Real Man

Chapter 223:

Chapter 223

The change in Kim Ho-geol’s attitude was evident in the way he ran the team.

“Min, don’t worry about the Circuit 4 team. Just keep doing what you were doing.”

“Yes, sir.”

He pushed his work forward with confidence and checked it thoroughly.

He also sent emails to his team members to instruct them on their tasks.

-Please send me your updated schedules after reviewing the shared project timeline. I will manage the schedule myself.

As he trimmed the branches, his true nature began to show.

His clear instructions sped up the team’s work.

Of course, there were some people who suffered in the process, but it was definitely better than before.

There was someone who didn’t like the changed atmosphere.

It was Hong Hyuk-soo, the leader of Part 2.

He deliberately called Yoo-hyun through Yun Gi-chun.

“Yoo-hyun, I… Mr. Hong Hyuk-soo is looking for you.”

“Really? Thank you.”

Yoo-hyun nodded to Yun Gi-chun, who looked nervous, and headed to Hong Hyuk-soo.

Hong Hyuk-soo spoke with a mask on his face.

“Do you like drinking, Yoo-hyun?”

“Yes. I’m not a heavy drinker, but I can hold my liquor.”

“Really? How about having a drink with me tonight? I have something to tell you.”

He still had the habit of asking for a drink out of the blue.

Yoo-hyun smiled faintly as he recalled his past experience with him.

-You pay for the drinks first, Yoo-hyun. I’ll pay you back later.

He made his naive junior spend a lot of money and acted like a fool.

He wasn’t the only one who suffered from him.

Yet, he cunningly held onto people’s weaknesses and shook up the whole team.

He was intoxicated by his petty power. Yoo-hyun shook his head at him.

“I’m sorry, but I have plans with my colleagues tonight.”

“Huh. Just your colleagues?”

“They are very important to me. And I made this promise in advance, so please understand.”

“You’ll regret missing this opportunity.”

“Let’s make another appointment next time. I’ll introduce you to a nice place.”

“…”

Hong Hyuk-soo clenched his pen as Yoo-hyun smiled brightly.

His sharp eyes under his thin eyebrows twitched.

He looked more attractive than ever.

Yoo-hyun bowed slightly and returned to his seat.

He didn’t lie just to avoid drinking with him.

He really had plans with his colleagues.

As soon as the clock-out music sounded, Yoo-hyun got up from his seat.

A few moments later.

Yoo-hyun arrived at a pig’s feet restaurant in Ulsan city center.

It wasn’t far from where he had drinks with Maeng Gi-yong a while ago.

As he opened the door and entered, a familiar voice greeted him.

He looked up and saw Jung Hyun-woo waving and running towards him.

“Hyung. Here, here.”

“Don’t make such a fuss.”

“Hey, I’m just happy to see you.”

“We see each other every morning.”

“But it’s different at night.”

Yoo-hyun said incredulously, and Jung Hyun-woo grinned and winked at him.

Yoo-hyun shook his head and followed Jung Hyun-woo inside.

There were four other colleagues who had arrived earlier at the table.

They all had one thing in common: they were in the same class during the LCD business unit training.

Maybe that’s why they didn’t feel awkward at all even though they hadn’t seen each other for a long time.

As Yoo-hyun sat down, Yeojin-ho from the panel analysis team chuckled and said:

“It’s an honor to have a celebrity visit this humble place.”

“What celebrity are you talking about?”

“Hey, don’t you know? You’re the talk of the town these days. Right, Tae-kyung?”

Yeojin-ho passed the ball to Im Tae-kyung from Circuit 3 team, who nodded his head.

“Yeah. Your rumor is all over our department lately.”

“What rumor?”

“They say you’ve even taken down the Circuit 4 team leader?”

“You don’t really believe that, do you?”

Yoo-hyun pretended not to know, and Im Tae-kyung widened his eyes.

Then he waved his hands exaggeratedly and explained:

“No, listen. I had a meeting with Circuit 4 team the other day. And they said…”

“Really?”

“Yeah. There’s a nuclear bomb dropped on Circuit 4 right now. It’s chaos.”

“That’s ridiculous.”

Yoo-hyun laughed at Im Tae-kyung’s words.

He heard all kinds of nonsense from unexpected places.

It wasn’t accurate, but it was a word that pierced through Yoo-hyun’s actions.

Then, Jung Hyun-woo, who was next to him, asked curiously:

“Hyung, is that all true?”

“No. It’s a bit exaggerated.”

“Wow… Amazing. I thought it was a false rumor because you didn’t say anything.”

“It’s not all true, I’m telling you.”

“Wow.”

As Yoo-hyun tried to shut Jung Hyun-woo’s mouth, the food and drinks came out.

Yoo-hyun quickly filled his glass and said:

“Come on, let’s stop talking nonsense and have a drink.”

The first one to receive the glass was Go Seong-je from the electrical equipment team, who said:

“Haha. It’s an honor. To receive a glass from Yoo-hyun, who is favored by the vice president.”

“Seong-je, why are you saying that?”

Yoo-hyun waved his hand, and Yeojin-ho also made a playful expression and added:

“I’m honored too. Yoo-hyun, who received the group research and development award.”

“Hyung, please don’t say that.”

Jung Hyun-woo held out his glass with a respectful face.

“I’m honored too. Hyung, I really admire you.”

“Hyun-woo, please shut your mouth. Come on, cheers.”

As Yoo-hyun held out his glass awkwardly, everyone laughed and clinked their glasses.

Clang. Clang.

At the same time, people’s greetings mixed together.

“Good to see you, Yoo-hyun.”

“Welcome to Ulsan.”

“Hyung, congratulations.”

“It’s a good thing, right?”

Yoo-hyun uttered a doubtful word after drinking a glass.

“It’s a good thing if you think it’s a good thing, right?”

Yeojin-ho said casually.

There was a key point in his seemingly trivial words.

“That’s a wise saying.”

“Haha. Yeah. I was joking earlier, but I know it’s not easy.”

“Thank you. Then please help me out.”

Yoo-hyun took this opportunity to reach out his hand.

He had a lot of things to ask for help from the panel analysis team.

Then Yeojin-ho shrugged his shoulders and asked:

“Sure. What can I do for you?”

“Please share your automatic measurement program with me. And…”

“Puhaha. Why are you so specific?”

Yeojin-ho burst into laughter as Yoo-hyun grabbed him.

It was an important matter for Yoo-hyun, so he made sure to get his promise.

“You promised me.”

“I know, I know. Cheers.”

Yeojin-ho gave up and held out his glass.

One glass after another piled up.

The more they drank, the more they unraveled the stories they couldn’t share before.

Yeojin-ho, Im Tae-kyung, Go Seong-je… They all had a lot of grievances piled up in the company.

“When our team does the measurement…”

“That’s nothing. When I work on the module…”

“Hey, are you trying to outdo me? Yesterday, at the construction site…”

“My crazy boss…”

Jung Hyun-woo was no different.

He spent more than 12 hours a day at the company.

There was no way he could have only good things happen there.

Since he wasn’t looking for an answer, Yoo-hyun just listened and reacted appropriately.

They all seemed to have innocent worries.

But they didn’t just complain.

There were also many rumors to hear from different teams.

Some of them were stories that Yoo-hyun knew well.

Im Tae-kyung leaned forward and whispered in a low voice.

“Did you hear? The group leader is getting replaced this time. It’s a demotion.”

“I heard that too. He was marked by the vice president, right?”

Yeojin-ho asked and Im Tae-kyung nodded.

“Yes. I heard that all the people from the mobile phone business unit were also fired.”

“That’s too bad. They made all those color phones and got fired.”

“What can you do? Oh, Yoo-hyun, you know this well, don’t you?”

Im Tae-kyung, who was talking to Yeojin-ho, asked Yoo-hyun.

He already knew exactly what was going on, so he didn’t bother to add anything.

“I don’t know. I’m not sure.”

“Well. It’s none of our business anyway.”

Im Tae-kyung nodded his head and held out his glass.

After emptying his glass, the next story was something that Yoo-hyun was quite interested in.

This time, Go Seong-je opened his mouth.

“And about the factory site…”

“The business director?”

“Yeah. Turns out he intervened in the middle of it.”

Yoo-hyun pretended not to know and asked, and Go Seong-je answered.

He knew a lot of information about the factory because he was in the electrical equipment team.

Yeojin-ho said in surprise.

“Wow. So that’s why he’s taking off his clothes.”

“Yes. He’s taking responsibility.”

“Tsk tsk. That’s unfortunate.”

Yeojin-ho clicked his tongue at Go Seong-je’s answer.

Yoo-hyun thought about it as he listened to their conversation.

This business director corruption case was something that wasn’t exposed because it was tied to the corruption committed by Lee Kyung-hoon in the past.

For some reason, it was revealed quickly.

It was because of the future that Yoo-hyun had changed.

Of course, there were things that didn’t change.

As he moved an empty bottle under the table, Jung Hyun-woo suddenly said as if he remembered something.

“Oh, our team is planning a soccer tournament this time.”

“Really? Then let us join too.”

“Of course. The panel analysis team is in the same group, right?”

Yeojin-ho said and Jung Hyun-woo nodded his head.

Then Go Seong-je next to him asked:

“Wow. What about our team?”

“The electrical equipment team is not in the group, so I think you’ll be left out.”

“That’s a shame.”

Jung Hyun-woo answered and Go Seong-je sighed.

Then Im Tae-kyung asked Yoo-hyun:

“Yoo-hyun, are you good at soccer?”

“Me? I’ve never tried it, so I don’t know.”

“You look like you’d be good at it?”

Yeojin-ho said bluntly and everyone nodded their heads.

At the same time, they spat out various words.

“Yeah. You have good athletic skills.”

“Yeah. Didn’t you say you play golf well?”

“I’m really looking forward to it.”

“I don’t think so…”

Yoo-hyun muttered to himself and lifted his glass.

“Come on, cheers.”

“Good.”

Everyone agreed and clinked their glasses again.

That night, they talked until late.

The Ulsan colleagues had a lot of things bottled up inside them.

What was an easy way to tell the team atmosphere?

The answer was in the words they uttered.

The next day.

When Yoo-hyun arrived at work, he could feel the changed atmosphere right away.

It was when he entered a bathroom stall.

He heard a phone conversation from the next stall.

It was Yun Gi-chun’s voice.

“Yes, yes. I uploaded a new panel plan. We really don’t have time this time. It’s urgent.”

He was trying hard to meet the deadline.

He never saw him do that before.

That wasn’t all.

As he drank water at the water cooler, Yoo-hyun heard the people from Part 2 talking.

They were also talking about work.

“Did you check the LTPS device information we received from the Future Product Research Center?”

“Yes. I got the numbers and ran the simulation.”

“Let me know if it doesn’t work. We don’t want to waste time.”

“I’ll check it right away.”

He could feel the urgency in their voices.

It was a very different atmosphere from two weeks ago.

Back then, they didn’t talk about work, but mostly complained.

Even when they talked about work, they didn’t talk about the success of the project, but the reasons why it was bound to fail.

But not anymore.

Whatever the reason, they started working.

Then, the color of the Advanced Product Team began to show.

Yoo-hyun saw it in his eyes.

As he was thinking about it, he returned to his seat.

Lee Jin-mok, who was passing by, handed him a can of coffee.

That was also something that never happened before.

“Here.”

“Thank you. But why?”

“You know, I owe you one from the warehouse.”

Lee Jin-mok scratched his head awkwardly as he said that.

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