The Magician’s Memorial - Chapter 171



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Episode 171 Drama (5)

The drama of the 2002 World Cup has come to an end.

As in history, the Korean national team made the drama a hit with an excellent score of 4th place.

When a drama is a hit, the leading actor’s salary tends to increase several times.

However, Taewo Group signed a contract even before the drama became a hit.

“It is said that Hyunjae Motors and Samjin Electronics tried to sign an advertising contract with the national team but failed.”

“I guess it’s because of the no-compete clause in the contract.”

“It is said that there are companies that offer advertising costs that are more than three times higher than ours.”

“Hmm, we signed the advertisement at a too low price. “Please add a little more advertising cost as a bonus, as there may be backlash.”

“If we convert the advertising effect into money, we have achieved at least 100 times more promotional effect, so even if we pay more for advertising, no one will say anything.”

Thanks to the Korean national team, Taewo Group was treated as a national company.

With such publicity effects, is the money worth it?

I wanted to take care of other things as well as money.

“And please actively help the national team players advance overseas. “I heard that a player who was part of the Taewoo Engineering & Construction soccer team was having trouble advancing overseas.”

“The contract issue is complicated. I am currently playing for an Italian soccer team, and the owner there is not normal. “He was given the equivalent of being released because he scored a goal against Italy.”

“I heard there is contact with the British team, so please help me with the transfer. “If Taewoo Engineering & Construction helps, we can get quite a good publicity effect.”

If advertising actors do well, wouldn’t Taewoo Group’s image also get better?

It was beneficial to the Taewo Group to help a player who was struggling due to his surroundings and contract despite his excellent skills.

“The contract issue is a problem, but in order to join a British professional team, you need a work visa. “The UK Department of Education and Labor manages work visas, but the conditions are very strict.”

“What are the criteria for issuing a visa?”

“Please wait a moment. “I will bring the materials.”

The planning director rushed to the planning office.

In less than an hour, he came back with information about work visas.

“The main conditions are the FIFA ranking of the player’s country, the number of international matches played, and the number of games played at the previous club. However, it seems that the player does not meet these conditions.”

“It must be difficult to issue a work visa. “Are there any exceptions?”

“It is possible if you have a letter of recommendation from someone who can be of great influence in the soccer world. However, it is difficult with just one person, and I think it will be possible to issue a work visa only if you have letters of recommendation from at least 3 to 5 people.”

This meant that a large number of letters of recommendation from soccer legends were needed.

At that level, it was something I could work hard on.

“I guess I’ll have to mobilize my connections. I will take care of that matter. Manager, please investigate whether the players are having trouble with other problems.”

“We will contact the player as well as the agency to understand any issues.”

When the planning director left, I immediately called David.

Letters of recommendation ultimately had to be obtained by persuading people, and David was an expert in this.

[oh! Congratulations boss. Korea was no joke in this World Cup!]

“I called about that. “There is a player who is having trouble going overseas and I need a letter of recommendation.”

[If you go overseas, is it EPL?]

“that’s right. “Is that possible?”

[Have you ever heard of such a thing? Another name for EPL is American Premier League.]

It was my first time hearing it.

Why is America attached to the EPL?

“What do you mean?”

[It is called that because among EPL team owners, there are more American owners than British owners. With 10 letters of recommendation from the club owner, wouldn’t even an unknown player be able to get a work visa?]

“But just in case, please talk to the UK Ministry of Employment and Labor.”

[Do not worry. I will fly to England today and take care of the matter neatly.]

Originally, this was a problem to be resolved by the agency.

But what kind of agency can obtain recommendations from more than 10 EPL team owners and lobby the UK’s Department of Employment and Labor?

***

The World Cup fever has not cooled down yet.

A documentary produced as an advertisement for Taewoo Group was officially aired on a public broadcasting station, and recorded huge viewership ratings.

When everyone is enjoying the festival like this.

The Bitcoin team was isolated and focused solely on development.

To encourage them, I visited the office, and even though everyone was busy, Cheon Min-jeong was alone, looking at the window and enjoying contemplation.

“You seem to be thinking a lot. Is development not going well?”

“no. Cryptocurrency development is progressing much easier than expected. I’ve already created the framework and started debugging. “I’m doing this because it’s something I don’t really need to do.”

“It’s not that you were thinking much, it’s that you were bored.”

Minjeong Cheon worked harder on Bitcoin development than anyone else.

But now that development was over to a certain extent, she lost motivation.

“Do you want to give me something else to do?”

“I’m developing a social network system. Would you like to try it together?”

“Do I have a choice? “I got paid, so I have to do what I’m told.”

“If you don’t want to do it, you don’t have to.”

“no. I will do it. “Staying here, I feel like a carnivore for no reason.”

“Then I will find a plane ticket and accommodation for you to go to America.”

“yes? “You say I have to go to America?”

I suggested going to the United States for Cheon Min-jeong.

Living in the U.S. will be helpful to further develop your programming skills.

But she scratched her head with a disapproving expression.

“Don’t you want to go to America?”

“… … “I’ve never been on a plane before.”

“Are you really afraid of flying?”

“… … .”

“Then you can proceed with development in Korea. “You can exchange opinions through video conference or email.”

It was Cheon Min-jeong, whose face was blushing.

She, who always seemed cold, felt cute for the first time.

***

After a few days had passed.

Woo Seong-il, president of Taewoo Electronics, visited the vice president’s office.

“Vice President, it is said that the development of SNS is almost finished.”

“Already? “Didn’t you say it would take at least another year to complete development?”

“I knew that too, but thanks to the person sent by the vice president who solved all the problems, they said it would be possible to launch it within three months.”

Did I hear wrong?

Is it possible to complete something that would take a year in just a few days?

The SNS development team included 100 IT employees, from Mark, who created Facebook, to Taewoo.

Cheon Min-jeong could finish what they couldn’t do in just a few days.

Of course, I knew that Cheon Min-jeong had S-class programming ability, but I did not expect it to be to this extent.

“I guess this is why it is said that one genius can feed 100,000 people.”

“That’s why I’m telling you this. “How about using those employees to develop CocoaTalk?”

“Let me tell you.”

I quickly ran to the Bitcoin development building.

The strict security procedures felt bothersome today.

When I finally got inside, I found Cheon Min-jeong lying on the railing, staring blankly at the ceiling.

“I heard that you provided great help in developing SNS.”

“I was struggling with an easy problem. So she helped a little. But she was creating something bigger than expected? Timeline, feed search, and even notification functions. “It was a feature I hadn’t even thought of.”

“The person who helped me use such a great function is Cheon Min-jeong.”

“The features were great, but they just added those features. So it was just rearranged to avoid compatibility issues. And it also corrects some errors.”

It was Cheon Min-jeong, who spoke as if she had helped elementary school students with their vacation homework.

More than 100 people didn’t even realize that they had solved a problem that had been hanging on for several months.

“There’s something I didn’t tell you. Taewo IT has a performance bonus system. Of course, bonuses are also paid to those who have made significant contributions to solving problems.”

“really? How much do you give me? Still, it’s a large company like Taewo Group, so it’s not worth 100,000 won, right?”

“20 million won will be deposited into Cheon Min-jeong’s salary account sometime today.”

“You’re giving me 20 million won? “You only worked a few days?”

In fact, even 20 million won was a small amount.

Since the SNS launch date was shortened by nearly a year, it would not have been enough to pay several times more than 20 million won.

But I didn’t show it.

It seemed like Cheon Min-jeong would leave if he took too much money at once.

“As it is a large company as big as Taewoo Group, it is an amount we can give. How would you like to try new projects?”

“Is there a performance bonus for this project?”

“Of course there is. “The amount of bonus may vary depending on performance.”

“Then let’s get started right away! “What can I do?”

Cheon Min-jeong was sensitive to money.

She keenly felt how important money was to living in this world.

“It is being carried out at Taewoo IT, so you can proceed with the project there. Just say I sent it.”

“What should I do there?”

“You can do whatever you want. Please resolve all solvable problems before coming. “We will pay performance bonuses based on the problems solved.”

“I’ll leave for Taewoo IT right now.”

Cheon Min-jeong took the eco bag and headed to Taewoo IT.

Meanwhile, Taewo Electronics and Taewo IT were contacted and instructed to actively assist Cheon Min-jeong in everything she wanted to do.

***

I have met so many geniuses.

My grandfather, who founded Taewoo Group, could also be called a genius.

Jeffrey, who created Amazon, and Steve of Apple were also geniuses.

However, Cheon Min-jeong was a different kind of genius than any I had ever met.

“I heard that all Cocoa Talk problems have been fixed.”

“It wasn’t that difficult. It was easier because most of the functions were already commercialized technologies. “Like SNS, we placed it properly and programmed it to be compatible.”

I felt like I got a goblin bat.

If you say “gold comes out” and gold comes out, it’s like a goblin bat.

As long as I told Minjeong Cheon what I wanted, she created it through programming.

“The performance bonus will be deposited by today. But you look very tired. “Did you really stay up all night working?”

“If someone else solves the problem before I can solve it, I won’t receive the performance bonus.”

“If you need money urgently, use the in-house loan system. “You can borrow money without interest.”

“I’m sick of borrowing money. Why do I make money? I’m doing this to pay off my dad’s private loan. “I will never borrow money from anyone.”

I could have done that.

If you continue to work for Taewoo Group, we could allow you to live your whole life without worrying about money.

“Do you need anything else?”

“of course. “Give me a job that will give me the highest performance bonus.”

There was a project she wanted.

An artificial intelligence project that is so complicated that we haven’t even found a clue yet.

Surely it can’t solve the problems of the artificial intelligence project?