God of Money

Kim Jaejin spoke apologetically as he kept looking at the conference room.

“Haha. He said he’ll be done soon. Please wait just a little longer.”

They came as asked, but Kwon Taegyun was having a meeting. They’ve been waiting for over 10 minutes. Yoon Gihwan kept clenching and unclenching his fists.

“Let’s go back to our office, newbie. I don’t know why we’re still waiting here.”

“Yes.”

10 years ago, something similar to this had happened but in a different circumstance. Yoon Gihwan panted in anger.

“Does he think he owns me? I can’t believe he’s doing this.”

Yoon Gihwan stood up. Kim Jaejin panicked.

“G…General manager. Please. Please just wait a little longer.”

“It has already been over 10 minutes.”

10 years ago, Yoon Gihwan was as furious as he was right now, but he couldn’t express his anger then. Yoon Gihwan was fired from Daeyang, and the only reason he landed on a job at Daesan was because Daeyang made it happen. This meant at any given time they wanted to, Daeyang could take his job away.

However, things were different now. He had a new and improved occupation under Woosung this time.

“It has been exactly 15 minutes.”

Kim Jaejin was now drenched in sweat.

“That’s it. Let’s go.”

Woosung stood and silently followed. Just when they turned around to leave, the conference room door swung open and Kwon Taegyun came out with a smile.

“Haha, sorry. My meeting with a new employee took longer than expected. Come on in.”

He didn’t look sorry at all. Yoon Gihwan grunted angrily.

“You need to learn some manners.”

“Haha, but I learned everything from you.”

“…”

“Let’s go in. I want to talk about something important. Even Nuri Finances is interested in this topic.”

Yoon Gihwan followed him grudgingly.

As Woosung entered the room, he paused.

Cha Yeoreum.

She was sitting in the room wearing a nice suit. It was her first day of work. Her face was flushed.

‘So she’s here.’

Just like 10 years ago. At the time, she saw him being reprimanded harshly by Yoon Gihwan. It was shameful and horrifying.

At that time, he swore he would become somebody someday.

So 10 years ago, he studied harder than he did in school, and after years of hard work, he made it. He became the head of Bitmain’s server team. She was the motivation behind his determination. Kwon Taegyun introduced her to them.

“This is our new employee. She will be working with you along with Assistant Manager Kim.”

“Hello. My name is Cha Yeoreum.”

Yoon Gihwan bowed lightly.

“I’m Yoon Gihwan from Daesan System.”

“My name is Kang Woosung.”

Woosung gave her a brief glance and looked away. Cha Yeoreum did the same, hiding her surprise. Kwon Taegyun pointed at the PPT laid out in front of them.

“Now let’s get right into it. I think I made General Manager Yoon angry.”

He was mocking Yoon Gihwan. Yoon Gihwan glared at Kwon Taegyun, who ignored him and continued.

“We plan to place a customized product ad on the top right corner of our HTS.”

Woosung thought in confusion.

’10 years ago, this happened much later in early summer.’

However, this time, it was happening earlier. It seemed as if history had changed because of Woosung.

‘I need to be careful not to change the future.’

He couldn’t let that happen. Things had to happen exactly like the last time. That was the only way to ensure important events such as cryptocurrency and smartphones happened. Woosung frowned.

At the same time, Cha Yeoreum was also deep in thought.

‘The world is so small. So I meet him here…Didn’t expect that.’

She had no idea Woosung worked in this department. She got into IT because it was where she could make the most money.

‘So he is working at Daesan. Does this mean he is doing well?’

She remembered the car he received on the day of graduation. It wasn’t that she regretted breaking up with him.

‘He will never change.’

Chan Yeoreum looked at Woosung. He looked very different than in college. He looked more confident and professional.

Kim Jaejin couldn’t stop glancing at Cha Yeoreum. She was gorgeous.

‘She’s hot.’

Meanwhile, Kwon Taegyun continued.

“We’ll be adding a banner, so it won’t be that big of a job. Especially if we use the agile method as was suggested by… Woosung, right? It will take maybe only two to three days?”

He smirked.

Woosung didn’t like him. Yoon Gihwan felt the same.

“Two, three days? Are you kidding? Give us a few hours.”

To Yoon Gihwan’s confidence, Kwon Taegyun laughed loudly.

“Hahaha. Then you should be able to get it done by the end of the day. Assistant manager Kim will give you the API (application programming interface), and Yeoreum will accompany to learn from Assistant manager Kim.”

Cha Yeoreum gave a polite reply.

“Of course.”

The meeting took a mere 10 minutes to wrap up. As everyone stood up to leave, Woosung asked hurriedly.

“Wait.”

Yoon Gihwan looked at him. Others did as well.

“Who designed this? It’s all wrong.”

Kwon Taegyun frowned.

“Do you know what you’re talking about?”

Yoon Gihwan smiled. He looked at Woosung expectantly.

“Newbie, explain.”

“Have you all heard of the company called Apple?”

Everyone nodded. iPhone hasn’t been released in Korea yet, but they all knew of iPod and Macintosh.

“Their first rule of design is consistency. Our HTS screen design has always remained consistent to help the customers navigate quickly, but if you place a useless banner on the top right corner, you’re ruining the UX.”

To Woosung’s strong words, Kim Jaejin replied.

“That’s very unkind of you. Useless? We have analyzed the big data to put the most appropriate products for the customers.”

He proclaimed it with confidence, but Woosung questioned him with a silent gaze. Did he even know what big data was?

Big Data.

In 2008, big data was being actively researched. Large corporations such as Google and IBM were applying it to their technology already, but in Korea, it was a relatively new concept. Woosung asked.

“What do you mean by ‘big data?’ Are you just referring to the amount of data?”

“Not just the quantity of it. We got the result from handling unstructured data. Our quality should rival that of Amazon.”

“Unstructured data? Where are we getting the unstructured data from? I can’t think of anywhere on the current Nuri Finances’ system where you would get that. As for Amazon, their recommendations are based on product reviews. Do we have a review system that I don’t know about?”

Kim Jaejin hesitated to Woosung’s explanation.

“T…that is…”

Kwon Taegyun asked instead.

“So are you saying we shouldn’t put a banner at all?”

“That is exactly what I am saying, but if you insist, please include in your report that Daesan disagreed with your proposal.”

“We are a team. Do we really have to be like this?”

Woosung smirked and answered.

“I’m telling you how it is. We are indeed a team, so if I know our team will fail, then it is my duty to tell you.”

Kwon Taegyun frowned again. Woosung continued slowly.

“I am telling you again that this is not a good idea.”

Kwon Taegyun realized he couldn’t get through Woosung. He turned to Yoon Gihwan instead.

“This is not how things work.”

“What are you talking about? You know me. I agree with my guy, so that’s final.”

Kwon Taegyun gritted his teeth. Cha Yeoreum looked at Woosung in shock.

‘Is he crazy?’

He was a new employee and the way he behaved was all wrong. It was also strange how Daesan’s general manager reacted to Woosung’s actions and how Kwon Taegyun couldn’t seem to fight back.

The now angered Kwon Taegyun asked again.

“Do we really have to do this?”

Yoon Gihwan nodded. Daesan had nothing to lose. If this suggestion worked out, Daeyang would take the credit, and if it didn’t, they would blame Daesan.

“You know we’re right.”

Woosung nodded in agreement. Yoon Gihwan was right. 10 years ago, this plan backfired as the customers complained. Daesan System was blamed for everything.

“I agree with General Manager Yoon. I guess that’s it. We’re done here.”

Woosung stood up and left, followed by Yoon Gihwan.