Real Man

Chapter 616:

When Yoo-hyun admitted the truth, Kim Hyun-min, the executive director, clenched his jaw.

“See? And this time, it’s a competition, so I can’t do anything. From my perspective, I have to sit still and watch my staff get taken away. How can I be happy about that?”

“But that’s the right direction for the company.”

“Even so, that’s not fair. Other departments might lose one or two people, but not me. How am I supposed to run the department?”

He was right about that too.

There was bound to be a lot of staff turnover in the department that hosted the competition.

Yoo-hyun responded in a standard way.

“Did you get the guidance from the HR team? They will support you.”

“The HR team, they’re all liars. How are they going to take responsibility?”

“The group leader will also take care of you.”

“You’re kidding me. After you leave, he’ll probably pay more attention to the semiconductor display sector, even if he’s worried.”

“That’s not true. I guarantee it.”

“You kid, do you think I’ve only been in the company for one or two days? If you’re right, I’ll call you brother.”

Kim Hyun-min, the executive director, flared up, as if he thought Yoo-hyun was bluffing.

He still had the personality of shouting when he lost.

Yoo-hyun wouldn’t miss the opportunity that came to him on his own.

“Really? Will you do that?”

“Yeah. Do you want to bet on it?”

“I don’t need that. Just don’t say that you’ll mooch off me while calling me brother.”

“What do you think of me? Where do you get that confidence from?”

Where do I get that confidence from?

-Why do I have to leave it as a TF? I should just make a formal team and put them under my charge. Then there will be synergy, won’t there?

Yoo-hyun repeated what Lim Jun Pyo, the president, had said without any change.

“The Future Technology TF will become part of the Strategic Product Planning department.”

“Huh? What? Why would the TF…”

“Also, the TF will become a formal team. The name will be Future Strategy Product Planning Team.”

It was different from being a temporary organization like a TF to being a team under the department.

As a team was formed, it meant that they would get more staff from above.

It was not a big deal for the development management team, but the planning team had limited staff.

To solve this, someone above the group leader had to step in.

The Strategic Product Group was a department directly under the CEO, so it meant that Lim Jun Pyo, the president, needed to support them.

Kim Hyun-min, the executive director, was dumbfounded.

“Does that make sense?”

At the same time, Choi Min-hee, the team leader, and Kim Young-gil, the section chief, who heard this story for the first time, were also shocked.

“What? Is that true?”

“They’re making it a team?”

Yoo-hyun looked into Kim Hyun-min, the executive director’s eyes, and confirmed it.

“Yes. The president himself mentioned it today. If you don’t believe me, you can check it yourself.”

“Hey, you, you…”

“You’re being short with me, brother.”

“…”

Kim Hyun-min, the executive director, lost his words at Yoo-hyun’s next remark.

Clatter.

Then, the door opened and the waiter came in.

“Here are the raw beef and beef you ordered.”

“Thank you.”

Clack. Clack.

After the waiter put down the plates and bottles and backed away.

Yoo-hyun pointed to the raw beef plate and the meat plate in turn and said.

“I think it would be better for the younger brother to mix this. Or grill it, if you want.”

“…”

Kim Hyun-min, the executive director, had nothing to say, and the other two people finally burst into laughter.

“Puhahaha!”

Yoo-hyun calmly filled the empty glass with alcohol.

He didn’t need to prove Yoo-hyun’s words.

Kim Hyun-min, the executive director, emptied his glass without a word after checking the message from Hong Il Seop, the vice president.

Sizzle. Squeak.

Meanwhile, Yoo-hyun mixed the raw beef and Kim Young-gil, the section chief, grilled the meat.

Yoo-hyun got a promise from Kim Hyun-min, the executive director, instead.

“You have to do whatever I ask you later. You know that, right?”

“I know, you bastard. Just drink.”

Kim Hyun-min, the executive director, seemed to have given up completely.

While he was soothing his desperate heart with alcohol, Choi Min-hee, the team leader, was talkative.

“Kim section chief, when you first become a team leader…”

“Yes, yes. I’ll keep that in mind.”

Kim Young-gil, the section chief, who couldn’t believe he became a team leader, nodded his head.

He seemed to have accepted the reality now.

The two of them seemed to have a lot to talk about.

Thud.

Kim Hyun-min, the executive director, put down his glass and got up from his seat after making a gesture with his chin.

Yoo-hyun, who couldn’t miss the meaning, quietly followed him.

It was a short time, but the bottles were quite empty.

There was a thick vinyl around the bench behind the restaurant.

It was warm enough to enjoy the outside view and talk in the chilly weather.

Kim Hyun-min, the executive director, who sat on the bench, chuckled.

“How come you always end up behind me wherever you go?”

“Isn’t that good for you?”

“Don’t try to dodge the question. I’m not done with you yet.”

Kim Hyun-min, the executive director, made a stern face and Yoo-hyun explained the situation to him.

From a work perspective, there was nothing bad for Kim Hyun-min, the executive director.

“Isn’t it better to have a bigger department? You’ll get more support in the future.”

“That’s not what I’m talking about.”

“Then what?”

“Do you know how much trouble you’ve caused me?”

“What trouble are you talking about?”

Kim Hyun-min, the executive director, was obviously throwing a tantrum.

Sure enough, a ridiculous reason came out of his mouth.

“It’s the promotion issue for starters. Why did you have to overturn the well-established promotion system?”

“I didn’t overturn it, I added a way to make a fair evaluation.”

“Do you think it’s easy to investigate the performance of each staff and conduct interviews?”

“That’s what a leader should do. And the harder part is preparing for the interview.”

Before, the team leader could choose the promotion candidates as he pleased, but not anymore.

The team leaders and executives in the group had to evaluate the performance of each promotion candidate.

They supplemented the parts that could not be filtered by documents with interviews.

Kim Hyun-min, the executive director, complained about the somewhat cumbersome process.

“Anyway, it’s tiring for everyone. There’s also a lot of talk within the company.”

“It will get rid of the culture of taking care of the line first. It will also improve the situation of giving unfair evaluations to some promotion candidates. This was something that you were annoyed about before, director.”

-Don’t hang yourself on the company. This is a place where you can’t climb up without playing politics.

Kim Hyun-min, the executive director, coughed as he recalled what he had said when he was a deputy director.

“Ahem! Well, that’s true, but what about the executive evaluation? Why do you make us look at the employees’ eyes?”

“Don’t the employees get evaluated too? Of course, the executives should too.”

“We did before.”

Kim Hyun-min, the executive director, grumbled and Yoo-hyun’s voice lowered.

“I mean, we should get a proper evaluation, not just a fake one. The employees get a C and quit, but the executives don’t have that, do they?”

“That’s why I’m asking why you’re doing this now of all times.”

“It was you who said that the executives were taking up space for nothing.”

Yoo-hyun reminded him of the past again, and Kim Hyun-min, the executive director, flared up.

“Hey, why do you keep bringing up the black history?”

“I just remember it.”

“Lucky you, having a good memory.”

“Thank you for the compliment.”

“Sigh.”

Kim Hyun-min, the executive director, sighed deeply and lifted his head.

He saw the dark night sky through the translucent vinyl.

He asked Yoo-hyun, who was looking at the same place.

“What are you going to do when you go there?”

“Before that, please keep your promise to help me.”

“I know. Do I ever go back on my word?”

“No. My mentor would never do that.”

“Stop talking nonsense and tell me what you’re going to do. Are you trying to acquire Shinwa Semiconductor or something?”

He had heard a lot from being next to him for a while.

Kim Hyun-min, the executive director, knew a lot.

Yoo-hyun hesitated for a moment and shook his head.

“Um… I won’t tell you.”

“What? Why not?”

“I don’t know.”

“No, why are you making me curious?”

“Let’s go. I’ll wait for you inside.”

Yoo-hyun left Kim Hyun-min, the executive director, who was chasing after him.

He didn’t do it on purpose.

It was just that the timing was a bit early to say it.

“I can’t believe it! Ah, I’m frustrated.”

Yoo-hyun smiled as he looked at Kim Hyun-min, the executive director, who was pounding his chest.

Kim Hyun-min, the executive director, was not the only one who was curious about what Yoo-hyun was going to do.

The next day, Park Seung Woo, the section chief, who called him, said the same thing.

-Where are you going? Aren’t you coming to our team?

“The team is not even officially formed yet.”

-Well, still, the work is the same. I even cleared the seat next to me for you.

He still had a lot to move, but why did he clear the seat already?

Yoo-hyun chuckled and pointed out the strange part.

Not many people knew this yet.

To be precise, only Shin Kyung-soo, the vice president, knew it.

“Where did you hear that?”

-I can’t tell you.

“Then I can’t tell you either.”

-But I’ll tell you one new piece of news. There’s big news.

“I’m fine.”

-Come on, don’t be so stubborn.

Yoo-hyun cut him off firmly and Park Seung Woo, the section chief, pounded his chest.

He was frustrated, but there was nothing he could do about it now.

Yoo-hyun switched the phone screen after hanging up.

Park Seung Woo, the section chief, said it was big news, so he probably guessed what it was.

Sure enough, there was new news on the news section.

The Shinwa Semiconductor creditors’ group finally rejected Micron.

The reason behind it was the sentiment of prioritizing domestic companies, but the important thing was money.

They expected Hansung to offer a much higher price than Micron.

The reason was simple.

The crown prince of Hansung had his eyes on Shinwa Semiconductor.

If it had been any other time, they might have just passed it by.

But the situation changed when Shin Hyun-ho, the chairman, mentioned it himself.

And there was going to be a successor selection fight in Hansung soon, and many media outlets predicted that the acquisition of Shinwa Semiconductor would be the key to the outcome.

Yoo-hyun thought the same.

But in a situation where everyone was looking at Shinwa Semiconductor, was there any meaning in looking at the same place?

-Don’t compete with Shin Kyung-soo, the director, for external growth. The vice president should find his own way and walk on it.

Yoo-hyun didn’t say that to Shin Kyung-wook, the vice president, for nothing.

He couldn’t guarantee the victory with a political fight that was expected.

He needed to turn his eyes elsewhere to win.

Yoo-hyun was preparing for that work now.

He was drawing his future work in his head.

That’s when he heard the noise of the people in the other team over the partition.

“Did you see the notice from the general affairs team?”

“Help member? What does HM do?”

“They said it’s a person who collects the grievances of the employees in the team.”

“Is that useful? And why is it only for deputy level and below?”

“I don’t know. But it seems pretty important to meet the CEO once a month and talk.”

The people were confused because it was still unfamiliar.

It was understandable, because the HM (Help Member) system was a new attempt this time.

They set up a centralized grievance handling unit, but also distributed HM, who played the role of grievance committee, to all organizations in a decentralized way.

The idea was proposed by Yoo-hyun and Jung Hyun-woo.

They partially referred to the Ulsan dormitory self-governing committee system.

They used the sound box for secret grievances, and made improvements through HM for systematic grievances.

The important point here was the connection between the CEO and the grievance committee, HM.

This connection had to be strong in order to maintain this system continuously.

That way, they could achieve the maximum deterrent effect.

To this end, the general affairs team prepared a plan to move the CEO.