Real Man-Chapter 866

Scott Brown smiled as he sent Yoo-hyun off and picked up his phone.

His expression, which was always gentle, turned cold.

“Steve Han just entered the Las Vegas airport.”

-I hope you weren’t noticed.

The voice on the other end of the line belonged to the chief director of Aiken Goldenway.

Scott Brown, who had received a large sum of money from him, shook his head.

“He didn’t seem suspicious at all.”

-Anything else?

“I checked Steve Han’s route. He plans to travel by car with his colleagues, as expected, and the time is…”

Scott Brown relayed all the information he had heard and analyzed through the phone’s microphone.

It took a total of eight hours, including the flight time of five hours and thirty minutes from New York to Las Vegas, and the additional travel and waiting time, before Yoo-hyun could meet his colleagues who had been waiting for him.

The sky was already dyed with sunset.

New York, which was three hours ahead of Las Vegas, had already turned dark.

Even though it was long past the end of the workday, Carl Aiken and the vice president had not left the company.

Carl Aiken, sitting on the sofa in his office, chuckled as he watched the large TV on the wall.

The screen showed the surroundings of the PayPal data center.

“I have to watch this live. It’s going to be fun.”

“You’re right, sir.”

“How’s the data center?”

“We opened the north gate as planned. We arranged for them to enter directly to the inside, and we’ll surround the car when they reach the core area.”

They had no choice but to be arrested and taken in for violating the security law by trespassing on the data center.

Carl Aiken clicked his tongue as if he was sorry to hear the vice president’s words.

“Tsk tsk. I wanted to hear what he had to say in the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) lawsuit. I guess I won’t even see his face now.”

“It can’t be helped, sir.”

“Why did he have to be so arrogant and come at us… Huh? They’re here.”

Carl Aiken, who was spitting out words, stopped as he saw the screen transmitted by the CCTV.

The car entered the expected route and stopped at the desired location.

Carl Aiken laughed loudly as the security guards who had been hiding rushed in.

“Hahaha. It’s over. It’s over.”

But something was strange.

The guards who surrounded them didn’t drag out the criminals, but just kept tilting their heads.

Why are they doing that? He wondered, when his phone rang. He answered the call, and a panicked voice came through.

-Si, sir. There’s no one inside.

“What kind of nonsense is that? No one? Did a ghost drive the car?”

-Well… It seems to be a self-driving car.

“What?”

Carl Aiken’s eyes, which had been gleeful, widened.

At that moment.

Yoo-hyun was in the Super Punch gym on the outskirts of Las Vegas.

He sat on the sofa in the office connected to the training room and looked at the video taken by the self-driving car on the tablet screen.

Hyun Jin-geon Gun, who was watching with him, clicked his tongue.

“Wow. It was a trap. What would have happened if we went there?”

“Tell me about it.”

“But how did you know? That it was a trap?”

“Just. Someone told me. Not to trust anyone.”

The plan had started since he heard the warning from Shingyeongsoo.

Yoo-hyun didn’t even trust him, as he had said.

To him, the Plan B that he had promised with Shingyeongsoo was nothing but a smoke screen.

To find another way, Yoo-hyun’s colleagues had come to Las Vegas early and had just finished preparing to deliver the results.

He felt guilty for worrying Park Young-hoon, but he had no choice.

‘You never know who’s lurking in the office.’

Like Scott Brown, who had been acting as his secretary.

He knew something that he couldn’t have known without seeing the envelope that Seven Investment had handed over.

Yoo-hyun pretended not to know and deliberately left a trace for him.

Thanks to that, he was able to fool Carl Aiken more perfectly.

What was Carl Aiken feeling right now?

Wasn’t he furious beyond words at the situation he had never expected?

The clue to solving this problem was hidden in the actions that he would show in his confusion.

Yoo-hyun was thinking about what was about to happen.

Creak.

The office door opened and a cheerful young man in his early twenties entered, guided by a Super Punch staff member.

It was Kang Min-joon, the grandson of Kang Bong-seok, the chairman of Hyunil Automobile.

He looked around the unfamiliar place with curiosity.

“Wow. Mr. President. This place is amazing.”

“Did you come?”

“Yes. But what are you… Oh? You’re watching the self-driving car video too.”

Kang Min-joon, who sat on the sofa across from him, looked at the tablet and smiled.

“Yeah. It came out well when I entered the address you gave me.”

“It came out too well, that’s the problem. I was so surprised when I watched the video on my way here.”

“Why? Is there a problem?”

“It went the wrong way all of a sudden. That’s a data center, a place where you’ll be in big trouble if you enter.”

Yoo-hyun, who felt embarrassed, pretended not to know and said to Kang Min-joon, who had become quite close to him.

“It might be because it’s still in the testing phase.”

“Yes. It seems that a program error occurred because a new road appeared out of nowhere. But the inspection agency was attached from the beginning, so the misunderstanding was easily resolved.”

“That’s good.”

Yoo-hyun nodded his head and Kang Min-joon recalled the background he didn’t know.

Opening the north gate of the PayPal data center was something he had already agreed on with Shingyeongsoo.

The self-driving car’s possible course included the outskirts of Las Vegas, and he deliberately set the route to pass by it.

The driving was done with the function to modify the route when a new road was discovered.

It was also designed to enter the data center’s north gate when an error occurred.

‘The inspection agency wouldn’t have noticed at all.’

Thanks to that, he was able to enter the data center with the self-driving car and get out safely without any problems.

All this was possible thanks to the support of Chairman Kang Bong-seok. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

-But there’s a condition. I know you’re busy, but take Min-joon with you. He’ll learn something if he’s by your side.

He entrusted his beloved grandson to Yoo-hyun, saying that being with a competent businessman was itself a business lesson.

Yoo-hyun was planning to spend some time with Kang Min-joon in Las Vegas, as promised.

But he couldn’t put him in danger, since he was still young, so he didn’t mention the secret behind the self-driving car.

Kang Min-joon, who had no idea of the inside story, looked disappointed.

“Oh, man. I shouldn’t have told you to watch it. I feel like I let you down, Mr. President.”

“What are you talking about? You did well for the first time. You played a big role.”

“What did I do?”

“Thanks to you, the chairman didn’t overdo it trying to catch Tesla. If you hadn’t begged him to join hands with Tesla, we wouldn’t have even done the driving test yet.”

Kang Minjun’s brilliant remark also helped Yoo-hyun solve his tangled problem.

Kang Minjun’s mouth reached his ears at Yoo-hyun’s praise.

“Ha. The Three Kingdoms strategy was good, right?”

“Yeah. How about learning martial arts to celebrate the success of the good strategy?”

“I already brought my workout clothes because you told me to come to the gym. I wanted to experience it at least once after seeing the interview where you said you learned martial arts before joining the company.”

“Interview?”

“Yes. Was it two years ago? I saw it in our newspaper article. I thought then. It’s because of the strength and courage you gained from martial arts that you have such amazing perseverance, passion, and charisma now.”

“What’s so grandiose about that.”

Yoo-hyun was embarrassed, but he was pleased and proud of Kang Minjun, who sincerely liked and followed him.

‘I’m glad he wanted to learn.’

He was worried that he couldn’t pay attention to him because he had to focus on the data center problem, but it seemed that he didn’t need to worry.

Yoo-hyun suggested to Kang Minjun.

“Okay. Let’s take advantage of the opportunity and pull out the iron horns.”

“I’m up for anything with you, boss. I’m ready.”

“You’re not fighting me today. You have to learn the basics first.”

“What? How?”

“Just warm up and try this training once.”

Swish.

Kang Minjun turned his head following Yoo-hyun’s fingertips.

All kinds of screams of UFC fighters came out through the slightly opened door gap.

Thump. Thump.

“Aaaah!”

“Huff. Huff. One more time!”

He’s going to do that?

Before he could be surprised, the door opened and Yoo-hyun raised his hand.

“Mark. Over here.”

“Yes. Steve.”

Mark Colvin, the former UFC champion and the head of the world’s best UFC agency, approached with his muscular body, and Kang Minjun’s body flinched involuntarily.

He couldn’t not know him, who was also the protagonist of the movie ‘Super Punch’ starring Lee Jang-woo.

“I have someone to introduce to you. This is the younger brother I told you about before.”

“Oh, the younger brother…”

“Hmm. He doesn’t look like he exercises, but he has a good skeleton.”

Praise from Mark Colvin?

“Yes. He’s a talented person who will become an outstanding businessman in the future. Please let him join the beginner course to improve his stamina.”

“If he’s such a talent, I have to help him. Shall we go?”

Kang Minjun’s eyes sparkled with enthusiasm at the continuous praise.

“Yes! I’m ready!”

His voice was full of spirit.

Kang Minjun’s footsteps were very light as he followed Mark Colvin.

Hyun Jin-geon whispered.

“Will he be okay?”

“What’s not okay? Martial arts is just exercise.”

“Exercise depends on the exercise. Ugh. I don’t like it.”

“Look at Minjun. He looks so happy. That’s enough.”

“He just seems ignorant and excited…”

“Whatever. Let’s go quickly. We have to do our work now.”

Yoo-hyun smiled, having experienced the growth of many new employees at the Number One Gym, and Hyun Jin-geon followed him with a skeptical look.

The training of the UFC agency was carried out under strict security.

The outcome of the competition depended on the strategy they used.

Super Punch built a gym on the outskirts of Las Vegas to prevent the competition from spying on them, and bought a kilometer of desert land around the gym to block external intrusion.

Coincidentally, the Super Punch gym was located not far from the PayPal data center.

When Yoo-hyun first learned of this fact?

He wanted to use it as a base to enter the data center.

There was an empty warehouse, so he put a server in there and completed the test to extract internal information.

But the plan changed, and Yoo-hyun found a safer way.

The decisive hint was given by Shin Sunhoo, who had just joined.

Creak.

Yoo-hyun opened the warehouse door and entered, and suddenly asked a question.

“By the way, how did Sunhoo come up with the communication network?”

“You analyzed all the communication networks in California when you were at the CIA to help with the lawsuit, right?”

“He’s an amazing guy.”

“He’s a tough guy. Thanks to him, we also found out that there’s a communication network connected to the data center underground here.”

“Yeah. That was crucial.”

Thud thud.

Yoo-hyun followed Hyun Jin-geon down to the basement, recalling his old memories.

There was an antenna on the roof of the warehouse, which was connected to the wires and communication equipment that ran underground.

The communication equipment belonged to Sprint, one of the four major US carriers, which used Huawei equipment at one time but recently replaced it with Ericsson’s equipment.

It was using the communication chip made by Hyun Jin-geon.

Hyun Jin-geon was the person who designed the chip compatible with Huawei’s communication equipment.

Then, couldn’t he install a backdoor?

Of course he could, and he needed to replace the equipment for that.

That work was finished a while ago.