Real Man

Chapter 680

Meanwhile, Jack Cruzi, who was left alone in the conference room, slammed his fist on the desk.

Bang.

“Tony Cohen, you rotten bastard…!”

He had said nothing to Paul Graham, but he had spilled everything.

And then he had the nerve to take 100,000 dollars with him.

It was the first time in Jack Cruzi’s life that he had been hit in the back of the head so many times.

Was he going to just take it?

That was impossible.

Jack Cruzi gritted his teeth as he recalled Tony Cohen’s face.

Squeak.

He had tried to endure as much as he could, but now it was a matter of life and death.

He had to fight back.

Yoo-hyun was not only concerned about Jack Cruzi.

He had also given Tony Cohen a hint of Jack Cruzi’s attack when he contacted him again.

He didn’t want him to collapse at once, because he needed to use Exxon Mobil properly.

He had to keep fighting and escalate the conflict.

‘If he just falls, there’s nothing I can do.’

Of course, he had many other ways.

It was just a little detour.

Yoo-hyun had grasped the situation to this extent, and then stepped back from their petty fight.

Instead, he focused on the important things.

The most important thing was having dinner with Jeong Da-hye.

It was something he had done every day for a month since he came here.

Yoo-hyun faced Jeong Da-hye at a restaurant famous for its homemade beer and smoked sausages.

Under the dim light, there was plenty of delicious food.

She looked troubled, so Yoo-hyun asked her why.

“Why? You don’t have an appetite?”

“No. It’s not that. I just feel like I’m gaining too much weight from eating like this.”

“What are you talking about? You’re only pretty, what else.”

“You always say that.”

Jeong Da-hye pouted her lips, but she didn’t seem to mind.

She soon smiled and ate with gusto.

She also swung her arm habitually.

Yoo-hyun looked at her with a warm smile and moved his eyes to the table.

Zing. Zing.

Jeong Da-hye’s phone rang, and the company name appeared on the screen.

She turned pale for a moment and asked Yoo-hyun for permission.

“Yoo-hyun, I’ll be right back. I need to take this call.”

“Okay. Go ahead.”

What kind of call was it?

He was curious because it was from the company number.

The project was already over thanks to Jack Cruzi’s letter.

It meant that there was no official business with Sprintcom for now.

Did they get another project?

Or did they call her to New York?

Yoo-hyun was wondering about these possibilities when it happened.

Jeong Da-hye, who had finished the call, came back to Yoo-hyun.

Her expression looked very complicated.

“Da-hye, what is it?”

“The company contacted me.”

“Is it because of the project that ended?”

Yoo-hyun asked casually, but Jeong Da-hye stared at him without answering.

She asked him an unexpected question.

“You did it, didn’t you?”

“What?”

“Tony Cohen.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

He had a hunch when he heard the name, but Yoo-hyun played dumb for now.

He had never talked to Jeong Da-hye about Tony Cohen.

But she seemed to be sure of it.

She didn’t take her eyes off Yoo-hyun and continued.

“He got in trouble for embezzling money from the contractors. He also got paid for leaking secrets to Enertex. That’s why the audit team from Sprintcom is coming here.”

“Did you get hurt by him?”

“No. The project is over, so there’s no problem. The company is actually looking out for me.”

“I don’t know why, but I’m glad to hear that.”

“You’re going to pretend you don’t know until the end? Then let me tell you something.”

If it was the old Jeong Da-hye, she would have argued with him, but now she responded with a good humor.

It was a sign that she had become more relaxed.

It must have been hard for her, but it was nice to see her shake it off.

Yoo-hyun was happy that he could help her in the process.

He chuckled and lifted his beer glass.

“Let’s toast instead of talking. I heard the beer here is good.”

“Are you going to rent this place too if I eat well?”

Jeong Da-hye teased him, and Yoo-hyun waved his hand.

“I’d love to, but it’s hard.”

“Why?”

“Because you eat well everywhere.”

“Haha! I admit that.”

Jeong Da-hye finally laughed.

She had many days of laughter when she was with Yoo-hyun.

She even felt attached to the barren wasteland of Texas.

Clang.

She clinked glasses with him and whispered.

“Thank you.”

“Don’t mention it.”

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A loving gaze crossed between them.

Tony Cohen had been hit hard by Jack Cruzi’s attack.

As a result, he had to face the audit team from his company.

His career at the company was over.

“Ha! Jack, you bastard, you tried to take some money and disappear, but how dare you screw me over?”

What if he hadn’t received a warning from Steve Han?

He might have been taken to the police station by now.

That meant that he was done if he got attacked again.

He had to destroy Enertex completely before that.

Tony Cohen decided to use his media connections to expose Enertex’s corruption.

The content was quite detailed, as if it was an internal whistleblower.

Enertex had no choice but to be shaken by this.

It was a strong attack, but it was not the end.

More scandals came out with a time lag.

Splat.

Yoo-hyun smiled as he opened the newspaper.

“He’s ruthless. Tony seems to be serious.”

“He’s a greedy person. Jack Cruzi must be dying.”

“He seems to be defending himself well, though?”

“He’s in a bad financial situation, and it’s a sensitive issue. Even if he erased all the evidence, it would be hard to hide it completely, because there are many people involved.”

Willie Thompson, an outsider, knew what was going on, so the insiders couldn’t be ignorant.

It was the kind of thing that couldn’t be handled perfectly, so their problem would soon be revealed.

But this was not Yoo-hyun’s concern for now.

He was planning to use this to make another move.

He pointed to that part and smiled.

“I don’t care about them. I like this article better. You did a good job of summarizing it.”

Willie Thompson was embarrassed and waved his hand.

“I didn’t do much. I just gave them some information. It was Steve’s idea to link Exxon Mobil, wasn’t it?”

“No. You deserve more credit for making it look like Tony Cohen’s media play.”

This article was written by Willie Thompson, but no one doubted it.

Yoo-hyun didn’t ask any more questions and shrugged his shoulders.

He had taken advantage of the atmosphere created by Tony Cohen’s fierce attack.

He was ready to strike.

Thanks to this, Yoo-hyun easily achieved his goal.

“Let’s talk about the details later. What do you think? Do you think Exxon Mobil will contact you?”

“Yes. They will.”

“Is it because of the environmental issue?”

“Yes. Exxon Mobil is the largest oil company in the US. If their image is damaged by the environmental issue, their existing oil business could be shaken as well.”

If it was just a subsidiary’s problem, Exxon Mobil had no reason to intervene.

They could just give up shale oil, which was only 2 percent of their sales.

But the story changed when the environmental issue was involved.

If they left it alone, their main business would also become a target of intensive management.

It meant that they had to come and settle the matter somehow.

Yoo-hyun’s prediction was confirmed in no time.

Zing. Zing.

An unknown number appeared, and Yoo-hyun calmly answered the phone.

“Hello. This is Steve Han.”

-Hello. This is Peter Clark, the financial officer of Exxon Mobil.

Yoo-hyun’s lips curled up at the voice he had been waiting for.

It was time to put an end to it.

He made an appointment to meet with Peter Clark.

The reason he agreed to Yoo-hyun’s proposal was simple.

He wanted to get Paul Graham’s approval, who was behind Yoo-hyun.

It would affect the investors if Enertex was shaken.

But Yoo-hyun had something else to show him that day.

What he needed was not their approval, but their support.

He planned accordingly.

He fleshed out the skeleton.

Willie Thompson helped him with the work.

He opened his mouth as he reorganized the content.

“Steve, we need some background information to persuade them in a short time.”

“Do you mean we have to present in front of Exxon Mobil?”

“Yes. We need a presentation that matches the level of the financial officer of the largest oil company in the US. We need a solid foundation for your plan to succeed.”

Yoo-hyun agreed with Willie Thompson’s words.

He needed an expert who knew the whole shale oil industry well to make this deal work.

There was only one person who came to his mind.

“Fortunately, we have an expert by our side.”

“There’s no one like Ellis.”

Willie Thompson nodded his head as if he agreed.

That afternoon, Yoo-hyun sat in the back seat of a limousine heading to Midland and told him what had happened today.

Jeong Da-hye, who was listening next to him, widened her eyes.

“You’re meeting Peter Clark?”

“Yes. He’s coming to the Enertex building.”

“I thought Exxon Mobil was giving up on Enertex. Their audit team already turned it upside down.”

As Jeong Da-hye said, Exxon Mobil had investigated Enertex’s problems thoroughly.

In the process, the corruption of Jack Cruzi and his executives was exposed one by one.

If it was Korea, it might have ended with a disciplinary action, but this was the US, the land of lawsuits.

There was a rumor that they would be charged with astronomical damages.

Tony Cohen was not much different.

Jack Cruzi had counterattacked by exposing Tony Cohen’s corruption.

As a result, their secrets that only they knew were revealed to the world.

They could have solved it with a conversation, but the two greedy adults couldn’t do that.

Tsk tsk.

Yoo-hyun clicked his tongue and told him his revised plan.

“Exxon Mobil will give up on Enertex. But another company will take its place.”

“What company?”

“The company we’re going to create. To be precise, a comprehensive management company that encompasses the contractors you’ve gathered.”

The completion of Yoo-hyun’s skeleton was a comprehensive management company.

It was a company that would replace Enertex’s role, and gather all the contractors under it to create synergy.

Jeong Da-hye, who had been preparing in the back, was astonished.

“What?”

“Why, don’t you have confidence?”

“That’s not what I mean. How can Exxon Mobil trust and support a new company that was just created? If they’re going to do that, they have no reason to abandon Enertex.”

Jeong Da-hye spoke fast, as if she was flustered.

Yoo-hyun asked her back.

“It would be good to get Exxon Mobil’s support, right?”

“It would be a great help in installing pipelines and building infrastructure. But it’s impossible.”

“Why? We just have to prove our worth.”

“How?”

“That’s what we’re going to prepare from now on. You’re going to be in charge of the presentation that day.”

“Me? Me?”

Jeong Da-hye was dumbfounded, and Yoo-hyun answered nonchalantly.

“You said you wanted to finish this well, right? Since we’re doing it, let’s make a proper finale.”

“Yoo-hyun, you don’t know what kind of company Exxon Mobil is, do you…”

“I know. And I’ll help you, so don’t worry.”

“Huh. How are you going to help me?”

Jeong Da-hye decided to listen to him for now.

She knew that Yoo-hyun was not a person who would say nonsense.

He told her his sincerity.

“How about practicing the presentation overnight at my hotel? I can give you good feedback.”

“Ha…”

Jeong Da-hye sighed deeply and put her hand on her forehead.