Real Man

That was the end of the third presentation.

Manager An Jae-kyung approached Yoo-hyun and told him about the situation.

“You guys prepared a lot for the third group, right?”

“Did Deputy Jung not get nervous?”

“Yes. His eyes were different. He looked confident and determined.”

“Really?”

The report this time was different from the last one.

He didn’t coordinate with familiar people, and it wasn’t the category he had prepared for.

Moreover, he was more anxious because he was with Manager Shin Nak-kyun.

-Hyung, can I really do well? What if I can’t answer the questions? I’ll get scolded by the team leader and the manager.

That was too much, so Yoo-hyun was also worried.

So it was more surprising.

Did he pull himself together during the presentation?

He was curious for a moment, but Deputy Jung Hyun-woo’s loud voice came.

“Yes, manager. I’m going!”

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He seemed to be running to Manager Shin Nak-kyun again, but his voice was two tones higher.

He seemed to be excited because he finished the report well.

He looked completely adapted now.

Yoo-hyun and Manager An Jae-kyung smiled as if they had made a promise.

Next was Yoo-hyun and Deputy Jang Jun-sik’s turn.

Team Leader Na Do-yeon, who was sitting at the table, said curtly.

“We don’t have much time, so let’s wrap it up quickly.”

“Yes. I understand.”

Deputy Jang Jun-sik opened his laptop and she tilted her head.

“Are you doing the presentation, Deputy Jang?”

“Yes. That’s right.”

“I’m a bit picky, you know?”

“I prepared hard.”

Deputy Jang Jun-sik answered firmly without backing down.

Team Leader Na Do-yeon looked at Yoo-hyun with a surprised look.

Yoo-hyun just shrugged his shoulders.

Manager An Jae-kyung, who had a faint smile, finished preparing to compile the content.

Nod.

With Team Leader Na Do-yeon’s chin gesture, Deputy Jang Jun-sik’s presentation began.

Unlike before, when he only supported from behind, he stood in front with his own strength.

“The problems of development and design that appeared in the last Hansung Electronics smartphone are…”

He was a bit clumsy because he was nervous, but his voice had sincerity.

More importantly, the content was solid.

Organizational egoism, a culture of antagonizing each other, the absence of a control tower, etc.

The report this time contained much more detailed information than the last one.

Especially, there were specific improvement plans for each part.

And among them, there were people whom Deputy Jang Jun-sik had met personally.

Team Leader Na Do-yeon, who was listening carefully, asked.

“The 3D camera part is interesting. So, there are a lot of people in the development department who want to sell their ideas, right?”

“Yes. In the case of the 3D camera, the hardware manager pushed it forward. The problem is that there was no verification of the feasibility of the idea in the process.”

“Now, the senior executives are brave. Well, they get promoted if they succeed, and it’s not a problem if they fail.”

Team Leader Na Do-yeon muttered and looked at the solution written next to it.

It was a simple idea to introduce an idea verification process.

But it was convincing enough with the detailed background.

She nodded and asked another question.

“Why does the development department accept everything that the design center asks for?”

“Even if they refuse for realistic reasons, the higher-ups pressure the development staff, saying why they don’t try it first, why they are so negative.”

“So the development staff just say yes to avoid conflict?”

“Yes. That’s the implicit rule among the development staff.”

Deputy Jang Jun-sik’s answer contained vivid experiences that could not be found in any report.

Thanks to that, Team Leader Na Do-yeon could imagine the next content in her head without seeing it.

“So, when the result comes out, they say it doesn’t work.”

“That’s right. So, from the design team’s point of view, they are unhappy because they changed their words after saying yes.”

“I see… It’s a structure that makes motivation drop. So, the sense of defeat is deeply rooted in the development department.”

“That’s right.”

Team Leader Na Do-yeon saw through the internal situation by fitting the pieces that Deputy Jang Jun-sik had prepared.

Experience was not to be ignored.

Ignoring Yoo-hyun’s sharp gaze, she persistently dug into it.

It was not to find fault, but to show great interest in the report itself.

Then, she paused at the mold part.

There was an attachment that did not appear during the presentation.

“Did you have a case where you processed the back with reinforced glass and the side with metal?”

“Yes. The MP3 that Semi Electronics released last time was that case.”

“I don’t remember seeing it.”

“It was a product that was discontinued without advertising, so you probably didn’t know.”

“But how did you know, Deputy Jang?”

Team Leader Na Do-yeon hit the core, but Deputy Jang Jun-sik answered as if he had been waiting.

“I stopped by Semi Electronics when I was working on the semiconductor display.”

“You found out by chance.”

“Yes. I was talking to Manager Seo Woo-sung of the structure team about the design problem, and that part came to my mind.”

Deputy Jang Jun-sik had reported this to Yoo-hyun a while ago.

-According to Manager Seo Woo-sung of the structure team, the mold method has to be completely changed to match the design suggested by the design team. You need a detailed backup method.

Yoo-hyun didn’t comment on this.

Deputy Jang Jun-sik remembered Semi Electronics on his own and went there himself.

There, he checked the mold equipment ordered by a domestic small and medium-sized company and pointed out why it failed.

This was not part of the report, but it was definitely helpful.

Team Leader Na Do-yeon, who carefully examined the report, muttered.

“The problem is that the yield is lower than the Japanese company. In other words, if you can increase the yield, you can use it.”

“I’m sorry. I couldn’t judge that far.”

“Sorry? It’s not easy to check that far when you’re not in the development department. But why did you check it?”

Team Leader Na Do-yeon asked out of pure curiosity.

Deputy Jang Jun-sik, who hesitated for a moment, opened his tightly closed mouth.

“The development department said that the design application was difficult, but I didn’t understand. I wanted to understand that.”

“And did you understand?”

“It’s a bit more concrete than what I heard.”

Team Leader Na Doyeon chuckled at the answer.

“Next time, don’t go alone. Take someone from the development department with you.”

“Yes, I’ll keep that in mind.”

“Good. You did a great job.”

Team Leader Na Doyeon wanted to wrap up the report at this point.

Deputy Jang Junshik blinked his eyes as he looked at her.

He was surprised by the fact that they finished much faster than the other teams.

“I-Is that it? What about the final summary?”

“Deputy Ahn will take care of that.”

“Then I…”

“You can go ahead. I have something to talk to Deputy Han about.”

“Me? Oh, okay. I understand.”

Deputy Jang Junshik still looked bewildered.

Click.

He smiled when he saw the thumbs up from Yoo-hyun.

As soon as Deputy Jang Junshik left, Deputy Ahn Jaekyung also moved away from his seat.

Team Leader Na Doyeon faced Yoo-hyun and praised Deputy Jang Junshik.

“He’s definitely better than last time. Impressive.”

“He worked hard. He’ll do even better in the future.”

“I’m sure he will. But it’s amazing.”

“What is?”

“Deputy Han, you seem to have a talent for nurturing people. I mean, Deputy Shin and Deputy Jang…”

Deputy Shin Na-kyun was indeed good at whipping people into shape.

But this time was different, so Yoo-hyun pointed out that part first.

“If it wasn’t for Deputy Ahn’s advice, we wouldn’t have been able to produce this result.”

“True. He’s quite exceptional too. He’s been helping me a lot.”

“He’ll be more helpful as the organization grows.”

“You talk like you’ve known him for a long time.”

“Don’t you have a sense of these things?”

Yoo-hyun shrugged his shoulders, and Team Leader Na Doyeon chuckled.

She looked more relaxed than when she first became a team leader.

But then her expression became serious.

“I heard there’s talk of reorganizing the group operation headquarters. Did you hear about it?”

“Yes. They’re creating a planning and coordination office.”

“Right. It seems like they’re giving the control tower to Director Shin Kyungsoo, but I heard that most of the former group strategy office members were excluded from the members.”

“Director Shin Kyungsoo must have chosen the people he wanted.”

By Director Shin Kyungsoo’s standards, the existing group strategy office members were no different from losers.

His style was to put new wine in new wineskins.

Everything was moving accordingly.

Seeing how far things had progressed, the successor battle method must have been decided already.

They just hadn’t announced it yet.

Team Leader Na Doyeon, who had the same prediction as Yoo-hyun, muttered.

“The storm is coming soon, huh?”

“Are you worried?”

“Of course not. It’s just annoying. I just want to do my work, but it seems like other factors will keep interfering.”

“You’ll do fine, Team Leader.”

Yoo-hyun smiled inwardly as he saw Team Leader Na Doyeon pretending not to care.

This kind of solidity would keep the team’s center steady even in the face of the storm.

Team Leader Na Doyeon, who was making an awkward expression, suddenly revealed her true feelings.

“But why did you recommend me as the team leader?”

“You’re capable, aren’t you?”

“Did I ever appeal to you that much? When we worked together, I felt like I was the one who got help from you.”

That wasn’t wrong if she only thought of the short time they spent together in the group strategy office.

But Yoo-hyun saw beyond that time.

Team Leader Na Doyeon was the person who laid the foundation for Hansung’s mobile phone success in the past.

She had the drive, guts, and cold judgment to make all the projects she was assigned to in the midst of irrationality succeed.

That alone was enough to qualify her.

Plus, Yoo-hyun had his personal reason.

It was the story of when he, as a deputy director, joined the mobile phone business late.

-This is a report I made on the direction that Hansung smartphones should go. Take a look and use it if it helps, or throw it away if it doesn’t. I’m giving it to you because I think it’ll be useless later.

At that time, Team Leader Na Doyeon, who was in a different department, came to him and handed him the report.

It was very surprising since they had a strictly professional relationship.

Regardless of the reason, her report was a great help to Yoo-hyun.

That meant she had a clear grasp of the core of the smartphone business.

But she was pushed out by political logic and was not given any opportunity.

Yoo-hyun only found out about that later, and he thought.

‘What if we had worked together?’

They would have achieved much better results.

That was the conclusion Yoo-hyun reached at the time.

Now that he had the chance again, he didn’t hesitate to reach out to her.

He couldn’t tell her this directly, so he beat around the bush.

“I guess I have some foresight.”

“Really, do you think that kind of lame excuse will work on me?”

“It’s true. I wanted to work with you, Team Leader.”

“People might think we’re close friends if they hear you.”

“Aren’t we?”

Yoo-hyun asked playfully, and Team Leader Na Doyeon waved her hand.

She seemed very awkward at making human relationships.

“Stop talking nonsense and tell me when Director Shin Kyungsoo is coming back with your foresight.”

“Are you curious?”

“Of course. I need to know so I can prepare.”

“There’s no decision yet, but I think I know when.”

Team Leader Na Doyeon’s eyes widened at Yoo-hyun’s unexpected words.

“What? When is that?”

“Before the MWC (World Mobile Exhibition) opens.”

“The MWC that opens in two weeks?”

“Yes. That’s right.”

Yoo-hyun answered with a confident look in his eyes.