Real Man

In this situation, soothing words were not enough.

As he was about to spit out his excited voice, Yoo-hyun also gave Kim Sung-deok, the deputy manager, the same treatment.

“Deputy Manager Kim, you are no different. Why are you bringing up old grudges and starting a fight? Did you come here to play?”

“What, what did you say?”

As he attacked everyone, sharp glares were directed at Yoo-hyun.

He had experienced this kind of gaze enough when he was dispatched to the Ulsan factory, and when he moved to the Group Strategy Office.

He was alone then, but now he had people who trusted and followed him.

Yoo-hyun gladly took the lead and provoked them.

Rather than stepping in half-heartedly, it was a shortcut to end the conflict by confronting them head-on.

“You…!”

“Say whatever you want to me. Or go back to your seat.”

Yoo-hyun turned his back on Deputy Manager Hong Seung-jae, who was trembling, and looked at Deputy Manager Kim Sung-deok.

He was the one who had seen Yoo-hyun the longest here.

He had no intention of arguing with Yoo-hyun, so he pretended to lose and waved his hand.

“Ah, forget it, forget it. I won’t do it.”

“…”

Deputy Manager Choi Gyu-tae, who was on his side, also thought it was meaningless and returned to his seat.

Deputy Manager Hong Seung-jae didn’t intend to fight in the first place.

“Hmph! I’ll show you.”

“Yes. Let me know anytime. I’ll buy you coffee.”

“…”

As Yoo-hyun smiled and made a way out for him, Deputy Manager Hong Seung-jae left with a snort.

Shin Nak-kyun, the section chief, also quietly withdrew.

He didn’t expect any problems, but Yoo-hyun didn’t know it would be like this from the first day.

He was so dumbfounded that he let out a hollow laugh.

“I really see all kinds of things.”

Sigh.

As Yoo-hyun turned his head down, he met eyes with a man sitting in the corner.

The man with round horn-rimmed glasses and a calm expression was quietly looking at Yoo-hyun.

When Yoo-hyun smiled slightly, he turned his head away.

He didn’t even know who he was, but he felt uncomfortable making eye contact.

But Yoo-hyun knew him too well.

Not only that, but he was someone he wanted to bring with him.

‘I finally met him.’

He was happy for a moment.

Then, the team leader of the mobile phone strategy team showed up.

She smirked at Yoo-hyun, and Yoo-hyun nodded.

They had a lot to say to each other at this point.

The person who faced Yoo-hyun from the team leader’s seat was Na Do-yeon, the team leader.

She had worked with Yoo-hyun in the Group Strategy Office, and moved to the Innovation Strategy Office by accepting the team leader position.

She moved to a better organization with better conditions, as Yoo-hyun advised.

Of course, there was Yoo-hyun’s hidden effort behind it.

She knew this to some extent, and spat out a prickly voice.

“I came here believing that a section chief would bring someone to help me.”

“Yes. I know that.”

“Then you also know how hard I worked to bring Deputy Manager Hong Seung-jae?”

“You told me last time. He was essential for the success of the mobile phone business.”

Deputy Manager Hong Seung-jae had led the revival of the Hansung mobile phone business with Na Do-yeon, the team leader.

He was also good at his job, and played the role of an ace when he was in the internal strategy team of the Group Strategy Office.

He was also well-respected by others when he moved to the Group Operations Headquarters.

It took a lot of determination for him to leave everything behind and follow Na Do-yeon, the team leader.

She nodded and pressed on.

“Right. I worked hard like that. But what about the section chief?”

“What do you mean?”

“Look at the people you brought. I didn’t expect much from the mobile phone business people, but at least look at the faces of the people the section chief brought.”

“Is there a problem?”

“There is. You only brought rookies who just became deputy managers.”

Na Do-yeon, the team leader, had worked with high-spec people.

They were relatively less than the other people in the Group Strategy Office, but she had elitism rooted in her consciousness.

It was understandable, but it was a different story when the arrow was aimed at Yoo-hyun’s colleagues.

Yoo-hyun’s eyes sank.

“Rookies? That’s a bit harsh, don’t you think?”

“Did I say anything wrong? I don’t even expect MBA or graduate school. But at least they should have a decent academic background.”

“Then I’m no different.”

“The section chief is different.”

“How am I different? They are all excellent talents. Don’t you see their records?”

From Retina Premium to semiconductor display.

The biggest achievements of Hansung Display were made by their hands.

It was an objective fact, but Na Do-yeon, the team leader, underestimated it.

“It must have been because the section chief backed them up.”

“We did it together. And you have to do that role now.”

“Huh! You talk about the team leader role, so I’ll be honest with you.”

“Yes. Tell me.”

“I’m not the type to nurture the lagging people. This is not that kind of organization, and I don’t have the time to spare.”

To succeed in this project, each person had to control multiple departments.

That’s how much individual capacity was needed in the Innovation Strategy Office.

To be precise, Na Do-yeon, the team leader, wanted to make this organization like that.

Yoo-hyun agreed with this part 100 times.

“That’s right. You can do it your way.”

“I’ll mercilessly discard the lagging people. Is that okay?”

“That’s your authority.”

“You sound confident?”

“I wouldn’t have started if I wasn’t.”

“…”

Yoo-hyun didn’t give any trivial reasons, so she had nothing to say from her position.

She took a moment to organize her thoughts and lowered her hand.

“I got it, so go ahead.”

“Okay. Can I say one thing before I go?”

“Go ahead.”

Yoo-hyun said to Na Do-yeon, the team leader, who nodded.

“You know very well that this is not an easy task, team leader.”

“So?”

“We need to quickly create synergy among the team members to achieve our goal. You have to play that role, team leader.”

Yoo-hyun was someone who knew the direction of the future smartphone.

But knowing the answer didn’t mean he could succeed.

The mobile phone business was not something he could do alone.

There were dozens of related departments within Hansung Electronics, such as sales, marketing, planning, development, design, process, production, etc.

He also had to consider the affiliates such as Hansung Display, Hansung Technic, Hansung Precision, Hansung Chemical, and the major component suppliers, as well as the communication companies that handled distribution.

There were countless problems intertwined in this.

The mobile phone strategy team members had to work together to solve them.

As Yoo-hyun gave him advice, Na Do-yeon, the team leader, spat out a sharp voice.

“I know you are excellent, section chief. I also received a lot of help from you. But don’t cross the line.”

Grrr.

Yoo-hyun, who got up from his seat, calmly confronted her.

“As long as things go well.”

“As long as you follow me.”

The eyes of the two people crossed sharply.

Yoo-hyun, who returned from the team leader’s seat, had another clash with Deputy Manager Hong Seung-jae.

He belonged to the internal strategy team and unlike Na Do-yeon, the team leader, and Shin Nak-kyun, the section chief, he had not experienced Yoo-hyun’s skills firsthand.

When Yoo-hyun successfully resolved the Wonju factory strike, he was doing other work.

Regardless of this fact, he was not a person who trusted people easily.

-If you want to work with me, you have to prove your skills first. The deputy managers you brought are even more so.

As he picked a fight with Yoo-hyun, Shin Nak-kyun, the section chief, had no choice but to distance himself.

Moreover, Na Do-yeon, the team leader, who should have mediated, rather sided with Deputy Manager Hong Seung-jae.

Because of the connection between the two.

Deputy Manager Hong Seung-jae, who received support, drew a line with people until he cleared his doubts.

This resulted in alienating the people from other backgrounds.

It was no different elsewhere.

On the first day, Deputy Manager Choi Gyu-tae, whose heart was hardened by the collision, complained to Yoo-hyun.

“Section chief, I wish you would make your line clear.”

“What line?”

“The Group Strategy Office? Or me and Deputy Manager Kim Sung-deok?”

“What are you talking about?”

He was asking him to choose between the Group Strategy Office faction and the mobile phone business faction.

Yoo-hyun was speechless, but Deputy Manager Choi Gyu-tae was serious.

“The team leader is covering for us, and we have to suffer? Where is there such a case?”

“It will be sorted out soon.”

“By what means?”

“Um… But why did you only mention Deputy Manager Kim? There is another person, right?”

He paused for a moment and asked a question instead of answering.

“Deputy Manager An Jae-kyung?”

“Yes. He is from the same mobile phone business, right?”

“Right… But. Yeah. He is included. The three of us will stand against the Group Strategy Office. We can’t survive like this.”

Judging by the nuance, Deputy Manager An Jae-kyung was not following the faction obediently.

It was a natural result considering his personality.

That was enough.

Yoo-hyun smiled and made his line clear.

“Just leave us out.”

“Why? Are you going to join the Group Strategy Office?”

“Of course not. I just don’t want to get involved in unnecessary fights.”

Yoo-hyun couldn’t solve the current tangled problem by himself.

This was not the kind of thing he could do with a one-man show like before.

He needed a different way to gather everyone’s strength.

Deputy Manager An Jae-kyung.

He was the one who made the ‘different way’ that Yoo-hyun thought of possible.

Although the internal conflict became more apparent, Deputy Manager An Jae-kyung was quiet.

He quietly left his seat when there was a commotion.

He looked like he was avoiding it on purpose.

Yoo-hyun watched him from afar and waited for the right time.

Meanwhile, Na Do-yeon, the team leader, had a headache.

She knew it wouldn’t be easy, but there was too much to deal with in the team.

The work style was different from the Group Strategy Office, so she had to adjust everything from scratch.

That was hard enough, but the internal conflict got worse.

She didn’t have time to nurture the unproven people.

She wished someone would support her from the side, but Deputy Manager Hong Seung-jae was not someone who would back her up, but rather picked a fight.

She couldn’t reach out to Yoo-hyun either.

-Deputy Manager Na, you should thank the section chief here. He is the one who saved the dying project.

The humiliation she suffered in front of Lee Jun-il, the director, was still vivid in her heart.

She paid back the help she received from Yoo-hyun, and talked to him friendly enough, but that was it.

The bruise on her pride was still there.

She didn’t want to receive his help again.

Sigh.

She turned her head and focused on the imminent tasks.

She prioritized work over people, as was her style.

In the meantime, the conflict between the Group Strategy Office faction and the mobile phone business faction intensified.

They didn’t fight physically, but the atmosphere in the office was tense.

Yoo-hyun’s colleagues had a lot to say about this.

At lunchtime, Kwon Se-jung, the deputy manager, who was eating at an outside restaurant, asked out of the blue.

“Yoo-hyun, then are we classified as the display faction?”

“What faction? We are just working together.”

“Even if you say no, the atmosphere in the team is already solidified. We even eat separately like this.”

“It’s just temporary. The conflict will be resolved.”

“Well, it might be possible if a miracle happens. But at least we are the most with four people.”

As Kwon Se-jung, the deputy manager, made a ridiculous joke, Jung Hyun-woo, the deputy manager, joined in with a self-deprecating voice.