Real Man

When Yoo-hyun returned home, it was late at night.

He had only chatted without breaking a sweat at the gym, but he felt like he had fought in the ring.

He was so focused that he was exhausted.

Thud.

Yoo-hyun, who lay down on the one-person sofa, looked at the message that Park Young-hoon had sent a while ago.

-Thank you for trusting me, Yoo-hyun. Let’s do well together. Double Y fighting.

What was he so excited about?

Yoo-hyun smiled and suddenly remembered the past days he had spent with Park Young-hoon.

He followed him, who was his senior in the army, to the gym, and entrusted him, who was a fund manager, with his money.

They had made many memories together, exercising and investing, and now they had reached the point of doing business together.

Even after thinking about it again, he was a remarkable acquaintance. Yoo-hyun was about to reply to him.

Ring. Ring.

A phone call from an unsaved number switched the screen.

Yoo-hyun cleared his throat and answered the phone, and the other person shot at him.

-If you saw the message, you should contact me, why are you ignoring me?

“Who is this?”

-Ah, yes. The one you saw at Seohan University…

Nadoha’s voice softened at Yoo-hyun’s serious question.

He still had the immature tone of someone who had not lived in society.

Yoo-hyun hid his smile and pretended to remember belatedly.

“Ah, Mr. Doha? Hello. What’s the matter for calling me at this late hour?”

-Yes. Well, I have to do the deal, but there was no contact.

“Oh, dear. I forgot because you contacted me too late.”

Was it because he emphasized that he was late twice?

Nadoha tried to excuse himself, hiding his aggressive personality.

-I had some other things to do. Anyway, you have to do the deal, right?

“What deal?”

-What, you asked me to do things like stealing information or planting viruses, didn’t you?

“No.”

Yoo-hyun drew a line at once, and a bewildered voice came from the other side of the receiver.

-No? Then why did you give me money?

“Let’s talk about that when we meet.”

-Ah, you gave me a lot of money, so you want to use me properly?

The genius who had lost his way underestimated his value to a mere 1 million won.

Yoo-hyun calmly countered his sharp voice.

“Well, I don’t know. It’s definitely not a bad offer.”

-Don’t bother meeting and send me an email. I’ll do whatever you want.

“Then pretend it never happened. Of course, you don’t have to give me the money back.”

Yoo-hyun bounced back, and Nadoha rushed in.

Who do you think you are? Give me some time. I’ll come to you.

“Okay. I’ll contact you with this number.”

-Okay.

Yoo-hyun chuckled at Nadoha’s behavior of hanging up the phone after saying his piece.

“Kid. You’ve been like this since then.”

Maybe it was because he had no adults around him to learn from.

Yoo-hyun thought he had to teach him some manners later and calculated Nadoha’s joining.

What if Nadoha worked at Double Y?

It would not only be a great help to Park Young-hoon’s business direction, but he would also realize his value sooner.

In the process, destroying Lee Jun-il’s data center was a bonus.

Of course, he had prepared something else, but it was not as fast and reliable as Nadoha.

Yoo-hyun was drawing a new plan that he had never had before.

Ring.

His phone rang and a message from Park Doo-sik came in.

-I analyzed SG Bio. I shared the data, so check your email.

How confident was he to send a message at this late hour?

Yoo-hyun moved to his computer desk and opened the email and clicked on the attached file.

Click.

As soon as he saw the content, an exclamation came out of his mouth.

“How can there be so much?”

Park Doo-sik had made a thick report in a few hours.

The content, which also summarized the political situation, was also excellent.

Thanks to that, Yoo-hyun could easily think of Lee Jun-il’s strategy and how to thwart it.

If he added the data center attack to that?

It was possible to wipe out not only Lee Jun-il, but also the Royal Family who were eating up the company.

“Just wait a little.”

Yoo-hyun’s lips curled up in a long smile in front of the positive situation.

The next day.

As he grasped the opponent’s strategy, the situation turned quickly.

Yoo-hyun met with the key members of the Innovation Strategy Office and discussed the details.

Acquisition of Shinwa Semiconductor and blocking the acquisition of SG Bio.

The plan to do two conflicting tasks was laid out.

“To approach Shinwa Semiconductor…”

“Regarding the Korean entry of SG Bio, there are more issues to be confirmed…”

Of course, it was not something that could be done in a day.

He researched, collected, and refined the data, and if necessary, gathered at the Baekje Hotel seminar room.

The process lasted for several days.

After work, Yoo-hyun, who came to the seminar room as usual, met Park Seung-woo.

The person who smiled even after working all night looked gloomy today.

“Manager, why do you look so dark?”

“I have to work even on Friday night.”

“Hey, you don’t have anyone to meet anyway.”

“I don’t have anyone to meet because you make me work like this.”

Even at Yoo-hyun’s joke, Park Seung-woo spoke in a weak voice.

He felt sorry for his love life, but he was not the type to be troubled by it.

Park Doo-sik, who came next to him, explained to Yoo-hyun, who was puzzled.

“That guy, he lost too much today at the company.”

“No, I’m not. I’m just upset that I have to work on Friday night.”

Yoo-hyun ignored Park Seung-woo’s words and asked Park Doo-sik.

“What do you mean he lost? What happened?”

“He caught a person suspected of being a spy.”

“That’s good. But?”

“The process was not smooth. There was also internal resistance. And he couldn’t tell them everything.”

“Of course it would have been.”

Yoo-hyun nodded as if he understood.

The acquisition review team of Shinwa Semiconductor was working so secretly, and they received so much attention from Vice President Shin Kyung-wook, that the internal people were very dissatisfied.

The factions that had formed unknowingly were also quite solid.

It was natural that there was resistance when they suspected and removed someone in the midst of that.

Park Doo-sik only told the result, omitting the middle part.

“The vice president and Director Yeo paid a lot of attention. They made a bold choice.”

“It was something they had to go through once.”

“Yeah. And Park Manager, who got in the way, got hurt.”

Park Seung-woo, who received Park Doo-sik’s chin gesture, joined the conversation as if he had no choice.

“He didn’t get hurt, he got coffee. I don’t know how many cups he drank.”

“Why?”

“Why? You know there could be trouble, but you just sit still? He ran around trying to calm them down here and there.”

“I can imagine.”

“It’s not easy. I would have drunk 100 cups if it was with you. But I had to listen to the complaints of people who act so arrogant, and it didn’t feel good.”

Most of the people in the Innovation Strategy Office were from elite backgrounds, just like the Group Strategy Office.

There was bound to be prejudice against Park Seung-woo, who came from the LCD business unit.

-The Innovation Strategy Office was also quite tense. When the vice president was there, they pretended nothing was wrong, but when they turned around, they split into factions and made a fuss.

This was something he could know without having to hear from Kwon Se-jung.

Yoo-hyun gave a thumbs up to Park Seung-woo, who had a hard time pleasing the other side.

“You did a great job. It’s good to have someone like you at the bottom.”

“Agreed. He did well.”

Park Doo-sik also agreed on this part.

Park Seung-woo, who nodded casually, glanced at his watch.

“Okay. But what time are we done today?”

“It will take a while since the vice president is coming. We have to finalize everything.”

“Ah, well. Not today. Yoo-hyun, do you want to hang out with me tomorrow?”

Park Seung-woo asked out of the blue, and Yoo-hyun blinked.

“It’s Saturday, you know?”

“So what? You’re alone anyway.”

“I can’t do it tomorrow.”

“What do you have to do?”

He had promised to be honest with Park Seung-woo, so he didn’t want to lie.

He hesitated for a moment and opened his mouth.

“Um, I’m going shopping.”

“Shopping?”

“Yes. I’m going to buy something expensive with a friend.”

There was no lie in this.

It was just that no one would notice that the expensive shopping target was a building.

That evening, the final backup plan, which included SG Bio, was finished sooner than expected.

Vice President Shin Kyung-wook, who had the most role to play, made a decisive decision.

Thanks to that, Yoo-hyun was able to listen to Park Seung-woo’s complaints a little more at a nearby pub.

“The Innovation Strategy Office has a lot of problems. For example…”

As Yoo-hyun expected, the Innovation Strategy Office was in trouble with factional issues.

Vice President Shin Kyung-wook or Director Yeo Tae-sik had to step in and sort it out, but both of them were too busy with the backup plan.

It was not easy for Yoo-hyun, who belonged to another department, to intervene.

It was Park Seung-woo’s job to find a solution.

“Manager, you’re working hard.”

“What do you mean working hard? I just ignore them, but what?”

“I know it’s not easy. You’re doing well.”

Yoo-hyun listened to him until the end.

“I’m not doing well. I tried to accept one or two, but they all think I’m a pushover…”

After venting for a while, Park Seung-woo shouted.

“I can’t do this. From tomorrow, I’ll really take everything they say.”

“That’s not bad. If you get fired, come to our TF. I’ll hire you as an advisor.”

“Ha ha. Okay. Thanks for making room for me.”

At Yoo-hyun’s half-joking words, Park Seung-woo shrugged his shoulders.

The drinking party that started late only lasted a few beers.

He said he would pay, so Yoo-hyun went out first.

Whoosh.

The cool night breeze greeted Yoo-hyun.

Park Seung-woo, who followed him, handed him a can.

“Here.”

“Huh? What’s this energy drink for?”

“I had to give you something since you were my mentor today.”

“What did I do?”

“You listened. And I just wanted to give you something. I owe you a lot.”

When Yoo-hyun saw Park Seung-woo’s smile, an old memory flashed through his mind.

-Cheer up.

With the four words written on the memo, Yoo-hyun handed him an energy drink.

He had just returned what he had received from Park Seung-woo, but it came back at an unexpected timing.

Yoo-hyun chuckled and reached out his fist first.

“Thanks to you, I have energy, mentor.”

“Me too.”

Thud.

There was no need for more words.

The two people smiled brightly as they bumped fists.

The next day, Yoo-hyun went out early in the morning.

He wore a neat suit and a expensive watch, even though it was a weekend.

He also had a new business card in his chest pocket.

Park Young-hoon was more dressed up than Yoo-hyun.

He wore a luxury suit and slicked his hair back with gel, and put on dark sunglasses.

Yoo-hyun was amazed at his appearance.

“What kind of logic is that?”

“The immature nouveau riche version. How is it? Do I look like I have some money?”

“I don’t know about that, but I definitely don’t recognize your face.”

Yoo-hyun scanned his face and Park Young-hoon gestured politely.

“Then that’s good. Han, shall we go shopping for a building?”

“Let’s go, Park.”

Yoo-hyun smiled and walked in the direction that Park Young-hoon pointed.

He was confident because he had prepared a lot.