.
Mr. Yoon Min-han hugged Yoo-hyun with both arms.
“Haha. How long has it been?”
“Yes, sir. How have you been?”
Yoo-hyun greeted him politely, and Mr. Yoon Min-han held his hands tightly and said.
“I really liked the idea you gave me in Europe.”
“That was something Semi Electronics was already doing.”
“No. It was thanks to the color phone mockup you made. That’s how we made the full-touch MP3 player.”
“Even if I didn’t do it, the engineers here would have come up with the idea.”
“You’re so modest. That makes me happy.”
He looked at Yoo-hyun with affection in his eyes.
Manager Lee Jin-mok was astonished to see the president treating an employee .
Semi Electronics was a fairly large company.
Mr. Yoon Min-han’s reputation was also impressive.
How could he care for a mere employee like that?
He had never seen such a case before.
His surprise didn’t end there.
Soon after, they entered the meeting room where the demo equipment was set up.
Yoo-hyun took out a panel from the box he brought.
“Okay. Let me try it on.”
Kang Jun-ki, who had been in frequent contact with Manager Lee Jin-mok, took the panel and connected it to the mockup.
His playful expression was gone and he looked serious.
The messy FPCB and video board fit perfectly into the mockup.
The video board that protruded from the mockup edge covered it neatly.
That made the panel look smaller than when it was alone.
It was a marvelous combination.
Even though they had tested the panel before, it was rare to fit it in one go.
And the design was also sleek like a high-end phone.
Manager Lee Jin-mok exclaimed involuntarily.
“Wow, this is amazing.”
But the reaction around him was strange.
Everyone opened their eyes wide and focused on it.
Yoo-hyun pointed out a flaw in that atmosphere.
“The seam here seems a bit loose.”
“Yoo-hyun, this is fine…”
It was a rude response to the people who worked hard, so Manager Lee Jin-mok tried to stop him.
But the Semi Electronics staff agreed with him.
“We need to change this part. How’s the schedule?”
“How long will it take?”
“It will take at least three days since we have to send it to the vendor.”
“Then let’s reflect it in the revision. And…”
Yoo-hyun skillfully went over the progress and changes of the mockup.
The engineers who looked experienced took notes of what he said.
He had never seen such a scene in any mockup company before.
-Yoo-hyun is really tough. He’s so picky that our engineers are scared of him.
Manager Lee Jin-mok recalled what Kang Jun-ki had said on the phone.
He thought it was just a joke at that time.
Yoo-hyun, who wasn’t even an engineer, was doing real ‘work’ here.
Rather, what he had done so far felt like a mere imitation.
His pride wasn’t hurt, but his fist clenched tightly.
Then, as Yoo-hyun finished talking about the first phase of changes, an engineer asked him.
“So we’ll change the paint and button parts for the first phase. How about the touch part for the second phase?”
“Oh, our manager knows about that part well.”
Yoo-hyun passed the baton naturally, and Manager Lee Jin-mok started explaining.
“Yes. The touch part is…”
His eyes were different from before. They sparkled brightly.
He didn’t take the mockup lightly anymore.
Yoo-hyun smiled slightly at his change.
He could tell that he was stimulated by him.
As Manager Lee Jin-mok led the discussion vigorously, Kang Jun-ki sneaked up next to Yoo-hyun and whispered to him.
“He sounded so casual on the phone, but he’s different now.”
“Yeah. He has a lot of experience and skill.”
Yoo-hyun’s words were not a lie.
In terms of expertise, he could never match Manager Lee Jin-mok.
He just had a narrow vision because he was bound by conventions, and Yoo-hyun made him realize that.