Real Man-Chapter 785
Ziing.
My phone rang and I checked it. There was a notification from the With messenger app.
-River Management Bot: Visitors registered. Kim Mi-kyung, team leader of Yurim Fashion, and An Seo-hee, MD. 3:22 PM.
Yun Bo-mi, who received the same message, asked me.
“Why did Yurim Fashion come here?”
“They must be curious about us.”
“It’s amazing. A meeting with the industry leader. Oh, is that why President Jung went to greet them personally?”
“Not necessarily. They are just guests, so we have to be attentive.”
I smiled faintly.
While Jeong Da-hye went to meet them, Lee Ji-hyun was setting up the conference table.
She looked nervous, probably because she thought it was an important meeting.
I finished my conversation with Gong Hyun-joon and Yun Bo-mi and got up from my seat.
Creak.
The door opened and Jeong Da-hye appeared.
“This is our office.”
Two women, one middle-aged and one young, entered and looked around the office.
“The office is quite cozy.”
“It has a cafe vibe. It looks spacious even though it’s small, maybe because of the high ceiling.”
‘Kim Mi-kyung, team leader.’
She had a distinctive look with a short haircut and a haughty expression. She had made a remarkable achievement by securing the domestic rights of a famous Japanese SPA brand and became a team leader in a short time.
Her current job was online planning and she had the final say on Yurim Fashion’s shopping mall.
I recalled Jeong Da-hye’s explanation and approached the middle-aged woman. frёeweɓηovel.coɱ
Jeong Da-hye introduced me.
“This is Han Yoo-hyun, our CEO.”
“Hello. I’m Kim Mi-kyung, the team leader of the online planning team at Yurim Fashion.”
“Nice to meet you. I’m Han Yoo-hyun.”
Kim Mi-kyung, who shook hands with me, glanced around and slightly lifted the corners of her mouth.
“I thought you would be a big company since you collaborated with Channel, but you are smaller than I expected.”
“We don’t work by size.”
“That’s true. We were also a hole-in-the-wall shop once.”
Kim Mi-kyung shrugged and countered my sharp answer.
She seemed to look down on us as a hole-in-the-wall shop, but I didn’t bother to argue.
I let it go and turned my head.
The young woman who caught my eye greeted me.
“Hello. I’m An Seo-hee. I’m in charge of online product planning under the team leader.”
“An Seo-hee MD is a very competent person. She was the one who discovered River.”
Kim Mi-kyung chimed in and I smiled.
“I see. Thank you.”
“You’re welcome. I really liked the concept of River. I was also amazed by your collaboration with many European fashion brands.”
She looked like she was in her mid-twenties.
An Seo-hee had a very confident gaze and a good fashion sense.
She seemed to be quite respected by her team leader.
I was about to answer, but I called Lee Ji-hyun, who had finished setting up the table.
“Ji-hyun.”
She walked over with a hidden nervous expression and greeted me.
“Hello…”
She bowed her head slightly and suddenly stopped.
An awkward atmosphere flowed and Lee Ji-hyun’s eyes wavered.
What’s going on?
I wondered, but An Seo-hee came over and grabbed Lee Ji-hyun’s hand.
“Nice to meet you. We exchanged a lot of emails, but I finally see you in person, Ji-hyun.”
“Ah… yes.”
Lee Ji-hyun barely answered without lifting her head.
‘Was she nervous?’
She looked very pale.
She was shaken for a moment, but quickly regained her composure.
She guided the Yurim Fashion staff to the conference table and handed them coffee.
Then she sat in front of the laptop and displayed the prepared materials, forcing a smile.
She recovered quickly, so it must have been a false alarm.
I left the conference table and headed to Double Y.
There, Jang Man-bok and Won Gi-joon were having a meeting.
Thud thud.
As I approached the entrance of the Double Y office, the phone rang.
I answered it right away when I saw the name of a friend I hadn’t seen in a long time.
“Jin-geon, what’s up?”
-Are you doing well? I heard some good news and called you.
“What news?”
-About your company. It’s been hot lately, right?
By interest, Jin-geon’s JK Communication was much higher.
He had jumped into AP design and had already achieved some results, attracting the attention of the mass media.
I chuckled, thinking of my amazing friend.
“Did you see the article?”
-Yeah. You made a deal with Channel, right? And because of that, Paul…
I listened to Jin-geon’s words and looked at the hallway I walked through.
I could see the corner of the River office door in the distance.
I was about to answer when it happened.
Bang.
The door opened and Lee Ji-hyun ran out with a very flustered expression.
An Seo-hee followed her with a paper bag in her hand.
Something was wrong and I quickly hung up the phone.
“Jin-geon, I’ll call you back later.”
Thump thump.
When I approached the River office, the two of them were gone.
They seemed to have gone to the bathroom.
I looked at the emergency stairs at the end of the hallway and opened the door to the River office.
I was able to hear the situation from Jeong Da-hye.
“When Ji-hyun was about to start the meeting…”
Lee Ji-hyun, who was about to present, spilled the coffee on the table and her white t-shirt got wet.
An Seo-hee, who was sitting next to her, quickly wiped it with a handkerchief, but couldn’t remove the stain.
Jeong Da-hye continued.
“Seo-hee said she brought a new product as a gift for us. She said she would help her change clothes and went out with her.”
“I see.”
“Ji-hyun seemed a bit nervous.”
“She looked very flustered, too.”
Yoo-hyun looked worried, and Jeong Da-hye whispered to him after glancing at Kim Myungkyung, the team leader who was sitting at the table.
“Don’t worry too much, it’s not a big deal. Just focus on your work.”
He was still concerned, but he couldn’t show it too much here.
“Okay. Let me know if there’s any problem.”
“Don’t worry. I’ll handle it well.”
After hearing Jeong Da-hye’s answer, Yoo-hyun nodded to Kim Myungkyung and headed back to Double Y.
In the Double Y conference room, Jang Manbok and Won Gijun were passionately discussing.
“We should expand the templates so that anyone can easily create videos…”
“If we use the short video format to deliver the message quickly and simply…”
The two of them were trying to apply the concept of easy review videos to home and travel reviews, and they had a heated debate with the Double Y staff.
Since it was an important project, Yoo-hyun carefully set the direction and schedule.
When he returned to the River office after finishing the meeting, only Gong Hyunjun was left.
The conference table was cleared, so it seemed like the meeting ended early.
Yoo-hyun looked around and asked.
“Hyunjun, where did everyone go?”
“Oh? You’re here. Sigh…”
“What’s wrong?”
“Well, it seems like Jihyun is feeling very sick.”
“Jihyun?”
Yoo-hyun tilted his head, and Gong Hyunjun explained the situation.
“She looked really bad throughout the meeting. In the end, President Jeong ended the meeting early.”
“Where did they go?”
“I think they went to the hospital with Jihyun. Bomi went with them too.”
Hospital?
Yoo-hyun felt that the situation was serious and picked up his phone.
Beep.
Just in time, a vibration rang and a message from Jeong Da-hye came in.
-Jihyun seemed to be unwell, so I sent her home first. I’m leaving a message in case you’re worried. I’ll talk to Bomi and come back later.
“Jihyun went home, she says.”
“Really? Maybe she was just stressed out.”
“Stress…”
Jihyun’s expression had been dark since they met with the Yurim Fashion staff.
He thought she was fine to carry on with the meeting, but it seemed like she was really bothered.
Gong Hyunjun added a comment.
“They’re the top in the industry. And they’re our first clients here, so it makes sense.”
“Is that so?”
“But the young lady was very friendly to Jihyun. She acted like it was her own problem when the coffee spilled.”
As soon as he heard Gong Hyunjun’s words, Yoo-hyun remembered An Seohee’s first impression.
-Nice to meet you, Jihyun.
When Jihyun hesitated during the greeting, An Seohee stepped forward and even held her hand.
Jihyun looked pale and didn’t know what to do.
Why was she so flustered?
Yoo-hyun pondered the situation for a moment and asked.
“Hyunjun, was it Jihyun’s coffee that spilled?”
“Yeah. She accidentally bumped into the one on the table while we were having the meeting.”
“Usually, if you bump into it by mistake, it spills forward or sideways, right? Why did it spill towards her body?”
“I don’t know. I didn’t see it, so I can’t say anything.”
“That’s true. You didn’t see it yourself.”
Yoo-hyun muttered and lifted his head.
Swoosh.
There was a CCTV installed on the ceiling for the security of the office.
The next day.
Jihyun took a day off and didn’t come to the office.
He called her to check on her, and her voice didn’t sound too bad.
She just seemed to need some rest, and she said she would be back soon.
As soon as he hung up, a message came in.
-Future Tower Management Bot: 20th floor River office CCTV access permission confirmed.
The smart CCTV installed in the office could be accessed through the internet.
But not anyone could access it.
For privacy reasons, the security company’s approval was required for viewing, and the approver was President Jeong Minkyo of A1.
‘He handled it right away.’
Yoo-hyun sent a thank you message and touched the link included in the message.
A list of CCTV with access permission confirmed popped up.
He could see the CCTV installed in the River office, the hallway, the elevator, and the emergency stairs with just a touch.
Yoo-hyun checked the office CCTV first.
Tick.
He played the video at high speed according to the time when the Yurim Fashion staff visited.
He couldn’t see the expressions clearly, but it wasn’t hard to figure out the general movements.
Especially, he could see the conference table area quite well.
As he fast-forwarded the video, Yoo-hyun paused when Jihyun spilled the coffee.
He rewound the scene and confirmed.
‘She deliberately knocked over the cup.’
An Seohee, who was looking around, hit the hot coffee and spilled it towards Jihyun.
At the same time, she pretended to wipe Jihyun’s clothes and get her a change of clothes.
Yoo-hyun snorted at the ridiculous situation.
But why didn’t Jihyun say anything?
Yoo-hyun activated the hallway CCTV and followed the two people.
He wanted to see if there was anything strange.
They walked fast and their expressions were not clear, but he could tell where they were going.
‘Emergency stairs?’
He thought they went to the bathroom, but their destination was weird.
Yoo-hyun immediately activated the emergency stairs CCTV.
Tick.
The screen switched and the faces of the two people facing each other appeared.
An Seohee, who had her arms crossed, pushed Jihyun’s chest with a paper bag and cornered her to the wall.
Even without hearing the voice, the bad atmosphere was conveyed through the screen.
It was something that they could never do as strangers.
