A horse running in the plains cannot stop easily.
It was because there was acceleration.
80 billion. (≈70 million USD)
Jeong DanBi was also now dreaming sweet dreams that she can escape the clutches of Jeong JinYong.
Jeong JinYong’s attitude had changed from the time he treated as they were in a chairman-team leader relationship. The change in attitude could be seen just from his tone of voice – It had become a level softer.
Even at Jeong DanBi’s sharp words, Jeong JinYong’s expression didn’t change from being expressionless. He just silently looked at her.
Rather than disappointed, he looked quite sad. However, that was just Jeong JinYong’s impression. (T/N: I don’t know what’s happening here… author’s writing is weird)
Did she perhaps read those feelings? Jeong DanBi’s sharpness toned down a bit. She quietly listened to Jeong JinYong’s words.
“……”
Even during that moment, the sales graph of the OH System was rising.
YongHo was inwardly expecting a rise in salary.
‘How much should I be thinking about? It must be lower than head researcher Son’s, how high should I call?’
It was too good that sometimes, he wondered if he should be happy this much.
‘120 thousand dollars!’
YongHo requested Dave to look into how much salary he would receive annually if he went there. And the reply was here.
YongHo’s worries became deeper.
And he decided.
100 billion.
The moment that number appeared on the intra-company sales management system, a get-together was decided.
Jeong DanBi was delighted as if she couldn’t be any more delighted. A higher tone than always and the exaggerated actions that showed the excited atmosphere was showing that.
While continuously shouting ‘one shot!’, YongHo emptied the liquor he had never heard of into his mouth. According to what he heard from Na DaeBang, it was a drink that was hard to find in ordinary supermarkets.
And such questions were soon erased from YongHo’s mind. Jeong DanBi approached YongHo with a glass in her hand.
Jeong DanBi poured a glass to every one of the team members as if she had become an old man.
“Thank you so much.”
A different thick smell of pheromones assaulted YongHo along with the smell of alcohol.
1st was Korean beef and liquor.
The karaoke in Cheongdam boasted its splendor from the entrance. It was as if saying ‘what is a trash like you doing here?’ to YongHo, and he couldn’t step inside easily.
And under the flashy spinning lighting inside, Jeong DanBi was shining.
Tap! Tap! Tap!
“Well then! There will be an important announcement!”
The song coming out from the karaoke machine was also stopped by someone.
Clap.
As everyone was drunk, it was unknown who started it. They just followed along.
“Now! We’ve done everything we can do in Shinseki.”
Everybody was looking at her.
Jeong DanBi was drunk, but there was no faltering in her words. Perhaps due to the scent of alcohol pervaded the karaoke, everyone was half-conscious as if they were all drugged.
“There is space inside the rocketship. Come on board.”
When Eric Schmidtz scouted Sheryl Sandburg, he said something similar.
-Get On A Rocketship Whenever You Get The Chance.
Jeong DanBi was trying to create a rocketship.
It was not easy to persuade his parents than he thought.
His old parents didn’t allow their only son going to America that easily. Even if he wanted to bring them along, his parents, who had no acquaintances in America, living there was near impossible. In the end, they had to separate.
He was already acting as the head of household. His parents had no choice but to allow, albeit with difficulty, due to YongHo having a good ability to the point that he paid the debts they had, and even prepared a good house inside the city.
Son SeokHo’s reaction was similar to what YongHo was expecting.
Go in a direction that you think may help.
And now as well, he was tapping YongHo’s shoulders like his parents, saying that he believed in him and that he could come back if he was tired whenever he wanted to.
Now, it was time to meet the last person, Jeong DanBi.
Jeong DanBi being serious was rare. She was looking at YongHo without saying anything. The stiff face seemed like she would never allow it.
“Team leader.”
Jeong DanBi replied to YongHo’s words without a moment of hesitation. It was as if she was reading off a script as if she had expected this to happen.
“…Aren’t there a lot of things to experience as a team leader while you’re here? Moreover, if it’s head researcher Son’s ability, wouldn’t it help you, Mr. YongHo?”
“It definitely will help me if I stay here, but I want more.”
Now, with Son SeokHo’s ability, he cannot teach me.
“……”
A growth faster than her expectations.
He had come back as the core personnel after he went to Busan, Gasan, and the design team as well.
She regretted that she thought that YongHo had a passion for learning so he wouldn’t leave while Son SeokHo was here.
Jeong DanBi instinctively felt.
It was insufficient to describe him with ‘1vs100’.
She had to grab him.
“Then 1 year. I will leave the team leader position vacant so come back from America after 1 year.”
“I need your help in 1 year’s time. Even if I want to start a business I will need time to look for an office, and to recruit people… Come back in 1 year. I won’t allow anymore.”
“Didn’t you say I was your savior? This is enough, right?”
He was thankful.
Regardless of his ability, it didn’t change the fact that it was Jeong DanBi who helped him while he was in dire straits.
A person who treated him to a meal when he didn’t have to worry about his meals in the near future is just a person who treated him, but a person who treated him to a meal when he didn’t have anything to eat starting the next day was called a savior.
YongHo couldn’t reject her words, saying that she will prepare a place for him to come back in 1 year, anymore.
“1 year. Please come back.”
There was only disappointment and sadness on her face.
At the news of YongHo leaving the company, the office was also experiencing chaos.
“S, seonbae!”
At YongHo’s words, Na DaeBang, who was about to run into him, stopped. After YongHo introduced them to each other, they seemed to have taken a liking to each other as they were dating despite the harsh schedule.
This was the nickname that Choi HyeJin called Na DaeBang. The ‘Bang’ from the last syllable of Na DaeBang – ‘Bangbangy’. At the two’s such figures, YongHo could only be envious.
“A, anyway, how could you do this!? I even switched departments for you, and now you’re going to America?”
“S, sir James? Do you think I can’t go? Please wait a little.”
And now, only Son SeokHo was left.
“Yes, thank you for your work until now. Come back anytime.”
The two’s handshake was filled with strength.
That he had this kind of person as his superior.
The two were reassured of each other.