Real Man
Chapter 798

A small window popped up and a familiar face appeared.

It was Ryu Je-song, an advisor who had a connection with Yoo-hyun at the board meeting.

He was an advisor at the Economic Research Institute and an outside director of Hansung Electronics.

A reporter asked him a question.

-Advisor Ryu, many companies are participating in Hansung’s investment. How did you make such a triumphant decision?

Ryu Je-song, who was more closely involved in this decision than anyone else, adjusted his glasses and calmly answered.

-First of all, this proposal came from the Hansung Electronics board of directors. The board members had a consensus that Hansung Electronics should fulfill its duty as a national representative company, and to decide on this, they held a temporary shareholders’ meeting…

Yoo-hyun smirked as he watched him answer with a stiff expression.

“Anyone would think he committed a crime.”

He did a very good thing for the country, not a crime.

He attended the temporary shareholders’ meeting a few days ago, made a speech, and persuaded the shareholders. It was all thanks to Advisor Ryu Je-song.

He was involved in the policy department’s work, but it made Yoo-hyun’s life easier.

He didn’t have to step up and the matter was settled.

Yoo-hyun thought he should buy him a meal later and opened the comment window.

Click.

-As expected, Hansung! Patriotic companies are different. How did they solve the problem that even the political circles couldn’t solve?

-Chairman Shin Kyung-wook is really different. This is what owner companies are.

-Hansung is an example of noblesse oblige. Ilsung also admits it.

-But how are they going to manage that much money?

-The government manages it independently. A lot of blind money will be released.

-Did you see the bill that Representative Ko Sam-min proposed? This money is managed transparently.

The people’s reactions were very good.

They used to curse whenever a large company’s news came up, but this time they praised it strangely.

It was not a simple deception to operate a private foundation, but they entrusted the money to an independent institution.

There was money from Hansung, Ilsung, and many other companies.

Among them, the fifth largest investor was a venture company called Reverb.

Thanks to that, Yoo-hyun also received a lot of attention.

Click.

“Why is the title like this?”

Yoo-hyun was incredulous at the newly posted article from Uri Ilbo.

He received a lot of attention for Reverb’s investment news and director’s news, but this was the first article that focused on him personally.

The content was also very detailed, as if a friend wrote it.

His footsteps from Hansung were all melted in.

Yoo-hyun paused as he looked through the article.

‘Huh? Why is there an interview with the lady from the gukbap restaurant?’

He was dumbfounded and looked at the author. It was an article by Jung Ye-seul, the daughter of the gukbap restaurant.

Yoo-hyun chuckled when the phone rang.

Ring. Ring.

Yoo-hyun’s expression hardened slightly as he confirmed the name of Vice President Yeo Tae-sik.

He answered the phone without showing it.

“Yes, this is Han Yoo-hyun.”

-Han, I’m very disappointed with this.

Vice President Yeo Tae-sik spoke in a cold voice without giving him a chance.

-I don’t know how you moved the former chairman, but there is a procedure in the company. How can you push it like this just because it’s different from your will?

“It was to correct the wrong part.”

-Then you should have solved the problem at the next board meeting! How many people do you think have become fools because of what you did to get attention?

He was sharp for the first time.

Yoo-hyun calmly countered.

“I never wanted to get attention by myself.”

-But why are there so many articles?

“I didn’t mean that.”

-Enough. You must be happy. You got a lot of fame by turning your back on us.

Vice President Yeo Tae-sik was not the type to nag like this.

He felt that there was a lot of misunderstanding.

‘I can’t tell the truth.’

The reason why Reverb’s investment news came to the surface was because of the former chairman Shin Hyun-ho’s intention.

He lifted Yoo-hyun and moved Hansung, all by his hand.

Yoo-hyun didn’t ask him for a favor.

It was a problem that couldn’t be solved by words, so Yoo-hyun answered with his honest heart.

“This was a choice for Hansung. It will surely help Hansung’s future.”

-I don’t want to argue anymore. Just know that the chairman is very uncomfortable with this.

“Yes. I’m prepared.”

-Huh! I won’t contact you for a while.

Click.

Vice President Yeo Tae-sik hung up the phone before he heard the answer.

The phone was clearly cut off, but his angry voice seemed to ring in his ears.

“What a mess, really.”

Yoo-hyun scratched his head and pressed the phone screen to bring up the last With messenger.

Park Seung-woo, deputy director, Park Doo-sik, team leader, Kwon Se-jung, section chief, Jung Hyun-woo, assistant manager, Jang Joon-sik, assistant manager, etc.

The messenger window was full of messages from his old colleagues at Hansung.

They were surprised to know that Yoo-hyun was a member of the Hansung Electronics board of directors, but they were rather worried about him.

It was because of the strange current flowing inside Hansung Electronics.

-Kwon Se-jung: Yoo-hyun, there was an order from Hansung Electronics not to leak information to you. I don’t know if your company will be harmed, so be careful.

The executives, including Vice President Hyun Ki-joong, gave instructions to Yoo-hyun’s old colleagues.

They didn’t turn Yoo-hyun into an enemy, but they clearly drew a line.

Of course, they didn’t show it on the surface, and there was no damage to Reverb.

But the fact that he worried someone made Yoo-hyun’s heart heavy.

Thud.

Yoo-hyun put down his phone and leaned back on the soft chair.

In his head, he remembered the meeting with former chairman Shin Hyun-ho a month ago.

That day, when they had a lot of conversation, he made a proposal to Yoo-hyun.

-I’ll make you achieve what you want. But you have to bring me the ‘promised’ result. This is a kind of deal. I trust you and invest in you.

He said it was an investment, but it was something that former chairman Shin Hyun-ho did for his own profit.

If he just wanted to fill his greed, Yoo-hyun wouldn’t have followed him.

But this was not that kind of thing.

‘There was nothing bad about it.’

He moved Hansung, not only that, but also Ilsung and the political circles in one breath, which was rather grateful.

Thanks to that, Yoo-hyun gained more than half a year of time.

There was only one thing that bothered him.

‘The promise.’

Could he keep it?

It was not an easy task, as he had failed miserably when he was in Hansung.

He had to overcome it someday, but he was not sure if he could do it.

He could not do it alone.

He needed to gather the strength of the Reverb staff.

Grunt.

He got up from his seat after sorting out his thoughts.

It was time for the team leader meeting.

In the Reverb conference room, five team leaders and Jeong Da-hye were sitting.

As he entered, Jang Man-bok, who jumped up, saluted him.

Click.

“Director, you’re here.”

“What are you doing?”

Yun Bo-mi said to the incredulous Yoo-hyun.

“He’s overdoing it because he knows you’re the vice president of Hansung.”

“Eh, that’s not it. Who is our Han director? He’s the one who donated 100 billion won for the country.”

“It’s not a donation, it’s a kind of investment.”

The money he invested would be used to grow new businesses.

He didn’t just give it away, he secured a certain stake and had the right to invest first when they grew.

What if one of them became a hit business?

He might be able to recover the money he invested easily.

Not just for the money, Yoo-hyun hoped that many such businesses would emerge.

Jang Man-bok did not stop even after Yoo-hyun’s correction.

“Anyway, we’re the only venture company that invests to save the venture ecosystem. Now everyone knows Reverb.”

“Well, the recent Reverb stock price is high. Thanks to that, the Reverb article regeneration rate is also soaring.”

Won Gi-joon, the operations team leader, agreed with the somewhat exaggerated words.

Yun Bo-mi, the management team leader, also thought the same.

“The team members are in a good mood. The number of applicants is also increasing.”

“The advertisers’ reactions are very favorable. The advertising efficiency is good, so even if the price goes up, they are willing to do it.”

“The Reverb members are also enthusiastic. The Reverb site likability index is also increasing.”

Gong Hyun-joon, the sales team leader, and Lee Ji-hyun, the publicity team leader, raised their voices to show how good Reverb’s momentum was.

Reverb’s domestic internet service ranking was fifth.

They had already surpassed the traffic of the domestic second-ranked large portal site, which they had aimed for in the first half of the year.

People no longer called Reverb a small company.

Was it because of that?

The eyes of the team leaders who were at the forefront were shining.

‘No need to boost the mood.’

Yoo-hyun, who chuckled, went straight to the point.

“Please report the details to Director Jeong separately, I’ll just check the progress. Won team leader.”

“Yes, director.”

“How is the Reverb globalization service going?”

“The app and web test versions are already out. We will use the automatic translation system of Double Y to provide the service based on the Korean service that has been established. And…”

Won Gi-joon reported the progress as if he had been waiting.

Even without a report, specific figures and plans came out smoothly.

That was proof that he was thinking a lot.

Then Jang Man-bok, the planning team leader, took the initiative without being asked.

“We are also conducting market research to proceed with localization at the same time. For now, we are focusing on expanding the content review in Korea, and in the US, we are focusing on IT and fashion reviews…”

The other team leaders were the same.

They were steadily progressing the globalization preparation that they had been instructed in their respective areas.

‘It must have been hard.’

But they all looked confident.

He could trust and entrust them with the work now.

They had only been hired for half a year.

They didn’t even know what skills they had when they joined.

Those people showed their potential one by one, and now they became the core of Reverb.

He suddenly thought.

What if it was the past?

Yoo-hyun, who started from the bottom and became the president of Hansung Electronics.

He must have had a business sense, but he wouldn’t have achieved this much in a short period of time.

This was not a guess, but a certainty.

Thanks to the experience of working with his old colleagues again, Yoo-hyun was able to find pearls buried in the soil like them.

This fact touched him deeply.

Well done, Han Yoo-hyun.

You’ve lived well.

He briefly reviewed his path and summarized the progress.

“As Yoon team leader said earlier, the people we hired from around the world will come to Korea to receive training. You have to teach them the Korean system well. And…”

He had one wish.

The DNA of Reverb, which grew in Korea, had to spread properly to each place in the world.

That’s how Reverb’s globalization could succeed.

The people who would play a pivotal role in this process were the team leaders.

Swoosh.

Jang Man-bok, who was listening to the explanation, cautiously raised his hand.