Time Mansour - Chapter 142



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Episode 142: Faithful Faith

“I like the second floor office better than the one downstairs.”

Director Lee nods with a smile. Her gaze remains on the end of the bed.

‘··· That room and this room are the same room.’

No, actually, I think the facilities here are worse than those of the first floor office.

The downstairs office is fully equipped with all the necessities as the kids have been using it as a studio for a long time.

This is a spare room that was hastily converted into an office.

The only space occupied was an office desk and a computer.

If there’s anything special about it, it’s that there are beds for the guests to use.

Originally, I was going to take all the beds out of the room, but the manager stopped me, so I left one bed behind.

“Hey, Mr. Director? I’d like to hear an explanation as to why we need a bed in the office.”

“These days, beds are a must in an office. They’re a must. There’s a matrix in the studio downstairs, too.”

‘That and that are different.’

Even if I make a hundred concessions, something like a foldable matrix would be something that could be found in an office.

But this isn’t even just a bed, it’s a hospital bed on wheels.

‘Which office in the world has a hospital bed?’

So I didn’t have time to ask any further questions.

bang.

The director threw himself on the bed.

“Wow, this matrix is ​​nice. The height can be adjusted, too.”

When I pressed the button, the upper part of the bed slowly rose.

Director Lee smiles brightly as he watches the bed move.

“···”

okay.

It’s better than complaining about being dissatisfied.

If this manager is happy, then that’s enough.

I gave up and turned my head to face the monitor, seeing the director smiling so brightly. I stretched out my arm and pressed the power button on the main unit.

‘Now is not the time for me to be joking around with this director.’

There was a need to manage schedules more efficiently.

The work I had done was not something I could handle on my own.

An application of this scale would require at least three to four team members just to operate it.

Plus, if you want to add miscellaneous features and even tweak the app.

‘Even if time is short, it is not short by much.’

I started this business relying solely on my sister’s room, but this summer, that room became unusable.

So, without realizing it, I got impatient and placed my hands on the computer keyboard before it finished booting up.

Again.

“Youngjun.”

I heard the director’s voice from behind me. He was lying down, rolling his feet, and looking at me, perhaps because he was bored alone.

“What are you working on now? Is there anything left to develop?”

“No. The development is finished. Right now, we just need to update the software. I was just fiddling with that.”

“I thought it was just a matter of putting the app on the market, but I guess that’s not all. It actually takes a lot of work.”

“Well, that’s true for all software. If the software runs on its own, there’s no need for an operations team.”

There is only one visible app, but there are multiple apps running underneath it.

And it doesn’t end there. Various open sources were combined into dozens of apps.

So, even if there was no problem, it had to be checked periodically.

“Wouldn’t it be hard to do all that by yourself? Should I ask my brother? Or get someone to help me?”

“No, it’s okay.”

And yet.

Unless the workload was completely impossible, I would rather struggle on my own.

The development project is a kind of large-scale group project. Each team, such as the network team, cloud, server, and development team, collaborated to carry out the project.

It’s the same everywhere. When collaborating, there are lines that must not be crossed.

The group project could have been done by the group leader alone. This wasn’t the case.

So even though I knew how to do it, I couldn’t just do it carelessly.

There were many cases where things that would have been easier if I had done them alone ended up getting dragged out if we just communicated with each other.

At times like that, I really wanted to kick open the door to the other team’s office like Sohyun did.

‘Well, that never actually happened.’

In any case, collaboration was a tiring task.

“I guess I should start working soon.”

The director got up from the bed as if he noticed me.

Then, of course, I thought I would sit down at my desk and start working.

I sat on the bed with my body half up and called the CEO.

“Enough with the excuses. Just proceed as I sent you.”

This director holds a cell phone with one hand and conducts with the other hand as if he were a conductor.

“Oh, I don’t know about that. If Young-jun saved a project worth hundreds of billions of won, he should do that much. If there’s something going, there has to be something coming back. Isn’t that right, Mr. Lee?”

You’re calling my brother CEO.

The public and private sectors are very clear.

It seemed like the public relations work wasn’t progressing at all because of this manager’s antics.

Because what’s good is good.

It’s enough if this manager looks happy.

I decided to just assume it was like that.

**

Finish the software update.

I connected the message broker to the app.

‘It took longer than I thought.’

After finishing all that work, I stretched and bent my neck from side to side.

suddenly.

“Director, you’re becoming more and more of a monster.”

Manager Chae’s voice was heard from over my shoulder.

Let’s look back in surprise.

“What are you so surprised about?”

The manager looked at me with a smile.

“When did you come?”

“Just now.”

“You’ve been getting off work early these days. Do you have some free time?”

“After the CEO started dancing with a sword, everyone started working. So, the amount of work I receive has decreased compared to before.”

“That’s fortunate.”

“But really, Director, you’re gradually becoming a monster.”

“yes?”

“In the past, the only weakness of the director was his speed. He was very meticulous and had a wide range of skills. It was understandable. But now, even that weakness seems to have disappeared.”

“Not to that extent.”

“No, I just looked over your shoulder. Honestly, I was a little surprised.”

Is that so?

I couldn’t feel it at all.

It’s not like I suddenly had some kind of enlightenment.

Years. No, maybe decades. I just got used to it slowly by repeating the same task for a long time.

In the meantime, my standards would have become higher and higher.

So I guess I wasn’t satisfied with my own speed.

“It looks like the app development is almost done. Now, can we just open it in North America and Europe?”

“No, not yet. There’s something I want to verify.”

“Huh? What kind of verification?”

“It’s app design. I wanted to ask Americans what they think.”

After all, the cultures of Asia and North America are different.

I had something to ask the American local I felt closest to.

**

-I sent you a sample app.

I sent the finished version of the app to Jaeshirong.

I wish they would look at the app design from a local perspective.

The preferred UIs in Asia and the West are different.

Alibaba and Daobao.

Although they are shopping malls serviced by the same company, the UI of the two sites are completely different.

Since Daobao is a shopping mall that serves customers in China, there were many banners on the home screen. Southeast Asian and domestic shopping malls are similar. The screen is covered with banners for various discount events.

On the other hand, Alibaba was a shopping mall used by customers outside of China, not within China, so its design was a bit cleaner.

I had a rough idea of ​​the feeling, so I tried to roughly imitate it.

Still, I wanted to be evaluated from a real American perspective.

So I asked the question to American Jaesherong, not the developer Jaesherong.

however.

-The user interface is clean. But that’s not the problem. The AI ​​translation is so weird.

Developer Jaeshrong replied.

-Is it that annoying?

-Oh, that’s too bad. Were there no problems when you opened in Thailand?

-The Thai AI automatic translation was helped by Mint Market, so I didn’t have any particular complaints.

-Ah… I see… It’ll be hard if we open it like this. When I look at it in English, it looks like a spam site. If we want to get support from various countries, real-time translation is key… Wait a minute. I’ll share the source code with you, so take a look.

-I’m sorry. I don’t know even if I look at that.

I scratched my head.

The field I understood the least was artificial intelligence.

-No. Don’t give up. You can do it. Just wait. Try connecting remotely. I’ll teach you the simple things with the properties.

-No. I told you I can’t even put coordinates in. I can’t even do addition and subtraction.

-You don’t need to know the coordinates. You just need to know the simple operating method. Don’t make excuses and come in quickly.

Because I really have no confidence.

No matter how many times I refused,

At Jaeshirong’s urging, I had no choice but to share the screen remotely.

For a long time after that, Jaeshirong’s lectures and nagging continued.

**

Me sometimes.

no.

Although it is often ignored.

Anyway, Jaeshirong is a great developer.

There are many developers who are more technically advanced than him.

There were very few developers who were good at talking.

Developer of a large, well-balanced hexagon.

You might think, what’s the big deal about being good at speaking?

In fact, it was really difficult for developers to explain well.

In particular, it was quite normal for communication skills to decline as one’s skills improved.

YES and NO. The program only gives these two answers.

This guy has no middle ground. No middle ground.

Of course, the longer I talked to this guy, the more I forgot how to talk to people.

I’ve also heard that I’m good at speaking for a developer.

After all, I was a developer.

On the other hand, Jaeshil Long was so fluent in words that he could persuade even business executives who knew little about IT.

Not only was he good at talking, but he also had excellent technical skills as a developer.

It wasn’t for nothing that global IT companies invited him to their conferences.

This is a 1:1 lecture given by Jaeshirong. Of course, it went straight into my ears.

But there was just not enough time.

“At times like this, I really miss my sister’s room.”

It seemed like it would take quite a while to fix the machine translation as advised by Jaeshirong.

When I had my sister’s room, no matter how busy I was, I had peace of mind.

Thinking that time is limited made me feel more anxious for no reason.

Anyway, no matter how late it was, it had to be opened before the advertisements came in.

“Hey, Mr. Director. How’s the promotion going?”

So I asked the director about the schedule again.

“Not yet. My brother won’t listen to me.”

Fortunately, it seemed like nothing had been decided yet.

“Wouldn’t it be better to just go with a PR agency?”

“No. I don’t know about domestic advertising, but I know the US market better.”

Director Lee makes a promise while pounding his chest with his small hands.

I wondered how people could be so untrustworthy.

Well, it would have been better if both schedules were delayed.

You can delay the opening of the global service a bit by making excuses like this.

“It’s okay. Don’t stress too much and take your time. It’s okay if the schedule is a little behind.”

I smiled kindly at the manager.

This is not my mistake.

This delay is due to this situation.

That’s why you blame others like that.

My anxious mind became much more at ease.

**

A few more days passed since then.

After this director met with the CEO.

“I’m sorry, Youngjun. I agreed to a 30-second commercial with ABD. My brother was too strong. This was the best I could do.”

He reported the situation to me with a look of regret.

“ABD?”

“Yes… It’s a bit weak, isn’t it?”

“··· Weak? Is it a public broadcast advertisement?”

I looked at this director with my mouth open.

Even though public broadcasting in the United States isn’t what it used to be, it still must have been quite expensive.

You’re really amazing, you took that out on your own brother.

The distrust towards this director has been somewhat erased.

“Actually, there is one more thing that is more certain than that···”

The director continued talking. He hesitated for a moment.

Is there anything greater than American public broadcast advertising?

Because with my limited imagination, the only thing that comes to mind is the Super Bowl.

“One room?”

I asked the director again.

“Yes. A while ago, a PD who was working at a broadcasting station suddenly contacted me.”

“If it’s a broadcasting station… drama sponsorship? Since Korean dramas are well-known, it wouldn’t be ineffective… but if you’re not careful with drama PPL, it can only cause negative reactions, right?”

“No. No. I’m a documentary PD.”

“Oh, that’s fine. We don’t need any more advertising in Korea.”

“No. That PD has now left the broadcasting station and is now working separately. Netflix wants to film a documentary about Young-jun. In fact, there is no better way to promote it. But Young-jun hates filming…”

Before the director could even finish speaking.

“I like it. Who doesn’t like it?”

I answered loudly. I was so excited that I even spit flew out.

actually.

To be honest,

There was no such thing as distrust toward this director from the beginning.

I believed it unconditionally.

I really believed it.