Chapter 30 (1/2)
Chapter 30
Chapter 30 – Generalist (4)
Yoonseok as sitting alongside the Senior Researchers ed his te to answer Gitae, senior temporary researcher and Kaist aluh the End of the week Conference was nowhere near as ti now
Yoonseok also enjoyed putting on the pressure He believed that a proper a helped improve work efficiency But the style of assess now far surpassed the level that can be called intimidation and reached the point of violence None of theh position And because Songu atching the Heads of Centers continue with their sha children play, Yoonseok could do nothing but let out sighs
‘Was estion a mistake?’
Yoonseok gazed over to the one who had moved the Chief today
Jungwu Han This twenty six years old young man took many noteworthy actions frouk Chun fro
‘I don’t knohat extent he will meet our expectations’
If this youngthat far surpasses his expectation, then the e from within KG Chemicals
“hello, I’m G…Gyu the yield of Substrate Glass mass produced for KG Chemical’s primary display TFT-LCD…”
“Core business line A clever plan I like it”
“The topic of factory yield improvement research is already underway by our Electronics Center as one of the long ter in comparison”
Each time the Head of Centers butted heads between one who liked the project and another who pointed out flaws, the expressions of the recruits grew increasingly dyed with helplessness The same happened to the one after, and even the next presenter after that; the process of three hly dis with their mental state repeated itself
“Adhesive tape? Researcher Gaehyung Yi Did you really think that a research project can be carried out with just one reaction formula of Mussel Adhesive Material’s interaction with the metallic components found on surfaces of rocks?”
“If the tape is capable of re adhesive under water, then it has applications in Medicine or Electronics Technology…”
“That’s unrealistically opti, but your dreams must remain a realistic one for KG Chemicals”
The Head of Fundamental Elements Center’s rather blunt criticism of the Recruit ether in solidarity
An hour passed, and finally, even Sunghwan Jo finished his presentation and had taken his seat
“Seventh Presenter please come forward”
Jungwu rose froer Jun’s voice He felt the blank stares of the knocked down and battered Teather on his back as he walked up to the podium
‘It so toward my doom’
Sunghho had gone earlier and taken a long barrage froave a thuyless smile when their eyes met
‘I thought things ht turn out this way’
The points in the presentation that Jungwu felt were bland or lacking during the practice earlier were exactly what the Center Heads had pointed out as well
Froan to be thoroughly dismantled, confidence was erased froho had seen the passion and the effort that had gone into the preparations felt a bit sorry for them
“Sigh, who am I to worry about others I need to worry about myself first’
Manager Jun began to speak while Jungas adjusting the height of the mic
“Colleague Jungwu Han is an intern who just joined us last week We have decided to include him in the Project Proposal assessment to see what kind of vision and worth he has as a researcher Please take this into consideration in his assessment”
And finally, the silence began Jungwu felt naked and exposed as the gathering of all the highest ranking researchers of KG
Cheether
The tre and anxiety akin to the first ever job interview
Here, TOEIC score, GPA, oratory prowess to h and crack jokes were all useless He had no choice but to show so to prove his worth as a chemist
“My nawu Han and I have prepared a presentation on the research of ‘Stronger than Steel Plastics’”
The PT file he had prepared appeared on the screen and then Jungwu began to speak without interruption or hesitation as he gave his presentation He had spent the entire e in his head Even if he didn’t put in any effort to memorize the inforh and through and the words came smoothly to him Few of the Heads looked curious as his flawless presentation carried on It was a very positive sign
“…when the -shaped anized And if they are solidified in that state, it becoe of crystalline structure”
“Wait”
Jungas about to continue with his presentation when he was stopped by the Head of Fundamental Elements Center
“Did you prepare this PT?”
“Yes, sir”
“Unless I’ve read this CV wrong, aren’t you a Business Major?”
“Yes, sir that is correct”
“That’s correct? If that’s correct then how…”
“Hey, Professor Jang Don’t interrupt the presentation He was in thea 90 crystalline structured sun No who had been bickering with Taesun Jang all throughout the presentations wu to continue
“This liquid has adhesive properties And if this is flattened using high speed…”
“…a new material that can compete with Metals and Ceramics This is the 1st objective of this research topic”
When the presentation that was incomparable to the material presented by the other six recruits was over, the Center Heads who had been derailing and shutting down the research topics were momentarily at loss for words
“Who would like to comment first?”
Manager Jun s, he did not like to watch the new hires be crushed And Jungwu did not seem like he was about to be
“Ti?”
Taesun Jang turned on the mic
“Intern Jungwu Han About the crystallization process Using no additives and relying only on the process itself… how did you come up with this?”
Jungwu looked at the string-shaped molecular structure that had appeared over the PT on the screen as he carefully answered
“I based the idea on molecules that already exist in nature Protein or DNA Polymers are able to perfor and constructing itself”
“That perspective is quite…different Is it because you’re a non-professional? This research has low cost, low energy andlong term benefits to society as a whole Excellent work”
“Eh… Society as a whole?”
Because Jungwu had not prepared this research with such a grandiose vision, he could not give a proper answer in response Taesun continued,
“Andyou in theintern like you basically appeared out of nowhere You said you joined just a week ago? Your future looks very bright”
“Anyway this topic is also under the uratulations and welcome to our Center”
Taesun began with praises and ended with orders for personnel relocation When this happened Jongsun No who had been doing nothing but exclaiwu quickly opened his mic to interject
“Since it’s a 90 Crystallization h complicated paperwork and process and start iin the project You should aim for 100 points, don’t you think?”
“Professor No, you can’t just decide that without…”
“Wait Come to the Electronics Development Center We have a research slot vacant so we can supply funding immediately It means that we can start the research project before we even do the inauguration”
“Hey, Professor Huh! You
You just finished telling us that you lacked MT Funds and had to cut cost at consumables! Then reduce your Project Subsidy share!”
“Why are you bringing up the Project Subsidy funds now?”
The question and answer tiround for the Heads
“Since there were three proposals in the presentation for just Fundaive us first pick”
“Professor Jang, is this some sort of Horse race? Choose what and pick what? Let’s just follow the procedure”
“Wait, how can you change your reed to simplify the procedure earlier!”
The good thing was that there didn’t appear to be a Head that had a poor opinion of hih in relief as if a burden was lifted from him
He raised a thurown very close to hi the last break And they too bowed their head toward Jungwu as a show of thanks
‘It’s such a relief that the presentation is over’
It hen he was thinking it was all over and started being happy that he gazed over and saw the first speaker Pilho Ki forlorn None of the Heads had given him much attention And therefore, he was unable to leave a lasting impression
‘Mmm…’
The expression on Pilho’s face was strangely fawu’s own expression had been like that back in spring when he was going around to interviehen he saw co ewu showed signs of bitterness and regret at the corner of their lips
‘So this is competition This’
Jungwu stood quietly because it didn’t look like the Center Heads were going to be done anytime soon with their conversations No matter which Center he is sent to, he didn’t really s calmed down a bit, he would be able to hear next directions froe
“It was a very impressive presentation”
But then, the Chief researcher Songu suddenly turned on his ly laid back but somehow heavy voice caused all the Heads to shut up in an instant
A serene silence fell over the room
“Intern Jungwu Han”
“Yes, Chief sir”
“There’s still plenty of ti you would like to add?”
“Add?”
He suddenly had a thought when he saw the expression on the Chief’s face that rerandfather
‘He’s someone difficult to deal with, huh’