A Surgeon Who Uses Martial Arts [EN]: Chapter 133

The Martial Surgeon – Episode 133

Chapter 24: Training (3)

-“Pulling my leg [teasing or joking]? Don’t you think you’re going too far with your words?”

“Enough. You’re the one I talked to on the phone last time, right?”

-“Yes. I’m Choi Yong-hyun, the planning team leader from Sweet Healthy. I look forward to working with you, Doctor.”

Jun-hoo asked for the other party’s name one more time for confirmation, and the other party stated their affiliation and name.

It had only been a day.

Yong-hyun’s voice had become infinitely humble.

He was treating Jun-hoo like a lord.

He must have seen the Mak Jam exposé video. And he seemed to know that Jun-hoo was a doctor.

“Are we even in a position to ‘look forward to working together’?”

Jun-hoo continued in a cold voice.

“I’m busy, so just get to the point and hang up.”

-“I apologize for bothering you when you’re busy. To cut to the chase, would you please take down the Mak Jam exposé video? I’m begging you.”

Yong-hyun was being as servile as possible.

When did he stop holding his head high?

When did he stop being arrogant?

Only when their product is being criticized do they become polite…

Yong-hyun’s attitude, which flipped as easily as a pancake, was unpleasant.

It made him feel nauseous.

“I refuse. If you’re confident in your product, upload a rebuttal video. Then people will point fingers at me. Am I wrong?”

-……

“Team Leader, why don’t you eat Mak Jam and check your blood sugar levels.”

-“Hahaha. Is there a need to make it difficult when we can easily find a solution?”

Yong-hyun said, awkwardly laughing.

In summary, it was like this.

If Jun-hoo took down the exposé video and uploaded a new video with the materials Yong-hyun prepared, he would compensate him with a large sum of money.

“So, you’re saying I should just take the money and shut my mouth?”

-“Is there a need to interpret it so aggressively? I just mean let’s take the easy way out.”

“Then how much can you give me?”

-“Hahaha. I knew you’d make a wise decision. Internally, we’re considering up to ten million won…”

“Ten million won?”

Thorns sprouted in Jun-hoo’s voice.

Yong-hyun hurriedly added.

-That’s the amount that came up during the…… emergency meeting. If you want, we can raise it even more.

“So, how much is it?”

-……I’ll try to push it up to twenty million won.

“Actually, I don’t need the money.”

Jun-hoo immediately rejected Yong-hyun’s offer.

What Jun-hoo wanted was justice.

It wasn’t about extorting dirty money from the company.

The reason he talked about money for so long was…

Simply to tease Yong-hyun.

-Ha… I’m going crazy, really. Doctor, let’s go the easy way. Are you really going to fight us? Are you confident?

Yong-hyun’s voice suddenly changed.

It contained a coercive energy as if he was threatening him.

As expected, old habits die hard.

Yong-hyun’s true nature came out as soon as things went wrong.

From Jun-hoo’s perspective, Yong-hyun was just pathetic.

-If you hire a lawyer and go to court, do you think you can win against us?

“I don’t know why you’re so sure I’ll lose.”

-You’re a doctor, so you don’t know the ways of the world. You’re just making things harder for yourself.

“Oh, really? I’m sure you’re more tired than I am. I only have to deal with you, but you have to deal with 800,000 people who watched the exposé video, right?”

-If you keep acting like this, we won’t stand still either. Don’t think we’re just bluffing.

“Do whatever you want.”

Jun-hoo continued with a sneer.

It was time to put an end to this tedious conversation.

“Anyway, thank you for calling me today.”

-Huh? Suddenly?

“I recorded everything we just talked about. It would be perfect to upload it to NewTube [a fictional video platform similar to YouTube] with the conversation from last time.”

-……

“I think I can get more views. Thanks for giving me content for NewTube.”

-You son of a b*tch…

“Why? Keep talking. Are you scared because I’m recording?”

-……

“I’ll hang up if you have nothing to say.”

Click!

After ending the call first, Jun-hoo stretched out with a refreshing feeling.

He felt like he could sleep comfortably tonight.

* * *

After the call, Yong-hyun couldn’t control his rising anger.

Bang!

He kicked the trash can in front of his desk.

Tissues and cigarette butts rolled around on the floor.

Just because he’s a doctor?

The young punk is so mean, playing with people.

Even after smoking an electronic cigarette at his desk,
Yong-hyun’s anger didn’t subside.

Hiss. Hiss. Hiss.

Hot air poured from his nostrils.

“Team Leader, where are you going?”

As Yong-hyun got up from his seat, an employee asked him.

“To the president’s office, of course. Are you out of your mind? Don’t you know it’s an emergency?”

“I’m…… sorry.”

“Don’t do things you’ll be sorry for in the first place.”

After answering coldly, Yong-hyun entered the president’s office located in the north of the office.

Yong-wook, the president of Sweet Healthy and Yong-hyun’s older brother, was sitting on the sofa reading a newspaper.

“Hyung [older brother]. Is this the time to be leisurely reading a newspaper?”

“Why are you picking a fight again?”

“A doctor from a university hospital uploaded an exposé video about our jam. It got 800,000 views in just one day.”

Yong-hyun frowned and sat across from Yong-wook.

“I know, but I thought you’d handle it well. It didn’t work? Even with offering money?”

“He doesn’t need money. He says he’ll go all the way.”

“He’s a weirdo. Turning down money.”

“This isn’t the time to be talking like it’s someone else’s problem!”

Yong-hyun burst out at Yong-wook’s detached tone.

For two years, they had been pouring astronomical amounts of money into SNS stars to promote Mak Jam.

Sweet Healthy had only recently managed to take the top spot in the diet jam category.

They needed to start making a profit now…

But a setback occurred at the most crucial time.

“I knew I shouldn’t have mixed in sugar.”

“When did you start saying that when you were happy to cut costs?”

“If the agreement didn’t work out, it would be better to post an apology, right?”

Yong-wook leaned back on the sofa with a resigned look.

“What are you talking about? If we apologize, we’re ruined. We have to recall all existing products and pay compensation.”

“But wouldn’t that be cleaner?”

“Clean my ass. If you want to live like a beggar, go ahead.”

“Why? Do you want to deny it to the end?”

“Of course. The one who avoids eye contact first loses, and the one who bows their head first loses.”

Yong-hyun quickly racked his brains.

Even though the sky had fallen, there was still a way out.

If they commissioned a component analysis from a laboratory in a cooperative relationship with the company and manipulated the ingredient list.

They could reverse public opinion enough.

-There are no problems with the nutritional content of Mak Jam. The exposé video that has been spreading recently is false.

-The NewTuber ate other foods after eating Mak Jam, and his blood sugar rose because he edited and cut out that part.

-The recording file is also not true. The company only made the proposal to quickly resolve the incident and correct the misunderstanding. We are now regretting that foolishness.

If they waged a public opinion war like this.

They could drag this controversy into the mud.

And as time passed…

The public would forget about this incident.

“Hyung, just listen to me. I’ll take care of everything.”

A sly smile appeared on Yong-hyun’s lips.

* * *

-Teacher. Your mail has arrived at the station?

“Yes. I’m going now.”

After hanging up, Jun-hoo went straight to the on-call room.

He received the mail at the station and returned to the on-call room.

Tear.

When he tore open the envelope, four neatly folded sheets of printing paper appeared.

It was the Mak Jam ingredient analysis report he had urgently requested yesterday.

Jun-hoo quickly scanned the ingredient analysis report, and his gaze stopped at one point.

[Sugar content: 35g per 100g]

There was no need to look at other parts.

This part was the yolk [most important part].

According to Mak Jam’s own ingredient list.

Mak Jam contained 1g of sugar per 100g.

This was a whopping 35 times lower than the result Jun-hoo had requested.

The company’s ingredient list.

And the ingredient list Jun-hoo held in his hand.

Which of the two ingredient lists showing extreme figures is the truth?

The truth was undoubtedly the latter.

After eating Mak Jam.

Jun-hoo and the hospitalized patient’s blood sugar soared.

The call history with the company collected yesterday and today.

The ingredient analysis report of Mak Jam received just now.

If he made a NewTube video with these two things, the company would suffer irreversible damage.

You guys messed with the wrong person.

I chase the villains I’ve marked to the end of the earth.

Jun-hoo gritted his teeth, thinking of the company.

Slide.

Just then, the door to the on-call room opened and Eun-ha came in.

“Eun-ha. I’m sorry, but can I ask you for a favor?”

“Anything for you, senior.”

“I’d like you to film a challenge video when you have time.”

Jun-hoo explained about the challenge video.

The challenge video was none other than the Mak Jam Challenge.

It was a challenge to compare blood sugar levels before and after eating Mak Jam.

Jun-hoo wanted to add fuel to this controversy.

So that the heat doesn’t go out easily.

If he explained the good influence in the Mak Jam challenge video, many people would participate.

And Sweet Healthy’s wickedness too.

It will spread all over the world.

There is a disadvantage that you have to buy Mak Jam for the challenge…

It didn’t seem to matter.

The benefits the company gets will be minimal.

More jam being sold.

Closing the business would be a bigger blow.

“I’m busy right now. Can I film it around this afternoon?”

“It’s okay. I’ll ask you when you’re comfortable.”

“You’re welcome.”

Eun-ha winked.

And she left after doing some work in the on-call room.

The person who filled the void was Kyung-soo, who had returned after finishing his emergency room treatment.

Wasn’t it a patient who needed surgery?

Kyung-soo’s return was quick.

“Fortunately, nothing happened.”

“Of course. Because I’m not a ‘Hwanta’ [a doctor who attracts emergency patients] like someone.”

Hwanta was an abbreviation meaning ‘a doctor who rides patients’.

In other words, it meant a doctor who drives patients around.

Jun-hoo had been marked as a Hwanta in the medical office since some time ago.

When Jun-hoo was on duty.

Emergency patients who needed surgery often rushed into the emergency room.

“You don’t know because you don’t know. In fact, Hwanta is good.”

“Hwanta is good? What kind of nonsense is that?”

Kyung-soo sat next to Jun-hoo and asked.

“The more emergency patients you see, the more experience you gain as a doctor. In that sense, Hwanta also has a positive meaning.”

“Can you say that in front of the other seniors?”

Jun-hoo smiled awkwardly at Kyung-soo’s comment.

To be honest, it was something he would be scolded for if he said it in front of his seniors.

Jun-hoo was a special case.

There was no surgeon in the world who liked emergency patients.

“Anyway. Aren’t you tired of living like that?”

Kyung-soo asked Jun-hoo with a really curious expression.

“What do you mean by living like that?”

“You work as a resident. You study personally. You take care of your juniors. You even take care of patients and guardians. You.”

“Because it’s something I like to do.”

Jun-hoo shrugged as if it was nothing.

“Because it’s rewarding even if it’s tiring. I feel alive when I treat patients and take care of the people around me.”

“You’re a famous doctor. A famous doctor.”

Today, I was thinking that I was having a fairly normal conversation with Kyung-soo.

A commotion was heard from outside.

Someone was shouting in the hospital hallway.

Jun-hoo’s nerves became sharp.

“What’s going on outside?”

“A guardian is holding a nurse and complaining. The guardian seems to have a bad temper. She stepped on sh*t.”

“I’ll go out for a while. I need to find out what’s going on.”

“Stay still. Don’t be nosy.”

Kyung-soo gently scolded Jun-hoo.

“Good things are only once or twice. If you keep stepping up, you’ll be the one who gets hurt later.”

“It’s not being nosy, it’s managing the ward? Don’t you know that ward management is also a first-year job?”

“But it’s also something that happened between the nurse and the guardian. Let them solve it on their own.”

“…….”

“Once you step up, people will keep looking for you.”

“I came to this position with the help of many people. It’s natural to share the help I received at that time with others.”

Living is.

Jun-hoo thought that it was about giving and receiving big and small help with others.

Even if the person in need of help is a nurse who manages patients with him.

It was right to step up without saying anything.

No matter how fierce the world has become, how can consideration and interest in others become nosy?

Rather, it was a virtue that a doctor should have.

It was also a virtue that Jun-hoo should not forget or lose in the future.

“Do whatever you want. Who can stop the great Seo Jun-hoo.”

“Are you worried about me now?”

“Tsk. Why would I worry about you?”

Kyung-soo turned his gaze away from Jun-hoo with a sulky face.

“I’ll solve it quickly and come back.”

Jun-hoo came out of the on-call room and looked around the ward.

It wasn’t difficult to find the scene.

A woman dressed like a noblewoman was screaming in the middle of the hallway.

The nurse in front of her was bowing her head like a sinner.

Whether there was a reason for the guardian to be angry.

Or whether she was simply tormenting the nurse because she couldn’t control her temper.

It was something that could be confirmed directly.