Real Man

Chapter 112:

Chapter 112

I had already told the development team.

Now I had to start analyzing this as an excuse.

I knew it wouldn’t be easy, but a small smile appeared on Kim Young-gil’s lips.

He felt a bit relieved after facing a daunting problem.

It had been two days since Kim Young-gil went down to the Ulsan factory.

He had discovered that when the screen flickered, the part of the screen that was touched by the finger, or the area around it, was slow to update the image.

Han Ho-yeon, a senior researcher from the development team who was next to him, asked.

“But why doesn’t it happen on the Japanese ones?”

“That’s the problem… Is there any other signal connected to the AP besides the image signal?”

“I don’t know. There’s nothing that affects the screen… Wait a minute.”

At Kim Young-gil’s question, Han Ho-yeon opened the product spec sheet on his desk.

The pages were all worn out from looking at them so much.

“The power signal is obviously not it, I checked the I2C (inter-chip communication) signal, and the option signal has nothing to do with the image.”

“How about checking the option signal again?”

“I already did that.”

“Then maybe when the power is turned on, the option signal changes or something…”

“No, it’s all within spec.”

Han Ho-yeon cut off Kim Young-gil’s words.

He was annoyed by repeating what he had already done.

“I understand. I’ll look into it more.”

“It’s not that.”

“I’ll think about other possibilities.”

Kim Young-gil nodded for now and sat in a corner of the review stand.

Then he started analyzing again by himself.

Everyone was busy and didn’t care what Kim Young-gil was doing.

He wasn’t on their team, nor was he an engineer. They had no expectations of him.

Nevertheless, Kim Young-gil spent his time alone in silence.

Another day passed,

And he finally found the cause.

-Abnormal operation due to option A signal change during Apple AP booting.

“Can I use this as the title of the report?”

“Why are you asking me? You found it and you’re reporting it, so you should decide for yourself.”

Han Ho-yeon waved his hand as if to say do whatever you want at Kim Young-gil’s question.

“You know how sensitive this matter is.”

“You have to figure that out yourself.”

The reason why he couldn’t decide easily was because there was no evidence that this was the exact cause of the problem.

Until then, he had only summarized the phenomenon.

Han Ho-yeon felt sorry for him and said again.

“Let’s just report it and look for it. Let’s match it with the same timing as the Japanese ones and see if it improves then. Then we can be sure that this is the cause.”

“Yes. I guess we have no choice.”

It would have been nice to do the experiment quickly, but there were many constraints in the current environment.

To test accurately, they had to make a new IC or apply that signal at the right timing from another system.

In other words, they needed more time.

“What are you doing? Isn’t it time to go up?”

“Yes. We should go.”

The problem was that they had to report right away.

That was why Kim Young-gil’s expression was not good as he answered.

A few days later.

Hanseong Tower 1st floor customer reception room.

Yoo-hyun and Kwon Se-jung just entered inside.

“But can we sit here?”

“Why not? They’ll think we’re waiting for a guest or something.”

Yoo-hyun dodged Kwon Se-jung’s question.

“You’re right. But this coffee machine is nice, huh? I should have come here sooner. Want a cup?”

“Yeah. I’ll hold our seats.”

Yoo-hyun sat on the side of the customer reception room aisle.

He could see everyone going out of the lobby from his seat if he just turned his head.

Kwon Se-jung sat down with two paper cups in his hands and asked.

“So you’ve been here a few times?”

“Once last time.”

“Oh… When someone you knew came by?”

Last time he came in with his classmates after having dinner outside, he ran into Lim Han-seop from Semi Electronics.

He had just passed by him briefly, but he remembered that.

“You have a good memory.”

“I’m just doing my job.”

Kwon Se-jung, who was looking around, pulled his chair closer.

Then he began to tell his story in earnest.

“Hey, you know what happened yesterday…”

“Really? Then that means…”

Kwon Se-jung always enjoyed talking with Yoo-hyun.

It wasn’t because he had helped him with the new employee training, the seminar, and sometimes the company work.

He just felt comfortable talking with Yoo-hyun, and he felt like he learned something from listening to him.

He had a mentor on his team, but the real mentor in Kwon Se-jung’s mind was Yoo-hyun.

That’s why he wanted to do everything with Yoo-hyun.

“Hahaha, really? You’re coming to the next class reunion, right?”

“Yeah. Relax a bit. People are watching.”

“Oh, right. This is the customer reception room. I should be careful.”

Kwon Se-jung brought his index finger to his mouth and then giggled to himself.

What was so funny?

Yoo-hyun gave him a proper reaction and occasionally glanced at the lobby.

That’s when it happened.

A group of people surrounded by foreigners walked out of the lobby.

They were the mobile group manager, Jo Chan-young executive director, and the team leaders below him.

At one end, he saw Kim Young-gil’s head bowed down.

‘It must have gone badly.’

The meeting with Apple was held in the VIP conference room.

Yoo-hyun couldn’t attend, so he didn’t see Kim Young-gil’s presentation.

But judging by the atmosphere, it seemed like the situation wasn’t good.

As Yoo-hyun looked at their faces with thin eyes, Kwon Se-jung reacted.

“Huh? The Apple guys came today?”

“Have you seen them before?”

“Yeah. Last time at the meeting, the team leader called me and I prepared some snacks. I heard their name then. Who was it?”

After thinking for a moment, Kwon Se-jung seemed to remember something and said.

“Ah! Mark Harrison. He must be the display manager for Asia.”

“Really?”

He had a wide forehead and short hair. His eyes were round and gentle. He gave off a typical American vibe.

He had a cheerful personality and was good at joking. He seemed very open-minded.

But he had started his career in the Japanese display industry and understood the culture of respect and obedience better than anyone else.

In other words, he knew very well that he was in a superior position and used it well.

It must have been hard for Kim Young-gil to report properly to such a person.

He could roughly guess what happened by looking at Kim Young-gil’s expression that was completely dead.

He could check the details later.

“Shall we go up?”

“Huh? Already?”

“I remembered what Park team leader asked me to do.”

“I see…”

Kwon Se-jung looked disappointed.

‘Did he feel rewarded for following me here?’

Then he blurted out something.

“Oh, and you know the next-generation display development trends you were looking for.”

“What? How did you know that?”

“Is that important? Anyway, go check out the research information room. It should be summarized in this month’s display trend report.”

“Thank you. You really know everything.”

Kwon Se-jung gave him a thumbs up and smiled with a joke.

“Oh, except for Mark Harrison.”

“Lucky you.”

“Haha, I finally got one right. Ask me again later. I’m good at remembering names.”

Is this the same Kwon Se-jung who always looked depressed and lifted weights?

He’s changed a lot, not just talking more but also being brighter.

The environment can change a person like this.

Well, that’s good.

Yoo-hyun chuckled and got up from his seat.

Ding.

He got off the elevator on the 12th floor and opened the central semi-transparent glass door and walked down the hallway.

He could feel the tense atmosphere in his team from afar.

“Are you kidding me right now!”

“…”

Then he heard the loud voice of Oh Jae-hwan, the team leader, over the partition.

On the other side, Kim Young-gil, the Assistant Manager, had his hands clasped and his head bowed.

“Kim Assistant Manager, say something if you have a mouth! Why did you report like that?”

“I’m sorry.”

“Tell me why. Why!”

It was obvious that he had been scolded by the group leader or the person in charge after the Apple report.

“I’ll correct it as soon as possible.”

“If you’re not confident in English, go learn the alphabet again!”

Oh Jae-hwan shouted and a sneer came from next to Yoo-hyun, who was walking to the team table.

“Pfft.”

It was Go Jae-yoon, the Assistant Manager who had studied abroad.

He had meetings with Nokia like eating rice, so he must have been confident in English.

So what. He barely survived with the knowledge he learned superficially.

He never did anything right.

But no one could touch him because of his psycho-like personality.

“There’s no hope for that kid. His English is…”

“Oops.”

He was mumbling sarcastically when he turned around and met Yoo-hyun’s eyes.

He instinctively looked away.

Yoo-hyun didn’t give him a provocative look.

He just looked at him.

The annoying noise disappeared and Yoo-hyun walked towards Kim Young-gil again.

He didn’t know the exact situation, but there was no reason for him to be treated like this.

He should have been able to argue back.

If he got used to this feeling of defeat, it would take too much energy to get back up.

He had to stop him before he got hurt more.

What should he do?

As Yoo-hyun looked around near the team table, he saw them.

Kim Hyun-min, the Assistant Manager, and Choi Min-hee, the section chief, were walking from afar.

They had a meeting note in one hand, probably because they had just finished a meeting.

‘The timing is perfect.’

Yoo-hyun raised his hand and opened his mouth wide and called Manager Kim Hyun-min.

He tilted his head and realized the situation after hearing the loud noise.

He quickly approached Yoo-hyun and handed him the note and winked at him.

He was relaxed even in this situation.

He was more amazing than Assistant Manager Park Seung-woo.

Manager Kim Hyun-min stopped  Team Leader Oh Jae-hwan.

“Hey, team leader. You’re losing your temper again.”

“Why are you messing with me? Do you think I’m easy?”

“Do you think I would say this if you were easy? You know it’s not true. Kim Assistant Manager found the crucial problem. He did what the development team couldn’t do.”

“Hey! Where are you going, Kim Assistant Manager!”

“Hey, calm down and talk separately.”

“I told him to take an English class if he can’t do it. He should at least try if he can’t do it! Try!”

 Team Leader Oh Jae-hwan spat out as he ranted.

Kim Young-gil’s backup arrived and opened his mouth.

“Team leader, you’re being too harsh.”

“What, what! You…”

The cold voice of Choi Min-hee section chief at a high octave silenced the atmosphere.

 Team Leader Oh Jae-hwan stuttered at her sudden appearance.