Chapter 204
Chapter 204
Park Seung-woo, the assistant manager, asked with a puzzled look.
“Why are you so quiet? What’s going on?”
“I don’t know.”
It was the moment Yoo-hyun answered.
A voice came from the manager’s seat.
“Manager, why do we have to send a dispatch worker to the fourth division from our team?”
“Kim, you know we do this every year from our division.”
“It’s the sales team’s turn this time.”
“They don’t have enough manpower, manpower.”
“Neither do we.”
It was obvious that Kim Hyun-min, the team leader, was confronting Jo Chan-young, the executive director.
It was something that could never be seen in the past when Oh Jae-hwan was the team leader.
Kim Hyun-min’s personality, who never bowed to his superiors, was still the same.
Park Seung-woo, who was listening to the small conversation between the two, stuck out his tongue.
“That’s no joke, right?”
“Why?”
“You’re going to the fourth division as a dispatch worker.”
“So?”
When Yoo-hyun asked back, Park Seung-woo shook his head.
“They don’t have any main products there. If you go there, you’ll only be left behind.”
“I see.”
As Yoo-hyun nodded, Park Seung-woo spoke in a stronger tone.
“The worst is the pre-product team, as you know.”
“Those people are a bit aggressive, right?”
“Aggressive? That’s not all. Anyway, whoever it is, it’ll be a headache if they go.”
It was when Park Seung-woo’s words fell.
Kim Hyun-min’s surprised voice was heard.
“Yoo-hyun? Why?”
“They requested you. You’re working on the ultra-high-resolution panel, aren’t you?”
“Manager, when did we ever send a newbie? That’s not possible.”
“Kim, please understand my position.”
“Anyway, I can’t send him.”
Kim Hyun-min expressed his clear refusal and walked out.
At that moment, Yoo-hyun and his eyes crossed.
Kim Hyun-min bit his lower lip hard and passed by Yoo-hyun.
As Yoo-hyun turned his head, Park Seung-woo had a stunned expression on his face.
Then he saw the part members who got up from their seats.
Why are they doing this again?
Yoo-hyun sighed softly.
Soon after, the part members gathered in the conference room.
Choi Min-hee, the deputy manager, spoke with a serious expression that he had never seen before.
“Honestly, I’m against Yoo-hyun going.”
“Me too. It would be better if I go.”
Kim Young-gil, the section chief, also raised his hand as if he agreed.
“Kim, what about the Apple phone in the third division?”
“Then I’ll go.”
“Park, stop talking nonsense.”
“Then…”
“Chan Ho, you can’t either.”
Park Seung-woo and Lee Chan Ho were the same.
They all opposed Yoo-hyun going as a dispatch worker.
Choi Min-hee complained in front of the part members, frustrated.
“We don’t have enough people in our part. If one person is missing here, we can’t do the project.”
“But I can still do my project as it is.”
Yoo-hyun, who had been listening quietly, spoke up.
He understood their feelings, but it wasn’t something that could be done by just opposing.
Then Choi Min-hee spoke in a stronger tone.
“Yoo-hyun, there’s a huge difference between doing it here and doing it there. Do you think they’ll let you plan there?”
“Yeah. They’ll just yell at you and threaten you.”
Park Seung-woo, followed by Lee Chan Ho and Kim Young-gil, looked at him with concern.
“The politics there is no joke. If you get in the middle, you won’t survive.”
“Yoo-hyun, those people, they’re waiting for you. You know that.”
“…”
Knowing why they were blocking him so much, Yoo-hyun couldn’t say anything.
He saw the past memories in the worried faces of the part members.
-You go and take the lead. I’ll push you from behind.
It was Shin Chan-yong, the section chief, who pushed Yoo-hyun away.
Back then, no one tried to stop him like this.
They just looked at each other and delayed.
In the end, the youngest had to do it.
It turned out to be a big gain for Yoo-hyun, but the process was bitter.
Choi Min-hee looked into Yoo-hyun’s eyes and said.
“Yoo-hyun, just say you won’t go. I’ll take responsibility.”
“…”
Yoo-hyun smiled instead of answering.
He didn’t need to reveal his true feelings here.
Was it because Kim Hyun-min defended him?
The dispatch issue was quiet for a while.
But Yoo-hyun knew that it was only temporary.
Kim Hyun-min couldn’t stop it just by stopping it.
It was the company’s rule, and the trend was already set.
There was only a choice left.
Yoo-hyun was thinking of bringing forward the time of that choice.
A few days later, it was the team dinner day.
Park Seung-woo, who was standing in front of the movie theater, asked Yoo-hyun.
“Iron Man? Is this fun?”
“It’s supposed to be good, right?”
“It seems too childish…”
Park Seung-woo entered the theater with a worried expression.
Now it was not awkward at all to come to the movie theater on the team dinner day.
That’s right.
The product planning team changed a lot under Kim Hyun-min’s regime.
The biggest change was the dinner culture.
People watched movies together instead of drinking.
After the movie, Park Seung-woo’s eyes were red.
“It’s really amazing. Ah, I’m about to cry…”
“Which part exactly?”
“Didn’t you see him swiping the display in the air? Our future was in the movie.”
Park Seung-woo waved his hands in the air like Tony Stark.
Yoo-hyun shook his head and pulled his arm.
“…Let’s go to the second round.”
“Shall we fly? Come on, stretch your arms like this.”
“…”
Yoo-hyun quietly watched Park Seung-woo’s back as he ran with one arm stretched out.
The second round was held at a pork belly restaurant near the theater.
Kim Hyun-min, the team leader, didn’t force the drinking party at the team dinner, as he did in the part.
Still, the attendance rate of the team members was quite high.
It was because the atmosphere of the drinking party was quite good.
Buzzing.
In a good atmosphere with delicious food and drinks, the team members quickly got along.
They didn’t just drink and talk about work or gossip about someone like before.
They had a common denominator of movies, so they could talk to each other without any pressure.
“About today’s movie…”
“I liked that part. What part? Well…”
Thanks to that, everyone talked without exception.
When the atmosphere was somewhat ripe.
Kim Hyun-min, who was holding a bottle of alcohol, came to the place where the third division was gathered.
He sat down next to Choi Min-hee, the deputy manager, and said.
“As expected, the third division has a good attendance rate. Yoo-hyun, right?”
“Of course. We never refuse a free meal.”
“Puhahaha. Yoo-hyun, you rascal. That’s right, that’s right.”
Park Seung-woo, the assistant manager, slapped Yoo-hyun’s back with a flushed face.
Then, Choi Min-hee, the deputy manager, who was emptying his glass alone, asked sharply.
“Manager, you know Yoo-hyun can’t go, right?”
“I know, I know. That’s not why I came here. Come on, take a drink.”
Kim Hyun-min, the team leader, smiled and filled the empty glasses of the part members.
Yoo-hyun saw a trace of worry on his face.
‘It must be hard.’
The dispatch decision was already made under the water.
He must have been under a lot of pressure.
Still, he was holding on for the team members.
Yoo-hyun offered his glass and expressed his sincerity.
“Thank you, manager.”
“Thank you? I’m the one who’s grateful.”
Kim Hyun-min chuckled and filled Yoo-hyun’s glass as well.
As the alcohol decreased, people poured out their stories.
“Deputy manager Choi, don’t be like that…”
“Manager, the problem is…”
It wasn’t just Kim Hyun-min and Choi Min-hee.
Everyone didn’t hesitate to voice their complaints.
It was because they trusted each other.
“So, what I’m saying is…”
“Really? Puhahahaha.”
That’s why they could laugh together again.
The atmosphere of the third part spread to the team with the help of the drinking party.
The part members mixed and made each other’s stories.
There were so many stories that it was hard to tell who was talking.
“I did this time…”
“That happened in our part too…”
“Puhahaha.”
As the stories piled up, louder laughter spread everywhere.
The team atmosphere was definitely better than before.
In the buzzing atmosphere, Yoo-hyun faced Kim Hyun-min, the team leader.
Chirp.
He silently emptied the glass that Yoo-hyun had poured.
It was already his nth time drinking like this.
He looked like he didn’t even know that.
“…”
Yoo-hyun watched him for a while and opened his mouth.
“Manager, do you want to get some fresh air?”
“Yeah. Sure.”
Kim Hyun-min shook his reddened face up and down.
Yoo-hyun went outside and walked with Kim Hyun-min’s staggering body.
They came out of the narrow back door connected to the store and saw a quiet vacant lot.
Yoo-hyun sat Kim Hyun-min on a bench and sat next to him.
As the cool breeze blew, Kim Hyun-min sighed deeply.
“Haah…”
“It’s nice and cool.”
“Yeah…”
Kim Hyun-min trailed off and looked at the distance.
His eyes looked a bit sober.
Yoo-hyun waited for his next words.
Kim Hyun-min opened his mouth.
“It reminds me of the old days when we’re like this. Right?”
“Yes, it does.”
Yoo-hyun had a good idea of when he was talking about.
He meant the first time they met at a bar.
Kim Hyun-min started to change after that.
Yoo-hyun wondered.
“Manager, how are you doing now?”
“I don’t know. Do you think I’m doing well?”
“Yes. Very much so.”
“I don’t know.”
Kim Hyun-min was doing well.
He embraced people more courageously than before.
His good influence made the team members more positive.
He was not lacking compared to when Yoo-hyun was the team leader.
“It’s true. You’re doing great.”
“I wish that were true…”
-You have to make your own decision. If you do what your superiors tell you and something goes wrong, how will you bear the resentment?
Yoo-hyun knew why he was hesitating and trailing off.
It was the same reason as when he neglected the part members in the past.
He truly cared for the team members and wanted them to do well.
He didn’t want Yoo-hyun to go to the dispatch he hated because of his superiors.
Yoo-hyun knew his heart better than anyone.
“Manager, do you remember the last trip to Germany?”
“Of course, I do.”
“It was fun, right?”
“Puhuhu. It was. It was really fun.”
Kim Hyun-min laughed heartily, reminded of the trip to Germany.
In a light mood, Yoo-hyun opened his mouth.
“Manager, I have something to say.”
“What is it?”
“I’ll go to the dispatch this time.”
When Yoo-hyun revealed his mind, he asked back with a dumbfounded expression.
“Why?”
“Did you watch the movie today?”
“I did.”
“I saw the future of the display there today.”
“What kind of nonsense is that, like Park Seung-woo?”
Yoo-hyun spoke to Kim Hyun-min, who was bewildered.
“I think that future is in the ultra-high-resolution panel.”
“Puhuhuhu. This is totally psycho.”
“Is it too much?”
“Very much. Does that make sense?”
Kim Hyun-min snorted.
He was joking, but he had to decide now.