Time Mansour - Chapter 97
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Episode 97: Dull Nightie
Fog Park.
Over the years, a park bench has become worn and tattered. Time has hidden the tree’s rings. Instead of growing old, it is growing more worn day by day.
I came out to the park to cool my head for a moment. I leaned back on the bench and stared blankly at the sky. My eyes were unfocused. The clear sky was approaching me in a blur.
“It’s difficult. It’s difficult.”
As always, the human mind is the hardest. I let out a deep sigh into the empty space, and the clouds drift away. Pushed by the sigh, the clouds run away far away beyond the ridge.
“Representative Lee. Is he someone we can trust?”
A lost question trod the dirt road and followed the trail down.
Because the question was left unanswered and drifted away.
‘I don’t know. I’ll find out when I meet this representative tomorrow.’
I just answered for him.
I didn’t trust this representative, but I wanted to.
**
In front of the representative office door.
Phew.
I took a light breath.
I’m really sorry, though.
to be honest.
This is a situation where one cannot help but be suspicious of the representative.
So I also keep in mind the possibility that he may have tricked me.
The scenario was meticulously planned.
Dozens of times. Hundreds of times.
I ran a simulation in my head.
To exaggerate a bit, I made several epic dramas.
After entering the representative office with such a nervous expression.
I blurted out the first line of the line I had practiced over and over again.
“Is there something going on with the national team or the development team?”
“Huh? What’s going on?”
The representative didn’t understand at all.
I think the explanation was lacking.
I asked the question again after explaining it a bit more in my own way.
“At first, the CEO was suspicious of the development team. I was wondering if there was another reason.”
“Ah! At that time? Well, that’s it. It’s because of Team Leader Shin.”
Only then did Representative Lee understand my question and nod his head.
“That··· Team Leader Shin··· is the development team leader?”
“That’s right. Team Leader Shin… I feel a bit awkward saying this myself… To be honest, he’s just not good at working. He’s the kind of person you can’t trust or leave anything to… I was suspicious of him from the start… But… why are you suddenly asking that?”
An expression that suggests he doesn’t understand English. His head tilts slightly to one side.
Every single action was natural.
I don’t think he’s lying though.
Still, I wasn’t really sure.
He must be a gentleman who hides his expressions very well.
Without being able to completely dispel my doubts, I asked the questions I had prepared in order.
“That··· Team Leader Shin was in the executive line.”
“That’s right. But that’s just another story. It’s harder to find someone among the managers or directors in the data center who isn’t related to the executive director.”
“Yes? Then the network team leader too?”
“Oh, Team Leader? Same thing. It’s all the same person.”
Oh my. The representative stops talking, takes a deep breath, and then suddenly feels like his throat is burning, so he takes a sip of coffee.
And then, to finish, he shook his head vigorously.
An expression full of deep emotion. It’s too real to be acting.
I don’t know if it’s just that I don’t have a good eye for detail.
Anyway, it didn’t seem pretentious.
so
To be honest, I hesitated a little bit, wondering whether I should tell you or not.
It’s enough to make me feel bad, because I’m doubting myself.
After chewing his lips like that and thinking about it for a moment.
I just asked questions honestly according to the scenario I had prepared.
“Huh? What did you say?”
The representative looked at me with a blank expression for a moment.
“Who? Me? Are you saying I’m deceiving Youngjun?”
Hahaha. Laughter echoes throughout the office. I was worried that it might be rude, but fortunately, no one was offended.
Still, just in case, I asked again cautiously.
“···That’s not true, is it?”
“How could that be? I tried to bring Youngjun to the center director before, don’t you remember?”
“Yes. I remember.”
“You’re capable, but honestly, I couldn’t trust anyone, so that was even worse. There’s not a single person here in the data center who’s mine.”
And then he paused for a moment.
After taking a moment to catch his breath, he continued speaking.
“Honestly, both Team Leader Oh and Team Leader Shin are ambiguous people. If I had to trust them, I would trust Young-jun more. He’s capable. And. Anyway, that… no. Because he’s my little brother’s friend.”
Still that.
At the moment when he said those words, I instinctively frowned.
It was a kind of conditioned reflex with absolutely no ill intention. He had been trained for a long time to make his face distort the moment he said the word “brother.”
I don’t know about anything else, but it seemed to me that his thoughts toward his younger brother were definitely not an act.
For a moment, I could feel the sincerity of this representative.
“Wait a minute. But why are you asking this question… Oh. Could it be the network?”
“Yes, maybe. I’ve looked through all the code, and the app is clean.”
“Really? Team Leader Oh said it was absolutely not true. Are you sure?”
“Yes. I think something went wrong when connecting to the network.”
I answered carefully.
The representative touches his forehead. He stays like that for a moment.
“Is there a solution?”
He takes his hand off his forehead and looks at me.
“There is a workaround. There is a solution that can treat the symptoms, even if it doesn’t eliminate the cause.”
“We can solve this problem even without the help of the network team. Is that right?”
“Similar. Well, it’s not a solution, but it won’t cause more problems.”
The representative nodded at my answer. In fact, it was more important to meet the opening date than to catch the culprit.
“First, please call the two team leaders. We need to talk about it anyway.”
So when I asked the representative for this favor, the representative nodded.
“Yes. It’s me. Team Leader Oh, Team Leader Shin, please contact the CEO’s office.”
I called right away.
Representative Lee contacts the two team leaders.
The expression on the face of the representative holding the receiver was a little stiff.
**
Oh, Team Leader. Shin, Team Leader. The two of them entered the CEO’s office.
The representative’s expression relaxed.
Start acting again.
Representative Lee greets the two people as if nothing happened.
“hello.”
“Team Leader Shin. Team Leader Oh. Are both of you free of time?”
“Yes, it’s okay.”
I sat down and observed his expression. Team Leader Oh looked confident. He didn’t seem to be bothered at all. I wondered if he really didn’t know, rather than trying to hide it. It’s hard to tell just by looking at his face.
Representative Lee looks at Team Leader Oh and asks him a question first.
“So you’re saying there’s no problem with the network?”
“Yes, that’s right. I tested it and didn’t find any similar symptoms.”
He answered with too much confidence. Both I and the representative were fooled by that confidence.
on the other side.
“We have such a large scope that it would be difficult to test it. If you could hand over the data from another team…”
The new leader of the development team.
This side is just trying to avoid responsibility.
To be honest, anyone who looked at it would have thought that the kids were the culprits.
Oh, Team Leader, take a look around.
“Could you please tell me exactly what problem you are calling me for?”
I asked the representative a question cautiously.
like that.
The gaze of the two people was focused on the representative.
“Can you explain that, Youngjun?”
He turned his head towards me at the representative’s words.
“The code analysis results show that there is no problem with the app.”
“yes?”
“You finished analyzing the code in a week?”
Two people look at me in disbelief.
“Yes, that’s for sure. The bottleneck in data is not the app’s problem.”
“You really… revealed all of that?”
The new team leader of the development team looked at me in surprise.
“Sir, that doesn’t make sense. You can’t analyze the code by yourself in that short amount of time.”
Team Leader Oh of the network team turned his head and looked at Representative Lee, not me.
It would take months at the earliest. I knew it, and they all knew it.
I can’t think of a logical way to explain this.
“If you don’t believe me, how can I? Let me draw the entire app structure here.”
I just threw myself into it. It’s true that I opened up all the code.
Well, I wasn’t smart enough to remember all that.
But it didn’t really matter. It was just a guest who had a plan.
Anyway, Team Leader Oh isn’t a developer, so he wouldn’t know the structure of the app.
and.
Team Leader Shin will naturally remain silent since it does not harm him.
so.
“That doesn’t make sense. It’s physically impossible.”
Team Leader Oh continued to appeal to Representative Lee.
“I don’t really understand if you say it like that.”
The representative showed reluctance. No matter how much I explained how much time it would take, the representative, who was not an expert, could not understand.
Team Leader Oh of the network team also realizes this and asks Team Leader Shin for help.
“Team Leader Shin, please speak up. That’s nonsense. Isn’t it?”
“Well, Youngjun. He is famous globally for being quick with his hands.”
Team Leader Shin looked away. He didn’t want to be hurt anyway.
They are people who look alike. Time has hidden Team Leader Shin’s true feelings.
The thoughts do not grow old, but instead become worn out.
like that.
Team leader Oh turned his head here and there.
Finally, he looks at me again and makes excuses.
“We have no way of checking. If you just say that there is nothing wrong with the app… we can’t say that the bottleneck is only on the network side. Also…”
The excuses were getting too long. I felt like I was going to stay up all night just listening.
Anyway, both I and the team leaders had to leave work.
“Ah. For that bottleneck, we took measures to prevent the symptoms from appearing.”
Oh, Team Leader Oh was cut off mid-sentence.
“Yes? How?”
“I rewrote all the code. I think it will be able to handle the data overload, by my calculations.”
Let’s just shrug our shoulders as if it’s no big deal.
The two team leaders look at me with surprised faces.
A task that takes longer than code analysis.
The app is almost half-rebuilt from scratch.
Towards Team Leader Oh, who was blinking with an expression of disbelief.
The representative smiled brightly.
“Oh, Team Leader. Try the test again. Youngjun said that the cause wasn’t completely resolved. But we still need to find the cause, right? Right?”
Yes, I understand. Oh, Team Leader’s voice creeps in.
The voice that had been confident when he came in had now become quiet.
**
like that.
After finishing my work, I left the office.
Since it was just the end of work hours, I waited for Manager Chae in the hallway.
The direction we went home was the same.
And again.
“Because of that strange information from Manager Chae, there was confusion.”
I also wanted to blame it on Agent Chae a little.
“I feel wronged, too. I clearly heard that the development team leader is the executive director’s right-hand man.”
“Who the hell are you?”
“That… rumor. A rumor going around.”
He says that, but he scratches his head as if he feels embarrassed.
You got fooled by the rumors.
I should have asked for more details.
As I was walking down the hallway, joking around with Manager Chae.
A passing employee greeted Manager Chae.
No, it’s not.
“Huh? Manager Chae. Hello.”
I greeted Manager Chae.
At those words, I turned my head for a moment and looked at Manager Chae.
“When did you get promoted?”
“Ah… I told you last time that I thought I would get promoted. I did it recently. It hasn’t even been a few days.”
“Oh! Congratulations on your promotion, Mr. Chae.”
I emphasized each letter by breaking it up into smaller letters.
“Ah. Oh. Don’t do that. Or call me something normal. Just call me Manager Chae.”
Mr. Chae. Gwa. Jang. It fits my mouth perfectly. I’ll be able to use it well for a while. With that thought, I left the building with Manager Chae. No, Manager Chae.