Real Man

Vice President Yeo Tae-sik was worried.

But Yoo-hyun looked rather calm.

“It’s okay. We have a lot of talented people coming in.”

“They are objectively good, but they won’t be able to work together. You’re not even the team leader.”

“I can’t be the team leader. If I did, this composition would have been impossible.”

Yoo-hyun had no intention of becoming the team leader, causing rank disputes.

He also gave up the team leader position, so he could bring in the people he wanted.

But Vice President Yeo Tae-sik didn’t seem to like it.

“I’m telling you this after meeting the new team leader.”

“From what I heard, he’s more than a bit.”

Vice President Yeo Tae-sik asked with a sour face, and Yoo-hyun admitted obediently.

“He’s blunt.”

“I don’t care about being blunt. The problem is that he doesn’t value teamwork.”

“He has his strengths. You’ll see soon.”

Since Yoo-hyun had already mentioned this, Vice President Yeo Tae-sik didn’t argue much.

Instead, he skipped to the core.

“Of course he does. But this is a team. It’s not a solo sport.”

“That’s why I’m going to make them a proper team from now on.”

“You?”

“Not by myself, of course. That wouldn’t work.”

“I don’t know what you’re up to, but you do know that we don’t have much time, right?”

It was already tight to fix the twisted phone business.

It was not the time to waste on organizational restructuring.

Yoo-hyun agreed with this 100 percent.

“I know. That’s why I need your role, Vice President.”

“My role?”

“Yes. You have to be the villain.”

“…”

Looking at Yoo-hyun who spoke calmly, the second-in-command of the Innovation Strategy Office blinked his eyes.

Clang.

When he came out of the office, it was quite some time later.

He had a long conversation with Vice President Yeo Tae-sik.

And he got the answer he wanted.

-I’ll follow your big picture. But, you have to finish the sorting before Director Shin Young-soo comes in.

There was a condition, of course, but this was also what Yoo-hyun wanted.

If he couldn’t gather the team members and create synergy before the real fight started, the game was over.

‘Of course I have to.’

Yoo-hyun, who had made up his mind, turned around.

The scenery of the Product Strategy Office was spread out in front of Yoo-hyun’s eyes.

This space, which used about a quarter of the entire office on the eighth floor, was configured independently.

It meant that it was blocked by a wall from other departments.

Not only the Product Strategy Department, but also the Infrastructure Strategy Department and the Management Strategy Department had separate spaces.

Only the personnel of each department were allowed to move.

Yoo-hyun also had no authority to go to other departments.

He didn’t care about other parts, but he was a little sorry that he couldn’t see the personnel of the Management Strategy Department.

The reason?

Because many of the people from the Group Strategy Office were assigned to the newly established Management Strategy Department.

Not only the strategy department, but also the personnel from the human resources, management, and communication departments moved over.

Among them, there must have been some people who had a deep connection with Yoo-hyun in the past.

He was curious, but he didn’t have the authority for now.

Yoo-hyun walked through the Product Strategy Office with the hope of next time.

There were three teams in the office, and the first one he saw was the B2B Strategy Team.

The B2B Strategy Team was a newly established team that was responsible for the strategies of component companies outside of Hansung Electronics, such as Display, Technic, etc.

It was their role to support them to break away from the position that depended on Hansung Electronics and to pioneer new markets.

They needed specialized knowledge, so they also hired a lot of new people from Hansung Display.

They were not people he had worked with, but he saw some familiar faces here and there.

They seemed awkward, maybe because they had just finished moving.

The teams were separated by high partitions.

As he passed the partition, he saw the Home Appliances Strategy Team.

The Home Appliances Strategy Team was in charge of the home appliances business strategy of Hansung Electronics, as the name suggests.

The peculiar thing was that many of the existing Innovation Strategy Office personnel remained in this team.

The reason why they didn’t leave like the Phone Strategy Team personnel was simple.

The performance of the Home Appliances Strategy Team was not bad.

There was some criticism from the foreign executives, but they didn’t clash as much as the phone business.

They were recognized for their performance as long as they adjusted a little, so they had less complaints.

But they were also conservative in their operations.

It was fine for now, but could they hold on like this?

They needed some stimulation, even for the synergy with the phone business.

He had various thoughts as he approached the Phone Strategy Team.

He had reviewed the other teams, but the biggest problem was the Phone Strategy Team.

He was not talking about the composition of the team members.

The conflict with the foreign executives, the misjudgment of the phone business management, the irrational organizational structure, the lack of mid- and long-term strategies, the conflict between the development and design teams, the factory problems, etc.

Even from what Yoo-hyun briefly found out, there was a mountain of problems to face.

To break through these problems and achieve results in a short period of time, the Phone Strategy Team had to play its role properly.

Yoo-hyun gathered the necessary talents for this.

Now it was time to move forward with them.

With that in mind, he was about to pass the high partition, when the phone rang.

Ring.

It was a call from Assistant Manager Kwon Se-jung.

“What? I’m almost there.”

-Where are you? The atmosphere here is no joke.

“Why are you whispering? What’s going on?”

Yoo-hyun asked with curiosity as he took a step forward, and Assistant Manager Kwon Se-jung, who had been talking with his mouth covered, spotted Yoo-hyun and raised his hand.

-Come and see for yourself. The people you know are now… Huh? Here, here.

He moved cautiously, crouching his body, as if he had committed a crime.

“What’s going on?”

Assistant Manager Kwon Se-jung gestured with his chin as Yoo-hyun put down his phone and asked.

Following his gaze, he saw two men facing each other behind him.

It was a bad atmosphere, just by looking at it.

He could tell by the face of the man in front of him.

The man with a long face and slit eyes was frowning with arrogance.

‘He’s at it again.’

Yoo-hyun clicked his tongue as he saw Section Chief Shin Nak-kyun.

He was promoted this year and came from the Group Strategy Office.

As Yoo-hyun approached, he heard the sharp voice of Section Chief Shin Nak-kyun clearly.

“Deputy Chief Choi, you were the one who brought up the Group Strategy Office first. Why are you saying such nonsense?”

“Did I just say that? You were the one who started the quarrel.”

“It’s not a quarrel, it’s a fact. The phone is in this state, and the Innovation Strategy Office has nothing to do with it?”

“You should stop babbling without knowing the situation. You were kicked out of the Group Strategy Office, and you have such a long tongue?”

The man who faced him didn’t back down either, as if he had a temper.

Of course, he wasn’t the one who was kicked out, Section Chief Shin Nak-kyun.

He didn’t care about the rank or position of the other person, and he didn’t hesitate to confront them.

“No, right now…”

Just as Section Chief Shin Nak-kyun was about to cross the line, Yoo-hyun intervened.

“Section Chief Shin, that’s enough.”

“Section Chief.”

Yoo-hyun pushed Section Chief Shin Nak-kyun back and looked at the man who was facing him.

The man with sharp features and half-rimmed glasses was Deputy Chief Choi Kyu-tae.

He was the only one who remained from the Innovation Strategy Office in this team, and he had a connection with Yoo-hyun through the BCG (Boston Consulting Group) project.

He was the best expert on phone strategy, as he was from the Phone Business Strategy Team.

He sighed as he saw Yoo-hyun.

“Phew. I showed you a bad sight for nothing.”

“No, it’s okay. Let’s go back to our seats for now.”

They were adults, not middle schoolers, and they were the so-called elites of the company, but they were bickering from the first day. It was a ridiculous thing.

Deputy Chief Choi Kyu-tae also knew that, and he tried to back off, suppressing his anger.

But then.

“Section Chief Han, what are you doing? Are you siding with them?”

A cold voice came from behind Yoo-hyun’s back.

He turned his head and saw a man with his arms crossed and his chin up, glaring at him.

He was Deputy Chief Hong Seung-jae, who came from the Group Strategy Office, and worked in the Internal Strategy Team next to Yoo-hyun.

He looked quite excited, so Yoo-hyun responded calmly.

“Deputy Chief Hong, there’s no need to divide sides. We’re all on the same side.”

“Don’t play with words. They were wrong, but why did you only scold Section Chief Shin?”

“What did I scold him for?”

“Didn’t I tell you not to play with words?”

Deputy Chief Hong Seung-jae was picky, but he wasn’t the type to push aggressively.

-I don’t care what you do as long as you do your job well. If you want to get my recognition, don’t talk, but bring me the results.

Like he said to Yoo-hyun in the past, he was the type who focused on work rather than external factors.

He was also skilled enough to be recognized by Yoo-hyun.

Why was he acting so childish?

The reason was simple.

He was having a fight between the organizations.

It was an expected problem, and he had a way to solve it.

He needed time, so he planned to give him some pride and wait for the next time.

“Okay…”

“Section Chief Han, get out of the way.”

But a man who popped out suddenly set the fire ablaze.

The man with thick eyebrows and frameless glasses was Deputy Chief Kim Sung-deuk, who came from the Phone Business Planning Team.

He was someone Yoo-hyun had known since he was a new employee, and he was involved in most of the phone planning at Hansung Electronics.

He had field experience and insight that were second to none in the company.

He grabbed Yoo-hyun and glared at Deputy Chief Hong Seung-jae.

“Wow. I was wondering who came from the Group Strategy Office, but only the bullies came.”

“What did you say?”

“Don’t be so rude. The time when you were bossing around is long gone.”

Deputy Chief Kim Sung-deuk said sarcastically, and then scratched Deputy Chief Hong Seung-jae’s insides.

He seemed to have a lot of grudges against him from when the Group Strategy Office was involved in the phone business strategy.

Deputy Chief Hong Seung-jae didn’t care, and he curled up one corner of his mouth.

“Deputy Chief Kim, you came up from the Product Planning Team to the Innovation Strategy Office and got cocky?”

“It doesn’t seem like something you should say, coming down from the Group Strategy Office.”

“Are you kidding me?”

“It’s not a joke.”

Crack.

The eyes of the two men crossed fiercely.

The situation was like this, so Section Chief Shin Nak-kyun and Deputy Chief Choi Kyu-tae also joined the fight again.

They split into the Group Strategy Office faction and the Phone Business faction, and it looked like they were going to have a 2 vs 2 pride match.

What did he think of that?

‘They’re playing around.’

Yoo-hyun sneaked a look behind him.

Assistant Manager Jung Hyun-woo and Assistant Manager Jang Jun-sik blinked their eyes.

What would they think, seeing this?

They were the ones who were tense and prepared to survive among the experts.

What would they learn from seeing this?

“Huh.”

Yoo-hyun took a short breath and stepped in between the people who were facing each other.

“That’s enough.”

“Section Chief Han, this is not your place to interfere. Get out of here.”

“Yeah, Section Chief Han. We have a grudge, so we’re doing this.”

Deputy Chief Hong Seung-jae followed by Deputy Chief Kim Sung-deuk didn’t seem to want to end the confrontation.

He wanted to settle it nicely, but it wasn’t the mood.

Yoo-hyun asked with a cold expression.

“Do you think this is the time to have a childish emotional fight?”

“Childish?”

Deputy Chief Hong Seung-jae flared up, and Yoo-hyun listed them one by one.

“Isn’t it childish? We don’t have enough time even if we work together, but you’re fighting over sides from the first day?”

“You…!”

He was scolded by his junior in front of everyone.

Deputy Chief Hong Seung-jae’s face was about to explode.