Time Mansour - Chapter 74
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Episode 74 Cheer up everyone
In the office, the same thing keeps being said over and over again.
It was really an ambiguous position to recommend anyone.
So, there is no right answer, and we just go back and forth asking questions.
at last.
At the director’s suggestion that we just eat, we all came to a dongtae jjigae restaurant.
I boiled the fishy smell on the gas stove. Before the pollack was cooked, I continued the story I was telling earlier.
“Director Jeong. How about bringing in a foreigner? You have a lot of acquaintances overseas, right?”
“I did think about that too… I guess it’s not easy for foreigners to adapt to working at a Korean company. The work process is completely different.”
“I disagree with that. I once employed a foreign executive, and there were too many situations where we couldn’t communicate with each other.”
Foreign executives had a lot to consider, and especially in a situation like today where there is a large turnover of personnel, it was never a good choice.
Anyway, we kept talking like that.
Director Cheon’s name is stuck in my throat and I can’t get it out.
‘I guess it’s hard to bring up the subject.’
I hesitated to recommend it. I hesitated for no reason.
Data Center Manager Position. I don’t know what will happen if Director Chun is put in such an important position.
If one cockroach enters the house, it can lay thousands of eggs. Be careful…
“···”
No. That doesn’t mean that Director Chun is a cockroach.
Since I don’t know the true intentions of Director Chun, I couldn’t easily recommend him to a position of authority.
Since there are many people who left, it is certain that the executive team will be filled with people who are interested in their own tastes, and then everyone will do a good job.
‘Other than that, honestly, there are too many variables.’
While I was resting my chin on my hand and thinking to myself about whether or not I should speak,
The director opened his mouth.
“Okay. I think it’s ripe.”
Then he handed me a ladle. Without thinking, he scooped up a piece of pollack and put it on my plate.
“If you finished it all, give it to me.”
At the same time, the director stretches out his arm again.
This director is my older sister who was born a few months earlier.
Are they still at war with each other? Their eyes are passing each other subtly over the pot.
“No, I will do it.”
To avoid a pointless argument, I pulled the two people’s plates towards me.
And after each person had a piece, he handed it over to each person.
Two people looking at me, feeling uneasy.
I lowered my head, avoiding eye contact as naturally as possible.
I broke the fish meat apart with my chopsticks. I roughly pulled out the meat and put it in my mouth. I swallowed several times because it felt like there was a bone stuck in my throat.
But it still felt like there was something stuck in my throat.
“What do you think, Director Chun?”
He carefully spat out the thorn. He looked at Manager Chae and asked about Director Chun.
“Director Chun? There’s no way you’d move here. It would be better for you to stay at Whitesoft.”
“That’s… Actually, Director Chun… It’s already been cut.”
“Yes? Director Chun quit. Why?”
There was a brief silence. Director Lee, who didn’t know who Director Chun was, tilted his head slightly. Then he looked back and forth between me and Manager Chae.
“That’s complicated, if you ask me. Anyway, it was sorted out together with the acquisition of Whitesoft.”
I was trying to summarize it briefly, but I thought it would be too long, so I omitted the middle process and just told you the results.
“Wow. But that’s true. You cut Director Chun?”
“Yes. I think things got a little complicated during the takeover.”
While Chae Dae-ri and I were talking like that.
The director eventually couldn’t stand his curiosity and intervened.
“Who are you? Director Chun. Are you someone I can trust?”
trust.
Why did I have to say that word?
Me and Agent Chae, we both had no choice but to keep our mouths shut.
And so a very brief silence passed.
“I’m good at my job. I’m good at my job.”
“Yes.”
Manager Chae and I nodded at the same time.
Still, I think I have the most personal conversations with Director Chun.
Still, if you asked me what kind of person I was, I didn’t have the confidence to give a clear answer.
So I kept my mouth shut.
however.
“So who are you? What kind of person are you? Tell me more about it.”
Of all people, this director asked a question that was difficult to answer.
Agent Chae and I exchanged glances for a moment.
Eventually I shook my head from side to side.
Because there was so much information in my head, I became more confused.
So I passed the baton to Manager Chae.
The deputy sighed at my appearance.
After taking a deep breath.
And then he tells the story of what happened.
Focusing on impactful incidents that occurred at my previous company.
I was giving a rough explanation, mixing in my own personal opinions.
It definitely was like that.
**
Before I knew it, the conversation had gone off on a tangent.
“Wow! Really?”
“Yes. Yes. That’s right.”
There were a lot of thorns on one side.
Manager Chae and Director Lee were looking at each other and smiling.
Suddenly, they seem to be on good terms.
Director Cheon. The three letters of his name have long since flown away.
We’ve already completely forgotten why we gathered here today.
Two people smiling brightly.
She giggles like a little girl without even realizing that her wrinkles are forming.
“Mr. Lee, too? I only use Gunell cosmetics. It’s for my skin.”
“Me too. My skin is very dry.”
match.
The palms of two people clap together and make a sound.
The initial war of nerves has disappeared.
Before we knew it, we were chatting away with smiles on our faces.
We suddenly became close.
‘No. Let’s not try to understand.’
To begin with, it is not an area that I can understand with my head.
I look at the two people who are just laughing and thinking, “I guess that’s okay.”
It seemed like they were probably talking about the cosmetics they use.
Since it’s a topic I don’t know much about, I don’t have any room to engage in conversation.
I just listened quietly.
He was smiling and nodding like that.
suddenly.
Manager Chae turns his head and looks at me.
“Director Jeong. Cosmetics… no. What kind of skin lotion do you use?”
“Try Gunel. It’ll probably be perfect for Youngjun’s dry skin.”
Director Lee adds flesh to Manager Chae’s words.
however.
Because the two people were asking such nonsensical questions.
I don’t understand it at all.
“Shall I apply some skin lotion?”
I asked again.
“Hey, Youngjun, you’re turning forty in a day or two. You need to take care of yourself now.”
“That’s right. There’s no such thing as naturally pretty skin.”
The two of them get along really well. They nag like their mothers.
But I only spent a short time with my mom.
I almost never heard my mom nag me.
So it was quite unfamiliar to hear things like this.
“Okay. The problem isn’t the skin lotion. I wash my face with soap to begin with. No. I wash my hair with soap too.”
“Huh? You don’t even use cleansing foam or shampoo?”
“If I have it, I use it. But I don’t necessarily look for it and use it.”
So I answered it as if it wasn’t much of a big deal.
“Is shampoo something that I have to search for and use?”
“What kind of life are you living?”
Two people look at me as if they are seeing something that should not be seen.
Is this what it feels like to turn into a cockroach?
Suddenly, my antennae started to twitch, and I awkwardly scratched my head.
**
“We want to take the bus.”
Then I’ll go this way. He pointed in the opposite direction with his finger.
He disappears from sight, arm in arm with Manager Chae and Director Lee.
I saw them for the first time today, and we’ve become much closer. Well, it’s nice to see them. I looked at their backs and then turned away.
I didn’t say anything to either of them though.
actually.
‘The last train has already left.’
So I thought about taking a taxi for a moment, but since I had brought my laptop, I decided to look up some class materials for the kids at a nearby cafe, and headed toward the cafe.
It was a busy weekend. The noise of drunken people was different from before.
The weather was cloudy. There were fewer stars. The neon lights that flowed like the Milky Way on weekend nights were obscured by clouds and hard to see.
It’s been several years since we’ve heard news that the economy is getting worse. When will the sun rise?
Now that I think about it, the story about Director Chun ended up getting forgotten.
Well, since the director said he would ask Oppa, there will be a chance to talk about it later.
I look around with that thought in mind.
however.
“Wow, this place is closed too.”
All the cafes that were open 24 hours have closed.
All business hours have changed.
The economy is really bad. Since I am one step removed from the world called society, I don’t really feel it.
There’s nothing I can do.
I raised my hand to hail a taxi home.
I was just waving my hands up and down in the air like that.
In that short time, another neon sign in a shopping mall went out.
**
Several nights passed.
The vacation will start soon.
I sat in a cafe and organized the kids’ class materials.
Let’s check carefully again.
This time, I’m going to try making a simple banner and homepage using HTML.
A language used for static tasks. No, it should be called HTML language. Strictly speaking, it is a language. But developers usually do not call it a programming language.
Anyway, it was something used when creating web images such as banners or homepages.
I had little experience with web development, so of course I wasn’t very good at it, but I knew enough to teach kids.
Because, unlike Scratch, which is an educational language for children, it is also used in actual development environments.
If Junwoo learns it, it will be helpful later on.
Moreover, it was not so difficult that even an elementary school student could learn it.
So I thought to myself that it wasn’t a bad choice.
However, there was one thing that worried me.
“Sir, this is too difficult.”
It was Sohyun.
Sohyun frowns while looking at me.
Even though it’s easy.
Unlike Scratch, HTML is something that looks similar to existing programming languages anyway.
Especially because the screen was full of only English, the barrier to entry was a bit high when I first started learning.
“I had a feeling that would be the case. So, we won’t be having classes this summer vacation, right?”
“No. I don’t like it. Who are you, sir? Why are you trying to exclude me?”
The three of us are a team. Then Sohyun narrows her eyes and looks at me.
“Excuse me? So that’s what you’re saying. Are you saying that you’re saying that?”
“Look. But what you were doing last time was Scratch. Why don’t you do that?”
ah!
I couldn’t help but exclaim “Oh no” at Sohyun’s question.
Did I focus too much on Junwoo without thinking about other kids?
For a moment, I felt such regret.
“Then, do you plan on learning Scratch again?”
“No, that wasn’t fun either.”
Sohyun smiles faintly.
Yeah. Then that’s it. You’re done. Anyway, Sohyun is just coming to play.
I should ask Da-eun and Jun-woo again when they come. I thought that while shaking my head from side to side.
suddenly.
Sohyun gets up from her seat. Her short legs straighten.
Then he grabbed my clothes.
“Cake. Cake. Please buy me a cake before the others come.”
Clothes are hanging out long. For some reason, I don’t do laundry often, but I thought my clothes were stretching out, and it was probably all because of Sohyun.
So, he pretended to be unable to resist So-Hyeon’s urging and got up from his seat.
Without even realizing that I was laughing.
I went to order a cake that I didn’t even like very much.