Real Man

Chapter 163:

Chapter 163

It was not a big deal, but his words made Director Lee Kyung-hoon’s brow furrow.

They had done everything for them, and they said they all played important roles.

Then, reporter Oh Eun-bi asked a question in Korean.

“Among them, Director Lee Kyung-hoon was the one who showed the most outstanding performance, right?”

“Yes, Director Lee Kyung-hoon worked hard.”

Then, Executive Director Yoo Jae-hwan reluctantly nodded.

“Can we interview you together?”

“Well, there’s no harm in that. I’ll check it out.”

The interpreter conveyed his opinion to the host in English.

JS realized then that Uri Ilbo was a media outlet that had not been consulted.

But Executive Director Yoo Jae-hwan, who did not know that fact, asked JS for their consent.

JS had no reason to refuse.

They had already put out all the content that could be written as an article.

In the end, reporter Oh Eun-bi’s request was accepted.

Some might see this as a coincidence.

But it wasn’t.

Yoo-hyun turned his head and gave reporter Oh Eun-bi a wink and a thumbs up.

He didn’t know why, but he got a chance.

Director Lee Kyung-hoon, who got the sign, straightened his clothes and walked forward.

That was when.

He turned his head at the sight of someone’s gaze from the side, and there was a new recruit from the product planning team.

He nodded and smiled.

‘This is how blatant it is, right?’

Director Lee Kyung-hoon chuckled as he understood the situation.

The new recruit had a hand in it.

He had already confirmed that the reporter and the new recruit were close.

The purpose?

Of course, it was the line.

It meant that he wanted him to grow it properly.

He had to admit that the guy was smart.

‘Well, if you’ve raised it this much, you should give something back.’

He decided to grow him properly with this opportunity and changed his expression to a satisfied one.

Then he entered the interview seat with a confident stride.

“Today…”

From then on, it was a breeze.

The process of discovering D&Tech, how Hansung supported them during the exhibition, what kind of help they gave during the negotiation with JS, and so on.

The place that seemed to end with a short photo and a snippet interview became rich thanks to his fluent speech.

Was it because of the friendly atmosphere?

At the end, JS Vice President Kurt Jung made a big proposal.

“Haha! On this occasion, I would like to invest 20 billion won in Hansung Electronics from JS and build a liquid crystal material production base in Korea. Will you please consider it?”

“Of course. I’ll check it out as soon as I get back to Korea. Haha! Thanks to our director, things are going well.”

“No, it’s all thanks to the CFO.”

Executive Director Yoo Jae-hwan had no reason to reject the proposal.

And the ball went back to Director Lee Kyung-hoon.

Click. Click. Click.

At the same time, a camera flash baptism erupted.

Director Lee Kyung-hoon smiled and received the spotlight to his heart’s content.

It was the moment when all his merits were recognized.

Until the interview was over, Director Jung Woo-hyuk of the Ministry of Industry did not leave his seat.

He had a look of trying to confirm something.

And two people caught Yoo-hyun’s eye.

One with a domestic medium-sized company badge, and one with a Japanese company badge.

Judging by their behavior, they were clearly NIS personnel who had sneaked in.

The international exhibition had the purpose of inter-company exchange as well as exhibition.

The most important thing there was security.

Security in national-based industries like LCD was managed by the Ministry of Industry and the NIS.

That was why they attended the exhibition.

‘Is it still just a suspicion stage?’

They seemed to be working hard, but the results wouldn’t be good.

They had already failed in the past.

China had done a thorough job.

But.

The situation had changed now.

Everything was going according to Yoo-hyun’s design.

He had already crossed the ninth ridge of the scenario.

The result would soon reach them.

Yoo-hyun’s lips slowly rose.

After the group interview, reporter Oh Eun-bi went to find Director Lee Kyung-hoon separately.

It was to do a short personal interview.

“Hahaha! Thank you.”

Yoo-hyun looked at Director Lee Kyung-hoon, who was smiling, and thought.

‘What will happen to Executive Director Yoo Jae-hwan?’

When the investigation came out from the Ministry of Industry and the NIS in the past, the one who suffered the most was Executive Director Yoo Jae-hwan.

There was no other reason.

He had said in the interview that he had cooperated with JS and D&Tech as if he had done it himself.

In the end, he was disgraced and ousted without being able to properly appeal his innocence.

It was such a big deal that he couldn’t set foot in the related industries afterwards.

He didn’t know that now, but he seemed to want to stand out more.

He had a slightly stiff expression because of Director Lee Kyung-hoon, who suddenly joined in.

But wouldn’t he sigh with relief later when he remembered this?

It was the same for dozens of large and small companies and hundreds of people in the political and business circles who would be involved in this incident for a year.

They should be very grateful for this moment when they would pass by without knowing anything.

If they ever found out that their necks were hanging here.

That wouldn’t happen, though.

He looked forward to what would happen.

A hot news came out just an hour after the interview was over.

<JS, surprise announcement of 20 billion won investment in Hansung Electronics.>

In fact, 20 billion won was not a big figure for Hansung Electronics.

But it was a catchy material for the public, and it worked well that Uri Ilbo, a major media outlet, wrote an article.

The article had a peculiar feature that the photos of the four people who interviewed were displayed as big as the front door.

It looked comparable to the news that they received 3 trillion won from Apple just by looking at the photo.

Especially, the fact that Director Lee Kyung-hoon was opening his mouth in the photo.

The fact that his interview was added separately in one line.

It was described as if Director Lee Kyung-hoon played a big role in that part.

That evening.

The LCD business division’s exhibition-related employees gathered at a Korean restaurant near the exhibition hall.

At that place, Vice President Ahn Joon-hong, the mobile group leader who kept his distance from Director Lee Kyung-hoon, praised him with spitting saliva.

It was the first friendly word he uttered since the color phone incident.

“This team leader is really good at talking. Haha.”

“I learned it all from you, group leader.”

“Hehe! This guy.”

“Come on, the hero of today should make a toast.”

The other executives pushed Director Lee Kyung-hoon forward.

Director Lee Kyung-hoon got up from his seat with a thick smile on his lips.

He felt like he was the star of the place.

The situation he truly wanted was unfolding before his eyes.

He made a cheerful toast.

“To the bright future of Hansung Electronics, cheers!”

“Cheers!”

The people holding glasses shouted loudly.

Among them was Yoo-hyun.

Director Lee Kyung-hoon, who shot a glass full of soju, called Yoo-hyun.

“Haha! Yoo-hyun, come here.”

“Yes, team leader.”

As Yoo-hyun prepared to get up from his seat, Assistant Manager Park Seung-woo whispered with a worried look.

“Are you okay?”

“Yes, I’m fine. We got close.”

“Huh?”

The part members blinked their eyes at Yoo-hyun’s words.

‘Got close?’

‘Does that make sense?’

The Director Lee Kyung-hoon they knew was a person who could never get close.

Chirrrrr.

“Good job.”

As Yoo-hyun received Director Lee Kyung-hoon’s glass, Senior Manager Choi Kang-won of the TV group came over.

He sat between Director Lee Kyung-hoon and Yoo-hyun.

“Oh, my! This team leader, amazing. How did you roast JS so that they gave us exclusivity?”

“Haha! I was just lucky. Oh, senior manager, congratulations. You found Ilsung Electronics TV, right?”

Director Lee Kyung-hoon, who naturally made room for him, filled his glass with alcohol and said.

“Well, I don’t know why I should be congratulated for this… Well, the home appliance business guys are happy.”

Senior Manager Choi Kang-won answered, and people flocked in late.

“Huh. You found it? What do you mean?”

“I’m hearing this for the first time too.”

“Oh, the news hasn’t come out yet, but Ilsung Electronics TV was found. Actually…”

Senior Manager Choi Kang-won kindly answered the questions that came from everywhere.

Everyone except Director Lee Kyung-hoon seemed to not know.

How was the situation progressing now?

Yoo-hyun asked Senior Manager Choi Kang-won quietly after he finished explaining.

“Senior manager, but don’t we have to be nervous if we exhibit?”

“Would we? We handed it over to the police for investigation first. Let’s forget about the depressing talk, and have a drink.”

“Yes. Sounds good.”

“Hahaha! I’ll join you too.”

As Yoo-hyun followed Senior Manager Choi Kang-won and raised his glass, Director Lee Kyung-hoon joined in with a laugh.

Clang.

The glasses clashed and a cheerful sound was heard.

The atmosphere was bright because good things happened one after another.

Of course, it wasn’t as fun as drinking with the part members.

But it couldn’t be helped.

It was the last road of the boss he used to serve, and he had to politely see him off.

It was the proper thing to do, and Yoo-hyun was a subordinate who did his duty.

Everyone was drunk and their words were mixed.

“Why is JS so aggressive?”

“Who are we? Hansung, right? They can’t ignore us, right?”

“Puhaha! Right, right. Anyway, things are going smoothly since D&Tech.”

“Group leader, this has nothing to do with D&Tech.”

“Hehe! Right, right. Come on, let’s have a drink.”

Through those words, Yoo-hyun learned one thing.

The starting point of this incident, which he thought was meticulously organized, was absurdly Director Lee Kyung-hoon’s greed.

He was trying to suppress the D&Tech story as much as possible.

The reason was obvious.

He wanted to monopolize the D&Tech shares.

After satisfying his greed to some extent, wouldn’t he inflate the D&Tech shares in the second round?

He was a person who could do that work for a year and still have time left.

He didn’t know exactly how he did it, but because of that, many companies and people were involved in the incident.

Of course, it wasn’t that big of a scale yet.

The people involved here were the group leader, the purchasing team leader, and the product 1 manager.

The sure thing was that the prosecution would reveal it.

“Puhahahahaha!”

Everyone was drunk and their laughter grew louder.

Senior Manager Choi Kang-won, who was boldly drunk, put his hand on Yoo-hyun’s shoulder.

“Vice president, this guy is so good at golf. Let’s go to the field once.”

“Yeah, yeah, okay, Senior Manager Choi. Let’s go. Team leader, set a date.”

Vice President Ahn Joon-hong took it again.

Director Lee Kyung-hoon couldn’t refuse.

He shouted boldly.

“Sure. Don’t worry about money and go. I know a golf course in Berlin that will kill you.”

“Ooooh, nice. It’s the team leader.”

“Of course. I’m sure I can handle the work. Hahaha.”

He obviously received a golf treat from D&Tech.

Anyway, he was a meticulous person.

Yoo-hyun chuckled as he smiled.

‘I probably won’t play golf.’

The incident would be settled before that.

It was after the first round.

The executives, including Director Lee Kyung-hoon, left first, saying they had something to do.

Kim Hyun-min, the deputy director, who saw that, snorted coldly.

“They’re going to the room salon, right?”

Then Assistant Manager Park Seung-woo asked.

“Are there rooms in Germany?”

“Where would they not have something similar?”

Kim Hyun-min, the deputy director, who gave a sharp rebuke to Assistant Manager Park Seung-woo, shouted loudly.

“Come on, let’s start for real now.”

“Sounds good.”

Yoo-hyun gladly agreed to Kim Hyun-min’s words.

They were people he loved being with.

He had no reason to refuse if he was with them.