Chapter 414
There was a buzz of excitement after the meeting ended.
With such a radical change announced, the staff members of each group gathered their heads together.
Especially, the development planning team leaders discussed the organizational change in depth.
They all knew that Vice President Lim Jun-pyo was a very impatient person, so they acted accordingly.
In the midst of such an atmosphere, there was someone who had a blank expression on his face.
Yoo-hyun, who had stepped down from the podium, nudged Kwon Se-jung, the assistant manager.
“What are you doing? Did you fall asleep?”
“W-what are you talking about? I didn’t sleep. Huh.”
Kwon Se-jung’s mouth opened wide as he snapped back.
When Yoo-hyun turned his head to see what was going on, he saw Vice President Lim Jun-pyo approaching.
He extended his thick hand and gave him a hearty handshake.
“Ha ha. That was a very impressive presentation.”
The vice president personally came to congratulate the presenter?
It was an unusual event, and Kwon Se-jung’s eyes widened in surprise.
Even Jang Jun-sik, who was always bad at reading the mood, knew how important this was.
He was packing up his laptop and got up from his seat with a composed posture.
Yoo-hyun smiled and quickly stepped forward with his hand still clasped.
“I just delivered the message. The one who came up with the idea draft and organized it was Kwon Se-jung, the assistant manager here.”
“Oh, really? Kwon Se-jung, I’ll remember your name. Good job.”
“Th-thank you.”
When Vice President Lim Jun-pyo called his name directly, Kwon Se-jung’s back bent involuntarily.
Yoo-hyun didn’t stop there and also took care of Jang Jun-sik.
“And here, Jang Jun-sik, the staff member, came up with the detailed ideas and gathered the evidence.”
Some might think he was overdoing it.
But right now, Vice President Lim Jun-pyo was in a mood to accept anything.
He gripped Jang Jun-sik’s hand tightly and encouraged him.
“Jang Jun-sik, you worked hard.”
“Yes, sir.”
Jang Jun-sik answered like a private soldier with a stiff posture.
“Heh heh. Why are you so tense? Do I have such a scary image?”
“Yes. You do… Ah, no, sir.”
“Heh heh heh. You’re funny.”
Vice President Lim Jun-pyo laughed heartily and patted Jang Jun-sik’s back.
Jang Jun-sik’s face was already pale.
Yoon Byung-kwan, the deputy manager of the TV team, looked at him with envious eyes.
He had also presented directly in front of Vice President Lim Jun-pyo before, but he had never seen him act so kindly.
What made his heart sink more was this.
‘That guy, it wasn’t luck.’
He felt like he had been hit hard on the back of his head by a hammer as he listened to Yoo-hyun’s presentation today.
The way he controlled the pace and flow of his speech with ease was remarkable.
He even managed to charm the fearsome Heo Min-kang, the executive director.
It was then that Yoo-hyun gestured to him.
“Deputy Manager Yoon, over here.”
“…”
At that sound, even Vice President Lim Jun-pyo turned his head and looked at him.
The outcome of the war had already been decided.
Was he trying to humiliate him until the end?
Considering their past friction, it was possible.
Yoon Byung-kwan clenched his eyes and approached Vice President Lim Jun-pyo under his gaze.
But what was this?
Instead of scolding him, Vice President Lim Jun-pyo smiled and reached out his hand.
“You helped with making the integration plan, right? Deputy Manager Yoon, good job.”
“Ah, no sir.”
“No? Come on. Keep up the good work. Heh heh heh.”
He even patted his shoulder and gave him a warm smile.
Yoon Byung-kwan looked bewildered and saw Yoo-hyun’s calm face in his sight.
He made eye contact with him and shrugged lightly.
At that sight, Yoon Byung-kwan smiled bitterly.
‘That bastard.’
The people who were left in the meeting room and were discussing frantically moved their seats and continued their discussion.
Both the TV group and the IT group had a lot to sort out right away.
On the other hand, the mobile group had a different atmosphere.
Only Kim Hyun-min, the manager, went to coordinate organizational issues with each group’s development planning team leaders.
The rest of them moved to a coffee shop and chatted lightly about their future plans.
“By the way, where did Han go?”
Team Leader Choi Min-hee asked as she sat down, and Assistant Manager Kwon Se-jung answered.
“The group leader called him.”
“I see.”
Team Leader Choi Min-hee nodded as if it was nothing.
It seemed like a very special thing, but they all looked indifferent.
Assistant Manager Kwon Se-jung, who didn’t know the relationship between the group leader and Yoo-hyun, was puzzled.
At that moment.
Yoo-hyun was in the mobile group leader’s office, facing Executive Director Yeo Tae-sik.
It had been a long time since they had a one-on-one meeting, but there was no awkwardness.
They had shared so many memories together.
“The fishing rod you gave me, I used it well. Thanks to you, I did a great job of imitating a master fisherman.”
“Heh heh. We should go fishing together sometime.”
“Then why don’t you come to the TF outing? I think we’re going to go fishing.”
“Hey, if I go, people will hate me.”
Yoo-hyun joked at Executive Director Yeo Tae-sik’s words.
“If you bring both hands full of gifts, who would hate you?”
“Ha ha. You’re funny.”
“Everyone likes free stuff.”
Executive Director Yeo Tae-sik shrugged his shoulders and drank his coffee.
He felt like he was dealing with a close colleague rather than a distant subordinate whenever he met Yoo-hyun.
It was a strange feeling indeed.
But Executive Director Yeo Tae-sik didn’t know.
Yoo-hyun was a former CEO(?).
He was in a good mood and said with confidence.
“Now that the vice president has decided, you’ll get more support.”
“Yes. But we need to calm down a bit. There must be some weeds from the group strategy office inside.”
He spat out a question with a bang, and the answer was another surprise.
How far could this young deputy see?
Thud.
The vice president, Yeotae-sik, who put down his coffee cup, nodded.
“Right. You have to be careful not to get caught. I’ll suggest that.”
“That would be nice.”
Yoo-hyun answered calmly.
From his relaxed smile, he saw the confident deputy who stood on the podium today.
It was a development that surprised even himself, who knew the progress.
How could he do that?
Yeotae-sik, the vice president, solved the question that came to his mind in a different way.
It was a typical answer for him, who valued the result more than the process.
“I felt sorry when I saw you present today.”
“Did I lack something?”
Yeotae-sik waved his hand at Yoo-hyun’s question.
“Of course not. You were overflowing. I mean, do you really need to be here?”
“Then where should I be?”
“Innovation Strategy Office. You’ll be a great help there.”
“No. I’m not going.”
As Yoo-hyun shook his head, Yeotae-sik added a reason.
“Even if there’s a new vice president, the Innovation Strategy Office will have a hard time against the Group Strategy Office.”
“They’ll surely make it.”
“The Group Strategy Office won’t easily give up the power they have.”
Yeotae-sik’s words were not wrong.
The Group Strategy Office only lost because they didn’t know the opponent’s moves, but now that the target was above the water, they wouldn’t let go easily.
Even if they were rotten inside, they had enough power and ability to make even Chairman Shin Myung-ho hesitate.
They attacked the Innovation Strategy Office?
It was not easy for the Innovation Strategy Office, which had just started walking, to withstand it.
But Yoo-hyun thought differently.
“If the Innovation Strategy Office depends on one deputy, it’s better to collapse now.”
“It’s not an easy problem to say that.”
“I know. That’s why I’m saying we should trust and watch.”
“I understand your thoughts well. I like working with you too. I’m just saying this because I think it would be better for you to do something big for the sake of justice.”
Yoo-hyun knew why he said that, but there was no need to struggle unnecessarily.
Trusting and watching his colleagues was also a way.
In fact, Yeotae-sik’s mind was the same.
Instead of answering, Yoo-hyun asked a question.
“Then why are you staying here?”
“That’s because I have to do my duty until the business division splits up.”
“I feel the same way. If the TF work I’m doing now fails, there’s no future for the Innovation Strategy Office. You know that.”
“Hmm.”
“Then let’s do our duty for what we’re doing now.”
Yoo-hyun smiled and said with a coffee cup in his mouth.
As Yoo-hyun drew the line, Yeotae-sik didn’t express his regret anymore.
Instead, he talked about the future.
“It’ll be noisy for a while with the LCD division issue. The new vice president will also use that as a motivation to hold on.”
“Yes. That’s right.”
“If we do well, we might be able to split up successfully. That would be a jackpot in itself.”
“It’ll happen. We’ll be able to do well as we’ve done so far.”
Yoo-hyun’s words were not just trusting his colleagues.
Objectively speaking, everyone was showing their abilities in their own places.
The gears were already in place, so all that was left was to move forward.
Yeotae-sik nodded and asked what he wanted to ask secretly.
“Right. I believe that too. But what will happen next?”
“Do you think that’s why you called me?”
“Haha. Actually, yes.”
Yoo-hyun looked at Yeotae-sik who was shrugging his shoulders.
Aside from anything else, what would happen to him next?
He couldn’t imagine him following the company that split up.
Rather, he had a higher chance of staying and becoming the next leader of the Innovation Strategy Office.
It was Yoo-hyun’s conclusion based on his mind and skills for justice.
Since it was a personal matter that didn’t need to be brought up here, Yoo-hyun gave him a general answer that he wanted.
“After the LCD division splits up, the real fight will be about smartphones.”
“The market situation doesn’t look easy. Do you have a trump card?”
Yoo-hyun answered without hesitation.
“I have a friend named Hyun Jin-geon.”
“Hyun Jin-geon?”
“Yes. He will be the key for the future.”
He smiled as he looked at Yeotae-sik who was tilting his head.
He finished his meeting with Yeotae-sik and headed to the outdoor terrace on the 20th floor.
He took a vending machine coffee for the first time in a long time and leaned against the railing in the corner.
The weather was so nice that the Gangnam skyline came into his sight more clearly.
Looking at the buildings like this, he remembered the time when he looked down at the city from the reserve training camp on the mountain in Ulsan.
He met Hyun Jin-geon by chance there and looked at the same place together.
Hyun Jin-geon, he was someone who was not in Yoo-hyun’s plan from the beginning.
But he became together with him as if it was fate, and now he became more than a friend who shared his dream.
-Here. It’s a share for my partner.
The owner of the company that would change the smartphone market in the future reached out to Yoo-hyun.
That’s how 20 percent of JK Communication’s shares came into Yoo-hyun’s hands.
He was happy just by the fact that he could be with Hyun Jin-geon, regardless of the value of money.
Of course, Yoo-hyun couldn’t help him at all right now.
He thought of his friend who didn’t show any signs of hardship even though he must be having a hard time.
He chuckled.
“I’m a major shareholder, but I don’t know if I can be so careless.”
It was then.
As they say, if you talk about a tiger, it comes. He got a call from Hyun Jin-geon.