Real Man-Chapter 325:

Chapter 325

Yoo-hyun, who had sorted out his thoughts, spoke to Jang Jun-sik, who was tidying up his seat.

“Jun-sik, can we talk for a moment?”

“Sure.”

The baby lion, who had been looking at him with a wary gaze, nodded his head.

The corridor leading to the outdoor terrace on the 20th floor.

Yoo-hyun took out a cup of coffee from the vending machine there and handed it to Jang Jun-sik.

“Drink up. I specially got you the most expensive one.”

Jang Jun-sik’s expression was very stiff as he took the coffee.

He hesitated for a moment before opening his mouth.

“Sir, I’m sorry, but I think we’re not supposed to be here during the intensive work hours (two hours after and before work).”

“It’s okay. I’ll take responsibility.”

“But I don’t want to do anything that goes against the company ethics.”

As expected, Jang Jun-sik did not compromise his beliefs even in this situation.

Yoo-hyun pointed his finger at his wristwatch and said.

“Then it’ll be fine in five minutes, right? Should we go back and come again?”

“No, that’s not it.”

“Come on. Let’s be nice.”

“I think the phrase ‘let’s be nice’ should not be used in the company. That’s what I learned in the new employee training.”

When Jang Jun-sik tackled him again, Yoo-hyun laughed incredulously.

‘He’s really a stickler.’

Old memories that he had forgotten came back to him.

Yoo-hyun hid his inner feelings and approached him.

“Jun-sik, then is it okay for me to lower my speech?”

“Yes. That’s because you’re my senior and my deputy.”

“What if I’m not a deputy?”

“You can do it in a year if you’re fast on the pay scale.”

Where did that come from?

He felt like he would say something absurd again if he asked, so Yoo-hyun just let it go for now.

“Okay. Then I’ll speak comfortably.”

“I understand.”

Jang Jun-sik nodded his head.

Exactly five minutes later, Yoo-hyun went out to the outdoor terrace with Jang Jun-sik.

It was a weather that felt like spring was turning into summer.

It was when Yoo-hyun leaned on the railing and spoke to him.

“It says not to lean on the railing.”

“It’s fine.”

“Then I’ll stay away from it.”

“Alright. Do that.”

Yoo-hyun looked at his junior who stepped back a step.

He looked like he would get sick if he went near the railing.

Where should he start with this stubborn guy?

Yoo-hyun bluntly asked him what was on his mind.

“Jun-sik, what do you want to do in this team?”

“I want to do something that aligns with the company value rather than what I like.”

“What is that?”

“Something that contributes to the company’s performance and image.”

Yoo-hyun’s eyebrows twitched at the repetitive mechanical answer.

He chuckled at himself for a moment as he felt a surge of anger.

Then he calmed down and asked again.

“So what project are you talking about? You must have checked our team projects.”

“I checked the contents, but I haven’t compared them quantitatively yet.”

“You have to compare them to know?”

“Yes. I think there is a procedure and order for everything.”

“I see. I got it for now.”

He wanted to say something nice to him, but he didn’t click well with Jang Jun-sik.

Come to think of it, it was abnormal to get along well right away.

It was better to take a break for a while in this case.

Yoo-hyun just drank his coffee and looked at the distant view.

It was the same scenery, but it felt different from when he was with Deputy Park Seung-woo and Manager Kim Young-gil.

Behind Yoo-hyun, Jang Jun-sik stood stiffly with a gap from the railing.

Whooosh.

A warm wind blew between the two awkward people.

Back in his seat, Yoo-hyun checked the records of Jang Jun-sik that he had received from Deputy Choi Min-hee.

It was about the projects he had done and the troubles he had caused.

He had worked on many projects in about a year.

Was it because he was good at his job?

Absolutely not.

It was because he couldn’t settle down in one place and kept spinning around.

He didn’t even get a chance to show his abilities.

The bigger problem was the trouble he had caused.

At drinking parties, dinners, meetings, business trips, etc.

He clashed with not one but several people, and they were all seniors.

The decisive incident was when he defied Deputy Seong Woong-jin.

According to the record, it looked like Jang Jun-sik had said something insulting to him.

What the hell was it?

He couldn’t imagine Jang Jun-sik pushing the notorious Deputy Seong Woong-jin.

The Jang Jun-sik that Yoo-hyun knew was someone who wouldn’t cross the line.

Yoo-hyun decided to watch him more closely.

There was a simple way to figure out a person in the company.

You just had to give him some work.

Yoo-hyun called Jang Jun-sik as his mentor.

“Jun-sik, I want you to make some data for me, and what it is is…”

“Yes. I understand.”

It wasn’t just making data, but he added some meaning to it.

“I’ve been in a slump for the last year in the product planning team. Fill in the gap with the data you made.”

“Yes. I’ll do that.”

Was it because of that?

Jang Jun-sik’s eyes sparkled for once at Yoo-hyun’s words.

That was the beginning.

Jang Jun-sik started to make data like crazy.

He looked like he was going to be sucked into the monitor.

He glanced at him and saw that he was working in a completely different direction from what Yoo-hyun had wanted.

Yoo-hyun left him alone for now.

Instead, he listened to his story from time to time and gave him some advice.

“Junsik, let’s have a cup of tea.”

“No, thank you. I have work to do.”

But Jang Junsik did not leave his seat to do his work.

It would have been the same if someone else from his department had asked him.

“Do you want to smoke?”

Lee Chanho, the assistant manager, suggested. He shook his head.

“No, thank you. I don’t smoke.”

“It’s not about smoking, it’s about talking.”

“Secondhand smoke is not good either.”

“Ha.”

Lee Chanho stuck out his tongue.

Anyway, Jang Junsik worked really hard.

Except for lunchtime and bathroom breaks, he never got up from his seat.

That was not all.

Even after the end-of-work song played, Jang Junsik was still working.

There were dozens of windows on his monitor.

He was tired enough, but his fingers moved without rest.

Yoo-hyun, who packed his stuff, spoke to him.

“Are you not going home?”

“I’ll finish up and go.”

“Okay. Don’t forget to eat dinner.”

“I will.”

Jang Junsik nodded with a serious expression.

The next day.

Hwang Dongsik, the assistant manager who worked overtime with Jang Junsik the day before, told Yoo-hyun about Jang Junsik’s situation.

“Junsik stayed until 10 p.m. working on the project.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. He didn’t even eat.”

“I see. Thank you.”

As usual, Jang Junsik worked without taking a break.

Yoo-hyun remembered that his sense of responsibility and passion were remarkable.

That day was no different.

Jang Junsik did not get up from his seat and worked overtime again.

He was not trying to impress anyone, he was really working hard.

Yoo-hyun just watched him from the side.

Time passed like that.

When it was the deadline that Yoo-hyun had set, Jang Junsik came to him.

“Sir, I sent you the summary report for the team project that you asked for.”

“Shall we take a look together?”

“Yes. Okay.”

Yoo-hyun pushed his chair aside and Jang Junsik pulled his chair closer.

They were close enough to touch, but he kept some distance again.

Yoo-hyun did not mind and opened the email.

The content was exactly what he had expected.

Click.

He only flipped through a few pages and saw why he had been working on the report all day and night.

“Hmm.”

Where should he start?

There were more than one or two problems.

After a moment of hesitation, Yoo-hyun opened the third page.

It was about the localization of touch panels and ICs that Park Seungwoo, the assistant manager, had promoted last year.

Yoo-hyun pointed out the part where he compared it with foreign touch panels.

“Did you get this data yourself?”

“Yes. I found it from a Japanese display magazine.”

“It must have cost money.”

When Yoo-hyun asked casually, as expected, the answer came out.

“I think it’s worth spending that much to find good data.”

Yoo-hyun did not intend to give him a direct answer in the first place.

He knew that he would only make it his own when he found the answer himself.

But he thought he would keep wasting money on this kind of thing, so he corrected him on this part.

“Don’t spend money on this kind of thing. You can get it through the company system.”

“Really? I’ve never heard of that before.”

“How would you know everything? Anyway. This is how you do it…”

As Yoo-hyun explained, he nodded his head.

“I see. I understand. I’ll do that.”

“Did you really understand?”

“Yes. I understood.”

There was no way he understood at once.

There were many parts omitted in Yoo-hyun’s explanation.

Still, Jang Junsik did not ask Yoo-hyun first.

He could see that he was stubbornly holding on to his pride.

Yoo-hyun decided not to say anything more.

He had given him a clue, so he would eventually find the answer if he tried hard enough.

Click.

As Yoo-hyun closed the report, Jang Junsik asked him.

“Aren’t you going to look at it more?”

“I’ve seen enough.”

“But you only looked at a few pages…”

“I don’t need to see more to know.”

At Yoo-hyun’s words, Jang Junsik’s face hardened.

He had worked hard for days and nights to make it, so he was annoyed.

Regardless, Yoo-hyun continued to speak.

“Let me give you an overall evaluation first. The score is 50 points. And that’s considering that you’re a newbie.”

“Why?”

As he snapped, Yoo-hyun asked him a question instead of giving him an answer.

“You failed the OJT seminar three times, right?”

“That’s because the seniors blocked me because of my attitude.”

“That might be one of the reasons. But that’s not what I think.”

“…”

Yoo-hyun added a word to Jang Junsik, who was silent with a frown.

“When I saw the report you made, I noticed that it had exactly the same problem as your seminar report.”

“What is that?”

“Finding that out and fixing the report is your homework.”

“…”

At Yoo-hyun’s words, Jang Junsik’s eyebrows narrowed.

He thought he was playing with words.

Yoo-hyun said casually.

“Don’t you like it? Then I won’t ask you to do it.”

“No.”

As expected, Jang Junsik, who had a strong pride, took the bait that Yoo-hyun threw.

Yoo-hyun gestured to his seat without hesitation.

“Then start.”

“I will.”

Jang Junsik snorted and returned to his seat.

A few days later.

Yoo-hyun was with Kim Younggil, the section chief, on the outdoor terrace on the 20th floor.

Kim Younggil’s mouth was full of information about the project.

“The progress with Apple is…”

Factory construction, detailed negotiations with Apple, instructions from the business manager, coordination with other teams, etc.

Among the long stories, Yoo-hyun picked out the key point.

“The reliability of this panel must be important.”

“Yes. This panel will be almost the final version. But there were a lot of changes in the middle, so there are a lot of worries on site.”

“I’ve been getting calls from them sometimes.”

It was not that he did not. The staff from Ultra High Resolution TF called him in turns.

There were simple greetings, but they also wanted to tell him the details of the progress.

Most of them were things that the product planning team would not tell even if they asked.

That showed how much the people at Ulsan factory trusted Yoo-hyun.

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