Chapter 34:
She felt confused. When she saw him a few tis recently, she didn’t think much of it.
He was only a salaryman at a small company.
That was how she saw him at first. However, that was because Cha Yeoreum was unaware of all the facts.
He fixed major server problems.
He also now worked as a consultant.
At the ti, she had no idea how much Woosung had accomplished. Now she knew.
Presenter.
Speaker.
He was a big deal. Cha Yeoreum shook her head. Yang Jungsuk thought.
‘So they used to date?’ It was obvious. They used to date. He had a competition. ‘Is she just playing ?’
Yang Jungsuk’s imagination ran wild as Woosung continued.
“GTT is a plugin for Visual Studio. The program is designed as a screen test tool. It’s currently being used by Nuri Finances’ HTS project and has shown to be effective. It’s easy to use. The code is available for free at Github and Source Forge.”
Woosung continued comfortably. Park Jonghyun, Yoon Chanjong, and Cha Yeoreum still couldn’t believe it. They all stared at Woosung in silence.
“If you want to beco a contributor, please provide additional codes at Github. Microsoft is also interested in this project, so it would be beneficial for all of you to take interest as well. Now, let’s get to the practical side and so examples. Next please.”
The screen changed to the next slide. Woosung looked like he was in control of the entire conference.
“10:5. Before we applied the agile thod, it used to take 10 days to develop a new function. now, it only takes 5 days.”
Cha Yeoreum’s heart continued to pound hard. She looked around to see if anyone noticed her state, thankfully no one was paying attention to her. She looked again at Woosung as she bit her nails.
“If you aren’t sure about this plugin, just try it.”
Woosung continued. Cha Yeoreum gripped her hands tight.
***
After lunch, Woosung left the hotel for a walk. He planned to stay to listen to Hong Soobum’s presentation on “The future of the mobile world.”
Since his presentation, his phone was ringing nonstop.
“They must’ve been really shocked.”
Park Jonghyun and Yoon Chanjong kept calling him, but he didn’t answer. Then, a text ssage arrived.
“Where are you?”
Three words.
It was from Cha Yeoreum.
“Cha Yeoreum…why?”
They haven’t contacted each other since they broke up.
“Maybe she saw my presentation?”
His phone rang again. He sat on a bench and, alas, he answered. Park Jonghyun asked to et him and they all ended up at the hotel lobby. Park Jonghyun along with Cha Yeroeum, Yoon Chanjong, and Yang Jungsuk asked.
“This is crazy. You were aweso. Did you ask Microsoft to participate? Co on! Tell . How did this happen?”
Woosung took a sip of his coffee and answered. “I developed a program needed at work. When I uploaded it, I got an email from Microsoft. They asked to speak at the conference.”
Park Jonghyun couldn’t believe it. “You developed this?”
“Yes.”
“Really?”
“Yes.”
“That’s impossible. Don’t you rember what you told when we were still at school? You said you hated developing programs.”
Woosung rembered the conversation. It was true, but he needed to earn a living, and he ended up becoming a developer.
“That’s right. I rember.” He said with a laugh.
“Now you made a program and Microsoft calls you? How could I believe that?”
“I guess it sounds impossible.”
“Hey!” Park Jonghyun yelled at Woosung’s mocking tone.
They have known each other for many years. Woosung continued to laugh.
“So you’re saying you studied really hard after you landed on your job, and your skills improved this fast?” Yoon Chanjong asked this ti.
He was asking seriously. Woosung tried to give an earnest answer. He knew this day would co when he needed to have a logical explanation.
“Sothing like that. Before graduation, I realized how lacking I was. I could see other classmates getting jobs, but not . Since then, I studied nonstop. All day, every day.”
“You are lying. I rember drinking with you all the ti around that ti.” Park Jonghyun glared at him.
Woosung didn’t realize he would ask this. He was now sweating.
“Oh…well, I studied when we weren’t drinking.”
“Was there ever a day when we didn’t go out for a drink? We went out every single day.”
Woosung laughed awkwardly.
“R…really? Haha. Hahaha…”
He wanted to get out of this situation as fast as possible. Cha Yeoreum just stared at him with her lips shut. Thankfully, soone ca up to Woosung.
“Oh! Wow! This is a pleasant surprise. I was just about to call you.”
“Oh…hello, sir.”
Jang Gwanchul greeted him. “Sir? Co on! Call brother.”
He was covered in gold. Gold necklace and rings…His hair was spiked. He looked like a typical gang mber.
“Alright, big brother. What are you doing here?”
Checking the ti on his Rolex, Jang Gwangchul grabbed Woosung.
“Hahaha, I’m here for the seminar. It’s ti to go now. Co with . I have soone I want you to et.”
Woosung checked his watch too. It was ti for ‘The future of the mobile world’.
“Um…I need to go to a seminar.”
“Are you talking about ‘The future of the mobile world?'”
“How…”
“Right? I knew it. Let’s go. I will explain on the way.”
He wanted to leave his friends anyway, so Woosung followed. However, everyone else also stood up.
“Great. We were going to attend that sa seminar anyway.”
“Oh! Are these your friends?”
Woosung nodded and Jang Gwangchul laughed.
“Hahaha. That would make you my friends too then. Let’s all go together.”
“The next seminar will start in 10 minutes.”
“The next seminar will start in 10 minutes.”
The loud announcent hurried them.
***
Hong Soobum’s presentation was genius. He talked as if he could see the future. Everything he predicted all ca true. Woosung knew this and couldn’t hide his shock.
“In the future, you’ll be able to do everything in your hand. Mobile! We’ll be able to connect to the internet, monitor our health, and control the entire house in our hands.”
He was right.
“iPhone. It isn’t a popular thing yet, but Apple made a statent when it released it. They promised to change how people saw and used phones. iPhone will beco a portable computer for everyone. PDA? That’s garbage.”
It was incredible. Woosung didn’t want to miss a thing. Jang Gwangchul asked.
“What do you think?”
“It’s amazing.”
“Haha, you think so too?”
The idea clearly took Jang Gwangchul’s interest, which ant one thing: It was going to generate a lot of money.
“Are you thinking about investing?”
“No, I’m already an investor of it.”
“Oh!”
“He told he wanted to make sothing, so I told him I will give him the money to do whatever he wanted to do.”
“Just like you did for .”
Jang Gwangchul smiled. “Exactly. I told him to consider his older brother.”
“You must have a lot of little brothers.”
“Hahaha. You need to diversify your portfolio.”
Woosung looked at Hong Soobum again. He was most likely working on Coconut now. He wasn’t aware Jang Gwangchul was an investor.
“We have already entered the mobile world. The only thing left to decide is whether to beco part of it or beco left behind. You need to choose now.”
That was the end of the presentation.
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