Chemistry

- First week of the new year. In winter, the most powerful waves seem to be releasing blindness. With Seoul's first wave warning, tomorrow morning temperatures plummet to -14 degrees.

Jung sat on the kitchen table and raised a spoon of soup and turned his head to the sound of the TV.

“Mom, we're going to be in the water again. ”

Sitting in the living room, Hong Ji-sook pressed the remote to turn the channel.

“Don't turn off the faucet at night. If it breaks down, go to the bathroom with you. I'll tell Mrs. Jung. ”

“I'll think about it. ”

“What's on your mind? ”

“My oldest son has a good head these days. I think I can invent something like that. It's a cold wave. Heh. ”

Normally, I laughed slightly at Mother's expressionless mouth no matter what she said. Jungwoo cast his gaze as if to leave the last meal in his mouth.

“If you hand it over safely for me this time, take it off the town fair at the rally. ”

“You have nothing to do on the weekends. ”

“There's nothing to do. ”

Jung stood up, not knowing her mom. I have to go to the clinic for four hours on Saturday. Sunday is a busy day due to the review of Dr. Thousand's paper.

I went straight into the bathroom, washed, dressed downstairs, and I saw that he was scratching his head and walking out of the room.

“Going to work already? ”

“This is called a vacation. 7: 30. It's not already. It's your usual time. ”

Jungwoo recently opened his neck tightly with a big leather glove in his hand. The dinner I was watching said.

“I think he changed a little when he left the company. ”

“How cool is that? ”

“Yeah. It's like the family. ”

“Sucker.”

He has been very cooperative since he helped out on a date a while ago.

“Why don't you cut it down to four months of room cleaning? I gave you your movie ticket back. ”

“Not possible.”

“Tsk.”

Jungwoo, who wears shoes, waved his hand.

“Here we go. Mommy, I'm coming! ”

As soon as I came out of the cold, the wind seemed to drop in my ears. Jung shudders down the hill to the subway station.

Jungwoo, who entered the lobby of KG Chemical Headquarters, just opened his body to the warmth and shriveled. I took my badge and familiarized myself through the entrance, but the guard said hello.

Four weeks since I started working for the company.

The joyful memory of the first day of work became distorted, but the confidence of being a social person was doubled.

Today is our first day together, isn't it? ’

After climbing the stairs, Jung stood in front of the study room, forcefully opened the door and went inside.

“Good morning. ”

“Oh, Jungwoo. Happy New Year. ”

“You, too.”

Jung stopped to sit down to say hello to a few of his friends who were already here.

Someone tucks the blanket next to you and falls down. I doubted because it was presumed to be Song Bo-young. He also went to work early, but he had already come and slept, which means he probably stayed up all night at the company.

‘Wait, it was January 1st yesterday. ’

It's not just public holidays. It's New Year's Eve. I was curious as to what was going on, but I sat down without a sound to make up my mind that I didn't have to wake you up.

I turned on my laptop and went through the research plans I had been working on for the last two weeks.

Over a total of 20 studies have been organized and set up. Probably a study that will be done at the end of the training period, but I couldn't do it all by myself because I had one body.

‘I'd like to try everything, but I'll think about it then. ’

I opened my in-house email and found the materials I had requested from the patent analysis team.

[Representative Kim Da Hee. I'm curious about statistics. Can you tell me what the research is for?]

We added an overview of parts of the plan that we were working on to see and reconcile the additions and sent a reply.

[It's a study in carbon nanotube source technology.]

Jungwoo then opened the material received from Representative Kim and began to add content to the relevant plan.

[· · · · · · A thousand patents on nanocarbon strategy products show a somewhat declining aspect of sustainable application up to 4 years ago.]

Focusing on work, I came up with one per element like charcoal with the symbol of [C] on my laptop.

Carbon.

Combined with graphite and then diamond, it was the right element to design something at the molecular level, like a framework built before building a house.

The number of elements in front of Jungwoo grew and began to change to the right form for the current study.

The smallest connecting channel ‘carbon nanotubes’ that exists on Earth.

With this, tens of thousands of composite materials can be of tremendous value depending on their production technology. High speed transistors, high performance cells, flexible touchscreen · · · · · · · · ·.

‘Wait, I'll make it better one day. ’

I reached out for a moment and stroked the nanotubes. Of course, the dust stars came rushing in and danced under my hand as if they were in vain.

‘These things are even crazier when they get cold. Heave! "

Sweet.

The door opened and Seungju Oh, the head researcher, walked in. When he sits in his chair, most researchers stop what they were doing and turn their eyes to you.

Jungwoo waved his hand at Song Bo-young's shoulder, which was still lying down.

“Sunbae, you have to get up. ”

“Howl.”

Under the blanket, my head suddenly rises. I was confused about where I was, so I added a short nod.

“It's been 10 minutes since I came to work. Here's Seungju. Meeting time will be in the morning. ”

“What!”

The researchers glanced at Song Bo-young's scream. Oh Seung Joo walked to the center of the study room with a piece of A4 and met Song Bo-young's eyes.

“Half of what? ”

“I'm sorry. ”

Since Song Bo-young slept in an uncomfortable position, her eyes were puffy and her eyelids were wide open.

I looked at Song Bo-young as if she felt sorry for Cha Jeong-hee.

“Keep your eyes open, Bo-young. Wake up.”

“· · · It appears. ”

With a crawling voice, the seniors murmur. Song Bo-young sat back down and covered her head with both hands and suffered from embarrassment.

“I set the alarm. Come on. This is crazy. Where did he run off to? ”

Jungwoo picks up the dead tabletop watch off the floor and shrugs it next to him.

“I feel like I've been kicked out, not run away. Chuck, I think the landlord beat you up for being noisy. ”

Song Bo-young, who was struggling with her head, was startled when she saw the broken table watch. As Jungwoo talks, she covers her face, especially her eyes, and turns her head.

Song Bo-young looked at the gap and said.

“When did you get here? ”

“Just in time for work. ”

Of course, Song Bo-young bit her molars. He said as if he admitted that no matter what he said here, he would never find his true self.

“It's been a long time since I've seen you look so mean as a senior. Smile, yeah. ”

“I'm used to something. And it's not bad enough to laugh. ”

“Huh? Really? If you smile like that, you usually won't see it. Why? Did you get thinner by starving last night? ”

When Song Bo-young opened her hands, her eyes really looked like she was asleep. Jungwoo laughed.

“Ouch, I didn't think so. I'm sorry."

I immediately apologized.

“Ugh.”

As she shudders, Seungju Oh opens her mouth with a daily ticket in her hand.

“Metal Center project confirmed. Anyone interested in 3D printing materials can apply now. ”

As the story progressed, Song Bo-young opened the blanket with her eyes on Jungwoo and put it in the drawer.

“Bo-young is traveling with me this afternoon. On the Cheonan side.”

“Again?"

“I'm going on a field trip because I have a big competitive tender. I think it might include our project material. We should go ahead and figure out the vibe. Oh, and... You'll wake up in the afternoon, right? There are a lot of high ranking people there. ”

“Hey!”

It was a mockery every time, but Song Bo-young was furious with her cheeks blown up like that every time.

Oh Seung Joo looked at Jung Woo.

“Jungwoo, go to the Base Material Center at 10 o'clock. The warden ordered it."

“I understand.”

“From there, I'm going to spin my training lotte by the full hour. Go be good, keep your seat here, and come here while you're resting. ”

The policy seemed clear.

“That's it. Have a good day. ”

Oh Seung Joo sat down again.

Song Bo-young next door turned to Jungwoo with a towel around her face to wash.

“I'm going to spend the night preparing for the project. ”

“I know. I slept so hard, I didn't wake you up. ”

“At Christmas, yesterday. Trying to free up time to talk this Sunday by returning it to public holidays · ·”

Song Bo-young stopped, "I didn't mean to say this," and immediately he said.

“By the way, this weekend's debate. If you don't have time, work late like I do. ”

“It's a very convincing compulsion. If you don't have time this week, you can do it next week. You don't have to overdo it, us. I'm not leaving tomorrow. ”

“Plus meat. ”

Seeing that he wanted to talk fast for a day, he was also reading a complicated paper. One thirsty man digs a well. Jungwoo's eyes sparkled.

“Cow or pig? ”

“Ugh.”

Song Bo-young glanced at Jungwoo and quietly talked to her.

“· · Pig? No, cows! ”

“Charcoal or iron sheets? ”

“Wife, metal plate? ”

Song Young-young's eyes lit up when Jungwoo gazed at her laptop without saying a word.

“I won't, I won't! ”

“I was going to ask you to eat meat, but you didn't. ”

“Do it, do it! ”

After answering suddenly, Song Bo-young looks angry and looks at Jungwoo with a vengeance. However, most of the eyes were covered in swollen eyelids, so the tingling only felt cute.

“Phew, I didn't prepare this for this. ”

Song Bo-young pushed out the folded white cloth like a reluctance.

“What is it?”

“A robe, a formal researcher's tribute. ”

Jungwoo picked up his robe and spread it wide.

“Isn't this just a supply run? ”

“Tsk, just like that? I'm paying at the grocery store with my badge. And it's polite to wear it when you go into the lab. Get it before the basics go. ”

“Thank you. I'll wear it well. You're right. ”

When he received it for free, Jungwoo thanked him for the idea that gratitude was fundamental, and saw the name 'Limit Woo’ embedded in his robe.

“Huh?"

The other senior researchers who passed by were wearing name tags, and this was just sewn into a robe.

“Unique, isn't it? Hehem! ”

“Did you sew it yourself? ”

“Well · · Embroidery is a bit. ”

“But aren't you and I a couple of gowns? ”

Song Bo-young was embarrassed by this sound.

“Oh, oh, don't get me wrong! ”

“I don't. ”

Jungwoo said with a badge on his chest pocket.

“You can't see it like this. ”

“That's it! That's what I do. You're misunderstanding me. ”

After feeling that Song Bo-young was also dried up, she shook her lips and touched the alarm clock that had already died.

“You made me look like shit in the morning. ”

Song Bo-young, expressing anger, asked Jungwoo.

“Is Bo-young always like that when she sleeps wrong? ”

“It's DNA. I can't help it. It's just like my mom, and it's just because the lights are bright in here, because it's an attractive award for setting the lights and looking at the sides. ”

“It looks that way. ”

“Really?"

A round face with slightly saggy eyes. Song Bo-young, the puppy, looked forward to seeing Jungwoo.

“I think frog-like animals are attracted to their eyes. ”

Song Bo-young, who smiled, suddenly got up and disappeared out of the study room. Jungwoo laughed again and again, looking at the back of his comrade, who was teased as if he was always cold.

The location of the base material center itself was directly across from the researcher's office, so Jung easily found the center room and knocked on the door.

“Excuse me.”

A man who looks like a secretary opens the inner door and says,

“I'm researcher Lim Wu. ”

“Jungwoo? Tell them to come in. ”

When I entered the center room, I saw a middle-aged man in his fifties wearing a hornrim.

Before Jung, I remembered the information I heard from my senior.

Dr. Jang Tae-sun.

Leading Fosco's research team, he was the first person to successfully develop materials to increase sales by 10 small and medium enterprises, merging with KG chemistry.

I like aggressive, risky research, and the reputation in the lab is a little extreme. Good or bad.

“Welcome. ”

Zhang Fei-Sun, who was sitting relaxed on the couch, greeted Jung with a full smile.

“Starting today, I have been instructed by the warden to gain experience in basic materials. ”

“Aye. I've heard of it. Have a seat. ”

When Jungwoo sat down, Zhang Tai Lin asked.

“I heard that you are Dr. Chun's disciple. Is that correct?"

“Ah · · Right. ”

At that moment, Song Bo-young's embarrassing question baptized me.

“I knew as soon as I heard. This is fate. ”

“Ooh, destiny? ”

Zhang Tai Sun grabbed Jung Woo's hand.

“My three most respected colleagues in the lab. Grandson, Dr. Shin Yun-seok. And Dr. Heaven. ”

I felt like I was just listing the three most powerful people, but Jungwoo nodded his head to the death.

“I heard you were a student, so I figured I'd leave you to it. Wait a minute."

Zhang Tai Seon walked to the desk and pressed the telephone button.

“Secretary Yoon. Chief Lee Jung-cheol from TS&D is here, right? Sing me a song. ”

- Aye, sir.

‘TS&D?’

Jungwoo remembered what this department, which is short for technical support and development work, looked at a document that was carried by Zhang Tai Seon at his desk.

[Equipment, Pharmaceutical Evaluation and Bid Notice - Fire Engineering Institute]

“Do you know anything about fire-fighting chemistry? Well, the basic structure's the same, so you wouldn't know. ”

The horse was the one who handed over the document.

“Usually we put together a bunch of subsidiaries and bid, and the last time we got beat by Eugene Chemical, three years of big contracts fell through. ”

Jungwoo's gaze remained on the order of performance testing and bidding on more than 30 chemicals in total.

Dozens of different medicines for extinguishing fire. Powder, liquid, solid. There were many different kinds. I couldn't help but notice that there were several species of compounds that were just used in water.

“Eugene Chemical is the leading manufacturer of equipment in the Southern Airways. We only got a few pieces of equipment involved, and we dared to get a contract on herbs. If successful, it will be supplied to the national fire department. This sheep is huge. ”

“Why · · · · · · · · · · · · I. ”

I looked at Jungwoo with the eyes of Zhang Tai Seon, "If you are here, you must exert your abilities."

“Bids accompanied by individual assessments, so I need a short-term response. At that time, I was caught by Yoon Jae Gil. I didn't know you could bring a mobile lab and assemble it for the environment. So this time, we've got Ace and Brains at headquarters together. ”

“Yes, sir. But this is today's date. ”

Knock, knock.

“I'm Chief Lee Jung-cheol. ”

Zhang Zhen smiled at his assistant's voice.

“So it's a good time, right? The chief of the company is in charge, so follow me and take good care of him. ”

“Follow me? To where? ”

“At the Central Fire School, it must be Cheonan. ”

As soon as Jungwoo came back, he lost his words for a moment to Zhang Feng who directed him on a business trip.

“There's no need to burden me. I believe you're a chemist born for our basic materials. ”

‘· · Fully burdened. ’

I couldn't keep this in my mouth.