Time Mansour - Chapter 39



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Episode 39 It just happened that way

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after.

Blow with your mouth to wake up the dust. The startled dust flies into the air.

“I don’t know if my laptop will work.”

Scrub away old stains.

I pretended to just wipe it roughly and turned on the laptop.

Wheeing.

I can hear the fan spinning.

The screen soon brightened.

Try pressing the touchpad and keyboard a few times.

It doesn’t seem to be broken.

This is the laptop I used at my previous company.

It’s a bit heavy, but I used it a lot because it was cost-effective.

I moved to a foreign company, and my salary also increased, but I ended up stuck in a corner of my room.

“Still, it’s still usable to this extent.”

Because I can’t go to the PC room every time.

I even took out all my unused laptops and looked at them.

3 laptops.

After making sure that everything is powered on.

I rolled up the charger and placed it on top.

And then.

‘I need to organize that damn box too.’

I turned my head.

A box with its mouth open.

There are a lot of miscellaneous items piled up inside.

Photography equipment such as cameras, tripods, microphones, etc.

I haven’t even opened the product box yet because I’m lazy.

It’s an online lecture.

You’re trying everything.

I have never given a presentation at a promotional event. There are not many foreign engineers who have given presentations as much as I have.

There was little outdoor activity.

Every time the PR team asked me to announce a new product, I refused.

Of course, it wasn’t me, it was the sales people who turned it down.

He stopped them, saying that they would do the announcement themselves.

Because I was the brightest engineer when I was rolling out on the field.

So it was a little awkward to stand in front of the camera.

still.

If I wanted to convey something to Da-eun naturally, this seemed to be the only way.

Internet lecture videos to be inserted into textbooks.

We need students who can ask questions and answer questions while learning.

I convinced both of them, giving some rather far-fetched reasons.

I really like that reaction. I have a lot of talent. When I see Sohyun jumping around and laughing.

I shouted “okay” in my head and immediately ordered the filming equipment.

“But I wonder if I can do the training.”

Hackathons. Scratch tutorials. Online lectures.

Even just one is burdensome.

You’ve made too much of a mess of things.

It’s full of annoying things.

“I don’t know. Let’s solve the problems one by one.”

Just sit there and hesitate.

I opened the product box.

Cut the seal with a knife.

Bam.

As the box was thrown onto the floor.

The filming equipment is revealed.

First, I plugged the camera battery into the charger. But where do I connect the microphone? While holding the microphone and camera in both hands, I looked around for a while.

In the meantime.

suddenly.

-Jiing. Jiing.

I heard a vibration sound.

There is a vibration on the bed.

“Huh? What is it?”

The vibration sound draws my gaze toward the door without me knowing.

The door was slightly open.

It looks like it blinked and didn’t close.

ah!

Only then do I feel time passing.

Suddenly, the dust floating in the air began to appear unusually clear.

**

-Why the minor contract? What’s going on? No. No. Let’s just meet and talk. When are you free?

A message from this director.

After reading the message, close the door tightly.

After pulling the handle over and over again like that.

“··· I asked for nothing.”

I’m starting to really regret it.

Da-eun and So-hyeon had to write up a formal contract with the kids.

But, since signing a contract with a minor is more complicated than I thought, I just asked this manager a quick question.

I think this director probably knows a little bit better.

I just threw it out there.

I got hit with this too hard.

I feel sorry for wasting the time of a busy person.

“I guess I have to go.”

It would be funnier to tell someone who is busier than me that I don’t have time and that we’ll meet later.

With that thought, I pressed the computer’s power button.

Let’s find out more about the contract. I need to know more and talk about it so the conversation can end quickly.

With that in mind.

I turned on the computer.

My hand unconsciously presses another icon.

My body moved on its own as if it had been hacked.

And so, before we knew it.

Without me knowing.

Grab your mouse and keyboard and start playing.

To the beat of the clicking mouse sound

“No. If you don’t think you can catch it, don’t stick your head out. Please stay still. This is driving me crazy. Oh.”

Try singing loudly and raising your voice.

**

It’s also a high place.

The city outside the window

I sat across from the director and bowed my head slightly first.

“I know you’re busy. I’m sorry. It would be better if we just talked over the phone.”

“No. I just called because I was curious. What’s going on this time?”

The director smiles. A strange smile appears on his face.

When we first met, I thought he was younger than me.

Because he looked like a freshman with little social experience, flustered and flustered.

But now, when he has free time like that, even his smiling expression looks so experienced that he looks like he’s above me.

“I’m thinking about recording some online lectures.”

“Yes? But why do you need a child actor?”

“I need students who respond. I don’t work at an academy. I don’t have any students.”

“Why?”

You’re saying that you pay money to hire people just for that? I didn’t say anything back, but somehow I heard it all.

He squints his eyes and looks at me.

To survive in the competitive online lecture ecosystem.

I was thinking of calling it a differentiation strategy.

Because I don’t think I’ll really believe it anyway.

“It just happened.”

Answer as soon as you can think of it.

“Well. If you really need a child actor, I can connect you with an affiliate company.”

“··· No, it’s okay.”

“Hey. Mr. Youngjun. There is something. What is the situation? Please explain in detail. Contracts involving minors are sensitive, and if you make a mistake, you could end up in court.”

This manager even threatens.

You’re persistent. Haa. I had no choice but to explain the situation. I told you everything I knew about Da-eun’s story.

“Wow. A stranger?”

“If the director had seen that kid in person, he would have done more.”

Honestly, anyone would have done it, even if it weren’t me.

A hand picking up an empty bottle. I wondered how many people would not feel moved when they saw that frozen hand.

“So, did you get permission from the kids’ parents?”

Not yet. I shook my head.

“Contact me because I need the consent of my legal representative. Minors cannot enter into contracts on their own.”

“Thank you. It was really nothing, but I’m sorry for taking up your time.”

“No. I’ll get the necessary documents and contract forms and send them to you. Oh! And the precautions.”

Thank you very much. When I nod my head, the director smiles again.

Now it’s salty. The wine is swirling in the glass.

Youngjun, you have to hold the wine glass by the handle. According to this manager, it’s all the same once it enters the stomach. I’m talking nonsense.

Laughter and glasses flow across the table. The more I look at this manager, the more I think that all people are similar.

Even after the plate is empty.

We chatted for a while without realizing how much time had passed.

It was only after dark that Director Lee and I got up from our seats.

As he stood in front of the cash register, the manager tried to calculate the price naturally.

“I’ll buy it this time. Director Lee took the time to help me today.”

I stopped him. The moment he took out the card, I lightly grabbed the card.

Regardless of how much money you have, it’s a bit weird to get it every time.

“It’s okay. It’s expensive here. I’ll buy it.”

As the manager said, it was expensive, but I wasn’t starving right away because I didn’t have the money.

“Okay. I have a lot of money.”

I laughed and exaggerated, putting strength into my shoulders.

Director Lee makes a bewildered expression at my appearance.

While the manager was flustered like that, I naturally pushed in my card and paid the bill.

Director Lee, who came to his senses late, chases after me.

“Let’s go together. Well… Sometimes Youngjun seems like T. Sometimes he seems like F. It’s amazing. It’s amazing.”

Hearing her muttering to herself from the back of my head.

I guess he’s younger than me.

**

It’s ruined.

My expression hardened.

I’m sitting in someone else’s living room. A living room without a sofa.

Just sitting down on the floor.

“So what do you do?”

I am being intimidated.

He has fierce eyes. A man who looks at me with sharp eyes.

Wearing a city shirt, he stares at me.

A man’s forearms are clearly visible.

His muscles twitched as if he was no ordinary person.

.

‘I just do this and that.’

I tried to answer as usual, but I swallowed the sentence in fear.

“I am a developer. I am preparing to write lectures and teaching materials.”

“So, what is that? You’re teaching me something I have to pay to learn, and you’re even giving me money to do it?”

His eyes became more fierce. Maybe it was because he had his arms crossed. His muscles stood out more.

‘··· It’s really scary.’

Sohyun, where did the child go and left me alone?

Sohyun came home to persuade her father.

That’s what it was.

“What do you do?”

Sohyun wasn’t there, only her father was sitting.

Dozens of excuses came to mind.

I sink back into fear.

I’ll keep hesitating and taking notice.

“Is it because of Da-eun?”

The man’s eyes shine.

Contrary to his appearance, he is quick-witted.

It looks like their parents know each other.

New information comes flooding in, forcing me to reorganize my thoughts.

While I was thinking about it.

“Why are you trying to help a complete stranger? It’s suspicious. What’s your purpose?”

Sohyun’s father continued speaking.

The man’s words left me even more speechless.

I never thought about helping.

It just happened that way.

I happened to see Da-eun picking up an empty bottle.

Of course, my heart just ached.

I thought that if I said what I thought, people would be more suspicious.

I somehow had that feeling.

“I know that feeling better than anyone else.”

He grabbed his heart with his right hand.

Era, I don’t know anymore.

I’m going to try something emotional that I’ve never done before.

It doesn’t stick well in my mouth, but I’ll do my best.

I was afraid that it would be obvious if I lied, so I just recited my life story in a dry manner.

My deceased mother. My older sister who is younger than me.

From orphanage life to early years in society.

And then he blurted out the words so calmly, without any emotion.

The story progresses around the time of my sister’s funeral.

suddenly.

Bam..

Water droplets are forming on the living room floor.

Oh my. Something keeps getting stuck on my cheek.

It’s cluttered so I keep wiping it off with my hands.

“Here it is.”

Sohyun’s father held out a whole pack of tissues toward me.

He holds a tissue box in one hand and nods.

Wipe your cheek with a tissue.

I was about to finish telling the story.

Because the sound of a nasal discharge keeps coming out.

Because I can’t speak well.

There’s no choice.

Take a moment to catch your breath again.