Genius Manager Who Hears Voices - Chapter 98



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Episode 98

Team members gathered in the conference room at Hong Min-jung’s emergency call.

The total number of team members gathered was six.

In addition to the three writers, there is an assistant director, FD, and Hong Min-joong.

The gazes of the team members sitting in their seats naturally turned to Heesung.

Because in this important and serious situation, an outsider was occupying the position.

“For now, I’ve gathered all the desktops together, PD. PD Su-gang will be visiting Yongsan soon, so until then, you can each report on your work on your laptops.”

Jang Su-kwang said while placing his PC on top of the main writer’s story.

“I know a company in Yongsan, so I’ll try to ask them to repair it somehow. They’re a very capable company, so I think it’s possible. Don’t worry too much, senior.”

‘What’s the possibility? He doesn’t even have the intention to do that in the first place.’

It’s already a certainty that he’s the culprit. I heard him say out loud that he’ll destroy the evidence somehow.

But it’s something others can’t even dream of.

From now on, I plan to carry out public executions naturally, like flowing water.

“Let’s put off handing it over to the company for now. Before that, there are some things we need to discuss amongst ourselves first. Even if it’s a little awkward.”

Everyone nodded their heads and questioned Hong Min-jung’s story.

“What do you mean, PD-nim… … ? This is something we need to discuss amongst ourselves… … .”

“Do you really think that something like that happened within our company? That you deleted the emails on purpose?”

“Hey, that’s ridiculous, PD-nim! We’ve been together for so long. That’s just ridiculous.”

There are only two programs that Hong Min-jung created after coming to JNBC.

But all of the current team members have been together since before.

The writers are not affiliated with the broadcasting station, so they can move around at any time, and the assistant directors and FDs are people Hong Min-joong brought in directly from outsourcing.

Hong Min-jung is also from an outsourcing company, so he said that he brought along his juniors whom he had been keeping an eye on with his transfer to JNBC.

So, thinking about the time we spent together, they said that something like that could never happen.

“I think so too, and I absolutely believe that it won’t happen, but for now, given the circumstances, let’s just be clear and move on. Otherwise, it’s fortunate and we won’t have to suspect each other anymore.”

“Aren’t you the only one who’s suspicious right now, PD? Just a moment ago, you were telling me to find out if it was hacking or not… … .”

“No, I think the same. I was the one who first made this suggestion to PD Hong.”

Heeseong interjected and spoke, and the team members’ gazes turned to him again.

“Manager… …? No, what would a manager know about someone else’s team’s business… … .”

“I know that the manager is a competent and famous person, but this case seems different. I feel like this is clearly crossing the line.”

Team members who show hostility even before the topic is brought up.

These were the attitudes that would naturally be displayed when an outsider tried to interfere with the internal affairs of any organization.

Especially since the current situation is one that is trying to break the trust and faith between them.

Heesung said, looking at the desktops piled up in the corner, as he had already expected this much.

“I know you might be offended, but I’m not saying this without any basis. I’ve received advice on my current situation from an expert I know well.”

“Expert… advice?”

“From the deletion of PD Hong’s email exactly one year ago to the deletion of the team members’ emails today, I received a response that it was unlikely to be the work of a hacker. The evidence is as follows.”

Heeseong spread out five fingers and began to fold them one by one.

“First, there is no reason to hack for such a long period of time. Hacking is a security breach, so logs are bound to be left behind, and there is no need to divide it up and take such a risk. The basic principle of hacking is to complete the mission quickly and accurately once you have breached it.”

“… … .”

“Second, this is something I told PD Hong, but if this is really the work of a hacker, they must have chosen a really stupid method. They must have hacked into not just one computer, but several, and on each PC, they only deleted emails exchanged with a specific person during a specific period? They say that’s something that even a novice who just started out wouldn’t do. If this was a real situation, they would have gone to prison without a doubt.”

Heeseong said, folding his last third finger.

“And the last third. Actually, this is what struck me the most. In my experience, most of these incidents turn out to be internal actions, not hacking. In other words, at first, they boast that something like you would never happen, but in the end, nine out of ten times, the culprit turns out to be an internal one. Numerous cases of embezzlement and industrial espionage.”

In fact, Heeseong didn’t know any experts in that field.

These are just stories made up on the spot.

But the important thing was to make it feel real to them and to make them feel moved.

In fact, the reaction was immediate.

“Jin, did the expert really say that? That there’s a high chance that it wasn’t the work of a hacker?”

“So then which one of us really did something like that on purpose… … who on earth… … .”

“Ha, no matter how much I think about it, that just doesn’t make sense. There’s no reason for any of us to do something like that.”

Heeseong was also curious about that.

What on earth is the purpose of doing this?

Because that information wasn’t included in the information I heard.

This time, the second writer looked at Heeseong and asked.

“If what the expert, the manager, said is true, how can we find the culprit? If it wasn’t hacking, then someone must have directly manipulated the computer and deleted it. How can we find the evidence… … .”

Other writers also chimed in to say something about her story.

“If you’re thinking about CCTV, it doesn’t film the inside. It was installed for security purposes, so it only records who comes in and out. If you check, of course, only our team members will be there.”

“Each computer has a password, but in fact, it’s all shared. We decided to stick Post-it notes on the front of the monitors. Of course, email is automatically logged in… … .”

Certainly, in this situation, anyone could have committed a crime.

Because they have had trust and faith in each other up until now, they have been sharing everything, and that is probably what the criminal was aiming for.

In this case, it would have been a hundred or a thousand times easier to take direct action than to hack.

Heeseong, who had been looking closely at the team members’ desks for a while, spoke to the four of them, excluding the youngest writer.

“If you don’t mind, could you please bring the writers, assistant director, and FD’s cell phones over here?”

At those words, the team members’ gaze turned to the youngest writer.

“What about Soojin? Why is Soojin’s cell phone… ?”

“Because it’s not a domestic model. Of course, that doesn’t mean we can completely rule it out, but we want to check what we can first.”

When I asked for their cell phones out of the blue, of course, not everyone was willing to give them to me.

At that time, Hong Min-jung stepped forward and gave strength to Hee-seong.

“I don’t want to look at your photo album or message box, so please cooperate. If there’s nothing wrong with it, there’s no reason not to show it to you.”

Hee-sung had already told Hong Min-joong his plan before gathering the team members.

Since there was no other way, Hong Min-jung also decided to cooperate obediently.

When everyone was hesitating, the main writer was the first to stand up and stride towards Heesung.

“Here it is. I’ve unlocked it, so feel free to explore. Whatever it is, I want to get it out of the suspect’s sight as soon as possible.”

As the main writer stepped forward, the second writer nodded and handed over his cell phone.

“I don’t know what you’re looking at, but I don’t care. You can either look at your inbox or open the gallery.”

Heeseong’s gaze naturally turned towards the two people.

Assistant director and FD.

Of those, the one who stayed the longest was naturally assistant director Jang Su-gang.

‘I can’t just leave in this atmosphere. Then I have no choice but to confess that I’m the culprit.’

I deliberately didn’t tell you what I was going to do.

Then, during that brief moment, you might do something.

“What are you doing? Su-gang and Pil-yeong need to cooperate. The writers have all submitted their work.”

“Oh, yes. PD-nim… … .”

At Hong Min-joong’s urging, FD got up first and placed his cell phone on the desk.

Then, when I asked him to unlock it, he reluctantly did so and returned to his seat.

Finally, after submitting the cell phones to Jangsu River, Heeseong touched the four cell phones one by one and spoke to his team members.

“As expected, it has automatic call recording functions. They say it’s essential for people working in broadcasting.”

“Of course. If you don’t save the information, communication, and everything, you never know when something will happen. How many people will end up complaining later?”

“But why the automatic call recording function… … . Are you sure you’re not going to see that… … ?”

Heesung already knew this well from his experience at Pierstar.

Anyone in this lineage who uses a domestic mobile phone has no choice but to use that function.

So this time too, I planned to utilize it.

Because I knew for sure that he had been talking to someone just before the call.

“That’s the only evidence we have for now. So I assume you all agree, so I’ll play them one by one. Of course, for privacy’s sake, I’ll exclude the numbers that are presumed to be family and friends.”

This was just for show.

Anyway, the culprit has been determined, and everything will be revealed if we just listen to the most recent calls from Jang Su-gang’s call list.

Before that, I just wanted to pretend to check with one person first.

Heeseong said, holding up a black cell phone.

“Is this FD’s cell phone? Then let me check this first. Thank you for your understanding.”

Heeseong clicks on the most recently recorded call list file without thinking.

But, at that moment.

As the conversation between some people flowed out, FD Kim Pil-young suddenly stood up and started kneeling in front of Hong Min-jung.

Genius Manager Who Hears Voices