Chapter 158
He felt a pang in his chest at the sound of his sister’s voice, which started with a high tone and ended with a sigh.
“Did I make you co for nothing?”
Yoo-hyun recalled the sight of Han Jaehee, whom he t at the exhibition hall this morning.
His sister, who ca in an open car, was srized by the dazzling scenery inside the hall.
She was especially moved to tears when she saw the color phone display.
It was good until then.
Until Kim Sungdeuk, the manager, told Jang Hyemin, the senior, about Yoo-hyun and Lora Parker’s relationship.
Especially when he said that Yoo-hyun would et Lora Parker at this exhibition hall.
Lora Parker.
As soon as that word ca out, Jang Hyemin’s eyes rolled back.
And when Yoo-hyun added a word, she was fired up.
She grabbed Han Jaehee’s hand and went straight to the hotel room.
She wanted to execute what Yoo-hyun had said right away.
Yoo-hyun decided to think positively.
He could co to Germany next ti.
But he didn’t have many chances to et the person he admired here.
Of course, Han Jaehee didn’t know much about Lora Parker, but she was soone she would have to know soday if she continued to design.
Yoo-hyun nodded and went to the mart.
He had soone to take care of.
Knock knock knock.
When he knocked on the next room’s door, a dying voice ca out.
-Hello.
“It’s Yoo-hyun.”
The door opened, and Kim Younggil, the assistant manager, appeared in his pajamas.
His face was pale and sickly, as if he had a bad cold.
“Did you eat?”
“Yeah. You?”
“I did too.”
He looked around the room and saw a lot of food.
The part-tirs had already taken care of him once.
Kim Younggil asked.
“Why don’t you go out. Cough cough.”
“I can’t go out when you’re sick. I ca to keep you company.”
“Oh, co on.”
Yoo-hyun sat Kim Younggil on the sofa.
Then he boiled so water in the coffee pot and made so tea.
The fragrant sll filled the room.
“What’s this?”
“It’s German cold tea. Try it. It’s good for you.”
He put a bag on the small table between the sofas.
“And this is cold candy. Eat it when you’re bored, and this is for bathing. Put it in the tub. It’ll make you feel better.”
“Huh? Oh… Thank you.”
Kim Younggil looked at Yoo-hyun with a flustered expression.
His eyes were a mix of gratitude and guilt.
“What are you talking about? It’s nothing compared to what you’ve done for .”
“? Don’t say that. What have I done for you?”
What do you an?
If Kim Younggil hadn’t run to Yoo-hyun, the president, and told him about Kwon Sejung’s death.
If he hadn’t yelled so sharply.
Could Yoo-hyun be here now?
He knew that, so he could say with confidence.
“You’ve done a lot. And you’ll do more.”
“Huh? Haha… I’ll have to work hard.”
“Not hard, but well.”
“You know, you sound like our manager.”
Kim Younggil pouted at Yoo-hyun’s cheeky answer.
They laughed lightly and ate so cold candy together.
The bitter and sweet taste blended well.
Yoo-hyun eased the awkward atmosphere with so product-related talk.
“You know, the thing we exhibited today…”
“Oh, that? Well, the thing is…”
As expected, Kim Younggil poured out his words as if he had been waiting.
He coughed occasionally, but his speech was almost uninterrupted.
It was a chatter unlike the quiet and taciturn Kim Younggil.
‘He really loves his work.’
Kim Younggil was not an engineer by profession, but by nature.
He was close to an engineer who was good at analyzing and evaluating.
That aspect made him more special in this team.
Of course, he didn’t know that yet.
Yoo-hyun hoped that he would get a proper evaluation soday.
He wanted to give him a fair chance, like he did for Park Seungwoo.
But before that, there was sothing he wanted to check.
Yoo-hyun naturally steered the topic to Apple.
“It would have been nice if Apple had participated in the exhibition.”
“They don’t need to. They let others do the exhibition for them.”
Many small and dium-sized companies that ca to the exhibition displayed products that were compatible with Apple products.
Among the audio companies, there were few that didn’t bring products that supported Apple Pod and Apple Phone.
It was as if the whole world was exhibiting for Apple.
“That’s right. Apple is definitely special. So is Apple Phone.”
“I felt it too, while working with them. They have a lot of power. I think they’ll sell well in Korea when they’re released.”
“The dia was negative, though?”
“Well, I don’t know if it’s because I worked with Apple, but I feel like they’re leading the era.”
“I see.”
He was relieved.
With this mindset, he wouldn’t give up on the Apple Phone panel first.
Then Kim Younggil, who was drinking tea, said quietly.
“But still, will it be as successful as the color phone?”
“It hasn’t even co out yet.”
“I think it will be successful. Apple Phone is still a bit hard for people to use, but the color phone feels familiar. And the price is very cheap.”
He had worked with him, but the most noticeable one was Park Seungwoo.
It was hard to accept the success of a junior right below him, even if he was a gentleman.
He might have felt so jealousy in his heart.
“Park is amazing. Yoo-hyun, you’re amazing too. I learned a lot from watching you.”
“What are you talking about? I’m learning more from you.”
“No, I an it.”
Even so, Kim Younggil took care of his junior.
Yoo-hyun knew that he was sincere in his words.
Kim Younggil was that kind of person.
“It will change soon. The color phone is just a passing thing. I think Apple will rule the world after that.”
“Yeah. Then I should pay more attention. Hehe.”
“Of course. You’re the person in charge.”
“I’m just a person in charge, nothing more.”
In 2009, when the Apple Phone 3 was released in Korea, the term smartphone finally pushed aside UMPC and PDA and beca the main one.
In 2010, when the Apple Phone 4 was released, it caused a worldwide sensation.
Thanks to that, Hansung Electronics LCD division made a big leap.
It was natural that the person in charge received a lot of benefits.
But the person in charge at that ti was not Kim Younggil.
It was Shin Chanyong, the manager, and Yoo-hyun who pushed him out of the Apple position and took the fruits.
It was the past that Yoo-hyun wanted to fix.
“I don’t know how it will turn out, but I wish we could make sothing amazing like this together then.”
“I have a feeling it will be great.”
“Haha, Yoo-hyun, you have a good sense. I hope so too.”
Kim Younggil chuckled and Yoo-hyun laughed along.
There was no awkwardness in their laughter.
The eyes that faced each other also looked lively.
He felt that they had beco closer.
Ding dong. Ding dong.
Then the doorbell rang.
Kim Hyunmin, the manager’s voice, sounded from behind the door.
-We’re here.
“Just a mont.”
“Open up quickly.”
Yoo-hyun hurried up and got up at Kim Hyunmin’s urging.
“I have a feeling we’re going to have a drink here?”
“No way. We’ve been working for two days straight.”
“Do you want to bet?”
“No. I lost to you last ti and I have a lot of food to buy.”
Yoo-hyun smiled at Kim Younggil, who shook his head.
He opened the door.
Clang.
There were part-tirs in front of the door, as expected.
“Oh, look at you two n cozying up.”
“Let’s go in.”
Kim Hyunmin entered, and Park Seungwoo and Lee Chanho followed naturally.
They all had their hands full of stuff.
Half of it was alcohol.
Kim Hyunmin saw Kim Younggil’s flustered expression and made a preemptive strike.
“Hey, hey, you know that Jäger (short for Jägerister, a type of alcohol) is a German liquor, right?”
“Huh? What does that have to do with anything?”
“What do you an? Jäger is good for colds. That’s why we bought it.”
Jägerister did taste like herbal dicine.
But would a 35-degree alcohol be good for a cold?
It was as unbelievable as drinking soju with red pepper powder.
Kim Hyunmin read Yoo-hyun’s eyes and shrugged his shoulders.
“That’s what they say.”
“Well, I guess we can’t help it.”
Well, what can we do.
It was Yoo-hyun’s fault for buttoning up wrong.
They were already set up for a ga.
Maybe he would see this scene throughout this business trip.
Yoo-hyun shook his head and joined them as if nothing had happened.
“Co on, make so room. It’s tight here.”
“Puhahahahaha.”
The sound of laughter filled the air with the moonlight as the backdrop.
The next morning.
The start of the second day of the exhibition was accompanied by a provocative news.
The news did not specify a target.
But the people who saw the news naturally thought of one company.
-If it’s not Japan, Taiwan, or China, then where?
-Did Hansung do it to get an award?
-ㄴㄴ There’s no such content in the article.
-Look at the content. The only company that can compete with Ilseong is Hansung.
-Hansung’s slim TV won the best innovation award.
-That’s ridiculous. How can they steal from each other because of competition?
That was not all.
From TV, washing machine, to phone, the sa content continued.
In short, since the eting between the heads of Hansung and Ilseong yesterday, the products of both companies were exposed and compared.
There were many critical and stimulating articles.
A silent war was going on behind the scenes.
Yoo-hyun watched the situation and snickered.
“It’s going to be a ss.”
Contrary to his words, it was ti to move.
In front of the private room F on the third floor of the exhibition hall.
Reporters gathered to attend the private exhibition of Hansung Electronics LCD division.
Soon the private room door opened and a guide ca out and greeted them.
“Hello. I sincerely thank the reporters from the Asian dia for your precious ti.”
Then he led the reporters into the room.
Click click.
As soon as the reporters entered the room, the cara shutter sound rang everywhere.
There were many LCD panels, but the transparent refrigerator-style LCD, the 10-milliter-thick large LCD panel, and the bending small OLED panel were especially eye-catching.
The performance of hitting the small OLED panel with a hamr and not breaking it was also good.
At that mont.
Yoo-hyun was watching the reporters from the corner of the exhibition hall.
He clearly saw the Taiwanese reporter who was looking at the panels very carefully.
Unlike other reporters who captured the whole exhibition hall with their caras, he observed each panel in detail.
He even carried a loupe (magnifying glass) and tried to examine the pixel structure inside the panel.
His touch was different too.
He carefully touched the exterior and checked the seams of the nuts and joints.
A normal reporter wouldn’t be that detailed.
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