Villain’s Programming - Chapter 318



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Episode 318: Look-alikes

Do-jun received a call from Bang Se-ok during a company meeting.

“Yes? How about dinner tonight?”

Bang Se-ok asked Do-jun what time it was because she had retired and wanted to buy him a drink at the club.

Dojun raised the corners of his mouth when he saw the message appearing before his eyes.

“Okay. Where should we go?”

Dojun hung up the phone after hearing the meeting place.

‘There’s already someone who wants to meet you.’

Do-jun received a call from Oh Geon-ju a few days ago. He was informed that he would deal with Bang Se-ok.

– Of course, I’ll handle it according to the law. I found out there was a lot of corruption.

However, this matter was also a burden to Oh Geon-ju. Even though he was a former government official, he was dealing with a key figure from a previous government.

‘I said I needed something that other people would acknowledge.’

Dojun recalled what Bang Seok had said a little while ago.

‘The new world has arrived, so you want to play with me? You crazy bastard. That will be the signal to kill you.’

Do-jun immediately contacted Oh Geon-ju. Oh Geon-ju said he understood and said he would contact the ‘Prosecutor General’ right away. Then he asked Do-jun for a favor.

– I know it’s shameless, but I have a favor to ask.

“That’s scary. What are you trying to say?”

– Ahem. That… file, you mean. You said there was just one? Can you get rid of it?

Dojun recalled a conversation he had with Oh Geonju a while ago.

‘My face turned pale when I heard the name Park In-hwan.’

I didn’t know why, but there was definitely something going on between that person and Oh Geon-ju.

‘Maybe he wants to hide it.’

“all right.”

– Please. If you do this, I will reward you greatly.

“I don’t need anything in return. Next time, please introduce me to a good restaurant that only I know about.”

At Do-jun’s words, Oh Geon-ju laughed loudly and said, “Okay.”

When it was time to leave work, Dojun left the main gate. When he arrived at the meeting place, the ‘Fox Club’, it was 7:30 in the evening.

The appointment time was 9 o’clock, but Dojun went into the club. It had just opened, so there weren’t any customers.

“Have you made a reservation?”

When the employee asked, Do-jun said the name ‘Bang Se-ok’.

“The director said there are some special ladies today. I can’t help but be curious. Can I see their faces first?”

As he said that, Dojun put ten 50,000 won bills into the employee’s pocket.

Jongwonup’s eyes grew wide and he said.

“Please wait a moment. First, go into that room and wait, and I will bring him out.”

While Dojun was waiting in the room, three women came in after a while. They were all young-looking women.

‘If I do well, I look like a high school student… … .’

Do-jun spoke to them, his anger boiling inside him, but thinking that it was the police, not him, who was protecting them.

“Here’s a check for ten million won.”

The women’s eyes widened when Dojun took out a check from his wallet.

“I have one request for you. Make Director Bang drink a lot somehow. Then, I will find out where Director Bang is hiding something important. Then, I will give each of you this check.”

The three women’s eyes lit up at Dojun’s words.

“Are you really giving it to me?”

“Is this by any chance fake?”

Dojun chuckled.

“You guys, don’t you know who I am?”

At Dojun’s words, one of the three women opened her eyes wide.

“Ah! Are you CEO Hwang Do-jun? The third richest person in our country. In reality, he is the first… … .”

“That’s right. I’m Hwang Do-jun. I have more money than toilet paper at home. I can earn about 30 million won a day. So you know how to move, right?”

Do-jun left the room after saying that. While waiting in the club room for a while, he heard that Bang Se-ok had arrived.

Do-jun sent a message to Bang Se-ok saying that he would be a little late. Fortunately, the three women followed Do-jun’s orders well.

And then an hour later, one of the three women came into the room. She said she was going to the bathroom and came out.

“I figured it out.”

“Where?”

“It’s a columbarium.”

* * *

[Former National Intelligence Service Director Arrested on Charges of Sexually Exploiting Minors.]

All the news was a mess. Whether it was newspapers or TV, all the news was covered with ‘Bang Se-ok’.

‘This must be the true power of the five senses.’

With the media making such a fuss, the government was unable to protect Bang Se-ok no matter how hard it tried.

In addition, there were many scholars from Oh Seong in the government. As they moved, numerous corruption scandals involving Bang Se-ok began to surface.

[Bang Se-ok accused of accepting bribes.]

[Shock! Bang Se-ok, has a mistress and child in Bundang!]

The people were shocked when they saw the news.

– Wow, is this a crime that one person can commit? This is a complete prison set.

– Novelists and film directors need to reflect. Novels can’t keep up with reality, right?

As Do-jun clicked his tongue, his cell phone rang. It was Chairman Oh Geon-ju.

-Thank you, Mr. Hwang. I took care of Director Bang.

“thank you.”

– I should be the one thanking you. By the way, did you find the USB? You said it was in the charnel house?

“Yes. Director Bang’s younger brother was in the columbarium. We found him and cremated him, so you don’t have to worry anymore.

Originally, there were two USBs. Bang Se-ok had one and Do-jun had one.

Dojun removed both of them this time.

– Thank you. I really appreciate it.

“Aren’t you worried? I might have left it behind?”

– Haha. If you hide it, how would I find it? I’m more comfortable just believing what you say.

“Thank you for believing in me. Don’t worry. It really isn’t there. Oh! There is an original on the NIS server, but I think you’ll have to take care of it, Chairman.”

– Don’t worry. I already finished that.

Do-jun thought, ‘Oh Geon-ju’. Even though the National Intelligence Service has the strongest security in our country, it couldn’t escape Oh Geon-ju’s hands.

After that, Do-jun talked about various things with Oh Geon-ju.

– Oh, Representative Hwang. I have a favor to ask.

“Please?”

– I’m sorry, I keep asking for favors these days.

“It’s okay. Go ahead. I’ll listen to what I can.”

Oh Geon-ju hesitated for a moment and then said.

– Park In-hwan, are you investigating?

“I haven’t dug into it yet. I just looked at the resume information.”

– Haa. Then it’s not too late. Please, Representative Hwang. Please don’t investigate that person.

* * *

Do-jun went to work at the Gold Circle for the first time in a long while. It was because he had received a call from Jang Hyo-rin yesterday saying that he wanted to consult about something.

‘What are you doing? Come to think of it, it’s been quite a while since I’ve seen Jang Hyo-rin and Director Min Go-soo.’

Jang Hyo-rin was a genius in web programming, and Min Go-su was the best UI designer in Korea.

Dojun met two people by chance and succeeded in developing ‘groupware’, which brought great profits to China and the world.

‘After that, everyone led the development of the note and greatly improved its performance. But what was the problem? Surely… it wasn’t because of resignation?’

The salary and benefits of Gold Circle were the best in the IT industry. However, he couldn’t help but feel dissatisfied, so Dojun entered the development room nervously.

“hello.”

As Dojun spoke, a ‘wheezing’ sound was heard.

Jang Hyo-rin approached Do-jun in an electric wheelchair. However, Jang Hyo-rin’s expression was not good.

“CTO, it’s been a while.”

Do-jun had several positions. He was the CEO at Black Cat, but he was an outside director at other companies such as Google and Amazon, and he was the CTO at the Gold Circle.

“Director Jang, why are you talking so forcefully? I’m sorry. I’ll come here more often from now on. As a token of my apology, I brought you this as a gift.”

What Dojun handed over was a small envelope. Jang Hyo-rin opened the envelope and her eyes widened.

“CTO… this is… … .”

“Why? It’s a bit weird.”

In response to Do-jun’s words, Min Go-su, Jang Hyo-rin’s husband who was standing next to her, asked.

“What is it?”

“The CTO sent me an invitation to WWDC.”

“What? WWDC? Give it to me.”

WWDC stands for ‘Apple WorldWide Developers Conference’ and was Apple’s developer conference.

Although it was an Apple-only conference, many developers from around the world wanted to attend.

Of course, it was harder than trying to get a star in the sky to get a ticket. Of course, you could reserve tickets online, but they were often sold out in almost a minute.

Moreover, since the starting price was over $1,500 (2 million won), most developers were unable to even attempt it.

Of course, the average person might wonder why they would spend that much money to attend a meeting, but in fact, even the average person knew about this meeting, even if they didn’t know the name.

‘This is the meeting where all Apple products are first introduced. This is the meeting where Jobs introduces new products in black suit and jeans.’

This ‘conference’ was the place where all products, including iPhones, iPads, and MacBooks, were first introduced. As such, it was inevitable that many people, not just developers, would gather there.

“Oh my god, Hyorin. This isn’t just an invitation, it’s a VIP invitation. The seats are in the front row!”

Hyorin was startled by Min Go-soo’s words and screamed.

“really?”

Jang Hyo-rin checked the invitation and asked Do-jun.

“Sir, how did you get this ticket? I thought you couldn’t get VIP seats even if you paid for them?”

Dojun shrugged and answered.

“When I got home, it was stuck in the mailbox?”

Jang Hyo-rin and Min Go-su looked dumbfounded at Do-jun’s words.

“There was a ticket worth tens of millions of won stuck in the mailbox? Who on earth put it there?”

“Jobs. Jobs sent me to tell me to come when I have time.”

The two shook their heads because Dojun seemed like someone who lived in a completely different world.

“Then, shouldn’t the representative go?”

Dojun shook his head.

“My wife is pregnant, so I won’t be flying for a while. You two can go. The plane seats are first class, so Director Jang will be able to travel comfortably. Of course, this is a company business trip.”

Jang Hyo-rin looked moved by Do-jun’s words and then lowered her head.

“I lost, CTO.”

“Huh? What are you losing?”

“Actually, I was going to ask the CTO a lot when he came. I had made up my mind. But, since it was WWDC, I completely let go, so I lost.”

Dojun scratched the back of his head.

“Hehehe. Fortunately, the gift worked. In return, I promise. I’ll come often from now on.”

“I’ll believe that lie this time.”

Dojun changed the subject, humming.

“But what’s the problem? Why did you ask me to come?”

At Do-jun’s words, Jang Hyo-rin pointed to the conference room and said.

“Go and talk.”

Everyone moved to the conference room.

Jang Hyo-rin gave a presentation, and after it was over, Do-jun realized why she had called him.

‘Sales are the same. But the notebook market is changing. If things continue like this, I don’t see a future.’

With the advent of smartphones, smartphone-specific ‘note apps’ began to appear.

However, ‘All Notes’ was not released as an ‘app’.

‘All notes are so optimized for PC that it’s hard to switch to an app.’

In order to make it faster and easier to use than other note programs, All Notes has improved performance down to the lower levels of Windows.

This has greatly appealed to users and made ‘Modu Note’ the world’s top note-taking program.

‘Instead, it lost its versatility. This wasn’t a problem until now, but it’s definitely a problem now that smartphones are becoming more and more widespread.’

The question was how to solve this.

“Director Jang, do you have a plan?”

“It has to be web-based.”

If you make it for the web, it can run on PCs, smartphones, or any other platform.

“But then, wouldn’t we all lose the biggest advantage of the note, which is speed?”

“I know. That’s why I contacted the CTO. We need a solution for this. If we don’t solve this, even if it’s okay now, ‘Modu Note’ might be dead in two or three years.”

Do-jun nodded as he recalled his past life. In his past life, only ‘apps’ that could be linked to both PCs and smartphones survived in the market.

“That’s true. The web, the web… It’s all good, but the problem is the speed. Since the web is your specialty, Director Jang, do you have any countermeasures?”

Jang Hyo-rin answered Do-jun’s words.

“It won’t be slow just because it’s web-based. Hardware is evolving rapidly.”

“I think the same thing. The problem is, if we make it web-based, will users wait until the hardware evolves?”

Jang Hyo-rin smiled and answered Do-jun’s words.

“So, I suggest that we develop a web-based version of Modu Notes and release two versions of Modu Notes for the time being: the existing Modu Notes and the web-based Modu Notes. We provide the one that is convenient for users.”

Do-jun, who had heard all of Jang Hyo-rin’s answers, put his hand on his chin and thought.

‘That will definitely work. As Director Jang said, hardware technology will eventually develop further, and even web-based systems will become faster.’

The problem was manpower.

“Director Jang, do you have enough developers? Making it web-based means creating all the notes from scratch… I think that would require developers with incredible skills.”

Jang Hyo-rin sighed at Do-jun’s words.

“Yes, that’s the problem. CTO, please. You have a wide reach, don’t you? Please help me find some developers.”

* * *

Dojun came out of the gold circle and snickered.

‘So you had already planned everything and just called me to ask a favor?’

I didn’t feel bad. Rather, I thought it was great that Jang Hyo-rin was able to identify the problem and come up with a solution.

‘I’m lucky to have such a talented person.’

However, there were also some sad things.

‘If only my legs were intact, I think I could have done greater things… … .’

Do-jun, who thought of Jang Hyo-rin, suddenly remembered the past.

‘Come to think of it, wasn’t it Jang Hyo-rin who first brought about change in IT in China?’

This was still something Dojun couldn’t figure out. It seemed clear that there was a connection between Jang Hyo-rin and China, but he couldn’t ask about it right away.

‘Will the lost memories that I haven’t seen yet come out if I look at them?’

Dojun shook his head in thought.

‘Well, I guess we’ll find out someday.’

Dojun got on the elevator and just pressed the close button. But then.

“wait a minute.”

At that sound, Dojun quickly pressed the ‘open’ button. After a while, a person came running out of breath. That person was a security guard of the ‘building’ wearing a security uniform.

“Oh my. Thank you, teacher.”

“No, thank you for your hard work.”

Dojun said that and got off on the first floor. Dojun was about to go out of the building when he stopped.

‘Huh? The security guard from earlier… I’ve seen him somewhere before.’

Dojun tilted his head. He thought his eyes were familiar because he saw the guard’s face as he came and went, but it didn’t seem to be the case.

‘Where have I seen it?’

Do-jun, who had been wondering, figured out where he had seen the security guard.

‘Park In-hwan! You look like Illusion Consulting’s CEO, Park In-hwan!’