Time Mansour - Chapter 44



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Episode 44: Because the inside is too narrow

Time has passed since then.

[A cataclysm has occurred.]

love.

trust.

faith.

consideration.

And hope too.

Believe it or not, unrealistic entities are starting to appear in reality one by one.

In the middle of Seoul, people are being considerate of each other! The world is in chaos in a situation that no one has ever experienced before.

“···”

I was looking at the storyboard on my phone and then I quietly put it down.

Then he tilts his head and looks at Myeonggyu.

Although I don’t know much about subculture.

Still, this is a bit much.

“I don’t think so?”

“I know, but the original author said that the first episode had to start like this.”

Myung-gyu shook his head from side to side. He should hit it or something. He repeated the same lines he always said.

Myunggyu is a webtoon PD. He mainly works on changing original works such as novels, games, and scenarios into comics.

While working on this piece, I felt like there was a problem with communication with the original author.

I asked Myunggyu in a sneaky way, wondering if I could be of any help.

“Where is the Yongbieocheonga?”

“Don’t be ridiculous. I already picked a cool song. But it didn’t work.”

“Did I make a mistake? Let me see the email you sent.”

As I reach out, Myeonggyu searches through his mailbox and brings up the screen on his phone.

I’m not very knowledgeable about subcultural works like comics.

I only recently started watching Netflix. Before, I wasn’t interested in it.

But I was confident in my customer service skills.

I checked the email Myung-gyu had sent to the writer, wondering if he had any advice for me.

After seeing the email.

“··· Is this writer a Nobel Prize winner in Literature?”

I couldn’t help but be amazed.

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a Yongbieocheonga of this level.

They turned an ordinary web novel writer who could be found anywhere into a Nobel Prize winner in Literature.

My mouth was wide open and wouldn’t close. I looked back and forth between Myeong-gyu and my cell phone.

“I sang the best song I could sing.”

I can see pride in Myung-gyu’s expression. He hits his chest hard twice with his hand. I admit it. It’s worth it.

The author’s praise was about one page long.

And as expected, I wrote down some suggestions for improvement in the middle, in a couple of lines.

“The writer has a keen eye. He caught this.”

“That’s what I mean. I hid it naturally. But they checked it thoroughly.”

I don’t know. If we keep doing this, it’ll probably go to waste. Myung-gyu laughs in vain.

The peanuts crumbled in my mouth. They were stuck between my teeth and were tangled. Even if I pour beer on them, they wouldn’t go away.

While I was having a drink with Myeong-gu, I listened to his worries.

“What are you guys doing?”

Guk-young quickly put his face in. Phew. The smell of cigarettes wafted out.

“Look at this.”

Myung-gyu takes a deep breath and shows the front part of the storyboard.

After all, Gukyeong is a game reporter.

Anyway, don’t you know this better than me?

I was looking forward to it because I thought it might be a little different from my perspective as an expert.

“I feel dizzy. Is this right?”

As expected, he shook his head from side to side.

The reaction wasn’t much different from mine.

Myung-gyu lets out a hollow laugh at the similar answer.

“It’s really hard to make a living.”

Starting with the one word that Myeonggyu uttered.

I want to quit my job too. I want to grab the manager by the collar. I can’t do this anymore. But you’re better than me. You’re talking about being full, I’m talking about.

A battle of woe has begun to see who has it harder.

They whine that they are having a harder time than each other.

‘I guess I should keep my mouth shut.’

Because I don’t even go to work, if I say one wrong thing, I’m sure I’ll become a target for everyone.

like that.

While eating snacks and quietly listening to the kids’ complaints.

-I arrived at the station.

A message came to Jaeshirong.

I got up from my seat as soon as I saw the message.

“You came?”

“Uh. I’ll bring it.”

I put on my coat and zipped it all the way up.

So I opened the bar door and went out.

The world was dazzlingly bright.

It snowed a lot today.

**

The pavement blocks that the sledgehammer has pushed past. I move forward, stepping on the swept traces.

Every time I walk, snow gets on my shoes. The soles of my shoes turn white.

-I arrived at the station.

A message arrived with the heavy snow.

I received a call from Jaeshirong saying that he had arrived at a nearby subway station.

“Do you want to see a day like today?”

It’s annoying to see falling snow.

On days like this, I like lying on a hot plate.

All I can do is look at the snow falling outside the window.

however.

“Here it is!”

I see a foreign man with a bushy beard.

“Oh. Nice to meet you.”

Although he wasn’t really happy, he said he was glad to hear it.

“How did you manage to get here?”

“A passerby called me a taxi so I came here. In Korea, it’s hard to catch an overcrowd.”

“That’s probably because people don’t use it often.”

“why?”

Well, I think there were a lot of issues. I don’t remember exactly.

“I don’t know either.”

I just answered honestly.

“Really? Well. Anyway, I was able to come here comfortably thanks to the help of a Korean person. He even paid for me.”

“Oh! Looks like you met a good person.”

“Oh. The weather in Korea is cold, but the people seem to have warm hearts.”

I felt moved as soon as I arrived.

I feel fortunate that my first impression of Korea doesn’t seem to be a bad one.

So Jaeshirong and I came into the bar.

I ran into some kids walking out from the other side.

“These are my team members. Say hello.”

“Hello. Nice to meet you. There are five of us. Are these all the members here?”

“Oh. All of them. But they don’t speak English. Please understand.”

Jaeshirong nodded at my words. Gukyeong, who had been listening to our conversation, glanced at me.

“You can smoke?”

Make a V-shape with your fingers and bring it to your lips.

I could see a slight dizziness in Gukyeong’s expression. He glanced at me with a resentful look.

“Huh? Oh! I don’t smoke. Don’t worry about it and just go and smoke.”

The kids disappeared, leaving me and Jaeshirong behind.

Seongtae doesn’t even smoke, but he goes along with me for no reason.

“But aren’t you busy? What brings you to Korea?”

“I have a conference and I’m also going to do some scouting.”

“What scout?”

Jaeshirong’s eyes lit up at my answer.

“Your team, you don’t have any separate projects going on right now, right? Come to White Soft and do a presentation together.”

“huh?”

“You guys take charge of some sections. Or you just support the presentation preparation. What do you think?”

Jaeshirong’s eyes light up. It seems that this was the purpose of his coming to Korea.

You were overestimating our team. No. You were overestimating me.

“We’re not that bad, are we? Why us?”

“Speed. Honestly, I don’t know how you do it. You guys are different from other teams in terms of speed. A new patch version comes out every month. You guys are the only ones who follow the detailed patches and create a library manual.”

Then Jaeshirong raises his thumb.

I looked at his thumb and smiled awkwardly.

It’s a good suggestion. If you follow Jeshurong, you will have the opportunity to work abroad.

If you go to Silicon Valley, you will be able to see a wider world.

but.

“I used to work at White Soft.”

I’m too narrow-minded to do that.

“Huh? Really? You were in White Soft?”

Jaeshirong’s eyes turn round.

It was a natural reaction.

Because I never said anything about the fact that we worked at the same company.

“Somehow. You seem to know our products very well. Where did you belong? Spring Support Team? No. No. If you did, I wouldn’t have not known about it.”

Jaeshirong tilts his head.

“No. It was a platform team template.”

“Ah… then… you are the cloud engineer in this team.”

“Oh. It’s similar. But when it came out, it didn’t turn out well.”

Jaeshirong tilts his head at my words.

He makes a face of incomprehension.

“That’s no problem. I can tell the head office. Skilled technicians are always welcome.”

“No. I don’t like it. I’m obsessed with white soft.”

I laughed, joking, for fear of seeming serious.

Actually, I’m really mad at White Soft, but I pretend to be cheerful because I don’t want to seem like I’m mad.

“Okay. Then let’s say you are like that. But the opinions of the other team members are also important···”

Jaeshirong pauses for a moment.

I stopped talking when I saw the kids coming back from going out to smoke a cigarette.

He really is not a gentleman. The moment he starts talking about himself, he returns to his seat and pushes his chair back.

As Changseok sits down, he lightly taps my shoulder.

“What were you talking about?”

“It’s nothing special. I’ll tell you again, you don’t speak English.”

Changseok and Gukyeong’s English skills were better than mine. Since they were people of interest, I looked at them and emphasized it once again.

So while I was talking to the kids.

“Even if you don’t come. Everyone may have different opinions. Then, ask the other team members.”

Jaeshrong nods. It seems like he wants to take at least a few people, even if it’s not the entire team.

I had no choice but to turn my head away as Jaeshirong kept urging me.

“Just say anything.”

I said anything.

Pretend to have a conversation in Korean.

“What are you asking me? You have to explain it to me so I can respond appropriately.”

“Are you thinking of changing jobs? Come to our side.”

“Huh? Shit. I want to go. Where?”

“That’s great. I’m confident I can do well in development.”

“When did you say you didn’t even know how to develop?”

“You son of a bitch. You told me to live with a dog in my mouth.”

Hey you crazy guys. Stop it. I grabbed my hair without realizing it as I looked at the faces of the guys laughing brightly while swearing at each other.

Jaeshirong asks me again, slyly, looking at me.

“What did you say?”

“No, I haven’t gone. Everyone still has work to do.”

Jaeshirong looks at me with a puzzled expression.

It would be weird.

No matter how you look at it, it’s not an act of rejection.

however.

So what can you do?

You don’t even know Korean.

With that kind of determination.

“We have some work to do separately in Korea, so I think it’s going to be a bit difficult.”

I was absolutely convinced.

**

The glass was empty a long time ago. The plate that had been the food was left with only seasoning on it.

however.

“Think about it some more. No. No. That won’t do. What are you guys doing tomorrow?”

Jaeshirong still did not give up and clung tenaciously.

I kept asking until he got up from his seat.

But unfortunately we had plans for tomorrow.

Seongtae brought back another strange event from somewhere.

At that time, all I could think was that it was really annoying.

In this situation, Seongtae is actually quite special.

“We have plans for tomorrow. We have to go to the temple tomorrow.”

“Temple stay?”

“no.”

“then?”

“I decided to go volunteer at the temple restaurant.”

Jashlong frowns slightly. The thick hair on his chin crinkles.

I wonder if my answer wasn’t cool.

With an expression that still had unanswered questions.

“What exactly do you do there?”

You asked me a question again.

I smiled brightly.

“Wash the dishes. We’re going to wash the dishes tomorrow.”

He answered confidently.

**

Reshurong.

Even though I’m just treated like a talkative old man.

SpringOne, JavaCon, JavaToday, etc.

If it’s a global conference related to Java, there will definitely be one or two sessions by Jaeshirong.

He is a very famous developer.

Prince of Black Flame, Demon Lord, Knight of the Sky, etc.

In a world set in fantasy, famous characters always seem to have nicknames.

Developers called him the Jashlong of Spring.

The most used Java framework, Spring.

The spring itself is the nickname of the jazz long.

however.

‘Such a great developer···’

now.

There he was, squatting in front of me, wearing red rubber gloves.

It was even more embarrassing because the look suited him quite well.