Chapter 310:

Chapter 310:

Chapter 310

A moment later.

Yoo-hyun faced Director Kwon Sung-hoe on a bench in the 20th floor corridor.

He was not even given a cup of coffee in his hand.

That was how much Director Kwon valued Yoo-hyun.

It was exactly what Yoo-hyun wanted.

He checked the time and got straight to the point.

“I’m here to offer you a transfer to the Group Strategy Office.”

“Do you mean moving to a different team?”

“Yes. It’s a great opportunity that you can’t get as an employee.”

Director Kwon spoke with a confident expression.

He must have thought it was an irresistible offer, but Yoo-hyun’s answer was different from his expectation.

“Thank you, but I like my current team.”

“What? Haha. You don’t know anything about the Group Strategy Office, do you?”

Director Kwon gave a hollow laugh at the employee who uttered such nonsense.

Then he started to explain as if he was teaching him.

“The Group Strategy Office is...”

The Group Strategy Office was the core department that coordinated the entire group.

This place, which carried out the chairman’s direct orders, had every member with power equivalent to or higher than that of an executive in any subsidiary.

They had tremendous authority and influence that could not be measured by salary.

Being from the Group Strategy Office was enough to open up the path to success in the company.

Yoo-hyun listened to his obvious words for a while and then looked at him calmly and said,

“I appreciate the opportunity. But I don’t value success that much.”

“It’s worth much more than you think. You’ll get benefits in personnel matters, and you can go abroad for training whenever you want. You can’t imagine that with your academic background.”

As soon as Director Kwon finished his words, Yoo-hyun remembered what he had said when he was his team leader.

-Is it because your academic background is so low that you can’t grasp the subject? Contact me only when I need you. Don’t ask or question anything, just wait.

He was full of elitism and treated Yoo-hyun, who came from the LCD business unit, as a rookie.

Even though he worked hard and showed results, all he got back was a cold word.

There was no way Yoo-hyun had any good feelings for him.

But.

Yoo-hyun smiled leisurely.

“Thank you for your kind offer. But my mind hasn’t changed.”

“Are you really so stubborn?”

“I just want to live long and thin.”

“Really.”

He even shook his head, trying to ease the mood a bit.

Why?

There was no need to stir up a hornet’s nest just to catch a piranha.

When the time was ripe, Yoo-hyun would take action himself.

Until then, Yoo-hyun planned to keep his teeth clenched.

Instead, he scratched his pride a little by coming down personally to recruit an employee like him.

“I’m sorry you came all this way.”

“The bus won’t come back once it passes by.”

“I might regret it, but I want to trust my judgment now.”

Yoo-hyun smiled without backing down.

Director Kwon looked at him incredulously.

That evening, Yoo-hyun spent his last night in Seoul at Kang Jun-ki’s house.

He bought a lot of food for his friend who had lent him his house for quite a long time.

There was beef among them.

While Kang Jun-ki took out the burner and set it up, Yoo-hyun sat in front of the computer and browsed the news.

<Apple decides to invest more in Hansung LCD plant. Apple: “Hansung is a very good partner.”>

The article came out as he had heard from Yeotae-sik, the executive director in Ulsan.

It was an official article that Hansung released with Apple’s permission.

It also meant that the negotiation with Apple was over in a big picture.

Of course, they kept the details secret.

But maybe because the deal was so big, the netizens’ reactions were hot.

-Wow. They said they had a secret evaluation meeting. Hansung must have pressed sharp. -I heard Ilseong couldn’t even get in. -Hansung has some power. But then, will the next iPhone be ultra-high resolution? -What’s the spec? -Apple is such a thing, they won’t disclose it. Maybe they’ll change it if they reveal it now?

The atmosphere in Ulsan factory must be lively too.

He felt a little proud of his team members who had worked hard.

He only glanced at the pleasant news for a moment.

There was another news that caught Yoo-hyun’s eye below it.

<Ilseong speeds up management succession work. What is Hansung doing?>

It might look like nothing special news.

But Yoo-hyun saw through the hidden intention behind the lines.

This was a covert operation by Han Kyung-hoe, who hoped for a generational change.

“Hello.”

He was so enthusiastic that I took a step back.

Soon after, the others greeted me.

Everyone had a bright smile on their faces.

“You worked hard, right?”

“Yoo-hyun, good job.”

“What are you doing? Sit down.”

I suddenly remembered when I first came here.

No one welcomed me back then.

But now, everyone was taking care of me.

With a grateful heart, I bowed slightly.

“I’m back.”

“You’re back.”

Everyone embraced me warmly.

For a while, the atmosphere was lively.

Especially Maeng Ki-yong’s stories about his heroism in America were endless.

“The Apple mockup suddenly stopped working...”

Jung In-wook, who was watching him from the side, clicked his tongue.

“He went to America and came back with a motor in his mouth.”

“It must be hard to have so much work piled up.”

“Who hasn’t suffered?”

I whispered to Jung In-wook, who was grumbling.

“And congratulations in advance.”

“For what?”

“You’re going to be a team leader soon, right?”

“No, no. That’s not it. Nothing’s decided yet.”

Jung In-wook waved his hand, but the result seemed obvious.

The office partition construction was also for expanding the team.

“Isn’t there a TF (Task Force) for ultra-high resolution coming up?”

“Huh. Where did you hear that?”

“From you, sir.”

I smiled slyly and Jung In-wook shook his head vigorously.

“Geez. You’re really hard to deal with.”

“Anyway, don’t get too excited.”

“Hey. When did I ever?”

Jung In-wook flared up at my light joke as always.

That’s when it happened.

Creak.

Everyone stood up and straightened their backs.

“Hello.”

A greeting came in like a wave and I turned my head.

There was Lim Jun-pyo, the vice president, with a bright expression on his face.

“Hello.”

I greeted him as I stood up and he stretched out his arms to hug me. But he seemed to change his mind and lowered his arms.

Then he reached out his hand and said,

“Yeah. You did a great job.”

“Yes. It wasn’t easy.”

He raised his eyebrows as he saw me shaking his hand nervously.

“Yeah. You worked really hard. That’s why I want to take care of you a little bit.”

“Thank you.”

“I’m not just saying it. I’m planning to add more staff, give you a reward, take care of your personnel evaluation...”

Lim Jun-pyo’s words got longer and longer and everyone’s mouths opened wider and wider.

It was certain that everything he said would come true since he said it himself.

Ko Jun-ho, the director who was next to him, nodded his head at every word.

He seemed to be listening attentively without missing a single word.

Lim Jun-pyo continued his speech and called Ko Jun-ho.

“Director Ko.”

“Yes, vice president.”

Ko Jun-ho quickly nodded his head and Lim Jun-pyo went on.

“Yoo-hyun doesn’t have much to do now, right?”

“That’s right. The planning is finished so there’s no need to rush anything.”

“Good. He worked hard so let him work at his own pace.”

“Yes. I understand.”

It was Lim Jun-pyo who said it.

The word ‘at his own pace’ in front of everyone meant that no one should bother Yoo-hyun anymore.