Real Man-Chapter 770

He bowed his head to Yoo-hyun for the first time, feeling nervous after the meeting with Double Y.

“Director, no. I’ll tell you later.”

He didn’t say it, but his eyes conveyed his feelings intensely.

He was thrilled to see his plan come to life.

He wanted to do better and spread his wings and fly.

But what if he was broken here?

He would never soar again.

And this was not just a personal problem for Wongijun.

If he left a bad precedent, other users would not be able to post honest reviews on Reverb.

The moment Reverb failed to capture reliable reviews, it would have no tomorrow.

‘I can’t let that happen.’

Squeak.

Yoo-hyun clenched his fist and asked.

“Team leader, can you tell me the progress and the detailed plan of Ilsung’s legal team?”

-Why? Do you want to deal with it at the company level?

“Yes. I think I need to check it out in advance. This could be a critical turning point.”

-Hmm.

“Team leader, please.”

As Yoo-hyun expressed his will, Park Doo-sik, the team leader, muttered something incomprehensible.

-This is really. A VIP request, I can’t refuse.

“VIP?”

-No. I got it. But it will take some time. It’s not just a simple trend analysis, I have to check the internal documents.

“Thank you. I will repay you for sure.”

-Yeah. Buy me a drink. I have some stories I want to hear anyway.

Was it just about the drink?

“Of course. I’ll buy you anything.”

-Deal.

Despite the difficult request, Park Doo-sik agreed willingly.

He was grateful for his caring heart for his junior.

The next day, and the day after, Wongijun did not contact him.

It was useless to send him an email or a message.

But he didn’t disappear completely.

He logged in to the Reverb site, or cleaned up the comments on his personal YouTube channel.

He seemed to be trying to do something on his own, but it was not easy.

If he faced Ilsung’s legal team alone, he would bleed no matter how well he did.

Meanwhile, Yoo-hyun was approaching from a different dimension.

Click.

With a mouse click, an email from Jang Junsik, the assistant manager, appeared on the monitor in the director’s office.

He had followed the instructions of Nadoyeon, the team leader, and went down to the Ulsan factory to reconfirm the details. The attached data was quite a lot.

Reverse engineering.

It was a task of analyzing the product by disassembling it, which was usually done when a competitor’s phone came out.

Especially when a big issue like this explosion happened, they analyzed it thoroughly to find the cause.

In case they had to fight with Ilsung, they used it as a weapon.

“It’s a design problem of the main board.”

According to the analysis, the problem was that the main board overheated under certain conditions.

Compared to the foreign model, the Korean model had a biased component placement, which made it more vulnerable to heat.

So far, there have been three officially reported explosion cases, all of which occurred in Korea.

Considering this fact, the report had credibility in its estimated cause.

Ilsung must have known this too.

They might have already been working on changing the design under the water.

Beep.

Soon after, a message from Jeong Hyun-woo, the assistant manager, came in.

-Bro, I’m calculating the damage estimate of Mercury4 by case. The team leader has notified the related departments urgently, so the results will be out soon.

“I don’t need to take care of this much…”

He didn’t know what Nadoyeon, the team leader, had said, but everyone was too quick to respond.

Even Kwon Se-jung, the section chief, called him.

He sounded worried, as if he had already grasped the situation.

-Ilsung won’t back down easily. They have to push it as consumer negligence.

“Because of the compensation?”

-No. Money is not a problem. As I said before, this is Choi Minyong’s phone. The image damage is too big.

Mercury4 was selling at a similar rate to Hansung Unique2.

If they lost a step here, the market share they had barely matched would tilt sharply.

This meant the defeat of Ilsung’s smartphone.

“I got it. Thanks for caring.”

-Don’t thank me. What did I do? Rather, how’s your company doing? It must be hard to deal with Ilsung’s legal team.

“It’s not even a problem yet. I’m preparing as much as I can.”

-You must be struggling alone. Tell me if you need anything. I’ll help you.

Even if he said no, Kwon Se-jung’s voice didn’t lose his worry.

By the way, how did he not get involved with Ilsung’s legal team?

‘I didn’t tell Nadoyeon, the team leader, about this part in detail either…’

As he thought about it, there was only one person who could know.

“I know who it is.”

Yoo-hyun chuckled and leaned back on his chair, recalling his old colleagues.

He didn’t mind getting help from them anyway.

‘Let’s wait for Ilsung’s information for now.’

Yoo-hyun, who had sorted out the situation, thought of Kwon Chiyeol, the lawyer he met yesterday.

He was a lawyer who had fought against Hansung’s legal team led by Yoo-hyun in the past, and he had become friends with Yoo-hyun after the Wonju factory strike incident three years ago.

He had also faced Ilsung’s legal team before, so Yoo-hyun asked him for advice on Wongijun’s actions.

He wanted to check if his guess was right.

-If they knew that the reviewer was affiliated with the review company, Ilsung’s legal team would have demanded a response at the company level. They would think that the review was intended by the company.

Kwon Chiyeol also predicted that Wongijun left to avoid causing trouble to the company.

He argued that a person with a strong sense of responsibility could do that.

But Yoo-hyun thought differently.

“Why would someone who has only been working for a month feel such a responsibility?”

It would be much better for him to use the company as a shield.

It would be rational to handle it that way, but Wongijun tried to carry the burden alone.

Why did he do that?

“Huh.”

As Yoo-hyun took a breath, his phone rang.

Beep.

‘Again?’

He thought it was a call from his Hansung colleague, but it was Jeong Da-hye this time.

As soon as he answered the phone, she asked him about Wongijun’s situation.

-How is Wongijun doing? Did you contact him?

“No, not yet.”

-Really? Is he okay by himself?

“There’s no problem. The situation is…”

Yoo-hyun told her everything he had learned without hiding anything.

He also included his thoughts on Wongijun’s choice.

Jeong Da-hye replied.

-People have different levels of responsibility. Wongijun said he felt a lot of achievement at the company recently.

“He did. But that’s no reason to jump into the fire alone without causing trouble to the company.”

-He might have had a special affection for the company. I hope he does well.

“He’s not the director, he’s just an employee. Do you understand, Da-hye?”

-To be honest, I don’t understand either. But if you think about when Wongijun retired as a pro gamer, he had a very strong sense of responsibility.

“That’s true.”

-Our team members caused a huge disappointment to the fans by rigging the game. I feel responsible as the team leader and the eldest brother, and I want to end my pro gamer career.

Wongijun retired early because of something that had nothing to do with him.

He seemed responsible at the time, but now he looked different.

What if he had endured? Wouldn’t he have given more happiness to the fans?

It was the same now.

If he had stayed at the company, there would have been a good way for both sides to win, but Wongijun’s unilateral decision messed things up.

He was stubbornly dragging a problem that he couldn’t solve by himself.

He knew it wasn’t easy.

“Maybe he had that personality and quietly paved a new way.”

-What?

Yoo-hyun changed the subject.

“No, nothing. Just thank you. You helped me.”

-What do you mean?

“I think I know a little bit why Wongijun did that.”

-What are you talking about? You already knew that Wongijun left to avoid causing trouble to the company.

He knew, but he didn’t want to accept it.

Was he sorry?

No.

He was just sorry that his employee tried to carry the burden alone.

‘Trust me a little.’

He must have failed to give him trust as a director.

Yoo-hyun sighed and asked.

“By the way, when are you coming?”

-The work is almost done. I’m going to follow Jaehui’s extended vacation schedule.

“Are you not tired?”

-What do I have to be tired of? You and the remaining employees are more tired.

It was not easy to do unfamiliar work in a different place, no matter how many connections he had.

But Jeong Da-hye cared for others first.

“There’s no big problem here.”

-The employees might not show it, but they must be shaken. They are the initial members.

“You’re right. I don’t know who’s girlfriend you are, but you’re very wise.”

-Don’t say nonsense. Please mediate well, Yoo-hyun. You’re good at that.

“I will.”

It was Yoo-hyun’s job to take care of the remaining employees as much as he cared for Wongijun.

If he hadn’t given them trust until now, he had to communicate more and build trust from now on.

He hung up the phone and got up from his seat.

He went to the office and called the employees to the break room.

He eased the awkwardness with ice cream, drinks, and snacks, and told them what he had learned.

They had the right to know, as it was related to the company.

“I asked a lawyer for advice on Wongijun…”

He didn’t make any excessive assumptions, and he slightly wrapped it up from Wongijun’s perspective.

Jang Manbok, who heard his words, exclaimed.

“Gosh, I didn’t know, but Wongijun was really loyal.”

“He’s not loyal. He just took all the burden by himself to avoid causing trouble to the company. He’s a bit of a jerk.”

“Speaking of jerk, Bomi, it reminds me of something…”

Yoon Bomi cut off Jang Manbok’s words.

“Jerk is seolleongtang, what are you talking about?”

“Huh? Ahem! When did I say that? How did you know?”

“Manbok, your pattern is obvious. Every conversation ends with food.”

“As expected of an analyst. You have a different side.”

“What are you talking about. You’re the master of psychological warfare to the director.”

As the two were joking, Gong Hyunjun’s dark expression was seen between them.

Yoo-hyun asked.

“Hyunjun, what’s wrong?”

“I provoked Wongijun for no reason…”

“Don’t worry about that. You didn’t do anything wrong.”

“Just… If I hadn’t competed with him, this wouldn’t have happened.”

Was Gong Hyunjun like this in Hansung before?

He didn’t know, but he had a soft side.

Jang Manbok, who was next to him, said loudly.

“Oh, come on, the person who left is the problem, Hyunjun, you’re not wrong at all, not at all.”

“…”

“That’s right. And don’t worry. This will be resolved well.”

Yoo-hyun smiled and patted Gong Hyunjun’s shoulder.