Chapter 529:

Chapter 529:

Kim Hyun-soo chuckled at the old memories that suddenly came to his mind.

“You haven’t changed at all, have you?”

“I’ve changed a lot.”

“What do you mean?”

“There’s something like that. Anyway, I won’t change anymore and I’ll do better, so please take care of me, my friend.”

Yoo-hyun spread his arms, and Kim Hyun-soo shrank back as if disgusted.

“That’s enough. Do that to Jun-seok when you go to Ulsan.”

“He’s too sentimental for that. He might cry.”

“Right. He must be depressed after breaking up with his girlfriend. Be nice to him.”

“Sure. I have to. He said he would come to see me in Ulsan.”

Kim Hyun-soo shrugged his shoulders as he saw Yoo-hyun sigh.

“Haha. You have a lot of people to see in Ulsan, don’t you?”

“Yeah. There are some people I want to meet.”

“It’s been a long time since you went there, so take good care of them. Buy them some small gifts or something.”

“Of course. I owe them a lot, so I have to.”

Yoo-hyun nodded and Kim Hyun-soo held out his fist.

“I’ll help you with anything you say. Do well.”

“Okay. Take care, my friend.”

Thump.

Yoo-hyun responded to the fist bump that he hadn’t done in a long time.

Their feelings for each other were conveyed over their fists.

Yoo-hyun, who had settled his affairs in his hometown, moved to his next destination, Ulsan.

As much as he was meeting people who would help him with his future work, he prepared small gifts as Kim Hyun-soo had said.

Yoo-hyun was driving while thinking of the familiar faces he was looking forward to seeing, when a phone call came in.

Ding-dong-ding-dong.

As he pressed the call button, the voice of Maeng Gi-yong, the head of the mobile business division, echoed through the car speaker.

-Are you on your way, Han?

“Yes, I’m on my way, but I’ll stop by somewhere else and get there on time.”

-Okay, I got it. I booked a conference room, so call me again when you get there.

“A conference room?”

-Yeah. The manager asked me to. All the staff members will be there.

He said he was preparing a welcome party, but did he even book a conference room?

He had something to ask Kim Ho-geol, the executive director, anyway.

It would be perfect if he could get a definite answer in front of everyone.

Yoo-hyun replied happily, imagining a positive situation.

“Really? That’s great. I wanted to see you all anyway.”

-Yeah. Just come.

“Okay. I’ll see you soon.”

Yoo-hyun answered coolly and hung up the phone.

Most of them were people he hadn’t seen for more than two years.

He was very fond of them, so he wanted to see them as soon as possible.

“I hope they like the gifts.”

Yoo-hyun lifted the corners of his mouth as he looked at the bag on the back seat through the rearview mirror.

Vroom.

Yoo-hyun’s car, filled with anticipation, sped away.

Yoo-hyun arrived a little early at the Ulsan factory and met his junior, Jeong Hyun-woo, whom he had a soft spot for.

He looked much healthier than before, maybe because he had been running regularly.

He smiled brightly and greeted Yoo-hyun.

“Hyung, it’s been a long time.”

“Why don’t you ever think of leaving Ulsan?”

“I need some time to spare for that.”

“Kid. Let’s talk over lunch first.”

Yoo-hyun had lunch at a rice soup restaurant in front of the company and listened to Jeong Hyun-woo’s story.

He knew the situation well, as he had talked to him several times and checked it himself.

“What I’m doing right now is...”

He belonged to the development planning team of the mobile business division.

He was in charge of various schedules and events within the division, as well as handling minor personnel issues of the staff below him.

He also took care of panel yield management and work reservation, which was too much work for him.

Thanks to that, he gained a lot of experience and improved his skills in a short time, but the problem was the team leader who came from the development team.

“He doesn’t appreciate us no matter how hard we try. He says we’re just supporters.”

“Does that make sense? How can the development team run without you guys?”

“We’re not professional, that’s true. It’s not like the company can’t run without us.”

It wasn’t a wrong statement if he looked at it coldly, but Yoo-hyun thought differently.

“I can’t come empty-handed, right? How is your wedding preparation going?”

Maeng Ki Yong frowned at Yoo-hyun’s question.

“Wedding preparation? Don’t even mention it.”

“Why?”

“I was preparing for the dowry the other day... No, this is not the time to talk about that.”

“What is it?”

Maeng Ki Yong, who was about to complain about his marriage, shook his head.

Then he pointed to the building with a somewhat stiff expression.

“Let’s talk while we go.”

“Sure.”

Yoo-hyun was curious, but he followed him.

The office was on the second floor as before, but the scale was different.

It felt more spacious and open.

Yoo-hyun checked the organizational nameplate on the right.

-OLED Mobile Product Division.

He was assigned to this division after the Pre-Product Team and the Ultra-High Resolution TF. Most of the people he had a connection with were in this division.

Thud, thud.

“Why did our manager gather us here...?” Yoo-hyun asked as he walked, listening to Maeng Gi-yong’s words.

“Isn’t it because of Kim Hyun-min’s request? Kim Ho Geol moved because of him, right?”

“That’s right. The additional data, did you get it from Jun Shik’s team? He was the one who did the exhibition for us before.”

“Yes. That was what I instructed.”

“I see. I heard that. But we have a lot of work in our department, and it’s getting difficult.”

“That’s understandable.”

To apply semiconductor wafers to displays, they needed a circuit design that matched them.

Depending on the application, they also needed OLED deposition, and a lot of consideration for the yield.

They had to create a completely new display from scratch.

It was not easy to review that process.

Maeng Gi-yong, who nodded at Yoo-hyun, asked him in front of the conference room.

“Even if you hear some negative comments, I hope you don’t take it too hard.”

“Of course. I should be grateful that they are looking into it.”

Yoo-hyun answered like that and glanced at the conference room through the translucent sheet.

Even though it was earlier than the promised time, the inside was already full of people.

Just by looking at their faces, it was not a welcoming atmosphere.

Not at all.

It was so serious that they didn’t even have time to pass around chocolates.

It was an unexpected situation, but it was also a mountain they had to cross.

They absolutely needed their help for the future.

“Shall we go in?”

“Yes. Let’s do that.”

Yoo-hyun answered firmly and entered the conference room.

Creak.

As soon as the door opened, the eyes of the people inside turned to Yoo-hyun.

Jung In Wook, the team leader who often contacted him, greeted him first with his eyes.

Following him, Min Su-jin, who was promoted this time, and Lee Jin-mok, the senior, raised their eyebrows and showed their delight.

Among them, a man with a chubby face and horn-rimmed glasses raised his hand.

It was Kim Seon-dong, the senior who had a special affection for Yoo-hyun.

“Mr. Han.”

The joy was short-lived, Kim Ho Geol, who was sitting in the upper seat, had a stiff expression.

“Kim, what are you doing in the middle of a meeting?”

“I’m sorry.”

The atmosphere froze with a single word.

He had charisma that he could never find in the past Kim Ho Geol, who was awkward.

Was he really Kim Ho Geol?

For a moment, Yoo-hyun remembered what Kim Hyun-min had said.

-He’s grown a lot in politics. He’s not the person you knew before.

When Yoo-hyun first came to Ulsan, he was nothing but a chick team leader who was pushed around by other team leaders.

He had excellent technical skills, but his organizational management was full of holes.

He had changed a lot.

He suppressed the people with his sharp eyes, and he didn’t give Yoo-hyun a grateful look anymore.

He just looked at him coldly.

Nod.

Yoo-hyun bowed his head to him and greeted him, then sat down in an empty seat and looked around.