Time Mansour - Chapter 57



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Episode 57 It seems too far away

My sister’s room.

After watching the movie and laughing for a long time.

I got out of bed and checked my phone.

– I ran a query to look up the database, but the application response time is slow and the performance is poor. Is it possible to resolve this within this week?

A message to the customer.

It is not a difficult task.

At least according to my standards.

-I told the investors that it would be open this time. But the app is not working properly now. It’s too slow, and I don’t know what the problem is.

The app may have worked fine when you first tested it.

However, when actually operating it, there were cases where the application response speed could not keep up.

This is what happens when you don’t have a good understanding of databases.

After a quick check, it seemed like it would be a good idea to create an index on the table column. This would allow me to find data in the database table more quickly.

An index is a kind of bookmark. It is a way to save information in advance so that you can find the page more quickly.

If this index is not present, a full scan is required.

This means that every time you process information called A, you have to turn the pages of the book from the first page to the last.

In cases like this where the database query is slow and developers cannot do anything about it, the database administrator usually tunes it.

It seems like there was no database administrator, or DBA, within the company.

This is my first time hearing of this company.

When I saw the investor talking, I thought it might be a startup.

In these cases, developers need to do some tuning.

but.

‘Well, as a developer I can’t know everything.’

I’ve done so many weird performance optimizations that I’m kind of sick of this stuff.

After all, general SI developers placed more importance on the operation of the program itself than on performance optimization.

Well, everyone has their own areas of strength.

It wasn’t a situation where I couldn’t understand the other side’s position at all.

‘Okay. Let’s wrap this up quickly.’

It’s not a difficult task. I’ll just finish this and laze around again. Thinking that, I played some music on my phone.

-Pinocchio, a beautiful wooden puppet.

Red Blue’s song.

I pulled my chair back and swayed my body to the rhythm.

Sit down and sing along softly.

Nodding like that, tap tap tap, I added accompaniment on the keyboard.

The monitor screen was brightly colored with code.

**

Looking down from a tall building.

A wide lake visible in the distance.

Cherry blossom trees are planted around the lake.

“No. How on earth did you find someone with just their last name?”

A look of disbelief.

The manager looks at me with an absurd expression.

“You were lucky. Seeing as you finally found each other, I guess it was fate for them to meet again.”

“When you say it like that, something feels strange. It doesn’t suit you at all.”

“Huh? Those two?”

“No. Youngjun is talking about something like fate.”

Then, the director covers his mouth and laughs.

How on earth do I appear to other people?

“···”

Let me look at you with that trembling expression.

“Let’s have a drink,” said the director, smiling and raising his wine glass.

Did I tell you to hold the glass like this?

Following this instruction, I grabbed the part of the neck that goes to the tip of my fingers.

The glass tosses precariously as it loses its balance.

“What kind of magic did you do? You said there were no pictures of yourself on Lee Jin-soo’s SNS. How can you be so sure?”

“Ah… Fortunately, Jinsu has a lot of friends.”

Well, if it was my Macbook and I don’t have any real friends, it wouldn’t have been possible.

Unlike me, Lee Jin-su had a lot of friends. Thanks to that, I could easily find his pictures by going to their pages.

“··· It’s amazing. It’s amazing. The more I look at Youngjun, the more amazing he seems. No matter how difficult the task is, it seems like he solves it easily.”

“Yes? Easy?”

I was so dumbfounded that I asked back without realizing it.

I lasted several days eating only raw ramen.

I haven’t even finished cleaning up the mountain of ramen packets that are piled up at home.

however···

“Yes. It only took a day after coming up from Daecheon. Is it possible to find it in one day? What kind of program did you use?”

Ah, that’s right. It must have been just another day for everyone else.

And the program was 100% hand-made.

This is the result of analog.

“··· Still, I had a hard time. Anyway, what did Mini say? Did she try contacting me?”

“No. I don’t think we’ve contacted them yet.”

“Now that it’s come to this, I hope it ends well.”

A man who had been watching from afar for a long time, hoping that his loved one would do better.

And a woman who, without knowing why contact was lost, was resentful and yet missed him at the same time.

Since we’ve waited for each other for a long time, I hope the ending ends beautifully.

I put my lips back to the glass, thinking that it would be nice if it just ended happily.

I could taste both sweetness and bitterness at the same time.

“Ugh. I don’t know. In fact, from the company’s perspective, they’re worried even if the two of you get along… Oh. Right. And right. Do you need anything? Like a gift? Mina asked… Honestly, I have no idea what Youngjun likes.”

“No, that’s okay. If you bring stuff into the house, it’ll all just become luggage later. Luggage. It’ll just make the room feel smaller.”

“You sound similar to my grandmother.”

The manager clicks his tongue and laughs.

He smiled with such a strange expression.

suddenly.

He glanced at my wrist.

“You don’t usually wear a watch, do you?”

Because he asked subtly.

“Here it is. The clock.”

I tapped my phone.

“Well… I thought you’d answer like that.”

The director shakes his head from side to side.

And then.

“It’s really weird. It’s weird.”

He said the same thing he always said.

People are all strange. I gave a vague reply and turned my gaze out the window.

People came to see cherry blossoms at a wide lake.

The sound of laughter breaks and leaves traces on the lake.

It’s beautiful. I find myself mumbling it, almost inaudible.

Cherry blossoms are blooming in the lake. People’s faces are brightening up as if it is spring. The faces of lovers are blooming pink like a single flower.

“···”

Well, it was too far away to see anyone’s face.

I just secretly thought that it wouldn’t be like that.

**

Spring is coming.

I got a call from Seongtae.

Because the weather has cleared up.

Now, I guess we should do a show.

As expected.

We came to the chicken restaurant where we had agreed to meet.

As soon as you step inside.

Changseok raises his hand.

“What about the other kids?”

“He hasn’t come yet. He said he’d be here soon.”

I ordered in advance as soon as I sat down because I heard they would be coming soon.

So we chatted for a while before the other kids came.

suddenly.

Chang-seok asked me as if he had remembered something.

“Oh. Right. Don’t you have to file your comprehensive income tax return soon? There’s not much time left.”

“maybe?”

“Then take your time and find out. This is your first time.”

“Okay. I’m tired.”

He answered Changseok’s question as if it was no big deal.

Something I always wanted to do when I had the financial means.

Don’t bother with annoying year-end tax settlements.

I was about to answer that that was one of the things on my bucket list.

“··· Are you sure you can handle it? If you’re a self-employed person, you’ll probably be able to get away with quite a bit of it?”

I asked again without realizing it because I scared him for no reason.

“Is the ratio very different from the year-end settlement?”

“Um… maybe? Maybe not? I don’t know. Just look it up.”

Then Chang-seok shook his head from side to side.

“···”

I thought Changseok would give me a clear answer.

The answer was not very satisfying.

because.

“··· Aren’t you an accountant?”

Because in my opinion, he was an expert.

“Tax officer. I’m in charge of tax, so I don’t know much about comprehensive income tax. Accounting, deals, tax. Accountants also have separate roles.”

“Excuse me? Isn’t year-end tax settlement the tax-related part?”

“You have to listen to what people say until the end. The roles are all divided. Even within that tax office. Huh?”

Changseok frowns slightly.

I think you changed your words in the middle of something.

I tilted my head and looked at Changseok.

Changseok nodded his head confidently, without any shame.

Shouldn’t an accountant know at least this much?

He looks at Chang-seok with eyes full of such prejudice.

“Okay. How much do you earn? Details.”

“Uh… I don’t know either. I think it’ll be more profitable than I thought. I have to look it up first… But do you know the general outline of how it works?”

“No. I have no idea. I’ve only heard about it as a legend. I’m a salaried worker, too. How would I know, since I’m not self-employed? Just wait. I’ll look it up on Google right now.”

He looked at me and sighed.

Changseok lowers his head and fiddles with his cell phone.

‘Whether they’re experts or amateurs, they’re all similar in life.’

I was waiting with that thought in mind

“Uh …

I’m narrowing my opinion down to calling in a real expert.

Then he adds three or four more times that you must go and report it.

And then.

Right away.

“Look at this. Now he’s walking. I said mom and dad too. Do you hear? I said dad. Just now. Can’t you hear? Listen carefully. Can’t you hear? Are you deaf?”

Let’s get to the real point. He shows me the video.

They say he learns to speak quickly. Because he speaks. You can say that he’s almost mastered Korean already. I think he’ll learn the multiplication tables soon.

He says the same thing over and over again.

What a great kid.

When the child grows a little more, it feels like he will be able to fly in the sky.

The smile never left Changseok’s face.

**

The other kids arrive one by one.

And the timing was perfect.

The chicken came up onto the table.

“What’s going on now?”

“So what’s going on?”

“Oh my. This is annoying. Are you trying to get me to do some work?”

Everyone sits down, looks at Seongtae, and says something.

Well. I guess they’ll say something about putting on a show. Everyone must have expected that.

But I ask again for no reason.

like that.

I was eating chicken while thinking about what to say in response.

“Let’s record. What do you think?”

huh?

I was a little taken aback by the unexpected words.

Everyone looks at Seongtae with chicken in their mouths.

“suddenly?”

“Uh. Well… I want to release a digital single···”

They look at each other with bewildered expressions.

What is that? Everyone looks around with the same expression.

Digital single.

I’ve heard of it, but I don’t know exactly what it is.

Can anyone release that? That’s what I’m thinking to myself.

“Can even ordinary people make it?”

The words come out of his mouth naturally, like spitting out cigarette smoke.

“Oh. Anyone can do it. I know a studio, so you can do it through them. Don’t worry about that.”

Oh, right. I scratched my head at Seongtae’s words.

Everyone knew it.

That Seongtae couldn’t give up his obsession with music.

So I’m stuck around as a sound engineer.

Well, I’m just granting my friend’s wish.

It’s a bit annoying, that’s why.

It’s not difficult.

Everyone has similar thoughts.

“Well. Okay. Let’s just record that.”

We both said okay at the same time.

Seongtae nods with a bright expression at our reaction.

When his song comes out, will Seongtae attain Buddhahood? Or will he wander the underworld with even greater regrets?

I don’t know what the future holds.

Well. Anyway, what’s important right now is.

“Then you buy the chicken today.”

I guess this means that there is a chance to get something from Seongtae.

So I tapped Seongtae on the shoulder.

“Wait a minute. I heard the soy sauce chicken here is really delicious.”

Myunggyu smiled and opened the menu.