Real Man-Chapter 713
Another day passed and it was time for the interview.
Jeong Da-hye still hadn’t contacted him.
Her phone had been turned off for a while, and now it was ringing but she wasn’t answering.
‘What’s going on?’
Yoo-hyun stared at the chat window that still showed 1 unread message. He was sitting on the sofa in the Double Y CEO’s office.
Park Young-hoon peeked at him and said casually.
“Why are you looking at your phone so much? Can’t you get in touch with Da-hye?”
“It’s not like that.”
“Come on, admit it. What’s wrong?”
“Well. She’s not answering my calls. Or my messages.”
“What? The great Yoo-hyun is worried about a girl?”
Yoo-hyun cut him off, not in the mood for jokes.
“Never mind that, why didn’t you give me the profile of the interviewee?”
“It’s a blind interview.”
“Even so, I need some basic information.”
“I’m not showing you. They’ll be here soon, so you can see for yourself.”
“Why are there so many secrets around me these days?”
Yoo-hyun said in disbelief, and Park Young-hoon grinned.
“Maybe they all want to hide something from you.”
“Ugh. Fine, just tell me a little bit about their career. What kind of design did they do?”
“They’re not a designer.”
“Huh? You said we have enough developers. Why are you hiring another one?”
“They’re not a developer either.”
“Then what are they? You’re not hiring an accountant, are you?”
Yoo-hyun tilted his head in confusion.
Knock knock knock.
The door opened with a knock, and Yoon Bomi’s voice came in.
“CEO, the interviewee is here.”
“Hmm. Let them in.”
“Don’t be too hard on them.”
Park Young-hoon chuckled and turned his head to the door.
“Wow…”
Yoo-hyun’s mouth dropped open at the sight of the unexpected person.
He was so shocked that he couldn’t even speak.
Click clack.
He rubbed his eyes, but the woman who walked in was someone he knew.
Yoo-hyun got up from his seat and asked in a trembling voice.
“Wh-why are you here, Da-hye?”
“What do you mean, why? I’m here for the interview. Please sit down here.”
Park Young-hoon pointed to the sofa across from him, and Jeong Da-hye smiled slightly.
“Yes, thank you, CEO.”
“You’re welcome.”
It seemed that Park Young-hoon and Jeong Da-hye had already talked behind his back.
Yoo-hyun pushed aside his astonishment and whispered to Jeong Da-hye.
“What’s going on? Why did you come without telling me?”
“You came to Texas without telling me, too.”
“No, that’s not…”
Yoo-hyun tried to argue, but Jeong Da-hye stepped back and drew a line.
“Director Han, please treat me professionally in the interview room.”
“Right. Let’s do the interview. Director Han, sit down.”
“Ah, my head.”
Yoo-hyun held the back of his neck and sat down.
Jeong Da-hye, who was sitting across from him, lifted the corners of her mouth slightly.
She looked like she was enjoying the situation.
It reminded him of the time when he secretly came to EnerTex and saw her there.
Thud.
Park Young-hoon finally handed him Jeong Da-hye’s documents.
“Take a look at this before the interview. Da-hye prepared it.”
“I thought it was a blind interview.”
“You’ve seen her face, that’s enough. You know everything, but you’re the only one who doesn’t. Let’s save some time.”
“Is that what you say after lying to me?”
“Yup. That’s what I say. Just take a look.”
Yoo-hyun glanced at Jeong Da-hye’s face and flipped through the thick documents.
He wanted to see what she had been doing behind his back.
Flip flip.
But the more he read, the more absurd it was.
He snorted before he even turned a few pages.
“What is this, an interview?”
“It’s an interview when you meet face to face, right?”
“That’s not what I mean. You’ve already been consulting for Double Y.”
“Yeah. So check if it’s going well.”
Flip.
“There’s nothing to check. You’ve already made a collaboration plan with another company. You’re expanding Messenger With to a corporate messenger by using a note app… What? Hansung Note?”
Yoo-hyun’s eyes widened as he skimmed the content.
Jeong Da-hye answered him.
“Yes. I’m planning to link Hansung Note, which is pre-installed on Hansung smartphones, with Messenger With.”
“I’ve already talked to Hansung. They agreed to install it on their new smartphones.”
“…”
Yoo-hyun was speechless at Park Young-hoon’s words.
He remembered what Kwon Se-jung, the deputy manager of the infrastructure strategy department, had told him a while ago.
-We’ve partnered with a software company. We’re going to overhaul Hansung Note, our killer application.
The software company they partnered with was Double Y.
That was why Han Jae-hee, the designer in charge of Hansung Note, had returned from his vacation in a bad mood.
Yoo-hyun finally understood what had been going on behind his back.
Tap.
He put his hand on his forehead and lowered his head. He asked.
“Is this what Doha was talking about?”
“Yes. I met with the developers from Hansung then. But he wanted to keep it a secret from you.”
“Why? Because I’m from Hansung?”
“That, and he also wanted to hide the fact that he was collaborating with Da-hye.”
“So Doha knew everything about Da-hye, too.”
“Of course. He consulted with her and adjusted his work. He totally acknowledged Da-hye. He said he didn’t expect her to expand With like that.”
He thought she was sorting out her thoughts in New York, but she had been consulting for Double Y.
She didn’t just give them an idea, she made a collaboration happen in a short time.
It was not an easy process.
That’s why Yoo-hyun was more dumbfounded.
“You really did everything behind my back.”
“You were away in your hometown, Yoo-hyun. I wanted to show you that I could do it without you. Doha probably felt the same way.”
“You wanted to show me…”
Yoo-hyun muttered as he looked at the documents, and Jeong Da-hye spoke in a business-like tone.
“Please let me know if there is anything you don’t like.”
“Can I ask you honestly?”
“Yes. Of course.”
“Why Hansung of all companies?”
Jeong Da-hye corrected Yoo-hyun’s question.
“It’s not Hansung, it’s Hansung Note. I needed a productivity app to expand the corporate messenger, and Hansung Note was suitable in many ways.”
“There are many other companies besides Hansung. Hansung Note may have a good response, but it doesn’t have a high market share.”
“It doesn’t have a high market share, but it has a solid fan base. And the name Hansung gives it credibility.”
“Not because of me?”
Yoo-hyun asked bluntly, and Jeong Da-hye immediately waved her hand.
“This has nothing to do with you, Director. I sent the corporate messenger demo to several companies, and Hansung offered the best terms, so I decided to collaborate with them.”
“Hansung offered the best terms?”
“There is a comparison table on the last page. Please check it.”
Flip.
Yoo-hyun checked the last page of the documents.
As she said, Hansung’s terms were too good to be true.
That meant that the demo product wrapped as a corporate messenger suited their taste.
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There was a reason why it had to be that way.
‘Hansung needs a killer application for their next-generation smartphone.’
Hansung was in a situation where they had to gamble on their new smartphone.
But their software was weak, and they needed external help to overcome it.
It seemed that Jeong Da-hye’s consulting had hit Hansung’s weak spot.
Thanks to that, Yoo-hyun’s concern about Messenger With’s problems was solved at once.
But that didn’t mean there was no problem.
Yoo-hyun put aside his admiration for a moment and sat up straight.
He put aside his personal feelings and questioned her coldly.
“The part where you collaborate with Hansung and shorten the schedule, and the idea of using Messenger With in a different way are brilliant. But in this case, the scalability may be limited.”
“If you only think about scalability, it will end up as a toy for some maniacs. To enter the major market, you need to reach out to the general public first.”
Jeong Da-hye didn’t back down and countered Yoo-hyun’s words.
They were both perfectionists when it came to work.
The argument that started to heat up was fiercely developed by digging into the logic’s weaknesses.
“Even if you want to reach out to the general public, you can’t be dependent on the contract with the company…”
“Messenger With is not a simple messenger, it’s a platform. If you increase the number of companies and collaboration cases…”
They didn’t seem to stop, and their voices didn’t die down.
Park Young-hoon was flustered by the unexpected confrontation of the two.
“Why are you so fierce?”
“Brother, you’re out of it.”
“CEO, you talk separately.”
“…”
Even if Park Young-hoon tried to stop them, Yoo-hyun and Jeong Da-hye didn’t even pretend to listen.
They clashed even harder.
Thud.
Park Young-hoon couldn’t stand it and slammed the table to interrupt the flow.
“If you’re going to do this, go out and decide.”
“What? You told me to check it properly.”
“I checked it. Just do it.”
“What about the interview?”
“The interview is over. Da-hye, you can start working tomorrow. I’ve arranged a separate office space for you, so you can use it. You’ll be using it alone for a while.”
“Okay. I’ll do that.”
Jeong Da-hye nodded at Park Young-hoon’s gentle voice.
Yoo-hyun asked in disbelief.
“What about my seat?”
“I’ll arrange a different seat for you, so don’t think about sticking next to Da-hye.”
“What are you talking about? I think I have a lot of parts to collaborate with Da-hye.”
“Collaborate? I think you two will be noisy and not work if you’re together. Just stay away.”
“That’s not true. I’ve already set up my seat.”
As Yoo-hyun waved his hand, Park Young-hoon got up and greeted him.
“Welcome. Thank you for coming.”
“I look forward to working with you, CEO.”
“Ugh. Anyway, I welcome you too, Jeong Da-hye.”
Yoo-hyun made a sour face, and Jeong Da-hye came closer and whispered.
“I missed you, Director.”
“…”
Yoo-hyun’s mouth twitched for a moment.
Clang.
As they opened the door of the CEO’s office, they saw the faces of the employees gathered.
The people who had just met Yoo-hyun welcomed Jeong Da-hye.
They must have seen her face for the first time, but they talked to her as if they knew her well.
“Alice, your idea of using With as a platform was amazing.”
“It was amazing that you made it easy to collaborate with Hansung. I never thought a big company would be drawn to us like that.”
“Not just drawn, they said they would change the design as we wanted. Thanks to that, I think we can show With’s color clearly.”
Jeong Da-hye looked at their eyes and responded to each of them.
“I just gave an idea. Salute and Waiting worked hard to make the demo version. I was grateful that Silverstar took care of the design. And…”
What did you do behind my back?
Yoo-hyun blinked his eyes as he watched.
It was a series of surprising events.
After the employees returned to their seats, Yoo-hyun asked Jeong Da-hye.
“Have you been in touch with them already? How did you know their faces?”
“I did some video chats. That’s how it works.”
“Since when?”
“I started seriously about a month ago. They were passionate and fast, so I was stimulated a lot. I chose Double Y because of the employees.”
If it was serious a month ago, it meant that she had been in contact with them before that.
‘Maybe she started right after we broke up.’
Maybe she had it in mind when she spent time with Yoo-hyun in New York.
When he thought that far, a bitter laugh came out of Yoo-hyun’s mouth.
“You fooled me and did a lot of work.”
“I wanted to see if I could do my role here first.”
“You should have told me. Then I would have had less trouble.”
“If I told you, you would have tried to help me from behind, right? No?”
It was an undeniable fact.
If Yoo-hyun had intervened, Jeong Da-hye might not have had the same confidence as she did now.
