Time Mansour - Chapter 73
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Episode 73: First encounters are always like that
While I was talking to Junwoo’s mother.
Stop.
The performance was interrupted.
Naturally, the gaze turns towards the firmly closed door.
Junwoo’s mother hesitated for a moment.
“I think the performance is over, but regarding the scholarship. Should I ask about it?”
He asked me, his eyes fixed on the practice room door.
“Yes. Please tell me at least something.”
I nodded.
Junwoo’s mother opens the door and enters the practice room.
bang.
I sat alone on the piano bench and looked at the closed practice room door.
“Ten million won.”
It costs more than I thought.
The tuition alone is 10,000 won. There are probably other additional costs as well. And if it’s a school with dormitories, the amount will be much higher.
It’s not like it’s possible to get student loans like in college.
In any case, it is an amount that is a bit difficult for even parents from an ordinary family to afford.
‘I can’t let my child give up his dreams just for money.’
Suddenly, Director Chun’s words came to mind.
I started to understand his feelings a little bit.
Just for economic reasons.
How would it feel to give up on your dreams even though you have talent?
How frustrating it must be for you and your family.
Even me.
“My chest feels so suffocated.”
I put my hands on the piano with such a frustrated feeling.
As soon as the keys touched my fingertips.
Other. Other.
He spit out a sound with difficulty.
Play and noise.
At some point, a sound leaks out from the piano.
I nodded my head to the rhythm for a little while.
Fingers dance busily on the keys.
The white and black keys sat down and stood up repeatedly.
like that.
I was feeling the feel of the piano keys while no one was looking.
at that time.
Daughter.
The academy door opens.
“Teacher. Hello… Huh? Did the piano teacher just play that?”
Junwoo came in.
He tilts his head and looks at me.
**
It just so happened that it worked out well.
Junwoo’s mother went into the practice room and hasn’t come out yet.
But Junwoo tends to listen to me a little.
‘It would be better if we talked when we were alone.’
With that in mind, I cautiously recommended a coding academy to Junwoo first.
“I really want to learn coding from you!”
Junwoo nods his head vigorously.
“Don’t be like that. If you’re going to learn, wouldn’t it be better to learn it in a proper place?”
I’ll try my best to persuade her.
It’s not that I was annoyed, I just didn’t have confidence in myself.
I have absolutely no talent for teaching anyone.
also.
Because I have never learned coding systematically either.
So I’m afraid that if I do something wrong, Junwoo might learn my bad habits.
That made me a little worried.
“I… I guess you’re very busy, teacher. So you don’t have enough time, so you can’t meet with us?
But Junwoo seemed to think differently.
If I answered that I was busy, I thought Junwoo would give up easily.
still.
“Well… I’m not busy.”
I still have some conscience left.
I can’t bring myself to say that I’m busy.
“If you can’t do it, teacher. I can’t help it, but… well…”
Junwoo trails off, leaving a lingering impression.
I can see regret behind the glasses.
okay.
Now I don’t know either. Junwoo is a smart kid.
Even if I teach you like a dog, won’t you understand perfectly?
So I decided to trust Junwoo and nodded.
at that time.
bang.
The practice room door opened.
Junwoo’s mother walked out with a female student.
“This is Seonhwa. Lee Seonhwa.”
“Ah. Hello.”
“Yes. Hello. Nice to meet you.”
I bowed my head slightly in greeting.
Fortunately, Junwoo’s mother conveyed the message well and she didn’t seem to suspect me.
After that brief introduction.
Junwoo’s mother points at me with her palm while looking at Seonhwa.
“This is the teacher here. He’s the one who’s going to help us. So let’s get ready, Seonhwa.”
“Go. Thank you.”
He nods shyly towards Junwoo and his mother.
Because I was at an age where I was embarrassed to ask for help from someone.
He couldn’t raise his head and his face just turned red.
‘If I stay here forever, you’ll be uncomfortable.’
While thinking like that, I looked at Junwoo for no reason.
And then.
“Let’s do our best too.”
“Huh? Yes?”
I’m just trying to repeat Junwoo’s mother’s lines for no reason.
Junwoo was momentarily confused by what I said.
“Really? Then when do classes start?”
He understands belatedly and smiles brightly.
“The vacation is starting.”
“Okay, I understand. I’ll study in advance.”
Once again, Junwoo nodded vigorously.
Leaving Junwoo’s eyes filled with confidence.
“Then I have something to do. Sorry. I’ll go first.”
He bowed his head and said hello.
After observing the students’ reactions, he quietly slipped out.
I head back home with light steps.
The small touch that Junwoo and his mother gave us was contagious.
Later, that student also extended his hand to someone.
If such warm hands travel around the world three or four times.
Wouldn’t a world come where it’s not strange for people to help each other?
I sometimes foolishly dream of an ambition that I’ve always had.
therefore.
The weather was unnecessarily hot.
**
A spider slithers down a string from a moldy ceiling.
Hanging precariously on the rope, he slowly stretches it towards the floor.
The flies are hanging like fruit on a spider’s web.
The sound of cicadas chirping outside the window passes through the mosquito net and enters the room.
‘This is why I hate summer.’
My sense of dirtiness was a bit duller than other people.
“…”
No. To be honest, it was just a little dirty. I didn’t really clean it that well.
Living like this in the winter isn’t a big problem.
The real problem was summer.
“Ahhhh!”
I was afraid of bugs.
Especially.
Cockroaches, that is.
The cockroach lies flat on its stomach and moves its antennae.
The antennae flutter gently in the air.
As soon as the wheel caught my eye, I looked for something to hold onto.
however.
In that split second when you turn your head from side to side.
“Oh my. I slept a lot today.”
The cockroach disappeared from sight.
He holds the broom and looks at the floor in vain.
If it had been the living room, I would have just closed the door and ignored it.
“Why are there cockroaches in my sister’s room?”
I held the broom tightly in my hand and closed my eyes. I tapped the broom on the floor and looked for the wheel.
He never showed up in the end.
“…”
Yeah. Well. There’s nothing urgent for the time being. I just need to live a little more diligently. It’s okay if I don’t go into my sister’s room. I rationalized to myself like that and quickly closed the door.
but.
Without realizing it, I keep looking at the floor and come out to the living room.
I kept scanning the board with my eyes.
“There shouldn’t be any more now. There must have been only one.”
If you find one cockroach, there are already hundreds of them in your house.
I kept thinking about the advertising slogan from a pest control company that I had seen somewhere.
So I was needlessly more nervous.
**
The beginning of a meeting is always like that.
In fact, the Earth was originally flat. There was actually a deep cliff at the end of the distant ocean.
Only after Magellan’s soul completed its voyage did the Earth become round.
It was only yesterday or today that Neanderthals went extinct and started going up and down the ancestral rite table while hearing the voice of ancestors.
Only recently has it become possible for chickens to be adopted as dinosaurs.
The idea that the Earth revolves around the Sun is a kind of prejudice.
That’s why the age of the universe changes every year.
I was able to understand it in the same context.
Age originally.
“Fast. That fast year.”
Because it increases and decreases.
“Hey. Who cares about early birth years these days?”
Manager Chae and Director Lee raise their voices little by little.
‘This is a conversation between people who met for the first time today.’
I looked at them both alternately with a bewildered expression.
I’m not usually that interested in people’s age.
I just realized that they are the same age.
But the two people are the same age.
“Still, this is something that needs to be done for sure.”
“When was the last time there was a quick year?”
Of all people, we happen to be the same age.
I’m either thirty-two or thirty-three this year.
It is also a false stereotype that as you get older you become more mature.
They start a small war of nerves over something trivial.
From my perspective, I just can’t understand this situation.
“Why does age matter anyway?”
I got stuck between the two without realizing it.
Then the manager looks at me.
“What’s important and what’s not important isn’t what’s important right now.”
I was speechless at this director’s way of speaking.
What are you saying?
What on earth does that mean?
Did you forget Korean while studying abroad in the US?
Anyway, I thought it would get noisy again if I just left those two alone.
“But why did you want to meet me today?”
I changed the subject.
No.
This question should have been asked first.
Instead of asking each other about our ages,
**
This director contacted me and Manager Chae first.
So I came to this director’s office.
What are your concerns?
I just leaned back on my chair and sighed.
The office chair tilts back under the weight of your worries.
The sound of such a deep sigh echoed through the office for a long time.
The manager turned his head towards me.
“Isn’t there anyone you can really recommend?”
“No. Did you leave someone in my care?”
But I was joking and laughing like that.
The director’s serious expression still hadn’t lifted.
“Why don’t you just post a job advertisement?”
“Because I want someone my brother can trust.”
“Does that have anything to do with this director?”
I tilted my head.
Even if this CEO is like that, he’s like that.
I wondered if it was really necessary for this manager, who had nothing to do with IT, to step forward.
“It’s because of you. You keep bugging me to try to persuade Youngjun.”
An answer half-annoyed and half-complaining.
That was the reason.
They are really close siblings.
I was a bit worried because you were sighing so much.
It didn’t seem to be as serious as I thought.
While I was thinking to myself that I was lucky.
The director turns his head and looks at Manager Chae.
“Does Mr. Chae know anyone?”
That’s why he even called in Manager Chae. He was desperate.
“Is it okay if they are just trustworthy? Even if their abilities or experience are lacking?”
Director Lee shakes his head at Manager Chae’s question.
“No. If we do something wrong and word gets out internally, it will be difficult for us too.”
Not a natural handover.
It is a situation where an influential person is removed from within and an outsider is brought in to take their place.
In order to secure a cause, the person had to be someone who even the working-level staff could recognize to some extent.
Director Cheon Jin-saeng is a good fit. He also has a good reputation in the industry.
Well, you’re doing a good job. I saw it myself. There’s no room for doubt.
But even so, I couldn’t recommend it with confidence.
‘The better a person is at his job, the more untrustworthy he is.’
If you look at it from a business perspective, it would definitely help.
Frankly, this representative was not a suitable candidate for the position he wanted.