Time Mansour - Chapter 60
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Episode 60 Leaning against the sea breeze
Fluorescent lights flicker on and off the ceiling.
A shadow was cast over the office.
The sharp contrast makes the office look more realistic.
“Bahu. Ppanghakbahu.”
After Siriu hung up the phone.
“Oh. Are you here? Sorry. I was so out of it I couldn’t contact you.”
Our eyes met.
“No. What’s going on?”
He shook his head.
There was a knocking sound behind my back.
After hesitating for a moment at my question, Siriu smiled awkwardly.
“There’s something wrong with the website. Well, it’s not a big deal. When I post a sale, some of the images don’t get deleted and stay there.”
“Since when?”
“Since this morning.”
When you write a sales post in the app user interface, a random image is automatically generated.
.
It seems like the image is not erased and remains in all sales posts.
I don’t have much experience developing web pages, so I don’t have any advice to give.
so.
‘There are so many strange things happening.’
I was looking at the randomly generated image file, thinking about it so lightly.
These are common sales photos. What’s unique is that they are all roughly taken photos. In some photos, the products are even cut out.
It wasn’t a problem with the composition or anything like that. It was, how should I put it. It was a lack of sincerity. It was like I was forced to take a photo of a product that I really didn’t want to take.
“···”
huh.
wait for a sec.
You don’t want to take a picture?
Something suddenly came to mind.
I raised my head for a moment and looked around.
“Who was the guy who tested your sales page before you opened?”
“That’s the problem now… I quit my job… I can’t contact you. I was just asking around and trying to find your contact information.”
Siriu looked troubled.
The other employees also look at me and shake their heads.
Maybe my geek is right. I tilted my head slightly.
“I’m asking just in case. Is this an image file? Isn’t this the image you’re using for testing?”
“Huh? Wait. Then.”
After I finished speaking, Siriu turned his head and looked at the other employees.
The employees nod and press their faces close to their monitors.
Well, I’m not saying that with any certainty.
But no matter how I look at it.
‘It looks like a picture I had to take because I had to work.’
I don’t think it’s that different from other countries. I thought it would be similar to not wanting to work, especially not putting effort into things that aren’t that important.
After I finished speaking, silence fell on the office.
The clicking sound of the mouse is unusually loud.
For a while, the fluorescent lights blinked in time with the sound of the keyboard.
“Wow. What Jeong said is right. I couldn’t modify it in the development environment and just passed it over as is.”
“I think I blinked when I went from the test environment to the production environment.”
“Okay. Okay. Fix it quickly.
On the surface, the problem has been more or less resolved.
Actually, the real question is why did that symptom suddenly appear now?
If it was a simple mistake, the symptoms should have appeared from the moment the app was opened.
I think the code got messed up while I was working on something else after opening it.
It seemed like we should solve the problem for now and find the cause later.
“They’ll be busy for a while.”
I sit in my office chair for a while and watch the kids work.
They are not my friends with much experience.
Just looking at their faces, you can tell they’re just kids.
A business started with youthful passion.
To be honest, I was a little worried.
This is a new business that is the first of its kind in this country.
You can be the first one to enter and dominate the market.
On the contrary, the greater the risk, the easier it was to fail.
so.
“Do you guys have to do this?”
I find myself saying off-topic things without realizing it.
I couldn’t help but ask the question, even though I knew I shouldn’t.
There aren’t enough people either.
However, it was not like there were any experienced technicians who could do the work of several people.
yes.
It’s not like we have a lot of capital.
“It seems like you put in quite a bit of personal money, right?”
Of course, the money invested was also included.
It seemed like he had even poured all of his own money into the business.
‘I had the title of representative, but I didn’t even have a car.’
Siriu doesn’t deny what I say, but instead smiles awkwardly.
And then he pauses in thought for a moment.
“I’m a high school graduate. I didn’t graduate from college.”
He started saying strange things out of the blue.
“I went to school in New York, but when I was in my third year, my house went bankrupt, so I couldn’t graduate and returned to Thailand.”
Siriu pauses for a moment. Then she catches her breath.
My brother got scammed. He said he had some land at home and wanted to start a glamping business with that land. So he bought a used tent and tarp on social media, but the seller just took the money and disappeared. He said his parents’ savings were all gone.
Siriu was telling a long story. She was clearly speaking with her mouth, but for some reason her eyes kept shaking.
“My brother still can’t look me in the eye.”
And then he smiled brightly. It was a bright smile, but it felt like he was forcing himself to smile after hearing the story that had just come up.
“But even if there is a second-hand trading app, even if there is, scammers won’t disappear…”
“I know. But still… I thought things would get a little better if this system was established. I hoped that the number of people who would be scammed would decrease. That’s what I started with. I wanted to try something and then regret it later.”
Siriu laughed heartily.
This time it seemed a bit brighter.
I was just quietly listening to Siriu’s words.
What. That’s great. I muttered to myself and gave a thumbs up.
My fingers go up on their own.
**
Everyone seemed busy.
Because I can’t waste any more time.
Now the traveler must set out on his journey.
With that thought in mind, I picked up my bag and stood up from my seat.
“Then, if any problems arise later, be sure to contact me.”
“No, that’s okay. Seriously. You’re too expensive.”
“I won’t take your money.”
Then I shrugged my shoulders.
“Then that won’t work. I’m sorry. I can’t do that.
Siriu interrupted, thinking for a moment.
“If there’s a problem later, and you take over our work… then… would it be okay if we count it as a dividend?
Bring up the subject carefully.
“Okay. Do what you want. I don’t care.”
At those words, I nodded and turned away.
At that moment, I grabbed the door handle and pushed it.
“Is there a reason you help me?”
Sirius’s voice was heard from behind.
however.
I can’t explain why I’m like this.
“Because I’m a high school graduate too?”
Let’s follow Siriu and say something strange.
**
If you come to Thailand, you must feel the sea breeze.
I left the office and headed to the beach.
5 hours by bus from Bangkok.
Arrived at Ramsok Port.
While waiting for the boat at the pier, I ordered fried rice.
I clearly said I ordered fried rice.
however.
“It’s a rice bowl.”
The rice bowl came out.
Kraphao Moosap. Kraphao Moosap. When I asked the waiter his name, he said it slowly twice.
I don’t know what it is, but a spicy scent tickles my nose.
Did I order wrong? Or did the restaurant cook it wrong?
I can’t guarantee whose fault it is.
“Let’s eat something light.”
I just picked up the spoon. If it doesn’t suit my taste, I can just order it again. I thought that as I put a bite in my mouth.
At some point.
I saw myself scraping the bottom of a plastic container with a spoon.
It’s delicious.
It suited the taste of Koreans. Actually, I was a bit greasy because I only ate rice noodles all the time. This was a bit spicy, but it wasn’t greasy.
What was the name? I should eat it one more time before I leave. I thought to myself as I repeated the name of the rice bowl.
Squeak.
I heard a strange noise next to me and turned my head to look.
The ship has arrived.
Board the boat to Kokkut Island.
Clink.
A travel destination recommended on YouTube.
I heard it was a quiet place, but there were more tourists than I thought.
‘Did you become famous in the meantime?’
The sea spread out coolly on both sides.
The boat makes waves along the calm waves.
With the endless blue sea as the backdrop.
Other tourists were busy taking pictures.
Now that I think about it, I didn’t take a single picture since I came here.
So I shyly took out my phone.
Click.
Leave a memory with the sea.
‘I need to change my GagaoTalk profile.’
I fiddled with my phone and put the selfie I just took on my profile.
Leaning against the sea breeze like that, I enjoyed my leisure time.
Empty.
Before we knew it, we had arrived at the island.
‘Wow there are so many people.’
There were quite a few shops around the pier.
And there were cars lined up on the road ahead.
Other tourists walked from the pier to the songthaew that took them to the resort.
Ssuk. He glanced at Songtaewoo.
‘It’s a distance that can be easily walked on the map.’
I decided to just walk and bought a charcoal grilled chicken skewer.
I walked along the beach with a skewer in my mouth.
Soft sand seeps between my slippers.
Palm leaves sway and dance to the sound of the waves.
Because I walked ahead.
Footprints followed me closely on the sandy beach.
I was leisurely strolling along the beach, as if I had no destination in mind.
suddenly.
A Western couple sitting in a rocking chair nearby approached me.
Among them, a man spoke while holding a cell phone.
“Excuse me. Can you take a picture of us?”
Okay. I nodded and picked up the phone.
I’m not very good at taking pictures. Instead, I’ll have to compete with quantity.
‘Then it will take one sheet.’
Thinking so to myself,
The screen was touched several times each time the couple posed.
“Oh! It came out well. Thank you.”
I don’t know if they’re true, but there are couples I like.
I spoke to them briefly.
“Are you guys on a trip?”
“Oh. Similar. We live in Bangkok. We’re both freelance developers.”
“Huh? Really? I got it?”
Without realizing it, I raised my hand in joy and gave a high five. Clap. I made a sound as my palms met.
“How is life here? Even though the cost of living is a bit high, isn’t Bangkok better than Chiang Mai? There are lots of things to see.”
“Huh? Chiang Mai? You’ve never been there?”
When he suddenly mentioned a city he had never been to, I asked him again.
“Aren’t you on a workation?”
“Oh! No. I’m a freelance developer. I’m just visiting Thailand for a short while. I work in Korea.”
I shook my head.
“Oh. Really? How long will you be in Thailand?”
“I’m planning to stay for three or four more days and then go.”
“Good. Then tell me about Macbook Messenger. Let’s go to Bangkok and have a drink.”
We exchanged contact information by chance.
‘It’s really sticky.’
Feeling so happy for each other, we sat on the sandy beach and chatted for hours without realizing it.
And before I knew it,
The sunset was sinking into the sea.
“I guess I should go now. Huh? By the way, didn’t you rent a motorcycle?”
“Oh. Because I don’t have a license.”
“How do I get to the resort?”
I laughed at the man’s question and pointed to my two legs.
“Come on. I’ll give you a ride.”
Turn the key with your finger.
The key turned round and round in the sea breeze.
**
When we returned to the resort, it was already dark.
As soon as I checked in and entered the room, I threw my backpack down.
And then I check my phone belatedly.
After seeing my profile picture, Manager Chae sent me a message.
-You always stay at home, but when you go on a trip, it’s to Bangkok? Are you having a good time?
Then, several smiling emoticons follow behind the message window.
“I guess Manager Chae has gotten older too.”
It’s funny to see you make such rotten jokes.
-Yes. I’m having fun.
-Are you coming this weekend? When you come to Korea, I’ll meet up with Manager Cho.
I answer that I understand and throw myself on the bed.
Are you having fun right now?
I look back on my day and ask myself:
My eyes are closing more and more. I can see that you are tired. I guess you had a good time.
After rationalizing it like that, you close your eyes completely.
Soon snoring began to be heard in the room.