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Episode 47. New product advertisement.(1)

At Steve’s words, President Lee Byung-hoon’s face brightened.

“Thank you for your order. When can I send you 1000 pieces for reliability testing?”

What is a reliability test?

It is a test that deliberately creates a harsh environment and sees how much a product can withstand in it.

Because it is a test that can indirectly know the lifespan of a product.

All electronic products are required to go through this test before they go on the market.

“Please send it as soon as possible.”

“All right. We will send it to you as soon as it is ready.”

Steve left the seat with one more regretful look towards his fortune.

Lee Byung-hoon opened his mouth after confirming that Steve had completely disappeared from the door.

“Looking at you earlier, it looks like President Steve was trying to scout Director Kang, right?”

At that, Lee Byung-hun laughed as if it was funny.

“ね. Also. Everyone thinks the same.”

early December.

Seoul National University College of Engineering canteen.

Tae-woo frowned, not rubbing the pork belly.

“I feel like most of the men in the restaurant are glancing at this right now, am I mistaken?”

I smiled bitterly and shook my head.

“no. ‘Cause I’m feeling the same way It will not be an illusion.”

“Is it? And it must be because of the person sitting next to you.”

Sang-a next to me said with a smile.

“Burn. Are you uncomfortable with me?”

“To be honest. okay.”

“sorry. But what if there is no one to eat with?”

“..a face that is not sorry at all. Besides, you’re a ‘Comgong and Goddess’, so does it make sense that you don’t have anyone to eat with?”

“It doesn’t make sense. I usually hide my face a lot. I just came here because I had a close friend, so please understand.”

Tae-woo looked at Sang-a with his eyes, ‘Is there such a thing as an abomination?’

She didn’t change the color of her face, she just smiled.

It wasn’t like this at the beginning of the school year.

As I entered the second semester, the number of times Sang-a came to me increased significantly.

Thanks to this, Tae-woo’s grumbling increased a lot.

Unseen, I intervened between them.

“Both of you, stop. All the rice will be cold. Let’s eat.”

At my words, the meal just started.

“But Jae-Woon. What did you do to my dad?”

It was stinging on the inside though.

He answered with a natural face.

“no. I don’t think there was anything special. why?”

“just. You seem to be coming in late these days. She’s been making medicines yesterday, saying that she’s worried that her mom might fall for her dad.”

Well. I think it’s because they asked me to speed up the development of the touch screen a bit.

I guessed though.

I couldn’t admit it.

It’s difficult if the core OS developer gets pissed off.

“okay? Chae is also the boss. I’ve told you several times to get home quickly. Are you still doing that? I’ll say it again. I want you to leave work on time.”

“okay? thanks Jaewoon. Also you are the only one really.”

I felt a stronger sting than before.

This also survived.

“What do you do with this much? If you have any requests for Chae, please do so.”

“no. That is enough.”

I have to tell Chae to come in early today.

After lunch, I parted with Sang-Ah.

Tae-woo and the two of us, on the way to the library, asked a hint.

“Hey, these days, you look so bad, isn’t something really wrong?”

Taewoo hesitated for a moment, then opened his mouth.

“…rather than something happened. My father runs a business. But not long ago, they told me to graduate only from undergraduate school, and then come in and work.”

“Well, you don’t have to worry about getting a job, isn’t it?”

“But I want to be a professor. I want to pursue a Ph.D., but you are not allowed to do that.”

“Oh yeah? I guess your father really needed you.”

“yes. So I am worried.”

From my point of view, Taewoo was a guy who really liked to study.

It was not an easy choice for Tae-woo to give up his dream of becoming a professor.

“It’s worth worrying about. So, has your face been so messed up these days?”

“It happened.”

“If you ever need my help, just tell me. Do you know how many companies I own?”

Taewoo laughed at my words.

“ね. I get it. president. No, are you the director? Anyway, if you need help, just let me know.”

mid-December.

President Kim Woon-jin was staring at the table with an extraordinary expression of emotion.

There was a prototype MP3 player with a streamlined design on both ends.

“Thanks for your efforts. Mr. Kim.”

“..yes. At first, when I heard the explanation with the picture, I didn’t have much of a feeling, but after making it, I think it’s attractive and well-made. Also, Director seems to have a unique sense of design.”

At first, he thought the P-32 design was strange, but now he seems to have a bit more eyes.

“haha. Seeing you say that, it seems that CEO Kim also has a much better eye for design.”

“is that so? In fact, after the P-32 was such a hit, I felt like I had no eyes to see. After that, when I heard that there was an art exhibition, I used to look for it on purpose. One year has passed, so even if you look at the same thing, it looks different now.”

Ohh. Did you try like that?

“..I didn’t know you would have done that.”

“Even though the stake is only 20%, am I not a high-cast shareholder? Even if I tried, I wouldn’t be able to be like you, but I didn’t want to be left behind and become a burden.”

I don’t know if it was originally like this, or if it changed after meeting me.

It was a nice change.

“You are wonderful. When President Kim shows me that, I am more motivated and happy.”

“is that so? haha.”

“yes. So, back to the main point, this second MP3 player, the C-64 and 32, is called the ‘C series’. When will this C Series go into production?”

“Now the hardware is all ready. We just need to optimize the firmware and we can go into production early next week.”

“Chora next week. Not bad. Then, I think we will have to prepare to promote the new product soon. What do you think of the marketing team?”

“It will cost a bit, but most of the opinions are that it would be good for a TV commercial like the P-32 and model Kim Yeon-hee. Minkle, of which she is a member, is huge these days. And Yeonhee’s personal popularity isn’t too bad.”

It’s the marketing team’s opinion.

Is it my mistake to sound like President Kim’s opinion?

Because he is still in his 30s, it seems that President Kim was also usually interested in girl groups.

I’ve seen minkle bromide attached to his place.

“It seems to be a mixed opinion of President Kim rather than the marketing team’s opinion, right?”

“..Absolutely not.”

“What. If so, I have no reason to object. Do by that way.”

I gladly gave permission.

President Kim put on a puzzled expression.

“However, since Minkle is so popular these days, it is difficult to hire him as an advertising model. I contacted the agency, but they said I would have to wait a few months.”

That’s right.

I forgot about it because I hadn’t been through that.

Advertisers weren’t always the same.

In the case of popularity like Minkle, the advertiser could be the fall.

“Then why don’t we just use a different model? I also have no intention of opposing the plan of using Kim Yeon-hee as her model, but if it is difficult to recruit, there is nothing I can do.”

“There is one way to use Kim Yeon-hee as a model.”

“okay? How?”

After that, President Kim pointed at me with his hand.

“The director and Kim Yeon-hee are quite close. Please contact me personally.”

Because there were times when I came to the company before my debut.

President Kim was also aware of my close relationship with Kim Yeon-hee.

“yes. Don’t you even know the phone number?”

When I met Kim Yeon-hee in front of the company before.

Without the manager’s knowledge, he gave me a note with a number on it.

I asked you to contact me if there was anything.

I have never been contacted first.

“I know, but… um. Do you want to use Kim Yeon-hee as her model?”

“..All right. Contact us once. But I can’t guarantee that you can get it. Kim Yeon-hee may also have her own circumstances. Do you know?”

“of course. If it’s something that the director can’t even contact you, you should give up.”

Having said that, his face had an expression that said, ‘Bring me here unconditionally’.

After meeting with President Kim.

took out my cell phone.

‘Oh, it’s embarrassing. I’ll just keep in touch with you normally. I think it would be sad to only contact you when there is work.’

After hesitating for about a minute, I dialed Kim Yeon-hee’s number and placed my finger on the call button.

Hold on.

Tour.

The dial tone went on for a while.

She didn’t answer the phone until the message ‘Out of Office’ came out.

‘Of course. It’s the busiest girl group these days, would you like to carry a cell phone? Anyway, I made contact. Even President Kim can’t say anything.’

Kim Yeon-hee was so busy that I couldn’t contact her, so I decided to end it.

At around 11 o’clock that day, the phone rang.

“Advertiser! Weren’t you sleeping?”

“yes. I usually go to bed after 12 o’clock.”

“thank god. I thought I was waking up sleeping again.”

“no. But what happened?”

“Me? no. I was contacted by an advertiser who called.”

uh. There will be no outgoing call display service in this age, how did you know?

“..how did you know I contacted you?”

Kim Yeon-hee laughed at my words.

“Huh. There is a way to know everything.”

“..Incredible.”

“yes. But why did you contact me?”

“..are you very busy these days?”

“little bit. It’s a time when we have to increase our popularity for a while, so I’m not in the mood.”

“..I don’t know if it’s okay to ask for something like this, but a new MP3 player is coming out this time. I need to make an advertisement for that product soon, but there are a lot of opinions that I want Yeonhee to do. Oh, I didn’t mean to burden you…”

Just when I was about to say that you don’t have to push yourself if you’re busy.

Kim Yeon-hee’s answer quickly flowed out.

“I will definitely do it. No, please.”

“Well. Are you okay? If the agency tells you not to do it, you can’t force it. It’s a very important time right now, isn’t it?”

“no. I’ll do it. If I tell the representative, he will probably allow it.”

“okay? Then please tell me and contact me.”

The next day, I got a call from Kim Yeon-hee.

“The representative allowed it!”

“okay? That’s good.”

“But I have a question for you.”

“yes. What is it?”

“Do I have to appear alone?”