Chapter 262:

Chapter 262:

Chapter 262

He bit his lower lip and opened his mouth.

“Do you have any requests regarding this deal?”

“Don’t be silly. Just do as usual. I’m satisfied with just confirming it.”

“I have a feeling that we shouldn’t proceed like this.”

“Hey, we’re already in too deep to quit. I really won’t do anything, okay?”

Yoo-hyun shrugged his shoulders with a playful smile and raised his palms up.

Danaka threw a suspicious question at him.

“Then why are you telling me this?”

He had a reason, but he couldn’t tell him right now.

Yoo-hyun made up a plausible excuse.

“So that you can recognize my value.”

“Do you want to trade with me?”

“Not now, but someday. Give me your business card.”

“...”

Yoo-hyun snapped his fingers and he handed him a business card after a brief silence.

It was a simple card with only his name and number on a white background.

It seemed like nothing special, but only a few people owned this card.

Most of them were key executives of prominent IT companies in Korea, Japan, and China, and Yoo-hyun just joined their ranks.

This would be an important asset for Yoo-hyun in the future.

It was time to wrap things up, so Yoo-hyun looked him in the eye and said firmly.

“Keep this number. I’ll call you later.”

“When will that be?”

“I’ll decide the timing. At least after the deal with Director Lee Taeryong is over.”

“Huh, I can’t understand. Why did you come all the way here...”

“I told you, it’s an investment for the future.”

Danaka could never understand Yoo-hyun’s actions right now.

He had shaken him up badly, and on purpose, Yoo-hyun acted differently from his usual pattern.

Becoming someone incomprehensible to him.

It might sound strange, but that was what Yoo-hyun wanted from today’s meeting.

Danaka asked with a hidden confusion.

“How much can you sell yourself for?”

“Even if you spend all your fortune, you can’t buy me, so stop thinking about that and focus on the current task.”

“Are you sure we can proceed like this?”

“What are you worried about? We’ve eliminated all the risk factors. Why are you so cautious?”

“...”

Of course, Danaka’s eyes seemed to see Yoo-hyun as a risk factor.

But Yoo-hyun was confident that he would soon come to his senses and make a rational judgment.

There was no way this deal would go wrong because of Yoo-hyun’s involvement.

This deal was not that kind of confidential deal.

Yoo-hyun got up from his seat before Danaka realized the reality.

“That’s it, I’m leaving. I have an important appointment.”

“Can you at least tell me your name?”

“Just remember me as Steve.”

“Steve.”

Yoo-hyun showed him the hand holding the card behind his back and walked away.

He felt his burning gaze behind his back.

How would the seed he planted in him grow?

He would soon see an interesting scene.

His eyes sharpened at the intriguing thought.

Yoo-hyun didn’t need to watch the meeting between Lee Taeryong and Danaka.

He just hoped they would work together smoothly.

What Director Lee Taeryong would leak now?

It was nothing much when it came down to it.

It was just a chance for some Japanese companies that were dying out to play with the media for a while.

That information wouldn’t change the core of the matter even if it came out.

Rather, he needed that information to come out at the right time.

That way, he could force Apple’s choice.

The reason why Yoo-hyun left Director Lee Taeryong alone was just because of that.

That was when he thought so.

He saw Lee Taeryong’s car entering the alley through the side mirror.

He used to sit next to him in that car once.

-When the rabbit hunt is over, the hunting dog is discarded. Of course, I’m not talking about you, Director Han. Haha.

Lee Taeryong’s babbling echoed in his ear like a hallucination.

As a subordinate of Han Kyung-hoe, he sacrificed a lot under him.

The reason was only one.

He struggled to climb up somehow.

He made achievements through that struggle.

But what he got in return was his contempt and restraint.

“Oppa, you’ve lived too innocently. We’ll show you what company drinking is like.”

“What? Why did they become like this when I didn’t see them?”

Oh Min-jae sighed at Choi Seolgi’s endless nagging.

But Yoo-hyun and Seol Gitaek burst into laughter.

“Puhahaha.”

“...”

Kang Changseok just drank water as if he felt awkward in this situation.

Yoo-hyun took care of him.

“Hyung, have a drink.”

“Okay, sure.”

He lifted his glass and Yoo-hyun said to the others.

“I’m so glad to see you all after such a long time. Shall we have a drink?”

“Sure. I’ll let you do the toast first.”

“Thank you very much.”

Yoo-hyun nodded his head exaggeratedly at Choi Seolgi’s words.

He lifted his glass high in the cheerful atmosphere.

“Congratulations on your first anniversary of joining the company. To our first anniversary.”

“To our first anniversary.”

Clank. Clank. Clank.

“The first drink is one shot.”

The first drink was just the beginning.

From then on, a fierce drinking session began under the leadership of Choi Seolgi and Jung Dabin.

They drank soju and beer quickly while grilling intestines.

The next target of the two female colleagues was Kang Changseok.

Choi Seolgi poured soju into his beer glass and urged him incessantly.

“Oppa, when I think about what you did during the training period...”

“I’m sorry about that.”

“It doesn’t matter. One shot.”

“This?”

“Of course.”

At Choi Seolgi’s words, Kang Changseok drank the alcohol like medicine.

As he got drunk, his characteristic bluffing kicked in.

“When I worked with Yoo-hyun...”

“Really? It sounds like a lie.”

“It’s true.”

At Jung Dabin’s question, Kang Changseok nodded his head.

Yoo-hyun was talking with Seol Gitaek and Oh Min-jae at that time.

Then, Choi Seolgi stuck her head out and interrupted.

“Yoo-hyun oppa, did you work with Changseok oppa?”

“Yeah. He helped me a lot.”

“Wow.”

Choi Seolgi made a surprised expression at Yoo-hyun’s answer.

On the other hand, Kang Changseok, whose face was red from the alcohol, lifted his chin and boasted.

“See? I was right.”

Of course, his boasting didn’t last long.

Choi Seolgi looked at him with a red face and mocked him.

“Yoo-hyun oppa, be careful. Changseok oppa might stab you in the back.”

“Hey, Choi Seolgi, aren’t you being too harsh?”

Kang Changseok flared up at her words.

“Why? Huh? Are you showing your true colors again?”

“Sigh.”

Kang Changseok couldn’t stand up to Choi Seolgi at all.

He sighed and kept flipping the intestines.

Choi Seolgi reminded Yoo-hyun again.

“Oppa, you have to remember what Changseok oppa did during the training period.”

“Don’t worry. If he stabs me in the back, I’ll pay him back ten times.”

“Yes. You have to do that.”

Yoo-hyun assured her and Choi Seolgi finally nodded her head.

It was a serious expression that Yoo-hyun couldn’t tell if it was a joke or not.

Kang Changseok was annoyed and continued to grill the intestines.

Yoo-hyun lifted his glass again to avoid awkwardness.

“Come on, let’s have a drink. The food is good too.”

That’s how the empty bottles piled up, and they each talked about their company life.

They spent most of their day at work, so they had nothing else to talk about.

Jung Dabin told them about her hardships.

“You wouldn’t believe what I went through in Geoje...”

Seol Gitaek also grumbled in response.

“I had to deal with TV filming...”

They all complained, but Yoo-hyun saw their pride in their words.